Sara Connors

Before, anyone in the Yukon who wanted to become a lawyer had to travel south for school. Now, Yukon University is looking to change that with a new law program they are developing to strengthen the local legal capacity in the territory.

Yukon University is developing a Yukon-based law program, marking the first time a law degree will be offered in the territory.

The Yukon's chief coroner has called an inquest into the death of a First Nation child whose family says he died while in care earlier this year.

APTN’s Sara Connors reports on the push that is happening to have the name of St. Paul in northeast Alberta, renamed to its original name of St. Paul des Métis to honour the town’s history and heritage.

Secretary of Alberta Métis organization wants the town of St. Paul to change its name to St. Paul des Métis.

APTN’s Sara Connors shares with us the story of “Moosehide” Margaret, an elder in the Yukon who still appreciates and practices the traditional, labour-intensive ways of moosehide tanning at 72-years-old.

Just days before an NGO’s contract to operate the Whitehorse emergency shelter was set to expire, the Yukon government says it's signed an extension until next spring.

After months of uncertainty over a downtown Whitehorse shelter’s future, the Yukon government has announced the operators currently in charge and were set to step away next week, will now stay on until next spring.

Yukon First Nations Wildfire is questioning why its crews weren’t deployed to help fight B.C. wildfires while international firefighters were called in.

Public health advocates are raising the alarm over a synthetic opioid they believe is linked to an increase of overdoses in Whitehorse.