The first-of-its-kind Indigenous-led community safety program will use the $500,000 it won from the Arctic Inspiration Prize to develop more training for its programs and host the first Indigenous safety summit in Whitehorse this August.
The community of Teslin, Yukon, is the latest First Nation to have Community Safety Officers. This will be the third safety program up and running in the Yukon.
Results are in for some of Yukon's municipal elections. Bill Kendrick will be the new mayor of Dawson City, while Chris Irvin has been re-elected mayor in Watson Lake.