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Lia Johnson reaches out to return Benjamin Vivas-Gelinas’ serve during a game during the squash tournament at Better Bodies Fitness Centre on April 23. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Squash Yukon hosts open tournament

The tournament included some players from outside the territory.

Lia Johnson reaches out to return Benjamin Vivas-Gelinas’ serve during a game during the squash tournament at Better Bodies Fitness Centre on April 23. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Snowmobilers and snow bikers raced head-to-head over jumps and sharp turns before heading straight up one of the ski runs at Mount Sima in Whitehorse on Apr. 23, 2022.

Photos: 2022 Sima Uphill Challenge

Racers pushed their snowmobiles and snow bikes straight up Mount Sima on April 23.

Snowmobilers and snow bikers raced head-to-head over jumps and sharp turns before heading straight up one of the ski runs at Mount Sima in Whitehorse on Apr. 23, 2022.
Alpine Yukon skier Carson Nelson races downhill during the North Zone Teck Finals held in Smithers, B.C. on April 15. (Jason Wolsky/Submitted)

Yukoners snatch 16 medals in B.C. alpine ski competition

Alpine Yukon sent a team to the North Zone Teck Finals held in Smithers.

Alpine Yukon skier Carson Nelson races downhill during the North Zone Teck Finals held in Smithers, B.C. on April 15. (Jason Wolsky/Submitted)
Pond Inlet musher Michael Inuarak and his team of qimmiit, or sled dogs, heads toward the finish line on Uluksan Qingua Saturday afternoon. (David Venn/Nunatsiaq News)

Nunavut Quest kicks off with warmup race, opening ceremony

ARCTIC BAY, Nunavut — With a dogsled race out to the ice…

  • Apr 19, 2022
Pond Inlet musher Michael Inuarak and his team of qimmiit, or sled dogs, heads toward the finish line on Uluksan Qingua Saturday afternoon. (David Venn/Nunatsiaq News)
Thirty-two racers registered for the snowcross race, in which heats of four compete against each other in a race through gates to the bottom of the run. Twenty-four people sped through the speed gun in the speed competition. The chair lift carried racers and non-racers to the top of the runs during Simapalooza on Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Powdery day postpones big air competitions as snowcross, speed trap, party blast on Saturday at Mount Sima

Snowy space-themed costume event went down at Mount Sima on April 9-10

Thirty-two racers registered for the snowcross race, in which heats of four compete against each other in a race through gates to the bottom of the run. Twenty-four people sped through the speed gun in the speed competition. The chair lift carried racers and non-racers to the top of the runs during Simapalooza on Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Alison Anderson, at right wearing the yellow helmet, represents the Whitehorse Rapids Speed Skating Club at the Masters International Short Track Games held at the Olympic Oval in Calgary on March 26 and 27. (Arno Hoogveld/Calgary Olympic Oval Facebook)

Whitehorse Masters skater Alison Anderson breaks four world records

Anderson dominated the 30-34 year old category at international compettition in Calgary

Alison Anderson, at right wearing the yellow helmet, represents the Whitehorse Rapids Speed Skating Club at the Masters International Short Track Games held at the Olympic Oval in Calgary on March 26 and 27. (Arno Hoogveld/Calgary Olympic Oval Facebook)
Leah McLean, Lia Hinchey and Jaymi Hinchey represented Judo Yukon at a youth provincial tournament in B.C. in late March. (Judo Yukon Photo)

B.C. tournament includes gold medal for Judo Yukon

Jaymi Hinchey takes first in category, coach says tournament a good step to next year’s winter games

Leah McLean, Lia Hinchey and Jaymi Hinchey represented Judo Yukon at a youth provincial tournament in B.C. in late March. (Judo Yukon Photo)
Organizers are planning for a Skagway start to the Klondike Road Relay for the first time in two years. Pictured is the start of the 2014 relay in Skagway. (Yukon News file)

Klondike Road Relay plans for a Skagway start

On your marks, get set, go… to Skagway. Sport Yukon announced March…

Organizers are planning for a Skagway start to the Klondike Road Relay for the first time in two years. Pictured is the start of the 2014 relay in Skagway. (Yukon News file)
Sasha Masson, right, and Derek Deuling compete in the U18 boys race at the 2020 Yukon Cross Country Ski Championships on Feb. 22 in Whitehorse. Deuling and Masson pulled off a tenth place finish in the 8 x750 team sprint at the 2022 Canadian Cross Country Ski championships. (Yukon News file)

Yukoners race in Canadian Cross Country Ski championships

The late March ski championships were held in Whistler British Columbia

Sasha Masson, right, and Derek Deuling compete in the U18 boys race at the 2020 Yukon Cross Country Ski Championships on Feb. 22 in Whitehorse. Deuling and Masson pulled off a tenth place finish in the 8 x750 team sprint at the 2022 Canadian Cross Country Ski championships. (Yukon News file)
From left to right, Alex Wilson, Jacob Robertson, Jason McKay, Charlie Fidler, Isaac Maddocks, and coaches Chris Arsenault, Lyndsey Boorse are seen at the freestyle ski nationals in Calgary. (Submitted)

Five Yukoners ski in junior freestyle nationals

Jason McKay gets podium finish in slopestyle.

From left to right, Alex Wilson, Jacob Robertson, Jason McKay, Charlie Fidler, Isaac Maddocks, and coaches Chris Arsenault, Lyndsey Boorse are seen at the freestyle ski nationals in Calgary. (Submitted)
Dahria Beatty of Whitehorse, Yukon, competes in the women’s sprint free qualifications at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, China on Feb. 8. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Yukoners land podium finishes at Canadian Cross-Country Ski Championships

Dahria Beatty, Derek Deuling and Sasha Masson all finished top-three in their events

Dahria Beatty of Whitehorse, Yukon, competes in the women’s sprint free qualifications at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, China on Feb. 8. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Athletes watch a competitor perform on the freestyle moguls at Mount Sima during the 2007 Canada Winter Games. (File Photo)

Whitehorse advances Canada Winter Games bid

Members of games committe to perform site visit in late March.

Athletes watch a competitor perform on the freestyle moguls at Mount Sima during the 2007 Canada Winter Games. (File Photo)
Joe Hanson has become the first Yukoner to sign an MLS contract and will be playing with the Whitecaps FC2. (Joe Hanson/Submitted)

Hanson becomes first northerner to sign MLS contract

Striker joins the Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 in new league

Joe Hanson has become the first Yukoner to sign an MLS contract and will be playing with the Whitecaps FC2. (Joe Hanson/Submitted)
A Yamal coach watches figure skating practice during the 2018 Arctic Winter Games in Fort Smith. (NNSL)

Arctic Winter Games bans competitors from Russia due to Ukraine invasion

International comittee won’t allow competitors from Yamal region in northern Russia.

A Yamal coach watches figure skating practice during the 2018 Arctic Winter Games in Fort Smith. (NNSL)
Yukoner Derek Dueling (42) wrapped up the 2022 World Junior Ski Championships in Lygna, Norweay with a 19th place finish in the men’s 10-k. (Alain Masson/Submitted)

World Juniors and World Cup wrap up for Yukon’s top cross-country skiers

Dueling sees another top 20 finish

Yukoner Derek Dueling (42) wrapped up the 2022 World Junior Ski Championships in Lygna, Norweay with a 19th place finish in the men’s 10-k. (Alain Masson/Submitted)
Racers in the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay head south on Haines Highway during the first leg of the race in 2019. (Yukon News file)

Haines to Haines bike relay cancelled for 2022

Next one planned for June 17, 2023

Racers in the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay head south on Haines Highway during the first leg of the race in 2019. (Yukon News file)
Yukoners Sasha Masson (left) and Derek Dueling are part of the Canadian men’s team at the 2022 Nordic World Junior Ski Championships in Lygna, Norway. (Alain Masson/Submitted)

Yukoners take on Nordic World Juniors

Dueling, Masson compete in Norway

Yukoners Sasha Masson (left) and Derek Dueling are part of the Canadian men’s team at the 2022 Nordic World Junior Ski Championships in Lygna, Norway. (Alain Masson/Submitted)
Yukon Quest 300 First place finisher Brent Sass kneels to congratulate his lead dogs Woody and Slater at the Shipayrds park finish line in the early hours of Feb. 22. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Alaska’s Brent Sass wins Yukon Quest 300 in second-half comeback

Sass’ 12-dog team was first across the finish line in Whitehorse

Yukon Quest 300 First place finisher Brent Sass kneels to congratulate his lead dogs Woody and Slater at the Shipayrds park finish line in the early hours of Feb. 22. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
The northern lights lit up the sky over the Braeburn checkpoint of the Yukon Quest 300 mile race early in the morning of Feb. 21. (Yukon Quest/Facebook)

Update: Alaska’s Sass leads YQ 300, Phillips of Tagish Kennels not far behind

100 Mile race concluded. Brent Sass leads 300 miler back to Whitehorse

The northern lights lit up the sky over the Braeburn checkpoint of the Yukon Quest 300 mile race early in the morning of Feb. 21. (Yukon Quest/Facebook)
Nathaniel Hamlyn of Step Up Kennels wins the 2022 Yukon Quest 100-mile race. (Richard Hartmier/Yukon Quest)

Nathaniel Hamlyn takes first place in Yukon Quest 100-mile race

“It was a typical Quest — a bit of everything.”

Nathaniel Hamlyn of Step Up Kennels wins the 2022 Yukon Quest 100-mile race. (Richard Hartmier/Yukon Quest)