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
In isolation and hungry for companionship? Don’t feed the foxes, Yukon government says
3 min. readWith more people at home, foxes in Whitehorse are having no trouble finding a meal....
Yukon putting cart before horse by approving roads without completed land use plans: new report
Green-lighting new roads into undisturbed regions irreversibly changes the landscape before the full spectrum of...
White River First Nation forges ahead with largest solar project in Yukon
Several diesel-powered communities across the territory have looked to renewables to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
9 things you need to know about the Coffee Gold mine, proposed for a remote corner of Yukon
Just over 100 years ago, droves of people hunting for gold arrived in Yukon from...
Yukon flood warnings force First Nation to move on plans to establish community facilities in mountains
The Vuntut Gwitchin planned to construct a cultural area in the mountains over the next...
After snowpack hits near-historic low, Yukon Energy looks to diversify hydro-heavy grid
The territory says unpredictable weather is prompting efforts to not only increase efficiency but to...
Yukon First Nations leaders fear mine will increase violence against women in ‘land of the caribou’
Assessment board says Kudz Ze Kayah mine will significantly harm water resources, traditional lands and...
Whitehorse pilot project will cut reliance on fossil fuels for heating
Electric thermal storage units help smooth out peaks in demand, reducing the need for diesel...
Industrial development now permitted in portion of Yukon’s Peel Watershed
Mining and oil and gas projects will be allowed in an area comprising 17 per...
