Yukon News
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Mushing dinosaurs from a wheelchair
If it weren’t for plastic dinosaurs, distributor caps, shells and bits of wood, Peter Garsyde wouldn’t last at Copper Ridge Place.“I’ve got to fill my time here,” said the 66-year-old.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 6:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
If it weren’t for plastic dinosaurs, distributor caps, shells and bits of wood, Peter Garsyde wouldn’t last at Copper Ridge Place.“I’ve got to fill my time here,” said the 66-year-old.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 6:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
Air North engine fails
One December 13, Air North’s Boeing 737 was speeding down the Whitehorse runway at 200 kilometres an hour when there was a loud bang and the plane yawed to the right.“We had an engine malfunction on...full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
One December 13, Air North’s Boeing 737 was speeding down the Whitehorse runway at 200 kilometres an hour when there was a loud bang and the plane yawed to the right.“We had an engine malfunction on...full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
Bringing some warmth to a cold Christmas
It was minus 33, and Dale was just wearing a T-shirt and three jackets.With a bare neck and no mitts, the middle-aged man was standing outside the Salvation Army shelter with three other people.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
It was minus 33, and Dale was just wearing a T-shirt and three jackets.With a bare neck and no mitts, the middle-aged man was standing outside the Salvation Army shelter with three other people.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
Dangerous employer list is tough to compile
While Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Board releases the names of employers with the most workplace injuries, the Yukon’s board says its impossible to do the same here.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
While Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Board releases the names of employers with the most workplace injuries, the Yukon’s board says its impossible to do the same here.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
Getting the Yukon used to climate change
Ryan Hennessey is a climate-change researcher, but chances are he’s not going to tell you to buy a hybrid, or even to curb your air travel.Leave all that to the “climate change mitigators.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
Ryan Hennessey is a climate-change researcher, but chances are he’s not going to tell you to buy a hybrid, or even to curb your air travel.Leave all that to the “climate change mitigators.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
Lang makes a deal to serve eight years
It’s one small step for Senate reform, and one giant leap for partisanship.One hundred years after it was first suggested, Canadian senators will, for the first time, have a fixed term. At least unofficially.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
It’s one small step for Senate reform, and one giant leap for partisanship.One hundred years after it was first suggested, Canadian senators will, for the first time, have a fixed term. At least unofficially.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
My wife, the dryad
‘Help!”The cry was weak, plaintive and urgent.It was coming from downstairs. It was coming from my wife, Shona.And that meant trouble.For far too long, in the leadup to this...full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
‘Help!”The cry was weak, plaintive and urgent.It was coming from downstairs. It was coming from my wife, Shona.And that meant trouble.For far too long, in the leadup to this...full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
North Pole sub-adequate for industry
Within five years, many scientists speculate all summer Arctic sea ice will disappear, clearing the Northwest passage, stranding the polar bears and providing ample surfacing room for Russian-flag-toting nuclear submarines.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
Within five years, many scientists speculate all summer Arctic sea ice will disappear, clearing the Northwest passage, stranding the polar bears and providing ample surfacing room for Russian-flag-toting nuclear submarines.full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
ONE NATIVE LIFE: How Christmas arrived at a railroad line shack
It’s the first white Christmas in nearly 40 years. When I heard that on the late night news it made me smile.I can’t remember the last time that I had to go through an Arctic blast like we’d had...full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
It’s the first white Christmas in nearly 40 years. When I heard that on the late night news it made me smile.I can’t remember the last time that I had to go through an Arctic blast like we’d had...full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
Public inquiry could mend relations
A public inquiry into charges of systemic prejudice relating to four in-custody deaths of First Nations people over the past nine years is needed to bridge the gap between Yukon police and First Nations communities, said...full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
A public inquiry into charges of systemic prejudice relating to four in-custody deaths of First Nations people over the past nine years is needed to bridge the gap between Yukon police and First Nations communities, said...full story
Yukon News – Dec 25, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
