Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

We need an airline we can be proud of Earlier this month, Ace Aviation Holdings, Air Canada's parent company, decided to file for a $200-million initial offering of its shares to make up for a drop in profit reported in the third quarter.
With the parameters set out, the work begins Like the man in the TV commercial who checks into a hotel with 'no surprises', Premier Dennis Fentie has directed the production of a Speech from the Throne that wavers little from his party's winning election campaign.

Allan Fotheringham British Californians' aren't so smug now Ask any reasonable Canadian as to what world capital receives the highest number of tourists per year. Any reasonable Canadian would say. Well, maybe London? Or Paris? Or Rome, maybe?

Liesel Briggs Incident at Nangpa la Pass was a common one There's blood on the snow at Nangpa la Pass.
Gwynne Dyer Al-Qaeda and Iraq: suspicions confirmed LONDON Saying 'I told you so' usually just annoys people, so I try to avoid it.

Town isn't stalling on effluent treatment DAWSON CITY The Dawson City and Yukon government (YTG) representatives who face Judge Heino Lilles in territorial court this afternoon have to hope the judge will agree that progress has been made on solving Dawson's secondary sewage problems.
Remembering the victims as well as the veterans DAWSON CITY Much of the focus in Remembrance Day ceremonies is on those who have served and who have died in conflict.
Flabbergasting additions to a concession The Yukon's outfitting industry needed this like a prolonged snowstorm in July.

Allan Fotheringham Clarkson accused of diminishing her office If one thinks Dubya Bush is not a happy puppy this morning, he perhaps might make a phone call to the Great White North and try to find one Adrienne Clarkson, she being the former resident of Rideau Hall, an address he didn't know much about.
Gwynne Dyer Ortega is back, but socialism isn't LONDON 'Ortega is a tiger who has not changed his stripes,' warned U.S. ambassador Paul Trivelli before the former revolutionary leader won back the presidency of Nicaragua in the election of Nov. 6.

GWYNNE DYER What it means for the U.S. to lose LONDON 'Stand back! No, further back, or you'll be swept away by the shock and awe! We're going to show you the full might and majesty of American military power. We're going to...invade Iraq!'

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