Whitehorse Daily Star

October 28, 2005

• Yukon Playback Theatre to mark World Kindness Day During the week of Nov. 13-19, over 70 Playback Theatre companies on six continents will celebrate World Kindness Day with co-ordinated Playback Theatre productions, sharing the single theme of Acts of Kindness.
• Northwestel art entries posted on website Beginning last Tuesday, northerners have had the opportunity to view the selection of entries in Northwestel Inc.'s 2006-07 directory cover art competition.
• Musician appreciative of award nomination VANCOUVER Nominated for Outstanding Rock Recording for the 2005 Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMAs) was a band called Boy, led by former Whitehorse resident Stephen Kozmeniuk.
• Repeating himself is not a problem for Stephen King A year or so ago, Stephen King announced that he was seriously considering retiring from writing, out of a concern that he might be repeating himself. The occasion was the hardcover release of the novel From a Buick 8.
• Guilty plea entered in Pelly Crossing stabbing A woman accused of murdering a Pelly Crossing man entered a guilty plea in Yukon Supreme Court this morning for the lesser charge of manslaughter.
• Court orders home returned to woman A Yukon Supreme Court justice has ordered Xpress Furniture owners Russell and Heather Griffiths to return a house to a Whitehorse woman after they emptied the building of its contents and changed the locks while she was out of town.
• YTG, coalition stalemated,' chair says The Yukon government appears to be abandoning its financial commitments and promise of co-operation to the Aboriginal Pipeline Coalition (APC), says Mike Smith, chair of the Alaska Highway Aboriginal Pipeline Coalition and chief of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation.
• Doug Craig recalled as a dear, dear man' Doug Craig, a community-minded resident of Whitehorse for 36 years, died Tuesday after a battle with a rare form of cancer that attacks the blood system.
• Anti-smoking effort begins Bright colours, catchy music and non-traditional venues are being employed to make the Yukon government's new young adult tobacco cessation campaign stand out.
• Budget documents leave NDP leader dumbfounded The budget documents tabled Thursday in the legislature show 'a high degree of incompetence,' says NDP Leader Todd Hardy.
• Blacksmith's shop undergoing work DAWSON CITY Princess Street has been narrowed by a lane recently while Parks Canada crews have been working on the preservation of Billy Biggs Blacksmith, which is located at the corner of Princess Street and Third Avenue.
• Man pleads guilty to manslaughter A Watson Lake man pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a territorial court hearing late last week.
• Premier warms up to firefighters' contributions Premier Dennis Fentie recognized five Yukon firefighters with almost 70 collective years of outstanding service at a special ceremony held Wednesday.
• Flood threats stressed at board hearings DAWSON CITY When a government has gone to the length of calling a press conference (last July 28) to place a project like the Yukon River bridge on hold, the public might expect that regulatory activity connected to this project would wind down.
• Yukoner is enjoying Red Chamber duties Whitehorse resident Bhreagh Dabbs is taking on a work experience that only 15 young Canadians get a year.

October 27, 2005

• Mother will be sentenced Nov. 25 The sentencing hearing for a Dawson City woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the death of her infant child finished in Yukon Supreme Court Wednesday afternoon.
• Village still on track despite tender cancellation: official The cancellation of a tender package for the city's Canada Winter Games athletes' village will not delay construction of the $31.4-million facility.
• Feeding program office to open soon The Yukon Food for Learning Association and the Department of Education will officially open their school feeding program office at Whitehorse Elementary School at noon on Nov. 1.
• Discord evident before MLAs even take seats The fall sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly began this afternoon and the opposition is already concerned about what work will be done in the house.
• Social issues dominate cabinet encounter The Yukon Party government had the opportunity to tout its work on the social side of the ledger at Wednesday night's community tour in Whitehorse.
• Show chooses territory for season finale Four contestants in one of China's most popular reality television shows landed at Whitehorse International Airport late Wednesday afternoon.
• Chamber plans a waterfront session The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce will host a luncheon Nov. 1 to give its members a chance to meet the city's waterfront development consultants and ask questions.

October 26, 2005

• Court hears of bereaved daughter's pain Karen Rodrigue was convicted of second-degree murder last night when a Yukon Supreme Court jury returned after more than a day of deliberations.
• Business foundation laid for The Brick Plans to bring The Brick furniture franchise to Whitehorse are in the final stages, Erik Hougen, owner of the now-closed Home Centre Plus business, confirmed Tuesday.
• Decision will help Yukon boy The life of Mackenzie Olsen, who suffers from a rare and potentially deadly enzyme disorder, is about to get better.
• Disaster Day' set for Saturday With early winter come the inevitable bad driving conditions and accidents.
• Resident will be offered a lot A resident of the city's Squatters Row area may become the newest owner of a city country-residential property, city council decided Monday night.
• Rate review is inevitable, YECL says There will need to be another rate review for the territory's electrical consumers in the near future, says Ed Sager, the spokesman for Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd.
• YCS condemns absence of discussion of mining rules The territorial government has failed miserably in its duty to consult Yukoners, says a spokeswoman for the Yukon Conservation Society.
• Memberships to Games Centre prove a hot item Whitehorse residents are flocking to the Canada Games Centre to buy memberships.
• Halloween for Hunger campaign underway The Whitehorse Girl Guide Pathfinders unit is organizing its second annual Halloween for Hunger campaign here.
• Reduce speed, drivers warned The Government of Yukon has unveiled its new 'Slow Down Yukon' campaign to promote safe winter driving throughout the territory.
• Yukon Forum still a go, premier says Dissatisfaction from various first nation governments will not have an impact on the standing of the Yukon Forum, Premier Dennis Fentie told a press conference this morning.