Whitehorse Daily Star

June 30, 2021

• Council confirms pact for Whistle Bend units City council voted unanimously at its meeting Monday to enter into a housing development agreement with the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) for 20 rental units in Whistle Bend.
• Artist creates from fish skins Josée Carbonneau began creating bowls from fish skins today as part of the Artists in the Window series at Yukon Artists @ Work.
• Silver in Lower Post for ex-school’s demolition People and dignitaries from around the Yukon and British Columbia gathered in Lower Post today to witness the ceremonial demolition of the Lower Post Residential School.
• Think of schools’ impacts, mayor urges Mayor Dan Curtis is asking residents of the city and the Yukon to think about the impact residential schools have had on the territory’s Indigenous people.
• Temperatures melted records in Yukon Four Yukon communities set temperature records Monday as some of the inferno-like high-pressure system in British Columbia edged northward.
• Water levels continue their steady rise Territorial government crews are continuing to assess properties in the Southern Lakes region for flood potential as lake levels are continuing to rise at about 10 centimetres per day.
• Late mayor remembered for dignity, kindness Former Whitehorse mayor Bill Weigand died last Sunday at the age of 92.
• ‘This is not the summer we were planning’ The Yukon has called in the calvary from the federal government and other territories and provinces as it strains to handle the expanding COVID-19 outbreak.

June 29, 2021

• Boil water alert issued for Carmacks A boil water advisory has been issued for residents of Carmacks and members of the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation who use private wells.
• Lastest COVID cases raise active count to 136 The COVID-19 outbreak in the Yukon continues as 24 more cases were announced Monday evening.
• Double paid sick leave days, NDP urges The Yukon NDP is calling on the ruling Liberals – who the party is propping up – to double paid sick leave days.
• A Detour Into The Drink It’s so hot, even the vehicles need to take a dip!
• Air ambulance program improvements announced The Yukon government has expanded its air ambulance program to include obstetrical, neonatal and pediatric critical care transport capabilities.
• Fire at construction site investigated Whitehorse RCMP are working with other agencies to investigate a suspicious fire that occurred at a construction site last weekend in Porter Creek.
• Fire restriction notice issued New fire rules have been imposed in the Watson Lake Fire Management District as the region breaks heat records.
• Southern Lakes flood warning issued The Yukon government issued a flood warning for the Southern Lakes region at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

June 28, 2021

• Man charged with several offences A Whitehorse man faces drug-related charges after the RCMP Crime Reduction Unit arrested him last Thursday in a vehicle near Waterfront Place.
• Whistle Bend’s growth studied City council is being asked to approve the next phase of development for the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• Warriors Walk for Healing Nations Photo Spread
• Snowpack, heat are raising water levels Water levels in the Southern Lakes are continuing to rise today, as are the levels in Lake Laberge.
• Dawson cancels Canada Day celebrations The City of Dawson is paying homage to the memory of the residential school children in the unmarked graves in Kamloops, B.C., and outside Regina by cancelling its Canada Day activities.
• River Quest could have been run: paddler There was no need to cancel the Yukon River Quest last week.”
• Human remains from lake identified A joint investigation by the Yukon Coroner’s Service and the RCMP Historic Case Unit (HCU) has led to the identification of the human remains located in Lake Laberge in 2016, police said Friday afternoon.
• Active cases at 124; hospital rules tighten Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health, is reporting 66 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday afternoon as the outbreak worsens.