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Yukon First Nations renew charter to protect land

Three Yukon First Nations have renewed a joint charter on land use planning. It's called How We Walk with Land and Water. It's driven by First Nations and their traditional values. Virginie Ann has the story.

Carcross/Tagish First Nation to embark on canoe trip to reunite coastal relatives

Members of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation are about to embark on a very special journey in Alaska. A canoe trip from Haines to Juneau. The First Nation is paddling to attend an event that reunites coastal Tlingit relatives. Virginie Ann has the details.

Meet Thorin the dog, the newest Yukon EMS employee

Thorin the dog is the newest employee with Yukon's EMS. His job will be working with EMS responders preventatively. Trained to detect stress and high levels of cortisol, he can bring responders in a 'heightened state' to a 'lower state'. The CBC's Virginie Ann has more.

WATCH: Indigenous runners make way through Yukon on 'Peace and Dignity Journeys'

It's happened every four years since 1992: Indigenous runners set off on a long-distance "Peace and Dignity Journey," with the goal of connecting Indigenous peoples across the Western Hemisphere. Some runners recently left Fairbanks, Alaska, on their way to South America. They met the CBC's Virginie Ann as they passed through the Yukon.

Q+A | Harm-reduction expert Zoë Dodd on the Whitehorse shelter inquest, and what comes next

Zoë Dodd, an expert on harm reduction and shelter policies in Canada, says she was "a bit surprised" by a seeming lack of urgency in the recommendations from the jury at this month's coroner's inquest in Whitehorse — but also not surprised.

"We need to try and move forward": Whitehorse holds march for inquest families

The coroner's inquest into four deaths at the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter has ended. Yesterday the jury found that Cassandra Warville, Myranda Tizya-Charlie, Josephine Elizabeth Hager and Darla Skookum died at the shelter of accidental causes. It also issued recommendations for Connective, the non-profit that runs the shelter. As well as for the Yukon government. Virginie Ann has the details.

Yukon government missed deadline to present annual financial report

'Be gentle with yourself': Indigenous Northerners wrestle with legacy of Buffy Sainte-Marie

People across the North who belong to Indigenous communities have spoken with CBC North this week about their efforts to grapple with Sainte-Marie's legacy and whether to believe the Fifth Estate report about her origins. Many say it's a nuanced issue and that, above all, it must be addressed with compassion.

Sentencing arguments continue for Whitehorse bar shooter

CTV Montreal, Concordia University win RTDNA Canada award

CTV News Montreal and Concordia University have won the Radio Television Digital News Association award for Enterprise Journalism for their collaborative multimedia project 'Arctic Shift to Clean Energy.'