Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

We’d offer more help for families It’s expensive to be a good parent in Canada.
Encountering an idiotic donut on wheels Last Saturday, driving back from Cowley Creek, I was very surprised by a motorbike.
It’s a shocker to find such prejudices still reigning This is in response to the Troy Media article entitled “Canadians are very generous to our aboriginal people” in the Tuesday, June 23 issue of the Whitehorse Star, or “opinion” or “comment” if you so choose to identify it that way.

I can offer responsible, respectful leadership This is an open letter to all Yukon First Nations and the Gwich’in people.
Always spare a thought for the ancient prospector I have enclosed with this short note a clipping of an editorial in the Dawson Daily News of July 25, 1912, which I found interesting.

Hamilton Boulevard is a safe artery Hamilton Boulevard has had a very low accident rate, and I could find no head-on accidents.
The spay and neuter program is essential, Mr. Istchenko Ed. note: this is a letter to Environment Minister Wade Istchenko.
When will these senators stop living in the past? Re. the Senate committee report on power generation in the North (Star, June 19).

PM’s lip service won’t solve retirement income crisis More and more Canadians are worried about their retirement, yet Stephen Harper is offering them little more than lip-service for the problem.
We will heal Canada from the Tories’ damage After 10 years under the Harper government, Ottawa is broken.
Sport tourism offers a great opportunity According to the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance, sports spending soars to $3.6 billion annually in Canada.
Roll over and play dead with the Yukon NDP The historic complaint received by the Yukon Minister of Environment alleging massive and sustained irregularities in the approval of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant about to be fired up on Robert Service Way in Whitehorse was filed on May 29.
Resolve to stand up for law and order, MP Leef Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef.

So much for common sense from Harper’s gang Re: Bill C-42, the common sense licensing act, is a pre-election gimmick.

The territory is in need of new rescue equipment Ed. note: this is a letter to the Yukon Fire Marshal’s Office.
China, Canada may be talking free trade In October last year, a deal was completed between Canada and China to protect their businesses in each country.
The Liberals chose fear over democracy Conservatives and Liberals joined forces last week to pass Bill C-51.
Assisted-death option would have been a relief Re. “Assisted suicide raises troubling questions”, which you published on May 27, by Dr. Harvey Chochinov.

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