Whitehorse Daily Star

March 17, 2006

• Editorial Spending first, fielding questions later Though it lost one cabinet minister four months ago while another was dallying with the NDP, the Yukon Party government apparently sees little reason to rein in the arrogance behind some of its actions.
• Michael Brine All that glitters is indeed not gold' FARO Blinded by the glitter of our own creations, we in our Western world are at risk of losing contact with what is real and lasting.
• Julius Debuschewitz We need a remedy to our health care woes Ralph Klein, the premier of Alberta, recently came up with his idea of a new health care system called the 'Third Way'.
• Matthew Grant If you fail to plan, you plan to fail' It's interesting that all across the nation, Canadians are concerned about the impacts of development and green space.

March 15, 2006

• Dan Davidson How safe is the oil pipeline industry? DAWSON CITY Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski's daughter, unelected Senator Lisa Murkowski, is busy helping to find more ways to open up the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve for oil exploration.

March 10, 2006

• Editorial Let the motto evolve as the nation does It certainly won't rocket to the top of the new Conservative government's agenda. Nevertheless, there's a mounting push to persuade federal lawmakers to take a symbolic step to transmit a strong message to both northerners and other nations.
• Matthew Grant Maybe we need an inquiry into politics With all the discussion around ethics, accountability and transparency in politics these days, it seems somewhat curious that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has openly refused to co-operate with federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro.

March 9, 2006

• Joe LaRocca State ownership of the pipeline: a bad idea Subject: North Slope gas pipeline

March 8, 2006

• Editorial MLAs' wanderings require a response Watching their MLAs migrate across the floor of the legislature, or from independence to a party, is not a particularly new phenomenon to Yukon electors.

March 7, 2006

• Dan Davidson Examples of irony abound these days DAWSON CITY 'Isn't it ironic?' sang Alanis Morisette, and then proceeded to muddy the waters by listing things that could more appropriately have been described as coincidence or bad luck.