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Jack Cable, a former commissioner, MLA and well-known lawyer, passed away Wednesday. His daughter, Sue Edelman, spoke eloquently about him Thursday afternoon during an interview with the Star. She didn’t hesitate for an instant when asked to provide one word that described her father. “Curious,” she said. “He was always curious, always interested in things.” Cable, she added, liked to experiment as well. At one point, he was trying to grow wheat in the front yard of their Riverdale home. That experiment was a failure, she recalled wryly, but it made the family home an instant attrac...

“We have a strong team that is going to hold the government to account and bring the concerns of Yukoners to the floor of the house,” said Dixon. The official Opposition leader, who is the MLA for Copperbelt North, is the critic for the Executive Council Office; Public Service Commission; Environment; the Yukon Liquor Corp., the Yukon Lottery Corp.; the Yukon Cannabis Corp.; and early learning and child care. Scott Kent, who represents Copperbelt South, is the house leader, and will shadow Education; Energy, Mines, and Resources; and Highways and Public Works. Brad Cathers, the MLA for La...

Revised - Premier Sandy Silver delivered a record capital budget Thursday of $434.3 million, most of it going to the Department of Highways and Public Works, as is generally the case. The capital budget for 2021-2022 is 17 per cent greater than the $369.6 million budgeted for the current fiscal year, according to government documents. The budget for Highways and Public Works for the 2021-2022 fiscal year has been set at $192.5 million, representing a 19.3 per cent or $31-million increase over the budget for the current fiscal year. The Department of Community Services has received the second-...