Rock the Talk SEASON 4 / EPISODE 8 EPISODE RECAP: April 17, 2020 COVID-19: Positive Reinforcements Grand Chief Peter Johnston welcomes Premier Sandy Silver and Whitehorse Mayor Dan Curtis for an update on the economic and public health realities Yukon communities are facing due to COVID-19. Also we hear from Matheiya Alatini the new COVID-19 […]
Season 4 Episode 2
Rock the Talk SEASON 4 / EPISODE 2 EPISODE RECAP: November 29, 2019 Shop ‘Til You Rock Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Peter Johnston hosts a special Black Friday episode of Rock the Talk and goes one on one with Premier Sandy Silver, Elder and former Chair of the Council for Yukon Indians […]
Season 4 Episode 5
Rock the Talk SEASON 4 / EPISODE 5 RTT EPISODE RECAP: February 14, 2020 Anniversary Rock On the 47th Anniversary of Together Today for Our Children Tomorrow, Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Peter Johnston is honoured to welcome back former Grand Chief Ed Shultz along with Judy Gingell, former Chair of the Council […]
Season 4 Episode 7
Rock the Talk SEASON 4 / EPISODE 7 RTT EPISODE RECAP: March 27, 2020 COVID-19: March Madness Grand Chief Peter Johnston hosts a special COVID-19: March Madness edition of Rock the Talk, and is honoured to welcome leaders from across the territory who have been working around the clock to keep their communities safe. Grand […]
Season 4 Episode 6
Rock the Talk SEASON 4 / EPISODE 6 RTT EPISODE RECAP: March 13, 2020 COVID-19: Sudden Impact The historic threat of COVID-19 reaches the North as Grand Chief Peter Johnston and guests Michelle Dawson-Beattie and Karee Vallevand must share heartbreaking news about the Yukon First Nations Hockey Association’s 2020 tournament. Also on the show, special […]
Season 4 Episode 4
Rock the Talk SEASON 4 / EPISODE 4 RTT EPISODE RECAP: January 24, 2020 Ready to Rock Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Peter Johnston is joined by Samson Hartland, Executive Director of the Yukon Chamber of Mines to talk about the future of resource development in the Yukon, NDP Leader Kate White stops […]
Air North and VGFN Staff
In late March there had been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Old Crow, but with no local doctor in the community and five confirmed cases in the territory there was a very real fear that someone with the infection could just show up in Yukon’s northernmost community. And that’s exactly what happened. Yep, these […]