yukon

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

March 1, 2021 9 min. read

Proposed Antimony Creek quartz exploration project would be on Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation and First...

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

Feb. 11, 2021 9 min. read

Ottawa has ordered Yukon to reassess the impacts of a proposed mine on caribou and...

Yukon's mining regulations are stuck in the 20th century, leading to laughably low payments to...

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

Feb. 2, 2021 10 min. read

Some of the territory’s permafrost bogs, fens and peatlands have developed over thousands of years...

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

Jan. 30, 2021 12 min. read

With modern treaties focused on nationhood and land rights, First Nations’ evolving practice of self-governance...

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

Jan. 26, 2021 10 min. read

While the underground minerals in Yukon are owned by the public, a review of the...

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

Jan. 20, 2021 12 min. read

After years of public consultation and hearings, an independent panel says modernizing mineral development rules...

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

Dec. 17, 2020 8 min. read

Once considered to be in dire straits, Yukon’s Fortymile caribou herd is now on the...

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

Dec. 14, 2020 6 min. read

‘I think the financial institutions have sent a very large signal to the rest of...