Whitehorse Daily Star

July 25, 2006

• Helicopter accident kills geologist A blow to the head by a helicopter rotor has left a Department of Energy, Mines and Resources employee dead.
• Dempster accident claims five lives Five people died in a traffic accident on the Dempster Highway Monday evening, the RCMP reported today.
• Premier in Newfoundland for meetings Premier Dennis Fentie is in Newfoundland this week to take part in meeting with aboriginal leaders and the Council of the Federation.
• Man stabbed at '98 Hotel A stabbing at the '98 Hotel has netted an Edmonton man a charge of aggravated assault.
• Beaver Creek called top priority Firefighters are continuing to work on the Beaver Creek forest fire, which is now estimated at 6,900 hectares.
• Golf course plan passes another hurdle The owners of the Meadow Lakes Golf Course have teed off on their plans for a proposed housing development next to the course, but it's far from a hole in one.
• Council agrees to hear more on planned day care centre Lori Austin will have her proposal for a downtown day care centre heard, but only by a one-vote margin.
• Man appalled by incident with driver It was half an hour before local RCMP responded to Collin Moonen's complaint of a suspected drunk driver he witnessed travel from Range Road onto Mountainview and into Porter Creek before barricading himself inside his house.
• Unity to be general assembly focus MAYO The Council of Yukon First Nations' (CYFN) annual general assembly began this morning in this central Yukon community.
• Yukon first nations need to make own policies: elder MAYO Yukon first nations no longer need to rely on the government to make decisions for them and need to start making their own policies on a number of issues.
• Report on offender still being prepared It will be another two weeks before a local man will learn his fate.
• Group endorses anti-drug dealer tactics In a small gathering of mostly reporters and a few board members, the Downtown Residents Association had strong messages Monday about drug pushers and the youth who want them gone.

July 24, 2006

• Leave now, premier tells pushers While trying to temper a response to what he said may or may not be vigilanteism, Premier Dennis Fentie has only one message for the city's drug dealers: 'Saddle up and get the hell out of the Yukon!'
• Expert will study intersection City council has planned an independent review of the most dangerous intersection in Whitehorse Second and Fourth Avenues.
• Ice Age mammals exhibit draws many Nearly 100,000 visitors viewed the Ice Age Mammals exhibit while at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa this year. The travelling display is on display at the Montreal Science Centre this summer.
• Pre-sentence report to be prepared for offender A pre-sentence report will play a role in David Wiebe's sentence for the 2005 aggravated assault he was convicted of last March.
• Premier's aide humbled' by fellowship Rick Nielsen says he dismissed the idea of applying for the $20,000 Action Canada fellowship about 100 times.
• Beaver Creek-area fire grows Air tankers and firefighters responded to a 0.1-hectare fire Saturday on the Wheaton River.
• Energy, mines ministers to meet The country's Energy and Mines Ministers will be convening in Whitehorse in August.
• Major fire deemed suspicious A suspicious fire early this morning not only destroyed the garage where it started, but also damaged a house and car next to it and took out area power lines.
• Resource royalties flow Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang has announced that Yukon first nations with final land claim agreements are receiving nearly $1 million in resource royalties.

July 21, 2006

• The hard case world of Hieronymous Bosch I'm quietly working my way through Michael Connelly's Harry (for Hieronymous) Bosch mysteries.
• Simply Undone is simply beautiful music Not quite folk, Gibson's acoustic blend of guitar, voice and the occasional violin or drum, more resembles light pop, like the early days of Jewel.
• Eclectic mix prepares to play Dawson City music fest Christened 'Canada's tiny, perfect festival' by Vancouver's Georgia Straight magazine, the Dawson City Music Festival this weekend promises another year of stellar entertainment.
• It's the dealers that are doing the beating' For the second evening in a row, young people were standing guard on Main Street on Thursday to send drug dealers a message: get out of Whitehorse.
• Hunter's offences cost him a collective $6,500 There won't be any hunting trips for Robert Candow this fall. In April, Candow was convicted by territorial court Judge John Faulkner on two counts of breaking the Wildlife Act.
• YTG taxiing airport expansion plan The Yukon government is working on a plan to expand the Whitehorse airport to make it better able to accommodate international flights.
• People coming here need a place to live' Ed. note: this is the thrd part of a series, published Fridays, examining the city's changing real estate market and development patterns.
• Thousands of artifacts unveiled in new display DAWSON CITY It's not often that a new exhibit showcasing more than 3,000 artifacts can be opened in one evening. The unveiling of the Dawson City Museum's new Visible Storage exhibit on June 9, however, did just that.
• Dawson museum director bids farewell DAWSON CITY A week or so before her last day on the job as director of the Dawson City Museum, Julia Pike seemed almost to be regretting she won't see the unveiling of one more big project completed on her watch.
• Case shows human rights laws' weaknesses According to the executive director of the Yukon Human Rights Commission, Cheryl Clarke's case of sexual discrimination has become very unusual.
• Cadets learn discipline, adventure skills We walked down a dull white hallway in the headquarters building, passing uniformed officers along the way.
• Judge orders names dropped from lawsuit Four individuals will no longer have their names attached to a lawsuit filed by Sa Tan after Yukon Supreme Court Justice Leigh Gower ordered they cease to be parties to the legal action.
• Mitchell doesn't buy the assurances of big surplus 'It is fairly easy to project a surplus if you're going to leave major projects out of the budget,' says Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell.
• Liberals nominate vote candidate Tagish resident Ethel Tizya has been nominated as the Yukon Liberal Party candidate in the riding of Southern Lakes.