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'A Critical Period': Canada Confirms First Presumptive Hantavirus Case Among Cruise Ship Returnees

A Yukon resident in British Columbia tested presumptively positive for Andes hantavirus, linked to a cruise ship outbreak. Health officials monitor the situation, emphasising low public risk.

International Business Times UK

Weather tracker: Deep freeze grips Canada as US records warmest Christmas

Temperatures plunge below -50C in the Yukon, while swaths of US experience springlike weather

The Guardian - UK

Magnitude-7.0 earthquake shakes remote wilderness on Canada border

The quake was also about 56 miles from Yakutat, Alaska

The Independent UK

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From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters

A fault line in Canada’s Yukon territory has stirred after more than 12,000 years of geological sleep. Researchers studying the Tintina Fault, which stretches 1,000 kilometres from northeast British Columbia into the Yukon and towards Alaska, have found evidence that the fault has built up at least six metres of…

The Conversation

An 'ice tsunami' in 2024 ripped through the Yukon with such force it tore up trees and the riverbed

Chunks of river ice tore down trees after a landslide caused a tsunami in the Yukon in December.

LiveScience

The evidence is clear: National pharmacare for contraception can’t wait

Why should women in British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon have access to free contraception while the rest of Canadians do not? Our new research, published in the British Medical Journal and JAMA Pediatrics, underscores the urgent need for universal prescription contraception coverage nationwide. Spoiler alert: cost…

The Conversation

Hidden fault beneath Canada could trigger massive earthquake after 12,000 years of silence

Advanced satellite and lidar mapping has uncovered signs that the Tintina fault in Canada's Yukon may be primed for a powerful earthquake.

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'Sleeping giant' fault beneath Canada could unleash a major earthquake, research suggests

A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.

LiveScience

Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea – but can one island live forever online?

On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappears

The Guardian - UK

Inside the mad world of Canada’s hair-freezing competition

Minus-20C temperatures usually call for a beanie to avoid a frozen barnet – but not in Canada. Damien Gabet travelled into the wilderness to wet his tresses and let the frost style an up-do worthy of the Yukon’s International Hair Freezing Contest

The Independent UK

“Yukoners Are Pissed”: The Outcry over Telecom Failures

The Walrus

Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles

Council locked in standstill, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region

The Guardian - US

Should the Arctic Really Brace for an Invasion from China or Russia?

The people who live there would rather see more housing and maybe some dentists

The Walrus

Fool's Gold is driving a new accelerating climate feedback loop in Canada

A hut sits at an altidue of 1,800 meters near the Mackenzie Mountains in Yukon, Canada.

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The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining

Taxpayers will be stuck paying for the cleanup of the Eagle mine disaster

The Conversation

Slow mining could be a solution to overconsumption in an increasingly fast-paced world

A “fast” approach to business — characterized by overconsumption across supply chains — has become almost ubiqutous in recent years.

The Walrus

Canada’s Emergency Shelters Are Failing

Four deaths at a Whitehorse facility underscore the need for housing reform

The Guardian - US

FAA investigating after Southwest plane flies 525ft above Oklahoma town

Boeing 737 from Las Vegas to Oklahoma City dipped above Yukon nine miles from airport, sounding like ‘wall of wind’

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After 124 Years, One of Canada’s Oldest Independent Newspapers Dies

The Whitehorse Daily Star ’s closure will deepen the country’s local news crisis

The Walrus

Of Films and Phonetics: The Digitization of Yukon History

Season 2/Episode 5 – English Transcript

The Walrus

Canadians Keep Forgetting about the North

The territories are such an integral part of our national brand. Yet most of us pay them little collective attention

The Guardian - US

Mystery of ‘decades-old’ plane wreck in Canadian backcountry solved

Police were stumped when ‘crashed’ plane was found in British Columbia, but it was placed there last summer for rescue training

USA Today Sports Media Group

Giant Yukon grizzly bear provides riveting trail-cam moment

A trail-cam operator in Canada's Yukon Territory has shared several compelling grizzly bear video clips recently, but one stands out above the others.

The Walrus

The Best Thing I Could Do for Climate Change Was Go Home

I was making gelato and living large in Vancouver, but something was missing. Then I returned to Old Crow, Yukon

The Hindu

Canadian delegation in capital seeks to explore business connections

Canadian delegation led by Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai visits Thiruvananthapuram to explore cooperation with State govt. Delegation seeks to strengthen business connections & explore possible cooperation in tourism, education, screen production & tech start-ups. Yukon has small population but high GDP, making it ideal for start-ups to run pilot projects.…

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