Dawson City drug bust could be biggest in Yukon history, RCMP say
Yukon RCMP say a “complex investigation” led to two search warrants executed in Dawson City on March 6, and those
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Feds pledge nearly $86 million to improve Yukon health care
By Caitrin Pilkington · CBC News Some of funding to go toward new walk-in clinic opening next month in Whitehorse Federal and
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Yukon budget critics raise concerns over health care, rural land development
Opposition parties praised spending on housing and physician recruitment measures Representatives of the Yukon opposition parties, labour unions and municipalities are
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Yukon premier promises ‘transformation’ of health-care system
Legislative Assembly back in session as of Thursday afternoon, with tabling of budget Yukon’s premier is promising more investments in housing
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Young Kaska designer from the Yukon makes waves at fashion show in Italy
Natasha Peter’s Kaska Dena Designs were featured at Milan Fashion Week Starting your own business can be tough, and Natasha
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Yukon gov’t to spend 3 years remediating abandoned Minto mine site
By Gabrielle Plonka · CBC News Remediation to proceed even if the site is sold to another company, officials say The Yukon
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All emissions from Faro mine cleanup must be offset, review board says
Project could increase territory’s total emissions by upward of 46 per cent, undermining plans to reduce them While the cleanup
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Yukon First Nations, advocates push for chinook salmon protection
Whitehorse dam, infighting among governments and mining impacts among talking points at committee Warning of looming extinction, delegates at a
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Finnish cyclists say biking makes sense year-round — even in Northern cities
For many Canadians living north of 60, the idea of getting through the winter without four-wheel drive is a tough
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Teslin Tlingit Council in Yukon establishing its own laws and justice system
The Teslin Tlingit Council is moving toward establishing its own court and corrections system. The First Nation in the Yukon
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Painful dental emergency leaves Whitehorse resident scrambling to find $13k
A Whitehorse resident was confronted with the choice of finding $13,000 for an emergency dental procedure in Vancouver, or leaving
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2023 was another bad year for chinook, fall chum salmon, Yukon River Panel hears
Panel held its post-season meeting last week in Whitehorse Alaska and Yukon representatives met in Whitehorse last week to discuss
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Meet Kipper, the newest — and only — avalanche dog in Canada’s North
By Katie Todd · CBC News 2-year-old German Shepherd training to work at Whitehorse’s Mt. Sima ski hill A two-year-old German Shepherd
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New Yukon Fish and Game Association job aims to deal with problem elk
By Meribeth Deen · CBC News Pilot project aims to resolve long-standing conflict over introduced wild elk in Takhini Valley The Yukon
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Whitehorse RCMP part of pilot project to collect race-based data
By Meribeth Deen · CBC News Observers say they hope data will help improve policing in the Yukon Whitehorse will become one of
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