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 2010 Yukon News All Rights Reserved Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:50 GMT http://yukon-news.com/layout/header/logo_sml.gif http://yukon-news.com/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/19513/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/19513/#When:09:00:04Z There are few certainties in life, but one is the Sun also rises. High-minded Canadians, like Margaret Atwood, ought to remember this as they sign petitions to block Sun TV. Quebecor Inc.‘s new television station… Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:00:04 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19476/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19476/#When:09:00:50Z I was wondering if this unique, mysterious arch was a result of ice from the leftovers of a glacier. It is an L.C. The Colourful Five Per Cent Scrapbook Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:50 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19475/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19475/#When:09:00:37Z The best excuse I’ve found so far for sitting around lazy and staring at the scenery is to say that I’m studying the land. And it’s true. Roughing It Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:37 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/19481/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/19481/#When:09:00:32Z In Dawson City, the owners of the Slinky Mine started digging up a municipal road before obtaining the necessary permit. n Whitehorse, Energy, Mines and Resources officials did a shoddy job enforcing a city-ordered eviction of a caretaker from a gravel quarry. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:32 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19482/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19482/#When:09:00:05Z Dear Uma:  Inspired by Cee and Erma, their story of moving on from past traumas, I have begun to watch all those DVDs that I have avoided for years. From The Inside Out Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:05 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/19455/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/19455/#When:19:42:52Z The line of veterans sitting before Stephen Harper on Thursday were conspicuous. Were they aware about how cleverly they were being used? Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:42:52 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19434/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19434/#When:09:00:57Z On November 16, 1989, six Jesuit priests, who lived at the University of Central America, their house keeper and her 15-year-old daughter were brutally murdered. Just Society Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:00:57 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19435/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19435/#When:09:00:44Z The mob found him a few minutes before 4 p.m. hiding in the Fourth Avenue cabin of Montreal Marie, at the north end of Dawson City. History Hunter Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:00:44 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19430/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19430/#When:09:00:25Z Whatever you might think of the Conservative government’s move - dressed up as a private members bill - to dump the long-gun registry, it has finally given Canadians something they have always lacked: a clear distinction between our two major parties. Nordicity Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:00:25 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19425/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19425/#When:09:00:10Z This past week, I somehow stumbled into the reflected glare of the spotlight being trained on Northwestel because of the three internet failures it had suffered in the course of two weeks. Tech@work Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:00:10 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19388/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19388/#When:09:00:58Z Cash-strapped finance ministers around the world are raising their sales taxes, giving us another reminder of why the Yukon is a fantastic place to live (as if we needed a reason after a very fine Yukon summer!). Yukonomics Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:00:58 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19421/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19421/#When:09:00:52Z E.R. Van Miert of Bellingham, Washington, is interested in some of the history of the Melbourne Hotel, which was an original 1898 Klondike Gold Rush-era hotel. The Colourful Five Per Cent Scrapbook Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:00:52 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19392/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19392/#When:09:00:38Z Once those chilly early mornings of venturing out with your rifle, of moaning like a cow moose in heat and sitting there in anticipation, waiting for the “uh” of a bull to come through the quiet of dawn, have paid off and you’ve shot and butchered, felt g Roughing It Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:00:38 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/19398/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/editorial/19398/#When:09:00:28Z It is beyond perplexing why the Yukon Party government would actively underwrite claims in the Peel Watershed that otherwise would have expired this year. We await a cogent explanation of the policy from Mines Minister Patrick Rouble. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:00:28 GMT http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19379/ http://yukon-news.com/opinions/columns/19379/#When:19:56:16Z It’s tough being a civil servant in Ottawa these days. It’s a minefield of rules and regulations. There are just so many things you need to know. Nordicity Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:56:16 GMT