麻豆社区

January 23, 2015

• Talk of 鈥榯rash鈥� was wrong 鈥� and a personal attack I was not going to respond to the letter by Mr. and Mrs. Bell (Star, Jan. 16) because it was so obviously emotional.
• Please correct this shortfall of art Ed. note: this is a letter to Marc Mayer, director, National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
• We are not keeping one another safe at work When I passed the Yukon Workers鈥� Compensation Health and Safety Board building Thursday morning, the 鈥渋njuries count鈥� was at 51!
• Yukoners are friendly and fascinating I found fellow thanks to you!
• Fund your ill-advised appeal yourself, Sir! It is hypertime for Premier Darrell Pasloski to ante up and personally fund his appeal of the Peel decision!
• Why are these legal services contracts being hidden? The Yukon Party鈥檚 Jan. 14 press release states:
• Officials are showing favouritism in law enforcement Re. Ibex Valley livestock regulations.
• Do we have to break an old raven-feeder鈥檚 heart? I have a 70-year-old friend who, for the last 20 years, has been feeding the ravens.

January 22, 2015

• Oil companies will hug their fracking party buds The benefits of hydraulic fracturing were the supposed driver of the essence for the justification by the Yukon Fracking Party for its copious expenditures of Canadian taxpayers鈥� funds for the hokey-pokey select committee鈥檚 road show.

January 21, 2015

• Red Chamber has failed Canadians, Senator Lang Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon Senator Dan Lang.
• Sloppy driving is a menace to pedestrians! I just wanted to voice two concerns with regard to traffic and pedestrian safety.
• The only sane course of action is a fracking ban Yukoners Concerned about Oil and Gas Development/Exploration in Yukon appreciates the seriousness with which the all-party select committee on hydraulic fracturing approached the task of assessing the risks and benefits of fracking.
• The YP鈥檚 dog and pony show exits stage left The frivolous Yukon Party (YP) fracking committee study was a calculated waste of time and tax dollars.

January 20, 2015

• Where is the leadership in our leaders? I would like to thank Rich Thompson for a thoughtful and very well-written article (鈥淎 place of great citizens is starting to lose its way鈥�, Star, Dec. 19).
• Conservative cultures are undemocratic at their core Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef.

January 19, 2015

• Let鈥檚 build a well-deserved vision for the territory! The vision of the Yukon Green Party is a territory that prospers through stewardship of its geographical, natural and renewable resources.
• You are trodding on the wrong path, Mr. Premier Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• 鈥楢 true kind heart if there ever was one鈥� In 1977-78, when I was editor of the Star rather briefly, I had the honour of working with Ted Harrison who, at the time, was the Star鈥檚 editorial cartoonist.
• Looking at the sky: in memory of the renowned Ted Harrison Our beloved Ted Harrison died Friday at the age of 88.
• We are richer as a country for Ted Harrison鈥檚 legacy Ted Harrison, Canada鈥檚 most iconic painter of the Yukon, passed away in Victoria on Friday after a long illness.

January 16, 2015

• Tories鈥� short-sighted budgeting is staggering In December 2013, Ebola claimed three victims.
• Darrell Pasloski presents: the theatre of the absurd We have no comment, as the case is before the courts!
• Don鈥檛 aggravate our grieving with your trash talk We tried to get the Yukon 麻豆社区 to print this letter last week but the editor refused to do so.
• I don鈥檛 feel comfort in the threats to my livelihood Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• What鈥檚 the deal with local gasoline prices? Ed. note: this letter was received shortly before local stations lowered their regular grade gas prices to 99.9 cents per litre Thursday afternoon.
• Where were you at the time it counted? Why is the Pasloski government appealing the Peel decision?
• Isn鈥檛 there an app for that, my good friends? Is a politically correct attitude mandatory in Canada? I think there must be an app for it.
• Public housing comes with built-in risks The Yukon 麻豆社区 has run a piece on the Northern Housing Trust and affordable housing, and I did not agree with some of the statements.