Whitehorse Daily Star

September 10, 2020

• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Day extended Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Day in Whitehorse has been extended to provide residents with more opportunities to safely dispose of their hazardous waste at no charge.
• A Relentless Reality .
• Council asked to OK wage boost City council is being asked to approve a wage increase for senior city management and staff who work with senior management, referred to as confidential exclusion staff.
• TELUS assists northern youth leaving foster care TELUS and the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada have partnered to keep vulnerable Canadian youth safe and connected to vital resources with expanded TELUS Mobility for Good™ program.
• First Nation, university ink partnership agreement The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun (NND) and Ottawa’s Carleton University signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday.
• Territory’s state of emergency extended The Yukon government has extended the territory’s state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 9, 2020

• Wondercrawl takes over the waterfront Wondercrawl, a socially distant art experience put on by Something Shows, took place last Saturday along the Whitehorse waterfront Millennium Trail.
• Junction resident celebrates windfall Edward Chambers knows exactly how he’s going to spend the $15,010 he won playing KENO.
• Late-Summer Entertainment Elaine Schiman, right, sings a song accompanied by Annie Avery and Paul Bergman last Friday at the Café des Voix in the Guild ’Round Back outdoor series.
• Dixon to run in his former riding Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon was officially nominated Tuesday as the candidate for Copperbelt North in the next territorial election.
• Now Showing Carolyn Steele Lane is showing Stone Dragons in My Garden and Other Creations in Wool in the Edge Gallery at Arts Underground beneath the Hougen Centre.
• Yukon University’s Continuing Studies expands offerings By switching to virtual, online offerings this fall, the Continuing Studies division at Yukon University has expanded the variety of courses available to Yukoners, and is able to reach more people than ever before.
• Council set to decide on local content issue City council is being asked to set how much weight should be given to local content on two requests for proposals administration is planning to release.
• Elder remembered for leadership, compassion Stephen Frost Sr. – a much-respected Gwitchin elder in Old Crow – passed away last Sunday morning at the Whitehorse General Hospital at the age of 87 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
• Man sent to prison for manslaughter A second Carmacks man has been sentenced for his role in the 2017 death of Wilfred “Dickie” Charlie.

September 8, 2020

• Federal minister lends his support Jonathan Wilkinson, the federal minister of Environment and Climate Change,
• Making It Shipshape .
• ‘This is an issue of truth and reconciliation’ About 30 people gathered in front of the Yukon legislature on Saturday for a youth-led protest opposing oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
• Driver posed danger to other motorists In what the RCMP have described as a “dangerous situation,” a suspected impaired driver fled from the busy downtown area last Friday evening, driving into oncoming traffic and through red lights.
• Entertaining Moments James McCullough, right, does a little song and dance accompanied by Annie Avery and Paul Bergman last Friday at the Café des Voix in the Guild ’Round Back outdoor series.
• Access to routine glaucoma care is now streamlined Changes to the Yukon’s Optometrists Regulation will now allow optometrists in the territory to treat glaucoma patients without first referring them to an ophthalmologist.
• Business relief programs called a saviour It’s difficult to say how many businesses have succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic, says the chair of the business advisory council.
• Local man dies during bison hunt A Whitehorse man died early last Saturday morning when he was charged by a wounded bison in the Champagne area.