Nominations open for byelection in Haines Junction, Yukon, after mayor's resignation | Yukon woman says relative was discharged from Whitehorse hospital without plan, or shoes | Northwest Territories, feds sign agreement to build more shelter spaces, transitional housing
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Nominations open for byelection in Haines Junction, Yukon, after mayor's resignation; The nomination period for Haines Junction mayoral candidates is open until Jan\. 11\. The by-election will take place on Jan\. 30\.

Nominations open for byelection in Haines Junction, Yukon, after mayor's resignation

December 12 , 2024 at 07:00:00 p.m. CST • :

Nominations for an upcoming mayoral byelection in Haines Junction, Yukon, opened on Thursday, following the abrupt resignation last month of Micheal Riseborough, who had been elected mayor just weeks earlier.

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Yukon woman says relative was discharged from Whitehorse hospital without plan, or shoes; The Whitehorse General Hospital in winter\.

Yukon woman says relative was discharged from Whitehorse hospital without plan, or shoes

December 12 , 2024 at 04:27:02 p.m. CST • :

There's more frustration about rural Yukoners being discharged from the Whitehorse hospital with nowhere to go — while Yukon's health minister acknowledges there are "gaps" in health care that need to be fixed. 

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Northwest Territories, feds sign agreement to build more shelter spaces, transitional housing; A sign outside the encampment on 51 Street in Yellowknife on Sept\. 6\.

Northwest Territories, feds sign agreement to build more shelter spaces, transitional housing

December 12 , 2024 at 04:25:00 p.m. CST • :

The N.W.T. government and the federal government will contribute $1 million each over two years to create more shelter spaces and eventually more transitional housing for people facing homeless in Yellowknife. 

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Whitehorse city council scraps hand-delivered notices amid ongoing postal strike; A Canada Post worker picketing in Whitehorse on Nov\. 15, 2024\.

Whitehorse city council scraps hand-delivered notices amid ongoing postal strike

December 12 , 2024 at 12:44:57 p.m. CST • :

Whitehorse city council held a rare Thursday meeting to look at alternative ways to deliver mandatory public notices as the Canada Post strike drags on.

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Proposed protected area in Yukon is about recognizing Indigenous sovereignty, says conservationist; A sign leading into the community of Ross River\. The Ross River Dena Council wants to create an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area\.

Proposed protected area in Yukon is about recognizing Indigenous sovereignty, says conservationist

December 12 , 2024 at 04:21:00 p.m. CST • :

The Ross River Dena Council in the Yukon is accommodating the territorial and federal governments to potentially create its Indigenous protected area, not the other way around, says a conservationist. 

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Yellowknife's A&W owner talks 15 years of onion rings, and why they had to close; The Yellowknife A&W has long been a staple of downtown Yellowknife\. It's set to close its doors on Dec\. 31\.  

December 12 , 2024 at 03:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Yellowknife's A&W owner talks 15 years of onion rings, and why they had to close

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Air Canada ordered to pay $10K after couple endures 'horrendous experience'; A person watches as an Air Canada plane lands at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Friday, Sept\. 13, 2024\.   

December 11 , 2024 at 08:22:11 p.m. CST • :

Air Canada ordered to pay $10K after couple endures 'horrendous experience'

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The N.W.T. premier has a new Instagram account. Here's why; Man in suit on Instagram post  

December 12 , 2024 at 03:00:00 a.m. CST • :

The N.W.T. premier has a new Instagram account. Here's why

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Whitehorse man pleads guilty to drug, gun charges related to 2023 police raid near Takhini Hot Springs; The courthouse in Whitehorse, Yukon photographed on Dec\. 5, 2024\.  

December 11 , 2024 at 12:40:23 p.m. CST • :

Whitehorse man pleads guilty to drug, gun charges related to 2023 police raid near Takhini Hot Springs

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Liard First Nation members to hold non-confidence vote against chief; Chief Stephen Charlie of the Liard First Nation took part in a Zoom videoconference March 4 to discuss the geothermal project\. He says the technology could reduce diesel use in Watson Lake and perhaps have agricultural applications like heating greenhouses\.   

December 11 , 2024 at 04:31:46 p.m. CST • :

Liard First Nation members to hold non-confidence vote against chief

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December 10 , 2024 at 06:57:07 p.m. CST • :

Man medevaced to Whitehorse had nowhere to go after hospital discharged him

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December 11 , 2024 at 04:24:45 p.m. CST • :

Boil water advisory lifted in Igloolik, Nunavut, after nearly 5 months

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December 11 , 2024 at 02:56:59 p.m. CST • :

First Nation asks auditor general to look at Yukon's 'failures in oversight' at Eagle mine

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December 11 , 2024 at 01:24:57 p.m. CST • :

Dene Nation decries decision to scrap N.W.T. health board

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December 11 , 2024 at 12:06:28 p.m. CST • :

Opening of Yellowknife's new aquatic centre delayed again

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