Yukon News

Tower Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Dirk Tempelman-Kluit, PhD FGAC as a Technical Advisor to the board.

The leaders of the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race are running a tight contest, although the front-runner will be penalized 30 minutes at the final checkpoint because of a lost ax.

Above: GONE, BUT WELL-REMEMBERED - Aliesha Narain died at the age of 33 in the 2010 collision near the Wolf Creek Campground.

Event organizer Buckwheat Donahue has assumed the presidency of the Log Cabin Ski Society, taking over the organizing of the annual cross-country ski race.

The Engineering Undergraduate Society Council met last Monday to discuss impending tuition hikes, as well as the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students's annual congress.

Kianna Stranaghan and Kaila Wiebe have been chosen to play on the Team Alberta U15 Zone 8 volleyball team in Spruce Grove on Feb.

Yukon's population grew by 11.7 per cent between 2006 and 2011, edging out Alberta, which had led the country in growth in the previous two censuses.

Celebrities can say the silliest things. So silly, in fact, that we're challenging you to name who's repsonsible for some of Hollywood's most ridiculous quotes from over the years.

Lance Mackey, back in the race for the first time since capturing his fourth consecutive championship in 2008, grabbed a narrow lead Tuesday in the 1,000-mile sled dog race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon.

The Queen's Canadian flag was raised in Whitehorse Monday in a ceremony at sunrise in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the ascension to the throne by Queen Elizabeth II.

WestJet today announced January 2012 traffic results with a record load factor of 79.9 per cent.

You'd think most mushers prepping for the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race would be a little nervous before the start.

Based on his plans for the next week or so, Jason Weitzel didn't leave the South Side's reputation for producing tough guys behind when he moved to Alaska.

Before this year's Yukon Quest start banquet, Allen Moore asked his wife, 2000 Yukon Quest champion Aliy Zirkle, if she could help him out a little.

The M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men's and Women's Curling Championships begin Saturday in Napanee, Ontario.

A very cold, very snowy winter is creating prime conditions for carbon monoxide buildup in northern homes, say Anchorage fire officials.

WestJet's plans to enter the Yukon market could be harmful to local airline service and result in significant job loss, says Joe Sparling, president of Air North.

The scene outside a house where five people were found dead in Whitehorse, Yukon, shown Monday, Jan.30, 2012.

Parks Canada wants more time to study a U.S. company's proposal to build a commercial tourism project at a World Heritage Site in the Rocky Mountains.

Waste to Energy Canada, Inc , a provider of integrated environmental and socioeconomic solutions around the globe, recently announced that it is the successful proponent in a tender to supply a solid waste management system to the remote fly-in community of Old Crow, Yukon.