Whitehorse, Yukon News

Yukon News is one of the two independent newspapers based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Established in 1960, it initially published weekly until the late 1970s. Today, it prints twice a week, with its Monday issue available exclusively online. The Yukon News has earned multiple awards at both national and regional levels for its excellence in reporting, photography, design, and layout.

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In Photos: Northern Lights School of dance prepares for new show

6 days ago | yukon-news.com | Jim Elliot

On May 8, Northern Lights School of Dance dancers performed during a dress rehearsal of the school's show entitled NEWS....To Us, which will be on stage at the Yukon Arts Centre May 9 and 10. On May 8, Northern Lights School of Dance dancers performed during a dress rehearsal of the school's show entitled NEWS....To Us, which will be on stage at the Yukon Arts Centre May 9 and 10. Contact Jim Elliot at [email protected]
Students celebrate diverse heritage in Yukon/Stikine Heritage Fair

1 week ago | yukon-news.com | Michael Gates

Students from all over the territory gathered at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on May 1 to share their heritage projects with the public. The 2025 Yukon/Stikine Regional Heritage Fair is part of a national program to encourage students to explore Canadian heritage in both official languages.
Two people dead in Alaska Highway collision near Teslin

1 week ago | yukon-news.com | Jim Elliot

The Yukon RCMP are reporting two deaths in an Alaska Highway collision that took place in the early-morning hours of May 7 north of Teslin. A May 8 notice from the RCMP explains that a sedan collided head-on with a semi truck in the vicinity of highway kilometre marker 1267 at around 4 a.m. on May 7. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene and one person is being treated for minor injuries. The Yukon RCMP communications team confirmed that both of the deceased were in the sedan.
Update: Alaska Highway reopens following collision

1 week ago | yukon-news.com | Jim Elliot

Update May 7 11:00 a.m: According to the Yukon RCMP the highway has reopened. Yukon 511 is still advising motorists to exercise caution, be prepared to stop and to keep on the lookout for equipment and flag people. in a Facebook post, the Yukon Department of Highways and public works specifies that the highway is open to single-lane alternating traffic. Original Story: Yukon 511 is reporting a multi-vehicle collision that has closed the Alaska Highway between Teslin and Johnson's Crossing.
Update: One fatality reported in helicopter crash near Whitehorse

1 week ago | yukon-news.com | Jim Elliot

Update May 5, 3:45 p.m: Additional information on the helicopter crash provided by the Yukon Coroner's Service states that the deceased is a 47-year-old pilot from Alberta. According to the coroner's service, the aircraft had been in flight for about an hour prior to the crash. The incident was reported via emergency locator transmitters at 3:10 p.m. on May 2. Original Story: A helicopter crash near Whitehorse has left one crew member dead.
History Hunter: Tales of an northern long-haul trucker

1 week ago | yukon-news.com | Michael Gates

The Whitehorse Tim Horton’s is a great place to meet for friendly conversation, and that’s where I ran into Harold Cowx having a coffee. I had recently interviewed him and recorded his memories of 62 years of trucking, mainly in the North. Judging by those he greeted while I was there, this must be one of his regular haunts. Harold was born in Ontario 87 years ago. Along with a brother and a cousin, he enlisted in the Canadian army while the Korean conflict was raging.
Yukonomist: The fading echoes of the Alaska Highway gas pipeline

1 week ago | yukon-news.com | Keith Halliday

The DJs at the Kopper King played disco and the lines at the Yukon Theatre stretched around the block for the new science fiction phenomenon Star Wars. The Yukon News was still the new newspaper in town and its headlines were about oil embargos and geopolitical crises. Oil had just started flowing through the recently completed pipeline from the North Slope to Valdez and onto the tankers headed to Bellingham, Washington.
Watson Lake man says alleged bear spray attack has left him feeling unsafe in Whitehorse

1 week ago | yukon-news.com | Jim Elliot

An alleged bear spray attack in downtown Whitehorse has changed a Watson Lake man’s view of safety in the Yukon capital for the worse — much worse. Byron Holbein was in Whitehorse ahead of a medical appointment on April 14 when he says he was bear sprayed in the face and robbed by two men. He described the men approaching him as he was walking back from a pharmacy to the motel he was staying at near the corner of Jarvis Street and 4th Avenue.
Whitehorse taxi driver sentenced for 2024 collision that caused serious injuries

2 weeks ago | yukon-news.com | Jim Elliot

A taxi driver in Whitehorse was sentenced on a Motor Vehicle Act charge from a 2024 collision with a pedestrian that left the woman crossing a street grievously injured. On April 30, Judge John Phelps of the Yukon Territorial Court read the sentence for Abdella Kassim Jemallo. The judge noted that the sentence on the Motor Vehicle Act charge of driving at unreasonable speed, is regulatory rather than criminal in nature and must follow the sentencing structure for such offences.
Yukon River breaks and starts to move at Dawson City

2 weeks ago | yukon-news.com | Dan Davidson

The Yukon River ice has broken in front of Dawson City and vast floes have spent the day heading north. Two people will share the prize. The IODE, which runs a fundraiser in which people can stake a bet on the time the ice will begin to move, posted an announcement on Facebook on the afternoon of April 30 after the time was confirmed. They explained it took a little longer this year. “We are pleased to announce that the river has broken in Dawson City," the post reads.