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• Wait list for social housing on the rise in Yukon

  The Yukon Housing Corporation says 283 people were waiting to access social housing as of September, with a few projects in the works.

• City of Whitehorse brings down Capital Budget

  The four-year spending plan includes water and waste, fire protection, parks and trails, recreation and transit projects.

• Plan set for tackling opioids in Yukon

  The territorial government plan has four main pillars and a number of long and short-term actions.

• New electric vehicle charging station available for Yukoners

  The Yukon government's third public charging station is located at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse.

• Canada Post strike hits Whitehorse

  The union representing postal workers across Canada have been staging rotating strikes across the country over the past few weeks, and now the job action has come to Yukon.

• New Yukon population numbers released

  The Bureau of Statistics says the number of people living in the territory has climbed 2.1 per cent since last year.

• Remembrance Day in Yukon

  A number of ceremonies are set for Sunday throughout the territory to remember those who gave so much, and to mark 100 years since the end of World War 1.

• Whitehorse highway improvements questioned

  The Yukon NDP say Hillcrest residents have been asking for Alaska Highway intersection improvements for years, while the minister in charge says planning is underway.

• Dawson smash up results in charges

  A 19-year-old Whitehorse man faces two charges in connection with a break in at the Red Feather Saloon October 21st.

• Yukoners urged to keep up on vitamin D levels

  It's vitamin D Awareness Month, and a Calgary researcher points out consequences and solutions to maintaining the vitamin in your body.

• Air North reviews Ottawa route

  The airline says lower passenger numbers, higher fuel costs, and new airport fees in Yellowknife have resulted in a less-profitable run.

• Yukon survival story artifact unveiled

  The family of rescue pilot Chuck Hamilton has donated an important piece from the Flores-Klaben plane crash of 1963 to the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse.

• Whitehorse group looking at Safe Ride Home program

  The Free the Beat Foundation says it wants to set up the program to begin at midnight on New Year's as a way to get intoxicated people home safely.

• Yukon Farmers of the Year named

  Scott and Jackie Dickson of Takhini River Ranch pick up this year's award.

• Yukon doctors meet in Whitehorse

  The Yukon Medical Association met in Whitehorse on Friday to discuss a number of topics, and hear from the president of the Canadian Medical Association, and Yukon's health minister.

• Cannabis Yukon shipping in the spotlight

  After a RUSH report on cannabis shipping, the opposition Yukon Party has been pressing the Liberal government on costs and package size in the legislative assembly and now the Liquor Corporation has come up with some answers.

• Yukon Energy to rent diesel generators

  The corporation says it will have to bring in six diesel generators for the winter to make sure there's enough power in case of a generation shortfall.

• Yukon counselling service gives strike notice

  Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services says employees will take job action on Friday afternoon as a new collective agreement has not been reached.

• Yukon Supreme Court Justice dies

  Updated: Chief Justice, Law Society President, MP and Justice minister remember Justice Leigh Gower as a man whose legacy will be felt in Yukon law for a long time.

• Whitehorse city council in place

  Four returning members and three new faces will make up council for the next three years.

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