The first NDP premier of the Yukon, Tony Penikett had a long career in the Legislature, and remains one of the longest serving premiers in the territory’s history. Tony Penikett was born in Sussex, England on Nov. 14, 1945. He attended school in...
After Chris Pearson resigned as Premier of the Yukon, he was replaced by Willard Leroy Phelps. Williard Phelps was born on Oct. 23, 1941 in Vancouver. His grandfather was Willard Phelps, who was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council from 1909 to...
While the Yukon Territory has existed since the turn of the 20th century, it was not until 1978 that we got our first premier of the territory. Previously, there was a Yukon Territorial Council that acted as in an advisory role to the Commissioner...
On Feb. 5, 1911, the weather was a bitter -45 degrees Celsius. The wind was howling and four men had endured 47 days in the frigid Arctic wilderness of Canada. These were not men who had wandered into the wilderness, but seasoned North West Mounted...