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March 3, 2011
- Canada's universities have lost their way Our universities appear to be on top of the world.
March 2, 2011
- Are the city's ambitions eclipsing its fiscal reach? (editorial) Asking typical Whitehorse property owners to pony up another $1.70 a week to help ensure their city's smooth operation is a reasonable request.
March 1, 2011
- Consumers are concentrating on the necessities Consumer goods firms everywhere are in the middle of a very grim time. What is significant is not only to recount current events, but to understand their deeper economic effects.
- Democracy and the Arabs: it's complicated LONDON – One of the incidental pleasures of the past few weeks has been watching the Western media struggling to come to terms with the notion of Arab democracy.
February 25, 2011
- Why the public school system must change We need a change right now.
- The long-suffering try to shed their yokes As most of my readers have probably noticed by now, I usually hesitate to write and comment about unfolding events, because the outcome is very uncertain most of the time.
- The boom may inspire glee, but carries huge challenges (editorial) It's doubtful the Yukon's population will rocket to 200,000 in the next 15 to 20 years, as a southern-based mining executive recently predicted.
February 23, 2011
- Housing report deserves prompt government action After almost six years of studies, the time has come to tackle Whitehorse's housing crisis in a sustained and systematic way.
- Like it or not, solutions require a public investment (editorial) The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition's urging to the entire community to address what it terms a "housing crisis” in Whitehorse is a commendable call for help for too many people in dire need.
February 22, 2011
- History-shaking events in Libya and Bahrain LONDON – Watching the extraordinarily rambling and repetitive speech by Col.Moammar Gaddafi's 38-year-old second son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, on Libyan television on Sunday night, I couldn't help being struck by how ignorant the man is.
- Experts' predictions prove utterly ludicrous Most of us would like to be able to rely on forecasts from an authoritative source.