Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

This government's action will leave people at risk ( Comment ) The Yukon NDP official Opposition is again calling on the Yukon government to implement all of the safety recommendations of the Oil-Fired Appliances Working Group and industry expert Rod Corea to prevent future avoidable tragedies.

Let's not destroy a finely executed process ( Comment ) Bear Creek splits into two channels as it passes around a hill and enters the Wind River, and in turn the Peel.

We did not make this decision lightly Ed. note: the City of Dawson released this statement Wednesday.
Who owns city hall? Look in the mirror! Ed. note: this is the second instalment of a series whose first part appeared Jan. 25. Instalments are published every other Friday.
From insulin to nappies, to nadders and newts Decades after your schooldays, do you recall one particularly intriguing bit of information you were taught?
Before us stand two portals. It's our choice I wrote and published this a little over two years ago,
Homegrown terrorism is far from an impossibility ( Musings ) On Jan. 16, terrorists belonging to the Signatories in Blood Battalion, a splinter group of al-Qaeda, attacked a gas plant in the Algerian desert which was a joint venture operated by British Petroleum, Statoil of Norway and Sonatrach of Algeria.
Here's why this watershed plan deserves acceptance ( Comment ) This is my "consultation submission” to YTG regarding the Peel plan ("We want to hear from you” campaign).

Some views on the economy are divorced from reality There is a pervasive complacency about the economy, despite sub-par employment,which remains far below pre-recession levels.
Holy mackerel! Now there are wars over fish! ( Comment ) It's hard enough to manage a fishery stock sustainably when the fish stay put.

That really isn't the name the community chose ( Uffish Thoughts ) The news that the Yukon Hospital Corp. (YHC) has finally announced the names it has chosen for its two satellite hospitals in Dawson and Watson Lake will come as a distinct disappointment to citizens of Dawson.

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