Watson Lake grapples with COVID-19 infections, lower vaccination rate
The community of Watson Lake represents about 3.5 per cent of Yukon s total population, but as of Tuesday it had more than a third of the territory s active COVID-19 cases.
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Posted: Jul 28, 2021 7:11 PM CT | Last Updated: July 29
A health-care worker in Nova Scotia dispenses Moderna vaccine from a vial. As of Tuesday, 80 per cent of eligible adults in Yukon were fully vaccinated against COVID-19.(Robert Short/CBC)
The community of Watson Lake represents about 3.5 per cent of Yukon s total population, but as of Tuesday it had more than a third of the territory s active COVID-19 cases and local leaders hope it s a wake-up call for more people to get vaccinated.
Posted: Apr 01, 2021 5:43 PM CT | Last Updated: April 2
The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) has concluded the Kudz Ze Kayah project can move ahead.(Alexandra Byers/CBC)
The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board has concluded the Kudz Ze Kayah project can move ahead, effectively ending the screening phase of the proposed hard rock mine in southeast Yukon.
Despite significant and adverse effects linked to the project, the assessment board s executive committee is deadlocked on whether those impacts can be mitigated, according to a report the committee released March 29.Â
The move boils down to an impasse between executive committee members over issuing a new recommendation.
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Posted: Jan 26, 2021 6:35 PM CT | Last Updated: January 27
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he s disappointed federal officials have sent an environmental assessment back to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Board for reconsideration.(Chris Windeyer/CBC)
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says the federal government should not have rejected an environmental assessment prepared by territorial officials.
The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board released its recommendations for BMC Minerals proposed Kudz Ze Kayah lead-zinc-copper-gold mine in October.
It stated there could significant adverse effects from the mine, located 115 kilometres south of Ross River in southeast Yukon, but the effects could be mitigated by following 30 recommendations in its assessment.