Whitehorse, YT - The Yukon Medical Association (YMA) called on the Yukon Government to establish a Rural Family Medicine Residency Program in a bid to address the healthcare workforce shortage. The YMA passed a resolution calling for the measure during their annual general meeting held on Friday, November 1st. In a pre...

WHITEHORSE, YT - In their latest update on the situation at the Eagle Gold mine, the Yukon Government says remediation work on site is finally progressing in a timely fashion. The government notes, all of the Mine Inspectors' directions issued prior PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. being brought on as Receiver have now eith...

Whitehorse, YT - Last year, police reported 11,065 criminal incidents across the territory. The Yukon Bureau of Statistics' latest report on police-reported crime statistics in Yukon for 2023 highlights that there were 2,261 violent Criminal Code violations, 5,111 property crimes and 2,716 'other' Criminal Code violati...

WHITEHORSE, YT - The Yukon Government has announced a new virtual training program available for Licensed Practical Nurses in the Territory, offered in partnership with the University of New Brunswick. UNB is now offering their LPN-BN Nursing Pathway via the 'Learn where you live' model to Yukon LPNs. Through the prog...

Whitehorse, YT - The new Whitehorse city council took their oaths and were officially sworn into office during a ceremony on Friday. Mayor Kirk Cameron and Councillors Anne Middler, Dan Boyd, Lenore Morris, Eileen Melnychuk, Jenny Hamilton and Paolo Gallina swore their oath of office. Following the ceremony, the first ...