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Tuton’s gigantic pay leap ‘all relative’: FentieSubscribers only

July 20, 2010 at 2:08 pm

Premier Dennis Fentie defended Craig Tuton’s nearly 1,000-per-cent raise as the chair of the Yukon Hospital Corp. board that cabinet approved in June.

Art gallery’s permanent collection goes on-lineSubscribers only

July 19, 2010 at 2:19 pm

The Yukon Art Centre gallery’s permanent collection of more than 100 art works are now visible from cyberspace,

Inmate dissatisfied with timeliness of dental careSubscribers only

July 16, 2010 at 3:10 pm

An inmate at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre says he’s in dire need of a dentist because his teeth are rotting, but that the jail is dragging its feet.

Grand Chief assesses commanding mandate

July 15, 2010 at 3:07 pm

Former Ta’an Kwach’an Council leader Ruth Massie took her oath of office for Grand Chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN)

First Nation awaiting chief’s next moveSubscribers only

July 15, 2010 at 2:50 pm

Members and councillors of the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation are still waiting to hear from their jailed chief, Eddie Skookum,

Assembly delegates debate CYFN’s futureSubscribers only

July 14, 2010 at 2:35 pm

Teslin Tlingit Council delegate Duane Aucoin perhaps best described the point at which the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) finds itself these days.

Rains, mudslides strand two dozen travellers

July 13, 2010 at 2:40 pm

One person is feared missing and more than two dozen travellers are stranded after heavy rain on Sunday washed out huge sections of Alaska’s Taylor Highway – some as long as 15 kilometres – between Tok and the Tetlin Junction.

Ignatieff’s cross-country tour will include Whitehorse stopSubscribers only

July 13, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Federal Opposition Leader Michael Ignatieff’s cross-Canada tour,

Grand Chief candidate proposes radical reforms

July 9, 2010 at 3:29 pm

Joe Jack wants to conclude the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN), extend the vote for Grand Chief to all aboriginal people in the territory and establish a First Nation police force.

The autocratic pattern of ‘passing the buck’ ( Comment )Subscribers only

July 9, 2010 at 2:43 pm

If nothing else, Premier Dennis Fentie’s reign over the Yukon, particularly during the previous two years,

All news by Jason Unrau