Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Healing and uniting: the TRC in Whitehorse Something very unfair and, in many cases, destructive, has happened.
There isn’t enough work for mass certification Re. “School project’s local hire ratio questioned” (Star, May 26).
Our money should go into housing, not fracking! At the recent forum on vulnerable people attended by hundreds, there was strong consensus that housing is a top priority.
How many more must be harmed? Another accident between a truck and car on the Alaska Highway in the city of Whitehorse (Star, May 28).
This exercise is poorly timed, user-unfriendly We are writing to you today on behalf of the Trails Only Yukon Association (TOYA) to highlight a serious concern.

Mayor just doesn’t get it The Alaska Highway flows through Whitehorse.
Manor’s air continues to be suspect Ed. note: this is a letter to the Yukon government.

Helping parents with the high cost of kids It’s no surprise that parents with young children hold more than half of all of Canada’s household debt.
Mining does help strengthen the economy I was surprised to read in the paper a few days ago that NDP Leader Liz Hanson had made a statement to the effect that mining contributes very little to the Yukon economy.
Pondering garbage police for the Yukon Mayor Dan Curtis, the NDP and the Liberals promise to create garbage police for the Yukon, if they get into power.

Mayor, NDP don’t support safer highways There have been a lot of Alaska Highway accidents from the Carcross Cutoff to the Mayo Road.

There is something inherently wrong with this building It is with great disappointment I must alert you to the fact our building has no ventilation at the moment (possibly overnight last Thursday/Friday morning, and it is just after 12 noon Friday as I write this).
Now the trigger-happy yahoos will go nuts I loved the picture of the bruin on the front of your Friday paper.
Writer has made an important contribution Ed. note: this is a letter to Whitehorse energy consultant Peter Becker.
City officials, council losing touch with reality Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Dan Curtis and city council.

We simply can’t endorse this unfocused plan An unfocused, unending combat mission in Iraq and Syria
When does subversion become treason? Re: “Omnibus budget bill alters history to clear RCMP of potential criminal charges” by The Canadian Press on May 13.
Raising a stop sign to the corridor project The Whitehorse Urban Cycling Coalition has created this submission for the Department of Highways and Public Works, c/o Alaska Highway Whitehorse Corridor Project Office, and CH2M Hill in Whitehorse.
A traffic nightmare in both official languages The proposed francophone high school on the Yukon River is untenable at best.
Yukoners must stand together for the good of all According to research by such groups as Resources Works, there is need for people to get together on common ground to work together and not fight.
Some friendly advice for his worship the mayor Here you have the mayor
People do not matter to the Yukon Party In her letter of May 8 to the Whitehorse Star,
Only the Yukon Party sees nothing wrong Late last week, the 2014 Yukon Minerals Advisory Board (YMAB) annual report was released.
City bureaucrats did not do their homework There has been a lot of misinformation said about the development of the outdoor sports complex

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