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July 14, 2017
- Sand, salt contracts awarded Skookum Asphalt and Canadian Lynden Transport will provide the city with sand and road salt next winter.
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Segregation at WCC subject to consistent scrutiny: officials The use of segregation or separate confinement in corrections is a hot topic across Canada. But how does the Yukon measure up?
- No sign of water wells being contaminated City drinking water has not been contaminated by an almost decade-old oil spill at the former F.H. Collins Secondary School.
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Medicine Hat tackling issue of homelessness effectively Can a city end homelessness?
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Youthful Dexterity The Cypherfest Breakdance Street Festival
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Hank Karr’s musical memories and more detailed in new book Hank Karr’s musical memories and more detailed in new book
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Aviation reunion provides a chance to catch up Close to 100 aviators who have been part of the North’s aviation scene
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Faro housing set to be put up for sale by town Two decades after the Faro mine shut down
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Goldcorp confident about first gold by end of 2020 The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board says Goldcorp’s Coffee Gold Mine Project has not met consultation requirements with three First Nations.
July 13, 2017
- Judge needs more information to help with decision A Yukon judge is asking for further submissions in the case of a local construction company facing environmental charges related to the decommissioning of a land treatment facility.
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Better water and wastewater infrastructure for Haines Junction The governments of Canada and Yukon
- 150th birthday party scheduled for Klondike Joe Boyle A special 150th birthday party
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Hometown Favourite Ryan Enns
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Health and Safety Compensation Board raises rates for 2018 The Yukon Workers’ Health and Safety Compensation Board has hiked its average assessment rate for 2018 by three per cent.
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In Sync Josée Fortin
- June’s labour stats released The territory’s unemployment rate dropped by 1.5 per cent over a one-year period.
- Council approves CGC repair funds An amendment has been made to the city’s budget
- Uncle sentenced to 18 months for sexual assault in ’70s A survivor of childhood sexual abuse has received justice after over four decades.
- Council approves fee changes for games centre Local youth between the ages of 13 and 18 will see prices drop at the Canada Games Centre (CGC) beginning Sept. 1.
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Income for Yukoners among the highest Yukoners are doing rather well in annual incomes
July 12, 2017
- Rent report released In April 2017,
- CDF funds 13 territory-wide projects The Community Development Fund (CDF)
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Innovation, Excellence Recognized The 2017 individual recipients of the Premier’s Award of Excellence and Innovation,
- Museums funding supports projects to interpret and preserve Yukon heritage Ten Yukon museums,
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RCMP musical ride comes to Yukon this summer The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Musical Ride
- Arctic Winter Games funding brought forward City spending on the 2020 Arctic Winter Games can begin.
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Lang inducted to the Maritime Affairs Alliance Yukon Senator Dan Lang was recently presented with a certificate on his induction as an Honourable Life Member of the Maritime Affairs Alliance.
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Yukoners respond to resignation of inquiry commissioner The president of the Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council is lamenting the resignation of Marilyn Poitras,
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YG sets up clean air cooling centre just in case The Chief Zzeh Gittlit School in Old Crow has been set up as a clean air cooling centre should air conditions worsen in the territory’s northern-most community.