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December 19, 2022
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AYC helps boost Share the Spirit The Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) is giving back through a donation to Share the Spirit Yukon.
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Share the Spirit helping Yukoners celebrate Photo Spread
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Extreme cold to remain all week The frigid temperatures that moved into the Yukon over the weekend are expected to stay around all week, meteorologist Bobby Sekhon of Environment and Climate Change Canada said this morning.
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Respiratory viruses are proving significant here The flu is hitting children and older Yukoners hard, says Dr. Sudit Ranade, the chief medical officer of health.
- New YFL head ready to tackle major issues After its latest convention, the Yukon Federation of Labour (YFL) has a new president to represent the territory’s workers.
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Budget was far from record-setting, YP says The Liberal government’s capital budgeting falls well short of record-setting, the Yukon Party says.
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Subdivision is in conceptual design stage The Kwanlin Dun First Nation’s (KDFN’s) development corporation is planning a major commercial-residential subdivision directly across from the Whitehorse airport.
December 16, 2022
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Northwestel completes 2022 fibre projects Northwestel Inc. marked the completion of its 2022 fibre-to-the-home projects with community celebrations in Burwash Landing and Haines Junction.
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Telling Tales To St. Nick Santa dropped in to visit with the seniors at their Christmas dinner held Dec. 7 at the Teslin Rec Plex.
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Christmas at Carcross in 1901 Turkey shoot at the Caribou
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Island fun at the MAD theatre .
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NCES celebrates spanking new premises The board and staff of the Northern Cultural Expressions Society (NCES), well-known as the Carving Studio, and their supporters celebrated the opening of their new gallery and studio last Saturday.
- Pillai confirmed as candidate With the candidates’ deadline just three weeks away, Ranj Pillai remains the sole hopeful pursuing the Yukon Liberal Party leadership.
- Plan to help vulnerable Yukoners: government The work plan to address the May 2022 report by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) on the state of housing for vulnerable Yukoners is now available to Yukoners.
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Yukoners gather to remember loved ones “To my beautiful son, Ryan, I love you, I miss you, XOXO, your Mom.”
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Preserve staff mourn recent death of third young lynx The last of three lynx born at the Yukon Wilderness Preserve in the spring of 2021 has died.
- Second river crossing to be studied The 2023 capital budget adopted by city council at its meeting Monday includes $100,000 to explore options for a second Yukon River crossing in Whitehorse.
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‘Each one of these deaths is a tragedy’ For the second year in a row, illicit drugs have taken the lives of 25 Yukoners, according to the territory’s chief coroner.
December 15, 2022
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High Honour For Former Premier Tony Penikett, the Yukon’s NDP premier from 1985 to 1992, is seen Wednesday with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at Rideau Hall in Ottawa after being invested as an officer into the Order of Canada.
- Bid to ban snowmobiles on trail is defeated A motion by Coun. Kirk Cameron to ban snowmobile use on one trail in the Whitehorse North Trail Plan was defeated at Monday’s city council meeting.
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Surveying The Thickness Employees from Cobalt Construction were out testing the ice along the do-it-yourself trail across the Yukon River in Dawson City on Wednesday afternoon.
- Inclusivity advisory committee closer to fruition At its meeting Monday, city council passed first and second readings of the bylaw required to create the inclusivity advisory committee.
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Agreement designed to preserve more wilderness The Yukon and federal governments said Wednesday they have charted a new path with an agreement to help protect and conserve nature.
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Liberals underspent on lot development, committee told Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn has some explaining to do about the Liberal government’s record on developing lots, the Yukon Party says.
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Engine malfunction forces U.S. fighter jet to land here Whitehorse’s international airport saw some harmless excitement earlier this week.