Whitehorse Daily Star

May 31, 2021

• Firesmarting Efforts Recognized he Copper Ridge Neighbourhood Association was recognized by Yukon Wildland Fire Management on Saturday as the Yukon’s first Community FireSmart Leader.
• EMS members awarded Governor General medal Commissioner Angélique Bernard awarded the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal to 10 members of the Yukon Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team on Friday at Shipyards Park.
• Children’s bodies discovery prompts sadness, anger A sacred fire was lit by the Healing Totem on Sunday afternoon for the graves of 215 children found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School earlier this month.
• Vaccination clinics for youth begin Yukon youth began receiving their first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine today.
• B.C. children mourned by First Nation, premier The Carcross-Tagish First Nation is in mourning for the 215 children whose remains were discovered earlier this month at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
• Daycare plan isn’t universal, minister told The Yukon government’s plan to offer universal daycare was the subject of debate last week with the official Opposition.
• Building materials’ costs pressure project plans The spiralling cost of building materials could be sending ripple effects through the Yukon government’s ambitious capital project plans.

May 28, 2021

• Take it to The Heart Photo Spread
• Territory donates $25,000 to COVID relief in India The Yukon government will donate $25,000 to the Canadian Red Cross to support COVID-19 response efforts in India.
• Hospital corporation’s board chair named The territorial government has announced a new chair for the Yukon Hospital Corporation’s board of trustees.
• Market Melodies Fraser Canyon plays
• Privacy commissioner reviewing YG’s plans to access health records Diane McLeod-McKay, the Yukon’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, is reviewing the territorial government’s plan to access the personal health records of territorial residents to determine their vaccine status.
• Johnnie Johns Jim Robb
• Doubts cast on ambitious mining laws timetable The Yukon Party is continuing its barrage of the Liberal government over the plan to rewrite both the Quartz Mining Act and the Placer Mining Act.
• Yukon Mining, Geology Week saluted by mayor Mayor Dan Curtis has declared the week of May 31 to June 4 as Yukon Mining and Geology Week.
• Grader station eyed for housing lots potential A Yukon government preliminary proposal to build housing units on a well-known contaminated piece of land had the Yukon government scrambling for answers Wednesday in the legislature.
• Little is new on COVID-19 front After a rash of pandemic restrictions being lifted on Tuesday, there was little news on the COVID-19 front during Wednesday’s weekly briefing.
• Call for housing proposals released Reaching Home, a program funded by the federal government to prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada,
• TIA welcomes tourism incentive program The Yukon government unveiled its “Great Yukon Summer” tourism initiative Thursday, hoping to give the territorial tourism industry a boost.

May 27, 2021

• Spring Is In The Air The All City Band presented
• Popular birdathon to begin Friday Mary Whitley has been designated as this year’s feature birder for the annual Helmut Grunberg Yukon Birdathon that begins at 5 p.m. Friday and runs for 24 hours.
• YP wants more details on easing of restrictions A Yukon Party MLA renewed the party’s call Wednesday for the government to provide a detailed plan on loosening the reins on pandemic health restrictions.
• More affordable housing units planned The Yukon government is moving to provide funding for 102 new affordable housing units around the territory.
• City councillor announces mayoral run City councillor Laura Cabott announced today her intention to run for mayor in the municipal election this October.