Whitehorse Daily Star

October 23, 2023

• Pile burning going on Wildland Fire Management and FireSmart contractors have started to burn organic matter to reduce future wildfire risk.
• Empire of the Dead haunting Photo Spread
• Yukon Energy facilities tour draws 150 Approximately 150 people turned out Saturday to take a tour of Yukon Energy’s Whitehorse facilities.
• Firefighting equipment theft investigated Whitehorse RCMP and Yukon Wildland Fire Management are seeking assistance from the public in locating a number of items recently stolen from the Wildland Fire headquarters near Two Mile Hill.
• Plans will help strengthen downtown safety Some concrete plans have now emerged to address downtown Whitehorse public safety after Premier Ranj Pillai got together with local government agencies, non-profits and police on Oct. 12 to try to come up with some solutions.
• Coyotes sighted in residential neighbourhood The Yukon’s conservation officers’ service is aware of some coyote sightings in the Copper Ridge neighbourhood, but it isn’t overly concerned with the situation as yet.
• Funeral for respected elder set for Tuesday The body of Old Crow elder Freddy Frost was found Friday after a search that lasted more than a week.

October 20, 2023

• Businesses are drowning in a sea of rising costs “Why is (blank) so expensive these days?”
• Mayor plans trip to nation’s capital City council has approved a mayoral trip to Ottawa later this year to look for funding for various city projects.
• Open Pit Theatre puppet show Open Pit Theatre’s puppet show Radio Silence was presented Thursday evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• More rooms for homeless to be created at former inn Those relying on the former Coast High Country Inn for a roof over their heads will be able to stay on through the winter.
• Time To Tick-Tock Mayor Laura Cabott met with Rotary District 5370 Gov. Brent Collingwood and members of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse Rendezvous and Klonduck Bill to relaunch the newly-repaired Rotary clock at Main Street and Third Avenue.
• Nurse, nurse practitioner licensing streamlined The Yukon government is looking to cut red tape and make it easier for nurses and nurse practitioners to work in the territory.
• Still Standing Tall .
• Concussion Café Yukon founder heads to Ottawa Lis Pilon, the founder of the Concussion Café Yukon, has been invited to Ottawa Oct. 23-26 to join a delegation of brain injury advocates from across the country.
• Another snowfall, another morning of long commuter delays The second significant snowfall of the season hit Whitehorse-area streets and highways hard this morning, but caused no particular difficulties, according to the city.
• School plan raises traffic congestion concerns The Yukon government continued to field questions about potential problems with its plan to build a new École Whitehorse Elementary School in the Takhini neighbourhood.
• Power rate relief will live on The Inflation Relief Rebate on power bills has been extended for the fourth time, the Yukon government announced today.
• Assault of Jack Hulland educator raises anxieties in kids, parents The father of two students at Jack Hulland Elementary School is expressing concerns about the conditions at the school following a recent assault on an educational assistant.
• Ferry season is in the books The George Black ferry was put to rest on its winter berth shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, having done its last crossing of the Yukon River at 11 p.m. Sunday.
• School busing woes roll into legislature Busing is still posing a challenge for Yukon students.
• University welcomes inaugural research chair Yukon University now has a research chair in Northern Governance – thanks to a $1-million donation from Northern Vision Development LP (NVD).

October 19, 2023

• Co-chairs assess progress from accountability forum “We are just a few months into an ambitious 15-year plan to create systemic change.”
• Section of trail to close The sidewalk on the northern side of the Two Mile Hill Trail was scheduled to be temporarily closed today.
• Top 10 finalists for 125 Prize to be celebrated As part of the celebrations and commemorative events marking the 125th anniversary of the Yukon becoming a territory of Canada, Yukoners were invited to apply for the 125 Prize.
• Showing A Fresh Face The Yukon Theatre neon sign has been restored and the cinema painted.
• Still no sign of missing elder The search for missing elder Freddy Frost continued fruitlessly on Wednesday near Old Crow.
• Owners closed bakery with ‘great sadness and heavy hearts’ The situation involving the Oct. 7 closure of the Alpine Bakery continues to be be murky.
• Parties at odds over ministerial statements The Yukon Party – the Official opposition – and the governing Liberals have found a new way to be at odds.
• Landlords to receive a collective $1 million from territory The Yukon government has decided to subsidize the territory’s landlords after inflation rates surged above recently enacted rent-hike limits.