Whitehorse Daily Star

January 20, 2005

• Ex-councillor Hartland wants his seat back It's a 10-way race for the vacant seat on Whitehorse city council.
• Questions to commissioner stay confidential The territorial government will not tell Yukoners what the conflicts commissioner was asked to investigate in the Jim Kenyon/veterinary school controversy.
• YTG asked to help pay for gyms' use City councillor Doug Graham's desire to see the Yukon government share the cost of booking school gymnasiums after-hours is tied directly to his concern over rising costs to operate the new multiplex.
• Students to vote on smoking ads For the second year in a row, Yukon students will join others across the North in viewing, from their classrooms, 12 of the best tobacco education television ads from around the world.
• Carnival will come to city An animal carnival will make its way to the Yukon Arts Centre at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30.
• Ferry sailings cancelled after labour tensions SKAGWAY An impasse in labour negotiations between ferry system workers and the state may take the Fairweather out of service unless an agreement is reached soon, according to state officials.
• Production keeps true to its Russian roots The play begins simply and elegantly with one man and a dozen bricks on a black stage.
• TORNADO HITS WATSON LAKE What has been described as being a phenomena in this part of Canada occurred on Wednesday, September 9 between two and 3:00 p.m. when a tornado formed over Watson lake, raced down the far shore opposite the airport and up the bank to dissipate somewhere in the bush by the tank farm.

January 19, 2005

• Man confesses to murder charge; to learn fate in April A man accused of killing a Whitehorse taxi driver last June has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
• Gov't trying to dodge scrutiny, NDP says The opposition parties are concerned the Yukon government may not be doing enough to settle the veterinary school controversy.
• Opposition to subdivision still pronounced The ongoing feud between residents of the Wolf Creek area and city hall continued in full stride Monday night.
• Byelection candidates' slate expands by one A local tradesman and home-based business operator has joined the growing race for the vacant seat on city council.
• Secrecy shrouds departure The Yukon's senior wildlife manager is no longer with the Department of Environment, staff were informed in an e-mail Monday that was sent around after hours.
• Youth not guilty of mugging A second person accused of mugging a Westmark Whitehorse Hotel employee was acquitted Tuesday.
• Fentie passes apology to the public service Premier Dennis Fentie has made sure the apology from Jim Kenyon has made its way to all territorial bureaucrats.
• Heavy snowfall follows on frigid snap's heels With cold Arctic air still trapped in the valleys of southern Yukon, the series of Pacific frontal systems that's moving north has brought snow into the south.

January 18, 2005

• I have broken with accepted protocol' Cabinet minister Jim Kenyon apologized to the territory's civil service and recanted the statements he made last week in attacking some Department of Education staff.
• Don't nickel-and-dime seniors, city told City council's budget proposal to cut the seniors' annual utility grant is akin to death by a thousand cuts, says the president of the Yukon Council on Aging.
• Teenager was punched in face, robbed A Westmark Whitehorse Hotel employee who was mugged walking home from work faced one of his assailants in territorial court last Friday.
• Albertan keen on running local multiplex It could be a cold move to the territory for Bernie Van Hoft.
• Yukon Idol organizers firming up plans The winner of Yukon Idol will be flown to Winnipeg to audition in front of a panel of celebrity judges.
• Archives improves its data website The Yukon Archives is now offering easy website access to descriptions of archival collections, Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor said recently.
• Heat wave made top 10 stories Every year, Environment Canada produces a list of the top 10 weather stories.
• Tsunami fundraiser scheduled for Jan. 31 Yukon Art Society members have been invited to participate in an Asian tsunami fundraiser on Jan. 31. Working with local musicians, the society is planning an evening of art and entertainment at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• RCMP CHOPPER PLUCKS FIVE FROM ICY LAKE After drifting for 15 hours on an icy Bennett Lake in temperatures close to -40, five Carcross residents were rescued by an RCMP helicopter Tuesday.