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Extreme Education & Career Fair 2017
Money Monitor: How rising interest rates affect mortgages
New Ikea Canada boss says she's adjusting to homes with basements
Money Monitor: Home renos on the rise amid soaring house prices
Eulachon, oolichan, hooligan: A fish by any other name is just as oily
Eulachon, a small oily member of the smelt family, has many different names, including hooligan, oolichan and candlefish. You can thread a wick through the mouth of a dried eulachon, light it and it’s so full of oil it will burn just like a candle.
Experts say risk of sheep transmitting disease ‘very real’
Rabbitfoot Canyon — that craggy split that divides downtown Whitehorse from Porter Creek — is the last place you would think to look for a wild sheep. But that’s exactly where Philip Merchant said they have turned up in the past.
Farmers say government bleating over sheep disease concerns
In their fenced-off enclosure, the lambs at Wheaton River Gardens lay in a beam of early-spring sunlight with their mothers. Only a few days old, their cottony fleece and shiny black eyes give them them the appearance of new stuffed toys.
Signs of spring: Food trucks bring buffet of options to Whitehorse
Summer is coming: the snow is (mostly) gone, the temperatures are (somewhat) rising and the food trucks are (almost) here. This year’s batch of food trucks taking over the city won’t disappoint Yukoners craving tasty lunches.
Shovel ready: Researchers to publish guide on work life balance for prospective miners
A pair of researchers from the University of Vienna travelled nearly 7,500 kilometres to get a sense of what it’s like for Yukon workers who work by travelling in and out of mining camps.
Online guide makes it easy to find Yukon farmers to feed you
It must be spring. The swans are back, the mud is beginning to overtake the snow, and Yukon Agricultural Association’s online Yukon Farm Products and Services Guide is updated with this year’s info.
Yukon fossil helps scientists pinpoint when bison arrived in North America
Scientists have discovered that an unprepossessing fossil found near Old Crow likely belonged to one of the earliest bison that lived in North America.
You’ve got to be kidding me: Yukon’s locally made goat cheese supplier closes shop
As several goats wander around their barn, eating hay under the watchful eye of three Great Pyrenees dogs, Brian Lendrum takes a few moments to enjoy the sunny and balmy winter day.
Mapping the powder: New guide outlines ski routes in the Haines Pass
Claude Vallier was born in the mountains. He began skiing the French Alps when he was a year and a half old, and he’s been drawn to the slopes — in Europe and North America — ever since.
B.C. company hopes to use mine emissions to treat toxic water
Terra CO2 Technologies Ltd. thinks it has found a way for miners to use two major environmental impacts of mines to effectively cancel each other out.
At Herschel Island, history is eroding
Herschel Island has seen a lot of people come and go. The Inuvialuit have used the place, known as Qikiqtaruk in Inuvialuktun, for at least 1,000 years.
New research finds that humans may have lived in the Yukon 24,000 years ago
William Josie’s grandparents used to tell him stories about animals that don’t exist today.