Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Is it the mining industry's curtain call? Is the mining industry leaving Yukon at last?
The WCB's investment policy needs a realignment This is an open letter to those who pay into the territorial workers' comensation board (WCB) annuity and to Doug Graham, the minister responsible.

We are happily giving back to our seniors Over the past 10 years, we have seen the percentage of people over the age of 60 go from 10.5 per cent of the territory's population to 16 per cent.
Leef is leaving us all to fly blind Canadian taxpayers are now paying more for less thanks to Yukon MP Ryan Leef and the Conservative Party's costly changes to our national census.
This treasure of a watershed must be preserved! Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
These are not the ways to cut an immigration backlog There is more than meets the eye to the Conservative government's boastful claim about cutting the immigration backlog.

Another mindless, Tory travesty Why has the federal government reduced the number of student summer jobs it sponsors when the youth job market still has not recovered from the recession?
Stay the course; education is worth it! Frank Busch's article "Stop dancing with dependency” (Star, May 28) is a compelling endorsement of the value of post-secondary education to an aboriginal person's professional success and self-esteem.
Let video tape tell the true story Re: "MLAs protest Alaska-set show's Yukon namesake” (Star, April 26).
The gentleman who took this bear should be proud All this nonsense about the grizzly on the Tagish Road (Star, May 24) is ridiculous.
PM wants a privatized CBC The omnibus budget bill being debated in Parliament contains a clause that would give the Conservatives direct control over the salaries and working conditions of the CBC's journalists and creative staff.
Your greed for profits is absolutely insulting This is an open letter to Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd.

Use a camera instead of a gun Re. "legal hunting” near roads travelled by quite a few people.
Tankers and pipelines don't solve our problems We need to think differently to solve the problems we face about how to live on this planet.
Oppose this disgusting behaviour, Sir! Ed. note: this is a letter to David MacKenzie, the Conservative MP for Oxford, Ont.
Shot bear was taken unfair advantage of Re: "Shooting of bear hurt a lot of people” (Star, May 24).
Protecting Yukon waters has become critical Thanks to the minister of Environment, Currie Dixon, for his open letter in L'Aurore Boréale on May 15 announcing the French translation of the Draft Yukon Water Strategy, and for giving us – francophones – the link to access it.

Catch the buzz and honk for honey bees! Let's make May 29th the National Day of the Honey Bee!
The status quo won't do, Mr. Trudeau I encourage the leader of the Liberal Party, Justin Trudeau, to be more open-minded on Senate reform rather than pushing the status quo.
Don't threaten these invaluable services! My name is Shannon Shepherd, and I am a fairly new Whitehorse, Yukon resident, having relocated from Alberta in late July of last year.

Your greeting was warmly appreciated! Ed. note: this is an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
This government disrespects the voices of Yukoners As the spring sitting of the legislature came to a close on May 16, the Yukon NDP official Opposition denounced a flagrant lack of accountability from the government.

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