Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Here's how Leef defines responsible spending Conservative MP Ryan Leef and his party are trying to buy your support with advertising paid for with your tax dollars.

Councillor should apologize to Rendezvous society I read with interest, sadness and upset (Whitehorse Star, March 5)
Trade income proposal for lower land taxes The fur and feathers flew at the city council meeting Monday night.

Stop the foreign aid cuts, already! Our world is getting smaller by the day, and the Internet draws us closer together by the hour.
Behaviour shouldn't be imposed on people I write to support Cynthia Matichak in her letter of Feb. 25th published in the Whitehorse Star.
How about some vision and courage for the Peel? Re: Peel watershed planning.
I doubt the high court will hear the case Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.

Just where do we draw the line? I am writing in regards to your article "Jarvis Street Saloon issued three-day suspension” by Stephanie Waddell, which appeared in the Friday, March 1 edition of the Star.
Country residential owners getting hosed I agree with Mr. George Balmer's letter in the Feb. 27th edition of the Whitehorse Star.
Teachers should denounce this policy of pure hatred My name is Ruth Nielsen, and I am currently studying at the University of Victoria.
They need to try some common sense It might have been helpful to your readers if Tony Grabowski of the Yukon Liquor Corp. had been a little more specific about the alleged violation of Tab 11 by the Jarvis Street Saloon (Star, March 1).
The Yukon Territory needs a new credo! So, the new F.H Collins Secondary School tenders in at twice what was budgeted (Star, Feb. 28).
Don't look now, but it's getting better all the time Now all we need to do is get rid of the two-week "spring” break (which in the Yukon is really winter), then do a bit of a tune-up job on the Christmas break.

Taking the trail to the truth of the matter Dear Jessie Winter of the Yukon News: I am writing in response to your article "Trappers oppose Livingstone Trail development”, published last Friday.
Reflecting on dogs, humans and propaganda mush .... Russ Knutson, who hosts the CBC Whitehorse Mid-Day Café show, aired an interview with ex-Quest musher Frank Turner and Whitehorse author John Firth on Feb. 1.
Resist the easy route of escalating fees and taxes Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Dan Curtis and city councillors.
Let us take advantage of great waterfront potential Ed. note: this is a letter to the City Of Whitehorse planning department.
Our hospital needs the upgrading Ed. note: this is an open letter to assistant auditor general Ronnie Campbell and Yukon NDP Leader Liz Hanson.
Grab this watershed moment! Having received no confirmation of receipt for my submission to the Peel commission's website, I emailed this comment:
My friend is raging angry, Sir Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef.
YECL's lack of notice is absolutely reckless In the last week or so, I suspect many people have had what they thought were short power cuts during the day, most recently in Copper Ridge.

This ‘ union whim' is very puzzling Dear Air North employees and Mr. Joe Sparling, owner: I am with everyone who is befuddled by this stupefying union whim suddenly becoming fact (Star, Feb. 26).
Here's what I get for my taxpaying Above is the photo of the snow fort my son and I built at the school bus stop on the paved (and then travelled) portion of Sage Place in the Mary Lake subdivision on Dec. 1, 2012. That is after the last time we saw the snow plow here.
I see buses with no passengers On Tuesday, the Whitehorse Star gave a full page to "City budget keeps buses operating evenings”.
Few places rival the Peel in untouched landscapes Six years ago, my wife and I had the privilege of canoeing the Wind River.
Leef should help the cause Over the past several decades, a tragedy has quietly unfolded in our own backyard: disproportionate and disturbingly high rates of aboriginal women and girls have gone missing or been murdered.

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