 | | | | | | Hello, these are your top stories for Monday, January 08, 2024.
Go to cbc.ca/news to read more stories. | | |  | | | | January 8 , 2024 • 08:00 PM CST | | It's official — Whitehorse will host the 2026 Arctic Winter Games, and planning for the big event can now begin. | | Read more | |  | | | | January 8 , 2024 • 06:40 PM CST | | Some elementary students in Whitehorse are heading back to school after the holidays with something they haven't been able to pack in their lunches before: peanut butter sandwiches. | | Read more | |  | | | | January 8 , 2024 • 02:25 PM CST | | The City of Whitehorse has granted mineral exploration company Gladiator Metals permission to drill in an area near Mount Sima and Copper Haul Road. | | Read more | | |  | | | | January 8 , 2024 • 10:52 AM CST | | Holdover fires are still burning across the N.W.T., sending smoke billowing up from snow banks along roadways, but a fire scientist says there's no need to be alarmed right now. | | Read more | |  | | | | January 8 , 2024 • 03:00 AM CST | | West Dawson resident Sebastien Weisser says he doesn't think there will be an ice bridge this year. Normally this time of year an ice bridge would be open to light traffic. Weisser says the Yukon Government should scrap the plan and focus on a new plan. | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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