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Opinions archive for April 30, 2008

Oil prices: here’s another predictionSubscribers only

April 29, 2008

LONDON - Last week, Hamish McRae, one of the world's best economic journalists, declared in The Independent that "Hardly anyone a year ago successfully predicted the rise in the oil price to $120 a barrel -in fact, I have not found a single forecast of that."

Cheap food bills are endingSubscribers only

April 29, 2008

All shoppers at supermarkets certainly must notice the sharp rise in food prices.

Think again about new mortgages, loans ….Subscribers only

April 25, 2008

By now, we have all become familiar with some of the economic problems in the U.S. caused by subprime mortgages, and even in Canada, we have had banks write down losses as a result.

The underpants of the Olympic FlameSubscribers only

April 25, 2008

LONDON - If I were the Chinese bureaucrat responsible for guarding the sacred Olympic Flame, the place I'd worry about most is Australia.

Multiculturalism can be one of our best traitsSubscribers only

April 24, 2008

A dramatic departure from the strictly positive course of the late 1990s and 2000s has been the key reversal in cultural trends.

The latest alternative asset: commoditiesSubscribers only

April 17, 2008

As oil prices soar, there is the temptation to seek an explanation in Middle East turmoil.

Let’s get this crucial legislation rightSubscribers only

April 17, 2008

The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN), which speaks for the majority of Yukon first nations on this issue, wishes to respond to the incorrect and misleading comments made by Premier Dennis Fentie and Health Minister Brad Cathers regarding the Children's Act revision process.

My question: what were they thinking?Subscribers only

April 16, 2008

DAWSON CITY - Every so often, someone who happens to be in authority makes a move which causes you to wonder what on Earth they were thinking when they did it.

The road to progress ends at Industrial ( editorial )Subscribers only

April 11, 2008

There is something fundamentally wrong when a small group of business owners can stifle a municipality's plans to transform a cowpatch of a road into something reflecting 21st-century engineering finesse.

Wanted: a feasible alternative to gasolineSubscribers only

April 11, 2008

You do not have to be playing the stock or futures markets to realize that oil prices have gone through the roof lately.