Whitehorse Daily Star

January 6, 2006

• Youth art tour begins at the ODD Gallery in Dawson City DAWSON CITY The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Youth Art Enrichment Program's Student Exhibition began its annual tour in Dawson City last month at the ODD Gallery.
• The chilling story of a life, a death and life after death 'My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.'
• MP is part of the problem: McLaughlin Audrey McLaughlin, the former leader of the New Democratic Party, has emerged from a two-year absence from Canada and vocally thrown her support behind Yukon candidate Pam Boyde and the NDP for the 2006 election.
• City won't enter permit matter The City of Whitehorse will not intervene in the matter of Archie and Karen Lang having work done on Yukon government land without permits.
• Candidates poised for campaign's home stretch With about two weeks left until the polling day of the federal election, the Yukon candidates are stepping up their campaigns.
• New health minister greets new doctor Health and Social Services Minister Brad Cathers has welcomed the Yukon's newest doctor to the territory.
• Local diva' auditions for show Whitehorse singer Sonja Anderson will appear on prime time television at 9 p.m. Saturday as one of the hundreds of aspiring opera stars on the Bravo Network's new series Bathroom Divas.
• Snow carvers' itinerary to span three continents A trio of Whitehorse residents is getting psyched-up for a five-city, three-continent snow-carving tour.
• Five drivers were charged Of 5,883 drivers pulled over by Whitehorse RCMP during the holiday check-stop initiative, five were charged with impaired driving, according to RCMP figures provided Thursday.
• The Colourful Five Per Centô Which historic dredge is this? This great photograph was taken by John Wilkie of Dawson City, Yukon. This is a wonderful kind of eerie scene and is one of the best dredge pictures I've seen.
• It looked like a bomb went off,' Yukoner says 'It wasn't our job to simply demolish houses but to reach the victims of hurricane Katrina on a personal level.'

January 5, 2006

• Pope appoints Bishop of Whitehorse The Roman Catholic Pope has appointed a new Bishop of Whitehorse.
• Gas prices steer more riders onto buses In what may be an effort to protect their pocketbooks from pump prices, the citizens of Whitehorse are leaving their vehicles at home and taking public transit.
• Recipient's efforts have spanned decades Al Loewen says he's honoured to have received a Public Service Award at the annual Commissioner's New Year's Levee.
• Athletes' village project going well, official says Mike Frasher, project manager of the 2007 Canada Winter Games athletes' village, predicts it will be 'a busy next three months.
• Airports reflect reduced flights pattern Two of the Yukon's largest centres had the number of airplanes using their landing strips cut in half last year.
• Share your vehicles, local motorists urged In an effort to reduce Whitehorsians' environmental footprint in the Yukon, city officials are asking local motorists to get together and carpool.
• New walking map released In an effort to get Yukoners out and about, the Recreation and Parks Association of the Yukon (RPAY) has released a new downtown walking map.
• School experiment buoys sewage lagoon concept DAWSON CITY The reports aren't all in yet, but the experiments are over. If the official government study turns out the same as the one conducted by the Chemistry 11 class at Robert Service School, an aerated lagoon system will work for treating Dawson City's sewage.
• Veteran taxidermist pleads not guilty to export charge The co-owner of the Caribou Crossing tourist facility in Carcross pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of breaking international export laws.
• Iditarod field attracts 61 Alaskans KENAI, Alaska (AP) Ninety-nine mushers including 61 from Alaska have entered the 2006 running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

January 4, 2006

• E-mail lists could become public: union A recent court decision involving the territorial government's much-lamented computer porn investigation could spring loose substantial new information, says the president of the Yukon Employees Union.
• Insurance company owner's case adjourned to Jan. 18 The case of Joanne Walker, a local insurance saleswoman facing 28 criminal charges related to her business, was in court this morning but was adjourned to Jan. 18.
• Bootlegger's planned closure called a business decision' Whitehorse's Bootlegger store will close on Jan. 11.
• Working poor need assistance: advocate A number of full-time employees in fast food and chain stores don't receive a living wage and are forced to go to soup kitchens to make ends meet.
• Canadian Tire's move still a go, owner says The local Canadian Tire store still plans to relocate and expand this year. According to store owner Daniel Charlebois, the deal that will see the store move to the commercial space between Wal-Mart and Two Mile Hill is almost official.
• Ombudsman making headway on solving disputes There have been important gains in resolving disputes with the government in their early stages, says Yukon ombudsman Hank Moorlag.
• ICE Wireless queries handling of projects ICE Wireless has been shut out of the latest telecommunications developments in the Yukon.
• Respected educator ends 31-year career DAWSON CITY The former school room at St. Mary's Catholic Church was the setting as friends and colleagues of Carol McCauley gathered to offer her best wishes on her retirement.
• Rent-a-Wreck is looking north An Outside corporation seeking someone to Rent-a-Wreck to locals and tourists has had one response in two weeks.
• New Year's Eve had police hopping The Whitehorse RCMP detachment was pretty busy on New Year's Eve, says Sgt. John Sutherland.
• Death in Venice wins New Year's battle of the bands Amid a packed house of impassioned music lovers at the Yukon Inn last Saturday night, the blaring guitars and screaming vocalists of eight local bands ushered in the new year.