Whitehorse Daily Star

July 22, 2015

• There are plenty of revolving doors at YTG I freely admit that I have received grants in the past from the Yukon Mining Incentive Program (YMIP).
• How the personnel problems began Once upon a time, there was a political leader who wanted to go fishing.
• Double-crossed, he carved out a Yukon life I’m looking for some help in finding out a bit more about my great uncle Charles (Chas) Tresidder, a Cornishman by birth, who lived and worked in and around Mayo for 50 years.

July 21, 2015

• Premier needs a lesson on definitions Our premier keeps abusing the words “consult” and “consultation” with regards to the Whistle Bend fiasco and on many other occasions.
• With ‘anything goes’ politics, who do you vote for? The Yukon Party has continued on the wave of building the territory’s future success.
• Why Germany’s electoral system may be superior Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef.

July 20, 2015

• We’ll be voting to shape the world! Next September at the UN, the bold Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030 become official.
• Ultimately, what are politicians supposed to be? I am going to go on what people want to hear, which is being more proactive and constructive on public affairs.
• He’s making no bones about looking for dirt Two weeks ago, a less-than-clever Yukon Party (YP) toady was trying to look for skeletons in my closet by using YTG’s ATTIP office.

July 17, 2015

• Private-sector heads would roll for this stupidity Re. “Diesel will be retained when power is out” (Star, July 15).
• ‘Of course, you know this means war’ Old prospectors and First Nations elders know that from time to time, we must return to the wilderness to reconnect with our basic values and survival skills.
• City is ignoring accountability for this sinkhole When a sinkhole appeared back in front of my home on May 24, along with depressions and slumping of the surrounding land, I called the city and asked that their staff investigate.

July 16, 2015

• Yukon’s uniparty system of power jockeys After reading recent local news articles about local party recruitment and political jockeying, do Yukoners really have a real choice at the coming ballot box in 2016?

July 15, 2015

• We visited last Thursday Re: my letter in Monday’s Whitehorse Star
• The critics should get aboard this project The Yukon Party government is building a 150-bed continuing care facility in the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• ‘An empty field with no community is a nightmare’ Internal government documents published Tuesday morning by the CBC confirm the Yukon NDP’s long-standing concerns
• Let’s meet those who created this stupid project I note in the article from the July 10 Yukon News that the Yukon Energy Corp. (YEC) intends to use the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant for “mainly in case of power outages and for heating in the winter months, when hydro is insufficient to meet demand.”