CBC Yukon brings you breaking news, stories, videos, photos, and viewpoints from across the Yukon. Women's Hospital aims to minimize mother's trauma following complicated birthsSome Yukon parents are worried about paying their internet bills this school year, as Whitehorse high school students prepare for at-home learning half the school day.Yukon's Blood Ties Four Directions Centre is offering free naloxone kits for businesses, and training in how to use them. CBC news canada - Canada's home for news, sports, lifestyle, comedy, arts, kids, music, original series & more. But the COVID-19 pandemic means things are different this year.Some Yukon teachers are anxious about the health of their families, as well as a lack of information, as they prepare to head back to school under the threat of COVID-19, the territory's teachers' union says.Two homemade signs were erected last month in downtown Whitehorse in support of anti-racism protesters. But that shared history hasn't resulted in better treatment.From sunsets to double rainbows, northern skies are the theme for this week's readers photos.It's important for Yellowknife's Melissa Sangris to cook traditional Dene food for her family, even if that means tricking her kids into eating it.PhD student William Twardek and his team are looking at how spawning chinook salmon manage to navigate around an unnatural barrier — the Whitehorse hydroelectric dam — using Yukon Energy's fish ladder.KJ Allen, 20, was at work when she got the call that she had won the bursary from Elevate Aviation, a non-profit organization that aims to close the gender gap in the aviation industry. Mike Dunleavy said.Yukon health officials are lifting more restrictions related to COVID-19, giving the OK on Wednesday to organized sports and live music, starting this weekend.The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says a young pilot's decision to fly in a canyon in low-visibility conditions contributed to a fatal plane crash near Mayo, Yukon, last summer. Community See All. Building an array of solar panels on permafrost in a remote community is a small engineering feat, especially in a pandemic.Since the RCMP’s earliest days in the North, it has relied on Indigenous people to survive. Posted: Aug 08, 2020 10:00 AM CT | Last Updated: August 8. Tiny home community offers solace and learning. CBC Yukon brings you breaking news, stories, videos, photos, and viewpoints from across the Yukon. Gigs have been cancelled, recording dates shelved and the music industry is reeling as a result of the pandemic.Which means musicians like Gregory McLaughlin are finding inspiration in music that's already been made, and he had no problem coming up with a pandemic playlist.The only challenge he had was whittling it down to just five songs. About See All. Yukon parents, educators tackling learning at home amid a world pandemic. Fo... See More. This long weekend comes with an extra dose of summer — because, it’s getting hot out there.The territorial government says some Yukoners may have been exposed to COVID-19 earlier this month.The Yukon government says it's planning to increase testing sites and harm education education.Though it has been a rainy month with fewer wildfires than usual across the western Canadian territories, smoke is still blanketing the landscape through Alaska, Yukon, and the N.W.T.Leaders of the Canadian Rangers are discussing whether to resume patrols and other activities that were suspended due to the pandemic.It's a tradition for Yukon First Nations to hold annual general assemblies, where citizens gather to discuss governmental affairs, set priorities for the future and socialize. One sign was recently damaged, while the other simply disappeared.Non-resident travellers to Alaska will need to show they tested negative for COVID-19 shortly before arriving to the state, as part of an effort aimed at minimizing cases and preserving testing supplies and protective gear, Gov. Yukon musician Gregory McLaughlin shares his pandemic-inspired playlist. He's lived in the Yukon since 1989, more or less.To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). Morgan, who lost to Stephen Charlie by four votes, claims in a court petition that Charlie was ineligible to run and that there were voting irregularities.New support measures include creation of a $75-million funding program to help airlines bring food, medical supplies and other essential goods and services to remote communities, says the federal government.Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in citizens will vote Thursday for a new chief, two months after the election was originally scheduled. Four people are running.Yukon health officials say they're looking for ways to make COVID-19 testing more efficient in the territory, after a public health warning last week prompted a temporary backlog.Robert Service School has ordered personalized fabric masks for its 250 students this year, as the principal looks at mandating or recommending masks in certain high-traffic areas.A Yukoner is calling for Whitehorse to paint more crosswalks with flags representing the LGTBTQ community as well as Black and Indigenous people and people of colour. A press release from the department in charge of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency said the money “will create good, local jobs in Indigenous communities.”Boats, birds, and beautiful lakes — it's your best photos from the past seven days.Graeme Peters uses five songs to explain how he went from classical music to jazz to punk.Multi-instrumentalist Gregory McLaughlin picked five songs that illustrate the way he's feeling during the pandemic.George Redies was in Haines Junction selling fresh fruit when a whirlwind scattered his produce.Gretchen Wehmhoff says officials turned her back at Beaver Creek, Yukon, because they didn't accept she needed to drive through Yukon to get to Skagway, Alaska.Police say business cheques were fraudulently deposited into a personal bank account between May 20 and July 29. "McLaughlin made a huge leap for his fourth choice, going with "One of the things I like the most about this record is the counterpoint between Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd's guitars.