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Whitehorse man charged in relation to fatal 2025 collision involving truck, city bus

March 19 , 2026 at 07:34:45 p.m. CDT • :

A Whitehorse man has been charged in connection with a fatal crash on the Alaska Highway last year. One person was killed when a delivery truck collided with a city bus on the Alaska Highway near the Crestview subdivision in September.

As workforce grows at Giant Mine cleanup project, local hiring is not keeping pace

March 19 , 2026 at 07:05:33 p.m. CDT • :

A spokesperson for the federal remediation project was asked at a Yellowknife city council meeting this week whether the project was meeting its employment targets for northern and Indigenous workers. "We are not," he said.

Yukon premier tables $82M deficit budget, blames previous gov't for 'unsustainable spending'

March 19 , 2026 at 06:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

When Yukon Premier Currie Dixon tabled his government's first full budget on Thursday, he put it bluntly: the territory is spending more than it can afford, leaving it in a "dangerous financial position."

Sean Smith wins 2nd term as Kwanlin Dün First Nation chief

March 19 , 2026 at 04:23:10 p.m. CDT • :

Smith defeated challenger Darlene Smith, no relation, in the First Nation's general election Wednesday.

N.W.T. water needs greater protection as Alberta merges major river basins, says MLA

March 19 , 2026 at 08:54:41 a.m. CDT • :

N.W.T. MLA Richard Edjericon says a recent merger of Alberta water basins and forthcoming regulations to release treated tailings water put northern waterways at risk. He wants stronger action to protect the territory's waters from contaminants.