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  Yukon Territory - Search View - MSN Encarta
To the outsider the Yukon Territory remains inextricably associated with the rush for gold in the Klondike region at the end of the 19th century.
The frost-free period in the valleys of the Yukon Plateau averages only about 75 days, but the date of the first frost and the severity of the winters are highly unpredictable, depending on whether icy air masses from the Arctic or warmer currents of air coming from the northern Pacific Ocean prevail over the area.
The Yukon Territory is represented in the Canadian Parliament by one elected representative in the House of Commons and by one senator appointed by the federal government.
encarta.msn.com /text_761576299__1/Yukon_Territory.html   (2487 words)

  
 Yukon Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Yukon Party is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada.
As of 3 Aug 2006, the Yukon Party holds 9 seats in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.
On Oct 10, 2006, the Yukon Party was re-elected, holding 10 seats in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yukon_Party   (549 words)

  
 Yukon
Yukon is one of Canada's northern territories, in the country's extreme northwest.
The Liberal government of Pat Duncan[?] was razed in elections in November 2002, with Dennis Fentie[?] of the Yukon Party[?] forming the government as Premier.
A land claim representing 7000 members of the Yukon tribe was signed with the federal government in 1991.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/yu/Yukon.html   (449 words)

  
 The Warawa Report: Yukon Party Victory!
Yesterday the Yukon Party won a majority government with 10 seats, the Yukon Liberal Party won 5 seats, and the Yukon New Democratic Party won 3 seats.
Brad Cathers is a former Reform Party and Canadian Alliance activist, the Hon.
Jim Kenyon was the Yukon's Canadian Alliance candidate in the 2000 federal election, and the Hon.
warawa.blogspot.com /2006/10/yukon-party-victory.html   (351 words)

  
 yukon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The warmest recorded temperature in the Yukon was 97°F (36.1°C) on 14 June 1969 at Mayo; the coldest was -81°F (-63°C) on 3 February 1947 at Snag.
Above the Arctic Circle (latitude 66 north), the Yukon is known as "the land of the midnight sun" because for three months in summer, sunlight is almost continuous.
All 29 elementary and secondary schools in the Yukon are public; enrollment in 1995 was 5,700.
cms.westport.k12.ct.us /cmslmc/foreignlanguages/canada/yukon.htm   (3122 words)

  
 Whitehorse Star Online
The Yukon Party’s 10 seats are spread across both Whitehorse and the communities, with an even split of five rural seats and five in and around Whitehorse.
Steve Nordick is the Yukon Party’s new face in Klondike in the wake of the last November’s departure of Peter Jenkins from the party and the former deputy premier’s decision not to seek office in this election.
Edzerza left the Yukon Party caucus and his positions of Education and Justice minister to sit as an independent this summer, stating his intention to seek re-election under the NDP banner.
www.whitehorsestar.com /auth.php?r=44599   (1425 words)

  
 Welcome to the Yukon Territory, Canada
Yukon or Yukon Territory or (usually) The Yukon is one of Canada's northern territories, in the country's extreme northwest.
The two main Yukon rivers flowing into the Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories are the Liard River in the southeast and the Peel River and its tributaries in the northeast.
Yukon was one of eight jurisdictions in Canada to offer same-sex marriage before the passage of Canada's Civil Marriage Act, along with British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.
www.hometowncanada.com /yk   (1545 words)

  
 Yukon
The election of Pat Duncan and the ousting of the NDP government in the Yukon last year are a sign of things to come for Louise.
Also, Alexa tooked her leaders tour to the Yukon and in recongition that we need this seat on eday to have 12 for party status.
Despite previous gaffes as a potential Yukon Party candidate, Kenyon seemed to perform fairly well in the debates and will have strong support in the communities of Faro, Watson Lake, Dawson City and the neighbourhoods of Porter Creek in Whitehorse.
www.electionprediction.org /2000_federal/ter/yukon.html   (851 words)

  
 CNEW: Politics - Yukon Party wins election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Fentie, the first rural party leader to win a Yukon government, was in his town constituency of Watson Lake, a community of 1,500 about 450 kilometres southeast of Whitehorse.
At dissolution, the Liberals held eight seats, the NDP had four, the Yukon party had two and there were three Independents.
Fentie left the NDP in May to join the Yukon party and was elected its leader a month later.
cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Politics/2002/11/03/3488.html   (498 words)

  
 Dennis Fentie News
The Yukon Party government is asking the legislative assembly to approve approximately $105.6 million more in expenditures for the 2006-07 budget.
The Yukon's policy of clawing back social assistance benefits of families receiving the National Child Benefit Supplement may be a violation of the territory's Human Rights Act, says NDP Leader Todd Hardy.
A booming economy and the lowest unemployment rate in Yukon history were enough to give Premier Dennis Fentie and the Yukon Party a second majority win in the October 10 election.
www.topix.net /ca/dennis-fentie   (657 words)

  
 Whitehorse Star Online
The implications of John Edzerza, the former Yukon Party Education and Justice minister, resigning from his party’s caucus and government cabinet this week, could be far-reaching.
It is party policy that an MLA elected under a different banner, must resign his or her seat and force a byelection or sit as an independent and later seek party nomination in a riding.
The decision to seek the party’s nod is based on what she feels she can do for the riding, not who she might be running against, said Lewis.
www.whitehorsestar.com /auth.php?r=43788   (1069 words)

  
 Magic Statistics - “I accept no responsibility for statistics, which are a form of magic beyond my ...
He heads the Yukon Party, which defeated the Liberal Party in 2002 to form the government.
Yukon NDP leader Todd Hardy is in a Vancouver hospital receiving treatment for leukemia.
Last November, I blogged the story on Yukon Party MLA Peter Jenkins, who quit, or was forced to quit, to sit as an independent.
magicstatistics.com /2006/09/09/yukoners-heading-to-the-polls   (1027 words)

  
 Yukon Health & Social Services - The Minister
Brad Cathers was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the general election of November 4, 2002.
Cathers was involved in the administration of the Yukon Party, serving as president of the Yukon Party Lake Laberge Riding Association from 1998-1999, and on the territorial executive of the Yukon Party in 2001 and 2002.
Cathers was the Yukon constituency president for the Reform Party of Canada/Canadian Alliance from 1998 until his election to the Legislative Assembly; was a member of the Reform Party of Canada Leader's Grassroots Advisory Committee on the United Alternative, 1998-1999; and was the Yukon's member on the Canadian Alliance National Council from 2000-2002.
www.hss.gov.yk.ca /about/minister   (180 words)

  
 Dennis Fentie News - Page 2
Two weeks after Yukon New Democratic Party Leader Todd Hardy was sent by air ambulance from Whitehorse to a Vancouver hospital to receive chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, he had an important...
Yukon Party Leader Dennis Fentie and NDP Leader Todd Hardy seemed to be willing to collaborate on at least one thing at last night's CBC leaders forum: testing the stance of Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell.
The Yukon Party platform isn't meant to be compared to the promises that launched it into majority government in 2002, says Yukon Party Leader Dennis Fentie.
www.topix.net /ca/dennis-fentie/page2   (814 words)

  
 The Yukon
Among the NDP and Yukon Incumbents, we have some that are more popular than their Party and will be re-elected regardless; but we have some that are likewise more popular than their Party but will be overwhelmed by this NDP momentum.
It must be remembered that not all Parties have the same depth to field a team of candidates, let alone a future Cabinet, and when District voters see who their final choices are, the sentiment that we see today can vanish quickly.
Currently the Yukon Party has 11 MLA's, the NDP 5, there is one Liberal and a single Independent.
www.trendlines.ca /TheYukon.htm   (5295 words)

  
 tr-Yukon
Party lines mean nothing here, this is a battle between Larry Bagnell, Pam Boyde, and whoever the CPC nominates.
The Yukon represents a vast area encompassing many varied constituencies, and generally speaking, unlike the rest of Canada, the popularity of the candidate (or incumbent) is of greater importance than party affiliation.
Anyone who believes the federal election in the Yukon will be a repeat of the 2000 campaign is not paying attention to the riding dynamics and probably never lived in the territory.
www.electionprediction.org /2004_fed/riding/62001-yukon.htm   (2189 words)

  
 CBC.ca | Yukon Votes 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Yukon Party made history Tuesday by becoming the first party since 1989 to win a second term in government.
The Yukon Party under Dennis Fentie has been re-elected with a majority in the territorial election, climbing by one seat to 10.
All six members of the previous cabinet were re-elected in their ridings as the Yukon Party returned to the legislature with a majority government.
www.cbc.ca /yukonvotes2006   (217 words)

  
 Yukon
The Yukon Territory is one of Canada’s three territories, in the country’s extreme northwest.
At about the same time, Robert Campbell, coming from Fort Simpson explored a large part of the southern Yukon and established Fort Frances (1842) on Frances Lake in the Liard River basin and Fort Selkirk, Yukon (1848) at the juncture of the Yukon River and the Pelly River.
This was despite the development of other mining areas including silver in Conrad, Yukon and especially near Mayo, gold in the Kluane Lake area, and copper near Whitehorse.
www.globalguide.org /index.html?title=Yukon   (3146 words)

  
 Official Yukon Party Web Site
She was employed for several years as the Elder's Coordinator where it was her responsibility to ensure the voice of the Elders was included in shaping the governance of the Teslin Tlingit.
Marian's decision to seek public office is based on her desire to contribute to what she views as a positive trend in Yukon, both in the areas of economic development and social policy.
She attributes this trend to the vision and policies of the current Yukon Party government.
www.yukonparty.ca /html/members/marian_horne.html   (507 words)

  
 Yukon Victory
The Yukon New Democrats scored a resounding majority victory in September's territorial elections after a race that most observers claimed was too close to call.
The conservative Yukon Party, which had beaten the NDP at the polls four years ago, was reduced to three seats, with the Liberal Party also elected in three ridings.
A few months before the election was called, the Yukon Party had tried to vilify the NDP leader on conflict of interest charges over a property deal made while he was a minister in Tony Penikett's NDP government.
www.web.net /~ondp/nod/nov96/yukon.HTM   (686 words)

  
 Elections Yukon: Elections
Elections of the members to the Yukon Legislative Assembly are the responsibility of the chief electoral officer of Yukon who is selected by the members of the Legislative Assembly.
There are three political parties represented in the Legislative Assembly and registered with the chief electoral officer.
A registration also needs the signatures of at least 100 party members who are qualified to vote in an election.
www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca /elections.html   (1404 words)

  
 Yukon Facts 1998
The Yukon Legislative Assembly consists of 17 elected members and functions in much the same way as a provincial legislature.
Of the ten provinces and three territories, the Yukon is the ninth largest with only the four Atlantic provinces being smaller.
Temperatures in the Yukon are usually more extreme than those experienced in the southern provinces of Canada.
www.yesnet.yk.ca /schools/elijahsmith/geography/factsyukon2.html   (369 words)

  
 Official Yukon Party Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A letter from Yukon Party Leader Dennis Fentie to all Yukoners, click here.
Yukon Party Commits to Developing Roads & Rails to Resources and Port Access as Part of a Transportation Vision for Yukon
Call the Yukon Party Campaign Headquarters, 668-6505, to arrange transportation to and from respective polling stations on October 10th.
www.yukonparty.ca   (164 words)

  
 Yukon Independence Party
A party governence for the People By the People of the Yukon.
I think most Yukoners are tired of party politics and are quite disappointed with our current governing party, especially the leader...
WELCOME TO THE BIRTH OF THE YUKON INDEPENDENCE PARTY First and foremost in regards to the recent article in the Whitehorse Star, we have to call our group a "Party" for in Secion 44 of...
groups.msn.com /YukonIndependenceParty   (345 words)

  
 Yukon Liberal Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.
After twenty years as a minor party, the Yukon Liberal Party won the 2000 general election and formed a government under Premier Pat Duncan.
The party was almost completely wiped out, however, by the Yukon Party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yukon_Liberal_Party   (215 words)

  
 Yukonbiz - Talking to politicans: Yukon Party
In the past year the Yukon Government, led by the Yukon Party, contributed $5.2 million to IT-related initiatives.
Since the Yukon Party came to power a few years ago, they have increased IT spending on an annual basis.
His goal is get Yukon IT professionals up to speed on the latest technologies and industry advancements, working with our own unique constraints (being in the north and all).
yukonbiz.com /site/talking_to_politicans_yukon_party   (525 words)

  
 Yukon Party majority gets 10 seats
The Yukon Party under Dennis Fentie has been re-elected with a majority government in Tuesday's territorial election, climbing by one seat to a total of 10.
Glenn Hart was re-elected for the Yukon Party in Riverdale South as was the party's Riverdale North candidate, Ted Staffen.
The riding of Pelly-Nisutlin was won by the Yukon Party's Marion Horne and the party recaptured the Klondike riding with candidate Steve Nordick.
www.cbc.ca /canada/yukonvotes2006/story/2006/10/05/election-win.html   (1175 words)

  
 Yukon Territorial Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
We have sent the leaders of the Yukon New Democratic Party, Yukon Party and Yukon Liberal Party questions about literacy and have posted their answers.
In the Yukon, 33% of adults have low literacy skills that range from the complete inability to read or write; to being unable to extract information from written documents.
There are Yukoners available to fill these jobs, but they often lack the basic skills required to participate in the workforce.
www.yukonliteracy.ca /info/YukonTerritorialElection.html   (468 words)

  
 Yukon Party gets majority
The Yukon Party has been re-elected in Tuesday's territorial election, and CBC News projects it will form a majority.
Yukon doesn't have the same rights as other provinces have with Attorney General status.
Yukoners need their firearms, just as our forefathers needed that essential tool.
www.lufa.ca /news/news_item.asp?NewsID=6490   (1330 words)

  
 Yukon News
Edzerza, formerly the Education and Justice minister, left the Yukon Party in early August, citing a...
Yukon Liberal Party leader Arthur Mitchell is promising a $250 tax credit for all Yukoners if he is elected premier.
Vets did their job Open letter to Christine Kallikragas, Re Tiny Dog Fatally Mauled (September 1, Yukon News): I am sorry about the loss of your dog and wish the circumstances were different.
www.yukon-news.com /news/archives/13sep2006/all   (453 words)

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