Yukon North Of Ordinary

Opinions archive for February 10, 2012

It’s branding time at the Harper ranch ( Uffish Thoughts ) Subscribers only

January 12, 2012 at 3:17 pm

Branding used to be just an easy way of marking animals so that their owners knew which ones belonged to them.

The impact of assigning a human face to tragedy ( Editorial ) Subscribers only

January 11, 2012 at 3:42 pm

The Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board offers a variety of instructive programs and workshops designed to reduce the territory’s distressingly high workplace injuries and fatalities rates.

Mr. President: great powers don’t fight one another ( Comment ) Subscribers only

January 10, 2012 at 3:26 pm

If you’re not allowed to enslave people any more, or even loot their resources, then what is the point of being a traditional great power?

Playing Russian roulette with death and carnage ( Editorial ) Subscribers only

January 6, 2012 at 4:34 pm

“You’d be surprised how many people thank us.”

Don’t despair! The days are lengthening!  ( Comment ) Subscribers only

January 6, 2012 at 4:32 pm

I see the light!

What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic Subscribers only

January 6, 2012 at 4:30 pm

Year-end is always a time for reflection. As a northern scientist, the sleeper story of 2011 for me was the melt of summer sea ice.

The White Girl Series: light after dark Subscribers only

January 6, 2012 at 4:27 pm

Happy New Year’s starts off with a bang, followed by a succession of sharp cracks as the clip in the rifle is emptied.

Medicare has no friends in politics ( Comment ) Subscribers only

January 6, 2012 at 4:24 pm

Since its establishment by Tommy Douglas and Lester B. Pearson and earlier, medicare continues to be consistently supported by 80 to 90 per cent of Canadians.

Remember: the mind is only a tool Subscribers only

January 6, 2012 at 4:22 pm

“When humanity can let go of being controlled through fear and resist judging others,

The era of the reckless consumer is ending Subscribers only

January 5, 2012 at 3:22 pm

During the so-called Gilded Age in the United States in the later part of the 19th century, a writer recounted that there were parties at which guests wrapped cigarettes