Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

A sobering New Year’s thought for all (Comment) In 2022, my long-time friend and Whitehorse scribe, John Firth, sent me a book entitled War – **How Conflict Shaped Us,** by acclaimed Canadian historian and author Margaret MacMillan.
Understanding solar in the Yukon (Comment) Starting by stating the obvious, the Yukon Microgeneration Program was foundational to Solvest.

Want to end the war? Ask John Lennon “And so this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year over, and a new one just begun.”
At 88, I decided to take on this challenge (Comment) My new book is a collection of historical tidbits covering the 65-year history of St. Mary’s Hospital in Dawson City.
Gaza Strip: the ‘killing rage’ has to stop! The known death toll of Palestinians in Gaza since Oct. 7 reached 20,000 o n Wednesday.
We’re upping hospital funding by the millions (Comment) Ed. note: the Yukon Liberal Party caucus released this statement this week.

I say once again: long live the COPs! The poet Horace foreshadowed the COP 28 climate summit by more than 2,000 years when he wrote, “Mountains will labour. What’s born? A ridiculous mouse!”

Health Human Resources Strategy action needed Ed. note: the Yukon Party released this statement last Thursday.
We’re ensuring the Yukon grid remains reliable Ed. note: John Streicker, the minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and the minister responsible for the Yukon Development and Energy Corporations, released this statement last Thursday.
Ensuring a community that welcomes everyone (Comment) Ed. note: Premier Ranj Pillai and Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee issued this statement Friday.

Where context matters in the Middle East war (Uffish Thoughts) It’s only been a week or two since the UN’s Secretary General, António Guterres, was vilified in certain quarters for daring to suggest that there might be some context for the way certain Palestinian factions feel about the nation of Israel.
The NDP has issues of character and judgment (Comment) It can’t be easy being a Yukon NDP MLA these days.

All say it, now: long live the COPs! The key debate on the last day of the COP28 climate summit was about whether the conference should endorse a resolution to “phase out” fossil fuels – or, in a less ambitious formulation, phase them “down” (but not out).

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