Whitehorse Daily Star

May 26, 2005

• Fuel tax deal no easy task': Hart The Yukon became the first territory and third jurisdiction in the country this morning to sign a deal with the federal government for the transfer of the federal gasoline tax to communities.
• Society feels shut out of housing plans The Grey Mountain Housing Society says the Yukon government's failure to tender the 2007 Canada Winter Games athletes' village to the group is another example of its unwillingness to work with first nations.
• Government receives Dawson bridge documents The request for proposals document issued by the Yukon government in relation to the building of a bridge in Dawson City was released to the public and posted on the bridge's web site Wednesday.
• Cenotaph to become the Veterans Square City Hall Cenotaph will soon bear a new name after council voted unanimously Tuesday night to rename it Veterans Square.
• Nunavut youth explained how town was made better Kukik Baker and Vanessa Shamee let delegates at a recent Whitehorse conference know what youth have to deal with and how hard young people in Arviat, Nunavut are working to better the community.
• Jury is still deliberating The jury in the George Kieran Daunt trial had still not reached a verdict as of early this afternoon.
• Delay in first nation election called unjustified It's unacceptable that a new election for chief of the Ta'an Kwach'an Council should be put off for as long as five months, says the candidate who finished a close second in the election of a year ago.
• Developers may get break on fees Residential developers may get a break on the city's development cost charges.
• Council grants per diems It wasn't until a little more than a week after the Association of Yukon Communities' conference that council members who attended the event in Faro were granted travel and per diem expenses.
• CONDOMS WILL BE PART OF SOURDOUGH SAMS' GOOD CHEER The Sourdough Sams will be doling out more than just good cheer, fun times and silly hats at this year's Rendezvous festivities.

May 25, 2005

• Slaughtered reindeer deserved dignity: NDP The Yukon Party government has been callous and disrespectful in its handling of the 51 reindeer that were shot to death last Saturday, say the leaders of both opposition parties.
• Ailing boy doing well for now, father says Despite all the media attention young Mackenzie Olsen has received over the last several months, his father, Ray Amato, says he's doing 'really well.'
• City will conduct surveys on wells The city will be asking affected residents whether they have any interest in some sort of loan program to drill a well.
• River View Hotel up for rezoning Residents will be able to tell the city their thoughts on the changes to the River View Hotel after council passed first reading of a bylaw to amend zoning on the downtown property to Commercial Waterfront restricted (CWx) at Tuesday night's city council meeting.
• Bridge move will shut the Alaska Highway The bridge in Beaver Creek in western Yukon is scheduled to be moved 20 metres sideways tonight as part of preparation for the construction of a new bridge.
• Officials have heard of a possible third disease case There's been little offered from territorial government ranks since it was suggested Tuesday there may be a third outbreak of Johne's disease in the Yukon.
• Whitehorse-bound flight returned to Vancouver An Air Canada Jazz flight headed for Whitehorse Tuesday night had to return to the Vancouver airport following trouble with a landing gear door.
• Tickets handed out during police checks The RCMP marked Canada Road Safety Week by conducting random check stops throughout the Yukon last week.
• Jury deliberating on accused's fate The jury in the George Kieran Daunt murder trial reconvened this morning after several hours of deliberations Tuesday afternoon.
• Gasoline tax split should have been expected: Everitt DAWSON CITY The territorial government and the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) have expressed utter surprise over the sudden need to include first nations in discussions related to sharing the revenue from the federal gas tax rebate plan.
• Honeymoon period on bylaw enforcement will end soon DAWSON CITY So you've been parking on the wrong side of the street in Dawson City, or engaged in some other minor offence that no one has been paying any attention to for a while.
• Dog jog set for June 12 The 13th annual Humane Society Yukon dog jog is set for Sunday, June 12 in Whitehorse.
• Trailer fire was arson or accident A blaze that destroyed two of four construction bunkhouse trailers appears to have been deliberately set or an accident, Whitehorse fire chief Clive Sparks said Tuesday afternoon.

May 24, 2005

• Slaughter called most distressing' On what conservation officer Tony Grabowski calls the sadest day in his 31-year career, officials from the territorial wildlife branch killed 51 reindeer inside a pen at Mile 10 of the Mayo Road on Saturday.
• RCMP probe human remains Human remains were found in Whitehorse on Sunday, the RCMP reported this morning.
• Orphaned muskox adapting well to new home on preserve Chance, the orphaned muskox calf from Nunavut that flew into Whitehorse last Friday night, is making himself at home at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve.
• Redfern halts its feasibility study into old mine site Resources Ltd. is slowing down its proposal to re-open the Tulsequah Chief mine south of Atlin, B.C., says the company president.
• City Hall Cenotaph may be renamed Renaming the City Hall Cenotaph to Veterans Square may be one of those rare cases where the usual consultation process in naming a site isn't required, says Coun. Bev Buckway.
• Gold show organizers see new optimism this year DAWSON CITY As the Dawson City International Gold Show moved toward the end of its first day late last week, organizer Erik Zalitas was full of positive energy from the day's turnout.
• Officers lose hair but gain $13,000 for cancer fight Twenty-two Whitehorse RCMP officers shaved their heads for the battle against cancer last Thursday, raising $13,000 in the process.
• Immunization record-keeping improves Community health centres in Whitehorse and Haines Junction are leading the territory in using a new records management tool, Health Canada's integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), to improve the tracking of Yukon immunization records.