The Government of Yukon’s Prevention and Aboriginal Women Fund is providing a total of $150,000 to the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, Skookum Jim Friendship Centre, Carcross/Tagish First Nation and Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation for projects that aim to address and prevent violence against Indigenous women and girls.

The Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Sudit Ranade has issued the following statement:

“In July, the first case of monkeypox was confirmed in the Yukon. Monkeypox is rarely fatal and usually causes mild disease that resolves within two to four weeks. For some people, the symptoms can be challenging to manage, and can include fever, headache, fatigue, sore throat, cough and a painful skin rash.

Nearly 200 Team Yukon athletes, coaches, managers and support staff are travelling to Niagara, Ontario to represent the territory at the 2022 Canada Summer Games.

Athletes will compete in several sports over the next two weeks, including basketball, canoe and kayak, cycling, golf, soccer, swimming, volleyball and wrestling.

Cyclist Mara Roldan, who earned gold at the 2022 Canadian Road Championships earlier this summer in the junior criterium, has been chosen as Team Yukon’s flag bearer for the opening ceremonies.

Whitehorse school bus routes for the 2022-23 school year are now finalized and can be found online. School buses will be operating normally for the 2022-23 school year. Mask use is no longer mandatory but continues to be encouraged.

The Community Developmental Fund has awarded a total of $1,107,960 for 21 community projects across the Yukon. The projects receiving funds promote social, cultural and economic benefits for Yukoners. Successful applicants include the Dawson Society for Children and Families, Yukon Circus Society, Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation and the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition.

Minister Ranj Pillai joined counterparts from across Canada at the Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration in Saint John, New Brunswick on July 28 to discuss pan-Canadian labour shortages and the future of immigration to Canada.

Menstrual products are a basic and essential need to ensure a person’s full participation in school, work and society. As such, the Council of Yukon First Nations is working with the department to ensure menstrual equity for all Yukon First Nations women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ peoples.

Child care is not just a social policy—it is also an economic policy. Access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive child care will grow the economy, allow more women to enter the workforce and give children in Canada the best start in life. That is why the Government of Canada signed agreements with each province and territory to implement a Canada-wide early learning and child care system.

Fourteen community-led projects focused on crime prevention and services for victims of crime received $93,436 for the fall 2021 intake and $334,175 for the spring 2022 intake, through the Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust (CPVST).

The fall 2021 and spring 2022 funding intakes received applications from a broad range of organizations and funded projects will be delivered in several Yukon communities across the territory.

Projects for the fall 2021 intake included:

Premier Sandy Silver attended the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) annual summit in Calgary this week. The conference brings together public and private sector leaders from 10 jurisdictions to discuss issues that are common across territorial, provincial and state boundaries in the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the United States. A number of issues were discussed, including climate change and clean energy; Arctic security; infrastructure development; economic recovery; agriculture; supply chains; and labour force challenges.