Whitehorse Daily Star

August 9, 2006

• Harper plans Yukon swing Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to visit the territory next week.
• Trail work is premature, documents say The territorial government has ignored first nation concerns and contravened the spirit and intent of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act (YESAA), first nation and YESAA administrators maintain.
• Policing advisory committee proposed Whitehorse RCMP could soon be getting advice from community groups and government officials on how to enforce the law.
• Liquor store shoppers to be surveyed The Yukon Liquor Corp. will be asking for customer suggestions on how the Whitehorse liquor store can serve them better.
• Tree toppers come to stranded cat's rescue When Chris Nemeth let her kids pick up a stray cat from the Super A parking lot in Riverdale, she had no idea what she was getting herself into.
• New lecture series will honour late educator 'You are not singular in your suspicions that you know but little.
• Drop the hammer, man': offender to judge No lawyer will be speaking on behalf of Dean Boucher during his sentencing hearing Thursday and Friday for the second-degree murder of Bob Olson in December 2004.
• Subs may migrate to Games centre Sub sandwiches could be the latest menu item for the city's swimmers, skaters, hockey and soccer players and others who use the Canada Games Centre.
• On not letting the noisy drivers get your goat DAWSON CITY How much of a hurry does a person need to be in?
• Moosehide Gathering: a spiritual and physical event DAWSON CITY An estimated 2,000-plus people spent at least part of the July 27-30 period attending the bi-annual Moosehide Gathering staged by the Tr'ond'k Hw'ch'in at the first nation's ancestral home of Moosehide.

August 8, 2006

• She kept the flame alive after 2002' Pat Duncan, the former premier, former Liberal leader and the MLA for Porter Creek South, will not be seeking another term in the pending territorial election.
• Referendum data were erroneous, city acknowledges City residents were given incorrect information in the weeks leading up to Whitehorse's first referendum in June, council members learned Monday night.
• Two men facing charges after Carmacks drug bust Information provided by the public is responsible for a cocaine bust carried out last Sunday in Carmacks, RCMP Const. Don McPhee emphasized this morning.
• Road work withering trolley's balance sheet The construction work along First Avenue at the former Motorways trucking site has cost the non-profit Miles Canyon Historic Railway Society close to $5,000 in lost revenue on its trolley, which normally runs along the waterfront between Rotary Peace Park and Spook Creek.
• Northwestel is determining source of voice mail woes If you've made a few phone calls that went to voice mail lately, you may have noticed Northwestel Inc. seems to be having some intermittent troubles with its voice mail service.
• Cellular service receives weak reception in Dawson DAWSON CITY Latitude Wireless bills itself as being 'one step closer to freedom.'
• Chamber sees benefits in community cellular plans The Yukon Chamber of Commerce is congratulating Latitude Wireless on the planned expansion of cell phone service in Yukon communities.
• There's a big hole but no water crisis DAWSON CITY Dawson residents absorbed a Globe and Mail article about their town sinking into the melting permafrost last winter, and have heard concerns expressed about the state of the buried water and sewer lines due to that cause.

August 7, 2006

• You're ahead of the game,' judge tells man A young man convicted of drug possession for trafficking was praised in territorial court Friday by his father for accepting responsibility for his actions and making a determined effort to change his life.
• Charges ruled out after wood seized There will be no criminal charges laid in relation to wood seized from the Atlin Road area last February, RCMP spokeswoman Brigitte Parker has confirmed.
• Bear encounters marked canoeists' Bering Sea trip They were one young man, one old, setting out on a journey that can break the strongest of people.
• Accused B.C. man is ordered released A man accused of assault causing bodily harm has been released from custody with his next court date set for Wednesday.
• Duo arrested after marijuana found More charges are being laid in connection with a July 31 checkstop by Carcross RCMP which netted about 230 grams of pot.
• Quest mushers stampede to sign up Eighteen mushers have already put forward their names for the 2007 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
• Arbitrator's decision cannot be challenged, court declares It's agreed. Dominic Alford cannot challenge arbitrator Vince Ready's decision over his firing from the Yukon government in 2003, the B.C. court of appeal has ruled in a decision handed down Friday.
• Brace for queries about the Internet If you love e-mail, or hate all the questionable things your kids come across on the Internet, get ready.