Whitehorse Daily Star

February 21, 2022

• Orwell would be proud! The current government has suspended the Canadian Charter of Rights, in my opinion.
• Why are you still penalizing the unvaccinated? Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver and Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health (CMOH).
• PM Trudeau should be replaced Ed. note: this is a letter to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon.
• Traumatic events don’t need to lead to trauma I am an EMS volunteer with Marsh Lake and a volunteer firefighter at Ibex Valley.

February 18, 2022

• Are you acting in Yukoners’ best interests? The following 12 European countries are lifting COVID restrictions: United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Israel, Ireland, Norway, Italy, the Netherlands, Lithuania, France and Switzerland.
• Trudeau, Hanley should quit their jobs Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley.
• You anti-vaxxers are depriving people of care My oldest son has been double-vaccinated, and caught COVID-19 while on a business trip.
• These laws are hurting vulnerable people I need to tell a story about the consequences of rent control combined with a no-cause eviction clause.
• Involving our Canadian flag is shameful! Once again, the protesters, who should not be taken lightly, have found something to protest about.
• All the numbers will be adjusted I would like to clarify a few main points in an article from Monday’s Star regarding the recently released Statistics Canada Census 2021 population counts.
• Innocent, noisy anarchy While watching the truckers do their now-normal disturbing-the-peace thing,
• I am deprived of freedom in my country Faced with the bad social play after two years of COVID-19, I am not a frustrated citizen, but am sad to see what the Yukon has become.
• Canada must step up As political leaders across Canada push for “a return to normalcy” in our COVID-19 response, I can’t help but feel something is being neglected: global equity.
• Gross exaggerations, accusations can be hurtful ‘To be or not to be anguished’
• COVID ‘response’ is a failure of leadership Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukoners.

February 16, 2022

• These mandates should be lifted Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley.
• Vaccine mandates are totally wrong-headed Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver, Economic Development Minister Ranj Pillai and NDP Leader Kate White.
• The Trudeau government’s fear campaign wears on I never thought I would see the day when Canadians would protest and vote against freedom, and instead, protest in support of corruption and tyranny.

February 14, 2022

• It’s time to do the right thing I have been a resident of the Yukon Territory for more than 50 years.
• Help us end the mandates’ Ed. note: this and the letter below are to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley.

February 11, 2022

• Why vaccine passports have become mandatory I think some members of the massive (three people) anti-protest protest featured on the front page of Monday’s Whitehorse Star have “lost the plot”; they fail to understand what the issue at hand really is.
• We have too many people on this finite planet! Recent news says that our Yukon led the country in population growth in the last five years to the tune of something like 12 per cent and another 3,000 bodies or so.
• Give the PM the proper advice, Mr. Hanley Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley.
• Do not dilute your French immersion! It has been brought to my attention that the French immersion program in Whitehorse has lost the strength it had when it was initially introduced.
• Will you commit to releasing these studies? Ed. note: this is a letter to Dr. Catherine Elliott, the Yukon’s acting chief medical officer of health.

February 9, 2022

• Loosen the rules and end the vaccine passports! Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukoners.
• Government must get tough on anti-vaxxers I am watching the anti-vaxxers on TV with total disgust.
• My baby’s wait for a doctor is unacceptable I’m not writing this to complain, but rather to seek help advocating for better access to health care in rural communities.