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February 23, 2018
- Electoral reform: the two-round electoral system ( Comment ) The Yukon government is forming a non-partisan commission to study electoral reform in the Yukon.
- Seniors deserve humane and dignified care ( Musings ) Many, many years ago, when I was still young and nimble, I worked for a couple of years in a nursing home in Edmonton.
February 22, 2018
- It’s amateur hour in the Middle East Last Sunday, it was revealed that the Syrian army has made a deal to help the Syrian Kurds (who are technically rebels) fight off the Turkish invasion of Afrin.
February 19, 2018
- The case for tweaking our national anthem ( Uffish Thoughts ) The case for tweaking our national anthem
February 16, 2018
- Community service becomes well-paid jobs ( Editorial ) On Monday night, city council passed first and second readings of a remuneration bylaw.
February 15, 2018
- Future jobs: Moravec’s Paradox vs. AGI ( Comment ) Don’t bother asking if jobs are being lost to computers.
February 9, 2018
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Election slogans and harsh words from Boston “Zank you” and “OK” – these seemed to be the only English expressions the couple from southern China knew, or at least were brave enough to try saying.
- Memories of the days when I could cancan ( Comment ) When I showed my 15-year-old son a 35-year-old photograph of myself as a Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous cancan dancer, he gave me a curious look and said, “Was that OK to be lifting your dress up like that?”
- This isn’t the way to create a group home ( Editorial ) The Wann Road resident was speaking to the Star Tuesday