http://yukon-news.com/ The latest news stories from the Yukon News of Whitehorse Yukon. en-ca webadmin@yukon-news.com (Website Feedback) Copyright 2012 Yukon News All Rights Reserved Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:33 GMT http://yukon-news.com/layout/header/logo_sml.gif http://yukon-news.com/ http://yukon-news.com/arts/28594/ http://yukon-news.com/arts/28594/#When:09:00:33Z Have you ever been invited to a “word carving” party? Don’t worry, they’re not some new fad you’ve been left out of. But they were the means to Peter Jickling’s newest creation. Arts Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:33 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/28589/ http://yukon-news.com/news/28589/#When:09:00:33Z After more than 50 years in operation, it looks like the Kluane Lake Research Station may be shutting down. Late last month, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada announced that it had decided not to renew the funding for the station’s operation. News Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:33 GMT http://yukon-news.com/business/28593/ http://yukon-news.com/business/28593/#When:09:00:29Z Heidi Neufeld isn’t giving up her day job - at least not yet.  But if her new magazine, Horses Up North, takes off she might do just that. Business Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:29 GMT http://yukon-news.com/sports/28583/ http://yukon-news.com/sports/28583/#When:09:00:05Z Yukon got its first taste of mountain bike orienteering on Sunday. The Contagious Mountain Bike Club held its Mountain Bike Kick-Off in conjunction with the Yukon Orienteering Association, starting and ending at the Schwatka Lake Boat Launch in Whitehorse. Sports Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:05 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/28577/ http://yukon-news.com/news/28577/#When:19:50:11Z The Yukon’s red hot housing market is starting to cool, says Val Smith, president of the Yukon Real Estate Association. After more than a decade of limited supply and rising prices, things seem to be leveling off. News Mon, 14 May 2012 19:50:11 GMT http://yukon-news.com/sports/28575/ http://yukon-news.com/sports/28575/#When:19:41:13Z The Fairbanks Interior Table Tennis Club sent just three players to represent their state at the Yukon-Alaska Challenge this past weekend. They should have sent more. Sports Mon, 14 May 2012 19:41:13 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/28574/ http://yukon-news.com/news/28574/#When:19:40:17Z In February, it lambasted the government for appointing just one of its three recommended members to the organization. News Mon, 14 May 2012 19:40:17 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/28573/ http://yukon-news.com/news/28573/#When:19:38:02Z Mayor Bev Buckway confirmed talks were happening between municipal and territorial officials at the Association of Yukon Communities meeting, held in Dawson City earlier this month. News Mon, 14 May 2012 19:38:02 GMT http://yukon-news.com/business/28540/ http://yukon-news.com/business/28540/#When:09:00:43Z It might be splattered with mud on the outside, but the pickup that Brad Thrall drives still has that new-car smell on the inside. The truck and the road it is driving on and the mine that it leads to are all new - sort of. Business Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:43 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/28527/ http://yukon-news.com/news/28527/#When:09:00:25Z The Yukon legislature was shut down this week. By a bunch of kids. Sitting in the legislature’s gallery on Wednesday, the Peel Youth Alliance waited quietly for question period. News Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:25 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/28539/ http://yukon-news.com/news/28539/#When:09:00:19Z Condos are springing up all over Whitehorse. It’s happened in other cities before, and when it does, problems tend to arise.  It’s not easy running a condo board. News Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:19 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/28535/ http://yukon-news.com/news/28535/#When:09:00:19Z Herschel Island exists largely in the mind.  For many of us, the 116-square-kilometre outpost in the Beaufort Sea is impossibly far north and only accessible via imagination. News Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:19 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/28544/ http://yukon-news.com/news/28544/#When:09:00:01Z Almost 30 years ago, Marie Clarke had an abortion, and it’s something she says she regrets to this day.  “I thought I would be able to get on with my life,” said the sign-language instructor from Kelowna, B.C. News Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:01 GMT http://yukon-news.com/sports/28526/ http://yukon-news.com/sports/28526/#When:08:59:59Z Four members of the Alpine Club of Canada’s Saskatchewan chapter will attempt to be the first to the top of Mount Saskatchewan in Yukon’s Kluane National Park later this month. Sports Fri, 11 May 2012 08:59:59 GMT http://yukon-news.com/business/28519/ http://yukon-news.com/business/28519/#When:09:00:54Z The recent closure of Rogers Video in Whitehorse raises the question: do movie stores have a future, as consumers switch from renting DVDs to downloading the latest film? Business Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:54 GMT