Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Neither set of numbers is wrong Statistics Canada would like to clarify certain issues in your July 20 article 'We have millions of dollars in the bank' . It suggests that we were wrong in calculating a financial deficit for the Yukon for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2006.
I was concerned for my safety On July 17, after having my RV repaired here at Whitehorse, my wife and I went into town for supplies at Canadian Tire.

Help us reclaim our city on Saturday Ed. note: this letter was submitted by an organizer of tomorrow's anti-drug dealers peace rally.
Beware of Air Canada's extra charge Did you know that persons with a disability are subject to extra charges equivalent to more than the full cost of a return airfare between Whitehorse and Vancouver if they travel Air Canada?
We don't need your immaturity What a baby!
Where were the petitioners when it was a drug house? This letter is in support of Lori Austin's attempt to open a daycare in the downtown residential area on Jarvis Street.
The fundamental problem is bad drivers It was with much amusement and even more incredulity (I think that's a big word for 'I don't freakin' believe it') that I read about the high-priced consultant being imported for the purpose of analyzing evil, rogue intersections to determine their role in causing vehicle accidents and incidents (Star, July 24).
I'm leaving to practise my faith properly After 30 years on the same property I've poured my heart and soul into, I'm leaving the Yukon.

Facts and fiction in the Middle East As the Middle East lurches deeper and deeper into more violence and more brutal destruction, the roadmap, once essential to the peace process between Israel and Palestine, has finally fallen off its tracks.
Does the city really need a consultant for traffic? Ed. note: this is an open letter to Mayor Ernie Bourassa and city council. I see we have collaborated with the Yukon government to hire yet another consultant (Star, July 24).
We need to stand together and send a strong message Re: the Yukon drug situation.

Community didn't opt to eliminate greenbelts This is an open letter to the City of Whitehorse planning department. Just when I thought the City planning department had finally learned the error of its ways, another pile of nonsense is heaped upon the residents with the comments made by Mike Gau, City planner (Star, July 21).
Independent Israel' notion is simply a laughable one Surely Geoffrey Capp is aware that bold capital letters do not a fact make (Star letters, July 20).

Don't assume they were young Your lead story in Monday's Star, 'What is our community coming to?', was unacceptable journalism and an attack on our young people.
Animals are at our mercy! Animals are not ours to use or abuse. Animals are like human's 'sentient beings'. They breathe and bleed and have emotions.
The sad decline of Canada What in hell has happened to this country?
Day care proponent didn't do homework This is an open letter to Whitehorse city council re. zoning amendment, 710 Jarvis St. (Star, July 18-19).
If you're angry, turn in your citizenship Subject: they're as ungrateful as can be.
Let's show them we won't tolerate them Ed. note: the writer has asked that identification be withheld for reasons of personal safety.
Parasites who profit from suffering 'A considerable proportion of Yukoners are currently harmed by the behaviour of others which may have been caused or made more severe through the use of alcohol or other drugs.'

Land for peace' notion won't work Faro resident Michael Brine's letter, printed in the Star July 19, bears examination from another viewpoint.

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