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Opinions
Premier will only pump so much gas tax revenueSubscribers only
February 29, 2008
Studied in splendid isolation, the notion of adding a cent a litre to the territory's tax on gasoline and diesel fuel to improve Whitehorse bus service and rural roads makes fiscal and environmental sense.
History should sound a cautionary noteSubscribers only
February 28, 2008
According to conventional wisdom, it is accepted as a good bet that shares on the stock market always rise over the long term. This belief is founded on the record that over any 20-year period, positive real returns have been forthcoming. However, some skepticism is in order.
There is no need for panic over RussiaSubscribers only
February 28, 2008
LONDON - The coronation of Dmitri Medvedev as Vladimir Putin's anointed successor, by means of a presidential election on Sunday whose outcome is a foregone conclusion, has unleashed the usual deluge of stereotypes about "the Russians" in the Western media.
Captain Kirk could solve Dawson’s sewage woesSubscribers only
February 27, 2008
DAWSON CITY - Tr'ondek Hwech'in (TH) advertising in the Feb. 27 edition of the Klondike Sun would make it seem that the main interest among those who lead the first nation is having the proposed aerated sewage treatment lagoon built on their land.
Think: bigger is not necessarily betterSubscribers only
February 26, 2008
Until recently in Canada and the United States, the bigger retailers had a dominant share of the market, as evident in their overwhelming volume, a parallel to the social influence.
Obama will be the next U.S. presidentSubscribers only
February 25, 2008
LONDON - I knew the U.S. presidential race was over last week when my son pre-emptively announced that he had lost his bet with me: Hillary Clinton was not going to be the Democratic candidate.
Dawson is in for the battle of the broadsheetsSubscribers only
February 22, 2008
DAWSON CITY - It appears that next week's edition of the Klondike Sun will be the arena for a battle of the broadsheets as the City of the Dawson and the Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation square off in the advertising pages in support of their respective positions on the sewage lagoon issue.
After Sheila Fraser’s audit, what’s next?Subscribers only
February 15, 2008
DAWSON CITY - "Government of Yukon's investment in two asset-backed commercial paper trusts did not meet Yukon Financial Administration Act requirements for the investment of public money, says Sheila Fraser, the Auditor General of Canada, in her report delivered to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly today."
Climate change: panic in the trenchesSubscribers only
February 14, 2008
LONDON - It's an old joke: everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
Our dollar: going down, down, downSubscribers only
February 14, 2008
There is an old saying that, "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
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