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March 23, 2020
- Questions of self-isolation and mining camps A couple of days ago, the premier announced that, in effect, mining is essential for the Yukon while tourism is not.
- An ASL interpreter is essential! I’m writing this letter about the press conference the Yukon government did Sunday night to announce measures being taken for COVID-19.
- Recounting my mystifying adventures in the capital Oh shimmering lark vomit, Batman! It’s a panic-demic!
March 20, 2020
- Utilize your thinking helmet before making this decision I had a pleasant chat with Senator Pat Duncan two weeks ago.
- Here’s what it’s like to be COVID-19-tested Ed. note: here, this Whitehorse resident, who has requested anonymity, shares the recent experience of being tested for COVID-19 in Whitehorse.
- The testing system weaknesses are alarming Ed. note: this letter to Premier Sandy Silver was received Wednesday.
March 18, 2020
- Your MLAs are taking this issue seriously Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party released this statement prior to the three political parties reaching an agreement to expedite business in the legislature.
March 13, 2020
- Our resource sector, Canadians need each other Canadian resource industries have put a lot of food on my family’s table.
- We need a ban on fossil fuel development Yukoners Concerned is calling for a legislated total ban on any fossil fuel development in the territory.
- There’s no reason for another destructive mine I have been a Yukoner of 32 years,
- We are suspending our strike votes Ed. note: this statement was released this morning.
March 11, 2020
- The Liberals oppose working together on COVID-19 Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party has released this statement.
- PST would have been a reasonable compromise Some years ago in a class about workplace safety and health, a student pointed out to the class that one person’s common sense is another person’s nonsense.
- Why the world-wide draconian measures? It was not Shakespeare’s “Beware the Ides of March” warning to Julius Caesar, but it might as well have been.
March 9, 2020
- Why don’t we just get normal? Would you have heard the song “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” by Chicago?
- Second Avenue’s worst problem is its bad drivers In 2019, I visited Whitehorse four times after moving away 30 years ago.
- Let’s rise above partisanship and work together Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party released this statement Sunday.