Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Column won't appear during campaign John Streicker, the territory's Green Party candidate in the May 2 federal election, normally has his column appear on the first Friday of each month.
Compared to the bus ride, the water was easy This is the fourth and final instalment of a series about a group of Yukoners' kayaking adventures in Nepal in November 2010. It's being published on consecutive Fridays.
The White Girl Series: connections Your life is too fast. There is not enough time to do all of the things you have to do, see the people you have to see.
Sixty-four years later, I've a secret to share I remember, as though it were only yesterday, a prank we played on a sergeant-major during the years the Canadian Army took care of the Alaska Highway.
Believe it: I once skied beneath a moose ( Comment ) Have you ever noticed there are no signs out there to tell you what to do in the event of a close encounter with a moose? No instruction books, either.
The seat remains the Liberals' to lose ( Editorial ) Larry Bagnell is too courteous a person to flash a grin at the latest candidates looking to erect a permanent detour to his next trip to Parliament Hill.

Face it: our economy isn't recovering A cure cannot be forthcoming unless there is an awareness of the problem.

Students are learning about the world's most important issues Vanier Catholic Secondary School is hosting a lenten soldarity speaker series entitled Passion with a Purpose.
A case where hardheadedness is justified ( Editorial ) Brad Cathers has no doubt exposed himself to the terrible quip that he failed to use his noggin in opposing mandatory helmets for off-road vehicle and snowmobile riders across the territory.

It's past time to test mining legislation ( Uffish Thoughts ) When it comes to beginning the process of revising the legislation that governs mining within existing municipal boundaries,
This tired, desperate regime is ripe for defeat ( Comment ) The last sitting of the legislative assembly before the territorial election was acrimonious, confrontational and often dysfunctional, and the Yukon Party government deserves much of the blame.

Let's drain our water out of the NAFTA For more than 25 years, the Council of Canadians has been calling for a national water strategy.
Nuclear power shouldn't be discounted ( Musings ) It would appear that our dream for a quiet and peaceful year did not come true.
Successful guiding required meticulous planning This is the third instalment of a four-part series about a group of Yukoners' kayaking adventures in Nepal in November 2010. It's being published on consecutive Fridays.
The election, the timing, the reasons are wrong Right from the get go, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and his MPs have said they would not vote for this week's budget – even before the budget was printed.
A journalistic tenet to be protected at all costs ( Editorial ) Two media trains hurtling head-long at each other averted ethical catastrophe this week after crews from both sides bore down and shoved the track switch into salvation mode.

Speculators have raised commodity prices Many now acknowledge that stock markets in the previous decade were beset, in the words of the Federal Reserve Board's Alan Greenspan, by "irrational exuberance".

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