Opinions Archive
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September 16, 2009
- Economic crisis: a way of life in the North ( Comment ) There is a whiff of federal elections in the air – this would be the fourth one in just five years – as Conservatives and Liberals enter into their annual game of chicken.
September 14, 2009
- Service would brim at the material available "There are strange things done on the midnight run, where runners toil in the cold.”
September 11, 2009
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We need to re-examine our educational format "I tell you that the children of yesteryear are walking in the funeral of the era which they created for themselves. They are pulling a rotten rope that may break soon and cause them to drop into a forgotten abyss.
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Pay attention to local elections this fall As Yukoners get ready to vote in municipal elections in about a month's time, it's quite likely many of them haven't been giving much thought to that fact.
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Organized crime continues to thrive While I have written in the past about organized crime in Canada and don't wish to repeat myself, I have just become aware of the RCMP August 2008 Strategic Intelligence Brief, and would like to share some of the content with you.
- The complex quandary of an unseated leader (editorial) No party possessing the slightest helping of strategical smarts would want to proudly acclaim a new leader, then have that person confined to the legislature's sidelines for as long as two years.
September 10, 2009
- Finally, cheers for a government plan Every now and then, but all too infrequently, our government comes forth with a "stroke of genius". Its Home Renovation Tax Credit program fits that bill.
September 8, 2009
- Nations are tiring of U.S. war on drugs ( Comment ) It's too early to say that there is a general revolt against the "war on drugs”
September 4, 2009
- A departing reporter's Yukon reflections Admittedly, I came to the North with low expectations.
- Wanted: someone with a truly creative idea ( Comment ) Earlier this week, I was listening to Yukon College president Terry Weninger as he spoke
- This year, many have counted their blessings ( Comment ) Unions and workers in Canada were celebrating Labour Day decades before it was a national holiday for the first time on Sept. 4, 1894.
- The decline and inevitable fall of another autocrat (editorial) His billion-dollar government free-falling in the polls, his majority needlessly squandered, his party in furtive retreat and crisis mode, Premier Dennis Fentie must respond.