Whitehorse Daily Star

December 20, 2013

• We're effectively attending to our veterans' needs Re: "Our government is tossing our vets into the gutter” (Star, Dec. 6).
• You death dealers now have a dead industry This is an open letter to Eldred Woodford, president of the Canadian Sealers Association, and Yukon MP Ryan Leef in regards to their shared misguided and learned ignorance on the seal fur ban, along with the facts that surround it.
• Wind power: the backbone of electrical development A column by Christina Blizzard syndicated in the Whitehorse Star on Dec. 6 from Sun Media Corp. added to other criticisms of the Ontario government and the Ontario Green Energy Act from 2009.
• The Yukon Party will have us drowning in debt This is an open letter to Premier and Finance Minister Darrell Pasloski, Scott Kent, the minister of the Yukon Development and Energy Corporations, Joanne Fairlee, chair of the YDC and Piers McDonald, chair of Yukon Energy (YEC).
• They seem to forget 60 per cent opposed them Ed. note: this is an open letter to NDP Leader Liz Hanson.

December 19, 2013

• Let's recommit Canada to the Muskoka Initiative! As the host country of the G8 Summit three years ago, Canada focused the world's attention on maternal and child health in the developing world.

December 17, 2013

• We have regulatory approval to sell more shares Air North, Yukon's Airline, is pleased to announce that regulatory approval has just been received to sell 80 Class C shares under the Yukon Small Business Investment Tax Credit Program.
• Let's do more than rearrange the chairs Whatever the conventionally-measured benefits of building more pipelines to distribute a dwindling and more remote amount of oil or bitumen, the costs of continued global warming are colossal.

December 16, 2013

• An opportunity for a rare Arctic economy With respect to our northern seal hunting, reducing predators has proved successful in maintaining food supply and population of both prey and predator.
• Another apologist for environmental destruction On Nov. 4, Newfoundland banned unconventional oil and gas extraction.

December 13, 2013

• Prime Minister Harper should be returned to sender In his Speech from the Throne this fall, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he wanted to put the needs of consumers first by ensuring they receive better and more competitive costs and by creating more jobs for Canadians.
• Our year was inspiring, our gratitude is deep With the end of 2013 quickly approaching, it is time to give thanks to everyone who contributed to an exceptional year for Athletics Yukon.
• It will be ‘Hey!' days on Main Street again Re. "Rendezvous plans a splash on Main Street”, Star, Dec. 6, this is great news!
• Please remember not to give goats There have been a number of ads and information in the media lately about gifts for the underprivileged. The message is often to give a gift to a needy person rather than something tangible for someone who has everything.
• The Tories' safe haven for a renegade lives on With the passing of Nelson Mandela, it is a good time to reflect on forgiveness and remembering.
• Nelson Mandela (Madiba): in memoriam "May God stand between you and harm, and all the empty places where you must walk.” (This is an old Egyptian blessing.)
• The Conservatives' cover-up continues Anyone who still believes the Conservatives are telling Canadians everything about the Wright-Duffy scandal only needs follow the votes to know what is really happening: a cover-up is still going-on.
• We need more study time! This is an open letter to Stephen Mills of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) via Keith Maguire.

December 12, 2013

• We're becoming too reliant on any minor luxuries! Sweeping generalities are absolutely never true, not even this one!