Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Road crew really went the extra mile It was Labour Day, the sun was shining, and the route along the Robert Campbell Highway scenic.
No parliamentarian is taking responsibility We are about to head into a fall federal election.

Let's get back to the roots of Labour Day Labour Day in the past was an event that workers and their families traditionally celebrated in a big way.
The crematorium caused no problems In response to the recent letters expressing dissatisfaction with the crematorium in Porter Creek, I'd like to share this: at the corner of 41st and Fraser in central Vancouver, there is the Vancouver Creamatorium.
Priorities are questionable Ed. note: this is a letter to Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor.
'A philosophical discrepancy' This is an open letter to Jim Kenyon, the minister responsible for electricity.
My long wait goes on May I use the Star to seek information from others about their experience with any waiting list to see medical specialists through the Yukon Health Care Insurance Plan?
I cannot forget the abiding kindness On the morning of June 24, I was travelling north of Whitehorse with a caravan of nine single motorhomers (RVers) when my 34-foot coach with car in tow slid into a ditch and rolled over.
Is this airline putting economics before safety? Re: Air Canada Jazz to toss life vests (Star, Aug. 26).

Your experience disheartened me Ed. note: this is a letter to Ryan Ver Berkmoes of Lonely Planet U.S.A. in Oakland, Calif.

It's the Harper way or the highway While the Harper government is sending its MPs out across Canada at taxpayers' expense to support its candidates for the upcoming election, it is sending Canadian sailors out on questionable oceans of the world in 50-year-old ships.

A wilderness city should protect wilderness After reviewing the draft proposal by the Friends of McIntyre Creek, I want to say I am in full support of this group's efforts to seek permanent protection for the McIntyre Creek corridor running right through the heart of our city.
An armed coward is at large! Re: Female grizzly bear shot, cubs orphaned (Star, Aug. 20).
Maybe you'll be blindsided by a female bear So, the great northern hunter strikes again and we have yet another wildlife tragedy (Star, Aug. 20).

Do I sense hypocrisy on the electricity issue? Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon Party MLAs.
Harper's party speaks with a forked tongue We received some junk mail in the normal mail where the Harper propaganda group would attempt to lead us to believe that the present government had something to do with the success of the Second World War.
I support the crematorium in Porter Creek L. Leenders' letter in the Star (Aug. 20) was neither solicited by nor representative of all Porter Creek residents.

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