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May 30, 2012
- How not to win friends and influence people ( Uffish Thoughts ) Let's get one thing straight at the top of this essay: I am not against mining.
May 25, 2012
- A blueprint for changing times and a growing city ( Editorial ) To be sure, the City of Whitehorse's proposed changes to its Zoning Bylaw won't be immune from verbal brickbats hurled by dissidents, regardless of whether they have sat down to actually study its contents.
May 24, 2012
- The war was unwinnable from the start ( Comment ) Last weekend's NATO summit in Chicago was mostly about how to get NATO troops out of Afghanistan without causing too much embarrassment to the Western governments that sent them.
- Fraud makes the economy the biggest loser Many years ago, a stockbroker, benefiting from some insider information, made a sizable profit.
May 23, 2012
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Wastewater treatment plan requires another hearing ( Analysis ) The Dawson court registry room was hardly occupied at all for last Thursday's latest court update on the town's new wastewater treatment plant.
May 18, 2012
- The White Girl Series: School's out for summer! In the back of a station wagon, five kids pause in their bickering to push noses up against the long side window of the car.
- The feds ponder the cost of SIN ( Uffish Thoughts ) My SIN card is wearing out. I'm not sure why, because it has been years since I've bothered to carry it around and I hardly ever need to refer to it.
- We need regulations to rein in the greed ( Musings ) They say that those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it.
- MLAs' moods were mad, meandering and memorable ( Editorial ) The lights have dimmed, and the three political parties have amply summed up their perceived triumphs and the weaknesses of their adversaries.
May 17, 2012
- Are a Greek default and a euro collapse looming? ( Comment ) Last year, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel warned: "Nobody should believe that another half-century of peace in Europe is a given.
- Failure to visit North was insulting Ed. note: Yukon MP Ryan Leef made these remarks Wednesday in the House of Commons.
- The key to top employment is skill training With unemployment remaining stubbornly high, there is no shortage of scapegoats.