Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

The old work-horse wins the Liberals鈥� race The old prospector welcomes Larry Bagnell鈥檚 victory.
For the record, here鈥檚 a reminder How typical of the Liberal party for taking credit for using something they say is new but really is tried and true.
Stephen Harper鈥檚 no-show was utterly appalling As world leaders gathered at the recent United Nations Climate Summit, one absence was especially galling: Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Railroaded into yet another war? Canadians are told to be 鈥減roud,鈥� and paid $850,000 to celebrate our share in reducing Libya, which, pre-bombing by NATO, had 鈥渢he highest living standard in Africa.鈥�
Your energy, enthusiasm have been inspirational With the federal Liberal nomination set to take place Saturday,
Financiers of the destruction: the people have a say! It seems to me that neither Keith Halliday nor all the other commentators see the real purpose of the fracking/LNG posters around the city.
Help students help the food bank For the fourth year,
I doff my hat to a great Canadian tradition I am pleased that our government continues to stand up for hunters and trappers.
鈥楶asloski鈥檚 Last Stand鈥� will be a political massacre How does my 鈥渂ig bang theory鈥� apply to Darrell Pasloski鈥檚 YP government in Yukon?
Stop complaining about tipping fees! Frankly, I am tired of seeing letters to the paper complaining about our tipping fees!
Where did the determination to go green go? This is an open letter to everyone in Whitehorse regarding 鈥渙ur鈥欌€� situation with recycling.

Help flush out the evil frackers and their friends This old prospector is thankful for First Nation court actions.
Compensating Kadr would be a miscarriage of justice So Omar Kadr is seeking to widen his civil suit for $20 million

More good sense from another eager candidate Another eager, young, hopeful candidate for the federal Liberal nomination in the Yukon came to my door recently.

I ask you to recommend banning hydraulic fracking Ed. note: this is a submission to the Select Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing.
Fracking and cracking: there鈥檚 no control I challenge the notion that 鈥渟hale gas extracted from depths of thousands of feet has rarely been shown to contaminate drinking water ....鈥�
The pending war will be long and difficult The situation in the Middle East with ISIL and the many offshoots of this violent group has the world community scrambling, confused and finally, realistic, realizing that something has to be done.
We need host families for visiting youth In August, I left the rainy Yukon to attend a 30th reunion in Bali Indonesia.

Premier is content to obey Ottawa鈥檚 orders In January, I issued a news release calling on the premier to go public with secret negotiations he was conducting with the Government of Canada on changes to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act.
Fracking could make Faro look like a mud puddle The following is the gist of remarks I made Thursday, Sept. 25 to the Select Committee on the Risks and Benefits of Fracking:
When did common sense leave our territory? To be completely candid, common sense didn鈥檛 leave. It鈥檚 just been muzzled.
Landlords are entitled to make a decent return Last Wednesday, there was a housing roundtable sponsored by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC).

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