Letters Archive
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December 24, 2014
- Maturing the recycling business into profits Re. city landfill recycling enhancements.
- Please help oppose this measure, Mr. Leef Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef.
- Water, wind and solar the new energy of the future Fossil fuels will start to decline in the future, and water will become the new energy of the future.
- Breeding hypocrisy down on the farm What a great column written by Tourism and Culture Minister Mike Nixon in the Dec. 12 issue of the Star
- ABCs take CABS for a short stay at WCC Canada’s courts seem compelled to pamper violent criminals now.
December 23, 2014
- The old prospector predicts a happier New Year A brief glance back at 2014:
- Will Canada stand up to the fossil fuel lobby? Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef.
December 22, 2014
- Yukon Party promotes the illusion of democracy The Yukon Party (YP) government has postponed the legislature’s fracking committee’s final report to Jan. 19.
- Store has no interest in retrieval I am puzzled by the attitude which Staples Whitehorse has in regard to expensive shopping carts.
- Luckily, an economist is in charge The deficit is dead! The deficit is dead!
- A time for reconciliation is nigh We watched the speech by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
December 19, 2014
- Do Yukoners support this housing concept? I read the Dec. 5 letter by H. Scholz and M. E. Kennedy about seniors’ housing.
- Canadian voters definitely deserve a say! Heh! This past year has been filled with so many accomplishments for democratic reformers:
- Speaker Laxton helped save the night I had a horrible experience last night, but then I was saved by an angel.
- EFLO’s proposal akin to a wolf in sheep’s clothing EFLO’s proposal to work-over two existing gas wells in southeast Yukon (Star, Dec. 18) needs to be examined closely.
- Please appeal this flawed decision Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
- It’s time to say, ‘Now I’ve seen everything’ Sometimes when I read the paper, I say to myself, “I’ve heard it all before.”
- Continuing with the status quo is not responsible The City of Whitehorse recently passed the 2015 capital budget and approved funding for a building consolidation project.
December 18, 2014
- The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind If Liz Hanson ever forms a government under the NDP banner, I am certain her support base would quickly encourage her to embrace cronyism too.
December 17, 2014
- Passengers’ intervention was much appreciated Ed. note: the Whitehorse writer has requested that her name be withheld to protect the privacy of her son and his health concerns.
- Company’s plans rate a full public hearing Ed. note: this is a letter to the Yukon Water Board.
- Don’t look now, but gas prices are still too high As someone who monitors gas and oil prices for work,
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Rogue snowmobilers must be stopped Ed. note: the Whitehorse writer has requested anonymity due to having been physically assaulted and having suffered property damage in relation to the concerns outlined in this letter, which was written as a public education initiative.
- The issue remains an urgent one, Mr. Cathers Ed. note: this is a letter to Brad Cathers, the minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corp.