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.
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Celebrated Yukon First Nations leader Mike Smith has died
First Nations leader, Yukon lawyer and residential school survivor Mike Smith died Wednesday in Whitehorse.
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.
‘It’s not my secret to keep’: Sex assault survivor tells her story
Leslie Cawley kept it secret for decades allowing it to fester.
Yukon teachers trying to decolonize the classroom
As Yukon teachers prepare for the upcoming school year the topic in a workshop this week was decolonizing the classroom.
Yukon teacher honoured for lighting cultural spark in children
Pauls heads up the Dusk’a Headstart at the family learning centre for the Kwanlin Dun First Nation in Whitehorse.
Remembering Skookum Jim who co-discovered Klondike Gold Rush
Skookum Jim’s name has often been left out of the history books.
NWT, Yukon allow third gender option on birth certificates
Human rights and LGBTQ advocates are applauding a new change in the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon that will allow a third sex option on birth certificates.
