Whitehorse Daily Star

January 18, 2021

• Church brightens ‘Blue Monday’ Let there be light.
• Ignore fake email messages, NWTel warns Once again, Northwestel Inc. customers are the targets of a couple of phishing scams intended to steal their personal identification data.
• O’Toole wouldn’t pare transfer payments Erin O’Toole says he’s in love with Canada’s North.
• Report analyzes YG’s record of expenditures The numbers are in for the territorial government.
• Bhangra North takes the stage The annual Bhangra show was virtual this year, live-streamed from the Leaping Feats Dance Studios on Saturday evening.
• YG, aviation committee discuss several subjects The territorial government and the Yukon Aviation Advisory Committee met last week to discuss a number of initiatives affecting the territory’s aviation sector.
• Conservation officers euthanize grizzly bear Conservation officers were able to locate the grizzly bear that had been reported south of Breaburn last week,
• Mobile vaccine clinics on the move Members of the Yukon’s Department Health and Social Services walked local media through an example of how their traveling clinics to the outlying communities will function on Friday afternoon.
• Encounter with Canada evaporates Courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic, a program particularly popular among northern students has folded.

January 15, 2021

• Boys & Girls Clubs plan online auction The Boys & Girls Clubs of Yukon (BGCY) have announced the return of their annual live auction fundraiser.
• Caribou Crossing These critters have been all over the Alaska Highway between Judas Creek and Johnson’s Crossing over the past few weeks.
• Economy has fought off COVID setbacks: Pillai The Yukon has weathered the economic storm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic relatively well, Economic Development Minister Ranj Pillai said Dec. 22.
• Now Showing Local artist Nicole Bauberger
• Public alert issued about grizzly bear Conservation officers are again warning the public of another grizzly bear that’s still out.
• Painting stolen from cathedral An unidentified person has an unholy appreciation for art...specifically a painting that’s been stolen from Christ Church Cathedral.
• Medical travel subsidy has now doubled in size Yukoners needing out-of-territory medical treatment received some good news Thursday from the government.
• Your Man About Town George Clark
• Top volunteer nominations sought Do you know an exceptional volunteer who has made a difference in Whitehorse?
• Three bridges to be refurbished The Yukon government and the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation have set out to upgrade three bridges along the Freegold Road.
• Latest vaccine delivery arrives Amid plenty of security, the second shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport on Thursday.
• YG seeks feedback to its ‘creative economy’ plan The Yukon government is looking for public feedback after releasing a new strategy for developing a “creative economy” for the territory.
• City pays mere lip service to comments: resident City council and the city have received harsh criticism and a tongue-lashing from a local resident who says he’s fed up with how proposed amendments to the zoning bylaw are handled.
• Land lotteries lure a record 780 applicants Every single lot was spoken for in the Yukon government’s two land lotteries this week for lots in the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• Curtis plans second run for territorial office Mayor Dan Curtis is leaving his city office by next autumn.

January 14, 2021

• Yukoner scratches her way to $100,000 windfall When Whitehorse resident Angeline Costello scratched the $1-million Royale Zing ticket she picked up in early November, she didn’t really expect to win. But a win is what she received – to the tune of $100,000.
• Hospital staff roll up sleeves for vaccine Staff at the Whitehorse General Hospital (WGH) were on the receiving end of the Moderna vaccine on Wednesday evening.
• Planning process to start for Fish Lake area The Yukon government and Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) are launching a local area planning process for the Łu Zil Män (Fish Lake) area.
• YG assists Haines disaster relief effort The Yukon government has provided $25,000 in Canadian funds to the Salvation Army Alaska Division to support relief and recovery efforts in Haines, Alaska.
• YG attempting to work with vaccine supply uncertainties The Yukon government continues to improvise its vaccine rollout strategy in the face of an uncertain supply.