Whitehorse Daily Star

November 23, 2012

• A living wage can lift families out of poverty ( Comment ) Ed. note: this is a submission to the Yukon Employment Standards Board.
• How a floating junker got the Mounties' man ( Editorial ) "This was all a case of either laziness or stupidity. They all made mistakes and none of them meant to make mistakes. Everyone was doing what they thought they should be doing.” –Mark Potvin

November 22, 2012

• Pointless deaths for yet another pre-election war? ( Comment ) Let's be fair: there does seem to be some sort of pattern here, but it is not very consistent.
• There are dangers in artificially low interest rates One of the most amazing features of our economy nowadays is that interest rates, adjusted for inflation, are negative, and there is every reason to believe that they will remain so for quite some time.

November 16, 2012

• This government is lagging on mining's concerns I used the week leading up to the 2012 Yukon Geoscience Forum to highlight several concerns the mining industry has raised with the Government of Yukon.
• The PM's message mangles and massages history ( Uffish Thoughts ) Let me begin this week's column by stating clearly I am very well aware of the significance of the War of 1812.
• A storm-savaged nation re-elects a president ( Musings ) Wow, what an eventful two weeks we have lived through.

November 15, 2012

• Major changes are confronting the shopping industry Retail shopping is in the midst of major changes, but the extent of that is uncertain.

November 14, 2012

• The government is misleading Yukoners on this file ( Comment ) On Tuesday, the NDP official Opposition took the Yukon government to task for misleading Yukoners and misrepresenting the position of the Information and Privacy Commissioner on proposed changes to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

November 9, 2012

• His profound wisdom shines a half-century later When humanity can let go of being controlled through fear and resist judging others and follow the deeper urgings of their hearts, then, and only then, will we be able to soar to new heights of understanding.
• Show some spine and fight for us, Mr. Leef ( Uffish Thoughts ) Dear Ryan Leef, Conservative MP, Yukon:
• Vikings, propositions, dogcatchers and ballot boxes What a busy time it's been for us news junkies!
• We must remember the horrors along with the victory May 7, 1945 saw the end of the Second World War in Europe.