Police investigate suspicious death

A portion of Fourth Avenue at Ogilvie Street is closed as officers investigate a suspicious death in the area. Police say more information will be released when it is available. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
Fourth Avenue and Ogilvie Street area is closed
The Whitehorse liquor store is seen in 2020. (Yukon News file)

New alcohol guidelines recommend consumption well below the Yukon average
Team Yukon alpine skiers began the Arctic Winter Games on Jan 30 with the giant slalom (Courtesy/Team Yukon)

Team Yukon leads medals chart at Arctic Winter Games
Team Yukon takes part in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Arctic Winter Games that were held in the South Slave region of the Northwest Territories, the last time the games were held prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 230 Team Yukon athletes and cultural contingent members will be making their way to the 2023 games beginning Jan. 29 in Wood Buffalo, Alta. (Sarah Lewis/Team Yukon)

Team Yukon gets set for Arctic Winter Games
Yukon letters

This week’s mailbox: Elders’ historic opposition to the Kudz Ze Kayah mine

    Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)

    City news, briefly
    Residents of a seniors’ complex in Whitehorse were invited to a meeting focused on bed bugs with Yukon Housing Corporation officials and a pest control expert on Jan. 24, 2022. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

    Yukon Housing Corporation, pest control expert meet with tenants over bed bugs
    Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee speaks at a COVID-19 update on Sept. 15, 2022. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News Files)

    Four anti-crime, victim services projects funded by Yukon government
    Police offered a January 2023 update to their more than year-long investigation into allegations of use of force by staff at Jack Hulland Elementary. (Joel Krahn/Yukon News file)

    More than 150 people interviewed in Jack Hulland Elementary investigation: Yukon RCMP

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    RCMP vehicle seen in Whitehorse on April 19, 2022. Police are attending a home in the Whistle Bend area of Whitehorse in relation to an “ongoing investigation”, according to RCMP. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

    Police scene in Whistle Bend related to ‘ongoing investigation’: RCMP

    RCMP are releasing few details while “active” investigation underway

    A map showing the boundaries of the Beaver River land use planning area. (Yukon Government Image)

    Beaver River land use plan expected this year

    Opposition party notes delay of plan that will set management reccomendations for area north of Keno

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    Sports
    Snowboarders pose at the last Switch Ride meet-up on Jan. 8. The next meet is scheduled for Jan. 29. (Courtesy/Switch Ride via Facebook)

    Yukon’s Switch Ride Collective giving free lessons to gender-diverse, BIPOC snowboarders

    The next meet-up is on Jan. 29

       

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      Obituaries

      Jennifer Skookum

      Jan 16th, 2023

      Elaine (Doris) Iceton (née Chillman)

      Jan 13th, 2023

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      Jan 8th, 2023

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      Jan 5th, 2023

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      Jan 2nd, 2023

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      feb 1 2023

      WYATT’S WORLD

        AI chatbots have the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with businesses and organizations in the Yukon. (Pexels)

        Yukonomist: AI gets to know the Yukon

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        Life
        The lion dance was a highlight of the Chinese New Year celebration held at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Jan. 21. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

        Whitehorse celebrates Chinese New Year

        Performances and dinner at Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre sees sold out crowd.

        Mathew Walsh and Steven Thomas took over the Old Crow Co-op store in August 2022. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

        Nutrition North program failing to keep food costs low at the Old Crow Co-op

        Old Crow seems like back home in Newfoundland, says new operator of store

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        Impress
        Sean Lecomber performs at Yuk Yuk’s International Stand-Up Comedy Club. David Bruce/Yuk Yuk’s

        Funnyman Sean Lecomber headlines at Whitehorse’s Boiler Room Jan. 27 and 28

        Get your boots on, Whitehorse: Boiler Room comedy is back. Famed funny…

          Welichem Equipment Limited owns most of the removable equipment at the Wolverine Mine. This equipment is now available for sale.

          Yukon zinc mill, power plant, camp and single piece assets for sale

          Wolverine Mine mill infrastructure, 200+ single piece assets and 250-person camp now available

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