Multi-million dollar housing complex in Watson Lake, Yukon, still vacant months
21 applicants are currently on a waiting list for units in the building It’s been a few months since a
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Watson Lake
Watson Lake, Yukon, residents take to the streets to sing holiday classics
Nothing says it’s the holiday season more than a group of carollers and in Watson Lake, Yukon, some residents fully
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Feds invest $3M to expand transit between Whitehorse, Dawson City, and Watson Lake
First Kaska GP Ltd. already offers thrice-weekly shuttle bus service between Watson Lake and the capital Some new federal funding
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Yukon gov’t increases beds at Whitehorse long-term care homes
12 new long-term care rooms at Whistle Bend Place and 5 new hospital beds at Thomson Centre The Yukon government
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Proposed Yukon East riding could strengthen Kaska Nation’s common interests, some say
The change would merge the electoral ridings of Watson Lake, Ross River, and Faro The issue as to whether Yukon
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Some Yukon grocery stores feeling the impact of cyberattack on major food distributor
‘We’re not able to put in any orders yet,’ said Lee Bodie, manager of the Tatchun Centre in Carmacks A
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People in Watson Lake wonder what happened to their promised long-term care beds
Health minister said last month that 2 beds promised earlier to the community were no longer coming. The cancellation of
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Food banks in Yukon struggle to meet ever-growing need
Demand is increasing at food banks across Canada and rural Yukon is feeling it acutely. “Certainly we’ve seen the need
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Canada’s Yukon territory plans to move mental health positions out of communities: internal emails
There’s ‘not a substantial enough caseload to justify an in-community nurse,’ says one email dated May 19 The Yukon government
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Homes destroyed, highway temporarily closed by wildfire in Northern Canada
Three homes in Lower Post, northern British Columbia (B.C.), have reportedly been destroyed by wildfire, and it’s not clear when
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Large forest fire forces highway closure in Northwestern Canada
The Robert Campbell Highway in eastern Yukon (territory in Northwestern Canada) has been closed because of an advancing forest fire.
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