Whitehorse Daily Star

September 5, 2008

• Can the territory's elk money be better spent? Different territorial Environment minister, same waste of wildlife dollars.
• This killer is compelled to leave a clue You wonder about the choices publishers make for cover art sometimes.
• The Loutchan band: guardians of a tradition "We are the longest-running gig in Whitehorse," says Joe Loutchan of the Joe Loutchan Band.
• Ordeal survivor still pursuing dredge goal Dave Layzell's ordeal is over. But his desire to see a historic gold dredge brought to Whitehorse is alive and kicking.
• Almost 500 fire chiefs, their families due in capital soon The Association of Yukon Fire Chiefs' (AYFC's) $70,000-application for funding from the territorial Community Development Fund (CDF) has been approved.
• High water in Dawson hinders river traffic DAWSON CITY - It was high water time on the Yukon River beside Dawson during the last week in August.
• Three Yukoners wanted on various charges The public's assistance is requested in locating three Yukoners wanted as of noon Wednesday.
• Fentie called to Ottawa for meetings DAWSON CITY - Premier Dennis Fentie was unable to make his cabinet's scheduled Dawson community meeting on Thursday night.
• Three seek NDP election nomination As Canadians get set for a federal election expected to be called on Sunday, local card-carrying federal NDP supporters are on the verge of deciding who will seek Yukon's seat in Parliament for the party.
• Police summoned after shelter backers visit YTG building A handful of protesters, all women between 18 and 70, quietly carrying signs and a letter addressed to Health Minister Glenn Hart, were deemed a threat by government house security, who ordered them to leave the building Thursday afternoon.
• More downtown lots seem headed for the open market More commercial property could be available downtown late this year or early in 2009 if the city opts to open up three mixed-use commercial lots downtown.
• Nielsen loyalists recall his contributions A current and a former Yukon Party cabinet minister have expressed their regrets at the sudden passing of former Yukon MP Erik Nielsen.
• Yukoners reflect on the passing of 'an icon' Whether flying bombing missions over Europe for the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War or exposing corrupt politics in Ottawa during his 30-year career as the Yukon's Progressive Conservative member of Parliament, Erik Nielsen was a fighter. And a successful one.

September 4, 2008

• Join the 'great awakening', author urges Earth is undergoing a great transformation and is on the cusp of "planetary adulthood."
• Federation offers new women's bursary The Yukon Federation of Labour, in partnership with the Public Service Alliance of Canada Area Council and the Yukon Employees' Union, is offering a new bursary to Yukon women.
• Klondyke Creamery closes for the season - to kids' delight DAWSON CITY - On a certain day in September (this year, Sept. 3), the school buses make an additional stop on their way home after class.
• City could surrender part of lease The territory could be getting back some of the land it leased to the city more than three decades ago to make way for the proposed 30-unit affordable housing site on Nisutlin Drive.
• RCMP officer part of Cops for Cancer tour A local RCMP officer will become the first Yukoner to participate in the Canadian Cancer Society's Cops for Cancer Tour de North, an annual cycling event in northern B.C. held in the fall.
• Solar car advocate out to brighten students' days Marcelo da Luz is hoping to use a mechanical problem as an opportunity to visit Whitehorse students this week and talk about his solar-powered car.
• Yukoners emerged unscathed Tuesday It appears Yukoners rose to meet Chief Medical Officer Brendan Hanley's Day Without Injury challenge on Tuesday, coming through with flying colours, and more importantly, unscathed.
• Police arrest pair after finding drugs Whitehorse RCMP busted two suspected drug dealers downtown Wednesday, seizing a quantity of cocaine and drug paraphernalia found in their vehicle.
• Area residents challenge resort plan If Garry Umbrich gets his way, the Takhini Hot Springs could become the Yukon's first full-blown vacation resort, complete with 20 condos, an 80-room lodge and bed and breakfast.

September 3, 2008

• When the steamboats were our river kings DAWSON CITY - Word that the government plans to put a facade around the remains of the SS Tutshi in Carcross cannot help but bring to mind the number of opportunities for the preservation of relics from the steamboat era that our senior levels of government have missed over the years.
• Economist sees bright future for Canada Despite widespread fears about a weakening U.S. economy, the Canadian economy is stable and has a positive future.
• No doubt about it: August was a soggy month Rainfall was the weather story of the month for August, Environment Canada reports in its monthly weather summary.
• Changes proposed for waterfront lots A local developer says the city's move to change the zoning for the lots on the former Motorways trucking property on the waterfront is good news for those interested in developing the sites.
• YTG interested in timber on quarry site More than just rock could be coming out of the quarry the city is proposing in the area of the old Livingstone Trail.
• Hearing explored court's jurisdiction over case A visiting Supreme Court Justice has reserved judgment on a civil case launched by a man in his early 50s who claims he was assaulted by two RCMP officers while in police cells.
• Society pessimistic about shelter funding The Yukon government remains open to providing the Youth of Today Society (YOTS) with $1.4 million in funding for its proposed emergency shelter, but society director Vicki Durrant said the government is shutting them out.
• 'You just drink lots and lots of water' For 32 hours straight, Dave Layzell lay in his sleeping bag, listening to the rain.