Fewer Liberals to choose from, as Yukon premier appoints new cabinet
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver s new cabinet will be sworn in on Monday afternoon, three weeks after his majority government was reduced to a minority by Yukon voters.
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Posted: May 03, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 3
The Yukon Legislature in 2018. The next sitting will see fewer Liberal MLAs, and a more influential NDP. (Claudiane Samson/Radio-Canada)
Unofficial results from Monday's election show that Yukoners in a majority of ridings were largely satisfied with what they had before the vote and yet the next legislative assembly will be very different.
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Q&A | Anything could happen : Whitehorse Star editor weighs in on 2021 Yukon election
Jim Butler, longtime editor of the Whitehorse Star, sees a lot of big promises from Yukon s political parties, but no clear front-runner as the campaign enters the final stretch.
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With less than a week before voting day, the outcome is still hard to predict, says Jim Butler
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Posted: Apr 06, 2021 5:37 PM CT | Last Updated: April 6 A few key votes in fluid ridings could decide who s going to be our next government, said Jim Butler, editor of the Whitehorse Star newspaper.(Vince Fedoroff/Whitehorse Daily Star)