Whitehorse Daily Star

March 20, 2005

• DAWSON MAN WINS TOUGHEST MAN TITLE The Dawson City man who represented Canada in boxing at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia was back in the ring Thursday night in front of 1,200 to 1,500 fans at Takhini Arena.

March 18, 2005

• Artists to represent territory at Games Four local artists have been chosen to represent the Yukon at the 2005 Canada Summer Games in Regina, Aug. 6-20.
• Wood Street Centre to smoke' on Saturday Yukon youth will gather this weekend to participate in a songwriting workshop that will culminate in a free public concert at 8:00 Saturday night.
• A great view from the finish line DAWSON CITY Looking at those little dogs on the European sleddog teams, I can't help but wonder how they manage to do what they do.
• Death takes a cruise on the Inside Passage It's sad that Cecil Younger can't seem to get his life in order.
• Victim still terrified four years after ordeal Marcellus Jacob, a 24-year-old Whitehorse man who committed a horrifically violent attack against a local woman in 2001, has been denied parole.
• Report clears Kenyon of any conflict The territory's conflicts commissioner has found that Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon was not in a conflict of interest in his lobbying to get the government to pay for a spot at a veterinary college for one of his employees.
• Boat launch being built Yukon Energy has begun construction of a $600,000-boat launch at the north end of Aishihik Lake.
• Gallery displays award finalists On the wall of the Yukon Arts Centre Public Gallery, five tape measurers sit in a row on the floor, the tape from each drifting up and down the wall, each with its own timing, each making an occasional snap.
• Percy DeWolfe leaders due this afternoon DAWSON CITY Snow was heavy on King Street in front of the Palace Grand Theatre on Thursday morning as bib #2 in the Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race headed toward the flood dike and on to Eagle, Alaska.
• Mountaineer Alford produces fifth book Monty Alford's fifth book, The Raven and The Mountaineer, released to Yukon readers last week, is dedicated to the late Walter A. Wood, father of the St.Elias Mountains.
• Wave of change headed toward waterfront Construction on the Carcross waterfront could be underway next year, says Eric Magnuson, the director of the territory's community development branch.
• Worthless cheques plaguing businesses Whitehorse RCMP have received several complaints of NSF cheques from local businesses in recent weeks.
• Town flushes away urination law proposal DAWSON CITY Some people have found it amusing that the local RCMP detachment would ask the town to consider passing a bylaw to curb public urination.
• Snowcat out of river The Alaska Highway is open again at Teslin after a successful attempt to remove a sunken Snowcat from the Nisutlin River using a crane from the bridge deck.
• City will look Outside for a multiplex agent The city will search Outside for a commercial agent to deal with finding tenants for spaces that will be leased out in the Jeux du Canada Games Centre multiplex.
• Reindeer farmers set March 30 deadline The territory's only reindeer farmers have decreed they will stop looking after the herd in less than two weeks.

March 17, 2005

• I do not see this as the end,' MLA says The territory's Vuntut Gwitchin MLA is not ready to give up after losing a crucial vote in the U.S. Senate about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
• Aide torpedos questions on huge money warrant The government is still not saying much about why it bypassed the legislature to approve $260 million in spending and even when the politicians do speak, they get cut short.
• Foothills, Kaska sign pact ensuring aboriginal input An agreement has been reached regarding the use of traditional Kaska knowledge if Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd. retains the rights to the Alaska Highway gas pipeline project.
• Salvage try will close highway The Alaska Highway will be closed at Teslin Friday to allow a crane time to hoist up a Snowcat that's been submerged beneath the Nistulin River Bridge for three weeks.
• Delegates brainstorm on promoting Carcross Government and businesses will now begin working on some of the possibilities discussed at Wednesday's Carcross Summit, says Carcross-Tagish First Nation chief Mark Wedge.
• More Yukoners trained on emergency readiness The Yukon Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) has organized a number of emergency planning activities in March designed to enhance emergency preparedness and response capabilities.
• Habitual impaired driver sentenced to penitentiary time A Haines Junction man with a lengthy impaired driving record will spend three years in a federal penitentiary.
• Dawson suffering rec centre blues DAWSON CITY Last year, it was snow load and a dangerously sagging roof that put a premature end to the hockey season at the Dawson arena. This year, it seems that unseasonably warm weather during the last week has done the deed.
• Accused pair's trial now set to resume tomorrow Two men wanting their legal matters to wrap up quickly will have to wait until Friday for their trial to finish.
• Yukon Fireweed The Fireweed, the official floral emblem of the Yukon Territory, was chosen by members of the Yukon Territorial Government on March 27, 1957. It was made official the following November, when the Ordinance naming the 'epilobium angustifolium' as the Yukon flower was passed.