Whitehorse Daily Star

August 18, 2023

• Fiftieth anniversary plans are afoot for the Sourtoe Cocktail The Sourdough Saloon and Downtown Hotel will host a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Sourtoe Cocktail on Monday.
• WestJet helping N.W.T. evacuation efforts WestJet says it’s adjusting prices and adding capacity to help with evacuation efforts in Yellowknife.
• Uta Reilly Day was feted in Dawson City Last Saturday was officially proclaimed Uta Reilly Day in Dawson, during a brief ceremony held during an open house to honour Reilly at her Klondike Nugget and Ivory Shop on Front Street.
• Shell envisions cleanup of Peel watershed drill site Shell Canada is proposing to begin a clean-up of the former exploration drill site located in the Peel River watershed this coming winter.
• First Nation School Board signs pact with CAFN The First Nation School Board and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) government have announced that the territory’s first Community Committee Agreement was signed on July 23 at the CAFN’s General Assembly.
• Summer of clinic service reductions continues The Teslin Health Centre will endure service reductions until Aug. 22 due to ongoing staffing issues.
• Gladiator Metals Corp. pleads guilty to six charges Gladiator Metals Corp. pleaded guilty to all six charges in territorial court this morning related to its mining exploration project near Cowley Creek.
• Yukon premier touts Discovery Day Premier Ranj Pillai has hailed Discovery Day (Monday).
• City providing hands-on help to Yellowknife Five firefighters from the City of Whitehorse Fire Department travelled to Yellowknife via Air North today to support its wildfire response and evacuation efforts.
• No Star Monday .
• ‘Ghost town’: thousands continue to flee capital Ed. note: this is a late-morning update to coverage appearing in today’s North section.
• Man faces long list of criminal charges The RCMP have arrested a man for a series of alleged offences possibly related to a recent spree of dine-and-dashing in downtown Whitehorse.
• Range Point plan finds strong support on council There was resounding support from city council Monday for the Range Point Joint Master Plan that provides for housing developments.
• ‘In my mind, the word façade comes up’ With school about to start next week in the Yukon, staffing shortages and the almost-overflowing F.H. Collins Secondary are on the top school council members’ and teachers’ union reps’ minds.

August 17, 2023

• Government launches new backpack initiative The Yukon government says it has your back – and your pack.
• Look What's Coming .
• Councillor wonders about potential traffic signals As the city looks to upgrade the intersection of Falcon Drive and Hamilton Boulevard, Coun. Ted Laking wants to know if traffic lights are included in the project.
• YG has no answers for mounting inflation: Yukon Party July’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Whitehorse has “again exposed the territorial Liberals’ failure to address inflation,” the Yukon Party said Wednesday.
• Yellowknife residents ordered to leave as wildfire burns nearby Residents of the capital of the Northwest Territories and two neighbouring First Nation communities have been ordered to evacuate the area by noon Friday (local time) because of an encroaching wildfire.
• City reminds residents about back-to-school safety With the new school year beginning Tuesday, the City of Whitehorse is reminding residents about the role they play in protecting local youth.
• Gladiator Metals set to enter plea Gladiator Metals Corp. is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to several mining-related charges Friday morning in territorial court.

August 16, 2023

• Firefighters, military battling N.W.T. wildfires Firefighters will be watching the skies over the next couple of days hoping for help from Mother Nature as wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary continue to force evacuations.
• Poverty, homelessness addressed in RENT Photo Spread
• Molotov cocktail lobbed into downtown store Multiple reported incidents last weekend of masked individuals causing mayhem in Whitehorse have so far resulted in no arrests – but have sparked plenty of attention on social media.
• Protestors deliver blunt message to Gladiator A protest was held Tuesday afternoon outside the Andrew Philipsen Law Centre by concerned residents opposing Gladiator Metals Corp.’s mining activities.
• ‘I’ve never seen it like this week’: deputy CO Conservation officers are urging Whitehorse residents to pick their berries after seeing an uptick in foraging bears rambling through the city’s neighbourhoods.