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Groundwater testing shows 'high levels' of cyanide near mine disaster: Yukon
WHITEHORSE — Yukon officials say they are working to understand how groundwater moves through an area where a failure at a mine released millions of tonnes of cyanide-laced ore into the surrounding environment, about 480 kilometres north of Whitehors
Sep 20, 2024 1:11 PM
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Unpredictable whooping cough outbreaks see cases rise in Ontario, drop in Quebec
TORONTO — Whooping cough is on track to reach a record number of cases in Ontario while infections climb in eastern provinces and decline in Quebec, but experts say trying to predict the course of the highly contagious disease has been especially dif
Sep 20, 2024 11:47 AM
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Yukon RCMP officer cleared in 2022 fatal shooting at Whitehorse airport
EDMONTON — Independent investigators have cleared a Yukon police officer in a 2022 fatal shooting of a man who was threatening others with a rifle.
Sep 19, 2024 12:52 PM
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After years of advocacy by a pediatrician, all Nunavut babies to get RSV immunization
The Nunavut government says it will provide immunization against respiratory syncytial virus to all infants in the territory this fall, a policy change that one pediatric infectious diseases specialist has been advocating for decades.
Sep 19, 2024 12:06 PM
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B.C. police divers unable to find American man after Yukon River crash
WHITEHORSE — Mounties in Yukon say specialized police divers have been unable to find an American man missing after the truck he was in plunged into the Yukon River.
Sep 19, 2024 10:25 AM
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Man from Phoenix, Ariz., missing after truck plunges into Yukon River
WHITEHORSE — Whitehorse RCMP say a man from Phoenix, Ariz., is missing after the truck he was travelling in missed a bridge and plunged into the Yukon River.
Sep 18, 2024 11:02 AM
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Mine review begins in Yukon despite First Nation concerns
The Yukon government says an independent review of a catastrophic ore slide and cyanide solution spill at a gold mine in June is now underway, in a process that's going ahead despite concerns raised by the local First Nation.
Aug 30, 2024 5:51 PM
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Yukon First Nation fears exclusion from mine disaster review, seeks public inquiry
Yukon's Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation says an independent review of a disaster at the Eagle Gold mine on its territory is urgently needed but it has serious concerns the Yukon government is trying to "erase" its role in the probe.
Aug 29, 2024 3:51 PM
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Dispute over unrecognized Inuit group halts major conference for Canadian North
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 16-year-old biennial event aimed at fostering business in the country's eastern Arctic and northern regions has been cancelled indefinitely as a dispute unfolds between Inuit and a Labrador group claiming to share their heritage.
Aug 29, 2024 1:39 PM
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N.W.T. short on firefighters, equipment and information during 2023 wildfires: report
YELLOWKNIFE — Last year's catastrophic wildfire season found the Northwest Territories short on the firefighters, equipment, information and communications needed to fight it, a new report concludes.
Aug 28, 2024 2:35 PM
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