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Whitehorse teacher says education department not doing enough about school council member's homophobic remarks

Holy Family Elementary School teacher Tamara Boiteau says the department is not upholding its sexual orientation and gender identity policy and that the school council member has yet to face any apparent consequences for violating it.

More than $43.3M in miner's liens registered against Victoria Gold since heap leach failure

CBC News has not yet seen the individual liens, but, according to the Mayo Mining Recorder's Office, the total claimed value adds up to $43,357,383.18.

Former student at school in Mayo, Yukon, files lawsuit alleging holds, seclusion

A former student of the J.V. Clark School in Mayo, Yukon, has filed a lawsuit alleging staff put them in unnecessary holds and would lock them in the schools boot roomfor hours at a time.

Yukon judge hands down $80k+ in safety violation penalties for 2021 death of geotechnical driller

Driller Usman Khan was fatally injured on the North Klondike Highway near Stewart Crossing the afternoon of Nov. 13, 2021.

Whitehorse 5-year-old with Type 1 diabetes denied educational assistant for kindergarten

The 5-year-old's mom said it's unfair to expect her daughter, or a teacher who's also responsible for 25other children, to manage the complex and frequently shifting needs of Type 1 diabetes on their own.

Yukon man fined $20K for leaving garbage, human waste and more at two properties

Joszef Suska, 51, pleaded guilty via his lawyer in Whitehorse territorial court Tuesday to one count each of failing to comply with a dangerous wildlife protection order and disposing of waste in an unauthorized manner.

Ex-Yukon University instructor alleges she was fired after returning from domestic violence leave

Melissa Antony had worked for the First Nations initiatives department for nearly two and a half years when she took a five-day domestic violence leave in early 2023. She was on her second day back at work on Feb. 14 when she said she received a call from her manager.

'Heart of the community': Daylu Dena Council celebrates new building in Lower Post, B.C.

The building is named Dene K^, meaning "People's House." It's a permanent replacement for the Daylu Dena Council's last office the former Lower Post residential school building, which was finally torn down in 2021.

Hunter charged for killing bear near Klukshu, Yukon, initially told hunt was legal, lawyer says

A Yukon hunter who killed a grizzly bear near Klukshu last year was initially told by authorities that the hunt was above-board, according to his lawyer only for charges to be laid two weeks later, and then still later dropped.

Yukon man pleads guilty to manslaughter for selling drugs to woman who fatally overdosed

Jared Skookum, 34, is the first drug dealer in the Yukon to face a manslaughter charge in relation to an overdose death. He initially pleaded not guilty after the charge was laid against him last year, but changed his plea in Whitehorse territorial court last week.