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unlikely hero gives honest answers

This is a little nudge of support for Mark Tubman.Who is Tubman, you ask?Well, the guy is a civil servant.

fentie should release details of bailout package

Dawson City residents will soon head to the polls.The long-awaited municipal election must happen sometime before June 15.

Lang sails too close to land

Once again, Archie Lang finds himself at the nexus of a land controversy.What gives?This isn’t the first time the guy has found himself…

clearly the games began early

Let’s assume, for a moment, that Premier Dennis Fentie is right. That the Canada Games athletes’ village has been completed on time and,…

wage increase long past due

The Yukon’s minimum wage has increased.Now, the absolute rock-bottom wage a Yukon employee can make is $8.25 an hour.

taxpayers build white elephant

The Yukon government has spent, at the moment, $31 million on the athlete’s village.That is a pile of money.

Fentie must not revise act without First Nations

You can’t put a positive spin on the collapse of the Children’s Act review.Sure, Premier Dennis Fentie is trying.

our politicians lack cents

Yukon politicians are overdue for a pay raise.Not a piddly two per cent. Or even five per cent.Not 10 per cent or even 20 per cent.

its our money not his

Museums have been handed $200,000.A Dawson City visual arts foundation program just got $500,000.The north Alaska Highway will get a whopping $35…

In praise of strong women and fast men

There are 53 countries in the Commonwealth.Those 53 countries have 1.8 billion people — roughly 30 per cent of all the people on the globe.