Whitehorse Daily Star

August 2, 2023

• Work continues on Takhini sanitary trunk main Range Road closed today to vehicles from the Trans Canada Trail crossing, near Mountainview Drive, to University Drive. The closure will remain in effect until the end of October, the city said last Thursday.
• Report outlines problems at minesite A recently released inspection report has noted serious concerns with the Alexco Keno Hill mining site, owned by Hecla Yukon.
• Yukon Historic Sites receive updated management plan Photo spread
• Signing ceremony held for historic sites The territorial government and the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation have signed an updated management plan for the Gindèhchik/Rampart House and Zheh Gwatsàl/LaPierre House historic sites in the Old Crow region.
• Eagle gold mine workers return In consultation with territorial wildfire officials, the Victoria Gold Corp. began permitting workers to return to the Eagle mine site on Tuesday. Re-mobilization of the mine will now begin.
• Man charged after woman dies in Whistle Bend A woman is dead and a man remains in custody after a motor vehicle incident early Monday morning in the Tarahne Way area of the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• Funding will help support bilingual recruitment Yukon MP Brendan Hanley visited the Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) Tuesday to announce a federal government investment of $240,000 for a campaign to bring French-speaking workers to the territories.
• Eagle Plains Hotel is under threat Fire crews are working to defend the Eagle Plains Hotel on the Dempster Highway as the Eagle River fire creeps closer.
• Extend loan repayment deadline: YP Extend the current Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) repayment deadline of Dec. 31.
• Half-dozen fires are burning near Old Crow Leadership from the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow are speaking out about what they say is a lack of aid and a lack of consultation from the Yukon government to make firefighting preparations in the face of more than a half-dozen nearby fires.

August 1, 2023

• Monitoring wells set for Takhini North BluMetric, the consultant for the City of Whitehorse, is performing a hydrogeological study in Takhini North.
• Playground equipment planned for school Hidden Valley Elementary School will receive some new playground equipment this fall after all.
• Clarke met with environment ministers in Ontario Environment Minister Nils Clarke attended a meeting of the Canadian Council for Ministers of Environment last week in Huntsville, Ont., discussing a range of issues.
• Government honours firefighter who died in B.C. Premier Ranj Pillai, Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn and the Yukon Wildland Fire Management branch are mourning the fourth death of a Canadian firefighter in the last several weeks.
• Premier hails Emancipation Day Premier Ranj Pillai recognized Emancipation Day today.
• Old Crow urgently needs help: VGFN executive While the Yukon experiences a massive increase in the number of fires burning across the territory, members of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow are speaking out about the lack of aid their community is receiving.

July 31, 2023

• Yukon University releases a new Research Activity Map The Research Activity Map is a digital map that contains some of the research currently underway by YukonU academic and research faculty, including the seven research programs at the YukonU Research Centre.
• Trash the stage, not the planet Photo spread
• Beaver Creek’s clinic will close Wednesday The remote Beaver Creek Health Centre will close for two weeks next month – and no nurse will be available.
• Correction A story discussing COVID-19 published Friday said cabinet communications staff reported there were 10 confirmed cases in the territory between June 4 and July 15.
• Yukon retains ‘AA Stable’ credit rating from S&P S&P Global Ratings has issued an AA Stable credit rating and stable outlook for the territory.
• RCMP arrest person in Whistle Bend Whitehorse RCMP officers are attending a serious incident on Tarahne Way in Whistle Bend today.
• More supportive housing set for Normandy Living Sixteen more units, for a total of 26 inclusive rental suites, have become available at the Normandy Living Independent Seniors Living Community on Range Road in Whitehorse.
• Rural health care is being addressed: McPhee The Yukon government is “working hard” to address an unprecedented spate of reduced services and closures at several rural health clinics.
• Fire resources ‘are stretched across the territory’ Yukon Wildland Fire Management co-ordinated with Victoria Gold Corp. to evacuate the Eagle gold mine over the weekend as the East McQuesten wildfire grew and “the mine became an unsafe place,” fire information officer Mike Fancie said today.