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Mystery writer got her start in a cemetery

At age three, Gail Bowen learned to read by looking at gravestones.“My mother was not a natural mother,” said Bowen in an interview…

Mould provokes air quality fears

Three workers have called Yukon Employees’ Union president Laurie Butterworth with concerns about the air quality at the mouldy Thomson Centre.
Hellish renter leaves landlord pondering rights

Hellish renter leaves landlord pondering rights

‘I’ve had the renter from hell,” said Paul Wadsworth who is sick of hearing tenants cry the blues about slumlords.

Liquor Act changes watered down

The Yukon Liquor Act is being stirred, not shaken.Amendments introduced by the government could make distilleries legal.

Dion and May take a bold, necessary step

For those of you who’ve seen the recent film Children of Men, you’ve been granted an alarming glimpse into the world of the near future.
Teen workers must know their rights, says accident victim

Teen workers must know their rights, says accident victim

When Nick Perry was 19, he took a job that broke his back.He was working in a lumberyard to make some extra cash.

nigerians abroad cant go home yet

You could hardly blame Christopher Ani for not voting in Nigeria’s April elections.A native Nigerian from the southeastern Enugu state, Ani,…

embarrassment provokes pumping

On Tuesday, Mike Stack awoke to the sound of water pumps.Stack had expressed outrage to the News just a day earlier concerning a 120-metre long,…

the questionable business of banning a bulb

Hurray for Nunavut for being the first in Canada to ban the incandescent light bulb.Ontario, good for you too, but you could do more.
Trapper Dan leads listeners on an audio escapade

Trapper Dan leads listeners on an audio escapade

On his latest CD cover, Dan Halen clutches a guitar and a hunk of wood while wearing nothing but a Stetson and a pair of slush-covered bunny boots.