Yukon man charged with murder after shooting death near Skky Hotel in Whitehorse | Big turnout for free Our Lady Peace concert in Whitehorse | Researchers apply for money to further study elevated manganese in Whitehorse groundwater
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Yukon man charged with murder after shooting death near Skky Hotel in Whitehorse; Yukon RCMP say they were called to an area near the Skky Hotel in Whitehorse late Friday night, where they found an unnamed 45-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound\.

Yukon man charged with murder after shooting death near Skky Hotel in Whitehorse

June 29 , 2025 at 11:14:38 a.m. CDT • :

Yukon RCMP say they are investigating the homicide of a 45-year-old man in Whitehorse, and have arrested and charged a suspect with first-degree murder.

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Big turnout for free Our Lady Peace concert in Whitehorse; A small child on a woman's back\.

Big turnout for free Our Lady Peace concert in Whitehorse

June 29 , 2025 at 05:38:28 p.m. CDT • :

Crowds packed into Shipyards Park in Whitehorse on Saturday for a free performance by the Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. The event was put on by the Yukon Arts Centre and Lotteries Yukon.

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Researchers apply for money to further study elevated manganese in Whitehorse groundwater; Cole Fischer, a groundwater scientist with the Yukon government, shares a map of groundwater samples taken in the greater Whitehorse area, at an open house event on Wednesday\.

Researchers apply for money to further study elevated manganese in Whitehorse groundwater

June 29 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Preliminary results of groundwater research around Whitehorse are showing elevated levels of some minerals such as manganese, uranium and arsenic, in drinking wells.

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'Aspen spies' hunt seeds for Whitehorse fuel break restoration project; Kristina Gardner, the general manager of Yukon Seed & Restoration, collecting aspen seeds\. Aspen seedlings will eventually be planted in the Whitehorse fuel break to replace more-flammable conifers and help protect the city from wildfire\. 

'Aspen spies' hunt seeds for Whitehorse fuel break restoration project

June 29 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Collecting seeds from aspens already growing in the Yukon gives the aspen growing in the fuel break a better chance at survival. Yukon Seed & Restoration Inc. has so far traveled to Mayo, Minto, Pelly Crossing, and Lake Laberge for collecting.

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'Joyful and beautiful': N.W.T. students celebrate graduations; In Behchokǫ̀, N\.W\.T\., 33 students walked across the stage in their blue gowns and caps to accept their diplomas this year\.

'Joyful and beautiful': N.W.T. students celebrate graduations

June 29 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

In Tulita, people celebrated a monumental year as 12 students stood on stage wearing white caps and flowing gowns. This year apparently marks the second-largest graduating class in the history of Chief Albert Wright School and the largest graduating class in the entire Sahtu region.

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Norman Wells store owner says timing is tight, but he'll try to get goods on 2nd barge to the Sahtu; Joshua Earls inside the grocery store he runs in Norman Wells, N\.W\.T\.  

June 28 , 2025 at 01:34:42 p.m. CDT • :

Norman Wells store owner says timing is tight, but he'll try to get goods on 2nd barge to the Sahtu

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Boil water advisory lifted in Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T.; Health officials say turbidity levels in the drinking water in Tsiigehtchic, N\.W\.T\., have dropped to acceptable levels\.  

June 28 , 2025 at 09:28:46 a.m. CDT • :

Boil water advisory lifted in Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T.

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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\.  

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

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

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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\.  

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

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

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Yukon's Eagle gold mine officially up for sale; A view of the heap leach facility at Victoria Gold's Eagle mine north of Mayo, Yukon, before the facility's catastrophic failure a year ago\. Receiver PricewaterhouseCoopers has begun the process to sell the property\.  

June 27 , 2025 at 12:36:17 p.m. CDT • :

Yukon's Eagle gold mine officially up for sale

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June 28 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Federal workers question steep damage charges after moving out of Iqaluit housing

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June 28 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Northern fashion designer learns how to knit fur, hopes to bring skills back to N.W.T.

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June 27 , 2025 at 07:55:44 p.m. CDT • :

Concern, optimism in N.W.T. at prospect of quicker development with new federal law

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June 27 , 2025 at 01:27:23 p.m. CDT • :

N.W.T. health-care bodies say relying on virtual doctors in emergency room is unsafe

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June 27 , 2025 at 04:24:39 p.m. CDT • :

Yellowknife's Sundog Trading Post closed indefinitely due to fire in attic

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