Opinions Archive
Popular discussions
- Comments should be thoughtful, not abusive (9)
- Proposed building called inappropriate for neighbourhood (7)
- Building’s entry system swiftly repaired (3)
- Electric vehicles will shuttle bus drivers to and from routes (3)
- Meters pilfered, damaged beyond repair (3)
- Respiratory illness season is proving routine, MD says (2)
- Games Centre to receive major improvements (2)
- Hoofed animals may come under management protocols (1)
July 14, 2016
- Small wonder that governments seem clueless It seems almost forgotten that economic growth comes from two principal sources: having more people at work and ensuring that those workers are operating as efficiently as possible.
- Are we in for a South China Sea showdown? The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has ruled China has “no historical rights” to support its claim to practically all of the South China Sea.
July 11, 2016
- Britain becomes Shakespeare in action ( Comment ) It’s a bit like a Shakespeare play – specifically the final scene of Hamlet, when almost all the play’s major characters die violently.
- City hall is offering the same old tax increases ( Comment ) This is an open letter to Mayor Dan Curtis and city council regarding curbside recycling.
July 8, 2016
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A Sourdough on the Sunshine Coast: the trade We have been offered a 33-foot C&C sailboat as trade for our beloved lady, the Audrey Eleanor.
- New land titles and regulations are implemented ( Comment ) This week,
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Mental health: how do you really feel? ( Comment ) Right now at the Yukon Arts Centre, there is an exhibit by local photographers Brianne and Gary Bremner titled This Is How I Really Feel.
- The judge is right: her life is irreplaceable ( Editorial ) Perhaps the sharpest certainty uttered during the fallout of Brandy Vittrekwa’s horrendous death came on June 16, the day her killer was sentenced in a Whitehorse courtroom.
July 7, 2016
- Many will be very susceptible to automation As technology advances at lightning speed, many worry that it will entail the loss of jobs.
- Arrogance and ignorance created misery and terror “Suppose that ... the Iraqis feel ambivalent about being invaded and real Iraqis, not (just) Saddam's special guard, decide to offer resistance,” wrote British prime minister Tony Blair to U.S. president George W. Bush in December 2001.
July 6, 2016
- Fossil-fueling Yukon’s economy is a bad idea The Yukon Chamber of Commerce and Yukon government have embarked on aggressive yet friendly-seeming marketing campaigns promoting a Yukon oil and gas industry,
July 5, 2016
- Voters’ remorse won’t prevent an ugly divorce ( Comment ) Everybody in British politics is in shock now that that they face the reality of having to negotiate the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.