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To experience global warming, visit the Arctic

To experience global warming, visit the Arctic

Global warming is opening up the Northwest Passage, raising environmental and security concerns for Canada.
Local gas store owner tries to go green

Local gas store owner tries to go green

Ray McLennon, owner of the Gas & Go in Granger, is trying to be an ethical fuel retailer.He has been lending out copies of Al Gore’s…
Canadian Tire says, ‘Supersize me’

Canadian Tire says, ‘Supersize me’

When you walk into the new Canadian Tire store in Whitehorse your mouth drops at its epic size.But a strange feeling quickly sets in.
Hype outdoes economic reality of the Games

Hype outdoes economic reality of the Games

The numbers were $70- to-$100-million.The question that prompted them: how much profit — in the stark dollar and cent numbers that anchor…

Society must consider planet’s plumbing

When it comes to climate change, humanity has to think marathon, not sprint.“Expectations have to be set over the long-term,” said…

New tourism project buoyed by big bucks and a big river

The construction of cabins that looked as though they’d been plucked from Jim Robb’s sketchbook created a buzz in Whitehorse last summer.

Redfern floats an old idea

Redfern Resources wants to float minerals to Juneau, Alaska, rather than truck them to Skagway.The Vancouver-based exploration company, which owns…
WoW, those online gamers sure have gorged Navigo’s bandwidth!

WoW, those online gamers sure have gorged Navigo’s bandwidth!

Navigo is declaring war on World of Warcraft.The online game played globally by more than six million people is believed to be the source of speed…

Yukon Zinc hunts Wolverine

Yukon Zinc is confident its Wolverine zinc-copper-silver-lead deposit 135 kilometres southeast of Ross River can support a mine and make money.
Axing rebate program will hurt, says tourism industry

Axing rebate program will hurt, says tourism industry

New evidence suggests that losing the GST visitor-rebate program will cost Canada’s tourism industry hundreds of millions of dollars.