Whitehorse Daily Star

May 11, 2004

• Jenkins says he steered clear of Dawson decision Klondike MLA Peter Jenkins denies ever giving his fellow Yukon Party direction on dealing with Dawson City's council.
• Fire prevention booklet out The Yukon Literacy Coalition has launched another booklet in the You Can in the Yukon seriesHow to be FireSmart.
• Students bring warmth to Toronto's homeless Holy Family Elementary School students have been working very hard to 'keep Canada warm.'
• Police dispatchers critical for success This is the second story in a series looking at gear, gadgets and technology used by Yukon RCMP as part of National Police Week.
• Teenager's body recovered A family out for a Yukon River outing has found the body of a teenage girl who vanished in March and was presumed drowned.
• Land claim vote put off to the fall The vote on the proposed land claim and self-government settlements for the Kwanlin Dun First Nation has been pushed back from next month to this fall.
• MP sent three weeks' notice of her visit A federal minister requested a meeting with the Yukon's Health boss, Peter Jenkins, three weeks before her arrival.
• Parks Canada workers taking strike vote Parks Canada workers are inching closer to strike action, which may disrupt the tourism season.
• Trustee plans to keep public in the loop DAWSON CITY Ray Hayes looks comfortable in the mayor's office in Dawson.
• Firefighters' competition planned FireFit Canada will host its unique regional competition in Whitehorse, May 27-29.
• All this town needed was some communication' This is the third part of a series on life in Watson Lake during the last year. WATSON LAKE A year ago, Watson Lake's police chief would have compared his detachment to a stockade or the Alamo.
• Solar challenge set The parking lot of the Real Canadian Superstore will be home to the second annual Yukon Solar Challenge on Saturday.
• Murder Alexander Gagoff Tried And Convicted 'You will be taken from here to the place from whence you came and kept there until Friday, the 10th day of March, 1916, when you will be taken to the place of execution and there hanged by the neck until you are dead; and may God have mercy on your soul.'

May 10, 2004

• Paint by number realism on display at the ODD Gallery DAWSON CITY Sneaking into the ODD Gallery on the near-to-last day of Carl Barney's exhibition, Near the Border and Off the Map, I found myself facing four walls of what struck me at first as paint-by-number creations.
• Tourism group picks officers The Yukon First Nations Tourism Association elected a new slate of officers at its annual general meeting April 19.
• Games, missiles parts of premiers' agenda The Yukon wants to share the benefits of the 2007 Canada Winter Games with its fellow territories.
• Turbine needs costly repairs Current estimates put the cost of repairing the new $2-million wind turbine on top of Haeckel Hill at $180,000, plus staff time, says Yukon Energy spokeswoman Janet Patterson.
• Beer sales still stable By all indications, Yukoners aren't stocking up on Molson and Labatt beer just yet.
• Duncan apologized to federal minister The Liberal leader was horrified to find out the Yukon's Health minister snubbed a federal minister last week.
• Police seize paddles, bats bound for grads' party Eight paddles and bats are currently occupying the corner of a Whitehorse RCMP sergeant's office this morning after they were seized by Mounties working a roadblock outside the graduation 'hen' party.
• More housing planned Families in need of better housing will get some extra help from the federal government, Yukon MP Larry Bagnell said Friday.
• Tasers find their place among police tools Gearhead. (gir'hed) n. 1. A person driven to collect equipment, clothing and gear for a particular pursuit, such as outdoor sports. 2. Mountie.
• Ex-supervisor has little use for Carrel report DAWSON CITY In his recent report Trusteeship Background and Consequences, Andre Carrel, Dawson's former financial supervisor, states, 'What happened in Dawson on April 13, 2004, was not a take over by Big Government'. It was the financial collapse of a democratically elected government.'
• Amateur crook avoids penitentiary time A small-time crook with a taste for cocaine and Chinese takeout is too clumsy and too unsophisticated to warrant a stint in a federal penitentiary, a territorial court judge ruled Friday.
• First Chisana calf doing well The first calf in this year's ongoing Chisana caribou recovery program was born Friday.
• The change I've seen here is unreal' This is the second part of a series on life in Watson Lake over the last year. WATSON LAKE 'It starts with a spark from someone who knows who?'

May 9, 2004

• Three Are Killed, Fourth Is Dying Whitehorse experienced the greatest shock of her existence yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock when it became known that four men of the five comprising the section crew of the White Pass railroad at this place had been murdered on the railroad three miles east of town, the news of the tragedy being brought to town by the murderer himself, Alex Gagoff, a Russian.