Whitehorse Daily Star

April 19, 2007

• Mystery, horror meet in Lovecraft's Victorian England Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle created the character of Sherlock Holmes and launched him upon the world in 1887.
• Bible is put on trial in production of Inherit the Wind Courtroom dramas are all the rage, says Anton Solomon, director of Moving Parts Theatre, a local group.
• We're all poets, says former wounded writer Carl Leggo DAWSON CITY Many accomplished writers will tell you that somewhere in their past there was someone, often a teacher, who encouraged them, recognized their latent ability, and helped set them on their literary path.
• City plans to complement SCAN legislation City council is set to discuss a bylaw which takes aim at the pocketbooks of landlords of drug houses in Whitehorse.
• Charges laid against two men after police investigate vehicle One Whitehorse man is facing a charge of possession of cocaine and breaching probation while another has been charged with breaching an undertaking.
• Ideas germinating to save hanging flower baskets In what's been described as a case of white knights to the rescue in the wake of city budget cuts, Main Street may still see some hanging baskets.
• Premier chides opposition over budget reviews Premier Dennis Fentie bought a new pair of Florsheim shoes for tabling the 2007-08 budget.
• Fentie has hit the ground crawling': Mitchell The opposition parties are saying the $862-million budget tabled in the legislature Thursday lacks direction.
• City interested in leasing land The city is looking for a lease agreement with the Yukon government in the Marwell area to store bleachers and cemetery equipment.
• Trial date set for deputy chief The deputy chief of the Liard First Nation has pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual assault and will stand trial in Watson Lake, court records show.
• Patrol weather was brutal, Ranger reports Ranger Pat Hogan, the only Yukoner to take part in the recent historic Canadian Forces sovereignty patrol, is home again after almost three weeks in the high Arctic.
• Residential school survivors speak out By all accounts it seems, St. Paul's Hostel in Dawson City was a residential school.
• Astronaut takes audience into outer space More than 150 Yukoners were taken on a photographic journey through space Thursday evening at the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel when Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette gave a public presentation on an astronaut's perspective on space travel.
• Collars will help biologists shadow elk New radio collars for 18 elk cows will significantly increase what wildlife managers can learn about the two herds, says regional territorial biologist Rob Florkiewicz.
• Saga a procedural quagmire,' UCG says The entire process to review the proposed extension of the electrical grid has been a procedural mud-puddle, says the president of the Utilities Consumers' Group.
• RCMP officer named Volunteer of the Year Out of a lengthy list of candidates, Whitehorse RCMP Cpl. Grant MacDonald has been chosen as the city's Volunteer of the Year.
• Games spending study will be ready by June A study detailing the hundreds of millions of dollars spent in the territory during the 2007 Canada Winter Games will be out at the end of June.
• Offender breached sentence, court rules A local man serving a conditional sentence for the sexual assault of a six-year-old has breached his conditions, Yukon Supreme Court Judge Leigh Gower ruled Thursday.
• Use names, not numbers, councillor urges companies A city councillor has questioned the openness and transparency of having the city do business with numbered companies.

April 18, 2007

• We are off to a very good start': Fentie The first budget tabled by the Yukon Party government in its second majority mandate is in deficit.
• Watson Lake health facility costs millions more Premier Dennis Fentie has again announced a decrease in capital spending for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.
• Lots were snapped up quickly There were 84 applications for the last 53 urban lots in the city and 31 applicants for the last six country residential lots near the Takhini Hot Springs Road.
• Premier hires new top aide Rick Nielsen is stepping down as the chief of staff to Premier Dennis Fentie, making way for a veteran political aide.
• Minister recognizes crime victims Justice Minister Marian Horne joined her colleagues from across the country last week in recognizing the needs of victims of crimes.
• Yukoners to celebrate Earth Day On Sunday, a diverse group of Yukon organizations and businesses is inviting the public to celebrate Earth Day with them at the Mount Mcintyre Recreation Centre.
• Budget enriches museums' money Museums will be receiving an additional $150,000 in operations and maintenance support this year.

April 17, 2007

• Herschel Island in dire straits: UN Last week's United Nations publication on heritage sites threatened by climate change highlights the urgency facing the Yukon's Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea.
• Burning permit extension sought City council is considering extending a brush burning permit next to the Meadow Lakes Golf and Country Club.
• Bill would ban smoking in public places The NDP is calling for a territory-wide smoking ban in public places. At a press conference at the legislature building this morning, NDP Leader Todd Hardy released the legislation his party intends to table when the house sits on Thursday afternoon.
• Tick infestation raises concerns about moose An infestation of winter ticks in the Takhini and Braeburn elk herds could threaten moose populations, though wildlife officials say the risk is probably low.
• Eldorado Hotel to continue operations during repairs DAWSON CITY Peter and Karen Jenkins announced to the community Tuesday that business will continue in the remaining portions of their fire-ravaged Eldorado Hotel.
• Yukoners falsely told they've hit the jackpot Whitehorse RCMP are warning Yukoners if they're informed they've won a lottery they didn't enter, then they haven't won.
• North Dragon eatery broken into yet again Three youth between the ages of 15 and 16 are each facing charges of break and enter as well as mischief after the North Dragon Restaurant on Second Avenue was broken into early Tuesday morning.
• City's auditors wonder about fraud City council is being requested to inform its auditors about whether it's aware of examples of fraud within the municipal government.
• Premier previews regime's intentions Premier Dennis Fentie used his address to a joint chamber of commerce luncheon Tuesday to reaffirm election commitments to the territory's business community.
• Man enters pleas; dates set for trial A week in July has been set aside in territorial court for the trial of a local man facing a dozen charges ranging from dangerous driving to aggravated sexual assault.
• Burwash to receive youth-elder centre Community Services Minister Glenn Hart has committed $850,000 toward the development of a new youth-elder activity centre for Burwash Landing. The centre 'will fulfill a number of important roles in Burwash,' Hart said in a statement last Friday.