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May 20, 2005

  • Much Music, aboriginal group team up for event Imagine 200 youth dancing and enjoying themselves without an adult near. The Aboriginal Youth Society (AYS) arranged and financed last Tuesday evening's Much Music Video dance party in just 10 days.
  • Literary excavations with Margaret Atwood While you might expect that most writers have some purpose behind putting pen to paper (or fingers to the keyboard), you might also imagine that one as busy as Margaret Atwood, with novels, books of poetry, plays and children's books to her credit, might draw the line somewhere.
  • Baby born before ambulance arrived After not sitting on the ambulance dispatch desk for almost six months, Boris Dobrowolsky was just expecting to pick up some overtime, says Michael Swainson, his boss and acting manager of Whitehorse's ambulance service.
  • Jury to start deliberations Tuesday Lawyers made their final arguments to a Yukon Supreme Court jury Thursday in the George Kieran Daunt trial.
  • Three Yukoners watched electric' vote Paul Martin's Liberal government won the much-anticipated budget confidence votes in the House of Commons last night, ensuring the regime will continue to govern for at least a little bit longer.
  • Needle drop box planned A new drop box will help reduce the number of used needles littering Whitehorse's public spaces.
  • Vic Foley champion fighter, miner, bartender I knew Vic Foley to talk to, and respected him. He was a quiet man.
  • Gas tax sharing formula agreed to A sharing formula for $37.5 million in federal infrastructure funding over the next five years has been agreed to, says the president of the Association of Yukon Communities.
  • Fuel leak investigation to begin A plan to investigate the source of an underground fuel leak downtown is under review by the Department of Environment, says department spokesman Dennis Senger.
  • Placer mining deal unveiled A new regime to replace the hotly debated Yukon Placer Authorization was unveiled today by local and federal politicians.
  • Tightlipped Arntzen still collecting salary With the legislative session done and no resolution calling for Copperbelt MLA Haakon Arntzen's resignation, he will continue collecting his paycheque from the territorial government.
  • Man poses catastrophic' risk: Crown A man who bit and pinched a woman's breasts in a violent sexual assault will spend the next two years in the Whitehorse Correctional Centre.
  • Washouts close Campbell Hwy. The Department of Highways and Public Works has closed Highway 4, the Campbell Highway, from Ross River south to Watson Lake due to high water and washouts.
  • Well program doesn't hold water: mayor It would be a 'crap-shoot' to offer a domestic well loan program in the city, says Mayor Ernie Bourassa.
  • Mayor cautious on permanent park bid Mayor Ernie Bourassa says the city likely won't be changing the Official Community Plan to establish a permanent park area in Porter Creek. 'We have to go through this zoning thing first,' he said following Monday night's council meeting.
  • City gains Safe Community designation Whitehorse became the first community north of the 60th parallel to achieve Safe Community designation during a ceremony Wednesday at city hall. The city received $6,000 for injury prevention programs from the certifier, the national Safe Communities Foundation.
  • Witness to history: local remembers refinery This is the third instalment of a short series, published Fridays, about the 60th anniversary of the closure of the Canol oil refinery in Whitehorse.
  • Family picked for Habitat for Humanity house Kim Field, Michelle Vanderkley and their three daughters, Alysha (l l), Jordyn (eight) and Makensi (three), will be the proud purchasers of the first Habitat for Humanity house to be built in the Yukon.

May 19, 2005

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