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The communities of Carmacks, Dawson City, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin and Upper Liard are potentially at risk of flooding based on the results of the territory's latest snowpack survey on May 1.

These tips will help you navigate your RV through the rugged and beautiful journey from Dawson Creek, Canada, to Delta Junction, Alaska.

Seasonal and below seasonal temperatures in the Yukon may be delaying the melting of record snow pack, which increases the chances that higher temperatures or widespread rain events could cause rapid melting, and flooding.

Members of the Liard First Nation near Watson Lake, Yukon, are demanding chief and council ensure their safety after a pack of aggressive dogs attacked members of the community and mauled a leashed dog to death.

All fire use has been suspended in the Watson Lake Fire Management District as the region breaks heat records. Cooking and warming fires are only allowed in the provided fire pits and stoves at road-accessible territorial and commercial campgrounds, Yukon Wildland Fire Management said. There is an extreme fire danger due to hot and dry weather and a lack of rainfall. The Watson Lake Fire Management District includes: • the Town of Watson Lake, Upper Liard and Rancheria; • the Alaska Highway...

Yukon emergency officials are warning people to avoid fast-moving water and potentially unstable riverbanks in the Liard River basin in the southeast of the territory.

The threat of spring flooding remains high in several Yukon communities, according to the flood risk report released Thursday by the water resources branch of Environment Yukon. Hydrologist Holly Goulding emphasized in an interview the weather in the coming weeks will largely determine the level of risk. When it comes to the spring melt, temperature and rainfall are key factors that influence river levels, she explained. Goulding said so far, the melt has been slow because of the cooler tempera...

Posted: Apr 30, 2021 7:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 30 The potential for flooding is due to higher-than-average snow pack in some parts of the territory this year.(Paul Tukker/CBC)

Posted: Jan 12, 2021 5:52 PM CT | Last Updated: January 13 Dr. Brendan Hanley said during Wednesdays weekly COVID-19 update that uptake of the vaccine has been great so far and that he has heard of very few people holding back or hesitating.(Mark Kelly Photography/Government of Yukon)

The Yukon government is hastily revising its vaccine rollout plan after being unable to guarantee one mass shipment of enough COVID-19 doses to inoculate 75 per cent of the adult population of the territory. Despite promises by the government that it would not receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in “dribs and drabs,” it appears that is exactly what’s happening. During a COVID-19 briefing Thursday afternoon, Premier Sandy Silver and Health and Social Services Minister Pauline Frost said t...