Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

The seemingly-endless wait for an ice bridge (Uffish Thoughts) We’re having another of those years when it does not look like there will be a normal ice bridge between Dawson and the residents who live in West Dawson and Sunnydale, across the Yukon River.

Shall we get used to mining on the moon? What could be so rare and valuable that it would be worth going all the way to the moon to get some?

Netanyahu is holding Israel and Biden hostage Israel is withdrawing some troops from Gaza, because the reservists who were called up for the fighting amount to 10 to 15 per cent of the country’s workforce – and the economy is showing the strain.

A sobering New Year’s thought for all (Comment) In 2022, my long-time friend and Whitehorse scribe, John Firth, sent me a book entitled War – **How Conflict Shaped Us,** by acclaimed Canadian historian and author Margaret MacMillan.
Understanding solar in the Yukon (Comment) Starting by stating the obvious, the Yukon Microgeneration Program was foundational to Solvest.

Want to end the war? Ask John Lennon “And so this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year over, and a new one just begun.”
At 88, I decided to take on this challenge (Comment) My new book is a collection of historical tidbits covering the 65-year history of St. Mary’s Hospital in Dawson City.
Gaza Strip: the ‘killing rage’ has to stop! The known death toll of Palestinians in Gaza since Oct. 7 reached 20,000 o n Wednesday.
We’re upping hospital funding by the millions (Comment) Ed. note: the Yukon Liberal Party caucus released this statement this week.

I say once again: long live the COPs! The poet Horace foreshadowed the COP 28 climate summit by more than 2,000 years when he wrote, “Mountains will labour. What’s born? A ridiculous mouse!”

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