Nearly $1 million in combined federal and territorial government funding will go toward improving access to opioid treatment services for those living with substance use disorders, it was announced Monday in Whitehorse.
A familiar, if somewhat unconventional, holiday event has resumed for its 27th season in Whitehorse, but the man who’s better known as Garbage Truck Santa worries he’s celebrating on borrowed time.
As the year’s final Yukon Forum wrapped up Friday, officials announced they will undertake a joint review of the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board.
Alpine Aviation owner Gerd Mannsperger says his company is looking for long-term stability – and a decision city council made last Monday evening does nothing to address that.
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Woman’s assailant jailed 27 months
A man who was convicted of breaking into a Carcross woman’s residence and sexually assaulting her was sentenced to 27 months’ jail time in the territory and
a two-year probation to follow.
Wilderness Wonder
Mist is seen coming off Teslin Lake
Many Rivers is no longer listed as a society
With its employees on strike for more than a month, Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services is being looked at for its status as a society.
Food for Fines donations presented to groups
Mayor Dan Curtis presented this year’s Food for Fines donations to the Whitehorse Food Bank and Kaushee’s Place on Friday.
Bagnell aims for another term in Ottawa
Nearly three months after learning who his Tory competitor would be next year,
Standing-room-only crowd remembers loved ones
Inside the lobby of the Elijah Smith Building early Thursday afternoon, a standing-room-only crowd gathered at the annual Lights of Life ceremony.
Spanish citizen sentenced for child porn offence
A Yukon deputy judge has sentenced a 48-year-old Spanish citizen convicted of making child pornography to 15 months time served.
Society salutes a Yukon conservation champion
Whitehorse resident Dorothy Bradley has been awarded the 2018 Gerry Couture Stewardship Award by the Yukon Conservation Society.
Housing project receives a $1.15-million infusion
The Yukon government has provided $1.15 million to the Challenge Disability Resource Group (CDRG).
Yukoner Honoured On The Hill
Whitehorse resident Charlotte Hrenchuk is introduced today before receiving a Governor General’s Award
Suggestion could see wage hiked to $15 per hour
The Yukon government is set to review a recommendation that could see the hourly minimum wage for the territory be slowly bumped up to just above $15 by 2021 from its existing $11.51.
Opioid-related deaths climb to 18 since 2016
After witnessing 16 deaths since 2016 related to opioids as of November, the territory has now seen that number jump to 18.
Oh Guard!
The Music, Art and Drama (MAD) class
Educators absorb Code Create Teach initiative
Kids Code Jeunesse’s national Code Create Teach initiative, in collaboration with Lighthouse Labs, visited Whitehorse on Tuesday.
Over-collection of data occurred: commissioner
The Yukon’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) has found that the Department of Insured Health and Hearing Services violated the Health Information Privacy and Management Act (HIPMA).
