Whitehorse Daily Star

February 1, 2013

• Brinksmanship is threatening our resource economy ( Comment ) The Yukon Party government's escalating brinksmanship with First Nations governments poses a significant threat to the territory's resource economy.
• www.thewhitegirl.ca:Here comes the sun, it's all right! Hi-ho, hi-ho it's off to school we go!
• This could revolutionize the sport of dog mushing! ( Comment ) Sometimes it's the small things that tip you off.
• Securing the Yukon's energy future is paramount ( Comment ) For a while now, we have known that we are going to need to increase our capacity to generate electricity here in the Yukon.

January 31, 2013

• In these fragile times, executives' pay is disgraceful Conventional wisdom asserts that chief executives of major companies are overpaid – outrageously so.

January 25, 2013

• Who owns city hall? Look in the mirror! ( Comment ) Ed. note: this is the first part of an eight-part series on municipal structures and the Yukon Municipal Act review. They will be published every other Friday.
• Cyclist was peddling a story of blatant deception ( Musings ) I have never been a great fan of bicycle racing.
• School calendar issues have a long history ( Uffish Thoughts ) Debates over the length of the school year have a long history in Dawson, and certainly go way back to before my arrival here in 1985.

January 24, 2013

• Self-centredness is keeping people from the altar One of the more amazing (and disappointing) trends nowadays is the spread of singledom.
• The Little Englanders win big-time ( Comment ) The real problem is continental drift: Brussels, the capital of the European Union, is getting further and further away from England.

January 23, 2013

• Why you – and YTG – should support the Peel plan ( Comment ) Even people who disagree with the Peel Watershed Plan have a serious and compelling reason to support it. It is in their self-interest to do so.

January 18, 2013

• A humorous break from snow-shovelling Humour is the best medicine, especially in these mid-winter days and long nights. Enjoy this sharing. – Michael.
• Yukon court decision could profoundly impact B.C. ( Comment ) The decision of the Yukon Court of Appeal in Ross River Dena Council v. Government of the Yukon was delivered just days before the end of 2012 (on Dec. 27).
• What's on the prime minister's agenda for First Nations? ( Uffish Thoughts ) A lot of material turns up in my computer's in-box in the run of a day.
• www.thewhitegirl.ca: Soldiers of God "Left, right, left and right .... "girls, girls, keep your eyes to the front, don't look at your feet!
• Residents' priorities are steady as they go ( Editorial ) Though the City of Whitehorse hosted the actual sessions, with any luck, the Yukon government and residential housing developers had their ears attuned to the results of this week's public consultations on strategically planning the city's future.