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Designer's dream. The process of designing the uniforms for the Arctic Winter Games began 18 months ago.
(Haley Ritchie photo)

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The creative process behind Arctic Winter Games uniforms is deeper than you think

The creative process behind Arctic Winter Games uniforms is deeper than you think

Kalle Eriksson and his guide Sierra Smith compete in super combined slalom at the 2026 Paralympic Games in Cortina, Italy on March 10, 2026. (Dave Holland,Canadian Paralympic Committee/Submitted).

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Kalle Eriksson heads home to Kimberley with 3 medals after Paralympic debut

Kimberley’s Kalle Eriksson and his guide Sierra Smith have won three medals in the Milano-Cortina Paralympics.

Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein was a prominent 20th century scientiist The Dec. 31, 1999 issue of Time recognized Einstein as Person of the Century. (Wikimedia Commons)

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QUIZ: A celebration of Einstein, pi and pie

March 14 is Albert Einstein’s birthday and also Pi Day

Santana Berryman brings a performance rooted in family silence and the toll of mountain life to the Yukon on March 19, 21 and 24. (Jacob Zimmer/Submitted)

Life

New Yukon theatre work traces silence, injury and a northern homecoming

A Yukon tale shaped by spinal fractures plays March 19–21 at the Old Fire Hall in Whitehorse

Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Marc Miller announces $14.3 million in federal support for arts, culture, heritage and language initiatives across the Yukon. (Jake Howarth/Yukon News)

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Ottawa announces $14.3M for Yukon arts, heritage and Indigenous languages

Federal minister Marc Miller announced the $14.3‑million Yukon arts and culture investment in Whitehorse on March 13

Skate like the wind. 
Speed skaters at the Arctic Winter Games this week tore up the track.
(Haley Ritchie photo)

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Some Yukon athletes and teams are going for the gold as Arctic Winter Games wrap-up in Whitehorse

Some Yukon athletes and teams are going for the gold as Arctic Winter Games wrap-up in Whitehorse

The Whitehorse City Council table seen from the desk that delegates speak from. (Becky Zimmer/Local Journalism Initiative)

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Residents warn Whitehorse budget hikes and rebate cuts deepen affordability strain

At the March 9 council meeting, seniors and homeowners said the city’s draft budget pushes costs beyond wages…

Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport is pictured on Jan. 5, 2026. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

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Whitehorse airport joins program to support travellers with hidden disabilities

The initiative announced March 9 helps travellers with hidden disabilities navigate the airport more comfortably

Speaking in Yellowknife on March 12, Prime Minister Mark Carney announces more than $40 billion in military investment and major infrastructure projects in Canada’s North. Kody Ferron/NNSL photo

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Carney announces $40 billion for Northern defence and infrastructure

Military upgrades and support hubs, new roads and hydro-power expansion to ‘transform’ Canada’s North

This is the August, 2024 Facebook post by Jennifer Jacobs, the mother of Jesse Van Rootselaar, the alleged Tumbler Ridge shooter. The gun believed to be a Kriss Vector is the one in the centre with the squarish barrel. (Facebook screenshot)

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RCMP urged to release details on weapons used in Tumbler Ridge shooting

Gun control groups say this information may help prevent more mass shootings