Stephanie Waddell

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RCMP will be training at the Ryder Apartments on Sixth Avenue in Whitehorse on Sept. 11. (Black Press file)

RCMP training set for Sept. 11 in downtown Whitehorse

Public advised not to approach officers on scene

RCMP will be training at the Ryder Apartments on Sixth Avenue in Whitehorse on Sept. 11. (Black Press file)
Heavy smoke from nearby wildfires fills the sky in Yellowknife on Aug. 15. Residents of the capital of the Northwest Territories and two neighbouring First Nation communities have been ordered to evacuate by Friday because of an encroaching wildfire. (Angela Gzowski/Canadian Press)

Convoys, airport lineups: Yellowknife residents leave city as fire creeps closer

Residents of the N.W.T. capital were ordered to be out of the city by today at noon.

Heavy smoke from nearby wildfires fills the sky in Yellowknife on Aug. 15. Residents of the capital of the Northwest Territories and two neighbouring First Nation communities have been ordered to evacuate by Friday because of an encroaching wildfire. (Angela Gzowski/Canadian Press)
Wildland Fire

Mayo evacuated

Yukon Protective Services tells residents to leave immediately

Wildland Fire
This City of Whitehorse document shows where Chilkoot Way will be upgraded for active transportation. (Courtesy/City of Whitehorse)

Work planned for active transportation route in Whitehorse

Phase 1 expected to be done over three evenings

This City of Whitehorse document shows where Chilkoot Way will be upgraded for active transportation. (Courtesy/City of Whitehorse)
The Carcross/Tagish First Nation will host an exhibit on trapping at Haa Shagóon Hídi in Carcross, seen above. The exhibit is one of more than 60 projects to receive funding through the Yukon125 fund. (Yukon News file)

More than 60 projects will receive Yukon125 funding

Projects range from campground work to anniversary celebrations

The Carcross/Tagish First Nation will host an exhibit on trapping at Haa Shagóon Hídi in Carcross, seen above. The exhibit is one of more than 60 projects to receive funding through the Yukon125 fund. (Yukon News file)
Robert Service Way, seen in April, will once again be closed on July 22 and 23, this time for paving work. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Robert Service Way will be closed to traffic July 22 and 23

Paving work scheduled

Robert Service Way, seen in April, will once again be closed on July 22 and 23, this time for paving work. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
Wyatt's World, July 5 2023.

Wyatt’s World

Wyatt’s World for July 5, 2023.

Wyatt's World, July 5 2023.
Competitors set out on the running portion of the Marsh Lake Triathlon on June 24. (Courtesy/Lyndsay O’Brien)

Triathletes take on Marsh Lake event

Solo competitors and teams paddle, cycle and run to the finish line

Competitors set out on the running portion of the Marsh Lake Triathlon on June 24. (Courtesy/Lyndsay O’Brien)
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WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for June 16, 2023.

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From left to right Yukon coach Peter Staley, national shooting team member Tye Ikeda and Yukon team members Alexis Fields-Birkell, Russ Whitford, Ava Irving-Staley, Jorja Bellmore-Smarch, Alex Lebarge, Jorja Jackson, Josh Jackson, Chad Itsi, Kolten Jim, coach Trena Irving, organizer and head official Ralph Pentelski and Elizabeth Fissenko. (Courtesy/Trena Irving)

Yukon shooters get ready for North American Indigenous Games

Team scores big at Alberta provincials

From left to right Yukon coach Peter Staley, national shooting team member Tye Ikeda and Yukon team members Alexis Fields-Birkell, Russ Whitford, Ava Irving-Staley, Jorja Bellmore-Smarch, Alex Lebarge, Jorja Jackson, Josh Jackson, Chad Itsi, Kolten Jim, coach Trena Irving, organizer and head official Ralph Pentelski and Elizabeth Fissenko. (Courtesy/Trena Irving)
The Yukon Coroner’s office is investigating two deaths resulting from separate motorcycle incidents. (Yukon News file)

Yukon coroner probes 2 motorcycle crash deaths

Investigations are continuing

The Yukon Coroner’s office is investigating two deaths resulting from separate motorcycle incidents. (Yukon News file)
Yukon River Quest teams begin their journey up the Yukon River to Dawson City. (Yukon News file)

140 paddlers get set to take on the Yukon River Quest

Race will depart Whitehorse for Dawson on July 4

Yukon River Quest teams begin their journey up the Yukon River to Dawson City. (Yukon News file)
Carolyn Relf (left) presents Ryan Sylvestre (right) with his late father Ken’s Yukon Sports Hall of Fame induction. The presentation included Ken’s photo that hang on the Hall of Fame wall at Sport Yukon as well as an art print with plaque for the Sylvestre family. (Courtesy/Mike McCann)

Sport Yukon inducts Ken Sylvestre into Yukon Sports Hall of Fame

Long-time volunteer remembered as a “cornerstone” of territory’s sport community

Carolyn Relf (left) presents Ryan Sylvestre (right) with his late father Ken’s Yukon Sports Hall of Fame induction. The presentation included Ken’s photo that hang on the Hall of Fame wall at Sport Yukon as well as an art print with plaque for the Sylvestre family. (Courtesy/Mike McCann)
Runners and supporters wait at the starting line of the Klondike Road Relay in Skagway, Alaska around 9 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2022. Registration has opend for the 2023 edition of the race. (Yukon News file)

Klondike Road Relay registration opens

Officials marking 40th edition of the Skagway to Whitehorse relay

Runners and supporters wait at the starting line of the Klondike Road Relay in Skagway, Alaska around 9 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2022. Registration has opend for the 2023 edition of the race. (Yukon News file)
Alex Oberg, who’s been designated the feature birder for the Yukon Bird Club’s annual birdathon, recently photographed this lesser scaup on a visit to Versluce Meadow, a birding “hotspot” in the Porter Creek neighbourhood. The birdathon will be held May 26 to 27. (Courtesy/Alex Oberg)

Yukon birders ready for annual sighting event

Featured birder hopes to find 70 species over 24 hour period

Alex Oberg, who’s been designated the feature birder for the Yukon Bird Club’s annual birdathon, recently photographed this lesser scaup on a visit to Versluce Meadow, a birding “hotspot” in the Porter Creek neighbourhood. The birdathon will be held May 26 to 27. (Courtesy/Alex Oberg)
A drone photo of the landslide that came down the Whitehorse escarpment onto Robert Service Way on April 8. Another landslide saw 500 cubic metres of material come down the escarpment on May 21. (Courtesy/City of Whitehorse)

Another landslide comes down Whitehorse escarpment

City continues to work towards full reopening of Robert Service Way.

A drone photo of the landslide that came down the Whitehorse escarpment onto Robert Service Way on April 8. Another landslide saw 500 cubic metres of material come down the escarpment on May 21. (Courtesy/City of Whitehorse)
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WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for May 19, 2023.

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Robert Service Way will be closed over the long weekend beginning May 19 at 7 p.m. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Robert Service Way will be closed over the long weekend

Response resources limited, City of Whitehorse says

Robert Service Way will be closed over the long weekend beginning May 19 at 7 p.m. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
An excavator is seen working on the escarpment overlooking the closed portion of Robert Service Way on May 9. The road will reopen with temporary hours on May 15. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Commuters can begin using Robert Service Way at 7 a.m. on May 15

City of Whitehorse confirms temporary hours will be in place

An excavator is seen working on the escarpment overlooking the closed portion of Robert Service Way on May 9. The road will reopen with temporary hours on May 15. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
A map of the Minto Mine site. (Courtesy/Yukon government)

Operations cease at Minto Mine

Yukon government takes over care and control

A map of the Minto Mine site. (Courtesy/Yukon government)