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• Smoke rolls into southern Yukon

  Yukon Wildland Fire Management says outside fires are pushing smoke into the territory.

• Peel plan comes home

  Yukon Government, First Nations sign a land use plan for the Peel Watershed 15 years in the making.

• Whitehorse students head back to class

  RCMP say they will be watching school zones as children grab the backpack and begin another year.

• Death in Ross River confirmed to be a Homicide

  The death of a woman in Ross River has been confirmed by Yukon RCMP as a homicide.

• YG, First Nations to welcome final Peel plan

  A big celebration is planned in Mayo Thursday afternoon as the years-long saga of drawing up a Peel Regional Land Use Plan comes to a close with a signing ceremony.

• Fire destroys Dawson houseboat

  A friend says piano man Dwayne Kelly is homeless after an engine fire engulfed his boat on Wednesday and has started a fundraising campaign.

• Vuntut Gwitchin Chief 'optimistic' over ANWR

  Dana Tizya-Tramm says while oil and gas development has been approved for the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a series of measures in Washington are turning the tide toward land protection.

• Yukon's private pot sector grows

  Changes are on the way for the cannabis industry in the territory, which has one store owner speaking out.

• Yukon RCMP Headquarters present heart garden to local First Nations

  The R-C-M-P's M Division headquarters in Downtown Whitehorse is taking another step toward reconciliation efforts with First Nations.

• Options explored for Whitehorse Emergency Shelter

  Yukon's Health and Social Services minister says a number of actions are being planned after residents voice concern over the number of people loitering and causing problems for the neighbourhood.

• TSB arrives in Yukon to begin plane crash investigation

  Alkan Air also thanks those for reaching out in the wake of Tuesday's tragedy northeast of Mayo.

• Pot shop arrives in Dawson City

  Yukon's first private cannabis retailer outside of Whitehorse opened Friday.

• Dawson's Sourtoe Cocktail marks sweet record

  A woman from the United States became the 90,000th recorded person to drink it fast, drink it slow and have your lips touch the toe.

• Post-secondary reconciliation institute meets in Yukon

  Yukon College is hosting colleges and universities from across Canada to talk reconciliation.

• Names released in Yukon plane crash

  A 24-year-old Whitehorse pilot and 33-year-old Vancouver geologist have been identified by the Chief Coroner as those killed in Tuesday's crash northeast of Mayo.

• Service providers join forces bolster housing supports in Whitehorse

  A range of service providers in Whitehorse gathered to offer brunch and support to anyone struggling with housing and homelessness in the City.

• Yukon backyards bare berries for bears

  Environment Yukon says it's the time of year where bears are looking to fatten up for the winter and there have been a few instances of backyard bears in the Whitehorse area.

• Downtown Whitehorse landscaping contract on hold

  Alexander Street residents tell city council there's no point doing landscaping work until the 'chaotic' situation around the Emergency Shelter is addressed.

• Whitehorse pond algae has locals trying to grow a solution

  The primary function of the pond is to collect and store stormwater from Whistle Bend, but algae growth has interfered with some of its primary functions.

• Central Yukon plane crash kills two

  A pilot and passenger were the only ones on the Alkan Air Cessna 208 Caravan heading for Mayo when it went down on the north side of Mayo Lake early Tuesday afternoon.

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