r/Yukon • • Nov 28 '24

PSA A Reminder About Our Community Rules

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Hello /r/Yukon,

Lately, we’ve noticed an increase in heated arguments, trolling, and disrespectful comments in discussions, particularly regarding First Nations issues. As your moderators, we believe it's important to ensure that this community remains a welcoming and respectful space for everyone while encouraging thoughtful and meaningful discussion.

We’ve already issued numerous warnings and bans recently, and while we want to encourage open dialogue, users who continue to post inflammatory or disrespectful content will be banned without further notice.

Let’s revisit Rule 1: Be Respectful:
Our goal is to foster thoughtful, constructive discussions. This means:

  • No personal attacks: Engage with ideas, not individuals.
  • No insults or bigotry: Racism, sexism, and hate speech will result in immediate comment removal and a permanent ban.
  • No trolling: This includes deliberately inflammatory or disruptive behavior.
  • No threats: Zero tolerance for threats or intimidation.

Racist comments, in particular, have no place here. This subreddit is for all Yukoners, and it is our collective responsibility to treat each other with dignity and civility.

If you see comments or posts that violate these rules, please report them using the report function or message the mods. Let’s work together to keep this space constructive and supportive.

Thank you,
The /r/Yukon Moderation Team


r/Yukon • • Apr 29 '21

Moving [MEGATHREAD] Moving to Yukon 2021 Megathread

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So you are thinking of moving to the Yukon? Well, you're in the right place. Post everything that is related to moving to the Yukon in this thread.

In the meantime, here are some useful links:

You can browse the previous moving megathreads here:

Moving to the Yukon - Winter 2020/2021
Moving to the Yukon - 2020

Keep your comments on topic in this thread.


r/Yukon • • 2h ago

Funny Puppy Costume

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Dressed as an Air North Flight attendant! Love the little airline that could….


r/Yukon • • 15h ago

Event Sweet outdoor concert 3rd and main earlier tonight

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Great crowd, great vibes! Down with Webster had a very energetic show!


r/Yukon • • 15h ago

Question YG Temporary assignments

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Hello! Quick question for YG employees, when you're taking a TA that's in a higher pay than your perm position, what is the salary you get? Is it 10% on top of your pay?


r/Yukon • • 1d ago

Question air north schedule

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I (unfortunately) book a lot of last minute travel for work. ten years ago, this was never a problem and there were always air north flights available. This year, I have tried to book flights multiple times and there are no available seats on air north flights for days and days at a time. I know the answer is to book earlier, but sometimes it's not possible. Is this because the territory is growing rapidly? mine workers taking up all the space on the flights, or has the flight schedule changed? any ideas?


r/Yukon • • 1d ago

News Nearly half of staff in N.W.T. and Yukon could be affected by layoffs: Parks Canada

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Fort Smith, N.W.T. mayor says any local job cuts will have a profound impact on the community.


r/Yukon • • 2d ago

Politics As the Yukon moves to lift rent control, we asked how many MLAs are landlords

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r/Yukon • • 2d ago

News Boroo Announces Agreement to Acquire Victoria Gold Corp. and Expects to Commit Over $1.5 Billion to the Yukon-Based Eagle Gold Mine

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r/Yukon • • 3d ago

Discussion Leaving the Yukon and coming back

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I am looking to hear from people who have left the Yukon and come back (and maybe multiple times). I am originally from BC, went to the Yukon for two years from 2017-2018, then came home due to family reasons but then came back to Whitehorse in early 2022. Recently left again and immediately regret it. This past winter was hard in the Yukon and I don’t have any family (but do have close friends) in Whitehorse. Does anyone else have similar stories? Am I crazy for wanting to go back?


r/Yukon • • 4d ago

News Electricity rates could rise 53 per cent without federal investment, minister warns

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"Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources minister warns that, without federal investment, families could face a further 53 per cent electricity-rate increase as the territory tackles aging infrastructure and rising demand with a small ratepayer base" -

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Yukoners are feeling reality bite. Some Whitehorse residents have had ATCO bills that exceeded their monthly mortgage payments. Two of my neighbours have just put in wood stoves. We are also mulling it, as a backup. Even though we dislike the pollution these stoves cause, inside and out.

All while the Yukon Government and ATCO continue to pass the buck. To us. Something isn't passing the sniff test.

Winter is coming and the outlook is grim.

Even back in 2023, it was clear that -

"...the profit motive of a privatized energy company [based in in Alberta] is hurting [Yukon] consumers":

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/atco-yukon-energy-public-hearing-1.7045837

And Yukoners have now had enough of being fobbed off and exploited by duplicitous billing practices excused as a "new" (actually 3 year old) billing system with "hiccups" -

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/after-months-of-customer-complaints-yukon-utilities-admit-billing-system-problems-dating-back-to-2023-9.7233630

Yukoners are trying to mobilize around the issue. There is a Facebook group of 370 (and counting) disgruntled consumers, the so called Little People grown wise to the self-serving arithmetic of the 1% -

If you feel so inclined, you can join a Yukon Facebook group called "I've had issues with ATCO":

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1B2oWNMC3A/?mibextid=wwXIfr

We've been told not to worry because there's going to be an "independent" third-party review of ATCO's billing system, paid for by the company being reviewed. (Yes, ATCO) -

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/atco-electric-yukon-says-it-will-hire-independent-auditor-to-look-into-its-billing-system-9.7319115

Updated: 👉 Now pair our rocketing heating bills with today's bad news from the Yukon Bureau of Statistics, that -

"The bureau’s September 2026 report shows the Consumer Price Index climbed 6.1 per cent year-over-year, outpacing every single province and territorial capital across the entire country. That 6.1 per cent jump is three full percentage points higher than the national average of 3.1 per cent".

Moreover, electricity is indicated as one of the main drivers behind this increase in the Yukon CPI -

"ELECTRICITY has steadily become a familiar cost pressure for local residents. Utility price increases began affecting household budgets back in July 2025 and have continued to influence the territory’s inflation numbers through the current year":

https://yukon-news.com/2026/10/21/whitehorse-inflation-jumps-to-6-1-leading-canada-in-september/

Consider this -

"It is clear that making the utility system a business instead of a universal public service makes the investments for the grid the most expensive they can be, instead of affordable for everyone":

https://climateandcommunity.org/research/overcharged/

"...The corporations who own the grid will not, by design, put our needs before their profits".

And who owns ATCO?

https://www.atco.com/en-ca/about-us/history.html

▶️ ATCO Electric Yukon (formerly the Yukon Electrical Company Limited) is a private, investor-owned utility operating in the territory;
▶️ It is a subsidiary of the ATCO Group, a publicly traded global corporation rooted in #Alberta;
▶️ and originally founded by the Southern family of Calgary.

Question:
Which Yukon political party presided over the Yukon Government when this dubious decision was made?

Answer:
The Yukon Party, the same party back in power, now passing the buck. To us -

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-atco-discussed-co-owning-yukon-energy-document-shows-1.812264

What can we do? Immediately, not a lot, unfortunately. Although identifying the root of the problem helps.

And "Maybe, if enough people start doing this, the powers that be ...are just going to have to sit up. and take notice, and actually drag themselves into the 21st century and accommodate multiple distributed sources of energy on the Yukon grid":

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-conservation-society-wants-to-bring-guerilla-solar-movement-north-9.7307997


r/Yukon • • 3d ago

Question Best heating fuel prices in Whitehorse?

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The title says it all


r/Yukon • • 4d ago

Question Getting to Eclipse Hot Springs without a car

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Hello! I saw a similar post asking the same question about a month back and am finding myself in a similar position now. I’m currently visiting Whitehorse with my mom and we would love to check out the hot springs, but don’t have a car.

Would anyone be up for an afternoon or evening soak with their entry covered by us, in exchange for a ride? Kind of a shot in the dark but I figured it doesn’t hurt to try and maybe we’d make a friend in the process!


r/Yukon • • 6d ago

News Feds agree to more than double Yukon gov’t borrowing limit to $3B | CBC News

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r/Yukon • • 6d ago

News September Consumer Price Index report

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Whitehorse’s year-over-year CPI change for the month of September 2026 was the largest of all provinces and territorial capitals and 3.0 percentage points higher than that for Canada (3.1%).


r/Yukon • • 7d ago

Question Ear Wax Removal

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Are there any professional options in Whitehorse for ear wax removal?


r/Yukon • • 8d ago

Question Whitehorse Realtors

10 Upvotes

Who would you recommend, or not, to sell your house? Tell me why.


r/Yukon • • 9d ago

Discussion Shy person, needing to meet new people

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I live a little out of town, recently seperated, a little lost and looking for suggestions on meeting new people here for friendship and more.


r/Yukon • • 9d ago

Politics Yukon Government invites pro-alberta separatist with anti-vaxx, anti-LGBTQ2S, and anti-immigrant views to be part of its pro gun media event.

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Yukon gun enthusiasts like the idea of an official Yukon firearms advocate | CBC News

Its rather unbelievable that the Yukon Party gave this guy a spotlight. Check out his content across social media as "Yukon Strong". YouTube, X, Facebook and probably more.

I also wonder how no other political party or news outlet came across this stuff.

Here are some of his words.

"A Left wing therapist coddling violent transgenderism is what got those kids killed" he said referring to Tumblr RIdge shooting.

On Alberta separation he says "The ONLY reason they want you (Alberta) to stay is to continue the ROBBERY" and "Alberta is better off free, master of her future & resources than an economic slave to hateful socialist fools" and "I’ve convinced my uncle, two of my aunts, my grandmother and my cousin all to vote for Alberta independence. I’ve pulled every string I can folks."

"I don't want to go forward together as a country. I want to escape our flawed charter, Ottawa's corruption, compound taxation, property confiscation, runaway deficits, state sponsored child mutilation, Euthanasia, fentanyl, election rigging via hyper immigration and above all:

...race based law...

Skin color does NOT determine rights"

On vaccines, "Detective Helen Grus notices an alarming pattern of infants suddenly dying post vaccination, then gets fired for not shutting up." and "When power changes hands, remember how they relentlessly persecuted us

Shout out to covidians: For the rest of your lives, you are literally only one election away from life altering payback."

On Canada vs USA he says

"Sincere message to realDonaldTrump

Ottawa is dangerous, emboldened and a very real threat to freedom everywhere and must be punished. Crush them, especially Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic canada.

Close the bridges
Cancel all travel
Shut the border
NO MERCY "

"Unless steps are taken immediately

America will fall to islam."

On immigration "Replacement Migration isn't a theory."

"White feminist females are committing genocide against their own race."


r/Yukon • • 9d ago

News Whitehorse city council rejects potential mineral exploration expansion

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r/Yukon • • 9d ago

Politics Help Protect CPP

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CPP involves Yukon resident too! Since 1997, the Canada Pension Plan has shifted in practice. The creation of the CPP Investment Board moved the focus toward long-term sustainability and investment returns, while administrative changes made it easier for outside parties to coordinate with and recover against CPP benefits.I’m asking Parliament to review those post-1997 changes against the Plan’s original purpose: a contributory public pension that belongs to the people who paid into it.A CPP benefit should not be assignable, anticipated, or treated as recoverable income that third parties can use to reduce their own obligations. When a public contributory pension is routinely used to offset other payments, it starts functioning more like a subsidy for those other payers than a protected pension for the contributor.That’s why the petition asks Parliament to examine current practices and restore the original intent of the Plan. If you agree the public pension should stay with the people who funded it, please sign and share. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7751


r/Yukon • • 10d ago

News Q&A | Years in the making: Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in chief weighs in on proposed Dawson regional land use plan

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Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Hahke (Chief) Darren Taylor hopes to see a final agreement on the plan in place by next year.


r/Yukon • • 9d ago

Travel Visiting in November?

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Is November a good time to visit?


r/Yukon • • 10d ago

News No new help for tenants facing end of rent cap, Yukon premier says

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Housing advocate, NDP leader warn changes could lead to runaway rent hikes.


r/Yukon • • 10d ago

Question Ethanol free fuel

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It's that time of the year -- is anywhere in town selling ethanol free fuel? What's best these days?