Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Dinner could unite politicians and help our city Politicians should remember:
Slaughtering wolf packs has the opposite effect Once again, recent reports by the CBC regarding the plight of the Bathurst caribou herd were incomplete, leaving the listener to believe that it’s a wolf problem.
Responsible mining is alive and well My ancestors have a history in mining that goes back centuries, and I am a partner in one of the first environmental companies in Yukon’s history.
What kind of city do we all want to live in? I love living in Whitehorse, Yukon. I tell everyone, here and elsewhere, what a wonderful place this is.
That beaver represents our debt-choked kids Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella once opined that it is impossible, even for judges, to totally divorce themselves from their personal beliefs.
Please remain open to new ideas, Mr. Nixon Ed. note: this is a letter to Health and Social Services Minister Mike Nixon.
These medical professionals must be listened to I am writing to thank the doctors, nurses and x-ray and imaging technicians for the extraordinary care they provided me during my five-day stay in Whitehorse General Hospital (WGH) this past winter.
It is high time to end the practice of cash for access It is never too late to do the right thing.

America may soon adopt a new national anthem America may soon adopt a new national anthem

Let’s spend more for development assistance Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that claims over 1.3 million lives a year.
We can practise applied economic development There is a group of people in the N.W.T. making seal skin clothing and selling everything they can produce.
Canada’s Métis doubled down for double or nothing The Supreme Court of Canada decision – to award the Canadian Métis Indian status rights – was overdue justice after 100 years of white oppression.

‘Panamaization’ of the Yukon is up and running Panama money laundering via lax and permissive corporation laws and regulations has seized centre stage worldwide in early 2016.
Our territory needs election financing reform Election finance reform is overdue in Yukon.

Taking ‘sovereignty association’ to the absurd With last Thursday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision, the uncertainty over land tenure that started in Yukon will spread to the whole of Canada.
Funny how all the ‘critics’ stayed at home I went to the town hall meeting last Thursday evening at Porter Creek Secondary School.
Don’t let greedy, lazy hunters kill these bears I am considering bringing a wildlife photography tour up to the Alaska Highway in the Yukon this summer and moving forward in 2017 and 2018, etc.

The candidates are coming! Really! They are! Last Tuesday evening, I was relaxing in front of my TV enjoying the latest episode of The Donald Trump Show on CNN.
Seniors deserve the best speciality care Speciality community home care for seniors is not your regular seniors’ place where people go to the grocery store.
Having made a mess, premier should quit It is interesting watching Premier Darrell Pasloski trying to get some mileage out of Ottawa’s so-called $6.5 million cutback in transfer payments.
Premier’s ‘debt-free’ claim is absurd nonsense Here I go again trying to correct the misinformation Premier Darrell Pasloski is telling Yukoners.
Major budget speech statements don’t reflect reality Last week, the territorial budget came out.
Pasloski embarrassed himself Our premier believes,
YP would rather buy votes than help children We have spent the past few weeks eagerly anticipating a new budget for Yukon.

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