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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Northern Canadians want caribou calving grounds protected, WWF says
Populations of barren-ground caribou in Canada’s Arctic are plummeting to the point they may never recover, says Brandon Laforest of
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Government to attempt another ice bridge at Dawson City, northwestern Canada after failing last two winters
The Yukon government, in northwestern Canada, is going to give it another shot. Plans are being made to try again
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MLAs in Canada’s Yukon territory debate electoral reform process as former clerk rebukes gov
In northwestern Canada, Yukon MLAs have begun to debate a motion establishing an all-party committee on electoral reform, following a
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Historical, 150-year-old map of southwest Yukon on display in Northern Canada
When a precious map arrived in the Yukon from San Francisco last week, Tom Buzzell was shocked at its size.
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Canadian FedElxn 2019: Liberals hang on to western Arctic, centre-left NDP takes east
The Liberal Party was able to hang on to Canada’s western Arctic in the federal elections on Monday, while the
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North a low priority in Canada’s federal elections
Lawrence Ruben sighs as he wraps his hands around his coffee mug. He takes his time to think about what
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MLAs in Yukon, northwestern Canada unanimous in declaring climate emergency
Yukon MLAs voted unanimously on Thursday in favour of a motion to declare a climate emergency in the territory. “There
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Researchers get rare time-lapse video of glacial lake flood in Northern Canada
When scientists installed a time-lapse camera near the Donjek Glacier in Kluane National Park and Reserve in July, they thought
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