Whitehorse Daily Star

May 7, 2009

• Avigdor Lieberman, the Truth-Teller LONDON - The great virtue of a maverick-like Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is that there is none of the usual pussy-footing around. He says exactly what he thinks.
• Restore manufacturing to its rightful place Our manufacturing industry is spiralling down, but unfortunately too few recognize it is an indispensable part of our economy.

May 6, 2009

• The Peel watershed needs more protection The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-Yukon Chapter (CPAWS-Yukon) and the Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) are dismayed by the lack of protection afforded to the unique and globally significant conservation values in the Draft Peel Watershed Land Use Plan.
• NIMBYism can be taken to ridiculous extremes (editorial) Given the significant community benefits it provides, a Habitat For Humanity housing project is about the last thing one would expect to provoke objections.

May 5, 2009

• Take your time and consult first nations Ed. note: this statement is from the office of Andy Carvill, grand chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN).

May 1, 2009

• Say farewell to smooth border crossings Will the Canada goose need a NEXUS card?
• There is only one way out of the Michimahuida The first part of this two-part series about Yukoners kayaking in Chile was published last Friday.
• Risking life and limb to photograph the railway Yukon history owes a lot to Harry C. Barley, a man most people have probably never heard of.
• Scores were there, but the ministers weren't (editorial) Perched at 47-per-cent support in the last DataPath Systems opinion poll, who cares about optics?

April 30, 2009

• Brace for some stiff economic headwinds Repeatedly, it has been stated there are striking parallels between the financial crises in Japan and those in North America.
• Am I free to strangle these people? At the time of writing, almost a week after we all learned that a lethal new strain of influenza had appeared in Mexico,

April 29, 2009

• I believe we are bringing a new energy to the Senate It is a great honour for me to represent Yukon in Ottawa as a new senator, and I wish to share with you some of my first observations.
• Puzzled reflections from the Klondike It puzzles me that Premier Dennis Fentie would deliberately, pointedly, snub the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC)
• We will not be limited to an advisory role Ed. note: this statement was released by Andre Bourcier, president of the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon (Yukon Francophone School Board) in Whitehorse.