Month: January 2022

Dr. Elliott says it is safe for kids to be at school as the territory sees an unprecedented number of COVID-19 cases There are currently 329 active infections in the Yukon. In a media briefing this morning, the Yukon’s Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Catherine Elliott said that even with cases of COVID-19 surging in the territory, it is safe for kids to be in the classroom. “The […]

"The pandemic is not finished with us yet," says Premier Silver Premier Sandy Silver and Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Catherine Elliott spoke about the latest COVID-19 situation this morning. Almost one year to the day since the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in the Yukon, this morning Premier Sandy Silver and Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Catherine Elliott held the their first COVID update of […]

Two men arrested after their truck got stuck RCMP responded to the situation at 1:30 in the morning on December 27. Two men are awaiting court appearances after their truck full of drugs and weapons got stuck in the snow. The Carmacks RCMP say that in the early morning hours of December 27, they got a call about a truck stuck on the North Klondike Highway about 50 kilometres north […]

COVID-19 cases surging in the Yukon There have been 158 infections since December 31. COVID-19 activity is once again surging in the Yukon and cases of the Omicron variant are quickly on the rise. Yesterday the territorial government reported that 158 new infections of the virus were recorded since New Year's Eve last Friday. That makes for a major spike in the Yukon’s active case count – it now sits […]