Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Help us protect our cherished trails! The Active Trails Whitehorse Association (ATWA) is a registered group of Whitehorse residents.
YEC must be run transparently, ethically and efficiently I would like to respond to the Yukon Energy Corp.'s (YEC's) insistence that I had "serious errors” in my letter to the Whitehorse Star Aug. 26.
This couple are true Yukon ambassadors My wife, Trudy, my friend Lee and I recently took a motorcycle trip from Alaska to Texas that covered over 5,000 miles.
Arresting your involvement was the right move Ed. note: this is a letter to Chief Supt. Peter Clark of the RCMP "M” Division.
Sima supporters need to show they care In response to some of the media coverage that has followed the recent press release and interviews regarding the efforts of the Friends of Sima volunteer group, I would like to clarify the following points.

Underfunding aboriginal education is a costly mistake While the Conservatives have spent the summer talking about their forthcoming First Nations Education Act,
In 2013, we're talking segregation? Hi there.
I feel obligated to go to court I concur with the letter written by Yannick Neveux, "This persecution is entirely unjustified”, Star, Aug. 30.
Good police should start arresting the bad police This is an open letter to the Yukon RCMP and their American television production crew.

Gentlemen: you should feel ashamed of yourselves! Ed. note: this is an open letter to David Morrison, the president of the Yukon Energy Corp. (YEC), and Dwight Redden, the general manager of Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. (YECL).
We worked toward a common worthwhile goal Earlier this week, Premier Darrell Pasloski and I joined members of the Yukon Women's Transition Home Society in a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the official opening of Betty's Haven (Star, Aug. 27).
École Emilie-Tremblay's portables have been delayed École Émilie-Tremblay welcomes 226 students for the school year 2013-2014.
Toes steps up my memories Re: "Drinker downs the toe, coughs up the dough”, Star, Aug. 28.
The Yukon government just won't hop to it! I have been after government officials all spring and summer to sweep the bike lane on the Takhini Hot Springs Road, to no avail.
This persecution is entirely unjustified Ed. note: this is a letter to staff at the Department of Highways and Public Works.
Putting the debate on the right footing Sure, swallowing a dehydrated human toe — like the one placed inside the infamous "sourtoe cocktail” at the Downtown Hotel in Dawson City — is disgusting.
Board's arrogance and contempt are beyond belief Ed. note: this is an open letter to Bruce McLennan, chair of the Yukon Utilities Board.

It isn't that complicated – 911 saves lives Subject: Government's inaction on 911 and civic addressing is putting Yukoners at risk.
‘Reality' TV is really about entertainment Subject: RCMP "reality” show should be stopped, not paused.
Writer's claims simply don't reflect the facts This is in response to the letter from Sally Wright on Monday, Aug. 26 ("Consumers' group has returned everyone to a state of reality.”)
Esteemed senator should ‘do the right thing' The final cost for the Senate to use special outside auditors to monitor suspected misspending by some senators won't be public until the end of September.
Thanks for helping to recognize a piece of history I would like to thank the many organizations and individuals who participated in the recent official recognition of the A.J. Goddard shipwreck as a Yukon Historic Site (Star, Aug. 23).

Dubious events necessitate some new credos I am reliving some thoughts following recent local news: "Dawson's sewage plant is in at double cost, has frozen up and overflowed into the street once already, and can't achieve legal discharge requirements on a good day.”

We appreciated the community support! Sabrina Clarke and myself, Patrick Soprovich, would like to thank all of the people who made the Students On Ice fund-raiser held at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre possible.
We are nothing less than we were before Recently, we heard of the passing of Star editor Jim Butler's wife, Mona.
His opinons were chock-full of myths The Aug. 21 column by Lorrie Goldstein is full of myths and legends about mental illness and psychiatry.
Ponder the minister who can't count and won't listen Subject: Peel watershed: Numbers do matter.
Consumers' group has returned everyone to a state of reality I would like to take this opportunity to thank Roger Rondeau of the Utilities Consumers' Group for waking up me and a few others from our summer malaise.
Planned trip would ensure a raft of woes This is in response to the article "Pair readying raft for trip from ‘awesome Dawsome; to Alaska” (Star, Aug. 16).
PM's, minister's actions were right on-target It was great to see on youtube our prime minister, Stephen Harper, and defence minister, Rob Nicholson, join a company of Rangers for some sharp-shooting target practice with the old 303 (Star, Aug. 21) as they continued their Arctic tour this week.

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