Yukonomist: Getting lapped by the Taku River Tlingit – Yukon News Suppose you were a small Indigenous community in the wilds of northwestern Canada, literally at the end of a long gravel road. You were a tiny rounding error in the accounts of the giant capitalist behemoths that supply your necessities, including the $40-billion-utility that…
Kaska Dena, caribou and the looming shadow of an open-pit mine | The Narwhal At a caribou camp off a southern Yukon highway, wild meat is hung up, fish are fried and kids breathe in the traditional knowledge of Elders. But with a proposed mine that will contribute to the ‘likely decline’ of the already…
Yukon First Nations say approving mineral exploration without a land use plan violates their rights | The Narwhal Proposed Antimony Creek quartz exploration project would be on Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation and First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun territories, including culturally important areas
Fishery disasters declared for Kuskokwim and Yukon salmon fisheries The disaster declarations include the 2020 Kuskokwim River salmon fishery and the 2020 and 2021 Yukon River salmon fisheries.
Meet the “Ice Bears” of the Yukon A photographer chronicles a grizzly bear subculture
No mining in wetlands, says conservation group as feedback ends for Yukon’s draft wetland policy | CBC News The Yukon’s draft wetlands strategy, available on the territory’s website, wraps up its public feedback phase Friday. As for the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, it has made its position clear: it doesn’t want to see mining activity…
Yukon at a crossroads with Fortymile caribou herd | The Narwhal Current land use planning for the herd’s range offers an opportunity to keep the volatile population on the right path
How eight idle wells might determine the future of oil and gas in Yukon | The Narwhal A plan to assess suspended wells in the territory’s Eagle Plains region is reigniting debate about fossil fuel development near the Arctic, where the impacts of climate change are hitting harder, faster
‘It’s more than a party zone’: Kwanlin Dün accelerates land use planning as Yukoners flock to Fish Lake | The Narwhal ‘I’m hoping that heightened awareness will result in people taking better care of the land and appreciating what we have’
Fate of Yukon’s Dawson region hangs in coming land-use plan | The Narwhal The Dawson region’s vibrant landscapes are at the heart of Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin culture — but also the territory’s bustling placer mining industry. A much-anticipated draft plan will finally signal what’s in store for the 40,000 square-kilometre, ecologically sensitive landscape