Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Alexei Navalny made a very brave mistake Vladimir Putin’s regime had been assassinating Chechen warlords, defectors from the Russian intelligence services and sundry wayward oligarchs for years.

Of what use are pledges of moderation in a war zone? (Uffish Thoughts) There’s no reason on Earth to think that Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netantyahu, actually believes what he keeps saying about the reasonableness of his intention to completely eradicate the influence of the group called Hamas from Gaza or the West Bank.
Ukraine: the generals are not the problem “God is usually on the side of the big battalions,” Voltaire allegedly said.

Yukon: a global leader in mineral exploration? (Comment) Another concern about working with outdated mining legislation is that resource royalty rates have remained unchanged for more than a century.
The question becomes: where will everyone live? (Comment) First, it’s important to discuss the problem this motion is trying to mitigate.
YG can show it recognizes our struggles (Comment) For far too many small business owners, survival is proving to be more difficult now than it was at the height of the pandemic.

A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do In the immediate aftermath of the massacre of 1,140 Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorists last October, U.S. President Joe Biden went to Israel and gave Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netantyahu some good advice.

Balloon caper brought northern security into focus (Comment) February marks the first anniversary of the Great Yukon Balloon Caper.
All young people deserve to be who they are Ed. note: Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee and Jeanie McLean, the minister of Education and minister responsible for Women and Gender Equity, issued this statement this week.
An existential legal case for Canadian hockey One good thing about the current junior hockey scandal rocking Canada from coast to coast is that Canadians may finally get a chance to see hockey “come clean” on a corrupt culture that’s poisoning the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

‘Fair Vote Yukon’s heart beats for electoral reform’ Ed. note: as the Star reported last Friday, representatives of Fair Vote Yukon visited MP Brendan Hanley in absentia last Thursday.
Sextortion: ‘together, we can make it stop’ Ed. note: the RCMP released this statement Tuesday.

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