Whitehorse Daily Star

October 31, 2023

• Driver faces charges following Dawson City fatality A driver has been charged following a fatal incident early Sunday morning in Dawson City.
• The Journey Continues Happy Halloween! ‘Our journey to end polio can be a struggle, but we can’t give up,’ says Ramesh Ferris, a local polio vaccination advocate.
• YG doubles acquisition funding for Yukon Permanent Art Collection Funding for the Yukon Permanent Art Collection’s annual call for submissions has been permanently doubled from $30,000 to $60,000, Tourism and Culture Minister John Streicker announced Monday.
• Inquest will examine four deaths next April The long-planned coroner’s inquest into the deaths of four women with connections to the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter will begin in April 2024.
• Pillai urged to press for northern carbon tax exemption The Yukon Party appears to be wondering if the governing Liberals aren’t playing a little trick or treat when it comes to the carbon tax.
• Inmate succumbed to natural causes, inquest finds An inquest into the 2018 death in a Whitehorse jail of a man charged in a mail-bombing attack has determined he died of natural causes.

October 30, 2023

• Board takes over control of Garderie In what’s being called “a historic moment,” the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon (CSFY) has assumed control of the Garderie du petit cheval blanc (Garderie) early learning and child care centre.
• University starts contest to mark 60th anniversary YukonU is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
• Spooks and scares over the weekend Photo Spread
• Forum delegates pored over crucial issues The impacts of the opioid crisis and health care shortages in rural Yukon were among the agenda items in a maiden forum of elected leaders held last week.
• Taiwan-Canada Relations Reviewed Director General Lihsin (Angel) Liu of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) gave a presentation at Baked Café last Thursday evening.
• Shakers were felt in Yukon Two small earthquakes struck northern British Columbia and southern Alaska near Skagway over the weekend.
• Cabott welcomes funds, but says more needed Mayor Laura Cabott says she’s happy with the new funding the Yukon government is providing to territorial municipalities ... to a degree.
• It’s bottoms-up time at Yukon Brewing Both the Canada Beer Cup Awards and the Toronto Whisky Awards were announced last Wednesday – and the folks at Yukon Brewing enjoyed the day.
• Mayor steers clear of transit fares argument Mayor Laura Cabott says she’s trying to stay out of a sparring match between the governing Liberals and the NDP over the possibility of free transit.
• YG confirms stance on RSV shots Yukoners can now book seasonal COVID and flu vaccinations – but RSV vaccines will not be available in the territory this fall.

October 27, 2023

• Advisory committee members named The members of a Health Transformation Advisory Committee with a key role in major reforms of the health care system have been named.
• AWG host society president appointed City council has appointed longtime Yukoner Tracey Bilsky as the host society president for the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse.
• Landmark hotel to change hands on Jan. 1 The New Year will ring in a change in the ownership of a landmark hotel in Dawson City.
• Undersubscribed programs will see money shifted Money meant for energy retrofits and housing development is now being clawed back by the territorial government – and the Yukon Party is asking why.
• Scary Spectacle .
• YP lauds end of tax on heating oil The Yukon Party said Thursday it “joins the thousands of Yukoners relieved to hear that the federal government has suspended the carbon tax on home heating oil for the next three years.”
• Simulated storm triggered massive power outages An emergency exercise involving various government and military organizations this week in Whitehorse has created some “teachable moments” for participants.
• Robinson-area homeowner shoots, wounds grizzly bear There’s been a wounded bear wandering around the Robinson subdivision this week.
• Cell phone services disrupted There is no ready explanation for problems in recent days with cell phone services in the Whitehorse area.
• MLAs approve formation of commission to redraw ridings On Thursday, the Yukon legislature took the first major step toward redrawing the territory’s electoral ridings before the next election.
• Sensitivities of SOGI issue surface in legislature Questions raised in the legislature last week by the Yukon Party about trans-inclusive education policies related to students’ freedom to use chosen pronouns have hit a nerve for several NDP MLAs.
• YEU president’s lengthy reign is winding down Sometimes you just know when it’s time to go.
• Liberals accused of ‘weaseling out’ of pledge on transit fares The governing Liberals and the Yukon NDP continue to snipe over the concept of free public transit in Whitehorse.