Friday, March 29, 2024

Yukon’s New Gender-Affirming Policy Is Far Ahead Of Other Gender-Affirming Policies In The Country

Yukon has recently introduced a new gender-affirming policy. Dr. Michael Marshall was one of the experts who have contributed greatly to the making of the new policy. Marshall stated...

Yukon Museum Releases A New Venture To Promote Local Tourism

'Yukon Spin' has shared cycling scenery online to promote local tourism. The project is part exercise video, part tourism ad. It allows visitors to take a biking tour (sort...

29 COVID-19 Cases and Community Transmission Confirmed in Yukon

According to a news release issued on Saturday, Yukon health officers have confirmed 29 new cases of COVID-19 and community transmission among unvaccinated people. The news release reads, "COVID-19 is now widely...

Yukon Woman Sews Memorial Blanket to Honor Children Who Died at Residential School

For Velma Olsen, art and cultural practices have been healing in processing news involving residential schools. It is why she spent two and a half months sewing together a blanket...

The First Cases of COVID-19 Variants Of Concern Have Appeared In Yukon

Yukon's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brendan Hanley has stated that there are two new cases of COVID-19 in the territory. It seems that there is now Yukon's first case...

Yukon Community Want Millionaire Casino Executive to be jailed 

Residents of a small Yukon community want a millionaire casino executive and his wife to face imprisonment for violating local declaration. Rod and Ekaterina Baker flew to a small...

Two Climbers Hope To Become The First All-Women Group To Climb Mount Lucania in...

Pascale Marceau and Eva Capozzola are hoping that they will become the first all-women group that will conquer Mount Lucania in Yukon if the weather allows it. In order...

Yukon Sends Scores of Firefighters to British Columbia

The Yukon government has sent 40 firefighters to help combat raging wildfires in B.C. The crew landed in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday for a 19-day deployment. Four supervisory staff travelled...

New Exposure Notices Are Being Issued In Whitehorse

Yukon health officials have issued new COVID-19 exposure notices for 3 Whitehorse locations. All of these notices seem to be related to the latest case of COVID-19 in Yukon....

Kate White, Currie Dixon and Sandy Silver Meet For The Election Debate

Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon, NDP Leader Kate White, and Liberal Leader Sandy Silver have met in the CBC Yukon studio for an election debate. Three party leaders had...