Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Greenies are waging a strategic war on industry Yukon is pristine wildness – at least 95 per cent of it is.
What say the tombstone? Similar to Spike Milligan’s tombstone inscription of “I told you I was ill,” will U.S. President Donald Trump’s tombstone inscription say, “I told you I won”?

Say your prayers for both countries This is from page 107 of Tom Engelhardt’s fantastic book, published in 2011, titled **The United States of Fear:**
Please appreciate placer mining’s proud heritage The placer mining industry has put a lot of food on my family’s table over the years.
Thanks for throwing us under the bus Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver and Education Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee.
In a dangerous situation, we had no YG support Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Sandy Silver, Community Services Minister John Streicker, Don Hutton, the Liberal MLA for Mayo-Tatchun, Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon, NDP Leader Kate White and Yukon fire marshal James Paterson.

We have a crucial choice to make on sovereignty Yukoners: we have a choice to make: stay in Canada or leave with Alberta and Saskatchewan?
A future with no ecological conscience is bleak On Oct. 15, 1889, Senator Carl Schurz, then the Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, called for a uniform protection force, made up of soldiers, to patrol public lands to prevent timber theft, fire and the slaughter of wildife.
To avert division, finish the land use plan To avert division, finish the land use plan
Not the ‘blast’ I had in mind The current SpaceX’s Starship prototype exploded in a ball of fire – which might symbolize Elon Musk’s plan to send a rocket carrying people to Mars, planned for around 2024.
Think of tourism operators this holiday season The Yukon has 400 tourism businesses that employed over 4,000 Yukoners last year.

Work calibre has reached new heights We have a large contingent of people from the Philippines living here.
It’s very slippery, so drive carefully! Road conditions have been bad this week in Whitehorse.
Thanks for helping us keep informed! I just want to say thank you to the Whitehorse Star for putting the Friday editions of the paper into our seniors’ building in Riverdale.
Yukon Party has veered right off the rails First it was Currie Dixon, the leader of the Yukon Party, favouring a motion to reduce the tax on liquor sales.
The quick help was heart-warming Tuesday, around 5:30 p.m., I was driving north on the snowy Klondike Highway when I lost control of my car and ended up well into the snow berm on the west side of the road, opposite the Hidden Valley subdivision.
Writer perpetuated a complete fabrication When people spread dangerous misinformation and are published in the Whitehorse Star, it is important to fact-check.
Prime minister hides in his home, fails leadership test Why on Earth would anyone be surprised at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaving Canada at the back of the line to receive the “world-crisis saving” vaccine?

Wearing a face mask is life’s least discomfort Hope and prayers will not make COVID-19 go away
Does the Yukon Party value profits over lives? Three cheers for Liberal MLA Don Hutton’s remarks as reported in last Friday’s Star (“Liberal MLA compares alcohol sales to drugs-dealing”).
When will these buses start rolling? Just one week before the first day of school in August, Education Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee and Premier Sandy Silver cancelled my kids’ bus service.
Vaccine should be free for everyone over 65 If you’ve had chicken pox, you are at risk of developing shingles.

Don’t let loopholes undermine our caution Ed. note: this is a letter to Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health, and Premier Sandy Silver.

Newer Older