Whitehorse Daily Star

March 1, 2021

• Race will be remembered for rousing finish The inaugural 2021 Yukon Journey, the 255-mile dog sled race, from Pelly Crossing to Whitehorse, concluded Friday.
• Rendezvous during COVID times It was a much more physically- distant Yukon Rendezvous than in previous years.
• Aviation lease parcels available As part of the Yukon government’s plan to provide opportunities for growth within the aviation sector,
• RCMP unperturbed by 2019 crime statistics Crime was up in the Yukon by a substantial margin in 2019,
• Movie crew begins production Whitehorse residents might notice a few interruptions around town over the next month or so.
• Disagreement on time issue keeps on ticking As spring approaches, there appears to be renewed interest in the contentious subject of the permanent adoption of Pacific Daylight Saving Time in the Yukon.
• Liberals unveil potential candidate The Yukon Liberals have an election nominee for the Porter Creek North riding.

February 26, 2021

• Jack London's Cabin The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
• MLAs return to house Thursday The Yukon legislature will reconvene for its spring session next Thursday without a clear agenda.
• Mining strategy getting rough ride from industry The final draft of the Yukon Mineral Development Strategy is receiving rocky reviews from the mining and exploration industry, and beyond.
• Sustenance Under The Sun Gorellaume, Tyler Heal and Michel Gignac, left-right, and take a lunch break Tuesday creating a snow sculpture in the Shipyards Park for the Yukon Rendezvous.
• Public libraries expand their offerings Yukon Public Libraries is providing Yukoners more access to ebooks, audiobooks, music, comics, magazines, movies and digital resources.
• F.H. Collins walls of colour Hayley Thiesen, an F.H. Collins Secondary School art teacher, has the art students making murals on the walls of the school.
• Crispy, cold, COVID creations Lauren O’Coffey, who has an Arts Degree in Fine Arts, has been having fun with clothes and cold weather.
• Bush gave mushers break from wind-blown trail It was all quiet at the Braeburn checkpoint on Thursday afternoon.
• Initiative raised $32,500 for T1D education advocacy The Yukon T1D Support Network’s Boulevard of Hope raised $32,500 for Yukoners living with type 1 diabetes (T1D), a life-threatening auto-immune disease affecting all ages.
• First Nation wins big Arctic Inspiration Prize The First Nation of Na’Cho Nyäk Dün is celebrating a $485,000 windfall after winning the Arctic Inspiration Prize.
• Fiddling Into Rendezvous Weekend The Fiddleheads perform at Thursday evening’s Yukon Rendezvous Fiddle Show.
• Dawson miner, town at odds over claims Dawson City placer miner Lucas Hawkes says he’s feeling extorted by the town and its stance on issuing him permission to mine his claims inside the municipal boundary.
• Bylaw would reduce speed limits City administration expects to bring forward a traffic bylaw amendment this spring to reduce speed limits across downtown, council has been told.
• Parties spar over funding timing The Yukon Party isn’t impressed with the territorial government’s announcing a new regional relief loan program.
• ‘I could see Ed coming up behind me,’ winner says Hans Gatt has won the inaugural Yukon Journey, the 255-mile race from Pelly Crossing to Whitehorse.
• ‘Skate to where the puck is going’: TIA The Yukon government is under pressure from the tourism industry to clarify what the upcoming season holds as operators struggle to keep their businesses open.

February 25, 2021

• Race start had its surprises Chaos ensued at Wednesday’s beginning of the Yukon Journey.
• Mushers relished the long adventure ahead The sun began to peek out of the overcast sky early Wednesday morning in Pelly Crossing.
• It’s all in the family on the race trail Paul and Nathaniel Hamlyn were quick to shut down any father-son rivalry that may happen on the Yukon Journey trail from Pelly Crossing to Whitehorse.
• Government responds to latest opioids deaths The territorial government has responded to a statement from Yukon coroner Heather Jones with a reminder of its past initiatives on the opioids crisis.
• Busy day continued long past sunset Wednesday was a busy Yukon Journey race day, and it continued into the night.
• Pillai announces series of program extensions In the absence of any current COVID-19 cases in the Yukon, the focus of Thursday’s briefing by Dr. Brendan Hanley and Deputy Premier Ranj Pillai was on handing out more economic relief funds.