Yukon tour company seeks government bailout

Source: CBC News

A Yukon First Nation tourism venture is on the brink of bankruptcy, and its owners are asking the Yukon and federal governments for money to keep it going.

Not enough customers have signed up for Great River Journey's $1,000-a-day Yukon River wilderness tours over the past couple of years.

The Whitehorse-based company's operators say their bills are piling up and they need at least another $1 million to survive the next season.

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