Whitehorse Daily Star

October 6, 2020

• Nunavut confirms nine positive COVID 19 cases at mine, others presumptive Nunavut has confirmed nine positive cases of COVID-19 at the Hope Bay gold mine in the western part of the territory.
• Parties demand greater clarity on spending The Yukon’s opposition parties are calling for greater transparency on Department of Health and Social Services (HSS) spending leading up to the supplementary budget debates.
• Tourism banners celebrate Women’s History Month A new series of banners featuring the artwork of six Yukon women were unveiled Monday in Whitehorse in recognition of Women’s History Month.
• Urban Agriculture Study posted online The city’s new Local Food and Urban Agriculture Study is complete and now available online, city council was told at its meeting on Monday.
• Ban on single-use products proposed The Yukon government is following through on a 2019 commitment to permit the banning of certain types of single-use packages and products.

October 5, 2020

• Follow RBC’s lead on ANWR projects, other banks urged Follow RBC’s lead on ANWR projects, other banks urged
• Garden Bountty Sold Off Debra McPhee volunteers at the Whitehorse Food Bank on Saturday, handing out bags of potatoes and carrots.
• Faro receives above-ground water reservoir The construction of a new above-ground water reservoir in Faro is now complete.
• Fund helps vulnerable Yukoners: United Way United Way Yukon has provided $80,000 to 11 community service organizations to strengthen their capacity to meet the urgent needs of vulnerable people affected by COVID- 19.
• YG to cover continuous glucose monitoring All Yukoners with type 1 diabetes will now have access to fully funded continuous glucose monitoring, the territorial government said last Thursday.
• Woman’s death being probed as a homicide The human remains of a Whitehorse woman were discovered in a burned-out vehicle in B.C. last month.
• Briefings are for MLAs, staff only, Liberals tell Yukon Party The Liberal government has notified the Yukon Party it will block leader Currie Dixon from attending briefings on the budget and other legislation, the opposition party said today.
• Grand chief urges ‘balanced approach’ to ORV rules The 15th Yukon Forum took place Friday with discussion of COVID-19, off-road vehicles, Yukon River salmon and land use planning.

October 2, 2020

• Memories of a child evacuee during the war To mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, here is a recount of an interview with Jane McIntyre.
• Picture-Perfect This mountainous view
• RBC rules out refuge project financing Today, the Vuntut Gwitchin Government and Gwich’in Tribal Council are celebrating the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC’s) decision not to finance any project or transaction that involves exploration or development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
• Dedication to cleaning up the environment World Rivers Day is a global celebration of rivers that occurs annually on the fourth Sunday of September.
• Air North to change Victoria schedule Air North will be reducing its flights to Victoria from the current twice weekly to once a week beginning in November, company president Joe Sparling said today.
• Mutoscope Part Of Exhibit Virginia Mitford is showing She Danced Her Way In & Other Work in the Arts Underground Edge Gallery.
• Statistics confirm COVID-19’s heavy toll on business sector There were 129 business closures in the Yukon in April because of the COVID-19 pandemic, says a report released Thursday by the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• Territory loses first female chief Anne Wally, the former chief of the Carcross-Tagish First Nation, died last week at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer.
• Garden Bounty Sale Planned Thanks to an abundance of vegetables from its garden, the Whitehorse Food Bank will hold a drive-by pick-up of a bag of potatoesand carrots for the public at noon Saturday.
• YP doesn’t want minister helping revamp the CEMA The Yukon government is moving to establish a committee that will modernize the Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA).
• Contingency plans are on food drive’s menu The Whitehorse Food Bank’s usual October food drive will have a different look this year.
• Virus won’t spook Halloween Regular Halloween and Thanksgiving activities can take place this month, according to the territory’s chief medical officer.
• Judicial promotion makes legal history in territory The territory has its first-ever female chief justice of the Supreme Court of Yukon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday.
• Operational spending deficit may become chronic The Yukon government is forecasting a $31.6-million deficit in 2020-21, according to an interim report released Thursday.