Chief Doris News Today

Relatives of Greg Dawson say they're upset at what they see as a light sentence given to his killer. They want to see changes to the way Gladue reports, which take into account an Indigenous offender's background, are used in the criminal justice system.

The Yukon government and Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) are launching a local area planning process for the Łu Zil Män (Fish Lake) area. A local area plan will identify public land and KDFN settlement lands for residential use, traditional use and community development. A local area planning process can take a few years to be completed. The KDFN said Thursday this will help citizens reconnect to their ancestral home at Fish Lake. This process is initiated under Section 30 of KDFN’s Self-...