Julien Gignac

Whitehorse

Reporter at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

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AFN blasts Yukon, federal gov'ts for allowing salmon 'habitat destruction'

Jun 19, 2024 | cbc.ca | Julien Gignac

AFN blasts Yukon, federal gov'ts for allowing salmon 'habitat destruction'Julien Gignac | CBC News | Posted: June 19, 2024 9:18 PM | Last Updated: Just nowAssembly of First Nations wants governments to study impacts linked to development and a national inquiryImage | SalmonCaption: A chinook salmon swimming upstream. The Assembly of First Nations is calling out the Yukon and federal governments over their management of Yukon River salmon, which have been in steep decline in recent years.
Yukon gov't considers subsidies for mining companies to reduce emissions

Jun 3, 2024 | cbc.ca | Julien Gignac

North·NewThe Yukon government may subsidize mining companies to help them reduce emissions, according to documents obtained through an access to information request. Internal gov't documents suggest move is to ensure investments in industry don’t witherJulien Gignac · CBC News · Posted: Jun 04, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes agoThe now-abandoned Minto mine in central Yukon, in 2015.
Yukon judge fines Keno Hill mine company $100K over environmental risks

May 30, 2024 | rcinet.ca | Julien Gignac

Lawyers representing Alexco Keno Hill Mining Corp. entered guilty pleasA Yukon judge has slapped a mining conglomerate with a $100,000 fine because of problems that put the environment at risk. In a Whitehorse courtroom on Wednesday, Alexco Keno Hill Mining Corp., which operates a silver mine in central Yukon, pleaded guilty to failing to store hazardous waste properly and meet certain water quality standards.
Yukon judge fines Keno Hill mine company $100K over environmental risks

May 29, 2024 | cbc.ca | Julien Gignac

North·NewIn a Whitehorse courtroom on Wednesday, Alexco Keno Hill Mining Corp., which operates a silver mine in central Yukon, pleaded guilty to failing to store hazardous waste properly and meet certain water quality standards. Lawyers representing Alexco Keno Hill Mining Corp. entered guilty pleas Julien Gignac · CBC News · Posted: May 30, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 minute agoThe Yukon court building in Whitehorse.
YESAB recommends against proposed placer mine on creek many Yukoners use for drinking water

May 23, 2024 | cbc.ca | Julien Gignac

YESAB recommends against proposed placer mine on creek many Yukoners use for drinking waterJulien Gignac | CBC News | Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 3:28 PM | Last Updated: Just nowThe board states as proposed, the project's impacts to the creek can’t be mitigated Image | Stony CreekCaption: Stony Creek, west of Whitehorse. The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board has recommended a proposed placer mine not move ahead because impacts to water can't be mitigated.
Ross River, Yukon, man sentenced to 9.5 years for manslaughter

May 1, 2024 | cbc.ca | Julien Gignac

North·NewA judge has sentenced the man who killed a Kaska woman in Ross River, Yukon, to 9.5 years in prison. Last fall, Phillip Atkinson pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2019 death of Mary Ann Ollie. Phillip Atkinson pleaded guilty last fall to manslaughter in 2019 death of Mary Ann OllieJulien Gignac · CBC News · Posted: May 01, 2024 3:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes agoThe courthouse in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be ‘too little, too late,’ panel hears

Apr 15, 2024 | rcinet.ca | Julien Gignac

A new international agreement on chinook salmon stoked at times emotional debate at the Yukon River Panel meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, this week, and while many appeared to approve of the pact, others seemed to cast doubts. Duane Aucoin, a member of the Teslin Tlingit Council in the Yukon, said it’s taken the collapse of the chinook population to finally do something, but the natural world doesn’t work that way. “One thing we’re afraid of is, is this too little, too late?” he said.
Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be 'too little, too late,' panel hears

Apr 12, 2024 | cbc.ca | Julien Gignac

North·NewA new international agreement on chinook salmon stoked at times emotional debate at the Yukon River Panel meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, this week, and while many appeared to approve of the pact, others seemed to cast doubts. New agreement to halt chinook fishing in Yukon and Alaska for 7 years drives debate at Yukon River PanelJulien Gignac · CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoChinook salmon swim by the Whitehorse fish ladder.
Agreement on Yukon River chinook salmon called essential, but some still have questions

Apr 6, 2024 | cbc.ca | Julien Gignac

North·NewA new cross-border agreement on Yukon River chinook salmon explicitly states that hydroelectric dams and development are affecting the species — and, according to one expert, that will force more scrutiny of the Yukon government.
Canada, Alaska suspend fishing of Yukon River chinook salmon for 7 years

Apr 4, 2024 | rcinet.ca | Julien Gignac

In a bid to help the recovery of the Yukon River chinook salmon run, the federal government and the State of Alaska have agreed to implement a seven-year moratorium on fishing the species. The suspension, in effect for one full life cycle of a salmon, includes commercial fishing and recreational angling in the Yukon River mainstem and its Canadian tributaries. Representatives from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game signed the agreement on Monday.

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Julien Gignac

Articles

AFN blasts Yukon, federal gov'ts for allowing salmon 'habitat destruction'

Yukon gov't considers subsidies for mining companies to reduce emissions

Yukon judge fines Keno Hill mine company $100K over environmental risks

Yukon judge fines Keno Hill mine company $100K over environmental risks

YESAB recommends against proposed placer mine on creek many Yukoners use for drinking water

Ross River, Yukon, man sentenced to 9.5 years for manslaughter

Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be ‘too little, too late,’ panel hears

Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be 'too little, too late,' panel hears

Agreement on Yukon River chinook salmon called essential, but some still have questions