The Yukon Territorial Court approved a substantial fine against a placer mining company and its owner relating to the 2021 death of an employee in a bulldozer rollover. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News) On Sept. 14, the Yukon Territorial Court handed down substantial fines for a Klondike placer ...
As acting city manager Jeff O’Farrell told council in an earlier report, the territory is on the hosting cycle for the 2027 Canada Games. In January, the Yukon government told the Canada Games Council it would support a non-competitive bid process to host the Games with the City of White...
The Yukon government is heading to court in an effort to evict cabin-dwelling residents from a remote area south of Dawson City. A March 2 legal petition launched by the government names Simon Tourigny and “persons unknown” as respondents. It is seeking court orders requiring Tourigny and an...
“CAFN has the authority to take emergency measures under our Self Government Agreement, our inherent right to self-government and under the CAFN Constitution,” he said in the statement. Council may issue CAFN emergency orders that vary in different communities “depending on the specific needs ...
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In a separate letter, LFN councillor Travis Stewart wrote that the First Nation’s Kaska Centric Independent Peer Review of Kudz De Kayah was still underway, and that it was surprised YESAB had issued its draft screening report in the first place. ...
Sheppard said who shot who and when and how many shots were fired remains unknown. RCMP would not provide further details at this point in the investigation. Both men received medical treatment and are in stable condition in hospital, with Keobke being moved out of the Yukon for med...
All of Whitehorse is conscious of the danger posed by wildfire, especially one that tries to come into town like the Takhini Fire did in 1958. Whitehorse Council has made this one of their top priority issues. A detailed study was made in 2020 to more clearly understand the risk of a ...
Lien said the precautions are put in place to be in compliance with the recommendations and orders of Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer of Health. The series is a way to help Yukon talent, he said. “The purpose is a way of addressing the needs of the performing ...
Those plans are now cancelled, or at least on-hold in light of COVID-19, as students, administrators and teachers find new ways to celebrate the accomplishments of the class of 2020. Along with June 10 being declared Yukon Graduate Day in the territory, parades, photo shoots, scavenger hunt...