Whitehorse Daily Star

February 3, 2021

• Silver recognizes Indigenous employees Premier Sandy Silver presented the 2020 Indigenous Employees Award of Honour to Morgane Pennycook last week for her innovation, leadership and commitment to public service.
• The Finest In Footware Lorraine Dewhurst and her young son, Kanash, are seen after a moccasin workshop last month at the Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre.
• Public survey will follow Rendezvous festival The Yukon Rendezvous Society has resurfaced in the wake of raging controversy over its name change with a plea for Yukoners to just get along and a vague promise to hold further consultations after the festival ends later this month.
• Yukon government auctions go online Yukoners can now buy surplus government items with ease using a new online auction platform, Govdeals.ca.
• CEMA’s transparency, consultation challenged There’s been some new information filed in a civil case filed by a group of Yukon residents against the territorial government over its use of the Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• More potential NDP candidates emerge The Yukon New Democratic Party has been busy fielding candidates for the upcoming territorial election, widely expected to be called this spring.
• Access to quarry leases could happen this year The Yukon government is moving forward with its own plan to open up development of the Stevens Quarry site, says a senior official with the government’s land management branch.
• YG accepts board’s quarry recommendation The Yukon government will not accept an application for a gravel quarry in the area known as the Stevens Quarry, located between the Alaska Highway and Takhini River, says a senior official.

February 2, 2021

• Territory to receive smaller vaccine shipment With a shortage of the Moderna vaccine looming, the Yukon government is adapting its vaccine rollout plans on the fly.
• YG wasn’t involved in festival renaming Tourism and Culture Minister Jeanie McLean is pointing out the territorial government had nothing to do with the controversial renaming of the former Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous.
• YG moves forward on child care, early kindergarten With an election looming this year, the Yukon government is moving to make good on more of its promises in its Putting People First strategy.
• KDFN councillor seeks Yukon Party nomination Ray Sydney, a long-time Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) senior official and councillor, is seeking the Mountainview riding nomination for the Yukon Party in the upcoming territorial election.
• City taking action on taxi safety complaints The City of Whitehorse is responding to recent posts on social media from women expressing concerns about their safety in local taxi cabs.

February 1, 2021

• Midwives have regulatory framework Midwives in the Yukon now have a regulatory framework to work with.
• Yukon Party MLAs plan re-election bids Two veteran Yukon Party MLAs have announced plans to stay in politics.
• What To Do With All The Snow? Hazel and Eli are seen last Thursday afternoon in the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• Premier salutes outstanding service providers Premier Sandy Silver has presented three individuals and three teams with the 2020 Premier’s Award for Excellence and Innovation.
• Last two Hawker Siddeleys sold off Air North has sold off the last two of its Hawker Siddeley fleet.
• Bylaw on parking stalls advances City council has approved first reading of the bylaw required to reduce parking stall requirements for a proposed affordable housing development at 410 Cook St.
• 2,000-plus people sign petition on change of name for Rendezvous The battle lines over the renaming of the Yukon Rendezvous Festival remain entrenched over the weekend.
• ‘The company is going to survive’: Sparling Air North is doing what it can to share the reduced workload among employees who have not been laid off in efforts to maintain its workforce, says company president Joe Sparling.
• No apology heard from couple The British Columbia couple who fraudulently obtained doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Beaver Creek on Jan. 21 have allegedly tested negative for the virus.