Media
News releases
Update from Chief Coroner regarding recent deaths due to toxic illicit drugs – May 5, 2023
Update from Yukon Chief Coroner regarding substance use-related deaths – April 20, 2023
Johnnie death - January 10, 2023
Yukon Coroner's Service update on deaths due to toxic illicit drugs – December 15, 2022
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
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
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
RCMP and Coroners Service joint news release on found body – June 5, 2020
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
Pauls death – February 8, 2018
Densmore death – January 8, 2018
Kolla death – September 5, 2017
Richardson death – May 10, 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.