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Former participants, families saddened as Whitehorse ends Japanese sister city exchange program

April 27 , 2026 at 07:51:24 p.m. CDT • :

After four decades of cultural exchange, the City of Whitehorse says it has officially withdrawn from its annual youth exchange program with its Japanese sister city, Ushiku. The decision, which Mayor Kirk Cameron blamed on budgetary constraints, has upset a number of parents and former participants who described the program as "priceless."

Stripped of mandate and funding, entire Yukon health board resigns

April 27 , 2026 at 03:17:14 p.m. CDT • :

The status of the board had been up in the air since the Yukon Party government passed a bill earlier this month giving it the power to pause the authority's work.

Facing rural realities and mistrust in hospitals, these women turned to home births

April 26 , 2026 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Though no one is tracking medically unassisted births in Canada, infant mortality data from the Ontario coroner, the challenges of accessing maternal medicine in rural B.C., and a growing online freebirthing community suggest more women are choosing this route.

Nunavik leaders join other Indigenous communities eyeing banishment for bootleggers and drug traffickers

April 27 , 2026 at 06:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Nunavik leaders are exploring the idea of banishment as a way to block drugs and alcohol entering their communities. 'We want to make it clear to everyone in Canada that we are welcoming, but we're not welcoming people that are there to destroy people's lives,' says the president of Makivvik.

Minor landslide along clay cliffs in downtown Whitehorse, officials monitoring area

April 26 , 2026 at 01:40:08 p.m. CDT • :

Trail closures were extended Sunday afternoon to Wood and Black street following mud flow along the escarpment.

April 24 , 2026 at 06:50:56 p.m. CDT • :

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Former participants, families saddened as Whitehorse ends Japanese sister city exchange program

Stripped of mandate and funding, entire Yukon health board resigns

Facing rural realities and mistrust in hospitals, these women turned to home births

Nunavik leaders join other Indigenous communities eyeing banishment for bootleggers and drug traffickers

Minor landslide along clay cliffs in downtown Whitehorse, officials monitoring area

CBC denies claims of 'toxic' workplace made in a lawsuit filed by former Yellowknife employee

To eat or be eaten? The dilemma facing ringed seals in Hudson Bay

Whitehorse needs to do better when it comes to accessibility, some residents say

Wekweètì comes together to celebrate sunshine and spring after long winter

Union, Catholic school board warn more cuts are coming to N.W.T. schools

Yukon Party promises to get to medical travel issues – eventually

Colder-than-average conditions helped keep N.W.T. winter roads open longer this year

Could nuclear power solve the Yukon's energy problem?

What happens to e-waste in Iqaluit? How one program is diverting laptops from landfills

Hamlet in Nunavut celebrates being chosen as site of first Inuit-led university in Canada