Whitehorse Daily Star

March 21, 2024

• City is preparing for wildfire season Whitehorse residents can expect to hear more shortly about how to prepare for wildlife emergencies.
• Government, YP trade accusations over carbon pricing The territorial Liberals and New Democrats voted to increase Yukoners’ cost-of-living, the Yukon Party said Wednesday.
• ‘Pawsitive’ transitions reported by Humane Society Yukon The Humane Society Yukon (HSY) says it’s hard at work finding homes for animals.
• Community medevac services shortchanged, NDP says What stops the Yukon government from sending a helicopter when conditions don’t allow the regular medevac plane to land, instead sending a much-slower ambulance?
• Big Creek bridge costs to date are unknown The big mess that is the Big Creek bridge replacement was raised Tuesday in the legislative assembly by the Yukon Party.

March 20, 2024

• Science, salmon on speaker’s agenda Science and the stewardship of salmon ecosystems in an era of rapid environmental changes will be discussed Thursday evening in Whitehorse.
• Municipal infrastructure must be renewed: AYC The Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) wants the next federal budget to double the size of the fund used to renew core municipal infrastructure.
• A Special Book Signing Dr. Alyce Johnson, a Kluane First Nation elder, was at Mac’s Fireweed Books on March 8 to sign the book Lhù’ààn Mân Keyí Dań Kwánje Nààtsat: Kluane Lake Country People Speak Strong.
• Man charged after property crimes Haines Junction RCMP have charged a 22-year-old man with multiple property crimes.
• Thaw di Gras was chilly but fun all the same One could be forgiven for thinking that the Thaw part of last weekend’s Thaw di Gras was somehow missing from Dawson’s spring carnival.
• Busy weekend ahead at the Games Centre Transit service and parking will be affected by the annual Kilrich Yukon Native Hockey Tournament.
• YG will pursue free transit passes for vulnerable people The Yukon government will no longer look at free transit for all, but will work with the City of Whitehorse and non-governmental organizations to help vulnerable people access transit for free.
• NDP leader bites into Yukon dental plan’s future With the federal dental care benefits plan slowly rolling out, the Yukon NDP has called on the territorial government to keep the made-in-the-Yukon plan, in place since January 2023.

March 19, 2024

• Fate of group home residents raised in legislature Why have residents in the St. Elias Adult Group Home been forced to move out in favour of the managed alcohol program?
• Best Friend In Books Kylie Campbell-Clark signs books
• Government rules out Dawson ice bridge Dawson City is out of luck in terms of having an ice bridge built across the Yukon River this winter.
• Files accessed during break-in at Victim Services offices Confidential files and other items, including cell phones, were accessed during a break-in that occurred at the Whitehorse Victim Services offices between last Friday evening and Saturday morning.
• YG congratulates Team Yukon for a successful Arctic Winter Games The Yukon government has congratulated all members of Team Yukon “for representing the territory with honour and pride” at the 2024 Arctic Winter Games in Mat-Su, Alaska.
• Government staff, retirees face dramatic increase in health premiums Thousands of Yukoners have sticker shock over a 52.8-per-cent increase in their extended health care premiums – news that arrived late last week with no warning or explanation.