Whitehorse Daily Star

January 8, 2021

• Robert Service Way has a Boulevard of Hope The Yukon T1D Support Network has launched its Boulevard of Hope at the top of Robert Service Way in Whitehorse.
• Council briefed on budget error City council is being asked to approve a budget amendment to correct an administrative error in order to continue the city’s fuel abatement and FireSmart project.
• YG is assailed over access to information The Yukon government’s record on access to information requests was the subject of a blunt verbal attack by the Yukon Party on the last day the legislature sat on Dec. 22.
• John Sewell, General Merchant .
• Copper’s soaring price called a boon for territory Yukon government geologist Scott Casselman says the recent upward spike in the price of copper to a 10-year high has its immediate benefits for the territory.
• Starting the New Year with a frigid splash .
• Council provided with 18 proposed tenders Under a new policy, city administration has provided city council with a list of 18 proposed tenders that exceed $100,000 and are expected to be released in the next two months.
• Fish Lake Frolicking .
• New Year’s fireworks were never ordered: city City officials are still providing answers about the controversial decision to cancel the New Year’s Eve fireworks at Shipyards Park.
• Exhibition Continues Mark Preston is exhibiting Silent Ovoid in the Arts Underground Focus Gallery for the month of January.
• RCMP acting on vehicle thefts Whitehorse RCMP are increasing their patrols in the Kopper King area due to reports of theft from and of vehicles.
• Conversation brings no resupply guarantees Nothing concrete in terms of any guarantees for a more predictable vaccine supply has come out of Premier Sandy Silver’s latest round of talks with Canada’s first ministers Thursday afternoon and evening.
• RCMP seeking break-in suspects Whitehorse RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying and locating the suspects who broke into Cobalt Construction’s premises.
• Timing of care homes fee hikes criticized The Yukon Party has kicked off 2021 with more criticism of the Liberal government.
• Complications arise in vaccine resupply hopes The Yukon government is hastily revising its vaccine rollout plan after being unable to guarantee one mass shipment of enough COVID-19 doses to inoculate 75 per cent of the adult population of the territory.

January 7, 2021

• Weak response to refuge oil lease bids hailed Wednesday’s oil lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) proved a big fizzle – and Yukon MP Larry Bagnell is hailing what turned out to be a non-event.
• Heavy traffic ice bridge now ready at Dawson Associated Engineering and Big Ice have completed the construction of the heavy-traffic lane of the ice bridge across the Yukon River here.
• Some Whitehorse students advised to self-isolate Some students at F.H. Collins Secondary School have been advised to go into self-isolation by the Department of Education.
• Another COVID case reported in Whitehorse One new case of COVID-19 was reported Wednesday in Yukon, the territorial government said that afternoon.
• Feedback sought on pending shopping bag ban The territorial government wants to hear from Yukoners on how to best implement a ban on single-use plastic and paper shopping bags.

January 6, 2021

• Public can comment on city’s plans A public input session into a proposal to relocate the city’s land and building department to the business centre on Calcite Road in Marwell is scheduled for Jan. 11.
• Oil, gas lease sales can proceed in refuge A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to halt oil and gas lease sales in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that were pushed by the Trump administration in its final days.
• Tackling the virus with music There are few live venues available to musicians now. One local musician has found a limited solution to the missing live shows.
• Pair arrested on New Year’s Day Two men face charges following an RCMP operation conducted last Friday at a Takhini Trailer Court residence.
• Despite the loss, Yukoners will cheer on Cozens It was certainly not the result the young men representing the country had hoped for when they began their quest for a second-straight gold medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship.
• Avalanche forecasting underway The avalanche forecasting season in the Yukon is underway.