Whitehorse Daily Star

August 23, 2006

• Aggravated assault in 2005 earns man penitentiary term An aggravated assault dating back to last September has netted a local man three years in a federal penitentiary.
• Offender weeps as judge assigns him jail sentence Christian Papequash broke into tears in Yukon Supreme Court last Friday afternoon as he was sentenced to 14 months in jail for a sexual assault from nearly a decade ago.
• Kids' summer camp funds stolen Donations that would have gone to help send kids to summer camp have instead gone to local thieves.
• Watson Laker wants Grits' nod Longtime Watson Lake resident Rick Harder plans to run for the Yukon Liberal Party in the upcoming territorial election.
• Panel examines Yukon university feasibility 'If Yukoners want a university, there will be a university,' says Paul Driscoll, the dean of arts and science at Yukon College.
• Female politicians share successes, challenges 'Once you've had your complacency challenged, it's very hard to go back. You'll never be complacent again,' say Linda Casson Hare, a former Whitehorse city councillor.
• City accused of unethical behaviour After alleging the City of Whitehorse engaged in unethical behaviour leading up to the city's greenbelt referendum in June, the Porter Creek Community Association (PCCA) is again calling for the ombudsman to investigate what happened.
• Harvest Fair date may be changed The co-ordinator for this year's 12th Annual Klondike Harvest Fair says the event was a success, but will likely be held on a different weekend next year so it doesn't fall on the Discovery Days weekend.

August 22, 2006

• Inaugural Yukon Gold Ultra hailed a success The inaugural Yukon Gold Ultra is officialy over and both racers and volunteers are happy with the event, which took place in Whitehorse this past weekend.
• Pig farm proposed A Yukon man is seeking to build a pig farm in the Lake Laberge area. According to documents on file with the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB), Jonathan Lucas is seeking an agricultural lease for three hectares of land in the Grizzly Valley area near Deep Creek.
• Chiefs satisifed with meeting with Prentice First nations have the right to deal with the federal government as a whole, not just the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), INAC Minister Jim Prentice heard last week in Whitehorse.
• Chief explains meeting boycott In what appears to be a message to the federal government, David Johnny Sr., the chief of the White River First Nation (WRFN), skipped a meeting with Jim Prentice, the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, last week in Whitehorse.
• Mishap occurs during driver's test A traffic accident this morning happened under unusual circumstances, said Whitehorse RCMP Sgt. Ross Milward.
• Drug charges laid in Dawson Dawson City RCMP charged a young man with drug trafficking after executing two search warrants on two separate hotels in the historic town. At about 1 p.m. last Thursday, police carried out the searches. They seized about 230 tablets of 'a substance believed to be ecstasy,' said a press release issued this morning.
• Crash takes woman's life A collision on Robert Service Way last Friday night has claimed the life of a local resident.
• Judge listens to sentence arguments A 'brutal beating' could see David Wiebe sentenced to up to five years in penitentiary or just 20 months in jail.
• Fire damages H‰n Fisheries structure in Dawson City DAWSON CITY The RCMP and the Yukon fire marshal will be determining the cause of a blaze which damaged the H‰n Fisheries Building on Discovery Day in Dawson.
• YTG, first nation sign pact at mine site MINTO MINE SITE The opportunities available to Selkirk First Nation members at the Minto copper mine are promising, says chief Darin Isaac, but there are also reasons for concern.
• Discovery Days were busy despite all the dampness DAWSON CITY If you hadn't been minding your garden all summer, it was probably too late to qualify for the Klondike Visitors Association Yard Awards, judged last Tuesday, or last Saturday's Dawson Agricultural Society's Horticultural Show.

August 18, 2006

• Mutilated moose hardly a sporting proposition DAWSON CITY The moose by the side of the road was dead. Worse still, it was headless.
• Oh, Susannah, whose child is that you bear? When we left Roland Deschain and his Ka Tet (a group bound to a quest), it was both a fair and foul day.
• The question: who's paddling this, this, canoe? DAWSON CITY The plastic, canoe-shaped constructed beside Front Street is clearly a puzzle for those visitors who stop and look. What is this odd bathtub with the canoe paddle suspended on rails by a mechanical contraption?
• Perpetrator of sadistic crime wins parole More than four years after he was sentenced to spend seven years in penitentiary for what was described as a savage, brutal and horrific sexual assault, Marcellus Jacob will be released on parole in October.
• Environment to star as election issue: poll The environment will be one of the biggest issues in the upcoming territorial election, shows a recent opinion poll conducted on behalf of the Yukon chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS).
• Catalysts withdraw from street scene The Longest Days Street Festival may be coming to an end.
• City's bus fleet to expand by one Whitehorse will get another new bus.
• Forum on merits of university is planned for next week Is the Yukon ready for its own university? That's the question NDP Leader Todd Hardy and his caucus will ask Yukoners at a public forum next Tuesday evening.
• Smoking bylaw case aired in court The fate of the city's smoking bylaw could once again be decided on Sept. 8.
• Judge convicts man of sexually assaulting teen Mistaken identity is not a defence for sexual assault, territorial court Judge Heino Lilles has ruled.
• Storytelling festival, harvest fair are on at Shipyards Park As the summer festival season approaches a close, the Yukon International Storytelling Festival will go Beyond Words, this year's theme, with its annual event.
• Abandoned truck found ablaze Fire crews responded to a pickup truck fire early Thursday morning at 38 Lewes Blvd. in Riverdale.
• Yukoners to help fight U.S. fires Four Yukon firefighters are travelling to the United States to help with the fire situation there.
• Puzzle wall snares visitors', board's gaze DAWSON CITY Walter 'Dewey' Groner won't have to worry about submitting his petition to Dawson City council after all.
• Staff hustled to lay on dinner for dignitaries It's not every day that a hotel owner can claim a backyard greenhouse as a business expense.
• Territory-wide groups share $270,000 Twenty-one applicants have received almost $270,000 in Community Development funding for projects in Yukon communities.
• PM visit reviews break along partisan lines Addressing Arctic sovereignty cannot simply be about maintaining a military presence in the North, says Premier Dennis Fentie.