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Yukon officials aim for ‘transformational change’ in social housing system

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 10:49 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 10:50
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Yukon housing officials were before a legislative committee on Tuesday vowing to fix problems that have vexed the social housing system

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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

As Yukon plans shift to new recycling model, businesses wonder what it means for them

Leslie Amminson, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 12:35
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As the Yukon moves toward implementing a new model to deal with recycling, the territory’s Chamber of Commerce says business owners have questions

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Society Society (Canada) 

Staffing shortage forces postponement of 150 elective surgeries at Whitehorse hospital

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 13:55
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Dozens of Yukoners preparing for surgery at Whitehorse General Hospital have had their plans delayed.  The Yukon Hospital Corporation announced last

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Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Winter Games 2023 open with a rockin’ outdoor party at –17 C

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 09:03 — Last Updated: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 09:04
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Black night skies spread above brightly lit arches and crowds of spectators on Sunday night as the teams competing in

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Yukon hunters want to head to Ottawa to discuss federal gun bill

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 12:24
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‘I’m hopeful we’ll get that opportunity,’ says Eric Schroff of the Yukon Fish and Game Association The Yukon Fish and

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

Mayo residents say Yukon gov’t efforts to address substance use fall short

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 23, 2023 at 11:41
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By Virginie Ann · CBC News Yukon government says it’s handling the opioid crisis, but this small community says otherwise Warning: this

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

Yukon MP, public safety minister, get an earful at roundtable discussion on Bill C-21

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 20, 2023 at 16:08
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Yukon trappers, sport shooters, and gun collectors spoke against the bill Thursday Liberal MP Brendan Hanley hosted a roundtable with

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

Affordability one major theme of Yukon’s latest housing report

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 08:35
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45 per cent of all units in Carcross are unaffordable, inadequate or overcrowded, report says Affordability is one of the

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

Yukon Quest Alaska official hopes to patch things up and bring back cross-border race

CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 13, 2023 at 09:31
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Famed 1,600-kilometre race not happening this year after international dispute over rules The new executive director of the Yukon Quest

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

‘Beside myself’: Renters struggle to find affordable housing in the North

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 09:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 09:18
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By Emily Blake · The Canadian Press Aurora Rose Gellenbeck has been living out of a hotel in Yellowknife for the past

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‘Uninspiring & flat’: Yukon’s opposition weighs in on non-race for Liberal leadership

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:48
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Ranj Pillai to be sworn in as premier this weekend after running unopposed for party leadership Yukon’s official opposition says

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

Most of Western Canada’s glaciers will melt in 80 years, University of Northern B.C. study finds

CBC Radio
Posted: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 14:18
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A study by international researchers using a supercomputer at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has found that most

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Tourism rebounded in Yukon last year, but not to pre-pandemic levels

CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 6, 2023 at 10:12
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Yukon’s lucrative tourism sector took a major hit during the pandemic, but the latest data from the territorial government suggests

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

Many Northern communities were warmer than usual in 2022

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 16:28
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From flooding, to very hot temperatures and some odd winters, all three territories saw a variety of unusual climate events over

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Society Society (Canada) 

People seeking fertility treatment in the Yukon call for more government support

Leslie Amminson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:37
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When Amélia Koeppel started trying to conceive with her partner, she didn’t predict they’d eventually end up with a $30,000

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