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McCormick to fill Michael’s shoes

Floyd McCormick is replacing Patrick Michael as clerk of the Yukon legislative assembly.An all-party committee recently selected McCormick to…

Funding gap puts survivors at risk

As Ottawa’s residential-school settlement prepares to pay some 80,000 survivors billions in compensation dollars, the Committee on Abuse In…

Buffy Sainte Marie: honoured by the Queen, blacklisted by the White House

Buffy Sainte-Marie can be hard to reach.She’s often out tending her goats, said the singer/songwriter’s agent Todd Jordan.

Young Games volunteers get short shrift

Not all Canada Winter Games volunteers got flashy orange jackets.Or tickets to Great Big Sea.In fact, 13 of them weren’t even allowed to…

Violent ‘sadistic’ offender denied release

Convicted sex offender Marcellus Jacob was denied statutory release at a National Parole Board hearing in Vancouver this week.

Feds find interim funds for First Nations, pending deals

Ottawa is giving the first seven Yukon First Nations that signed land claim agreements a $9.2-million lifeline over the next two years.

Rental vehicles keep government rolling

Apparently, civil servants prefer a snazzy rental ride to a fleet-vehicle beater.Rental car and truck mileage has ballooned to 1.

lawyers guns and money

The headlines were very straightforward. Chiquita Brands International was ordered to pay a $25 million fine for hiring a right-wing terrorist group…

Some community justice workers issued pink slips

Several community justice programs remain in limbo as the fiscal year end comes to a close.While the territory stepped up with bridge funding for…
Condensation soaks athletes’ village

Condensation soaks athletes’ village

The athletes’ village was sweating during the Canada Winter Games.Humidity levels inside the rooms hit 80 per cent.