Letters Archive
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September 16, 2010
- What about foreign gun control influences? Maybe it's time for the Liberals to come clean on just how much taxpayers' money they have given to Wendy Cukier and her Coalition for Gun Control for her to lobby them for tougher gun laws when Jean Chretien was PM.
- Don't squander our trust in you, Larry Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
September 15, 2010
- I'm getting peeved at all the registry rhetoric Would the people who threatened Ian Church with a shotgun, as he outlined in a recent letter,
- Why is our MP being so evasive? The clock is ticking. I understand Sept. 22 is the crucial vote for or against the long gun registry bill.
- 鈥楪reen' advocates never show nature's rebirth Re. the Select Committee on the Safe Operation and Use of Off-road Vehicles survey.
- Reporter should be able to protect her sources I hope the courts don't order CBC reporter Nancy Thomson to hand over personal and confidential source documents (Star, Sept. 13).
September 14, 2010
- Conservatives are firing falsehoods Canada's firearms program requires the registration of all guns and the licensing of all gun owners.
- Your silence is deafening, Mr. Edzerza These opinions are strictly my own,
September 13, 2010
- NDP: you represent all Canadians! Ed. note: this is a letter to the federal New Democratic Party.
- Gun registry myth makers are shooting from the lip I've been reading a great deal of misinformation (to put it politely) being disseminated on the opinion pages in the last while about the long gun registry.
- He could have done the right thing What goes around comes around.
- Grits will do anything to snare votes Just how far will some Liberal party members go to get votes?
September 10, 2010
- Is the land as fragile as its defenders say? I had been invited and I attended the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society/Yukon Conservation Society rally at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre on Aug. 26.
- Our police officers acted with speed and efficiency I read with dismay the headline for the story published in the Whitehorse Star on Sept. 7. The headline reads, "RCMP get the wrong man in high-risk takedown鈥.
- Society hurt many in killing Hunter Here is my reply to "It's time to move on from the Hunter issue鈥 (Star letters, Sept. 7).
- Humane society has sold out the dogs bred as racers In my previous letter to the Star, I had written to defend the reputation of the Mike Grieco who was, according to a photo in the Star in mid-January 2010,
- Blossoming weeds are a city embarrassment I have lived in Whitehorse for over 40 years, and I am getting a little disturbed by what I see around the city these days.
- People are not ruled by fiat or dictatorship I've been a downtown Whitehorse resident for most of the past 25 years, and I'm appalled at the fact that for the first time in all those years, I am without representation in the Yukon legislature.
- Are we on the threshold of an autumn election? In a recent interview with CBC Yukon, Premier Dennis Fentie confirmed that he has called a fall sitting of the assembly for Sept. 21, one month earlier than usual (Star, Sept. 7).
September 9, 2010
- Literacy is a vital, foundational skill As children go back to school and workplaces return to normal after summer holidays, September brings renewed energy and a determination to get down to business.
- No stupid people in space stations Re: Peter Worthington's "Ground these lofty F-35 jets, Mr. Harper鈥.