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January 13, 2016
- Despite the improvements, the challenges still beckon ( Editorial ) Court Watch Yukon has provided some constructive insights into how the justice system isn’t serving female victims of violence as effectively as it was created to do.
January 8, 2016
- Oil-fired appliance rules help keep Yukoners safe ( Comment ) Here in the North, many of us use wood stoves or oil furnaces to heat our homes.
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Movies new and old, malt liquor and a hockey brawl Hardly a day goes by when my curiosity isn’t piqued by a word I read or hear.
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A Sourdough on the Sunshine Coast This story takes us to B.C.’s Sunshine Coast via an intervention in life that happened right in the middle of a sunshiny day.
January 7, 2016
- Governments go to work on reducing confusion In the coming days, the federal government will release statistics of its initial estimates about the state of our economy in the last quarter of the past year.
- Poland: watching a nation backsliding furiously ( Comment ) Lech Walesa, a national hero 26 years ago for his role in ending Communist rule in Poland as the leader of Solidarity, has little political power in the country today, but he still has his voice.
January 6, 2016
- The raw data say there’s little to complain about ( Editorial ) At first glance, it may have seemed like a shocking assault on a tiny territory’s financial lustre from a brash, powerful government ensconced thousands of kilometres away.
January 5, 2016
- Prime minister’s pledge holds great promise Ed. note: Carcross/Tagish First Nation Khà Shâde Héni (Chief) Danny Cresswell has released this statement regarding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recently announced plan to renew the federal government’s relationship with First Nations.
- The children’s tears mingle with our tears ( Comment ) In the build-up to the Paris climate conference, I thought about my father, who was a writer, an early peace activist here in Canada, and a disciple and devotee of Rachel Carson of Silent Spring fame.
December 31, 2015
- Looking ahead to 2016 with optimism ( Comment ) As Yukoners reflect on the year that was,
- More major stories that resonated with distinction ( Editorial ) The territory’s top 10 stories of the year could easily be expanded four- or five-fold, given the scores of prominent events that delighted and infuriated, or mystified and saddened, Yukoners throughout 2015.