Icy roads close North Klondike Highway and the Silver Trail

Dawson City’s ice-caked streets on morning of Friday October 22. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Rain with temperatures hovering from zero to plus two make for unsafe driving

Bird vetch seen overgrowing berry bushes. (Photo by Andrea Altherr)

Dispose of bird vetch properly, Yukon Invasive Species Council warns
Kluane Adamek accepts nomination to stand for re-election as the Assembly of First Nations - Yukon Regional Chief. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

Kluane Adamek stands for re-election as the AFN’s Yukon Regional Chief
Caribou habitats are reliably dwindling, regardless of what we pretend in remediation strategies, argues Sebastian Jones. (File photo)

COMMENTARY: Caribou populations are dwindling, and we’re in denial about it

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A group of teens allegedly assaulted a 14-year-old outside Vanier Catholic Secondary School on Sunday Oct. 17. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Teen allegedly attacked by group in Riverdale, parents say

A man carries multiple plastic bags of groceries. (Yukon News/file)

Yukon’s plastic bag ban will come into effect in January
Letters to the editor.

LETTERS: Candidates comment on vaccine mandates; Hidden Valley parents seek transparency
    Keno City’s transfer station sits next door to an industrial mine site with waste disposal permits. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

    LETTERS: Defending transfer stations in Keno and Silver City
      The Yukon Government has filed a lawsuit in an effort to get the owner and the occupant of the purple cabin in downtown Whitehorse off the property. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

      Yukon government suing over Whitehorse’s purple cabin

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      Sarah Traiger drops off a ballot at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library vote center on Tuesday, the last day to cast a ballot in the City and Borough of Juneau's 2021 municipal election. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

      Yukon communities elect new mayors, councils

      Six of the Yukon’s rural municipalities saw elections for mayor and council…

      Bill Kendrick was elected the next mayor of Dawson City in the Oct. 21 municipal election. (Submitted)

      Bill Kendrick elected mayor of Dawson City

      Lot shortages, housing and waste management top list for new mayor in Dawson City.

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      Etienne Geoffroy-Gagnon has his sights set on one of four Olympic freestyle team spots. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

      Yukon freestyle skier Etienne Geoffroy-Gagnon motivated for upcoming season

       

      Kyle Nault hits lunges for the ball during the Squash Yukon Early Bird Tournament at Better Bodies on Oct. 16. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

      The Early Bird catches the squash? Squash Yukon opens season with two-day tournament

       

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      Obituaries

      Roberta Gail Behn

      Oct 15th, 2021

      Mac & Dora Lucas

      Oct 14th, 2021

      Bruce Bingham

      Sep 29th, 2021

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      Sep 12th, 2021

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      Sep 10th, 2021

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      Sep 8th, 2021

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      LETTERS: mandatory vaccines and the Just Transition Act

        Caribou habitats are reliably dwindling, regardless of what we pretend in remediation strategies, argues Sebastian Jones. (File photo)

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          Filmmaker Shaunoh Anderson. (Submitted)

          Shining a light on Indigenous films

          Yukon film will be screened at imagineNATIVE film festival

          David Troup replaces the camouflaging moss and tree limbs around one of his wildlife cameras alongside a game trail on Oct. 8. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

          Trail cameras offer look at Yukon’s wild side

          David Troup enjoys capturing and sharing wildlife images with motion-activated cameras.

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          Skaydu.û/Autum Jules was recently selected as one of 20 student recipients of the RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Indigenous Youth.

          Teslin Tlingit Council Member Receives RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Indigenous Youth

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            ECO Canada’s BEAHR training program provides customizable environmental training programming for Indigenous communities that uniquely braids traditional ecological knowledge with Western science.

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