Last week it appeared as if the city wanted to take away our senior’s discount for the water and sewer bill as well as the residency subsidy. Dawson residents jumped into action by calling the city office, writing emails and letters to councillors asking for an explanation. On the phone I was told that...
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How much for a drop of water?
RCMP Thuggery Continues Unchallenged
The cop's boot to the head landed so viciously that the victim lay face down in a pool of trickling blood while another member handcuffed him. The adrenaline infused "shoot first and ask questions later" policy of the RCMP kept the officer from knowing that the individual had a disability along with permission to...
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The Monarchy in Yukon
The "Dear Leader" Stephen Harper announced Yukon's new Queen's representative. Not surprisingly the new proxy for her Majesty is a chap called Doug Philips. I say not surprisingly because, as a rule the heir apparent is someone who already works for the Commissioner's office as did Mr. Philips. It's like a promotion or something...
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Shameful Defeat of Bill C-300
Looks like most members in the House of Commons kowtowed to pressure from Canada’s mining lobby to vote down private member’s bill C-300 at third reading Wednesday by a narrow margin of 6 votes. Thanks to our MP Larry Bagnell for supporting corporate accountability and his vote for third and final reading. This bill...
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Skewing the Law
Police in Canada do not have the right to ask a pedestrian who is going about their own business on the street to reveal their identification without cause. Given there are reasonable grounds to believe that an offense has been committed, police do have the right to question a pedestrian, which brings up a...
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The Culture of Police
I resist the "Let Them Eat Cake" attitude many of us have when confronted with serious social issues such as police abuse, whether it be verbal or physical.
During our day-to-day existence we clasp our hands together in admiration of a new work of art or some other titillation. We amuse ourselves with our numerous...
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Tip of the hat for Todd
I’ve come to appreciate that one of the highest callings in life is public service. While we all scurry around padding our nests and filling up our cache for the future there are those that go out on a limb to defend the interests of everyone. Todd Hardy was such a person. He wasn’t...
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Municipal Government ~ Why Bother?
When I consider our town council I see a group of people with their hearts in the right place – apparently. In reality they are emasculated and powerless to provide an adequate level of self determination for our town. Regretfully this was also true to some degree with the previous council, but not as...
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Cheating at gas pumps unacceptable: Clement
Here’s a government action that will hopefully protect consumers at the pumps. Some gas stations already charge hyper-inflated prices for fuel which are completely out of sync with market prices. The captive market of unwary tourists in our town continues to be shamelessly gouged while filling up, unaware that there is the added potential...
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A Sigh of Relief
I finally took the time to attend a full town council meeting in chambers last Wednesday evening. It was a relief to see that the procedural bylaw was being followed, with a special tip of the hat to councilor Johnson for keeping Mayor Jenkins on track. I had a similar helper when I was...
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