Whitehorse Daily Star

September 12, 2005

• Yukoner wins big in lottery Although Lotteries Yukon officials are not yet able to officially confirm it, Whitehorse resident Scott McCarthy won $1 million last week.
• NDP commands two opinion polls Two polls are suggesting the New Democratic Party is poised to win the next territorial election.
• Former day care worker sentenced for possession of child pornography A former day care worker who was convicted of possessing child pornography was given a nine-month conditional sentence in territorial court Friday.
• New film festival to be announced The 30th anniversary of the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival will present a rare opportunity to announce the first annual Yukon International Film Festival.
• Lockout called despicable, disrespectful' A cut of more than $400 million from the budget of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) by the Liberal government in the 1990s is much of the reason 5,500 CBC employees are off the air.
• Broker violated insurance rules, YTG concludes Joanne Walker, the owner and broker for Territories Insurance Solutions, was operating in violation of the Yukon's Insurance Act, says Janet Zral, the territory's deputy superintendent of insurance.
• One-Tonne Challenge event set The City of Whitehorse will hold a One-Tonne Challenge drop-in workshop this Friday to help people who want to make their homes more energy-efficient.

September 9, 2005

• Bookends: This hero has to clean up some unfinished business We meet Jack Reacher 11 days after the beginning of his latest adventure, not that he would call it that.
• An evening of art sweeps across Whitehorse Thursday was a busy night for the arts community in Whitehorse. A new play debuted at the Guild Hall, three new exhibits at the Yukon Arts Centre opened and in downtown Whitehorse, two art exhibits went on display.
• Canada poised for long-term boom: Trudeau Economically, Canada will be able to do extraordinarily well over the next several decades, says Justin Trudeau, son of former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
• Arntzen's victims' pain will endure, Hardy says 'I don't know if you can ever say there's a strong-enough sentence,' Opposition Leader Todd Hardy says of Thursday's 15-month conditional sentence handed to outgoing Copperbelt MLA Haakon Arntzen.
• Interest groups didn't sway plan, council told Special interest groups in Whitehorse did not exert undue influence in the process that will lead to the development of a new downtown plan.
• Katimavik studies drop-off of northern interest Katimavik wants to figure out how to better serve the North.
• Mixed minds greet proposed development Residents of the Takhini Hot Springs Rural Subdivision got a glimpse of potential development being planned for the area at a public meeting hosted by the Yukon government and Inukshuk Planning and Development consultants.
• Crews work late to restore power Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. crews worked late into the night Thursday to restore power after two separate outages in the downtown and Porter Creek areas of Whitehorse that started late in the afternoon.
• Lack of consultation dumbfounds' resident Some residents of Porter Creek have taken aim at city council over a study that outlines further residential development possibilities in their neighbourhood.
• String of conditions clamped on outgoing MLA Copperbelt MLA Haakon Arntzen was sentenced to a 15-month conditional term late Thursday afternoon as a result of his conviction last May of indecent assault.

September 8, 2005

• Byelection: We're going to move quickly' The residents of Copperbelt can expect a byelection to be called in the near future, Premier Dennis Fentie said today.
• Improve peak-hour bus service: task force In order to encourage more people to ride public transit in Whitehorse, there needs to be more frequent, timely and more direct or express service during peak hours, city council heard Tuesday night.
• Vessel's owner wants to fix Dawson's dock DAWSON CITY Holland America Lines, owner of the Yukon Queen II, is proposing to help the City of Dawson come up with a more effective way of handling its floating dock.
• It's time to make a noise,' protesters told A protest meant to call for the removal of Haakon Arntzen, the independent MLA for Copperbelt, quickly turned into a commentary on the Yukon Party government's lack of action into the matter over the summer months on Wednesday following an announcement that the politician will resign.
• Firefighters summoned to hospital A small piece of equipment caught fire at Whitehorse General last night. At around 8:20 p.m., a two-year-old piece of equipment caught fire in the laboratory.
• The Yukon is a living disaster,' FASSY says While some Yukoners are digging into their wallets to help victims of hurricane Katrina, there are people living in crisis across the territory who need that kind of help daily, say workers at the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society Yukon (FASSY).