Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Please send along some postcards Ed. note: The school is releasing the students' first names only.

All parties helped achieve these goals The political scene in the Yukon has deteriorated into the realm of surrealism ordinarily occupied by satirists.
Yukon ATV rules should match B.C.'s British Columbia has recently established rules to regulate the use of off-road vehicles, such as snowmobiles, dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles.
Let's not tinker with a working system In a recent interview with the Star , MLA Todd Hardy cited a number of personal complaints regarding his problems with rules and functions of the legislature.
Excluding female skiers is wrong Why do we continue to allow the heads of the International Olympic Committee to bully our honourable and super-athletic lady snow ski jumpers and not let them partake in the 2010 Games?
Other parties are already pursuing solutions I would like to make a few comments regarding the inclusion of a summary of what I said at the Willard Phelps gathering on Wednesday night (Star, Nov. 19).

Fix it, register the guns, move on There has been a great deal of press about the Canadian gun registry and gun control since Bill C-391 passed second reading.
Grits think it's all about themselves The leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Mr. Michael Ignatieff, feels it is time for Canadians to go to the polls to elect another minority government.
I commend the city's action Ed. note: this is a letter to Mayor Bev Buckway and city council.
Protected recyclables bring in more revenue I write to respond to a number of Whitehorse residents who are frustrated with the changes recently made to the drop-off area at Raven Recycling.
Would you want your minister to say this? Lawrence Solomon, executive director of Energy Probe, asks,
This program helps all Canadians The long queues for the H1N1 are abundant evidence that Canadians take the threat of communicable diseases seriously.
Will this technology be discussed next month? I would like to refer to a commentary in the Whitehorse Star, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.

All these people would be dismissed in the real world! The shareholders of YTG Inc. have now received a very delayed report on earnings from their ABCP investments: earnings of $1.7 million on an investment of $36.3 million, a loss of over $34 million.
Don't let them push this stuff down your throats This is in response to the climate change motion pushed upon city councillors and the public by local climate change zealots (Star, Nov. 17).
Changing bands would sever our connection to the world To: John Agnew and John Boivin, CBC.
With no customers, who will you sell surplus power to? Ed. note: this is a letter to David Morrison, president of the Yukon Energy Corp.
Tax scheme may be unconstitutional I see Ontario may soon be the next province to have a "harmonized sales tax鈥�. This is probably unconstitutional.
Let's remember: freedom has never been free As president of the Whitehorse Legion,

Their efforts have created a safer Yukon The Line of Life (Lifeline) Association of the Yukon offers a 24-hour/seven-day-per-week personal response service for persons at risk.
Discharging into the river sets off alarm bells This fall, for the first time, the City of Whitehorse will discharge treated wastewater from the Livingston sewage treatment facility directly into the Yukon River.
The party is over for AM transmission I sympathize with Mr. Pete Beattie (Star letters, Nov. 6) and others who will mourn the passing of the CBC AM transmitter (Star, Nov. 2).
Would you spend those funds with no results? Imagine someone intentionally driving into a bus shelter, killing a dozen people.

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