CBC - North (2 days ago)
The Yukon government is updating the requirements for Periodic Motor Vehicle Inspections for commercial vehicles operating in the territory. As of Jan. 1, commercial vehicles weighing more than 11,794 kilograms can undergo an inspection every 12 months, instead of every six months.
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Dawson City, Yukon resident, and raven whisperer Daniel Vigliotti has formed a special bond with the town's corvid community after coming to the aid of a wounded raven. Ever since then between 12 and 25 ravens join Vigliotti on his daily walks through town.
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The librarian of the John Tetso Memorial Library in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., was surprised by the donation of 60-year-old correspondences between trapper John Tetso and a pen pal from the prominent Molson family. Tetso wrote one of the first autobiographies documenting life in the bush, and this donation elaborates upon his life and legacy.
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Rassi Nashalik, the host who delivered the news in the language of the Inuit people of Canada's Arctic, is one of 80 individuals recently appointed to the Order of Canada, the Governor General's office announced on Wednesday. Nashalik said she did her job for her people.
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It's been an eventful year in the Yukon, with the election of a new territorial government and a new leader of the Council of Yukon First Nations, the settlement of a major class action lawsuit involving a Whitehorse elementary school, and the experience of a Yukon woman in a U.S. immigration detention facility among the stories making headlines.
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A Nunavut mom is happy to be home for Christmas in Gjoa Haven with her son, after an airline ticketing mix-up almost left the nine-year-old boy stranded in Yellowknife. And Millie Putuguq is especially thankful for another woman's generous offer to ensure they made it home.
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It's Christmas eve and the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk is facing another big storm. Mayor Erwin Elias says it's the third blizzard in two weeks. He says the store shelves are getting bare, and crews on the highway have been helping trucks of groceries get in when the road has been clear.
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The truck that brings mail, and other supplies to Dawson City, Yukon, from Whitehorse is not running while temperatures across the territory remain around –40 C. Manitoulin Transport said the next truck will arrive in Dawson City after the holiday weekend, weather permitting.
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Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster has spent two decades working in health care in Nunavut, and she's focused much of her career on pushing for more action on suicide prevention. Now as the minister of that portfolio, she has new powers to try to spur that change, and she wants to focus on youth.
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ATCO Electric Yukon said early Monday afternoon that crews have shut down the generator plant in Haines Junction to investigate a 'fuel-related issue.' The company said it didn't know how how long repairs would take, but said it's actively working with Yukon Energy to restore service as quickly as possible.
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Some Whitehorse organizations say their buildings and services are no substitute for the former warming centre that operated in the government administration building last winter. The territorial government has said it won't reopen the facility this winter.
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Mountain goats' ability to survive in alpine environments helps protect them from predators, but it also comes with risks. The frequency and intensity of avalanches in southeast Alaska is increasing with climate change, and even the most well-adapted alpine species — mountain goats — are not immune to the effects.
ReadCBC - North (3 weeks ago)
On Friday, the N.W.T.'s minister of education said she had read the final report of an investigation into concerns around governance, workplace culture, communication, and impacts on students and staff in Dehcho region education bodies, but that she would not be releasing the report or its recommendations "unilaterally."
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A man in Pelly Crossing, Yukon, is still waiting for payment for the work he did during last month's territorial election. Elections Yukon acknowledged that some people still have to receive payment, and it's working hard to see it happens as soon as possible.
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Some N.W.T. MLAs have been weighing in on cabinet minister Lucy Kuptana's decision to run for election as chair of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC). Kuptana was stripped of her cabinet portfolios on Tuesday after notifying the premier of her intentions.
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The Yukon government said Monday it will not reopen the warming centre in the government administration building in downtown Whitehorse this winter. Whitehorse emergency shelter users say the government should be adding warm spaces in the city, not taking them away.
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Small communities in the Northwest Territories still aren't getting regular visits from dentists, more than five years after the service was temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. The N.W.T.'s health minister says there is still no timeline for when visits will resume.
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Resourcing Tomorrow is billed as "Europe's largest and most influential mining event," but observers question whether the trip overseas was worth the resources, and say the government should focus more attention on creating an environment at home that's attractive to investors.
ReadCBC - North (4 weeks ago)
The approval of the 340-kilometre Ambler Access Road came as record rainfall in Northwest Alaska flooded villages and ripped through fish spawning habitat — the latest climate-driven blow to Indigenous communities already watching caribou and salmon numbers plummet.
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Three former Liard First Nation employees say they experienced harassment — and that even after federal investigations substantiated their complaints, the workplace culture they raised concerns about remains unaddressed. Liard First Nation Chief Stephen Charlie acknowledges the Labour Board findings, and said the nation is working to implement...
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The territorial government will ask Canada to increase funding for a program that helps Indigenous communities without land and resource agreements to navigate the resource development regime, and environmental assessment process. The fund is fully spent every year.
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In a news release Tuesday, Eleanor Olszewski, the federal minister of emergency management, said she has approved a request for assistance from the Nunavut government. That's to provide support in the logistics of transporting, distributing and pumping drinking water, as the community of Kugaaruk continues to grapple with a state of emergency.
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Tunngasugit Inc., an Inuit resource centre in Winnipeg, has been running the service since 2019 but the executive director said with staffing shortages and funding constraints it's just not sustainable. The organization is directing callers to 911 for emergencies or 211 for help accessing resources.
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Yellowknife city council adopted the city's 2026 budget Monday night, which includes a 3.7 per cent hike to the property tax. The final property tax increase is lower than the seven per cent first quoted in November, after budget readjustments and the factoring in of carbon tax revenue sharing.
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Right now, 19 types of cancers are covered for full-time, and part-time, volunteer firefighters under Yukon legislation — but wildland firefighters are not included. The premier has indicated that he'll support amending the legislation, but won't say when.
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Louisa Sakiagak is speaking up about her late sister, Alasie Tukkiapik, who was found dead in 2023 after being missing for several months. Her body was found in the apartment of 2 men who pleaded guilty to indignity of a human body. A coroner found there was no third-party involvement in Tukkiapik's death.
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