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Whitehorse's Alpine Bakery temporarily closing, owners blame nearby emergency shelter
The owners of the Alpine Bakery in Whitehorse say they're temporarily closing their downtown business because of issues related to the nearby emergency shelter.The bakery is on the same block as the Whitehorse Emergency...
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Yukon premier says feds never briefed him on India allegations
Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says he wasn't alerted to any potential diplomatic tensions between Canada and India before he arrived in New Delhi on a territorial trade mission earlier this week.Pillai was in India on Monday...
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Northern airlines in Ottawa to talk wildfires, climate change and infrastructure
Members of the Northern Air Transport Association (NATA) were in Ottawa on Thursday to discuss the way climate change, aging infrastructure, and staffing challenges are affecting their industry in the midst of an unprecedented forest...
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Whitehorse living wage highest on record, says non-profit
The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition has determined that the hourly rate Whitehorse households must earn to meet basic needs has risen by 15 per cent since 2022, making this year's calculation the highest on record. Based on...
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Animals are shrinking, researchers say — and that could affect the boreal forest
A new study published in the journal Science suggests that body size in many species across the animal kingdom is declining. Researchers reviewed 60 years of data from all over the world and discovered that all kinds...