Whitehorse Daily Star

December 1, 2022

• RCMP seek public assistance in finding traveller Dawson City RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing man.
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• YG applies to city for lodge site rezoning The Yukon government has applied to the city to rezone the five lots where the Macaulay Lodge was located before it was demolished earlier this year.
• Keno residents receive new waste collection equipment The Yukon government has provided new household waste collection equipment to the residents of Keno City to support a regularly scheduled waste pickup service by the Hecla Mining Company.
• Santa Claus Parade of Lights returns to Main Street The Whitehorse Winterval Santa Claus Parade of Lights will return to Main Street at 6 p.m. Saturday.
• Premier urged to seek advice of Conflicts Commissioner The legislature has passed a motion from the Yukon Party official Opposition directing Premier Sandy Silver to seek the advice of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner in relation dealings involving ex-cabinet minister Pauline Frost’s work on a project in Old Crow.

November 30, 2022

• Guffaws At The Guild The Guild Hall Comedy Night Saturday featured Shirley Gnome from Vancouver.
• Monkeypox vaccine now available The Monkeypox (MPOX) vaccine, Imvamune®, is now available for eligible Yukoners at the Whitehorse, Dawson City and Watson Lake Health Centres. The local centre is located on Quartz Road.
• Musicians bring a high note to Canada Music Week Photo Spread
• Whitehorse Community Choir gets seasonal The Whitehorse Community Choir is back to its full strength and will be offering two live Christmas concerts Friday and Saturday evenings with the main choir, the Persephone Singers and the Chamber Choir.
• Silver reflects on final Forum as premier Leaders from the territorial and First Nations governments finished talking joint priorities
• Plan envisions up to 350 mobile or modular homes The owners of the Lobird Mobile Home Park want to provide a residential development on 70 acres of their own land, but they need assurances from the city.
• Quarry isn’t a compatible use, council told Almost all those who addressed city council Monday regarding the Official Community Plan (OCP) and the future of the Steven’s quarry site were opposed to having a gravel pit there.

November 29, 2022

• Zoning amendment approved City council has a approved a zoning amendment for 12 Sybil Circle in Whistle Bend that also reaffirms the city’s height restrictions for garden suites and accessory buildings.
• A Festival Of Words-Related Events Winners of the Borealis Prize: The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution read from their works last Saturday at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre during the inaugural Yukon Words Festival.
• Resource released for Yukoners living with post COVID-19 condition The Post COVID-19 Working Group has released an online resource for Yukoners, calling it an important and necessary step forward in understanding the condition and supporting Yukoners along the way.
• Laking raises paving work delays City councillor Ted Laking has called attention to the problems caused by the work on Two Mile Hill during the summer.
• Join accessibility campaign, council members urged Members of city council have been invited to participate in a campaign to promote accessibility in Whitehorse.
• YG, Chu Níikwän partner to open 150-plus lots for homes The Yukon government has signed a $2.5-million loan agreement with the Kwanlin Dün First Nation’s (KDFN’s) arm’s-length development corporation Chu Níikwän Limited Partnership (CNLP), for a new residential land development project in Copper Ridge West.
• Former Yukon MLA Al Falle dies Al Falle, who was elected as a member of the former Yukon Territorial Progressive Conservative Party with the arrival of party politics in 1978, died Saturday at the age of 79.