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February 7, 2022
- Please listen to Yukoners鈥� voices, Mr. Premier (Comment) Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
February 4, 2022
- 2023 鈥� People do want freedom. And peace. 鈥淚 talked on Zello, I did,鈥� spouted an older child waving toast and jam around.
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Let鈥檚 be clear: decisions have consequences (Uffish Thoughts) As I begin writing this column on Tuesday, the Freedom Convoy is tying up the streets in Ottawa.
- A tale of silence, secrecy and senselessness (Editorial) Ted Hupé, the president of the Yukon Association of Education Professionals, made two profoundly learned observations this week.
January 31, 2022
- It鈥檚 time to recognize COVID-19鈥檚 true reality (Comment) Is it time to change the 鈥淧鈥� word to the 鈥淓鈥� word? I think so.
January 28, 2022
- 2023 鈥� I鈥檇 like to go with the truckers鈥� convoy to Ottawa 鈥淜ids,鈥� called Grandad. 鈥淟et鈥檚 strap on snowshoes and take a look around in the bush. Maybe we can scare up some grouse for dinner.鈥�
- Shared sorrow spurs a declaration to be better (Editorial) In his time (before Christ), Quintus Horatius Flaccus wisely counselled humanity to nil desperandum (never despair).
January 26, 2022
- COVID-19 fatigue is blanketing the globe (Comment) Once they called it 鈥渃ombat fatigue鈥�, and treated the soldiers who showed the symptoms with a mixture of pity and contempt.
January 21, 2022
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Farewell to an icon of justice, equality and feminism (Comment) Alexa McDonough wasn鈥檛 toting an urn of Jed Clampett鈥檚 famous brand of Texas tea when she visited Whitehorse on Sept. 21, 1995.
- 2023 鈥� Grandad told me some of this (Comment) The house door slammed.
- A safe mining industry supports everyone鈥檚 health (Comment) The Yukon鈥檚 COVID-19 testing and tracing regime has served us well throughout the pandemic.