Dennis Fentie News

A Yukon Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision in a legal fight between a Watson Lake native chief and a high school principal who accuses the chief of defaming him in the media.

Rankin Inlet Mayor John Hickes has become a voice for discontent about federal stimulus money in the North.

Willard Phelps, seen in a CBC-TV interview from Nov. 10, held a public meeting Wednesday about his proposed political party, which he has tenatively named the "United Party." More than 100 Yukoners showed up Wednesday night to hear Willard Phelps's proposal for a new political party, which hopes to offer a non-partisan alternative to the ...

Independent MLA Brad Cathers said he was present when Premier Dennis Fentie called up a top environment official earlier this year, while Cathers was still a cabinet minister.

Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie fielded questions from the opposition this week about who is in charge of the territory's Environment Department.

" Willard Phelps, seen Thursday, served as the former Yukon Conservative government's land claims negotiator in the 1980s.

The Yukon government has provided $25,000 to help the Canadian Red Cross in its relief efforts in the Asia Pacific region.

Results from a DataPath Systems poll to be released later this week could set the stage for former Yukon government leader Willard Phelps to take another run at territorial politics.

John Edzerza's switch to the Yukon Party marks his return to the political party he started out with in 2002, when he was first elected to office.

Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie said it's business as usual for his Yukon Party government, even though it risks being toppled by a no-confidence motion during the upcoming fall session.

Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie may find a cool reception Wednesday in Keno, where residents are upset the government is allowing a nearby mine to reopen.

A private membera s bill making it illegal for the government to sell or privatize Yukon Energy assets without approval from the territorya s voters is the Liberal partya s latest gambit to safeguard the public utility.

Chiefs from the Yukon's self-governing First Nations met this week with federal Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl to work out details of a new funding transfer agreement.

The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie, Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Andy Carvill and chiefs from self-governing Yukon First Nations gathered today for an Intergovernmental Forum in Haines Junction.

Officials from northern Canada are expected to address key players behind an Alaska Highway natural gas pipeline this week, at the fifth annual Alaska Oil and Gas Congress in Anchorage.

" The Swift River Lodge has long been the focal point of the tiny community located on the Alaska Highway between Teslin and Watson Lake.

Elizabeth Hanson told reporters in Whitehorse on Tuesday she has much to learn as she prepares to be confirmed as the Yukon's new NDP leader.

A Yukon elder received a national literacy award Tuesday for her work in keeping the Tlingit aboriginal language alive in the territory.

The three northern premiers say a military presence is a prerequisite for ensuring continued sovereignty of the Arctic regions of Canada that other nations have been prowling.

Independent MLA John Edzerza does not appear in a rush to help topple the Yukon Party government in the wake of a key cabinet member's defection that reduced the ruling party to minority government status.