Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

BRUCE WHITESTONE Revisiting expectations in the North People have ridiculed former prime minister John Diefenbaker's 'Vision of the North'.

Canadians standing up for a better world Ed. note: this commentary was penned by the Global Citizens for Change, a coalition of nine Canadian international voluntary co-operation agencies.

Merrily on the way to mass extinction I received an e-mail asking me how I could justify the extinction of the passenger pigeon by hunters.
Where there are people, there are annoyances Things that tick me off: Volume 10, Chapter 8.
Troubling contrasts serve up food for thought As recounted in Thursday's Star, two major announcements of significant importance to Yukoners were made that morning.
Turning to the lab to win the big event Perhaps I am dating myself, but I can remember a TV program called Wide World of Sports, one that I often used to watch.

GWYNNE DYER Afghanistan: a war won and lost LONDON This week is the sixth anniversary of the start of U.S. air strikes against al-Qaeda and its Taliban hosts in Afghanistan.

Human population vs. endangered species I have received a couple of e-mails that, in a way, criticized my use of the words 'carrying capacity' as an excuse to promote hunting.
Soaring tobacco taxes have their costs When a mere 15 people from a regional population of 23,000 attend a legislative committee hearing, the assumption would be the proposed law under discussion is relatively unimportant.
In search of a balanced legislature DAWSON CITY So the Yukon legislature is unbalanced.

GWYNNE DYER Burmese tragedy numbing in its ferocity LONDON Empty monasteries, severed telecommunications, and a sullen, beaten silence that seems to envelop the whole country.
BRUCE WHITESTONE Just why is the housing market plunging? From time immemorial, some have tried to develop a perpetual motion machine. Obviously, their efforts were in vain.

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