Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Our personal civil liberties are being eroded The Yukon Prospectors Association (YPA) would like to address the gradual but inexorable erosion of Yukon鈥檚 land base for responsible exploration.
Heaving a spontaneous collective sigh On April 10, I heard a spontaneous collective sigh of relief sweep across our grand land.
Biomass: green energy or renewable pollution? Biomass energy in the Yukon is produced by burning either wood chips or pellets.
Congratulations for a 鈥榩romise鈥� kept When Justin Trudeau said his government would be 鈥渄oing politics differently,鈥�
Why hunting is part of wildlife management The subject came up the other day with a person who was hell-bent on stopping all the killing of all wildlife, and the word was, 鈥淲e must preserve what we now have and stop killing the animals.鈥�
Street gets a whole new moniker I see where Wood Street will soon be Weed Street.

Yukon鈥檚 voice is absent from Canada鈥檚 firearms issue A couple of months ago,
Where is the Yukon鈥檚 renewable energy plan? Yukoners Concerned applauds the Yukon government鈥檚 rejection of the extravagant and reckless $1.6-billion plan to join the B.C. grid (Star, Apr. 5).
Is the Stockholm syndrome at fault? It seems the federal Liberal party just can鈥檛 come to grips with credibility lately.

If they don鈥檛 hear from us, we don鈥檛 exist To responsible users of ORVs in the Yukon Territory: we are being railroaded!
Welcome to the perils of climate change, everyone! I was pleased to see Chuck Tobin鈥檚 article about the recent Yukon Development Corp. discussion document called the Biomass Fuels Development Strategy by Mr. David Loeks (Star, April 5).
Speaking of perilous noises ... What is infinitely more dangerous t
The Conservatives made the wrong choice During the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race,
Please vote against this bill, Senator Duncan Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon Senator Pat Duncan.

The risk of fire is a potential emergency in our dry city Re: 鈥淔ire risk to city can鈥檛 be overstated: report,鈥� Star, April 5.
Do you see the sense of irony here? Isn鈥檛 it ironic that while Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services generated a lot of controversy lately,
When you alter democracy, all should get a say Re: electoral reform.

Our museum has received a massive donation The Yukon Transportation Museum (YTM) is delighted to announce an enormous donation to create a permanent endowment in support of the museum.
Report on seniors is chock-a-block full of data Ed. note: this is a letter to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon鈥檚 chief medical officer of health.
Talk about the bum鈥檚 rush Justin Trudeau just blew it. Sometimes an apology is not enough to make up for too darned stupid.
We need proportional representation Our current voting system is the problem with our limited democracy.
You can no longer play with us, Jody Sorry, Jody, you have to go.
Liberals paring support for home buyers Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party has submitted this item.
Once again, MP鈥檚 talk doesn鈥檛 match the walk As the SNC-Lavalin saga has continued to rage for over two months now, we have come a long way from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau鈥檚 initial robotic and legalistic nothing-to-see-here denial.

I hopped to the mission I have mailed a custom-made 鈥� I made it 鈥� card to the present Australian prime minister,
Enjoy the carbon tax, all you fools! It is very fitting that in some parts of Canada, the carbon tax kicks in on April Fool鈥檚 day.
A renewable no to a carbon-tax, Ms. May and Mr. Singh! Ed. note: this is the second part of a two-part open letter to Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The first one was published Friday.

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