Whitehorse Daily Star

May 4, 2021

• Legislature will reconvene May 11 The Yukon government is going back to work next week.
• Warrant issued to meet government’s spending commitments The Yukon government has issued a special warrant to ensure government programs and functions are able to continue while the 2021-22 fiscal year budget is debated during the spring legislative sitting.
• Council mulls pop-up patios on roadways The city is moving forward with an initiative aimed at easing the financial burden COVID-19 has placed on eating and drinking establishments downtown.
• Cabinet offers new faces in many portfolios Premier Sandy Silver unveiled his new cabinet early Monday evening, and it’s one that looks a lot like his old cabinet.
• Medical officer reports Yukon’s 82nd COVID case Dr. Brendan Hanley announced the Yukon’s 82nd case of COVID-19 on Monday.

May 3, 2021

• Striding With Pride A small but dedicated group took part in the Pride Stride at noon Friday starting at Rotary Peace Park.
• Much-criticized couple due in court Rodney and Ekaterina Baker, the B.C. couple who made headlines around the world for obtaining COVID-19 vaccinations in Beaver Creek last January, are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday in Whitehorse.
• New arrivals at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve The Yukon Wildlife Preserve has welcomed two new bison babies this season.
• Spring’s delights may include newborn lynx at preserve Spring’s delights include newborn lynx at preserve
• Cabinet to be sworn in today Premier Sandy Silver and his cabinet will be sworn into office beginning at 5:30 this afternoon
• Campgrounds have never opened earlier Many campgrounds around the territory opened Friday morning, which was the earliest-ever opening.
• Yukon Party MLAs stripped of roles after crude texts Sometimes politics are so absurd it’s difficult to decide whether to laugh or cry.

April 30, 2021

• Doug Bell’s memoir is formally presented The Yukon Transportation Museum has presented a copy of Sky Road North to Caroline Bell, the daughter-in-law of the author, the late commissioner Doug Bell.
• Skookum Jim And His House .
• Alaska to host 2024 Arctic Winter Games For the first time, the 2024 Arctic Winter Games will be hosted in the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) borough of Alaska.
• Silver among those mourning bear biologist’s death A dedicated scientist who loved the North, Markus Dyck spoke his mind and strove to include Inuit in Northern research.
• Creativity Revealed A three-by-eight-foot mural has been produced for École Whitehorse Elementary School’s library
• Some areas at moderate flood risk Several communities are facing a moderate risk of flooding as river ice begins to break up, says hydrologist Holly Goulding of the Water Resources Branch.
• Cookies Available Saturday! Everybody is having to get creative in this time of COVID-19 – including the Girl Guides.
• Four MLAs due for severance pay As the old proverb suggests, it pays to go into politics.
• Berger: ‘a great champion of Indigenous peoples’ Thomas Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Aboriginal title to land, has died of cancer at the age of 88.
• Deal has ‘shocked’ Dixon The Yukon Party made it clear Thursday afternoon it’s fuming over the prospect of dealing with a Liberal government propped up by the NDP.
• Many measures outlined in parties’ accord Reactions to the historic agreement the Yukon Liberals and NDP announced late Wednesday afternoon started rolling in swiftly Thursday morning.