Whitehorse Daily Star

October 20, 2020

• Poverty and Homelessness Action Week begins Members of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC) launched Poverty and Homelessness Action Week on Monday.
• Council studies proposed Whistle Bend development City council is being asked to approve a new residential development area in the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• City moving on Robert Service Campground building City administration is recommending the maximum weight for local content be given to the request for proposals for the design and construction of a new building at the Robert Service Campground.
• Poor hospital working conditions are unprecedented, union says Whitehorse General Hospital staff are experiencing poor working conditions that are unprecedented, according to the president of the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU).
• Housing corporation’s pet policy may cause MDs’ evictions Several Watson Lake health care practitioners are facing eviction from their housing due to the Yukon Housing Corp.’s pet policy, according to the Yukon Party.

October 19, 2020

• Ferry to be pulled sooner than planned The George Black ferry will cease operations Tuesday instead of Thursday due to rapidly increasing ice flows and dropping river levels.
• Destination: winter hibernation The exodus of float planes from Schwatka Lake continues.
• Northwestel plans information sessions Northwestel Inc. is inviting northerners to attend one of several planned virtual information sessions for its recently announced Every Community project.
• Boxes Ready For Presentations Mark Preston, Judy Matechuk, Darren Holcombe and Leslie Leong, left-right, are seen last Thursday with Commissioner Angélique Bernard (far right).
• Thefts from vehicles spur RCMP warning Whitehorse RCMP answered several calls for service in the Whitehorse downtown area last Wednesday due to what is now believed to be several people entering unsecured vehicles.
• YG throws $2.88-million lifeline to hotels The Yukon government is adding $2.88 million to the Business Relief Program for hotels that have already maxed their eligibility with the program.
• Two more COVID-19 cases reported in territory Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical health officer, confirmed two additional cases of COVID-19 in the territory Monday afternoon.
• Commissioner unveils first Story Laureate of Yukon Commissioner Angélique Bernard introduced Whitehorse resident Michael Gates as the inaugural Story Laureate of Yukon on Friday.
• ‘It’s very scary at WGH right now,’ employee says Four members of the Whitehorse General Hospital’s nursing staff have resigned in one 12-hour period, citing “deplorable working conditions,” their unions say.

October 16, 2020

• Transportation study planned City council voted at its meeting Tuesday to award a $344,550 contract to Morrison Hershfield Ltd. for the development of a new City-Wide Transportation Study.
• George Black ferry is put on 48-hour notice The George Black ferry officially went to a 48-hour withdrawal notice today, says Jim Regimbal,
• Government is stalling on universal child care, NDP MLAs charge Yukon NDP MLA Liz Hanson has challenged the territorial government to act on its commitment to provide universal child care.
• Welcomed Project Goes On The long-awaited reconstruction of Tlingit Street
• Locally-produced film debuts at Beringia centre A new film, Crossroads of the Continents, was launched Thursday evening at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre.
• Vehicles Tangle This vehicle was involved in a collision with a Dodge Ram pickup truck at the intersection of the Alaska Highway and Fish Lake Road shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday.
• I found my mom in the Thrift Shop The accompanying detailed painting of the St. Paul’s Anglican Church’s Thrift Shop—aka THE Thrift Shop—in Dawson City feels familiar to me.
• Skagway has first positive case of COVID-19 On Wednesday, Skagway was among three counties or boroughs in the United States which had not had a COVID-19 case.
• City’s emissions have risen by 40 per cent The City of Whitehorse has not only missed its reduction target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from city operations, emissions have increased by 40 per cent in the last five years, says a new city report.
• Many Rivers subject of RCMP forensic audit The Yukon RCMP are conducting a forensic audit into Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday.
• Per-capita cannabis sales led the nation The Yukon saw the highest per-capita cannabis sales in Canada last year, according to the federal bureau of statistics.