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Whitehorse child with Type 1 diabetes gets educational assistant, but mom frustrated by effort it took; Jaime Trainor, left, with her daughter Sadie Raye Trainor\. Trainor says the Yukon education department won't be providing her daughter an educational assistant to help the five-year-old manage her Type 1 diabetes when she starts kindergarten in August\.

Whitehorse child with Type 1 diabetes gets educational assistant, but mom frustrated by effort it took

October 30 , 2024 at 07:55:53 p.m. CDT • :

Jaime Trainor is pushing for the Yukon education department to adopt a policy that would guarantee all children with Type 1 diabetes get the support they need  — without their parents having to advocate for it. 

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Whitehorse digs out after another heavy dump of October snow; A bust of Martha Black on Whitehorse's Fourth Avenue after a snowstorm\.

Whitehorse digs out after another heavy dump of October snow

October 30 , 2024 at 07:27:10 p.m. CDT • :

The Yukon capital was already buried under a thick blanket of autumn snow at the start of the week. Then residents woke to another big dump on Wednesday.

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Companies to pay $300K for training initiative after worker died at Nunavut mine in 2022; The port facility at Bathurst Inlet for Sabina Gold & Silver Corp\.'s Back River gold project, shown in the fall of 2021\.

Companies to pay $300K for training initiative after worker died at Nunavut mine in 2022

October 30 , 2024 at 02:55:31 p.m. CDT • :

Vincent Crowe was working at the mine's gold district project near Bathurst Inlet in western Nunavut in 2022 when, while clearing snow from the ice road onsite, the dozer he was operating went through the sea ice near a pressure ridge on the ice road. 

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N.W.T. officials meet with Fort Smith jail staff before funding expires next year; Fort Smith Correctional Complex\. One employee says staff have been given notice that the men's unit has been target for closure as a way of cutting costs\.

N.W.T. officials meet with Fort Smith jail staff before funding expires next year

October 30 , 2024 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Senior N.W.T. government staff met with workers at the Fort Smith Correctional Complex to talk about workers' options before funding for the jail's men's unit expires in April.

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Stanton Territorial Hospital project balloons to $1.2B amid 'perplexing' decisions, auditor general finds; Yellowknife's Stanton Territorial Hospital on Jan\. 19\.

Stanton Territorial Hospital project balloons to $1.2B amid 'perplexing' decisions, auditor general finds

October 29 , 2024 at 05:06:19 p.m. CDT • :

Canada's auditor general has issued a damning report outlining how the N.W.T. government's Stanton Territorial Hospital renewal project went hundreds of millions of dollars over-budget, failed to document potential conflicts-of-interest in the process, and ultimately short-changed the territory's residents.

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Whitehorse man killed in weekend collision on Alaska Highway; At the scene of a collision on the Alaska Highway in Whitehorse, involving a pickup truck and a tractor trailer, Oct\. 26, 2024\.  

October 28 , 2024 at 04:22:18 p.m. CDT • :

Whitehorse man killed in weekend collision on Alaska Highway

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Man's body found on river bank in Lower Post, B.C.; An RCMP cruiser in Yellowknife on July 30, 2021\.  

October 29 , 2024 at 07:49:34 p.m. CDT • :

Man's body found on river bank in Lower Post, B.C.

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This unusual fox keeps being spotted in Yellowknife; Yellowknife resident Alison Buckland took this photo of the unusual-looking fox and posted it to social media last week\.  

October 30 , 2024 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

This unusual fox keeps being spotted in Yellowknife

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'Confused and fearful': As winter sets in, Norman Wells, N.W.T., resident decries fuel costs; Residents have reported home heating fuel costs have risen to more than \$5\.  

October 29 , 2024 at 05:49:44 p.m. CDT • :

'Confused and fearful': As winter sets in, Norman Wells, N.W.T., resident decries fuel costs

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Yellowknife city councillor apologizes for ethics violation; City Hall on Dec\. 12, 2017  

October 29 , 2024 at 05:16:55 p.m. CDT • :

Yellowknife city councillor apologizes for ethics violation

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October 28 , 2024 at 07:33:30 p.m. CDT • :

Faro, Yukon, shooting trial begins with accused admitting to killing 2, firing gun at 4 others

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October 29 , 2024 at 05:03:11 p.m. CDT • :

Housing development permit approved for empty downtown Yellowknife lots

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October 28 , 2024 at 03:43:08 p.m. CDT • :

U.S. Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska

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October 29 , 2024 at 09:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Local research institute a benefit to Cree community in northern Que., say youth who work there

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October 30 , 2024 at 10:34:58 a.m. CDT • :

Review of Yellowknife's street outreach program says it lacks sustainable funding

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