Whitehorse Daily Star: News Archive

News Archive

Motorcyclists asked to ‘Ride Alone-Together’ next month The Yukon Ride for Dad has unveiled Ride Alone-Together, an innovative, safe and fun way to fight prostate cancer on two wheels.
A Trap That Means Business Yukon Conservation Data Centre co-ordinator Bruce Bennett
Some council members leery about paving way for suite Some members of city council are expressing reluctance about a request to allow a live-in suite for a restricted residential property on 14th Avenue in Porter Creek.
Time has run out for on-street patios in 2020 It’s not practical to continue pushing for the approval of on-street patios for eating and drinking establishments this summer, city council indicated at its meeting Monday.
Consult parents, teachers on schools, Liberals told The Yukon Party is calling on the Liberals to go back and properly consult the people who will be affected by their “unilateral” changes to the coming school year.
Liberals’ revenue tripled their top adversaries’ The Yukon Liberal Party raked in triple the revenue of both the Yukon Party and the Yukon NDP in 2019, according to an Elections Yukon report.

Alberta team probing July 6 arrest in Whitehorse The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating the circumstances surrounding an arrest by Whitehorse RCMP officers in Rotary Peace Park on July 6.
Process solution released at Eagle Gold Mine A process solution which included a small amount of cyanide was unexpectedly released outside of the contained heap leach facility at the Eagle Gold Mine last Saturday.
Tank Farm’s future will receive a second hearing City council has decided to hold a second public hearing into the proposal to amend the Official Community Plan (OCP) to allow for industrial-commercial lots in the Tank Farm area.
Solar farm planned for north of Whitehorse Yukon Energy and Solvest Inc. have signed a 25-year power purchase agreement to provide renewable energy from a solar farm the company is planning to build.
Repairs to crucial cable continue Last Saturday evening’s fibre cable cut in northern British Columbia led to more disruptions to telecommunications services in the Yukon and northern B.C. on Monday.

Artist to explore digital portraits in the window Lillian Loponen will be demonstrating in the Yukon Artists @ Work window from Wednesday through Friday.
Worth Lining Up For People line up last Thursday
Driver shocked by reactions to plate A Yukon placer miner says he was accosted by locals in two downtown parking lots on Friday because of his out-of-territory licence plate.
Lost Lives Remembered A cross and flowers have been set up at the scene of a fatal collision on the Alaska Highway south of Whitehorse
Application for live-in suite is before council An application for a zoning amendment to permit a live-in suite on a restricted residential property in Porter Creek has prompted a suggestion about a city-wide change to the zoning bylaw.
B.C. landslide disrupted services here A landslide in northern B.C. on Saturday caused a telecommunications outage lasting most of the evening.
Program extended to help Yukoners pay rent Tenants and landlords who are affected by income losses during the COVID-19 pandemic can continue to receive support from the territorial COVID-19 Rent Assist program.
‘There was no consultation whatsoever’ Educators and students are speaking out against the plan to move an experiential theatre program out of the Wood Street Centre this year.

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