Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

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.

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.

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.

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).
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.

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.

Spend money wisely! There are many ways for anxious parents to spend their money – and providing tutoring for their children is now becoming common place.
Anger grows at YG’s attacks on resident non-native hunters It seems the Yukon Fish and Game Association (YFGA) membership has been side-swiped by the Yukon government’s (YG’s) Department of Environment (Star, Aug. 6).
Hunting permit boondoggle is a political mess The recent Yukon government release cancelling the hunting season for the licensed hunters in specific areas of the Yukon is more of a political mess than a wildlife management responsibility.

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