Whitehorse Daily Star

July 28, 2023

• YP supports pursuit of playground equipment The Yukon Party is supporting the Hidden Valley Elementary School Council’s request for new playground equipment for the upcoming school year, which will begin Aug. 22.
• Feedback set out on carbon rebate program design The Government of Yukon has published a “What We Heard” report outlining feedback from stakeholders regarding how funds generated by the federal government’s Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS) can be reinvested into a carbon rebate program.
• Loon returns to McLean Lake Photo spread
• Wildfire closes Dempster Highway The Dempster Highway from the Ogilvie River Bridge to just south of Eagle Plains (km 196-368) is closed due to a wildfire.
• Author captivated by the murder of Krystal Senyk DAWSON CITY – Eliza Robertson described her reaction to the opportunity to write about the murder of Krystal Senyk as “a call” when she began to speak about her book, **I Got a Name**, during her July 5 reading at the Dawson City Community Library.
• Practice makes perfect Training on the Yukon River.
• Top MD reflects on COVID, what’s to come Dr. Sudit Ranade, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health, has no disagreement with a recent recommendation that Canadians obtain a COVID-19 booster shot this fall.
• Tipping fees waived in Southern Lakes area To support residents in the Southern Lakes region affected by last weekend’s windstorms, the Yukon government is waiving tipping fees for brush, trees and clean wood brought to several solid waste facilities.
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• Medical staff shortage being felt in Ross River The Ross River Health Centre has reduced services until Aug. 28 due to staffing shortages.
• Former colleagues mourn Yukon radio legend Career broadcaster Ron McFadyen, renowned for years of authoritative, smoothly-delivered radio newscasts and astonishingly exuberant local sports coverage, died in Ontario last Friday.
• Major decisions made after mine’s sudden closure With two separate orders, the B.C. Supreme Court has settled the Selkirk First Nation’s mining royalties claim against Minto Metals and put the rest of the mine’s assets – including the mine itself – into the hands of a court-appointed receiver.

July 27, 2023

• Bogus bills still evident, RCMP warn Whitehorse RCMP continue to see counterfeit currency being used in the city.
• City adds art-wrapped waste cans downtown The City of Whitehorse has unveiled its first art-wrapped waste can at city hall.
• Hanley gives a thumbs-up to revised cabinet According to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley, Wednesday’s federal government cabinet shuffle comes at just the right time for a “re-fresh and re-focus” of priorities as the increasing cost of living is felt in the Yukon and throughout Canada.
• YG announces support for 2026 Arctic Winter Games bid The Yukon government has committed $4.35 million in financial and in-kind support for a City of Whitehorse bid for the 2026 Arctic Winter Games.
• Governments sign health care workers accord Premier Ranj Pillai and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston have signed a letter of intent to co-operate to recruit more health care workers in the two jurisdictions.

July 26, 2023

• Wild Adventure Yukon suffered storm damage Wild Adventure Yukon, a tourism facility located outside Carcross, experienced damage from last weekend’s extreme thunderstorms in the Yukon.
• Bears in the park Another project from the City of Whitehorse public artwork request for proposals to spend one per cent of new buildings’ capital construction budget on artwork has been completed.
• The damage: ‘I have never seen anything like it’ ATCO Electric Yukon has completed the cleanup from last Sunday’s fierce windstorm that blew down large trees in the Tagish area, some of them landing on electrical lines.
• Sixtymile area is focus of latest alert Yukon Wildland Fire Management issued another evacuation alert Tuesday, this time for the Sixtymile area outside of Dawson City near the Alaska border.
• ‘We’re lucky we haven’t seen a catastrophe’ The Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) is speaking out following the territory’s most recent health clinic closure in Mayo.