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The Yukon Employees Union says workers have voted on a new deal Tuesday morning with Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services.

A lack of snow is forcing mushers to truck their teams between Braeburn and Carmacks.

Whitehorse City council unanimously agreed upon designing and installing two new signs for residents and visitors to see when entering the city.

A project to look at incorporating Indigenous knowledge into research ethics will culminate with a national presentation in Ottawa in March.

One Marsh Lake parent says there's been an increase in aggressive drivers and it's showing with two recent crashes involving the Marsh Lake school bus.

Premier and finance minister Sandy Silver outlines how individuals, businesses, miners, First Nations, and municipalities will get their money back when carbon pricing takes effect July 1st.

The First Nation had taken the federal government to court over a part of their Financial Transfer Agreement negotiations pertaining to citizenship.

The three-year contract contains a pay hike, changes to maternity and paternity benefits and brings on-call teachers under the union.

A Whitehorse business owner wants in on pot sales and says while lots of work has been done, there's still some concern.

The government acknowledges the plant constructed in 2012 is not meeting standards and wants to come up with a long-term solution.

The Yukon Liquor Corporation says they are on track for getting private retailers of cannabis up and running in the spring.

The Yukon Employees Union says a recent effort to get back to the bargaining table with the board of Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services has failed.

Two men have been rescued from Bennett Lake after their snowmobiles fell through the ice.

Yukon's Energy, Mines and Resources branch says they hope to get a better picture of Yukon Zinc's plans for the Wolverine mine as onsite monitoring work continues.

Police say there's been an increase in accidents at intersections and Yukoners need to slow down.

The Yukon Government is taking preventative action against wildfires in the territory.

The territory's legal community joined family and friends during a special sitting in memory of the late Justice Leigh Gower on Wednesday afternoon.

Yukon's MP says the two federal and territorial governments will pumping $6 million into the community for various infrastructure projects.

Ranj Pillai says the territory is coming off a good year in the sector, and he also updates a major road building project.

ATCO Electric Yukon says a snapped power line caused an outage stretching from Whistle Bend to Deep Creek and the Alaska Highway North.

The Liquor Corporation says Yukoners have spent over $1 million on cannabis purchases since legalization.

The Yukon government says it's reached a deal with the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre to offer youth support services, as plans are in the works to close the Integrated Supports for Yukon Youth office.

Highways and Public Works says while conditions have not been favourable so far for construction, cooler weather--and hope--is on the way.

Daniel MacKenzie, who tried to start a Safe Ride Home program late last year, is facing a total of four charges of harassment and uttering threats.

Kalillah Fayre Acosta was born at the Whitehorse General Hospital early on New Year's Day.