Whitehorse Daily Star

June 10, 2004

• Rhinos work to horn in on ballot space The Rhino party hopes to stampede into court as early as next week to challenge its rejected nomination application.
• Deal called partial remedy to doctors' shortage It's expected a new agreement signed Wednesday for physician services in the Yukon will help in a number of different areas, says the president of the Yukon Medical Association.
• Major theft of tools reported Thousands of dollars in tools are missing from a Crestview home after an early-morning theft.
• Mounties meet mutton: sheep caper rocks Pelly There are some things Yukon police officers just don't learn in Mountie school.
• Musicians, fans flocking to twin music festivals The tunes will be coming out of Haines Junction this weekend as musicians from around the territory and a few from Outside take to the stages of the Alsek Music Festival and the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival.
• Transit task force plans firming up If all goes according to plan, members of a transit task force will be in place by June 28.
• Premier at First Nations Summit Premier Dennis Fentie has been invited to speak at the First Nations Summit now underway in North Vancouver.

June 9, 2004

• Licence refusal called pure discrimination' Planning a wedding, while a stressful process for many couples, has become a big insult for one Whitehorse couple.
• Bylaw may soon fit territorial legislation The city's bylaw governing referendums and plebiscites may soon finally fit in with the territorial government's Municipal Act.
• Witnesses shook up' over creature sighting Conservation officer Dave Bakica is convinced that whatever two Teslin residents saw early last Sunday morning, it shook them up.
• Break-down of ambulance delayed nurse 20 minutes A passerby picked up a stranded nurse on her way to help a bleeding man after the Teslin ambulance broke down on the side of the Alaska Highway in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
• Recycling society wants cap removed The Raven Recycling Society is asking the city to do away with the $20,000-cap it places on recycling programs that divert waste from the dump.
• Veteran volunteer recognized Margaret Yeulet was recognized for her many contributions to the community Monday by being presented with a Commissioner's Award for Public Service.
• Ex-ministers receive appointments Two former Liberal cabinet ministers under Pat Duncan's previous government have received federal appointments to the seven-member board that will oversee the Yukon's new environmental legislation.
• Dawson man faces charges A Dawson City-area man is charged with lighting his own home on fire.
• Fentie appoints deputy minister Premier Dennis Fentie has announced the appointment of a new Health and Social Services deputy minister.
• Children's artwork to brighten Games Local elementary school students celebrated the upcoming Canada Senior Games with a few pictures.
• Yukoners urged to scout out game farm The Yukon Wildlife Preserve will be opening its gates to the general public on Saturday for the first time under territorial government ownership.
• Sharpshooters out to avenge losing streak It doesn't show, but Randy Fraser is a bruised man.
• Accused released under conditions A woman accused of slashing a Carmacks man's face isn't allowed back to the community except for court.

June 8, 2004

• City should pay tickets, councillor believes City taxpayers could be absorbing the tickets bylaw officers handed out to cyclists breaking the bicycle bylaw on Two Mile Hill last Wednesday.
• Tim Hortons fundraiser goes tomorrow Camp Day, the single largest fundraiser for the Tim Hortons Children's Foundation, is back for another year.
• Acting boss of Yukon Energy now full-time The man who wants greater accountability by Yukon Energy has been appointed to the full-time position as president and chief executive officer for the Crown corporation.
• Fire's cause to remain unknown The cause of a May 31 house fire on Tamarack Drive will remain undetermined, says acting fire chief Warren Zakus.
• Boaters in for smoke Yukon Wildfire Management is advising boaters they may encounter smoke 135 kilometres downstream of Whitehorse along the Yukon River.
• Rhino stampedes into election law challenge The electoral Rhino charging across the Yukon's political landscape will not be stopped dead in its tracks by an accountant or lack thereof.
• Local man pedals into Green candidacy The Green party has wheeled its way into the federal election with its first-ever Yukon candidate.
• Yukoner heard horrid tales of exploitation A Yukoner was Canada's lone representative at a recent child labour conference held in Florence, Italy.
• Yukon Energy plans scholarships Yukon Energy again plans to award several scholarships to Yukoners studying at post-secondary institutions.
• May proved to be a balmy Yukon month May was a warm month in Yukon with every reporting station showing above-normal temperatures.
• A GANG OF TOUGHS From present appearances White Horse is a haven of refuge for as tough a set of individuals as ever congregated in a town of this size.