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Grassroots emergency response support group in West Dawson, Yukon gains association status

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 09:16
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The West Dawson Community Group provides emergency responses during months when services aren’t accessible A grassroots volunteer group that provides

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Yukon Building Trades Council aims to make training an election issue, president says

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2025 at 15:48
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As Yukon prepares for a territorial election, the president of the Yukon Building Trades Council says he’s been talking with

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Parties weigh in on future of Yukon health authority as election nears

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 17:30
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By Gabrielle Plonka The Yukon Party says it won’t commit to launching a territorial health authority if elected, making it

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians launches new book documenting its history

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 14:01
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It also explores the Indian Act’s designation of people as status or non-status The Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians (YANSI)

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

2 dead, 5 others injured after fire breaks out at mining camp near Dawson City, Yukon

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 12:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 12:53
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The Yukon coroner’s office says it’s investigating the cause of the fire, rules out suspicious activity The Yukon Coroner’s office

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

First Nation calls deteriorating state of Whitehorse dam fish ladder ‘extremely concerning’

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 10:11
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By Julien Greene  Documents on Yukon Water Board registry say a portion of Whitehorse dam fish ladder damaged A Yukon

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White feathers on orange crosswalk
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

How to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in the North

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 13:07
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People across the North will mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday. The annual event is observed to

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Yukon gov’t reviewing quartz licences, guidelines for mine waste management

CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2025 at 09:34
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By Gabrielle Plonka Officials say they’re following recommendations from independent review of Eagle mine failure The Yukon government says it

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon’s francophone newspaper L’Aurore Boréale wins 3 national awards

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 10:28
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By Isabella Calissi Periodical named ‘Newspaper of the Year’ at 2025 Prix d’excellence de la Presse Francophone Yukon’s only francophone newspaper,

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Mayor of Faro, Yukon, says community facing a health-care crisis

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 19, 2025 at 14:10
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‘We’re at a very restricted service level at this time and no prospect of when it might be over’ Jack

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

New research links Yukon summertime heat to climate change

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 09:38
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By Julien Greene  The warm temperatures Yukoners weathered over the summer were in large part driven by climate change, new research suggests. A

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A ruby red salmon resting on rocks at the bottom of a creek.
* Featured * Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 USA 

Just how deadly could a parasite be to Yukon River chinook salmon?

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2025 at 10:01
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U.S. biologists are studying how deadly a parasite that’s afflicting Yukon River chinook salmon could be, with the hope that

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

First Nation blasts Yukon government over release of draft mining framework

CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 12, 2025 at 14:34 — Last Updated: Friday, September 12, 2025 at 14:36
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Territory says it ‘deeply regret[s] the recent accidental release’ of document still being negotiated The Yukon government is under fire

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Gold prices drive Yukon placer mining production to new heights

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 08:39 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 08:44
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By Caitrin Pilkington  Territorial government took home $36,000 in royalties on industry revenue of $284 million More than 125 years after

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

Yukon’s mining law framework promises major change, but not everyone’s happy

Chris Windeyer, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11:15
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Draft could upend territory’s longstanding free-entry system for mining claims It’s a document that outlines sweeping changes to the Yukon’s

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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

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