First Nation in Yukon says Whitehorse dam license renewal decision falls short on salmon protections
APTN News Built in 1958, the dam is an important piece of infrastructure for the Yukon, generating around 75 per cent of the territory’s energy needs in the summer and […]
Yukon’s Eagle Gold mine releasing treated water, coinciding with grayling migration
CBC The Yukon Water Board has signed off on an emergency amendment that allows Eagle Gold mine to discharge treated water with less restrictive environmental standards. Click here to […]
Yukon government continues work on removing lead from drinking water at 24 schools, programs
CBC Twenty-four schools and associated buildings in the Yukon have at least one drinking water source that exceeds the national guideline for maximum lead concentration, according to recent testing results. […]
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 […]