Whitehorse Daily Star

January 25, 2005

• Investigation launched after pregnant cow moose killed A cow moose pregnant with two calves was shot and abandoned along the Carcross Road on Sunday, Dennis Senger, of the territoiral Department of the Environment, said today.
• Budget vote clips mayor's travel wings City grants to help seniors cover their monthly utility bills will not be cut, council decided Monday night as it passed its $58.1-million annual budget for 2005.
• Theft of motorboat awakened woman Sheila Lindley had a strange awakening last fall.
• Dog event will benefit shelter The Yukon Kennel Club has planned a community event called Come Meet the Dogs for this Saturday morning.
• Sex offender going to pen A man with a history of sexually assaulting women has found himself behind bars again.
• Event will stress ending societal segregation A conference will be hitting Whitehorse next month that will deal with ending a type of segregation in society that is not always obvious.
• Propane truck driver left hose tied to tank A careless Superior Propane employee caused a serious gas leak north of Whitehorse last Friday after he drove away with his truck's hose still attached to a tank.
• December brought warmth, white stuff December was a very warm and snowy month throughout the Yukon, Environment Canada reports.
• Trio in Vancouver promoting mining Premier Dennis Fentie, Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang and Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon are in Vancouver to promote the Yukon's mineral resources at the annual Mineral Exploration Roundup.
• MAN DIES, FIVE SAVED ON BENNETT One man lost his life and five other people were saved in a dramatic accident Sunday on Lake Bennett. Missing and presumed drowned is 60-year-old Moller T. Olsen, a White Pass section hand employed at Bennett section.

January 24, 2005

• Victim still affected by 2004 threats Post-traumatic stress disorder was why a Copper Ridge Place employee threatened to blow up a co-worker's home, territorial court was told Friday.
• Jobless rate is below six per cent The Yukon's unemployment rate remained below the six-per-cent mark at last report.
• Parties sign pact Ed Schultz, the Council of Yukon First Nations' (CYFN's) grand chief, self-governing first nations' chiefs and Premier Dennis Fentie agreed to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on co-operation in governance in the Yukon on Friday.
• Dawson faces a lean, mean financial future DAWSON CITY Last year saw the removal of a municipal council for permitting the town to fall too far into debt and a $1.64-million bailout for operations and maintenance costs.
• Raven Recycling wants to continue managing dump The Raven Recycling Society has asked city council to renew $188,000 in annual contracts to manage the Whitehorse landfill without going to public tender.
• Second probe of Kenyon's actions possible If the premier doesn't heed her letter, Liberal Leader Pat Duncan will ask the conflicts commissioner to do an additional investigation into Jim Kenyon's actions.
• Leadership field remains at two Another territorial Liberal leadership contender has pulled out of the race before it's officially started.
• Chief cruises to easy win The Yukon's longest-serving chief was re-elected Friday in a landslide victory.
• Tourism group chooses executive Meta Williams is the new president of the Yukon First Nations Tourism Association.
• Dawson selects new town manager DAWSON CITY Dawson City will have a new town manager as of March 1.

January 21, 2005

• Abusive officer shoved woman into car A veteran RCMP officer who assaulted a Dawson City woman last summer received a conditional discharge in territorial court today.
• Ex-home care worker charged with theft A former Yukon government home care worker has been charged with stealing money from an elderly woman in her care on Dec. 6.
• Moose found locked in dance of death Literally, locking horns is a rare occurrence in the moose population, but it does happen.
• Survey includes Liberal leadership query Some Yukoners are being asked who they'd like to see win the territorial Liberal leadership even before the party has announced a date for the vote.
• Stolen artworks sought Several pieces of artwork were stolen from a Porter Creek home on the afternoon of Dec. 13, 2004.
• Court tells businessman to reimburse engineer An engineer was shortchanged $3,210 after the owner of the 202 Motor Inn refused to pay him for his work on a heating ventilation air conditioning (HVAC) system.
• Fuses fail, blacken downtown Most of downtown Whitehorse south of Elliott Street was suddenly plunged into darkness Thursday morning.
• You have to bop 'til you drop,' Turner says For Frank Turner, creating a dog team is like solving a puzzle.
• City council must pursue a long-term vision: candidate Peter Ball is not a single issue man.
• Council needs an aboriginal member, candidate believes Ray Jackson says he's running in next month's city byelection to bring an aboriginal perspective to council chambers in this post land-claim era.
• Former councillor is out to regain his place at city hall Samson Hartland doesn't duck his past term on council, how he began his term as the young 21-year-old respected for his courage to challenge for a seat though things would go sour by the end of his three years.
• YTG financing miners' Vancouver trip The NDP is bothered that the territorial government is paying half the costs for Yukon miners to go to a Vancouver conference to try to sell their mining claims.
• One world... from Yukoners with love In light of the recent tragedy in Southeast Asia and the dire circumstances experienced by the survivors of this catastrophic event, there has been a great desire on the part of peoples around the world to come to the aid of the affected countries.
• Walker reached goal with trademark howl SKAGWAY When Buckwheat Donahue walked more than a century of miles last March from Skagway to Whitehorse, there was only one regret he carried away from the journey.
• Minister now mum on need for vets The minister of Education will not say there is no shortage of veterinarians in the Yukon despite stating last spring there isn't a shortage.
• Skagway couple escaped tsunami SKAGWAY Two Skagway summer workers caught the right bus at the right time along the southern coast of India on Dec. 26 the day a massive earthquake rocked Indonesia and sent tsunami waves along the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing more than 200,000 people in 11 Asian and African countries.