Up to 83% of school council seats still empty as election deadline approaches

Up to 83 per cent of school council seats in the territory could be left vacant if Yukoners do not put their names forward as candidates, Elections Yukon said in a news release issued on April 19. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News file)
Nominations for the school council general election close April 21 at noon

Minto Mine did not pay a significant increase in the financial security the Yukon government requires in order for it to operate. Minister John Streicker says the mine will either pay up or find a way to reduce environmental risk by September. (File Photo)

Yukon government restricts Minto Mine’s operations until cleanup security paid
Pond Inlet musher Michael Inuarak and his team of qimmiit, or sled dogs, heads toward the finish line on Uluksan Qingua Saturday afternoon. (David Venn/Nunatsiaq News)

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      Whitehorse City Hall is seen in a file photo. (Yukon News file)

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      The lot that will be home to Whistle Bend school is seen in October 2021. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News file)

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      Students from the Wood Street Centre school protest the school’s dress code on March 7. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

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        Takhini River Ranch is proud to collaborate with many other local businesses, including Sarah Hanson from Home Sweet Home. Sarah continues to make her wonderful pastry, and pies are filled with TRR meat. Hunters can also turn their meat into ready-made pies.

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          A two-day-old muskox balances on the snow at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve on April 10, 2022. The animal was found dead on April 12. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

          Baby muskox born at Yukon Wildlife Preserve perishes in first days of life

          Calf born on April 8 marked preserve’s first baby muskox since 2017

          Whitehorse city council is considering adding $400,000 to the Lewes Boulevard bus lane project to allow for the installation of a new valve for the city's water system. (City of Whitehorse)

          Council votes 6-1 for bus lane, valve chamber work

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            A lone adult whooper swan, native to Europe and Asia, was sighted in the Yukon on April 7 and 8. (Ken Billington/Wikimedia Commons)

            Whooper swan far from home spotted in the Yukon

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