Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

CBC's broadcasting reach is inadequate Ed. note: this is a letter to Jane Chalmers, vice-president, English Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., in Toronto.
Our dependence on Canada is escalating It's happened again, and is bothersome on at least two levels.
What the Sam H is going on here? Thank you, Jim Kenyon, minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corp., for your answer to my recent letter to the Star.
Follow the money trail to the truth It's interesting that the big U.S. industrial trust funds are funding the heck out of groups like the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and the Sierra Club to basically shut down mining interests such as Windy Craggy in the northwestern part of Canada.

Charming' kids learned the wrong lesson Last Thursday night, there was a dust-up in the office of the Whitehorse aquatic centre between two sets of teenagers.
Was it your son at the counter? Was it your young son who came to my pharmacy counter, trying to buy nicotine gum for you so you would stop smoking?
Help us voice the message! On Wednesday, March 30, Alaskan politicians are coming to visit the Yukon legislature on a friendly exchange.

Here's who can get a plate Further to minister Glenn Hart's presentation of the first Yukon veteran licence plate (Star, March 23), I would like to take a moment to clarify who is eligible to acquire such a plate.
Don't speak for Marsh Lakers! Re. 'Marsh Lake-city calls to become local', Star, March 24: Yeh! As a resident of Marsh Lake, I am very pleased with local calls to Whitehorse.
Don't make taxpayers responsible I listened on CBC to Glen Everitt's impassioned plea for understanding for his position in the Dawson City forensic audit.
What if she needed cannabis? Re.Terry Schiavo.

Gun registry did nothing to avert tragedy I would like to know whether or not the RCMP made a registry request for information about the presence of guns at the Roszko property before they went in there.
Can you say it, postal people? Re. 'We must reduce our energy use', by Jean Cinq-Mars, National Forest Strategy Coalition, Ottawa, Star letters, March 18.
First nations' role is zero per cent Recently, I have been on a mission. This mission is to shed light on issues I have with the territorial Department of Economic Development, Yukon government.

Missing premier must show leadership As most Yukoners know, the U.S. Senate narrowly adopted a resolution allowing for drilling in the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd, within Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Star, March 16, 17, 18).
Senseless violence' affected all On behalf of the Yukon Women's Transition Home (Kaushee's Place), I am writing to commend the decision made last week by the National Parole Board of Canada to deny parole to Marcellus Jacob (Star, March 18, 22).

Many helped make Heart Month successful No open-heart surgery, no hospital cardiac care units, and no real understanding of the heart and stroke hazards of smoking, physical inactivity and poor diet it was 1955. A group of doctors formed the B.C. Heart Foundation, today called the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon.

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