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Yukon’s 2024 budget promises money for housing, international health care workers
Sandy Silver, then-Yukon's premier, participates in a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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EVs north of 60: Yukon a leader despite cold, remote location
Jonah Clark, owner of Icycle Sports, loads a bike into the back of his Ford F-150 Lightning in Whitehorse on January 28, 2024. Clark has two other electric vehicles, a Ford cargo van for business use and a Tesla Model Y long range crossover SUV for personal use.
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Yukon says there’s no plan for Dawson City bridge, despite PM’s comment
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. The Yukon government is pouring cold water on a suggestion by Trudeau that a bridge is being built across the Yukon River in Dawson City, after years of struggle to construct a sanctioned route on ice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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On-call teacher in Yukon is accused of possessing child pornography
Yukon MLA Jeanie McLean signs the Oath of Office at the swearing in ceremony in the Yukon Legislature in Whitehorse, Monday, May 3, 2021. Yukon Education MinisterJeanie McLean says in a statement that an on-call teacher who worked at 10 different schools over five years has been charged with possession of child pornography. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Kelly
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Leonard Marchand named new chief justice of British Columbia
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Paddling the Yukon River on a whim, an out-of-shape Irishman was kept afloat by good luck and true grit
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The notwithstanding clause being used by Saskatchewan, explained
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe listens during a news conference, in Whistler, B.C., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Moe says his government will use the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Constitution and pass legislation this fall to ensure the province's pronoun policy remains in place.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Government websites down in four provinces, territories; cyberattacks blamed in two
A woman uses a keyboard in North Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Prince Edward Island says a cyberattack has crashed its provincial government website.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Only media report spurred Yukon to tell parents of sexual abuse in a school, report shows
Yukon's ombudsman says the territory's government failed in its duties to notify parents at a school where a child was sexually assaulted by delaying notification until almost two years later. The Yukon flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Beauty brands boost their eco credentials with environmental stewardship
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Dystopian Arctic film Polaris brings Whitehorse community together, aims to raise the ante for Northern filmmaking
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Virtual reality project immerses viewers in climate change on Yukon island
Richard Gordon tests out the virtual reality environment on Qikiqtaruk, Y.T., in an undated handout photo. The VR project Qikiqtaruk: Arctic at Risk is transporting people to Yukon's northernmost point without them ever having to leave home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Isla Myers-Smith, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Evacuation alerts issued as wildfires burn in the Ibex Valley, Prince George Fire Centre
Flames from the Donnie Creek wildfire burn along a ridge top north of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Sunday, July 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Quebec only outlier on Ottawa health deal as Nunavut, Yukon and N.W.T. sign on
FILE PHOTO: A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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Yukon ‘patiently waiting’ on federal support to build flood mitigation infrastructure
Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai pauses while speaking during a news conference after a meeting of western premiers, in Whistler, B.C., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.The Yukon government says the territory is "patiently waiting" for federal support for building mitigation infrastructure after severe flooding in the Klondike Valley this spring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Provinces with existing dental coverage got smaller share of federal kids’ benefit, data show
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Launch of search for graves at former Yukon residential school triggers raw emotions
The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. A Yukon First Nations community has begun its search for unmarked graves at a former residential school site with a ceremony that triggered strong emotions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Tactical evacuation in Yukon as some rivers rise, but flood conditions easing in B.C.
The Yukon provincial flag flies in Ottawa on Monday, July 6, 2020. The Yukon government has upgraded the Klondike River to a flood warning, the highest level of its flood advisories. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Yukon residential school site to be searched with ground-penetrating radar in summer
Adeline Webber, chair of the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children Working Group, speaks during a press conference in Whitehorse on Friday March 24, 2023. Webber said that that ground penetrating radar searches are set to begin this summer at the site of the Choutla Residential School in Carcross, Yukon.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Carcross/Tagish First Nation-Max Leighton **MANDATORY CREDIT **
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Yukon First Nation declares state of emergency over opioids ‘terrorizing’ community
The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. A Yukon First Nation has declared a state of emergency related to the opioid crisis, calling it an "emergency that is terrorizing the public." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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