Whitehorse RCMP seek assistance identifying suspect in Black Street stairs assault

Whitehorse RCMP is investigating a May 19 assault near the Black Street Stairs. (Yukon News/file)
The assault took place shortly after midnight on May 19.

Rain City Improv will be at the Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival on May 29 at the Yukon Arts Centre. Go to yukonartscentre.com for full schedule. (Submitted)

Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival comes to the Yukon Arts Centre
The Yukon government is no longer making masks mandatory in school settings. (Black Press file)

Yukon drops mandatory masks in schools
Bob Sung is seen in Whitehorse May 19 during the opening of a display celebrating Yukon’s enthno-history. Sung’s father, Bruce, who owned the Yukon’s first supermarket, is featured in the display. (Tom Patrick/Star Flower Photography)

Influential Asian Yukoners commemorated with new display
Morgan Wienberg is seen outside the Parliament building in Ottawa on May 13 where Yukon MP Brendan Hanley presented a petition led by Wienberg to end support for foreign orphanages. (Kelly Milner/Submitted)

Petition calls on federal government to take action against the support of foreign orphanages

A paraglider soars above Mount Sima in Whitehorse. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Free paragliding lessons offered in Dawson City
Roland and Jayla Thomas practice proper bear spray using a can of inert spray on a moving target at the Spring Bear Fair, an educational event in downtown Whitehorse focused on strategies for keeping people and bears safe. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

As bears wake up, Yukoners get prepared
Registration for the 2022 Klondike Road Relay opened May 16. Race organizers say they have hit the minimum number of participants to guarantee that the full route from Skagway to Whitehorse is run for the first time in two years. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News Files)

Klondike Road Relay passes registration goal in less than two days
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrive in Ottawa as part of a three-day Canadian tour on May 17. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)

Prince Charles and Camilla wrap tour in Yellowknife, but calls for reconciliation continue

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Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation joined fellow representatives from the Gwich’in Nation in Washington, D.C. in their efforts to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Arctic Refuge Defense Campaign/Twitter)

Gwich’in leaders descend on White House to defend Arctic refuge from energy development

Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm is among those stressing threats to area’s cultural and spiritual significance

Left to right are Mayor Laura Cabott of Whitehorse; Grand Chief Peter Johnson of the Council of Yukon First Nations; Joanne Vanderheyden, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities; and Gord Curran, the outgoing president of AYC. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

AYC wants municipal terms extended to four years, elects new president

Community differences and reconciliation, top of mind for new AYC president

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Obituaries

Doug Middleton

May 24th, 2022

Arkell William Matechuk

May 19th, 2022

Leona (née Troberg) Iskra

May 19th, 2022

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May 19th, 2022

Lillian Strauss

May 13th, 2022

Sylvester Jack Jr.

May 12th, 2022

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