Whitehorse Daily Star: News Archive

News Archive

Five mushers remained on the Yukon Quest trail as of Thursday afternoon. Swedish rookie Nora Själin is the next expected musher into Whitehorse.
Swedish musher fulfilled his ambition Swedish veteran Torsten Kohnert accomplished his pre-race goal,
Sixth-placer arrives to small cheering section Ryne Olson, 31, from Two Rivers, Ak., became the sixth musher to finish the 37th Yukon Quest, arriving at 2:59 a.m. today at Shipyards Park. Goblin and Cooke led the team into the finish chute.
Mother Nature proved she’s boss, fourth placer says On Wednesday, the 12th day of the 37th Yukon Quest, three-time Quest champion and perennial frontrunner Allen Moore crossed the finish line in Whitehorse at 1:20 p.m. with 12 dogs, securing fourth place.
Council approves zoning bylaw Zoning bylaw amendments to a section of undeveloped commercial property in the Whistle Bend subdivision are in part designed to be people-friendly.

Snowfall called ‘really unusual’ The snowfall through Monday and into Tuesday morning dropped 27 centimetres on a portion of southern Yukon, says an Environment Canada meteorologist.
Strathe just wanted dogs to do their best One, of many, things you learn while travelling the Yukon Quest trail is that no matter the time of day, a crowd will gather to congratulate a musher coming into a checkpoint.
Extra rest makes his dogs happier, musher finds Cody Strathe strengthened his hold on third place in the Yukon Quest on Monday, increasing his lead over 2018 champion Allen Moore.
Mushers fought snowstorm to reach Braeburn On Monday afternoon, the leaders of the 37th Yukon Quest, Brent Sass and Michelle Phillips, reached Braeburn, the final checkpoint before the finish in Whitehorse.
Eight mushers still Whitehorse-bound The top three mushers in the 37th Yukon Quest 1,000-mile sled dog race have completed the journey and reached Whitehorse from Fairbanks.
‘There were so many adventures,’ Phillips says Local musher Michelle Phillips may not have won the 37th Yukon Quest, however, the crowd she garnered was just as large as the victor’s, Brent Sass.
‘The dogs did an amazing job,’ Sass says Brent Sass, 40, from Eureka, Alaska, kicked and ski poled his way into view, then across the Yukon Quest finish line at the chute in Whitehorse at 2:51 p.m. Tuesday with 11 dogs.

Quest’s third-placer strengthens his lead Cody Strathe strengthened his hold on third place in the Yukon Quest on Monday, increasing his lead over 2018 champion Allen Moore.
Race gets race truly competitive in Pelly, former winner says Aliy Zirkle was the first, and only, woman to win the Yukon Quest, in 2000.
‘Communications failure’ blamed for widespread outage Last Friday evening’s power outage affecting some 9,000 customers occurred when Yukon Energy lost generation at three sites, says the corporation’s communication manager.
Leaders making final push to Whitehorse On Monday afternoon, the leaders of the 37th Yukon Quest, Brent Sass and Michelle Phillips, reached Braeburn, the final checkpoint before the finish Whitehorse.
Take stand on Indigenous dispute, MP urged Yukoners are asking Larry Bagnell, the territory’s MP, to take a firm stance on the growing dispute on Wet’suwet’en territory in northern B.C.
Supportive housing development gets council’s approval City council gave final zoning approval Monday for a new 84-unit supportive housing development after a bit of a roller coaster ride for the project proposal.

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