By Talar Stockton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yukon News The Yukon Housing Corporation has bought 3 buildings in Whistle Bend to help provide affordable housing to Yukoners, per a press release. Six of those units will be overseen by the Council of Yukon First Nations to provide transitional housing for Indigenous women leaving emergency or temporary housing. “This second-stage transitional housing apartment will help us house six families that are currently residing in our Family Preservation Wellness Centre,” said Shadelle Chambers, CYFN’s executive director of family preservation services. Chambers said CYFN opened its Family Preservation and Wellness Centre in Whistle Bend earlier this year, and called the centre a double-edged sword. “We’re really happy to be able to fill the building, and have a lot of families and children accessing…
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