Whitehorse Daily Star

May 3, 2005

• He was a mess,' woman says of accused Robert Truswell may have been a belligerent and malicing man, a jury heard this morning during the trial of George Kieran Daunt.
• MLA touched her improperly, woman says Cross-examination of a complainant in the trial of Copperbelt MLA Haakon Arntzen was to get underway this morning in Yukon Supreme Court.
• Legion confirms seniors' housing plan The local Royal Canadian Legion branch let the 'cat out of the bag' on its housing plans Monday, announcing it has signed an offer of purchase for the River View Hotel on Wood Street at First Avenue.
• Three bars plead not guilty to breaking smoking bylaw Three of the four bars facing charges of breaking the city's smoking bylaw pleaded not guilty on all counts in court this morning.
• High-speed Internet virtually saturates entire territory A new initiative among various industry groups and the Yukon and federal governments means that 98 per cent of households in the Yukon now have high-speed Internet available to them.
• Man pursues Tories' nod Whitehorse resident Graham Lang plans to seek the federal election nomination for the Conservative Party of Canada in the Yukon.
• Lang pushing agenda in Ottawa Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang is in Ottawa pressing the federal government for regulatory certainty for the Alaska Highway Pipeline, and to support the Aboriginal Pipeline Coalition's bid for federal funding.
• APPEAL FILED IN ROLLS MURDER CASE John Rolls was found guilty of first degree murder in 1978 and was given a life sentence but the conviction was overturned by the Yukon Court of Appeals on the grounds that the presiding judge misdirected the jury.

May 2, 2005

• Chiefs take cautious approach to railway The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) is on-board to participate in the feasibility study for a railway through the Yukon.
• Conflicts official reappointed over Liberal leader's dissent A motion reappointing David Jones as the territory's conflicts commissioner demonstrates the 'arrogance' of the governing Yukon Party, says Liberal Leader Pat Duncan.
• Yukon River breaks up early at Dawson DAWSON CITY In an unusual display of haste, the Yukon River flushed itself clear of ice at 9:35 Friday morning. just four days after the IODE stopped selling breakup ice pool tickets.
• CYFN still searching for new quarters The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) is continuing to look for a new home.
• Murder trial to begin Tuesday A jury trial looking into the death of Dawson City resident Robert Truswell will begin tomorrow morning in Whitehorse.
• Man nominated to hospital board Jim Hill's name is in the running to represent the city on the Yukon Hospital Corp. board of trustees.
• Salvaged junker didn't leak any fluids A car from F.H. Collins Secondary School' shop class was successfully removed from the Yukon River near the S.S. Klondike on Friday.
• Yukon's immunization program will grow The territory's immunization program for children and youth will expand, Health and Social Services Minister Peter Jenkins said last Wednesday. His announcement marked the beginning of National Immunization Awareness Week.
• Copperbelt MLA's trial starts, is adjourned Copperbelt MLA Haakon Arntzen pleaded not guilty to four counts of indecent assault in Yukon Supreme Court this morning.

May 1, 2005

• ROSS RIVER 'IN SHOCK' Ross River is 'in shock' as a result of the point-blank gun slaying Monday night of prominent Yukon mining man Al Kulan.