Last Friday this picture would have shown a thicket of mature trees obscuring the hills in the background. Today, despite a stop work order issued by the city last week, Slinky Mines saw fit to ignore Dawson’s authority and have proceeded with their plans to cut down the remaining forest anyway. Consequently, Town Council...
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I am deeply disappointed with the Yukon Party and Minister Rouble’s three hour filibuster in the legislature last week in reply to MLA Steve Cardiff’s motion to overhaul Yukon’ s mining regulations. This political gamesmanship belongs in the kindergarten sandbox and nowhere else. It doesn’t belong in the realm of grown-ups charged with the...
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Every year the Association of Yukon Communities receives nominations for an award that recognizes a significant contribution by a past member. This award is called the Hanseatic Award and am proud to say that I was this year’s recipient. It was presented to me at their AGM banquet held at the historic Palace Grand...
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Congratulations to Bill Kendrick on his swearing in as the fifth member of the Dawson City Council last Wednesday night. Considering the self serving leadership Mayor Jenkins is offering us, concerned citizens can at least be thankful for a council that will, for the most part, keep an eye on our mayor and ensure...
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As predictable as it may be, it is still very odious. I’m referring to the Territorial Government’s decision to ignore the Yukon Socioeconomic Assessment Board’s recommendation that placer mining not proceed in people’s backyards on the Dome Road. Apparently the decision body wasn’t able to grasp the full scope of the proponent’s intentions or...
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During the dark winter months of 2006 Ashley Doiron helped organize the Dawson City Citizen’s Action Group. Its purpose was to attract people that wanted to do something about the intolerable state of our municipal affairs. I’m referring to the government appointed trusteeship that was running the town in the absence of the mayor...
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