Posted: Apr 30, 2021 1:28 PM CT | Last Updated: April 30
Thomas Berger at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa. Berger died on Wednesday at age 88.(Cheryl Kawaja/CBC)
Humble, an active listener, a legal scalpel these are but a few of the ways First Nations leaders and environmentalists in Yukon are remembering the late Thomas Berger.
Berger s work spans the North and British Columbia work First Nations leaders say helped advance Indigenous land claims and the rights therein. He was a former judge for the B.C. Supreme Court, an NDP politician and a lawyer.
In Yukon, he is perhaps most well-known for representing First Nations and environmental organizations in their fight to protect the Peel watershed, a vast expanse of wilderness in northeastern Yukon with important cultural and ecological ties, along with leading an inquiry in the 1970s into a pipeline project in the Mackenzie Valley, which Berger recommended be delayed.
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Panel recommends bold, transformative overhaul of Yukon mining industry
Yukon s mining regime needs a major overhaul, according to the final report from an independent panel appointed by the territorial government. The Mineral Development Strategy report was released Thursday.
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Posted: Apr 16, 2021 11:34 AM CT | Last Updated: April 16
A mining claim in Dawson City, Yukon. An independent panel appointed by the Yukon government says it s time for new mining laws in the territory to ensure the industry is sustainable and benefits local communities.(Julie Landry/Radio-Canada)
Yukon s mining regime needs a major overhaul, according to the final report from an independent panel appointed by the territorial government.
Posted: Apr 10, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 10
A censored screenshot of a Yukon government map marking S w Point in Yukon.(Steve Silva/CBC/Government of Yukon)
Warning: This article discusses an offensive slur. CBC has chosen to only use it once for context and censor it in later references.
Yukon s political party leaders all say they want to remove an offensive word from four official place names in the territory.
Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon, Liberal Leader Sandy Silver, and NDP Leader Kate White all say that if elected, they will do what they can to help make the change.