Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

An idea for the jailhouse Is the Fulton County jail in Atlanta so broke that it can’t afford a scale?
On this file, can we please return to reality? The government push to electric cars is not about saving the planet by attacking climate change.
This ‘sweetheart deal’ for mining is intolerable Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley, Finance Minister Sandy Silver, Environment Minister Nils Clarke and Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) Minister John Streicker.
You can thank the board for this The utilities board, the people who oversee ATCO Electric and Yukon Energy, did it again.
Territory’s literacy scene is in a healthy state First: my husband, Dave, and I give heartfelt congratulations to the Yukon First Nations School Board, under Melanie Bennett, a former teacher and principal, for finally implementing what is known as “research-based reading”.
Here’s for the act’s abolition! It has been reported (Star, Aug. 30) that there are some 170 societies running the risk of being dissolved by the government if they don’t catch up on their paperwork.
Thanks for being my haven in a crisis Whitehorse is a magical city with rich and rewarding experiences for visitors of all ages.
Help save a valuable part of Yukon history For as long as I can remember, it has stood guard-silent and immovable.

We have a ‘communications ecosystem’? I’ve read that Canada’s Bill C-18, when officially enacted, will affect our “communications ecosystem”: “how we get news and information that matters.”

Palestinians falsely blame Israel In his Aug. 18 letter (“Israel can’t be considered a democracy”), Mohamed Khalaf claims that Israel cannot be described as a democracy “as long as millions of Palestinians live under Israeli rule as subjects of a military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza.”
Yukon Party must axe its ‘axe the tax’ act Ed. note: the Yukon Liberal caucus released this statement Wednesday.
Bogus bill sure didn’t fool me! I’m using legal-size paper for this one. Not that I ever use illegal size, but ....

Rising power rates are yet another blow Ed. note: this is a letter to Richard Buchan, the chair of the Yukon Utilities Board.
Israel can’t be considered a democracy Re: “Israel: has it reached the end of democracy?” by Gwynne Dyer (Star, Aug. 14).

Reform can be found in true community policing Our cops.
The negatives of this project are extreme Re. Kinross Mine/Contango Ore, J.V.’s plans to truck ore from the Manh Choh open pit gold mine in Tetlin, 247 miles up the Alaska Highway, to their mine on the Steese, just past Cleary Summit, to be processed at Fort Knox.

We have been shut out of the political process Looking at the political evolution in Canada is like watching a country self-destruct.
A bad plan, a shameful lack of accountability Ed. note: this submission on the Yukon government’s application to close several unstaffed rural landfills has been sent to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB).
May this event be a resounding success! Ed. note: Tourism and Culture Minister John Streicker issued this statement Thursday.
These are incorrect and misleading statements Ed. note: this is a letter to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board’s Haines Junction Designated Office.
Third-world shovels won’t fix the highway Ed. note: this is a letter to Jim Regimbal, the Yukon government’s northern area highways superintendent.
A simple query for you .
Our territory is in crisis – and we see no action Over the summer, several community health centres have seen reductions in service or have been closed for several days or weeks.

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