Canada’s Yukon territory has highest per capita pot sales in country, study says
Yukoners led Canadians in buying the most legal pot per capita from retail stores in the first year of legalization, according to a study released
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Indigenous leader named Northerner of the Year by Canadian magazine
Dana Tizya-Tramm, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Canada’s northwestern Arctic, has been named Notherner of the Year
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Artists in northwestern Canadian territory earn more than peers in rest of the country, survey says
A new survey has found that Yukon artists make more money than artists elsewhere in the country, but significantly less
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New pediatricians in northwestern Canada to help serve small communities
Yukon, a territory in northwestern Canada, now has three full-time pediatricians based in the territory, and that means they’ll be
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Greta Thunberg look-alike in Yukon gold rush photo sparks online frenzy
No, Greta Thunberg is not a time traveller. But a historic photo from the Yukon Klondike Gold Rush in northwestern
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Commission seeks public input for land use plan in northwestern Canada
The Dawson Regional Planning Commission in Yukon is releasing its work to date for public feedback. The commission, which is
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Mineral exploration plummets in northwestern Canada
There’s concern about the future of mineral exploration in Yukon, a territory in northwestern Canada, after a sharp downturn in
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Canada’s Yukon territory aims for 30% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030
A Yukon, northwestern Canada government draft strategy released Thursday to deal with what it labels a “climate change emergency” suggests
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Northwestern Canada: Yukon gov pressed for details on expropriations for highway upgrades
The Yukon Party is pressing the government for details on any planned expropriation of property to make way for Alaska
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Design of Alaska Highway upgrades in Whitehorse, Northern Canada displayed
Whitehorse, northwestern Canada residents saw Tuesday evening the nearly finished design of upgrades to a section of the Alaska Highway
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No Alaska dog mushers at next Arctic Winter Games without ‘true competition’
The future of dog mushing at the Arctic Winter Games is in doubt again, as Team Alaska considers forgoing the
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Canadian Arctic could face ‘abrupt’ climate threats due to permafrost thaw, says study
New research says major climate threats to Arctic communities, ecosystems and infrastructure could come much sooner than expected as vast
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Housing facility for homeless opens in Whitehorse, northwestern Canada
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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Northern Canada store’s “greener” poppy option limited by legion trademark rules
The Royal Canadian Legion distributes more than 19 million poppies a year, which in turn raises millions of dollars in
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Miles Canyon in Canada’s Yukon territory needs name change, says MLA
It’s one of Whitehorse’s best known and most admired local landmarks. The same, however, can’t be said for its namesake
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