Whitehorse Daily Star

March 9, 2020

• AWG cancelled over COVID-19 concern On Saturday, it was announced that the 2020 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, set to begin March 15, would be cancelled due to growing concerns surrounding the novel COVID-19 virus.

March 6, 2020

• Kluane Chilkat bike relay registration set to open The 27th annual Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay opens for registration on March 16.
• Nathaniel Hamlyn wins DPSAY’s Granger Grind The 2020 Granger Grind challenged the eight mushers and their teams who left Mount Lorne toward Skye High Wilderness Ranch last weekend with blowing winds, drifting snow, overflow and steep ascents.
• Team Yukon unveils AWG uniform The 2020 Arctic Winter Games are nine days away.

March 5, 2020

• Alpine skiing hosts Olympian Shona Rubens The Alpine Ski Association of Yukon had a special visitor last weekend when Canadian Olympian Shona Rubens came to work with the territory's athletes.

March 4, 2020

• Biathletes race in Yukon Championships The territory’s biathletes strapped on their skis, or snowshoes, and loaded their rifles for the 2020 Yukon Championships
• Oldtimer hockey Air North scored four times in the final 5:09 of the game to defeat AON 6-3, and in the process, clinched first place overall for the season.
• Peewee Mustangs are golden in Golden The Kal Tire Peewee Mustangs went unbeaten in the Golden Rockets Aeros Tournament in Golden, B.C. from Feb. 21-23.

March 3, 2020

• AWG 2020 releases statement on COVID19 The 2020 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) Host Society is aware of the current concerns surrounding the Coronavirus (COVID-19),
• Squash players mash the competition Squash players filled up the three courts at the back of Better Bodies last weekend for the Yukon Closed Squash Tournament.

March 2, 2020

• Oldtimer hockey scores EDI used a well-rounded attack to defeat AON 5-2
• Skiers compete marathon distances It was a sunny, albeit, chilly Saturday afternoon for the Yukon Ski Marathon beginning in the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club stadium and ending in front of the wax room.

February 28, 2020

• AWG boys b-ball team comes second in Calgary Before many of the Arctic Winter Games boys’ basketball team members stepped on the court wearing their school colours for Superhoops, they were out representing the territory at the 41st Trojan Classic Tournament in Calgary last weekend.
• Bantam Mustangs travel to Arizona The bantam Whitehorse Mustangs, with passports in hand, headed to Scottsdale, Arizona to compete in the Presidents’ Day Invitational Hockey Tournament last weekend.