Jackie Hong

A chance discovery of nearly-forgotten, close to half-century-old kokanee salmon samples from Kluane National Park and Reserve are helping shape present-day conservation efforts. Using modern techniques, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan campus extracted...

The head of a Yukon teachers' union says the use of holds at a Whitehorse school is a symptom of larger, systemic issues, including chronic understaffing and inadequate oversight from the education department.An internal...

A former Whitehorse educational assistant has pleaded not guilty to seven charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of two students at Hidden Valley Elementary School.Over the phone, a lawyer entered the pleas in...

Staff at Jack Hulland Elementary School in Whitehorse, Yukon routinely put students in holds or seclusion prior to 2020 for not following directions, including one case where a child was put in a hold...

Michele Thompson never had the chance to meet her aunt, Barbara Jack. Jack was 14 when she disappeared after running away from her foster home in Whitehorse, where she was also forced to attend residential...

The Yukon Court of Appeal has dismissed the case of a Whitehorse man convicted of second-degree murder in the 2015 slaying of 25-year-old Christopher Brisson.  Darryl Sheepway, who was found guilty after a 2018...

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear appeals centred on a Yukon First Nation's requirement for elected officials to live on settlement land, and whether that violates the Charter rights of citizens living elsewhere.The court granted Vuntut...