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January 21, 2010
- Selling off gold reserves: a horrendous error Most of us are aware of mistakes made by our federal government.
January 20, 2010
- Don't let political correctness run amuck (editorial) The sooner members of city council stop wrangling over what to name the new public safety building, the better.
January 15, 2010
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They couldn't believe we did it in six days It wasn't really planned that way; it just happened.
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The terrorist and his masters won that round Those of you who read my column on New Year's Eve will remember that I closed it with the hope that 2010 would bring us more tranquility and sanity.
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No questions, please, says the prime minister ( Uffish Thoughts ) No wonder Prime Minister Stephen Hunter wanted to shut down Parliament until March. He's going to need a rest after all the posing he's been doing lately.
- Trend of the week: build now, pay later (Editorial) Unsurprisingly, it's a direction hardly highlighted in Yukon Party campaign pamphlets for the 2006 election campaign.
January 14, 2010
- Canada can easily copy Denmark's strategy Canadian manufacturers have been hammered by the recession, in large part because of the cutbacks in the usual capital spending projects.
- The Afghan Follies march on and on ( Comment ) LONDON – Maybe it's the relatively thin air up on those high plateaus that makes them foolish.
January 13, 2010
- Health care costs: a troubling trajectory (editorial) The recent re-emergence of rural hospital facilities onto the public radar screen is a positive development, because the issues are grave and Yukoners' comprehension of them should be crystal-clear.
January 8, 2010
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Lunar brilliance ... once in a blue moon ( Comment ) About 10 or 12 years ago, we gave up on greeting the New Year with a house party or at a bar.
- A wise student's words; global warming thoughts "You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should.
- The North: use it, or lose it in 2010 ( Comment ) For a while now, the prime minister has been saying, "Use it, or lose it” about the North.
- Dialing while driving: a dumb and dangerous demon (editorial) A pickup truck almost runs over a pedestrian while making a right turn from Main Street onto Second Avenue against a red light. The driver's left hand grips not the steering wheel, but her cellphone.