The new Arkell development could become Whitehorse’s first efficient, low-energy housing neighbourhood.
Narrower streets, preservation of existing tree cover, orienting home windows to take advantage of...
full story
by Tristin Hopper
Rural Yukon ambulance attendants want to establish permanent paramedic training at Yukon College in Whitehorse.
And they’re willing to use money from last fall’s labour negotiations to do it.
full story
by Tristin Hopper
FORTYMILE
The townsite sits serenely at the junction of the Fortymile and the Yukon rivers.
The original inhabitants called this spot Cheda Dek and today the area is quiet with little sign of the busy community...
full story
by Mark Prins
Main Street businesses come and go, but Arts Underground is forever.
Alright, maybe not forever. But it’ll be around for the next 10 years — guaranteed.
A $1-million in-kind donation from Rolf...
full story
by Jeremy Warren
Sunday, May 11 — Pentecost Sunday commemorates the “descent” of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. This Christian feast originally was a Jewish harvest festival also celebrating the end of Passover time or...
full story
by Michael Dougherty
This week’s power outages wreaked havoc on Yukon businesses, but the failures were unavoidable, say energy officials.
Tuesday morning’s outage affected 5,000 homes and businesses in the Whitehorse area.
full story
Mount Lorne Recycling Centre supporters hoped Community Services Minister Glenn Hart would bring his chequebook to a barbecue fundraiser.
Instead he brought water and sausages.
Nonetheless, the Mount Lorne...
full story
by Jeremy Warren
The 11-kilogram chunk of granite that crashed through the Carpenter’s ceiling left a hole the size of a soccer ball.
The rock landed less than a metre from where Russ Carpenter was sitting watching TV.
full story
by Chris Oke
A pair of Second World War-era homes were demolished on Seventh Avenue between Ray and Baxter Streets to make way for Narrow Gauge's affordable 12-unit condo, which should be completed by November.
