http://yukon-news.com/ The latest columns and editorials from the Yukon News of Whitehorse Yukon. en-ca webadmin@yukon-news.com (Website Feedback) Copyright 2012 Yukon News All Rights Reserved Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:10 GMT http://yukon-news.com/layout/header/logo_sml.gif http://yukon-news.com/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/28529/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/28529/#When:09:00:56Z Premier Darrell Pasloski must have a different copy of the Umbrella Final Agreement than we have. After all, the premier and his sidekick, Resources Minister Brad Cathers… Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:56 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28497/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28497/#When:09:00:10Z The controversy of Canada’s possible multi-billion dollar purchase of F-35 fighters has mostly been about the government’s procurement process and whether the cabinet has been honest about the true costs of the F-35s over the jets’ full lifetime. Yukonomics Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:10 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28451/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28451/#When:09:00:47Z Last weekend, the orchards of Okanagan Centre coloured the hillsides. A local told me that seeing all the varied shades of pink and white blossoms on the fruit trees all at once was unusual. Just Society Fri, 04 May 2012 09:00:47 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28446/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28446/#When:09:00:34Z Oil industry reporter Nathan Vanderklippe, in an article for the Globe Investor, predicts that this spring will see a sudden rise in the number of Italian sports cars on the streets of Calgary. Nordicity Fri, 04 May 2012 09:00:34 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28453/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28453/#When:09:00:18Z As a cost-cutting measure, the federal government has decided to stop producing the penny - it’s too expensive to manufacture, they say. History Hunter Fri, 04 May 2012 09:00:18 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28437/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28437/#When:09:00:17Z Biologist Cameron Eckert often receives emails with the subject line, “What kind of bird is this?” They are accompanied by photographs of some amazing new visitors to the North. Your Yukon Fri, 04 May 2012 09:00:17 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28440/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28440/#When:09:00:03Z Sorry to say it, people, but this installment of Tech@Work will be the last one. Tech@work Fri, 04 May 2012 09:00:03 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28399/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28399/#When:09:00:48Z Now that the government has spray-painted over the completion date and left it blank on the “Reconstruction of F.H. Collins” sign in front of the old school, I guess we have time to think. Yukonomics Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:48 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/28416/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/28416/#When:09:00:20Z It’s been exactly a year since the federal Conservatives won their first majority government. Even the Yukon was swept up in the blue tide. Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:20 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28405/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28405/#When:09:00:03Z I spend a lot of time with my nose close to the ground these days, inhaling the musty smell of soil and getting a kick out of what’s crawling around down there. Roughing It Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:03 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28351/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28351/#When:09:00:57Z A recent poll conducted by Environics for the Broadbent Institute found that 83 per cent of Canadians favour higher taxes on the ultra-rich. Nordicity Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:00:57 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28355/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28355/#When:09:00:45Z The anti-Vietnam War demonstrators slowly walked back and forth on the sidewalk of the Grand Boulevard overpass above the I-70 expressway, a couple of blocks south of the campus of St. Louis University, my undergraduate alma mater. Just Society Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:00:45 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28359/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28359/#When:09:00:27Z Wow, what a thunderstorm this week, eh? We heard it approaching on the horizon for a while, but I don’t think any of us expected anything like that! What? Oh, no, I’m not talking about the weather. I’m talking about those clouds on the Internet. Geek Life Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:00:27 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/28364/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/28364/#When:09:00:15Z Yukon rental rates are on the rise. In March, the median monthly rent for Whitehorse hit an all-time high of $825, according to the latest figures from the Yukon Bureau of Statistics. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:00:15 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28357/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/28357/#When:09:00:11Z She was irascible. She was a raconteur, crusty and dynamic. She was blunt and outspoken. History Hunter Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:00:11 GMT