Whitehorse Daily Star

September 28, 2020

• A ridiculous situation will soon dawn Ed. note: this letter was originally sent to Nils Clarke, the Liberal MLA for Riverdale North.
• A pledge to stay on the road to reconciliation Ed. note: Kluane Adamek, the Yukon regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), has released this commentary on last Wednesday’s Speech from the Throne.

September 25, 2020

• A more flexible border would be a lifeline Ed. note: this letter was sent in late August to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the terrritory’s chief medical health officer; Premier Sandy Silver; and Tourism and Culture Minister Jeanie Dendys.
• Nobody, but nobody pays me to be quiet My last letter was published June 19.
• Is this the new normal of game management? Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Sandy Silver, Environment Minister Pauline Frost and her game branch officials, Stacey Hassard, the Yukon Party MLA for Pelly-Nisutlin, and Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
• A prediction on paper(s) The speeches of American presidents are bound into volumes known as Public Papers of the Presidents.
• This selfish protection carries a high price Last week, the chair and the executive director of Yukon’s tourism association (TIAY) had meetings with Yukon’s tourism minister, Jeanie Dendys, and chief medical officer Brendan Hanley, lobbying for easing border restrictions into Yukon to all Canadians.

September 23, 2020

• She struck the right note In response to Sue Edelman’s letter to the editor “... pandemic edict ...” in Monday’s Star, Sue is “right on” about music for the deteriorating mind.

September 21, 2020

• Surely, this pandemic edict has been misapplied Ed. note: this is a letter to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the territory’s chief medical officer; government officials managing the COVID-19 pandemic; and Whistle Bend Place.
• School is back in, so let’s be careful around school buses While 2020 has brought new safety protocols and regulations across the spectrum of day-to-day life, not every safety issue is a new discussion.

September 18, 2020

• The efforts of many cooked up our success for this year’s United Way breakfast On behalf of United Way Yukon,
• When managed fairly, there’s enough game for all It has come to my attention through word of mouth, letters and various wildlife bodies like the Yukon Fish and Game Association that there’s a misguided push by First Nations to go against lands and wildlife agreements as laid out in the final umbrella agreement.
• Take the time, read the medical records I strongly recommend to all of the residents of the Yukon and elsewhere in Canada that they make the effort to obtain and read their medical reports.
• We shall hope to return in 2021! This is an open letter to my fellow members of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Whitehorse General Hospital, of which I am also a member.
• School is in -– and so should driver courtesy At 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, I was driving on the Alaska Highway going south.
• A warning about my experiences As I write,
• Wildfires are not surface climate change Current global warming would be happening now if nobody lived on the Earth, because it is independent from man’s activities.
• The uncertainty is crippling our business Ed. note: this letter was emailed May 24 to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the terrritory’s chief medical health officer; Yukon MP Larry Bagnell; Deputy Premier Ranj Pillai; Tourism and Culture Minister Jeanie Dendys; and Valerie Royle, the deputy minister of Tourism.
• Farmers don’t need this additional problem Ed. note: this is a letter to Ranj Pillai, the minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and of Economic Development.

September 16, 2020

• Many families are being left behind My family lives in Copper Ridge, and my children attend Holy Family Elementary School.
• Liberals must respect our democratic institutions Ed. note: Tuesday was the United Nations’ International Day of Democracy. This year’s theme was “COVID-19: A Spotlight on Democracy”.
• We’re forever grateful for the help! Ed. note: the writer has requested that her surname not be published to protect her family’s privacy.