Whitehorse Daily Star

June 2, 2005

• What's too much noise?' manager asks The Capital Hotel, currently charged with a noise violation, says the city's bylaw is too vague.
• Avenue will have a new look tomorrow A section of Fourth Avenue will get its latest makeover tonight to be ready for Friday morning traffic, the city said in a statement today.
• RCMP property attacked via fire, flood; man nabbed A part of the Dawson City RCMP detachment was set on fire early Wednesday morning.
• Yukoner advocates new ombudsman HALIFAX (CP) The appointment of an ombudsman to oversee the entire federal government would go a long way toward restoring public trust shattered by the sponsorship scandal, provincial ombudsmen said Tuesday.
• Board's president submits resignation Tony Armstrong, president of the Yukon Worker's Compensation and Health Board, has resigned.
• Global tourism promotion receives a funding injection A new territorial co-operative fund has invested $900,000 in promoting the territory as a vacation destination to an international audience, Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor told a news conference this morning.
• Haines Junction residents get early jump on blaze Yukon Wildland Forest Management is sending out its thanks to Haines Junction residents who helped douse a blaze in the village Wednesday night.
• Minister's northern swing included a Whitehorse visit In a continuing effort to research a more holistic approach to Canadians' health, the federal Minister of State for Public Health was in Whitehorse last week.
• KUSAWA CAMPGROUND BURIED You can cancel your plans to camp at Lake Kusawa for awhile - most of the new government campsite there has been buried under several feet of liquid mud.

June 1, 2005

• City engineers refute idea for Fourth Avenue Mayor Ernie Bourassa says he knows the city can't please everyone with the changes to Fourth Avenue.
• Legion program could ease doctor shortage An innovative program of the British Columbia-Yukon Command of the Royal Canadian Legion may help the territory with its doctors shortage.
• Firefighters, air support ready for 2005 season The Yukon's platoon of firefighters and its squadron of air attack support is ready for what has so far has been an average start to this summer's wildfire season.
• Music equipment stolen, but recovered The Arts in the Park program had $10,000 worth of sound equipment stolen earlier this week.
• Youth shelter funds sought The Youth of Today Society hasn't given up its goal of providing a shelter for youth in Whitehorse.
• Injured student was flown out A Porter Creek Secondary School student who broke his leg while on a school sea kayaking trip around Atlin Lake had to be taken to hospital in a float plane last week.
• Circumstances sink bathtub race The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society has scrapped this summer's annual Whitehorse-to-Dawson City bathtub race.
• Ross River is now affiliated with AYC FARO Ross River has been accepted as an associate member of the Association of Yukon Communities, following an impassioned request by a couple of Ross River residents.
• Officials compare notes on Arctic security More than 50 representatives from northern government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others spent last Wednesday and Thursday in Whitehorse talking about security issues in the North.
• Animal shelter receives territorial funding infusion Community Services Minister Glenn Hart presented the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter with a $75,000-cheque last Sunday at a barbeque hosted by the shelter in appreciation of its volunteers.
• Advisory committee schedule yields clue to election's timing DAWSON CITY Dawson trustee Ray Hayes won't say just when he would like to see an election ito replace the mayor and council the Yukon government fired in April 2004.

May 31, 2005

• Police dog assists with drug seizure Approximately 225 pounds (101 kilograms) of marijuana were seized by RCMP from a vehicle headed into Whitehorse over the weekend.
• Fourth Avenue nightmare' to end soon Fourth Avenue will be a four-lane road between Ogilvie Street and Second Avenue once again after city council voted 5-1 Monday evening to have the lines repainted.
• Four candidates vie to be CYFN grand chief Four candidates have filed nomination papers for the June election for grand chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations.
• This is the plane for you, Yukoners told The local president of the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association says he likes what he saw in a demonstration flight of EADS' CASA C-295 search and rescue plane.
• Community television meeting set for tonight A public meeting focused on reviving community access television in Whitehorse will take place at 6:00 this evening at the Gold Rush Inn.
• Session to explore democracy, capitalism William Boyer, professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii, will be at the Whitehorse Public Library at 7:00 this evening to speak about the myth of democracy versus capitalism in North America.
• MOOSE CALF ADOPTS' MAN AS ITS MOTHER Curt Mintz huddled in the bush with his two dogs for 20 minutes waiting for the cow moose to attack.