Whitehorse Daily Star

February 21, 2006

• You forced a referendum, council told Whitehorse is headed for a referendum on the future of development in city greenbelts.
• Children escape serious injury Charges are pending in two traffic accidents Monday afternoon, as RCMP continue to caution drivers that winter isn't over.
• Man fined $100 for smoking in bar Brian Santa admits he was smoking in the bar at the '98 Hotel when city bylaw Const. Mike Hardie walked in last Dec. 2.
• City isn't doing a roundabout survey A roundabout survey circulating through Riverdale is not from the municipal government, says Coun. Bev Buckway.
• MD faces charge of wasting meat Watson Lake's longtime physician will plead later this month to a charge of wasting meat.
• Musher hopes leaders had miserable' time DAWSON CITY While the three Yukon Quest front runners are battling it out for first position (see p. 5), another three men are pushing to come into the finish line in fourth place.
• Three front runners dash toward Dawson DAWSON CITY Coming into the Scroggie Creek checkpoint, it looked like this year's Yukon Quest could be anyone's race. But now it's all about strategy.
• Dawson advisory body now up to full strength DAWSON CITY Two new members were added to the Trustee's Advisory Committee and introduced to the public at the Feb. 7 meeting of the committee.
• Female mushers look toward the finish line PELLY CROSSING There's some real motivation to finish the Yukon Quest and keep pushing to move up in positions, says veteran musher Kelley Griffin.
• I am the victim of a massive theft You can't imagine the shock and dismay I felt last Thursday when I viewed my hometown newspaper on the Internet and discovered that I have been the victim of a large-scale break, enter and theft by the government I helped elect!

February 20, 2006

• Arsonist given long list of probation terms A local man will spend two years on probation after being handed a suspended sentence by Chief Judge Heino Lilles on Friday for a charge of arson causing damage to property.
• Greenbelt's fate set for consultation After meetings with Yukon College as well as municipal and first nation governments, territorial officials are set to consult the public on the future of a controversial Porter Creek greenbelt.
• Hotel guilty of selling smokes to a minor Don't expect to pick up a pack of smokes at the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel gift shop for much longer.
• Officials disrespect me, says departing musher DAWSON CITY Veteran musher Hugh Neff says he was forced to withdraw from the Yukon Quest by race officials.
• Route change vote was close: mushers DAWSON CITY 'The 2006 Yukon Quest will not be finishing in Whitehorse this year. It will be finishing in Dawson,' race marshall Mike McCowan told a packed room at the town's checkpoint Friday afternoon.
• Banquet will help capital weather economic impact DAWSON CITY The actual economic impact the trail rerouting of this year's Yukon Quest will have on the territory remains to be seen. But race officials are already asking that Carmacks and Braeburn not be forgotten by mushers and Quest fans.
• Quest's front runners in playful mode PELLY CROSSING The front runners of the Yukon Quest are now just playing games with each other.
• It was a deadly trap for dogs': musher DAWSON CITY Whitehorse-area musher Paul Geoffrion scratched from the Yukon Quest at Mile 101 and he says he's glad he did.
• Snowmobilers found dead ARVIAT, Nunavut (CP) The bodies of two snowmobilers missing in Nunavut have been found by ground and air searchers.

February 17, 2006

• The Colourful Five Per Centô This is Dawson's Royal Alexandra Hotel The above photograph shows the Royal Alexandra Hotel that was located on Front Street, Dawson City.
• Available Light Film Festival to showcase films, guests The Available Light Film Festival is showcasing 20 Canadian and international films and bringing four guest filmmakers to the Yukon on Feb. 28 for six days of events at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, the Alpine Bakery and the Qwanlin Cinema Centre.
• Bookends Looking for salvation in the lessons of history During a winter when the six-hour February drive from Dawson City to Whitehorse takes you through a range of temperature from -6 to +6 degrees Celsius, it's easy to entertain the notion that something might be a little screwy with the ecosystem, Ronald Wright's reasonable sounding arguments for stopping to think about our own impact on that system do seem to make an abundant amount of sense.
• Quest won't end in Whitehorse DAWSON CITY This year's Yukon Quest will not be finishing in Whitehorse.
• We did our best, Yukon Energy declares Don't expect the lights to come on any faster than they did on Jan. 29, should the same series of events lead to a major power outage.
• Moccasin find an amazing discovery' The discovery and reconstruction of what's believed to be Canada's oldest moccasin was announced Thursday by Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor.
• Dynamite-like material stored here after highway accident There was little hazard to public safety when some of the 36,000 lbs. of dynamite-like explosives in a semi-trailer spilled in a crash off the Alaska Highway last Monday.
• Scabies spurs daycare closure A local daycare closed its doors Wednesday after a scabies outbreak affected staff and students.
• Rendezvous calls off dog races There will be no dog races during Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous festivities this year, officials announced at noon today.
• Emergency responder calls it a career Tom Fairman familiar to hundreds of Yukoners as one of the many who've responded to their emergency needs is retired.
• Community honours pioneer pilots They pioneered aviation in the Yukon and were honoured at a ceremony held at the Yukon Transportation Museum earlier this month.
• Race leader ready to run 20 hours straight DAWSON CITY Lance Mackey, last year's Yukon Quest winner, was the first musher to arrive in Dawson Thursday afternoon and predicts the rest of the teams will have a hard time catching up.
• Vets determine problem with Dalton's dog DAWSON CITY A dog dropped by veteran musher Dave Dalton in Eagle, Alaska has required a catheter to be inserted into his bladder.
• Quest mushers look forward to sleep in Dawson DAWSON CITY After spending the last week coping with lack of sleep, mushers are now arriving into Dawson City for a 36-hour layover.
• Mines buyer optimistic money can be made With several million dollars on the table to purchase the Elsa silver mines, the man spearheading the deal says there are no guarantees about going back into production.
• YTG's commitment to wildlife questioned Uncertainty is growing among members of the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Association about the territorial government's financial commitment to manage wildlife populations.
• Tracing the history of the native craft show Further to the article in last Friday's Star, I took the time to research the history of the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous native craft show from 1970 to 1984. There may have been native craft shows since 1984, but 1970 through 1984 are the years I chose to research.