Whitehorse Daily Star

July 8, 2005

• Dan Davidson Peeling back the layers of a life Jilly Coppercorn is an artist in Newford whose specialty is painting the magic in the world that most of us can't see.
• Local housing prices have exploded There's no absolute when explaining a red-hot Whitehorse housing market, other than calling it red-hot.
• Tory nomination falls open again Graham Lang has decided to resign his Conservative party candidacy for the next federal election.
• Plane crash kills former city resident Former Yukoner Vladimir Stojkovich is being remembered as a friend to most anyone he met.
• Liquor is not a babysitter, officer tells Mayo parents The Village of Mayo is getting a lot of media attention right now and it isn't the kind it wants, says councillor Trevor Ellis.
• Hotel rezoning may be quashed After going through first reading and a public hearing, city council will likely defeat a zoning amendment for the River View Hotel.
• Talk about cold weather! What's the coldest that you've ever seen? The accompaning old photograph was taken by Gordon McIntyre in Mayo, Yukon, on Feb. 3, 1947.
• If you yearn for a yarn from the sea.... In the age of instant-on, never-lost GPS systems and powerful hand-held computers, it's hard to remember the navigational skills that brought the Basque fishermen to the Grand Banks fishery long before Columbus discovered the New World.
• Thunderstorms highlighted June's weather A weather system that sat in the Gulf of Alaska for most of June brought nearly unprecedented amounts of rain and cloud into southwestern Yukon.
• Bike races called a serious danger Pocket bike racers scooting around the skating loop in Shipyards Park are 'an accident waiting to happen,' warns Coun. Dave Austin.

July 7, 2005

• Talkative Bagnell says he takes his duties seriously Yukon MP Larry Bagnell is among the top 10 talkers in the House of Commons.
• Modern drilling methods failed to find leak source Three months after a sheen from fuel contamination was found in the Yukon River, officials continue to try to locate the source.
• Casual job pool ready to serve The local Human Resources Centre of Canada for Students is reminding students and employers that the casual job pool is in full swing.
• Car strikes wall and truck in two separate incidents At about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Whitehorse RCMP received a complaint of a possible impaired driver parked near the 202 Motor Inn.
• Developer will pay territory $669,314 More than three years after the first store on the Argus Properties Ltd. site opened, the Kelowna, B.C.-based firm has agreed to pay the territory more than $600,000 for infrastructure developed on the property.
• New equipment delights skateboarders Skateboarders had some new toys for the annual Canada Day competition at the Second Heaven Skateboard Park.
• Yukoners planning to attend historica fair in Saskatchewan Five young Yukoners have been selected to join the provincial delegation to attend the 11th annual National Historica Fair in Saskatoon. The event will begin this Monday and end on July 18.
• Habitat group gets taxes, fees break The local Habitat for Humanity group won't have to worry about paying property taxes or for building permits this year for its Kodiak Place property.
• Landscaping will be done behind Granger homes Things might be a bit quieter for residents of three Granger subdivision properties after the territory landscapes the area between their homes and Hamilton Boulevard this summer.
• Bombing crisis line available Yukoners wishing to inquire about relatives in downtown London who may have been affected by today's bombings can call the crisis line at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Yukon MP Larry Bagnell said this morning.

July 6, 2005

• Club, mayor differ over building's fate There was never any agreement between the city and the Whitehorse Kiichi Sai Judo Club for the group to take over use of the former Takhini Library, says Mayor Ernie Bourassa.
• Work to pinpoint fuel leak is still coming up empty Efforts to find the source of diesel fuel contaminating a section of the downtown area are continuing to come up empty.
• Quest champion to return in 2006 Fifteen mushers entered the Yukon Quest sled dog race on the first day of registration last Saturday.
• Subdivision blanketed with mining claims Numerous claims staked overtop the approved but undeveloped Whitehorse Copper country residential subdivision will not affect development plans, says the territory's director of lands.
• Higher fair wage schedule recommended The territory's Employment Standards Board has recommended the fair wage schedule be increased by 10.9 per cent.
• Just one cog on wheel: departing manager It was the sheer size of the growth of Alberta's Wood Buffalo region that initially got Whitehorse city manager Bill Newell interested in taking his skills there for late August.
• Youth learn leadership Learning the value of leadership and gaining practical skills to deliver program activities in their communities are the goals of young people gathered from across the territory for a workshop.