Whitehorse Daily Star

December 7, 2020

• A look at the speech Stacey Hassard never gave (Comment) Ed. note: Yukon Party MLA Stacey Hassard had planned to deliver these remarks in the legislature last Thursday in support of this emergency motion:
• Order Appointees Gertie Tom, right, and Agnes Mills
• Corner Collision Emergency responders work at the scene of a two-vehicle collision Friday morning
• Bars, restaurants are asked to help with contact tracing Effective today, restaurants and bars throughout the Yukon will be required to maintain a daily list of patrons.
• Remembering 14 Lost Lives The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women was still noted Sunday with flags flying at half-mast around Whitehorse.
• Santa Parades By Saturday’s Whitehorse Winterval Santa Parade featured a COVID-19 flair.
• COVID-19 state of emergency is extended As expected, the Yukon government has extended its state of emergency during the COVID-19 crisis by a unanimous vote on Friday.
• Yukon’s number of COVID-19 cases climbs to 54 Details about the three latest known cases of COVID-19 in Whitehorse were released Friday afternoon, bringing the territory’s total to 54 cases.
• Thirty bears put down in 2020 Thirty bears posing a risk of conflict with humans have been killed this year, conservation officer David Bakica said during a briefing Friday.
• Territories excluded from early vaccine arrival It appears as if the initial doses of a COVID-19 vaccine will not be available in Canada’s North.

December 4, 2020

• Wigwam's Piano Box House .
• Predator In Prime This coyote,
• Slashing of YFGA budget called ‘a surprise’ The relationship between the territorial government and the Yukon Fish and Game Association appears to be growing somewhat tenuous.
• Annual Tradition Continues The annual Yukon Art Society members’ December exhibit opens today at Arts Underground beneath the Hougen Centre.
• We’re talking issues, YP says The Yukon Party plans to “leave the over-the-top partisan attacks to the premier, and continue to focus on asking matter-of-fact questions that are top-of-mind for Yukoners.
• RCMP requesting assistance in Dawson break and enter Dawson City RCMP are investigating a November break and enter to the BHB Storage facility, located within the town’s Callison Way subdivision.
• Signs Of The Times A climate strike was held last Friday
• New justice brings humanist approach to the bench The Yukon’s newest Supreme Court justice is eager to get to work.
• Food bank makes renovations The Whitehorse Food Bank has received a new face-lift to its outside and inside to make the indoor space COVID-19-safe. The projects took five months and were just recently finished.
• Mining industry sees reason for optimism The Yukon and Canadian mining industries are facing considerable pressure and challenges, not least from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the future holds some promise.
• Whitehorse played part in missing man’s venture A local economic development official and a woman who rents an apartment from him have been identified as the two people missing after a landslide as wide as two football fields slammed into a neighbourhood in Haines, Alaska, the mayor said Thursday.
• State of emergency to be extended again The Yukon government is poised to renew its state of emergency for another 90 days, but not before the legislature will have a chance to debate the issue.
• Liberals dismiss YP’s vaccines motion The Yukon government has rejected a motion introduced by the Yukon Party aimed at sending a message to the federal government that it should provide residents in all three territories access to any vaccines at a more-than-per-capita basis.
• COVID no match for St. Nick’s determination Santa Claus is coming to town – or rather to your neighbourhood.
• Weird week will go down in weather history It was a whacky week of weather for the Yukon and beyond.

December 3, 2020

• Premier has stern words for opposition Premier Sandy Silver launched a vitriolic attack on the Yukon Party official Opposition Tuesday following some heated exchanges in the legislature.
• 2020 inductees to the Order of Yukon unveiled The 2020 inductees to the Order of Yukon were announced Wednesday.
• Centralized flu clinic to close two weeks early With the uptake for the flu vaccine slowing, the mass clinic at the Whitehorse Convention Centre will reduce operating hours beginning Friday.
• Homes destroyed in southeast Alaska landslide Six people were missing after a mudslide measuring an estimated two football fields across slammed into a neighbourhood in the southeast Alaska community of Haines, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.
• Yukon COVID cases rise to 51 Another case of COVID-19 was confirmed Wednesday in Whitehorse, bringing the Yukon’s total known cases to 50.