City of Whitehorse awaiting green light to relax measures at CGC, city hall

A city council meeting in Whitehorse on Feb. 8. It is not yet clear what the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions will mean for City of Whitehorse facilities and when the public will be able to attend meetings in-person. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
It’s unclear how city will proceed with COVID-19 rules after Aug. 4

Among 28 southern groups of B.C. chinook assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, only two remain “not at risk”. (Michael Humling)

A number of First Nations closing chinook fishing as numbers continue to disappoint
Ranj Pillai speaks at the Great Yukon Summer press conference on May 27. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

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Omar Alghabra, the federal minister of transport, announces $135 million in federal funding for work on the North Klondike Highway in Whitehorse on July 29. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Federal cash announced for North Klondike Highway
Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)

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Ashley Bradley raised $785 by collecting returnables with all proceeds going to the Committee on Abuse in Residential Schools. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

Whitehorse local Ashley Bradley collects $785 worth of recyclables to donate to CAIRS
Local advisory committee members at a meeting in 2019. (Gunta Business/Submitted)

Yukon’s community councils are stretched in the wake of election season
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      Pauline Frost and her lawyer outside the Whitehorse courthouse after losing a lots draw for the Vuntut Gwitchin riding on April 19. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

      Yukon judge reserves decision in Vuntut Gwitchin election petition

      Chief Justice Suzanne Duncan says her decision will be released late next month or early August

      Former Liberal MLA Pauline Frost speaks to reporters outside the courthouse on April 19. One of the voters accused of casting an invalid vote has been granted intervenor status in the lawsuit Frost filed last month. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

      Voters named in Pauline Frost election lawsuit ask to join court proceedings

      The judge granted Christopher Schafer intervenor status

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      Police are still looking for answers about the death of 19-year-old Angel Carlick whose body was found north of Whitehorse in late 2007. (RCMP Image)

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      The RCMP’s Historical Case unit has asked for public help in search for truth about 2007 death.

      Fire crews are working on the Ta’tla Mun fire, south of Pelly Crossing. (Yukon Protective Services/Facebook)

      Hot dry weather coming to the Yukon as almost 70 fires burn

      Crews are working on three fires near Pelly Crossing.

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      Whitehorse’s Jessica Frotten looks at her time after the 200-metre event at the World Para Athletics Championships in London, England on July 15 2017. Frotten is headed to Tokyo to compete in Paralympics. (Yonathan Kellerman/Athletics Canada)

      Yukon wheelchair racer Jessica Frotten will represent Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

       

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