By Ashley Joannou Yukon’s premier said he’s excited about the group of candidates he has running in the upcoming territorial election, despite the fact that no incumbent ministers are seeking re-election. Mike Pemberton said he applauds his out-going colleagues for the work that they did during two terms with the Liberal government, and said the new crop of candidates offers experience even if they’re not veteran political candidates. “I would say that the candidates that we’ve announced so far have fairly strong name recognition in the community. Maybe not as politicals, but with NGOs, with different First Nations, so name recognition is not the issue,” he said. “If people do not know their names now, they will know their names by election day.” Speaker Jeremy Harper is the only sitting…
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