Whitehorse Daily Star

August 22, 2008

• Arts centre unveils its coming season The Yukon Arts Centre has unveiled the exhibits and stage performances taking place during the 2008/2009 season.
• Our natural resources: they're yours and mine There are two types of property that we both own: that we hold title to, and that which we own in the sense of being government-owned, such as our forests, water, air and wildlife.
• Answering the question 'How does it feel?' DAWSON CITY - "How does it feel?"
• Moral stories and fables for our time Seventeen-year-old Richard Perry signed up for the military for the same reasons that many young men have over time.
• Authors on 8th exceeds expectations DAWSON CITY - The annual Authors on 8th event celebrates the contributions made by writers to the past, present and future of Dawson City.
• Court hears about musher's killing of moose near home FAIRBANKS - Iditarod champion Jeff King is being tried in Fairbanks on charges that he illegally killed a moose near his home in Denali National Park and Preserve.
• Council to vote on Quartz Road sidewalk Pedestrians could have an easier walk to the Chilkoot Centre if council goes ahead next week with awarding the contract for a sidewalk to be constructed along Quartz Road.
• Two men, woman sought by RCMP The public's assistance is requested in locating three Yukoners wanted as of noon Thursday.
• City officials endorse fourplex proposal City staff is recommending council approve the conditional use application which proposes to build a fourplex at 604 Jarvis St., despite outspoken opposition from area residents during a public input session last week.
• Farm explores best techniques for a tricky climate Organic farmer Tom Rudge believes sustainable agriculture has a future in the Yukon, but to achieve meaningful viability, attitudes have to change.
• Salmon run reaching its peak: hatchery manager A summer class of curious children look on as Lawrence Vano does his work at the Whitehorse Fish Ladder Thursday afternoon.
• Yukoner wins $10,000 A local Whitehorse resident has won $10,000 on a lottery ticket she purchased from the Copper Ridge Bigway supermarket.
• 'People don't go there,' travel writer told DAWSON CITY - Don't be too enthusiastic about the Yukon if you happen to be going through Customs at the Vancouver airport.
• Be safe, drivers reminded Aug. 25-29 is School Bus Safety Week, and the Department of Education will be conducting a public awareness campaign to help increase student safety.
• Major court case delayed two weeks It's not clear whether a two-week postponement of a major court challenge of the Whitehorse airport construction project will affect the tender process scheduled to close next week.
• Beaver Creek-area fire extinguished A human-caused fire burning approximately 75 kilometres south-east of Beaver Creek was quickly extinguished Thursday.
• Close to 1,000 calls come into 811 It appears Yukoners are taking full advantage of the territory's telehealth service, fewer than two months after it started.
• 'It was not their time,' rescuer says of boaters Two visitors from Calgary are likely alive today because of a stroke of good luck and the assistance of a couple who live at Jackfish Bay on Lake Laberge.
• Planner adjourns career to England Whitehorse is not the same city it was 15 years ago.
• Ball diamonds suffer extensive vandalism George Arcand, Softball Yukon's executive director, is hoping going to the public will help bring to light the cause of the extensive vandalism overnight at the ball diamonds on Robert Service Way.
• Porter Creek land lottery gets underway The city will begin its first-ever land lottery and bidding process today with the sale of several residentially-zoned properties in Porter Creek.
• Ex-grow-ops should be registered: Mitchell The territory needs a registry of all properties identified as former marijuana grow-ops, according to Arthur Mitchell, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.
• 'It's hardly the weapon we need on the streets' A 20-year-old Whitehorse man was sentenced to a year in jail Thursday morning after he pleaded guilty to the unauthorized possession of the illegal assault rifle AK-47.

August 21, 2008

• Dawson's council looks to develop town's waterfront DAWSON CITY - Dawson's council feels it is well past time that a plan for the development of the waterfront area of town be developed.
• Secrecy precedes PM's visit There's a shroud of secrecy over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to Dawson City and Inuvik, N.W.T. next week.
• City budget could swell by $3.5 million The city's $50-million 2008 budget could grow by another $3.5 million if council votes in favour of it next week.
• Jobless rate was steady The Yukon's unemployment rate for July remained stable at five per cent compared to the previous month, according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• RE-VISITING THE SCENE Re-enactment of Tuesday evening's fatal pedestrian accident.
• Global traveller touches home base Two young men who grew up half a world apart from each other were in Whitehorse earlier this month as part of an ambitious motorcycle trek through 20 countries.
• Correction "Passengers, luggage suffering separation pangs"
• SWEEPING UP A man involved in a three-vehicle pileup
• Meat products' recall spurs Yukon alert Grocery stores, restaurants and health care providers are being cautioned about using recalled Maple Leaf meat products by Yukon Environmental Health Services.
• Russian visitors meet local builders Three men from Russia were in Whitehorse last week to meet with local builders and contractors to better design and construct a new subdivision of their own in Baranaul, Russia.
• Maryhouse to phase out food service One of two emergency food programs in the city will likely shut down when a food bank opens in the city.

August 20, 2008

• Riverside Arts Festival adds depth to annual Discovery weekend DAWSON CITY - This is the eighth year that the Yukon Riverside Arts Festival has added depth to the Discovery Days weekend.
• First nation and cultural centre mark land claims DAWSON CITY - It's been a banner year for the Tr'ondek Hwech'in (TH) First Nation and the Danoja Zho Cultural Centre.
• Pipeline's arrival is near certain, chief believes Chief Ruth Massie says one must assume the Alaska Highway natural gas pipeline will be built - and soon.
• River surrenders bike to determined salvagers Passersby on the Robert Campbell Bridge were greeted with a strange spectacle on Monday afternoon, as four friends rescued an abandoned bike from the bottom of the Yukon River.
• HIGHWAY HAVOC Wreckage from Tuesday morning's accident.
• MLA compiling licence 'horror stories' Yukon driver's licences may be the butt of many jokes - some suggest they appear crafted in a teenager's bedroom for use as fake identification.
• CYFN considering downtown location The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) may soon be moving downtown, according to Grand Chief Andy Carvill.
• Female grizzly bear shot, cubs orphaned Environment Yukon conservation officers are asking for the public's help in their investigation into the shooting death of a female grizzly bear near Ruby Creek, about 30 kilometres east of Kluane Lake.
• SOUNDING THE WARNING Alaska Fish and Game biologists Sean Farley, left, and Rick Sinnott walk past a warning sign.
• Better community awareness need to stem assaults: advocate A local leader in women's affairs says increased community awareness is necessary to curb the numbers of violent assaults against women.
• Strahl vows to work on renewing agreements Several first nations are still without renewed financial transfer agreements with Ottawa but federal Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl says he's committed to changing that.
• Government appeals waterfront injunction The territorial government is appealing Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale's decision that granted an injunction on the tender for two pieces of property on the Whitehorse waterfront.
• Alberta woman dies after vehicle hits her A 26-year-old Alberta woman died Tuesday evening after she was struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross Second Avenue.