Whitehorse Daily Star

June 8, 2021

• Yukon MP condemns Ontario murders Yukon MP Larry Bagnell has issued a short statement on the murders of four family members last Sunday evening in London, Ont.
• Paddling With Pride The annual Pride Paddle took place last Saturday.
• Paddlers rescued from Chadburn Lake Whitehorse RCMP, in collaboration with the Whitehorse Fire Department and Yukon Emergency Services, recently ensured that a group of stranded paddlers returned safely to shore.
• Premier backs probes of ex-residential school sites “We’re not going to wait for the federal government,” Premier Sandy Silver said last Friday
• NDP leader did not participate in Forum Despite a clause in the Confidence and Supply Agreement (CASA) between the Yukon Liberals and NDP, Kate White was not welcome at last Friday’s Yukon Forum.
• Council hears more about making bid for Games The City of Whitehorse and the Yukon government want to co-host the 2027 Canada Winter Games.

June 7, 2021

• Teslin Museum Celebrates Tlingit Heritage, Reopens June 17th Manager encourages Yukoners to 'make a day of it' with a trip to Teslin and the museum this summer
• Documentary to premiere Wednesday evening Ten years in the making, the Yukon produced feature documentary Not About Me is set to premiere Wednesday evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Musical Interlude Takhini Elementary School Grades 6-7 students are seen last Thursday with the concert ukuleles they built from kits from Ohio.
• Advocate’s review to be considered The Yukon government will “meaningfully consider” the Child and Youth Advocate Office’s (YCAO’s) conclusions about school absenteeism, Education Minister Jeanie McLean said last week.
• Downed Cable Paralyzes Traffic At about 11:35 last Thursday morning, fire crews responded to a location along the Alaska Highway in Whitehorse to a report of a power line down and across highway.
• Recreation centre will be at Dome Road site At tomorrow’s full meeting of town council, it will be recommended that the new recreation centre be built at the bottom of the Dome Road, opposite the existing Crocus Bluff Ball Park and Gaw Soccer Pitch.
• Youngster ends up at Yukon Wildlife Preserve On May 24, the Yukon Wildlife Preserve received a baby male moose from Conservation Officer Services.
• Four people face drug charges The Yukon RCMP Crime Reduction Unit has charged three local people with drug trafficking offences in downtown Whitehorse.
• Three schools have windows smashed Whitehorse RCMP are investigating reports of recent vandalism at three Riverdale schools.
• Government leaders hold forum Members of the territorial cabinet and Peter Johnston, the Council of Yukon First Nations’ grand chief, as well as other chiefs, met Friday for the first Yukon Forum of 2021.
• Four COVID cases confirmed Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported Saturday in the Yukon by the office of Dr. Brendan Hanley, the chief medical officer of health.

June 4, 2021

• The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated .
• First Nations School Board plan called historic With some fanfare, the Yukon government unveiled its framework to create a First Nations School Board on Thursday morning.
• Closing Ceremony Held A closing ceremony took place Thursday evening for the more-than 400 pairs of shoes and children’s toys placed in front of the Sacred Heart Cathedral and taken to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
• City approves grants Spring recreation grants totalling $146,587 were approved by city council at its May 25 meeting.
• Commissioner celebrates the discovery of gold Commissioner Angélique Bernard is commemorating the 125th anniversary of the discovery of gold in the Yukon.
• Healthy Commuting The city has once again teamed up with Yukon Energy to encourage more residents to bike to work or school from the past Monday to the coming Sunday.
• EMS workers ‘humiliated’ by medal affair: YEU The Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) is alleging two Yukon Emergency Medical Services employees were barred from receiving a Governor-General’s Exemplary Service Medal at a ceremony last week for reasons that remain unexplained.
• Unsettled, mixed weather forecast Bobby Sekhon, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, might soon become the Yukon’s least-wanted person.
• Discovery rekindles emotional memories for Yukon woman The reverberations of the grim discovery at a former Kamloops, B.C. former residential school are still stirring emotions in Whitehorse and the Yukon a week after the news broke.
• Elk munching on crops, harassing livestock Farmers in the Takhini River Valley have had it with the wild elk that cause damage to fencing, their crop fields and bother their livestock.