Whitehorse Daily Star

October 4, 2023

• Watson Lake receives infrastructure investment More than $16 million will be spent to support the planning and construction of water, sewer and road upgrades in Watson Lake.
• Dreaming Roots: a re-telling Dreaming Roots is an inspiring performance journey by and about Yukon First Nations people.
• Haeckel Hill turbines are slated to spin imminently The Yukon’s shift to clean, sustainable energy production has had more life blown into it.
• HONOURING AN IMPORTANT DAY Students from many schools walked for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (last Saturday).
• Leadership of AWG host society shaping up The City of Whitehorse is moving ahead with plans to host the 2026 Arctic Winter Games (AWG).
• YP rejects measures helping Yukoners: Pillai Ranj Pillai begins the first fall sitting of his premiership today as the Yukon continues into the headwinds of inflation, housing shortages, the substance use crisis and climate change.
• CASA ‘not a free pass’ for Liberals, White says With a Confidence and Supply Agreement (CASA) in place, the NDP continued to hold some power over the governing Liberals as the new fall legislative sitting began this afternoon.
• ‘It’s time for an election,’ Dixon says As the Yukon legislature’s fall sitting began today, Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon says it is time for an election to let the people have a say about whether Ranj Pillai should be premier.
• Giardia ‘husks’ have been detected in aquifer The possible contamination of Whitehorse’s drinking water supplies had the city’s council members up in arms Tuesday evening.

October 3, 2023

• Motion urges city to press for use of land Whitehorse city councillor Ted Laking is renewing his call for the city to access federal lands to help relieve the increasing pressure on housing.
• Day for truth, reconciliation observed The New Democrats, the City of Whitehorse and the Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) re-leased statements last Friday recognizing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which hundreds of Yukoners observed the following day.
• Syphilis testing is important: MD The best way to know if you have syphilis is to get tested, Dr. Sudit Ranade, the territory’s chief medical officer of health, is reminding Yukoners.
• Work being done to assist bakery, premier says Premier Ranj Pillai says he is taking steps to address the situation at the Alpine Bakery, and acknowledges the government does bear some responsibility.
• City ‘excited’ to welcome delegation from Ukraine A delegation from Whitehorse’s newly-agreed-to Ukrainian sister city of Chortkiv is coming to the Yukon next week.

September 29, 2023

• Yukon’s jobless rate still low The unemployment in the Yukon continues to be among the lowest in Canada, but crept upward last month.
• Bear was shot, abandoned Conservation officers are looking for the public’s help after an abandoned grizzly bear carcass was found north of Burwash Landing.
• Pillai recognizes special day for truth and reconciliation Tomorrow, Yukoners will recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.
• Reform royalty payments regime quickly, chief urges Hähkè Darren Taylor of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in wrapped up the Yukon Forum on Wednesday by delivering a forceful monologue calling for immediate changes to mining rules.
• Forecast suggests a comfortable conclusion to 2023 Alyssa Charbonneau, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, is likely to be a popular person in the Yukon after presenting a promising seasonal forecast Tuesday morning.
• No Star Monday With Saturday a statutory holiday in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Star will not publish Monday, but will return with a Tuesday edition.
• CDC to continue as source of ‘support and warmth’ The Child Development Centre (CDC) has come a long way from its modest start in a trailer behind a local school in 1979.
• Past lessons being applied to Minto site: YG Reclamation and closure work underway at the abandoned Minto Mine continues despite talk of a sale, say Yukon government officials.
• Potential overflow risk would peak next spring Water levels at the defunct Mount Nansen mine site are perilously close to overflowing contaminated tailings ponds, according to a recent filing with the Yukon Water Board.