Council of Yukon First Nations and Government of Yukon partner to establish Indigenous-led Auntie’s House

The Council of Yukon First Nations and the Government of Yukon announced a partnership to establish Auntie’s House, a 24-hour staffed, culturally grounded Indigenous group home for sibling groups in Yukon. The pilot aims to provide Yukon First Nation–led care rooted in cultural, relational, and trauma-informed approaches and to evaluate outcomes on…

The federal government is investing $7 million in eight renewable energy projects across Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon. The funding supports projects including wind speed testing for Baker Lake, solar installations in Chesterfield Inlet and Resolute Bay, a hybrid renewables and diesel microgrid in Arviat, a pollution study in Cambridge…

The Government of Canada announced nearly $7 million in funding for eight clean energy projects across Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut to strengthen local electricity systems, reduce fossil-fuel reliance, and support long-term economic growth. The funding, mainly through Natural Resources Canada's Clean Energy for Rural and Remote…

The Yukon government says the waitlist to be matched with a health provider has fallen by about half, from 4,606 to 2,445, as 12 new doctors join the territory and recruitment efforts continue. It also announced a new licensing path allowing certain internationally trained physicians to practice in Yukon without additional assessments, to help expand…

The article reports that the draft Kaska-B.C. Land Use plan proposes establishing a new Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) called Dene K’éh Kusãn in northern British Columbia, spanning over 30,000 square kilometres from Finlay Russell Provincial Park to the Yukon border and west to Good Hope Lake. The plan is spearheaded by the Dena Keyah…

Yukon University is developing the territory’s first law degree program in partnership with the University of Calgary, with a three-year Juris Doctor program for up to 25 students that will focus on Indigenous governance, modern treaties, and the Yukon legal landscape. Applications are expected to open in the coming weeks, and the program is planned to…

The federal government will consider raising Yukon’s debt cap only after the territory proves prudent fiscal planning and provides detailed spending controls and future borrowing plans. Premier Currie Dixon says Ottawa is time‑sensitive and wants certainty before the fall capital budget and upcoming health‑care funding changes are addressed.

The article reports that Raven ReTek, a tech upcycling program run by the Raven Recycling Society, launched successfully in Whitehorse, aiming to provide low-cost technology to Yukoners and reduce electronic waste after the federal Computers for Schools program ended. It notes that ReTek operates as an in-house, self-funded initiative (no government…