Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

The chapter took a mere four years Here鈥檚 a quote from Dr. Ian Kershaw鈥檚 book Hitler, Nemesis 1936-1946, published in 2000:
Corporate sector being asked to absorb the costs The Yukon Mineral Development Strategy has been developed within the context of Article 32 of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Call To Action No. 92, issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Government interference has become extreme I discussed the objectives and the panel involved in drafting the Yukon Mineral Development Strategy in part one of this series, published last week.

Strategy considers the needs of a certain group Here鈥檚 part two of my short series on the Yukon Mineral Development Strategy, the first part having been published in Wednesday鈥檚 Star.
Politics backdrop the mineral strategy鈥檚 release The Yukon Mineral Development Strategy (YMDS) Independent Panel released the final draft YMDS and recommendations on Dec. 28.
President鈥檚 behaviour requires strong action I鈥檓 not an insurgent. I鈥檓 with the resistance.
Oh God, I do hope we鈥檙e wrong, Jim! It was nearly 20 years ago that Jim Robb said in one of his far-sighted articles, 鈥淭he Yukon has become a government-run, gentrified, playground for 鈥榊uppies.鈥欌€�
We鈥檝e already reached the 鈥榯ragic鈥� level Wade Carrell was wearing his 鈥渙ld prospector鈥� hat when he wrote his letter, 鈥淗ow has COVID-19 become a pandemic panic?鈥� (Star, Dec. 30).
Lift your democracy-killing emergency order Dear Yukon politicians, health care officials, citizens and the Star:
They cared then, as I care now On page 51 of your Dec. 30 edition is a reprint of a 1966 story about Rupert the Robin, who was flown south after he missed migrating.

Letting the vaccine sit there was beyond belief First off and foremost, a big thank you to all first responders for your unlimited care and compassion, long hours and endurance during this difficult time.
Learning from the Mineral Development Strategy The final draft of the long-awaited, Liberal-funded Yukon Mineral Development Strategy and its inspired recommendations was released to the public on Dec. 28, 2020.
Please eschew Outside consultants and lawyers Ed. note: this is an open letter to Ranj Pillai, the minister responsible for Yukon Energy/Yukon Development Corp., and Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee.

So much for city鈥檚鈥榣ocal hire鈥� Ed. note: this is an open letter to Mayor Dan Curtis and city council.
How has COVID-19 become a pandemic panic? How bad is COVID-19 and how big is the threat, really?
As a society, we must do better I was moved to tears when I read Grace Snider鈥檚 The Man in the Manger in the Dec. 24 Star.
Ultimately, science will save the planet A letter in the Dec. 18 Star by Whitehorse resident Geof Barrington has now gone to calling people of other beliefs, names.

Conservatives nattering their way to irrelevance It is hard to fathom that a person wanting to be elected to Parliament, like Jonas Smith,
City missed the bus on this one If it ain鈥檛 broke, don鈥檛 fix it. That鈥檚 what they say.
They鈥檒l remember how easily you surrendered Well, here we are, 9 ½months into a 鈥渢wo-week鈥� lockdown to flatten the curve. How鈥檚 that working for you?

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