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'It's a lifeline': Whitehorse's safe consumption site needs more money to reopen on weekends

August 25 , 2025 at 07:02:39 p.m. CDT • :

Whitehorse's Blood Ties Four Directions Centre has reduced its hours — and with a territorial election imminent and a funding decision up in the air, its return to full operations is unclear.

Hot, dry conditions hamper efforts to fight some N.W.T. wildfires

August 25 , 2025 at 06:19:00 p.m. CDT • :

An evacuation notice was issued for the community of Whatı̀, N.W.T., on Monday as hot, dry temperatures and unusual late-season lightning storms have been creating challenges for wildfire crews across the territory, according to its wildfire information officer.

Boil water advisory in place for Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut

August 25 , 2025 at 05:46:09 p.m. CDT • :

The Nunavut Department of Health is warning residents of Qikiqtarjuaq to boil their water before consumption until further notice.

Q&A | Longtime Yukon judge Mike Cozens on his retirement, and 'keeping it real' on the bench

August 25 , 2025 at 05:12:54 p.m. CDT • :

Mike Cozens, a longtime Yukon Territorial Court judge, spoke to Yukon Morning's Elyn Jones about his somewhat unexpected career as a lawyer and then a judge, about what it's like to work in small communities, and about his plans to retire later this year.

'No longer lost': Graves honoured at Mission Island, but there is still more work to be done

August 25 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

A ceremony brought recognition and some closure as 14 unmarked graves near Fort Resolution were marked. However, Chief Louis Balsillie says families still wait to bring children home.

August 22 , 2025 at 05:37:00 p.m. CDT • :

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'It's a lifeline': Whitehorse's safe consumption site needs more money to reopen on weekends

Hot, dry conditions hamper efforts to fight some N.W.T. wildfires

Boil water advisory in place for Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut

Q&A | Longtime Yukon judge Mike Cozens on his retirement, and 'keeping it real' on the bench

'No longer lost': Graves honoured at Mission Island, but there is still more work to be done

Family of Arizona man who died in fatal crash near Whitehorse files lawsuit against driver

Fire damages at least two homes in Iqaluit

Man drowns after falling off paddleboard at Yellowknife's Long Lake

How a solar energy company is trying to lower Arctic communities' diesel dependency

The road to Aqiarungna: why Coral Harbour, Nunavut residents are building a passage north

Why are so few people charged for causing wildfires in the N.W.T.?

High lead levels confirmed in water at third Yellowknife school

'You don't realize the size of Canada': This man rode his motorcycle from Kitchener to Tuktoyaktuk

Fort Resolution's school is starting and ending earlier — in an effort to increase attendance

Buy Canadian movement still strong in Dawson City, seven months after it began