Feds may take Yukon First Nation to court, band’s website shut down
Canada could be taking a troubled Yukon First Nation to court as its financial woes continues to grow.
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Some Yukon residents believe Ottawa trampling rights with Bill S-6
Many in the Yukon are speaking out about a proposed piece of federal environmental legislation, Bill S-6, that will reshape how development projects are assessed in the territory.
Nearly 6,500 Yukoners against fracking in the territory
APTN’s Shirley McLean explains the petition is one of the largest in Yukon history.
Feds put Yukon First Nation under 3rd-party management for first time
APTN’s Shirley McLean reports members are angry and want accountability.
People suffering from FAD at high risk of confessing to crimes they didn’t commit: AIDWYC
The Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted is in Whitehorse this week.
Wildlife officials in Yukon still trying to figure out grizzly attack
Yukon wildlife officers are still trying to figure out why a grizzly bear broke into a wilderness home and killed a woman this past weekend.
Document: Ottawa’s funding shortfall put East Coast FN children at ‘high’ risk of ‘serious harm’
A funding shortfall faced by Aboriginal Affairs on the East Coast put First Nation children at “high” risk of “exposure” to “serious harm,” according to an internal department document that surfaced during a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing wrapping up this week.
Inquest rules First Nations woman’s death a homicide, experts question medical care
She died of complications from bowel obstruction, not alcohol withdrawal.
Inquest begins into death of Yukon woman, 60, doctors thought died of alcoholism
APTN National News An inquest looking into the death of a Yukon woman, 60, started…