Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

A precarious economy must be managed carefully Something un-Canadian has been happening to our economy.
Afghanistan: watch it go down, down, down .... ( Comment ) The Taliban have been busy fighting the rival Islamic State jihadis who began operating in Afghanistan early this year.

By and large, it’s been a pretty good year ( Comment ) If historical ingratitude were a crime, most of the people writing year-end pieces this month would be in jail.

We can’t afford to let this special moment slip away ( Comment ) Now that we’ve caught our breath from the seemingly endless election campaign,
Carbon pricing blames ordinary people with little say ( Comment ) This is a rebuttal to Sally Wright’s letter (Star, Dec. 21).
Some points to ponder over your seasonal eggnog ( Musings ) Today’s column will have a slightly different format than my usual work.

There are ways to help a troubled economy A catalogue of ills besetting the Canadian economy presents a challenge to the new government in Ottawa.
Syria: not peace, but maybe a ceasefire ( Comment ) Abu Muhammad al-Golani is an Islamist fanatic, a head-chopper (although only in moderation), and the leader of the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate that is classified by the United States as “terrorist”.

A busy fall legislative sitting comes to its close ( Comment ) The fall sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly came to a close on Tuesday.
A fracking sell-out by MLAs and NGOs ( Comment ) They claim the Yukon government (YG) does not follow its own adopted 21 frack while talk recommendations of the legislature’s select committee report, signed by all parties and lobbied for by the NGOs, and in deed fully complied with by YG in all its oil and gas measures.
The challenge to stem the prevailing tide is dire ( Editorial ) Like an aging fighter intent on defying the ravages of time and the onslaught of exuberant punches, the Yukon Party is preparing for a battle of grim proportions in 2016.

We hope the government will embrace this special day Yukon First Nations cultural recognition and reconciliation were granted a hopeful step forward on Dec. 9 with the passage of my motion to recognize National Aboriginal Day,
Cash is still pre-eminent in its importance Nowadays, too few want to hold cash.
COP21: analyzing the cheering and fearing The climate deal that almost 200 countries agreed to in Paris last Saturday was far better than most insiders dared to hope even one month ago.

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