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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)
November 30, 2020
- Don’t let loopholes undermine our caution Ed. note: this is a letter to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health, and Premier Sandy Silver.
November 27, 2020
- Asking for honesty is like asking for the moon In a Torstar Syndication Services column published Wednesday, Heather Scoffield seeks solutions to achieve better co-operation of Canadians in the ever-changing rules of conduct to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
- Masks obligatory in all city facilities Ed. note: The City of Whitehorse released this statement Thursday afternoon.
- Pedal harp help would be music to our ears Picture the Yukon Arts Centre, post-COVID-19.
- A lament for a nation’s totally wrong direction I think we have sold Canada for three magic beans.
- Seize a pen in the pen? When Donald Trump finally goes to prison,
- I’ll stick to the bear protectionists’ take Hunting season has wrapped up for this year,
- How many COVID cases do we really have? While Yukoners are discussing the unexpected COVID outbreak in Nunavut and what Nunavut “should have done,” Dr. Brendan Hanley announced that “we are in the eye of some huge global COVID cyclone.”
- Are you fed up with this intrusive nonsense? As I watch the news these days, I can’t believe the panic being caused by a disease that has a mortality rate of less than one per cent.
November 25, 2020
- Please avoid escalating this alcohol tax Ed. note: this is a letter to federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
- Do not reduce the downtown speed limit! Safety for all is necessary.
- Stop the needless destruction of our freedoms! Ed. note: this is an open letter to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the territory’s chief medical health officer, and members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly.
November 20, 2020
- Hospital conditions have horrified me Myron Penner’s “cri de coeur” (Star letters, Nov. 13) resonated with me.
- Let us all hear from the hospital Subject: cleanliness standards at Whitehorse General Hospital.
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Let’s go for it, fellow Yukoners! Dear Yukon voter:
November 16, 2020
- Big-dollar contributions flow to Yukon parties Lobbyist dollars go a long way in the financing of major political parties, and the Yukon’s political parties are no exception.
November 13, 2020
- What’s at the end of this dubious garden path? I have wondered all along if the “pandemic” isn’t actually a “scamdemic”, designed to throw the free, Western world into chaos (and get rid of Donald Trump), in preparation for the Great Reset, the New World Order.
- Yukoners need to protect wetlands from the government Yukoners Concerned is a group of citizens acting to protect water.
- Why we lose faith in our leaders So, a few months ago, the government took away the Ruger Ranch rifle that I had carried as a survival rifle in my aircraft for many years.
- Our health care is great Yukoners: we need to keep our health care intact for all to use.
- Are you willing to trade freedom for nonsense? As I sit and watch the news these days, I can’t help but shake my head.
- Let’s not allow staking before a planning process I am writing to commend Art Webster, the former deputy chair of the Dawson Land Use Planning Commission, on his principled resignation.
- Playing politics, not protecting people’s lives I am now double-flabbergasted.
- I witnessed deplorable lapses at the hospital This is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver, Dr. Brendan Hanley and associates, other MLAs, the Yukon government’s Department of Health and Social Services and the Yukon Hospital Corp.