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May 7, 2021
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Again, Air North is Alberta-bound Air North has resumed flights to Calgary and Edmonton for the first time in more than a year.
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A spring ritual: river breaks up at Dawson The Yukon River broke up in front of Dawson at 10:28 a.m. Thursday, approximately 12 hours after the Klondike River flushed the night before.
- Security breach involves T4A forms in envelopes A security breach by the territorial Department of Finance involves 400 envelopes containing social insurance numbers, names and addresses.
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"Sourdough Thermometer" The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
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Northern Lights School of Dance presents showcases, ballet The Northern Lights School of Dance is presenting two shows at the Yukon Arts Centre.
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Changes loom for Shallow Bay land parcels As the debate continues over proposed zoning and the subdivision of properties in the Shallow Bay area,
- Tam, Hanley to be available for questions Yukoners are invited to tune into a Zoom event Saturday to ask questions to Canada’s chief public officer of health, Dr. Theresa Tam, and the Yukon’s chief medical officer of Health, Dr. Brendan Hanley.
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The Ross River forest service office of 1977 In 1977 in Ross River, there was no TV and there were no cell phones.
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Carcross-area attraction copes with massive meltwater flood Carcross-area attraction copes with massive meltwater flood
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MLAs must attend anti-bullying courses but remain in caucus The Yukon Party is taking further action to reprimand two veteran MLAs following the ongoing text scandal that went public last Sunday night.
May 6, 2021
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Business owners seek clarification on planned rules change The Yukon government has announced that bars and restaurants can reopen to full capacity on May 25, but it might be a mixed blessing.
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Food Experts Galore ‘Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen’ opened Wednesday at the Northern Front Studio.
- Premier shuffles deputy minister ranks Premier Sandy Silver continued to freshen up his incoming government Wednesday as he shuffled some senior bureaucratic positions following Monday’s introduction of his new cabinet.
- Man dies after skateboarding mishap A 28-year-old man has died following a skateboarding accident last Sunday.
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Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon unveiled his shadow cabinet Thursday. “We have a strong team that is going to hold the government to account and bring the concerns of Yukoners to the floor of the house,” said Dixon.
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Minister, Indigenous organizations condemn MLAs’ behaviour You can colour Jeanie McLean, the minister responsible for the Women’s Directorate, unimpressed with the recent behaviour of Yukon Party MLAs Stacey Hassard and Wade Istchenko.
May 5, 2021
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Friends For Life A Whitehorse woman is calling these three city firefighters ‘heroes’ for their part in rescuing her dog (in photo) from a deep pit last Friday night in Porter Creek.
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Fire destroys truck, singes siding A vehicle was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon at Mountainview Place off Range Road.
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Honouring An Enormous Legacy More than 50 people attended a ‘Remembering Thomas Berger’ celebration at noon Tuesday at the Healing Totem.
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The Liberal cabinet is formally sworn-in The territory’s new Liberal cabinet was sworn in by Commissioner Angélique Bernard early Monday evening.
- B.C. couple’s case is put off The British Columbia couple who travelled to Beaver Creek last January to allegedly fraudulently obtain COVID-19 vaccines are due back in court on May 18.
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City receives cost break on watermain work City hall is catching a $1-million break in the installation of a new stormwater main that will proceed along the Selkirk Street right-of-way toward the Yukon River.
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Istchenko should resign for offensive remarks: WRFN The controversy over the severely offensive group text messages involving Yukon Party MLAs Wade Istchenko and Stacey Hassard continues to cause ripples of damage.
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Travel rule relaxation is planned for May 25 If anyone was hearing a dull roar over the skies of the Yukon at about 10:45 this morning,