Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Canada can’t be all things to all people Right now, Canada is trying to be all things to all people in the world.
Rich and vivid memories Do you remember those distant winter yesterdays?
Stop funding this terrible dog abuse, Mr. Silver Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
The chief simply abandoned our assembly! A scheduled three-day Taan Kwach’an Council General Assembly (GA) was held on Jan. 10-12 for our First Nation.
Politics lost a good one in Ambrose Rona Ambrose’s announcement that she will not run for the Conservative leadership is a severe blow to the party but a blessing for the Liberals.
Beautiful photos delight With my broken English, I cannot express my gratitude enough to you.

Think about it. Was Don Cherry wrong? This letter is about the Don Cherry “You people”-poppy controversy back in November. Even though my timing is a bit late, I now feel compelled to write.

Glad it’s still standing! I recently looked up the Taku Hotel and was pleasantly surprised to find out the building is still around.
‘By mid-afternoon, the fires became convective’ Ed. note: Yukon Protective Services made this information available this week.
As we edge toward war, why is diplomacy failing? Canadians are so diplomatic, we don’t say s--- to anybody about anything.
Papers are important to democracy I figure I had better write while I still have the privilege.
Everyone is exactly the same! Recently, I tripped over this glittering gem:

Please be safe out there! A quick note to say thank you to all the drivers who are slowing down in the ice fog this week. It’s much appreciated.
Shame to band councils that have climbed in bed with oil dudes I am grateful for and to the Wet’suwet’en hereditary clan chiefs who have the wisdom, courage and fortitude to stand up for climate justice (Star, Jan. 10, 13).
The Australian bushfires have a message for us Just ask Whitehorse resident Mary Ann Annable-Roots about wildfire evacuation.

How can Iran claim ‘unintentional’ deaths? Someone made a deliberate decision to fire a weapon to take down that plane.
Double-fried Australia: conflagration clarified Current estimates of the wildfires burning Down Under is that they are 1,000 per cent (10 times) more extensive than previous fires, i.e., unprecedented in recorded history.

Where is your concern with this global crime? Ed. note: this is a letter toYukon MP Larry Bagnell.
A beard doesn’t hide a two-faced man Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently reappeared sporting his scruffy Costa Rican beard.
Why do I visualize a grinning lemming? What kind of country is Canada?
You pay four taxes on one tank of gas! Recently, I filled up my truck gas tank, and the bill came to $120.24.
This project raises a range of concerns At 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, there will be a public hearing in council chambers at city hall regarding an application to amend a bylaw to allow the developer of 468 Range Rd. to reduce the parking requirements associated with a five-storey, 84-unit supportive housing development.

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