Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Fuel nutrition, the future Good nutrition is a basic need for everyone, everywhere.
I object to this hydro project! Ed. note: this is a letter to the territorial government, Yukon Energy and the B.C. government’s lands branch.
Some thoughts for you, anti-vaxxers Dear anti-vaxxers:

Politicians: it’s time for some remediation Ed. note: this is a letter to the Yukon’s MLAs.

The politicians need a scoreboard It is no fun hearing politicians badmouth each other.
A requiem for lives lost I am a Yukoner who wrote this poem back in early June after the wake for the 215 discovered children’s bodies at the Kamloops, B.C. residential school.
Confusion, frustration mark COVID management Current policies and COVID regulations are changing by the day or by the hour, leaving Yukoners in a greater insecurity than we have been at the start of the pandemic.
Why haven’t gas prices dropped? As a result of a 13-per-cent decline in the global price for oil since Nov. 22, the cost for a litre of gas in Edmonton dropped from $1.55 on Nov. 22 to $1.29 yesterday.
Canada must fight malnutrition Next Tuesday and Wednesday, the Nutrition for Growth Summit will be held in Tokyo.
Don’t throw Yukoners out of their jobs The question should not be: “Are you double-vaccinated?”

Many demands don’t simplify things You’d think one crisis was enough.
City is on the trail to new problems In order to justify the newly-built trail located adjacent to the Pee Wee Hill trail, the city needs to explain:
Why many of us are vaccine-hesitant Of all the vaccines I have taken in my life, like tetanus, measles, mumps, polio, meningitis, TB shots, etc., never have I heard so many lies and deceptions over a vaccine.
Please offer your help! Canada has technology, resources and money, but there are many people living in extreme poverty around the world.
Here’s why the argument fails In her letter “Rhetoric is not a substitute for reason” (Star, Nov. 24), Jodi Giesbrecht discourages the government from imposing mandatory proof of vaccination for employees.
We can’t put our most precious resource at risk During the past five years, Newmont Gold Mining Co. has been staking and exploring many properties in the White River-Coffee Creek area,
Why governments need to tell the truth The life blood of a democracy is unquestionably access to accurate and timely information.
Fear is not a substitute for care Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.
You are creating stressful divisiveness Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.

‘Would-be politician’ should apologize In last Friday’s Star, I read Red Grossinger’s explanation on why the Whitehorse Legion had cancelled the Remembrance Day celebrations on Nov. 11.
NDP is failing to serve Yukoners’ best interests On Oct. 27, NDP Leader Kate White gave an impassioned speech on the egregious handling of the Hidden Valley School sexual predator issue by Liberal minister Tracy-Anne McPhee.
Rhetoric is not a substitute for reason Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver.

Hold a referendum on this ‘forced segregation’ Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Sandy Silver; Tracy-Anne McPhee, the minister of Health and Social Services; and Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health.

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