Former Progressive Conservative government leader Willard Phelps is coming out of political retirement and touting a new political alternative to the Yukon Party, Liberal and New Democratic parties.

For Daniel Stach, hitting the trails around town by ATV or snowmachine is all in a day’s work – that and a whole lot more.

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

The Yukon Aboriginal Sports Circle is hosting the annual Yukon Championships for Inuit and Dene Games this weekend.

It didn’t come as a shock to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell that second reading of a bill to abolish the long-gun registry passed in the House of Commons onWednesday.

As Remembrance Day draws near, Laird Herbert is hoping Yukoners and others throughout the country will be thinking of peace.

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

It was a cold day in Whitehorse – for me anyways. It was a cold day in Whitehorse – for me anyways. I returned home from B.C. on the red eye flight at 1 a.m.

A skater practises spins. The Arctic Edge Figure Skating Club had both rinks booked at the Canada Games Centre last night for practices. Above: a skater practises spins in between directions from her instructor.

Tickets went on sale Monday for the 2010 Arctic Winter Games in Grande Prairie, Alta., and those who wish to attend are being urged to act fast.

Since the Yukon legislative assembly reconvened last Thursday for its fall sitting, Premier Dennis Fentie has faced relentless questioning about his involvement in government dealings with ATCO.

The replacement of aging and archaic animal enclosures in a German zoo is turning out to be a windfall for the Yukon’s tourism sector, as the Hannover Zoo is set to open its newest exhibit – Yukon Bay – in the coming spring.

The cause of this morning’s systemwide power blackout is still under investigation, says Yukon Energy spokesman Janet Patterson. Patterson said the outage occurred shortly after 8 a.m. during routine maintenance on turbine number four at the Whitehorse Rapids Dam.

It was as if Whitehorse was welcoming a Hollywood celebrity yesterday. It was as if Whitehorse was welcoming a Hollywood celebrity yesterday. All over Whitehorse people were out on the streets to catch sight of the Olympic Torch as it swept through the city on Tuesday afternoon.

It took only a few minutes from the time the Olympic Flame arrived at the Kwanlin Dun First Nation’s Nakwataku Potlatch House, received a blessing by elder Norman Blanchard, and moved to another torch before it made its way through the rest of Whitehorse Thursday, but the celebrations around its arrival at the potlatch house were an entire afternoon affair for the first nation.

Four years after a city bylaw banned smoking in all public places, officials are calling on council to repeal the bylaw surrounding the prohibition.

A local amateur astronomer is calling on the city to dim the lights, and is questioning why Miles Canyon Road can’t stay open a little longer.

The Olympic Torch began the first segment of its tour across the North with its arrival in Whitehorse this afternoon aboard Air North.

After years of planning and anticipation the Olympic flame has finally arrived in Canada, and this afternoon it will make a stop in Whitehorse as it begins the longest Olympic torch relay in history.

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