Whitehorse Daily Star

January 20, 2023

• Intersection Tangle Emergency responders work at the scene of this two-vehicle collision which occurred at the corner of Black Street and Second Avenue at about 11 a.m. Wednesday.
• Dawson school intermediate unit annex opens Robert Service School finally has a replacement for the aging and unsafe portable classrooms that were brought in during the mid-1990s to expand the classrooms that were not built to follow the recommendations of the 1987-88 building committee.
• Officers Execute Search Warrent RCMP officers are shown on Lewes Boulevard this morning.
• App to help foil workplace violence 
 The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board (WSCB) is launching a new app to help employers and workers fulfill their obligation to improve workplace safety.
• YG housing project opens without move-in date After multiple delays, the government says a new social housing project in downtown Whitehorse is officially open, though it also says more work needs to be done and a move-in date hasn’t been set.
• Connecting With Yukoners The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition hosted another Whitehorse Connects on Tuesday at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
• Yukoners to take humanitarian aid to Ukraine A small group of Yukoners are putting together final plans to deliver a tonne of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
• Town square idea to get further study City council has passed a motion by Coun. Ted Laking to look at closing a portion of Main Street in the summer months to create a town square for pedestrian use only.
• Stevens area takes step back from quarrying site It’s looking like the Stevens area at the northwest tip of the city boundaries will be taken off the table as a future gravel quarry.
• Money for anti-crime initiatives ‘huge’: Cabott The City of Whitehorse is getting almost $1 million from the federal government to spend on programs that will keep young people out of crime.

January 19, 2023

• Careless use of a firearm suspected Whitehorse RCMP are investigating the alleged careless use of a firearm after an incident on Jan. 12.
• Reaching A Milestone The name, if not the school, turned 60 on Wednesday as the majority of the F.H. Collins Secondary School student body sang ‘Happy Birthday’ at noon.
• Expand training, certification of teachers, nurses, YP urges The Yukon Party said Tuesday it’s heard from many Yukoners about the ever-growing shortages of teachers and health care professionals.
• More phases of Whistle Bend subdivision approved City council has approved the next four phases of the Whistle Bend subdivision development.
• Inclusivity advisory committee takes another step The city bylaw required to create an inclusivity advisory committee was passed by city council at its meeting Monday.
• Four projects awarded Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust funds Four community-led projects focused on crime prevention and services for victims of crime received $170,968 through the Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust for the fall 2022 intake.

January 18, 2023

• Outage offered lessons, YEC says Clarifying the role of communications was one of the discussion points among the parties involved in the response to the lengthy Dec. 19 power outage, says the president of the Yukon Energy Corp.
• Jazz continues to wing it Photo Spread
• New premier puts his mark on several departments’ leadership Ranj Pillai announced several senior leadership changes for the government last Saturday, the day he was sworn in as premier.
• Stress housing for Macaulay Lodge site, council urged The Yukon government wants the former site of Macaulay Lodge rezoned so future development can include a mix of commercial and residential space.
• Plan doesn’t respect our interests: First Nations The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun are expressing strongly-worded “disappointment and discouragement” with the Yukon government’s policy for managing wetlands.