Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Closing this transfer station makes no sense During the election in 2016, one of the Yukon Liberal Party’s promises was to support Yukoners no matter where they live.
The toll of underestimation Here’s a quote from the late American writer/actor Robert Benchley: “It took me 15 years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.”
A permanent collapse of oil prices looms April 2, 2020 marked a milestone in North American energy industries in general and the petroleum industry in particular.

YP on renewable energy: silence or action? The Yukon Party’s friendlier face at the helm in Currie Dixon might lead us to believe that this party really has embraced “action for a change”, and that the climate, renewable energy development and the environment would be high priorities.
This party’s demise is a blow for democracy This week, a decade and a month after its birth, the Yukon Green Party ceased to exist as an official party (Star, March 24).
Rollout pace is a major problem While we are frustrated by vaccine shortages, developing countries have received only a trickle.
A healthy mining industry is a positive for all The Yukon Chamber of Mines is engaging in the 2021 territorial election campaign to ascertain party and candidate positions on the significance of Yukon’s resource-based economy.
I know how I’ll vote April 12 The following is from Jeremy Rifkins’ book The Third Industrial Revolution, published in 2011:
We fear Yukoners’ voices are being muted This is an open letter to the post-election Yukon premier and minister of Environment.
Wind power: a missed opportunity for Yukoners Wind power: a missed opportunity for Yukoners
Handicapping the 2021 Yukon election “Don’t waste your time and money preaching to the choir.”

This ‘feat’ is nothing to brag about Re: “Michelle Phillips places 11th at Iditarod” (Star, March 22).
Another Liberal regime would kill our community Sandy Silver claims the Liberal government needs another four years to complete its mandate.

It’s an exercise in moral repugnancy Canada has been a global leader in investment and showed political leadership in support of COVAX, and we should celebrate this!
We offer way more than just a chairlift In 1987, the mayor of Whitehorse, Don Branigan,

This candidate is spinning in circles! Mayor Dan Curtis is making me dizzy.
Which party would protect the places we love? When your vote is at stake, every political party will say they care about the environment.
Don’t look the gift horse YG in the mouth! It seems another territorial election is looming large in our pandemic panic future.
Tax time drives me around the bend Have you done your tax return?
TB will continue to be a danger to our northerners March 24 is World TB Day.
Can we not try a little respect? I love men in suits.
We face the most important vote in our history The territorial election on April 12, 2021 in Canada’s remote Yukon Territory may be the most important news story to happen up here since the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 due to the timing of the COVID-19 pandemic which has crippled our tourism-based economy.

Just what were you thinking? Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
On the minimum wage, the board had it right On April 1, the minimum wage in Yukon will increase by only 14 cents to $13.85 per hour.

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