Whitehorse Daily Star

September 20, 2005

• Booming economy fuelling housing demands The Yukon's economy and growing population are driving the demand for housing in the territory, says Carol Freketich, regional economist with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC).
• Technological advances can change communities Telecommunications and the introduction of broadband Internet may make communities more connected, but it can also fundamentally change the way communities function.
• Growing city needs new firetruck The Whitehorse Fire Department requires $627,864 to purchase a new aerial ladder/pumper truck if fires in multi-storey buildings are to be fought effectively, city council heard Monday night.
• This is a day to celebrate': engineer WOLVERINE MINE DEPOSIT After months of tunneling hundreds of metres underground, zinc miners on the Wolverine property, 237 km northwest of Watson Lake, struck paydirt Monday.
• Yukoners among 3,000-strong ANWR rally Yukon MP Larry Bagnell and territorial Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell joined more than 3,000 people crowded in front of the U.S. Congress to protest plans to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) this morning.
• Territorial news release disappoints film group The Yukon Film Society has expressed 'disappointment' at a Yukon government news release issued last week announcing the Yukon Film and Sound Commission's new Yukon International Film Festival.
• Drug trade highlights police review meetings Illegal drugs, with all of the problems that spiral out from the trade, are the key complaint surfacing again and again at the policing review meetings currently being held in Whitehorse.
• Lang attended energy conference Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang is attending the Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference in New Brunswick. The event began Monday and ended today.
• Salmon numbers overwhelm town VALDEZ, Alaska (AP) This is a busy commercial and sport fishing town, and it normally smells a little ripe in late summer as unharvested pink salmon spawn and then die.

September 19, 2005

• All three canoeists wore floatation devices Two Whitehorse men drowned over the weekend after their canoe capsized in Fish Lake, say Whitehorse RCMP.
• Community centre delights Marsh Lakers TSL Construction has been awarded a $1.64-million contract to build a recreation centre at Marsh Lake.
• Police review gathering drew scant interest One question surfaced again and again at last Thursday evening's policing review meeting held at Kwanlin Dun's Na'Kwa'Ta'Ku Potlatch House: Where is everyone?
• CBC stashing away $1 million weekly: union The management of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) is banking $1 million a week and creating a 'slush fund' at the expense of locked-out employees who continue to walk the picket line.
• RCMP probe two burglaries Two homes in the Arkell-Granger area were hit by break and enters late last week, according to police.
• Tourism operators feel like low YTG priority DAWSON CITY The Downtown Hotel conference room was packed and standing room only at noon last Tuesday as more than 60 people crowded into a lunch meeting planned for 30 to discuss Dawson's tourism industry.

September 16, 2005

• Supportive housing options are numerous The Yukon used to be a place where few retired.
• A clever youngster fools the fairies While the publisher originally marketed this book and subsequent series as something for Harry Potter fans to read while they were waiting for the next book in the series, it really has very little to do with that type of writing.
• Building was gutted; officers were injured A man who pleaded guilty to setting a Dawson City RCMP building on fire in June was sentenced in territorial court in Whitehorse this morning.
• Star jumps aboard 2007 Canada Games team The Whitehorse Star is the newest diamond sponsor for the 2007 Canada Winter Games, the Games Host Society announced today.
• Economics propell Air North out of Fairbanks Air North is cancelling its Fairbanks flight for the winter, as part of a new northern schedule coming on line Oct. 1, company president Joe Sparling said Wednesday.
• Highway access decision pending: official Contrary to rumours, territorial highways officials say a decision on whether the government will permit highway access to the controversial Takhini West development has not yet been made.
• Wave foiler would save lives, man insists No stranger to big water and the ravages of unruly surf along the coast of England, Peter Woloszeniuk came up with his idea to protect the shoreline and inhabitants beyond some three decades ago.
• Former councillor wants to sample territorial politics 'Here I am,' Samson Hartland, a Porter Creek resident and former city councillor, said today, announcing his desire to win the NDP nomination to run in Copperbelt in the pending territorial byelection.
• Taylor selling Yukon in Europe Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor is in Europe this week to promote the territory as a year-round travel destination.
• Yukoners head to Washington rally Stakeholders are gearing up for the Arctic Refuge Action Day in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
• Photographer has captured two generations DAWSON CITY The school year in the Yukon begins in Dawson City, so that makes the Robert Service School the first stop on photographer Ron Wilson's fall schedule.
• Stress safety, WCB urges employers The Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board wants to see 80 per cent of workplaces naming safety as their top priority by 2008.
• Court will hear first nation leadership case The Yukon Supreme Court will hear a case that argues the current acting chief of the Ta'an Kw‰ch'‰n First Nation has no claim to power.
• Ex-grand chief has new job The Dakh-ka Tlingit Nation says Albert James has been elected as the new Kh‡ sh‚de heni (head chief).
• Window specialists looking at new quarters Northerm Windows is looking at buying the old Kelly Douglas Ltd. warehouse to accommodate what the company's general manager describes as a significant boost in business.