northern territories

Yukon election on November 7, 2016

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The Yukon Party strikes again

hobyirwin — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:01:34 +0000

After an eight year Peel Watershed Commission supported by 80% of Yukoners, the ConservationSociety and the four affected native bands the Yukon Party has come down firmly on the side of the Mining industry.

Under the Commisions recomendationd 79% of the area was to be pretected from developement. Yukon Party reduced that to 29% for a more "balanced" land use. Unfortunately, from what I understand, roads could be allowed through protected areas if they were "temporary". If you travel the back country it's easy to find unused roads that are very old but still usable. The land heals very slowly.

Yukon Party strikes again

hobyirwin — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 04:34:44 +0000

As expected the Yukon Party went against all logic, 80% of Yukoners wishes, a 6 year Peel River Commision Study and 4 native bands to come down firmly on the side of the mining industry.

Originally the Commisions report put 80% of the Peel River Watershed under a no mining catagory. Unfortunately this report came out just before the last Territorial election and the Yukon Party sailed through that without ever stating a position on the report. After the election, predictably, they rejected the report looking for a more "balanced' position.

Elections Nunavut

Ippurigakko — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:42:00 +0000

The Government of Nunavut should hold its next election in the fall of 2012, says Tagak Curley, who resigned as minister of health and social services Nov. 16.

Poor Arctic communications threaten region

Catchfire — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:15:33 +0000

“The telecommunications network in the North is fragile.”

Steve Cardiff has died

iceman — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:27:59 +0000

This is sad, he still had so much to give.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/07/07/yukon-ndp-cardiff-o...

Northern Politics Potpourri

Caissa — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:36:12 +0000

Tununiq MLA James Arvaluk has resigned from Nunavut's legislative assembly for health reasons.

Arvaluk notified the assembly of his resignation on Monday, officials have confirmed.

Arvaluk, 63, had a heart attack and a stroke last year and spent weeks in an Ottawa hospital before returning home to Pond Inlet, where he has been recovering since.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/05/16/nunavut-arvaluk-res...

Does Bagnell's defeat open up space for the Yukon NDP in the future?

Ken Burch — Wed, 04 May 2011 10:50:52 +0000

The assumption was that, as long as Larry Bagnell, a relative left-Liberal, held onto the Yukon riding, there was little chance that the Dippers could make a comeback. Can this change now that a presumably hard-right Harperbot has taken the seat?

This thread is at your (Robert) Service for any discussion of that question.

Who's the NDP candidate for Yukon this time?

Ken Burch — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:12:10 +0000

NB Government to pay to Repair NWT Bridge

Caissa — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:09:35 +0000

New Brunswick taxpayers will have to pay up to $4 million to repair a major bridge in the Northwest Territories that was partially built by a New Brunswick firm.

A construction audit released by the N.W.T. government this week has identified a number of problems with Atcon Construction's work on the the Deh Cho Bridge project, which is being built across the Mackenzie River.

Atcon was the Deh Cho Bridge's general contractor until January 2010, when it was removed from the $182-million megaproject because it couldn't agree on terms for the second phase of construction with the bridge's developer.

Yukon NDP Leadership Race

madmax — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:58:59 +0000

NDP Leadership Race

Hanson joins Yukon NDP leadership race Ex-federal bureaucrat says it's 'time that we re-engage with Yukoners'

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So is the NDP dead in the Yukon or not?

Islam in Yellowknife

Caissa — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:40:24 +0000

Yellowknife RCMP are investigating what the city's Muslims consider to be a hate crime after an image depicting the Prophet Muhammad was found at their place of worship.

Nur Ali told CBC News that he went to the Islamic Centre of Yellowknife to pray early Monday morning when he saw the picture glued to the door that women use to enter the centre.

Nunavut is partly to blame for Bathurst Caribou Ban

lauracbowman — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:54:31 +0000

In the NWT where the Dene are now facing a hunting ban on the Bathurst Caribou herd there has been much talk about who has the authority to ban hunting between hunters and wildlife managers. In Nunavut, Inuit have seen dramatic herd declines in North Baffin and in the Thelon region as well.

There can be no doubt that wildlife conservation measures strike at the very heart of indigenous rights. The history of wildlife conservation in Canada is a sordid one. Some of Canada's first wildlife conservation measures were developed by a racist judge, Judge Prince in Ontario in the late 19th Century, specifically to prevent aboriginal harvesting.

“We don't have no vegetarians here”

Sven — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:48:13 +0000

A clash between environmentalists and Inuit rights:

http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displayStory.cfm?story_id=126521...

By the way, with our new super-dooper board software, I don't know how to "do the URLs" like the old system...at least on my Mac...

New premier of Nunavut

asterix — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:36:37 +0000

Nunavut names new premier Her name is Eva Aariak, and she was the only woman elected to the territorial assembly in last month's election.