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 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:07:41 GMT http://yukon-news.com/layout/header/logo_sml.gif http://yukon-news.com/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26995/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26995/#When:21:07:41Z The Southern Lakes Wildlife Coordinating Committee says all levels of government need to keep working together to manage wildlife such as moose and caribou in that region of the Yukon. News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:07:41 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/26993/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26993/#When:20:54:02Z City council wants you … to give them feedback. Specifically it wants to know if holding its Monday evening meetings at 5:30 rather than 7:30 p.m. is a good idea. News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:54:02 GMT http://yukon-news.com/sports/26991/ http://yukon-news.com/sports/26991/#When:20:43:50Z After three days of racing, two Whitehorse skiers were on the podium at the Haywood NorAm Eastern Canadian Championships over the weekend in Cantley, Quebec. Sports Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:43:50 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/26990/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26990/#When:20:41:37Z The oil and gas industry wants to explore the Whitehorse Basin – a big swath of ground stretching from Carcross to Carmacks. For the next 60 days, the Yukon government is seeking public comments on the proposal but the request from industry is already drawing fire from conservationists. News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:41:37 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/26984/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26984/#When:21:22:54Z Corp. Cam Lockwood, soon to be promoted to sergeant, was picked to head the Watson Lake detachment by a committee that included a local representative. News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:22:54 GMT http://yukon-news.com/sports/26945/ http://yukon-news.com/sports/26945/#When:09:00:49Z After more than a month of scrimmages, drills and practice games, the Yukon Amateur Hockey Association this week released the rosters for the three teams that will represent the territory at the Arctic Winter Games next month. Sports Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:49 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/26960/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26960/#When:09:00:36Z The Yukon government is offering its condolences to those affected by the recent death of five Whitehorse residents, but it is not offering much else. News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:36 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/26954/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26954/#When:09:00:36Z Heavyweight boxer George Chuvalo might have lost 18 fights over the course of his career but no one was ever able to knock him down.  If the Juneau Access Improvement Project were a boxer, it would be George Chuvalo. News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:36 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/26951/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26951/#When:09:00:18Z No decision has yet been made to soften the Liberal stance on the Peel Watershed, says Klondike MLA Sandy Silver. “It’s the first I’d heard we’re going to change our Peel position,” said Silver. News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:18 GMT http://yukon-news.com/arts/26964/ http://yukon-news.com/arts/26964/#When:09:00:10Z Filmmaker Joel Heath never intended to make a movie of the Belcher Islands of Hudson Bay. He went up there for the first time as an ecologist. Arts Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:10 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/26941/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26941/#When:20:06:21Z Valerie, her 45-year-old husband, Bradley, their 13-year-old son, Gabriel and 11-year-old daughter, Rebekah, were found dead in their home Sunday along with an adult boarder, Donald McNamee. They lived in a home on Centennial Street in Porter Creek. Firefighters put on breathing apparatus before entering the home after a family friend reported finding the five bodies. News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:06:21 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/26906/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26906/#When:09:00:44Z If you’re thinking about heading south this summer, or having friends or family come to visit, you might want to book those plane tickets soon. News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:44 GMT http://yukon-news.com/life/26913/ http://yukon-news.com/life/26913/#When:09:00:34Z A First Nations prophecy says North Americans are at a crossroads and it’s time for “the light-skinned race” to choose between two paths. Life Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:34 GMT http://yukon-news.com/sports/26907/ http://yukon-news.com/sports/26907/#When:09:00:08Z Whitehorse’s Erin Oliver-Beebe skied and shot her way into the Yukon history books over the weekend. Competing with fellow Yukoners, Jennifer Curtis and Ryan Burlingame… Sports Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:08 GMT http://yukon-news.com/news/26904/ http://yukon-news.com/news/26904/#When:20:28:37Z The Truth and Reconciliation Commission returns to Whitehorse next week to give residential school survivors another chance to tell their stories. News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:28:37 GMT