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• Whitehorse hotel fined

  The Days Inn Whitehorse will pay a $1,500 fine after emergency lights were found not working in the hotel after a July power outage.

• Items returned to Montreal climber

  Monique Richard had to leave $10,000 worth of equipment on Mount Logan when she was rescued in June, but thanks to some fellow climbers two very important items were salvaged.

• Updated: Mail bomb suspect arrested in Whitehorse

  A 73-year-old man is in custody and faces charges after allegedly sending a package containing a bomb to Port Alice, BC.

• BC missing person case closed in Whitehorse

  Police have identified remains found near Long Lake Road in 2009 as a Port Coquitlam man reported missing in 2007.

• Yukon Forum goes in Dawson

  The third of four yearly meetings marked one year since the territorial government and First Nations completed a Joint Action Plan.

• Mummified mammals unveiled in Dawson City

  A wolf pup and caribou calf found by miners two years ago have been cleaned up and are on display while scientists try to find out more background about the beasts.

• Death of Whitehorse man under investigation

  RCMP say not much is known but they are looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 39-year-old Whitehorse man in Vancouver on Wednesday.

• Whitehorse continuing care facility opens

  Yukoners got a sneak peek at the 150 bed facility Wednesday afternoon before residents start moving in next month.

• Yukon literacy award handed out

  For her extensive work with the Association franco-yukonnaise, Isabelle Salesse is this year's Council of the Federation Literacy Award winner for Yukon.

• Yukon Government gets ready for e-waste

  New Designated Materials Regulations take effect October 1st, and the government is awarding a contract to Raven Recycling of Whitehorse to properly dispose of electronic items.

• Major infrastructure project in Carmacks

  The federal and territorial governments are spending over $16 million on a new arena for the community.

• Lower Post heads home

  The BC Wildfire Service has now lifted an Evacuation Order for the 150 residents who have been displaced by wildfire for over two weeks.

• Yukon job numbers released

  The Bureau of Statistics reports the rate for August remains under three per cent where it has been for all of 2018 so far.

• Yukon Conservatives to pick federal candidate

  Whitehorse resident Jonas Smith is the first to declare his nomination intentions for the 2019 election.

• Yukon Government admits wrongdoing in youth group homes

  Health and Social Services Minister, Deputy Minister apologize during release of a third-party report looking into Transitional Support Services.

• Pioneer Cemetery restored in Whitehorse

  The downtown resting place for many Yukon pioneers received $500,000 in upgrades thanks to the work of many community groups, and governments.

• Yukon crime numbers out

  The Bureau of Statistics says while the territory has the third-highest crime rate in the country, the main numbers are falling.

• Hunter found dead in northern Yukon

  The Yukon Coroner says a Fort McPherson hunter didn't return from a weekend caribou hunting trip near the Dempster Highway, and a search commenced in blizzard conditions.

• Theft of tailgates in Whitehorse

  A rash of weekend thefts from pickup trucks has RCMP issuing a warning.

• New name for Teslin School

  The school is now named after a well-known area historical figure.

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