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Yukonomist: Alaska LNG aims for Asia

First came interest in our critical minerals, as Canada’s American, Asian and…

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Yukonomist: Your next job: Prompt Engineer

Are you better at googling things than your friends and family? Do…

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Yukonomist: Navigating the labour shortage

Despite the best efforts of the Bank of Canada to slow down…

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Yukonomist: More firepower for the Bank of Mom and Dad

The Yukon housing market seems to be an ever-escalating arms race between…

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Yukonomist: If we need a new convention centre, the private sector should pay for it

Excellent news for the shareholders of Whitehorse hotels and construction companies! The…

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Yukonomist: Paying for senior benefits, or how to game the Yukon Housing asset cap

One of the big successes of Canadian social policy over the last…

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Yukonomist: A power boost from the federal budget

Last week’s 270-page federal budget only mentioned the Yukon five times, four…

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Yukonomist: Designing a new Yukon dental program

The Liberal-NDP Confidence and Supply Agreement (CASA), now in its second edition,…

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Yukonomist: Willow wow

Wow. That was the reaction, across the spectrum from political economists to…

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Yukonomist: An outbreak of international cooperation

In an era of growing politico-economic conflict, it’s welcome to see an…

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Yukonomist: Budget 2023: More of the same

During last week’s budget announcement, the Yukon government boasted that the Yukon…

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Yukonomist: Attention Whitehorse campers!

Many Yukoners have fond childhood memories set in territorial campgrounds. Mom would…

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Yukonomist: Yukon farming’s next century

When Robert Campbell set up his trading post at Fort Selkirk in…

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Yukonomist: Strange things falling out of the sky

Lately, hard-working Yukon News reporters have been scrambling to cover surprise stories…

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Yukonomist: Rent control – the 2023 edition

Writing a weekly Yukon economics column requires one to come up with…

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Yukonomist: What housing crisis?

The wary citizen watches what politicians do and not what they say.…

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AI chatbots have the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with businesses and organizations in the Yukon. (Pexels)

Yukonomist: AI gets to know the Yukon

Some readers may already be aware of the latest way to waste…

AI chatbots have the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with businesses and organizations in the Yukon. (Pexels)
Premier Sandy Silver speaks during Question Period in 2018. One of his legacies is the steady accumulation of debt, says Keith Halliday. (Yukon News file)

Yukonomist: Legacy of debt

A politician’s retirement is a time for self-congratulatory reflections by the old…

Premier Sandy Silver speaks during Question Period in 2018. One of his legacies is the steady accumulation of debt, says Keith Halliday. (Yukon News file)
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Yukonomist: Anthropocene Yukon

Back in science class at FH Collins, I learned about the Cambrian,…

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Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Yukon 100K

Canada has embarked on the biggest immigration boom in its history. As…

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