Liberals back down from gun law amendments that ‘infringe on Indigenous rights’
Indigenous leaders and federal MPs are applauding the Liberal government’s decision to scrap proposed amendments…
Sara Connors
Sara Connors is originally from Nova Scotia and has a Journalism degree from the University of King’s College in Halifax. After graduation she worked in South Korea for two years as an English Language teacher and freelance journalist. After she returned home in 2019 she worked behind the scenes at CTV Atlantic in Halifax before joining APTN's Yukon bureau in July 2020.
Yukon’s substance use emergency declaration ‘just blank words’ says advocate
Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee declared the emergency last January in response to a spike in drug overdose deaths.
Drivers in southern Yukon encouraged to slow down to protect caribou herd
Woodland caribou are a common sight along highways in southern Yukon, but some stretches are…
Yukon man sentenced to 5 years for sexually assaulting Indigenous girls
Graham Howard Tracey will serve five years in federal prison.
Yukon athletes get ready to compete at 2023 Arctic Winter Games
This year’s games will be the first after a five-year hiatus.
Search finds remains of a child at former Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan
Star Blanket Cree Nation said a ground penetrating radar search has yielded over 2,000 hits at the former school site.
Indigenous hockey sticks gifted to 2023 World Juniors players
Lorne Julien couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have his artwork viewed by millions of people
Another tragic year for opioid-related deaths in the Yukon
17 of 25 people who died of opioid-related deaths this year were Indigenous
Tlingit community celebrating return of 140-year-old robe. Too bad they had to pay for it.
Members of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation are wondering why they have to foot the bill for a cultural item that was likely taken from their people in the 19th century