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- Electric vehicles will shuttle bus drivers to and from routes (3)
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- Respiratory illness season is proving routine, MD says (2)
- Games Centre to receive major improvements (2)
- Hoofed animals may come under management protocols (1)
November 28, 2022
- City seeks input on major initiatives City council is looking for public feedback on two major initiatives it’s considering.
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Festive festival raises money for health care Photo Spread
- Budget matters return to council tonight City administration has submitted variance reports for the city’s annual capital expenditure budget and the operations and maintenance budget.
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Innovation Week Event Respectful travel guidelines were discussed at the Yukonstruct talk ‘Perspectives of People and Place’, part of the just-completed Yukon Innovation Week.
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Ottawa to train 100 Indigenous firefighters As Canada adapts to a changing climate, the federal government will fund training for more than 100 Indigenous firefighters to help handle harsher wildfire seasons in the Yukon.
- Fines program returns If you receive a parking ticket before Dec. 10, you can pay it by donating food of equal or greater value to that ticket.
- Liberals set date for leadership vote as Pillai lures support The governing Yukon Liberal Party will hold its leadership convention in Whitehorse exactly two months from today – Saturday, Jan. 28.
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Altercation ensued after gunman entered premises The man shot and killed last Thursday by police outside the Air North property had entered the Air North cargo building with a rifle, the RCMP’s Yukon commander told reporters this morning.
November 25, 2022
- Nelchina caribou herd hunting occasion set The Yukon government is offering a threshold hunt for Nelchina caribou.
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A Team Effort The Fashion Art Design (FADS) program
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Shooting investigated The RCMP’s Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed Thursday to investigate an officer-involved shooting death at the Air North hangar on Condor Road.
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Annual campaign to end violence begins Today marks the start of this year’s 16 Days to End Gender-Based Violence campaign.
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Parties offer takes on the fall sitting The fall sitting of the legislative assembly wrapped up Thursday.
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A premier Pillai wouldn’t call a snap election Ranj Pillai is the first candidate in the Yukon Liberal Party leadership race to replace Premier Sandy Silver.
November 24, 2022
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Important Concepts Debated Respectful travel guidelines were discussed Tuesday at the Yukonstruct Talk: Perspectives of People and Place.
- Putting People First annual report released The Yukon government has released the first Putting People First annual report, providing an update on the work being done to implement the report’s 76 recommendations.
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The Tradition Continues The Salvation Army’s annual kettle campaign kick-off took place Wednesday morning.
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Yukoners 12-plus eligible for another COVID-19 booster To increase the territory’s immunity during the respiratory season, Yukoners 12 years of age and older are now eligible for another COVID-19 booster – regardless of how many previous boosters they have had.
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Readying For The Big Event The 19th Northwestel Festival of Trees 2022,
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Liberals prepare for major fundraiser The Yukon Liberal Party said Wednesday candidate packages are now available for people interested in becoming a candidate for the leadership.
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NDP dissatisfied with work on wetland policy The Yukon’s wetland management policy is supposed to be finalized before the year’s end, but government research on how wetland development disturbs stored carbon will take much longer.
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MLAs approve motion on statutory holiday An NDP bill to make National Truth and Reconciliation Day (Sept. 30) a statutory holiday in the Yukon was adopted in the legislature with unanimous consent Wednesday.
- Be careful with forming ice, city warns If you don’t know, don’t go, the City of Whitehorse advised Thursday.