Opinions Archive
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- Comments should be thoughtful, not abusive (10)
- 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)
February 26, 2015
- This is a prolonged problem we can’t ignore Economists remain puzzled because the sluggish economy has not recovered more.
- Greece loses the fiscal struggle; the EU wins The first round of the battle for the euro is over, and Germany has won.
February 25, 2015
- Don’t further exploit a human tragedy ( Editorial ) Has a sense of coldhearted cynicism so engrained itself in the Conservative government that it can sentence an ailing three-year-old to a one-way trip to Mexico,
February 20, 2015
- ‘Audi Alteram Partem’ (listen to the other side)(COMMENT) I suspect that the federal election the country will experience this year will be unlike anything we have seen before.
- Making the case for Stephen Harper’s leadership (MUSINGS) In case you have forgotten, Canada is gearing up for another federal election.
- Canadians win another round against the Bank of Canada (COMMENT) Every Canadian has a vested interest in COMER (Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform) vs. the Bank of Canada.
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He kept his eyes on the prize – and reached the pinnacle (COMMENT) I was rather surprised when a Yukon media outlet opened its announcement of Brent Sass’s Yukon Quest triumph with the words, “After eight failed attempts....”
- Less bureaucracy and more compassion, Mr. Graham (editorial) “We are without funding. It’s pretty disheartening. We feel horrible for the clients we have.”
February 19, 2015
- These schools are needed now as much as ever Now that we are just about at the peak of student enrolment at our post-secondary institutions, what should be their role in coming years?
- Does a Jewish mass emigration from Europe loom?(COMMENT) “We’re not waiting around here to die,” said Johan Dumas, one of the survivors of the siege at the kosher supermarket during the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in Paris in January.
- The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples’ grassroots tour (COMMENT) A small First Nations/aboriginal/Metis crowd gathered around Betty Anne Lavallée, National Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), last Saturday afternoon at the Skky Hotel in Whitehorse.
February 17, 2015
- Correction A commentary by Murray J. Martin published Monday
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Rekindling Maple Leaf memories after 50 years I was 13 during much of the great flag debate, and can recall quite clearly the black and white television images (most likely on CBC) on the day that the flag first flew on Parliament Hill.
February 16, 2015
- How should the territory create its senators? The territorial government will now spend more money fighting the people in court right up to the highest court in Canada over the Peel watershed issue.