This is a joint news release between The Government of Yukon and the Child Development Centre:
The Child Development Centre (CDC) will be moving to a permanent location in downtown Whitehorse in the summer of 2023. The new location at 206 Hanson Street is currently being renovated to meet the needs of families, children, and staff.
The new Indigenous Artists and Cultural Carriers Micro-grant pilot program will support Yukon Indigenous artists and cultural carriers to enhance their artistic and cultural practices while also building capacity to create, develop, perform and export.
Minister of Health and Social Services Tracy-Anne McPhee has announced a new $6 million package of retention and signing bonuses for nurses in the Yukon.
The new package includes bonuses over the next two years for Registered Nurses (RNs), Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) working for the Yukon government.
The package includes:
This is a joint news release with the Government of Canada:
The Yukon’s first private seniors’ supportive living community has officially opened its doors in Whitehorse with 84 modern suites, including housing units for First Nations Elders and affordable units for low-income seniors.
The Yukon government plans to take the next steps to increase the term of office for municipal councils based on feedback from a recent public engagement as well as a request from the Association of Yukon Communities.
The Government of Yukon is providing new household waste collection equipment to the residents of Keno to support a regularly scheduled waste pickup service by the Hecla Mining Company.
This is a joint news release with the Council of Yukon First Nations and Yukon First Nations governments.
Today Premier Sandy Silver and his Cabinet, Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Peter Johnston and Yukon First Nations Chiefs met in Carcross for the Yukon Forum. This was the final Yukon Forum in 2022 and the 23rd Yukon Forum since the Working Together Declaration was signed in January 2017.
The Government of Yukon has signed a $2.5-million loan agreement with the Kwanlin Dün First Nation’s (KDFN) arm's-length development corporation Chu Níikwän Limited Partnership (CNLP), for a new residential land development project at Copper Ridge West in Whitehorse. The project is expected to create more than 150 lots for single-detached homes and townhomes.