Resignations, firings and testimony at the Saskatoon MMIWG hearings
With 11 words, another lawyer quit the beleaguered National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Shirley McLean
2 Yukon staff members resign from MMIWG inquiry
Two Yukon staff members resign from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls according to a Facebook message received by APTN News.
Remembering Yukon leader Mike Smith
Flags are flying at half mast in Whitehorse and on Yukon government buildings in honour of Mike Smith, a First Nations leader who passed away Thursday.
Yukon cab company makes changes after driver charged with sexual assault, kidnapping
A Yukon cab company is taking extra measures for safety after one of its drivers was charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of kidnapping.
Yukon government to review Nehass case
The Yukon Territorial government is promising to review how it treats inmates at the Whitehorse correctional centre after reports about how Michael Nehass was treated.
Residential school survivor remembers hunger that never went away
Emma Shorty still remembers her days at the Chooutla residential school and more specifically, the hunger that went along with it.
RCMP musical ride gallops down Main street in Whitehorse, literally
36 horses with the RCMP Musical Ride are in the Wilderness city
Yukon’s Wilderness City is having a problem with bears this summer
Yukon’s Wilderness city is having a problem with bears wandering into its neighbourhoods. 48 bears have been killed so far this summer.
Indigenous groups from Alaska, Yukon meet to figure out how to clean salmon river
Indigenous groups from Alaska and the Yukon are meeting in Carcross this week to figure out how best to clean toxic waste, garbage and pollutants from the Yukon River.