Whitehorse Daily Star

August 24, 2020

• ’Round Back at the Guild Hall The Guild Hall series ’Round Back continues.
• Next 100 years of aviation are about to take flight The Yukon government has released a What We Heard document that will inform Flight Path, a 10-year investment strategy for aviation in Yukon.
• Jobless rate hit 7.5 per cent last month The Yukon’s unemployment rate has steadily risen every month since April, hitting 7.5 per cent in July, according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• Yukon Party leader reports on the AGM, wishes best for O’Toole The Yukon Party conducted its annual general meeting via Zoom video call on Saturday for the first time in its history.
• COVID-19 taking a toll on mental health Many Yukoners reported worsening mental health due to COVID-19 restrictions, according to a Statistics Canada survey.

August 21, 2020

• Gerties show features all-Yukon cast Gertie and her Gold Rush Girls have once again begun performing at Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall in Dawson City.
• Authors on Eighth spread over three afternoons This year’s edition of the Authors on Eighth Walking Tour needed to be a little different from other years, due largely to size restrictions by Parks Canada.
• Whitehorse RCMP arrest man wanted for murder Whitehorse RCMP have arrested a Manitoba man accused of second-degree murder and aggravated assault.
• Project hinders fire, helps biomass industry The Yukon’s firefighters implemented a fire reduction pilot program in the Mary Lake subdivision this season that will provide wood to the territory’s biomass industry.
• Final screening report for mine being prepared BMC Minerals announced this week the assessment board has begun preparing its final screening report for the proposed Kudz Ze Kayah mine development southeast of Ross River.
• Celebrating Another Album Today, Fawn Fritzen releases her third album, How to Say Sorry and Other Lessons.
• Cable damage cut services Revised - Customers near the airport and along Hamilton Boulevard lost Internet, cell phone and cable TV service from approximately 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday after a fibre-optic cable was damaged during road construction work.
• Woman killed in single-vehicle collision Revised - A 22-year-old woman died in Wednesday’s single-vehicle collision on the North Klondike Highway two kilometres south of Braeburn.
• Wonderment flows about diminishing lake Some Porter Creek residents are wondering why the water level in their neighbourhood lake has dropped so much in such a short period of time.
• Parents rap late communications on busing Several Yukon parents are scrambling to make alternate arrangements after learning their children won’t receive bus service on the eve of the new school year.

August 20, 2020

• Long-term care residents can now receive indoor visitors Long-term care residents can now receive indoor visitors for the first time since restrictions were enacted on March 12.
• Damaged cable disrupts services Customers near the airport and along Hamilton Boulevard lost internet, cell phone and cable TV service this morning after a fibre optic cable was damaged during road construction work.
• First Nation imposes hunting restriction The Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN) has declared a hunting restriction in its traditional territory.
• United Way breakfast to move outdoors The Yukon government will host the annual United Way breakfast fundraiser from 7 to 11 a.m. Sept. 11 at Shipyards Park instead of an indoor location.
• Woman killed in single-vehicle collision A 22-year-old woman died in Wednesday’s single-vehicle collision on the North Klondike Highway in the Braeburn area.