Whitehorse Daily Star

February 24, 2006

• The Colourful Five Per Centô Memories of the colourful Whiskey Flats In the 1950s and '60s, as a young artist, I used to often sketch in Whiskey Flats.
• From at-risk youth to emerging artists Youth from the Sundog Retreat carving program will be showing their works in an innovative partnership with the Yukon Arts Society gallery in Whitehorse, beginning March 3.
• Noted librarian put her heart into her work Ed. note: Bette Colyer, the Yukon's first regional librarian, died last October in Bridgetown, N.S., at the age of 85.
• All-girl rock band The Organ was a Frostbite highlight 'The name's not a male reference, only males think that,' said Katie Sketch, lead singer and founder of the all-girl rock band, The Organ.
• Bookends Buffie plays games among the dimensions in The Seeker A few years ago, I reviewed a book called The Watcher by Magaret Buffie.
• Arts Fund grants $200,197 to 22 Yukon projects The territorial Arts Fund is contributing $200,197 to 22 projects that address the creative development of the arts in the Yukon, Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor announced last Monday.
• Policy vacuum leaves developers perplexed There is no official private development policy for land in Whitehorse, leading to confusion among developers and a lack of transparency in the land application process.
• Games volunteer drive kicks off The Canada Games Host Society began its volunteer drive today, a year to the day before the 2007 Games begin.
• Knee, back ailments force musher to quit race PELLY CROSSING After battling severe knee and back pain for much of the Yukon Quest, Whitehorse-area musher Kyla Boivin scratched from the race in Pelly Crossing Thursday.
• Moose excursion misadventure costs hunter a fine, donation A Yukon moose has cost a hunter $750.
• Serious accidents' trouble councillor The city is monitoring accidents at Second and Fourth Avenues to see if the intersection is safe for motorists, city council has heard.
• Stranger lingering outside local school Whitehorse RCMP are warning parents and students to be on alert after receiving three reports this week of a suspicious man hanging around Grey Mountain Primary School.
• Mercer Report hits Whitehorse The annual Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous festival attracts all kinds of people including Rick Mercer, host of the Rick Mercer Report.
• Drugs destructive', D.A.R.E. grads told When Tamara Morrissey is offered drugs, she knows eight ways to say no.
• Sun transit disruptions may affect services Telecommunications services across the North may be affected by brief sun transit disruptions later this month and in early March.
• Businesses digest impact of Quest not ending here There's no snow track beside the Yukon River this year. There aren't any large groups of handlers and mushers' families milling around Main Street waiting for the last few stragglers to come in.
• Musher questions wisdom of qualifying races The Yukon Quest's practice of requiring rookies to run qualifying races before hitting the 1,600-kilometre trail sends the wrong message, says Alaska musher Dave Dalton.
• Top auditor praises YTG's accountabililty The Auditor General of Canada is pleased with progress she's seeing in Yukon government accountability, she told business and community leaders last week in Whitehorse.
• Annual heritage awards presented Three current or former Yukon residents and a territorial planning board received heritage awards from the Yukon Historical and Museums Association last Monday evening in a ceremony held at the Yukon Transportation Museum.
• Accused enters not guilty plea A Whitehorse man facing a charge of aggravated assault pleaded not guilty in territorial court Wednesday.
• Hepatitis C under scrutiny at conference The Blood Ties Four Directions Centre staged a two-day conference this week aimed at educating Yukoners on some of the latest research about Hepatitis C.
• Rose readied for adventure tourism light' DAWSON CITY Marc Johnston originally hoped to re-launch the Yukon Rose in the early summer of 2003.
• Alaska woman jailed for theft of identities JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A woman will serve two years in prison for stealing the identities of at least two people.
• Dawson boundary growth issue resurfaces ill Bowie is thinking about boundary expansion in Dawson City.

February 23, 2006

• Bagnell becomes Northern Affairs critic As the new Liberal critic for Northern Affairs, says Yukon MP Larry Bagnell,he's in a primary position to ensure previous federal commitments to the North are fulfilled.
• Fentie scheduled to see Harper Premier Dennis Fentie, along with his colleagues from the Council of the Federation, will meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper tomorrow and Saturday in Ottawa.
• Imprisonment is appropriate,' driver told A Yukon Supreme Court judge has turned a six-month probation order into a three-month conditional sentence for a Haines Junction man involved in a fatal highway collision in Whitehorse.
• Moves designed to benefit municipal employees In a move designed to give municipal government employees more flexibility with their careers, the city has added new initiatives to its employment arsenal.
• Musher Dalton follows top trio in DAWSON CITY Eight Yukon Quest teams have arrived into the Dawson City finish line with the remaining four teams expected to trickle in over the next day or so.
• Mackey's victory didn't end action on the trail DAWSON CITY The Yukon Quest's three front runners may have crossed the finish line here on Tuesday night, but the push for spots in the middle of the pack continued through Wednesday.
• Council asked to City council has been asked to re-budget unused funds in 2005 to the 2006 budget.

February 22, 2006

• Error made Mackey cry like a baby' DAWSON CITY Lance Mackey crossed the finish line here at 8:29 Tuesday evening and won the 2006 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
• Gatt and Kleedehn end Quest six minutes apart DAWSON CITY Hans Gatt and William Kleedehn arrived at the Yukon Quest finish line in second and third place only six minutes apart last night.
• Group has generated more than $400,000 for chalet The Great Northern Ski Society (GNSS) has raised more than $400,000 on behalf of the city to build a ski chalet at Mt. Sima this year, city council heard Monday evening.
• MLAs' survey an election gambit', mayor declares A Riverdale roundabout survey is misleading the public and is little more than a territorial election stunt by the neighbourhood's MLAs.
• Club will purchase its building The City of Whitehorse has donated $100,000 to the local Boys and Girls Club (BGC) to help the organization purchase a building.
• Northern musical legend dies at 75 A pillar in the Yukon's entertainment industry, Bill Reid gave more to his community than a half-century of melody a lot more, by all accounts.
• City still wondering about fate of buses The city still has no word on whether a federal funding application to acquire new buses to add to its aging fleet will be approved, members of council heard Monday evening.