Whitehorse Daily Star

February 14, 2017

• Leaders’ key summit bore some fruit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s and U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting Monday in Washington had a great result for both countries.
• This bill’s provisions are an outrage Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon Senator Dan Lang and Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.

February 10, 2017

• Do these various attributes make the Yukon unique? The Yukon has many unique things about it.
• Everybody’s kissing up to a select group now Premier Sandy Silver and his ministers have joined with the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) to “speak with one voice” for Yukon in Ottawa (Star, Feb. 3).
• Please justify your position, Mr. Bagnell This week, Yukon’s Member of Parliament, Larry Bagnell, voted against MP Gérard Deltell’s private member’s motion regarding private health and dental plans.
• City council is skewing its priorities Whitehorse city council members have apparently forgotten that when given the trust from the voting public,
• Use the millions on the causes of the tragedies Ed. note: this is an open letter to Carolyn Bennett, the minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

February 8, 2017

• In spite of the cold, the Yukon Rangers can mobilize Minus 45C; schools close down, vehicles won’t start, people hunker down, and it is cold.

February 7, 2017

• We need to measure infrastructure spending Let’s look at the hard, cold facts about infrastructure spending in Canada.
• Urge the prime minister to reconsider! Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
• PM is good at speaking, better at breaking pledges The honeymoon is over for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal party.

February 6, 2017

• You squandered a golden opportunity, Mr. Trudeau Ed. note: this is an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
• Thank you to our community volunteer firefighters This is an open letter to all Yukoners in response to a letter published Jan. 27 in the Whitehorse Star.
• Fire equipment responds, not roams I am writing to comment on Mr. Ken Gabb’s letter to the Whitehorse Star of Jan. 27.

February 3, 2017

• Liberals chose cynicism over what’s right Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
• Our cost of living keeps spiralling! We’ve had a 14-per-cent increase in fuel costs.
• What happened to the Channel 23 weather station? Ed. note: this is a letter to Northwestel Inc.’s customer service staff.