Whitehorse Daily Star

August 17, 2006

• RCMP capture suspect after woman's ordeal A local man is facing close to a dozen charges after a woman escaped a vehicle after she was sexually assaulted and held there against her will Tuesday night.
• Harper receives warm reception at dinner Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood on stage last night at the Yukon Convention Centre and thanked the more than 300 Yukoners in attendance for their trust.
• Games centre impresses PM Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first order of business upon arriving in the Yukon yesterday was to get a tour of the Canada Winter Games Centre.
• PM pumps $9.5 M into athletes' travel bills Prime Minister Stephen Harper has confirmed the federal government will provide the 2007 Canada Winter Games with an additional $9.5 million to cover travel costs.
• PM drew a noisy reception line More than 100 concerned citizens gathered Wednesday on Fourth Avenue across from the Yukon Convention Centre where Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his guests were preparing to have dinner.
• Prospects for the North amazing,' Harper believes The Government of Canada is keenly interested in the future of resource development in the North, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
• Government well-represented at AIDS conference, PM says Critics of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision not to attend the 16th International AIDS Conference followed him to Whitehorse on Wednesday.
• City's budget amended City council has amended Whitehorse's 2006 annual budget.

August 16, 2006

• Please help do this, Mr. Harper Ed. note: this is an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
• Hardy vows to fight pending election Todd Hardy, the recently diagnosed leukemia patient and NDP leader, says he is still planning to run in the pending territorial election.
• Stabbing is investigated Whitehorse RCMP are investigating a report of a stabbing at the Capital Hotel on Monday afternoon, but don't have a lot of information yet.
• Harper begins his Yukon foray The prime minister has arrived.
• Women's centre extremely made over Five workshops, 54 women and a little over a year of work.
• Judge rejects bid to quash lawsuits A visiting Yukon Supreme Court judge has dismissed two applications to throw out two lawsuits involving a fire at the local Saan clothing store more than 15 years ago.
• First nation boycotts meeting with Prentice The White River First Nation (WRFN) is boycotting today's visit by Jim Prentice, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
• Benefit planned for Todd Hardy Just after news broke last week that NDP Leader Todd Hardy has leukemia, Lillian Grubach-Hambrook, the Yukon International Storytelling Festival's executive director, started receiving cards and cheques to pass on to the Hardy family. Four members of the family had been set to volunteer at this weekend's festival at Shipyards Park.
• Property rezoning process begins The rezoning of the Meadow Lakes golf course lease property has begun. At their weekly meeting Monday evening, members of city council voted to begin the process which would see an area of land leased by the Meadow Lakes Golf and Country Club rezoned from commercial recreation to country residential.
• Dawson residents named in legal action Two Dawson City residents have been named along with 20 others in a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court by the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia (ICBC) earlier this month.
• Summer camp mixed learning with fun Science, for most kids, is a lot more interesting when it's hands-on and interactive.
• Finnish university beckons a Yukon College student A Yukon College student will be doing a semester of her classes at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland this fall as part of the north2north student mobility program.
• Banners to be used in the Klondike DAWSON CITY The new Larger than Life tourism banners may not be popular with the Dawson City Planning Board, but the travelling public seems to have taken a shine to them.
• Council passes election bylaw City council has passed an election bylaw in preparation for the Oct. 19 territory-wide municipal election.

August 15, 2006

• No knockout punches have been scored Yukon politics are always interesting.
• Yukon politicians preparing for Harper's visit Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in Whitehorse at approximately 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
• Body is still not identified The body of a first nations man found in the Yukon River near Quartz Road last week has yet to be identified.
• Man lauded for contribution to literacy across territory 'My biggest dream in life was to read a letter from somebody,' says Rock Brisson.
• Work could spill into 2007 A decision on whether the First Avenue reconstruction project will be completed this year or next year will be made by the end of August.
• Residents line up against day care proposal Residents living around 710 Jarvis St. oppose the idea of permitting a day care centre in their neighbourhood because it does not suit the area's character, city council heard Monday evening.
• Abled-bodied parking in spots for disabled Officials from the city and the Yukon Council on Disability are asking able-bodied Whitehorse residents to stop parking in spots reserved for the disabled at the Canada Games Centre.
• Barbecue demonstrated parks' safety About 170 people attended a Take Back the Park barbecue last Sunday in downtown Whitehorse.
• Child care group plans message for PM When Prime Minister Stephen Harper hosts dinner tomorrow evening at the High Country Inn, he and his political guests may hear the chants of local day care workers waving placards outside the hotel.
• A proud moment in Yukon's history' Joe Linklater, the chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, says he woke up a little less stressed this morning.