Whitehorse Daily Star

February 17, 2010

• It's hurry up and wait at the Dawson checkpoint ( Uffish Thoughts ) There's an atmosphere of lazy expectancy in the Visitors' Information Centre just after 2 p.m. on this Thursday.
• Excellence in intention and execution ( Review ) Don't be surprised if, while visiting the Guild Theatre over the next two weeks, you find yourself surrounded by an audience of teary-eyed theatre goers.
• Fallen Members Mourned Conrad Funk-Robitaille plays the Last Post Tuesday,
• Yukon College loses five employees – in pounds Since Yukon College staff signed up for the Weight Watchers at Work Program last September, they have lost a total of 741 pounds. That is the equivalent of about five employees.
• YTG fortifies victims of crime strategy The Yukon government is pouring $1.5 million over the next three years into furthering its victims of crime strategy, Justice Minister Marian Horne announced last week.
• Emotional musher sings high praise for dogs Down to just six runners from his original 14-dog team, an emotional Brent Sass arrived in Whitehorse on Tuesday afternoon,
• ‘Shortcuts' were a technological illusion Fans following the Yukon Quest live tracking replays may have noticed a few detours taken by the lead mushers, but it isn't what you think.
• Hockey For Haiti There was lots of action in the Porter Creek Secondary School teachers-students hockey game
• Clarification The Yukon Liquor Corp. acts as a go-between for liquor licence applicants and the Yukon Liquor Board,
• On Ice Finesse Ryan Seymour participates in the puck toss between periods during Porter Creek Secondary School's teachers-versus-students hockey game
• Rural garbage may be brought to Whitehorse An agreement between the city and the territory could soon be signed formalizing the arrangement for the garbage from community landfills to be brought to the Whitehorse facility.
• Capitalizing On A Green Light It wasn't quite the Beatles striding across the famed London crosswalk in the late ‘60s,
• Siberian huskies proved the naysayers wrong Mike Ellis was told it was impossible to run a full team of Siberian huskies in the Yukon Quest.
• More Quest Pic's 2010 Quest
• Top rookie ran Quest for his Alaskan village Josh Cadzow, named the Yukon Quest's rookie of the year, finally got to the finish line at 1:18 p.m. Tuesday, after having scratched in 2009.
• Kennel club has surrendered mezzanine for hockey cause Sheila Robertson's passion is dogs.
• New regulations laid out for taxis, limousines Cab and limousine companies in the city could soon find themselves the subject of new regulations if the city goes ahead with new vehicle-for-hire bylaws governing each industry.

February 16, 2010

• Past festival events will be back again The 2010 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival will celebrate "Legends of the Klondike”, organizers said this week.
• Maiden Quest musher relives 1984 experience He won the first Yukon Quest 27 years ago, placed second in the 1992 race, and this morning veteran musher Sonny Lindner once again brought his team across the finish line in Whitehorse,
• Neff knew Gatt would win the Quest Hugh Neff may have never crossed the Yukon Quest finish line first, but being in the top three never gets old.
• Quest Photo Spread Musher's
• Input sought for seniors' healthy aging strategy Seniors, elders and those planning to retire in the Yukon have been invited to participate in an Aging Well Expo
• Going Places A small herd of caribou
• Store owners challenge licence denial The owners of Heather's Haven convenience store in Porter Creek are appealing a decision by the Yukon Liquor Board refusing them an off-sales licence.
• Yukon businessman reaches agreement with his creditors Jon Rudolph reached an agreement with his creditors last week, as they signed off on the Yukon businessman's personal bankruptcy proposal.
• Victor takes home $28,395 US With Hans Gatt's first-place Quest finish,
• ‘We ran out of real estate,' Mackey says As Lance Mackey pulled in to claim second place in the 2010 Yukon Quest on Monday afternoon,
• Beer garden crucial to Huskies' existence Starting up a competitive AAA men's hockey team in Whitehorse is no easy task, as coach Randy Merkel knows all too well.

February 15, 2010

• Helping Ease The Strife In Haiti The colour and action were hot and heavy at Hidden Valley Elementary School last Thursday afternoon
• Correction The front page caption in last Thursday's edition
• Court finds man not guilty of kidnapping A man charged with kidnapping after he gave two teenaged girls a ride from Carmacks to Whitehorse has been found not guilty.
• Board starts hearing into water licence application The five-day public hearing into a controversial water licence application for the proposed Carmacks copper mine began this morning.
• Judge finds inmate guilty of obstructing justice A man who made a threatening call made from the pay phone in the Whitehorse jail was found guilty of obstructing justice Friday afternoon.
• Chiefs debate tour company's plight The chiefs of the four first nations that have invested in a high-end tourist operation met Friday to discuss the troubled situation the company finds itself in.
• Dogs enjoying healthy Quest Head veterinarian Kathleen McGill is impressed with the dogs she has seen so far on the Yukon Quest this year.
• Perfect storm of woes sends racer to sidelines Gerry Willomitzer surprised race followers Saturday morning when he became the first musher to scratch from the 2010 Yukon Quest.
• Gatt credits ‘outstanding dog team' A lot can happen in 160 kilometres
• This one was the toughest, says a victorious Hans Gatt Hans Gatt became the 27th winner of the Yukon Quest early this afternoon on the Whitehorse waterfront,