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July 30, 2007
- Gwynne Dyer Look for $200-oil if Cheney attacks Iran LONDON Nine of the last 10 serious downturns in the world economy followed a spike in the price of oil, and we are heading for another spike, with oil back up near the peak of $78..40 a gallon that it reached almost exactly a year ago.
July 26, 2007
- The season of 130,000 sandbags The summer of 2007 is swiftly scorching itself into the long-term memories of Marsh Lakers and others who live near the shores of the Yukon's Southern Lakes for all the wrong reasons.
- Don't muddy the waters on EMS services DAWSON CITY As if flooding south of Whitehorse wasn't enough of a problem, the government is now trying to muddy the waters on the whole issue of volunteer ambulance services.
July 25, 2007
- BRUCE WHITESTONE We've witnessed a true financial explosion The odds have shifted nowadays toward a more bearish endgame. What has happened is a veritable financial explosion, one that puts financial markets at great risk.
- Gwynne Dyer Libya, Bulgarians and Lockerbie LONDON Libya is the land of make-believe, and from a safe distance it can seem comical.
July 23, 2007
- Gwynne Dyer Paging: the United States of Africa LONDON 'Before you put a roof on a house, you need to build the foundations,' South African President Thabo Mbeki reportedly told diplomats at the recent summit meeting of the African Union in Ghana.
July 19, 2007
- Stop depending on volunteers' kindness No one in the Yukon government's bureaucracy or in the territorial cabinet should be surprised at the protest walk-out/resignation that has been staged by Energency Medical Services (EMS) volunteers in Watson Lake and Dawson City.
- A warning to the wealthy and the untouchables' Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
July 17, 2007
- On Saturday, help us help this family Ed. note: this statement was submitted by the Yukon Association for Community Living in Whitehorse.