Whitehorse Daily Star

March 12, 2007

• Mackey maintains Iditarod lead KOYUK, Alaska (AP) Defending champion Jeff King figures a fifth win in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race isn't realistic unless Lance Mackey slows down.
• Games quiet for RCMP RCMP officers working in Whitehorse during the Canada Winter Games didn't seem to be called out to any more incidents than the Whitehorse detachment normally gets, the M-division said this morning.
• Potential new ombudsman relishes the challenge She may be the territory's next ombudsman and she's hopeful she could serve her fellow Yukoners well.
• Government wants proposed power grid extension reviewed The Yukon government is expected to call for a full review of the proposed extension of the power grid from Carmacks to Pelly Crossing.
• City grew 7.4 per cent in five years: census According to the first numbers released from the 2006 census, the City of Whitehorse has outpaced the rest of Canada in terms of growth over the last five years.
• Doctor ecstatic' at Hardy's progress NDP Leader Todd Hardy will be home by the end of the week.
• Whitehorse handy bus sitting on the sidelines The city's new $180,000 handy bus is broken.
• Post-mortem: We met the challenge in spades' In a celebratory gathering of people from across the nation, the mayor, city officials, members of the Canadian navy and the can-can girls hosted a farewell to the Games soirÈe last Friday.
• Athletes moved out, cadets moved in As Canada Winter Games athletes left Yukon College last weekend, members of the Canadian Armed Forces cadets move in.
• Gift of pins, bear delighted young skater Inspired by the enthusiasm of 11-year-old Sarah Connell, Cory Bruneau took it upon himself to collect scores of trading pins for the Special Olympian from Team Newfoundland and Labrador.

March 11, 2007

• Stomach virus plagued some athletes during competition Two rooms at the Canada Winter Games athletes' village were vacated by Yukon athletes early to make room for other athletes dealing with a stomach virus, Games manager Chris Morrissey has confirmed.
• I see a town that walks taller': ex-Olympian Beaming with pride and brimming with emotion, residents of the North bid goodbye to the Canada Winter Games on Saturday afternoon.
• British Columbia dominated table tennis There's something about table tennis and British Columbia.
• Gold medal curling went right to the wire It came down to the wire in the Canada Winter Games gold medal curling game at the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre on Friday night.
• Some residents lost power for six hours: YECL A passing snowmobiler who saw a live power line lying on the snow Saturday assisted in ending a lengthy blackout for residents north of the Mayo Road up to Deep Creek.

March 8, 2007

• Athletes speak out in favour of fencing at Games They may be among the last athletes in fencing to stand on the Canada Games podium, with the event being taken out of the national sporting event.
• Examining animal evolution through domestication I recently received an e-mail asking my opinion on game farming, and to this my reply.
• Memories and visions highlight author's reading DAWSON CITY Lisa Pasold's grandmother died when she was 16, so she didn't live to see her granddaughter turn her life into a book of poems.
• For author Robert Ludlum, the memory lingers on The late Robert Ludlum burst onto the thriller scene in the 1970s with a string of New York Times bestsellers about people who were working for covert intelligence agencies.
• Lottery's problems impact ticket holders in territory EDMONTON (CP) The Western Canada Lottery Corp. has had another problem this time with its Millionaire Life tickets and the Yukon is affected.
• Ontario skier sweeps medals set Krystyn Peterson of Ontario finished the Canada Winter Games alpine slalom event Thursday with a gold, completing a sweep of all three colours.
• Cross-country ski team picks up third medal of the Games The unbelievable results continue for Yukon cross-country skiers at the Canada Winter Games this week.
• A touch of class As much as they cheered on each other, the Yukon's Canada Winter Games gymnasts provided the same encouragement to the Maritimers competing in their group.
• Young table tennis player looks to Olympics If you've got any Canada Winter Games pins, you've probably met him. At 11, Team Manitoba's William Liu is setting his sights on someday playing table tennis at the Olympics.
• We're overpaying for smokes: merchants In the wake of allegations of overcharging, city convenience store owners are set to file complaints against a major tobacco company with the federal government's competition bureau.
• Community justice group gets ready to close DAWSON CITY In the absence of any financial assurances from either the territorial or federal governments, the Dawson City Community Group Conferencing Society has concluded it must wind up its affairs and cease to exist at the end of this month.
• Camp draws disabled kids from far and wide MILFORD, Ont. (CP) Lynne Von Flotow and her daughter Eva have held fundraising dances, approached service clubs and put canisters for coin donations on store counters in their hometown of Whitehorse.