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Yukon

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Federal, Yukon gov’ts announce $17M to help reduce wildfire risk

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 4, 2025 at 09:49
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Money to be used on wildfire mitigation efforts around Whitehorse, Teslin and Haines Junction The federal and Yukon governments are

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Independent report details causes of last year’s Eagle mine failure in Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 11:19 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 12:10
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Board of experts was appointed by territory to study catastrophic heap leach slide, make recommendations Last year’s catastrophic slide at

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A sign
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Health centre in Ross River, Yukon, will be unstaffed for more than a week

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 08:33 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 10:33
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No nurse available in community from July 2 to 10, primary care paramedic will be on hand for emergencies The

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a man standing looking off into a valley
* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Evacuation alerts lifted for areas around Dawson City, Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:44
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The alerts were first issued on June 20 as wildfires threatened the area Evacuation alerts have been lifted for areas around

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A hotel sign.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

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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A building The Yukon
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Multi-million dollar housing complex in Watson Lake, Yukon, still vacant months

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:50 — Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:43
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21 applicants are currently on a waiting list for units in the building It’s been a few months since a

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A sticker on a garbage can outside of a rural store reads, 'Ban heap leach.'
* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 3 General 

A year after the Eagle mine failure, questions remain about Yukon’s mining future

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 10:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 12:03
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‘It goes beyond the Yukon in terms of how we judge whether it’s right to mine or not,’ minister says

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Dirt road with smoke in the distance.
* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Flight disruptions, unpredictable highway closures as Yukon fires continue

Cheryl Kawaja, CBC North
Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 07:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 11:51
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Residents in the Dawson City area continue to closely monitor nearby fires as evacuation alerts remain in place for West

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Fires restricted in much of Yukon as weather warms

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 20, 2025 at 09:59
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As of noon on Friday, burning only permitted in fire pits or other containers in most of territory Fire restrictions

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Receiver moves to put Yukon’s Eagle mine up for sale

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 08:25
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By Julien Greene  PricewaterhouseCoopers wants to close the sale of the mine by December Victoria Gold’s receiver wants to put the Eagle

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Yukon Chamber of Commerce closing shop, calling it a ‘refresh’

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 10:13
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‘The motion was, ‘yes, let’s dissolve,’ and the ancillary was, ‘and let’s get back to the original intent’ The Yukon

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Yukon’s Southern Lakes caribou recover as communities reconnect with the herds

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10:27
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By Tori Fitzpatrick Nine governments signed a plan to protect Southern Lakes caribou and their relationship with people An ambitious

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Unusually low water in Yukon lakes this spring a sign of climate change: expert

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 11:28
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By Virginie Ann  Yukon Energy says Marsh Lake, south of Whitehorse, is refilling with snowmelt later any time since the

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Efforts are underway to make Dawson City, Yukon, more accessible — but it’s not easy

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 10:05
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‘We’re trying to shoehorn a 2025 philosophy into an 1898 building strategy,’ says town official To many residents and visitors,

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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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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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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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