Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Uffish Thoughts How green was my press release? DAWSON CITY With concerns about global warming and carbon emissions in the air, so to speak, and with even the prime minister reversing his previously stated opinion on the subject and going somewhat green himself, it's no wonder our territorial government is bending over backward to look as if it was infused with chlorophyl.

Council should take the garden shears to this idea Something is way off-kilter when a city can capably host thousands of visitors for a multimillion-dollar sports and culture event, yet claim it can't scrape together the dollars needed to display hanging flower baskets on its most important street.

UFFISH THOUGHTS The many assaults of April Fool's Day DAWSON CITY Last Sunday was an odd combination of days. After all, how often does Palm Sunday, one of the mini-celebrations of the Christian church year, fall on April Fool's Day?

Climate change has become big business Ed. note: the first part of this two-part commentary was published March 16.
Let's resurrect a piece of Yukon history The show must go on. But it won't happen this year. Maybe it shouldn't even happen in Whitehorse.
Fund may no longer fit today's environmentalism No matter what blueprint the Yukon government writes for the future of the (electrical) Rate Stabilization Fund, there will be vast numbers of critics left out in the ideological cold.

Allan Fotheringham We'll be hearing from Delbert Hoover This is, as most insiders agree, one of the most exciting times in Canadian politics, possibly since Expo '67 and the birth of Trudeaumania.

Gwynne Dyer Cuba: what if he comes back? LONDON For anyone who knew the old Soviet Union, a visit to Cuba is always a trip down Memory Lane.

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