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‘I can’t begin to comprehend,’ says shaken mom

May 8, 2008

When a piece of debris from blasting at the Hamilton Boulevard construction site hit the roof of Susie Anne Bartsch's mobile home on Tuesday, she was sitting down at the dinner table with her three-year-old daughter, Jessie, and five other people.

Businessman donates $1 M to art society

May 8, 2008

Rolf Hougen is intensely proud of the Yukon arts community.

Territory to seek GST exemption on heating fuel

May 8, 2008

After some wrangling in the legislature Wednesday, MLAs voted in favour of lobbying Ottawa to remove the GST on home heating fuel, power generation and transportation of essential goods North of 60.

City staffers get disability trainingSubscribers only

May 8, 2008

A number of city staffers are spending this week learning how to communicate better with people with disabilities.

Barbecue raised $1,440Subscribers only

May 8, 2008

A barbecue fundraiser the Mt.Lorne Garbage Management Society hosted last Sunday was a success, raising $1,440.

In rural Nepal, rafters and kayakers become the TVSubscribers only

May 8, 2008

Ed. note: this is the second part of a three-part series created by longtime Whitehorse resident Bob Daffe, of Tatshenshini Expediting Ltd.

Dawson must have contingency plan for sewage treatmentSubscribers only

May 8, 2008

DAWSON CITY - The latest court hearing into Dawson's requirement to construct a secondary sewage treatment facility had to have been an occasion when Mayor John Steins would rather have been wrong.

Yukon Zinc Corp. endorses offerSubscribers only

May 8, 2008

The board of directors for the Yukon Zinc Corp. is supporting a $113-millon purchase offer from a partnership of two Chinese companies.