Whitehorse Daily Star

April 5, 2013

• Putting the mediator call in context Re: Rick Griffiths calls for mediator (Star, March 28).
• How does killing bears protect them? Re: "Government targets wildlife-human conflicts” (Star, March 22).
• Yukoners: help keep Yukon frack-free! In early March, the Yukon Department of Energy, Mines and Resources requested from Yukoners their comments on the proposed draft gas processing plant regulations and gave Yukoners until May 8, 2013 to submit their comments.
• You're bent on putting the cart before the horse Ed. note: this is a letter to the Yukon government.
• Give credit where credit is due! This is a response to the letter to the editor in last Thursday's Star.
• I feel a middle finger being directed to residents This is in reply to an April 3 Whitehorse Star article, "Councillors differ on rural subdivision's future”.

April 3, 2013

• Don't make work of this committee pointless Ed. note: this is a letter to Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers.
• This act of futility cost ratepayers $1 million-plus This is an open letter to Bruce McLennan, chair; Bob Laking, vice-chair; and members Andre Fortin and Naresh Prasad of the Yukon Utilities Board.

April 2, 2013

• People should trump corporations Certainly, we should understand that some acts of man negatively and irrevocably change the place where we live.

April 1, 2013

• An enlightened age remains a long way off I began to write this letter in response to an article in the Star on Wednesday, March 27.

March 28, 2013

• We are working to provide clean water for all As Yukon joined the rest of the country in celebrating Water Week last week, it was a good opportunity to reflect on the time and effort required to provide clean water to Yukon homes.
• Beware of who you're really ‘chatting' with Ed. note: the Whitehorse writer has asked that her name be withheld because she is the victim of a crime who lost a substantial amount of money through Internet fraud.
• Question: are you an elitist or a poseur? I have been reading published articles over the past week in both local papers.
• CPAWS must be stopped in its tracks! Damn CPAWS (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society) and its nefarious plots to economically ruin and depopulate Yukon!
• I will always remember Barry the Bounder! Recently, I saw a picture of Barry Bellchambers with his basketball teammates in the Star.
• Many YTG employees disagree with this stance Ed. note: the Whitehorse writer, an employee of the Yukon government, feared political retaliation if this letter included full identification.
• What part of ‘Catholic school' do you not understand? With reference to some of the letters recently published on the situation at Vanier Catholic Secondary School, thank you, Rick Tone and Kathy Kosuta, for your voices of reason.
• Your attack was unjustified, Premier Pasloski Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• Fly Air Canada, get treated like cargo Upon arrival at the YYZ airport Air Canada check-in line, we were turned away and told to get our boarding passes and baggage tags from the check-in kiosk, then return to the line.

March 26, 2013

• How can there be ‘balance' in this equation? Looking east from Lantau Island, it is hard to see the other islands just offshore.
• A proposal for the premier Let's protect Darrell Pasloski.
• Some will feel entitled to savage a minority A March 25 letter writer argues that to specifically single out a specific group in an effort to end bullying serves merely to increase their torment.
• Should the mining industry share the risk? Last week, Yukon Energy put on a workshop to look at wind energy as a possible electrical generation option for the territory.