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whats fentie hiding

Premier Dennis Fentie has recalled the legislature for March 30.That’s too late.The territory’s budget expires on March 31, and after…

goldpanner is a yukon party nugget

Symbols carry a lot of weight.And that’s clearly at the heart of the ridiculous decades-old licence plate debate that has resurfaced on the…

the prime minister his cat and the sacked chef

Every once and awhile, we come across a story that is, um, so delicious we just have to sample it.This one involves Prime Minister Stephen Harper,…

hang on to your heritage kenyons in sales mode

It smells like Economic Development minister Jim Kenyon has stepped in it again.Kenyon returned from his fourth trade mission to Asia last week,…

yukoners enjoy clear choices

Gary McRobb and Eric Fairclough did not walk the floor.Not officially. Not really.Sure, they started researching their options, soft-shopping…

new democrats in freefall

The territory has no secrets. Being upfront before such a vacillation is the only thing to do.Also, following the David Emerson fiasco, it is…

troubling questions from the southeast

Here’s something for you to chew on.No Yukon-based Kaska First Nation has signed a land claim agreement with Ottawa.

elephant sized scandals buried in oil soaked province

During the recent federal election campaign, the West-dominated Conservative Party rallied support by declaring the Liberals had overstayed their…

lack of ethics hurts government

When a region’s political leaders receive 16 per cent on the ethics gauge, the place has a problem.So the Yukon has a problem.

the status of yukon justice

Where do people sign up for their public popularity card?Apparently that newfangled document maps out a person’s stature in the community.