Whitehorse Daily Star

February 4, 2014

• I call on Stephen Harper to match my action Canadians want their leaders to come forward with practical solutions to our problems, and they have been clear that the Senate has become one of those problems. It is broken and needs to be fixed.
• Is the Yukon government setting up a fracked territory? Are the Yukon Legislative Assembly and its select committee ("the committee”) willing to understand that fracking is not safe and that regulations, no matter how excellent, will not make it so?
• I feel targeted by this bylaw officer On Monday, like every day, I went out at 10:15 a.m. to move my vehicle, which I park on Jarvis Street.

February 3, 2014

• Drinking water is more valuable than oil Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• Public meeting will explore Internet concerns This is an open letter to all Yukon citizens.
• Squaring up to traffic circles' realities Quick, now: when approaching a traffic circle, who has the right-of-way?
• A ‘balanced' approach? Perhaps not so much! If you're like me, you've heard "balanced” being used a lot by the Yukon Party government to justify the evisceration of the Peel planning commission's land use plan.

January 31, 2014

• Media distorting richness of Olympic Winter Games Dear Editor:
• This division over the Peel could hurt relationships As a non-first Nations person, it was my hope that the Yukon could honour our agreements with First Nations and be a model to the rest of Canada as to how to work with First Nations partners in a sincere way.
• Pasloski's direction harkens back to the anti-land claim days After much thought and probably a bit of anger on the Yukon government's plan to ignore the recommendations of the Peel Watershed land use planning process and decide on their own what is best for the Yukon I felt the need to express some thoughts of my own.
• Alternative energy needs to be explored Here are some of my thoughts resulting from two years of research into this issue.

January 30, 2014

• Government needs to reverse Peel plan To Yukon government representatives:
• Yukon Energy application will cost ratepayers dearly Just an update for the people of the Yukon, who are the electrical ratepayers and the shareholders of our Crown utility, the Yukon Energy Corporation (YEC).
• Industrial traffic growing quickly To the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon:
• Yukon Party betrayed public opinion with Peel decision Honorable Darrell Pasloski, Premier:

January 29, 2014

• Leave resources where they are for now The debate about oil and gas exploration in the Yukon has been heated and divisive, but I think there are two things everyone can agree on.
• What gives you the right Premier Pasloski? Premier Darrell Pasloski, not long ago you traveled more than half way around the world to attend the funeral of a man whom you did not know,
• Accept commission's recommendation Government of the Yukon: Please accept the Peel River Watershed Planning Commission's recommendation.
• Forget LNG, pursue alternatives Inch by inch the large corporations will destroy our natural resources in the North all for profit.
• Collaboration or collision? The question surrounds the Peel When we think of the words of our ancestors;

January 28, 2014

• Government missed opportunity to embrace far-sighted plan The Yukon government's plan for the Peel River watershed released last week is a radical departure from the thoughtfully crafted final plan of the Peel planning commission.
• Express support for protection of the Peel I am very concerned and distraught regarding this move to allow industry in.
• Fracking committee needs to expand conversation To the Select Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing.
• Arkansas resident wants support for Peel To whom it may concern:
• Peel decision disappointing Please consider this an open letter to the Yukon government.
• Respect First Nations; protect the Peel watershed I am writing with disappointment that the Yukon government has decided to approve a Peel River Watershed Land Use Plan (YG plan) that is substantially different from the plan recommended by the Peel Watershed Planning Commission (PWPC plan).