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A lone adult whooper swan, native to Europe and Asia, was sighted in the Yukon on April 7 and 8. (Ken Billington/Wikimedia Commons)

Whooper swan far from home spotted in the Yukon

The lone adult bird was spotted among the migrating trumpeter swans at Marsh Lake.

The Town of Faro’s 2022 budget includes monies for bylaw enforcement. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News file)

Faro budgets for bylaw enforcement

Mayor Jack Bowers said bylaws will ‘once again’ be getting enforced

Dr. Gilles Wendling will be leading discussions on the cumulative effects of heap leach mining in four Yukon communities in the first week of May. (Submitted)

Heap-leaching seminar by hydro-geologist touring Yukon

Dr. Gilles Wendling will lead discussions in Whitehorse, Dawson, Mayo and Pelly Crossing.

One person hands off a sandbag to another during the 2021 flood response. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News file)

Yukon government purchasing two sandbag machines

Yukon government is looking to procure its own sandbag-filling stations to make more sandbags in less time

One person hands off a sandbag to another during the 2021 flood response. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News file)
Chief Superintendent Scott Sheppard, commanding officer of the Yukon RCMP. (Yukon News file)

Yukon RCMP reports rise in drug trafficking, MLAs clash over police funding

Rise in violent ‘crimes against persons’ also reported since 2016/17.

Chief Superintendent Scott Sheppard, commanding officer of the Yukon RCMP. (Yukon News file)
A Ford Focus Electric car charges at Quantum Machine Works. The installation of more charging stations is part of the Yukon government’s climate plan. (Joel Krahn/Yukon News file)

Yukon MP, environment minister react to climate change report

April 22 marks Earth Day

A Ford Focus Electric car charges at Quantum Machine Works. The installation of more charging stations is part of the Yukon government’s climate plan. (Joel Krahn/Yukon News file)
This illustration shows the proposed plans for new traffic signals at Fourth Avenue and Main Street. (City of Whitehorse)

City signals improved crossing for Fourth Avenue and Main Street

Traffic calming, better sightlines would come with new lights

This illustration shows the proposed plans for new traffic signals at Fourth Avenue and Main Street. (City of Whitehorse)
An RCMP officer was injured by a bladed weapon at the start of a 17-hour standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside a Whistle Bend apartment. (Yukon News/file)

Man arrested in Whistle Bend after RCMP officer injured in standoff

Officer hurt with a bladed weapon. Commanding officer says they will be OK. One man in custody.

An RCMP officer was injured by a bladed weapon at the start of a 17-hour standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside a Whistle Bend apartment. (Yukon News/file)
Mayor Laura Cabott stands outside Whitehorse City Hall on April 21, where she announced plans to build a new city hall structure have been cancelled after bids came in nearly $10 million over budget. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Council cancels plans for new Whitehorse City Hall

‘We are not comfortable moving forward on this project at this particular time’: mayor

Mayor Laura Cabott stands outside Whitehorse City Hall on April 21, where she announced plans to build a new city hall structure have been cancelled after bids came in nearly $10 million over budget. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
NDP Leader Kate White, front left, and NDP MLA Emily Tredger, front right, posed with school representatives and students at the Yukon Legislative Building. Fifteen-year-old Val Thompson of Porter Creek Secondary School, second from the right in the back row, was among those who celebrated the passing of Bill 304. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Yukon lawmakers pass ‘unicorn’ bill requiring LGBTQ2S+ safe spaces in schools

Bill 304 becomes the first opposition-led bill to pass the House in a decade

NDP Leader Kate White, front left, and NDP MLA Emily Tredger, front right, posed with school representatives and students at the Yukon Legislative Building. Fifteen-year-old Val Thompson of Porter Creek Secondary School, second from the right in the back row, was among those who celebrated the passing of Bill 304. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Mavik MacKinnon is seen competing at the BC Freestyle Championships where he brought home silver in all three categories - slopestyle, moguls and big air - he competed in. (Sean MacKinnon/Submitted)

Yukoner soars to silver at BC Freestyle Championships

Mavik MacKinnon medals in slopestyle, moguls and big air

Mavik MacKinnon is seen competing at the BC Freestyle Championships where he brought home silver in all three categories - slopestyle, moguls and big air - he competed in. (Sean MacKinnon/Submitted)
The Keno City stage is ready for this summer’s festival, organizers say. (Keno City Music Festival/Facebook)

Keno City Music and Film Festival returning this summer

Festival weekend set for early August

The Keno City stage is ready for this summer’s festival, organizers say. (Keno City Music Festival/Facebook)
Robert Service Campground. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Whitehorse city council contemplates cash for campground building

Project would need another $750,000

Robert Service Campground. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
Minto Mine did not pay a significant increase in the financial security the Yukon government requires in order for it to operate. Minister John Streicker says the mine will either pay up or find a way to reduce environmental risk by September. (File Photo)

Yukon government restricts Minto Mine’s operations until cleanup security paid

Deadline missed for $32 million payment. Minister says mine will pay up or reduce risk by September.

Minto Mine did not pay a significant increase in the financial security the Yukon government requires in order for it to operate. Minister John Streicker says the mine will either pay up or find a way to reduce environmental risk by September. (File Photo)
Up to 83 per cent of school council seats in the territory could be left vacant if Yukoners do not put their names forward as candidates, Elections Yukon said in a news release issued on April 19. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News file)

Up to 83% of school council seats still empty as election deadline approaches

Nominations for the school council general election close April 21 at noon

Up to 83 per cent of school council seats in the territory could be left vacant if Yukoners do not put their names forward as candidates, Elections Yukon said in a news release issued on April 19. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News file)
Police have been attending a situation in Whistle Bend since early this morning. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

UPDATE: RCMP arrest individual in Whistle Bend

Yukon RCMP say they have “peacefully” arrested an individual in Whistle Bend…

Police have been attending a situation in Whistle Bend since early this morning. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
The territory’s midwifery program has been delayed since regulations took effect on April 15, 2021. A small group of supporters with the Yukon Association for Birth Choices attended the Yukon Legislature on April 14 to show their opinion. (Yukon Association for Birth Choices/Facebook)

One year after regulations, the Yukon still has zero midwives

Territory has hired a licensed midwife but needs a second before midwifery program can be delivered

The territory’s midwifery program has been delayed since regulations took effect on April 15, 2021. A small group of supporters with the Yukon Association for Birth Choices attended the Yukon Legislature on April 14 to show their opinion. (Yukon Association for Birth Choices/Facebook)
Whistle Bend Place main entrance in Whitehorse. A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the long-term care facility. (Yukon News file)

‘Several’ cases of COVID-19 triggers outbreak at Whistle Bend Place

Visits suspended in affected area until outbreak declared over

Whistle Bend Place main entrance in Whitehorse. A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the long-term care facility. (Yukon News file)
The future of the Chilkoot Trail Inn, also known as the Chilkoot Motel on its signage, remains uncertain as the owners try to make their case in a March 3 letter addressed to Premier Sandy Silver. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Future of Chilkoot Trail Inn remains uncertain as owners hope to secure it

“We hope that … you can help us determine our next steps,” reads a letter from the inn’s owners to the premier

The future of the Chilkoot Trail Inn, also known as the Chilkoot Motel on its signage, remains uncertain as the owners try to make their case in a March 3 letter addressed to Premier Sandy Silver. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
An asteroid that circles our sun on a wide orbit between the planets of Mars and Jupiter is now named after Skookum Jim Mason, the Tagish adventurer and prospector who helped kick off the Klondike Gold Rush. (Pixabay Image)

Distant asteroid now bears Tagish adventurer Skookum Jim’s name

The renaming of the asteroid comes from a suggestion by the Yukon Astronomical Society.

An asteroid that circles our sun on a wide orbit between the planets of Mars and Jupiter is now named after Skookum Jim Mason, the Tagish adventurer and prospector who helped kick off the Klondike Gold Rush. (Pixabay Image)