Whitehorse Daily Star

July 25, 2005

• Swift police response nets suspect A masked man entered the Takhini Gas Ltd. gas bar with a gun shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday.
• Late lawmaker remembered as proud, dedicated John Ormrod (J.O.) Livesey, a former Speaker of the Yukon legislative assembly, has died at the age of 93.
• Road collision kills U.S. motorcyclist A 58-year-old American man died last Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision outside of Watson Lake.
• MLA condemns minister's threatening' letter to city Steve Cardiff, the NDP MLA for Mount Lorne, isn't impressed with what he calls Community Services Minister Glenn Hart's attempt to 'strong-arm' city council into changing its decision on an access road into the proposed Whitehorse Copper subdivision.
• Dampened flooring postpones Games centre Delivery of the new Canada Games Centre is being delayed until late September, city manager Bill Newell confirmed last week.
• Bids for foundation work only narrowly different Ketza Construction of Whitehorse has submitted the lowest of two bids to build the foundations required for the athletes' village for the 2007 Canada Winter Games.
• Tourism season seen as generally healthy DAWSON CITY It's a little hard to nail down just what's happening in the tourism industry in Dawson this summer.
• Municipal budget deficit forecast The city's finance department is predicting a budget deficit this year of $57,000.
• Missing Nunavut hunters return after navigation woes IGLOOLIK, Nunavut (CP) Two Nunavut hunters missing in the ice-clogged Foxe Basin since last Tuesday returned to their community of Igloolik on their own on Friday night.

July 24, 2005

• WOMEN IN MINING, THEN AND NOW 'Strange things are done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold,' wrote Robert Service.

July 22, 2005

• Commitment earns student Canada Day Youth Award Whitehorse resident Dion Roberts won a Canada Day Youth Award on July 1.
• Solo or accompanied, she's a fine performer DAWSON CITY It's busy week for Kim Barlow and Andrew Connors as they trek through Haines Junction, Dawson City, Keno City, Mayo and Faro, performing the multimedia show that is Luckyburden: Songs and Film, the concert/film about life in Keno City.
• The mysteries' solutions are all in the past Six Krispie Kreme donuts might not seem like a big retainer for a case involving a 28-year-old murder, but Spenser has a soft spot for Paul Giacomin, who has sort of been his ward since he was in his teens.
• Dalpe exhibit plays with notions of reality DAWSON CITY Seeing, they say, is believing.
• Driver enters guilty pleas to charges The man involved in the fatal 2004 traffic crash with local artist Dereen Hildebrand pleaded guilty Thursday to two charges under the territorial Motor Vehicles Act.
• Man faces sexual assault charge Gerald Brown, a member of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations council, has been charged with sexual assault.
• Timing of village clear-cutting protested A complete environmental assessment of the site for the 2007 Canada Winter Games athletes' village and its surroundings should have been completed prior to the start of clear cutting in the area.
• Warning issued Two girls claiming to be collecting money for the Humane Society Yukon or territorial animal shelters are bogus, Whitehorse RCMP said today.
• Council may take action over unsightly' property City council will vote Monday evening on whether to impose city crews on a Fir Street property owner who has apparently ignored directions to clean up his yard.
• All about the dredge that travelled The accompanying photograph was taken when the dredge was located near Jimmy Lynch's cabin in the Sixty Mile area of the Yukon, years ago. Ron Holway bought the dredge from Jimmy Lynch in 1971. It was located in the Sixty Mile area.
• Late bridge changes called too costly City council will vote this Monday evening on whether to make any changes to the new Rotary Centennial Bridge spanning the Yukon River from Riverdale to the Yukon Energy property.