Whitehorse Daily Star

February 15, 2013

• You would gut this splendour? Recently, I learned that part of the Peel watershed might be disturbed by mining activities, and by an increase in the number of (access) roads.
• Question: what religion was that again? The assignment outlined below is straight from Vanier Catholic Senior Secondary School, Whitehorse, Yukon, February 2013 teachers' website:
• The CBC is in need of another ‘tune-up' This letter was primarily motivated by a recent radio interview (Feb.1, 2013) conducted by CBC Whitehorse Mid-Day Café host Russ Knutson, in celebration of the Yukon Quest's 30th anniversary.
• A fact check on Dawson's hospital The purpose of this letter is to clarify the process used by the Yukon Hospital Corp. (YHC) regarding public input into the naming of the new Dawson City Hospital.
• Your vote should always count When we vote in a territorial election, we would like our votes to be at least as important as a vote by a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences determining which films will win Oscars.
• We all failed this family It was with great sadness as we read the details of last week's inquest into the carbon monoxide deaths of the Rusk family and Donald McNamee.
• Yukoners are being seduced by Yukon Energy Here we go again with Yukon Energy signing a letter of intent to negotiate an agreement to supply Copper North Mining and its Carmacks Copper project with electricity when it gets approval to open its proposed mine.
• Please help protect our wilderness Ed. note: this is a letter to Environment Minister Currie Dixon.

February 14, 2013

• Please designate ANWR as wilderness Ed. note: this is an open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama.

February 13, 2013

• Accountability and responsibility are paramount The tragic incident which claimed the lives of five persons by carbon monoxide poisoning should not be a reason for making it a political posturing issue.
• Crying about the sorry state of a mispent life "A fool delights in airing his own opinion” ... and ladies and gents, here is mine!
• Their definitions of reality don't match mine If you don't like the economy or reality, make up your own.

February 12, 2013

• Several Alaska projects can help us out Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• We're out to modernize northern telecommunications There is no doubt that technology is becoming an inseparable part of our lives.
• Plan's abandonment is disappointing I am writing from south-eastern British Columbia, very disheartened to learn recently that the Peel Land Use Planning Commision and Final Recomended Plan has been abandoned.

February 11, 2013

• Irresponsible ORV use can ruin our back country My name is Emma Dubé, I am 22 years old, living in Whitehorse with my partner and his beautiful daughter.
• We need clear answers about doctor recruitment Subject: recruitment and retention of doctors.

February 8, 2013

• The deadline is looming for Peel watershed feedback The Feb. 25 deadline is approaching at warp speed.
• Who will protect residents near the powerline? Ed. note: this is an open letter to the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Board (YESAB) and the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.
• ‘Cocksure amateurs' are steering us into legal shoals Business people like to think of themselves as clear-thinking and practical.
• We have to say ‘no' to fossil fuel exploitation It's been just over a year since Yukoners realized how fragile our democracy is when it comes to dealing with the oil and gas industry when unnamed oil companies expressed interest in exploring the Whitehorse Trough.