Whitehorse Daily Star

October 23, 2020

• Expertise Matters When Mixing A Good Drink Owen and Lana Laviolette are no slouches when it comes to being “home bar” hosts.
• Awards highlighted the best of film festival The Dawson City International Short Film Festival has reeled out its 2020 list of award winners.
• Long Ago Yukon to host speaker On Saturday, Long Ago Yukon will welcome its first speaker for the 2020-2021 Long Ago Yukon Speaker Series – Dr. Ariane Burke, from the Université de Montréal.
• YG moves toward minimum diesel fuel inventory Yukon Energy will now be requiring its fuel suppliers to maintain a minimum inventory of diesel in case the supply chain is interrupted as it was last January in -40 temperatures.
• New approach floated for ferry’s extraction In the past, it was accomplished by using a complicated series of cables, pulleys, and block and tackles.
• Revamped pools ‘will be something totally new’ The Takhini Hot Pools have closed in preparation for a brand-new facility opening next year.
• Yukon Party to host minister The Yukon Party will welcome Ontario cabinet minister Caroline Mulroney on Saturday as part of a virtual conversation called Why We Need More Women in Politics.
• Bats’ protected species status complicates school’s problem The Ross River School is experiencing a long-standing bat problem in the midst of mitigation, according to the Yukon government.
• Getting the flu shot is more important than ever The territory’s influenza vaccine became available to selected Yukoners last Monday, with the first week being aimed at those most vulnerable to complications from influenza.
• First month of pandemic cost $1.4 million The Yukon government spent approximately $1.4 million on its COVID-19 response in the first month of the pandemic, according to a supplementary budget breakdown.
• Moose meat discarded, left to spoil Conservation officers are looking for assistance from the public regarding investigations into two separate incidents of moose meat discarded and left to spoil.
• ‘These statistics demand a response’: NDP The territory’s liquor stores may close earlier with new regulations next spring, according to the minister responsible for the Yukon Liquor Corp.

October 22, 2020

• New Democrats unveil election candidates The Yukon NDP announced its first three candidates running for nomination in the territorial election this morning.
• Minister unveils money for early learning, child care New money to support early learning and child care in the Yukon was announced this morning by Ahmed Hussen, the federal minister of Families, Children and Social Development.
• Pair afflicted with COVID-19 recovering at home The Yukon’s two newest COVID-19 cases experienced mild symptoms and are recovering at home, according to the territory’s chief medical officer.
• Human rights commission names new director Birju Dattani is the Yukon Human Rights Commission’s new director of human rights.

October 21, 2020

• Suspicious Package Treated With Caution Whitehorse RCMP closed down a section of Main Street in front of Scotiabank at approximately 2:30 p.m. Tuesday due to a suspicious package.
• Reinforcing the venerable SS Klondike The SS Klondike is getting support in the cargo deck.
• Ferry ends service earlier than planned It was a crazy day at the ferry landing on Tuesday.
• Lobbyists must now report their activities Lobbyists are now required to report their activities, due to last Thursday’s implementation of the Lobbyist Registration Act.
• First Nation’s Lands Act called historic event Chief Doris Bill of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation says its new Lands Act is an historic development that will greatly enhance its path to self-determination.
• Reveal money’s ‘secret sources,’ says NDP The Liberal government was pressed on the $106,000 anonymously donated to the party, fielding questions in the legislative assembly this week.