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'Not a day of celebration' as compensation payments begin for former First Nations kids in care

August 14 , 2025 at 04:52:55 p.m. CDT • :

The first payments to First Nations people who were harmed by the underfunding of the child welfare system on-reserve and in Yukon are going out this week. AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says the moment is a "tremendous milestone" for people who waited decades as the case was argued.

What northerners need to know about Air Canada flight cancellations

August 14 , 2025 at 04:01:08 p.m. CDT • :

Most Air Canada flights in and out of the territories are operated by Jazz, and won't be cancelled as part of the current labour disruptions. But passengers could see disruptions on other legs of their journeys.

Another 90 education assistant jobs cast into uncertainty as N.W.T. grapples with federal funding changes

August 14 , 2025 at 03:57:28 p.m. CDT • :

The deputy minister of the N.W.T.'s Department of Education, Culture and Employment, said Thursday that requests to Indigenous Services Canada for 93 education assistant positions at N.W.T. schools had gone unanswered. The "delay in decision-making is creating uncertainty" for three education bodies, he said.

Fuel tanker rollover near Fort McPherson, N.W.T. spilled over 5000 litres of fuel

August 14 , 2025 at 06:26:48 p.m. CDT • :

A fuel tanker that rolled over near Fort McPherson, N.W.T. on Wednesday morning released 5003 litres of fuel oil into the environment, according to the N.W.T. government's spill tracker.

'Nothing for us without us': AFN demands Yukon First Nations treated as equals in defence, security planning

August 14 , 2025 at 11:39:30 a.m. CDT • :

A new report from the AFN's Yukon chapter says that Yukon First Nations have been sidelined for too long and that national defence needs to accommodate sovereignty and modern treaties.

August 14 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

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'Not a day of celebration' as compensation payments begin for former First Nations kids in care

What northerners need to know about Air Canada flight cancellations

Another 90 education assistant jobs cast into uncertainty as N.W.T. grapples with federal funding changes

Fuel tanker rollover near Fort McPherson, N.W.T. spilled over 5000 litres of fuel

'Nothing for us without us': AFN demands Yukon First Nations treated as equals in defence, security planning

Wildfires cast a smoke cloud over Canada Summer Games for some N.W.T. athletes

Future generations top of mind as Tłı̨chǫ assembly's youngest member starts term

Road condition along the North Klondike Highway are worst some Yukoners have ever seen

Peel River ferry reopens after temporary closure following fuel tanker rollover

Sandra Journeaux-Henderson, Yukon French education pioneer, dies at 85

Food security conference in Dawson City, Yukon promoting community resilience, not reliance

'Just trying to live': Sanitation, winter shelter plans for Yellowknife encampment undecided

Yukon and Alaska sign agreement to address MMIWG2S+ crisis

Jack Hulland families, Yukon gov't reach tentative settlement in holds and seclusion lawsuit

Yukon First Nation celebrates completion of 1.9 megawatt solar facility