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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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The department is looking to draft a long-term strategy, and are looking for public feedback.

RCMP say they are investigating Wednesday's rollover south of Teslin.

Applications to both the Yukon and Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation governments are now being accepted until mid-September.

The Yukon Government says a tender to pave the airport's gravel runway is open until mid-September.

The $7.7 million dollar soccer field and rubberized running track behind F.H. Collins Secondary is slated for a June 2019 completion date.

The Yukon Government is announcing the makeup of the group who will look to implement the 40 recommendations from a recently released review.

Travis Dennis will not be eligible for parole for 10 years as part of a life sentence in the second degree murder of Andy Giraudel.

Tamara Goeppel entered a guilty plea on Tuesday, and was sentenced in territorial court Wednesday.