A controversial copper mining project has been recommended for approval.
The approval comes despite persistent concerns from environmental groups and First Nations that Western Copper Corporation’s ore piles will...
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by Chris Oke
Marvelous meatballs
It’s a simple thing, but anyone working in the tourism field knows that “good eats” is a big part of keeping Yukon guests happy and content.
Part of the experience of Yukon...
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Dear Uma:
Andre Gide said it: “Believe those who are seeking the truth: doubt those who find it.”
Sorry to have to do this, but some things deserve a rant and who do I rant to but you?
OK,...
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by Heather Bennett
NEW YORK, New York
Spend a little or spend a lot, this city is hot.
All the songs you’ve heard about New York or the movies you’ve seen set in Manhattan – they only hint at the excitement you...
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by Mike Grenby
The men’s division A defending champs, the P&M Guns, fell short of a three-peat Sunday at the Dustball in Whitehorse.
Outmatched at the plate, the local team fell to Juneau’s Imperial, losing 22-16 in...
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by Tom Patrick
A team of Alberta researchers may soon be travelling to Old Crow in a bid to help the community cope with sky-high stomach cancer rates.
Helicobacter pylori (h. pylori), a carcinogenic bacterium, has rates of infection...
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by Tristin Hopper
Five years ago, a Teslin Tlingit elder told the First Nation’s council that chinook salmon were in trouble.
The warning fell on deaf ears at the time, said Chief Eric Morris.
“For the last five...
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by Jeremy Warren
This is an interesting photograph of a flood seeping into the town of Mayo.
I don’t know what year it was taken.
The photo is from the Gord Von Finster collection.
Some of the townspeople are seen...
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by Jim Robb
Emily Waste spends some time with OK Rally Lacey Lad during a break in competition at the Yukon Horse and Rider Association's Horse Show in Porter Creek on Saturday.
Hoofing It