Whitehorse Daily Star

September 28, 2020

• High times as St. Mary’s Church gets a new cross The original St. Mary’s Catholic Church was built by Jesuit missionary Father William Judge near the Moosehide Slide.
• A students’ take on COVID-19 Things I Learned on my Summer Vacation is a variety show
• Three Yukoners celebrate lottery earnings Three Whitehorse residents have been counting their lottery winnings in recent months, the Western Canada Lottery Corp. reported today.
• Feedback is sought on Tagish River-area management plan The steering committee of the Tagish River Habitat Protection Area,
• Not Letting Up More than 40 people attended a youth-led climate strike Friday in front of Whitehorse city hall.
• MLAs and staff adjust to the new COVID reality The Yukon’s legislative assembly will sit Thursday with some adjustments for a pandemic-safe fall term.
• Opposition parties keen to take on government The Yukon’s opposition parties are chomping at the bit to reconvene in the legislative assembly on Thursday.
• Non-resident hospitalized with COVID-19 An out-of-territory resident has tested positive for COVID-19.
• Several factors are propelling local housing prices upward The prices for single-detached houses in Whitehorse continue to rise, according to the real estate report on second-quarter sales this year.

September 25, 2020

• From Visual Artist to Musical Success Ambrose is known locally for her portraits, wildlife photography and mixed media work.
• Deer Peer These two healthy bucks were seen south of Whitehorse on a recent morning.
• First We Eat feeds KIAC’s return to screenings With 70 seats in the ballroom (just to give some choice of seating) and a limit of 40 people per showing, the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture has overcome the problem of how to show films again.
• Government announces arts funding recipients The latest recipients of its Arts Fund, Advanced Artist Award and On Yukon Time arts funding programs are now public.
• No Social Distancing Ducks socialize,
• Territory has lost a legend in passing of Frost: premier Premier Sandy Silver has weighed in on the Sept. 6 passing of Stephen Frost, a well-known Vuntut Gwitchin elder.
• Yukoner ended school year by blazing historic trail at McGill Yukon-raised Tomas Jirousek graduated from Montreal’s McGill University this year as the first First Nations valedictorian in the Arts Faculty’s history.
• Entertainment In The Wild Aiden Tentrees, left, and Charles Hegsted plan their Theatre in the Bush show Wednesday evening.
• Discounted liquor price support for restaurants goes to Nov. 1 COVID-19 hasn’t managed to wipe out everything that’s worth toasting – yet, anyway.
• Tackiness With A Flair Paris Pick loves everything tacky.
• CPAWS hails new parks strategy CPAWS-Yukon has welcomed the Yukon Parks Strategy announced Thursday.
• Tanking Up A couple of young foxes take a break from horseplay on a rainy day to take a drink from a birdbath off the Mayo Road.
• RCMP seek driver in Carcross area The RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding a man wanted in the Carcross area.
• Data stress severity of unwanted sexual behaviour Women are more likely to experience “unwanted sexual behaviour” in the Yukon than in other parts of Canada, according to a Statistics Canada survey.
• New city building ‘absolutely amazing’ The new $53-million Whitehorse Operational Building off Range Road is to be marveled at, indeed.
• Don’t touch the clocks, Yukoners reminded Yukoners no longer have to change their clocks twice a year, their government reminded them Thursday.
• Business Relief Program will last into 2021 The Yukon government has extended and expanded its Business Relief Program intended to soften the blow from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Strategy blazes future for parks, campgrounds The territorial government has released its new Yukon Parks Strategy, setting the long-term direction for the territorial parks system from 2020 to 2030.

September 24, 2020

• Speech will pay off for North, MP says Wednesday’s Speech from the Throne includes commitments that will benefit the Yukon and the North in general, Yukon MP Larry Bagnell said following the address.
• Funding for Advanced Artist Award doubled As part of its responses to the impact of COVID-19 across the arts sector, the Yukon government is increasing funding for the annual fall intake of the Advanced Artist Award program from $75,000 to $150,000.
• Don’t become COVID-complacent, Hanley warns The COVID-19 situation in the territory remains steady with no active cases – to date, the Yukon has seen 15 cases of the virus.