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June 14, 2004

  • Your smear tactics are disappointing Ed. note: this is an open letter to Whitehorse resident John Peter Ross. When I read your open letter in the June 9 Whitehorse Star, I could not believe someone would go to such trouble to spread a story that is not only old, but is also completely false.

June 11, 2004

  • Take it from us: helmets save lives Our family now understands why bike helmets are so important.
  • Parents: some day, the phone will ring My trailer in Northland Park got broken into last week, my home trashed. They didn't get very much because I don't have very much.
  • We have a potential conflict Ed. note: this is an open letter to the board of directors of Yukon Energy.
  • Voting rules have changed Re: new voting rules. A message from the Responsible Firearms Owners Coalition of British Columbia is a reminder that voting rules are not the same as they were in past election.
  • Big Foot: I've been there! Re. 'Witnesses shook up' over creature sighting', Star, June 9. I live in Otis, Oregon, about five miles inland from Lincoln City on the Oregon coast, near the foothills of the coastal range.
  • Kudos for your ticket stance Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Ernie Bourassa and city council. I am pleased and thankful that Mayor Bourassa and Coun. Bev Buckway are refusing to support councillor Dave Stockdale's motion to have the City (taxpayers) pay the fines for cyclists caught breaking the law on the occasion of Clean Air Day (Star, June 8).
  • I learned more Thank you for printing my letter in the June 4th edition regarding the salvaging of the C-119 on Annie Lake Road.
  • A Maritime farewell I arrived in Whitehorse on Aug. 20, 2000. My plan was to explore the North for one year, then move back to my homeland of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Due to the magical persuasion of the Yukon, I remained in Whitehorse for four years. That is, four great years.
  • Your friends: the New Democrats With the election on now, I hope the majority of Canadians realize who their friends are. The Conservatives are surely not.
  • Festival was well-organized The Canadian Ski Patrol, Watson Lake zone patrollers, wish to publicly congratulate the Watson Lake Music Festival committee and its president, Sara Skelton, for holding such a successful event.
  • Your selective enforcement is a problem Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Ernie Bourassa and city council. I would like to have you consider several points as you decide what to do about the recent controversy over bikes on Two Mile Hill and the bike bylaw.

June 10, 2004

June 9, 2004

  • The sacrifices were heavy This week, we commemorate D-Day, the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 and the long struggle to free the countries of Europe from the military occupation of 1939 and 1940. Many gave their lives; many more their health and youth.
  • Behaviour is dangerous, reckless and unpredictable When a cyclist was recently assaulted in an incident involving two city employees (Star, June 7), it set a number of dangerous precedents.
  • Why the subsidized housing? In 1990, Jack Layton (the present NDP leader) and his wife, Olivia Chow (a present NDP candidate), made a combined income of $120,000.
  • MP went beyond duty's call I would like to express my gratitude (overdue) to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell for his tremendous efforts during my father's time in the ICU at Whitehorse General Hospital.
  • You're the boss. Fix your festival! Ed. note: this is an open letter to Sara Skelton, president of the Watson Lake Music Festival Society.
  • We'll do what we can with limited resources Ed. note: this is a letter to Whitehorse resident Connie Thompson. Thank you for your letter (Star, June 4) and attached information in regards to the C-119 crash that occurred in 1961.

June 8, 2004

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