Letters Archive
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- Comments should be thoughtful, not abusive (9)
- Proposed building called inappropriate for neighbourhood (7)
- Building’s entry system swiftly repaired (3)
- Electric vehicles will shuttle bus drivers to and from routes (3)
- Meters pilfered, damaged beyond repair (3)
- Respiratory illness season is proving routine, MD says (2)
- Games Centre to receive major improvements (2)
- Hoofed animals may come under management protocols (1)
August 16, 2018
- Is Trump’s bark worse than his bite? U.S. President Donald Trump has called former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman a “dog.”
August 15, 2018
- Northerners need a minister they can rely on Ed. note: this is a letter to Dominic Leblanc, the new federal minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade.
- We must take action on dangerous driving! There are a lot of issues that Whitehorse residents want addressed, and this is one of them.
August 14, 2018
- Always treat influencers with great care There was a time when our parents warned us to stay clear of bad influences, although now it may be a warning about bad influencers.
- Fishing rules make your shore lunch unlawful Cooking and eating a freshly-caught fish on the riverbank or lake shore has been a traditional part of the angling experience right back to the time fire was discovered by our ancestors.
August 13, 2018
- Racism: how did it ever come about? Racism is a prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one race is superior.
- Is Yukon a failing Liberal party experiment? For decades, I have been observing federal and Yukon political shenanigans.
August 10, 2018
- Why are the Liberals igniting a cold war? Ed. note: this is an open letter to the strategic initiatives branch of the territorial Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR).
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I’ll take jail over paying your government’s fine, Mr. Silver Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
- This was a difficult but the best decision Ed. note: this is a letter to Charles Shewen, the president of the Yukon Fish and Game Association.
- The futility is almost electric This is “watt” it’s like writing to a Canadian minister of Defence – any minister of Defence, whether Conservative or Liberal – with trenchant technical questions regarding nutzoidly expensive weapons like submarines or fighter jets.
- Disturbing musings are the echoes of history People born during the early ’30s will well remember a young lad who grew from a fumbling artist, to a corporal in the German army, and then to chancellor of the German Nation.
August 9, 2018
- Facebook content: really, who cares? The solution to the Facebook privacy dilemma is easy: set it, by law, as a default no!
- We’re shovelling too much money into assets! The last Yukon Party government had lots of money to spend on infrastructure.