Whitehorse Daily Star

September 12, 2023

• Suicide is ‘a community crisis,’ minister says Health and Social Services Tracy-Anne Minister McPhee issued this statement on Monday:
• Fire Closes Artery The wildfire on Highway 37 near the Yukon-B.C. border is seen at about noon Monday.
• Young people plan climate strike Local youth will host a climate strike on Friday in downtown Whitehorse.
• Group awards territory a ‘D’ for vaccine policies A national seniors’ organization wants to turn the Yukon government over its knee when it comes to its vaccine policies.
• YG working on Dawson City’s paramedics issues The Yukon government is waiting for Dawson City officials to decide whether to sign a memorandum of understanding that could help alleviate the problems with paramedic services in the town.
• Yukon hosts conference of Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon is hosting members of public accounts committees from across the country in Whitehorse.

September 11, 2023

• Expo 67 flag now flies over Whistle Bend Place Photo Spread
• It’s all hands on the wheel at Standard Bus If you can drive a bus, Sebastian Gabriel would like to speak to you.
• RCMP conducting training exercise Residents in downtown Whitehorse can expect to see some police activity this week.
• Hydrant maintenance continues City water and waste crews are conducting hydrant maintenance in Riverdale and the downtown area until Sept. 20.
• Petition seeks crosswalk lights outside shelter Walk this way.
• Yukon First Nations firefighters lauded Premier Ranj Pillai and Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn have thanked Yukon First Nations wildland fire-fighters for their efforts this year.
• Tickets available for 2023 United Way Breakfast The Yukon government will host the annual United Way Breakfast fundraiser Oct. 6 at the Sternwheeler Hotel & Conference Centre.
• Chum and chinook salmon runs disappoint All subsistence fishing for fall chum salmon on the Yukon River will be closed again this season in both Alaska and the Yukon.

September 8, 2023

• New forestry support program launched A new support program is offering funding for commercial harvesters a retailers.
• Hattie Nielsen’s largest work given to transportation museum Longtime artist Hattie Nielsen’s largest mural is now on display directly behind the Northern Airways exhibit at the Yukon Transportation Museum.
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• University sets out to be a hub for northern learning Yukon University has laid out an ambitious agenda in its first academic plan to be released since the school gained university status in 2019.
• Second care centre coping with COVID-19 outbreak A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Thomson Centre in Whitehorse.
• Landfill users had wanted to hear from Mostyn: NDP Kluane Lake-area residents attending an Aug. 31 meeting on the fate of the Silver City waste transfer station came away with a glimmer of hope – despite the Yukon government delegation initially showing up with no apparent intention to keep the site open.
• YP questions sidelining of roadside biffies The Yukon Party is questioning the reductions in facilities along the highway system this summer.
• Tribute paid to fallen firefighters Premier Ranj Pillai and Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn have recognized Firefighters’ National Memorial Day (this Sunday).
• A pair of statutory holidays loom Two more stat holidays are coming in the next months.
• Views vary on adequacy of mine’s security fundline The money is to come out of a $75.2-million security fund Minto Metals had paid into before shutting the mine down.
• Hungry bruins are turning to urban regions for sustenance A low berry crop in the forests of the Yukon is sending more bears into urban areas over the past month, particularly here in Whitehorse.
• Report confirms victims, families were failed: YP “The most recent report on the mishandling of abuse allegations at a Yukon school, entitled Left in the Dark from the Yukon Ombudsman, is just the latest condemnation of the Liberal government’s handling of this issue,” the party said.