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• Daughter demands answers after second family member dies at 405 Alexander

  Bailey's biological father also died at the shelter in 2021, and she claims that the shelter's staff provided conflicting accounts of the circumstances surrounding the death of her stepfather.

• Yukon Risks Blackouts This Winter as Hydro Power Plant Undergoes Repairs

  The Aishihik turbine was critically damaged in October, and repair work is not expected to be completed until spring.

• YUKON'S SPEAKER DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM HIS OWN LIBERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT POLITICAL INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTIONS YUKON AND TWO OTHER OVERSIGHT BODIES

  Following complaints, Speaker Jeremy Harper writes to Sandy Silver to ask why the government is interfering with Elections Yukon, Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office, and the office of the Yukon Ombudsman

• Liard First Nation chief has lost confidence, been suspended by his community

  LFN citizens who attended a public meeting Tuesday in Watson Lake overwhelmingly sided with the Deputy Chief and Council members who drafted a resolution to have Chief Stephen Charlie suspended from his duties

• Liard First Nation Employees Fired After Advocating for Change

  Emeral Poppe and Diana Lee Jimmy have been vocal advocates for change within Liard First Nation, raising concerns over transparency.

• YFNED kicks off fifth-annual winter hamper program

  "We try to support local as much as we can." - YFNED Acting Director of First Nation Initiatives Kim Rumley

• Broken generator at Aishihik Generating Station puts pressure on the Yukon's electricity grid

  The 12-megawatt generator failed due to a part malfunction, according to the Yukon Energy Corporation

• Intergovernmental Forum takes place in Ottawa - not Yukon - for second year running

  Forum discussed collaborative approaches to funding the implementation of Final and Self-Government Agreements.

• Suspected contamination at the abandoned Wolverine Mine: Yukon government

  The Yukon government has been addressing water treatment issues at the site since the mine's abandonment in 2015

• Food For Fines Campaign Returns to Whitehors

  Eligible tickets include: Expired parking meter fines, and Two-hour zone fines.

• Yukon First Nations leadership and Yukon government leadership meet for 30th Yukon Forum

  This was the third Yukon Forum of 2024. The last will be the Intergovernmental Forum in Ottawa in December.

• Shot in the Dark Productions premiered two films at the Yukon Arts Centre

  Shot in the Dark Productions believes puppets can captivate both children and adults, conveying important environmental science themes through entertainment.

• Former Connective staff acquitted of sexual assault and exploitation charges

  Judge Gurmail Gill found Omale not guilty due to inconsistencies in the complainant's testimony and lack of forensic evidence. 

• Whitehorse RCMP officers to start using body-worn cameras

  The Yukon RCMP adopts body-worn cameras to bolster trust, accountability, and transparency in its community services

• Whitehorse Community Thrift Store volunteers stop work following store manager's termination by its board of directors.

  Thrift store society founder Karen Weinberg says the manager was fired for raising safety concerns.

• Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin, Yukon NDP blast Yukon government for delays in Dawson Regional Land Use Plan

  “Every day this plan doesn’t get done is another day of status quo for the mining industry. It’s starting to feel like this is by design.” - Yukon NDP Leader Kate White

• Newly elected Whitehorse Mayor and Council sworn into office

  Mayor Kirk Cameron and Councillors Anne Middler, Dan Boyd, Lenore Morris, Eileen Melynchuk, Jenny Hamilton, and Paolo Gallina have taken their oaths of office.

• 2024 Yukon River fall chum salmon run records dismal numbers

  The Porcupine River revealed alarmingly low numbers, with 16,275 and 8,368 fish recorded

• Trial of Former Connective residential support worker accused of sexually assaulting a vulnerable client commenced in Whitehorse territorial court on Monday. 

  Omale, 38 has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a person with a disability stemming from September 2023.

• Whitehorse residents join Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition's Actions for Accountability Rally

  Dozens of people marked Poverty and Homelessness Accountability week with a walk to the Jim Smith building, where the mother of a homeless man spent the night camping in the parking lot.