Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Raising awareness and knowledge of HIV/AIDS Light for Rights: Shine a light of awareness and understanding on HIV and AIDS.
Lights warn there's big trouble ahead A medical doctor can list the warning signs of pending serious health problems.

The U.S. blundered by making leaks possible ( Comment ) The U.S. government, faced with the publication on the internet of a quarter-million cables sent by U.S. embassies in recent years,
An enthusiastic Yukoner takes the high office ( Editorial ) For several months, chatter in media and political circles has occasionally centred on who would succeed Geraldine Van Bibber as the Yukon's commissioner.

We can avoid the price of a new road Referenced article: "Modify bus stop, minister urges city”, by Star reporter Stephanie Waddell.
Junior Canadian Rangers had a memorable week ( Comment ) They often say that today's youth are the future of the North. Well, stand-easy, because we are in good hands.
Placing the priority on classroom connections ( Comment ) Positive discipline in schools is a widespread challenge facing educators today.
The futility of the police investigating the police ( Editorial ) On Nov. 10, RCMP Insp. Brendan Fitzpatrick crisply skated away from a fundamental question surrounding the December 2008 in-custody death of Raymond Silverfox in Whitehorse.

Mental health services demand our attention Members of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition, at a recent priority-setting meeting, have identified health services and mental health services specifically, as an important area for attention from the coalition.
An objective analysis turns up some surprises A recent newspaper article stated that interest rates "have nowhere to go but up.”

Grinding bones in the rumour mill ( Uffish Thoughts ) The ever-popular rumour mill has run amuck since the discovery of the coffins and bodies in the former grader yard just off Fifth Avenue.

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