Whitehorse News

The 1,000-mile dog sled race announced Tuesday it was shortening its mandatory 36-hour layover in Dawson City to 24 hours, changing for the first time in history one of the race's most defining characteristics.

The Commissionaires is a private, not-for-profit company registered under the BC Societies Act, with a mandate to create employment for veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other public safety organizations.

A set of moose antlers tangled in telephone wires found at Mile 170 on the Canol Trail.

David Parke straps on his bike helmet and prepares to ride near his home in North Vancouver on Wednesday.

Serena Ryder and the Sam Roberts Band are among the homegrown performers marking Canada Day, as flag-waving celebrants don red and white to mark the country's 147th birthday today.

First let me admit that the previous night Katie kicked my butt in canasta. She finished with 5,015 points; I had 670.

A contentious, culturally sensitive legal battle over French-language education in the Yukon is headed to Canada's highest court.

Well, we're officially in Jack London territory, if we weren't before. Katie and I were walking down Main Street in Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon, and saw a bronze bust of the "Call of the Wild" author.

The search for a missing French adventurer was suspended along the eastern coast of Katmai National Park and Preserve after aerial searches didn't reveal any signs of his whereabouts, authorities said.

After two years of searching, Yukon authorities confirmed this week that scattered bones discovered in Kluane National Park are those of a German hiker who vanished into the territory's wilderness in 2011.

The Freegold project is 100% owned by Northern Freegold and is road accessible, located 70 km west of Carmacks, Yukon, in the Dawson Range.

Yukon conservation officers are again reminding people to clear their properties of attractants after a black bear and her cubs were spotted eating dandelions beside Whitehorse's Hamilton Boulevard in the Lobird neighbourhood Wednesday morning.

Northern Cross Yukon's winter operations at Eagle Plain are seen in the photo above .

Gary Gordon, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Whitehorse, is moving on to take over the Diocese of Victoria, which comprises Vancouver Island and more, in mid-August.