Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Truck has become a holiday fixture This may be of interest to a lot of people in the Whitehorse area.
Bully deserves jail time This is about the poor, frightened little girl who took her own life because of some evil bullies.
It's time to get serious about city elections In 2009, the City of Whitehorse passed an election bylaw in May for the October election of that year.
Leef, Tories are adept at ripping you off For Canadians, the return of new primetime TV this fall means more than new episodes of The Big Bang Theory and Amazing Race.
This proposed FIPPA makes me flipping mad! Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef.

Please rethink your priorities, Mr. Leef Maybe I missed something during our last federal election; was mixed martial arts (MMA) on the election platform?
Airport's fence and gate system is inadequate In the debate over the killing of the fox at the airport (Star, Oct. 15, 18), a critical point was not addressed: how did the fox get inside the airport?
This trade agreement is a game-changer, Premier Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
May I repeat: don't eat the meat! The largest beef recall in Canada's history is a warning about the inescapable dangers of meat: food-borne illness, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, to name a few.
Budgetary cutbacks have other implications Both the Chilkoot Trail National Historic Park and Kluane National Park have been affected by recent cutbacks.

The assertions in this story are proveably false An article appearing in your paper ("Political loans law incoherent, unenforceable: chief elections watchdog”), by The Canadian Press on Thursday, Sept. 27 asserts that the government is intentionally stalling legislation to reform the rules for political loans.
Your support for our cause is invaluable To all Yukon residents:
Their behaviour demeaned city politics The juvenile interaction between two of the mayoral candidates on Oct. 11 was truly disturbing.
Where was all the media coverage? I was surprised to see no information at all in the local media about the career fair which happened Thursday, see http://volunteeryukon.ca/
This issue surpasses taste Here we go again! When you irradiate any food product, you kill not only the unhealthy cells in the product but also the healthy ones.
This inhumane act was totally unjustified Re: "Shooting, killing of fox was an outrage” (Star letters, Oct. 13), and "Plane was due in 45 minutes after fox walked onto tarmac” (Star, Oct. 15).
We indeed have a caring community I would like to thank the people who helped my brother as he was having seizures near a box store in Whitehorse at around 1:30 p.m. last Monday.
In 2012, can neighbourhoods still be heard? When I was in graduate school studying regional and urban planning, one of my professors alerted us to a process used by developers to co-opt planners and planning departments.

Mayor, council have been dismal failures Another municipal election is here ... and what have we learned and achieved?
Here's why Dan is the man Tomorrow, residents of Whitehorse will have a choice to make when they go to the polls to elect a new mayor and council. It's important that people make an informed decision.
Why did this fox deserve to die? This is a response to Monday's Star story on last Thursday's shooting of the fox at the airport.
Law-making process is transparent, responsible This is an open letter to Ms. Jocelyn Laveck to set the record straight.
Governing should involve our citizens Tomorrow, citizens of Whitehorse and of all Yukon municipalities will be called to the polls to elect their mayor and town councils.

You ignored our height concerns Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Bev Buckway and city council.
Letter was beyond opinion In response to Mr. Kevin Sinclair's letter (Star, Oct. 12):
Please release the report on Yukoners' oil and gas submissions, Mr. Cathers Ed. note: this letter was delivered last Friday to Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) Minister Brad Cathers.
I hereby declare my election expenses In response to some public concern for transparency and accountability, I am making a full disclosure of my expenses for the municipal election.
A citizens' summit would get your voice heard It was a good campaign! Thanks to all of you who will vote for me Thursday.

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