Whitehorse Daily Star

September 1, 2023

• Mandolin returns to Dawson after 125 years Tourism got an early start in the Klondike with the arrival, by steamboat, of Mary Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren.
• Yukoners celebrate $30,000 in lottery wins Two Whitehorse residents are counting a collective $30,000 in recent lottery wins.
• NVD now a majority First Nation-owned company Yukon First Nation entities have strengthened their investment in Northern Vision Development LP (NVD), making it a majority First Nation-owned company.
• Yukon Energy seeks rate increase Yukon Energy announced today it’s seeking to increase customers’ overall rates by six per cent between now and the end of next summer.
• Affordable homes, Kaushee’s Place work set Whitehorse is slated to soon get at least nine new government-funded affordable homes built in the city and complete a $3.32-million renovation to the Kaushee’s Place shelter for women and gender-diverse people experiencing violence.
• Council members debate building signage policy City council has added four words to a Buildings Signage Policy and Project Scope amendment.
• Final Course Served Wednesday was the final day of the Street Eats Food Truck Festival.
• Gravel Lake power line envisioned Yukon Energy is proposing to bring a 69-kilovolt line to Gravel Lake to support an electric vehicle charging station.
• ‘Panicked decisions’ are hiking housing costs: YP The Yukon Party is urging the government to address what it calls the higher cost of housing that will result from releasing unfinished lots in Whistle Bend.
• No Star Monday The Star will not be published Monday, Labour Day, but will return to newsstands with a Tuesday edition.
• Company is fined $43,700 for violations Gladiator Metals Corp. was fined $43,700 Wednesday for six offences related to violating its class one mining permit under the Quartz Mining Act.
• Search for woman wears on The investigation into the disappearance of Ramona Peter from Ross River remains active, the RCMP said Thursday.
• Specific COVID case numbers won’t be released: YG There is a COVID-19 outbreak at Copper Ridge Place, the Department of Health and Social Services confirmed to the Star this morning.

August 31, 2023

• Premier, business delegation to travel to Asia In September, Premier Ranj Pillai and John Streicker, the aminister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Tourism and Culture, will embark on a mission to Japan and India.
• Minister observes International Overdose Awareness Day Tracy-Anne McPhee, the minister of Health and Social Services, released this statement today (International Overdose Awareness Day).
• CAFN mourns esteemed elder’s passing The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) are mourning the loss of elder and community member Harold Kane (Yäwatà).
• RCMP seized weapons, drugs, cash during arrest The RCMP on Wednesday laid out their haul confiscated during last week’s arrest of Taylor Duke on the Takhini Hot Springs Road.

August 30, 2023

• Friendly times at the Blessing of the Animals Photo Spread
• Outstanding Youth Achievement Awards given out Four Yukon youth have been awarded the Outstanding Youth Achievement Award for their devotion and contribution to their communities.
• ‘There’s going to be some unhappy people’: MLA With looming closures of several small waste transfer stations and many upset local residents,
• A Hands-On Effort Highways and Public Works Minister Nils Clarke (left) and Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) Deputy Chief Alex Oakley cut a log Aug. 22 in Teslin to celebrate a new arrangement.
• RCMP investigating attempted abduction Watson Lake RCMP are investigating an attempted abduction last Sunday at the town’s Andrea Hotel.
• Societies must take action by tomorrow The Yukon government is purging the registry rolls of inactive non-profit societies and is giving them until tomorrow to either come into compliance with the 2021’s new Societies Act regulations, ask for an extension or face dissolution on Sept. 30.
• RCMP look to identify assault suspect The RCMP are asking the public for assistance in identifying the suspect in an assault that occurred June 26 in downtown Whitehorse.
• Whitehorse housing picture described as a complicated market The first-quarter Yukon real estate report shows a slight drop in the prices of houses and condos in the first three months of this year.