Yukon’s Wilderness City is having a problem with bears this summer
Yukon’s Wilderness city is having a problem with bears wandering into its neighbourhoods. 48 bears have been killed so far this summer.
Yukon’s Wilderness city is having a problem with bears wandering into its neighbourhoods. 48 bears have been killed so far this summer.
Indigenous groups from Alaska and the Yukon are meeting in Carcross this week to figure out how best to clean toxic waste, garbage and pollutants from the Yukon River.
A community in the Yukon is learning to deal with hazardous waste left over from a residential school.
Some Yukon families of the murdered and missing are asking the southern groups to give the national inquiry a chance.
Two years ago, Statistics Canada reported that the Northwest Territories had the highest number of people in the country who reported heavy drinking. Fast forward to today, a national study is suggesting the Territory also has the highest rates of alcohol-related hospital visits.
“You drink it slow but the toe has to touch your lips,” said Adam Gerle.
A total of 29 people were honoured in various ways for their efforts advancing Indigenous issues.
The family of Tiffany Morrison is calling for people to support the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
A Yukon mother who lost her daughter 10 years ago now joins her on the list of the murdered and missing Indigenous women as Whitehorse RCMP investigate a double homicide of two First Nation women.