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a shamanic christmas

A few years ago, I was traveling in the Chukotka region of eastern Siberia, and I happened to eat Santa Claus.
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Blasted sheep!

Sheep Mountain’s sheep will have to accustom themselves to explosions, dust and falling rock shards while the Alaska Highway is widened this…
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While Christmashypnotizes, the immune preserve democracyI wanted to reserve my last column before the Big Day for a last shot at Christmas…
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Territory makes effort to create skilled workers

There is a shortage of skilled trades workers in the Yukon, and the government continues to invest in training.
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Elderly like the village, but won’t endorse it — at least not yet

Elderly like the village, but won’t endorse it — at least not yet

They like it, but the Yukon Council on Aging isn’t endorsing the athletes’ village as senior housing yet, adding more unknowns to a…
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All tuned up, with nowhere to play

All tuned up, with nowhere to play

Whitehorse is alive with music.But there’s nowhere to play it.“There are zero venues available,” said Triple J’s Music…
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Source of fuel leak remains a mystery

Two years and $200,000 later, the Yukon government is closing the book on its search for a fuel leak, which contaminated soil in parts of downtown…
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Bonnet Plume cabins one step closer to being razed

The Yukon government has honoured its promise to seek a court order to raze several apparently illegal cabins on the Bonnet Plume River.
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Territory’s transfer payments to be renegotiated: Fentie

Premier Dennis Fentie has struck a deal with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to renegotiate how much money Ottawa transfers to Yukon coffers.
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Laurent Cyr left territory a better place

Laurent Cyr, lifelong Whitehorse resident, died at Copper Ridge Place on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer’s.
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