Whitehorse Daily Star

April 11, 2023

• Long Ago Yukon plans event for Saturday Mark Brink Jr. will be Long Ago Yukon’s fourth speaker for its 2022-2023 speaker series at 1 p.m. Saturday.
• Red tape is impeding access to doctors: YP The Yukon Party is proposing that the Liberal government streamline payments to doctors and lessen physicians’ administrative burden.
• Snowpack is average across south, above average further north The southern and eastern parts of the Yukon have close to average snowpack levels, while the central and northern portions of the territory have above-average snowpack.
• Status of road’s closure remains unknown There is no word on how long Robert Service Way will be closed to traffic following another landslide early last Saturday morning, Mayor Laura Cabott said today.

April 10, 2023

• Stikine science fair just the start of a journey The 36th Annual Yukon/Stikine Regional STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Expo took place last Thursday.
• Procurement policy earns MLAs’, court’s scrutiny  The Yukon First Nation Chamber of Commerce (YFNCC) has terminated its administration of the Yukon First Nation Business Registry.
• Pillai recognizes Vimy Ridge Day Premier Ranj Pillai released the following statement last Thursday in observation of Vimy Ridge Day (yesterday):
• Ice Bridge Rules Adjust To The Season .
• Extending municipal voting privileges studied Upon the suggestion of city council, administration is bringing forward a recommendation to extend municipal voting privileges for permanent residents who do not have Canadian citizenship.
• Local residents arrested on outstanding warrants Whitehorse RCMP arrested two local residents related to outstanding warrants on April 2.
• NDP is told of another sexualized violence case Another family has contacted the NDP with a story of student-on-student sexualized violence.
• Another spring, another mudslide Another landslide has again closed Robert Service Way – also commonly referred to as the South Access Road.

April 6, 2023

• EMS is transferred The Yukon’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) joined the Department of Health and Social Services last Saturday.
• Councillors urge action on Porter Creek property The city and the Yukon government must make a concerted effort to address the decrepit and decaying state of the property at 2 Lodgepole Lane, say city councillors Ted Laking and Dan Boyd.
• Pair graduates from national leadership program Two Yukoners graduated from a public policy leadership program last month in Ottawa.
• Premier offers Easter wishes “Get out those baskets and start painting and hiding those eggs!”
• Thrift store society funds several groups The Whitehorse Community Thrift Store Society has announced the grant recipients for the most recent round of its Sharing Our Success (SOS) program.
• Premier issues statement on Passover Premier Ranj Pillai released a statement on Passover on Wednesday.
• Extend the season for grub: food truck owners Vendors of mobile food trucks are asking the city for an extension to their normal operating season, city council was told at its meeting Monday.
• No Star on Good Friday The Star will not publish tomorrow, Good Friday,
• 30,000-year-old mummified squirrel found The ancient remains of a ground squirrel dug up by miners near Dawson City still have lessons to teach 30,000 years after the rodent died, an expert says.
• No concrete plans evident for bridge’s budget Following a delay with licensing, the Nisutlin Bay Bridge will not be completed until 2025-26, nearly 12 years after the project was introduced by the former Yukon Party government, Highways and Public Works Minister Nils Clarke said Wednesday. 
• Airborne embers would menace everything, city warned Whitehorse is not ready for an emergency evacuation, Stu Clark, the fire safety co-ordinator for the Copper Ridge subdivision, told city council Monday.