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Hard talk at Whitehorse dam hearing, with concerns about environment front and centre
Many people are demanding system-wide changes, including increased water level data in the face of climate change and immediately coming up with ways to better protect fish.
Thousands of fish could be killed at Whitehorse dam, new study suggests
Prepared by the B.C.-based environmental consulting firm EcoFish under contract for Yukon Energy, the research is linked to the relicensing process now in front of the Yukon Water Board.
Receiver moves to put Yukon's Eagle mine up for sale
PricewaterhouseCoopers said there have been several 'milestones' since it took over work to stabilize the mine site after a catastrophic failure almost exactly a year ago.
Man pleads guilty to charges linked to death of Whitehorse cyclist
Adam Lougheed pleaded guilty to driving while prohibited, dangerous driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene of a fatal crash. That's in relation to a hit-and-run last June that killed Joseph Morrison.
A Whitehorse high school now has an Njel. That sets a precedent, vice principal says
Students will experience first-hand the transfer of traditional knowledge. That includes stories from Elders and land-based learning like hide tanning.
Canadian company behind exploration project near Haines, Alaska, plans to sell property
Located about 56 kilometres northwest of Haines, American Pacific has been looking for a mix of copper, silver, gold and zinc on the roughly 25,000 hectare property located in the Chilkat Valley, an ecologically significant watershed that provides vital habitat to moose, grizzlies and all five species of salmon.
Should the Yukon River be considered a 'person' with rights? Some say it's an idea whose time has come
It's an idea that already has the support of the Council of Yukon First Nations and Alaska Native people, whose cultures are also intertwined with the river.
Conservationists, Yukon First Nation say decision on Whitehorse dam could help salmon
Earlier this month, the governments waved the project through and onto the licensing phase — which is in the purview of the Yukon Water Board — but subject to a raft of new provisions, many of which deal with salmon, First Nations’ land use and, connected to those, vested rights.
Yukon gov't announces suite of changes to hunting, fishing rules
The Yukon government says compromise — ensuring harvest opportunities while reining in others, to conserve animal populations like deer — is front and centre to its new hunting and fishing rules.
Yukon's Eagle Gold mine releasing treated water, coinciding with grayling migration
The order coincides with the migration of grayling swimming toward the confluence of Haggart Creek and the South McQuesten, an area continuously impacted by the mine's waters and a popular springtime fishery for citizens of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun for generations.