Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Matthew Grant Land use debate has obscured priorities As a newcomer soon to be a sourdough, I believe it would be difficult to argue with anyone in our community that there is a better place in our nation than the Yukon in which to live.
Michael Brine The key is finding that inner balance 'Children learn by example, good or bad.'
Julius Debuschewitz There are other ways to plead for peace One of the biggest new items on television in recent days was the 'release' of the three hostages, two Canadians and one British, from captivity in Iraq.

Dan Davidson The excuses for Dawson's situation are gone DAWSON CITY So Dawson is getting a new trustee. I began a set of interviews Wednesday in which I and all my subjects agreed this would probably be the case, but it's still something of a disappointment.
Gwynne Dyer Zacarias Moussaoui: lying for Jihad LONDON 'You're allowed to lie for jihad. You're allowed any technique to defeat your enemy,' Zacarias Moussaoui told the Virginia courtroom on Monday, trying to explain why he had changed his story about not being directly involved in the 9/11 plot.

Editorial Life goes on' for an independent spirit Notwithstanding former minister Peter Jenkins' departure last November, Premier Dennis Fentie is displaying a herculean degree of patience with the shenanigans going on in his cabinet.

Editorial Spring is here, the fiscal torrent begins Premier Dennis Fentie had a message for a local luncheon audience this week which could be interpreted as both a pleading and a warning.
Julius Debuschewitz Oppression lived on as the West developed Metropolitan interests in the western part of Canada did not disappear with the ruination of the Indian societies. Rather, they turned to the frontier settlers.
Chuck Tobin Experiment' is a licence to print money With a new season for road construction approaching, the Yukon government is likely to continue its practice of restricting competitive bidding for work on the Robert Campbell Highway, and several smaller contracts elsewhere.
Matthew Grant Dispensing credit where it's surely due The practice of journalism is an interesting way to gauge the personality of a community as a whole.

Dan Davidson Afghanistan is more important than patriotism DAWSON CITY I've been reading and hearing so much drivel about the Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan lately that I have to keep wondering where all the people spouting it have been since Sept.11, 2001.

Kyle MacKenzie It's the week to salute a social worker Social workers see it all in our communities, being on the front line for problems like alcohol and drug addiction, family violence, and advocating for the rights of people in many circumstances when no one else will.

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