Yukon News

The Yukon has seen a big increase in the number of doctors practising in the territory in recent years, according to a national health report released Thursday.

Two members of Iqaluit's arts scene are teaming up to help create Nunavut's first performing arts centre.

The federal government should boost Old Age Security benefits to help offset shrinking to non-existent retirement income many Canadians stand to get from private sources, says a study says.

The steam-powered sternwheeler A.J. Goddard, loaded with men, supplies and firewood, heads toward the Klondike gold fields along the Yukon River in 1898.

Lead Dog Ale Yukon Brewing, Whitehorse, Yukon $13.99 for A six pack Winter is coming.

The current 'jumble' of supplemental pension options must be revamped into a coherent system to allow Canadians to build better retirement nest eggs, says Keith Ambachtsheer, one of the country's leading authorities on pensions.

Lillian Mabel Taylor worked in Livingstone Creek and Whitehorse from 1902-1913 as a cook and laundress, and owned mining claims.

The Yukon's health minister startled members of the legislature on Tuesday when he said he hopes an opposition MLA "has an accident." Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart made the remark during question period, after NDP MLA Steve Cardiff asked him to address the problem of overcrowded conditions at Whitehorse General Hospital.

Whitehorse's first full-time food bank is helping more than 1,000 people each month, meaning as many as one in 20 Whitehorse residents are in need of regular food aid.

An air cadet bows his head during the Remembrance Day ceremony Wednesday in Iqaluit.

People in Whitehorse and Haines Junction, Yukon, can expect lots of snow and strong winds coming their way this weekend, according to Environment Canada.

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.

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.

The chief of the Liard First Nation in Watson Lake, Yukon, is refuting an accounting firm's statement that the First Nation used federal housing money to buy some local hotels.

The Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board has introduced a new system for assessing rates for various industries and employers, meaning some employers will pay less but others will pay more.

Close to two weeks after the territorial government started doling out the H1N1 shot, 13,851 Yukoners have been vaccinated.

After serving three terms in the legislature, Todd Hardy is finally getting the movement he wants on legislative reform.

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.

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.