Poverty reduction

People gather around the Healing Totem near Front and Main street Sept. 15 for a Basic Income Now Rally. (John Tonin/Yukon News)

Yukoners lobby for basic income at Whitehorse Healing Totem

‘Its time is now,’ said Yukon senator Pat Duncan

 

Weekend Soup Kitchen ends after 25 years of feeding Whitehorse’s needy

Salvation Army’s new Centre of Hope fulfills the need for weekend meals, says volunteer coordinator

 

‘Living wage’ for Whitehorse lowered between 2016 and 2017

Advocates say new figure reflects lower cost of living