Whitehorse Daily Star

June 11, 2019

• More Arrivals Air North’s 737-500 lands on Dawson City’s newly-paved runway
• Summer preferred choice of visitors But don’t count winter out: tourism expert
• 2018 another record year for Yukon tourism Tourism Yukon’s 2018 Year-End Report shows the territory’s tourism sector had another banner year in 2018,
• Small school wins directory recycling challenge The Yukon Montesasori School may have just 26 students,
• Energy future debated at public meeting Scores turned out for Monday night’s meeting to discuss the territory’s energy future and the proposal to build a new generating station powered by fossil fuel.

June 10, 2019

• Taking A Stand Friday climate rallies by youth continue globally, with city hall as the spot for the past Friday’s local event.
• Government to set aside $550,000 for health review After it would not share some specific costs around its health care review last month other than to say they were “minimal,” the Yukon government says it is budgeting $550,000 for one of the groups involved.
• Whitehorse’s pride parade hits Main Street The seventh annual Pride Parade took place Saturday,
• Teacher details her plight in affidavit A Whitehorse teacher is alleging that the Yukon government has mistreated her financially after she was diagnosed with Relapsing- Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS).
• YEU/PSAC agree to tentative deal The bargaining team representing more than 4,000 Yukon government workers reached a tentative agreement with the territory’s largest employer late Friday afternoon.
• Commissioner invested into Order of St. John Commissioner Angélique Bernard was invested as a Grande Dame of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John last Wednesday.
• Funding to improve buildings’ energy efficiency Increasing energy efficiency in Yukon homes and buildings was at the centre of $41.3 million in initiatives announced Friday afternoon in Whitehorse.

June 7, 2019

• Roadshow promotes healthcare careers With a focus on inspiring the next generation of health care professionals, the Healthcare Travelling Roadshow visited the Yukon last week.
• Opening This Evening Anthony DeLorenzo opens Water’s Edge in the Focus Gallery this evening.
• Transportation Hall of Fame salutes trio The 2019 Pioneer of the Year, Person of the Year and Order of Polaris awards were presented to inductees and their families at the annual Yukon Transportation Hall of Fame awards ceremony on the evening of May 28.
• Commissioner’s Tea was drenched but fun Umbrellas were the required dress accessory for last Saturday’s Commissioner’s Tea, held a week earlier than the traditional date.
• Man ordered jailed and supervised for a decade A Yukon man, who successfully appealed his dangerous offender designation, will have to serve six months in jail and be supervised for 10 years.
• Paddle Adventure Scouts and Cubs head out onto Braeburn Lake to practise canoeing skills.
• Yukon’s Flight Path aviation strategy formally takes off Stantec Consulting Ltd. has been chosen to guide the Yukon’s Flight Path Aviation Strategy.
• Former teacher faces accusations A retired Whitehorse teacher has been charged with multiple counts of sexual and indecent assault against a former female student.
• Spirited Entertainment The Music, Art and Drama class
• Yukoners honour those who took part in D-Day A crowd of about 100 people gathered at Veterans Square at 12:10 p.m. Thursday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
• Scooter Rider Injured Bystanders attend to person injured in a collision
• Meeting set for renewable energy projects Yukoners Concerned plans to hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the meeting room of the Whitehorse Public Library.
• Minto Mine has a long-term future: president Pembridge Resources is here for the long haul as the new owner of the Minto Mine, and it’s already on the move, says company president Peter Bojtos.
• Yukon government reduces its monthly electrical subsidy plan The Yukon government has reduced the monthly electrical subsidy for residential customers by 10 per cent.
• Teacher’s treatment ‘unconscionable’ : lawyer The Yukon Teachers’ Association (YTA) is petitioning the Supreme Court of Yukon to impose an injunction on the territorial government to prevent it from garnisheeing a teacher’s wages.