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A skier soars during Freestyle Yukon’s Yukon Champs held March 25 and 26 at Mount Sima in Whitehorse. (Mark Kelly/Freestyle Yukon)

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1905-1907 acquired by the Yukon Permanent Art Collection (Courtesy/Tara Kolla)

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    The Chilkoot Trail. (Courtesy/Yukon Government)

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        Yukon and Canadian flags flap in the wind in Whitehorse on May 31, 2022. Yukon MP Brendan Hanley commented on the federal government’s 2023-24 budget released March 28. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

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        Adeline Webber, chair of the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children working group, at a press conference on March 24. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

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