Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

We are indeed witnessing the last hurrah According to the Consumer Price Index, inflation is under control.
We shall remember ... we shall never forget ( Comment ) The epoch of the 20th century will have historians write the passage of the Great Wars.

Their lack of interest in history amazed me ( Comment ) A couple of weeks ago, we were talking current affairs, and I referred to a situation in the past where circumstances resembled what was happening today.
Enjoying a laid-back time on dry land Ed. note: this twice-monthly column charts the adventures of Yukoners Dawn Kostelnik and her husband, Rick Cousins, aboard their boat, the Audrey Eleanor.
The state isn't keen on protecting its citizens By now, most people are probably aware of the trial of Toronto grocer David Chan,
Canada and climate change: abandoned leadership ( Comment ) Earlier this week, I was asked to give an overview of climate science to a meeting of professional engineers.
The saga wears on; the passion turns nasty ( Editorial ) Fifteen months, $45,000 worth of taxpayers' hard-earned money, and still no resolution to the dog story that keeps on kickin'.

How soon our American friends forget ( Uffish Thought ) I wasn't glued to the television returns from the U.S. election Tuesday evening,
Of biodiversity and small mercies ( Comment ) Sometimes we have to be grateful for small mercies.
Let's avoid living in a fool's paradise Canada's economy is just about the strongest of any nation. That does not mean, however, that we are immune to the world's economic troubles.

The early highway: not for the faint of heart The Alaska Highway in the 1940s was a gravelled road with many wooden bridges that the Canadian army was replacing with steel.
It's time for the premier to play ball ( Editorial ) The Yukon Party government's so-called justification for depriving the voters of Whitehorse Centre of an MLA is proving to be as effective as Thursday night's disastrous performance by the Texas Rangers' relief corps in game two of the World Series.

The importance of the Middle East ( Comment ) The media in the Middle East carry a lot of Middle Eastern stories, of course, but why do most of the other media in the world do the same?
A memo to youth: ignorance is not bliss It is through education that our young people come to know what society cherishes.

When regulatory whackiness whittles away reason ( Editorial ) It's reassuring to know some members of Whitehorse city council can recognize an ever-tightening noose of nonsensical nitpicking around hapless homeowners' necks.

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