Whitehorse Daily Star

August 2, 2006

• Home's former owner alive and well Inge Jones, the former owner of the controversial 710 Jarvis St. house at the centre of a day care centre dispute, wants the Whitehorse public to know she is not dead.
• Minister acclaimed to run for second term 'I can be a real pain,' Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor says of her efforts to keep the concerns of her constituents on the table.
• Cantung mine is operating as usual, concerns addressed The Cantung mine remains in full swing today after satisfying authorities that the operation is within its licence obligations, says the president of North American Tungsten.
• Legal aid managers meeting here According to the Constitution, every Canadian has the right to a fair trial and legal counsel.
• Anti-crime plan is due by month's end It's the little details that make a difference even in stopping crime.
• Birth rate rose by 30 babies There were 30 more babies born in the Yukon in 2004 than there were in 2003, Statistics Canada figures show.
• Population is closing in on 32,000 The Yukon's population is nearing 32,000 people, Yukon Bureau of Statistics figures show.
• Wood harvest ideas reviewed Nine proposals to harvest the large expanse of beetle-infested wood in southwest Yukon are currently under review.
• Police seize marijuana A routine traffic stop on the South Klondike Highway on Monday netted Carcross RCMP 230 grams of marijuana.
• Don't drink until you're done: poster The Yukon Liquor Corp. is distributing a poster discouraging Yukoners from combining the use of motorized sports machines with the consumption of alcohol, Jim Kenyon, the the minister responsible for the Yukon Liquor Corp., said Tuesday.
• Businesswoman to seek NDP nomination Yukon businesswoman Rachael Lewis is seeking the NDP nomination for the McIntyre-Takhini riding in the upcoming territorial election.
• Ship throws black smoke, soot into city SKAGWAY Black soot from a cruise ship carried into Skagway the night of July 25 as the ship started its diesel generators prior to departure.

August 1, 2006

• Flames gut Old Crow home Fire destroyed a $170,000-home in Old Crow Monday afternoon, leaving some unattended children badly shaken.
• Business fined after smokes sold to minor Bernie's Race Trac owner Bernie Heffner knew he wasn't going to win his case when he pleaded not guilty to his store selling smokes to a minor.
• YTG is sued by former employee The Yukon government 'acted in a harsh, vindictive, reprehensible and malicious manner' when it fired Donna McBee, the former government employee stated in a lawsuit filed last week in Yukon Supreme Court.
• Be Undrunk': campaign The Yukon Liquor Corp. has launched a campaign, 'Be Undrunk', to help young adults consider the consequences of binge drinking.
• Chiefs push for greater benefits for health care Medical costs not covered by Health Canada are a barrier to aboriginal Yukoners trying to access health care in the Yukon, firsts nation chiefs say.
• Dike's new feature to make Dawson tidier, town hopes DAWSON CITY Hardly a meeting of town council (or trustee's advisory committee) goes by without someone making reference to the sad state of the Front Street dike.
• Parks official sees clear trail to city master plan The project's about a year behind schedule, but Linda Rapp, the city's parks and recreation manager, is hoping master plans for the city's parks and trails will finally be presented to council before the end of the year.
• Education officials, first nation working on languages program The Department of Education is working with Yukon First Nations and the University of Alaska Fairbanks to deliver a Master-Apprentice aboriginal languages course that began last month in Whitehorse.
• Man to seek Liberal nomination Old Crow resident Darius Elias plans to seek the Liberal nomination for the Vuntut Gwitchin riding in the upcoming territorial election.
• Chamber lauds trains' return to Carcross The Yukon Chamber of Commerce is congratulating the White Pass and Yukon Route railway on the 106th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike and the railway's 'successful partnership' with Holland America.
• Health meeting proved fruitful: medical officer A day and a half of meetings among health care officials didn't provide a lot of time for individual discussion on issues, but the Yukon's medical health officer is deeming it a success.

July 31, 2006

• Carcross rejoins White Pass intinerary The White Pass and Yukon Route will begin scheduled passenger service between Skagway and Carcross in May 2007, the company announced Saturday.
• Polling stations could combine Riverdale voters may be mingling with the voters of the downtown and Marwell neighbourhoods come Oct. 19.
• Emergency landing made A Sun Country Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Saturday at Whitehorse International Airport when one of its passengers had a fatal heart attack, said a witness to the event.
• Fifteen-year-old fire still in litigation A visiting Yukon Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision on the fate of two lawsuits over the January 1991 fire that destroyed the original Saan store in Whitehorse.
• Government, Fulda sign new marketing plan The Yukon government has signed another two year co-operative marketing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Fulda Challenge Extreme Arctic Winter Adventure.
• Lightning blamed for three blazes Old Crow reported its third fire of the season five kilometres east of Eagle Plains on Sunday.
• Anti-drug rally hears blunt messages In a show of community strength, approximately 200 people collected at Rotary Peace Park on Saturday afternoon to send drug dealers a message: you're not welcome in the Yukon.
• Legislative clerks meeting in city 'Once you get into it, you're completely unemployable for anything else,' Patrick Michael, the Yukon Legislative Assembly's clerk, says of his job. He's joking, but not quite.
• MLA Rouble seeks second term Patrick Rouble, the MLA for Southern Lakes, will seek the Yukon Party nomination for the Southern Lakes constituency at a nomination meeting scheduled for Wednesday.
• Klondike Spirit makes maiden voyage DAWSON CITY Conceived in Eagle, Alaska, and christened by the students of the Robert Service School in Dawson City, the Klondike Spirit has been overdue to arrive in its home port.
• Disabled ship is Aleutians-bound ANCHORAGE A crippled ship was drifting without a crew in U.S. waters over the weekend, moving closer to Alaska's Aleutian chain. The Cougar Ace was still listing sideways as it floated 146 miles south of Atka Island, the Coast Guard said.
• Aircraft being dismantled KODIAK, Alaska (AP) The Coast Guard C-130 that went off the runway in Saint Paul last month is being dismantled.
• Pilot is found alive HALL BEACH, Nunavut (CP) The pilot and lone occupant of a small plane that disappeared in Nunavut last week has been found alive and in good condition.