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Premier Ranj Pillai has announced senior leadership changes in the Yukon government. Pillai was sworn in as the 10th premier of Yukon on Jan. 14.

/CNW/ - The shift to clean, sustainable energy production is important to building healthy communities. Northern communities are especially susceptible to the...

Jack Cable, a former commissioner, MLA and well-known lawyer, passed away Wednesday. His daughter, Sue Edelman, spoke eloquently about him Thursday afternoon during an interview with the Star. She didn’t hesitate for an instant when asked to provide one word that described her father. “Curious,” she said. “He was always curious, always interested in things.” Cable, she added, liked to experiment as well. At one point, he was trying to grow wheat in the front yard of their Riverdale ho...

“We have a strong team that is going to hold the government to account and bring the concerns of Yukoners to the floor of the house,” said Dixon. The official Opposition leader, who is the MLA for Copperbelt North, is the critic for the Executive Council Office; Public Service Commission; Environment; the Yukon Liquor Corp., the Yukon Lottery Corp.; the Yukon Cannabis Corp.; and early learning and child care. Scott Kent, who represents Copperbelt South, is the house leader, and will shadow ...

Premier Sandy Silver unveiled his new cabinet early Monday evening, and it’s one that looks a lot like his old cabinet. All of the cabinet ministers from the last government are back, other than former MLA Pauline Frost, some with new roles and some with former positions. Most have retained responsibility for at least one of their former assignments. The big winner appears to be Tracy-Anne McPhee, who was awarded the deputy premier’s position along with Health and Social Services, replaci...