Whitehorse Daily Star

June 9, 2020

• Chipping Away The Copper Ridge Neighbourhood Association and FireSmart Committee have been FireSmarting the neighbourhood.
• Domestic, sexualized assault victims to receive help Survivors of domestic and sexualized assault will now be provided with free legal advice through the Yukon government’s Independent Legal Advice program.
• Kids camps at Yukon University approved to go ahead Summer camps for children and youth aged six to 14 at Yukon University have been approved to operate with limited capacity this summer.
• Yukon Party, YG favour more flexible patio rules The Yukon Party has sent a letter to the territorial government in support of a number of local restaurant owners who have requested the ability to create or expand outdoor dining areas.
• Restaurants given break on liquor prices Restaurants and other businesses with a liquor licence will now receive a discount of 25 per cent off the retail price for liquor.

June 8, 2020

• Phones’ shut-off called ‘alarming, troubling, worrisome’ The phones provided to vulnerable women during the COVID-19 pandemic were temporarily shut off May 29 because of Internet data overages, without warning given to the phone’s owners.
• Dawsonites also gathered to protest violence More than 130 people gathered at Dawson’s city hall Saturday for what was termed a “solidarity vigil for Regis Korchinski-Paquet and other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) victims of state-sanctioned violence.”
• Hundreds protest violence against black, Indigenous people The Black Lives Matter Here movement held a rally at the Healing Totem before marching to the RCMP detachment Saturday.
• Crime, substance abuse and mental health hardships rise There has been an increase in crime, substance abuse and mental health hardships in the Yukon during the pandemic, according to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the chief medical officer.
• Yukon’s border strategy makes Northwest Territories alter plans The Yukon’s decision to open the B.C. border on July 1 has led the N.W.T. to cancel plans for permitting free travel among the three territories.
• Man struck by RCMP door is later beaten up A man who was arrested by being knocked over by a police vehicle was later beaten up by another prisoner in lockup – because there was no room to house all inmates separately, say Nunavut RCMP.
• Missing woman’s body found The body of a woman found floating in Schwatka Lake on Friday afternoon has been identified as that of Ayla Sanders.
• ‘Bring your angry self forward,’ speaker urges Hundreds of Yukoners attended solidarity vigils in Whitehorse and Dawson City on Saturday to protest police brutality and systemic racism against black and Indigenous people.

June 5, 2020

• Rotary wine, food festival cancelled The 2020 Rotary Wine and Fine Food Festival, which had been scheduled for Oct. 22 in Whitehorse, has been cancelled.
• The Happy Onslaught Begins .
• School staff salute Dawson students The staff at the Robert Service School (RSS) wanted to plan an event to mark what would have been the end of a normal school year here.
• Court rules against YG in Wolverine Mine saga The Yukon government has lost a major legal argument that may result in exposing Yukoners to financial responsibility for the troubled Wolverine Mine.
• Music was enjoyed below the cliffs The Dakhká Khwaán Dancers hosted a physically distant practice on the Whitehorse clay cliffs Wednesday evening in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
• Yukoner in the running for magazine honour A Whitehorse resident is currently ranked first in her heat of the global Maxim Cover Girl 2020 contest.
• Woman’s body found in dam area Whitehorse RCMP are investigating a body found in the Yukon River on Thursday morning.
• Alpine Aviation, city reach pact on dock An agreement has been reached between the City of Whitehorse and Alpine Aviation regarding dock space on Schwatka Lake, the city announced this week.
• Yukoners charged with drug offences after RCMP searches Several Yukoners have been accused of drug offences in recent days, the RCMP said Thursday afternoon.
• Major highway contract awarded Cobalt Construction of Whitehorse has been awarded a $10.8-million contract to reconstruct the Alaska Highway between Lodestar Lane and Burns Road.
• Shelter’s new director hopes to make a difference The Mae Bachur Animal Shelter has hired a new executive director who plans to increase community engagement and fundraising opportunities, aiding in the shelter’s resurgence as a successful non-profit organization.
• ‘There will definitely be some business losses’ Some businesses won’t recover from the COVID-19 closures, and nearly every local entrepreneur has been severely affected, says Rich Thompson, the chair of the Yukon Business Advisory Council.