Whitehorse Daily Star: News Archive

News Archive

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YG decisions hurting rural Yukoners: AYC The Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) is not looking back on 2023 with a lot of fondness.
Three to receive top honours at levee Three more territorial legends have been named to the Order of Yukon.

Pillai offers best wishes for New Year Premier Ranj Pillai offered his New Year’s greetings to Yukoners last Friday.
Tombstone campsites can be reserved starting March 6 In 2024, backcountry campsite reservations for Grizzly Lake, Divide Lake and Talus Lake campgrounds in Tombstone Territorial Park will be available starting at 9 a.m. March 6.
Pilot car service available for Haines Highway The Haines Highway is still closed due to weather and the after-effects of a landslide.
Kettle Campaign made a partial comeback The Whitehorse Salvation Army has managed to partially recover from what was looking like a disastrous Kettle Campaign this year.
‘Fish and Fire’ shimmering at Northern Front Studio Nicole Bauberger’s January installation is made almost entirely of excess plastic bike reflectors diverted from the waste stream.
Dawson City fire plan is out for scrutiny After a multi-year process that was hampered at times by the pandemic, Yukon’s Wildland Fire Management has finished and released a draft of their fire prevention plan for Dawson City.

Liberals failing to solve major problems: Dixon Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon gave a familiar rundown of the territory’s most intractable problem areas in his last interview of the year with the Star — health care, community safety, housing.
Territory is on a positive trajectory: Pillai Premier Ranj Pillai wants people to know things are going well.
No Star Monday The Star will not publish Monday, Jan. 1, but our offices will reopen Tuesday. The next edition will be published Wednesday, Jan. 3. Happy New Year!
NDP’s influence has made big differences: White Yukon NDP Leader Kate White has a long list of what she sees as policy wins this year resulting from the renegotiation of the Confidence and Supply Agreement (CASA) with the Liberal government in early 2023.
NDP to keep close eye on twin dental programs While confusion persists about what will happen to the Yukon Dental Program as the newly announced federal dental plan is rolled out, NDP Leader Kate White says she won’t let the Yukon government defer to the federal one unless equal benefits are included.
The top 10 Yukon stories of 2023 Choosing the Yukon’s top 10 stories of the year is, to a large extent, an arbitrary task.
Crash survivors stranded overnight Ten people were rescued Thursday after a small plane crashed in a remote area of the Northwest Territories – and they were stranded overnight.

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