Jim Elliot

Jack Hulland Elementary School. (Yukon News file)

School council off the hook in Jack Hulland Elementary class action; lawsuit against government proceeds

Settlement reached with council cites its limited means to pay damages if liability found

Jack Hulland Elementary School. (Yukon News file)
An excavator was at the rim of the Whitehorse Escarpment overlooking the closed portion of Robert Service Way on May 9. It is tasked with digging benches to descend about eight metres below the rim and then removing an unstable portion of earth. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

City of Whitehorse says landslide mitigation is on schedule

Temporary opening of Robert Service Way to be considered

An excavator was at the rim of the Whitehorse Escarpment overlooking the closed portion of Robert Service Way on May 9. It is tasked with digging benches to descend about eight metres below the rim and then removing an unstable portion of earth. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Yukon wildland firefighters load their bags onto ground transportation in Edmonton, Alta. on May 9. Personnel will travel to Edson this afternoon. The Yukon sent 21 wildland fire personnel to Alberta in response to a request for out-of-province assistance. (Submitted/Government of Yukon)

Yukon fire personnel sent to Alberta

A total of 21 people head south to assist crews battling wildfires

Yukon wildland firefighters load their bags onto ground transportation in Edmonton, Alta. on May 9. Personnel will travel to Edson this afternoon. The Yukon sent 21 wildland fire personnel to Alberta in response to a request for out-of-province assistance. (Submitted/Government of Yukon)
A gathering was held at Haa Shagóon Hídi, the First Nations Cultural Centre in Carcross on May 4 and 5 to discuss plans to search the former grounds of the Chooutla residential school. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Ahead of radar survey, searchers hope to learn more about Chooutla school site

Community gathering in Carcross on May 4 and 5 allows locals to help guide search

A gathering was held at Haa Shagóon Hídi, the First Nations Cultural Centre in Carcross on May 4 and 5 to discuss plans to search the former grounds of the Chooutla residential school. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
The Whitehorse Public Library pictured on May 3. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
The Whitehorse Public Library pictured on May 3. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Outgoing Cross Country Yukon head coach Alain Masson, left, and Graham Nishikawa, who is stepping into the role, pictured outside the ski club chalet on May 2. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Cross Country Yukon gets home-grown head coach

Alain Masson is stepping down after about 30 years. Graham Nishikawa will take his place.

Outgoing Cross Country Yukon head coach Alain Masson, left, and Graham Nishikawa, who is stepping into the role, pictured outside the ski club chalet on May 2. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
The Yukon Territorial Court passed a sentence on a former Whitehorse teacher found guilty of raping a teenager who had previously been his student more than 30 years ago. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Former Whitehorse teacher sentenced for raping former student more than 30 years ago

Paul Deuling faces three years behind bars and additional conditions. May appeal his conviction.

The Yukon Territorial Court passed a sentence on a former Whitehorse teacher found guilty of raping a teenager who had previously been his student more than 30 years ago. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Homes along Witch Hazel Drive in the Whistle Bend neighbourhood where an attempted break-in occurred on April 12. (Submitted)

Whitehorse RCMP makes arrest for Whistle Bend break-in

Police also serve three search warrants

Homes along Witch Hazel Drive in the Whistle Bend neighbourhood where an attempted break-in occurred on April 12. (Submitted)
City of Whitehorse engineering manager Taylor Eshpeter discusses plans to mechanically remove concerning portions of the escarpment overlooking Robert Service Way on May 1. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Whitehorse plans mechanical removal of landslide threats planned above closed road

Excavator will start work May 2 above Robert Service Way

City of Whitehorse engineering manager Taylor Eshpeter discusses plans to mechanically remove concerning portions of the escarpment overlooking Robert Service Way on May 1. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Watson Lake will see an increase of about $100,000 in the municipal grant it receives from the Yukon government. (Wikimedia Commons)

Yukon government grants to municipalities increased by more than $1 million

All incorporated municipalities received increased ‘unconditional’ grant

Watson Lake will see an increase of about $100,000 in the municipal grant it receives from the Yukon government. (Wikimedia Commons)
The City of Whitehorse landfill. (Alistair Maitland/Yukon News file)

Yukon government inks waste management deals with Teslin and Watson Lake

Territorial funding will assist communities providing landfill service to rural residents

The City of Whitehorse landfill. (Alistair Maitland/Yukon News file)
The Yukon River in Whitehorse, which hardly froze over the winter of 2022/23, was flowing free with few ice floes by April 27. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Ice breakup presents flooding risk near Dawson

Snow bulletin predicts normal freshet for most of the territory

The Yukon River in Whitehorse, which hardly froze over the winter of 2022/23, was flowing free with few ice floes by April 27. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
The logo for Alberta Serious Incident Response Team. The team has been contracted by the Yukon government to investigate injuries caused by police use of force on April 8 in Whitehorse. (Black Press photo)

Police watchdog will investigate April 8 arrest in Whitehorse

Yukon RCMP vague on situation and injuries

The logo for Alberta Serious Incident Response Team. The team has been contracted by the Yukon government to investigate injuries caused by police use of force on April 8 in Whitehorse. (Black Press photo)
Tim Sellars, centre, with fellow ski patrollers Theresa Landman and Amanda McCarthy. (Submitted)

Ski patrol president named Whitehorse’s volunteer of the year

Tim Sellars looks back at his volunteer work on Mount Sima and elsewhere

Tim Sellars, centre, with fellow ski patrollers Theresa Landman and Amanda McCarthy. (Submitted)
Housing under construction in Whistle Bend in 2020. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

More than 450 entered draw for Whistle Bend home lots

The 83 lots were priced between $100,814 and $190,000.

Housing under construction in Whistle Bend in 2020. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation has been the latest Yukon jurisdiction to declare a substance use emergency. (Yukon News file)

Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation declares substance use emergency

April 20 notice calls for action and the mobilization of resources in response to the crisis

The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation has been the latest Yukon jurisdiction to declare a substance use emergency. (Yukon News file)
The Yukon Supreme Court heard a guilty plea from the man charged with a 2021 shooting in Mayo. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Man charged with 2021 Mayo shooting pleads guilty to manslaughter

Daniel Cashaback-Myra admits to shooting his lawyer says was provoked by victim

The Yukon Supreme Court heard a guilty plea from the man charged with a 2021 shooting in Mayo. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Justin Ekholm works on simulated half-bathroom fitting during the Skills Canada plumbing competition and demonstration held at Yukon University on April 20. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Competition offers students, apprentices a chance to show off their skills

Some competitors from the Yukon’s Skills Canada trades and technology event will go on to nationals

Justin Ekholm works on simulated half-bathroom fitting during the Skills Canada plumbing competition and demonstration held at Yukon University on April 20. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Federal government workers in Whitehorse began strike action on April 19, 2023, picketing in front of the Elijah Smith Building on Main Street. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Yukon federal workers strike with nationwide union

Yukoners among more than 150,000 workers on picket lines across Canada

Federal government workers in Whitehorse began strike action on April 19, 2023, picketing in front of the Elijah Smith Building on Main Street. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
A drone photo of the landslide that came down the Whitehorse escarpment onto Robert Service Way on April 8. (Courtesy/City of Whitehorse)

Road still closed, escarpment still moving after landslide

City monitoring shows more shifting earth and accelerating groundwater flow

A drone photo of the landslide that came down the Whitehorse escarpment onto Robert Service Way on April 8. (Courtesy/City of Whitehorse)