Letters Archive
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- Comments should be thoughtful, not abusive (9)
- Proposed building called inappropriate for neighbourhood (7)
- Building’s entry system swiftly repaired (3)
- Electric vehicles will shuttle bus drivers to and from routes (3)
- Meters pilfered, damaged beyond repair (3)
- Respiratory illness season is proving routine, MD says (2)
- Games Centre to receive major improvements (2)
- Hoofed animals may come under management protocols (1)
June 4, 2021
- Recalling the evacuation of Dunkirk’s beaches Lest we forget June 4, 1945.
May 28, 2021
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Give them the right to weigh their own interests Ed. note: this is an open letter to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health, and Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee.
- What happened to the $220,000 in security? This is an open letter to Energy, Mines and Resources Minister John Streicker re. proposed Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) projects #2017-0083 and 2021-0009.
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Huge amounts of wood fibre are being wasted It’s time for a more multi-dimensional approach to wildfire risk reduction.
- These gas taxes are an absolute ripoff! Grants and other dollar give-aways and loans are flowing out of the territorial and federal governments, but remember: somebody has to pay it back.
- Don’t let apathy and stupidity win The restoration to a carved face on the St. Albans cathedral in Britain will include the addition of a COVID mask as a reminder for future generations.
- Extending state of emergency: a necessary safeguard This week, the Yukon extended its state emergency for a fifth time.
May 26, 2021
- Please stop polluting our city’s air! Coming down Two Mile Hill can be scenic,
May 25, 2021
- Yukon landlords are like everyone else Since I brought to public attention problems of allocating responsibility for the increases in Whitehorse rents between 2015 and 2021 (and, as it turns out, home price increases as well) in my Star letter of April 30, I must add that simple-minded vilification of landlords was never my objective.
- What more damage could they do? Winston Churchill was a great man and politician.
- Landlords are not evil and greedy The damage which has been done by the hastily-crafted plan by the Yukon Liberal-NDP government to impose a rent freeze on Yukon’s many and varied landlords and tenants will take a while to repair.
May 21, 2021
- Canada must act with integrity now! Even in the midst of the third wave of COVID-19 in most parts of the country,
- Caps lead landlords to evict their tenants For once, the government has me so disappointed that I barely even know where to start regarding the rental cap policy.
- The new government agreement will accomplish a lot The Liberal-NDP agreement sounds awesome to me.
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Create an environmental conservation authority Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver, Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon and NDP Leader Kate White.
May 17, 2021
- By the people, for the people? While these words, spoken by Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg,
- How can people access the services they need? I am writing this letter as I am a member of the Northern Regional Council of the M.S. Society, and a Yukoner living with multiple sclerosis.
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Take a tree photo while you can Is there any way to perpetuate the life of the Martha Louise Black Mayday tree that is now standing by the Whitehorse city hall?
- Dancers showed territory has some talented performers On Friday evening, May 7, the Northern Lights School of Dance students presented an end-of-course performance at the Yukon Arts Centre.