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YUKONOMICS: The politics and economics of the oilsands Alberta's cheerful oilsands information website tells us that production is rising fast and expected to hit three million barrels a day by 2018. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-22 19:55:15

JUST SOCIETY: Riches should not impoverish Looking west from the excavated skarns, adits and shafts along the Copper Haul Road and across the valley from the Grey Mountain viewpoint, you can easily make out the signs of a century of mining in Whitehorse's backyard. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-17 21:23:44

HISTORY HUNTER: Is Dawson City's history up for sale? 'Budget Axe Falls on Parks Canada" proclaimed the newspaper banner on the side of the large flat-bed trailer that carried the float in the Discovery Day parade. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-17 21:23:44

NORDICITY: The end of coal, or the end of us? This week, Scientific American announced The End of Coal Burning in the U.S. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-17 21:23:43

GEEK LIFE: Apple has problems that need fixing, too Apple's been getting under my skin lately. I'd barely noticed it until the other day at lunch, when a friend brought up the company's battle with the U.S. Justice Department. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-17 21:23:43

YUKONOMICS: The moose in the F-35 fighter jets' room 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-15 21:22:39

The Umbrella Final Agreement: new and improved! 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... Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-11 21:16:27

TECH@WORK: Tech@Work just one more time Sorry to say it, people, but this installment of Tech@Work will be the last one. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-10 21:01:26

HISTORY HUNTER: The early economics of the Yukon - a product of isolation As a cost-cutting measure, the federal government has decided to stop producing the penny - it's too expensive to manufacture, they say. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-10 21:01:25

YOUR YUKON: The good news/bad news for northern birds 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-10 21:01:25

NORDICITY: Want a Ferrari? Learn to frack 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-10 21:01:24

JUST SOCIETY: Cultivating a healthy, vibrant society 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-10 21:01:23

ROUGHING IT: Walking over nunataks 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-08 20:42:24

YUKONOMICS: Hitting the 'pause' button on new F.H. Collins 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-08 20:42:22

HISTORY HUNTER: Death of an icon brings an end to an era She was irascible. She was a raconteur, crusty and dynamic. She was blunt and outspoken. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-03 20:12:53

GEEK LIFE: 'Where there's clouds, there's thunder' 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-03 20:12:52

JUST SOCIETY: Making a case for non-violent direct action 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-03 20:12:51

NORDICITY: Eating the rich, two per cent at a time A recent poll conducted by Environics for the Broadbent Institute found that 83 per cent of Canadians favour higher taxes on the ultra-rich. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-03 20:12:50

Happy anniversary? 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-02 20:07:13

YUKONOMICS: Protecting the green flank Let the conspiracy theories begin. Yukoners were shocked when the Yukon Party government announced it was banning oil and gas exploration in the Whitehorse region for at least the next five years. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-01 20:05:22

ROUGHING IT: Don't eat yellow snow But what if the yellow snow is located right by the waterhole, presumably leaching its contents into the ice and possibly the drinking water below? I scowl at the mess, at the paw prints that give away the culprits: wolves. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-05-01 20:05:21

Rents ratcheting up 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. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-04-27 20:09:19

HISTORY HUNTER: Taking the magical history tour on the Klondike Mines Railway Under Brian Pate's experienced guidance, I eased the throttle and the locomotive began to chug up Dawson's Front Street rail line from the waterfront warehouse between King and Queen Street. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-04-26 20:07:55

JUST SOCIETY: Discovering justice When Hernan Cortes and a force of some 800 Spanish conquistadors, sailors and auxiliaries landed at the site of modern day Veracruz, Mexico, in the spring of 1519, they met a delegation from the Totonac community living there. Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-04-26 20:07:55

Lawrence Millman is fascinated by fungi. And why not? They Province: Yukon Newspaper: Yukon News Feed: Opinions Columns, Editorial Date: 2012-04-26 20:07:54

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