Whitehorse Daily Star

July 19, 2007

• We need a Trees for Humanity program First and foremost, I would like to recognize the Canadian Tire and Mark's Work Wearhouse stores for the attractive landscape, using trees to beautify their properties.
• Dawson City gets ready for musical weekend The Dawson City Music Festival, now in its 29th year, gets underway today.
• Did you hear of the mammoth that stopped a bus? Mammoth begins with a not very complimentary reference to Nunavut.
• Judge to ponder accused man's fate It's now up to visiting territorial court Judge Cunliffe Barnett to decide the fate of a local man charged with robbery.
• Day patrols demand rising: security firm In only its second month in business, Sirius Security Services is already expanding.
• This is like a forest fire': resident SOUTHERN LAKES REGION Rising water is taking its toll on the Southern Lakes region, leaving some properties under water and residents and government preparing for evacuations.
• Task force's aim: a graffiti-free city A new joint task force was unveiled Thursday afternoon, and its focus is clear: to stop the spread of graffiti.
• Film charts famous Yukon land rush Some have called it the greatest land rush in the history of the world. Some have called it a scam.
• Local businesses take over Local businesses are growing in Whitehorse and for many, that means finding a new place to set up shop.
• Order to pay damages Norbert Kossler is appealing a Yukon Supreme Court decision which ordered him to pay more than $100,000 in damages and health costs over an assault that occurred more than four years ago.
• New YHC programs help fund energy retrofits A frog puppet once sang that ain't easy being green.
• Giant sleepover set for 2008 August 2008 will see as many as 1,500 youth visit Whitehorse and well over $1 million pumped into the local economy.
• Yukon wilderness testing British explorers What do the Yukon, Greenland, Madagascar and the Amazon have in common?

July 18, 2007

• You crossed the line, judge tells offender A local man will spend more than three years of his life under court orders following a sentencing by Yukon Supreme Court Justice Leigh Gower on Wednesday.
• Charges laid after explosion Charges have been laid against two men after an explosion in Dawson City early last Saturday morning injured three people.
• Let YTG workers help flood efforts: Mitchell Yukon government employees should be permitted to leave work to help with the Southern Lakes sandbagging effort already underway with volunteers and jail inmates, says the Leader of the official Opposition.
• Shelter needs help with surgery bills Marley was found on the side of the Alaska Highway near Burwash Landing suffering a broken leg and open wound on his neck.
• Heritage, culture training gets funds The Yukon government has announced continued funding for heritage and culture worker training through two Community Training Funds.
• Premier keeping watchful eye on N.W.T.'s revenue formula Premier Dennis Fentie will immediately renegotiate the resource revenue sharing formula with Ottawa if the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) gets a better deal than the Yukon received.
• Projects designed to reduce domestic violence Elaine Taylor, minister responsible for the Women's Directorate, has announced six community-based projects will receive a total of $100,000 to help prevent violence against aboriginal women.
• Caution urged in land use planning challenge Baby steps are needed when implimenting a land use plan for the territory's northern region, says a Yukon first nations chief.
• Parks to be celebrated Parks Canada, Yukon Parks, Yukon Historic Sites and the Yukon Conservation Society are offering a variety of events around the territory as part of the national Parks Day on Saturday.

July 17, 2007

• Lakes continue their relentless rise In the wake of rising water levels, the territory's chief medical officer is advising residents of Lake Laberge, Marsh Lake, Carcross and Tagish to boil their water.
• Accused denied any wrongdoing, court told A territorial courtroom heard Tuesday that as Gordon Bill was being arrested last March, he told the RCMP officer he didn't know anything about what was going on.
• Someone has too much time on their hands' A recent rash of vandalism at the La Garderie daycare near Ecole Emilie-Tremblay has director Johanne Gauthier worried.
• Waters will wash away records Rising water in Marsh Lake is expected to break all records this year.
• Stop and smell the product, florist urges next store owner Two smiling sisters who have helped Whitehorse residents mark important occasions for more than 20 years are now selling their downtown flower shop.
• Heavy rains disrupted Chilkoot hikers' plans The Chilkoot Trail also was hit hard by record rainfalls on Monday.
• Chief is against sale of mining claims A Yukon chief has opposed the sale of abandoned mining claims on his first nation's land because the company buying the property has ties to a bankrupt firm that left an environmental problem at Canadian taxpayers' feet.
• Aboriginal issues have ministers' support: Taylor Territorial and provincial government ministers support aboriginal women's desires for economic and political equality and the need to address the disproportionate number of first nations people landing in Canadian jails.
• Reindeer farm sign vandalized The Northern Splendor Reindeer Farm may no longer have reindeer, but owner Stella Gregory says that's no reason for the farm's highway sign to be vandalized.
• Changes for buildings proposed City council heard senior city planner Mike Gau speak at Monday night's committee meeting about planned changes to a development agreement at 134 Seine Sq./26 Normandy Rd.