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First Nations to take ‘one more stab’ at co-operative education reform

A Yukon First Nation Grade 12 student thought she was graduating this year. It was only after a meeting in the principal’s office that she learned she did not have sufficient credits.

full story   by Barbara McLeod

AN ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: McLean Lake Park petition continues, despite city holdup

A petition to hold a referendum on creating a park around McLean Lake will continue, despite the city’s suggestion it wait for legal review. “I understand that it’s in the city’s best interest...

full story   by Chris Oke

BORN TO SHOP: Darwin’s Nightmare delivers the story of globalization

‘The old question, which social and political structure is best for the world seems to have been answered. Capitalism has won.” Those are the words of documentary filmmaker Hubert Sauper.

full story   by Juliann Fraser

ONE NATIVE LIFE: The mountain ash and legends alive

Stories come in the refraction of light through the trees. They are born in the interplay of shadow and light, given percussive counterpoint by the call of loons and the skronk of Canada Geese.

full story   by Richard Wagamese

Plastic bag ban a possibility

On Tuesday night, city councillor Jan Stick brought forward a motion to ban single-use plastic shopping bags in Whitehorse. “By banning plastic bags now we can significantly reduce the impact of plastic in our...

full story   by Chris Oke

RAMBLING

and then there were thousands of them… The rages are upon us. We’ve had road rage since the Model T hit the gravel, though we didn’t have spin doctors to coin words and phrases to keep their...

full story   by Doug Bell

ROUGHING IT:

‘Sweetie, there’s a Ski-Doo out there, and it’s coming right for our cabin,” I say to my partner, pointing a quavering finger at the approaching headlight that seems to be pointing right back at me.

full story   by Lisa Hasselbring

Yukoners strong at nationals

Cross-country skiing Team Yukon faced 500 of the best skiers in the country, the US national team and skiers from 15 other countries last week at the Canadian Nationals at the Whistler Olympic Park in Callaghan Valley,...

full story   by Ian Stewart

Canadian MP battles distress in Darfur

After working for 10 years in southern Sudan, Liberal MP Glen Pearson got caught up in Darfur’s suffering. When crisis erupted in the western region of Sudan, Pearson decided to stay out of it.

full story   by Chris Oke

Change now, election later Have you ever wondered about whether your vote in a federal election really had any effect? If you did, you had good reason to wonder. At this time, I think Canada needs to...

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