Whitehorse Daily Star

July 5, 2007

• Indeed, they know not of what they speak There are times when I feel like the woman in the defective 'mute button' ad.
• Some citizens still have their doubts KANATA, Ont. Among the disadvantages of being locked into a summer travel plan months in advance so as to get the best use of our Aeroplan points was the fact that other events were scheduled after I was to leave Dawson City at times that made it impossible for me to attend them.
• Bring on the ideas and the water meters According to an article in the June 29 edition of the Whitehorse Star, Whitehorse city councillors are seriously thinking about making a metered water system mandatory. This should not come as a surprise, since most cities in Canada have moved in that direction.

July 4, 2007

• BRUCE WHITESTONE There's a major shift in union membership We are at the beginning of what appears to be a major shift to labour in the economic (and political) pendulum.

July 2, 2007

• GWYNNE DYER Post-London perspectives on terrorism LONDON As terrorists go, this was 'The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight'.

June 28, 2007

• Animal issue priorities are ass-backwards Re: City of Whitehorse 'dog deposits crisis' (Star, June 27).
• Bring the real issue to light 'The bottom line is you wouldn't let your kid crap on the street, so why would you let your dog?' City councillor Dave Austin, (Star, June 27).
• We court more diesel generation The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) would like to clearly state its position regarding the electrical subsidy known as the Rate Stabilization Fund.
• GWYNNE DYER China passes the U.S. as the dirtiest nation LONDON The United States is off the hook: last year, China overtook the U.S. to become the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide

June 25, 2007

• BRUCE WHITESTONE Here's why golf is a declining hobby A radical change is underway in our leisure-time activities. It must be acknowledged, first of all, that for most of us, we have less and less time for leisure.

June 21, 2007

• I am tired of all this blatant hypocrisy There has been much ado about the fact that the Canadian government is trying to set new greenhouse gas emission standards that do not meet the Kyoto targets.
• It's time to mend fences and work together When it becomes public that a good number of the territory's doctors want the boss of its largest hospital to pack up and move on, like it or not, that hospital's management has a slow-burning crisis in its wards.