Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works

A series of landslides hit the North Klondike Highway near the Dempster Highway cutoff. (Submitted/Department of Highways and Public Works)

UPDATE: North Klondike Highway still closed; 40 people transported by helicopter

Department of Highways and Public Works does not know when the road will reopen

 

Highway construction on North Klondike highway. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Yukon embarks on long and pricey list of road projects

The first project of the Yukon Resource Gateway Program has been selected,…

 

Dawson City’s ice-caked streets on morning of Friday October 22. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Icy roads close North Klondike Highway and the Silver Trail

Rain with temperatures hovering from zero to plus two make for unsafe driving

 

A bobcat is used to help clear snow in downtown Whitehorse on Nov. 4. The City of Whitehorse is still digging out from the first major snowstorm of the season that saw about 45 centimetres fall on Nov. 2 and it’s a process that will likely take weeks. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)
A bobcat is used to help clear snow in downtown Whitehorse on Nov. 4. The City of Whitehorse is still digging out from the first major snowstorm of the season that saw about 45 centimetres fall on Nov. 2 and it’s a process that will likely take weeks. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

Work underway to remediate portable

CHAOS classes being held in another space

Highway reopens after mudslide

A 10-kilometre section of the Alaska Highway north of Haines Junction reopened…

Yukon government approached Salvation Army about ARC land sale, records show

“YG approached SA first and they have been receptive throughout”

Territory interested in hearing from suppliers of PPE

The Yukon government has released an expression of interest (EOI) for the…

Truck slides off Dempster Highway

The truck left the road around 4 p.m. on March 19. The highway was closed until March 21 for cleanup.

Inuvik mayor pens letter of concern about Dempster conditions

Conditions near Eagle Plains have been “terrible” the past two summers, she says

Alaska Highway work could mean expropriating some land

Minister Richard Mostyn said discussions with property owners are occurring

Tagish Road residents are pushing back against YG road clearing program

They say the government is clearing too many trees

Another bridge has been blocked off along Annie Lake Road

Some groups say this will hinder access to the backcountry

Feds pledge $13.2 million for Alaska Highway renovations, including Range Road re-vamp

Work includes the Range Road expansion project, the first phase of which is slated to start in July

Road block: Yukon government to tighten mining road rules

‘We want to make sure that if roads become public it’s through a managed process’

As Greyhound service ends, Yukon government rules out replacement

‘I told her at the time that we had no interest or capacity to actually be involved in such a thing’

Yukon gets federal cash to monitor roads, streams and bridges

‘Instead of sending a road crew out we’ll be able to do it in real time’

Mostyn anticipates money for Robert Campbell Highway between Ross River and Faro

Minister won’t say much he’ll seek in next year’s capital budget

YG slow to reveal tender info for new public contracts

Work will be exempt from national free-trade rules

Greyhound suing Rancheria motel, Yukon government over collision with backhoe

In the lawsuit, Greyhound alleges that the January 2017 accident cost it more than $300,000