Whitehorse Daily Star: News Archive

News Archive

Pool to be closed to public The Whitehorse Lions Aquatic Centre will be closed to the public from 3:30 p.m. Friday until 5 p.m. Sunday.
Spring Spruce-Up .
Territory loses accomplished elder Shirley Adamson The territory has lost an elder, former grand chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations and a public figure of diverse talents and contributions.
YG boosts funding to Yukon municipalities The Yukon’s eight municipalities received more than $22 million through the 2023 Comprehensive Municipal Grant, an increase of $1.1 million over 2022.
Land lottery offered 119 lots in Whistle Bend Following the release of lots in the Whistle Bend subdivision earlier this spring, the Yukon government has offered 82 single-family lots to applicants through public lottery.
Klondike, Yukon River levels rising in Dawson region The levels of the Klondike and Yukon Rivers at Dawson City began rising last Friday, and groundwater levels are high.

Drawing us into their world Draw Us In, presented at the Tintina Air hangar Tuesday evening,
School is at a high seismic risk, YP says Christ the King Elementary School (CKES) in Riverdale is at “high risk for seismic events,” the Yukon Party said Monday.
NDP MLA highly critical of planned program The territory’s planned new sick leave program is disappointing, poorly thought-out and loaded with flaws and loopholes, NDP MLA Lane Tredger told the legislature Tuesday.
Sick leave plan a national trailblazer: Pillai A new Paid Sick Leave Rebate Program will provide workers and self-employed Yukoners with up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per 12-month period – at no cost to their employer.

First Nation chooses clan director Cherish Clarke was elected Monday as the Wolf clan director for the Taku River Tlingit First Nation.
Parts of Chilkoot Trail to remain off-limits in 2023 The Chilkoot Trail will have only limited hiking opportunities in 2023, Alaska officials said Monday.
Visiting The MP's Premises Some of the striking Yukon-based workers with the Public Service Alliance of Canada are seen outside the constituency office building of Yukon MP Brendan Hanley at Second Avenue and Black Street.
New regional solid waste agreements inked The Yukon government has signed interim regional solid waste agreements with Teslin and Watson Lake.
Traffic signals adjusted at key intersections In the wake of a fresh landslide along Robert Service Way on Monday morning,
Day of Mourning ceremony set for Friday Yukoners are invited to return to the Workers’ Memorial in Shipyards Park on Friday to commemorate the Day of Mourning in person for the first time since 2019.
Surgeons sound alarm about wait times Two Whitehorse surgeons are calling attention to longer wait times for joint replacements.

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