Whitehorse News

Canada could end up with a two-tier pension system if western provinces go it alone with plans to help their residents build a better retirement income, warns Graham Steele, the finance minister of Nova Scotia.

Dr. Brendan Hanley said the spread of H1N1 influenza virus is likely still on the upswing, as there is no sign the number of swine flu cases is declining so far.

Whitehorse city officials are looking for ways to lower the costs of shipping old cellphones, computers and other electronic waste out of the Yukon.

The Olympic Flame burns brightly in Whitehorse, Yukon, Tuesday, Day 5 of the Torch Run on a day that also saw the iconic beacon travel through the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Northwest Territories.

The Olympic flame is about to light up Canada's North. The torch relay for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics arrives in Whitehorse of the Yukon Territory on Tuesday.

A school - aged girl has become the first Yukon resident to die after getting the H1N1 flu.

The Haines Highway recently received national recognition as one of America's new National Scenic Byways.

An inmate at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre who currently has flu-like symptoms says he still has to clean a dirty cell where he is being isolated.

Air North will be flying the Olympic flame to more than 20 communities in northern Canada starting next week.

Finance Minister unveils reforms for federally regulated industries; move expected to put pressure on provinces to follow Ottawa's lead Ottawa, Toronto - Ottawa is beefing up protection for employee pensions in federally regulated industries, but stopping short of helping millions of Canadians who have no retirement savings plan or have seen ...

The CBC proposed switching its Radio One service in Whitehorse to the FM band after its current AM transmitter, located in the city's Porter Creek area, was originally slated to be shut down in September.

A woman who struck and killed a pedestrian in Whitehorse in August 2008 has been convicted of dangerous driving.

H1N1 flu immunization clinics opened on Monday in Whitehorse and Yellowknife, as the swine flu vaccine became available across much of Canada.

Whitehorse RCMP are investigating what they say are partial human remains discovered late last week along a local mountain biking trail.

Thousands of Canadians joined Saturday in what was billed by some as the biggest political protest in the history of the planet, urging governments around the world to do more to fight climate change.

Climate change activists form a giant 350 on the International Day of Climate in Almaty, October 24, 2009.

A thieving legal secretary may have been sending a "cry for help" when she left an obvious paper trail showing she deposited more than $14,000 worth of cheques from the law firm into her own bank account, her lawyer said Thursday.

Longtime Juneau resident Fred G. Baxter died Oct. 14, 2009, at his home. He was 89.

Residents of a small town on Newfoundland's northwest coast are mourning the death this week of a local man who was injured at a Yukon mine site.

A young man from Newfoundland has died while working on a mine in eastern Yukon.