Whitehorse Daily Star

January 29, 2021

• 2021 Percy De Wolfe race will be a big loop Those mushers interested in registering for this year’s running of the Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race have until midnight Feb. 6 to contact the race committee, says committee president Gabriela Sgaga.
• Vital And Painless Jim Clark, one of Teslin’s elders, receives the first of two Moderna vaccinations Monday.
• School placed under brief lockdown Jack Hulland Elementary School was placed under a brief lockdown earlier this week.
• Tuning Up Brigitte Jardin (left) & and the City Slickers are seen at the pre-performance sound check before their Thursday evening performance at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Lobbyist registry attracting modest participation The Yukon Lobbyist Registry is now formally in operation, but so far the government isn’t being overwhelmed with activity.
• Andy Hooper The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
• Bell fund grants $50,000 to university Yukon University has received $50,000 from the Bell Let’s Talk Diversity Fund toward the development of an integrated Mental Health and Wellness Strategy for students and employees.
• Pivoting with Nakai The Nakai Pivot Festival began Jan. 20 on Paddy’s Pond with an installation by Nicole Bauberger, RavenMonsterDress.
• Artist’s work a contrast of the times Jim Robb, a fixture on the Whitehorse art scene for 66 years, has created a piece of work contrasting the historic Whitehorse to the modern city.
• Funding helps marginalized youth Yukon youth are benefiting from nearly $89,000 awarded to 23 community groups through the Youth Investment Fund.
• Everyone fine after ‘incredible’ lynx encounter Beaver Creek is definitely attracting its share of news coverage this week.
• Government assessing reduced Moderna shipments Canada’s supply of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 will be reduced in February
• A Burwash school makes progress A school for Burwash Landing – sought for more than a century – is inching closer to reality.
• YG moves to control off-road vehicles use The Yukon government is inching toward establishing an effective framework to controlling the use of off-road vehicles.
• ‘You have ruined the uniqueness of our Rendezvous’ The Yukon Rendezvous Festival found itself enveloped in controversy today after announcing what’s appearing to be a very unpopular name change.

January 28, 2021

• Accused couple posed little public risk; Hanley Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health,
• Chamber shocked by proposed mine’s latest wrinkle The Yukon Chamber of Mines is “shocked and frustrated” by the federal government’s refusal to render a decision at the end of the assessment board review process for the Kudz Ze Kayah project.
• Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter A Whitehorse woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the violent death of her domestic partner in April 2017.
• Vaccine seekers will be checked more thoroughly After a British Columbia millionaire and his wife were charged with fraudulently obtaining doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, the Yukon government is moving to vet people attending the clinics more carefully.
• YESAB recommends approval of proposed mine The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board is recommending approval of Newmont Goldcorp’s proposal to build the Coffee Creek gold mine along the Yukon River 130 kilometres south of Dawson City.

January 27, 2021

• Decision disappoints official BMC Minerals is disappointed with the federal government’s decision to refer its Kudz Ze Kayak project back to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) for clarification, says the company’s vice-president of external affairs.
• Thursday is Bell Let’s Talk Day Mayor Dan Curtis has declared Thursday as Bell Let’s Talk Day in support of positive change for mental health.
• Firms won’t receive points for local content There should be at least some points awarded for local content in a request for proposals to design upgrades to the Selkirk pump house,
• First Nations graduation regalia on display In partnership with the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, Teslin Tlingit Council and the Yukon Arts Centre, Honouring Our Future: First Nations Graduation Regalia opened Monday at the centre’s Hude Njú Kú Gallery.
• B.C., federal ministers slam couple’s behaviour Public condemnation grew Tuesday of a Vancouver couple accused of flying to a remote Yukon community to get a COVID-19 vaccine, with a federal minister slamming them and British Columbia’s solicitor general calling their alleged actions “despicable.’’
• It’s ‘Moderna’ times in Dawson City The Robert Service School gymnasium has turned into a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for the rest of this week.
• Man went missing in 2019 The RCMP’s Historical Case Unit is requesting assistance in locating Bradley Stephen MacDonald, who was last seen on Aug. 5, 2019.
• Couple had ‘a boring flight’ to Beaver Creek A local airline which flew a British Columbia couple to Beaver Creek where they are accused of fraudulently obtaining the COVID-19 vaccination isn’t happy with the situation.