Whitehorse Daily Star

April 8, 2020

• How a lost pilot was guided to safety Doug Phillips, who was the commissioner of Yukon from 2010 to early 2018,
• Skateboard park called big benefit to the city Two written submissions to city hall regarding the proposal for a new skateboard park were received as part of the public hearing process that concluded last week.
• Star to publish Thursday In lieu of Good Friday, the Star will publish an expanded edition Thursday.
• City continues its COVID-19 planning Whitehorse city manager Linda Rapp told council at Monday’s meeting the city continues assessing its response to COVID-19 and making preparations if the public health crisis worsens.
• Hand sanitizer giveaway set The Yukon Brewing Company calls it a way to help keep Yukoners safe.
• Parks, campgrounds openings are delayed due to virus crisis The COVID-19 pandemic has robbed Yukoners of another spring-early summer ritual – at least until June.
• Expressing Gratitude The Whitehorse Fire Department’s station 1 operated a fire truck’s lights and siren at 7 p.m. Monday.
• Enforcement officers staff borders, airport Enforcement officers were posted at the Yukon’s borders and the Whitehorse airport on Monday morning, as a measure for tracking and educating travellers in the fight against COVID-19.
• Northwestel receives contract City council has awarded Northwestel Inc. another three-year contract for fixed telephone line services in the amount of $612,000, plus the GST.
• RCMP search for offender The RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating ex-Yukoner Christopher Cornell after he failed to return to his halfway house in Vancouver on March 22.
• YTA president ‘heartbroken’ by closures In-person classes are suspended for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, and Yukon students from kindergarten to Grade 12 will resume education by distance on April 16.

April 7, 2020

• Council members discuss contract for city hall make-over City council spent almost an hour at its meeting Monday discussing a $1.47-million contract award for the design of the make-over of city hall.
• Yukon College launches online registration Yukon College launched an online registration option for academic students Monday, and opened registration for its fall semester programs.
• RCMP investigating hit-and-run Whitehorse RCMP are requesting assistance in identifying a snowmobile involved in hit-and-run incident last Saturday.
• Territory’s seventh COVID-19 case reported The Yukon has a seventh case of COVID-19, with four cases now recovered, leaving three active cases currently recovering in isolation.

April 6, 2020

• Francophone school board, YG reach settlement After almost a decade of court action and negotiations, peace appears to have broken out on the francophone education rights front in the Yukon.
• Down But Not Out Megan Henry-Sanchez is seen outside Sanchez Cantina last Wednesday evening.
• Cathers would encourage local agricultural production If he is elected as premier in 2021, says Brad Cathers, the Yukon Party MLA for Lake Laberge, his government would make increasing local agricultural and food production a top priority.
• First Nation doing roadside checks near Mayo The First Nation of Na-Cho Nayk Dün has set up a roadside check outside of Mayo to gather information from returning residents, mine workers or visitors in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
• Expressing Gratitude Some Haines Junction residents have a made and displayed a four- by-eight-foot sign along the Alaska Highway
• Pump purchase approved City council has approved the emergency spending of $100,000 for a primary waste-water pump to replace one that is timing out much ahead of schedule, just like the other primary pump beside it.
• Old Crow RCMP are delivering food The Old Crow RCMP have partnered with the local Co-op store to ensure that vulnerable elders and returning residents who need to self-isolate are able to get their groceries without having to leave their house.
• Government communicating badly: YP The official Opposition Yukon Party has received reports that the territorial government will cover parents’ fees for Yukon childcare services for the months of April, May, and June.
• Staying home will literally save lives, premier declares Dr. Brendan Hanley, chief medical officer, provided an update to COVID-19 measures in the territory on Friday afternoon to round off a week chock-full of announcements.
• Government assisting day care operators A Yukon government grant will make day care free for the next three months,