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We are now in Year 5 of the City of Whitehorse’s climate emergency, declared by Whitehorse city council in September 2019. The city’s latest move in the battle is hiring consultants to develop its Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan, to be presented to city council next May.

Wyatt’s World for Nov. 3, 2023.

Wyatt’s World for Nov. 1, 2023.

If you look up at the new windmills on top of Haeckel Hill, you don’t just get a view of the Yukon mountainscape juxtaposed with high-tech engineering. You also get a glimpse of the future of the Yukon economy.

I came across an intriguing old photograph last June in Dawson City. My wife, Kathy and I were reviewing items from the collection at the Dawson City Museum, looking for anything relating to the Yukon Order of Pioneers. Thanks to the assistance of the competent and dedicated staff at the museum, there was plenty to look at.

For students of constitutional law, the Yukon Legislative Assembly has turned into a strange kind of “edge case,” illustrating how the Westminster system struggles in very small legislatures with small majorities.

In business and government, the first step towards solving a problem is admitting you have one.

I was intrigued by a small acquisition made by my wife, Kathy, recently. It consisted of two letters post marked March 6, 1950, four small photographs and a 1947 booklet, titled Guide to the Yukon .

Since the Klondike gold rush, there has been a dramatic change in how long Outsiders plan to stay in the Yukon when they move here.

Wyatt’s World for Sept. 29, 2023.