Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Uffish Thoughts Word of bad mouth can end up published DAWSON CITY There are a number of stories in the Bible about the need to be careful with people that you meet in your walk of life, especially strangers who come to your community.

Last-generation pay for next-generation challenges When Yukon MLAs could virtually match their basic salaries by serving doughnuts or flipping burgers in Alberta's oil patch, let's face it: we have a territory-wide embarrassment on our hands.

Editorial So far, social issues have trumped the economy With the economy sizzling in Whitehorse, though certainly not in the communities, social issues have consequently come to dominate the first 10 days of the territorial election campaign.

From brash rebel to compassionate legend Sept. 3, 2006, was a sad day for tennis fans all over the world, indeed. On that day, American tennis great Andre Agassi retired from tennis after losing the third round match of the U.S. Open to German player Benjamin Becker, saying good-bye to his many fans and a great tennis career that had lasted 21 years.
The Yukon Party and two e' words Two of the most important mindsets the Yukon Party has to create in hoping to retain power lay in the subjects of economics and ethics.

Gwynne Dyer Picture a world with three billion cars LONDON I was in a taxi in Beijing last Friday morning, in heavy traffic moving very slowly, when a truck tried to change lanes and push in front of us.

Editorial The timing says strategy trumped sympathy Premier Dennis Fentie and his strategists work today with the full knowledge that by the time the current election campaign is over, its timing will be a moot point.

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