Whitehorse Daily Star

November 21, 2014

• Practical money skills have value for life ( Comment ) November is Financial Literacy Month in Canada,
• The first descent of the Finlayson River canyon Bob (Daffe) was searching through the maps for potential hunting rivers when he noticed a canyon on the Finlayson River.
• Nominee program failings exposed again ( Analysis ) As a supposed “fast-track” to permanent residence,
• Veterans’ housing help is a substantial victory Veterans receiving disability pensions and seeking assistance with their housing costs can breathe a little easier with the resolution of an issue championed since 2012 by the Yukon NDP.
• Bill Brewster: they’ll never make his sorts again ( Editorial ) That Bill Brewster could have been so irascible,

November 20, 2014

• Some stark home truths about U.S. investments We are admonished almost chronically to cross the border for investing.

November 19, 2014

• Premier’s Shakwak lobbying proves fruitless ( Comment ) A high-profile lobbying trip to Washington has produced no results on the Shakwak highway funding file.

November 14, 2014

• Staking ban is approaching its first anniversary I used question period this week to ask about a mineral staking ban
• Construction is driving our economic turnaround Recent revised GDP data from Statistics Canada confirmed what many Yukoners already knew: 2013 was a difficult year for our economy.
• Is everyone reaching out to everyone else in Toronto? Have you ever reached out to someone?
• She had to choose between bankruptcy and death ( Musing ) Whenever the topic of health care comes up in conversation,
• Belittling legitimately-accredited PhD holders ( Editorial ) Confronted with a prickly political problem, dodge, deny, deflect, cherry-pick from the facts and attack the questioner.

November 13, 2014

• Today’s hard question: what should investors do? It never has been easy to know how to invest successfully, but recently it has become much more difficult.

November 12, 2014

• The 2014 ceremonies carried a special significance ( Comment ) With little doubt, the 2014 Remembrance Day ceremonies across Canada were some of the largest gatherings of people and presentations of wreaths in recent years.