Yukon News Staff

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You will be able to still read and rely on local journalism. That’s a fact.

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Yukon’s top stories of 2022

These are the top stories of 2022 as decided by the Yukon…

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Whole teams gathered at the start of the Klondike Road Relay to cheer on the first runner of their crew in Skagway on Sept. 9. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

PHOTOS: 1,500 runners take on Klondike Road Relay

The 39th run from Skagway to Whitehorse took place Sept. 9 and 10

Whole teams gathered at the start of the Klondike Road Relay to cheer on the first runner of their crew in Skagway on Sept. 9. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)
A lineup of cars is seen waiting for safe passage from Stewart Crossing on July 6. (Eva Gavaris/Submitted)

Klondike Highway closure delays travelers; affects Mayo business

Highway closures due to wildfires and accompanying smoke have introduced chaos into…

A lineup of cars is seen waiting for safe passage from Stewart Crossing on July 6. (Eva Gavaris/Submitted)
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

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)
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The Yukon’s top stories of 2021

The last year has been turbulent in the Yukon. The territory grappled…

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Candidates and media watch election results roll in at Whitehorse City Hall on Oct. 21. (Jim Elliott/Yukon News)

Whitehorse elects two incumbents, four fresh faces to city council

Mellisa Murray, Michelle Friesen, Dan Boyd, Jocelyn Curteanu, Ted Laking and Kirk Cameron are Whitehorse’s new city council

Candidates and media watch election results roll in at Whitehorse City Hall on Oct. 21. (Jim Elliott/Yukon News)
Laura Cabott (second from left) celebrates with supporters as election results come in on Oct. 21. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Laura Cabott wins mayoral race in Whitehorse

Stephanie Waddell, Haley Ritchie & John Tonin News Reporters Laura Cabott has…

Laura Cabott (second from left) celebrates with supporters as election results come in on Oct. 21. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
Brendan Hanley is seen with Mike Pemberton, a Yukon Liberal Party director, at MacBride Museum shortly after the final polling stations reported a Liberal win for the Yukon MP seat. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

Hanley wins Yukon seat for the Liberals

The former chief medical officer leads the polls by more than 1,000 votes before special ballots

Brendan Hanley is seen with Mike Pemberton, a Yukon Liberal Party director, at MacBride Museum shortly after the final polling stations reported a Liberal win for the Yukon MP seat. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

REPLAY: B.C. this week in video

In case you missed it, here’s a look at replay- worthy highlights from across the province this week

Our mistake

Our mistake Dave Sloan, Liberal candidate for Mountainview, attended the information session at the Jackson Lake Healing Centre last week. He was accidentally omitted from the article Helping Land-Based Healing on September 23.

The three parties tackle housing

In his Copperbelt South riding, Arthur Mitchell keeps meeting Yukoners struggling to make mortgage payments. "People can't afford to live here," said the Liberal leader. "I've even heard this from mining executives."

Ribbon cutting reversed

John Thompson and Genesee Keevil News Reporters On Friday, patients were supposed to move into the newly reopened Thomson Centre. But that didn't happen.