Whitehorse Daily Star

December 8, 2023

• Local youth receive prestigious award The 1st Whitehorse Scouting group has announced that two youth have earned their Chief Scout Award.
• Holiday favourite Nutcracker staged Photo Spread
• Awards celebrate grads’ excellence in trades The territorial government hosted the Yukon Apprenticeship Excellence Awards on Nov. 23.
• In The Holiday Spirit .
• Candlestick Theatre brings some heat to the chill A group of enthusiastic emerging professional theatre creators, all alumni of Yukon Theatre for Young People (YTYP) in Whitehorse, have formed a new theatre collective.
• Dixon welcomes new premier Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon is offering his “sincere congratulations” to RJ Simpson, who was elected premier of the Northwest Territories on Thursday.
• Massacred, missing and murdered remembered The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Dec. 6) ceremony was held at the Kwanlin Dün First Nation’s Nàkwät’à Ku (Potlatch House) on Wednesday.
• Former commissioner’s appointment has helped carve Yukon history Angélique Bernard, a former commissioner of the Yukon, has been named a fellow of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada.
• Regional chief lauds national chief The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Yukon Region has congratulated Cindy Woodhouse on her election Thursday as the AFN’s next national chief.
• Food drive goes until Dec. 24 Wykes Your Independent Grocer’s in-store annual food drive continues until Dec. 24.
• Junction’s firefighters did double duty Haines Junction resident Rob McPhie was recently at the village’s youth centre, plowing snow off the outdoor rink ice alone, and was “having the worst day,” he said earlier this week.
• Mayor brought city’s funding, infrastructure woes to Ottawa Mayor Laura Cabott is back from a trip to lobby federal officials in Ottawa with few specific promises but an abundance of hope.
• Killing of encroaching elk will be a last resort Takhini River Valley landowners with problem elk on their property will soon be permitted to shoot the invading ungulates as part of a pilot program to keep the animals off agricultural land.

December 7, 2023

• Pillai honours the start of Hanukkah Premier Ranj Pillai commemorated the start of Hanukkah on Thursday.
• N.W.T. legislature to choose new premier Newly elected members of the Northwest Territories legislature are meeting today to choose their new premier and cabinet.
• Crisis line has expanded its hours The CMHA-YT Reach Out Support Line has extended its hours of operation to provide 24/7 peer listening support services.
• Councillor still pushing land proposal City councillor Ted Laking is still trying to turn up the heat on the federal government to provide information and funding to the city for residential development.
• Sheep management plan rankles YFGA The Yukon Fish and Game Association (YFGA) isn’t a happy camper with the Yukon government’s plans for managing thinhorn sheep in the southwest Yukon.
• YG refuses to permit palaeontologist to discuss mammoth’s big trip The Yukon government is stonewalling attempts to provide more information on the status of the baby wooly mammoth specimen found in June 2022.
• Group plans to challenge CEMA court ruling Ross Mercer and his group aren’t willing to surrender yet when it comes to their court case against the Yukon government’s use of the Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA).

December 6, 2023

• Medevac system hit by computer woes: NDP A new computer software package purchased by the Yukon government last year is causing problems in the medevac system, according to the NDP.
• Sixteen bursaries awarded to Yukon students The Yukon government has awarded 16 bursaries to support students pursuing priority health and social service professions.
• Pillai, Trudeau reviewed key issues Premier Ranj Pillai met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Monday, primarily focusing talks on housing and health care, but also discussing several other Yukon-related issues.
• Council snowed under by accessibility complaints City council members and municipal staff members must feel like they’re buried under an avalanche of complaints about their snow and ice control policies.
• Capital budget proposals gain clarity The City of Whitehorse outlined some of its plans in more detail for the 2024-2027 capital budget on Monday evening.
• Yukoners bracing for higher power rates Yukoners will be seeing a 2.5-per-cent bump in their ATCO Electric Yukon bills next month.
• Science building has major funding gap, MLA notes Another huge Yukon project is caught between a funding crunch and complete stoppage.