Whitehorse Daily Star

June 17, 2014

• You were the epitome of a class act I wish to express my respect and admiration for the Porter Creek Second School Class of 2014.
• I'm simply planting the seeds of concepts, Sir Dear Stewart Jamieson: the last thing a big-brained thinker needs is small-minded people around.
• Unknowns surround hydraulic fracturing, permafrost Ed. note: this is an open letter to the Yukon legislature's Select Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing.
• Five memorable days loom YTG thinks it has the right to defy the people of Yukon.

June 16, 2014

• Shark attacks are on the rise Experts around the globe are puzzled by the sudden increase in shark attacks over the last half-decade.
• Your in-crisis leadership was admirable Ed. note: this is a June 13 letter to Moncton, N.B. Mayor George LeBlanc.
• There are options to removing the old intake The proposal to remove the old Yukon River intake in Riverdale, while good in its intent, ignores one of nature's most fundamental laws: moving water is dangerous. Fast-moving, cold water, even more so.

June 13, 2014

• Water needs protection from abuses Ed. note: this is a letter to city councillor John Streicker.
• We don't need these things at all! I must not let myself get all stressed out every time I see another of Sandy Helland's letters in the Star or else I'll be a nervous wreck, even if I keep reading all those self-help books.
• Removing the old intake is a simplistic reaction I was there when the Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club (YCKC) put rocks in the Yukon River at the old city intake.

June 12, 2014

• You don't want to regret the alternatives, folks I'm born again as a crusader for a liberal Canada.

June 11, 2014

• The Yukon, Canada: missing the boat ... again? The recent "mega natural gas announcement of unprecedented scope” in Alaska may give pause, or even derail, plans to develop those resources in the Yukon and particularly in the rest of Canada.
• RCMP uniforms should display our flag My only wish list for Bill C-42 is to add the Canadian flag to RCMP uniforms.
• Inquest validated the Scheunert family's concerns June 7 was the two-year anniversary of Teresa Ann Scheunert's admission to Watson Lake Hospital.

June 10, 2014

• Wake up to potential disaster, capital residents With the recent accident on the Robert Campbell Bridge and the strong earthquake that rocked Whitehorse,
• The bottom line: prescription drugs ensure safety Medication fills a gap in personality that balances a person's performance throughout daily life.
• We can finally celebrate a new era Often, the daily news brings us the same sad stories. I would like to share some positive news about the state of women's and children's health.
• Pull the pin on the legal hand grenade or quit! On June 3, Mike Power, the president of the Yukon Prospectors Association (YPA), finally got off his complacent, politically correct backside and stood up for Yukon's grassroots prospectors.