General

Because Dawson entered a guilty plea in 2003 for dumping deleterious waste into the Yukon River we are now under the constraint of a court order to build a waste-water treatment plant. To this end both Dawson Council and the Territorial Government have been working diligently to satisfy this order. Preliminary work and funding...
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Having just spent a week or so in Los Angeles and San Fransisco reconfirms something I have always known to be true, if I can make a general statement let me say that Americans at the grassroots level are amazing people like none other. I love their openness and acceptance of others. I know...
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Dawson CAO Paul Moore has been selected to take part in The Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference to be held in Banff in June. Only 230 participants from across Canada have been invited to the conference. According to the Governor General’s website all members share one thing in common: they are high potential individuals...
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Adam Morrison handed in his resignation from council last week with much regret from all sides. Life goes on and with that came Adam’s earlier decision to hang up his pilot’s wings after thirty years of flying and take up duties in Whitehorse as the main man in charge of Trans North Helicopters. I...
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At lunch today staff surprised Norm Carlson, our Public Works Superintendent with some home cooking and a gift in recognition of his long service to the City of Dawson. Norm was thrilled to get a fancy new spotting scope to help find those elusive animals during hunting season. Here’s wishing Norm another 25 years...
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Welcome to Liz Foubister who began work with our bylaw department a few weeks ago. She hails from Marsh Lake and is returning to the Yukon from Calgary. Ms. Foubister is replacing a less than satisfactory bylaw officer who was on staff for a brief period. Of course Ms. Foubister will be serving our community...
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I’m happy to say that our skating rink at the Art And Margie Fry Rec Centre is looking fantastic judging by a tour last Friday given by Public Works Super Norm Carlson. Every year our rec team along with Public Works makes improvements in order to squeeze more good use out this facility. I...
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Thank you for inviting me to speak today. We Canadians are a non aggressive nation. We don’t go into the world looking for trouble nor do we impose our will on others without just cause. Regretfully, not everyone respects the democratic social order of other nations in the same way. Look at the pages...
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Is it open season on RCMP members? These point blank murders of two constables serving northern communities in NWT and Nunavut borders on the surreal. Serving in Afghanistan might be a safer option than being posted in one of these villages where social problems have obviously spiraled out of control. Shouldn’t our Federal Government...
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The venerable northern magazine Up Here has conducted a reader’s survey of “What’s best in the North”. In the October, 2007 issue 34 picks were selected and yours truly was voted best mayor north of 60. Needless to say I am very flattered and humbled but have to say truthfully I’m not sure I...
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