NHL hockey players shooting to help First Nation youth
There was no hockey lockout in Whitehorse this week.
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Yukon jail hit with human rights complaint over access to Aboriginal programs
When Whitehorse’s new minimum security jail opened last year, programs for First Nations were said to be a top priority.
Yukon's government wants territory open for business
The Yukon’s economy was built on natural resources dating all the way back to the 1898 Klondike gold rush.
Schools help keep Indigenous languages alive: Stats Can data
Indigenous languages appear to be in decline, but teaching them in school could give these threatened languages new life, according to Statistics Canada census numbers.
First Nation, Yukon strike child welfare agreement
The Yukon’s largest First Nation and the territorial government have started working together on child welfare.
Residential school curriculum coming to Yukon
The governments of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut recently joined forces to create a mandatory curriculum for high school students to learn the legacy and history of residential schools.
New federal food subsidy program panned in Yukon
The Nutrition North Canada program is now in full effect.
Yukon First Nation facing hardball tactics from Ottawa gets extension
After the threat of having their funds reduced, a Yukon self-governing First Nation now has three months to negotiate a financial transfer agreement with the federal government.
Yukon solidifies Chinese business, political links
The Yukon signed a sister province agreement with a province in northwestern China during the premier’s recent trip to the country.