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- ‘There is no excuse but to act with urgency’ (43)
- Projects will address violence against Indigenous women, girls (18)
- First Nations Birth Worker Program developed (12)
- Sister City connection to be feted (11)
- Aggressive dog investigation underway in Whitehorse (10)
- 40@-40 Society launches First Principles Project site (9)
- Way cleared for new housing development (9)
- Damaging social media post prompts an apology (8)
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August 12, 2022
- Come help us stand against discrimination Jewish Canadians are 10 times more likely than members of any other religious community to be the target of a hate crime.
- Yukoners have outdone themselves! I want to take this opportunity to thank the donors, the buyers, and most especially my teams for making this year’s Royal Canadian Legion sales successful.
- Media should have seen the lights Re: the Yukon winners of this year’s Celebration of Light fireworks competition in Vancouver.
August 8, 2022
- ‘We dishonoured her memory and failed her family’ Ed. note: this is the text of the formal apology delivered Friday to the family of Tootsie Jimmy-Charlie by Chief Supt. Scott Sheppard, commanding officer of the Yukon RCMP.
August 1, 2022
- I’m eternally grateful for the shelter I must respond to the July 20 article in the Star about problems around the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter.
- The majority’s safety is rightly paramount The use of trigger warnings has its place, on the news before a car accident report or with cultural concerns, but surely not with food menus.
July 29, 2022
- Let’s take the politics out of the public needs Yukoners’ future needs must be addressed in a fundamental way by the public service.
- How will this foil criminal intentions, Sir? Ed. note: this is a letter to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, copied to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley and Manitoba Conservative MP Raquel Dancho. It was also published in the August edition of Canadian Access to Firearms.
- COVID can strike anyone! The world’s most powerful person caught COVID – what does that mean for the world?
July 27, 2022
- Media efforts to canonize Zelenskyy go awry “He ain’t no saint.”
July 22, 2022
- In praise of PM Trudeau’s turbine decision As reported in the Star of July 18 (p. 8), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a refreshing act of statesmanship, responded to a telephone request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to block shipment of repaired Siemen’s Corp. turbines to Germany (where said turbines would serve to facilitate import of Russian natural gas) by refusing the Ukrainian president’s request and authorizing the shipment.
- Informed decision-making requires facts Ed. note: this Whitehorse writer has requested anonymity as a former member of the health care profession who retired due to COVID-19 and who does not necessarily wish family members to be associated with the views expressed here.
- We were kept on the periphery of the planning Ed. note: this is an open letter to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
- Dutch events are sowing the seeds for Canada On July 23, Canadian farmers will be convoying and demonstrating in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario in support of Dutch farmers.
- Take the road to reality, Sir Dear citizen Gerald Hooper: