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The Yukon Territorial Court passed a sentence on a former Whitehorse teacher found guilty of raping a teenager who had previously been his student more than 30 years ago. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Former Whitehorse teacher sentenced for raping former student more than 30 years ago

Paul Deuling faces three years behind bars and additional conditions. May appeal his conviction.

The Yukon Territorial Court passed a sentence on a former Whitehorse teacher found guilty of raping a teenager who had previously been his student more than 30 years ago. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Homes along Witch Hazel Drive in the Whistle Bend neighbourhood where an attempted break-in occurred on April 12. (Submitted)
Homes along Witch Hazel Drive in the Whistle Bend neighbourhood where an attempted break-in occurred on April 12. (Submitted)
The Yukon Writers’ Festival will get underway at the Whitehorse Public Library on May 3 at 6:30 p.m.

Yukon Writers’ Festival returns

Authors will give readings, mentor young writers

The Yukon Writers’ Festival will get underway at the Whitehorse Public Library on May 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Watson Lake will see an increase of about $100,000 in the municipal grant it receives from the Yukon government. (Wikimedia Commons)

Yukon government grants to municipalities increased by more than $1 million

All incorporated municipalities received increased ‘unconditional’ grant

Watson Lake will see an increase of about $100,000 in the municipal grant it receives from the Yukon government. (Wikimedia Commons)
The City of Whitehorse landfill. (Alistair Maitland/Yukon News file)

Yukon government inks waste management deals with Teslin and Watson Lake

Territorial funding will assist communities providing landfill service to rural residents

The City of Whitehorse landfill. (Alistair Maitland/Yukon News file)
A person pulls out their phone in downtown Whitehorse on April 27. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
A person pulls out their phone in downtown Whitehorse on April 27. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
The Yukon River in Whitehorse, which hardly froze over the winter of 2022/23, was flowing free with few ice floes by April 27. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Ice breakup presents flooding risk near Dawson

Snow bulletin predicts normal freshet for most of the territory

The Yukon River in Whitehorse, which hardly froze over the winter of 2022/23, was flowing free with few ice floes by April 27. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
A voter is shown at a Whitehorse polling station during the territorial elections on April 12, 2021. (Mark Kelly/Canadian Press)

Yukoners should vote on proposed changes to Yukon’s voting system: electoral reform committee

All-party special committee on electoral reform has made three recommendations in its final report

A voter is shown at a Whitehorse polling station during the territorial elections on April 12, 2021. (Mark Kelly/Canadian Press)
Yukon NDP Leader Kate White (left), Premier Ranj Pillai and Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon spoke with reporters on the final day of the spring sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on April 27. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Yukon MLAs pass territorial government’s $1.94-billion budget as spring sitting winds up

Official Opposition votes against budget in expression of non-confidence

Yukon NDP Leader Kate White (left), Premier Ranj Pillai and Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon spoke with reporters on the final day of the spring sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on April 27. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
The logo for Alberta Serious Incident Response Team. The team has been contracted by the Yukon government to investigate injuries caused by police use of force on April 8 in Whitehorse. (Black Press photo)
The logo for Alberta Serious Incident Response Team. The team has been contracted by the Yukon government to investigate injuries caused by police use of force on April 8 in Whitehorse. (Black Press photo)
The pool area at the Canada Games Centre in Whitehorse will be closed to the public for much of the weekend with the Yukon Yukon Invitation Swim Meet underway at the facility. (Yukon News file)

CGC pool will be closed to the public for much of the weekend

Other areas of the recreation complex will be open

The pool area at the Canada Games Centre in Whitehorse will be closed to the public for much of the weekend with the Yukon Yukon Invitation Swim Meet underway at the facility. (Yukon News file)
Premier Ranj Pillai speaks to reporters in the Yukon government cabinet office on March 30. Pillai announced a new paid sick leave program on April 25. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

New paid sick leave program launched for Yukon workers

Program will provide up to 40 hours of sick leave

Premier Ranj Pillai speaks to reporters in the Yukon government cabinet office on March 30. Pillai announced a new paid sick leave program on April 25. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Tim Sellars, centre, with fellow ski patrollers Theresa Landman and Amanda McCarthy. (Submitted)

Ski patrol president named Whitehorse’s volunteer of the year

Tim Sellars looks back at his volunteer work on Mount Sima and elsewhere

Tim Sellars, centre, with fellow ski patrollers Theresa Landman and Amanda McCarthy. (Submitted)
Compact flourescent light bulbs are among the household hazardous waste items the City of Whitehorse will be accepting on April 28 and 29 at its landfill off the Alaska Highway, south of Porter Creek. (Courtesy/Pexels)

City of Whitehorse gets set for household hazardous waste days

April 28 and 29 mark the days that Whitehorse residents can bring…

Compact flourescent light bulbs are among the household hazardous waste items the City of Whitehorse will be accepting on April 28 and 29 at its landfill off the Alaska Highway, south of Porter Creek. (Courtesy/Pexels)
Hydro lines seen on a snowy day in Whitehorse on April 9, 2022. The Yukon Party is calling for the Yukon Utilities Board to review the impacts on Yukoners’ power bills resulting from renting diesel generators. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Yukon Party calls for utilities board to review impacts of renting diesel generators on power bills

Official Opposition has been harping on the Yukon government over energy policy this spring sitting

Hydro lines seen on a snowy day in Whitehorse on April 9, 2022. The Yukon Party is calling for the Yukon Utilities Board to review the impacts on Yukoners’ power bills resulting from renting diesel generators. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Housing under construction in Whistle Bend in 2020. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

More than 450 entered draw for Whistle Bend home lots

The 83 lots were priced between $100,814 and $190,000.

Housing under construction in Whistle Bend in 2020. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation has been the latest Yukon jurisdiction to declare a substance use emergency. (Yukon News file)

Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation declares substance use emergency

April 20 notice calls for action and the mobilization of resources in response to the crisis

The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation has been the latest Yukon jurisdiction to declare a substance use emergency. (Yukon News file)
Outgoing Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in chief Roberta Joseph is seen at the 2022 Moosehide Gathering. Darren Taylor was elected chief in the April 20 election for the First Nation. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Darren Taylor voted in as chief in Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in election

New chief and council elected in Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in election

Outgoing Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in chief Roberta Joseph is seen at the 2022 Moosehide Gathering. Darren Taylor was elected chief in the April 20 election for the First Nation. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
The Yukon Supreme Court heard a guilty plea from the man charged with a 2021 shooting in Mayo. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Man charged with 2021 Mayo shooting pleads guilty to manslaughter

Daniel Cashaback-Myra admits to shooting his lawyer says was provoked by victim

The Yukon Supreme Court heard a guilty plea from the man charged with a 2021 shooting in Mayo. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
The sign at the Whitehorse General Hospital seen on Oct. 18, 2022. Two surgeons have written to their patients about long wait times for joint replacement surgeries. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
The sign at the Whitehorse General Hospital seen on Oct. 18, 2022. Two surgeons have written to their patients about long wait times for joint replacement surgeries. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)