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Yukon judge fines Keno Hill mine company $100K over environmental risks

In a Whitehorse courtroom on Wednesday, Alexco Keno Hill Mining Corp., which operates a silver mine in central Yukon, pleaded guilty to failing to store hazardous waste properly and meet certain water quality standards.

YESAB recommends against proposed placer mine on creek many Yukoners use for drinking water

An Alberta-based miner, Willy Driedger, wants to build a class four placer mine on 11 claims, each of which span the creek. The proposal includes building several fords across the creek, a camp big enough for a crew of 12, and diversion of part of the creek. The mine would use up to 4,001 cubic metres of water per day, roughly equivalent to two Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Ross River, Yukon, man sentenced to 9.5 years for manslaughter

A judge has sentenced the man who killed a Kaska woman in Ross River, Yukon, to 9.5 years in prison. Last fall, Phillip Atkinson pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2019 death of Mary Ann Ollie.

Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be 'too little, too late,' panel hears

A new international agreement on chinook salmon stoked at times emotional debate at the Yukon River Panel meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, this week, and while many appeared to approve of the pact, others seemed to cast doubts.

Agreement on Yukon River chinook salmon called essential, but some still have questions

A new cross-borderagreement on Yukon River chinook salmon explicitly states that hydroelectric dams and development are affecting the species and, according to one expert, that will force more scrutiny of the Yukon government.

Canada, Alaska suspend fishing of Yukon River chinook salmon for 7 years

In a bid to help the recovery of the Yukon River chinook salmon run, the federal government and the State of Alaska have agreed to implement aseven-year moratorium on fishing the species.

'Substantial gaps' in research on Whitehorse dam impacts on fish, DFO says

There are gaps in the research into how the Whitehorse dam is affecting not just salmon but also otherfish species, says the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in a letter submitted to assessors looking at Yukon Energy's proposal to relicense damfor another 25 years.

Company drafts plan to prevent tailings dam failure at Yukon mine site

The company that manages the abandoned Mount Nansen mine in central Yukon has drafted plans, in tandem with a Yukon First Nation, to head off the possibility of catastrophic failure at the tailings dam at the Mount Nansen mine site.

Residents say proposed placer mine in Yukon's Ibex Valley threatens their drinking water

Dozens of area residents are speaking outagainst a proposed placer mine along a portion of Stony Creek, west of Whitehorse. They're afraid itwould deal irreparable damage to the waterwaywhich has long provided for the surrounding community.

All emissions from Faro mine cleanup must be offset, review board says

With the cleanup of the abandoned Faro mite expected to release an amount of emissions characterized as a carbon bomb, the project may move ahead but on the condition carbon is offset, according to a new report from the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board.