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Looking Back makes a return to the pages for a Friday and this time, we’re going back to see what was happening on or around March 20, 2005.

Plenty of St. Patrick’s Day-themed events were happening, but there was also a march in support of a peaceful end to what was happening in Iraq at the time. And the Yk Basketball Association playoffs were in full swing at Weledeh ...


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Tweedly Dee, Tweedly Dumb,

Better get ready to run,

Because with all the proposed infrastructure plans for the North,

Hordes of new bureaucrats will be a-coming.

A long time ago, I read a book about bureaucracies. I can’t remember its author or title, but it was certainly an interesting read.

One of the book’s takeaways was that the bigger a...


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The city’s governance and priorities committee got an update on the Giant Mine Remediation Project during its regular meeting at city hall on Wednesday, highlighting progress made, ongoing work, and upcoming initiatives at the former gold mine site.

The mine, which operated from 1948 to 1999, left behind arsenic-contaminated underground chambers, hazardous soils, and d...


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The 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group are currently undertaking a long-range patrol across the Arctic coastline.

Daniel Beaudoin, one of the participants, said “as Rangers, we are the military’s permanent presence in every community in the Yukon. We are not combat forces, but we have the experience and expertise to operate in challenging northern conditions. We are not ...


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A 35-year-old man from Nunavut has died while in police custody in Yellowknife.

According to RCMP, the male, who police say was originally from Nunavut, was apprehended at the Explorer Hotel on Thursday morning at around 6:50 a.m. Officers were responding to a report of someone making threats at the hotel and the investigation determined he had allegedly assaulted a fe...


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