Whitehorse Daily Star

July 5, 2005

• Somewhere, there has to be a compromise' Mayor Ernie Bourassa spent most of a 2 1/2-hour council meeting Monday night listening to arguments against a proposed multi-housing development at 26 Normandy Rd.
• Trolley evolving into public transit Approximately 200 people attended the Golden Spike ceremony last Thursday afternoon in Shipyards Park.
• Ride machines first, drink second: campaign Personal watercraft drivers are being reminded not to drink alcohol until after having motorized 'fun in the sun' this summer.
• AFN's grand council gets underway in Yellowknife YELLOWKNIFE (CP) Two years after promising the chiefs of Canada's aboriginal communities a closer relationship with Ottawa, the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations was to stand before them today and point to the results.
• Car, van collide on Two Mile Hill A car travelling up Two Mile Hill at approximately 2 p.m. Monday collided with a van trying to turn left out of Industrial Road and proceed down the hill.
• Projects are designed to promote literacy Another round of Literacy Action Committee funding has been awarded to literacy projects throughout the territory, it was announced last week.
• Ice Age mammals exhibit due here in 2008 Well-known artist George 'Rinaldino' Teichmann visited the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa recently to celebrate the opening of the Ice Age Mammals Traveling Exhibition.
• WARNINGS ISSUED AFTER DOGS' DEATHS The RCMP and a local veterinarian are warning people in the Hidden Valley subdivision to keep their dogs at home, as three dogs seem to have eaten some chemicals or were deliberately poisoned in the last day or two.

July 4, 2005

• Hotel won't be seniors' housing The deal for the River View Hotel to be sold to the Royal Canadian Legion for a 50-unit seniors' housing project, is off.
• Turbulent Canada Day included funnel cloud A funnel cloud was spotted in the Yukon River valley during Friday's stormy afternoon.
• Bear dispatched to bruin heaven The bear caught disturbing dogs in Carcross last Tuesday night has gone to 'bear heaven', Dennis Senger, the spokesperson for the Department of the Environment, said today.
• Accused is no-show Bobby Ron Quash failed to appear in territorial court this morning to face a robbery charge.
• Police, fire department are investigating garage blaze The Whitehorse Fire Department responded to a garage fire at 810 Wheeler St. at 2:58 this morning.
• Cooler, damper weather calming forest blazes Forest fires around the territory remain relatively calm as cooler and damper weather conditions are keeping matters in check.
• Ferry riders were in a state of shock' Whitehorse resident Josephine Sampson says she's 'still in a state of shock' after being aboard the BC Ferries' Queen of Oak Bay last Thursday when it ran aground into Horseshoe Bay, B.C.
• City heats up with Summer's Here' Taking advantage of the tents put in place for Canada Day, local musicians held a free musical event called 'Summer's Here' at Rotary Peace Park last Thursday evening.

July 3, 2005

• SECOND HAECKEL HILL WIND TURBINE ERECTED Two wind turbines now stand on top of Haeckel Hill in Whitehorse Yukon Development Corp. (YDC) and territorial government officials were on hand just after the newest turbine was fully set up at around noon Tuesday.