Whitehorse Daily Star

September 7, 2005

• Rally set for CBC building Members of labour groups and the public are being urged to attend a noon rally in front of the CBC building in Whitehorse on Friday.
• Literacy advocate receives award George Green, a long-time Yukon literacy advocate, was presented with the Council of the Federation Literacy Award on Tuesday by Premier Dennis Fentie.
• Book store giant will definitely open here Indigo Books will definitely be coming to Whitehorse it's just a matter of when, says Indigo spokesperson Sorya Gaulin.
• Significant snowpack swelled Ear Lake's size, official says The mystery of why Ear Lake has risen 4.2 metres (14 feet) in three months has been solved the snowpack.
• YTG donates $25,000 to help hurricane victims Premier Dennis Fentie says the Yukon will do whatever it can to help Americans affected by Hurricane Katrina.
• Anti-crime groups' efforts bolstered Local organizations have received an influx of federal funds for crime prevention projects.
• Spectrum of nations produced new citizens DAWSON CITY The Commissioner's Residence on Front Street was the setting for the Yukon's latest citizenship court last Saturday.
• MLA will quit, lawyer notifies court During Copperbelt MLA Haaken Arntzen's sentencing hearing this morning, his lawyer announced Arntzen's resignation from the Yukon Legislative Assembly.
• Man may take legal action against development In a lively debate at Tuesday night's city council meeting, a Riverdale resident said he plans to file a court injunction on the grounds of health concerns to prevent further residential development in his neighbourhood.
• Locked-out CBC employee holds land lottery Whitehorse will have its latest land lottery, in the form of an art show, on Thursday evening.

September 6, 2005

• Hoteliers' team checks into winner's circle DAWSON CITY At 5 minutes past 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, it seemed as if the real tension in the 28th Klondike International Outhouse Race was whether the last team to enter would be able to get its outhouse decorated and ready before the race started.
• Citizenship granted after nine-decade wait It took 91 years, but Marianne Sahlstrom is now officially a Canadian citizen.
• Deal paves way for well-drilling loans In a move that would change the way accounting is done in municipal books, the Yukon government and the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) hammered out a well-drilling deal last Thursday.
• Protest underlines sour' relations with YTG DAWSON CITY The Tr'ond'k Hw'ch'in are feeling like their relationship with the Yukon Party government doesn't mean much anymore.

September 2, 2005

• Arts Centre lineup will please some, but not everyone The Yukon Arts Centre announced its fall and winter presentation schedule this week, including an eclectic mix of art, theatre, dance and music.
• A novel about coming of age in the Yukon bush Becky is a youngster with problems.
• Corset-shaped hangings examine society's underpinnings DAWSON CITY One sees them at first from a distance, a series of screens that seem to be hanging in the trees between the Commissioner's Residence and St. Paul's Anglican Church.
• Hurricane worsens spiralling heating fuel prices With the territory's heating fuel prices already 15 cents per litre higher than they were a year ago, Yukoners' pocketbooks are going to be hit even harder as prices are set to soar in the wake of hurricane Katrina.
• YTG called on to cushion the burden The Fentie government has no plan to protect Yukoners from escalating heating fuel prices and action needs to be taken if residents of the territory are to have enough money to stay warm in the coming months.
• Large sum of cash' was part of campground heist A safe containing money, phone cards and stamps was stolen from the Gold Rush Campground in Dawson City, the RCMP and Crime Stoppers said this week.
• Alcan Trail Blazers revised, expanded DAWSON CITY Earl Brown is The Milepost guy to most of the businesses that have even a magazine rack along the highways of the Yukon.
• NDP detects politics on eve of MLA's sentencing Premier Dennis Fentie not forcing the resignation of Copperbelt MLA Haakon Arntzen may have more to do with politics than waiting for the due course of the courts to conclude, says Opposition Leader Todd Hardy.
• We gathered here for everyone we've lost' The RCMP honoured fallen officers in a ceremony at Bennett Cemetery last Saturday, specifically commemorating a constable from the Carcross detachment.
• YTG helps out rural businesses The Yukon government's Department of Economic Development recently started a nine-month program to provide businesses support services in the three northern Yukon communities of Old Crow, Mayo and Dawson City.
• Cabinet's annual tour to start next week in Old Crow Premier Dennis Fentie and his cabinet colleagues will start their annual community tour next week.
• Driver, RCMP differ on radar detectors' purpose While it's illegal to operate radar detectors on highways in the Yukon, they're mainly used to warn drivers to keep their speed under control, according to one Whitehorse resident.
• Contest being flooded with entries: Taylor Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor says the latest tourism Four Friends, Four Days, Four Ways promotional campaign is encountering greater than anticipated success.
• Minister took message to firms in China A recent $45,000-trip to China makes good economic sense for the future of the Yukon, says Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon.