Julien Gignac
Julien Gignac was The Narwhal’s Yukon correspondent, based in Whitehorse. Of Mohawk and French descent, he has a penchant for writing about Indigenous and environmental issues. He’s worked at several newspapers, including The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and, most recently, Yukon News, where he covered politics. He likes a good landscape.
Stories by Julien Gignac
Will mining be the sleeping giant of Yukon greenhouse gas emissions?
6 min. readTerritorial government delays putting emissions reduction targets on mining operations under new climate change strategy
Yukon aims to put 200 times more electric vehicles on the road by 2030
Territorial government’s new climate change strategy focuses on emissions reduction in transportation, with sector contributing...
Yukon mine poses environmental risk decades after being remediated under federal watch
Territorial government now on the hook for proper clean up of Wellgreen site before toxic...
Tusk, tusk: First Nation concerned Yukon placer miners digging up more than gold
As permafrost thaws, Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Chief says territory needs better enforcement and regulation around miners...
‘The fish are much, much smaller’: study finds Yukon-Alaska salmon declining in size
Climate change and competition with hatchery fish causing chinook, sockeye, chum and coho to shrink...
Yukon hikes Victoria Gold’s reclamation bond by $3.5 million
Increase comes four months after heavy spring freshet caused company to dump 43 million litres...
Increase in fresh water in Arctic Ocean could affect global climate systems
New study shows increased precipitation and ice melt caused by climate change have left Arctic...
Climate change is causing more rain in the North. That’s bad news for permafrost
New study shows wetter weather is thawing the frozen ground that covers a quarter of...
Yukon River salmon count comes up 20,000 short, halting First Nations fisheries
Warming, disease and high waters blamed for disappearance of thousands of Chinook salmon that entered...
