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This week’s mailbox: Silver gives Pillai ‘unwavering support’

An open letter from Sandy Silver On Saturday, Jan. 14, Ranj Pillai…

  • Jan 26, 2023
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Unlike his two brothers, Jack Pringle did not become a minister. After several years with the Mounted Police, he settled at Dalton Post, in the southwest Yukon, where he spent the remainder of his years, in a log cabin built by the Mounties during the gold rush. This photo was taken in July of 1944, almost exactly a year before his death. (C.H.D. Clarke/Gates collection)

History Hunter: The Pringle Family in the Yukon, a story revealed

I was recently directed to a YouTube link that connected me to…

Unlike his two brothers, Jack Pringle did not become a minister. After several years with the Mounted Police, he settled at Dalton Post, in the southwest Yukon, where he spent the remainder of his years, in a log cabin built by the Mounties during the gold rush. This photo was taken in July of 1944, almost exactly a year before his death. (C.H.D. Clarke/Gates collection)
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This week’s mailbox: The upcoming citizens’ assembly

On the upcoming citizens’ assembly The Yukon Bureau of Statistics is conducting…

  • Jan 22, 2023
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Premier Sandy Silver speaks during Question Period in 2018. One of his legacies is the steady accumulation of debt, says Keith Halliday. (Yukon News file)

Yukonomist: Legacy of debt

A politician’s retirement is a time for self-congratulatory reflections by the old…

Premier Sandy Silver speaks during Question Period in 2018. One of his legacies is the steady accumulation of debt, says Keith Halliday. (Yukon News file)
jan 20 2023

WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for Jan. 20, 2023.

  • Jan 20, 2023
jan 20 2023
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This week’s mailbox: Extended Producer Responsibility

An open letter to the Yukon government and Yukon residents Extended Producer…

  • Jan 19, 2023
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jan 18 2023

WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for Jan. 18, 2023.

  • Jan 18, 2023
jan 18 2023
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This week’s mailbox: BMC Minerals on the Kudz Ze Kayah project name

Regarding the Kudz Ze Kayah Project Name We read with concern the…

  • Jan 15, 2023
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Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Anthropocene Yukon

Back in science class at FH Collins, I learned about the Cambrian,…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
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This week’s mailbox: Fair Vote Yukon

Dear Special Committee on Electoral Reform in Yukon: We have reviewed the…

  • Jan 14, 2023
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jan 13 2023

WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for Jan. 13, 2023.

  • Jan 13, 2023
jan 13 2023
jan 11 2023

WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for Jan. 11, 2023.

  • Jan 11, 2023
jan 11 2023
Chief Isaac was the leader of the people who had lived at the mouth of the Klondike River for generations before the Klondike discovery. After the establishment of the gold rush boom town, he regularly reminded the newcomers to their traditional homeland of the impact they were having upon his people. What other individuals do you think were important to the development of the Yukon? (Credit/Library of Congress)

History Hunter: Looking back 125 years, who or what made Yukon history?

2023 marks a milestone in the history of the Yukon. On June…

Chief Isaac was the leader of the people who had lived at the mouth of the Klondike River for generations before the Klondike discovery. After the establishment of the gold rush boom town, he regularly reminded the newcomers to their traditional homeland of the impact they were having upon his people. What other individuals do you think were important to the development of the Yukon? (Credit/Library of Congress)
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This week’s mailbox: Kudz Ze Kayah used to be caribou country

Kudz Ze Kayah: Used to be caribou country “Kudz Ze Kayah” translates…

  • Jan 8, 2023
Yukon letters
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Yukon 100K

Canada has embarked on the biggest immigration boom in its history. As…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
jan 6 2022

WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for Jan. 6, 2023.

  • Jan 6, 2023
jan 6 2022
jan 4 2023

WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for Jan. 4, 2023.

  • Jan 4, 2023
jan 4 2023
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Yukon Risk Outlook 2023

2022 was like an unwanted houseguest. “At least they didn’t bore us,”…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
dec 30 22

WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for Dec. 30, 2022.

  • Dec 30, 2022
dec 30 22
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Climbing Cardboard Mountain

Ah, Christmas in the Yukon. Puffs of pure white snow garland our…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday