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

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-24 00:11:21.0
  Tags: [National, Environment, Labour, Governance]

  Parks Canada is undergoing a workforce adjustment requiring the agency to absorb nearly $145 million in budget reductions over the next three years following a federal comprehensive expenditure review. Across the country, the restructuring will eliminate the equivalent of 500 full-time jobs, with nearly 3,000 employees receiving workforce adjustment notices. In the North, 67 of 147 staff in the Northwest Territories and 58 of 137 staff in the Yukon are affected, representing approximately 45 per cent of Parks Canada's workforce in those two territories.

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• Yukon wildland firefighters welcome plan to expand presumptive cancer coverage

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-09 11:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Labour, Public Safety, Governance, Environment]

  The Yukon government tabled a bill to amend the territorial Workers' Safety and Compensation Act to extend presumptive cancer coverage to wildland firefighters. Previously, only full-time and part-time structural firefighters received this coverage under the legislation. The proposed amendment covers all wildland firefighters equally, including government employees and independent contractors, with industry representatives aiming for formal legislative passage prior to the winter legislative break.

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