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Who goes there, friend or foe?

Last week, a Canadian soldier shot and killed Nasrat Ali Hassan as he was driving to his Kandahar home along with seven members of his family in a…

Iceland rediscovers beer

Were you to go strolling down Reykjavík’s main street, Laugarvegur, on a Friday or a Saturday night, you would never suspect that beer…

Another word for thoughtless

When I heard a booster of the trans-Yukon railway tell his radio audience that construction cost for such a venture would fall somewhere between $1…

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Harper’s follyI resent the authoritarian manner Stephen Harper is using when dealing with the issue of our troops to Afghanistan.

what you do for others lives on

What do Lucy Maud Montgomery, Grey Owl, Tommy Douglas and I have in common?Well, a person dedicated to good causes.

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Raving againstthe raven plateRe New Licence Plate Taking Flight, The News, March 6:This is one time where I must say, “I hope this bird…

Let’s talk about ‘our’ war in Afghanistan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper stands before the Canadian peacekeepers, shoves both hands in his pockets and mumbles, “You are standing up for…

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Forest stewardshipplanningOn July 29, 2002, the Canadian government, the Kaska First Nations, and the Yukon government undertook a memorandum of…

when will they ever learn

On the southern approach to Dawson City, the heart of the Klondike gold mining region, kilometres of environmental devastation greet the traveller.

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Greenbelts are also for animalsThe Yukon government is taking comments about proposed developments in the McIntyre Creek area until March 15.