Whitehorse Daily Star

February 16, 2006

• The Reform party is dead, dead, dead OTTAWA Two astonishing cabinet appointments were among Stephen Harper's first acts as prime minister last week but they may just be obscuring a far more interesting gambit.

February 15, 2006

• Gwynne Dyer Population's future growth is unsustainable LONDON It's exactly the sort of document that an American think-tank would have produced in the year 1900, if they had had think-tanks in 1900.

February 10, 2006

• Editorial How will the North fare under Harper? During a Jan. 12 interview with the Star, then-prime minister Paul Martin flatly declared a Conservative government would be 'no damn good' for the North.
• Matthew Grant Felicitations are cordially extended, Prime Minister Dear Prime Minister Stephen Harper,

February 9, 2006

• Dan Davidson What in God's name is going on here? DAWSON CITY The image of robed and turbaned Islamists striding though the streets of London and elsewhere in Europe bearing signs reading 'Freedom of Speech Go to Hell' is so laden with irony that one can hardly know where to begin to comment on it. On the other hand, one can hardly resist the urge.
• Harper's hypocrisy hangs in the air Here are selections from newspaper editorials and columnists following Monday's announcement of the new federal Conservative cabinet:

February 8, 2006

• PM has made his bed and must lay in it Here are selections from newspaper editorials and columnists following Monday's announcement of the new federal Conservative cabinet:

February 3, 2006

• Matthew Grant Minimum wage should exceed poverty line It's amazing that in our society, so many employers continue to underpay their employees.
• Michael Brine To boldly go....' we are not alone FARO If I am to continue with these articles and be true to myself and to you, then I must take the risk of crossing the line of credibility with you, who have been reading these articles. I cannot be true to myself, or with you, if I do not.
• Julius Debuschewitz For the Tories, this is the beginning The federal election is behind us, and most of the campaign hoopla has died down.
• Charles McLaren One public voice in opposition Ed. note: Whitehorse architect Charlie McLaren MAIBC, MRAIC has prepared a detailed analysis of the proposed $20-million waterfront development plans unveiled Jan. 26.