Yukon North Of Ordinary

All news by Jason Unrau

Artist launches quest to turf ‘God’ from the ConstitutionSubscribers only

April 7, 2011 at 2:53 pm

Local artist James Kirby is aiming to gather one million signatures for his online petition to strike “God” from the Constitution.

Campaigns head into full-swing modeSubscribers only

April 6, 2011 at 3:09 pm

By this time tomorrow, all four candidates vying for the Yukon’s seat in Parliament in the May 2 general election will be on the campaign trail.

Musical environmentalist releasing new CD ( Preview )Subscribers only

April 6, 2011 at 2:28 pm

Tomorrow evening, Remy Rodden performs songs from his second recording In the Hills at the Centre de la froncophonie in Whitehorse.

Candidates tangle over guns and rinksSubscribers only

April 5, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Federal election rhetoric spilled into the Yukon this week with Conservative candidate Ryan Leef and Liberal-incumbent Larry Bagnell trading shots over the long-gun registry and the wheres and hows of public funding for hockey rinks.

Coalition threatens ‘an island of stability’: Leef

April 4, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Ryan Leef, the Conservative candidate for the Yukon, calls the May 2 federal election unnecessary,

MP anticipates ‘thoughtful’ campaignSubscribers only

April 1, 2011 at 3:02 pm

Jets, jails and corporate tax breaks: That’s what the Conservatives are promising Canadians, says the Yukon’s Liberal-incumbent Larry Bagnell.

Complaint triggers queries about council’s roleSubscribers only

April 1, 2011 at 2:49 pm

The ongoing investigation of Watson Lake doctor Said Secerbegovic by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta raises serious questions about the role of the Yukon Medical Council and the secrecy surrounding the regulator.

‘I believe in the Yukon’: NDP nominee

March 31, 2011 at 2:34 pm

Kevin Barr is the Yukon New Democrats’ candidate for the May 2 federal election.

Streicker looking to build on 2008 success

March 31, 2011 at 2:30 pm

Yukon Green Party candidate John Streicker believes his message in the 2008 election was so successful, he’s not deviating for his second federal campaign in the lead-up to the May 2 vote.

Fentie on his future: ‘It’s a life choice’

March 30, 2011 at 2:36 pm

Premier Dennis Fentie says there will be no spring election in the Yukon, but his political future is a closely guarded secret to which even those in his caucus are not privy.