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Is the breaking-up of NATO imminent?Subscribers only
August 19, 2008
LONDON - NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a remarkable case of institutional survival in the face of changing circumstances.
The assurances must be buoyed by action (editorial)Subscribers only
August 15, 2008
Brenda Barnes, of the territorial Women's Directorate, said all the right words at an open house Wednesday evening as she discussed her government's planned public housing venture in Riverdale: "We want to engage the community, involve them, and that will help drive the process."
Disaster on Charlie Lake: a northern tragedySubscribers only
August 15, 2008
The morning of May 14, 1942 was windy but warm as the hastily-built pontoon boat left the southern shore of Charlie Lake.
Living with 9.79 seconds for 20 yearsSubscribers only
August 15, 2008
I remember watching the Men's 100-metre final of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Almost 60 years later, so many changes!Subscribers only
August 15, 2008
Each time I go back to Whitehorse for a visit (and I've been back a dozen times since I left in 1950), I'm amazed to see fresh milk in the grocery stores.
Here’s hoping the Olympics remain safeSubscribers only
August 15, 2008
As I am writing this column, the telecast of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing has, according to the news on the radio, just come to an end.
Do I feel the breeze of a new Cold War?Subscribers only
August 14, 2008
LONDON - "Have you noticed," my wife asked, "that when one of America's allies thinks it has a green light to invade somewhere, they always do it in the summer?"
It’s all about keeping things ‘under control’Subscribers only
August 14, 2008
Our political leaders and even our financial authorities assert that inflation is "under control".
Can YTG learn from young people’s examples?Subscribers only
August 13, 2008
When '80s pop-diva Whitney Houston sang that she believed, "the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way," at best the latter notion was pure whimsy crafted into cautionary melodrama - note the verb "teach" comes before "lead".
Our campaign has reached the 5,000-kilometre mark!Subscribers only
August 12, 2008
Ed. note: this is an update on the cross-Canada hand-cycling trip Ramesh Ferris launched from Whitehorse on April 10, and from Victoria on April 12 to raise money in the fight against polio.
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