Born and raised Watson Laker Devin Brodhagen, an Aboriginal disability rights activist, is throwing his hat in the ring to win the Yukon NDP nomination for his community. A quadriplegic since age 18, Brodhagen wants to be a part of the next chapter in Watson Lake’s history – and he says that the Yukon NDP are the best choice for Watson Lakers who want to see their community thrive.

Yukon NDP members from along the North Alaska Highway communities of Haines Junction, Burwash Landing, Destruction Bay and Beaver Creek braved a wet August afternoon today to pick Sally Wright as their party’s candidate for the upcoming territorial election. Wright says that she is excited to roll up her sleeves and work alongside the Yukon NDP’s strong team of candidates and sitting MLAs to develop renewable energy infrastructure that creates jobs and protects the environment.

Ken Hodgins announced today that he is running to win the Yukon NDP nomination in Pelly-Nisutlin. The 14-year Little Salmon Lake home owner says that Ross River, Faro and Teslin residents face pressing problems caused by years of divisive Yukon Party rule that has sidelined improvements to health care and education as well as poisoned relationships with First Nation governments. For Hodgins, Liz Hanson and the Yukon NDP are the only team that are committed to take action.

The Yukon NDP campaign picked up steam in southeastern Yukon as Erin Labonte put her name forward today as a candidate for the party in Watson Lake. The born-and-raised Watson Laker is best known for her role as a key organizer of Yukon’s branch of Cystic Fibrosis Canada, where she helped raise more money for research per capita than any other CFC community group in Western Canada.

Yukon NDP members in the riding of Porter Creek South chose realtor Shirley Chua-Tan to represent their riding on the Yukon NDP’s team of experienced candidates in a vote tonight. For Chua-Tan, the upcoming Yukon election will have a profound impact on the territory’s financial well-being and Yukoners’ access to public health care.

Standing in front of École Émilie-Tremblay, André Bourcier threw his hat in the ring today to represent the Yukon NDP in Copperbelt North during the next territorial election. Bourcier, Director of the Yukon Native Language Centre and longtime Whitehorse resident, says that Yukoners have told him that they're tired after 14 years of Yukon Party mismanagement and that they are looking for an alternative.

Whitehorse–Local realtor and former Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Queen Shirley Chua-Tan is announcing plans to represent the Yukon NDP in Porter Creek South.

Yukon NDP Leader Liz Hanson rallied a rousing crowd of New Democrats as she was nominated this evening to represent the party in Whitehorse Centre – a riding she has represented since December 2010. Speaking energetically about Yukon’s opportunities to prosper, Hanson laid the broad framework for the values that she wants to bring to government as Yukon’s premier.

Tradesman and Government of Yukon security worker Patrick Winstanley announced today that he wants to run for the Yukon NDP in Lake Laberge in the upcoming territorial election. Winstanley is seeking the Yukon NDP nomination to represent Lake Laberge residents with a fresh, positive voice.

The Yukon NDP’s Riverdale North campaign took on steam as its members elected accomplished lawyer Rod Snow as their candidate this evening. Snow will carry the NDP banner in hopes that he can close the 70-vote gap that saw the party finish a close second in the riding during the last territorial election.