Third election in four years for Carcross/Tagish First Nation sees low voter turnout

Maria Benoit has been elected chief of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation. (Submitted)
Maria Benoit is the new Haa Shaa du Hen

A porcupine walks on its hind legs near Million Dollar Falls along the Haines Road in July 2018. (Ernst Weiss/Yukon News file)

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Delegates from across the Arctic gathered in Whitehorse this week. (Arctic Arts Summit/Facebook)

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    Yukon Wildland Fire Management said it is working with the department of Highways and Public Works to make the Robert Campbell Highway, seen June 28, accessible as soon as possible. (Yukon Wildland Fire Management/Submitted)

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    Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau departs Ottawa on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. The Yukon Party is expressing concerns about the Yukon’s newly appointed chief medical officer of health Dr. Sudit Ranade’s partisanship given that he ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2021 federal elections, similar to his predecessor. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

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    A piece of Tungsten rod. (W. Oelen/Wikimedia Commons)

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      A route 5 bus running its regular once-an-hour schedule on June 28. (Magan Carty/Yukon News)

      City hits pause button on implementation of transit schedule changes

      Council plans to re-evaluate in December 2022 and delay any major changes until next summer

        Nun cho ga, the mummified baby woolly mammoth shortly after discovery. (Yukon Government/Submitted)

        Yukon placer miners discover mummified baby mammoth

        Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin elders named the mummified mammoth Nun cho ga meaning “big baby animal.”

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        Team Something Else entirely wins the Yukon River Quest with a total time of 39:08:12, arriving in Dawson City at 1:08 p.m. on June 24. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

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        The first teams finished in Dawson City on the afternoon of June 24

        Four-person canoe team “Something Else Entirely” made up of Eric Braul, Robert Spinks, Mike De Abreu and Sebastien Courville paddles up Lake Laberge on the first day of the 2022 Yukon River quest, June 22. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

        Yukon River Quest paddlers approaching Dawson City in record time

        The first paddlers estimated to arrive at the finish on Friday night

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        Delegates from across the Arctic gathered in Whitehorse this week. (Arctic Arts Summit/Facebook)

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          People gather to play a loud and exciting game of Dene hand games outside the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre during the Adäka Cultural Festival in Whitehorse on July 1, 2019. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

          Adäka Festival returns for 10th anniversary on June 29

          2021 would have marked a decade of Adäka, but the pandemic put the party on pause

          Musical colleagues of Nicole Edwards opened the celebration of life with a cover of her original song “Love, Serve and Uplift” as the audience sang along. (Magan Carty/Yukon News)

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