City of Dawson council member and former Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation’s deputy chief Jay Farr has been nominated as the Yukon NDP’s candidate to run in the riding of Klondike. Farr’s political experience and deep roots in the community will make Klondike one of the most watched races in this fall’s election.

City of Dawson Councillor Jay Farr has announced that he’s running for the Yukon NDP’s Klondike nomination. The high-profile announcement comes as the Yukon NDP call for a new chapter in Dawson City’s mining history by updating Yukon’s outdated mining laws which allow the application to the Surface Rights Board to move an entire Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in neighbourhood off their own land.