Whitehorse Daily Star

May 4, 2004

• Court hears details of jail disturbance Generally, when a person is sentenced for a crime, he's told to stay away from his victim.
• New chief confirmed Ruth Massie has been confirmed as the new chief of the Ta'an Kwach'an Council, following a recount of ballots cast in last Friday's election.
• Offender leaves the territory It took three tries for him to depart, but a man told to not be found within the Yukon has left the jurisdiction.
• River greets day by breaking up DAWSON CITY The Yukon River broke up early this morning at Dawson. The official time, as established by Dawson RCMP, was 12:06 a.m. The alarm was sounded at 12:07.
• Evictions compared to a bomb detonating Vicki Durrant is continuing to fight to keep the Roadhouse Inn on Second Avenue as a residence for youth.
• Stranded soccer players, teachers went with the flow DAWSON CITY Dawson youngsters travelling to a soccer tournament in Mayo last weekend had a longer trip than they had expected coming home Sunday.
• Debris removed, artery reopened Highway crews south of Dawson City opened one lane of the North Klondike Highway to traffic Monday evening by removing debris and ice from the Yukon River channel.
• Dawson sewage plant not slated for this spring The Yukon government does not plan to start constructing a new sewage treatment plant for Dawson City this spring.
• Truck smashes into telephone pole A young man's attempt to evade the law ended abruptly early this morning as he crashed into a telephone pole.
• Snow awaits southbound drivers An Arctic front is pushing southward this morning and will combine with Pacific moisture to bring snow and cooler temperatures to the region.

May 3, 2004

• He's going to get out of Dodge on a plane' A mentally ill man who'd been ordered to leave the territory and not return is back in a Whitehorse courtroom today after getting off the airplane originally destined to help him get out of the Yukon.
• Everitt lambastes Fentie for letter DAWSON CITY Former Dawson mayor Glen Everitt is taking Premier Dennis Fentie to task for the contents of his April 20th letter about sewage treatment to the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council.
• Klondike Highway flooding severs Dawson from south DAWSON CITY Flooding on the North Klondike Highway south of Dawson forced the road's closure Sunday afternoon.
• Special dinner guests surprised tourism director Very few people can brag about hosting a dinner party with guests like Robin Williams and Holly Hunter, but Buckwheat Donahue, Skagway's tourism director, can.
• Govts don't want top court to hear case The federal and Yukon governments are opposing the desire of the Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation to have the Tombstone park matter heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.
• Election decided narrowly Ruth Massie is the chief-elect for the Ta'an Kwach'an Council, in what was the first election held to choose a chief and deputy chief for the Lake Laberge first nation.
• Yukon Party hurting Dawson's financial standing NDP The NDP wants to know how Dawson City can pay for its latest lawsuit if it is flat broke as the premier and Community Services minister claim.
• Officials weighing land claim vote It will likely be a couple of weeks before there's comment from the government on the no-vote for the proposed land claim settlement for the Carcross-Tagish First Nation, says a federal negotiator.
• Expectant mom welcomed local hospitality The Victoria Faulkner Women's Centre had its first guest staying at its new suite last month.
• Youth forced back to streets The owner of the Roadhouse Inn is taking back the hotel's management after the building served as rental units for youth since last November. 'I feel sorry for the kids,' owner Con Lattin said in an interview this morning.

April 30, 2004

• Nakai is ready for Homegrown Festival Nakai Theatre in Whitehorse will hold the inaugural Homegrown Festival May 12-15 and 19-22.
• Maybe the Vikings weren't first to North America after all There are, I guess, two things that one can say for certain about Farley Mowat.
• Southwest Yukon quake was felt in Whitehorse An earthquake near the Yukon-Alaska border Thursday doesn't appear to have been felt in Burwash Landing, the nearest community, but was reported by residents in Whitehorse and Yakutat.
• Intruder literally cooled heels High Country Inn kitchen staff foiled a break-in attempt last night when they caught up with a man in their walk-in cooler.
• Park moves closer to expanding The Lobird Trailer Park is getting closer to expansion after city council approved the first reading of a bylaw Monday evening to change the zoning of 7.4 hectares of the area next to the trailer park to Public Utility (PU).
• Second Radio Shack surprises the first Radio Shack vs. Radio Shack.
• Teenaged arsonist receives his sentence A 17-year-old who helped burn down a couple's Marsh Lake retirement home will be under court supervision well into young adulthood.
• Harrowsmith magazine a fan of the Klondike It's official: the Klondike is one of the 10 prettiest spots in the country, at least according to Harrowsmith Country Life magazine.
• Ruptured line hobbles couple's water supply In the near-decade Debbie and Mike Nikon have lived in their Thompson Road home, they've never had a drainage problem until this week.
• Town manager slumbering in Jenkins' hotel The town manager the territorial government hired for Dawson City earlier this month is living at a Yukon Party cabinet minister's hotel.
• Man's hearing date set A Watson Lake man charged with second-degree murder has set an October date for a preliminary hearing.
• We want ground broken this spring' A group of Yukon and Alaska first nation governments wants the territory to start building a new sewage treatment facility for Dawson City very soon.
• Tobacco Act charges laid Local businesses and their clerks are facing federal Tobacco Act charges after undercover kiddie cops tested to see if the retailers would sell smokes to youngsters.
• On the set of The Big White SKAGWAY It's truly 'big' and 'white' and has been 'the' happening event over the past three weeks. If you've driven over the White Pass summit anytime since April 12, you know what we mean.
• Council approves transfer of surplus City council voted to transfer the city's 2003 surplus of $20,379 to its 2004 operations budget Monday night.
• Wharf on Fourth left high and dry The owners of the Wharf on Fourth are waiting to review the written decision before they decide whether to appeal Judge Gail Maltby's order to take down a Second Avenue billboard.