Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation issued a local emergency declaration on Friday evening due to the risk of flooding in the Porcupine River during spring break-up this weekend.

The Grey-headed chickadee found in the far north of Yukon and Alaska was listed as endangered this month, and experts say the bird is so rare that it's hard to estimate its numbers.

Five former staff of the Whitehorse Star have been hired including its longtime editor Jim Butler and photographer Vince Federoff, who started with the paper in 1973.

Yukon police say they responded to a car accident on Wednesday night near the lake.

Yukon officials and Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation issued the notice Friday afternoon, telling residents in Zone 1, 2 and 3 they should be prepared to leave if needed.

The Yukon government is temporarily pausing the Yukon Nominee Program.

Work began in 2020 on a massive fuel break south of Whitehorse, intended to help protect the city from any encroaching wildfire from the south. Some residents wonder if it's enough.

Wildfire season was barely underway this year when flames took out theNorth's telecommunications system for a period last weekend showing how vulnerable the existing network can be.

The Whitehorse Star is one of Canada's oldest independently-owned newspapers, and its final edition will hit the newsstands on Friday.

A handful of Yukoners believe the Yukon Electoral District Boundaries Commission should rethink proposed electoral boundary changes. In the commission's interim report, it proposes more ridings in Whitehorse, and fewer ridings in rural Yukon.

The Association of Yukon Communities held its 49th annual general meeting in Dawson City, Yukon this past weekend. The meeting saw some people walk out of the event over the weekend over what some called a political 'stump speech.'

Yukoners will soon have their say on new rules for the backcountry.

Yukon's political leadersare denouncing recent acts of vandalismagainst a government minister's home that appear to be politically motivated.

Emergency officials in the Yukon have issued a high water advisory for the Porcupine River at Old Crow, saying ice breakup on the river is expected in the coming days, "withflooding impactspossible."

911 service is mostly restored in the N.W.T., Yukon and northern B.C., but officials are warning people that connectivity issues may continue.

A spokesperson for telecommunications provider Northwestel says a 'unique set of circumstances' converged Friday, knocking out internet, cell phone and landline service across parts of the North.

Internet, cell phone and landline calling have been restored across the Yukon, and Nunavut, and Northern B.C., and Northwest Territories according to telecommunications provider Northwestel.

It was quite the coming out party for Gavin McKenna at the under-18 men's world hockey championships in Finland, which wrapped up last week.

After a few years of donating $25,000 annually to various Yukon organizations and groups, a local thrift store has donated $75,000 that will go towards a new ultrasound machine in the maternity ward.

Technicians have been able tofix a fibre line north of a B.C. community impacted by wildfireto help begin restoringtelecommunicationservices in the North, according toNorthwestel.

The Arctic Inspiration Prize is Canada's largest annual prize, which sees seed funding offered to new and innovative projects to improve northerners' lives. This year, a not-for-profit language and cultural centre in Labrador is getting a $1 million boost.

The executive director of Yukon advocacy group Safe at Home says the City of Whitehorse could help the housing crisis by providing an area for people to legally camp in the city.