Whitehorse Daily Star

September 18, 2020

• Mission accomplished by Dawson youngsters Children from the Tr’inke Zho Daycare and the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Day Camp spent part of an afternoon last month putting soil into a flower box that has been built by TH carpenter Ben Johnson.
• Workshop explores encountering flight Encounters is a community-created collaboration developed by the Yukon Transportation Museum, mentor Nicole Bauberger and mentee Heather Steinhagen.
• YG expands on how ‘Our Clean Future’ will be implemented On Monday, Premier Sandy Silver and two of his cabinet ministers rolled out a strategy to combat climate change in the Yukon.
• Conserve fall chum, First Nations urged First Nations should ask their citizens to stop fishing fall chum salmon on the Yukon River and its tributaries, the Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee has recommended.
• Minister unveils heat pumps incentive initiative The Yukon government is initiating an incentive program to promote the use of heat pumps for homes and businesses as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• ‘We are close to a recovery plan’: minister Last Friday, the Yukon’s tourism industry put out an SOS,
• Whistle Bend Town Square design contract awarded A contract to provide a detailed design of the Whistle Bend Town Square project was awarded Monday by city acouncil.
• Liard First Nation department receives literacy award The Liard First Nation Language Department is this year’s recipient of the territory’s Council of the Federation Literacy Award.
• Safe drug supply initiative has federal support The Canadian health minister is urging provincial and territorial ministers to establish a safe drug supply as a method of combatting the opioid crisis.
• First-degree murder charge laid against man A Ross River man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Mary Ann Ollie of Ross River.
• Recalling a genial conveyor of the Christian message Ed. note: Archbishop Terry Buckle died Sept. 10, shortly after his 80th birthday. This story about him was first published in the Star on Nov. 26, 2010.
• Residents’ anxieties have been heard: Yukon Energy Yukon Energy president Andrew Hall says the Crown corporation still has work to do before selecting one of the three site options for a new $27-million battery storage unit for the Yukon’s grid.
• Potential battery site generates wide opposition from neighbours Vanessa Just is among many opposed to having a large battery storage facility placed next to Yukon Energy’s substation along the North Klondike Highway.

September 17, 2020

• Yukon University president resigns suddenly After just weeks on the job, Yukon University’s new president and vice-chancellor has quit to take another job in Ontario.
• Van Bibber to seek second term in Porter Creek North Geraldine Van Bibber, the Yukon Party MLA for Porter Creek North, will seek the Yukon Party nomination as the riding’s candidate in the next territorial election.
• Review of inclusive and special education in Yukon extended The Yukon government is extending the review of inclusive and special education into the 2020-21 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Chart helps parents determine kids’ health status Yukon students have been back in the classroom for four weeks.

September 16, 2020

• Trucks Tangle Emergency crews responded
• Safe at Home group continues its progress Safe at Home, a Yukon-based initiative to end and prevent homelessness, issued a progress report on its activities recently.
• Wrong Pedal Pressed No one was injured when this minivan collided with the In Bloom Flowers store at the Yukon Centre early Monday afternoon.
• Crosswalk awareness of racial injustice Photo Spread
• Off-The-Wall Presentations The Yukon Film Society presented the Available Light Drive-In Cinema last weekend.
• Filmmakers receive funding Four Yukon filmmakers have received a collective $20,000 for project development through the Yukon Filmmakers Fund.
• First Nation chooses leaders Teslin Tlingit citizens elected their new leaders on Tuesday: Naa Sháade Háni (chief), Eric Morris and deputy Naa Sháade Háni Alex Oakley.
• Potential Tank Farm lots take another step A bylaw to allow for the development of 13 light industrial and commercial lots on the southwest corner of the Tank Farm was given second reading by city council Monday night.
• Outside investors have been turned away, city told City council has directed administration to prepare a capital budget submission to address the shortage of commercial and industrial land in the city.