Whitehorse Daily Star

February 11, 2007

• Quest musher undeterred by dog's death CARMACKS For the first time in five years, a sled dog has died on the trail of the Yukon Quest.
• Buildings lose power after truck snags lines Historical houses on Third Avenue were without electricity and phone service Friday afternoon after a delivery truck snagged wires as it was driving through an alley.
• Decision reserved on land lease case It will likely be at least June before Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale decides whether an agricultural lease on 65 hectares of Crown land north of Carmacks will go ahead.
• Quest began under sun-splashed sky It was sunny but cold, hovering around -20 C on Saturday as thousands of fans watched as 28 teams left the historic White Pass and Yukon Route train depot and set off on a 1,600-kilometre adventure.
• Correction Friday's edition reported that last Thursday night's Yukon Quest start banquet was held at the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel.
• Man sues government over accident in 2002 The territory's Department of Education has found itself being sued over an accident that happened more than four years ago.
• Yukon Quest mushers blitzed Carmacks CARMACKS The Yukon Quest checkpoint at the Carmacks recreation centre looked a bit like a dog highway for about three hours on Sunday night.
• Neff looking to forget '06 trail troubles BRAEBURN Veteran musher Hugh Neff was the first to arrive into the Yukon Quest checkpoint at Braeburn.
• Rookie musher forced to drop lead dog BRAEBURN Rookie Yukon Quest musher Brent Sass has dropped his lead dog, Silver.
• Two-time champ's future murky CARMACKS Lance Mackey, the two-time Yukon Quest champion, says his future in sled dog racing is uncertain.
• Quest 300 musher disqualified BRAEBURN Yukon Quest 300 musher Samuel Eisenhut has been disqualified from the race.

February 10, 2007

February 8, 2007

• Old woman's fly rod memories taught a life's lesson A few years back, I was driving down the highway for an afternoon meeting with my boss at the Winchester Arms office in Colborg, Ont.
• Dawson artists showcase their talent at ODD Gallery DAWSON CITY When Mike Yuhasz raised a glass of wine to toast the assemblage gathered for the 2007 Members' Exhibition at the ODD Gallery on Feb. 1, he was toasting not only the event but most of the people who had contributed to it.
• Lines of poetry for natural and unnatural disasters DAWSON CITY Where do the ideas come from?
• Circus performer shows off the fine art of clowning In the summer of '83, I saw a juggler for the first time, and it changed my life," says Jamie Adkins, a travelling clown recounting what sparked his interest in the art."
• Getting Beyond the Northern Lights with Lynn Blaikie Distance can be a blessing and curse.
• The Apples take a bite out of '80s pop music Indie rock supergroup The Apples in Stereo are at it again, having released their sixth studio album, New Magnetic Wonder.
• Games security clearance deadline is today The deadline is looming for Canada Winter Games volunteers to get checked out by the cops.
• Municipalities look to pare insurance bills The city is getting closer to self-insuring.
• Teen has the key to spurning drugs At high schools in Whitehorse, there's a lot of pressure to smoke marijuana, but at least one 15-year-old has found a way to stay away from it.
• Renowned musher sampled trail 100 years ago Approximately 300 people came out to the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel Wednesday evening to meet the mushers who will be running the 2007 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, which will begin tomorrow.
• Housing vacancy rates dropping The majority of the Whitehorse's urban vacancy rates are down, according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• Suspicious calls still occurring Whitehorse RCMP are continuing to remind residents not to give out financial information over the phone, especially if they're being called about it.
• City looking to staff advisory committee In the hopes of getting more people interested in municipal affairs and disability issues, the city is extending the deadline for citizens to apply to be on its new committee.
• Mushers mix and mingle as odyssey looms Richie Beattie, the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race's 2006 Rookie of the Year, will be leaving the starting chute in first position for this year's race, which will start tomorrow.
• Committee's hearings were useful, chair says Arthur Mitchell, chair of the legislature's standing committee on public accounts, says he is pleased with the outcome of Thursday's hearings held regarding the findings of the Auditor General of Canada's report on the Department of Highways and Public Works.
• Brewers wrangle over trademark issue In what has been described as a case of David vs. Goliath, the Chilkoot and Molson brewing companies are locked in a trademark dispute over the legal right to use the word 'Arctic'.
• Man has spent $25,000 on project, court told An 'average' Yukoner stands to lose more than $25,000 if Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale approves a Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation application that would remove the approval for an agricultural lease on Crown land north of Carmacks.
• CRTC approves CKRW's range expansion plans Residents in Atlin, B.C. and Inuvik, N.W.T., are a step closer to tuning into a Whitehorse radio station.
• Lawsuit filed after YTG truck struck pedestrian A woman who was hit by a truck while she was crossing the street is taking the driver and the office of the Yukon commissioner to court.