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November 7, 2006

November 6, 2006

  • Man is charged with kidnapping A local man has been charged with unlawful confinement, sexual assault with a weapon, kidnapping, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for purposes dangerous to the public.
  • Man is sent to Alberta facility A 37-year-old man who was ordered to stay at Whitehorse General Hospital is now under a new order from the Yukon Review Board.
  • Clerk watched legislature set precedents Ed. note: the first part of this two-part article was published Friday. During 28 years as clerk of the legislative assembly, Patrick Michael has watched the elected members face many challenges.
  • Reform Landlord and Tenant Act, new mayor urges YTG The new mayor of Whitehorse is calling on the territorial government to look at changing the Yukon Landlord and Tenant Act.
  • Northern premiers are talking it up in Iqaluit Territorial premiers are meeting in Iqaluit today and Tuesday to discuss issues affecting the three territories under the theme 'The North's Place in Canada's Future'.
  • $115,000-wheelchair ramp part of YTG building work The Yukon government is spending $337,000 to make the territory's legislative assembly and main government administration building more inviting, safer and aesthetically pleasing.
  • Strive for a safe work environment, chamber urges Following a hike in workers' compensation assessment rates, the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce is urging business owners and workers in the territory to create safer work environments.
  • Anti-crime activities a success More groups could be working together on initiatives to prevent crime in the territory after Crime Prevention Week wrapped up over the weekend.
  • Partially finished avenue open again First Avenue was opened to traffic today, following the removal of all the overhead power lines and poles along the street, city engineer Wayne Tuck said this morning.
  • Firefighters summoned to two blazes While it was a quiet weekend for the most part for Whitehorse firefighters, they were kept busy in the late morning and early afternoon of Sunday.
  • Residents lost power for three hours About 150 Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. properties west of Whitehorse to the Takhini River were without power for as long as three hours early Saturday evening.

November 3, 2006

  • Snap On Tools, BMO make it a barnburner Joaquin McWatters and Jeremy Mann netted three goals apiece for Snap On Tools as they prevailed over BMO Bank of Montreal 9-6 in an exciting offensive battle during 13-and-under coed soccer action Monday.
  • Tracking the survivors of an Arctic adventure in Afterlands In a week where the Designer Guys revamped Berton House in Dawson City and their northern trek made it onto ET Canada, it seems only fitting to take a look at a book partially written at the house by a former guest there. His 'brief but inspiring residency in Dawson City in 2001' helped to bring this book along.
  • Yukon music industry packs economic punch An economic impact study of the music industry in the Yukon has proved 'a complete triumph,' Mark Smith, MusicYukon's executive director, said this week.
  • Sonja Anderson is out of the lavatory, into the arts centre The Yukon's own Bathroom Diva is bringing her voice to the Yukon Arts Centre.
  • RCMP probe missing persons case The RCMP's major crimes unit is continuing an investigation into two missing people.
  • Woman charged following man's stabbing A 31-year-old Carcross woman has been charged with aggravated assault after a Whitehorse man was stabbed Thursday morning.
  • Virus crops up in school The Norwal virus has found its way to Porter Creek Secondary School, where three students have been confirmed by their parents to have the virus.
  • Creekside Grocery owners call it a day For the first time in close to 25 years, Porter Creek Centre is without a convenience store.
  • City's fire chief pinpoints trailer's safety problems The former tenant of a mouldy trailer with holes in the floor has received an inspection report from the city's fire chief with questions about the dwelling's wood stove, electrical system, smoke detectors and furnace.
  • Business takes imbibers home in their vehicles Last weekend, We Drive You Safe Yukon started its engines and was off, picking up customers who found themselves too intoxicated to drive, but wanting a safe ride home in their own vehicle.
  • Ceremony honours crime-fighting Yukoners Peter Greenlaw was a man who not only gave back to his community, but made sure his entire family did too, says his widow, Deb.
  • Local boy took diabetes quest to politicians Chase Hobbis, a nine-year-old Whitehorse boy with diabetes, was recently in Ottawa with 39 other children lobbying the federal government for $125 million in funding to help find a cure for diabetes.
  • Happiness amid the strife and hardship Twice a week, a grey truck pulls up in front of an unassuming building. It's so early that the vegetable market is still empty.
  • Come get involved, network urges youth A Yukon College student involved in the Rights and Democracy Network is hoping other students will join the national movement to promote human rights and democracy at home and abroad.
  • Yukon students can transfer to southern institutions of art Two leading art and design institutes have signed articulation agreements with Yukon College.
  • Chamber honours Yukon businesses More than 50 delegates from communities throughout the Yukon braved unpredictable road conditions and fog to attend the Yukon Chamber of Commerce's 2006 annual general meeting and awards banquet in Dawson City last month.
  • WCB axes subsidies, raises rates Subsidies are over and the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board is raising the assessment rates paid by territorial employers In an interview this morning, safety board spokesperson Mark Hill said the 2007 assessment rates paid by employers to his organization have been released.
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