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Return to the Peel
We came to retrace an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed. We left with a new-found appreciation of what this ancient land means to the people who live there.
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Climbing duo completes first winter ascent of Yukon’s Mt. Wood
Canadian climber Pascale Marceau is believed to be the first woman to climb a major subarctic peak in winter
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Inuit preschool, Yukon cold-climate greenhouse among winners of 2018 Arctic Inspiration Prize
A total of $2,566,000 was awarded to five Northern Indigenous programs at a ceremony in Whitehorse Feb. 12
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Canadians going for gold (literally) in Slovakia
A Dawson City, Yukon goldpanner is among several Canadians headed to the World Goldpanning Championship in Slovakia
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Q&A: Photographer Peter Mather on wolves, the wilderness and finding a purpose
The Yukon-based photographer shares more of his wild wolf photos and how he discovered his passion for visual storytelling
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Duo changes tack after conditions end Lucania climb attempt
Crevasses and the landing location near Mount Lucania force Lonnie Dupre and Pascale Marceau to set their sights on Mount Steele, Canada’s fifth-highest peak
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In the Supreme Court’s Peel watershed decision, signs of hope for a new land power paradigm
To many, the Yukon appears to be the vanguard of a growing Indigenous land power movement in Canada centred mostly in the North
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Now you can see the northern lights from 36,000 feet in the air
A new flight experience from Tourism Yukon and Air North offers aurora fans a front-row seat to the phenomenon
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Charlotte Gray on rafting the wild Tatshenshini and Alsek rivers
The acclaimed author discovers breathtaking scenery with a side of eggs benedict in Canada's North
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Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous 2015
It's a rollicking good time in the land of the midnight sun
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Interview with Yukon Quest musher Rob Cooke
A Yukon Quest musher shares his thoughts on the sled dog race
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The spell of the Yukon
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
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Mountain bikers tackle the Tatshenshini in epic new film
Documentary follows four Canadian and American freeriders as they attempt previously unridden terrain in British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska
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Wildlife
Beavers reported on the Yukon tundra for the first time
Arctic “shrubification” caused by global warming may be drawing herbivores further north
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“I was stranded on Mount Logan — and it changed my life”
James Coleridge recalls the five days he spent clinging to life on Canada's highest peak
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Environment
Peel Watershed problems
Reaction to the decision to open more than half of the Yukon’s Peel Watershed region to development
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New energy in the Yukon
The territory grapples with meeting energy needs of growing populations and booming businesses
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