Whitehorse, YT - It's a bit surreal for staff at the Arctic Winter Games Host Society that after all their work, the opening ceremony takes place this Sunday. "It's such a strange feeling," said AWG Host Society President Tracey Bilsky. "We've been at this for so long, planning for so long, and now to be...

Whitehorse, YT - A 21-year-old Ontario resident was arrested in Whitehorse last weekend for drug trafficking. Whitehorse RCMP say Nathan Nicholas Mathurin was arrested on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 28. Police also seized 140 grams of suspected cocaine and cash. Mathurin now faces charges of possession for the purpos...

Whitehorse, YT - Two commercial trucks collided on Tuesday afternoon, leaving both drivers with non-life-threatening injuries. Watson Lake RCMP say they received a report of the collision at about 2:35 p.m. near the junction of the Stewart Cassiar and the Alaska Highway. The highway was closed for several hours and reo...

Whitehorse, YT - The Yukon government says the receiver managing the Eagle Gold Mine cleanup is moving closer to finding a buyer. In its latest report to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, PricewaterhouseCoopers says it plans to sell $55 million in assets, mostly net smelter return royalties, to Toronto-based Franc...

Whitehorse, YT - While the territory's overall poverty rate appears below the national average, a new report suggests it's a different story in rural communities. The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition's 'Yukon Poverty Report Card 2025' found that 9.9 per cent of Yukoners lived in poverty in 2023, slightly under Canada's 10....