Whitehorse Daily Star

July 11, 2012

• I pronounce a love for Canada that .... Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef.

July 10, 2012

• Let's restore the Canada we know and love I call on our MPs to ask themselves, "Is this is the Canada I wanted?” and consider their power to alter the current course.
• We have some pointed questions, Chief McMillan The ongoing protest of the people of the Liard First Nation will be cancelled this week out of respect for the Amman, Sterriah and Medcalf families, and for the upcoming services.
• The AM station is dead, and the PM is the undertaker Re. Don Taylor's Star letter published July 9.

July 9, 2012

• Now we know what the CBC thinks of the North Now we know what the CBC thinks of the North
• There's been a glitch in the dam's operation On the whole, Yukon Energy does an outstanding job operating the Whitehorse Rapids dam.

July 6, 2012

• How would you complete this ‘I love a Canada that' phrase? This past Canada Day, I joined the parade to show that I appreciate so much about this country.
• Ignoring renewable energy options: the wrong strategy This is a response to "To the average Canadian, the status quo reigns.”
• Rio+20 fell short of adopted goals – again The UN Environment Program head (Mr. Achim Steiner) has warned recently (before last month's summit), that "if current levels of production and consumption of natural resources prevail,” blah, blah, blah, "unprecedented levels of damage and destruction.”

July 5, 2012

• The curling club enjoys a healthy surplus This letter is in response to the editorial that appeared in the Whitehorse Star on June 22 ("To no end, a scenario to studiously avoid”).
• Here's what I carried in the parade I carried the signs:

July 4, 2012

• Protest was in very poor taste I was dismayed to see and hear the noisy group protesting recent federal government budget restraints at the Canada Day parade on Sunday (Star, July 3).
• Incineration stinks while diversion creates jobs I would like to express my overwhelming support to those concerned community members of Haines Junction who are asking mayor and council to say "no” to incineration.
• Here is my definition of Canada This is to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, c/o Yukon MP Ryan Leef.
• RCMP should strike to get more protection Remember Sawyer Robison? He was sent to trial accused of gunning down two RCMP officers in Killam, Alta., in February.