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After decades as a Dawson City Music Festival volunteer, he's hanging up his lanyard

July 21 , 2025 at 07:45:35 p.m. CDT • :

The 47th Dawson City Music Festival has wrapped up — and so has one man's decades-long relationship with the festival as a loyal volunteer.

Beaver Creek, parts of Alaska Highway in Yukon under evacuation alert

July 21 , 2025 at 07:35:50 p.m. CDT • :

A wildfire north of Beaver Creek, Yukon, has prompted a warning to residents of the community, as well as parts of the surrounding area, to be prepared to leave in case of an evacuation.

Liquor restrictions coming to Colville Lake, N.W.T., after plebiscite

July 21 , 2025 at 06:54:42 p.m. CDT • :

Joseph Kochon, the band manager for Behdzi Ahda' First Nation, said the amount of alcohol in the community is something that has concerned elders and community members for a long time.

Federal contribution to $375M conservation deal formalized in Yellowknife

July 21 , 2025 at 06:42:16 p.m. CDT • :

A major conservation deal struck last fall took another step forward on Monday, when the federal environment minister signed a grant agreement that will transfer $300 million to the Our Land for the Future Trust.

RCMP investigating alleged armed robbery, and threat with machetes in Fort Smith, N.W.T.

July 21 , 2025 at 05:26:08 p.m. CDT • :

N.W.T. RCMP say they responded to two incidents in Fort Smith on Sunday, including one in which someone was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint, and another where someone was threatened by masked men with machetes.

July 21 , 2025 at 04:27:40 p.m. CDT • :

Whitehorse RCMP investigating potential abduction after child went missing for an hour

July 21 , 2025 at 04:23:23 p.m. CDT • :

Yellowknife's wastewater is showing signs of 2 new 'potent' drugs, health official warns

July 21 , 2025 at 02:49:33 p.m. CDT • :

Whitehorse saw driest June in nearly a century

July 18 , 2025 at 06:46:53 p.m. CDT • :

'He was a best friend to many': Identity of pilot who died in helicopter crash near Behchokǫ̀ released

July 18 , 2025 at 12:02:42 p.m. CDT • :

After nearly 30 years of reporting on the N.W.T., CBC's Richard Gleeson retires

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