If the environmentalist wore a signature sweater, it could be made of cashmere.
Also known in Asia as ‘soft gold’ or the ‘diamond fibre’ because of its incomparable quality and rarity, this...
The United Nations reports 50,000 species go extinct every year.
The source of all of this destruction?
“Stupidity,” says famed environmentalist David Suzuki.
“We’re clearcutting...
‘We can’t forget that as we discuss this court order today, the city is dumping its untreated sewage into the Yukon River,” said Crown Council John Cliffe.
“There’s one word that describes...
With only six days left in this session, observers have wondered how government politicians can blather away whole days in the legislature without debating the budget.
One word: Wikipedia.
Isotropic. It’s a 1,000-pound word that refers to the experience of having everything look the same in each direction.
Astronomers invented it.
In the starkness of space, where there is no up or down,...
Six people have lost their jobs at Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon because Heritage Canada has failed to deliver its funding on time.
Ottawa funds the non profit broadcaster on a yearly basis, but the money...
Thursday afternoon, the RCMP seized 15 marijuana plants at a residence along the Alaska Highway south of the Carcross Corner.
Charges were laid against a male and a female, both 42 years of age.
Getting our ducks in a row…
May 1st was a Remembrance Day in Israel.
It’s one we seldom commemorate, but should — Holocaust Remembrance Day!
(In 2005 the United Nations General...
When we first came here, I was miffed to discover a patch of dandelions not far from where were planning to build our wilderness cabin.
Finding an introduced invasive weed had not been what I expected — never...
The RCMP is investigating possible sabotage of the Yukon’s hydro grid after Sunday night’s 4.5-hour power blackout.
The utility has found evidence that the failed insulators, which caused the blackout, had...
City politicians were talking trash on Monday.
And, as a result, residents will probably find it easier to rid themselves of garbage.
City administration is recommending council expand the Green Cart Program...
Sunday Junior
Squash league
Pacific Northwest Moving Haulers 19
Canada Flooring Crushers 12
Kai Knorr, Stephen Grundmanis and Josh Muir led the Haulers with three straight-sets wins over Canada...
It’s probably the closest you’ll get to a mallrat scene in Whitehorse — kids roaming the concourse at the Canada Games Centre, eating a sandwich from Subway, having a coffee or just hanging out.
I’ll keep my car, thanks.
The April 30th editorial was clever.
I agree with Richard Mostyn that riding your bike to pick up milk instead of driving is a great idea.
But perhaps he forgot a...
devastated Myanmar — a 3.6-metre wall of water sweeping away entire villages, leaving the coastal plain under water, thousands dead, missing or homeless and much of the capital city of Yangon without electricity or water.
