A cache of equipment belonging to explorer Bradford Washburn, including three of his cameras, has been retrieved from a Yukon glacier after 85 years. Now conservation specialists are going to see if they can recover any images from film that’s still inside two of them. Even if the film has nothing to reveal, the team…
Small Yukon First Nation Bans Sex Offender Using Its COVID Emergency Law
A First Nation of fewer than 300 people in Yukon’s north has used a law it created during the COVID-19 pandemic to bar a convicted sex offender from being sent to its community. The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow issued a declaration under its Community Emergency Act banning Christopher Schafer from the fly-in…
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver Says He Won’t Seek Re-election, Calls for Leadership Vote
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he will not seek another term as MLA for Klondike, and has asked the Yukon Liberal Party to initiate proceedings to select a new leader. Silver says he’ll continue to serve as a member of the legislature until the end of his term, with the next election not due until…
Breakdowns on the Dempster Highway | Expedition Overland Episode 13
A breakdown has stranded the team as they begin the Dempster Highway in the Yukon. The guys must work together and overcome time crunches to maintain schedules. The road is dangerous and close calls are part of the experience. But the top of the world awaits and nothing has prepared them for that! – Credit:…
Miners Say Baby Woolly Mammoth Find in Yukon Is Biggest Event in Life so Far
Travis Delawski went out looking for gold but found something even more precious. The miner for Treadstone Gold got in his excavator on June 21 just before lunch and set out for the river in Yukon’s Klondike fields where he began scratching the black earth. “I put the ripper into the wall and popped it…
Environment Canada Issues Heat Warning in Yukon, Wildfires Prompt Road Closures
Environment Canada is urging Yukoners to stay cool as a heat wave pushes temperatures up and dozens of new wildfires flare. The weather agency issued a heat warning today for much of the territory with temperatures expected to reach 28 C with nighttime lows of 13 C. The warning applies to Whitehorse, Old Crow, Dawson…
Canada’s Most Northern Border to Reopen June 1, Yukon Prepares for Return of Tourism
Yukon’s tourism industry is abuzz with anticipation as Canada’s northernmost border opens next week for the first time since before the pandemic began, says the executive director of the Klondike Visitors Association in Dawson City. Ricky Mawunganidze said the ferry that is used to access the border from the Canadian side began operating Thursday and…
Northern Premiers Discuss Arctic Sovereignty With PM in Light of War in Ukraine
Yukon’s premier says he and the other two premiers of Canada’s northern territories met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the national defence minister on Monday to discuss Arctic sovereignty and security in light of the war in Ukraine. A statement from Sandy Silver says the uncertainty created by Russia’s attack on Ukraine has “reinforced…
Yukon Sets Out Its Path From Pandemic to Endemic
WHITEHORSE—The Yukon government has set out its framework for moving from the pandemic to an endemic approach, treating COVID−19 much like the flu. Premier Sandy Silver said Friday the territory is scheduled to lift its state of emergency on Aug. 25, after which a six−pillar plan, titled Forging Ahead, will help guide Yukon to safely…
Record Heat Now Due From B.C., to Alberta, Parts of Yukon and Northwest Territories
VANCOUVER—Environment Canada has extended heat warnings to cover all but the western edge of British Columbia, and the sizzling conditions are also forecast for the entire northern half of Alberta and parts of Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Temperatures into the 40s are expected for many parts of B.C., as the weather office says an…
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