Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

An Obama-Biden foreign policy LONDON - Barack Obama, we are told, chose Joe Biden to be his running mate because he needed an older man, more experienced in foreign policy, to fill the gaps in his resume and reassure American voters that the United States would be safe under an Obama presidency.

Aquatic fireworks and the stone woman 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.
Her violent death is a call to action (editorial) How many more brains have to be battered, bones broken and lives lost before something is done about what's commonly treated as a four-lane speedway and truck route through downtown Whitehorse?

Canada's apology was not the answer The government of Canada recently apologized to various native groups for the Indian residential school (IRS) system.
Rest assured: gold prices will rise There are two best-known financial publications: in the United States, The Wall Street Journal, and in London, England-Europe, the Financial Times.

Blame all the bad roads on the rain MAYO - Hearing about angry truckers facing the potholes of the Dempster Highway and blaming it all on the highways departments of the two territories (Star, Aug. 15), I found myself having a mixed reaction.

Is the breaking-up of NATO imminent? LONDON - NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a remarkable case of institutional survival in the face of changing circumstances.

Here's hoping the Olympics remain safe As I am writing this column, the telecast of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing has, according to the news on the radio, just come to an end.
Almost 60 years later, so many changes! Each time I go back to Whitehorse for a visit (and I've been back a dozen times since I left in 1950), I'm amazed to see fresh milk in the grocery stores.
Living with 9.79 seconds for 20 years I remember watching the Men's 100-metre final of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Disaster on Charlie Lake: a northern tragedy The morning of May 14, 1942 was windy but warm as the hastily-built pontoon boat left the southern shore of Charlie Lake.
The assurances must be buoyed by action (editorial) Brenda Barnes, of the territorial Women's Directorate, said all the right words at an open house Wednesday evening as she discussed her government's planned public housing venture in Riverdale: "We want to engage the community, involve them, and that will help drive the process."

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