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September 10, 2008
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The man is gone; his achievements live on "Mr. Nielsen, what happened in the Yukon last night?" Fred Vallance-Jones, then a CBC North radio reporter working in Ottawa, asked Erik Nielsen on Parliament Hill on May 14, 1985.
September 5, 2008
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'It was one of the most blood-chilling sights....' Ed. note: Thirty-five-year Yukoner Dawn Kostelnik and her husband, Rick Cousins, bought the Audrey Eleanor in July 2003 in Prince Rupert, B.C., refitted it and took it to Haines, Alaska in 2004.
- Let's stress co-operation, not competition As I write this, the Beijing Olympic Games are in full swing. Somebody wins, somebody loses. So much pressure to win, it's bordering on the absurd.
- Ravens: the planet's cleverest feathered fiends Whenever I see two or more ravens sitting around together, it worries me that maybe there's something I should know - but don't.
September 4, 2008
- Climate change: the nature of the evidence LONDON - If Hurricane Gustav had struck New Orleans with full force, what would that have told us about the scale and speed of climate change?
- A decline's depth is always a guessing game Many people, watching the stock market decline, are looking for a buying opportunity. However, by most indications, this is not yet an appropriate time to invest.
September 3, 2008
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The missed opportunities of the PM's tour DAWSON CITY - I could not help but have a certain amount of sympathy for the officers on security duty during Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to Dawson City last Wednesday.
August 29, 2008
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'Please don't go off the air! Play anything!' I remember those early days of radio in Whitehorse as hectic and wild - 1946 to 1950.
- Global warming: a lucrative business prospect? In a previous column, I had written about the need for fuel-efficient vehicles.
- Territory is linked to the Franklin search There is a notable Yukon connection to the current Arctic expedition in search of the ships which belonged to the long missing Franklin expedition.
August 28, 2008
- Aftershocks can hurt as much as the quake Aftershocks, often very severe, frequently follow an earthquake.