The Yukon government may subsidize mining companies to help them reduce emissions, according to documents obtained through an access to information request.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.