Whitehorse Daily Star

February 14, 2007

• It's a piece of cake' for Lance Mackey DAWSON CITY The front-runners of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race say it's going to be near-impossible for anyone to beat Alaskan Lance Mackey.
• Musher to protest withdrawal' DAWSON CITY Yukon Quest race marshall Mike McCowan has withdrawn Alaskan musher J.T. Hessert from the race.
• Miners take feds, territory to court In 2004, a group of mining companies and individuals learned they did not own the claims they had been mining near Dawson City for more than 20 years.
• Injured dog's recovery will take time The city's bylaw department is looking for clues after a badly-wounded dog, believed to be the victim of a vehicle dragging, was found wandering the streets.
• Mt. Lorne recycling campaign begins Statistics show one tonne of greenhouse gases is burned for each person in Canada each year from the garbage that's thrown into landfill sites.
• Whitehorse mom met returning son WINNIPEG (CP) Some family members of Canadian soldiers returning from Afghanistan Wednesday night brought unusual gifts to commemorate the occasion.

February 13, 2007

• CT contrast scans temporarily unavailable It will be near the end of the month before Whitehorse General Hospital will begin offering CT contrast scans again.
• Power purchase agreement ready for scrutiny Yukon Energy and Sherwood Copper Corp. have finalized a proposed agreement worth tens of millions of dollars to supply the Minto mine with hydroelectric power.
• Sawmill operator settles with Yukon government The sawmill operator who had logs seized from his property along the Atlin Road a year ago has reached a settlement with the Yukon government.
• Mackey pursuing record-setting pace DAWSON CITY If two-time Yukon Quest champion Lance Mackey keeps up his 8.6 kilometres per hour pace, he expects to arrive at the finish line in Fairbanks in record time.
• Department has a new website Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon has announced the launch of www.investyukon.com, a new website to support investment attraction to Yukon.
• RCMP continue search for bank card thief Whitehorse RCMP are continuing to search for the person who stole hundreds of dollars from a local woman.
• Games surpass $7.6-million sponsorship target With the announcement of 10 new local and national Klondike Gold sponsors, the 2007 Canada Winter Games have exceeded their officials' sponsorship goal.
• Unhappy team forces musher out PELLY CROSSING Nineteen-year-old Kiara Adams has scratched from the 2007 Yukon Quest.
• Eight reach Dawson as fast pace continues DAWSON CITY Eight mushers have now arrived into the halfway checkpoint in Dawson.
• Musher employs CPR to save dog's life on trail DAWSON CITY Yukon Quest musher Aaron Burmeister's quick action and knowledge of CPR have enabled him to save one of his team members.
• Yukoners shown the light in saving energy In what is set to help save the environment and Yukoners' pocketbooks, a non-profit organization is in town to shed a little light on the territory.
• Social services recipients will not be overlooked Yukon residents who use social services regularly will not have to do without during the Canada Winter Games, which will begin a week from Friday.
• Building owners surveyed on proposed improvements Businesses and organizations on Black Street could be paying a $374,546-share of a $2-million downtown reconstruction project.
• A cause close to their heart and home Ten- and seven-year-old Ross and Finn Beaulieu are fighters. And the name of their toughest opponent is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

February 12, 2007

• Council well-informed': quarry proponent In what ends a 10-year chapter of the McLean Lake saga, city council has approved zoning for Territorial Contracting Ltd.'s concrete batch plant and quarry proposal.
• Developer eyeing purchase of inn The Yukon's emerging force in real estate is looking to buy the High Country Inn.
• Dawson cyber forum shut down by hacker's attack DAWSON CITY The cityofdawson.com discussion forum hosted by Mayor John Steins fell victim to a hacker last weekend.
• Fast-paced leaders pass through Pelly PELLY CROSSING The five frontrunners of the Yukon Quest rolled through Pelly Crossing before 2 p.m. Monday.
• Carmacks man's death not suspicious The death of a 63-year-old Carmacks man is not being treated as suspicious by the RCMP.
• Yukoner becomes first musher to scratch PELLY CROSSING Veteran Yukon Quest musher Catherine Pinard became the first musher to scratch from the race on Monday night.
• Council told it's exercising double standard City council is using different rules for different people, say citizens opposed to a rezoning application in McLean Lake.
• Accused is taken into custody The Mounties got their man.
• It's Year of Our Youth: first nation The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations chief and council have declared 2007 the Year of Our Youth.
• Too many dogs are discarded, musher says PELLY CROSSING Two-time Yukon Quest champion John Schandelmeier says this year's race isn't a comeback run for him.
• Tetz takes Quest 300 title PELLY CROSSING Running Hans Gatt's 2007 Iditarod team, veteran musher Thomas Tetz has won the Yukon Quest 300.
• William Kleedehn pulls into Quest lead PELLY CROSSING William Kleedehn has at least briefly stolen the lead of the Yukon Quest from the two frontrunners, Lance Mackey and Hugh Neff.
• Rents climbed: statistics Rents in the majority of Whitehorse's urban subdivisions rose last year.