Chief Dawna Hope told CBC her government wants a specific player to take the mine over: A buyer with experience, who is committed to remediation, willing to partner with the First Nation and honour its treaty rights.

Residents say finding a place to live in Watson Lake, Yukon, is hard despite numerous housing projects being completed. The town is offering grants to convert underutilized and abandoned spaces into homes.

Gavin McKenna is almost certainly NHL-bound, but first, he's making a stop in the NCAA. 

The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) is recommending Yukon Energy Corporation's application to expand the operational capacity of its diesel plant in Faro proceed, but with conditions.

The chief of at least one First Nation in the Yukon is concerned about the upcoming merger of two regional leadership roles, saying the move may "exclude" his First Nation from any national representation.

The City of Whitehorse is proposing to add a formal parking lot, a barrier-free trail, additional portable toilets, change rooms, picnic tables and more at the popular Long Lake day use area.

The alerts are due to danger from fires burning around Ladue Lake and the North Ferry Hill fire. Residents in the area should prepare in case of an evacuation order, but they're not being asked to evacuate at this stage. 

Officials on Thursday announced another $17 million for fuel break construction and other wildfire mitigation efforts around Whitehorse, Teslin and Haines Junction — communities "prone to aggressive wildfire behaviour," according to a news release.

Ten wildland firefighters from Prince Edward Island are in the Yukon this week helping crews in the territory combat widespread forest fires. 

Last year's catastrophic heap leach slide at the Eagle mine site in Yukon was caused by "the accumulation of a series of adverse conditions and events," according to a new independent report on the incident.

The Yukon government has rescinded an evacuation alert for the area around Ethel Lake, and has also lifted fire restrictions across the territory.

Police in Yukon have charged an American man with careless driving after an incident last fall that left a man dead in the Yukon River south of Whitehorse.

The family of the Arizona man who remains missing near the Lewes River bridge south of Whitehorse are asking locals to help search for their loved one.

The health centre in Ross River, Yukon, won't have a nurse available on site for more than a week starting on Wednesday, and services at the centre will be reduced through most of July.

The alerts were first issued on June 20 for West Dawson, Sunnydale and Top of the World Highway kilometres 1 to 36 due to threatening wildfires.

The two interim rate hikes are planned as the Yukon Utilities Board considers the company's general rate application. That could mean a third increase in 2027.

The government is getting rid of the business incentive policy, along with several other policy changes starting July 8th, in what it describes as an effort to promote domestic trade.

The $13-million building was built as part of the Yukon government's "Housing First" initiative which aims to provide permanent, low-barrier housing for people at risk of homelessness. However, the territory says it's had trouble finding anyone to operate the facility.

Crowds packed into Shipyards Park in Whitehorse on Saturday for a free performance by the Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. The event was put on by the Yukon Arts Centre and Lotteries Yukon.

Yukon RCMP say they are investigating the homicide of a 45-year-old man in Whitehorse, and have arrested and charged a suspect with first-degree murder.

Preliminary results of groundwater research around Whitehorse are showing elevated levels of some minerals such as manganese, uranium and arsenic, in drinking wells.

Collecting seeds from aspens already growing in the Yukon gives the aspen growing in the fuel break a better chance at survival. Yukon Seed & Restoration Inc. has so far traveled to Mayo, Minto, Pelly Crossing, and Lake Laberge for collecting.