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September 20, 2021
- The new reality: auto-eugenics in America (Comment) Eugenics was a 20th-century pseudo-science that purported to improve the human breed by weeding out the “least fit”,
September 17, 2021
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Can a dinner crowd predict the Yukon outcome? (Comment) Want to stimulate some after-dinner conversation with politically inclined friends?
- Candidates respond to Yukon Chamber of Mines (Comment) Ed. note: here is a summary of the questions the Yukon Chamber of Mines has asked the territory’s five federal election candidates, followed by their responses in random order.
- I forecast another minority government (Uffish Thoughts) As we move into the last weekend of the election campaign, I thought I’d like to take a look at how things have developed since it began.
September 10, 2021
- Was Trudeau’s handout a $600-million bribe? (Comment) There’s an issue that none of the candidates are talking about in this election.
- Questions to candidates from a vital industry Ed. note: this commentary was submitted by the Yukon Chamber of Mines.
September 3, 2021
- Will the unorthodox graduate to the customary? (Editorial) Is anyone tempted to apply the moniker News of the Weird, an eccentric syndicated column once published in the Star, to the Yukon component of the federal election campaign?
August 27, 2021
- Having a naloxone kit could save a life This International Overdose Awareness Day (Aug. 31), and as the opioid crisis continues to be dire in Canada, it’s crucial for all Canadians to understand that an opioid overdose can happen to anyone – to you or someone you love.
- The Department of Education dropped the ball (Editorial) Suppose a sexual offence has occurred in the general area your child spends much of his or her day in.
August 25, 2021
- To the U.S.: humiliation can be good for you (Comment) The footage on Aug. 16 of a giant USAF transport taking off from Kabul airport with desperate Afghans clinging to its fuselage – and then dropping off – will find a place alongside the iconic shot of Americans queueing for the last helicopter on the roof of the U.S. embassy in Saigon in 1975.