Whitehorse Daily Star

February 9, 2012

• Biologist-musher's passion is the great outdoors EAGLE, Alaska – Fisheries biologist by day, dog musher by night.
• An Eye On Eagle Brent Sass and his team lope into the Eagle, Alaska
• Wildlife committee plans meeting The Southern Lakes Wildlife Co-ordinating Committee will host a meeting in Tagish this evening
• This Way, Please David Helmer
• Musher may claim four ounces of placer gold Allen Moore's pockets may get a little heavier.
• Fearsome Faces Peer Gynt opened Wednesday at the Wood Street Centre.
• Pasloski had talks with PM last week in Ottawa Premier Darrell Pasloski met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa last Friday to discuss common priorities and interests as well as challenges affecting the Yukon.
• NDP leadership hopefuls to visit Peggy Nash, an NDP MP running for the party's leadership plans to visit Whitehorse next Thursday, the party announced today.
• Hungry, shivering dogs taken into custody A man from the Haines Junction area has willingly surrendered 10 malnourished sleddogs to representatives of the Humane Society Yukon.
• Gov't. accused of sitting on furnaces report The NDP is accusing the Yukon government of sitting on recommendations regarding the safety of oil-burning appliances.
• Teenager's crime ‘shocked the community' One of the two girls who have admitted responsibility for last year's multimillion-dollar fire at the Canada Games Centre has been sentenced to two years' probation.

February 8, 2012

• A sweet-sour chicken plate mated with one of B.C.'s finest Now for a sweet-sour chicken recipe paired with a Sawmill Creek Sauvignon Blanc from B.C.
• The 39 Steps lead to the stage on Thursday evening Clinton Walker first came to Whitehorse to direct The Laramie Project. It's a play about a community's reaction to a gay hate crime.
• The enduring symbol of love, passion and beauty With Valentine's Day just a few days away (Tuesday, Feb. 14) and roses being the most significant and in-demand flower for this holiday, this is a good time to share a few interesting facts about roses.
• River corridor churns with tourism potential Speaking on behalf of the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIAY), Neil Hartling was one of the presenters at the recent Boom and Beyond Symposium in Dawson.
• Frigid Learning Bob Daffe (right), with Tatshenshini Expediting,
• Size of labour force sets another record The Yukon's labour force hit another record high last month.
• Taking Form Roof trusses have appeared on the two-storey north section of Dawson City's wastewater treatment plant
• Banquet let mushers honour the unsung heroes Before last week's Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race start banquet, Allen Moore asked his wife, 2000 Quest champion Aliy Zirkle, if she could help him out a little.
• RCMP seize loaded gun and cocaine A loaded handgun and cocaine were among the items seized by police following an arrest last week.
• Council spurns application for secondary suite The application for the addition of a secondary suite in the Fox Haven subdivision was rejected by city council last week.
• Woman Escapes Major Injuries Photo Spread
• Deputy mayor loses everything in fire The community of Carmacks has started fund-raising efforts to help out the deputy mayor whose home was destroyed by fire early last Sunday morning.
• Mackey first out of Eagle; Yukoner scratches After leaving the Circle checkpoint in eighth position Monday morning, Lance Mackey was the first Yukon Quest musher into the Eagle checkpoint, arriving at 2:08 p.m. Tuesday.
• ‘It was quite an ominous little ticket' When Steve Murphy checked his $16-million winning Lotto Max ticket last Sunday at Atlin, B.C.'s Food Basket, he first used the check-a-ticket machine on the wall.
• Foundation responds to tragedy with vital gift Two hundred free carbon monoxide (CO) detectors will be handed out by the Food Bank Society of Whitehorse thanks to an Ontario advocacy organization.

February 7, 2012

• Musher is honouring wounded military personnel Jason Weitzel is mushing for a cause.
• Slaven's Cabin relegated to sidelines The Yukon Quest is operating with one less dog drop in this year's race.
• Sass, Neff still at the top of the pack Brent Sass and Hugh Neff continue to lead the Yukon Quest, gliding into the Circle checkpoint at 2:17 a.m. and 2:21 a.m. Monday.
• Van driver asked to come forward The RCMP are looking for the driver of a white van with red letters who approached two young girls in Riverdale on Sunday.
• Triplex condominium proposed for small lot City council is being asked to approve a triplex condominium development on a Riverdale lot already too small for even a single-family home.
• Jubilee celebrations take on local flavour The Queen's Canadian flag was raised in Whitehorse Monday in a ceremony at sunrise in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the ascension to the throne by Queen Elizabeth II.
• Complaint about RCMP to be probed Whitehorse RCMP are seeking an outside police agency to conduct an independent investigation after receiving a complaint alleging the improper use of force during an arrest.
• ‘We really did not believe it at first,' sibling says Atlinite Steve Murphy won $16.6 million in last Friday's Lotto Max draw, his sister Bev Murphy confirmed today.