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Environment

Climate change is affecting vegetation in Yukon. What should we do about it?

Yukon-based ecologists uncover four main patterns influencing changes in Yukon and address how outcomes can be improved

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Wildlife

Wildlife Wednesday: Baby bobcat rescued in Nova Scotia cold, wet, but alive

Plus: Mapping North America’s sea ducks, collecting Yukon’s mosquitos, celebrating Newfoundland’s pine marten success and a rebound for Antarctica’s fin whales

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Wildlife

Wildlife Wednesday: Perfectly preserved baby mammoth found in the Yukon

Plus: Colossal tree discovery in B.C., hope for Quebec’s musical frogs, what we can learn from ancient West Coast fish bones and Newfoundland’s Buddy Wasisname immortalized as ancient fossil!

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Travel

Preserving the world’s most memorable cocktail

When it comes to the Sourtoe Cocktail, only the drinker is shaken and stirred

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Exploration

Last icy stand: Scaling Mount Logan

Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak

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Climbing duo completes first winter ascent of Yukon’s Mt. Wood

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Expedition log: Back to the Peel

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Charlotte Gray on rafting the wild Tatshenshini and Alsek rivers

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“I was stranded on Mount Logan — and it changed my life”

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Wildlife

Into the wintry kingdom of the Canada lynx

In the boreal forest, where secretive lynx depend on the snowshoe hare to survive, climate change threatens to upset this longstanding predator-prey relationship

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History

Going to Klondyke: The 19th-century game that brought the gold rush into American homes

Published in the New York Journal as a fanciful full-page map, Going to Klondyke encouraged everyday newspaper readers to try their luck at gold prospecting in the Yukon

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Gurdeep Pandher receives medal from John Geiger RCGS

People & Culture

Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon receives Louie Kamookak Medal

Pandher celebrated for spreading positivity and showcasing multiculturalism in Canada

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Travel

Adventure in the Yukon wilderness

Hikers and paddlers, nature lovers and adventure-seekers — the Yukon was made for you

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Travel

Your next cup of coffee should come from Canada’s North

Support small businesses and get a killer cup of coffee at the same time with a bag of beans from these northern roasters

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The Essential Itinerary: Kluane National Park and Reserve and Haines Junction, Yukon

Bannock, bears and breathtaking views: check out our tips for mapping out three days of adventure in the “larger than life” territory

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Travel

Ice fishing two ways in the Yukon

Whether you’re a first-timer who wants the comfort of a heated cabin or an old pro who can brave the chill, the Yukon’s ice-fishing scene is hard to beat

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Travel

Inside Aurora | 360, the ultimate Yukon experience

A chartered flight inside the auroral oval to witness the northern lights up close is just the beginning of this curated journey through the unique geography and cultures of the Yukon

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Travel

Digging into Dawson

Seven must-do experiences in the Yukon’s Gold Rush town

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Articles

Upper Wind River

Exploration

Return to the Peel

Members of the Pirurvik project accepting their award

People & Culture

Inuit preschool, Yukon cold-climate greenhouse among winners of 2018 Arctic Inspiration Prize

Travel

Now you can fly through the northern lights in the Yukon

Panning for gold

People & Culture

Canadians going for gold (literally) in Slovakia

A wolf pup peers out from a den in the Yukon Territory

Wildlife

Q&A: Photographer Peter Mather on wolves, the wilderness and finding a purpose

Pascale Marceau and Lonnie Dupre on a previous expedition in Alaska

Exploration

Duo changes tack after conditions end Lucania climb attempt

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Exploration

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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Hydroelectric dams supply the majority of power in the Yukon

Science & Tech

New energy in the Yukon

The territory grapples with meeting energy needs of growing populations and booming businesses

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Duo Lakes near the Snake River in the Peel watershed area in Yukon.

Environment

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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Beaver in thin ice

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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Canyon on Hart River in the Peel Watershed region

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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People & Culture

Interview with Yukon Quest musher Rob Cooke

A Yukon Quest musher shares his thoughts on the sled dog race

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Travel

The spell of the Yukon 

An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush

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