Media

News releases

Yukon's Chief Coroner call for inquest - August 5, 2022

Yukon Coroner's Service update on deaths due to toxic illicit drugs - August 5, 2022

Yukon Coroner's Service update on opioid deaths - March 17, 2022

Yukon Coroner media release on overdose deaths - January 24, 2022

Drug overdose fatalities - November 29, 2021

Scollen death - November 16, 2021

Sigurdson death - September 29, 2021

Drug overdose fatalities - August 31, 2021

Death of man in Kluane National Park - August 6, 2021

Kemble death - August 2, 2021

Recovery of body of man reported missing – July 21, 2021

Death of a Whitehorse woman in a single vehicle roll-over – July 7, 2021

Recovery of body from Lake Laberge – June 30, 2021

Thompson death - May 5, 2021

Cull death - April 27, 2021

Calls for response to silent public health crisis - April 22, 2021

Fire fatality - March 17, 2021

Joint news release with Yukon Coroner’s Service, the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health and Yukon RCMP - March 11, 2021

Joint release on opioid deaths in Yukon - February 19, 2021

Double Fatality at Marsh Lake - December 21, 2020

Sudden death on Black Street - November 9, 2020

Charlie-Sawrenko death - October 9, 2020

Still death - September 7, 2020

Miller death - August 20, 2020

Adams and Sanderson death - July 6, 2020

Erlinger death - June 30, 2020

Identity of Long Lake remains - June 18, 2020

Sanders death - June 6, 2020

RCMP and Coroners Service joint news release on found body - June 5, 2020

Gow death - May 16, 2020

Egg death - December 12, 2019

Kitchen-Lane death - August 7, 2019

Statement on fentanyl-related deaths - December 10, 2019

Gorgichuk death - November 21, 2019

Carpenter death - November 15, 2019

McKinnon-Etzel deaths - October 26, 2019

Osborne death - October 6, 2019

Giczi death - September 24, 2019

Giczi death - September 8, 2019

Gladkov death - September 4, 2019

Pelletier-Gordon death - July 29, 2019

Benson-Babcock deaths - August 7, 2019

Keith death - January 28, 2019

Charlie death - December 21, 2018

Lafleur-Johnnie deaths - December 20, 2018

Theoret-Roeshelt deaths - November 26, 2018

Nepper death - September 24, 2018

Boyd death - June 15, 2018

Algar death - May 26, 2018

Zorn death - March 31, 2018

Pauls death - February 8, 2018

Densmore death - January 8, 2018

Kolla death - September 5, 2017 

Gray death - June 14, 2017

Richardson death - May 10, 2017

Clark death - May 9, 2017

Deroy death - January 5, 2017

Contact

For media inquiries contact the chief coroner. Email heather.jones@yukon.ca, or phone 867-667-5317; toll free 1-800-661-0408, extension 5317.