Opinion

During my time as president of Aurora College, as I was leading the transformation toward becoming a polytechnic university, I’d often have conversations with Northerners around two key questions: What exactly is a polytechnic university and how do polytechnic universities differ from ‘traditional’ universities in Canada?

When you are a homeowner in any community in the NWT, and you are paying $1.75 per litre for imported heating oil, and you are paying the highest rates for electricity in all of Canada, this title doesn’t make life feel any more affordable. No doubt about that.

This might be a good time for people to do a little penny pinching and squeezing the most of your food money.

What does it mean to come to a resolution that is genuinely beneficial for all parties at the table?

A teenage client of mine is currently faced with the draw of social media.

This year, the Yukon Employees’ Union, along with labour organizations across the North, sent a clear message that everyone has the right to feel safe in our communities.

From Charles McNeely,

One of the great adages of the previous century was “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth”. It means take what someone is offering you and leave the details alone, although they may make the difference between a profitable outcome and a complete liability. Case in point for me has been the Taltson Expansion Project.

From Clarence Wood,

It’s been awhile since I wrote home. I’ve been so busy with articling that I haven’t had much time for anything else, even writing.