Whitehorse Daily Star

February 18, 2015

• I’m truly sorry my comments upset you Please accept my apology.
• Defenders of the Yukon: you are not alone! Following a stay in Yukon Territory (Canada), I was frightened to see that unconventional oil and gas development projects threaten your territory.

February 17, 2015

• Some realities you won’t see in city promotions I finally did it! I purchased a year membership at the Canada Games Centre; $512.80 spent directly against the private sector.

February 16, 2015

• Enjoying the early swans of an early spring! Swans are coming home early!
• Recapping a week in the life of the Yukon’s MP I started off last week riding the first 1.5 miles with musher Scott for the Yukon Quest. Although it was cold – what a rush!
• Health care providers in Yukon rate an A+ The Yukon just got a D- in health care in a Conference Board of Canada report released last week.
• For whom the bell tolls (apologies to Hemingway) I heard a rumour: Premier Darrell (and friends) attended the Prospectors and Developers Association Conference (PDAC) in Toronto recently. Maybe it was last year?

February 13, 2015

• I’d like to be the first to sign your nomination papers Using your sense of deductive reasoning, I am glad to inform you that you are running in the next federal election.
• Your mistakes will catch up to you, Sir Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• Give them a tarring, a feathering and a good drubbing! Gullible!
• Bridge traffic would be a threat to public safety I am writing on behalf of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse regarding the Rotary Centennial Bridge
• Let’s bring a medicare approach to climate change Over the past nine years, Canada’s international reputation has been damaged and the Keystone XL pipeline has been stalled.
• The Yukon must leave our fossil fuels in the ground Feb. 13 and 14 (today and tomorrow) is Global Divestment Day. This event calls attention to a movement that started last year and is picking up steam.

February 12, 2015

• Is it the Cuban missile crisis all over again? Be assured that should U.S. President Barack Obama arm the Kiev government, Canada will as well.

February 11, 2015

• Let’s have mining pay its own way I read with interest the Star article from Jan. 29, “Ten sites shortlisted for major hydro dam”
• Do you have a squatter story to share with me? I am compiling stories and pictures from pioneers who once lived in one of the old squatter areas in the lower town of Whitehorse.