Jim Elliot

British Columbia

Reporter at Whitehorse, Yukon News

Reporter at Black Press Media

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Alaska Highway closed due to fuel spill: Federal government

2 weeks ago | yukon-news.com | Jim Elliot

According to a road report issued by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), a federal government body, the Alaska Highway is closed due to a fuel spill at Toad River south of Muncho Lake. An update on the closure is anticipated at 3 p.m. The closure is at KM 668 of the highway. Highway 37, the other road route from British Columbia into the Yukon, may also be seeing traffic disruptions today.
Whitehorse firefighters rescue cat stuck in tree

2 weeks ago | yukon-news.com | Jim Elliot

Porter Creek residents witnessed an event that was a little cliché but entirely admirable as the Whitehorse Fire Department deployed a ladder truck to save a spooked cat from a tall tree. Tom Patrick was in the Boxwood Crescent area on April 2 when the fire department arrived at around 5 p.m. in search of the cat. He says it was a roughly 90-minute effort for four firefighters to get the cat out of the tree but they were able to get a handle on it and bring it down the ladder.
Yukoners learn about allergies, genetics and more at BC Children's Hospital event

3 weeks ago | yukon-news.com | Jim Elliot

Professionals affiliated with BC Children’s Hospital brought information on their cutting-edge health science work to Yukon schools and to the public at MacBride Museum. The visiting programs conducted by the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute were the Mini Med School held at high schools around Whitehorse and the Mini Science Night at the museum on March 27.
Subsidizing healthcare or billionaires

4 weeks ago | leaderadvertiser.com | Jim Elliot

It looks like the only way Congress can pay for tax cuts for billionaires is to cut spending on Medicaid and Medicare. Why? It’s like the bank robber Willie Sutton said when someone asked him why he robbed banks, “That’s where the money is.”Just in case that’s the plan, let me tell you a story. Sometime in 1990 a young man sat on a couch in my house and asked for help. He had a brain tumor. He was there because an older friend of his brought him and insisted that I was somebody who could help him.
Yukoner's snow castle commands attention in Dawson City

2 months ago | reddeeradvocate.com | Jim Elliot

A Dawson City man has spent the winter turning freshly fallen snow into a mighty fortification outside his home. John Hanulik started stacking blocks of compressed snow into a castle complete with a tower and rampart in early November 2024 and has worked almost every day since to get it to where it’s at. He’s dedicated himself to a building project like this in past winters but noted that the tower he accesses using a step ladder is new this year.
The problem with Democrats

Dec 10, 2024 | boulder-monitor.com | Jim Elliot

It is 2011, and the Association of State Democratic Chairs is having one of its quarterly meetings. Chuck Herz, Chair of the Wyoming Democratic Party, raises his hand to be recognized and rises to speak:“There is one important minority that the Democratic Party is ignoring,” he says, “the white working man.”This statement is received with uncomfortable silence until the next speaker stands up and the subject is changed.
Pertussis exposure possible on Yukon to Vancouver flight

Nov 15, 2024 | nelsonstar.com | Jim Elliot

Travellers on a Nov. 6 flight from Whitehorse to Vancouver are being asked to monitor for symptoms as they may have been exposed to pertussis (whooping cough). This recommendation was made by Yukon Communicable Disease Control (YCDC) and the territory’s chief medical officer in a Nov. 14 statement. A case of pertussis was confirmed on Air North flight 4N543 from Whitehorse to Vancouver according to the statement.
Give me a break! Property tax problems continue

Sep 3, 2024 | boulder-monitor.com | Jim Elliot

I’m sure it is just a coincidence that Montana homeowners’ property tax bills come out just a couple of weeks before the election. Coincidence or not, it’s a good reminder for taxpayers to take a closer look at the person who wants their vote. We need no reminders that last year’s property tax bills were a real eye opener, and that this year’s will present more of the same awakening.
Guest column: Stop feeding the turkeys

Jun 10, 2024 | bozemandailychronicle.com | Jim Elliot

I don’t know when the Merriam turkey was introduced to Western Montana, but it was and they have prospered. I can vouch for it. In the 1980s and ’90s I broke out about 65 acres of timberland into cropland and I planted a lot of oats to “tame the soil.” I put up a lot of the oats as hay and word spread fast in turkey-dom. In short-order my haystacks began to look like the rear end of a threshing machine because the turkeys scratched the bales to get at the oat kernels and popped all the strings.
Guest column: Bringing the electoral college into the present day

Apr 15, 2024 | bozemandailychronicle.com | Jim Elliot

The ability to have a say in government by voting is the bedrock principle of democracy. Because of that, every vote should be of equal value and carry the same weight. That is true for every political office in the United States except for the office of the presidency where some people’s votes carry more weight than others depending on which state they vote in. Within the boundaries of a statewide or regional office all votes are equal. They are tallied up and the person with the most votes wins.