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Author: Chris MacIntyre, CBC News

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Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation adding homes to subdivision outside of Dawson City

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 5, 2024 at 16:00
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Everybody deserves a safe, warm, and affordable place to call home. That is why the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation (TH)

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Whitehorse residents paying it forward by shoveling snow for those who can’t

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 10:44
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There is a magic in the air when it snows in the Yukon, but when it comes to shoveling it,

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Canada News Society Society (Canada) 

Dawson City, Yukon, residents look to create local ambulance service to fill EMS gaps

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 09:40
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“There’s a number of people out there who want to volunteer,” said co-founder of new group. For months, residents in

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Mental health support still lacking in Faro, Yukon, says mayor

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 27, 2023 at 09:37
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‘Social workers and mental health workers. We have neither at this point in time,” said Mayor Jack Bowers The mayor

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New fire hall opens for first responders in Carmacks, Yukon

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 14:52 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 14:56
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‘I call it the prettiest building in the Yukon as far as fire halls go,’ said Mayor Lee Bodie First

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Firefighters shouldn’t have to fill gaps in ambulance service: Dawson City fire chief

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 10:26
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‘Our guys signed up as firefighters not paramedics,’ said fire chief Mike Massery The fire chief in Dawson City, Yukon,

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Solar power to help Yukon’s remote grader stations go green

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 09:25
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Solar arrays expected to reduce hundreds of tonnes of emissions The Yukon government is starting to use solar power at

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Fire services have returned to Pelly Crossing, Yukon, after a decade without

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 3, 2023 at 09:47 — Last Updated: Monday, July 3, 2023 at 09:49
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It’s been at least 10 years since Pelly Crossing, Yukon, had any form of local fire services. That changed last

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Yukon ‘looking into other options’ for river crossing at Dawson City, as ferry ages

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 11:08
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‘Nothing is not on the table to discuss,’ says highway official — including a bridge It’s been a topic of

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Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Winter Games committee looks to Yukon as potential host in 2026

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 10:37
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The Arctic Winter Games (AWG) could be coming back to the Yukon sooner than expected. The territory is next scheduled

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Tension easing in Mayo, Yukon as opioid emergency declaration nears expiry

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 5, 2023 at 08:50
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Declaration came on heels of double homicide that remains unsolved Tension in Mayo, Yukon is starting to ease months after

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Oldest town in Yukon almost wiped out by ice jams and flooding

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 19, 2023 at 09:21
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‘It’s a real traumatic setback,’ says Roberta Joseph, chief of the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation The historic town site of

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Community leaders respond to warning of ‘wave’ of toxic drugs in Yukon

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 15:52
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Mayo mayor, Kwanlin Dün First Nation chief call situation ‘scary’ Community leaders in the Yukon are weighing in on a recent

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Canada Countries Society (Canada) 

Yukon’s Indian community growing with help from territory’s nominee program

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 11:25
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Prab Singh, originally from Punjab, India, has a story similar to that of many who now call the Yukon home

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Yukon hunters want to head to Ottawa to discuss federal gun bill

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 12:24
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‘I’m hopeful we’ll get that opportunity,’ says Eric Schroff of the Yukon Fish and Game Association The Yukon Fish and

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