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A recent study has found that climate change is altering Arctic plant composition, with some species declining in response to warmer temperatures, while others flourish. Researchers studied over 2,000 plant communities across the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, and Scandinavia over four decades.
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Cole Sinclair was arrested in Whitehorse last December on a warrant issued under the federal Extradition Act. He faces nine charges in central Oregon's Deschutes County in relation to the 2023 death of Evelyn Weaver, including first-degree murder, robbery and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
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Fentanyl mixed with a rare benzodiazepine was detected in drugs seized between Fort Good Hope and Norman Wells. The chief public health officer of the N.W.T. is warning that the territory is seeing an increased presence of methamphetamine and higher quantities of fentanyl.
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Gladiator resumed drilling in the Whitehorse copper belt in 2024. An application to expand exploration to a class 3 permit is going through the assessment process. If approved, Gladiator would expand drilling throughout the whole 35-kilometre Copper Belt project, most of which is within city limits.
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Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok say they will be exploring the creation of a "territorial trade zone" that would make sure modern treaties with Indigenous people, and the needs of the territories are recognized as trade barriers come down.
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The pool in Ross River, Yukon, will remain closed for at least another year. The territory's department of Highways and Public Works conducted a detailed structural and geotechnical investigation of the pool last fall and found severe foundational and structural issues.
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The Yukon government failed to properly respond to and support students and families affected by the improper use of holds and isolation at Whitehorse's Jack Hulland Elementary School, according to a new report by the office of the territory's child and youth advocate.
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"It hurts to see her trapped in a body that doesn't work anymore,” Virginie Bourque's partner said in a victim impact statement. "It hurts to see her suffer, it hurts to see that her young adult years were taken away from her… It's been nothing but heartbreaking.”
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"It hurts to see her trapped in a body that doesn't work anymore,” Virginie Bourque's partner said in a victim impact statement. "It hurts to see her suffer, it hurts to see that her young adult years were taken away from her… It's been nothing but heartbreaking.”
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Jill Aalhus, the executive director of Blood Ties Four Directions, said a spike in overdoses included some that happened at the supervised consumption site in downtown Whitehorse. Nobody died, but Aalhus said onsite drug testing revealed an unknown substance that has advocates concerned.
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The Nunavut government says it's working on guidelines for employees about using artificial intelligence. The topic came up Friday during hearings of the Standing Committee on Oversight of Government Operations and Public Accounts. The use of unapproved third-party applications, like WhatsApp, was also discussed.
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This week, N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson published an open letter arguing that Canada "cannot afford to overlook the Northwest Territories.” He spoke to CBC's Meghan Roberts about that letter, and why he is hopeful that politicians in Ottawa are ready to invest in the territories.
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Damien Haogak sees the impact of climate change, rising costs of living and the lack of investments in northern infrastructure. The Yellowknife resident is looking for a federal party that sees the value in investing in the Arctic beyond a military presence.
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The George Black ferry in Dawson City, Yukon has transported passengers across the Yukon River for over 50 years. The Yukon's department of Highways and Public Works plans to replace the aging vessel with something more environmentally, and cost efficient.
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A town hall Tuesday, held by Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins, was meant to give the MLAs a better understanding of what people tied to the nominee program are facing, and what they'd like to see from the program in the future.
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The Alberta government is proceeding with legislation that would ban gender-affirming care for youth under 16. The territory's 2SLGBTQ+ community is seeking federal support in light of restricted health care access to puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy under Bill 26.
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The measures include a temporary reduction in property taxes paid by N.W.T. mines to the territorial government, and allowing Ekati and Gahcho Kue diamond mines to use around $4 million from a fund previously set aside for green projects to reduce mine emissions for general operations.
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Scientists have discovered that a tooth found near Old Crow, Yukon, in 2018 belonged to the oldest known woolly mammoth in North America. The discovery challenges the popular belief that mammoths crossed into North America from Siberia in the last 100,000 years.
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From Old Crow to Watson Lake, the Yukon has been in the midst of what some advocates have described as a housing crisis for years now, with the most recent data from the Yukon Bureau of Statistics indicating a vacancy rate of just more than one per cent.
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Nunavik's 14 villages rely heavily on diesel power, so the region is exempt from most oil-powered heating bans in Quebec. The housing bureau says those exemptions could be hurting Nunavimmiut as fewer people are training in oil-powered heating, and parts for repairs are becoming hard to come by.
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"I know there's other focuses but I think the environment has to be a priority, especially for our youth and for all of us," one voter in Haines Junction told CBC News. "We have to think about other things than just day-to-day stuff, we have to think about the future of our children.”
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Earlier this month, the governments waved the project through and onto the licensing phase — which is in the purview of the Yukon Water Board — but subject to a raft of new provisions, many of which deal with salmon, First Nations' land use and, connected to those, vested rights.
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