Yukon's emissions rose in the first year of Our Clean Future, the territorial government's climate change plan, but officials say the plan is nevertheless starting to work.

Patients and colleagues of a Whitehorse psychiatrist say they're concerned people will die if he leaves the territory amid a dispute over pay with the government.

Yukon Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee spent much of Monday defending her party's health care record.

According to the Yukon government, doctors with family practices will earn $230 per hour for the first two shifts of each month at a planned walk-in clinic, and $200 per hour for each subsequent shift. That's the same rate offered to doctors without a family practice for all shifts at the clinic.

Yukon Energy officials say the utility will be hard-pressed to produce enough renewable power to meet the territory's emissions targets. All of the company's best hopes for a major expansion of its green electricity capacity are on hold for the foreseeable future.

Yukon Party health critic Brad Cathers suggested the report would shed light onwhat he calls "chronic underfunding of Yukon hospitals to the tune of millions of dollars."