8 people died from substance use in Yukon last month, coroner says
‘This substance use crisis continues to be horribly difficult,’ says chief coroner Yukon’s coroner provided another grim reminder on Friday
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Alleged drug dealer temporarily barred from Selkirk First Nation land
By Ethan Lang As Yukon court considers longer injunction, Brent Nibecker must leave Pelly Crossing by May 5 An alleged
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First Nation in Yukon petitions court to bar alleged drug dealer from community
Selkirk First Nation passed resolution in February to keep alleged dealer out, but say he’s returned The Selkirk First Nation
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‘A little hope’: Residents of Mayo, Yukon, hope to forge path forward through drug crisis
People in Mayo, Yukon, say they came out of a town hall meeting Monday night with some hope and faith
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Town hall meeting called in Mayo, Yukon, to talk about drug crisis
The mayor of Mayo, Yukon, has called a town hall meeting for Monday evening to talk about drugs and violence in
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How one man has made a place for struggling ivory carvers in Anchorage, Alaska
In a cluttered downtown Anchorage, Alaska workshop, Leon Misak Kinneeveauk pondered what to do with small walrus skull on an
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Online cannabis sales won’t ‘dent’ illegal market, says minister in Northern Canadian territory
The Nunavut government, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, says it can’t undercut black market cannabis sales without a physical retail store.
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Operation uncovers flood of painkillers reaching rural Alaska by mail
An operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies has turned up a previously undocumented drug problem spread
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New addictions centre in Northern Quebec to focus on treating whole family
The Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre is breaking ground on a new addictions treatment centre in Nunavik this month. The official
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Canada’s Northwest Territories to overhaul smoking laws, raise minimum age to buy tobacco
The Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, is set to raise minimum age to buy tobacco to 19 as part of
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Alaska capital budget vetoes to hit homelessness, addiction treatment
The capital budget signed into law Thursday by Governor Mike Dunleavy puts well over $100 million to work around the
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Camp in Nunavut, Arctic Canada helping teens make new connections and gain new skills
A summer camp aimed at helping young people, including some considered at-risk, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is helping them make
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New bylaw in Inuvik, Arctic Canada bans cannabis stores in ‘downtown corridor’
If a cannabis retail store eventually opens in Inuvik, N.W.T., it won’t be in the town’s main downtown retail sector.
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Youth workshop in Arctic Canadian community to focus on safe partying
A Yukon organization is headed to Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories (central Arctic), on Tuesday to put on a workshop for young
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Northern Canada: new funds to help fight opioid addiction in Northwest Territories
The federal and Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) governments are teaming up to make it easier for people to access opioid addictions
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