Whitehorse Daily Star

July 30, 2021

• Information Commissioner issues decision on access Information Commissioner issues decision on access
• Arts centre takes cautious approach to relaxed rules Despite next Wednesday’s loosening of COVID restrictions, the Yukon Arts Centre plans to continue to operate at maximum 25-per-cent audience capacity.
• Colour With Meaning Crosswalks painted last year at the intersection of Main and Front streets,
• MLA dives into Whistle Bend pond dilemma Yukon Party MLA Yvonne Clarke is continuing her campaign against the scum in the Whistle Bend pond.
• Chappie and Mattie Chapman Liesel Briggs
• Salmon run forecasts not optimistic It’s shaping up to be another year of poor returns of Yukon River salmon, for both chinook and fall chum salmon.
• City will use Elections Yukon’s voters list The city does not need to compile its own list of electors for the Oct. 21 municipal elections because it’s using Elections Yukon’s list of eligible voters.
• Water levels are still dropping Lake levels are continuing to recede, according to numbers released this morning by the Emergency Measures Organization.
• ‘They threw us to the wolves,’ resident says A group of property owners at Marsh Lake say they haven’t received much support from the Yukon government to battle the high water, despite what is happening in other areas.
• Guard against wildfires, home owners urged There are many things you can do to protect your home from the risk of wildfires, says Stu Clark, a Copper Ridge resident active in promoting risk reduction.
• City pares development cost charges City council has approved a $91,770 reduction in development cost charges for a housing development at 213 Keno Way in the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• Major North Klondike Highway work planned Massive helpings of federal money continue to pour into the Yukon government’s coffers as election fever mounts in Ottawa.
• Incoming president responded to siren call of the Yukon The new president of Yukon University has a burgeoning love affair with the Yukon.
• Latest person to die of COVID was not immunized: Hanley One more Yukoner has succumbed to COVID-19, showing the current outbreak still has some dangerously sharp teeth left to it.

July 29, 2021

• At The Health Fair Ellie Fabra, left, and Bonita Rogers
• Youth vaccine eligibility expands, mobile clinics return The eligibility for youth for a COVID-19 vaccine has been expanded, the Yukon government announced Wednesday.
• Summer Fun Time The new playground
• Funding awarded for Great Yukon Summer events The Government of Yukon has unveiled the 57 recipients of the Great Yukon Summer edition of the On Yukon Time events funding program.
• Outhouse race will run again on Saturday The Great International Outhouse Race probably won’t be international again this year, what with COVID-19 restrictions, and it’s a day earlier than last year.
• Yukoner celebrates $1-million windfall Michael Healey couldn’t believe his eyes when he scanned his Lotto Max ticket and discovered he’d won $1 million in the June 18 draw.
• Entrepreneurship support established for communities Yukonstruct and Yukon University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship will provide entrepreneurship support to territorial communities thanks to a $740,512.50 funding investment from the federal government’s Future Skills Centre (FSC).

July 28, 2021

• Water levels continue to diminish Water levels on the big lakes are continuing to drop, says the most recent update from the Emergency Measures Organization (EMO).
• MLA raises anxieties about firewood supply A Yukon Party MLA is concerned that Yukoners could literally be left in the cold this winter due to a potential firewood shortage.
• City opts to purchase downtown property City council voted at its meeting Monday to purchase a residential property on Seventh Avenue.
• Minimum wage to rise on Sunday The Yukon government now has formal approval to raise the territorial minimum wage to $15.20 an hour next Sunday and to tie subsequent annual increases to inflation.
• Safe consumption site details under discussion Negotiations are continuing between the Yukon government and the Blood Ties Four Directions Centre, which has been hired to operate what officials are calling a “safe consumption site” for drug users.
• Company pumps $12,500 into flood relief efforts BMC Minerals Ltd. is donating $12,500 to assist with flood mitigation efforts in southern Yukon and north of Whitehorse.
• Pair survived small airplane crash Two occupants of a small airplane walked away from a crash in the MacPherson subdivision earlier this month.
• Housing plight requires fresh thinking: Roddick The city needs to start thinking outside the box to address the housing crisis Whitehorse is in, says Coun. Steve Roddick.
• Help sought in solving 2007 homicide The Yukon RCMP Historical Case Unit is seeking public assistance to solve one of the most disturbing homicides in recent territorial history.