Whitehorse Daily Star

April 22, 2005

• Student will represent his school well Rotarians, an organization of business and professional leaders, united through 166 countries, realize the importance that youth play in the future of our communities, our countries and the world.
• Focusing on a prelude to Amber When the late Roger Zelazny created his Amber novels, they were a bit of a swashbuckling departure from the denser science fiction novels for which he was best known.
• World Tai Chi & Qigong Day set An annual healing event has quietly spread across the planet.
• Writer Ronald Wright's mantra to young people is read!' DAWSON CITY Ronald Wright has some very simple words of advice for those young people who might want to be writers. Actually, it's just one word.
• Yukoner Debbie Peters earns Agent of the Year honours 'They call me Mom,' Debbie Peters says and smiles.
• It's going to be a very busy year' Mining-related expenditures are expected to explode this year, in what the Yukon Chamber of Mines is calling the best year since the heydays of a decade ago.
• Man's death was accidental, jury rules Clark Whitehouse's death was an accident, a Yukon coroner's inquest concluded Thursday afternoon.
• Minister silent in wake of rejected land applications Applicants for land on the Fish Lake Road have been denied, say three applicants contacted by the Star.
• Substance Abuse Summit set for June The Yukon's first Substance Abuse Summit will be held June 6-7 in Whitehorse at the Yukon Convention Centre (formerly the Lions swimming pool).
• Man sought Whitehorse RCMP are looking for Richard Kellin Friesen, who is charged with six counts of break and enter.
• Crew encounters gushing fuel streams A gush of home heating fuel secreted underground came pouring out in buckets Thursday afternoon as the search for the leak continued next to the Optometrists Building in downtown Whitehorse.
• Games officials have eye on election Officials with the 2007 Canada Winter Games are working a little harder to get 'some people's undivided attention' in Ottawa for Games' funding.
• Council mulls contractor's error With no objections coming to city council on a possible zoning amendment for 989 Range Rd., city staff are recommending that council go ahead with second and third readings of the bylaw for the change.
• Planning board opposes bridge placement DAWSON CITY The Dawson City Planning Board believes the site of the proposed bridge across the Yukon River should be changed.
• Games events to be confined to Whitehorse There won't be any 2007 Canada Winter Games sport events headed to communities outside of Whitehorse after all.
• Welcome mat put down for transient workers DAWSON CITY Transient workers arriving in Dawson City later this month and in May will have an approved place to pitch their tents and set up their trailers.
• Potential health meeting never took place A meeting concerning Canada's health care between federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and his provincial and territorial counterparts scheduled for last Saturday appears to have been cancelled.
• Top volunteer boasts three decades' service Suzanne Bertrand, the 2004 City of Whitehorse Volunteer of the Year, has been a dedicated community helper for many years.

April 21, 2005

• CPR wouldn't have brought him back' The repeated Tasering Clark Whitehouse underwent while in RCMP custody in 2003 played no role in his death, a pathologist told a coroner's inquest Wednesday.
• There is nothing good about P3s' Whitehorse residents heard arguments against the use of public-private partnership projects (P3s) in the Yukon at Wednesday night's 'A Bridge Too Far' meeting at the CYO Hall.
• City hears opposition to more housing The executive of the Riverdale Community Association (RCA) was scheduled to meet early this afternoon to discuss what will go into a letter it will send to the city on the proposed zoning bylaw.
• Jury sifting through testimony The six-member jury of a coroner's inquest began their deliberations this morning about how Clark Whitehouse died.
• Officer acted professionally, inquest told Witnesses and RCMP investigators say Const. Paul Thalhofer, the man who had Clark Whitehouse in custody the day he died, acted appropriately, even though Thalhofer Tasered Whitehouse at least three times.
• Beading featured on NWTel directory Northwestel Inc. has unveiled the artwork that appears on the covers of its 2005 Yukon and northern British Columbia telephone directories. For the first time ever, traditional first nation beading is featured.
• LUCIER TO SENATE Two days ago, there were people in the territory who figured the least Paul Lucier could do in the next few months would be to slide almost effortlessly into a second term as mayor of Whitehorse.

April 20, 2005

• Man was tense during arrest, inquest told There was no saving Clark Whitehouse, Yukon coroner Sharon Hanley and six jury members heard Tuesday.
• Politicians, citizens push for electoral reform discussions Evidence of dissatisfaction with the McKinnon report continued in the legislature Tuesday as Opposition Leader Todd Hardy tabled a motion pushing for public consultation on electoral reform.
• Public-private partnerships secrecy' rapped The opposition was on attack during Tuesday's question period in the legislature on the issue of public-private partnerships (P3s) for future projects in the territory.
• City council ponders contracts While Arctic Backhoe Services is in line to operate the city landfill, McInroy Disposal could continue operating the city's transfer station.
• Rural lots subdivision may not be option Country residential residents may not have to worry about having more neighbours after all.
• City eyes nomination to hospital board After nominating Frances Curran to represent the city on the Yukon Hospital Corp. board of trustees, council is also looking at putting Jim Hill's name in the running.
• Bed and breakfast is proposed for Hidden Valley Eva Stehelin has hosted many guests at her home for her son, who operates a wilderness fish camp.