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...
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by Chris Oke
‘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...
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by Chris Oke
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.
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by Jeremy Warren
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,...
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by Richard Wagamese
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...
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by Jeremy Warren
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...
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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...
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by Chris Oke
Russ Carpenter holds an 11-kilogram rock that crashed through his roof in Lobird Trailer Park at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The rock was debris from blasting at the nearby Hamilton Boulevard extension project. Russ, his wife Candace, and daughter were watching TV when the projectile slammed through, narrowly missing them. It hit a chair, which flipped up and struck Candace in the arm and leg. The incident is under investigation.
