Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

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Who owns city hall? Look in the mirror! Ed. note: this is the final instalment of an eight-part series, which has been published every other Friday.
Working together, we'll defeat our challenges Municipal governments play an integral role in the day-to-day lives of Yukoners by providing and maintaining many of the programs, services and infrastructure we use every day.
Maybe George Bush had a point after all ( Musings ) On Monday, April 15, also known as Patriot's Day in the United States of America and the day the Boston Marathon was run, two bombs, apparently planted by brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, exploded.
Permission to speak freely is a job requirement ( Uffish Thoughts ) During the winter, Yukon Education, as it likes to be known these days, decided to rush the entire education system into an ill-conceived plan to unify the school calendars throughout the territory.

Let's get to work on paring youth employment In many parts of Canada, particularly in the eastern parts of the nation, too many youngsters do not have a job.

Our energy planning should be moved in-house ( Comment ) The Government of Yukon should examine the potential of moving energy planning in-house, away from the Yukon Energy Corp.
The people of Pelly Crossing deserve answers ( Editorial ) The frustrated residents of Pelly Crossing are waiting for an explanation, and it's one they are fully entitled to.

Mischa Popoff: he can't be bought off ( Comment ) I confess that I haven't been paying a whit of attention to the forthcoming British Columbia election scheduled for May 14.

The YP is short-changing our suffering parents ( Comment ) Today, as Victims of Crime Awareness Week comes to a close, the Yukon Party government showed a callow disregard for parents whose children have been murdered, are missing or are critically ill.
Never place too much faith in vaccinations! Vaccinated kids have two to five times more diseases than unvaccinated ones!
This sobering journey is painful but necessary This week in the Yukon Legislative Assembly,
This pivotal case paved the way for many others ( Comment ) The Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon (LDAY) is celebrating its 40th year of providing leadership in learning disabilities advocacy, education, programs and services.
Premier has short-circuited clarity on this question Recent comments by Premier Darrell Pasloski demonstrate he is out of touch when it comes to the development of the Eagle mine near Mayo.
We can help put an end to the violence ( Comment ) Northern Canada has higher rates of violence against women, particularly aboriginal women, than the rest of Canada.

The Yukon Party brings you another boondoggle ( Comment ) The Government of Yukon's decision to scrap the Yukon Student Information System (YSIS) is another example of poor planning and fiscal mismanagement.
Don't look now, but there's trouble on campus Many years ago, H. G. Wells wrote a book, Things To Come, forecasting an ominous future.

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