Peel Watershed: Clash Over Paradise

Environmentalists and First Nations are fighting government and mining over the preservation of the Yukon's Peel watershed area.

Environmentalists and First Nations are fighting government and mining over the preservation of the Yukon’s Peel watershed area.

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RCMP officers visited Whitehorse General Hospital on June 3 following a bomb threat against the health care facility. (Yukon News file)
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Left to right: Eila Vallevand, Dustin Sheldon, Karra MacIntosh and Olivia Cox are the four artists from Whitehorse chosen as recipients of YVR Art Foundation’s 2023 art scholarship awards. (Courtesy/Kim Bellevance)
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