Whitehorse Daily Star

April 29, 2021

• Unions, parties honour fallen workers The Yukon marked the National Day of Mourning on Wednesday with a solemn service in Whitehorse.
• Art From Objects Sculptor Scott Price
• Blitz discovers multiple traffic laws violations A recent one-day traffic laws enforcement blitz has resulted in a spate of charges against drivers.
• Silver announces new chief of staff Jasmina Randhawa, a born-and-raised Yukoner, became Premier Sandy Silver’s new chief of staff on Thursday.
• Deal will keep Liberals in power until at least 2023 Revised - The Yukon Liberal Party and the NDP have entered into an agreement to work together in the legislature over the next two years.
• Territories talking about reduced travel restrictions Once again, there was little definitive new information to report out of the Yukon government’s regular COVID-19 weekly briefing held Wednesday morning.

April 28, 2021

• First-past-the-post failed Yukon The Yukon’s election has delivered “a stark lesson in the failings of first-past-the-post system and a golden opportunity for action on electoral reform in a minority legislature,” Fair Vote Canada said recently from Kitchener, Ont.
• Dystopian fantasy thriller wraps production; release set for 2022 Polaris, a Yukon-led feature film, has wrapped after two months of preparation and filming mostly outdoor scenes in the Yukon’s winter environment.
• Surveys launched for housing report Members of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition are launching an update of A Home for Everyone: A Housing Action Plan for Whitehorse.
• Yukon workers remembered today Each year, the Day of Mourning pays tribute to the lives of the workers lost to work-related incidents or occupational disease, and to those who have been injured on the job.
• Bison hunters set a record A record number of 272 bison were harvested this past hunting season, a senior wildlife biologist with Environment Yukon said this week.
• School calendar dates released The first day of school for local students for the next academic year will be Aug. 23, the Department of Education announced Tuesday.
• Fire being probed in Watson Lake A fire in Watson Lake is under investigation by the RCMP.
• Yukon Party asked to provide Deputy Speaker It appears old enmities die hard,
• City to take action on waterlogged lane The city is mobilizing to begin pumping water out of Loganberry Lane in Hidden Valley, says the city’s manager of engineering.
• Kona’s Coalition closure called ‘bittersweet’ Kona’s Coalition, a locally run animal advocacy group, is closing its doors for good in the wake of COVID-19.
• Liberals, NDP announce their expected agreement The Yukon Liberal caucus and the Yukon NDP caucus have come to an agreement to work together to support a Liberal government until at least Jan. 31, 2023, it was announced Wednesday afternoon.

April 27, 2021

• Participants meet to practise skills After a COVID-19 enforced break last year, high school, post-secondary students and apprentices came together last Saturday for the Territorial Skills Competition.
• Flash Fire Yukon Protective Services report that staff responded to their first wildfire of the season on Monday afternoon.
• WCC’s heating system to be expanded The Yukon government is expanding the heating system at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC) to include the Young Offenders Facility and Takhini Haven.
• Placer miner dies after vehicle rolls A 41-year-old placer miner was killed last Friday when the bulldozer he was driving rolled over after he lost control on a stretch of ice in the Dawson City area.
• Hanley reports second COVID-19-related death Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health, is remaining very tight-lipped about what he’s calling the second COVID-19-related death in the Yukon.
• E-Bike Bylaw pedals past council scrutiny City council passed its E-Bike Bylaw at its meeting on Monday, after hearing several submissions from members of the public.