With the summer building season already in full swing, solutions to Whitehorse’s lot shortage are still few and far between.
To get some new lots onto the market as soon as possible, the city held a special...
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by Chris Oke
A perilously small chinook salmon run has closed fisheries in the Yukon and limited First Nation catches.
The Fisheries and Oceans department has asked First Nations to cut its 8,000 limit to 4,000 for convervation...
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by Jeremy Warren
Dear Uma:
There is another reason for you to visit us again in Watson Lake — a horse show!
It happened on the weekend, in spite of overcast skies, cool wind, and some rain, all conditions to which the...
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by Heather Bennett
Champagne popped, bison burgers flipped and live music flowed as dozens of politicians, First Nation leaders and business dignitaries appeared to toast the return of a humble Yukon pioneer.
MV Dorothy, a 9.
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by Tristin Hopper
‘In 1898-’99 Michael James Henry, with Erastus Corning Hawkin’s agreement and approval, formed the Red Line Transportation Company Stage that contracted with the railway (White Pass and Yukon Route) to...
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by Jim Robb
Aurora Geosciences president Gary Vivian defended his company against safety recommendations relating to the 2006 bear-mauling death of employee Jean Francois Page.
The recommendations were made public in an official...
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by Tristin Hopper
By Elaine Hurlburt
Special to the News
What kids would organize their own fondue these days?
Haines Junction kids, that’s who.
And Mike Evans, enthused and energetic youth co-ordinator for...
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by Elaine Hurlburt
