Caitrin Pilkington

Caitrin Pilkington is a reporter with CBC North in Whitehorse. She previously worked for Cabin Radio in Yellowknife. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Yukon secures funding for Whitehorse convention centre in the 11th hour before election call

Days before the federal election was officially called, Yukon leaders raced to secure a $56.25 million dollar funding commitment from the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency for a new convention centre.

Despite record-high gold prices, mining exploration in Canada's North declines

Preliminary federal data shows exploration spending decreasing across all three territories and B.C.

Indigenous land guardians help guide military training exercises in Carcross, Yukon

For the first time, Carcross/Tagish First Nation elders and land guardians helped plan and execute annual Canadian Armed Forces exercises in the Yukon.

Ottawa ends funding for national advisory committee on unmarked residential school graves

The National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials supports Indigenous communities looking to identify, locate and commemorate children who died at residential schools in Canada.
In depth

Study finds northern prisons lack abortion and contraception policies

Northern governments say all inmates have the opportunity to access reproductive health services, but some researchers and advocates say clearer policies are needed to reduce barriers. 

Whitehorse man wanted in connection with alleged 3D-printed gun trafficking

Anthony Luis Eduardo Desjarlais, 28, of Whitehorse faces five charges related to firearms manufacturing, trafficking, possession and unsafe storage.  

2 running in upcoming mayoral byelection in Haines Junction, Yukon

Residents in Haines Junction, Yukon, are going back to the polls this week to elect a new mayor, after former mayor Michael Riseborough resigned just weeks into the job.

Yukon grandmother and grandson both receive Coronation Medal

Three Vuntut Gwich'in citizens were honoured at the Commissioner's Levee in Whitehorse

Push to remove Liard First Nation chief grows after meeting for members

The meeting was organized by Dene Ā́ Nezen, a group which formed in October to address concerns around Charlie's leadership. This month, two of the group's organizers were fired for publicly criticizing the First Nation's governance. 

Canada and U.S. Department of Defence invest $35M in the Yukon's Mactung mine

Canada and the U.S. have announced joint funding for a mine that contains one of the largest tungsten deposits on earth.