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Council of Yukon First Nations criticizes Yukon government for ‘pausing’ territory’s only women’s halfway house
Hailed as the first of its kind in the North, the program operated out of a building located on the property of the Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC). Yukon government provided $1.2 million for ...
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Yukoners protest outside Whitehorse Emergency Shelter following overdose deaths
People wore red shawls, sewn by inmates at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre, to remember those they were mourning: sisters, brothers, cousins, friends. One person held a sign that said “No ...
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Whitehorse shelter operator needs review, Yukon MLAs decide in unanimous vote
who feel so unsafe due to substance use and dealing at SHARP that they consider trying to get back into the Whitehorse Correctional Centre just to feel safe," Blake said. Social Services Minister ...