Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

ATV riders must share with traditional hunters Ed. note: due to its length, the second part of this submission, from Manfred Hoefs of the Laberge Renewable Resource Council, will be published tomorrow.
Recycling's original - and justified - plea In terms of logic and responsible environmental stewardship in the 21st century, the Raven Recycling Society is on sure footing in its request for financial assistance.

Will we see courage and leadership? Irshad Manji, in an op-ed piece in the New York Times, states: "The first lesson of human rights: just because a problem doesn't affect you personally doesn't mean it ceases to exist."
Will we see courage and leadership? Irshad Manji, in an op-ed piece in the New York Times, states: "The first lesson of human rights: just because a problem doesn't affect you personally doesn't mean it ceases to exist."
'Good old boys' are flocking to Obama A new wind will be blowing in Washington, D.C., in the new year, we are told.
There's still a role for compassion over cash Boasting pin-point marksmanship, Premier Dennis Fentie has supervised the soar of an expansive trial balloon, then promptly shot it down with an oral volley of buckshot.

Brace for it: the days of cheap food are history For anyone shopping in grocery stores, it is obvious that price increases over the past year have been extraordinary.

Whither the Council of Yukon First Nations? DAWSON CITY - So the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation has pulled out of the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN; Star, Nov. 12).
Advice to Obama: never waste a crisis LONDON - U.S. president-elect Barack Obama inherits the in-box from hell, but an all-points crisis like the present one also creates opportunities for radical change that do not exist in more normal times.
Players have a right to feel safe on road trips The suspensions of three young soccer players for their senseless assaults of their teammates during two Outside tournaments are well-deserved.
Players have a right to feel safe on road trips The suspensions of three young soccer players for their senseless assaults of their teammates during two Outside tournaments are well-deserved.

If we'd had something to throw at this boat .... 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.
Famed U.S. Air Force composer born a Yukoner It's been a long time since Alaska has been the focus of significant national news stories.
City should be a good sport about the Games It's singularly ironic that at a time when Whitehorse has never been readier to host Arctic Winter Games, a frenzied controversy breaks out.

Boomers shouldn't count on inheritances There has been a great deal of empty talk and wishful thinking about the "huge" inheritances that all the baby boomers are likely to receive.
The threat of a green Barack Obama LONDON - President-elect Barack Obama has inherited the in-box from hell.
For them, no tribute is great enough The epoch of the 20th century will have historians marking the passage of the Great Wars.

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