Opinions Archive
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February 21, 2011
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Here comes the 47th Sourdough Rendezvous! ( Comment ) Like an apparition he was, covered in an oversize buffalo coat with a beaver hat and mitts.
February 18, 2011
- The White Girl Series: the spirit of spring Do you remember when you were a little kid and an adult is telling you that you have to do something that makes absolutely no sense to you?
- Humanity must face up to an inconvenient truth The Mayans, through their Mayan calendar, along with other indigenous races such as the Hopi Indians,
- It may be better to have the devil you know! ( Comment ) I never thought I would ever say it but Dennis Fentie, the premier of our Yukon, doesn't look that bad at all.
- Dr. Fraser performs exploratory ledger surgery ( Editorial ) Ask the average Yukoner, and he or she would say they're much more concerned about the performances of front-line medical personnel than about the internal management of the health care system.
February 17, 2011
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Spreading the global democracy virus ( Uffish Thoughts ) Back in 1996, Gwynne Dyer, whose columns often appear here, presented a six-hour radio series called Millennium.
February 16, 2011
- For the record: talking food prices in the House ( Comment ) This exchange, taken from the Hansard Blues, occurred Monday afternoon during question period in the House of Commons.
- Winning efforts iced a winning hockey day ( Editorial ) City councillor Ranj Pillai and national CBC television personnel, backed by their Yukon-based TV and radio colleagues, should slide out to centre ice and take a bow.
February 11, 2011
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Remember that ‘reality shows' are make-believe When you talk to older people from Europe, it soon becomes clear that they always thought of most Americans as very flashy and not connected to what is really happening in the world.
- Who's on first? The Liberals or the NDP? ( Comment ) If the Liberals or New Democrats are to have a hope in hell to oust the Yukon Party government in the next election, they had better start distinguishing themselves from each other.
February 10, 2011
- Politicians aren't guests at a resort hotel! As we are early in the second month of a new year, we must come up with and develop a changed attitude toward our government.
- Oil, CO2 and Gable's undershirt ( Comment ) There is an extraordinary disconnect between what the experts write about oil prices, and what is likely to happen out in the real world.