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January 30, 2023
- Polling the persistence of pressured politicians 鈥淎ll political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs,鈥� wrote British politician Enoch Powell half a century ago.
January 27, 2023
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Polly the beloved parrot played us all (Comment) Polly the infamous parrot resided in Carcross, Yukon.
- Balancing public safety and the northern lifestyle (Editorial) An upbeat Marco Mendicino, the federal minister of Public Safety, exclaimed all the right things before, during and after his northern foray, but the acid test will be the Liberal government鈥檚 final version of Bill C-21.
January 23, 2023
- I know a bad law when I see it, Mr. Mendicino Ed. note: longtime Yukoner Bill Klassen made these remarks at last Thursday evening鈥檚 roundtable on Bill C-21 with federal Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino and Yukon MP Brendan Hanley.
- We鈥檙e addressing the substance use emergency (Comment) Ed. note: Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee issued this statement Friday.
January 20, 2023
- Review COVID mRNA shots yesterday! 鈥淲e found one serious adverse event for each 800 (Moderna/Pfizer) vaccinees.鈥�
- 鈥楾he sky is open to those who have wings鈥� (Comment) Canvassing candidate: 鈥淰ote Liberal! It鈥檇 be a good buy!鈥�
- Sometimes the present resembles the past (Uffish Thoughts) It鈥檚 funny how some things don鈥檛 seem to change very much with the passage of years.
January 16, 2023
- 鈥榃e don鈥檛 do notches on the rifle butt鈥� (Comment) Where do you look when somebody says: 鈥淚n the age of Apaches and laptops, everything I did in the course of two combat tours was recorded, time-stamped.
January 13, 2023
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鈥榃e will be known forever by the tracks we leave鈥� (Comment) When a politically-tinged arrow careens into a tree centimetres from one鈥檚 head, the most strategically skilled optimist will set it alight and cook himself a shish kabob.