Law & Justice

Yukon government puts $530k towards Gladue report pilot project

Three-year pilot project will train people to write Gladue reports for Indigenous offenders

Dangerous offender designations exist for good reason

The dangerous offender designation represents a reasonable way for society to keep people safe

RCMP not using Whitehorse courthouse cellblock due to ‘deficiencies’

The cellblock is still being used by courthouse staff, including court sheriffs

Motor Vehicles Act revamp a chance to toughen Yukon’s impaired driving laws

Police should have power to issue tougher roadside punishment for buzzed drivers

  • Jan 16, 2018

Council of Yukon First Nations hosts training for Gladue report writing

CYFN hopes the training will be ongoing help build a reserve of Gladue writers in the Yukon

Yukoners taken as part of Sixties Scoop file class action lawsuit

Suit alleges government violated the rights of hundreds of Indigenous children from 1950 to 1993

Drugs at 4 months. Sexual abuse as a child. And a lifetime of dealing with the pain

‘It wasn’t an upbringing. It was an existence he had’

  • Oct 14, 2017

The Yukon government is quietly settling lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by a former school principal

‘It’s something that you carry inside you for a long time. It doesn’t go away’

  • Oct 14, 2017

Yukon First Nations chiefs speak out as Nehass legal saga resumes

‘It is the system that is failing the individuals’

Act governing Yukon legal profession to get much-needed update

Yukon’s Legal Profession Act is slated to be updated in the fall