Yukon
My Abortion Was the Most Positive Experience I Had With Canadian Health Care
I had expected the procedure to be fraught with difficulty, given the experiences of many women. I proved to be the exception.
It’s Ridiculously Hard to Eat Local in the Yukon
Suzanne Crocker spent a year foraging, growing and hunting in Dawson City, where 97 percent of food is trucked in from warmer regions.
The Failing Ice Bridge Dividing This Yukon Community
When the Yukon River doesn’t freeze, West Dawson is cut off from basic supplies and services in winter.
The Yukon Dog Rescuer Who Went Off-Grid to Keep Her 50 Dogs
Shelley Cuthbert abandoned her home to avoid a court order telling her to surrender the dogs already in her care.
The Housing Situation in Canada’s North Is Dire
Apartments are scarce in Whitehorse, Yukon, and renters without government salaries are feeling priced out.
Teacher and Her Infant Daughter Dead in Grizzly Bear Attack in Yukon
Valérie Théorêt and her 10 month-old daughter, Adele Roesholt, were found dead near their remote cabin.
Glaciers in One of the World’s Largest Ice Fields Are Rapidly Shrinking
A 2018 report called the “State of the Mountains” details the effects of climate change on an iconic North American mountain range.
Yukon Miners Dug Up a 50,000 Year Old Mummified Wolf Pup
The preserved corpses of an ice age wolf pup and caribou calf, dug up in 2016 in the Yukon, are on display in Dawson City.
Canadian Bar Famed for Human-Toe-Garnished Cocktail Receives Generous Donation of 3 New Toes
A British adventurer is sending over his disembodied digits after losing several toes to frostbite in the Yukon Arctic. Bottoms up!
I Drove 1,000 Kilometres for the Lesbian Tinder Date From Hell
Being a gay woman in Alaska is hard at the best of times. This date was not the best of times.
Indigenous survivors of abuse in group homes want to sue Canada
Proposed class action suit claims federal government’s $750 million Sixties Scoop settlement doesn’t go far enough
Idiot Steals Amputated Toe from Bar, Ruins Canada’s Best Cocktail
How dare you steal the toe we put in our drinks, sir? HOW DARE YOU!?!