Yukon News

As the Yukon heads into another tourism season, a local scholar says visitors still arrive with American Klondike myths that shape perceptions of the territory and frame current debates over land, mining, and identity.

The tension is detailed in an article published in the Canadian Art Review by Yukon University associate professor Drew Lyness, who examines how outside...

Yukon health officials say they are continuing, in collaboration with partner agencies, to monitor the ongoing outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus associated with the MV Hondius cruise ship.

Speaking at a press conference on May 11, Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Sudit Ranade, said Yukon officials are in close communication with health authorities i...

Canada and the Yukon government are putting more than $1.5 million into new labour‑market supports for workers affected by global tariffs, announcing the funding during an event held in Whitehorse on May 11.

The three‑year agreement, called the Canada‑Yukon Workforce Tariff Response, will support workers in construction, transportation and mining, as well as others ind...

A Yukon couple in their 70s is among four people connected to the cruise ship struck by hantavirus who are now isolating in B.C., B.C.’s provincial health officer says.

The four Canadians arrived at Victoria International Airport Sunday evening, Dr. Bonnie Henry told media during a second update in two days on Monday (May 11). She added the arrival went smoothly and th...

Four Canadians who arrived in B.C. after being on the cruise ship struck by hantavirus are now isolating in the Island Health region, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says.

The four arrived at Victoria International Airport Sunday evening, Henry told media during a second update in two days on Monday (May 11). She added the arrival went smoothly and the four ...