Opinions Archive
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- Release’s timing called ‘spineless, greasy’ (59)
- Teachers, parents called ‘shocked’ by decision (36)
- YG’s Facebook post on firewood ignited indignation (31)
- Yukon political parties assess Quebec’s plans for fines (29)
- YG comments on news release’s timing (23)
- Whistle Bend needs a fire hall: councillor (17)
- COVID outbreak reported at Copper Ridge Place (13)
- Woman apprehended after RCMP chase (10)
December 15, 2021
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Shovellers, property owners need to be licensed! (Comment) This commentary has been submitted by a Whitehorse community of concerned citizens and business owners.
December 13, 2021
- Ukraine: there will be no invasion I must admit that I Wag the Dog before starting to write this.
December 10, 2021
- Memories of my first Christmas in the North (Comment) I was 11 years old when we moved from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Haines Junction, Yukon, a community of perhaps 500 residents.
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Author’s love for Dawson can be found on every page (Review) Chris Ross, formerly Chris Beacom, texted me earlier this year to tell me his book was about to be published and I should buy it because I’m in it.
- Sometimes you need her to climb in beside you (Comment) I heard stories from residential school survivors and hugged them.
December 3, 2021
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Thoughts on each Friday’s ‘obits’ (Comment) Today is my “half-birthday”, exactly six months since the last actual anniversary of that momentous day.
- When governments fail to govern Ed. note: this column was submitted shortly before the omicron variant of COVID-19 came to world attention.
- 2023 – there’s lot of stuff I don’t get Scruffy dog and tousled child were curled up against a tree, basking in the campfire heat.
- We all stand diminished by Afghanistan (Comment) Christmas is a time of comfort and celebration for most of us, which makes it the best time to consider those less fortunate.
- Could the Freedom Party exert collateral damage? (Editorial) During a radio appearance amid last week’s serial on the Yukon Party’s non-confidence motion, Premier Sandy Silver voiced an unusually aggressive critique of
November 29, 2021
- This mandate deprives people of choice Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver. The Whitehorse writer has requested anonymity.
November 26, 2021
- 2023 – the question: what came next? (Comment) The small child came home, belly groaning with hunger.
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A day never destined for cliffhanger infamy (Comment) With all due apologies to Chicken Little, this week’s shrieks of “The government is falling!” comprised a classic case of frantic but fruitless fervour – be it of the wishful or the panic-stricken variety.