Whitehorse Daily Star

March 13, 2005

• 1899 News items AN ATLIN ROAD AGENT Masked Highwayman Holds Up a Stage in Real Western Style and Gets $3.55

March 11, 2005

• The clash between Islam and modernity One cannot look at the state of the world today without posing to oneself the very question that forms the title of this impressive little volume.
• Teslin chief succeeds Schultz Chief Eric Morris of the Teslin Tlingit Council was named Thursday as the interim grand chief for the Council of Yukon First Nations.
• It is a calculated risk,' Schultz concedes Ed Schultz is ready to take a risk in giving up his job as the territory's grand chief to run for the premier's office.
• Salvagers ready with barges Efforts to retrieve the heavy equipment from the bottom of the Nisutlin River in Teslin have slowed considerably this week as temperatures have soared to unseasonable highs.
• Accused store burglar ordered held in cells A man accused of breaking into the River Ridge Convenience Store will have to await his next court date behind bars.
• Major international dog races begin DAWSON CITY From the air, the mass start chutes for the International Federation of Sleddog Sports sprint races look like a complex series of doggie highways.
• Court to scrutinize origin of porn files Two Whitehorse lawyers spent the better part of Thursday poring over child pornography.
• Be wary of dealings, business owner urges A local businesswoman is recommending caution be aired when dealing with film production companies from outside Canada.
• Refurbished library back in business The Whitehorse Public Library Board has planned a grand opening of the renovated library from 1-4 p.m. Saturday with an official ceremony at 2 p.m.
• Home renovation workshop set The City of Whitehorse will hold a One-Tonne Challenge workshop Sunday to assist Riverdale residents who want to make their homes more energy-efficient.
• Agents study impact of Jetsgo's collapse Karin Waterreus, a Whitehorse Travel senior consultant, was looking at her bookings this morning to find out if any of the travel agency's clients are among the approximately 17,000 people left stranded after eastern-based airline Jetsgo suddenly grounded its fleet today.
• Government refuses to buy feed The government is sticking to its plan to keep the feed troughs of the territory's only reindeer farm empty.
• It's not a mistake on purpose,' city told City council will vote next week on whether to go ahead with the final two readings of a bylaw that would permit a trailer to remain in the spot it was placed in.
• I could see her gleaming across the river' It shone glistening in the evening sun, hugging the river beneath a high-cut bank on the Orminca River. Seven tons of Jadeite worth a pretty penny in 1967, when Barney Roberge saw it for the second time in that winter of 1967.
• Global travellers passed through Whitehorse Take four Land Rovers, eight explorers, 30 countries, and 65,600 kilometres (41,000 miles).

March 10, 2005

• It's all very vague,' Stehelin says of charge A city councillor will seek some legal advice before deciding whether to fight the charges his business is facing of breaking a city bylaw.
• Purse snatcher pursued, apprehended Customers and staff of the local Super Valu store took flight in hot pursuit Wednesday afternoon when they were alerted to a purse snatcher in the Second Avenue business.
• Grand chief wants Liberal leadership One of the territory's top aboriginal leaders wants to make a run at the premier's chair.
• Premier backtracks on his televised pipeline remarks The premier has told the Yukon media he's not saying the Mackenzie Valley pipeline should be complete before the Alaska Highway route is built despite saying just that on national TV.
• Local students welcome Japanese visitors The student population at F.H. Collins Secondary School rose by close to 100 Wednesday as the school welcomed 96 students and five teachers from Tokai University Gyosei High School.
• Yukoners mourn slain officers in Alberta A delegation from the RCMP 'M' Division in the Yukon attended this afternoon's national memorial service for the four RCMP officers who were killed in Mayerthorpe, Alta., last Thursday.
• Budget open houses draw scant interest DAWSON CITY Given the attendance at two open houses held to discuss Dawson's 2005 provisional budget, one might be forgiven for thinking there's little interest in the subject here.