Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

If you can’t beat them, join them! Months ago,
This ‘safe’ third party pact must be suspended Re: suspension of Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States.
Another item for walks I have vowed this summer to start tying an extra plastic bag on my belt loop when I go for a walk or a hike.
The Supreme Court has handed down a travesty The June 15 Supreme Court of Canada (SC) decision upholding the right of the Law Society of BC (LSBC)

This ‘notice’ is surprising and concerning The Yukon Fish and Game Association (YFGA) is aware of the recent
This failing system needs to be reformed Over 19,000 quartz claims in the White Gold District south of Dawson City have been staked by one of five companies alone in the last 10 years.
Remembering Trump’s family in the Klondike This remarkable copy of a very tiny photo was tracked down in the Yukon Archives by former Yukoner Paul Erlam back in the 1990s for the writer Gwenda Blair for her 500-page, bestselling book The Trumps, Three Generations of Builders and a President.

Paddle safely and protect the loons Always good to see paddlers, of all sorts, out on the water. And this year, there seems to be more out, particularly, SUPers.
Greed is trumping the welfare of the caribou On April 20, 2018, the U.S. government announced it would begin a 60-day public review on the sale of oil and gas leases in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Veterans are being treated shamefully Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a town hall meeting in Sackville, Nova Scotia, on Jan. 9, 2018.
PM’s goal to be the big shot has backfired Chantal Hebert’s opinion column in the June 12 edition of the Star defending Justin Trudeau should surprise no one,

The upsides and downsides of LED lighting As politicians, most try to do their best, given what they have learned and experienced in life.
Pry yourself away from the screen There have been a number of reports of the dangers of too much online gaming,
Air North is helping our company fly high Gwaandak Theatre, the Yukon’s only Indigenous-centred theatre company,
Some put dollars ahead of respecting our vets For the past two months, the Canadian flag dangling over the Qwanlin Mall has slowly been shredded, and now, only two thirds of it remain.
With your candidacy a reality, I say, ‘welcome back, Carter!’ Wilf Carter has announced his master plan to defeat the effervescent Mayor Dan Curtis.
Our MP completely misses the mark on gun legislation Bill C-71, the federal Liberal government’s firearms bill that harasses law-abiding hunters and sport shooters and does nothing to reduce the criminal use of guns, was in the news again this week (Star, June 11, 15).

This sale puts us on the track to opportunity As Yukoners, we have to see the opportunities that changes make for us, like the sale of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway (Star, June 7).
We must protect this incomparable jewel! Re: Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) Project #2018-0049, Class 3 Quartz Red Ridge Project
Will the labelling trend be expanded? Will the Northern Territories Alcohol Study conducted by Public Health Ontario and the University of Victoria’s Institute for Substance Use Research lead to health-warning labels on these containers, as well?
Please help businesses survive this trade war Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.

Stubborn politicians squander lots of money Alberta puts hundreds of millions of dollars a year into a municipal sustainability fund for municipalities.
As the premier stays silent, will you support us? Ed. note: this is a letter to Ted Adel, the Liberal MLA for Copperbelt North.

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