Whitehorse Daily Star

May 27, 2004

• Nine-month term not excessive: appeal court An Alberta man will have to spend a little more time at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre despite being so desperate to leave that he climbed several fences to escape last November.
• Tip leads to man's arrest on 3 1/2-month-old warrant A tipoff last Friday afternoon helped reduce the stack of outstanding arrest warrants at the local RCMP detachment by one.
• Watershed plan to be public soon The city will soon be releasing the latest draft of its watershed management plan.
• City amends buying policy There aren't many upcoming city projects that will be impacted by the city's amended purchasing and sales policy council adopted at its Tuesday night meeting, says Coun. Dave Austin.
• Tools swiped from truck A long list of tools are on the missing roster after a Golden Hill Ventures company truck was entered Tuesday night.
• Economic summit attracts 146 delegates This week's Yukon Economic Summit is about more than pleasantries, says Premier Dennis Fentie.
• Shed cabinet failures', Duncan urges Fentie The leader of the Liberal party wants Premier Dennis Fentie to switch up his cabinet, and she was willing to make some suggestions on those changes.
• Department closer to expansion The city's bylaw department is closer to getting a new position.
• City removes NDP signs In the first week of the federal election, one of the parties has already had some signs vanish locally.
• Delegates absorb country's diversity HAINES JUNCTION For Janet Hazelton, president of the Nova Scotia Nurses' Union, being part of the Governor Generals' Canadian Leadership Conference was about seeing diversity in a part of the country she's never been with a group of people she didn't know.
• Mining program hits $1-million mark About $1 million in funding has been approved to 66 prospectors and junior mining exploration companies under the Yukon Mining Incentives Program for 2004/05, Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang said recently.
• Continued... CARMACKS TO MINTO (80 kilometres) Continued... CARMACKS TO MINTO (80 kilometres) 'We're in third?!' I repeat with astonishment to the official on shore.

May 26, 2004

• Logging industry needs rebuilding time Watson Lake businessman Pat Irvin suspects it will take a couple of years before there's a noticeable hum of loggers in the southeast Yukon.
• New school name honours late elder The Yukon government has approved a new name for the school in Beaver Creek.
• Report outlines rural women's challenges Violence, addictions and access to services are among some of the major problems faced by rural women, according to a report issued today by the Yukon Status of Women's Council.
• Heritage plan compilation funded The Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation will receive a $22,500 federal grant to develop a strategic heritage development plan.
• Transit vision still murky, council told Members of the city's Transit Improvement Committee have been left wondering whether they'll even be included in a new transit task force.
• Hardy shakes up critics' responsibilities There was a shuffle in territorial politics Tuesday but not within the cabinet.
• Government staff on the move Some staff in the government offices are moving around again.
• Program teaches resistance to drugs, violence There are eight ways to say no to drugs, students at Selkirk Elementary School children were taught.
• Funding applications sought The Department of Tourism and Culture is accepting funding applications from tourism operators to co-ordinate and leverage industry and the department's marketing efforts.
• Politicians declare support for mining DAWSON CITY The Dawson City International Gold Show, as local chamber of commerce president Marten Gehrig put it during his welcome to delegates last Friday, was created back in 1986.
• Ex-councillor thanked for his efforts HAINES JUNCTION Duke Connelly, a former Whitehorse councillor and Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) vice-president, might be out of the political game but he's still receiving honours for his past work.
• Liberals called anti-women' The premier says the only government in Yukon and Canadian history with a predominantly female cabinet was against women.

May 25, 2004

• Canada hops aboard U.S. study of northern railway The federal Transport minister has indicated Canada will join with the United States in studying a northern railway just in time for the national election.
• Local suppliers may benefit Local suppliers could be getting more business from the city.
• City is on verge of contract award It could be Inukshuk Planning and Development of Whitehorse recommending what direction the city takes with parks and recreation.
• Conservative party field is finalized There will be no other Yukon candidates crawling out of the woodwork for the Conservative Party of Canada.
• Business burglarized for sixth time A security system and a four-legged crime fighter helped get two suspects into custody after a local business was broken into for the sixth time last night.
• Festival attracted more than 1,000 More than 1,000 people were in Watson Lake over the long weekend to take part in the town's third annual music festival.
• Education like a campfire, grads told Eighty-nine students crossed the stage at this year's first nations graduation last Friday afternoon in the Yukon College gym.
• Miners review a tumultuous 18 months DAWSON CITY When you honestly think you've hit rock-bottom and there's no room left to look for hope, it can be pretty amazing when you see a tunnel leading out of that pit and some light at the end of it.
• Subdivision decision pending Whitehorse city council will decide this evening whether there will be a new lot in Porter Creek.
• City will decide on strategic plan City council is poised to vote on whether to adopt its strategic plan. Administration recommended council adopt the plan, which establishes council's goals for its term of office, at the May 17 council meeting.
• City asked to pay $1,728 for glasses The city could be dolling out $1,728 to the RCMP for wine glasses.
• School-student relationship called vital Fostering a relationship between schools and students is important for success in education, members of school councils heard during their spring conference earlier this month.
• Bylaw officials' titles may change Bylaw officials tending to parking meters in the city could have a different title from their counterparts busy with unlicensed dogs, cats and other bylaw violations.
• ADVENTURES OF THE FIRST YUKON RIVER QUEST We finished in third place in last week's Yukon River Quest. Despite the pain, hallucinations and almost being attacked by a moose, this writer and his race partner say the 700-kilometre canoe race was fun.