Whitehorse Daily Star

June 22, 2012

• About that North Alaska Highway washout .... ( Uffish Thoughts ) I'm trying to decide if I should feel guilty or not.
• To no end, a scenario to studiously avoid ( Editorial ) Being the good sports they are, members of Whitehorse city council didn't need to be handed curling brooms Monday night to send a proposed recreational lease agreement skittering off the ice.

June 21, 2012

• A rare take: in defence of pessimists Most of us prefer optimism rather than pessimism.
• Egypt: the tensions and uncertainties wear on ( Comment ) "If we find that Scaf (the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces) stands firm against us as we try to fulfill the fulfill the demands of the revolution,” said Fatema AbouZeid
• We must avert pool of second-class labourers ( Comment ) The NDP official Opposition calls on the Yukon government to release the results of its investigations into the allegations of mistreatment of workers under the Yukon nominee and the foreign workers programs.

June 20, 2012

• What is the federal government afraid of? ( Uffish Thoughts ) As the organization we used to refer to as the Government of Canada gets thrown under the omnibus (bill) by the group that styles itself the "Harper Government”, it seems time to ponder what, exactly, the Reformatories are so afraid of.

June 15, 2012

• A Eurozone collapse could well affect us ( Musings ) With all the major sports events going on this weekend (I usually write my column the weekend before it is published), I really should have voiced my opinion on the French Open or Euro 2012.
• Another MP, another impossible dilemma ( Editorial ) The long leash the Prime Minister's Office has lashed to its MPs and its agenda will never be able to corral the loyalty of the hundreds of Yukoners who have vigorously condemned the government's omnibus budget bill.

June 14, 2012

• The new reality of social media carries drawbacks Almost all aspects of the economy have been experiencing a recession, either a big or small contraction.
• Rio+20: how bad could it get? ( Comment ) The forthcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20) set for June 20-22 has brought out the usual warnings of environmental doom.

June 13, 2012

• The troubling power of mud and water ( Editorial ) Like everyone else, Yukoners live amid the complexeties of a wired world in a teeming age of nuclear physics.