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- Comments should be thoughtful, not abusive (10)
- Proposed building called inappropriate for neighbourhood (7)
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- 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)
March 29, 2016
- Clarification Ken McKinnon stresses
- Parties’ outlandish statements keep coming A real person and especially politicians are supposed to do what in life for the people?
- Make the programs and services fit, council! Must we citizens/ratepayers of Whitehorse resign ourselves to perpetual annual increases to our property taxes and service fees?
March 28, 2016
- Downplaying the increase is an insult to taxpayers Ed. note: this is an open letter to Mayor Dan Curtis and city council.
March 24, 2016
- Don’t board the city’s bus ride to failure The city manager wants to purchase two new buses for over a million dollars.
- Well done, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau! Kudos to Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, for being such a positive role model for Canadian women, and not because of what she was wearing on the Trudeaus’ trip to Washington!
- Let’s safeguard our water We are so fortunate here in the Yukon to have what seems to be an endless supply of cool, clean water.
- I was not at the meeting May I, through your letters pages, respond personally to the attacks made upon my reputation by a Mr. Jon Rudolph in a paid advertisement attributed to him which appeared in the Whitehorse Star of Friday, March 18?
- The lonely voice of dissension All of the legitimate mining properties of merit in Yukon are closed, about to close, scaled-back, or in limbo with perpetual permitting and extortion.
- Leave the basin’s ‘bounty’ in the ground, Mr. Kent I read with interest the articles on the Liard Basin’s so-called bounty of natural gas (Star, March 16, 18).
March 23, 2016
- Ill-conceived projects will destroy the Yukon The recent criticism of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) by Northern Cross, the Yukon Chamber of Commerce, the Yukon Chamber of Mines and Economic Development Minister Stacey Hassard demands a response.
- Esteemed thanks for all the so-called ‘savings’ The CBC program The Consumer used to begin with Stomping Tom Connors belting out his song of the same name, one line of which went, “We”ll save a lot of money spending money we don’t got.”
- The new gag economy is falling into place “Gag” is not a word, according to my computer.
- What tax bracket was this measure intended for? Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
March 22, 2016
- Drilling for the truth in the YP’s Beaufort priorities Ed. note: the Yukon NDP official Opposition released this statement Monday.
- We have to strike the right balance here “Mining sustains us.”
- On waste diversion, the Yukon Party has failed badly As Environment critic for the Yukon NDP official Opposition,
March 21, 2016
- We’re witnessing a political brain freeze! The other day,
- Our children’s children deserve clean water Living in the Yukon has been blessing, considering we have clean drinking water.
- Something to ponder on World Water Day It is World Water Day on March 22.