Whitehorse Daily Star

August 5, 2020

• Ember Fire Academy trains new firefighters Every year, since starting in 2014, there have been an average of 12 recruits to the Ember Fire Academy, with more than 70 recruits so far.
• Council chews on Street Eats location This year’s Street Eats food truck event will be held in Shipyards Park at the end of this month if it’s approved, city council was told at its meeting Monday.
• First Nations asked to fish chinook with care The Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee is asking Yukon First Nations to fish more conservatively for Yukon River chinook salmon because of low returns this summer.
• Painted crosswalks idea draws heavy support City council is being asked to paint the crosswalks on Front Street and Main Street with the flags of Black Indigenous and People of Colour and Queer Trans Black Indigenous People of Colour.
• Rolling stock moves two days after anniversary The White Pass and Yukon Route railway moved a dozen cars refurbished in Whitehorse from Carcross to Skagway last Friday.
• ‘These are very interesting times’ The Department of Education is working quickly to finalize operational plans, school schedules and the movement of experiential programs in time for the beginning of the school year on Aug. 20, according to department officials.

August 4, 2020

• Award $597,228 contract for stairs, council urged City administration is recommending council award a $597,228 contract to Wildstone Construction for rehabilitation of the Puckett’s Gulch Stairs at the end of Black Street.
• Yukon University shares details on fall semester  Yukon University has provided more details to new, prospective and returning credit program students about the fall semester,
• Opposition parties being hypocritical: Liberals The Liberal caucus has another take on the opposition parties’ position that the government is operating too unilaterally with regard to its education system plans.
• Officers respond to bear sightings There were three bear sightings in Whitehorse on Monday, according to the Yukon government’s conservation services branch.

August 3, 2020

• Paddling With Pride The 2020 Yukon Pride Festival annual paddle took place Saturday.
• Cause of latest power failure being probed The cause of a Friday afternoon power outage in parts of Whitehorse was still under investigation this morning.
• Puppets In The Park Large puppets were dancing around Shipyards Park on Friday.
• Reminders issued as hunting season opens The Yukon government has issued key updates and reminders as hunters began the 2020 hunting season on Saturday.
• Nonprofits’ council created A new group has been formed to bring together nonprofit leaders’ knowledge and skills to support the nonprofit sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Despite COVID-19, the outhouse race took a kick at the can There were lots of changes to this year’s edition of the Great International Klondike Outhouse Race, starting with the locations of the start and finish lines.
• Fire crews douse blaze on pole Whitehorse Fire Department crews responded to Laberge Road in the Kulan industrial subdivision at noon Saturday after a report of a transformer fire.
• Decision on housing project seen by year’s end The Vimy Heritage Housing Society is shooting for the end of the year to make a final decision on whether to proceed with its 75-unit independent living complex for seniors.
• Positives seen in safe drugs site concept The introduction of a safe drug supply and safe consumption site could quell the rise of opioid-related deaths in the Yukon, according to local harm-reduction experts.
• YG warns of possible COVID exposure here and in Dawson Two people have tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after they returned home from a trip to the Yukon.