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Whitehorse

A hotel sign.
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Yukon man charged with murder after shooting death near Skky Hotel in Whitehorse

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:35 — Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:35
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A 45-year-old man with a gunshot wound died at the scene, say RCMP A man has been charged with first-degree

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Whitehorse hospital opens $33M mental health unit

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 11:46
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By Gabrielle Plonka  New wing contains 8 private bedrooms, communal kitchen, private outdoor smoking area, and healing room The Whitehorse

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Whitehorse hospital making improvements after equipment sterilization problems

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 11:41
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Newly released report makes more than a hundred recommendations to improve hospital systems Water and steam quality are to blame

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An aerial view of buildings by a river An aerial view of downtown Whitehorse.
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Housing in the spotlight for many Yukon voters ahead of federal election

Jackie Hong, CBC News @xjackiehong
Posted: Monday, April 21, 2025 at 11:35 — Last Updated: Monday, April 21, 2025 at 11:38
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Safe at Home calls for more ‘holistic’ view of housing, including needs beyond home ownership. Cody Schilling says he’s been

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Conservationists, Yukon First Nation say decision on Whitehorse dam could help salmon

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 16:49
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By Julien Greene Some Yukoners say there’s a lot the territorial and federal governments have done right with a recent

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Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon woman shines light on the cracks in abortion access in the territory

CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 3, 2025 at 15:17
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By Cali McTavish A Yukon woman is raising the alarm about the cost and difficulty of accessing abortion medication in

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Yukoner makes chairs from fire-killed wood, as association pushes for easier access to deadwood

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 12:48
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By Julien Greene From Ulrich Trachsel’s driveway, just west of Whitehorse, you can see the deep orange slash of the

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Featured • Zone 3 Politics Politics (Canada) 

Feds give $1M for supportive housing facility in Whitehorse

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 10:18
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The federal government has chipped in funding for a new 17-unit supportive housing facility in downtown Whitehorse, across the street

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A aerial view of a landslide with debris blocking off a road.
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Whitehorse to spend $300,000 on Robert Service Way landslide mitigation efforts

Jackie Hong, CBC News @xjackiehong
Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 13:18
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The City of Whitehorse has allocated $300,000 for responding to the landslide risk along Robert Service Way this year, with

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Politics Politics (Canada) 

‘It’s an absolute delight’: Kirk Cameron elected mayor of Whitehorse

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 18, 2024 at 10:54
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Kirk Cameron, elected mayor of Whitehorse on Thursday, says he’s predicting some “tough times” ahead as the city faces some

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Yukon Star closes after 4 months due to lack of capital

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 13:22
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Publisher said he never found the investment needed to carry newspaper through its first year After just four months in

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Feds invest $3M to expand transit between Whitehorse, Dawson City, and Watson Lake

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 09:08
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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

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 11:42
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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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Majority of Yukon restaurants fail health inspections

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 11:49
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By Caitrin Pilkington · CBC News  A CBC review of public inspection records found 74 per cent of Yukon restaurants have outstanding

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Whitehorse Star staff reflect as 124-year-old paper ends

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:59
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By Katie Todd · CBC News Friday’s edition will pay homage to the newspaper’s ‘substantial legacy’ It was December 1973 when Vince

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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