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Yukon extends season for wildfire crews amid warm, dry weather; Yukon wildfire crews responded to a half-hectare fire near Marsh Lake on Thursday\. Officials said by mid-afternoon that the fire was being held\.

Yukon extends season for wildfire crews amid warm, dry weather

September 4 , 2025 at 07:42:03 p.m. CDT • :

Yukon is keeping some of its wildfire crews on contract for at least another week, as parts of the territory deal with a late-summer heat wave and possible strong winds.
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'Not acceptable': Former N.W.T. MP blasts territory's response to wildfires; Smoke from the fire that prompted the evacuation of Fort Providence, N\.W\.T\., on the weekend\. One evacuee, former N\.W\.T\. MP Michael McLeod, is criticizing the territory for its response to the wildfire threatening his community\.

'Not acceptable': Former N.W.T. MP blasts territory's response to wildfires

September 4 , 2025 at 06:16:19 p.m. CDT • :

The N.W.T.'s former MP is criticizing the territorial government's approach to fighting wildfires, and suggesting that the Ottawa should potentially take over responsibility for fire response in the territory. 
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RCMP in Fort Resolution, N.W.T., searching for missing boater; Fort Resolution in early September 2022\. RCMP in the community are coordinating a search and rescue operation to look for an overdue boater\.

RCMP in Fort Resolution, N.W.T., searching for missing boater

September 4 , 2025 at 06:05:16 p.m. CDT • :

RCMP in Fort Resolution, N.W.T., say they're coordinating a search and rescue operation to find an overdue boater. The 35-year-old man apparently left on a boat heading toward the community on Wednesday morning.
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N.W.T. fire crews making progress to protect communities threatened by wildfires; N\.W\.T\. fire crews working in Fort Providence\. As of Wednesday, 7 wildfire crews were working on protecting the community, including 7 helicopters, 7 dozers, fire trucks and other specialized teams\.

N.W.T. fire crews making progress to protect communities threatened by wildfires

September 4 , 2025 at 03:44:04 p.m. CDT • :

Firefighting crews' actions are helping to protect communities and limit the growth of nearby wildfires as two N.W.T. communities are under evacuation orders and a third is on evacuation alert.
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New deal gives Yukon 'fighting chance' at attracting more doctors, says medical association; 'We just don't have enough physicians to provide primary care to the entire territory without bringing in more,' said Dr\. Derek Bryant, president of the Yukon Medical Association\.

New deal gives Yukon 'fighting chance' at attracting more doctors, says medical association

September 4 , 2025 at 03:58:34 p.m. CDT • :

A recently-signed agreement between the Yukon Medical Association and the territorial government establishes new incentives for family physicians to set up a practice in the Yukon, and also for doctors to take on larger rosters of patients.
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Researcher missing after falling into stream on Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier; The face of the Mendenhall Glacier is shown in May, in Juneau, Alaska\.  

September 4 , 2025 at 12:16:14 p.m. CDT • :

Researcher missing after falling into stream on Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier

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Dead bison in N.W.T.'s North Slave region tests negative for anthrax; A file photo of a bison between Fort Providence and Behchokǫ̀, N\.W\.T\. On Aug\. 15, the N\.W\.T\.'s Department of Environment and Climate Change \(ECC\) warned of a possible anthrax case found in that area\. Recent tests show the animal did not have anthrax\.  

September 4 , 2025 at 01:16:45 p.m. CDT • :

Dead bison in N.W.T.'s North Slave region tests negative for anthrax

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Whitehorse man sentenced to 11 years for drug trafficking, arson; The courthouse in Whitehorse\.  

September 3 , 2025 at 08:23:20 p.m. CDT • :

Whitehorse man sentenced to 11 years for drug trafficking, arson

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'Completely gone': Wildfire destroys Nechalacho mining camp in N.W.T.; A wildfire destroyed a camp at the Nechalacho mining project on the shore of Thor Lake, roughly 100 km southeast of Yellowknife, on Saturday\.  

September 3 , 2025 at 06:36:48 p.m. CDT • :

'Completely gone': Wildfire destroys Nechalacho mining camp in N.W.T.

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Q+A: Tłı̨chǫ author 'honoured' to have been on Alta. list of banned books; Richard Van Camp's The Lesser Blessed was among hundreds of books deemed too explicit to be on school shelves in Alberta\. He says it's an honour\.  

September 4 , 2025 at 09:38:02 a.m. CDT • :

Q+A: Tłı̨chǫ author 'honoured' to have been on Alta. list of banned books

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September 4 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Fort Providence woman stressed during evacuation as she waits for gov't financial relief

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September 4 , 2025 at 11:45:36 a.m. CDT • :

PHOTOS | A look at the Fort Providence wildfire operations

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August 29 , 2025 at 04:51:46 p.m. CDT • :

Woman being sued for alleging four others are pretending to be Indigenous says she's protecting identity

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September 4 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Draft document outlines sweeping changes to Yukon's mining laws

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September 4 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Program pairing police and social workers expands to Kuujjuaq, Que.

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