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April 3, 2014
- The prospects of a new Cold War are heating up ( Comment ) Two things were clear after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's four hours of talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris last Sunday.
- Finally, good news to match the dawning spring Long overdue is good news in this column. After about one year of relatively dismal performance, the Canadian stock market could change with much better behaviour this year.
April 2, 2014
- On the precipice of making future care choices ( Editorial ) Last week in the legislature, NDP Leader Liz Hanson asked Premier Darrell Pasloski if he believes Yukon seniors would embrace a 300-bed care institution as an appropriate venue for the final stages of their lives.
March 31, 2014
- Of predictable leaflets and an agreeable Finance minister ( Comment ) Of course, the federal election promotions are well on their way, and the recent release by our local MP on how to save on your taxes is a prime example that election 2015 is looming.
March 28, 2014
- Our government is spending like drunken sailors A $20-million increase in the cost of the new F.H. Collins Secondary School project tells the Yukon public all they need to know about the 2014-2015 budget released Tuesday.
- Making Gold Green: Sir Fraser Stoddart holds forth ( Comment ) Strengthening the brain-drain from the Old World to the New, when groundbreaking chemist Dr. Fraser Stoddart relocated out to California from the redbrick University empires of England and his native Scotland, he immediately began to assemble his research teams and to seek out collaborative possibilities within and outside of the academic system.
- This budget reflects a lack of vision and leadership The latest Yukon budget shows a government that has no vision and lacks leadership to diversify Yukon's economy.
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We've created a budget with Yukoners in mind ( Comment ) As the premier, I am very proud of the $1.3-billion territorial budget for 2014-15, which I tabled on Tuesday, March 25.
- Strengthening democracy is our responsibility ( Comment ) Ed. note: this is the fifth and final instalment of a series of articles on proportional representation. The first was published Feb. 25.
- If you want to change the rules, do it the right way ( Uffish Thoughts ) The best political news of late last week wasn't that Marc Nadon was judged (sorry) unqualified to become Prime Minister Stephen Harper's latest appointment to the Supreme Court.
- If the federal tap sputters, we're in for it ( Editorial ) The growth of government in the Yukon, and the numbers and scope of the activities it's generating, have attained gargantuan heights in proportion to the territory's size.
March 27, 2014
- Boosting investment should be a main priority For the past several years, central banker/governments have tried to lobster the economy.
March 26, 2014
- What were Pasloski's costs to visit South Africa? ( Comment ) Former Alberta premier Alison Redford certainly dug a hole in the farm yard with her lavish expense account on a trip to Africa for Nelson Mandela's funeral.