Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Science and the uncertainty of recovery ( Comment ) Amidst the muted rumblings of market recovery, with commodities rising marginally and a barrel of oil touching $40 again, new shoots of emergent vegetation in the territory herald an impending spring.
Indeed, a distinguished sign of the times Several traffic signs in Whitehorse now say STOP in English and the equivalent of “Stop that now” in Southern Tutchone.
French protest suggestion to remove their hats “Look what they’ve done to my hat, Ma. Ils ont changé mon chapeau.”
For Yukoners, a challenge is an opportunity ( Comment ) As Premier Darrell Pasloski noted in this space just three weeks ago, mining has been a cornerstone of Yukon’s economy and an important part of our culture for more than a century.

Flexible pricing practices take many forms Most of us are aware that companies’ prices are flexible.
China: heralding another chairman Mao? ( Comment ) Opening the National People’s Congress in Beijing last Saturday, Prime Minister Li Keqiang set China’s growth target for the coming year at 6.5- seven per cent, the lowest in decades.

NDP brings in Bill McKibben and bad climate advice It seems out of touch with the still carbon price confused energy and climate conversation in Yukon where, e.g. an S. David Freeman,

A Sourdough on the Sunshine Coast: the diagnosis Kaitlin, my daughter, and I return to Vancouver after a hot and sunny Labour Day weekend spent in Powell River on the Sunshine Coast.
Alberta carbon price plan ambushes clean energy ( Comment ) Blacked out is renewable energy source legislation from Denmark to Texas to China that have become legend for reducing emissions and leveraging employment.
Climate change pact accommodates Yukon interests ( Comment ) This week’s first ministers’ meeting in Vancouver resulted in a declaration from all leaders that is a big win for all northerners and Canadians.
Sports, politics and a ‘Who’s on First?’ fiasco ( Editorial ) Are goofy judgment, petty politics and pure paranoia running amok to the extent they can snub a Yukon Olympian, of all people?

We must change our reckless, spendthrift ways Last Thursday’s column cited the reasons for assuming much higher gold prices in the future.
The Syrian truce: can it become permanent? ( Comment ) LONDON – So far, the Russian plan for a ceasefire in Syria is working remarkably well.
It’s not enough to NOT BE something ( Uffish Thoughts ) It’s not enough to NOT BE something ( Uffish Thoughts )

A new Biomass Energy Strategy for Yukon ( Comment ) Yukon has a long history of using wood as a source of energy.
As time progresses, the world regresses ( Musings ) It seems that the older I get, the less sense the world makes to me.
The city’s charging you more, but reasonably so ( Editorial ) With the 2015 municipal election consigned to the archives, some residents expected the operating budget tabled Monday would ravenously make up for lost time in the tax field.

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