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'I knew I was gonna die': Yukon paraglider recounts terrifying, high-altitude mishap in India
Paraglider Ben Lewis remembers spinning around wildly as he got pulled up higher and higher into the violent storm. That was when he realized, about 6,700 metres up in the sky and still rising, that he was not likely to see his family again.
Yukon University hails 'final step' in transformation, with acceptance to Universities Canada
The Whitehorse-based school found out this week that its application to Universities Canada was accepted, making it the 97th member of the national association.
Stanton Territorial Hospital project balloons to $1.2B amid 'perplexing' decisions, auditor general finds
Canada's auditor general has issued a damning report outlining how the N.W.T. government's Stanton Territorial Hospital renewal project went hundreds of millions of dollars over-budget, failed to document potential conflicts-of-interest in the process, and ultimately short-changed the territory's residents.
Yukon's municipal elections bring big change to rural governments
Stephen Johnson is the next mayor of Dawson City, Yukon, after unseating Bill Kendrick in Thursday's municipal elections. Lauren Hanchar is the new mayor of Watson Lake.
'It's an absolute delight': Kirk Cameron elected mayor of Whitehorse
Kirk Cameron will be the next mayor of Whitehorse, according to preliminary results from Thursday's city election.
Work on containment berm at Eagle mine should take 4 weeks, says Yukon gov't
Construction of a containment berm to deal with contaminated water at the troubled Eagle mine in the Yukon should take about four weeks to complete, according to officials with the territorial government.
Victoria Gold legal woes continue as creditor list goes public
A recently released statement from Victoria Gold receiver PricewaterhouseCooper Inc. shows that the mining company still owes over 400 creditors. This comes as the company faces a potential class action lawsuit and additional charges laid by the Yukon government.
4 days after Eagle mine slide, Yukon gov't still 'not clear' on damage, or possible cyanide release
Yukon government officials say they're still trying to determine the extent of the damage at the Eagle mine site, more than four days after a "significant" slide damaged infrastructure and indefinitely halted operations at the mine, and potentially released cyanide into the environment.
U.K. man pushes 'boundaries of common sense' with 510-km non-stop swim down frigid Yukon River
Ross Edgley, a U.K. based ultra-marathon swimmer best known for circumnavigating the British mainland in 2018, tackled a new challenge last week: swimming 510 kilometres non-stop down the Yukon River.
Water in N.W.T.'s Great Slave Lake is now so low, some houseboats won't float
It's another year of extreme low water in many parts of the N.W.T. In Yellowknife, that's become an issue for some who live on houseboats in Yellowknife Bay.