Whitehorse Daily Star

August 7, 2015

• They’re at the post! And they’re off! The federal election campaigning officially took off on Monday last (Star, Aug. 3).
• Arrogant, inept Tories must be turfed! Why would Stephen Harper deliberately turn the 2015 federal election into one of the longest and most expensive in modern history?
• Mining trying to come back again! Something positive might come out of the Wolverine Mine yet, and it’s not all doom and gloom!
• Make banning trophy hunting an election issue Like most of us, I was disgusted with the actions of the Minnesota dentist who brutally slaughtered Cecil the lion.
• The stampede into LNG and fracking is insane These are my comments about the public tour at the Whitehorse liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant (Star, July 24).
• Your mayor practises masterful diplomacy Dear residents of Whitehorse: on a recent visit to your city, we had a wonderful encounter with someone you know.

August 6, 2015

• Polls say 60 per cent of voters want real change! What do Canadians want in the next government?

August 5, 2015

• YTG caves to Kaska Dena and Ross River By caving in on demands from the Kaska Dena Council of Lower Post, B.C., Premier Darrell Pasloski hopes to soon settle with the Ross River Dena Council (Star, Aug. 3).
• Voodoo economics extoll liquefied natural gas The revelation provided by Yukon Energy president Andrew Hall on July 9
• I’m interested in your squatter stories I would like to advise former squatters that I have almost finished compiling my 50-page book on The Squatter Days of Downtown Whitehorse.
• What’s the reality behind the termination? Safety and maintenance are the concerns expressed by the Department of Education as the reasons for terminating the bus contract with Takhini Transport.

August 4, 2015

• This arrogant, autocratic PM will cost us millions Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s unnecessary and expensive call for an election campaign of 11 weeks is yet another example of his willingness to squander taxpayers’ money in a political, self-serving manner.
• Yukoners would like some answers, candidates I have a series of questions for all four federal candidates in the Yukon in the next election.

August 3, 2015

• We can help those living with FASD Yesterday, I was pleased to announce with my colleagues our government’s commitment to invest in strengthening training and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Yukon.
• Coming soon: the death of the mining industry The Yukon’s mining and exploration industry will soon be finished.
• Cartoon unfairly smeared the prime minister The cartoon you published in last Thursday’s edition of the Star depicting Prime Minister Stephen Harper as the infamous American hunter/dentist standing over his kill of Cecil the lion depicted as democracy was in very poor taste.
• Newsflash: our parks are C-51-ready My curiosity is raised whenever the City of Whitehorse claims to have prepared a policy that’s similar to that of other municipalities.

July 31, 2015

• Whistle dreams: if you build it, they will come In order to put to rest the hoopla over moving the cenotaph to the Pioneer Cemetery,
• Our hopes rest with Caribou Legs’ message Canada is blessed with 2.5 million lakes and rivers.
• Who will ignite a Yukon First campaign? Yukon has had a history of boom-to-bust since 1898.
• Apology and retraction The Whitehorse Star, and Murray J. Martin personally, retract and apologize
• ‘Their’ tight control has reached ludicrous extremes This is a letter to all bureaucrats, managers and government controllers.