Whitehorse Daily Star

July 8, 2007

• Isringhausen, St. Louis, 17. Emergency teams are meeting and sandbags have been deployed as fears of rising water threaten properties in the Yukon's Southern Lakes region.
• Film crew members rescued from river A three-man film crew recording a rafting expedition has lost completed tapes of the first part of the Whitehorse-to-Dawson trip and have had much of their equipment damaged after capsizing in the Yukon River last Thursday.
• Lightning ignites more Yukon fires Dry conditions and increased lightning activity resulted in six new fires in the territory over the weekend in the Dawson City , Carmacks, Mayo and Old Crow districts respectively.
• Climate change agreement reached Western Canada is on board with a northern vision on climate change
• Griffiths to move into former furniture store The Esso service station on Quartz Road is closed to make way for Griffiths Heating and Sheet Metal.
• Hotel deal will close on July 31 Northern Vision Development Corp. has acquired another major property in Whitehorse with the purchase of the High Country Inn from long-time owner Barry Bellchambers.
• Man told he'll need a lawyer Les Carpenter will have to seek out a lawyer's help if he wants to be represented in a judicial review being sought by the Town of Faro over a complaint Carpenter filed with the Yukon Human Rights Commission.
• Premier open to mobility deals The Yukon is open to deals with other provinces that would allow for a greater mobility for professionals and tradespeople.
• Northern Cross ponders exploration rights Northern Cross Ltd. has expanded its interest in the North with a bid of $20 million to secure exploration rights for oil and gas over another 4,772 square kilometres.
• June's temperatures were above normal As hard as it may be to believe, June ended with the territory registering above-normal temperatures at all of the Yukon Weather Centre's reporting stations and, in most communities, less rain than normal.

July 5, 2007

• Crippled Hunter Settlement, or CHS, takes on the world Crippled Hunter Settlement, or CHS, has come into its own as a premiere Yukon rock band.
• Boys' problems are often neglected, author declares DAWSON CITY When Julie Burtinshaw first read about the Berton House Writers' Retreat two years ago, she wasn't looking on her own behalf.
• Travelling from ANWR to Mars and then back again It's been about three years since the National Film Board production of Being Caribou began making the rounds and impressing people with the immensity of the task Karsten Heuer and his wife, Leanne
• Kayak invention opens up great possibilities for everyone Up to now, the kayak had some limitation in comparison with the canoe, but no more.
• Court upholds outfitter's licence revocation A visiting Yukon Supreme Court judge has upheld former Liberal Renewable Resources minister Dale Eftoda's 2002 decision to revoke Klaas Heynen's former hunting concession.
• Scrap green space bylaws, realtor urges Yukon realtors are again calling for an end to the city's green space bylaws.
• Departing filmmakers to be honoured Sunday The credits are now rolling on this stage of Richard Lawrence's and Rachel Grantham's lives.
• Senseless destruction frustrates contractor When Wayne SalÈ discovered his work equipment riddled with bullet holes after the Canada Day long weekend, he was admittedly less than impressed.
• Police seek men from city, Upper Liard The public's assistance is requested in locating three Yukoners wanted by the RCMP as of noon Wednesday.
• Liard First Nation The Liard First Nation Development Corp. has confirmed its purchase of three Watson Lake Hotels.
• Convicted man's appeal proceeds A man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of former hotel owner Bob Olson is proceeding with his appeal of the conviction.
• Bar none, this centrepiece will turn heads When the latest exhibit at the MacBride Museum opens this fall, the centrepiece will be a relic bar which was built in Boston in the 1890s, was found near Granville Creek decades ago, and kept for a period of time in a Dawson City shed.
• Technology opens the world to local man Many people take telephones for granted, but for those who are deaf or hearing-impaired, telephones are yet another obstacle to overcome.

July 4, 2007

• Teslin-area roll-over claims woman's life Two vehicle accidents along the same short patch of the Alaska Highway outside of Teslin resulted in a death early Wednesday evening.
• Body was that of local man The identity of a body found in Lake Laberge last Sunday has been confirmed to be Robert 'Robbie' Arthur King.
• Friends, colleagues reflect on Ostashek's life Approximately 200 people gathered Wednesday afternoon to honour the life and achievements of former government leader John Ostashek.
• Fire closed Copper Road A fire started in a cardboard disposal container near Irving Collision resulted in Copper Road being closed for an hour on Wednesday afternoon.
• Revocation of outfitter's licence being reviewed Dale Eftoda, the territory's former Renewable Resources minister, was misled and should not have revoked the outfitting licence of Klaas Heynen, a visiting Yukon Supreme Court judge heard Wednesday.
• Trial date still pending for ex-MLA There is still no date set for a new trial into accusations that former Copperbelt MLA Haakon Arntzen sexually assaulted two young girls in the 1970s.
• BizPal available in every Yukon community The Yukon government and Industry Canada have jointly celebrated the territory's success as the first jurisdiction in Canada to make BizPaL available to all residents.
• 2007 Award Of Excellence nominees announced The 2007 Premier's Awards of Excellence individual and team nominees were announced June 15 at the National Public Service Week employee barbecue in Whitehorse.