Whitehorse Daily Star

November 16, 2020

• Public invited to submit ideas on exploration and mining The independent panel overseeing the Yukon Mineral Development Strategy has released its 136-page What We Heard report.
• Hotels take on task of providing bagged meals Bagged dinner service previously provided by the shelter and food bank shifted to local hotels on Nov. 1.
• The splendid sounds from a virtual music concert The Yukon Registered Music Teachers’ Association is hosting a special online concert to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Canada Music Week.
• Proposed development takes another step The first reading of a bylaw to rezone a Centennial Street lot to allow for the construction of an eight-unit housing development was approved by city council at its meeting last Monday evening.
• The First Day Of Classes Amélie Guilbeault (far left) and Casey Deslauriers, both students in Grade 8,
• Police traffic services mete out $9,000 in cellphone fines Drivers yacking on cellphones provided a bounty for the public treasury last Thursday in Whitehorse.
• Dawson citizens step up to help animal shelter The Dawson Humane Society’s recent success in housing a litter of puppies may have been the trigger for last week’s break-in and robbery at the shelter in the Callison industrial subdivision.
• Nunavut plans shutdown as COVID-19 surges Nunavut is ordering a two-week shutdown of non-essential businesses and schools due to the spread of COVID-19.
• Masks mandatory at CGC and arena Effective today, those entering the Canada Games Centre and Takhini Arena must wear a mask.
• Short housing supply puts sellers in command Low housing stock in Whitehorse has contributed to a sellers’ market that is raising prices, according to a report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

November 13, 2020

• Honouring The Fallen Teslin Mayor Gord Curran (far left),
• School’s opening ‘a historic and exciting moment’ The new French-language high school off Lewes Boulevard is testimony to that old adage: they don’t build ’em like they used to.
• KDFN mourns the loss of its oldest citizen The Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) is mourning the loss of esteemed elder Annie Smith, who died earlier this week at the age of 95.
• Chu Niikwän Artist Residency The 2020 Chu Niikwän Artist Residency exhibition opened last Saturday.
• Snow didn’t stop National Aboriginal Veterans Day National Aboriginal Veterans Day was a snowy day in Dawson, but relatively mild and not unpleasant for a brief 11 a.m. gathering around the ceremonial fire.
• Observing Remembrance Day 2020 This year’s 2020 Remembrance Day ceremony was livestreamed from the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Seasonal Campaign Begins The Share the Spirit campaign kicked off Thursday at the Whitehorse Fire Department Station 2.
• City council approves truck purchase for $488,473 City council has approved the purchase of a new mobile steamer truck for $488,473.
• Tuning Up The All-City Jazz Band rehearses Thursday
• Conversion therapy officially banned The Yukon became the fourth province or territory to ban conversion therapy on Monday afternoon.
• ‘It’s really great to be heading back to our home’ The Music, Arts and Drama (MAD) program will return to the Wood Street Centre on Monday after a semester of advocacy from students.
• Dawson City Humane Society is robbed Someone has stolen several hundred dollars from the Dawson City Humane Society.
• Confidentiality essential in leave provisions Victims of domestic or sexualized violence will soon be granted paid and unpaid leave, thanks to the newly amended Employment Standards Act.

November 12, 2020

• Long Ago Yukon schedules speaker Long Ago Yukon will welcome its second speaker for the 2020-2021 Long Ago Yukon Speaker Series at 1 p.m. Saturday.
• ANWR preservation advocates welcome TD’s climate policy The Toronto-Dominion (TD), the second-largest bank in Canada, has unveiled its new Climate Action Plan.
• YG doesn’t support U.S. permit for exploration in Arctic The Yukon government says it does not support a permit for an oil drilling exploration project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska,
• High-speed internet funding made available Yukon governments and organizations can now apply for high-speed internet funding from a Canada-wide pot of $1.75 billion.
• Aviation industry lands more financial help The total amount of support funding to the Yukon’s aviation industry this year has soared past the $10-million mark.
• Another COVID-19 case found in Whitehorse Dr. Catherine Elliott, the Yukon’s deputy chief medical officer of health, confirmed a new case of COVID-19 on Thursday afternooon, bringing the territory’s total to 24 cases since the first infection was announced last March 22.