Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

We have a ‘communications ecosystem’? I’ve read that Canada’s Bill C-18, when officially enacted, will affect our “communications ecosystem”: “how we get news and information that matters.”

Palestinians falsely blame Israel In his Aug. 18 letter (“Israel can’t be considered a democracy”), Mohamed Khalaf claims that Israel cannot be described as a democracy “as long as millions of Palestinians live under Israeli rule as subjects of a military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza.”
Yukon Party must axe its ‘axe the tax’ act Ed. note: the Yukon Liberal caucus released this statement Wednesday.
Bogus bill sure didn’t fool me! I’m using legal-size paper for this one. Not that I ever use illegal size, but ....

Rising power rates are yet another blow Ed. note: this is a letter to Richard Buchan, the chair of the Yukon Utilities Board.
Israel can’t be considered a democracy Re: “Israel: has it reached the end of democracy?” by Gwynne Dyer (Star, Aug. 14).

Reform can be found in true community policing Our cops.
The negatives of this project are extreme Re. Kinross Mine/Contango Ore, J.V.’s plans to truck ore from the Manh Choh open pit gold mine in Tetlin, 247 miles up the Alaska Highway, to their mine on the Steese, just past Cleary Summit, to be processed at Fort Knox.

We have been shut out of the political process Looking at the political evolution in Canada is like watching a country self-destruct.
A bad plan, a shameful lack of accountability Ed. note: this submission on the Yukon government’s application to close several unstaffed rural landfills has been sent to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB).
May this event be a resounding success! Ed. note: Tourism and Culture Minister John Streicker issued this statement Thursday.
These are incorrect and misleading statements Ed. note: this is a letter to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board’s Haines Junction Designated Office.
Third-world shovels won’t fix the highway Ed. note: this is a letter to Jim Regimbal, the Yukon government’s northern area highways superintendent.
A simple query for you .
Our territory is in crisis – and we see no action Over the summer, several community health centres have seen reductions in service or have been closed for several days or weeks.

Lives are being put at risk, minister McPhee Ed. note: this is a letter to Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee.
I must resolve to remain positive! I hope I’ve already said enough about how weird any present-day photo ID seems to me.

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