Balking at huge price jumps, city may abandon planned new water pipe
Cabin Radio City of Yellowknife staff are recommending that council scrap plans to build a new drinking-water pipe stretching from the Yellowknife River, saying the $100-million cost is too much. […]
Yukon says mine cleanup may have released cyanide-contaminated water
Financial Post The government says the receiver initiated repairs and originally believed the water hadn’t spilled from a lined containment area, so didn’t immediately report it. Officials now estimate that […]
Contaminated water storage at Victoria Gold mine may be leaking: Yukon government
Yukon News According to a Jan. 3 update on its response to the situation at the mine, which has been out of production since a June 2024 landslide breached its […]
Court approves $55M increase for Victoria Gold receivership
CBC An Ontario judge has approved a $55-million increase to the Victoria Gold receivership budget, the first additional cash injection since firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) took over the company’s affairs following […]
More contamination found around the site of the Eagle Gold mine in Yukon
The Canadian Press The Yukon government says testing around the gold mine where a containment facility gave way, spilling millions of tonnes of cyanide-laced rock, has found increased levels of […]
More contamination found around the site of the Eagle Gold mine in Yukon
The Canadian Press The Yukon government says testing around the gold mine where a containment facility gave way, spilling millions of tonnes of cyanide-laced rock, has found increased levels of […]
Groundwater testing shows ‘high levels’ of cyanide near mine disaster: Yukon
The Canadian Press Yukon officials say they are working to understand how groundwater moves through an area where a failure at a mine released millions of tonnes of cyanide-laced ore […]
First Nation calls for removal of mining firm from managing Yukon disaster site
The Canadian Press The Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation in Yukon wants the company that owns the gold mine where a massive ore slide and cyanide spill occurred in June […]
Ducks Unlimited Canada releases field guide to Yukon’s valuable wetlands
Water Canada As a companion resource supporting the Yukon government’s Policy for Stewardship of Yukon’s Wetlands, this comprehensive guide provides detailed information to help users identify and classify the various […]
Yukon government ready to step in after mine disaster, firm’s silence ‘unhelpful’
The Canadian Press Yukon’s deputy mining minister says it’s “unfortunate and frankly unhelpful” that the owners of the Eagle Gold mine have been “silent in general” about action to remedy […]