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October 23, 2020
- Enforcing the law must be taken seriously Ed. note: the Assembly of First Nations has released this statement in support of the Sipekne’katik First Nation and Mi’kmaq fishers.
- Dr. Common Sense, please report to the YHC (Editorial) Has basic reason in some realms of Yukon life, if you will, gone to the dogs?
October 21, 2020
- 30 years after unification, Germany is the nicest country on the planet (Comment) Last month, I spent two weeks driving around Germany interviewing people (mostly climate scientists, since you ask).
- Amid a pandemic, B.C. voters go to the polls So, another B.C. election has rolled around and the biggest question to be answered is: can the NDP find yet another way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
October 16, 2020
- Auto commercials for contemporary COVID times (Uffish Thoughts) It’s really quite amazing how adaptable television advertising can be.
- City council opts for welcome symbolism (Editorial) Hurling brickbats at members of municipal councils is a sport meandering back to ancient times.
October 9, 2020
- Trump’s medical fate is far from being known (Comment) Now is when it gets interesting.
- Customer service, and the jobs that go with it, are vanishing (Uffish Thoughts) One of my banks recently sent me a message about switching our monthly reports to “paperless” rather than paper-based monthly reporting.
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Surprising phrases coined by William Shakespeare As six of the last seven WordWatching columns covered weighty matters such as COVID-19, racial injustice, Donald Trump and statue-toppling mobs, I decided to write a lighter piece this month. Nevertheless...
- Ombuds Day: unusual name, vital service! (Comment) Ombuds Day (Star, Oct. 7) was celebrated this week in the Yukon and internationally.
- Late in the mandate, a trickle of electoral reform (Editorial) So much for the grand experiment of Yukon political parties being awarded a seemingly endless half-decade in power upon winning an election.
October 5, 2020
- Liberals are trying to rig the CEMA review (Comment) Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party released this statement Friday.
October 2, 2020
- Reiterating access to information concerns (Comment) Right to Know Week is being celebrated this week in many jurisdictions around the world, including Yukon.
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As time goes by – well, sort of, right? (Uffisth Thoughts) Apparently, the government believes that Yukoners have very short memories.
- Easing into the cosy seclusion of winter (Comment) September in the Yukon is fall – October is nearly winter.
- Seniors’ plan: positive progress, but glaring gaps (Comment) As a completely volunteer organization, Seniors Action Yukon (SAY) monitors government activities, undertakes some research and analysis, and encourages the voice of older Yukon adults to be heard in government decision-making.