Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Give them their extended vacation Re: Canada to suspend Parliament until after Olympics.
MLA has raised a very important issue Yukon residents and visitors alike look to our elected legislature for absolute preservation and protection of all Charter rights and privileges we enjoy as citizens of Canada.

Ministers must have wanted to escape the balmy climate Ministers must have wanted to escape the balmy climate
Your work and dedication are appreciated by us all At this time, I'd like to wish Premier Fentie and all of our MLAs a Merry Christmas and all the best in the coming year.
Thanks for giving electrical consumers a lump of coal! Ed. note: this is an open letter to Bob Laking, the new acting chair of the Yukon Utilities Board.
Help us push for a thriving community The Wolverine Mine will soon be going into production,
I'm confident we'll create success in the future To: the customers, suppliers and creditors of Golden Hill Ventures Limited Partnership ("GHVLP鈥�) and Golden Hill Ventures Ltd. ("GHV Ltd.鈥�), its managing partner.
Tell me: who is really being selfish? Some recent letters regarding the recommended Peel watershed plan have suggested that protecting this landscape treats mining unfairly and somehow undermines society.
We focus on all Yukon youths' needs We are writing in response to the reporter's opinion column published in the Whitehorse Star on Dec. 11
Be grateful for our dependable truckers Since moving to the territory three years ago,

Did you anticipate us comparing apples to oranges? Ed. note: this is the third instalment of a short series of letters to Craig Tuton,
I'd like to share a lovely example of seasonal spirit My son Andrew is a Grade 12 student at F.H. Collins Secondary School, and, on Friday, Dec. 11,

Do I detect hypocrisy in our ivory towers? Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Bev Buckway and city council.
You're not expected to cherry-pick your facts Ed. note: this is the second in a short series of open letters to Craig Tuton,
Without mining, Yukon wouldn't exist Please allow me to respond to Lewis Rifkind's letter (Star, Dec. 16).

We can't overlook nature's climate cycle To all of you at the Yukon Conservation Society, without apologies!
You have lost your neutrality, Mr. Chair Ed. note: this is the first of a short series of open letters to Craig Tuton, chair of the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board. More will be published next week.
Peel commission failed to do its job The justification of the Peel commission on its decisions within its final plan,
Here is my definition of a good neighbour Ed. note: this is an open letter to Clynt Nauman, president and CEO of Alexco Resource Corp. in Vancouver.
One solution: leave the area to nature There has been no shortage of articles in recent newspapers about the Peel River drainage system and how much protection the area should receive through the land use planning process.
Good manners mean respecting the ladies Last week, my good wife and I went out to our favourite pizza place for supper. We had a table near the bar.

I will work to keep abortion legal Even though, in order to protect women from the old, barbaric methods of abortion, I will do all I am able to keep abortion legal.
The 鈥榲eteran miner's prayer' is hereby officially answered As Andy Hureau implies in his "prayer" to "God" (Star letters, Dec. 11) that all mining areas are no longer viable as they have been protected, I say good.
Beware of council changing the city's Official Community Plan! Citizens of Whitehorse should revolt against the City of Whitehorse council and officials if the council makes specific changes to the Official Community Plan (OCP) wording from "shall鈥� to "may鈥�.
Royalty system means we're giving it away Yukon taxpayers should be aware of the placer royalties paid in the Dawson mining district for the period April 1, 2009 to Nov. 20, 2009.
Community's men have shown real leadership At the closing ceremony of the 12 Days of Action to End Violence Against Women, there were 435 postcards hanging behind the rose bearers.

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