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Klondike MLA downplays leader's Peel ponderings No decision has yet been made to soften the Liberal stance on the Peel Watershed, says Klondike MLA Sandy Silver. "It's the first I'd heard we're going to change our Peel position," said Silver. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-03 16:35:46

Shining available light on ecology and culture Filmmaker Joel Heath never intended to make a movie of the Belcher Islands of Hudson Bay. He went up there for the first time as an ecologist. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-03 16:35:46

Another round for Juneau road Heavyweight boxer George Chuvalo might have lost 18 fights over the course of his career but no one was ever able to knock him down.  If the Juneau Access Improvement Project were a boxer, it would be George Chuvalo. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-03 16:35:45

Yukon AWG hockey rosters released After more than a month of scrimmages, drills and practice games, the Yukon Amateur Hockey Association this week released the rosters for the three teams that will represent the territory at the Arctic Winter Games next month. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-03 16:35:44

Learning from a tragic lesson The Yukon government is offering its condolences to those affected by the recent death of five Whitehorse residents, but it is not offering much else. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-03 16:35:44

Corp. Cam Lockwood, soon to be promoted to sergeant, was picked to head the Watson Lake detachment by a committee that included a local representative. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-03 16:35:43

Beware the silent killer Yukoners will gather this weekend to mourn the tragic death of five people who didn Category: Opinion & Commentary Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-02-03 16:35:29

Too close for comfort Too close for comfort Thank you for not killing me today, Wednesday, January 25. My husband and daughters thank you and my three precious grandchildren also thank you. A lady in a red SUV turned onto Strickland Street from Second Avenue and drove right a Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-02 21:05:59

Carcross/Tagish FN points out principles to PM During meetings in the nation's capital this week, Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Ruth Massie made sure to bring the issue to the prime minister's attention. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-02 21:05:58

HPV education gets a boost A public health campaign will be aimed at informing Yukoners about the risks of the human papilloma virus or HPV, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced in Whitehorse yesterday. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-02 21:05:58

The culture of the Arctic Winter Games Cultural events are as much a part of the Arctic Winter Games as the sporting competitions. As hundreds of athletes from nine different regions gather in Whitehorse for the Games this March... Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-02 21:05:56

JUST SOCIETY: Learning the cost of democracy A week ago Monday, the United States ordered a pullout of its 158 Peace Corps volunteers from Honduras. Surging violence there may have been the cause for this move. Category: Opinion & Commentary Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-02-02 21:05:38

TECH@WORK: Why China is right to ignore intellectual property laws A little over a week ago, I went through one of my periodic episodes of local media exposure in the papers and on radio. Category: Opinion & Commentary Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-02-02 21:05:38

NORDICITY: Dead babies, lies and impunity. Is it worth it? Eight armed men pull four unarmed teenagers and a taxi driver out of a cab and shoot them at point-blank range. They go on to kick down the doors of three houses, and slaughter 19 people in their nightclothes, including children as young as three. Category: Opinion & Commentary Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-02-02 21:05:37

HISTORY HUNTER: Jack McQuesten was known as the 'Father of the Yukon' While doing some research recently, I came across some articles in the Dawson Daily News for September 24 1909. They were a call for the erection of a statue in honour of Leroy Napoleon "Jack" McQuesten, who had just died in San Francisco on September . Category: Opinion & Commentary Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-02-02 21:05:36

First-ever Yukon biathlete heading to junior worlds Whitehorse's Erin Oliver-Beebe skied and shot her way into the Yukon history books over the weekend. Competing with fellow Yukoners, Jennifer Curtis and Ryan Burlingame... Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-01 14:30:45

Lighting the 8th Fire A First Nations prophecy says North Americans are at a crossroads and it's time for "the light-skinned race" to choose between two paths. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-01 14:30:44

Toxic gas likely cause of tragic Whitehorse deaths Valerie, her 45-year-old husband, Bradley, their 13-year-old son, Gabriel and 11-year-old daughter, Rebekah, were found dead in their home Sunday along with an adult boarder, Donald McNamee. They lived in a home on Centennial Street in Porter Creek. Firefighters put on breathing apparatus before entering the home after a family friend reported finding the five bodies. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-01 14:30:43

WestJet set to start Yukon flights in May If you're thinking about heading south this summer, or having friends or family come to visit, you might want to book those plane tickets soon. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-02-01 14:30:43

Two's company, three's a crowd Calgary-based WestJet Airlines dropped a news bomb on the Yukon this week. After years of tire-kicking, it's finally decided to plunge into the Whitehorse market. With both feet. Category: Opinion & Commentary Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-02-01 14:30:29

Yukon skiers win hardware at Westerns In the second major competition in as many weeks, Yukon cross-country skiers climbed up the podium steps at the Western Canadian Cross Country Ski Championships, a Haywood NorAm event in Canmore, Alta., over the weekend. Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-01-31 20:08:59

Yukon News a nice blend Yukon News a nice blend Just wanted to pass on to you how much I enjoyed your Wednesday, Jan. 19 edition. It was a nice blend of local and world input that all seemed interesting and relevant. I enjoy most editions I pick up but particularly enjoyed this Category: News Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: News News, Sports, Arts, Business, Life, Letters Date: 2012-01-31 20:08:58

THE COLOURFUL FIVE PER CENT SCRAPBOOK: Coal Creek railway engine This photograph of a beautiful little engine was taken by one of my favourite Yukon photographers, Frank Wolfe, who, I believe, was a short-time resident of Dawson City. Wolfe took most of his photographs around 1913 and 1914. Category: Opinion & Commentary Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-01-31 20:08:39

ROUGHING IT: In the food doldrums How I wish there were a cookbook for the ingredientially challenged. It's that time of the year again: our coolers yawn emptily, save for the last forlorn piece of herbed goat cheese huddled in one corner. Category: Opinion & Commentary Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-01-31 20:08:38

YUKONOMICS: LNG to the rescue? We burned a lot of diesel last week, despite some big power outages. It wasn't even that cold. Nowhere near Whitehorse's record low of 61. Category: Opinion & Commentary Newspaper: Yukon News Region: Northern Canada Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-01-31 20:08:37

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