Whitehorse Daily Star

January 6, 2005

• Premier stands by embattled minister The Yukon's premier doesn't believe one of his ministers did anything wrong in pushing another to approve funding for a spot at a veterinary college after promising the student and the school the money would be provided.
• Third woman joins city council race Jan Stick, a long-time Yukon resident and local business person, is running for the vacant Whitehorse city council seat.
• Yukoners open their hearts to disaster victims The territory's count for the tsunami relief fund is rising as individuals, schools and private businesses continue their support for victims of the mammoth international disaster.
• Downtown plan to expand to embrace Chilkoot Centre The city's downtown sector seems slightly larger than it was 10 years ago.
• Mom looking for moose calf after it was hit by vehicle A calf moose was hit by a car and killed on the Carcross Road Wednesday night, and the cow has been seen hanging around at the scene.
• Health forces musher to sidelines Dawson City musher Cor Guimond is the first person to drop out of the Yukon Quest.
• Yukoner cleaned up at film festival A Teslin filmmaker won several awards at the NextFest Film Festival in Saskatoon.
• Northwestel's 2004 donations to United Way pass $22,000 Northwestel Inc. and its employees donated a total of $22,755 to United Way Yukon in 2004, as a result of Northwestel corporate and employee giving.
• More businesses broken into Two more downtown businesses were broken into on Jarvis Street on Monday.

January 5, 2005

• Premier mum on demand for Kenyon's head The NDP is calling for the head of the Economic Development minister, and wants the premier to be the one to deliver it.
• Accused man sees charges upgraded A man originally charged with being an accessory to murder is now charged with second-degree murder.
• YTG vowed action on licence: outfitter A big game outfitter says the Yukon Party government broke its promise to him, leaving him no choice but to pursue his matter in Yukon Supreme Court.
• Second candidate enters council sweepstakes The next two years for the city will be extremely busy as it gets ready to host the 2007 Canada Winter Games and many other events and Patty O'Brien wants to help make it happen.
• Two Riverdale homes burglarized Riverdale was hit with two break and enters in December, Whitehorse RCMP reported Tuesday afternoon.
• Don't get into wells program, city advised City officials are asking council not to play banker for country residential property owners who want to have domestic wells drilled with the help of a loan.
• Park's warming shack is becoming real hang-out' A city councillor wants the warm-up shack at Shipyards Park to come down if there aren't any changes made to the situation at the waterfront structure.
• Government refused to buy school seat in 2003 NDP Leader Todd Hardy was shocked and concerned by what appears to be unfairness on the part of the government in aiding one veterinarian school student but not another.
• Musher finds Quest a love-hate proposition TAGISH When people drive into Ed Hopkins' place in Tagish Estates, they're greeted to the barking of 47 dogs.

January 4, 2005

• Money is there, Kenyon told student, college Government documents show Jim Kenyon pushed a fellow cabinet minister to pay for a spot at a vet college for an employee of the vet clinic he owns after promising her and the school that the funding would come through.
• Government monitoring tsunami fallout The territorial government is prepared to help Yukoners wondering about relatives or friends who were in southern Asia when the devastating tsunami hit on Dec. 26.
• Man praised for alerting mother to fire For the Vallevand family, escaping a house fire was a matter of their neighbour being at the right place at the right time.
• YTG ordered to turn over letter A Yukon government employee had to go all the way to Yukon Supreme Court to obtain a copy of a letter she claims defamed her.
• Prayers said for disaster victims DAWSON CITY Despite blistering cold temperatures in the -40 C range, about a dozen people turned out to a prayer service at the Dawson Christian Fellowship church last Thursday to offer prayers for the victims of the tsunami devastation in the India-Africa-Indonesia triangle.
• Refugee family's session put off until next week The Villegas family will be staying in Whitehorse for at least another week.
• Man faces charges A River View Hotel patron was robbed at knife-point in his room over the Christmas holidays.
• Yukon innovation and knowledge projects funded The federal Innovation and Knowledge Fund has invested $359,300 in six projects aimed at strengthening and diversifying the Yukon's economy.
• New Year's baby born this morning The first baby to be born in 2005 at Whitehorse General Hospital waited a few days for the New Year's celebrations to be over before entering the world.
• FIRST COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE A unanimous victory was scored by the Non-Partisan candidates in Monday's election, when citizens of Whitehorse elected Mr. Gordon Armstrong as their first Mayor and Mr. William G. Hamilton, Mr. Sam McClimon, Mr. George Ryder and Mr. James Norrington as the first city council for Whitehorse.