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The Nàkwät’à Kų̀ Potlatch House is being used as a gathering place for evacuees staying open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day. (Kwanlin Dün First Nation/Facebook)

Yukoners pitch in to help evacuees

Potlatch house opened as a gathering place. Donations of food, toys and hygiene products accepted

The Nàkwät’à Kų̀ Potlatch House is being used as a gathering place for evacuees staying open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day. (Kwanlin Dün First Nation/Facebook)
Propane tanks and power generators at the Minto mine site, which was inspected on April 26, prior to its abandonment by Minto Metals Corp. (Screenshot/Department of Energy, Mines and Resources inspection report)

Minto Metals Corp.’s debt racks up to at least $70M: document

Document shows company that abruptly left Minto mine site in May has $76 million in assets

Propane tanks and power generators at the Minto mine site, which was inspected on April 26, prior to its abandonment by Minto Metals Corp. (Screenshot/Department of Energy, Mines and Resources inspection report)
Friends and family of Eva von Flotow (who call themselves Team Eva) attend a quick orientation session before heading out on the Tatshenshini River. (Amy Kenny/Yukon News)

Whitehorse woman tackles whitewater for the first time in her wheelchair

Eva von Flotow wants to see greater accessibility in Whitehorse and other Yukon communities

Friends and family of Eva von Flotow (who call themselves Team Eva) attend a quick orientation session before heading out on the Tatshenshini River. (Amy Kenny/Yukon News)
The procurement website is seen on Aug. 8. (Screenshot/Website)

Yukon government is reducing procurement transparency, Official Opposition says

Bids and tenders website now limits access to certain bid information to account holders

The procurement website is seen on Aug. 8. (Screenshot/Website)
The fire hall in Keno is seen. Keno is one of the communities where Scene Safety Response units have launched (Submitted/Yukon government)
The fire hall in Keno is seen. Keno is one of the communities where Scene Safety Response units have launched (Submitted/Yukon government)
Omar Reyna was selected as one of the finalists for the Yukon Prize for Visual Arts (Courtesy/Omar Reyna)

Whitehorse artist selected as Yukon Prize finalist

Omar Reyna uses range of media in his photographic creations

Omar Reyna was selected as one of the finalists for the Yukon Prize for Visual Arts (Courtesy/Omar Reyna)
One of the neon signs on the exterior of the Yukon Theatre in Whitehorse, as pictured on Aug. 8. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Yukon Theatre restores neon signs ahead of 70th anniversary

The Yukon’s sole operating cinema fixes broken neon signs and undertakes other significant upgrades

One of the neon signs on the exterior of the Yukon Theatre in Whitehorse, as pictured on Aug. 8. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
A spawning chinook salmon. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife/Wikimedia Commons)

Chinook salmon return begins in Whitehorse

Ten fish pass dam as threatened salmon near the end of their spawning migration

A spawning chinook salmon. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife/Wikimedia Commons)
Charlene Bradford, president of the Psychological Society of the Yukon, seen on Aug. 8, said the society has been pushing the Yukon government to regulate psychologists for years. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Anyone can claim to be a psychologist in the Yukon — for now

The Yukon is catching up with every province and territory when it comes to regulating psychologists

Charlene Bradford, president of the Psychological Society of the Yukon, seen on Aug. 8, said the society has been pushing the Yukon government to regulate psychologists for years. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
A Wildland Fire patch pictured June 9, 2022 (File Photo)

Update: 61 Old Crow evacuees arrive in Whitehorse, more on the way.

The nearest fire is five kilometres away but the fly-in community is helping residents get out

A Wildland Fire patch pictured June 9, 2022 (File Photo)
Yukon government ministers and representatives of its Wildland Fire Management, emergency measures and emergency social services branches briefed reporters on firefighting efforts and the assistance being provided to evacuees on Aug. 7. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Mayo evacuated as fire situation remains serious in northern and central Yukon

Evacuees receive support in Whitehorse. Out-of-territory resources arrive

Yukon government ministers and representatives of its Wildland Fire Management, emergency measures and emergency social services branches briefed reporters on firefighting efforts and the assistance being provided to evacuees on Aug. 7. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
“My only crime is loving myself,” reads a sign that led a parade down Main Street during Pride celebrations in Whitehorse on Aug. 5. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Yukoners celebrate Pride with a side of pancakes

Hundreds paraded through downtown Whitehorse

“My only crime is loving myself,” reads a sign that led a parade down Main Street during Pride celebrations in Whitehorse on Aug. 5. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
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Opinion: Unsteady ownership made Minto a disaster waiting to happen

Malkolm Boothroyd Campaigns coordinator, CPAWS Yukon This spring the Minto Mine shuttered,…

  • Aug 6, 2023
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This float, labelled ‘No Boundary Line Here’ was pulled along the parade route by Yukon Pioneer Pete Huley on Discovery Day in 1939. Huley was a colourful character who had a short career in silent films before settling in Dawson City.” (Gates Collection)

History Hunter: Discovery Days was a Pioneer affair

While the rest of the country take a civic holiday at the…

This float, labelled ‘No Boundary Line Here’ was pulled along the parade route by Yukon Pioneer Pete Huley on Discovery Day in 1939. Huley was a colourful character who had a short career in silent films before settling in Dawson City.” (Gates Collection)
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Yukonomist: The fiscal bats in the Yukon government’s attic

Like strange flutterings outside your cabin at dusk, recent headlines suggest some…

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A rendering of the Normandy Manor seniors housing facility. (Courtesy/KBC Developments)

Yukon government secures additional senior housing units at Normandy Manor

Yukon Housing leases a total of 26 apartments at facility

A rendering of the Normandy Manor seniors housing facility. (Courtesy/KBC Developments)
Some business organizations are calling for an extension to pay back COVID-19-related loans. The Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon, which is one of many signatories of a letter to the federal Finance minister, sits in the White Pass & Yukon Route building at the end of Main Street in Whitehorse, seen on Aug. 3. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Yukon Party echoes businesses asking for COVID-19-related loan extension

Feds say 21 per cent of businesses have fully repaid their Canada Emergency Business Account loans

Some business organizations are calling for an extension to pay back COVID-19-related loans. The Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon, which is one of many signatories of a letter to the federal Finance minister, sits in the White Pass & Yukon Route building at the end of Main Street in Whitehorse, seen on Aug. 3. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
<em>Barbie</em> is being credited with helping the Yukon Theatre achieve its highest revenue haul in a single day since the Yukon Film Society took over the cinema’s operations in November 2021. (Matthew Bossons/Yukon News).

Whitehorse just can’t get enough of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie

Warner Bros.’ Barbie is smashing box office records around the globe, including in Whitehorse

<em>Barbie</em> is being credited with helping the Yukon Theatre achieve its highest revenue haul in a single day since the Yukon Film Society took over the cinema’s operations in November 2021. (Matthew Bossons/Yukon News).
President Lorraine Taillefer of the Association franco-yukonnaise speaks at an Aug. 1 press conference about the non-profit’s efforts to identify gaps in French language services and recruit bilingual workers. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Growing demand for French services puts labour market pressure on territories

Association franco-yukonnaise continues recruiting to get more French-speaking workers in the Yukon

President Lorraine Taillefer of the Association franco-yukonnaise speaks at an Aug. 1 press conference about the non-profit’s efforts to identify gaps in French language services and recruit bilingual workers. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Stacy Lewis models ‘Duchess Doily’ at the trashion show at Shipyards Park on July 29. The outfit was made by Leslie Leong using a stained tablecloth, doilies, feathers and iridescent film from a DVD, among other materials. (Leslie Leong/Submitted)

Whitehorse studio displays clothes made from bags, masks and other waste

The creative outfits were made as part of a local art society’s Changing Trash to Treasure initiative

Stacy Lewis models ‘Duchess Doily’ at the trashion show at Shipyards Park on July 29. The outfit was made by Leslie Leong using a stained tablecloth, doilies, feathers and iridescent film from a DVD, among other materials. (Leslie Leong/Submitted)