The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is in Whitehorse this week. One former residential school student hopes Yukoners will take the opportunity to share their stories with the commission.
Both sides in the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation dispute will try to resolve their differences out of court. The differences stem from a decision to keep chief Eddie Skookum.
Canada's Governor General David Johnston handed out the first Diamond Jubilee medals in Ottawa this morning, and Yellowknife's Gail Cyr was awarded one of the medals for her work with St. John Ambulance in the North.