Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

1965 proved to be a watershed era The year was 1965, and the times they were a-changing.

Allan Fotheringham Funerals are for the living, not the dead The papers and television have been overflowing with the news from the Vatican, the passing of the torch from Pope Paul to now Benedict XVI, what it all means.
Our system needs massive reform Canadians want change. That is apparent from all of the newspaper letters to the editor, and via other means.

This MOU advances the railroad Alaska Gov. Frank H. Murkowski and Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie took one very significant step forward in their common mission to connect Alaska's railroad with the continental rail system when they signed a joint memorandum of understanding authorizing a feasibility study for the extension (Star, April 26, May 2).
Gwynne Dyer There's no quick fix for the UN LONDON '(Kofi Annan's) lack of leadership, combined with conflicts of interest and a lack of responsibility and accountability, point to one, and only one, outcome: his resignation.'

Patty O Brien Mining holds the door for women in trades Mining in the territory is rebounding with a resurgence of investment and exploration (Star, April 22). This bodes well for our economy.
Flo Whyard In the beginning, there was booze .... It wasn't really the Klondike Gold Rush which brought the Yukon to Ottawa's attention it was the prospect of cashing in on sales of liquor in 1898.
Julius Debuschewitz Let's not drag dignity down the gutter About a week before the deathwatch for Pope John Paul II began in Rome and around the world, the United States of America witnessed a deathwatch of another kind not as far-reaching, but certainly no less dramatic on a local level. I am, of course, referring to the ordeal of Terri Schiavo.

Joe LaRocca Viewers were force-fed an historical error On Feb. 7, the PBS network and most of its affiliates nationwide aired a documentary film depicting the construction of the Alaska (formerly Alcan) Highway in 1942, around the start of the Second World War, perpetuating one of the more enduring myths in U.S. and Canadian history.

John Ralston Saul Their success will be a success for all Today, a group of French immersion and francophone high school students from Whitehorse will get together to talk about whether Canadians are good citizens.

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