Private retailers getting permission to sell cannabis online, like Yukon government-run counterpart
In a news release dated Oct. …Read the full story
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Private retailers getting permission to sell cannabis online, like Yukon government-run counterpart
In a news release dated Oct. …Read the full story
Adding non-alcoholic drinks to your holiday offerings – Yukon News
Everything from imported and craft beers boasting 0.0 per cent to distilled botanicals are on Whitehorse shelves. At Riverside Grocery in downtown Whitehorse, one will find strong-looking cans of Sober Carpenter , Crazy D’s Sparkling Prebiotic and tall bottles of Vyne in the drink cooler. Many credit the pandemic with the rise in sobriety, but […]
NDP calls for an end to evictions without cause – Yukon News
The rent cap stipulates any yearly rental increases will be tied to inflation. “We recognize that Yukon’s economic prosperity relies on making available housing that meets people’s needs,” he said. “So it’s hard to buy that it was possible last year, and it’s impossible this year,” she said, going on to argue that she had […]
Christmas market season begins in Whitehorse – Yukon News
Vendors will be taking turns staffing the market, which includes handmade Yukon crafts, food and other gifts. Running at the same time, and just across the hall from the 12 Days Market, will be the 2021 Yúk’e Arts Market, showcasing Indigenous art and clothing. …Read the full story
Yukon declares state of emergency again after COVID-19 surge
Please follow these measures and continue to support our healthcare workers who remain dedicated through this long response,” said acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Entrance to restaurants, bars and nightclubs will require proof of vaccination for table service and there will be no counter service, moving between tables or dancing. Seated ticketed events, […]
Yukonomist: Gaming the Klondike – Yukon News
Within five minutes, an indigenous friend named Dull Echo wearing a parka in the summer was giving me tips and I had chopped down my first tree. The image of the Klondike the game projects is a weird combination of Call of the Wild, the wild west and Indiana Jones. Actually, in an impressive display […]
City of Whitehorse awaiting green light to relax measures at CGC, city hall
Among the many changes made by the City of Whitehorse since March 2020 in response to the pandemic, there has been no in-person public access to council meetings ; and mask use on public transit and city recreation facilities was required ahead of the territory making it a mandatory requirement in all indoor public spaces […]
Yukonomist: Geopolitics and Yukon mining
Entering “Yukon” in the search box of Foreign Policy magazine’s website only gets you articles by Yukon Huang, one of their China specialists. The Japanese advance was halted in 1942, but the war left us with the Alaska Highway and most of the airports we use today. During the Cold War, Distant Early Warning radar […]
Presumptive COVID-19 case reported at mine in southeast Yukon
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History Hunter: New novel a gripping account of the gold rush
“A brilliant tale on a misunderstood time in American history; the best book ever written on the Alaskan gold rush,” gushed another. In a thoughtful podcast interview by Canadian historian Sean Graham, Castner admits that he’s not an academic historian, but the book is entirely based on real people and real experience. You can look […]
Whitehorse’s Fireweed Market opens May 13
On May 13, the Fireweed Community Market at Shipyards Park will open again. “It is super exciting, it is fun, we have some new vendors and we have a lot returning vendors. “I think people made a shift with a small business during COVID and realized the market is a great venue to sell local […]
Lachlan Burwash: Canadian explorer with a Yukon connection
Burwash? I was aware that he was a mining recorder at Silver City after gold was discovered in the Kluane district. Lachlan “Lockie” Taylor Burwash was born September 5, 1874, the son of Nathanael Burwash, an influential Methodist theologian, and chancellor of Victoria College, later part of the University of Toronto. By early 1900, he […]