Yukon Party

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Type: Organization

Name: Yukon Party

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Non-profits on the chopping block

Health Minister Doug Graham’s off-the-cuff announcement that he intends to wind-down some non-profits that are solely concerned with advocacy, rather than services, strikes us as a trial balloon: it’s intended to gauge the public’s reception before he ... [Published Yukon News - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Doug Graham, Yukon Party, Coalition, Ottawa

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Another broken promise

On Jan. 14, Resources Minister Brad Cathers wrote a letter to Yukoners Concerned About Oil & Gas Exploration/Development in which he referred to a motion he introduced in the legislature that would ensure that Yukoners would be included in the future ... [Published Yukon News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Brad Cathers, Yukon Party, Hydraulic Fracturing

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Yukon Party government shows disrespect for NGOs

As the spring sitting of the legislative assembly comes to a close, important concerns about the Yukon Party government’s approach to dealing with non-government organizations have emerged.The premier’s budget address contained an unprecedented - for ... [Published Yukon News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Yukon Party, Organism, Democracy, Environmental Stewardship

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Regulation could ease doctor shortage: midwife

Ian Stewart/Yukon NewsKathleen Cranfield, a registered midwife, says having midwives operating in the Yukon would save money for the territory.The only clinics accepting new patients in the Yukon today are maternity clinics.All Yukoners seeking a family ... [Published Yukon News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Doug Graham, Midwifery, Yukon Party, Pregnancy, Ian Stewart

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Yukon Party

Power rebate future questioned

The Yukon Party can’t decide if it supports the interim electrical rebate. Sandy Silver called on the government to extend the rebate through April 2 ... [Published Yukon News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Yukon Party, Silver

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Select committees and consensus decision-making - the Yukon way

The NDP Official Opposition was pleased when the Yukon government proposed a select committee of the legislature to consider the risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Yukon.Over the last 10 years, the Yukon government established ... [Published Yukon News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Yukon Party, Landlord and Tenant Act, Whistle-Blower, Testimony

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Yukon Party encouraged to get a little Greener

There’s a slowly simmering crisis in the Yukon, and the flashpoint is right by your kitchen sink. It’s about garbage, waste management, the dump - call it what you may. The good news is that the Yukon government has the ability to turn this crisis into ... [Published Yukon News - May 02 2013]

Entities: Yukon Party, COMPOST, Recycling

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Primitive thinking threatens the Peel

Premier Darrell Pasloski and his colleague Bradley Cathers say that letters in support of the Peel plan from outside the Yukon don’t count.A majority of Yukoners have stated clearly that the Peel is an extraordinary and precious landscape. Outsiders, ... [Published Yukon News - May 01 2013]

Entities: Taliban, Watershed, Yukon Party

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

ATV freedom carries a steep price

Submitted Photo/Yukon NewsTracks made by all-terrain vehicles in the Southern Lakes area.Imagine waking up one morning to discover that someone has ripped across your front lawn on an all-terrain vehicle, leaving behind a trail of mud and chewed-up grass. ... [Published Yukon News - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Yukon Party, Vandalism, Recreational Vehicle, Watershed, Education

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Loose lips sink governments

I was struck, again, by the sheer ineptitude of our Yukon Party government.Minister Brad Cathers was responding to a question in the legislature about possible development of the Crest iron ore deposit. Cathers insisted that if Chevron is prevented from ... [Published Yukon News - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Brad Cathers, Chevron Corp, Yukon Party