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Whitehorse General Hospital is seen on March 26. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Yukon Party calling for more hospital funding

Health minister says budget for Yukon Hospital Corporation is up almost 46 per cent from 2016-17

Diane Quilty mounts on one of Rita Smith’s horses at Whitehorse General Hospital. (Courtesy/Rita Smith)

Yukoner fulfills dying wish to ride a horse

Rita Smith brings her horses to Whitehorse General Hospital for Diane Quilty

A Yukon court heard the case of the owner of a Whitehorse butcher shop facing an unlicensed cannabis sales charge after jerky tainted with THC was sold by the shop. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Court hears case over cannabis-laced jerky sold by Whitehorse butcher shop

Dozens reported intoxication after eating the shop’s jerky. Judge will rule on owner’s responsibility.

Yukon RCMP detachment in Whitehorse seen on Feb. 23, 2023. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

RCMP say manslaughter allegation relating to opioid death is the ‘first charge of its kind’ in the Yukon

Police say the charge Jared Skookum of Whitehorse faces is related to a woman’s 2022 overdose death

Yukon RCMP detachment in Whitehorse seen on Feb. 23, 2023. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
1905-1907 acquired by the Yukon Permanent Art Collection (Courtesy/Tara Kolla)

Artist Tara Kolla named artist-in-residence

Yukon artist has been announced for Yukon Archives program

1905-1907 acquired by the Yukon Permanent Art Collection (Courtesy/Tara Kolla)
The Dezadeash River flows through Kluane National Park. (Mike Thomas/Yukon News Files)

Court fines jet boaters caught in Kluane National Park

Fines and restitution ordered to recover costs of helicopter search, retrieving broken boat.

The Dezadeash River flows through Kluane National Park. (Mike Thomas/Yukon News Files)
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is not recommending criminal charges against three Yukon RCMP officers who faced an investigation following a takedown in Whitehorse’s Rotary Park in 2020. (File Photo)

Watchdog finds issues but still clears Yukon RCMP officers of wrongdoing in 2020 use of force

Force used by three officers under investigation for Rotary Park takedown found reasonable

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is not recommending criminal charges against three Yukon RCMP officers who faced an investigation following a takedown in Whitehorse’s Rotary Park in 2020. (File Photo)
Yukon and Canadian flags flap in the wind in Whitehorse on May 31, 2022. Yukon MP Brendan Hanley commented on the federal government’s 2023-24 budget released March 28. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Federal government’s budget proposes ‘grocery rebate’ that could affect 9,000 individuals, families in the Yukon

Yukon MP Brendan Hanley says Canada’s 2023-24 budget isn’t flashy amid tough times

Yukon and Canadian flags flap in the wind in Whitehorse on May 31, 2022. Yukon MP Brendan Hanley commented on the federal government’s 2023-24 budget released March 28. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Adeline Webber, chair of the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children working group, at a press conference on March 24. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Ground scanning to begin on Chooutla residential school site as soon as snow melts

Working group expands its mission to look for graves near other residential schools in Yukon

Adeline Webber, chair of the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children working group, at a press conference on March 24. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
The Yukon’s Education department is planning an inclusive education overhaul. (Pexels file photo)

Yukon Education department clarifying IEP rules

The Education department is attempting to clarify the rules for Individualized Education…

The Yukon’s Education department is planning an inclusive education overhaul. (Pexels file photo)
The Whitehorse emergency shelter at 405 Alexander Street on March 7. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Yukon Health and Social Services struggles to make problems disappear at Whitehorse emergency shelter

People under the influence welcome at shelter, drugs and alcohol are not. Low barrier guidelines surface in ATIPP disclosure

The Whitehorse emergency shelter at 405 Alexander Street on March 7. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
From left, Mary Maje, Dorothy Smith and Shirley Adamson are seen during an open discussion on Yukon politics in the last 50 years at MacBride Museum on Feb. 9. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

‘Women are the matriarchs’: Yukon First Nations leaders discuss activism over 50 years

This story is one segment of the Yukon News’ special International Women’s…

From left, Mary Maje, Dorothy Smith and Shirley Adamson are seen during an open discussion on Yukon politics in the last 50 years at MacBride Museum on Feb. 9. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)
Ranj Pillai speaks to reporters in the cabinet office on Oct. 25, 2022. The premier has distributed mandate letters to his cabinet ministers. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Reconciliation, health, climate change take priority in Yukon premier’s mandate letters to ministers

Premier Ranj Pillai has sent out latest round of mandate letters

Ranj Pillai speaks to reporters in the cabinet office on Oct. 25, 2022. The premier has distributed mandate letters to his cabinet ministers. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
A police officer places evidence markers on the Alaska Highway near the blue bridge at the scene of the collision on July 5, 2020. (Jackie Hong/Yukon News file)

Guilty driver files details of 2020 Alaska Highway crash to the court

The court has accepted guilty plea

A police officer places evidence markers on the Alaska Highway near the blue bridge at the scene of the collision on July 5, 2020. (Jackie Hong/Yukon News file)
Sofia Ashley, executive director of the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, stands in front of a Women’s Day community art project. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

Marking International Women ’s Day with the Victoria Faulkner Women ’s Centre

A look at the state of gender equality worldwide.

Sofia Ashley, executive director of the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, stands in front of a Women’s Day community art project. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)
A cruise ship is seen at the Skagway cruise terminal on Sept. 10. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

Yukon entering 35-year deal for use of Skagway ore terminal

Borough assembly of the Municipality of Skagway voted in favour of an export cooperation agreement

A cruise ship is seen at the Skagway cruise terminal on Sept. 10. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)
Lesley Brown, president of Yukon University, is seen in her office at the Ayamdigut campus in Whitehorse on Feb. 8. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

Sitting down with Yukon University’s president on International Women’s Day

D r. Lesley Brown has been Yukon University’s president since August 2021

Lesley Brown, president of Yukon University, is seen in her office at the Ayamdigut campus in Whitehorse on Feb. 8. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)
Drummers close the International Women’s Day gathering on March 8 as City Councillor Michelle Friesen and baby Theo look on. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

Women’s Day demonstration aims to support Whitehorse city councillor in bringing baby to meetings

Coun. Michelle Friesen has been taking her son to council meetings since July

Drummers close the International Women’s Day gathering on March 8 as City Councillor Michelle Friesen and baby Theo look on. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)
Jack Hulland Elementary School. (Yukon News file)

Yukon Government resists class-action status for Jack Hulland Elementary lawsuit

Defence requests that the lawsuit move forward as a regular proceeding

Jack Hulland Elementary School. (Yukon News file)
Yukon RCMP detachment in Whitehorse seen on Feb. 23. RCMP executed a search warrant in downtown Whitehorse on March 3, resulting in two arrests and the seizure of drugs, cash, guns and ammunition. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Two arrested following search warrant in downtown Whitehorse

Drugs, cash, guns, ammunition seized in March 3 search

Yukon RCMP detachment in Whitehorse seen on Feb. 23. RCMP executed a search warrant in downtown Whitehorse on March 3, resulting in two arrests and the seizure of drugs, cash, guns and ammunition. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)