Whitehorse Daily Star

February 8, 2021

• Residential construction permits spiralled in 2020 As the population grows, so too does the number of building permits the City of Whitehorse issues.
• Famous fiddler’s family grateful for support With tributes still pouring in on the passing of Yukon’s “fiddler on the loose”, his family is making plans for a suitable way to commemorate his unique place in the heart of the territory.
• Park is essential for tourism: councillor When Dawson’s council decided to invoke the two-year termination clause on the contract governing the lease with the Goldrush Campground, there was one dissenting voice on the vote.
• Sharing Knowledge Whitehorse author Joanna Lilley gives a free poetry workshop Sunday at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre.
• Haines-area mauling victim airlifted to hospital Bears continue to be a somewhat unexpected problem for northern residents this winter.
• Cozens placed on COVID-19 list The Yukon’s Dylan Cozens won’t be seeing any game time, practice nor travel in the near future after being placed on the NHL’s COVID-19 “protocol list” on Saturday.
• Arts community member seeks YP nomination Angela Drainville, a community volunteer and occupational health and safety professional, is seeking the Yukon Party nomination for Whitehorse West in the upcoming territorial election.
• Care staff feeling effects of second shots The Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) is sounding an alarm over the way the territorial government is handling the after-effect of its vaccine rollout with its Department of Health and Social Services workers.

February 5, 2021

• Frigid Beauty Nine-year-old Kaitly Jobin took this photo
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• Yukon Party unveils potential candidates The Yukon Party unveiled two potential Whitehorse candidates for the coming territorial election this week.
• Groups cautiously positive about ORV legislation A loose coalition of environmental groups gathered Thursday afternoon to discuss the Yukon government’s new off-road vehicle legislation.
• City pursues the path to an e-bikes bylaw There is a need to establish a bylaw governing the use of electric bikes – e-bikes – in the city, says Landon Kulych, the city’s manager of parks and community development.
• Student learning programs under critics’ scrutiny The three Yukon political parties are beginning a rather public brawl over the subject of individual learning plans for territorial students.
• Watson Laker seeks Liberal nomination The Yukon Liberal Party has a new potential candidate as it tries to wrest control of the Watson Lake riding away from the Yukon Party.
• Exhibit Opens Today Six francophone artists began showing today in the Arts Underground beneath the Hougen Centre.
• Cold snap is latest chapter in whacky weather saga If you’re wondering what’s up with the whackadoodle winter weather this season, Doug Lundquist of Environment Canada has some ideas.
• An Enthusiastic Welcome Haines Junction residents welcomed the COVID-19 mobile vaccination unit to their community on Tuesday evening
• Practise chimney safety, public urged The Whitehorse Fire Department is reminding residents of the importance of inspecting and cleaning their wood stove chimneys to prevent chimney fires.
• Road work planned for Porter Creek, Crestview The Yukon government should conduct an open house for Porter Creek and Crestview residents regarding the Alaska Highway expansion project proposed through those subdivisions.
• City bus ridership has rebounded The number of passengers riding city transit is back to where it was pre-COVID-19, minus the tourist traffic, city council was informed by administration at its meeting Monday.
• Amazing fiddler would play for 24 hours straight A Yukon legend has passed on, but his legacy of music will reverberate for years to come.

February 4, 2021

• YG proposes expanded paving work The Yukon government is looking to piggy-back on the city’s asphalt overlay plans for the Hamilton Boulevard and Alaska Highway intersection.
• MLA wants open house on highway work The Yukon government should conduct an open house for Porter Creek and Crestview residents regarding the Alaska Highway expansion project proposed through those subdivisions.
• Yukon Party has potential candidate in Porter Creek Centre Well-known Yukon-Filipina Yvonne Clarke is seeking the nomination to represent the Yukon Party in Porter Creek Centre in this year’s territorial election.
• Premier, chief physician unhappy with vaccine cutbacks The tension over how the federal government’s handling of the Yukon’s vaccine supply is ratcheting up.
• Lynx attacks dog in McIntyre subdivision There’s been another lynx attack on a dog – this time in Whitehorse.