Letters Archive
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- Comments should be thoughtful, not abusive (9)
- 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 22, 2022
- Just sock it to me, all right, folks? A recent news story told of socks that cost $US420 (£350).
- These Yukoners must be kept connected! Ed. note: this is a letter to Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn and Economic Development Minister Ranj Pillai.
August 19, 2022
- Please come and sign the petition! My name is Bev Regier, and I have started a petition to increase Pharmacare coverage.
- Have all your services evaporated? Ed. note: this is a letter to Marco Mendicino, the federal minister of Public Safety, Yukon MP Brendan Hanley and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki.
- Where is the needed accountability? Pope Francis has told a Canadian audience that he was sorry for how historical wrongs were done to Aboriginal peoples.
August 17, 2022
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Hunting these bears should be banned in territory Hunting season opened Aug. 1 in the Yukon.
August 12, 2022
- Media should have seen the lights Re: the Yukon winners of this year’s Celebration of Light fireworks competition in Vancouver.
- Yukoners have outdone themselves! I want to take this opportunity to thank the donors, the buyers, and most especially my teams for making this year’s Royal Canadian Legion sales successful.
- Come help us stand against discrimination Jewish Canadians are 10 times more likely than members of any other religious community to be the target of a hate crime.
August 8, 2022
- ‘We dishonoured her memory and failed her family’ Ed. note: this is the text of the formal apology delivered Friday to the family of Tootsie Jimmy-Charlie by Chief Supt. Scott Sheppard, commanding officer of the Yukon RCMP.
August 1, 2022
- The majority’s safety is rightly paramount The use of trigger warnings has its place, on the news before a car accident report or with cultural concerns, but surely not with food menus.
- I’m eternally grateful for the shelter I must respond to the July 20 article in the Star about problems around the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter.