Whitehorse Daily Star

June 22, 2021

• Old Crow Solar Project is working well The Old Crow Solar Project has achieved stage one commissioning and is now generating power for the community.
• National Indigenous Peoples Day 2021 Most events for National Indigenous Peoples Day were done through a virtual event on Monday,
• Council pares fees for pop-up patios City council voted June 14 in favour of reducing the fees for pop-up patios using on-street parking spaces by 50 per cent.
• Checking Out The Equipment Participants in the Yukon River Quest, which will start tomorrow, have their equipment checked and registered over the long weekend.
• Yukon RCMP members observed National Indigenous Peoples Day Yukon RCMP said today they “respectfully and humbly observed and acknowledged National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 and everyday we serve Indigenous people in the Yukon.”
• City adds 10 trails to the Trail Maintenance Policy The addition of 10 trails to the city’s Trail Maintenance Policy was approved June 14 by city council.
• Dawson visitors urged to be cautious Dawson isn’t closing its doors to visitors, but both Mayor Wayne Potoroka and Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Chief Roberta Joseph have defined the terms under which visitors are welcome, given the COVID-19 case surge.
• Local artist asks: what are we doing with all this stuff? Janet Patterson will be creating sculptures from donated objects and materials as part of the Artists in the Window series at Yukon Artists @ Work 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
• COVID primarily affecting unvaccinated people The Yukon’s COVID-19 outbreak continued to worsen over the long weekend.

June 18, 2021

• Labour force and jobless rate figures remain stable The territory’s labour force and unemployment rate aren’t showing much sign of movement in the latest report from the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• Going Places Dall sheep
• Bill Hare: Yukon Silvercamp Photographer The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
• New team at Yukon Music Camp Society The board of the Yukon Music Camp Society has hired a new producer and an administrative officer to run its summer music camp, held every summer in Whitehorse.
• Local choir members will be in national choir video About 20 singers from the Whitehorse Community Choir are about to be part of a national release of the song We Rise Again on Sunday.
• A Wonder In The Sky An atmospheric optical phenomenon
• Firehall an ‘incredible achievement and milestone’ The new Fire Hall #1 on Black Street was officially opened Wednesday.
• Stay away, Kwanlin Dün First Nation urges The Kwanlin Dün First Nation is asking people to stay out of the McIntyre subdivision due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
• Spacing Out The Fireweed Community Market has had to make some adjustments in placement due to the construction of the new playground at Shipyards Park.
• Speed limit has been reduced The speed limit for downtown streets has been reduced from 50 kilometres an hour to 40 km/h.
• River Quest to make change The Yukon River Quest has had some last-minute changes to its schedule that are not included in today’s special supplement, which the Star printed on Thursday.
• Drive-up testing centre planned The Yukon government’s COVID-19 Testing and Assessment Centre (CTAC) will open a drive-up testing centre this evening to assist with demand for testing since the beginning of the most recent outbreak.
• No Star Monday The Star will not publish on Monday, National Indigennous Peoples Day, but will be back on newsstands on Tuesday.
• Cold case probe sees area searched A search of Tl’el Tana Män (Hopkins) Lake on the traditional lands of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) was conducted last Friday through Sunday as part of an ongoing historical investigation.
• Case count rises; enforcement details released Nine more cases of COVID-19 have been announced by Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health.
• ‘There is a persistent pattern of aggressive behaviour’ A lifetime of misery – for himself and for others – has led to a Whitehorse man being labelled a dangerous offender.

June 17, 2021

• RCMP Critical Incident Program members trained in Watson Lake Members of the Yukon RCMP Critical Incident Program conducted training exercises in Watson Lake from Monday to Wednesday.
• Premiers covered a range of issues Canada’s northern premiers met virtually Monday, and the discussions appeared to have been somewhat fruitful.
• Couple should apologize to Beaver Creek residents: premier A wealthy B.C. couple who received COVID-19 vaccinations last January in Beaver Creek owes the community an apology, Premier Sandy Silver said Wednesday.
• Several fires extinguished Two lightning-caused fires, 0.1 and 9 hectares in size, were reported Tuesday night on King Solomon Dome in the Dawson City region.
• Yukoners can apply for Good Energy rebates online The Yukon government is launching a new online system that streamlines applications for Good Energy rebates and incentives.