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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

Newly sworn-in Vuntut Gwitchin Deputy Chief Debra-Leigh Reti (left) and Chief Pauline Frost. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

New Vuntut Gwitchin chief, council assume Old Crow’s legacy

Practice, determination and confidence contine to define leadership for Vuntut Gwitchin

<em>Yukon Count</em> can be found at Angellina’s Toy Children’s Boutique, Mac’s Fireweed Books, the Yukon Wildlife Preserve and FawkesTrot Adventures. (Submitted)

Tedd Tucker releases second Yukon picture book

  • Jan 15, 2023
Bob Palmer, aka “Flyin’ Bob”, showed off various feats of juggling and other skills during his one-man circus show at the Yukon Arts Centre on Jan. 8. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

PHOTOS: Circus performer flies high in one-man Yukon Arts Centre show

“Flyin’ Bob” fills theatre with laughter during one-man circus act

Bob Palmer, aka “Flyin’ Bob”, showed off various feats of juggling and other skills during his one-man circus show at the Yukon Arts Centre on Jan. 8. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
People enjoy the tropical environment in the sun room as part of Nakai Theatre’s Pivot Festival at the Old Fire Hall on Jan. 5. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)

Pivot Festival showing theatre and music through January

Pivot Festival gets underway

People enjoy the tropical environment in the sun room as part of Nakai Theatre’s Pivot Festival at the Old Fire Hall on Jan. 5. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)
Wyatt Tremblay stopped by the newsroom on Dec. 29, 2022. He is celebrating 30 years of producing editorial cartoons for the <em>News</em>. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Wyatt’s World rings in 30 years of cartooning the Yukon

Wyatt Tremblay isn’t just cracking political jokes

Wyatt Tremblay stopped by the newsroom on Dec. 29, 2022. He is celebrating 30 years of producing editorial cartoons for the <em>News</em>. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Station Manager Bill Polonsky outside of Chambers House in Shipyards Park - home of the Juice. (Dylan MacNeil/Yukon News)

Whitehorse’s community station enters 20th year on the air

CJUC first hit the airwaves in early 2003

Station Manager Bill Polonsky outside of Chambers House in Shipyards Park - home of the Juice. (Dylan MacNeil/Yukon News)
A Reflection of God by Rhoda Merkel. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)

Southern Lakes Artist Collective exhibits gods

Storm Blakley Arts Correspondent Over a decade ago, a group of artists…

  • Dec 17, 2022
A Reflection of God by Rhoda Merkel. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)
Sunta Sem, seen in an undated handout photo, is a Toronto private chef and caterer who sells meals through the Cookin app. Sem will swap sweet potatoes for other root vegetables like parsnips or when preparing food with greens, opt for Boston lettuce, which she says hasn’t risen in price too much. (Courtesy/Cookin)

Hosting a holiday dinner? Here are some cost-saving tips

TORONTO — When Canadians soon gather with loved ones for holiday meals,…

Sunta Sem, seen in an undated handout photo, is a Toronto private chef and caterer who sells meals through the Cookin app. Sem will swap sweet potatoes for other root vegetables like parsnips or when preparing food with greens, opt for Boston lettuce, which she says hasn’t risen in price too much. (Courtesy/Cookin)
One of the first trucks in the Whitehorse Winterval Santa Clause Parade of Lights makes its way down Main Street during the Dec. 3 parade. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Lights, cameras, Santa!

The annual Santa Claus Parade returned to Whitehorse’s Main Street on Dec.…

One of the first trucks in the Whitehorse Winterval Santa Clause Parade of Lights makes its way down Main Street during the Dec. 3 parade. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)

Santa Breakfast raising funds for mental health unit

Hundreds took part in the Skookum Asphalt Santa Breakfast at the Sternwheeler…

  • Dec 3, 2022
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)
Violet Gatensby (front) with Roberta Wally (behind) sit and chip away in dugout canoe featured during a screening of Voices Across the Water in Carcross Nov. 16. The film is a Yukon-led production of Fritz Mueller and Teresa Earle. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Report identifies needed accelerants for Yukon screen industry growth

Yukon’s movie making industry is no longer just about the snow

Violet Gatensby (front) with Roberta Wally (behind) sit and chip away in dugout canoe featured during a screening of Voices Across the Water in Carcross Nov. 16. The film is a Yukon-led production of Fritz Mueller and Teresa Earle. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Santa waves to the crowd as he walks down Main Street in 2019. The parade will return to its Main Street route on Dec. 3. (Yukon News file)

Whitehorse Christmas Parade returning to Main Street

Santa returns to Main Street route

Santa waves to the crowd as he walks down Main Street in 2019. The parade will return to its Main Street route on Dec. 3. (Yukon News file)

What to do in Whitehorse this weekend, Dec. 2 to 4

Where to deck the halls in Whitehorse this weekend As the Christmas…

Eugene Alfred introduces Wolf and Crow, one of four pieces by First Nations artists unveiled in the Whitehorse courthouse on Nov. 28. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

Wolf, crow, eagle, trout: Yukon First Nations artists adorn courthouse with traditional images

Four pieces of art were officially unveiled at the Whitehorse Law Courts…

Eugene Alfred introduces Wolf and Crow, one of four pieces by First Nations artists unveiled in the Whitehorse courthouse on Nov. 28. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)
Jeszika Mae brings Drag Story Time to the Yukon Transportation Museum, wrapped in a dress of bubble wrap representing fragile masculinity, in a show of protest against those who have called the children’s show “grooming.” (Dylan MacNeil/Yukon News)

Drag performer Jeszika Mae responds to bigotry through art

“I apparently can’t walk out of my door without people having opinions of my existence,” says Mae

Jeszika Mae brings Drag Story Time to the Yukon Transportation Museum, wrapped in a dress of bubble wrap representing fragile masculinity, in a show of protest against those who have called the children’s show “grooming.” (Dylan MacNeil/Yukon News)
Nordting - Northern Assembly from Norway dives into issues concerning the north through satire, music and audience participation. They perform Nov. 19 at the Yukon Arts Centre. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)

It’s a northern thing: Norwegian artist collective performing at YAC

Amy Kenny Yukon Arts Centre It’s not every day a performance offers…

  • Nov 18, 2022
Nordting - Northern Assembly from Norway dives into issues concerning the north through satire, music and audience participation. They perform Nov. 19 at the Yukon Arts Centre. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)
Aimee Lien shows off the suitcase art piece she created focused on Cruella de Vil for the My Suitcase exhibit. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

From luggage to works of art

My Suitcase exhibit on display at the Yukon Arts Centre

Aimee Lien shows off the suitcase art piece she created focused on Cruella de Vil for the My Suitcase exhibit. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
Krystle Silverfox’ work is seen as part of the Sobey Art Award exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. (National Gallery of Canada/Submitted)

Yukon artist’s work on display at national gallery

Krystle Silverfox contends for the Sobey Art Award

Krystle Silverfox’ work is seen as part of the Sobey Art Award exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. (National Gallery of Canada/Submitted)