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.

Food security advocate and local business manager Francis van Kessel has been nominated to run for the Yukon NDP in Porter Creek North, becoming the 13th candidate to join the party’s team ahead of this fall’s territorial election.

The Yukon NDP continued to gain momentum by nominating longtime Whitehorse resident André Bourcier as their candidate in Copperbelt North at a members' meeting last night. Bourcier is the Director of the Yukon Native Language Centre at Yukon Colleges Ayamdigut Campus in Whitehorse and the former chair of the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon.

Progressive voters in Lake Laberge gathered on Tuesday to nominate their candidate for this fall’s territorial election. Bud McCue, business manager for the Whitehorse local of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, will carry the Yukon NDP banner in the rural riding just north of the city. As a union member, McCue is eager to be part of an NDP government that will respects workers’ rights and work hard to create decent paying jobs for Yukoners.

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.