Whitehorse Daily Star

June 27, 2007

• Kidnap victim's anguish endures As territorial court Judge Karen Ruddy sentenced a Whitehorse man to nine years in prison Wednesday afternoon for the kidnapping and rape of a woman last October, she recognized the sentence can do little to mitigate the damage caused to the victim.
• St. Paul's added to residential school list St. Paul's Hostel is now officially considered a residential school.
• Plans for Faro mine whittled down Cleaning up the Faro open pit mine will take centuries at a cost that could top out at $850 million in today's dollars, according to the most recent closure plan released on Wednesday.
• Students' service is now on-line A new online financial assistance service is available for Yukon post-secondary students.
• Teens uninjured in car rollover Four teenagers walked away from a rollover early this morning in Porter Creek.
• Many Highways projects planned This summer, the value of Yukon bridge construction and rehabilitation work will exceed $18 million, and highway construction and related project work is estimated at $25 million.
• Japanese paragliders excited by flying in Dawson DAWSON CITY Folks leaving this month's Commissioner's Tea would have been surprised to see what seemed to be a set of five to 10 oversized kites flying a few metres over the greenbelt next to the Yukon River flood dike.
• Nursing mentorship co-ordinator is recruited The Department of Health and Social Services has hired Priya Chetty as the nurse mentorship co-ordinator.
• AttachÈs impressed by the Klondike's welcome DAWSON CITY The weather was perfect for this month's edition of the International Military AttachÈs' Tour and the evening wild game barbecue provided by Dawson's Rangers and their support group of spouses and locals.
• Car fire called suspicious' Whitehorse RCMP are continuing to investigate a car fire deemed suspicious.

June 26, 2007

• Man has been missing 12 days The RCMP's Whitehorse detachment is seeking the public's assistance in locating Robert Arthur King, a longtime Yukoner who has been missing for 12 days.
• Air North enjoyed jump in revenue and passengers Air North held its annual general meeting on Tuesday evening to cap off what president Joe Sparling calls another successful year.
• Versatile aircraft bolsters firefighters' tools There's a new bird on the block.
• MD sees little cause for extra oxygen Breathing in extra oxygen offers no real benefits to the citizens of Whitehorse, the territory's chief medical official says.
• New tools to tighten leash on dog deposits problems The city has further armed itself in the war against roaming dogs and the droppings they leave behind.
• Porter Creek to gain new park The city is creating a 50-hectare park in Porter Creek.
• B.C. resources going home With the forest fire rating easing to low and moderate across the territory, air attack resources borrowed from British Columbia are returning home.
• Firefighters tested their skills in Saskatchewan competition The Whitehorse Combat Firefighting team, made up of five local firefighters, participated in the recent Firefighting Combat Challenge in Moose Jaw, Sask.
• Mother of responsible government' feted The women of the Yukon's political history gathered in the legislature last Friday afternoon to pay tribute to the territory's first elected female representative.
• CYFN seeks intervener status in lease case The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) will join the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation in its fight against the Yukon government over an agricultural lease in its traditional territory.
• Court upholds U.S. extradition order VANCOUVER (CP) A former Whitehorse man accused in a murder that took place more than three decades ago has been ordered extradited to the Unites States.
• Long Lake Road tourism venture pursued An ecotourism business is being proposed on the Long Lake Road.
• Proposal concerns first nation A plan to have a mountain biking operation along the Long Lake Road is a cause of concern to the Kwanlin Dun First Nation (KDFN).
• Chuvalo has been bamboozled Re.'George Chuvalo: he's more than just a boxing legend', Star, June 22.

June 25, 2007

• Ghostly spirits waft into crematorium debate To sounds of a banging gavel and tales of ghosts, city residents came out in force to oppose a planned crematorium in Porter Creek on Monday evening.
• Yukon girl killed A six-year-old girl from the Yukon was killed in a single-vehicle accident just outside of Fort Nelson, B.C., last Saturday morning.
• Aboriginal women's summit was frustrating to territories The national aboriginal women's summit may have been a historic event, but the territories didn't come away from it without its frustrations.
• Crews make good progress on variety of forest fires One of three new forest fires detected in the Mayo district Monday was hit by three airtanker groups because it was quite active, says a spokesman with Wildland Fire Management.
• Dawson awarded good financial report card DAWSON CITY The City of Dawson has come through its 2006 financial audit, prepared by MacKay LLP.
• Speeding driver lucky to have survived, RCMP say A 21-year-old man from Whitehorse is lucky to be alive after losing control of his car while speeding Sunday evening in the Carmacks area.
• City weighing daycares issue City council is set to decide whether daycares need to have outdoor play areas to operate.
• Emotion is obscuring debate: proponent Emotion and a fear of death are clouding the Porter Creek crematorium debate, supporters of the project say.
• Case involving fatal bear attack put off until July The court case involving a man killed by a grizzly bear last year while working in the bush has been put off until July 17 for plea.
• New deputy minister recruited A Nunavut woman has been hired as the new deputy minister for the Yukon Department of Education.
• By and large, May was balmy Temperatures in May were generally above normal except for stations along the B.C. border, which ended the month slightly below normal, Environment Canada reports.
• Principal launches defamation lawsuit Watson Lake Secondary School principal Carson Atkinson says a press release and radio interview last year with the chief of the Liard First Nation have defamed him.
• Students gain credit through prior studies The Early Childhood Development (ECD) program at Yukon College is now giving students credit for knowledge and skills acquired prior to enrolling in the program.