Whitehorse Daily Star

June 23, 2004

• Yukoner wins Montreal Fringe Festival Award The 14th Montreal Fringe Festival ended last Sunday night with an overflow crowd gathered at a beer garden on Montreal's 'Main' (St. Laurent Boulevard) for the Frankies Awards ceremony, and a Yukoner won one.
• Roasting locals snapping up fans, cold treats It's a scorching Monday afternoon when close to 25 people line up inside the Dairy Queen in downtown Whitehorse.
• Ruling imminent on Rhinos' plight The Rhinos are getting their shot at shutting down the election in the Yukon.
• Guests isolated from group Four tourists displaying Norwalk virus-like symptoms were isolated from their tour group last weekend while staying at the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel.
• Trolley work still on track for this year The Yukon government is still hoping to see work go ahead this year on extending the downtown trolley line.
• Couch-side shenanigans arouse officers' suspicions Some mischief by a couch caught police officers' eyes as they made a late-night patrol through a downtown hotel.
• Children's Act review meet fails to lure youth The Yukon government hoped to hear from youth Tuesday about its plans to revise the Children's Act, but no young people showed up for the discussions.
• Yukon seeking assistance from Outside firefighters Yukon fire management officials continue to seek additional firefighting resources as forest fire conditions worsen and the number of new fires increases.
• Timber applications slated for review Four companies have applied for two commercial blocks of timber in southeast Yukon, says a spokesman for the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.
• Accused needs drug for medicinal use, court told A man charged with producing pot after 28 plants were seized from his basement last week following an attempted break-in to his home told the court he grows marijuana for medicinal purposes.
• Length of hot spell is melting several records The heat wave is continuing in the Yukon and in B.C.
• Bylaw campaign deemed a success Bylaw officers may no longer be waiting at the bottom of Two Mile Hill to hand out tickets to cyclists breaking the bicycle bylaw, but that doesn't mean the city won't be enforcing it.
• Multiplex art pieces selected The Whitehorse multiplex isn't just designed to be a sports centre.
• Many flocked to Aboriginal Day The sun shone down on National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Rotary Peace Park Monday afternoon as hundreds turned up to take part in the sharing of cultures.
• Deputy chief given Commissioner's Award Roger Kyikavichik, the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation's deputy chief and Canadian Ranger patrol sergeant, received a Commissioner's Award for Public Service Monday afternoon.

June 22, 2004

• Opponents believe they can catch MP A local poll puts Liberal Larry Bagnell in the driver's seat to remain the Yukon's MP ,but with almost one-third of the respondents undecided, the two closest parties believe there's room to catch up.
• B&B owner hoping to house guests Sharon McConnell, owner of the Triple B Bed and Breakfast in the Mary Lake subdivision, hopes she can start taking in guests soon.
• Teenager killed after his ATV strikes truck A 17-year-old boy died in Whitehorse General Hospital last night after driving his all-terrain vehicle through a stop sign and into the side of a truck.
• There was no reason a fire should have started' The city's fire department doesn't know how a brush fire started at the base of the clay cliffs downtown on Monday afternoon, but they're treating it as a suspicious blaze.
• City will swell with judges About 150 judges are descending on Whitehorse this week, but not because of any crime wave to hit the territory.
• City offering closed captioning Whitehorse may be the first municipality in the country to offer closed captioning during its telecasts of council meetings, city officials believe.
• Fire risk is extreme An additional $75,000 to $80,000 per day is being spent to ensure the Yukon's forest firefighting capabilities keep step with the increasingly dangerous conditions.
• Conference delegates helped United Way More than $1,000 was raised for United Way Yukon during a recent international conference hosted in Whitehorse by Northwestel Inc.
• Valuable ticket bought here A $250,000-winning ticket for last Friday's Super 7 extra draw was bought in Whitehorse but remains unclaimed.

June 21, 2004

• Arts in the Park migrates to Main Street I was on Main Street the other day, perusing my latest copy of the Northern Miner, when across the street noise I could hear a banjo.
• Local cabbies mourn murder victim A local man is charged with first-degree murder after a cab driver was killed on a secluded Whitehorse road early Saturday evening.
• Woman drowns while tubing A young woman out tubing on the Yukon River with some friends drowned last night after she fell off her inner tube in turbulent water.
• Campfires banned, conditions extreme All campfires and open fires are now prohibited as the fire danger rating in has been pushed to extreme across the territory by the hot and dry conditions.
• Visitor, restaurant worker assaulted A tourist and a Tim Hortons employee were assaulted Sunday afternoon after the out-of-towner tried to stop a male from breaking into his vehicle.
• B.C. crash kills Yukoner Laurel Baldwin is being remembered as 'part of the foundation' of Whitehorse General Hospital today, as her co-workers deal with her death, hospital spokeswoman Val Pike said this morning.
• Klein links social programs to deficits A lone protester, calling himself Captain Yukon, stood outside the banquet featuring Alberta Premier Ralph Klein at the High Country Inn Friday night.
• PM's charges balderdash', Klein says After a meeting on Friday, the premiers of the Yukon and Alberta plan to work together on a variety of initiatives starting with an energy alliance. The proposed energy alliance will see the two harmonize regulations, share training and research programs.
• Record-melting heat continues It was a weekend of record-breaking temperatures, as the mercury rose to 33 C in the territory on Saturday.
• Barge fire delays ferry A fire on a barge carrying scrap metal and vehicle bodies delayed ferry service Sunday afternoon in the North Lynn Canal as U.S. Coast Guard and Haines Fire Department firefighters fought the blaze.