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Explosion destroys home in Whitehorse, killing one person, injuring another
The remnants of a house that was destroyed in an explosion in the Riverdale subdivision of Whitehorse, Yukon is shown on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. An explosion that demolished a home in Whitehorse has killed one person and seriously injured another. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Thomas
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B.C. and Alberta men face charges in Whitehorse drug raid
A Metro Vancouver man and another from Alberta face several charges related to a weekend drug raid in Whitehorse. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Police see no immediate danger after two men murdered in village of Mayo, Yukon
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Report details challenges of finding affordable housing in Canada’s North: ‘These tenants need a voice’
Aurora Rose Gellenbeck is seen in this handout image provided January 9, 2023. Aurora Rose Gellenbeck has been living out of a hotel in Yellowknife for the past month because she hasn't been able to find anywhere suitable to rent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO- Aurora Rose Gellenbeck **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Yukon RCMP shoot and kill man in Whitehorse near airport
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Yukon RCMP officer, suspect shot in Whitehorse
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Police say a Yukon RCMP officer and a suspect were shot Wednesday in Whitehorse. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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What to do in Whitehorse this summer: The trails, markets, food trucks and spas to visit in 2022
Two women in the pool at the Takhini Hot Springs Whitehorse, for our Cross Canada Travel story Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs Whitehorse
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Stretches of the Alaska Highway closed due to flooding
The Alaska Highway is surrounded by boreal forest running north towards Whitehorse, Yukon in this file photo taken June 21, 2007.
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Yukon expands second COVID-19 booster shot to residents 50 and older
Nurse Angie Bartelen prepares a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine for Yukon's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Brendan Hanley, at the Yukon Convention Centre in Whitehorse on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Thomas
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Yukon says new temporary COVID-19 public health measures come into effect Tuesday
Yukon government legislature building is shown in Whitehorse, Yukon, on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. Under new COVID-19 guidelines that go into effect Tuesday, all private and public gatherings will be limited to 10 people or two households, including team sports, recreation and leisure activities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Kelly
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Yukon reports 27 new COVID-19 cases, but government says active infections unchanged
A nurse prepares a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Yukon Convention Centre in Whitehorse on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Thomas
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Once ahead of the curve, Yukon finds itself in a new COVID-19 battle
FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (NIAID-RML via AP)
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COVID-19 cases surge in Yukon, double vaccinated cases rising, says health officer
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver addresses the audience at the Yukon Government swearing in ceremony, in the Yukon Government Legislature foyer, in Whitehorse on May 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Kelly
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Volunteers fill sandbags, evacuation alerts issued as flooding threatens parts of Yukon
Local Yupik hunters travel beside the Bering Sea and near the climate change affected Yupik Eskimo village of Quinhagak on the Yukon Delta in Alaska on April 12, 2019. - With recent unusually high temperatures life in this remote villages has been affected causing eroded land, flooding, and difficulties to access roads and to hunting. Local leaders are also mulling moving the entire village of 700 people to safer grounds. "From 1901 to 2016, average temperatures in the mainland United States increased by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (one degree Celsius), whereas in Alaska they increased by 4.7 degrees," said Rick Thoman, a climate expert with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. According to a 2009 report by the Government Accountability Office, the majority of the state's more than 200 native villages are affected by erosion and flooding, with 31 facing "inminent threats". (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
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Vancouver couple pleads guilty to breaking Yukon COVID rules, travelling for vaccine
A nurse prepares a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Yukon Convention Centre in Whitehorse on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Thomas
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Dressed for success: Exhibition of Indigenous graduation regalia tours the Yukon
The Honouring Our Future: Yukon First Nations Graduation Regalia exhibit at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon. The exhibit is a collaboration between the Yukon Arts Centre, Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre and Teslin Tlingit Council. For the next two years it will tour Yukon's communities. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)
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Former Great Canadian Gaming Corp CEO and spouse have first court hearing for allegedly violating Yukon’s quarantine rules
Rod Baker, CEO Great Canadian Gaming Corporation during Casino Nova Scotia Sydney's re-launch celebration event in June 2016.
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NDP wins seat by drawing lots in Yukon, Liberals plan to form minority government
A voter is shown at a Whitehorse polling station during the Yukon election on Monday April 12, 2021. The final seat count in the Yukon election could be determined by drawing of lots today if a judicial recount confirms a tie in a battleground riding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Kelly
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Yukon eases COVID-19 restrictions for in-class learning in Whitehorse
Yukon's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Brendan Hanley, prepares to receive his COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Angie Bartelen at the Yukon Convention Centre, in Whitehorse, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Students in grades 10 to 12 in Whitehorse, Yukon, will soon return to classes as the territory's top doctor says progress has been made in vaccination efforts. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Thomas
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The Yukon, the COVID-19 vaccine and a casino couple who tried to game the system
The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. There are three new cases of COVID-19 in Yukon, with all of the new infections linked to previous cases in Whitehorse. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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A Fitbit keeps my 90-something mom motivated and moving
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Canadian leg of Yukon Quest dog-sled race cancelled due to coronavirus
Sled dogs bark at the start line of the Yukon Quest at Shipyards Park in Whitehorse, Yukon on Saturday, February 2, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Crystal Schick
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Many Yukon students head back to class for first time since COVID-19 pandemic shut schools
Students in many parts of Yukon are heading back to class for the first day of the new school year.
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Yukon reports first case of COVID-19 within the territory since April 20
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Yukon ready to ease border controls starting Wednesday
Jake Loos, Yukon Grain Farm employee, drags a pallet past bags of feed at the Yukon Grain Farm near Whitehorse, Yukon, on Feb. 19, 2020. The Yukon is set to ease border restrictions beginning on July 1, 2020.
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Wheat in Whitehorse: how climate change helps feed Canada’s remote regions
Farmer Steve Mackenzie-Grieve holds some of his wheat yield at the Yukon Grain Farm near Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada February 19, 2020. Picture taken February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Crystal Schick
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Yukon to scrap seasonal time changes after public consultations
Once Yukon residents spring their clocks forward this weekend, there will be no turning back.
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‘Supersites’ in Iqaluit, Whitehorse to improve Arctic weather forecasting
Ice patterns are seen in Baffin Bay above the arctic circle from the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent on July 10, 2008. Weather matters in the Arctic like it does in few other places, but Environment Canada's forecasts for the North have long been hampered by poor data. Now, the end of a five-year program has installed two new Arctic "supersites" in Whitehorse and Iqaluit to give northerners a more accurate sense of some of the country's most extreme weather -- and improve scientific understanding of the entire changing Arctic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Capt. Dick Stevenson, legendary Sourtoe Cocktail founder, dies in Whitehorse
"Toe Captain" Sue Taylor, left, toasts with Heather McRobbie, right, as she prepares to drink the Sourtoe Cocktail, a shot of whisky containing a dehydrated human toe, in Dawson City, Yukon, on Sunday, July 1, 2018. Drinkers interested in joining the Sourtoe Cocktail Club purchase a shot of liquor, typically Yukon Jack, pay the "Toe Captain" a fee of $5, pledge the "Sourtoe Oath" and a dehydrated human toe is dropped in their drink. The only rule is: "You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow, but your lips have got to touch the toe." The hotel bar currently has two toes with more expected to be donated by Nick Griffiths, of England, who lost three toes to frostbite in the 480-kilometre Yukon Arctic Ultra marathon in February. The original toe was accidentally swallowed by a man in 1980. In 2013, a man deliberately swallowed the toe and in 2017, the toe was stolen before being mailed back to the hotel by the alleged thief with a letter of apology. According to the Klondike Visitors Association the legend of the sourtoe dates back to the 1920's when Louie Linken lost a toe to frostbite while smuggling liquor to Alaska via dogsled and preserved it in a jar of alcohol. Years later the toe was discovered by Capt. Dick Stevenson, a former Yukon riverboat captain, and the club and rules were established. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. Premier John Horgan meets with his Yukon counterpart during visit to territory
B.C. Premier John Horgan speaks about a partnership between the province and City of Vancouver to create new child care spaces, in Vancouver, on Thursday July 4, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Connecting with Indigenous culture in the Yukon
Kluane Nationa Park.jpg for Yukon story in Pursuits
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Four officers, no weapons, no charges: A Yukon First Nation’s solution for keeping the peace
Four officers, no weapons, no charges: A Yukon First Nation’s solution for keeping the peace
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Two Alaska residents identified as victims in Yukon plane crash
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TSB investigators on way to scene after deadly single-engine plane crash in Yukon
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Small plane crashes in Yukon, killing two people