Whitehorse Daily Star

April 30, 2020

• A Change For The Trail The Millennium Trail around the Yukon River along Robert Service Way is now a one-way trail.
• No luck for the duck as popular race cancelled Don’t look for thousands of bright yellow ducks bobbing in the Yukon River on Canada Day.
• Licensing requirements changed for some drivers Yukon seniors will remain mobile and commercial drivers can continue deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Cathers would strive for a stronger, more diversified economy If he’s elected premier, a Brad Cathers-led government would work with the private sector to create the conditions for success that would support economic revival and the growth of a stronger, more diversified local economy.
• Council approves research into speed limit City council has approved $15,000 for an engineering study to look at reducing the speed limit in the downtown area from 50 to 40 km/h.

April 29, 2020

• Landscape inspires original fiddle tunes Whitehorse composer and teacher Keitha Clark has spent the last few months working on an album of original fiddle tunes inspired by Yukon landscapes, and launched the album online last week.
• Chosen names ‘a missed opportunity’ It’s official.
• Executive director hired for territory’s new Pride Centre The Queer Yukon Society (QYS) and All Genders Yukon Society (AGYS) have hired an executive director for Yukon’s first Pride Centre.
• Fallen workers remembered Tuesday Tuesday, the National Day of Mourning, was a day to “remember our friends, colleagues and family members who have died or been injured in the workplace,” a Yukon cabinet minister said that day.
• City resumes bagged compost sales Bagged compost sales at the Whitehorse Waste Management Facility resumed Monday. Compost in a 20-litre bag can be bought for $5.
• People being turned away from territory Sixteen people have been denied entry at the Yukon’s borders since enforcement officers began patrolling on April 6.
• Officials toiling on plan to relax restrictions Some Yukon businesses are reopening this week with health and safety protocols provided by the chief medical officer of health.
• Absence of political accountability raised Floyd McCormick, the former clerk of the legislative assembly, says the early adjournment of MLAs’ spring sitting has resulted in an unnecessary lack of accountability that will be detrimental to Yukoners.
• Family, friends deeply concerned about woman The father of 28-year-old Ellah Sanders is requesting help from the public finding his daughter, who has been missing since April 17.

April 28, 2020

• Paying Tribute Members of Yukon EMS stand outside the territory’s RCMP headquarters on Fourth Avenue last Friday morning,
• Some flooding predicted for this year There’s a good chance of flooding in a couple of areas across the Yukon this spring, says Environment Yukon hydrologist Benoit Turcotte.
• Social assistance recipients will be protected: minister Yukoners receiving social assistance benefits will not receive a reduction if they receive the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, thanks to changes made under the Civil Emergency Measures Act.
• Six ventilators now in territory The Yukon has acquired six ventilators from the Public Health Agency of Canada, increasing the territory’s capacity to provide acute care for COVID-19.
• Contract awarded for city hall addition City council has awarded Kobayshi & Zedda Architects a $1.47-million contract plus the GST to design a major addition to city hall and oversee construction of the project.