Whitehorse, Yukon News

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

The Yukon River is flowing, albeit a bit slowly this year, and Dawson City awaits. The paddlers who will undertake the 2025 Yukon River Quest are staring down 715 km on that river on the way to the finish line. Paddlers will set off from downtown Whitehorse for the river quest’s 25th anniversary on June 25 at 9 a.m. Eva Holland, a past river quest competitor handling communications for this year’s race, told the News that 203 paddlers are registered across 95 teams.

1 week ago | yukon-news.com | Robin Grant

Michael King and his son Robert had planned a leisurely overnight hiking trip in Cape Scott Provincial Park, located near the northern tip of Vancouver Island, over the Victoria Day long weekend. They loaded up their backpacks with sleeping bags, dehydrated food, water purifiers and everything else well-equipped hikers would need for an overnight trek.

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

Two Whitehorse cyclists struck from behind by vehicles on two June days just under a year apart have given the Yukon capital cause to grapple with the dangers those on bicycles face. On June 16, 2025, one’s death was mourned by many while the other grappled with fresh and life-changing injuries. On June 16, 2025, more than 300 cyclists attended the second-annual memorial ride for Joseph Morrison.

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

A Yukoner is being recognized by the United Nations for his work on improving the disaster preparedness of small communities through the power of simple local radio systems. Rob Hopkins of Tagish was in Geneva, Switzerland on June 5 to be recognized through the Sasakawa Award from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

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

Downtown Whitehorse has transformed so completely over the past 125 years it is difficult to find any vestiges of the early days. But they are there, and when you find them, they are a reminder of how the river was pivotal to the birth and growth of Whitehorse. First Nations people have occupied the land along the waterfront for thousands of years before Europeans arrived, but they were displaced by the occupation of colonial forces, especially after the discovery of gold in the Klondike.