Whitehorse Daily Star

July 16, 2007

• Landmark mine shipment trucked through city The first concentrate to be produced in a Yukon hard rock mine in the last five years rolled through Whitehorse Monday night.
• Whitehorse population is growing old OTTAWA (CP) New census data indicate senior citizens make up 6.7 per cent of the population of Whitehorse.
• Firm pleads not guilty to mauling charges Aurora Geosciences Ltd. has pleaded not guilty to all charges relating to the 2006 death of one of its employees.
• Identification pivotal in case, Crown says A case before a visiting territorial court judge may be determined on the basis of identification, Crown prosecutor Noel Sinclair told a Whitehorse courtroom Monday morning.
• Rights board hears case of alleged discrimination What started as office bullying because of a hearing impairment led a Whitehorse woman to slip into a depression and a self-described mental breakdown, she says.
• Court endorses sale of old Mount Nansen gold mine Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale has approved a $3.1-million sale of a bankrupt gold mine near Carmacks to a numbered company from Saskatchewan.
• Crematorium concerns minimal: city official City council moved one step closer to approving a Porter Creek funeral home and crematorium at last night's standing committee meeting.
• Bear alert issued Members of the Klondike Snowmobile Association are working with Environment Yukon conservation officers to post bear in area warning signs at a popular trailhead off the Mount Sima access road and Copper Haul Road junction in Whitehorse.

July 15, 2007

• RCMP are seeking witnesses who saw campfire explosion An explosion in the Steam Boat Graveyard across the Yukon River from Dawson City injured three people early Saturday morning.
• Sandbags destined for Laberge area Sandbaggers are heading to Lake Laberge.
• Search for teen unearthed new clues It was a long and exhausting day, but organizers of Saturday's search party for missing teenager Angel Carlick said powerful messages of unity and awareness carried the volunteers.
• Councillor deserves an Oscar, Lang believes Members of city council need to stop grandstanding and pointing fingers and start working with the Yukon government (YTG) if land is to be developed in Whitehorse.
• Mine licencing website set The Yukon government has launched a 'major mine licencing' website, a web-based gateway to key government licences and authorizations granted for major mine developments as well as important background reports.
• Country residential lots lottery slated Fifty-one country residential properties will be up for grabs next week. John Cole, the manager of client services at the Yukon government's lands branch, said this morning a land lottery for 51 lots ranging from $78,000 to $129,000 each will be held next Thursday.
• Massive power failure still being investigated The cause of Saturday evening's city-wide power outage is still under investigation.
• Man not guilty of dangerous driving A former city bus driver has been found not guilty of leaving the scene of an accident and driving dangerously in his own vehicle.
• Yukon firefighters help B.C., Alberta Firefighters and air support from the Yukon were sent to parts of British Columbia and Alberta over the weekend to assist with an increase in fire activity in both provinces.
• Black bear spotted in schoolyard A black bear was spotted in the schoolyard at Elijah Smith Elementary this morning.
• Ambulance personnel, YTG officials to talk A new round of negotiations between representatives of volunteer ambulance attendants and Yukon government officials was scheduled to begin today.
• Reading can open up the world, conference told Books are the transforming power that can open doors for Canada's first nations, said James Bartleman, Ontario's outgoing lieutenant-governor. And he would know.
• Removal of WCB subsidies has created new fiscal trend The removal of subsidies has ended an era where industries such as long-haul trucking and construction have been taking more money out of the workers' protection system than they put in.
• Cadets here for several weeks of challenges More than 250 army and air cadets from the three territories, British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario arrived in town last weekend to attend the Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Centre.
• Teenager to face charges after vehicle is stolen Charges are pending against a 14-year-old boy after a vehicle was stolen from the Valleyview neighbourhood early Friday morning.

July 12, 2007

• A performer who can change children's lives 'We came around the corner and there by the side of the road, around a fire, were kids sniffing gas. My driver said, You are on,' and I got out of the truck.'
• Of territorial park rowdyism and fish If you have had the pleasure of visiting the Twin Lakes Territorial Park, an hour and a half north of Whitehorse on the way to Dawson City, you will realize the beauty and splendour of the territory's wilderness.
• Summer heats up with new country releases Southern Culture on the Skids, or SCOTS, have done it again, with their 10th studio album, Countrypolitan Favorites.
• When digital magic meets the traditional kind of magic Charles de Lint writes about the intersections between the world as it is, what one of his characters likes to call 'consensual reality', and the world as it might be/may have been/probably was once upon a time.
• Atlin: the North's premier summer festival ATLIN, B.C. The Atlin Arts and Music Festival has grown and evolved to become one of the strongest music festivals on the northern festival circuit.
• Convicted woman granted a new trial The B.C./Yukon Court of Appeal has overturned the second-degree murder conviction which saw Karen Rodrigue sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years.
• Dawson resident sued over loans A $2,434 student loan has turned into a lawsuit for a Dawson City resident.
• Student bylaw officer praised for plucking woman from river What began as a routine bike patrol along the Whitehorse waterfront last Sunday ended in a heroic rescue by student bylaw officer Erik Gray.
• Shoppers explodes in size, product lineup The Qwanlin Mall is looking a lot different these days.
• RCMP arrest three suspects Three Whitehorse residents are facing drug charges after Whitehorse RCMP made the arrests Thursday. Officers with the Street Crime Reduction Team were conducting surveillance on a suspect at 10:55 a.m. when they noticed suspicious activity. When they approached the man, he took off in his vehicle.
• ATV safety a matter of personal responsibility A recent report by the Canadian Pediatric Society calls on the Yukon government to enact legislation to regulate all-terrain vehicle (ATV) use in the territory.
• Watson Lakers support ambulance attendants Volunteer ambulance attendants from Watson Lake had the full support of the community during a public forum Thursday night in the southeast Yukon town.
• Northwestel, WHTV announce major transaction Northwestel Inc. has purchased WHTV.
• Newcomer to hunting wins Boyd Pyper described what happened to him last Friday as the ultimate Yukon fantasy.
• Land distribution process troubles city councillor City councillor Doug Graham is concerned that residential land is being distributed behind closed doors, denying building contractors a fair chance to apply for prime land.
• Police seek three Yukoners from city, Ross River The public's assistance is requested in locating three Yukoners wanted by the RCMP as of noon Wednesday.