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January 2, 2009
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'Bigger than Texas, better than California' Fifty years ago tomorrow, on Jan. 3, 1959, U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower proclaimed Alaska the 49th state in the Union.
- Will the suffering in Zimbabwe continue? Christmas has come and gone, and we have started a new year.
- A definitive New Year's Bitch List What follows is a New Year's Bitch List - bear with me.
- It's a nerve-racking time for event organizers The Yukon Quest is going to have its largest field in years.
December 30, 2008
- Like opera, oil story has emotions, twists Peak oil production caused the 2008 price run and the following price retreat to 2004/2005 levels.
December 29, 2008
- Obama offers a bit of unadulterated hope LONDON - If Barack Obama can walk on water, then change really is coming to the United States and the world.
- Are mammoth corporations the next do-do bird? When the American colonies fought the British for independence in the 18th century, the latter's army played a marching tune, The World Turned Upside Down.
December 24, 2008
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Memories bridging the past and the present DAWSON CITY - Three years of driving the Alaska Highway from Whitehorse to Beaver Creek in the late 1970s have burned into my memory that it ought to take about eight hours.
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Audrey's life story (as we know it) Ed. note: Thirty-five-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.
- Charitably presented, heartily deserved 'Tis the season of giving, and to show how much we appreciate all that our selfless MLAs have given us, here's a list of gifts the Whitehorse Star would bestow, if only we could.
December 23, 2008
- The end of oil: is the horizon in sight? LONDON - Worried about "peak oil"?
December 22, 2008
- Sins of the fathers will be borne unto the sons They often say that Christmas is the time when you tell the truth, so here it is. I strongly encourage you to voice your opinions.