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Whitehorse 1st capital city in Canada to open COVID-19 vaccine clinics to all adults

Danielle d'Entremont, CBC North
Posted: Monday, March 1, 2021 at 17:13
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Whitehorse is the first capital city in Canada to open its COVID-19 vaccination clinic to all citizens aged 18 and older, the

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Canada Featured • Zone 3 General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon’s population up 21 per cent from a decade ago, and still growing steadily

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 11:05
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Yukon’s population continues to grow steadily and the pandemic does not appear to be having a significant impact on that, according to new

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Classrooms in the forest: school teaching largely outside this fall in northwestern Canada

Laura Howells, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 09:55 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 10:07
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Six-year-olds sit in a circle of tree stumps, watching their teacher write on a whiteboard in the forest. Teachers carry bear spray and walkie-talkies.

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon Quest sled dog race cancelled in Canada this winter

CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 4, 2020 at 16:28
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There will be no Yukon Quest international sled dog race in Yukon this winter, organizers announced on Wednesday. In a

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

New body aims to create First Nations school board in Canada’s Yukon territory

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2020 at 11:19
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First Nations leaders in Yukon say a newly-created directorate will help them exert more control over the education of Indigenous students in the

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Even amid pandemic, the northern housing market is hotter than ever, say realtors

John Last and Katie Toth, CBC North
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 12:32
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When Vanessa Thorson bought her duplex in Whitehorse’s Takhini neighbourhood in 2015, it cost her just $285,000. Three years later,

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Petition calls for new painted crosswalk in Northern Canada to represent racial identities

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 16:25
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The mayor of Whitehorse says he’s fully on board to expand upon the city’s existing rainbow and transgender Pride flag

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Some hotels in northwestern Canada still willing to book U.S. travellers, despite restrictions

Chris Windeyer, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 11:13
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Hotels in downtown Whitehorse are offering mixed messages to would-be guests from the U.S. Under the Yukon government’s current border

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Alaskan Brent Sass wins 2020 Yukon Quest sled dog race

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 09:20
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Sass, who’s won the Yukon Quest twice before, arrived in Whitehorse on Tuesday afternoon He was the lead musher for

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon Arctic Ultra: ‘World’s coldest and toughest’ ultra race starts today in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 11:17
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Fabian Imfeld arrived in Whitehorse almost a week ago, and he’s ready to hit the trail. “Yeah, I can feel it.

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General 

CBC North reverses decision to consolidate morning newscasts in Northern Canada

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 11:21 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 14:43
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CBC North managing director Janice Stein has announced that the broadcaster will not be making any changes to its English

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northwestern Canada: Yukon gov pressed for details on expropriations for highway upgrades

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 12:02
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The Yukon Party is pressing the government for details on any planned expropriation of property to make way for Alaska

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Design of Alaska Highway upgrades in Whitehorse, Northern Canada displayed

Steve Silva, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 11:52
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Whitehorse, northwestern Canada residents saw Tuesday evening the nearly finished design of upgrades to a section of the Alaska Highway

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

No Alaska dog mushers at next Arctic Winter Games without ‘true competition’

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 10:24
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The future of dog mushing at the Arctic Winter Games is in doubt again, as Team Alaska considers forgoing the

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Housing facility for homeless opens in Whitehorse, northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 11:53
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A new facility in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon, which will house the city’s most chronically homeless, officially opened Tuesday. The Yukon

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