Whitehorse, YT - Team Yukon ended the 2026 Arctic Winter Games on a high note, finishing second overall in the medal standings. The hometown team took 174 medals, including 57 golds, 65 silvers and 52 bronzes. Team Yukon's standings marked an improvement over its 161-medal haul from the 2024 Mat-Su Games, including a j...

Whitehorse, YT - Yukon Premier Currie Dixon says he's disappointed Yukon appears to have been left out of a major new federal defence investment in the North. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $32 billion in spending yesterday while visiting Yellowknife. The funding will upgrade military bases in Yellowknife, Inuvik...

Whitehorse, YT - Some Yukon farmers in the Takhini Valley are having to deal with more cases of elk creating problems on their agricultural land this winter. Elk have reportedly been damaging crops, hay and disturbing livestock. To ease the pressure, the territorial government plans to place feed in strategic locations...

Whitehorse, YT - Halfway through the 2026 Arctic Winter Games, Team Yukon is racking up golds and setting new records in front of a hometown crowd. In Arctic Sports, Emily King set a new Arctic Winter Games record in the open female one-hand reach, earning a gold ulu. The Yukon Gymnastics team also captured its first-e...

Whitehorse, YT - A helicopter crash near Whitehorse's Erik Nielsen International Airport last spring that killed a pilot was caused by the aircraft losing lift during a training maneuver, the Transportation Safety Board says. The Horizon Helicopters aircraft went down on May 2, 2025, about 10 kilometres east of the air...