Letters Archive
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February 7, 2013
- We shouldn't have to bail out large mining corporations! Ed. note: this is an open letter to David Morrison and Piers McDonald, CEO and chair respectively of Yukon Energy; Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers; and Premier Darrell Pasloski.
February 6, 2013
- We have to exit from this perilous fiscal road I have an opinion, along with some statistics.
February 5, 2013
- It's time to wake up to the realities! After reading the comments by Larry W. Carlyle on mining investments (Star letters, Feb. 1), I just happened to receive an email from Seabridge Gold.
- The city grant application deadline is looming Ed. note: this statement was released by Mayor Dan Curtis and Glenda Kohn, the city's evironmental co-ordinator.
- The Filipino community doesn't deserve these insults It has come to my attention from different sources that negative attitudes, some positively offensive, have been expressed toward the Filipino people who have come to our community to work. Many hope to become citizens in our country.
February 4, 2013
- Censorship and coercion verge on totalitarianism To Yukon media and the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce:
- The Yukon excited and impressed many I've recently returned from the Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver, where there was a lot of excitement in what is happening in Yukon.
February 1, 2013
- We must all work to avoid another tragedy Based on valuable input received last fall from communities, First Nation governments, residents, industry, and a working group, the Yukon government is taking action to further enhance the safety of oil-fired appliances in the areas of public awareness, capacity building, and improvements to the regulatory regime.
- It's a wonder there's any investment at all Yukon mineral permitting and regulatory processes;
- Reverse these horrid cuts to CIDA! In the midst of society's excesses and over-abundances, please spare a thought for the world's poorest children.
- You have made a veiled attack on our territory This is an open letter to the Discovery Channel.
- Promotional ‘mush' was outrageous! The Yukon Quest is built on the exploitation and killing of dogs, and is inhumane!
- Targeting us is wholly unjustified Yukon's Idle No More crowd, led by Cherish Clarke, has issued a public statement of boycott against Whitehorse Auto Spa, for having advertised in the Midnight Sun News.
- Boycotting is a method of free speech In "Publisher feels bullied” (Yukon News, Jan. 30), the Midnight Sun News stated there is no correlation between advertisers and publication content, which I would agree with.
- These discoveries were jarring I just found out a few days ago that my father died almost a year and a half ago. Nobody notified me at all!
- Tarnish has darkened silver mining activities In response to the letter dated Jan. 21 from Clynton Nauman, president and CEO of Alexco Resource Corp., I feel it is time to acquaint your readers with what Alexco is really doing in the historic Keno Hill silver mining district.
January 31, 2013
- On this front, the Tories have failed I remember Jan. 1, 2000, and mostly the vision for humanity articulated at the Millennium Summit.
- It's about fair play and democracy, Sir Ed. note: this is an open letter to Dawson City resident Joe McIntyre and his recent letter in the Star.