Patrols of Yukon highways find poorly-secured loads, intoxicated drivers

A motorcycle with driver pulled over on the right side of the North Klondike Highway whose speed was locked in at 171 kilometres per hour. (Courtesy/Yukon RCMP)
The ongoing patrols which police call ‘Operation Cooridor’ is mainly focused on commercial vehicles.

A prescribed burn is seen from the lookout at Range Road and Whistle Bend Way in Whitehorse May 12. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Editorial: Are you ready for a forest fire?
    Caribou pass through the Dempster Highway area in their annual migration. A recent decision by the privacy commissioner has recommended the release of some caribou collar re-location data. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

    Privacy commissioner recommends release of caribou location data
    Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Brendan Hanley. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

    Family pleased youth will be able to get Pfizer vaccine
    Safe at home office in Whitehorse on May 10, 2021. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

    Federal government provides $1.6 million for Yukon anti-homelessness work

    Drilling at Northern Tiger’s 3Ace gold project in 2011. Randi Newton argues that mining in the territory can be reshaped. (Yukon government/file)

    Editorial: There’s momentum for mining reform
      Letters to the editor.

      Today’s mailbox: Donna Istchenko, Jennifer Olson and Yukon women’s organizations comment on Yukon Party MLA texts
        At its May 10 meeting, Whitehorse city council approved the subdivision for the Kwanlin Dün First Nation’s business park planned in Marwell. (Submitted)

        KDFN business park subdivision approved
        Main Street in Whitehorse on May 4. Whitehorse city council has passed the first two readings of a bylaw to allow pop-up patios in city parking spaces. Third reading will come forward later in May. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

        Whitehorse council pursuing restaurant patio possibilities

        Election 2021
        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

        Yukon Party leader Currie Dixon addressing media at a press conference on April 8. The territorial election is on April 12. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

        ‘Desperate for power:’ Yukon Party’s Currie Dixon blasts Liberal-NDP agreement

        ‘Not a single thing is costed out,’ Dixon says of agreement promises

        News
        Copies of the revised 2021-22 budget documents tabled in the legislature on May 14. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

        Liberals introduce new budget with universal dental and safe supply funding

        The new items were added to secure the support of the NDP.

        Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn speaks to reporters on May 13. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

        Cap on rent increases will take effect May 15

        The rollout of the policy is creating ‘chaos,’ says opposition

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        Tuja Dreyer, of the Ross River Dena Council, won the 2020 Premier’s Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sports. (Photo by Doris Dreyer)

        Tuja Dreyer wins 2020 Premier’s Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sports

         

        Chloe Tatsumi dismounts the balance beam to cap her routine during the Yukon Championships at the Polarettes Gymnastics Club on May 1. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

        Gymnasts vie in 2021 Yukon Championships

         

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        Obituaries

        James Ian Strachan

        May 5th, 2021

        Inge Sigmund Kvemo

        Apr 30th, 2021

        Frances Julia Chambers

        Apr 29th, 2021

        Stephen John McDonell

        Apr 19th, 2021

        Doug Bell

        Apr 18th, 2021

        Robert Duncan ‘Bob’ Cameron

        Apr 18th, 2021

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        Opinion

        A prescribed burn is seen from the lookout at Range Road and Whistle Bend Way in Whitehorse May 12. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

        Editorial: Are you ready for a forest fire?

        Citizens for a Firesmart Whitehorse have listed some steps for Yukoners to boost safety and awareness

          Whether the dust jacket of this historical novel is the Canadian version (left) or the American (right), the readable content within is the same. (Michael Gates)

          History Hunter: New novel a gripping account of the gold rush

          Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike is an ‘enjoyable and readable’ account of history

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          Harter’s son watches Yukon Vet in their Los Angeles home. (Courtesy/Allison Harter)

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          Sheltering in place, Harter seeks refuge in television and Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet

            Swans seen at Swan Haven on Marsh Lake on April 18. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

            Swan Haven adapts activities to pandemic

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