Letters Archive
Popular discussions
- Comments should be thoughtful, not abusive (10)
- 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 4, 2016
- Democrats are adopting Hoover’s tactics Re. Clinton’s claim her email answers were “truthful”.
August 3, 2016
- Reviewing the public art acquisition policy This is an open letter to Whitehorse city council regarding changes to the municipal public art acquisition policy.
- Rotarians do much to help eradicate polio Further to Paulie Duhaime’s letter in the July 14 Star, “Eradicating polio means we all win”, I wish to draw your readers’ attention to the key role of Rotary International (RI) in the global effort to end polio now.
August 2, 2016
- Hyperloop transit is a real game-changer Existing conventional modes of transporting people consist of four unique types: rail, road, water and air.
- Carbon pricing: there are options, Mr. Premier Premier Darrell Pasloski wrote in Monday’s Star that Yukon is facing the brunt of climate change, but that we are not the cause of it.
August 1, 2016
- No wonder the YP favours the status quo I was wondering why the Pasloski government is opposed to reforming the election donation regime in the Yukon.
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A made-in-Yukon approach to climate action No one needs to remind anyone in Yukon or the North that climate change is real – it has changed our day-to-day lives more than anywhere in Canada.
July 29, 2016
- U.S. should solve its own e-mail woes Regarding the Democrats’ emails, clearly the Democrats need “better” servers and security.
- An absentee old prospector returns briefly After six weeks of digging holes all over the historic Livingstone Creek placer gold area, I returned to Whitehorse.
- Trade deal reflects northern, Canadian realities I read a letter in Wednesday’s Star by a leader who is not in touch nor understands the reality of what a premier’s job is: to work with all the other premiers, who are Liberal, Conservative and NDP.
July 27, 2016
- Trade agreement should reflect northern reality Canada’s provinces and territories have signed a new free trade agreement to replace the 20-year-old Agreement on Internal Trade (Star, July 25).
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Premiers are getting better at nation-building It was great to see all 13 premiers in the Yukon, working together for the interests of Canada and Yukon.