Updated: Liberal Hanley maintains lead, though election may not be called tonight

Polls closed at 7 p.m.

Yukon’s federal election candidates are seen from left to right: Brendan Hanley for the Liberals; Barbara Dunlop for the Conservatives; Lisa Vollans-Leduc for the NDP; and Jonas Smith as an independent.

 

Monument honouring MMIWG unveiled

The Finding Peace monument along the riverfront in Whitehorse near Rotary Park commemorates missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and two-spirit plus. A public ceremony for the peace was held Sept. 17, following the unveiling during a private ceremony for families Sept. 16. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
Finding Peace unveiled along Whitehorse waterfront

Chief Medical Officer of Health Catherine Elliott speaks to media during a press conference in Whitehorse on September 7. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

Yukon reports four new COVID-19 cases; some Watson Lake Elementary students asked to self-isolate
The rings in the house get painted in on Sept. 16 ahead of the upcoming 2021-22 Whitehorse Curling Club season. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

Whitehorse Curling Club won’t require masks on the ice, bonspiels and junior programs return
Yukon athletes and coaches are seen before travelling to Swift Current, Sask. for the 2019 Western Canada Games. (John Hopkins-Hill/Yukon News)

Yukon athletes encouraged to shout out their coaches during National Coaches Week
The annual United Way breakfast is a popular event. This year’s breakfast will be hosted as a drive-thru on Sept. 24 at the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre. (Yukon News file)

United Way breakfast will be held at Mount McIntyre on Sept. 24

Flooding is seen encroaching on a cabin near Tagish on July 7. (Stephanie Newsome/Yukon News)

State of emergency lifted in Southern Lakes, Lake Laberge
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Keno City’s transfer station sits next door to an industrial mine site with waste disposal permits. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Faced with unsustainable costs, the Yukon government closes rural waste management facilities
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A voter casts their ballot in the advance polls, in Chambly, Que. on Sept. 10. Canada’s first-ever pandemic election culminates today as Canadians from coast-to-coast go to the polls to choose the 338 MPs to sit in the House of Commons. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)

Liberals to win most seats in 2021 federal election

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From top left: Justin Trudeau (Liberal), Jagmeet Singh (NDP), Erin O’Toole (Conservative). From bottom left: Yves-Francois Blanchet (Bloc Quebecois), Maxime Bernier (PPC), Annamie Paul (Green). (Canadian Press photos)

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Esther Aasman runs down the South Klondike Highway during the ‘Kinda’ Klondike Road Relayon Sept. 11. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

Runners speed down the North Klondike, Alaska Highways for ‘Kinda’ Klondike Road Relay

 

A young skateboarder grinds a rail after the new, fully accessible skatepark officially opened on Sept. 14. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

Whitehorse’s fully accessible skatepark in Riverdale officially opens

 

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Kwän Shā – Kathy Birckel

Sep 12th, 2021

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Sep 10th, 2021

Lori Schroeder

Sep 7th, 2021

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Sep 2nd, 2021

Stacey Henley

Aug 29th, 2021

Brigitte Marianne Somers

Aug 19th, 2021

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Visiting Jade City on his way to the Yukon, artist Dave Johnston created this painting on a piece of jade. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Operation Chalk the Nation comes to Whitehorse

Dave Johnston brings his artwork to the Yukon

Quenton and Carolyne Doon show off their selected Cards Against Humanity Family Edition submissions. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

Whitehorse twins’ jokes selected for Cards Against Humanity family deck

Carolyne and Quenton Doon are now part of the exclusive Funny Kids Club

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ECO Canada’s BEAHR training program provides customizable environmental training programming for Indigenous communities that uniquely braids traditional ecological knowledge with Western science.

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Training program helps Indigenous youth engage in a meaningful career in the environmental sector

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