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March 29, 2019
- The leadership crisis is deepening The following is from page 328 of Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon’s book, The Ingenuity Gap, published in 2000. There was a crisis in leadership in 2000.
- The federal Liberals’ days at the trough will end soon! The stink and disaster of this present LIEberal federal government, as it continues daily to soil itself, are unbearable.
- Is a Frosty Freeze coming to Whitehorse soon? Health and Social Services (HSS) Minister Pauline Frost holds a hard line with NGOs.
- Government needs to speed up on a ‘slow down’ law Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party has submitted this item.
- Disparaging comments require a response This is a response to the letter to the editor by Bev Miller in Wednesday’s paper (“The city isn’t doing its part for this event”).
- Where is the fairness in my treatment? Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
- No to a carbon-tax, Ms. May and Mr. Singh! ( Comment ) Ed. note: this is an open letter to Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
March 27, 2019
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The city isn’t doing its part for this event Just wanted to send out a special thank you to the board of directors and volunteers of the Yukon First Nation Hockey Association for the incredible job they did organizing this past weekend’s native hockey tournament (Star, March 25, 27).
March 25, 2019
- Prime minister’s credibility has become a major problem “There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them.” – Dr. Jane Philpott
- This was a huge and successful event Wow!
March 22, 2019
- Who are the real poor people here? The Department of Health and Social Services (HSS) has taken over the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter at a much greater expense to you taxpayers (Star, January, February, March stories).
- PM is buying votes with our children’s money In 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected on a promise to run three years of small deficits and balance the budget in 2019.
- Efficiency is unimportant to Yukon Liberals On Tuesday,
- Conservatives’ behaviour was appalling Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer,
March 20, 2019
- The lack of Shakwak funding is disappointing The 2019 federal budget does not include any funding for the Shakwak portion of the Alaska Highway in Yukon.
- My secret to feeling just great and saving money We’re in the age of tweets.
March 15, 2019
- Mt. Lorne transfer station needs your support Nowadays, do you have a sense of achievement when you recycle?
- It’s literally become music to my years Because of my love of music, not long ago, I wrote to the Star about how wrong it was for a certain doughnut shop to play the same piece of classical music on speakers outside just to keep the bums from hanging around.
- Please join us in this vital new counselling venture The Friends of Many Rivers have big news!
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Twisted Woodworks’ closure is unfortunate I am writing in response to the Feb. 28 article in the Whitehorse Star regarding Twisted Woodworks closing its doors at the end of March.