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April 13, 2012
- A lot of words are right in the ballpark Raincheck?
- Justin Trudeau outfoxed and outboxed the senator ( Comment ) The federal Liberals are taking a back seat to the NDP right now, but after the NDP leadership race story simmers down, my bet is the Liberals will come on, making more political sense than the NDP.
- Democracy takes a sip from the victory cup ( Editorial ) Some decade in this century, the Yukon will take great strides to wean itself off imported energy and begin developing its own oil and gas reserves in a significant fashion.
April 12, 2012
- A prediction: Assad wins, and Syria loses ( Comment ) "We, the undersigned armed terrorist groups, hereby promise to stop all violence in Syria and surrender all our weapons to the Syrian regime.
- PM's anti-government bias is excessive The dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board by the Harper government is very troubling, and likely will adversely affect our grain farmers.
April 10, 2012
- Expected low chinook return prompted concerns ( Comment ) A recent Yukon River Panel discussion focused on the expected low return of Canadian-origin chinook salmon in 2012.
April 9, 2012
- Federal budget has several major pitfalls ( Comment ) Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's budget is going to reduce federal employees by 20,000 and save us money.
April 5, 2012
- Get out of the way! Here comes Harper's bulldozer! ( Comment ) It should come as no surprise to those of us with environmental concerns that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has finally bulldozed the environmentalists,
- Politicians are losing sight of their purpose ( Musings ) I have to admit I am getting sick and tired of politics.
- The White Girl Series: Easter in the Arctic Please, please, please, can I?
- Government power: time to take responsibility ( Comment ) Over the past year, we have had two elections. In a democracy, when we elect people, we put them "in power”.
- Sometimes we forget the splendour of our home ( Comment ) Last week, I was fortunate enough to be seated on a plane flying to Whitehorse from Vancouver in the row ahead of a group of young folks obviously heading north for the first time.
April 4, 2012
- Museums should stop paying for fanciful art Modern art reminds us of Hans Christian Andersen's Grimm Fairy Tales.