Whitehorse Daily Star

October 16, 2020

• Tagish residents want to be consulted Ed. note: Yukon Party MLA Geraldine Van Bibber filed this petition with the Yukon legislature Thursday, with about 40 signatures from Tagish-area residents.
• How long can environmental degradation go on? A recent article in the Whitehorse Star on the subject of a declining woodland caribou herd can be easily explained.
• I read it on a wing and a prayer Last month, I received, through Canada Post, a copy of the June 2019 First Interim Report on Defence Procurement - Summary of Evidence from our senator, Pat Duncan (thanks, Pat!).

October 14, 2020

• A global cooling flash freeze looms “(According to) ... the conditions that will be present on … the Earth, the atmosphere will expand very fast and, therefore, the temperature will drop to extreme levels, possibly below -170 degrees Fahrenheit below zero.

October 13, 2020

• Unusual pandemic year has created unusual solutions Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MLAs, Department of Education officials and the Yukon Teachers’ Association.
• Department officials do not know best about the MAD program When faced with the acknowledged artistic jewel in the crown of Yukon Education that is the MAD program (in terms of its continued nourishment of the Yukon’s phenomenal crop of talented students,
• What if the president goes to jail? What would it have been like for Richard Nixon if he had gone to prison like all the people who worked for him who did go to prison?
• Beware of the president’s ‘facts’ Twitter has suggested fact-checking two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweets.
• We found your remarks very disappointing Ed. note: this is a letter to Brad Cathers, the Yukon Party MLA for Lake Laberge.

October 9, 2020

• What are the positives of COVID-19? We tend to look at the negativism in this COVID health issue!
• We recognize tourism’s unprecedented challenges Ed. note: this is a letter to Neil Hartling, chair of the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon.
• You’ll notice a different 2021 Rendezvous Ed note: this statement was released last week by the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society.
• Systemic racism must be challenged Many years ago, on one of my infrequent forays Outside, I found myself wandering around Richmond, B.C.
• Please update Yukoners, resolve the problem Ed. note: this is a letter to Allison Lenehan, the CEO of Xplornet, based in Woodstock, N.B.
• Your actions don’t match your assurances Ed. note: this is a letter to the Department of Education.
• Don’t demean a man who grows a beard To question a politician’s _modus operandi_ is fair.

October 5, 2020

• Don’t look now, but.... What are the Sketch-in-Chief and his delinquent claquers
• Let us build a more resilient economy I am concerned that climate change is not being adequately addressed so that we actually have a fighting chance of decreasing enough greenhouse gas emissions to make enough of a difference to our chances of collective survival.
• The YP must pursue issues that carry relevance An open question to the Yukon Party leadership: who are the media releases designed to inspire?
• Indeed, a study in contrasts! Australia and America are friends with many characteristics in common, although with a few contrasts too.

October 2, 2020

• Doctor’s diagnosis was spot-on I am in agreement with Dr. Charles Shaver (Star commentary, Sept. 25).
• Remembering Stephen Frost Sr. Re. the recent passing of a true Yukon gentleman (Star, Sept. 9, Sept. 25).
• Newsflash: wood does not burn cleanly! Yukon MP Larry Bagnell announced a pre-election handout of $5.4 million for five so-called clean energy projects across the Yukon.
• We feel residential school survivors’ legacy Ed. note: regional Chief Kluane Adamek of the Assembly of First Nations released this statement on Wednesday, Orange Shirt Day.
• Base wildlife management on science The recent ban on hunting on First Nations land is not based on science.