Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

It’s distressing when the world goes offline (Uffish Thoughts) The night of Saturday, July 11 was very interesting and quite annoying.

As the Star turns 120, some reflections In my 48 years at the Whitehorse Star, I have seen six editors and countless reporters, advertising staff members, production personnel and paper boys and girls pass through our doors.
Why is Trudeau still standing at the plate? (Comment) It’s too bad that Justin Trudeau never took up baseball.
Cracking the books on a whole new experience (Editorial) Compared to the complications that loom ahead, from the Yukon government’s perspective, shuttering the territory’s schools in April was the easy part.

Should U.S. groups control Whitehorse trail names? Should Whitehorse expunge the name Boogaloo from its trail maps?
Environmental assessment and the COVID crisis (Comment) The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) recognizes the challenges facing many individuals and organizations, in particular First Nations, to participate effectively in assessments during the pandemic.
Has a four-day work week become inevitable? (Comment) As countries in Europe and North America emerge from lock-down and start trying to rebuild their devastated economies, the great concern is jobs.

Thanks, Dr. Barnes. We’re in your debt (Comment) The 2020 pandemic put a stop to all measure of events, including high school and college graduations.
Without evidence,‘Spook Creek’ should continue Is Spook Creek in Whitehorse an offensive name that needs to be expunged from signs, buildings and local maps?
Let’s bring respect, compassion to one’s opinions (Comment) This is a response to backlash to my article entitled “It’s about money and social class” (Star, June 24).

Let’s draw conclusions after it’s all over During the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian health officials have admittedly made several major mistakes despite their experience with SARS in 2003.

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