Whitehorse Daily Star

June 16, 2021

• Dawson’s school graduates 18 in the open air A sign that things are returning to somewhat normal is that the Robert Service School commencement ceremony returned to its traditional date: the Saturday after the last day of the school year.
• Silver meets his western colleagues virtually The 2021 western premiers’ conference took place virtually on Tuesday due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the unusual format didn’t preclude some lively discussions on several issues.
• Draft Dawson land use plan released The Dawson Regional Planning Commission released a Draft Land Use Plan for the Dawson region at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the open air public space at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre.
• Covid Body-Checks Puppet Event Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, The Puppet Path drop-in puppet-making event for families has been postponed.
• Salmon being distributed to families The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate has once again partnered with Second Harvest and Agriculture Canada Surplus Food Rescue Program to provide urban-based Indigenous families with roughly 30,000 pounds of wild-caught B.C. salmon.
• Bid for Canada Games firms up as council takes another step City council has authorized the city to send a letter to the Canada Games Council prior to June 30 indicating the city and Yukon government will bid jointly to host the 2027 Canada Winter Games.
• 2021 Adäka Cultural Festival postponed The Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association, in partnership with the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, has postponed this month’s Adäka Cultural Festival until late August.
• Enforcement program spurs many charges A recent traffic laws enforcement operation in southwest Yukon resulted in many charges, the RCMP said Monday.
• Couple fined for Beaver Creek vaccine caper The two B.C. residents who failed to self-isolate after arriving in Whitehorse but instead travelled to Beaver Creek to get vaccinated pleaded guilty to two counts each of breaching public safety measures.
• Expect more COVID cases, Yukoners told When it comes to the current COVID-19 outbreak, things will get worse before they get better.

June 15, 2021

• Enjoying A Special Event Queer Caregivers in the Park took place last Saturday in Rotary Peace Park.
• Playground site development to start soon The city is preparing to conduct site development at Shipyards Park for a new $1-million playground donated to the city by the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charity.
• Arresting officers’ actions to be reviewed The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) will review the actions of Whitehorse RCMP officers in their arrest of a hatchet-wielding woman earlier this month.
• City hall reconstruction project progresses City council is moving forward with the project to reconstruct city hall.
• Strong-smelling substance used in construction of atlatl throwing dart A new study has identified beaver castoreum as a component of the design and construction of a 6,000-year-old Yukon atlatl-throwing dart.
• COVID-19 claims third Yukoner’s life Details are sparse, but a third Yukoner has succumbed to a COVID-19 infection.

June 14, 2021

• Survey on COVID-19 learning now live The Yukon government has launched the third instalment of the learning during COVID-19 survey.
• Dawson council to debate housing resolution At 10:56 p.m. last Tuesday, four minutes before the committee of the whole meeting would have had to end under Municipal Act rules, Dawson council passed this resolution by a 3-2 recorded vote:
• Collision sends several people to the hospital Several people were transported to Whitehorse General Hospital in serious condition following a traffic collision late Saturday afternoon.
• People’s mental health still being served: YG A Yukon government spokesperson is disputing whether the transfer of three mental health nursing positions from the community wellness hubs will result in a reduction in services.
• Northwestel rolls out Internet plan Construction is underway on Northwestel Inc.’s three-year project to bring high-speed unlimited Internet to every community in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
• Artist to paint large landscape in the Artists @ Work window Maya Rosenberg will be painting a large and brightly coloured landscape to communicate the delight that passersby bring to the world,
• ‘I am concerned about this outbreak’: MD Despite Whitehorse being ground zero in a new COVID-19 outbreak over the weekend, there will be no immediate return to tight health restrictions.