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WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government has issued a public notice about a break-in where "confidential files" were exposed and cellphones were stolen from the victim services office in Whitehorse.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says snowpack levels in one region have reached a record high, but flood risks this spring should stay low across most of the territory.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's finance minister says too many of the territory's residents are being affected by inflation, a global housing crisis and a lack of health-care workers but the government is focused on helping them while the economy is "booming.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon Liberal government tabled its 2024 budget Thursday. The $2.08-billion budget forecasts a surplus of $119 million. Here are some other key figures and projects being funded: — $484 million in capital spending — $1.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut and the federal government are spending nearly $36 million to improve access to health care in the territory. The agreement, announced in Iqaluit, is to increase the number of Inuit working in health care.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Driving around Iqaluit, Lori Idlout wonders aloud whether the rest of Canada really is in a cost-of-living crisis.

DAWSON CITY, Yukon — The Yukon government is pouring cold water on a suggestion by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that a bridge is being built across the Yukon River in Dawson City, after years of struggle to construct a sanctioned winter ice route.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories has signed deals with the federal government that earmark $36 million for the territory's health system.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — A Toronto woman pleaded guilty Friday in an Inuit identity fraud case as charges against her twin daughters were dropped.

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — A priest asked his congregation to pray for victims and first responders at a church service in Fort Smith on Sunday days, after six people died in a tragic plane crash.