As ATCO applies to raise power rates, Yukon Energy could soon follow suit
As ATCO Electric Yukon applies to raise rates next year, Yukon Energy — the Crown corporation that sells electricity to
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Hot and dry July saw temperature records topple in the Yukon
Carmacks among several communities that smashed single-day temperature records, hitting 35.5 C on July 7 You weren’t imagining it —
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Old Crow, Yukon, residents asked to pack for possible evacuation
The nearest fire is about 12 kilometres away, north of Old Crow at Berry Hill The Vuntut Gwitchin Government says
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Yukon’s wildfire season ‘escalated dramatically’ over last week, with 80 new starts
Territory requesting firefighting help from elsewhere, but officials say resources stretched thin everywhere The Yukon’s wildfire season has taken a
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Eagle mine evacuated as out-of-control wildfire near Keno City, Yukon, grows
An out of control wildfire continued to grow northwest of Keno City in the Yukon this weekend, forcing an evacuation of
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Association of Yukon Communities decries rural health centre staffing woes
The Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) says the territory has to think creatively to solve an ongoing shortage of health
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Evacuation alert issued for Yukon’s Dublin Gulch area, including the Eagle gold mine
An evacuation alert has been issued for the Dublin Gulch area, northwest of Keno City, Yukon, due to the risk
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Yukon University student says unwelcome weeds could support mine remediation
By Lilian Fridfinnson · CBC News Research student says invasive species found at mine sites could be used to filter mine-impacted water
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Above-average sockeye salmon run expected in Yukon’s Alsek River
By Ethan Lang · CBC News Numbers have been low for most of last two decades, but about 30,000 are expected to
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Mining company charged over exploration work near Whitehorse
A B.C.-based mining company is facing charges related to a contentious exploration project near Cowley Creek, just outside of Whitehorse. Gladiator
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Growing permafrost slump threatens part of Alaska Highway, road to be moved
The Yukon government says work will begin shortly to move a section of the Alaska Highway northwest of Whitehorse, as
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Solar power to help Yukon’s remote grader stations go green
Solar arrays expected to reduce hundreds of tonnes of emissions The Yukon government is starting to use solar power at
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Whitehorse mulls hosting 2026 Arctic Winter Games, but council has questions
The Arctic Winter Games could be coming to the Yukon in 2026, but the City of Whitehorse wants to get
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Climate action means ‘reconnection,’ say participants in Yukon First Nations fellowship
A group of young Indigenous people from the Yukon has created an interactive website they hope will encourage a radical
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Fire services have returned to Pelly Crossing, Yukon, after a decade without
It’s been at least 10 years since Pelly Crossing, Yukon, had any form of local fire services. That changed last
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