Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

The man is gone; his achievements live on "Mr. Nielsen, what happened in the Yukon last night?" Fred Vallance-Jones, then a CBC North radio reporter working in Ottawa, asked Erik Nielsen on Parliament Hill on May 14, 1985.

'It was one of the most blood-chilling sights....' 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.
Let's stress co-operation, not competition As I write this, the Beijing Olympic Games are in full swing. Somebody wins, somebody loses. So much pressure to win, it's bordering on the absurd.
Ravens: the planet's cleverest feathered fiends Whenever I see two or more ravens sitting around together, it worries me that maybe there's something I should know - but don't.

Climate change: the nature of the evidence LONDON - If Hurricane Gustav had struck New Orleans with full force, what would that have told us about the scale and speed of climate change?
A decline's depth is always a guessing game Many people, watching the stock market decline, are looking for a buying opportunity. However, by most indications, this is not yet an appropriate time to invest.

The missed opportunities of the PM's tour DAWSON CITY - I could not help but have a certain amount of sympathy for the officers on security duty during Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to Dawson City last Wednesday.

'Please don't go off the air! Play anything!' I remember those early days of radio in Whitehorse as hectic and wild - 1946 to 1950.
Global warming: a lucrative business prospect? In a previous column, I had written about the need for fuel-efficient vehicles.
Territory is linked to the Franklin search There is a notable Yukon connection to the current Arctic expedition in search of the ships which belonged to the long missing Franklin expedition.

Aftershocks can hurt as much as the quake Aftershocks, often very severe, frequently follow an earthquake.

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