Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

We have proved that Yukoners want to recycle As reported in last Monday’s Star, the Raven Recycling Society plans major operational changes in 2024,

The drop-off was always meant to be temporary As reported in Monday’s _Star_, the Raven Recycling Society plans major operational changes in 2024, including the closure of its drop-off bins at its Industrial Road premises effective Dec. 31.
E-mail scammers are trying something new (Uffish Thoughts) Northwestel Inc. is still being plagued by the same type of phishing or spoofing scams that are intended to collect information from the company’s customers.
Municipalities need more infrastructure money Ed. note: at last Monday’s city council meeting, Coun. Ted Laking discussed rising infrastructure costs for municipalities and the need for stronger federal and territorial investments.

The Ukraine war and international law (Comment) Just before Friday’s first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, France’s President Emmanuel Macron declared that he wanted to see Russia “defeated, but not crushed.”

Ukraine defies a global bully and rogue nation Ed. note: on Thursday, the Yukon Party caucus released statements on what it called “one year of Russia’s unjust invasion of Ukraine.”
Question: whose mandate is it, anyway? (Uffish Thoughts) Ranj Pillai’s ascension to the premier’s office on Jan. 14 seems to have raised questions about whether he has any right to be there.
The future of mining in the Yukon (Comment) Ed. note: this is a submission from the Yukon Chamber of Mines.

How the world can avoid a war with China “I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me we will fight (with China) in 2025,” declared U.S. Air Force General Mike Minihan late last month.

The floaty-bag problem: now solved? (Comment) The United States has been having “a bit of a floaty-bag problem over its airspace,” as South Africa’s Daily Maverick news-site put it.Indeed it has.

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