The mysterious case of the Button Blanket puzzles Whitehorse cultural centre
“It showed up … I don’t know who made it, but it’s from the Yukon.”
Whitehorse
Yukon First Nation opposed Ottawa’s streamlining of environmental assessments
First Nations in the Yukon are against proposed changes to the territory’s Environmental Assessment Act and they showed their opposition to Bill S-6 in Ottawa last week.
Harper says no to renewed calls for public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women
Speaking in Whitehorse Thursday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper again explained why his government would not call an inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
Yukon’s housing headache
The federal and Yukon governments are putting $16 million toward affordable housing in the territory.
Yukon First Nation moves to boost Indigenous language
A Yukon First Nation is hoping to increase the number of Southern Tuchone speakers by creating their own Language Act.
New Zealand brings haka to the mound for softball championship
Ten teams from five continents are pitching it out at the 10th Junior Men’s World Championship this week in Whitehorse.
Theo Fleury talks hockey and dreams at Whitehorse hockey camp
Theo Fluery is a special guest at a youth hockey camp in Whitehorse.
Canada’s sanction war with Russia almost derailed Whitehorse Arctic parliamentarian meeting
The Harper government “blinked” when faced with the imminent cancellation of an upcoming meeting of parliamentarians from the Arctic region in the Yukon as a result of sanctions and counter-sanctions imposed by Ottawa and Moscow, says an NDP MP.
Family files human rights complaint after authorities strip Yukon prisoner before video appearance
The family of a Yukon prisoner who appeared naked and shackled during a court hearing by video conference has filed a human rights complaint.
