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The Canada Games Centre will close at 3 p.m. on Sept. 1. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

The Canada Games Centre will close at 3 p.m. Sept. 1 for staff training

The CGC will close so staff can train in emergency procedures and customer service

 

Microphones that can pick up bat calls have to be placed above the creek, which is generating higher noise levels than usual due to fast-flowing water. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

Listening in on bat populations along McIntyre Creek

Hello? Any-bat-ty out there?

 

Rebekah Miller works on “Birch Corset 2”, the piece that was selected as a finalist for the Salt Spring Island National Art Prize. (Submitted)

Yukon artist up for national prize

Rebekah Miller says birch bark corset embodies nature in female form and attempts to enter memory.

 

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in chief Roberta Joseph, right, along with Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm members, accept a $500,000 from the Arctic Inspiration Prize at the Yukon Arts Centre in 2018. (Jackie Hong/Yukon News)

Arctic Inspiration Prize deadline approaches

Letters of intent accepted until Sept. 7

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in chief Roberta Joseph, right, along with Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm members, accept a $500,000 from the Arctic Inspiration Prize at the Yukon Arts Centre in 2018. (Jackie Hong/Yukon News)
A real estate sold sign is shown in a Toronto west end neighbourhood May 16, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy)

Home prices reach new record-highs in second-quarter real estate report

The average sale price of a single-detached house in Whitehorse was $650,700.

A real estate sold sign is shown in a Toronto west end neighbourhood May 16, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy)
An online study asking questions about winter recreation, trails and the impacts of the COVId-19 pandemic on exercise habits is being circulated in the Yukon. Those who answer the questions can win prizes. (File Photo)

Healthy living survey asks Yukoners about recreation and exercise habits

Those who answer the survey can win prizes.

  • Aug 29, 2021
An online study asking questions about winter recreation, trails and the impacts of the COVId-19 pandemic on exercise habits is being circulated in the Yukon. Those who answer the questions can win prizes. (File Photo)
Mayoral candidates Samson Hartland, Patti Balsillie and Laura Cabott, left-right, are asked questions by the Mayoral Candidates Forum at the intersection of Climate and Youth co-moderators Bruce Porter and Kluane Adamek on Aug. 24. (Photo by Asad Chishti)

City of Whitehorse mayoral candidates partake in youth-led climate forum

The youth-led climate forum posed questions to the mayoral candidates about their plans to tackle climate change

Mayoral candidates Samson Hartland, Patti Balsillie and Laura Cabott, left-right, are asked questions by the Mayoral Candidates Forum at the intersection of Climate and Youth co-moderators Bruce Porter and Kluane Adamek on Aug. 24. (Photo by Asad Chishti)
The Yukon government’s innovation plan’s What We Heard document. (Screen shot)
The Yukon government’s innovation plan’s What We Heard document. (Screen shot)
Jessica Frotten is seen at the World Para Athletics Championships in London, England in 2017. (Yonathan Kellerman/Athletics Canada)

Silver extends congralutions to Yukon’s Paralympic representatives Jessica Frotten, Stephanie Dixon

Stephanie Dixon and Jessica Frotten will represent the Yukon proudly, says Premier Sandy Silver

Jessica Frotten is seen at the World Para Athletics Championships in London, England in 2017. (Yonathan Kellerman/Athletics Canada)
The Yukon Arts Centre’s main stage and auditorium. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre file)

Yukon Arts Centre increases theatre capacity after state of emergency lifts

Masks will remain mandatory during preformances.

The Yukon Arts Centre’s main stage and auditorium. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre file)
Haines Junction village council is considering changes to addressing noise in the community. (Village of Haines Junction/Facebook)
Haines Junction village council is considering changes to addressing noise in the community. (Village of Haines Junction/Facebook)
Liberal candidate Brendan Hanley announces his plans to run for office on Aug. 10 outside the Yukon Arts Centre. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

Yukon Party leader criticizes Chief Medical Officer’s decision to enter partisan politics

Currie Dixon called on Brendan Hanley to resign from his position.

Liberal candidate Brendan Hanley announces his plans to run for office on Aug. 10 outside the Yukon Arts Centre. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)
Thomas Carlick of Haines Junction purchased a $100,000-winning lottery ticket at the Little Green Apple in the community. (Western Canada Lottery Commission/Submitted)
Thomas Carlick of Haines Junction purchased a $100,000-winning lottery ticket at the Little Green Apple in the community. (Western Canada Lottery Commission/Submitted)
A firefighter guides two volunteers simulating injuries from the mock plane crash to safety at the Whitehorse airport on Oct. 2, 2018. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Whitehorse firefighters want more cancer coverage in updated legislation

Seven additional cases will be added to the list, but two more are still being negotiated.

A firefighter guides two volunteers simulating injuries from the mock plane crash to safety at the Whitehorse airport on Oct. 2, 2018. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
A lawsuit is before the Yukon Supreme Court with allegations against the Whitehorse Correctional Centre and some of its corrections officers. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Lawsuit alleges beating of man experiencing mental health crisis at Whitehorse jail

Defendants include the Whitehorse Correctional Centre, two managers and five corrections officers.

A lawsuit is before the Yukon Supreme Court with allegations against the Whitehorse Correctional Centre and some of its corrections officers. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
The Yukon Coroner’s Service. (File Photo)

Changes to Yukon Coroner’s Act promise modernization

A process is being designed to allow families of deceased people to request a full inquest.

The Yukon Coroner’s Service. (File Photo)
The historic site sits on a river terrace on the southern shore of the Yukon River, set amongst the rolling hills of the Lewes Plateau in central Yukon. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
The historic site sits on a river terrace on the southern shore of the Yukon River, set amongst the rolling hills of the Lewes Plateau in central Yukon. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)
Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)

Youth will led climate change forum for those running for the mayor or Whitehorse position

‘The climate emergency should be on the forefront of the City of Whitehorse municipal election’

Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)
Whitehorse City Hall (Yukon News file)
Ranj Pillai, the territory’s minister of Tourism and Culture, and Morris Morrison, deputy chief Selkirk First Nation, at signing ceremony for the Huchá Hudän/Fort Selkirk Management Plan on Aug. 21 (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Huchá Hudän/Fort Selkirk plan represents decades of work

New buffer zone protects Huchá Hudän/ Fort Selkirk for future generations

Ranj Pillai, the territory’s minister of Tourism and Culture, and Morris Morrison, deputy chief Selkirk First Nation, at signing ceremony for the Huchá Hudän/Fort Selkirk Management Plan on Aug. 21 (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Food trucks gather on Steele Street between Front and Second for the annual Street Eats Festival in August 2019. A new partnership between the Yukon Arts Centre and City of Whitehorse will bring the community the Street Eats & Beats Cultural Festival in September. (Julien Gignac/Yukon News file)

YAC and City of Whitehorse have partnered to create the Street Eats & Beats Cultural Festival

The new festival will highlight the city’s culinary and art scenes from Sept. 9-11

Food trucks gather on Steele Street between Front and Second for the annual Street Eats Festival in August 2019. A new partnership between the Yukon Arts Centre and City of Whitehorse will bring the community the Street Eats & Beats Cultural Festival in September. (Julien Gignac/Yukon News file)