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The 2017 Yukon Quest kicked off on Feb. 4.

The 2017 Yukon Quest kicked off on Feb. 4. Here is a selection of images from the first day of the race.

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Yukon NDP Leader Kate White speaks to reporters in the foyer of the Yukon legislature on the first day of the spring sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on March 2, 2023. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
McLean doubles down that education policies are sufficient

Taylor Roch is the co-founder of the new non-profit, Spring Home Society which aims to provide recovery housing for Yukoners leaving treatment or withdrawal services. (Submitted)
Spring Home Society wants to provide first in-territory recovery housing

The vacancy rate for community nursing has declined slightly since the Yukon government introduced a bonus package for nurses. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Yukon’s community nursing vacancy rate declines to 36.5 per cent

In letters to First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun (FNNND) Chief Simon Mervyn and Village of Mayor Trevor Ellis, Premier Ranj Pillai outlines the Yukon government’s proposed actions and hopes the leaders will work together to tackle issues on the ground. (Yukon News File)
Premier proposes First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, Village of Mayo combine efforts in aftermath of recent violence, ongoing substance use in Mayo