Whitehorse Daily Star

February 21, 2005

• It is the beginning of a new future' Hundreds of people gathered Saturday in Whitehorse to witness and celebrate the formal signing of the land claim and self-government agreements for the Kwanlin Dun First Nation.
• Fire damages downtown home Whitehorse Fire Department platoon chief Bob Jacobs is assessing the fire damage to a house at 802 Wheeler St. at $90,000.
• Willomitzer is first Quester out of Eagle EAGLE, Alaska For the little town of Eagle, the Yukon Quest is one of the biggest events of the winter.
• Musher has second thoughts, quits race DAWSON CITY The last musher to leave Dawson was the seventh musher to quit the Yukon Quest.
• Kleedehn believes he's still in the race DAWSON CITY William Kleedehn wants to win this year's Yukon Quest. Given his position leaving Dawson, he thinks he stands a pretty good chance.
• It just didn't work out,' musher concedes DAWSON CITY A sixth musher has quit the Yukon Quest sled dog race. Sam Perrino, of Yellowknife, has decided his dogs don't have have what it takes to complete the event.

February 20, 2005

• BROOKS BECOMES YOUNGEST QUEST CHAMPION Ramy Brooks, of Healy, Alaska, became the youngest winner of the Yukon Quest, crossing the finish line along First Avenue only 10 minutes ahead of Mark May Wednesday night.

February 18, 2005

• Rock star may come north Watson Lake is close to getting Naked.
• Literacy projects funded The territory's Literacy Action Committee has dispersed more money to a number of valuable literacy projects throughout the territory.
• When the protector becomes a hunter There seems to be a current trend in thrillers toward stories about bodyguards. David Morrell's The Protector is the second one I've run across in recent months.
• The members are hanging on walls DAWSON CITY With all the traffic though Dawson City during the next month, there should be lots of opportunity for people to take in the talents of the 26 artists who have put their work on display at the ODD Gallery until March 18.
• Ex-home care worker admits stealing money It will be at least another six weeks before a former Yukon government home care worker will be sentenced for stealing money from a woman she was caring for.
• Snow carvers win big in Sapporo A Whitehorse team of internationally-renowned snow carvers wants to represent Canada at next year's Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy.
• RCMP officers testify in pair's theft trial Two Whitehorse men are on trial after being accused of several property crimes.
• Ledwidge playing the lone soldier's role DAWSON CITY For Dawson City's favourite, Peter Ledwidge, it has not been a very smooth Yukon Quest sled dog race.
• Pinard's leaders did her in, partner says DAWSON CITY Carcross musher Catherine Pinard was the fourth musher to withdraw from the Yukon Quest sled dog race Thursday.
• Sun transit disruptions forecast Spring can't be that far away.
• Reaching for gold was a gamble: mushers DAWSON CITY Hugh Neff took a gamble for the gold, says Dave Dalton, the sixth musher to reach Dawson on Thursday in the Yukon Quest sled dog race.
• Man convicted of indecent behaviour A Whitehorse man has been convicted of exposing himself to an 11-year-old girl because the judge didn't believe his testimony.
• Full-day kindergarten will expand The Yukon government will introduce its full-day kindergarten program to 10 more Yukon schools over the next two years.
• Inquest will start in April A coroner's inquest into the death of a 34-year-old Whitehorse man who died after he was stunned with an RCMP Taser has been scheduled for April 18.
• Pioneer recalls Nielsen's anti-flag flap DAWSON CITY Yukon pioneer John Gould remembers former Yukon MP Erik Nielsen being quite angry with him one day in May 1964 after they'd listened to the debates over the proposed new Canadian flag.
• Yukon joins transport body The Yukon government, through the Department of Highways and Public Works, has joined the Western Transportation Advisory Council (WESTAC).
• Proposed reconstruction draws Black reaction The city received mixed reactions to its plans for Black Street at its Monday evening meeting.
• Judge finds man guilty of pilfering motorboat A man who helped steal a $13,000-boat was found guilty by a territorial judge last week.