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Mike Pemberton wins Yukon Liberal leadership race, will be territory's 11th premier
The Liberals hold a minority government in Yukon with eight of the 19 available seats in the legislature Published Jun 20, 2025 • Last updated 14 minutes ago • 1 minute read A polling station at an Elections Canada office in the Hill Park Building in Mission was open for early voting on Wednesday April 16, 2025. Gavin Young/Postmedia Mike Pemberton has been named the new leader of the Yukon Liberal Party and will be the territory's 11th premier. A local businessman and longtime party insider, Pemberton won the leadership race by 13 votes over former Kwanlin Dun First Nations Chief Doris Bill. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by David Staples, Keith Gerein and others, Oilers news from Cult of Hockey, Ask EJ Anything features, the Noon News Roundup and Under the Dome newsletters. Unlimited online access to Edmonton Journal and 15 news sites with one account. Edmonton Journal ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by David Staples, Keith Gerein and others, Oilers news from Cult of Hockey, Ask EJ Anything features, the Noon News Roundup and Under the Dome newsletters. Unlimited online access to Edmonton Journal and 15 news sites with one account. Edmonton Journal ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors He will replace outgoing Premier Ranj Pillai who announced earlier this year that he would not be seeking re-election and would step down after his successor was chosen. The party says 873 ballots were cast at the leadership convention in Whitehorse, with Pemberton getting 442 votes, 429 people voting for Bill, and two ballots being spoiled. The next territorial election must be held on or before Nov. 3. The Liberals hold a minority government in Yukon with eight of the 19 available seats in the legislature. Read More Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here. Cult of Hockey Cult of Hockey Politics Sports Cult of Hockey
Edmonton Journal
2 hours ago
- Business
- Edmonton Journal
Lorne Gunter: Infill housing unit reduction an attempt to fool voters to re-elect ‘progressive' council
A multi-unit eight-plex is seen under construction on University Ave and 119 Street on Friday, May 23, 2025. Council voted Wednesday to reduce the number of units allowed under the zoning bylaw to six, from eight. Photo by Shaughn Butts / Postmedia Really!? Just who do Edmonton city councillors think they're going to fool? At Tuesday's meeting of council's urban planning committee, councillors voted four to one to reduce the number of units permitted in mid-block developments from eight to six, after councillors had encountered crushing opposition to the eight-unit bylaw they passed more than a year-and-a-half ago. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by David Staples, Keith Gerein and others, Oilers news from Cult of Hockey, Ask EJ Anything features, the Noon News Roundup and Under the Dome newsletters. Unlimited online access to Edmonton Journal and 15 news sites with one account. Edmonton Journal ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by David Staples, Keith Gerein and others, Oilers news from Cult of Hockey, Ask EJ Anything features, the Noon News Roundup and Under the Dome newsletters. Unlimited online access to Edmonton Journal and 15 news sites with one account. Edmonton Journal ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Whoop-de-do. If you can take any 50-foot lot on any block in any neighbourhood inside the Henday and build an oversized building on it that blocks out the sun and invades the privacy of the neighbours, who cares whether that building has six or eight suites in it? It's the loss of enjoyment of their property by surrounding homeowners and the loss of value of neighbouring homes that's the problem, not whether the massive wall immediately next door, almost to their home's property line, contains an eight-plex or a six-plex. That's how stubborn the current council majority is about what Edmontonians want, and how obsessed they and administration are with cramming as many extra residents as possible into mature neighbourhoods. The vote Tuesday was nothing but a naked attempt by the 'progressive' majority to save their political skins in this fall's municipal election. Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again The eight-plex bylaw has caused huge pushback from owners of existing homes in quiet, single-family neighbourhoods. It is the No. 1 topic council candidates are hearing on doorsteps and at community league meetings. Undoubtedly, the angry voter uprising has every member of council who originally voted for the changes (and all but two of them did) worried about their re-elections this fall. They should be worried. It is a scheme to grow a more densely populated Edmonton that is destructive of neighbourhood and community culture, and at the same time supremely arrogant. It says, 'We (the 'progressive' majority on council and the administration) know better than regular Edmontonians how this city should evolve. And with our superior intelligence, we feel entitled to force change on the rest of you, whether you want it or not.' Edmonton doesn't belong to its citizens, but rather to council and the administration. The proposed change is supposed to come back to the full council in time for a public hearing on June 30. But the term 'hearing' is a misnomer. There has been tremendous opposition to this change since before council passed it and they have wilfully not heard a thing. The proposed change from eight units per lot to six is nothing more than a bone tossed by council to an angry electorate to try to quiet their distemper. The councillors who initially voted for the bylaw include Mayor Amarjeet Sohi, mayoral candidates Andrew Knack and Tim Cartmell and every other member of the current council, except Jennifer Rice and Karen Principe. (Rice was also the only member of the planning committee to turn down the switch from eight units to six because she believes it doesn't reduce the maximum number of units far enough.) I'm guessing the majority on council are laughing at voters behind their backs thinking that maybe — just maybe — we're dumb enough to buy this meaningless change and re-elect them so they can continue their destructive ways for our city. The change doesn't address the lack of parking for these new mega-units. Developers will still be excused from providing off-street stalls, so cars will be parked all over residential streets, potentially even blocking emergency vehicles. The council majority and administration assure everyone though that parking won't be a problem because most of the new residents will be taking transit and won't own cars. In this city? And this climate? That kind of blinkered, delusional thinking is not going to be cured by a public hearing. It can only be treated with a strong dose of electoral defeat. Cult of Hockey Cult of Hockey Politics Sports Cult of Hockey
Edmonton Journal
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Photos: Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals at the Abbotsford Centre
THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by David Staples, Keith Gerein and others, Oilers news from Cult of Hockey, Ask EJ Anything features, the Noon News Roundup and Under the Dome newsletters. Unlimited online access to Edmonton Journal and 15 news sites with one account. Edmonton Journal ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by David Staples, Keith Gerein and others, Oilers news from Cult of Hockey, Ask EJ Anything features, the Noon News Roundup and Under the Dome newsletters. Unlimited online access to Edmonton Journal and 15 news sites with one account. Edmonton Journal ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Fans at the Abbotsford Centre cheer on the home team before Game 4 of the AHL Calder Cup Finals on June 19, 2025 Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr Abbotsford Canucks players stand for the anthem before Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals against the Charlotte Checkers at the Abbotsford Centre on June 19, 2025 Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr Abbotsford Canucks forward Phil Di Giuseppe checks Charlotte Checkers forward Justin Sourdif during the first period of Game 4 of the AHL Calder Cup Finals at the Abbotsford Centre on June 19, 2025. Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr Abbotsford Canucks goaltender Arturs Silovs makes a save during the first period of Game 4 of the AHL Calder Cup Finals against the Charlotte Checkers on June 19, 2025 Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr The Abbotsford Canucks celebrate a first period goal against the Charlotte Checkers during Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals at the Abbotsford Centre on June 19, 2025 Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr Jonathan Lekkerimaki (left) celebrates his first period goal with a teammate during Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals at the Abbotsford Centre on June 19, 2025. Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr Abbotsford Canucks goaltender Arturs Silovs makes a save during Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals against the Charlotte Checkers at the Abbotsford Centre on June 19, 2025 Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr Abbotsford Canucks head coach Manny Malhotra behind the bench during Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals against the Charlotte Checkers at the Abbotsford Centre on June 19, 2025. Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr Abbotsford Canucks centre Ty Mueller checks Charlotte Checkers defenceman Michael Benning during the second period of Game 4 of the AHL Calder Cup Finals on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr Abbotsford Canucks forward Arshdeep Bains celebrate after scoring during the second period of Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals against the Charlotte Checkers on June 19, 2025. Photo by Abbotsford Canucks/Flickr Full Screen is not supported on this browser version. You may use a different browser or device to view this in full screen. The Abbotsford Canucks face off against the Charlotte Checkers in Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals at the Abbotsford Centre on Thursday, June 19, 2025
Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Majority of Albertans rejected provincial pension in 2023 survey
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to the Alberta government's pension engagement survey did not want to dump the Canada Pension Plan and switch to a plan run by the province. Numbers provided by the government showed 63 per cent of people who responded to the survey were opposed to an Alberta pension, 10 per cent were in favour and 12 per cent were undecided or unsure. The remaining 15 per cent was made up of people whose responses were incomplete, or contained questions or suggestions for "other alternatives." The survey results were released to the Edmonton Journal this week after a 21-month battle. The newspaper reported that it asked the province for the responses on multiple occasions only to be met with refusal or documents full of redactions. The data was finally posted to the government's open data site this week after the privacy and information commissioner became involved. In its response, the government cited two 2025 polls which suggested public opinion was shifting in favour of a provincial pension plan "While recent surveys on an APP show public opinion may be shifting, we will continue to engage with Albertans on this topic through the Alberta Next panel," Marisa Breeze, press secretary to finance minister Nate Horner, wrote. "The Alberta Pension Protection Act guarantees we won't replace the CPP with an Alberta Pension Plan unless Albertans approve it in a referendum." Responses in the document called the idea "reckless" and the survey "a farce." "I do not support this idea. I will move out of Alberta if this happens," one respondent said. "I am Canadian first and fully support the Canada Pension Plan. "Withdrawal from the CPP would be a horrendous miscalculation that will impact our province for generations to come," said another. WATCH | Why Alberta says it's entitled to half of the Canada Pension Plan: One respondent characterized the government's pension ambitions as "political posturing." "Stop playing games with my retirement to spite the rest of the country," another wrote. Supporters of a provincial pension said they wanted Alberta to be independent from Ottawa. "Alberta has paid dearly since Confederation," one respondent wrote. "We deserve independence financially." Edmonton-Decore MLA Sharif Haji, the NDP opposition critic for affordability and utilities, said the results prove that Albertans do not want a provincial pension. He criticized the government for trying to hide the survey answers. "It took close to two years," Haji said. "What it tells me is that they never wanted to share because the result was not the one that they wanted." Haji said an Alberta pension plan is part of Premier Danielle Smith's separation agenda, which includes the push for an Alberta provincial police service. In 2023, the province released a report from an independent third party called Lifeworks, that claimed Alberta would be entitled to 53 per cent or $344 billion of the CPP if it withdrew from the national plan in 2027. But Canada's chief actuary determined late last year that the amount was between 20 and 25 per cent of the $575 billion plan. Smith has said Albertans would have to approve an exit from the CPP via a referendum before her government made any move. An engagement panel led by former provincial treasurer Jim Dinning held town halls on the pension issue in the fall of 2023.
Edmonton Journal
16 hours ago
- Edmonton Journal
Climate activist covers Picasso painting with pink paint at Montreal museum
Police say one person was arrested for mischief after the incident and was released with a promise to appear in court at a later date Published Jun 19, 2025 • Last updated 6 minutes ago • 1 minute read A member of Last Generation Canada speaks with a security guard after pink paint was splattered on a Picasso painting at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Photo by Last Generation Canada MONTREAL — A climate activist group says one of its supporters sprayed pink paint this morning on a Pablo Picasso painting at a Montreal museum. Last Generation Canada says an activist smeared washable paint on the 1901 painting L'hetaire at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The group is calling for the Canadian government to create a climate disaster protection agency to help those affected by extreme weather. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by David Staples, Keith Gerein and others, Oilers news from Cult of Hockey, Ask EJ Anything features, the Noon News Roundup and Under the Dome newsletters. Unlimited online access to Edmonton Journal and 15 news sites with one account. Edmonton Journal ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by David Staples, Keith Gerein and others, Oilers news from Cult of Hockey, Ask EJ Anything features, the Noon News Roundup and Under the Dome newsletters. Unlimited online access to Edmonton Journal and 15 news sites with one account. Edmonton Journal ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Montreal police say one person was arrested for mischief after the incident and was released with a promise to appear in court at a later date. The museum says the painting was kept under protective glass and there were no immediate signs of damage to the painting itself, which is on loan from a gallery in Italy. The activist group says it has also targeted the Montreal casino and the BMO Museum with pink paint in recent weeks. Pink paint splattered on a Picasso painting at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Photo by Last Generation Canada Read More Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here. Cult of Hockey Cult of Hockey Politics Cult of Hockey Sports
