Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

The votes are there, Mr. President! In the recently published conversation about “finding” votes in Georgia, outgoing U.S. President Trump forgot to mention looking under the cushions on the couch.
These letters are more confusing than factual Jonas Smith’s recent letter in the Star has suddenly changed the political platform from future federal electoral hopes to potential territorial hopes.
The best progress is based on realistic expectations Reconciliation with Yukon First Nations people is at the heart of the place-based approach embodied in the Yukon Mineral Development Strategy.

The chapter took a mere four years Here’s a quote from Dr. Ian Kershaw’s book Hitler, Nemesis 1936-1946, published in 2000:
Corporate sector being asked to absorb the costs The Yukon Mineral Development Strategy has been developed within the context of Article 32 of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Call To Action No. 92, issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Government interference has become extreme I discussed the objectives and the panel involved in drafting the Yukon Mineral Development Strategy in part one of this series, published last week.

Strategy considers the needs of a certain group Here’s part two of my short series on the Yukon Mineral Development Strategy, the first part having been published in Wednesday’s Star.
Politics backdrop the mineral strategy’s release The Yukon Mineral Development Strategy (YMDS) Independent Panel released the final draft YMDS and recommendations on Dec. 28.
President’s behaviour requires strong action I’m not an insurgent. I’m with the resistance.
Oh God, I do hope we’re wrong, Jim! It was nearly 20 years ago that Jim Robb said in one of his far-sighted articles, “The Yukon has become a government-run, gentrified, playground for ‘Yuppies.’”
We’ve already reached the ‘tragic’ level Wade Carrell was wearing his “old prospector” hat when he wrote his letter, “How has COVID-19 become a pandemic panic?” (Star, Dec. 30).
Lift your democracy-killing emergency order Dear Yukon politicians, health care officials, citizens and the Star:
They cared then, as I care now On page 51 of your Dec. 30 edition is a reprint of a 1966 story about Rupert the Robin, who was flown south after he missed migrating.

Letting the vaccine sit there was beyond belief First off and foremost, a big thank you to all first responders for your unlimited care and compassion, long hours and endurance during this difficult time.
Learning from the Mineral Development Strategy The final draft of the long-awaited, Liberal-funded Yukon Mineral Development Strategy and its inspired recommendations was released to the public on Dec. 28, 2020.
Please eschew Outside consultants and lawyers Ed. note: this is an open letter to Ranj Pillai, the minister responsible for Yukon Energy/Yukon Development Corp., and Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee.

So much for city’s ‘local hire’ Ed. note: this is an open letter to Mayor Dan Curtis and city council.
How has COVID-19 become a pandemic panic? How bad is COVID-19 and how big is the threat, really?
As a society, we must do better I was moved to tears when I read Grace Snider’s The Man in the Manger in the Dec. 24 Star.
Ultimately, science will save the planet A letter in the Dec. 18 Star by Whitehorse resident Geof Barrington has now gone to calling people of other beliefs, names.

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