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May 4, 2020
- Common sense and the Millennium Trail Step 1: Parks Canada closes the parking lot at the SS Klondike.
- Cancelled procedures are hurting Yukoners Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
- Physiotherapy is seen as an essential service The physiotherapy community in Yukon would like to make an important clarification in regards to its operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The lefties are ecstatic, because ‘1984’ is here The world’s lefties (the United Nations, the World Health Organization, China, the mainstream media – MSM – and the Trudeau Liberals) are making huge gains in their globalist agenda.
May 1, 2020
- Presenting questions about our firehalls 1. Who was Fred Blaker?
- Will someone please help our seniors? Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
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A welcome oasis in a tense world What a treat to read Peter Steele’s vignettes about the arrival of spring in the Yukon River Valley, published last Friday and Monday.
- Reflections on the plague that rules our lives Here are some of my thoughts on the coronavirus to date.
- Aspects of this crisis make no sense! Ed. note: this is a letter to several politicians and media organizations.
- Regretfully, we’ve cancelled the Canada Day fete The Whitehorse Legion has been the organizing force behind the Canada Day celebrations in Whitehorse for many years.
- Don’t be quick to scapegoat the RCMP Recently, Canada has suffered through the worst shooting tragedy in modern times.
- Enforce the existing speed limit! Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Dan Curtis, city council and city officials.
- Quarantining healthy people is not normal Now more than ever, as citizens begin to grow weary of the continuing COVID-19 shutdown, the Yukon needs leadership.
April 29, 2020
- The Day of Mourning in this era of COVID-19 Ed. note: Steve Geick, the president of the Yukon Employees’ Union, released this statement Tuesday, the National Day of Mourning.
- While Yukoners struggled, you talked music Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
April 27, 2020
- A month later, we’re assessing our options It has been a month since the Raven Recycling Society closed our public drop-off and bottle depot.
- Democracy cannot be placed in abeyance We have heard a lot about the decline of democracy in the United States. Maybe it is time to look closer to home.
- Beef up the fines too Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Dan Curtis and city council.
April 24, 2020
- Stop recycling cop cars! Why don’t we pass a law
- A black market adventure tale Believe it or not, I’ve never had any transactions with black market dealers before.
- Here’s the right way, Mr. Bagnell Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
- Are we free from authoritarian encroachments? The First Nation of Na-Cho Nayak Dun (NND) was recruited by the RCMP detachment in Mayo (Star, Apr. 6).
- A slice of community cardboard cake, anyone? Isn’t that surplus wealth of cardboard from Outside an invitation to look at our isolated situation from this vast country?
- Child care ‘shock’ was poorly communicated Ed. note: this is a letter to Pauline Frost, the minister of Health and Social Services.
April 22, 2020
- Mining industry must do its part After four weeks of lockdown, the number of COVI-19 infections in Canada is still rising.
- Please expand your limited COVID-19 testing Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver and Dr. Brendan Hanley, the territory’s chief medical officer.