Yukon First Nation says it can pump out 250 houses per year — if it gets the timber – CBC

May 14, 2026

Liard First Nation’s Heartland Timber Homes has already built 20 houses in area

Living in a log cabin, according to Devin Brodhagen, has long been an “ideal” in the Yukon. But the timber houses he’s building are a far cry from the rough homesteads of the past.

Brodhagen is president of First Kaska, a contracting company wholly owned by Liard First Nation in southern Yukon.

Through its subsidiary Heartland Timber Homes, the company has been replacing run down and mouldy homes in the First Nation with modern timber-frame houses, complete with electrical outlets embedded in every wood-panelled wall — and a wood stove, of course, for when the power goes out.