Whitehorse Daily Star

June 11, 2021

• CYFN announces pilot project for community justice initiative The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) is launching a pilot project for community justice akin to creating an opportunity for community members to provide a joint victim impact statement.
• Mount Skukum The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
• Students win medals at National Science Fair Yukon high school students Gavin Howells and Bruce Porter were recently honoured with medals at the 2021 Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF), held virtually this year.
• Jumpstart Playground project proceeds The city is moving forward with the Jumpstart Playground project to be located in Shipyards Park.
• Putting Dancing To Video The Carole Mullin Dancers made a video last Saturday by the SS Klondike.
• Lower fees proposed for pop-up patios It appears the majority of city council is in favour of reducing fees for food and beverage businesses interested in putting out a pop-up patio using on-street parking spaces.
• No-Go Zone A section of the Airport Trail is closed until further notice due to a recent escarpment slide, the city said Thursday.
• Reverse plan for nursing jobs, NDP urges As the Yukon government moves to relocate three mental health nursing positions from rural areas, the Yukon NDP – the ruling Liberals’ partner in their minority government – aren’t happy campers.
• Council asked to OK a higher project budget City council is being asked to approve a $3.9-million budget amendment to cover off additional costs estimated in the proposed reconstruction of city hall.
• Yukon’s total COVID case count rises to 96: Hanley It appears the Yukon’s small outbreak of COVID-19 cases is growing,
• Mammoth skeletons called ‘super-exciting’ Yukon paleontologist Grant Zazula is excited about the partial woolly mammoth skeletons unearthed recently at a placer mine along the Indian River.

June 10, 2021

• Committees to oversee implementation of major policies Two committees have been established to oversee the implementation of the Putting People First and Our Clean Future plans.
• Mayor declares Yukon Pride Month Mayor Dan Curtis has declared the month of June as Yukon Pride Month in the City of Whitehorse.
• Dawson City RCMP arrest dangerous man A Whitehorse man faces 16 charges after an incident that took place last Saturday in Dawson City.
• Work set for Robert Campbell Bridge The Robert Campbell Bridge will be reduced to single-lane vehicle traffic between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. beginning Friday, until July 1, weather permitting, the city said Wednesday.
• Residential School Memorial Committee planned The Carcross/Tagish First Nation announced Thursday it’s working to establish a Choutla Residential School Memorial Committee involving citizens of all Yukon First Nations.
• Total COVID case count rises to 92 The Yukon has two more COVID-19 cases.

June 9, 2021

• New priest ordained in Dawson City Locals may have seen Jeffrey Mackie-Deernsted running around the town’s trails, streets and highways of the town since last August, since he is a dedicated daily runner.
• Now Exhibiting Jesse Devost opened Superposition last Friday in the Edge Gallery at Arts Underground.
• BMO to help create a permafrost institute Yukon University has received a $400,000 donation from BMO Financial Group to help establish a permafrost institute at the YukonU Research Centre (YRC).
• More can be done about racism, city council told City council could do more to address racism and discrimination, says Paul Gowdie of the Hidden Histories Society.
• State of rural mental health services assessed The Yukon government was quick to respond to the long-awaited Report on Mental Health Services in the Yukon from the federal Auditor-General, released Monday.
• Born and raised Yukon woman will seek a seat on city council Mellisa Murray, a born and raised Yukoner, has announced her candidacy for city council in October’s election.
• Cases show vaccines not 100-per-cent effective Three people are hospitalized in Whitehorse with COVID-19 infections, health officials said this morning.