Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

The latest plan to quell the pandemic panic It’s a pandemic; be afraid. Be very afraid!
Camp rules wouldn’t thwart a virus outbreak Being in the category of who the First Nations call “elders” myself,
Are gold bars more important than our health? During the past few weeks, there has been a public discussion on the need to self-isolate if you have travelled outside the Yukon, and or have some of the symptoms of the COVID-19 flu.
We need to work, but we’ll keep you safe I am writing on behalf of the Klondike Placer Miners’ Association (KPMA).

They’re overlooked and need help There is a lot of talk about helping workers, businesses, residential tenants and landlords.
I must confess: I am one of the guilty ones! Re. “Help unveiled for renters, workers, airlines” (Star, March 27).
Let’s pause and inquire: how bad is it, really? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau II and U.S. President Donald Trump are promising to hand out billions, or trillions to stop the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.
Why the difference with the health care workers? Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.

What ‘public service’ means these days Service Canada is closing its counters across Canada.
Policy by tweet doesn’t cut it, Mr. Silver Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
Responsible placer mining in this time of crisis As operators of a small placer mine,

Trudeau effectively tried to engineer a coup Ed. note: this is a letter to the leaders of Canada’s federal opposition parties.
Stupid is as stupid does, right, everyone? Most Canadians are so politically correct, we don’t say no to anybody anymore.
We all have to help each other! Our country is in a state of health crisis, and it needs all the tools we have to protect and support our people immediately.
After a narrow escape, a city hall runaround Eighty-four-year-old Erich Stoll of Whitehorse – a veteran of 40 years of Yukon mining – feels safer in a deep mine than he does walking the streets of Whitehorse.
Yukon’s COVID-19 strategy is very troubling I read with great consternation the Star’s March 23rd coverage of Dr. Brendan Hanley’s press conference of March 22.
Keep the presses rolling! It is not unusual to read of attacks on newspapers, both physical and by governments, as the freedom of the press is under regular attack – although the latest banning of newspapers is quite unusual.
In retrospect, we were not prepared at all! On Sunday evening, I watched, as many Yukoners did, the government news conference telling us that the first two cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the territory.

Things won’t get as bad as 1918! I wondered how the present COVID-19 crisis compares with the 1918 flu.
Relief for renters is urgently needed! Ed. note: this is a letter to the Yukon government.
Let’s close down and rethink our child care Ed. note: this is an open letter to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer.
They’re basking in power The recent cost-crippling railway blockades caused anxiety, expense and hardship, directly or indirectly, to almost every Canadian.

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!

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