Whitehorse Daily Star

May 18, 2006

• Jury hears about body recovery scene Whitehorse RCMP Const. Elaine Maisonneuve was working the general duty beat on Dec. 27, 2004 when she stopped the patrol car in the Wolf Creek neighbourhood to look at some tire tracks.
• Council no threat to first nation government CARCROSS A local advisory council (LAC) in Carcross would not undermine the authority of first nation self-government or affect land claim agreements, say government officials.
• Territory preparing for pandemic outbreak The Yukon's planning for the possible future outbreak of a pandemic will have a focus on minimizing the effects on the economy.
• Pact ready to sign In a move designed to make land development in Whitehorse less cumbersome and avoid more development controversy, the city and the Yukon government (YTG) are set to sign a land development protocol.
• Help snuff out homophobia, rally speakers urge public The Regional Whitehorse Pride Committee held a lunchtime rally Wednesday in recognition of the 4th annual National Day Against Homophobia.
• Council would play key role, MLA says CARCROSS A Local Advisory Council (LAC) would assist the Yukon government in addressing local issues in Carcross and give community members a clearer line of communication to the government.
• Photographer designed winning poster Eli Pasquali, an 18-year-old freelance photographer, designed the winning poster in a contest run by the territorial Women's Directorate as part of Sexual Assault Month.
• Quebec students enjoyed experience in the territory Some Quebec students enjoyed an education vacation as part of an exchange program partially sponsored by the federal government.

May 17, 2006

• Everything happened pretty fast,' court told After Robert Olson died, Dean Boucher told the Whitehorse RCMP front desk staff that Olson was dead from an accident he, Boucher, had nothing to do with.
• Lang stays mum on queries about letter In April 2003, a letter was sent from the office of Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang regarding the now controversial big game outfitters land policy.
• Quartet arrested during high-risk take-down' Four teenagers were arrested at gunpoint Monday night on Main Street after what appears to be an ill-gotten prank gone sour.
• Caribou adjusting to loss of chum Boo, the one-year-old abandoned caribou, seems to be getting over the loss of her companion, Chance, the young abandoned muskox that died of liver failure in late March.
• Man menaced at knife-point Two Whitehorse youth accused of attempted armed robbery were arrested last Sunday after a man in his mid-50s was threatened at knife-point, said Whitehorse RCMP Sgt. Ross Milward.
• Carcross residents plan to debate democracy In what's being called a quest for a democratic voice, Carcross residents will be pushing for the right to form a Local Advisory Council (LAC) tonight.
• McIntyre Creek, river receiving spruce-up The Ta'an Kw‰ch'‰n Council has received $81,000 from the Community Development Fund to clean up the old Range Road dumpsite located on portions of the Yukon River and lower McIntyre Creek and associated riparian zones.
• April proved to be soaking wet April turned out to be very wet this year, Environment Canada reports. 'Wet being a relative term, as the actual amounts of precipitation weren't all that large, but comparing it to normal Yukon April amounts, it was very wet,' said Environment Canada's Bill Miller.
• Local government called the business of all DAWSON CITY Andre Carrel's experience here consists of several years as the town's manager in the early 1980s, then as the financial supervisor who recommended the removal of an elected council just over two years ago.
• Washington an eye-opener for student Conal Slobodin, a Vanier Catholic Secondary School student, came away enthused from the Presidential Classroom Future World Leaders Summit he attended in Washington in March.
• Contaminated soil is being removed Contaminated soil beneath a downtown commercial building is not related to the unknown fuel leak a block away, says the Department of Environment.

May 16, 2006

• We've never had an error this big' People responsible for running the Canada Games Centre and the city's Department of Parks and Recreation should face consequences for budgeting errors that will see the new facility cost $773,000 more a year to run than expected.
• It's time for eight-storey buildings: mayor In order for Whitehorse's main commercial area to grow and and redevelop, the city should allow eight-storey buildings to be built in the downtown core, says Mayor Ernie Bourassa.
• Victim was brutally beaten, robbed: Crown Crown counsel was expected to continue calling witnesses today in the second-degree murder trial of Dean Boucher and Mark Lange.
• It's just a trap waiting to kill things' A hawk that likely died a slow death after getting tangled in fishing line at the pumphouse pond serves as a chilling reminder for anglers, says a wildlife technician.
• Hundreds exposed to territory's potential: Fentie Hundreds of delegates from across Canada's North were shown why Yukon is a great place to invest and do business, the Yukon government said today.
• Crews attending to deficiencies at Games centre The Canada Games Centre has been receiving a bit of a face lift recently.
• Group will proceed with food bank The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition got the ball rolling on a Whitehorse food bank at its annual general meeting last Thursday evening.
• Children need better protection: opposition The opposition parties are demanding the government moves forward on recommendations made in the Christianson-Wood review of the death of a seven-week-old infant.
• Group will be created to allocate $50 M for housing A working group will soon be established to determine how to spend $50 million in federal money for affordable housing in the territory.
• Judge ponders bid to drop names from suit Individuals named in a suit against the Yukon government will have to wait to find out whether their names are taken off the claim.
• Health fair attracted many parents, kids The Department of Health and Social Services held a health fair for three- and five-year-olds last Friday at the government building on Quartz Road.
• Film entering animation stage The short film How People Got Fire is entering into the animation phase of its development.