June 12 - More than $1.4 million in funding announced for Yukon sport and recreation

More than $876,000 in Yukon Recreation Advisory Committee (YRAC) grants and more than $525,400 in funding for athlete and coaching initiatives will be awarded under the Yukon Sport for Life, High Performance and Elite Athlete programs, Community Services Minister Elaine Taylor announced yesterday.

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Due to continued movement below the road bed, the Yukon government will be making repairs to the Hamilton Boulevard Extension.

Work is scheduled to begin on June 12 and may last up to 14 days.

Please drive carefully!

(click on the image for a map & more info)

Community Services Minister Elaine Taylor, athletes  Colin Abbott and Logan Roots and Whitehorse Mayor Dan Curtis raise the Canada Games flag on its first stop en route to Sherbrooke, Quebec.  The flag will fly at the Canada Games Centre until Wednesday.

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June 10 - Wildland Fire Bulletin

The latest wildfire information is out. WFM and volunteer firefighters in the Mayo district were quick to contain this suspicious human-caused fire on Friday afternoon. The 0.5 hectare fire partially damaged an abandoned building and was just 200 metres from the community church.

Anyone with information is asked to call 1-867-996-3200.

June 7 - Northern governments exploring new options for sports removed from 2016 Arctic Winter Games

Following a decision from the Arctic Winter Games International Committee (AWGIC), the ministers responsible for sport in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, along with the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, will work together to ensure that the sports eliminated from the 2016 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) in Greenland will have an alternate multi-sport venue.

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