‘Weed should have been decriminalized a billion years ago. The war on drugs is the biggest social policy failure of the past 100 years.”
These aren’t public statements you’d expect from a...
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by Jeremy Warren
What is old will be new again.
Whitehorse has awarded a contract to restore three of the city’s heritage buildings in Shipyards Park.
These buildings will be returned, as closely as possible, to their...
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by Chris Oke
Imagine, for a moment, Kevin Costner drinking his own urine in the dystopian blockbuster Waterworld.
Now imagine a variation — heating your home with the stuff.
In the very near future, Whitehorse...
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by Chris Oke
If Hillary Clinton wins this nomination, it will be a theft.
For her to win, she will have to convince her party and its superdelegates that despite losing the pledged delegate total and winning fewer states, she...
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by Michael Hale
Saturday, May 3 – World Press Freedom Day marks the United Nation’s celebration of the press. The UN calls on us to recognize “fundamental principles of press freedom; … to defend the media from...
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‘Oh, I had my own place in Whitehorse
but my old partner found me and
harassed me, so I was kicked out.”
Voices of Homeless Women
“When you start complaining about the houses,...
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About 10 years ago, a group of citizens petitioned Whitehorse to discontinue adding fluoride to the city water supply.
Since then, local dentists have seen a marked increase in tooth decay — especially in young...
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by Chris Oke
Applause is rising across North America for Yukon filmmakers as they continue to snatch up award and nominations.
The Chicago Film Festival awarded Out in the Cold, Arthur (Tookie) Mercredi’s project, a gold...
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by Jeremy Warren
Big Oil kicked off the latest round of the Alaska Pipeline Game earlier this month, complete with Powerpoint eye-candy, a flashy project website and a new name: “Denali: The Alaska Gas Pipeline™.
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by Keith Halliday
Students greet Ebony while drug awareness coordinator Doug Greene looks on at Porter Creek Secondary School on Thursday.
The Week in Pictures