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Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Voting for change

The Yukon is now following where our Alaskan friends are already breaking…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Globalization, not just for manufacturing jobs anymore

One of the pandemic’s silver linings was the realization by workers that…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Who should pay for paid sick leave?

Prior to the pandemic, a Canadian visiting Japan might have been surprised…

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Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: The magic is in the details

Big organizational shake-ups are coming to two of the territorial government’s biggest…

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Yukonomist: Whitehorse taxpayers — Brace for impact!

Whitehorse taxpayers should adopt the brace position. You’re in economy on the…

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Yukonomist: Ten more Atlin power projects

Some readers thought I was indulging in some newspaper column hyperbole last…

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Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Getting lapped by the Taku River Tlingit

Suppose you were a small Indigenous community in the wilds of northwestern…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Un train peut en cacher un autre

Anyone who has driven in France will remember the warning signs at…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: 2021’s silver linings

The Omicron variant is a late-game sucker punch from a year with…

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Yukonomist Keith Halliday
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Plan N is for Nuclear

It’s that time of year. The eagles migrate to the coast for…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Zoomcare arrives in the Yukon (for some)

Campaigning politicians in Canada like to accuse their opponents of being secretly…

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Yukonomist: A bold idea from New Zealand for our housing supply

At the debate during last month’s municipal election in Whitehorse, a number…

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Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Prescribing a major health care shake up

The Yukon’s health system is a key part of our quality of…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Crunchy conundrums for Yukon cereal bowls — calculating your breakfast’s carbon footprint

Shopping is getting harder, and I don’t mean because pandemic supply chain…

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Yukonomist: Gaming the Klondike

Tired of playing online solitaire at work? Why not try Klondike: The…

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Yukonomist: Housing crisis sparks building boom, but is it enough?

Yukon home builders are responding to the price signals coming out of…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: The missing 1,100

Navigating COVID-19 continues to be like skiing crud with fogged goggles. The…

Yukonomist Keith Halliday
Yukonomist Keith Halliday

Yukonomist: Canola to your furnace’s rescue?

Like the Faro mine, your environmentally-challenged oil furnace will be surprised to…

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Yukonomist: A firewood shortage in the middle of the forest

The Wall Street Journal is a fine newspaper, but its Markets section…

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Yukonomist: Your Yukon life list

After another topsy-turvy and financially painful summer, Yukon wilderness operators are wondering…

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