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Dozens of Yukon First Nation graduates attended a convocation today at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre to celebrate their completion of either a dogwood diploma, adult garduation or leaving-school certificate.

Chair of the First Nations Major Project Coalition  Sharleen Gale says the new Memorandum of Underanding that her organization has signed with the Indian Resource Council in Vancouver yesterday will strengthen Indigenous partnerships on a national level.

Over 200 students were part of the last graduating class at Yukon College today before the institution formally becomes a university next year.

Alumni, students and instructors will be gathering at Yukon College on Friday to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the start of the Yukon Native Teacher Education Program.

Watson Lake residents and those living in southeastern Yukon are being asked to take health precautions following an air quality advisory that has been issued for the area as a result of growing wildfires burning in northwestern Alberta.

From the signing of a climate change emergency declaration to detailed announcements of a new community centre coming to Old Crow, it was a busy weekend in the community. CHON-FM has the highlights.

The Liard Aboriginal Women's Society has received up to one million dollars from the Canadian government to help Indigenous women combat gender-based violence in their community.

CHON-FM was at the Whitehorse air tanker base to cover a practice involving transferring fire retardant from tanks into a Lougheed Electra L-188 aircraft. The fire retardant was then dumped onto the tarmac.

CHON-FM Brings You the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships 2019 Live from Takhini Arena in Beautiful Whitehorse, Yukon. The Team North females and Team Saskatchewan females are ready to hit the ice!

In case you missed it, here are all our Southern Tutchone - Tàá’an Män (Lake Laberge) Dialect First Nation Phrases of the Day. Please note, all these translation have been generously provided by Nakhela Bunbury.

Aboriginal live radio broadcasting partnership starting in July 2018 between CHON-FM and KRFF-Fairbanks to promote, exchange and distribute indigenous language programs.

NNBY engineering team working on upgrading the rural community transmitter facilities