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On electoral reform, beware the vested interests
The ongoing debate over changes to Canada’s electoral system — highlighted this week by Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef’s tour of the northern capitals...
Sep 2, 2016 2:05 PM
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Yukon’s pre election purgatory drags on
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if that cold, creepy feeling is just the season changing to fall or the grey, chilling presence of the impending territorial election.
Aug 19, 2016 1:29 PM
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Reviewing Whitehorse’s arts policy does not spell cultural doom
Anxiety appears to dominate on all sides of the Whitehorse City Council debate over arts funding.
Aug 12, 2016 1:17 PM
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Redundancy is well and good, but Yukon needs real telco competition
By all means, hurl your tomatoes at the contractor who, through either ignorance or carelessness, severed the fibre optic cable leading from British Columbia to Yukon earlier this week.
Aug 3, 2016 3:04 PM
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Like it or not, the North’s carbon tax reckoning will come
It’s a good thing for Premier Darrell Pasloski that Canada does not yet, as the Trudeau government has promised, have a nationwide tax on carbon emissions.
Jul 22, 2016 1:03 PM
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Yukon’s endless recycling conundrum is a failure of government
There’s a letter to the editor in the Yukon News archive from Joy Snyder, executive director of Raven Recycling. It concludes: “We are looking forward to reaching an agreement with Whitehorse ...
Jul 15, 2016 2:35 PM
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The Peel case shows us how our premier can’t play nicely
The Supreme Court of Canada agreed yesterday to hear the case that pits the Yukon government against aggrieved First Nations and conservationists over the fate of the Peel watershed.
Jun 10, 2016 3:14 PM
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Safeguards are in place if assisted dying legislation isn't ready in time
With "elbowgate" distracting Parliamentarians, and continued disagreement over the contents of assisted dying legislation it looks less likely that Parliament will pass Bill C-14 in time for the Supreme Court of Canada's June 6 deadline.
May 25, 2016 1:59 AM
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Voters deserve an explanation why Laxton left the Yukon Party
The Yukon Party's explanation as to why David Laxton no longer sits with the party caucus makes no sense. He left, we're told, for "personal reasons.
May 13, 2016 2:00 AM
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Well past time for Elias to clear the air
When Yukon Party MLA Darius Elias shepherded reporters around his home town of Old Crow during a government-sponsored junket late last week he seemed to smell of alcohol.
May 6, 2016 2:00 AM
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