The National Post reports today that it has seen evidence that payouts to residential school survivors have contributed to social pathologies, including suicide, depression, and alcohol and drug abuse.  The “Common Experience Payment” (CEP), which began in the fall of 2007, was intended to compensate aboriginals who were taken away from their communities to attend [...]

Yukon has too many bison roaming around and something has to be done.  C’mon up north, everybody, the huntin’s fine.
“In previous years the only people that were permitted to hunt were those people that applied for and obtained a permit, and the number of permits was restricted,” said conservation officer Kris Gustafson.
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“This year, it’s an [...]

The Hon Dennis Fentie (at right), Premier of Yukon, backs the Conservative candidate in the federal election.
Premier Dennis Fentie waded into the federal election fray today by throwing his support behind Yukon Conservative election candidate Darrell Pasloski – but not before lambasting the Liberals and incumbent MP Larry Bagnell.
“This misguided approach by (federal Liberal Leader [...]

As readers of my former blog Magic Statistics will know, I recently retired and moved from Canada’s frozen North-West to its hurricane-prone South-East. In 1988, my wife and I moved from Vancouver, BC, to Whitehorse, Yukon, where I worked as a statistician for 20 years. Last month, we sold our house and moved [...]