Yukon government struggling to keep rural health centres open

This week, the territory's health department verified the number of interruptions to its community health centres over the past year.

According to CBC’s analysis of the data provided by the department, between August 2025 and August 2026 the territory's rural health centres saw a total of 214 days when there were no nursing services available.

That tally doesn’t totally reflect the latest partial closure at the Beaver Creek health centre from July 2 to Oct. 30. It also leaves out “reduced services” at the Carcross health centre from Sept. 16 to Oct. 14.

Furthermore, Faro is seeing a temporary closure from Sept. 25 to Oct. 2, Ross River from Sept. 4 to Sept 30, and Teslin from Sept. 23 to Oct. 14.