Photo by Vince Fedoroff
INCLUSIVE BOOKS PROMOTED – The Guild Hall held a Drag Story Time last Sunday. There were two readers: Hair, above, and Ollis. They were reading from a selection of inclusive books curated by the Whitehorse Public Library.
Photo by Vince Fedoroff
INCLUSIVE BOOKS PROMOTED – The Guild Hall held a Drag Story Time last Sunday. There were two readers: Hair, above, and Ollis. They were reading from a selection of inclusive books curated by the Whitehorse Public Library.
Photo by Vince Fedoroff
MOONLIGHT LEAPING – A full moon rises over the mountains silhouetted by the horse sculpture by Two Mile Hill on Sunday.
Photo by Morris Prokop
HONOURED ELDER – The 2024 Harry Allen ‘Samay Thia’ Memorial Leadership Award was presented to elder Franklin Roberts from the Selkirk First Nation, seen here with players from the First Nation, at Friday’s opening ceremonies of the 44th Kilrich Building Centres Yukon Native Hockey Tournament at the Takhini Arena. See coverage, page 4, 14.
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COOL INDIFFERENCE – Roused from slumber by the noise of a passing vehicle, a moose rests near Twin Lakes on the Haines Road during last week’s storm. Photo by JANNIK SCHOU
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TO THE BUTTON – Team Yukon skip Thomas Scoffin watches a rock coming into the house as lead Evan Latos, left, and Wade Scoffin sweep it in during the Montana’s Brier in Regina on March 7. Scoffin’s rink lost a close one to Manitoba 6-4. See a curling update elsewhere on today’s website. Photo courtesy CURLING CANADA/MICHAEL BURNS
Photo by Vince Fedoroff
IMPORTANT SYMBOLISM – The Two Spirit Flag was raised Tuesday at the Jim Smith Building to mark the proclamation of Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQIA+ Awareness to Celebration Day (Two-Spirit Day). Adanchilla Pauls Lepine created a pride piece of artwork for Indigenous people, saying it’s a representation of who we are.
The Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) tried unsuccessfully to get Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee to visit their member communities.
The construction of a new health lodge for Whitehorse doesn’t appear to be on the immediate horizon for the territory.
The city is proactively shifting Robert Service Way traffic lanes away from the base of the escarpment.
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