Julien Gignac
TorontoStar
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
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Independent panel contends Yukoners, First Nations aren’t benefiting enough from mining royalties
This story was first published Jan. 26, 2021 and updated on Feb. 25, 2021 at 5:40 p.m. PST: Over the past 10 years, the Yukon government has collected... → Read More
How the Kudz Ze Kayah mine is stoking tensions between Canada, Yukon and First Nations
Canada is ordering the Yukon government to re-evaluate a proposed open-pit and underground mine after finding the territory failed to exercise due dil... → Read More
Yukon pushed to develop protections for irreplaceable wetlands threatened by mining
An independent panel is urging the Yukon government to develop a wetlands policy to protect unique streams, bogs, fens and peatland from mining becaus... → Read More
Curing the ‘colonial hangover’: how Yukon First Nations became trailblazers of Indigenous governance
In 1973 Elijah Smith, former chief of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, travelled to Ottawa with a delegation of First Nations leaders to present ... → Read More
Panel recommends Yukon bring mining into the 21st century. Here’s what you need to know
Yukon’s mining legislation is outdated and requires a major facelift to better protect the interests of all Yukoners, according to an expert panel tas... → Read More
Yukon cancels 65-kilometre ATAC resource road into Beaver River watershed
The Yukon government has rescinded approval of a controversial resource road that would have opened ATAC Resources’ access to vast mineral claims in t... → Read More
Nunavut ‘repeatedly refused’ to disclose impacts of Baffinland’s Mary River mine expansion on caribou: mayor
If there’s scientific evidence backing up claims that barren-ground caribou won’t be impacted by a proposed mine expansion on Baffin Island, the mayor... → Read More
Canada gives $1.4 million to support Nunavik Inuit’s management of Arqvilliit Indigenous Protected Area
A string of 24 remote islands in northeastern Hudson Bay are a step closer to forming a new 24,000-hectare Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area aft... → Read More
‘Mining at any cost’: Yukoners say territory needs major mineral development overhaul
Outdated mining legislation, “token” consultation with First Nations, violence against Indigenous women at mine sites and a reclamation system that fa... → Read More
City of Whitehorse corporate emissions up 40 per cent in four years due to unlikely culprit
Corporate emissions from the City of Whitehorse have increased by 40 per cent since 2015, falling far short of a goal to reduce them by 10 per cent fr... → Read More
RBC becomes first major Canadian bank to refuse to fund oil drilling in Arctic refuge
‘We are looking to all major banks in Canada to come into the sunlight with RBC,’ says Vuntut Gwitchin Chief → Read More
Toronto police want to use ShotSpotter technology to pinpoint the location of shootings. Does it work?
The CEO of ShotSpotter says the technology, used by dozens of police forces in the U.S., is highly effective and accurate. But others have raised concerns about false reports and the privacy of data collected. → Read More
Meet Toronto’s tireless sidewalk defenders who help keep our city looking good
They are ordinary citizen-sentinels who stand guard against the menace of broken bins, abandoned bikes and inaccessible sidewalks. → Read More
Trudeau’s youth council challenges Kinder Morgan pipeline bail out
Youth council sees the bailout as going against values they want upheld. → Read More
An inside look at the task, in the McArthur investigation, of excavating for human remains
Body parts were found in a ravine behind a Mallory Crescent property, where the bodies of seven people were discovered earlier this year. Bruce McArthur, a landscape gardener, is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of eight men. → Read More
‘Insufficient evidence’ to support racial profiling in streetcar scuffle, TTC report finds
One inspector was found to have engaged in “discreditable conduct” by smiling at the teen, according to the report released Wednesday. → Read More
Hero in TTC subway rescue says he was just in ‘the right place at the right time’
Kyle Busquine, who jumped down to the tracks at Broadview station to rescue a visually impaired man who had fallen, said helping others in need is just “basic humanity.” → Read More
Charges laid in dog-on-dog attack in North York
Owner of the killed dog says she’s ‘devastated’ after the incident, which was caught on video and posted to YouTube. → Read More
Last year’s record flooding in Ontario and Quebec was inevitable, report says
It was not a flaw of a bilateral water regulation plan that caused last year’s flood, says a report released this week by the International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board. → Read More
LCBO suspends stocking Norman Hardie’s wines
The LCBO says it will not renew orders for wines by Norman Hardie after winemaker accused of sexual misconduct. → Read More