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Spring 2025

The cold, hard truth

The Yukon is warming faster than anywhere else in the world. It's causing irreversible damage to Indigenous communities

Asha Swann

Arctic Canada is filling with puddles. Springtime in the Yukon looks astonishingly similar to June in Ontario. The days are long. Deer bite the heads off flowers deep in the forest. Icy mountains still loom in the distance, but here in the city of Whitehorse, wet mud squishes with every step. People wear shorts and […] More »