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February 8, 2017
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More images from the 2017 Yukon Quest trail .
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‘I asked a lot of them in the last run,’ Sass says Dawson City buzzed with excitement Tuesday. Fans lined the checkpoint on Front Street waiting for the first Yukon Quest musher to arrive.
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Work To Screen This Evening Filmmaker Daniel Cross speaks with CBC radio’s Dave White
- Death probed Yukon RCMP are investigating the death of a woman in Whitehorse.
- Territory becomes nation’s tiniest jurisdiction The Yukon is now the smallest jurisdiction in Canada, according to 2016 census data released today.
- First reading passed on rezoning The city has taken the first step in rezoning a 1.7-hectare piece of land on Collins Lane from greenbelt to an industrial zone,
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‘I’m really just shocked, appalled and very sad’ Some Whitehorse residents are upset that a deer was left on the Yukon River ice to die.
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Condo corporation looks for water bill refund A local condominium corporation is calling on the city to refund more than $18,000 in fees it paid to the city for water.
February 7, 2017
- Strike threatened in Watson Lake Employees with the Town of Watson Lake could soon be striking, warns the union representing 21 workers.
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A brief journey down the Yukon Quest trail .
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Sass, other frontrunners loping toward Dawson As the sun rose on this community this morning, the Yukon Quest field was down to 20 mushers.
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Phillips cruises to third Yukon Quest 300 win With the Yukon Quest finish banner balanced on two straw bales,
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Search for missing person proves fruitless RCMP divers were unsuccessful in locating a missing person Monday in Whitehorse.
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Swim club, family resolve their differences A suit by a local swim club against a family has been settled out of court.
- Procedures bylaw raises issues of transparency A vote by council next week will determine whether the public will continue to have access to information packages,
- Crown had sought status of a dangerous offender A Whitehorse man has been designated as a long-term offender, and will serve 137 days in jail.
February 6, 2017
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Sharp turns led to early trouble It didn’t take long for the first hint of trail drama to hit the Yukon Quest on Saturday.
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Race sees ceremonial start The runway was unconventional – a raised chute of snow leading from Whitehorse’s Shipyards Park into the Dawson Overland Trail.
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Ex-Quest champions round out top three after Pelly Hugh Neff is setting a blazing pace early in the Yukon Quest.
- Haines Junction resident found dead A member of the Haines Junction community has been found dead.
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Divers searching for missing person’s body Specialized RCMP divers are searching for a missing person in the Yukon River in Whitehorse.
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YP wants answers on YHC board departures The Yukon Party is asking the Yukon Liberals to explain why five members of the Yukon Housing Corp. board were dismissed last week.
- DVD with tax information has gone missing Officials with the Canada Revenue Agency are assuring Yukoners that income tax information stored on a now-missing DVD is unlikely to be accessed.