Lawrie Crawford, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A sign outside the Canada Revenue Agency is seen May 10, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Canada Revenue Agency registers debt for Yukoners found to have been overpaid COVID-19 benefits

770 Yukon residents owe money from CERB and 760 owe from the EI-Emergency benefit

A sign outside the Canada Revenue Agency is seen May 10, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
The building that houses ambulances and emergency medical services (EMS) in Carcross Yukon, on April 1, 2023. Almost half of the homes served in the small community of 500 people do not have civic addresses. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Patchwork of addresses in rural Yukon impairs emergency response

New GIS technologies about to reform emergency responses across North America

The building that houses ambulances and emergency medical services (EMS) in Carcross Yukon, on April 1, 2023. Almost half of the homes served in the small community of 500 people do not have civic addresses. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Adeline Webber, chair of the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children working group, at a press conference on March 24. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Ground scanning to begin on Chooutla residential school site as soon as snow melts

Working group expands its mission to look for graves near other residential schools in Yukon

Adeline Webber, chair of the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children working group, at a press conference on March 24. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Yukon NDP Leader Kate White speaks to reporters in the foyer of the Yukon legislature on the first day of the spring sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on March 2, 2023. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

McLean doubles down that education policies are sufficient

Former student’s letter raises questions in the legislature

Yukon NDP Leader Kate White speaks to reporters in the foyer of the Yukon legislature on the first day of the spring sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on March 2, 2023. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Taylor Roch is the co-founder of the new non-profit, Spring Home Society which aims to provide recovery housing for Yukoners leaving treatment or withdrawal services. (Submitted)

Spring Home Society wants to provide first in-territory recovery housing

Founders see “huge need” for safe and sober places for people to live after detox and treatment

Taylor Roch is the co-founder of the new non-profit, Spring Home Society which aims to provide recovery housing for Yukoners leaving treatment or withdrawal services. (Submitted)
Three Yukon First Nations will vote for chief and council in April. (Black Press file)
Three Yukon First Nations will vote for chief and council in April. (Black Press file)
(From left) Colleen James <em>Ghoóch </em><em>Tlâ</em>; Tyler Obediah, Carcross/Tagish First Nation staff; and Travis Richie, Yukon Energy Corporation official, converse at the Whitehorse dam re-licensing consultation in Carcross March 16. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

United Nations water conference will hear Indigenous contributions from Yukon ambassadors

Two C/TFN citizens to speak about Indigenous water governance in New York City

(From left) Colleen James <em>Ghoóch </em><em>Tlâ</em>; Tyler Obediah, Carcross/Tagish First Nation staff; and Travis Richie, Yukon Energy Corporation official, converse at the Whitehorse dam re-licensing consultation in Carcross March 16. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Annette King. (File Photo)

Policy gaps remain in the department of Education, former student says

New department policy only addresses harms to students by adults—not by other students

Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Annette King. (File Photo)
Elder Ralph James points to a spot on the map that shows caribou corridors for their fall migration to winter grounds while project lead Dexter Tokyla takes notes for land planning. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Much work remains on land and water planning in Yukon

Complexity slows land use planning processes in Yukon

Elder Ralph James points to a spot on the map that shows caribou corridors for their fall migration to winter grounds while project lead Dexter Tokyla takes notes for land planning. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin elections office for for the upcoming 2023 elections for chief, deputy chief and council positions on Front Street in Dawson City Yukon. (image courtesy Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin website)

Spring elections upcoming for several Yukon First Nation governments

Leadership positions on the ballot across the territory as several First Nations have elections on near horizon

Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin elections office for for the upcoming 2023 elections for chief, deputy chief and council positions on Front Street in Dawson City Yukon. (image courtesy Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin website)
The Whitehorse emergency shelter at 405 Alexander Street on March 7. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Yukon Health and Social Services struggles to make problems disappear at Whitehorse emergency shelter

People under the influence welcome at shelter, drugs and alcohol are not. Low barrier guidelines surface in ATIPP disclosure

The Whitehorse emergency shelter at 405 Alexander Street on March 7. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
The Old Crow gasifier is seen in 2012, after it was installed by Waste to Energy Canada. (Courtesy/wtecanada.com)

Garbage burns while Old Crow residents wait for repairs to its high tech gasifier

Government expects Old Crow’s gasification style incinerator to be up and running again this summer

The Old Crow gasifier is seen in 2012, after it was installed by Waste to Energy Canada. (Courtesy/wtecanada.com)
Ken Coates speaking at a Northern Policy Institute Gala 10th Anniversary Dinner in 2022. (from Wikipedia)

Ken Coates comes home to the Yukon as university’s Indigenous Governance chair

Reknowned scholar in northern governance returning to Yukon University

Ken Coates speaking at a Northern Policy Institute Gala 10th Anniversary Dinner in 2022. (from Wikipedia)
The McQuesten Valley lies between Hecla Mining and Victoria Gold’s mining operations, as seen from the Silver Trail 2021. ATAC Resources’ Rackla Gold property lies northeast in the Beaver River watershed. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Hecla Mining eyes deal for ATAC Resources and creates new exploration company

Victoria Gold rebuffed as mining giant ups offer to buy nearby mineral properties

The McQuesten Valley lies between Hecla Mining and Victoria Gold’s mining operations, as seen from the Silver Trail 2021. ATAC Resources’ Rackla Gold property lies northeast in the Beaver River watershed. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Entrepreneur Natasha Peter of Kaska Dena Designs answers tough questions from host Peter Johnston during the economic development themed day of the speaker series at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Feb. 14. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Efforts to right historic harms through constitutional agreements heralded over Together Today For Our Children Tomorrow celebrations

Events highlight long road to get out from under the discriminatory power of the Indian Act

Entrepreneur Natasha Peter of Kaska Dena Designs answers tough questions from host Peter Johnston during the economic development themed day of the speaker series at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Feb. 14. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Dr. James Makokis, a physician who says his life’s work in medicine is to rebuild the institutions which kept First Nations people healthy, speaks in Carcross Feb. 10. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Speakers at C/TFN event recognize challenges of sustaining recovery in small communities

Post-treatment housing, aftercare and relapse prevention supports needed for Carcross, commemoration hears

Dr. James Makokis, a physician who says his life’s work in medicine is to rebuild the institutions which kept First Nations people healthy, speaks in Carcross Feb. 10. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Cover of <em>Together Today for our Children Tomorrow</em>, the document being honoured at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Feb. 10 to 18. (Screen shot/CYFN)

Roster of Whitehorse events planned for 50th anniversary of First Nations delegation to Ottawa

A week of stories, celebrations and food honours those who took document to Ottawa in 1973

Cover of <em>Together Today for our Children Tomorrow</em>, the document being honoured at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Feb. 10 to 18. (Screen shot/CYFN)
Emergency vehicles respond to an incident at the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter in 2022. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Looking at substance use services in the territory

Data represents some of the information available

Emergency vehicles respond to an incident at the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter in 2022. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Yukon Housing Corporation office in Carcross. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

MLAs query officials about progress after scathing housing audit from the auditor general

Submissions to standing committee argue housing officials are out of touch and uncoordinated

Yukon Housing Corporation office in Carcross. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
The Whitehorse liquor store is seen in 2020. (Yukon News file)

New alcohol guidelines recommend consumption well below the Yukon average

More than two drinks per occasion can impose risk, new campaign says

The Whitehorse liquor store is seen in 2020. (Yukon News file)