Letters Archive
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July 29, 2011
- You pay millions a year for these people Since the government began using its majority in the legislature to restrict regular examination and debate of annual budgets, everyone but itself has been left in the dark about our finances and rising debt loads.
- I was singling out our medical board It seems there has been an impression amongst some doctors that I was blaming the entire local medical profession for Dr. Zhang's licence not been renewed (Star, July 22).
- Why no thought for these swallows? The swallows have been returning again and again to their nesting sites they used for years.
July 28, 2011
- The pot is calling the kettle black Ed. note: this is a letter to Murray J. Martin, the Star's outdoors columnist.
July 27, 2011
- Your refusal to meet is disappointing Ed. note: this is an open letter to Justice Minister Marian Horne.
- How would your party meet these people's needs? Ed. note: this is a letter to the leaders of the Yukon's four political parties.
- Harper is a shady clone of Brian Mulroney Sarcastically, I laugh at our morally and professionally bankrupt prime minister in his comment that we have one of the worst financial recessions since the Great Depression.
- Here's how to get motorists on-side Re. the lack of roundabout on Mountainview Drive.
July 26, 2011
- A warning of neoliberalism, racism and violence If I was in Norway, I would probably bide my time before finding fault with the Norwegian prime minister's statements (partly quoted in Monday's Star under "Another reminder of hatred and intolerance."
July 25, 2011
- Obama, ammo and gardening The financial problems of our southern neighbours are in the news every day.
- The futility of leaf-blowers This is a letter to businesses which hire leaf-blowers
- New levels of laziness in Granger I have lived peacefully on Wilson Drive for eight years without the urge to judge the behaviour of all sorts of neighbours as they come and go, but last week, I witnessed something which I cannot ignore.
July 22, 2011
- Right; let the wealthy laugh at the poor This is in response to Murray J. Martin's column, "The view is different from the bottom”, Star, July 18.
- It's a mockery of the Yukon's political parties In the next territorial election, Yukoners must not vote for a majority party government.
- You reflect a narrow-minded view Re: a response to "The view is different from the bottom”, by Murray J. Martin, Star, July 18.
- Let's finally set the record straight ... For several years now, I have tried to convince your readers that three cabinet ministers were conducting government affairs by administrating in absolute secrecy, out of public view.
- 911 operator's response was shocking to me! At 9:09 a.m. last Saturday, I dialed 911 to report a grizzly bear on 12th Avenue in Porter Creek.