Whitehorse Daily Star

April 19, 2023

• ‘Takin’ it to the youth’ is project’s goal “Using a creative outlet, I think, is the best way to avoid substance use,” Eric Laniel, a Haines Junction youth, said at last Friday’s official opening of the Youth Roots: Photovoice project.
• Ice bridge weight limits fall to 5,000 kg The weight limit on the Yukon River ice bridge here has been dropped from 30,000 kg to 5,000 kg as the Department of Highways and Public Works prepares for an imminent shutdown.
• CRTC urged to ensure equal Internet quality and prices at hearing The Yukon government is urging Canada’s telecommunications regulator to ensure northern residents have access to the same Internet service quality as the rest of the country at comparable rates.
• Uncertainty surrounds claims’ future: YP Key questions about valuable, decades-long mineral claims in the planned McIntyre Creek park area remain unanswered, Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon said Tuesday.
• RCMP believed danger had passed The Whitehorse RCMP are continuing their investigation into last Wednesday’s incident involving a man armed with a gun in the Whistle Bend subdivision
• Labour disruption affects detachment Due to “ongoing labour disruptions,” the front counter of the Whitehorse RCMP detachment on Fourth Avenue has temporarily changed its hours until further notice.
• Yukon Party seeks assurances as strike begins Workers from such federal departments as the Canada Revenue Agency, Veterans Affairs, and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada walked off the job early today in support of long-stalled contract negotiations.

April 18, 2023

• Earth Day to be marked in territory Mayor Laura Cabott has proclaimed April 22 as Earth Day in Whitehorse.
• YG sets up new protections for McIntyre Creek area The Yukon government is moving to protect the McIntyre Creek area from additional mineral staking and land development.
• NDP mourns passing of former chief, MLA Robert Bruce Jr., a former NDP MLA and Speaker of the legislature, died last weekend.
• Improvements to Whitehorse landfill pursued City council is being asked to amend this year’s capital budget to make improvements to the transfer station at the Whitehorse landfill.
• Pilot extracted after RCMP aircraft crashes An RCMP special constable had to be extracted from an RCMP aircraft after it crashed Monday at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport.

April 17, 2023

• Implications of land use planning called obscure A reputable law firm has described the legal implications of land use planning in the Yukon as clear as mud, Yukon Party MLA Scott Kent told the legislature earlier during the current sitting.
• Simapalooza going out with a splash Photo Spread
• Water treatment system upgrades plan deferred City council voted at its meeting last Tuesday to defer the commencement of procuring the design of upgrades to the Selkirk Pump House water treatment system.
• Budget advances reconciliation: minister A federal cabinet minister visited the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Friday to highlight Budget 2023’s investments toward advancing reconciliation.
• Holocaust Remembrance Day observed by premier Premier Ranj Pillai released a statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day today.
• Moose permit authorizations doubled in region The Yukon government has doubled the moose Permit Hunt Authorizations (PHAs) for the Sifton-Miners Range Moose Management Unit (MMU).
• $1-transfer of land to TRTFN contemplated Public documents show the Yukon government may sell 1,150 hectares of land for $1 to an entity of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN), based in Atlin, B.C.
• Hit-and-run incident claims a man’s life The territory’s RCMP are investigating a fatal hit-and-run collision late Friday night on the Alaska Highway near Watson Lake.