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Yukon MP Brendan Hanley attends a press conference in a media room at the Yukon legislative building on April 4. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Business groups had been pushing for more time to repay loans businesses had received
Indigenous business owner Kim Koyczan was among three Yukon-based semi-finalists in the 2023 Pow Wow Pitch, a competition that celebrates Indigenous entrepreneurs across North America. (Matthew Bossons/Yukon News)

3 Yukon women make semi-finals of Indigenous answer to ‘Dragon’s Den’
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    Kaylyn Baker gives a tour of artwork in the Yukon Prize 2023 exhibit. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)

    Kaylyn Baker announced as recipient of Yukon Prize for Visual Arts
    U.S.-based Tibetan monk Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé. (Eric Swanson Photography)

    Tibetan monk Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé to speak in Whitehorse this month

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      Participants are seen at the 2022 Terry Fox Run in Whitehorse. The 2023 event will be held Sept. 17 at Rotary Park. (Yukon News file)

      Terry Fox Run set for Rotary Park
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          Yukon Party MLA for Kluane Wade Istchenko leans in to a response to his question in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on April 26. In a Sept. 22 press release, he said the Yukon government is ignoring the needs of rural Yukoners amid the closure of the Pelly Crossing Health Centre for the second time in recent months. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

          Yukon Party slams government’s inability to prevent rural health centre closures

          Pelly Crossing Health Centre will be closed for second time in recent months due to staffing woes

          J.V. Clark School celebrates winning the Fast Money segment with host Gerry Dee. (Courtesy/CBC Gem)

          Mayo teacher team dominates Family Feud and wins $10,000 for J.V. Clark School

          More than 100 people gathered at the community centre to watch the show when it aired on Sept. 20

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          Brothers Declan and Nigel Wise push to the finish at an earlier orienteering event. (Courtesy/Barbara Scheck)

          22 runners compete in orienteering event

          O-meet sees participants converge on Grey Mountain

           

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            Cole Pauls is a Tahltan artist who is among the six shortlisted artists for the Yukon Prize for Visual Arts. (Courtesy/Cole Pauls)

            Comics come from community for Haines Junction artist

            Cole Pauls is one of six artists shortlisted for the Yukon Prize for Visual Arts

            Canoeists’ Kennedy Cairns-Locke and Emily Crist paddling the rapids of the upper Snake River, while the photographer’s dog, Luke Skywalker, keeps an eye on the next set of rapids. (Peter Mather/Yukon News)

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                Calling all youth, 30 and under, to rise to the prize!

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