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During a town meeting held Tuesday in Keno City, Yukon, residents were given notice that their transfer station will be closed in September. When that happens, they'll be left to drive their own waste to Mayo, about 45 kilometres away.
When Keno City was put under an evacuation alert last week because of wildfires, local residents hurried to finish assembling their fire protection system. The community, which has been without protection since its fire truck was removed by the Yukon government in 2019, is frustrated with how little the government is doing to protect them from fire.
More than a year after two fires in the small community of about two dozen people destroyed an iconic hotel and a home, Keno City agreed to pilot a new fire prevention program.
A new report looks at fire services in Yukon after residents of Keno City, Yukon, called for an independent public inquiry into the state of fire protection last December, when a fire destroyed the community's beloved hotel.