Whitehorse Daily Star

February 19, 2009

• Let's cut through this deregulation nonsense Widespread, financial turmoil dominated the 2008 presidential election campaign in the United States.

February 18, 2009

• I remember the time before Faro I remember Faro when it was just a name for an area not even on a map (there were no maps of the Yukon then anyhow).
• President Obama: you need Canuck oil A great deal is riding on U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Canada on Thursday.

February 13, 2009

• 'I'm not going over Steamboat on a flat tire!' I stood alone on the Alaska Highway, shivering in the crisp November air, the night black except for a thin slip of moon, wolves howling in the distance.
• Nature invented menopause for a reason While many other industries seem to be failing due to the economic turmoil the world is experiencing, it seems that those involved in reproductive technology had a banner year in 2008.
• Shrouding the issues in classic government-speak Bureaucratic jargon may sound slick or read spiffy on press releases, but it instills little confidence, sheds less light on whichever problem of the day and, at its worst, is an intellectual insult.

February 12, 2009

• The king of the United States of Africa LONDON - How could they tell him no?
• It's the governments that missed the bus In early 1940, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain stupidly proclaimed that Hitler "missed the bus" by failing to start hostilities when his opponents were less prepared.

February 11, 2009

• What is the measure of educational success? DAWSON CITY - The Auditor General's report on the Yukon education system has raised a lot of dust over the last week or two.

February 6, 2009

• Thar's gold in them thar manholes! One of the stock answers you'll get from a prospector when you ask the predictably dumb question "Where do you find gold?"
• The great winter moose hunt of 1966 Beginning today, former Yukon resident T. Alastair ("Haddie") Findlay will contribute memories of Yukon hunting trips and outdoor adventures to the Star from time to time.
• A portrayal of independence in a Garden of Eden Ed. note: Thirty-six-year Yukoner Dawn Kostelnik and her husband, Rick Cousins, bought the Audrey Eleanor in July 2003 in Prince Rupert, B.C., refitted it and took it to Haines, Alaska in 2004.
• How Snafu and Tarfu Lakes drew their names Snafu and Tarfu are two lovely lakes just off the Atlin Road.
• Power eluded him; principles did not (editorial) Prompted by a blend of his own headstrong leadership and others' resentful perception that their opinions weren't appreciated, Todd Hardy gradually grew accustomed to being walked away from.