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March 15, 2007

  • Family shouldn't be allowed to dictate' program's fate Parents of Porter Creek Secondary School students and the school council and school administration have been working for over a year to implement the Dogs for Drug Free Schools program that would help to address the problem of drugs in the school.
  • Groups to promote technology centre The boards of the Yukon Cold Climate Innovation Centre and the Canadian Polar Commission plan to promote an innovation technology centre based in Whitehorse.
  • Untold stories of black soldiers during WW II As we once again celebrated Black History Month in February, we were reminded that the personal narratives and contributions of African Americans in the U.S. and North America often have been obscured, ignored or forgotten, whether motivated by politics, racism, classism, neglect, or some combination thereof.
  • Burn away the winter blues on March 24 Yukon Educational Theatre's annual spring equinox event, Burning Away the Winter Blues, will take place the evening of Saturday, March 24. This is the ninth year that Yukon Educational Theatre's community celebration's wing, Inzanity, has organized the event.
  • RCMP's response to crimes assailed Whitehorse RCMP's interest in and ability to provide public safety is being questioned following an armed robbery in broad daylight Thursday at a McIntyre subdivision gas station.
  • Whitehorse woman makes plans with $100,000 windfall Whitehorse resident Edith Baker has claimed the $100,000 prize from the Millionaire for Life lottery game, Western Canada Lottery Corp. officials said Thursday.
  • Protect your property, RCMP warn after break and enters Whitehorse RCMP are warning Kwanlin Dun First Nation residents in the McIntyre subdivision of two recent break and enters in the neighbourhood, one involving a man being attacked with a blunt object.
  • Ambulances' base remains in limbo Whitehorse-based ambulances may or may not relocate to the top of the Two Mile Hill.
  • Man sexually assaulted young girl After expressing his 'deepest and sincerest apologies' to the court, Clinton Morgan will wait another few days to learn his sentence for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl last year.
  • Percy DeWolfe race had a chilly start DAWSON CITY The day was crisp and cold at the starting line for the Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race on Thursday morning.
  • Village goes to seniors only, YHC confirms The Canada Winter Games athletes' village will begin filling with seniors in June.
  • Don't become an ice safety statistic, Red Cross warns How thick is thick enough?
  • Major decisions loom on bus system The city could have a loop-based transit system by the end of the year. Whitehorse Transit manager Dave Muir said Tuesday he and members of his department are assessing the express, loop line routes used for the Canada Winter Games and are preparing a presentation for council.
  • Census population figures low, YTG numbers suggest The 2006 census conducted by Statistics Canada shows fewer people in the territory than numbers compiled by the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
  • Some reminiscing thoughts on a 30th anniversary DAWSON CITY 'Life,' as sometime Skiffle musician John Lennon is said to have written, 'is what happens when you are making other plans.' I missed my anniversary back in January.
  • White' animals can often be mistaken identity cases Recently there has been some spotting of white big game animals that are not normally that colour.
  • ANDREW HOSHKIW Yukon film buffs may feel a sense of dÈj‡-vu this weekend.
  • Pop rock quintet sets the dance floor On Fire On Fire is an exciting new disc from the hot, young pop rock quintet The Higher.
  • It's the end of the world as known via the media At one point in the middle of season four of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy Summers' boyfriend, Riley Finn, turns to her and says, 'Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of apocalypse'.'

March 14, 2007

  • Violent sex offender to stay behind bars Sex offender Marcellus Jacob's release from prison has been revoked by the National Parole Board. His next release date has been set for May 30, 2008.
  • Full-time workers rose; part-time workers fell Compared to the same period last year, the Yukon saw an increase of people working full-time and a decrease of part-time positions in February.
  • Government to use special spending warrants Opposition parties are questioning why the Yukon Party government has yet to announce when the legislative assembly will meet for its spring sitting and what that will mean for the territory's budget.
  • Local hunter fined after lieing about grizzly kill A Whitehorse man has been ordered to pay $3,500 over six months, is prohibited from hunting in the Yukon for three years and cannot get a special guiding licence in the territory for six years.
  • Ruptured water main sees city crews work all night Residents and businesses on Hanson Street were left without water Wednesday evening and this morning after a broken water main led to a waterfall forming on the front steps of a local insurance company and a giant pond on Third Avenue.
  • Study indicates lagoon no threat to water DAWSON CITY A water impact study produced for the Yukon government by Gartner Lee Ltd. indicates that an aerated sewage lagoon upstream of Dawson's water supply would have little or no measurable impact on the quality of the town's water if anything should go wrong at the lagoon site.
  • Set goals, Olympic medal winner tells students DAWSON CITY Dawson City didn't have a great deal of involvement with the Canada Winter Games beyond the torch relay in January.
  • RCMP command transferred VANCOUVER (CP) After six years as deputy commissioner of the RCMP's Pacific region B.C. and Yukon Beverley Busson has formally transferred her command to Gary Bass.

March 13, 2007

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