Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Assign electoral reform to a Citizens’ Assembly Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Sandy Silver, NDP Leader Kate White and Stacey Hassard, the interim leader of the Yukon Party.
Liberals and socialists constantly manipulate our collective stupidity In our modern, politically correct (PC) world, the answer is yes and no.
This event creates a great feeling of community For many years now, my husband, Dave, and I have been guests at the unique senior Christmas dinner and dance put on by the F.H. Collins Secondary School grad class, Whitehorse Lions and Elks Club.
Yukon firearms owners need a voice in Ottawa After spending over a year campaigning in the lead-up to Canada’s 43rd federal election,
There is simply no reason to drive like an idiot While reading the Star last Friday, I felt like I had been punched in the gut after reading the editorial’s heading.

YEC’s senselessness will cost you It appears that Yukon electrical rates are going up by 12 per cent (Star, Dec. 4)
Throne speech contained positive elements Ed. note: Yukon Regional Chief Kluane Adamek of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has released the following statement on last Thursday’s Speech from the Throne.
Why can’t the city resurrect the old radar guns? Yes, Second Avenue seems to be a bit of a speedway

I’m happy that she received justice False arrest is a crime.
I don’t want more private options Brian Day is challenging the entire health care system, he says, so that all patients can have more private options for health care.
Is electoral reform our most urgent issue? While listening to and reading the news last week, I noticed the inordinate amount of time spent on the subject of electoral reform. Is this really the most pressing issue that we have to worry about here in Yukon?
‘The magic and the mystery’ of our gas prices Let me state up front: “I’m confused with the current gasoline prices at the pumps in Whitehorse.”

Let us consider eliminating single-use food service plastics In 2018/2019, I participated in a national youth leadership program through the Canadian Wildlife Federation called the Canadian Conservation Corps.
What can one waste the carbon tax rebate on? Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party has submitted this statement.
Liberals mismanaged this housing project Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party has submitted this statement.
Regulations, taxes are strangling our businesses Even though we now have a new federal minister guaranteeing the prosperity of the middle class, (yes, it’s true, actually!), Canada still appears to be possessed of an anti-small business culture.

Please don’t allow this short-sightedness to recur Ed. note: this is a letter to Steven Guilbeault, the minister of Canadian Heritage.
Workers can always be retrained This may seem like a random letter out of the blue,
Thank you for helping our family Myself, as Syleff’s and Tsalazras’ father, and Sarah Newton, our beloved, gorgeous twin daughters’ mother, are moving forward with our own personal fundraising events and support for Syleff.

If war is hell, wait for the new Commons In my voting years, 69 in total, I have never seen Canada in a worse political splinter as it is now.

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