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Telecommunications restored across the N.W.T., Yukon, and Nunavut

Internet, cell phone and landline calling have been restored across the Yukon, and Nunavut, and Northern B.C., and Northwest Territories according to telecommunications provider Northwestel.

Yukon government posts $119M surplus

Revenue, spending and net debt are all up as the Yukon government posted a $119-million budget surplus Thursday.

Yukon gov't went ahead with landlord subsidy despite warnings from staff

Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai is defending a controversial subsidy program for landlords after CBC News revealed some civil servants warned the government against the idea.

Emissions rise as Yukon gov't adds more items to climate change to-do list

Yukon's emissions rose in the first year of Our Clean Future, the territorial government's climate change plan, but officials say the plan is nevertheless starting to work.

Patients, colleagues push Yukon gov't to relent in contract dispute with psychiatrist

Patients and colleagues of a Whitehorse psychiatrist say they're concerned people will die if he leaves the territory amid a dispute over pay with the government.
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A strained relationship in the Yukon legislature holds for now

The New Democrats continue to prop up Yukon's minority Liberals, voting with the government Thursday to pass a $153-million supplementary budget. With that, the fall session of the Legislative Assembly came to an end.

Opposition health care complaints have Yukon Liberals on the defensive

Yukon Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee spent much of Monday defending her party's health care record.

Yukon Party says plans for Whitehorse walk-in clinic will 'poach' doctors from family practices

According to the Yukon government, doctors with family practices will earn $230 per hour for the first two shifts of each month at a planned walk-in clinic, and $200 per hour for each subsequent shift. That's the same rate offered to doctors without a family practice for all shifts at the clinic.

Yukon wants to electrify to slash emissions but faces a shortage of green power

Yukon Energy officials say the utility will be hard-pressed to produce enough renewable power to meet the territory's emissions targets. All of the company's best hopes for a major expansion of its green electricity capacity are on hold for the foreseeable future.

Yukon Party accuses Liberals of hiding report on hospital finances

Yukon Party health critic Brad Cathers suggested the report would shed light onwhat he calls "chronic underfunding of Yukon hospitals to the tune of millions of dollars."