Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Trudeau has thrown the first pitch of a new ballgame ( Comment ) The chess master, a.k.a. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, must be getting a little worried, as we are halfway to the next federal election – that is, if he doesn't prorogue Parliament.

We're working on responsible waste management ( Comment ) As we go about our busy lives every day – at our jobs, our homes, our places of recreation – each and every one of us is contributing to the volume of garbage, or solid waste, that our communities and governments must deal with.
How do we define the concept of energy? The stars may try to guide us and the mind try to find answers,
Who owns city hall? Look in the mirror! The Official Community Plan (OCP) is a bylaw like no other.
www.thewwhitegirl.ca: flash frozen This is our last chance.
Ordering cheap drugs online? Think about this ( Musings ) If you have watched the news lately, you will have heard that a number of cancer patients have received what appeared to be diluted drugs during chemotherapy.
Trying to make sense of senselessness The legacy of Boston will be inspiration and triumph, not violence and fear.
Here's how your ministers wasted your money The legislature's April 10 sitting opened with what most in the audience considered an excellent motion on regulating off-road vehicles put forth by Kate White, the NDP MLA for Takhini-Kopper King.

The urban-country lines are becoming blurred Over the next couple of decades, rural North America will undergo a drastic change.
A longer year won't improve student outcomes ( Uffish Thoughts ) I would be the last person to object to an actual review of the Education Act,

‘Senseless violence rocked the innocence of a sport, the world' ( Comment ) Ed. note: Yukon MP Ryan Leef made this statement Tuesday in the House of Commons.

There is no defence in the court of public opinion ( Comment ) Article Twelve of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:

‘Audi Alteram Partem.' Share in the outrage! The day I picked up a copy of Stéphane Hessel's Time for Outrage! at my local bookstore was the day the Royal Bank of Canada's (RBC's) hiring practices made headlines.
Efficient and highly-charged: Yukon's hidden forces I have weathered a lifetime of puns and wordsmithery associated with my surname.
Nasty names for people different from ourselves We humans have probably always had words for people different from ourselves.
We're ensuring your money is spent intelligently ( Comment ) One of the most important responsibilities elected officials have is ensuring that taxpayers' money is spent wisely.
Just what parliamentarians needed – more raises ( Comment ) You may be a senior receiving the basic old age pensions you have paid into all your life.
Cathers' best zest addresses the Crest ( Editorial ) Were his recent comments on the Peel watershed debate ill-advised inflammation of an already-passionate public policy issue? Or did they ring with knowledge-based truth?

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