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Loic Revel takes a corner during the YCCMA Mosquito Harescramble II on Aug. 28. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

Rain didn’t stop the YCCMA riders from challenging the trails during the Mosquito Harescramble II

Over 50 riders of all ages participated in the YCCMA’s second Mosquito Harescramble

Loic Revel takes a corner during the YCCMA Mosquito Harescramble II on Aug. 28. (John Tonin/Yukon News)
Jessica Frotten seen in 2017. (Shelley Lewis/Yukon News)

Yukoner Jessica Frotten places eighth in 2020 Paralympic 400-metre action

Frotten’s 400 metre final time of 1:1.16 placed her in eighth

Jessica Frotten seen in 2017. (Shelley Lewis/Yukon News)
Copper Ridge Place. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News file)

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Copper Ridge Place long-term care facility

One resident and staff member caught the virus while in the facility prompting outbreak status

Copper Ridge Place. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News file)
Whitehorse downtown will play host to a Larrikin Theatre scavenger hunt on Sept. 22. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

Larrikin Theatre will host scavenger hunt in downtown Whitehorse on Sept. 22

The theme will be 18th century medicine to aline with Larrikin’s next show The Ressurectionists

Whitehorse downtown will play host to a Larrikin Theatre scavenger hunt on Sept. 22. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)
Team Yukon celebrates during the 2018 Hay River, N.W.T. opening ceremony. (Team Yukon/Sarah Lewis Photography.)

Participant eligibilty maintained for 2023 AWGs in Wood Buffalo, Alta

Athletes who would have aged out of competition can still attend, compete in the 2023 Games

Team Yukon celebrates during the 2018 Hay River, N.W.T. opening ceremony. (Team Yukon/Sarah Lewis Photography.)
The Canada Games Centre will close at 3 p.m. on Sept. 1. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

The Canada Games Centre will close at 3 p.m. Sept. 1 for staff training

The CGC will close so staff can train in emergency procedures and customer service

The Canada Games Centre will close at 3 p.m. on Sept. 1. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)
Jessica Frotten seen in 2018. (File photo)

Yukon wheelchair racer Jessica Frotten competes in first two 2020 Tokyo Paralympics events

The races were the 800, 1,500 metre distances where she competed strong, but didn’t qualify for finals

Jessica Frotten seen in 2018. (File photo)
Runners leave the start of The Claim Pre-Skagway 10 Miler in Rotary Peace Park on Aug. 22. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

Athletics Yukon holds two races to prepare runners for the ‘Kinda’ Klondike Road Relay

The Claim Pre-Skagway 10 Miler and the Baked 1 Miler prepped runners for the road relay

Runners leave the start of The Claim Pre-Skagway 10 Miler in Rotary Peace Park on Aug. 22. (John Tonin/Yukon News)
Three cyclists in the Contagious Mountain Bike Club’s Royalty of the Canyon race leave the start line at the Schwatka Lake Day Use Area in the pouring rain on Aug. 21. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

CMBC’s Royalty of the Canyon crowns the mountain biking elite

Ian Parker and Sierra van der Meer earned the king and queen Royalty of the Canyon crowns

Three cyclists in the Contagious Mountain Bike Club’s Royalty of the Canyon race leave the start line at the Schwatka Lake Day Use Area in the pouring rain on Aug. 21. (John Tonin/Yukon News)
Mayoral candidates Samson Hartland, Patti Balsillie and Laura Cabott, left-right, are asked questions by the Mayoral Candidates Forum at the intersection of Climate and Youth co-moderators Bruce Porter and Kluane Adamek on Aug. 24. (Photo by Asad Chishti)

City of Whitehorse mayoral candidates partake in youth-led climate forum

The youth-led climate forum posed questions to the mayoral candidates about their plans to tackle climate change

Mayoral candidates Samson Hartland, Patti Balsillie and Laura Cabott, left-right, are asked questions by the Mayoral Candidates Forum at the intersection of Climate and Youth co-moderators Bruce Porter and Kluane Adamek on Aug. 24. (Photo by Asad Chishti)
Jessica Frotten is seen at the World Para Athletics Championships in London, England in 2017. (Yonathan Kellerman/Athletics Canada)

Silver extends congralutions to Yukon’s Paralympic representatives Jessica Frotten, Stephanie Dixon

Stephanie Dixon and Jessica Frotten will represent the Yukon proudly, says Premier Sandy Silver

Jessica Frotten is seen at the World Para Athletics Championships in London, England in 2017. (Yonathan Kellerman/Athletics Canada)
Callum Weir is seen in Bremen, Germany on Aug. 11 after signing with Blumenthal SV in the Bremenliga. (Cindi Cowie/Submitted)

Yukon goalkeeper Callum Weir signs with Blumenthaler SV, a club in the Bremenliga in Germany

Callum Weir signed with Blumenthaler SV, a club in the Bremenliga, the fifth tier of German soccer

Callum Weir is seen in Bremen, Germany on Aug. 11 after signing with Blumenthal SV in the Bremenliga. (Cindi Cowie/Submitted)
U Kon Echelon cyclists Mack Jenner, Alex Lebarge, Ava Irving-Staley and James McCann, left-to-right, are seen in Mission, B.C. Aug. 15 after competing in the BC Provincial Road Championships. (Photo submitted by Trena Irving)

Four U Kon Echelon cyclists compete in the BC Provincial Road Cycling Championships

Yukon cyclists vie in first Outside competition since the COVID-19 pandemic hit

U Kon Echelon cyclists Mack Jenner, Alex Lebarge, Ava Irving-Staley and James McCann, left-to-right, are seen in Mission, B.C. Aug. 15 after competing in the BC Provincial Road Championships. (Photo submitted by Trena Irving)
Mara Roldan races in the XCO Quebec Championships in 2019. Roldan made the Canadian national team and will compete in Val di Sole, Italy on Aug. 26. (Catherine Forest/Submitted)

Mara Roldan makes Canadian mountain bike team, will race at world championship in Italy

Yukon mountain biker Mara Roldan will vie in the junior women cross country race on Aug. 26 in Italy

Mara Roldan races in the XCO Quebec Championships in 2019. Roldan made the Canadian national team and will compete in Val di Sole, Italy on Aug. 26. (Catherine Forest/Submitted)
Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)
Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)

Youth will led climate change forum for those running for the mayor or Whitehorse position

‘The climate emergency should be on the forefront of the City of Whitehorse municipal election’

Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)
Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)
Food trucks gather on Steele Street between Front and Second for the annual Street Eats Festival in August 2019. A new partnership between the Yukon Arts Centre and City of Whitehorse will bring the community the Street Eats & Beats Cultural Festival in September. (Julien Gignac/Yukon News file)

YAC and City of Whitehorse have partnered to create the Street Eats & Beats Cultural Festival

The new festival will highlight the city’s culinary and art scenes from Sept. 9-11

Food trucks gather on Steele Street between Front and Second for the annual Street Eats Festival in August 2019. A new partnership between the Yukon Arts Centre and City of Whitehorse will bring the community the Street Eats & Beats Cultural Festival in September. (Julien Gignac/Yukon News file)
Ted Hupé, president of the Yukon Teachers’ Association, said COVID-19 and teacher shortages are areas of concern ahead of 2021-22 school year. (Submitted/Yukon Teachers’ Association)

Staffing shortages, COVID-19 concern YTA president ahead of back to school

Everyone is hoping for the best and preparing for the worst, said YTA president Ted Hupé

Ted Hupé, president of the Yukon Teachers’ Association, said COVID-19 and teacher shortages are areas of concern ahead of 2021-22 school year. (Submitted/Yukon Teachers’ Association)
YukonU researcher Brian Horton said adaption to climate change during rising global temperatures is a must. (Mike Thomas/Yukon News)

YukonU researcher Brian Horton M.Sc. says Yukoners will have to adapt to climate change

The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report details the lastest scientific understanding of climate change

YukonU researcher Brian Horton said adaption to climate change during rising global temperatures is a must. (Mike Thomas/Yukon News)
An aerial view of Sree Vyah showing the mono-crystalline panels positioned in an east-west orientation to maximize solar generation during the long daylight hours of the Arctic summer. (Photo by Caleb Charlie)

Diesel generators go quiet in Old Crow as the Sree Vyah solar project replaces their need

The solar array will provide 24 per cent of Old Crow’s electrical needs

An aerial view of Sree Vyah showing the mono-crystalline panels positioned in an east-west orientation to maximize solar generation during the long daylight hours of the Arctic summer. (Photo by Caleb Charlie)
Mathilde Roldan, centre, Aisha Roldan, left and Sierra Van Der meer were the podium finishers of the second-annual ShredHERS Enduro race on Aug. 14. (Michelle Friesen/Submitted)

The second annual ShredHERS Enduro race brings out 23 mountain bikers

ShredHERS Enduro brings out cyclists and puts a focus on mental health supports and resources

Mathilde Roldan, centre, Aisha Roldan, left and Sierra Van Der meer were the podium finishers of the second-annual ShredHERS Enduro race on Aug. 14. (Michelle Friesen/Submitted)