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- Respiratory illness season is proving routine, MD says (2)
- Games Centre to receive major improvements (2)
- Hoofed animals may come under management protocols (1)
October 15, 2021
- Pass the law’s biggest, boldest version People across Canada just experienced another summer of record-breaking heat, destructive wildfires, and dystopic-looking smoke hanging over many of our communities.
- Absense of answers necessitates public discussion Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
October 13, 2021
- Letter ‘snivelling, self-righteous, self-serving’ I am writing in response to Simon Tourigny’s letter as printed in the Whitehorse Star on Oct. 1 (“They demand respect, but give none in return”).
- Let’s have action over ecological ignorance I do not have a computer or the Internet. I use my neighbour Yvonne Bessette’s computer and Internet.
- Think of what you can do to help our community One of the first things I noticed about the Yukon in the summer of ’98 was undoubtedly the abundance of wilderness.
- City election 2021: age-friendly communities This letter has been emailed to all candidates who provided an email address on the City of Whitehorse candidates page.
October 8, 2021
- Please respond to these queries, candidates Ed. note: this is a letter to mayoral candidates Patti Balsillie, Laura Cabott and Samson Hartland.
- YG has proved wildly erratic and neglectful Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP-designate Brendan Hanley.
- Could this partnership be promoted? Could this partnership be promoted?
- I watched ashes wonderfully become art Ed. note: the writer lived in the Yukon for more than 40 years.
- We don’t deserve these twists and distortions The Oct. 1 “opinion” piece by Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn in the Whitehorse Star is unfortunately so packed with distortions, exaggerations and deceptions that it cries out for a detailed response.
October 6, 2021
- Minister Mostyn can keep trash-talking, but .... Re. “YP prefers unsupervised environmental havoc”, Star, Oct. 1, by Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn.
October 1, 2021
- Recalling a very cautionary tale for today Columnist John Firth’s thoughtful article “One thing she managed to get right ... . (Star, Sept. 24) brings to light the history of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.
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They demand respect, but give none in return Are we actually free?
- Some questions about cyanide heap leach mines The Brewery Creek mine project is located approximately 55 km east of Dawson City.
- Start covering this medication! Ed. note: this is a letter to Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee.
- You’re declining the most basic protective actions Ed. note: this is a letter to Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, Tracy-Anne McPhee, the minister of Health and Social Services, Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon, NDP Leader Kate White and the manager of resident care at Whistle Bend Place.
- Apply a competitive bid process to these assets Ed. note: this is a letter to Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) Minister John Streicker.
- How would you address parking? Parking across from the liquor store strip mall is extremely limited, and with new projects being built in this area, it is only going to get more congested.
- Our non-vaxxers can compromise others Are non-vaxxers aware that they have 16 times the probability of getting COVID-19 and negatively affecting our health care system,
- Reviewing Hanley’s pledges to Yukon seniors (Comment) Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP-designate Brendan Hanley.
September 27, 2021
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Beware the negative impact of bird vetch The Yukon currently has more than 20 invasive plants on its watch list.