A Whitehorse man was found dead on Wednesday evening, pinned beneath his ATV.
The 43-year-old was driving alone at Frenchman Lake near Carmacks when he apparently lost control and rolled down a 15-metre embankment into...
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by Chris Oke
Vanier Catholic Secondary School’s vice-principal Ryan Sikkes is the 2008 Distinguished Vice-Principal of the Year.
The Canadian Association of Principals hands out the annual award.
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by Tristin Hopper
The Yukon Party government’s new Climate Change Action Plan is missing something important, say critics.
Action.
Released Monday, the 34-page draft plan is a blueprint for how the government will respond...
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by Jeremy Warren
‘The wind is so strong the tree tops are touching. Perhaps they’re telling each other the news: Bob died, Bob has passed.”
Bill Thomas made the remark during a memorial service for Robert...
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by Jeremy Warren
There is concern among those that track greenhouse gas emissions on the amount that mainstream travel is responsible for.
This is a bit awkward for Yukoners, because we all tend to do a lot of it.
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by Lewis Rifkind
Whatever perspective you have on the subject, prostitution has had a colourful history in the Yukon.
As soon as miners started arriving in the Yukon, women followed to meet the demand for affection.
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by Michael Gates
It’s been almost 30 months since James Loney was abducted at gunpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.
Months in captivity gives you a unique perspective on human freedom, said Loney, while standing on the Beringia...
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by Tristin Hopper
Speaker Ted Staffen summed up the Legislative spring sitting before all the political parties had a chance.
At the end of every spring and fall session, the three party leaders gather reporters and give them a...
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by Jeremy Warren
Sunday, May 18 — Trinity Sunday reflects on a fundamental mystery of the Christian faith, the triune nature of God. A suggested reading is John 3:16-18.
Tuesday, May 20 — Visakha Puja, the holiest day of...
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by Michael Dougherty
Wheelie-popping, doughnut-performing construction workers shouldn’t play with dynamite.
That’s what residents of Lobird subdivision told government officials during a sometimes-heated public meeting on...
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by Chris Oke
‘Full fathom five thy father lies/ Of his bones are coral made/ Those are pearls that were his eyes /Nothing of him that doth fade, / But doth suffer a sea change.”
Ariel, Prospero’s supernatural...
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by Michael Dougherty
As many as 2 million Burmese cyclone victims stand in grave danger of starvation, exposure and disease because of the stalling tactics of the country’s military dictators.
One of the most brutal regimes in the...
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by Al Pope
