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Young leading the young to graduation

How do you keep First Nations children in school?Kevin Chief, a former University of Winnipeg basketball star, has a plan and a program.
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public policy you gotta love it

In Monday’s Yukon News Richard Mostyn editorialized that Yukon politicians are overdue for a pay raise.
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Haste makes waste

Haste makes waste

If things need to be built in a hurry, public tenders fly out the window.Actually, the Yukon government throws them out the window, according to…
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icelands spring takes two steps forward and one back

Like Yukoners, Icelanders love talking about weather.Regardless of the actual weather outside, and regardless of the season, one can always discuss…
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New placer regime ‘on track’: Lang

Talk about land use planning.The Yukon Placer Secretariat is mapping every creek and stream in the southern half of the territory for its new…
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Energy Solutions Centre running again

The Energy Solutions Centre is up to full strength.And it’s a shadow of its former self.The government agency was brought within the fold…
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Koh knows conceptual art

Koh knows conceptual art

Germaine Koh is taking apart a telephone.Its guts — brightly coloured wires and electrical boards — are spread around the table of her…
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Proposed concrete plant wedged between a rock and a hard place

Proposed concrete plant wedged between a rock and a hard place

Two hours, 10 delegates and hectares of misinformation.Those are the numbers from this week’s city council meeting, where a decision to allow…
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What more can you say, the budget is big

The Yukon’s 2006-07 budget is a record budget.It is a stay-the-course budget.It is a boring budget.
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Budget goes for broke to buy the vote: Hardy

Budget goes for broke to buy the vote: Hardy

Few were surprised by this Thursday’s $793-million budget.There are no big changes in those big numbers, said Official Opposition leader Todd…
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