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The Star's building in downtown Whitehorse was put up sale and emptied before July. [11] The Yukon Star launched with five former Whitehorse Star staffers hired. The publication was online-only at first but began publishing in print weekly starting in May 2024. [12] The Yukon Star ceased after four months due to lack of funds. [13]
In 1955, Simmons won his best-known role, portraying Sergeant William Preston in Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. Following the end of the series in 1958, he continued to have a successful acting career, mostly in television series guest appearances, through 1982. Simmons appeared in a 1963 episode of Perry Mason ("The Case of the Decadent Dean").
Initially renamed Camosun III in 1946 and owned by Union Steamships Ltd., the ship was renamed Chilcotin in 1958 before being sold to Alaska Cruise Lines Ltd and renamed again to Yukon Star in 1958. [7] [12] In 1970, Yukon Star was sold to West Line Ltd and hulked for use as a floating hotel in Tacoma, Washington. [13]
Whitehorse's two major English-language newspapers are the Whitehorse Daily Star (founded as a weekly in 1900, it currently published three times per week) and the Yukon News (founded as a weekly in 1960 by Ken Shortt, published five days a week from 1967 to 1999, and currently prints twice weekly).
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon is a half-hour long American action adventure northwestern television series, broadcast in color on CBS Thursday evenings at 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. from September 29, 1955, to September 25, 1958.
Leroy Napoleon "Jack" McQuesten (1836–1909) was an American pioneer explorer, trader, and prospector in Alaska and Yukon; he became known as the "Father of the Yukon."." Other nicknames included "Yukon Jack," "Captain Jack," "Golden Rule McQuesten," and "Father of Al
Play the classic trick-taking card game. Lead with your strongest suit and work with your partner to get 2 points per hand.
Gavin McKenna (born December 20, 2007) is a Canadian junior ice hockey forward for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He will be eligible for the 2026 NHL entry draft and, as of December 2023, is projected as most likely to be taken first overall.