Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

You’ve sold us down the river, Mr. Harper Ed. note: this is an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Your party blatantly used deception to get elected Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski and the Yukon Party.
Correction A letter published Monday

A request for democratic freedom, Mr. Phillips Ed. note: this is an open letter to Commissioner Doug Phillips.
There is a leadership vacuum in the Yukon One of the things I have on my bucket list is to run for public office.

The feds have quietly left a toxic housing legacy In the mid-’90s, our federal government began to sell off its staff housing in Whitehorse and other Canadian communities.
Waste ‘reduction’: a waste of wasted paper Ed. note: this is a letter to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
Award for city’s mismanagement is ridiculous Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Dan Curtis, city council and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).
A hasty decision is a recipe for making a mistake The fracking debate has raised a lot of public interest in the issue, in Yukon and elsewhere.

Thanks for being with us for the last 31 years We’re just around the corner from the start of another Yukon Quest 1,000 Mile International Sled Dog Race!
Helping make the legal industry lead our growth Is court action Yukon’s answer to an industry-driven economy?
Some perspective to the recent recycling woes There are a few important facts that Yukoners deserve to know in order to better understand what is currently going on with recycling and waste management in the territory.
The tapestry of life in the Yukon is a bit less vivid Re: passing of Murd Nicholson.

Let’s reject a hug-a-thug, freeloading society Well, we’re into the final months leading up to the next federal election.
Groups’ position rooted in hypocrisy and scare tactics The Peel Watershed Planning Commission’s, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s and Yukon Conservation Society’s position on the proposed Peel Land Use Plan is not only hypocritical, but based on false information and scare tactics.
Our bid for the gatehouse contract was competitive Raven Recycling has been in the news this week about the City of Whitehorse landfill contract for gate-keeping (Star, Jan. 6).
Democracy? What democracy? Whose democracy? The Yukon Party’s last-ditch,
Wolf awareness should be at its peak in this area Dogs are on the menu where we live. That’s a fact of life in this territory.
There are better ideas than a $55-million castle It appears city council strives to spend, spend, spend.
Renewing Canada’s leadership in fighting TB Last month, people around the world marked World AIDS Day.
Thanks to the Yukon Party, you owe $400 million! On Dec. 17, 2014, CBC News reported that the Conference Board of Canada was projecting six per cent economic growth in Yukon for 2015.

Imposing deliberate destitution on refugees is wrong Canadians used to be known around the world for our compassion and generosity.

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