Whitehorse Daily Star

April 26, 2012

• Let's be un-Canadian about TB! Thanks to Canada's overseas aid program for protecting my family here in Canada from tuberculosis.

April 25, 2012

• A reasoned approach to the watershed It is refreshing to read Mike Power's voice of reason concerning planning for the Peel River area (Star letters, Apr. 24).
• How to improve the safety of oil-fired furnaces The following is my view of what occurred, without prejudice, to try to make sense and clarify what really occurred.
• Why is my tax dollar going to fund Mount Sima? Re. city council's $1.3-million investment in Mount Sima (Star, Apr. 24).

April 24, 2012

• My confidence has been restored! Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski and Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers.
• Our Air North is absolutely the best! It's about Air North, Yukon's airline.
• Working group effort was appreciated This is an acknowledgement and public thank you note to the Yukon Conservation Society and specifically to Christina Macdonald and Georgia Greetham for their role in facilitating an off-road vehicles working group over these past fall and winter months.
• This recommendation isn't the land's best use Having noted the rather one-sided correspondence concerning the Peel land use plan in your paper, I am writing to offer a different opinion.

April 23, 2012

• Your lack of respect is truly saddening I am writing this letter on behalf of the Whitehorse Regional Women's Committee regarding the strike at Many Rivers.
• Don't you care about your workers, clients? Ed. note: this and the submission below are open letters to the board of directors of Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services.
• Trails Only Yukon won't work with others The Trails Only Yukon Association continues to declare, "Nobody is doing anything!” (Star, Apr. 18) while refusing to work with stakeholders.
• Long-gun registry is starting again The federal government has kept its word and voted out the despised billion-dollar wasteful non-restricted long-gun firearm registry.
• It's time to clean up our trashy little town This is an open letter to Whitehorse city council and YTG.

April 20, 2012

• The reunion was a great occasion On April 14, the Vancouver Yukoners' Association held its 84th annual banquet at the River Rock Resort in Richmond, B.C.
• The fraud scandal must be probed Many readers may have heard about the "robocall” election fraud scandal in recent months.
• The OK was based on an error Please allow me to make a correction to the opinion piece published in my name in the Whitehorse Star of April 11.
• Celebrating Yukon earth science In recognition of Earth Day (Sunday), we geologists, geophysicists and engineers are celebrating the fact that we are intimately engaged in improving our knowledge and understanding of our planet.
• Your remark puzzles me Ed. note: this is a letter to Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers.
• Please help our food drive The annual churches of Whitehorse food drive will take place the week of Monday, April 23. Bags are being delivered to Whitehorse-area homes this week.
• The establishment controls A few days ago, I agreed to be interviewed in connection with a Stats Canada wish to find out the opinions of Canadians on health issues.
• Ratepayers aren't as naive as some seem to believe How very alarming it is to see Jody Woodland, a former member of the Yukon Utilities Board (YUB), publicly criticize a public advocate like Roger Rondeau of the Utilities Consumers' Group.
• I pose these questions Re: Response to the letter from Jody Woodland – "In defence of the YUB”.
• I hope this is the start of a fairer tax regime Re: "Property tax boosts will be a permanent trend”, Whitehorse Star, April 13.
• Let's work towards a vision of the Yukon Ed. note: this is an open letter to Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers.
• Do you have no shame when you distort the facts? On Monday, Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers got on his hind legs in the legislature and insisted (according to the CBC) that "the Peel Planning Commission's recommendation to protect 80 per cent of the area from industrial development would bankrupt the territory by forcing the government to buy out existing mineral claims.”
• There was never a misstep from those who fell silent I have an answer to Krysta Meekins' letter in last Monday's Star.

April 18, 2012

• These three men are all poachers! Regarding the title for the article on the men who were fined for illegal hunting (Star, Apr. 16).
• Please meet with us to resolve this impasse Ed. note: this is an open letter to the board of directors of the Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Society in Whitehorse.