Whitehorse Daily Star

March 20, 2023

• Climate change geohazard research planned The federal government is funding a five-year research project to better understand how climate change impacts the Yukon’s transportation infrastructure.
• Junior Canadian Rangers hit the bulls-eye Photo Spread
• Council OKs sea cans’ installation City council has approved a conditional use application to allow the Yukon Breeze Sailing Society to place two additional sea cans at its site on the east shore of Schwatka Lake.
• Park with care, Dawson residents warned There have been warnings on social media, press releases, and signs at the local post office.
• Investigation into deaths ‘progressing,’ Yukon RCMP say The investigation into a double homicide that has rocked Mayo continues, the RCMP report.
• Access expanded to primary health care providers The Yukon government is expanding the Find a Primary Care Provider Program, formerly known as the Find a Family Doctor Program, to include nurse practitioners.
• Help quake victims, YP urges The Yukon Party has tabled a motion urging the territorial government to donate to the Red Cross to help Syrian and Turkish earthquake victims, as it has with previous disasters around the world.
• YCB sees definite need for convention centre The Yukon Convention Bureau (YCB) says the process for a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new convention centre in Whitehorse is open to creative proposals.

March 17, 2023

• Dawson embraces fiscal restraint mode City of Dawson’s budget planning revealed it was looking at a $600,000 deficit for 2023.
• WYRD, an UnFairytale world Larrikin Entertainment, in association with Atomic Vaudeville, is presenting WYRD A Musical UnFairytale this weekend at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Longtime KDFN chief is ousted Premier Ranj Pillai has congratulated Sean Smith for his commanding victory to become chief of the Kwanlin Dün First 
Nation (KDFN).
• Youth charged after March 9 weapons scare Whitehorse RCMP have announced charges against two of the three youth arrested March 9 in relation to a weapons-related event at F.H. Collins Secondary School.
• C/TFN to attend UN event A delegation of Carcross/Tagish First Nation citizens will be attending the UN 2023 Water Conference set for March 22-24 in New York City.
• A day in a life in a wartime Ukrainian village Starting in June 2022, a group of people in Whitehorse came together to help a couple with six children living in a village about 30 kilometres from the border with Belarus.
• Musher was happy to be racing on the river again Michelle Phillips says she reflected on recently-passed mushers as she glided along the Yukon River en route to victory in last week’s Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race.
• YG seeking input on local school facilities The Yukon government is seeking public input about school facilities in Whitehorse.
• School to get new lot The Yukon government is planning a new parking lot for Selkirk Elementary School.
• Help keep Macaulay Lodge site for seniors, city is urged City council has again heard from residents that the site of the former Macaulay Lodge at 2 Klondike Rd. should be used to provide more housing for seniors.
• City staying silent about meeting Members of city council will not be commenting on what was discussed at an internal meeting held Wednesday on Coun. Michelle Friesen’s practice of bringing her baby to council meetings.
• ‘I stand by my remarks,’ minister declares Mayor Laura Cabott is taking cabinet minister Richard Mostyn to task for remarks he made March 8 in the legislature regarding the government’s cancellation of the 2027 Canada Winter Games bid.

March 16, 2023

• Work Underway .
• Investigation into two homicides continues The RCMP have not made any arrests related to last Saturday’s shooting deaths of two Whitehorse men in Mayo, Insp. Lindsay Ellis said this morning.
• Absorbing New Skills Rivers to Ridges is holding their March camp in partnership with the Guild Hall.
• Premier observes diversity’s importance Premier Ranj Pillai issued a statement Wednesday marking International Day to Combat Islamophobia.
• Learning About The Aviation Field A group of Whitehorse youth, including some cadets, took part in Wednesday’s seventh annual Elevate Aviation Cross Country Tour.
• Yukon Nominee Program allocations increased Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has informed the Yukon government it’s increasing the territory’s number of allocations under the Provincial Nominee Program for 2023.
• Legislature supports keeping a school downtown On Wednesday, the legislature adopted an NDP motion to make sure there continues to be an elementary school downtown.
• MLAs assess First Nation’s emergency declaration Yukon government and opposition representatives weighed in on the state of emergency declared by the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun (FNNND) on Tuesday.
• YG plans to appeal court decision The territorial government is planning to appeal a decision by Yukon Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Duncan that found the government had breached its constitutional duty to consult.