Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

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.

This nonsense must be stopped! Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley.

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.

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.

We mustn’t confuse diversity with tolerance Our individual cultural histories are important.
We need an all-inclusive proportional system The biggest insult we have to endure every day as Canadians is being told we are a democracy, when, in fact, we are not.
Bobbing in the cesspool of social media Just when you thought the cesspool of social media couldn’t get any worse, it sinks even further.
Let’s all get this idea rolling .... How many have seen the incredible amount of used tires in the Whitehorse dump?

Ban this habit in all its forms! It used to be an ace up the sleeve that people watched for, but for me as a teacher, it was a note that I watched for.
Finally, I got this task done! I’ve just participated in one of those pagan rites of spring, and it’s all the work of the devil.
Mining has no place in our city limits Ed. note: Glenys Baltimore, a resident of the Cowley Creek subdivision, made these remarks Monday evening to Whitehorse city council.

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