Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

China: has the big moment just arrived? (Comment) For several years now, I have had a file on my computer named “China – Has the Moment Arrived?”

Hospital report shows the Liberals are out of touch Ed note: the Yukon NDP released this statement Wednesday.
Today, we speak their names in remembrance Ed. note: Jeanie McLean, the minister responsible for the Women and Gender Equity Directorate, and Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee released this statement Wednesday.
A lack of transparency, a rushed decision Ed. note: the Yukon Fish and Game Association released this statement Wednesday.
Funding hospitals should trump globe-trotting Ed. note: the Yukon Party released this statement Thursday.

Historic day marked at Intergovernmental Forum Ed. note: as reported in today’s local news section,
‘Just war’ and the Gaza Strip situation “If you (Americans) were OK with us killing 5,000 children, you are OK with killing 10,000 children,” said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli diplomat who helped negotiate the Oslo peace accords in the 1990s.
‘Crashing’ system yielded an empty news release (Comment) Ed. note: the Yukon Party released this statement Monday.

Pondering COP28 and climate science At the opening of the COP28 global climate summit, here are some thoughts about the state of climate science.
Suicide: a health issue that affects all of us (Comment) Ed. note: Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee issued this statement Thursday.

Better landfills: an issue of fairness (Comment) We have to do better when it comes to managing our garbage.

We pushed issues that matter to Yukoners Ed. note: the Yukon Party released this statement last Thursday.
Rededicating the local Prospectors’ Statue Ed. note: Grant Allan, the president of the Yukon Prospectors Association, made these remarks during last Monday’s unveiling of new bronze plaques along the base of the Prospectors’ Statue at the Elijah Smith Building.
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire has finally arrived LONDON – There are really three parties to the “pause” – nobody is officially using the word “ceasefire” – that brings at least a temporary end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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