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April 22, 2024
- Provide an accurate portrayal of the context! The April 10 column by Gwynne Dyer, “Why Israel is risking a bigger war”, criticized the recent Israeli air strike on a building in Damascus which killed a number of high-ranking Iranian military officials.
- Canada’s role is crucial! The World Bank may be a political football as the U.S. and China vie for global influence.
April 19, 2024
- Let’s wish the Royals some good health! With three Royals off work, will the world end, or will it just be the gossip magazines looking for new faces?
- Some of the comments were beyond the pale I was at a city council meeting a while back, and, listening to the comments, disagreed with some of them.
- The platforms they rely on are closed shops A recent article in the Whitehorse Star covered a discussion at Whitehorse city council about the draft bylaw for “vacant and abandoned buildings”.
- Star’s departure is a sad event It was with great sadness that I learned of the pending closure of the Whitehorse Star.
- Does anyone know of my sister? So sorry to hear that the newspaper is closing.
- Just who benefits? Rental property owners? Re. proposed city bylaw 2024-16 – “to allow for a wider range of opportunities for residential development by increasing density in all urban residential areas.”
- I’ve held a passport two times It’s amazing what you can find on the Internet.
April 12, 2024
- We are blessed that our paths crossed his It is sad to hear about Percy Henry’s death (Star, April 10).
- We go back 62 years .... Thank you for the years you have been making the Yukon a better place to be. Your local and worldwide news, pictures and editorials will be greatly missed.
- Here’s how a neighbourhood’s character is built Proposed City of Whitehorse Bylaw 2024-16: “To allow for a wider range of opportunities for residential development (read increased density) in urban residential areas.”
- An iconic paper is about to pass I was, from 1998 to 2021, an associate judge of the B.C. Supreme Court, originally posted to Prince George, where one of my colleagues was Mr. Justice Eric Chamberlist.
April 5, 2024
- This nonsense must be stopped! Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley.
April 3, 2024
- Victoria was lit up in red for TB Day I am of the age to remember getting chest x-rays in elementary school in Vancouver to screen if I had or carried tuberculosis.
- Spring bear hunt cannot be justified The spring bear hunt is designed by our dominant culture to kill mature boars when they come out of hibernation.
March 25, 2024
- Canada’s support is needed! In times of emergency, children suffer the most.
- Employ words, not violence! Yet another attempt at a political assassination in recent months with Lee Jae-myung, the South Korean opposition leader being attacked with a knife.