Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Why would we consider such a destructive practice? Allow me to add just a few comments to Peter Becker's well-written and well-researched column (Star, Feb. 19).
The War Amps has a special project I am a member of The War Amps Operation Legacy, which consists of members of the Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program

To you, girl, the stranger from the Yukon My name's Brenden Johnston. I'm 17 years old and a senior student at Dover Bay Secondary School in Nanaimo, B.C.
The territories sure made their mark recently This past month was a banner stretch for the three northern territories on the national stage.
It was heartwarming to see you with your athletes Ed. note: this is a letter to Education Minister Elaine Taylor.
Your committee should visit every commuity The following is taken from two letters the Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) sent to the Select Committee on the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing.
People struggling with poverty affect us all The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC) wishes to state its support for the current movement across Canada and the United States for an increase to the hourly minimum wage rate.
You will destroy our history and pollute our water Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
Act locally, think globally ... and spurn fracking When considering the question of fracking in the Yukon, it is important to put the issue in context.

Governments' rhetoric is positively annoying I am often irked by the rhetoric that comes from our current governments, both local and federal, and in particular, the use of the word "emotional”.
YTG is slipping the frackers in the back door! YTG's oil and gas resources branch has inked a deal with the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission to pave the way for the frackers (Star, Feb. 18).
Attack was ‘ignorant, discriminatory, appalling' I am writing in response to the Feb. 14 self-aggrandizing letter by L. Ward Anderson.
Don't reward vandalism and the bridge's illegal use Ed. note: this is an open letter to Mayor Dan Curtis and city council.

Could we not consider electing elders as well? Could we not consider electing elders as well?
Fracking must be banned across the Yukon Ed. note: this is a letter to Whitehorse climate change specialist John Streicker.
School success 101, Lesson 1, Chapter 1 Our knowledge about job performance is encyclopedic.

Landlord and tenant legislation has many gaps In 2012, Yukon's official New Democratic Opposition put the spotlight on two unfair practices the Yukon Party refused to deal with in the new Residential Landlord Tenant Act.
Mandela's death got me to thinking .... The death of Nelson Mandela got me to thinking about people in prison for long stretches with no recourse to justice in their own country, so I sent this message to Justice Minister Peter McKay about Omar Khadr:
Please ban fossil fuel extraction in Yukon These are my public comments to the Select Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing.
Here's how to eliminate false majorities And now we settle in to the long, needless and money-wasting grind of a court battle for the Peel.

Quebec should put the Charter to a referendum Every day that passes without the Charter being shot down once and for all, the closer we are to having the PQ agenda imposed on us.
Fracking is more than just water, but water is life Fracking is more than just water, but water is life
The Nobel laureate's noble intention Trailing the success of the Nobel laureated Grameen Bank, intended to help the poor pull themselves out of poverty with microloans, thousands of microfinance institutions (MFIs) were set up, but not all with the intent or the structures to support the poorest. Hence, some sad consequences.
As a woman was battered, your shelter mocked me Ed. note: this is a letter to Barb McInerney, the executive director of Kaushee's Place.
This ‘race' uses the dogs as chattel slaves The Yukon Quest is built on the exploitation and killing of dogs, and is inhumane!
They've hoisted their own hypocrisy even higher I am appalled by all the critics, special interest groups, politicians and media mavens who have been using the Sochi Olympics as their weapon to bait the Russian bear for its treatment of homosexuals.
Do we sell our soul for 30 years of degradation? I am one of the thousands who stand together in the pursuit to stop fracking.

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