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The assurances must be buoyed by action (editorial)Subscribers only

August 15, 2008

Brenda Barnes, of the territorial Women's Directorate, said all the right words at an open house Wednesday evening as she discussed her government's planned public housing venture in Riverdale: "We want to engage the community, involve them, and that will help drive the process."

Disaster on Charlie Lake: a northern tragedySubscribers only

August 15, 2008

The morning of May 14, 1942 was windy but warm as the hastily-built pontoon boat left the southern shore of Charlie Lake.

Living with 9.79 seconds for 20 yearsSubscribers only

August 15, 2008

I remember watching the Men's 100-metre final of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Almost 60 years later, so many changes!Subscribers only

August 15, 2008

Each time I go back to Whitehorse for a visit (and I've been back a dozen times since I left in 1950), I'm amazed to see fresh milk in the grocery stores.

Here’s hoping the Olympics remain safeSubscribers only

August 15, 2008

As I am writing this column, the telecast of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing has, according to the news on the radio, just come to an end.