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Territory is linked to the Franklin searchSubscribers only

August 29, 2008

There is a notable Yukon connection to the current Arctic expedition in search of the ships which belonged to the long missing Franklin expedition.

Global warming: a lucrative business prospect?Subscribers only

August 29, 2008

In a previous column, I had written about the need for fuel-efficient vehicles.

‘Please don’t go off the air! Play anything!’Subscribers only

August 29, 2008

I remember those early days of radio in Whitehorse as hectic and wild - 1946 to 1950.

Aftershocks can hurt as much as the quakeSubscribers only

August 28, 2008

Aftershocks, often very severe, frequently follow an earthquake.

An Obama-Biden foreign policySubscribers only

August 26, 2008

LONDON - Barack Obama, we are told, chose Joe Biden to be his running mate because he needed an older man, more experienced in foreign policy, to fill the gaps in his resume and reassure American voters that the United States would be safe under an Obama presidency.

Her violent death is a call to action (editorial)Subscribers only

August 22, 2008

How many more brains have to be battered, bones broken and lives lost before something is done about what's commonly treated as a four-lane speedway and truck route through downtown Whitehorse?

Aquatic fireworks and the stone womanSubscribers only

August 22, 2008

Ed. note: Thirty-five-year Yukoner Dawn Kostelnik and her husband, Rick Cousins, bought the Audrey Eleanor in July 2003 in Prince Rupert, B.C., refitted it and took it to Haines, Alaska in 2004.

Rest assured: gold prices will riseSubscribers only

August 21, 2008

There are two best-known financial publications: in the United States, The Wall Street Journal, and in London, England-Europe, the Financial Times.

Canada’s apology was not the answerSubscribers only

August 21, 2008

The government of Canada recently apologized to various native groups for the Indian residential school (IRS) system.

Blame all the bad roads on the rainSubscribers only

August 20, 2008

MAYO - Hearing about angry truckers facing the potholes of the Dempster Highway and blaming it all on the highways departments of the two territories (Star, Aug. 15), I found myself having a mixed reaction.