Tag Archives: Yukon Government
Yukon rebate on heat pumps could triple under new agreement with Federal Government
Whitehorse, YT - Rebates for installing heat pumps could triple under a new program that the Yukon Government is negotiating with the Federal Government. Currently, Yukon homeowners can receive up to ...
Oct 17, 2024 Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai speaking at the 2024 Western Premiers Conference in Whitehorse in June. Photo Courtesy: Macklen Linke CKRW
George Black ferry service ends today; some question whether the service ends too early
Whitehorse, YT - At 3 p.m. today the George Black ferry will take its last trip to Dawson City for the year ahead of winter but some residents say that the closure is premature and cuts off a vital se...
Oct 16, 2024 The George Black Ferry crossing the Yukon River. Photo Courtesy of Yukon Highways and Public Works/Facebook.
Yukon's Premier contacts the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services
WHITEHORSE, YT - Following months of interruptions to cell networks and telecommunication services in the territory, The Yukon Government has met with the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-televis...
Oct 10, 2024 FellowNeko / Depositphotos.com
Teachers' union votes 95 percent in favour of job action amid wage dispute
Whitehorse, YT - Educators, represented by the Yukon Association of Education Professionals (YAEP), have voted 95 percent in favour of taking job action in response to what they see as inadequate wage...
Oct 07, 2024 Photo Courtesy of Macklen Linke/CKRW.
Victoria Gold or Yukoners? Liberals and Yukon Party clash on who foots the bill for the Eagle Gold Mine
Whitehorse, YT - There's disagreement over who's going to end up footing the bill for the cleanup of the Eagle Gold Mine. The Yukon Liberals say that Victoria Gold will pay the cost but the Yukon Part...
Oct 03, 2024 An aerial photo of the landslide at the heap leach facility at the Eagle Gold Mine. Photo Courtesy of the Yukon Government.
New agreement offers extended work permits for Yukon foreign workers
Whitehorse, YT - A new agreement between the Government of Canada and the Yukon Government aims to streamline the issuance of work permits for applicants in the Yukon Nominee Program months after the ...
Oct 02, 2024 Yukon Government sign outside the Jim Smith Building in downtown Whitehorse. CKRW File Photo Courtesy of Macklen Linke.
Yukon Government officially closed four rural waste transfer stations; some residents think the move stinks
Whitehorse, YT - Today marked the final closure of waste transfer stations for three of four rural Yukon communities in a move that the Yukon Government claims will modernize how the territory handles...
Oct 01, 2024 A sign near the Johnson's Crossing Lodge where the waste transfer station was recently closed. Photo Courtesy of Macklen Linke/CKRW.
Whooping cough on the rise as Yukon hits seven cases in two months
Whitehorse, YT - Over the past two months seven cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been reported in Yukon with some not linked to travel indicating possible community transmission....
Sep 24, 2024 The sign outside the Yukon Health and Social Services office on Lambert St. Photo Courtesy of Macklen Linke/CKRW.
Bell provides one-month credit for customers in light of shoddy service
Whitehorse, YT - Yukoners can get one-month credit on their Bell bills following weeks of poor cell service and a back-and-forth letter exchange between Premier Ranj Pillai and Bell Media CEO Mirko Bi...
Aug 22, 2024 Photo Courtesy:
Macklen Linke/CKRW.
Yukon Government aims to have mining resume at Eagle Gold Mine site
Whitehorse, YT - With a receiver now in control of Victoria Gold and its assets the Yukon Government says they aim to restore the Eagle Gold Mine site to conditions before the heap leach failure inste...
Aug 16, 2024 Minister of Justice Tracy-Anne McPhee during an August 16th Yukon Government technical briefing on Victoria Gold with Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Lauren Haney. Photo Courtesy of Macklen Linke/CKRW.
