Yukoner fulfills dying wish to ride a horse

Diane Quilty mounts on one of Rita Smith’s horses at Whitehorse General Hospital. (Courtesy/Rita Smith)
Rita Smith brings her horses to Whitehorse General Hospital for Diane Quilty
People march from the RCMP headquarters to the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre to raise awareness of the Yukon overdose crisis in Whitehorse on March 22. First Nations from around the territory held marches and lit sacred fires following the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun’s state of emergency declaration over the opioid crisis and two murders in the community. (Crystal Schick/Canadian Press)

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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)

    Freestyle skiers take on the slopes and big air at Yukon Champs
    1905-1907 acquired by the Yukon Permanent Art Collection (Courtesy/Tara Kolla)

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    Locally produced preserves, cocktail bitters and baking mixes are stocked at ColdAcre’s industrial area office. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

    ColdAcre doubling its processing capacity with new facility

      Members of the Ukrainian-Canadian Association of the Yukon get ready to deliver supplies to Ukraine earlier in the year. The supplies were delivered and the association is continuing its efforts for Ukraine with a fundrasier dinner on March 26. (Elena Kozhevnikova/Ukrainian-Canadian Association of the Yukon)

      Ukrainian-Canadian group organizes fundraiser dinner in Whitehorse
      The Chilkoot Trail. (Courtesy/Yukon Government)

      Alaskan side of the Chilkoot Trail may reopen Aug. 1
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        Minty Bradford (middle) is seen with team mates after winning her first national title in cross-country skiing at the Canadian National Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ont. (Courtesy/Nathaniel Mah, Nordiq Canada)

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          Yukon RCMP detachment in Whitehorse seen on Feb. 23, 2023. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

          RCMP say manslaughter allegation relating to opioid death is the ‘first charge of its kind’ in the Yukon

          Police say the charge Jared Skookum of Whitehorse faces is related to a woman’s 2022 overdose death

          The Dezadeash River flows through Kluane National Park. (Mike Thomas/Yukon News Files)

          Court fines jet boaters caught in Kluane National Park

          Fines and restitution ordered to recover costs of helicopter search, retrieving broken boat.

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          Three young fans cheer on their team during the women’s division final game. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

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            Mathew Walsh and Steven Thomas took over the Old Crow Co-op store in August 2022. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

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