A recent government order has made Air North shareholders ineligible for a 25 per cent territorial tax credit.
In February, under the Yukon Small Business Investment Tax Credit, the shares had been authorized for the...
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by Tristin Hopper
Former Iraq hostage James Loney is visiting Whitehorse to discuss the links between “non-violence and human freedom.”
Loney’s 2005 abduction in Iraq along with three other colleagues set off a widely...
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by Tristin Hopper
Even living in a modest-sized city, like Whitehorse, residents often give up the closeknit support found in small towns and villages.
But there might be a way to have the best of both worlds.
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by Chris Oke
City council rejected a First Nations Arts Festival’s request for a closure of First Avenue on Monday night.
The 10-day period that the society organizing the event was asking for is too long, most councillors...
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by Chris Oke
The Yukon government and the L’Association franco-yukonnaise will host a ceremony Thursday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Languages Act.
The Language Act allowed Yukoners to receive government services in...
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by Tristin Hopper
I played organized hockey for the first time in 1965. I was 10.
My adopted family lived in Orangeville, Ontario, and I was registered for the minor hockey program. When word got out in my Grade 4 class that I was...
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by Richard Wagamese
A warning letter issued to a notorious downtown drug dealer under Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods legislation has not stopped addicts from trying to secure a fix.
Almost a year after the letter was issued to...
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by Tristin Hopper
Speaker Ted Staffen is protecting the Yukon Party government from opposition scrutiny with illogical and biased decisions made to curtail debate, says NDP Leader Todd Hardy.
He attempted to extend the legislative...
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by Jeremy Warren
Khris Day plays a role during the simulation of a car crash at Porter Creek Secondary School on Tuesday. The school's graduation class watched as the Whitehorse Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services performed the rescue exercise to promote safe driving among the grads. There were 84 injuries from vehicle accidents in the Yukon last where, five of them were fatalities.
