Yukon ratchets up fire restrictions across most of the territory | Dismay in Nunavut as daughter in Inuit identity fraud case goes public with her story | Education bodies in Dehcho welcome investigations launched by N.W.T. gov't
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Yukon ratchets up fire restrictions across most of the territory; In a forested area near Whitehorse's Hillcrest neighbourhood\.

Yukon ratchets up fire restrictions across most of the territory

June 27 , 2025 at 09:56:21 a.m. CDT • :

The Yukon kicked its fire restrictions up a notch across most of the territory starting Friday. Fires for cooking or warmth can only now be used in fire pits and stoves provided at road-accessible campgrounds.
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Dismay in Nunavut as daughter in Inuit identity fraud case goes public with her story; Jordan Archer, formerly Nadya Gill, and her twin sister Amira Gill\. Earlier this month, Archer spoke to the Toronto Star about her mother's conviction last year for fraud and the effect that has had on Archer's own life and career\. Archer's mother, Karima Manji, admitted to defrauding Inuit organizations of funds to help pay for her daughters' education\.

Dismay in Nunavut as daughter in Inuit identity fraud case goes public with her story

June 27 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Nearly a year after her mother was sentenced to prison for defrauding Inuit organizations to help pay for her education, an Ontario woman went public for the first time about the case — and Jordan Archer's story has again stirred up anger and frustration among Inuit.
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Education bodies in Dehcho welcome investigations launched by N.W.T. gov't; Líídlįį Kúę Elementary School in Fort Simpson, N\.W\.T\. Education bodies in Fort Simpson say they welcome the investigations announced by the education minister last week\.

Education bodies in Dehcho welcome investigations launched by N.W.T. gov't

June 27 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

The territorial government announced last week that it was launching investigations into both the Dehcho Divisional Education Council and the region's District Education Authorities (DEAs).
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Alaska-based river guide dies on rafting trip near B.C.-Yukon border; A river flows in Tatshenshini-Alsek Park in northern B\.C\., near the area where a woman was killed in a rafting mishap on Sunday\. Marin Elizabeth Pitt, 33, was part of a large group of experienced rafting guides travelling on the Blanchard and Tatshenhini River when she died\.

Alaska-based river guide dies on rafting trip near B.C.-Yukon border

June 26 , 2025 at 07:52:59 p.m. CDT • :

Yukon's coroner says that 33-year-old Marin Elizabeth Pitt, an experienced river guide in Haines, Alaska, died last weekend while out on a group excursion down the Blanchard and Tatshenshini Rivers.
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'Hard to comprehend': Inspector flags widespread fuel staining, spills near Gahcho Kué Mine; Fuel spill from an overturned drum at the Margaret Lake camp\. A resource officer with the territory's department of Environment and Climate Change \(ECC\) found the site near Gahcho Kue Mine was 'in disarray' with significant fuel staining and miscellaneous garbage piled up\. 

'Hard to comprehend': Inspector flags widespread fuel staining, spills near Gahcho Kué Mine

June 26 , 2025 at 06:14:24 p.m. CDT • :

A resource officer with the territory's department of Environment and Climate Change (ECC) found the Margaret Lake camp near Gahcho Kue Mine was 'in disarray' with significant fuel staining and miscellaneous garbage piled up around the site. 
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Person charged for allegedly selling drugs out of Whatı̀, N.W.T., crawlspace, with homeowner unaware; The RCMP detachment in Whatı̀, N\.W\.T\., in June 2025\. Whatı̀ RCMP have charged a 19-year-old from Yellowknife with 'being unlawfully in a dwelling,' and possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking\.  

June 25 , 2025 at 05:05:29 p.m. CDT • :

Person charged for allegedly selling drugs out of Whatı̀, N.W.T., crawlspace, with homeowner unaware

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Wildfire crews from outside Yukon join efforts in Dawson City; Members of a structure protection team from Alberta setting up hoses, and a pump on the shore of the Yukon River in Dawson City, Yukon\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 03:03:26 p.m. CDT • :

Wildfire crews from outside Yukon join efforts in Dawson City

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N.W.T. RCMP urge caution with explosives after old prospecting materials found in Hay River home; The RCMP detachment in Hay River, N\.W\.T\. Hay River RCMP received a report from the family of a deceased person that they found degraded explosives while cleaning out their home in the West Channel area\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 11:55:36 a.m. CDT • :

N.W.T. RCMP urge caution with explosives after old prospecting materials found in Hay River home

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'A great relief to know': Nunavummiut remember loved ones during visit to Charles Camsell Hospital; Nunavut Tunngavik Inc\. brought 49 Inuit from the territory's Kitikmeot region to the former Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton, where thousands of Inuit were sent to be treated for tuberculosis from the 1940s to 1960s, and a nearby cemetery where many former patients were buried\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 05:11:45 p.m. CDT • :

'A great relief to know': Nunavummiut remember loved ones during visit to Charles Camsell Hospital

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Man found not guilty in connection with crash that killed woman in Dawson City, Yukon; Samanroop Bisla, 33, died in 2023 when the car she was a passenger in collided with a gate in Dawson City\. On Wednesday, Erich Rauguth, the driver of that car, was found not guilty on a charge of failing to provide a breath sample\.  

June 25 , 2025 at 08:48:08 p.m. CDT • :

Man found not guilty in connection with crash that killed woman in Dawson City, Yukon

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June 24 , 2025 at 03:41:47 p.m. CDT • :

No election this summer, says Yukon's incoming premier

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June 25 , 2025 at 06:25:17 p.m. CDT • :

Nunavut declares suicide to be a crisis — again

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June 25 , 2025 at 04:23:52 p.m. CDT • :

More water testing confirms high levels of lead at Yellowknife's William McDonald school

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June 25 , 2025 at 02:09:16 p.m. CDT • :

Larga Kitikmeot applies to build new 75-room medical travel lodge in Yellowknife

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June 26 , 2025 at 10:21:58 a.m. CDT • :

Students, staff at William McDonald School can get tested for lead levels in blood: CPHO

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