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July 31, 2020
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Playground issues set to be resolved soon, Dawson official says The City of Dawson playground on Seventh Avenue, behind the swimming pool,
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Featured Artist Amber Church is one of the artists in the Seen From Afar: A COVID-19 En Plein Air Festival next week.
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Initiative assures families that help is always there A joint initiative has begun to address family violence and substance abuse that may be going on behind closed doors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Historic Flag-Raising Premier Sandy Silver (left), Tourism and Culture Minister Jeanie Dendys (obscured) and Joe Wickenhauser, the executive director of Yukon Pride,
- First Nation in Atlin area opts for hunting restrictions The Taku River Tlingit First Nation of Atlin is imposing hunting restrictions within its traditional territory on the B.C. side of the border, the First Nation announced this week.
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Yukon Party wants to study schooling plans The Yukon Party official Opposition believes all the territory’s MLAs should be able to examine the government’s plans to reopen schools.
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Petitioners say they’re not receiving needed data Seven Yukoners say they’ve been denied access to relevant data related to the petition they filed in court last month, which challenges the Civil Emergency Measures Act’s implementation.
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RCMP offering tips to help avoid thefts from vehicles Whitehorse RCMP have noticed an increase in thefts from vehicles, and are offering advice to local residents.
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Anxieties numerous on eve of schools’ reopening Some Yukon parents aren’t planning to send their kids back to school this fall, while others are increasingly concerned that the half-time school plan won’t provide a sufficient education to senior high school students.
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Drug deaths ‘a cause for real concern’ Thirteen people have died of drug overdoses in the Yukon since January, signalling a dramatic rise in opioid-related deaths.
July 30, 2020
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Territory’s third reopening phase to dawn Saturday Phase three of the Yukon’s COVID-19 reopening plan will launch Saturday with household bubbles expanding in size, the allowance of seated events and live music permitted in bars.
- Siberian smoke infiltrates territory Yukoners may have noticed smoky skies in Whitehorse beginning Wednesday afternoon, but Yukon Protective Services says this is not due to fires in the territory.
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Yukon Pride Festival to kick off with historic flag raisings The Yukon government will launch the 2020 Yukon Pride Festival at 9 a.m. Friday by raising the Progress Pride Flag at the legislative assembly building for the first time in the territory’s history.
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Air North named best airline by Tripadvisor Tripadvisor has named Air North the Travellers’ Choice Best Airline in Canada 2020, as well as the Travellers’ Choice Specialty Airline in North America 2020.
July 29, 2020
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Lot rezoning bid draws support, dissent The city has received 15 written submissions regarding a request from Pelly Construction Ltd. to rezone a lot the company owns in the Whitehorse Copper subdivision.
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Learning From A Pro Ollie Devost, Graeme Peters, Nyla Jansen-Hall, Cove Cotter and Maddox Robbins, left-right,
- Biking incident probed Whitehorse RCMP are investigating an incident involving a cyclist that occurred at approximately 5:35 a.m. July 11.
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City workers’ parking will cost $3,000 per stall City council has approved a $926,514 contract to pave around the new Operations Building, though Monday’s vote was not unanimous.
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CIBC to handle YG, community services The Yukon government will shift banking services in 10 communities from the TD Bank to the CIBC starting in late September.
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Report outlines causes of fatal crash Pilot decision-making and poor weather conditions contributed to the fatal plane crash killing Shawn Thomas Kitchen and Julia Lane last summer, according to a Transportation Safety Board (TSB) investigation.