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Energy Mines and Resources representative Todd Powell and government legal counsel I.H. Fraser offered reporters a briefing on the Yukon government’s request for judicial review of a mineral exploration report in the Peel Watershed on June 7. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Yukon government lawyer says judicial review of mineral project to follow well-tread path

The territorial government is seeking judicial review of a YESAB decision

RCMP cruiser passes by the police headquarters in Whitehorse on May 17, 2022. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News file)

Two arrested in Watson lake for property crimes

Two people arrested for possession of property obtained by crime

George Dawson sitting on a rock dressed in full regalia. (Courtesy/Jessie Dawson)

Yukoner George Dawson was so much more than a titan of transport

Yukon Transport Hall of Fame inductee George Dawson remembered for his commitment to community

Premier Ranj Pillai speaks to reporters in the Yukon government cabinet office on March 30, 2023. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun marks 30 years of self-government

Meetings held between premier, First Nations

Premier Ranj Pillai speaks to reporters in the Yukon government cabinet office on March 30, 2023. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Pet owners were allowed to wait with their dogs in the recovery area at the Pelly Crossing pet clinic, held from June 1 to 3. (Courtesy/Darcy Marcotte)

Taking the p-a-y out of ‘spay’ – pet owners in Pelly Crossing appreciative of free three-day pet clinic

The Canadian Animal Assistance Team sent a team of 15 to Pelly Crossing for three days of surgeries, vaccinations and more

Pet owners were allowed to wait with their dogs in the recovery area at the Pelly Crossing pet clinic, held from June 1 to 3. (Courtesy/Darcy Marcotte)
Premier Ranj Pillai (left), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his son and Yukon MP Brendan Hanley approach the Whitehorse airport fire hall on Feb. 13. Military aircraft provided the backdrop for a press conference. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

RCMP refuse to release cost of search for object downed by NORAD in the Yukon

Police say cost can’t be looked at in a “fulsome way” until file closed

Premier Ranj Pillai (left), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his son and Yukon MP Brendan Hanley approach the Whitehorse airport fire hall on Feb. 13. Military aircraft provided the backdrop for a press conference. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Premier Ranj Pillai speaks in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on March 29. Per a June 1 release, Pillai has appointed Lauren Haney to deputy minister for the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Premier makes 13th top leadership change this year

Lauren Haney will be deputy minister for the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

Premier Ranj Pillai speaks in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on March 29. Per a June 1 release, Pillai has appointed Lauren Haney to deputy minister for the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
One of the design concepts presented alongside a survey about possibly developing a wooded portion of Copper Ridge. (Courtesy/City of Whitehorse)

Engagement open on planned housing in Copper Ridge

Mixed medium- and low-density development pitched for wooded area

One of the design concepts presented alongside a survey about possibly developing a wooded portion of Copper Ridge. (Courtesy/City of Whitehorse)
The access road to Victoria Gold as viewed from the Silver Trail Highway in 2021. (Yukon News files)

Territorial government charges Victoria Gold for breaches of water and quartz mining licenses

Failure to contain substance leaking from pipeline among nine charges

The access road to Victoria Gold as viewed from the Silver Trail Highway in 2021. (Yukon News files)
Former Yukon premier Pat Duncan is the first person from the territories to be selected as a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. (MikeThomas/Yukon News file)

PM appoints Yukon senator Pat Duncan to national security committee

Duncan’s appointment comes amid heightened attention on foreign interference in Canada

Former Yukon premier Pat Duncan is the first person from the territories to be selected as a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. (MikeThomas/Yukon News file)
Minister responsible for the Women and Gender Equity Directorate Jeanie McLean, front left, and Doris Bill, front right, are two of the three Yukon advisory committee co-chairs. On June 6, the committee released its implementation plan to address missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit+ people. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Yukon advisory committee releases MMIWG2S+ implementation plan

Minister says plan incorporates concrete ways to address underlying structural and systemic factors

Minister responsible for the Women and Gender Equity Directorate Jeanie McLean, front left, and Doris Bill, front right, are two of the three Yukon advisory committee co-chairs. On June 6, the committee released its implementation plan to address missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit+ people. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
The move to peg child benefit payments to the Whitehorse Consumer Price Index was first laid out in the Yukon Liberal and NDP caucuses’ 2023 confidence and supply agreement. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News file)

Yukon government pegs child benefit rate to inflation

The Yukon Child Benefit rate for 2023-24 will climb by 6.8 per cent at the start of July

The move to peg child benefit payments to the Whitehorse Consumer Price Index was first laid out in the Yukon Liberal and NDP caucuses’ 2023 confidence and supply agreement. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News file)
The Yukon saw weather at opposite extremes in May depending on what part of the territory you are based in. (Black Press Files)

Whitehorse sees second-warmest May ever as northern and central Yukon soak

Early June storm breaks heatwave for southern part of territory

The Yukon saw weather at opposite extremes in May depending on what part of the territory you are based in. (Black Press Files)
Janet Patterson works on one of her pieces for the upcoming fashion show being organized by Yukon Artists @ Work. It incorporates plastic garbage bags, discarded hot water tank wrap, and six-pack beverage rings. (Marie-Hélène Comeau)

Yukon art society aims to challenge perceptions of ‘waste’ through new program

The initiative is geared towards seniors and will involve creating art and fashion from waste

Janet Patterson works on one of her pieces for the upcoming fashion show being organized by Yukon Artists @ Work. It incorporates plastic garbage bags, discarded hot water tank wrap, and six-pack beverage rings. (Marie-Hélène Comeau)
The Yukon Employees Union has ratified a new deal with the territorial government. (Courtesy/Yukon Employees Union)

Yukon Employees’ Union and government ratify new agreement

Deal includes new pay grids for nurses and midwives

The Yukon Employees Union has ratified a new deal with the territorial government. (Courtesy/Yukon Employees Union)
Premier Ranj Pillai (left), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his son and Yukon MP Brendan Hanley approach the Whitehorse airport fire hall on Feb. 13. Military aircraft provided the backdrop for a press conference. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Canadian military spent $2.66 million on search for high-altitude object shot down in Yukon

Projected cost excludes military members’ regular salary and equipment already in possession

Premier Ranj Pillai (left), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his son and Yukon MP Brendan Hanley approach the Whitehorse airport fire hall on Feb. 13. Military aircraft provided the backdrop for a press conference. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Chooutla School survivors, including Harold Gatensby, gathered in front of a healing canoe on the old school site in 2019. Gatensby invited survivors to share stories there on June 5, as ground-penetrating radar work began at the site. (Yukon News file)

Community gathers at former residential school site in Carcross

People shared stories and support as radar work began to search the former residential school site

Chooutla School survivors, including Harold Gatensby, gathered in front of a healing canoe on the old school site in 2019. Gatensby invited survivors to share stories there on June 5, as ground-penetrating radar work began at the site. (Yukon News file)
An aerial view of the Gunnar Nilsson and Mickey Lammers research forest and farm site. (Submitted/Maria Leung)

Yukon research forest gets new barn

The Gunnar Nilsson and Mickey Lammers research forest and farm’s only storage building had collapsed

An aerial view of the Gunnar Nilsson and Mickey Lammers research forest and farm site. (Submitted/Maria Leung)
A landslide shut down Robert Service Way in Whitehorse on April 8. Since then the road has been periodically reopened but it closed again June 4 due to increased slide risk. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News Files)

Robert Service Way reopens following rainstorm

Closure of road and parallel trail on Sunday and Monday ends Tuesday morning.

A landslide shut down Robert Service Way in Whitehorse on April 8. Since then the road has been periodically reopened but it closed again June 4 due to increased slide risk. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News Files)
Left to right: Eila Vallevand, Dustin Sheldon, Karra MacIntosh and Olivia Cox are the four artists from Whitehorse chosen as recipients of YVR Art Foundation’s 2023 art scholarship awards. (Courtesy/Kim Bellevance)

4 First Nations artists from Whitehorse awarded scholarships from YVR Art Foundation

The scholarship recipients from Whitehorse were selected for the emerging artist category

Left to right: Eila Vallevand, Dustin Sheldon, Karra MacIntosh and Olivia Cox are the four artists from Whitehorse chosen as recipients of YVR Art Foundation’s 2023 art scholarship awards. (Courtesy/Kim Bellevance)