Whitehorse Daily Star

February 22, 2010

• Shredded record book left Quest marshall speechless All good things must unfortunately come to an end, and the Yukon Quest is no exception to the rule.
• College to host Queen's lunch The Sourdough Rendezvous Festival lunch will take place at Yukon College for the first time in the organization's 46-year history.
• Only one person can win, musher realizes Normand Casavant never expected 10 to be his lucky number, but after finishing two Yukon Quests in that position, it may as well be.
• Red Lantern, supporters help brighten last-placer's finish Jocelyne LeBlanc didn't want her Red Lantern finish to be a big deal, but the massive crowd that greeted her as she finished the Yukon Quest on Friday evening didn't get the message.
• Water board hearing will resume The Yukon Territory Water Board has adjourned the public hearing into an application for a water licence for the proposed Carmacks copper mine.
• HELPING THE LITERACY CAUSE llen Murray, right, the Yukon Literacy Coalition's family literacy program director, receives a cheque from the youth and staff at the Montessori Borealis Preschool
• Trio charged after drug bust Whitehorse RCMP's Street Crime Reduction Team busted three people for suspected drug related-offences in the Yukon capital over the weekend.
• Fire, robbery victim offers reward The tenant of the "log skyscraper” that caught fire early Thursday morning is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to who is responsible for setting the blaze and robbing jewelry from two safes inside the historic Lambert Street residence.
• Yukon spirit was alive at the Olympics VANCOUVER – For many, it was a trip Outside to take in the winter Olympics on what was for Yukoners a warm summer day, but for others it was a chance to see old friends and reminisce.
• Woman dies in snowmobile mishap in B.C. A 32-year-old Whitehorse woman is dead following a snowmobile accident Sunday one kilometre west of the Fraser, B.C. customs station.
• Mould problem forces workers off minesite A mould problem at the Minto Mine has forced the company to adjust accommodations and its shift schedules, Capstone Mining president Stephen Quin confirmed this morning.

February 19, 2010

• Feeding deer and elk is a deadly practice According to Dr. Walter Cottrell, wildlife veterinarian for Pennsylvania, artificial feeding of elk and deer is deadly.
• Travelling through time with a historical novel DAWSON CITY – Like many aspiring authors, Mylène Gilbert-Dumas was advised that most who choose this career path need another job to pay the bills and keep body and soul together. At first, however, she thought she would like to get a university degree and become an electrical engineer.
• SOVA students are in capital's limelight Yukon College students attending the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture's School of Visual Arts (SOVA) program in Dawson City took part in an exciting, never before attempted, "extreme printmaking event” this winter.
• Native Shamanism and a bit of literary magic Perhaps it's good to begin by defining terms. Bancroft does this in his introduction.
• Band makes return engagement at Frostbite Madcap music ensemble Blackberry Wood's live performances have been described a lot of different ways during the Vancouver band's brief but burgeoning career; everything from burlesque to rock and something akin to polka punk.
• Indie music sensation takes the stage Saturday It's been a hugely successful year for Canada's latest indie music darling Dan Mangan.
• Traffic congestion frustrating Riverdale residents Some neighbours of the Love-To-Learn Daycare in Riverdale are frustrated by the vehicles belonging to parents who use the daycare parked all along their street, sometimes even blocking their driveways, but city officials say there isn't much they can do to help.
• Producers' pipeline verdict expected in 2011 Northerners should have a good sense by early next year of what big oil and gas producers think of an Alaska Highway natural gas pipeline, says a senior pipeline executive.
• Technology made Quest a truly global experience DAWSON CITY – The Yukon Quest interacted with fans in a new way this year, with the addition of a Facebook page.
• Racer makes Saskatchewan sled dog mushing history Yukon Quest musher Bart de Marie arrived at the Whitehorse finish line at 1:14 p.m. Thursday with one concern: an itchy back that had been plaguing him for the past 160 kilometres.
• Musher plans magnet-like grasp on Lantern BRAEBURN – "I'm gonna kiss that Red Lantern,” Whitehorse's Jocelyne LeBlanc said excitedly Thursday night at the Braeburn checkpoint.
• 2010 Yukon Quest Pictures Yukon Quest Slideshow
• ONE WORD: THE YUKON EXPERIENCE The Yukon Urban Dance Ensemble
• Bridge removal recommendations out The Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board has released two recommendations for the spring removal of the bridge connecting Kishwoot Island to Shipyards Park.
• Finding Farley ... the adventurous way DAWSON CITY – It was giving into a whim and sending Farley Mowat a manuscript copy of her husband Karsten Heuer's book version of their epic documentary film, Being Caribou, that triggered the six-month journey that became Leanne Allison's National Film Board documentary Finding Farley.
• YUKONERS HEAD FOR BIG STAGE Members of Soir de Semaine
• Yukoner takes three physicians to court A Yukon woman is suing three Whitehorse doctors after they allegedly failed to diagnose her symptoms as a slow-onset stroke.
• Travel, golf beckon retiring nurse In the early 1980s, when Elvira Knaack began her career at Whitehorse General Hospital, pregnant women in the territory had little opportunity to find out if there were any problems with their unborn children.
• Coveted sheep hunt snares $85,000 US The price of a cherished Dall sheep hunt inside the Kluane Game Sanctuary fell a little further at this month's auction by the Wild Sheep Foundation, but still fetched $85,000 US.
• Top notch dogs cruised to victory: Gatt The winding, forested road that leads to Hans Gatt's dog yard just south of Whitehorse inspires confusion in new guests.
• Crime ‘strikes at the very roots of justice' A Whitehorse man convicted of threatening people from jail has been sentenced to spend another 18 months behind bars.
• Council to vote on operating budget City staff are recommending council move forward on adopting its operating budget for the year.

February 18, 2010

• Yukon government promoting territory at Olympic Games Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon and department officials are participating at various business and investment events at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Develop under these conditions, YESAB says he Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) released its recommendations for the first two phases of the Whistle Bend subdivision on Tuesday.
• ALMOST THERE Yukon Quest musher Kelley Griffin
• Friends of Haiti group to meet The local Friends of Haiti group has scheduled a meeting for 7:00 to 9:00 this evening.
• RCMP, firefighters probe ‘skyscraper' blaze The RCMP have cordoned off the two-storey log skyscraper on Lambert Street after a suspicious fire on the second floor early this morning threatened the historic Whitehorse structure.
• Firefighters may get breathing apparatus City firefighters could soon have new breathing apparatus.
• Quest musher scratches after dog death Yukon Quest musher Terry Williams has scratched from the race following the death of one of his dogs, race organizers said this morning.
• Whistle Bend should proceed, board concludes The Yukon government could be held to almost 40 conditions when it develops the city's next major residential subdivision in Whistle Bend if it goes ahead with the proposed recommendations from the Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB).