Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

So-called ‘financial gurus' can be all wet Many people are looking for help to manage their finances.
Egypt and Turkey: democracy is in trouble ( Comment ) Egypt and Turkey have the same basic political problem.

Working together, we can keep our territory safe! ( Comment ) Over the past week, the world has watched Alberta's landscape change, with many communities largely under water and much of the metropolis of Calgary left without basic services.
We must rein in escalating societal violence ( Musings ) Careful observers who are past middle age will probably have noticed that more and more news reports deal with an increase in violence.
The legends of a Yukon hotel and a writer's cabin Many would agree that if it weren't for the tenacity of John Hatch, the portions of the old 1898 Pioneer Hotel would not have been saved.

A wish list for strengthening the economy It is about time that we prepared a wish list of changes that should occur to put our economy back on a sound footing.
World population growth: the African exception The news on the population front sounds bad.
This project must be approached with caution Subject: Yukon NDP submission to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB): Eagle Plains 3D Seismic Survey.

Conservative Party is facing its own flooding While we're talking about flood waters across southern Alberta, the flood waters within the Conservative Party have breached the dikes, and the sewers are full to capacity.
Attacking the civil service is just another diversion ( Uffish Thoughts ) The masterminds behind the ascension of the Reform/Alliance party to power have been much lauded over the last decade for being canny strategists, uniting the right and dethroning the long-ruling Liberal party domination at the federal level.

We're focused on providing clean, affordable energy ( Comment ) Recently, there has been significant interest in the financial costs and environmental footprint of our energy mix here in Yukon.
We're focused on providing clean, affordable energy ( Comment ) Recently, there has been significant interest in the financial costs and environmental footprint of our energy mix here in Yukon.
More reflections from a very wise man I once worked with In his book The Silent Road by Major Wellesley Tudor Pole c.1960, he wrote the following as his "Forward”.
Whitehorse has something Toronto will never have ( Comment ) You are standing in Toronto on a downtown sidewalk, waiting for a traffic light to change so you can cross the street.

Some stock market theories are downright nonsense Recently the press, notably in magazine covers, has featured stories stating that we are on the threshold of a multi-year market boom.
Sorting out the poison gas and red lines ( Comment ) Fool me once, shame on you. (The Taliban regime in Afghanistan helped al-Qaeda to plan 9/11. We must invade.)

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