Whitehorse Daily Star

July 28, 2005

• Bison yielded celebrated hair The results are in. Or are they?
• Union denounces PSC office closures The Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) is shutting down its northern offices.
• First nation's land claim is the subject of appeal Harold Gatensby, a citizen of the Carcross-Tagish First Nation, has filed an appeal regarding the first nation's recent land claim ratification vote.
• Plank buyers raised $86,500 More than 400 planks in the new Rotary Centennial Bridge were 'sold', bringing in more than $86,500, the Rotary Clubs of Whitehorse said today.
• YTG puts Dawson bridge on ice 'Once there is information to give, you will have it,' Premier Dennis Fentie said back in May while questions about the building of the Dawson City bridge and its possibility of being constructed as a public-private partnership (P3) abounded.
• Alaska receptive to potential storing of coal from territory ANCHORAGE (AP) An Alaska state agency has agreed to a feasibility study that could lead to the reopening of a dormant coal-mineral concentrates terminal in Skagway by a Vancouver company.
• City helps hockey logo plan City council has approved a recommendation to provide a grant not exceeding $1,500 to Whitehorse Mustangs Hockey to cover the cost of painting a new logo on centre ice at the Takhini Arena.
• New Chief of Staff named for Canadian Forces Northern Area Lt. Col. Andrew 'Drew' Artus has assumed the role of Chief of Staff of the Canadian Forces Northern Area.
• Sound recording pros, studios can get funds Yukon sound recording professionals, studios and labels can now receive money from the territorial government for in-Yukon recording expenses.
• HEY, I'M ALIVE.... Part 2 - true story of Ralph Flores and Helen Klaben surviving a plane crash in the yukon wilderness. The date was February 1963 and happened during -40 degree weather.

July 27, 2005

• Cell phone invaluable as hikers located safely Two teenagers who lost their way while hiking in the woods late Tuesday night were found after an overnight search that lasted for more than four hours.
• City responds to bridge users' complaints City council will ask administration to review the slope of the Rotary Centennial Bridge and to look at options to make it more accessible for people with disabilities.
• Businessman recovers insurance premium Philippe LeBlond appears to have gotten his wish.
• City crews to tidy up property City council voted Monday evening to send city crews to 1307 Fir St. in Porter Creek to clean up the property of Lawrence Boss.
• Election challengers sent to appeals board Members of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation who are challenging election results in court have been told the matter is not within the court's jurisdiction.
• Dempster is open to traffic As a result of forest fire activity, the Dempster Highway was temporarily closed between km 319 and km 321 on Tuesday afternoon, but has since reopened.
• People do not feel safe in their own homes' A group of downtown residents gathered on the steps of the local courthouse Tuesday afternoon to protest the presence of drugs in their community.

July 26, 2005

• RCMP arrest sex offender Convicted sex offender John Walter Sam was arrested in the woods last Saturday afternoon after a brief foot chase with Whitehorse RCMP officers.
• We are fed up with the bullying': resident City council has deferred discussion on amending the resolution that initially axed an access road to the Whitehorse Cooper subdivision in hopes the city can reach a compromise with the territorial government.
• Watson Laker officially freed from jail Edward Mason entered a Whitehorse courtroom Monday afternoon wearing a white dress shirt and black pants, no longer required to dress in faded red jail clothing.
• Yukon men among those run out of Inuvik by mob A mob of 75 to 100 people crowded around a hotel in downtown Inuvik, N.W.T. early Sunday morning to chase a group of visitors out of town.
• Mushroom publication out The Yukon government has released a brochure detailing the growth and economic potential of wild mushroom harvesting.
• Man facing set of charges Clinton Trumbull, the man arrested after an armed robbery of Takhini Gas Ltd. on Sunday night, appeared in court Monday facing six charges.
• Dawson lagoon tests look promising DAWSON CITY Testing of the aerated lagoon technology proposed for secondary sewage treatment in Dawson City will continue until October. Preliminary results, however, were presented to a small group of citizens gathered at town council chambers last Wednesday.
• Quarry fees and permit process made consistent The Yukon's 37 designated public quarry pits are now operating under the same permit and fee structures.
• Local youth winding down cadet career After six distinguished years in the army cadet program, a local teenager is considering joining the Canadian Forces.
• YTG to crack down on abuse of parking spots The Yukon government has announced a re-enforcement initiative to deal with individuals who insist on parking in designated 'handicapped parking' spaces at territorial government buildings.
• Fire activity rises near Eagle Plains Fire activity on Dawson 7, the Dalglish Creek forest fire, has increased over the last couple of days.
• HEY I'M ALIVE! 'I opened my eyes and looked outside, Hey I'm alive' I thought. 'Well what do you know?' I realized I was sitting in a crashed plane, but I did not understand right away that I had been blacked out for perhaps half an hour. Then before I even looked to see, I felt my left arm was broken.