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February 29, 2008
- Premier will only pump so much gas tax revenue Studied in splendid isolation, the notion of adding a cent a litre to the territory's tax on gasoline and diesel fuel to improve Whitehorse bus service and rural roads makes fiscal and environmental sense.
February 28, 2008
- There is no need for panic over Russia LONDON - The coronation of Dmitri Medvedev as Vladimir Putin's anointed successor, by means of a presidential election on Sunday whose outcome is a foregone conclusion, has unleashed the usual deluge of stereotypes about "the Russians" in the Western media.
- History should sound a cautionary note According to conventional wisdom, it is accepted as a good bet that shares on the stock market always rise over the long term. This belief is founded on the record that over any 20-year period, positive real returns have been forthcoming. However, some skepticism is in order.
February 27, 2008
- Captain Kirk could solve Dawson's sewage woes DAWSON CITY - Tr'ondek Hwech'in (TH) advertising in the Feb. 27 edition of the Klondike Sun would make it seem that the main interest among those who lead the first nation is having the proposed aerated sewage treatment lagoon built on their land.
February 26, 2008
- Think: bigger is not necessarily better Until recently in Canada and the United States, the bigger retailers had a dominant share of the market, as evident in their overwhelming volume, a parallel to the social influence.
February 25, 2008
- Obama will be the next U.S. president LONDON - I knew the U.S. presidential race was over last week when my son pre-emptively announced that he had lost his bet with me: Hillary Clinton was not going to be the Democratic candidate.
February 22, 2008
- Dawson is in for the battle of the broadsheets DAWSON CITY - It appears that next week's edition of the Klondike Sun will be the arena for a battle of the broadsheets as the City of the Dawson and the Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation square off in the advertising pages in support of their respective positions on the sewage lagoon issue.