Whitehorse Daily Star

March 17, 2004

• Gallery's exhibition to open Thursday The Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery is presenting its March 18-May 9 spring exhibition featuring Yukon/Ontario artist Nicole Bauberger, Yukon artist Philippe LeBlond and two Alaska artists, Deborah Tharp and Kat Tomka.
• Silent art auction to begin Thursday The Yukon Art Centre Public Art Gallery has planned its first silent art auction fundraiser from Thursday until March 27.
• They want to put Daniel away,' leader says Kaska leader Hammond Dick supports what has become an extremely controversial sentence for former chief Daniel Morris of Watson Lake's Liard First Nation.
• Man enters plea after fatal crash A Whitehorse man has admitted responsibility in an incident that saw a car careen into a bus stop on Quartz Road last July, killing the American man sitting on the bench.
• Tip leads to man's arrest Police dog Justice and his handler had to get out of bed early Tuesday morning only to catch their suspect a block or two away.
• Social workers face down discrimination Twenty years ago, social worker Wendy Springford was acting as a liaison between Alberta's Department of Health and Social Services and students at a vocational college in Edmonton.
• Lock cut, snowmobiles stolen A pair of purple snowmachines vanished at the end of a trail in the snow Monday night.
• RCMP plan first long-range patrol since '69 While a patrol across the Whitehorse RCMP's territory takes about as long as finishing a latte, it takes Old Crow Mounties days on end to cross their coverage area.
• City studies best handy bus Now that the city has agreed to offer handy bus service to country residential areas of town, it's looking at how it can provide a satisfactory service.
• Study finds strong interest in cultural centre March 29 will mark the first meeting of Artspace North, a group working toward creating a cultural area on the waterfront.
• Man died accidentally, coroner rules A retired firefighter's death in McPherson Lake last September has been ruled accidental.
• Ruling helps Dawson avoid trusteeship Dawson City won't need to bring in a trustee to take over from the town council.
• Ladies Bowling 1908- BOWLING

March 16, 2004

• I feel unsafe,' says distraught crime victim When Carrie Stevenson arrived at her Takhini-area trailer Sunday night after an evening with her boyfriend, she immediately knew something was wrong.
• Ambulance staff may be reduced The Yukon government wants to chop the number of ambulance staff on duty during the winter at a time when emergency workers believe there is not enough being spent on ambulance staff.
• Casting call drew hundreds Nearly 300 people showed up to a casting call last night for a movie set to film in Whitehorse in early April.
• Council stands firm on smoking law It appears city council won't be making any changes to the smoking bylaw after all.
• Leadership deadline draws near Conservative party members in the Yukon will have to fax their leadership ballots by tomorrow.
• Government funds $269,001 in projects The territorial Community Development Fund (CDF) is contributing $269,001 toward 19 projects approved under Tier 1 criteria ($20,000 or less).
• Airport upgrades set Highways and Public Works Minister Glenn Hart says he welcomes the $2.96 million in federal funding announced for upgrades to the Old Crow Airport.

March 15, 2004

• RCMP probe stabbing, several property crimes A Whitehorse woman was cleaned up at the hospital and sent on her way early Saturday morning after she was stabbed three times in the chest.
• Fair trade coffee promoted The Yukon College Student Union is working toward implementing fair trade coffee practices on campus.
• Silver screen beckons locals Come one, come all. Casting interviews for The Big White will be held today from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the High Country Inn.
• Accused is free on bail A man accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls was released on bail Friday.
• Former MP vies for NDP nomination A former New Democratic MP wants to get back to the House of Commons as the Yukon's next federal representative and it's not Audrey McLaughlin or Louise Hardy.
• Ambulance training job still not filled A source within the territory's medical services fears the government may be deliberately not filling a needed job to train the Yukon's rural ambulance attendants.
• Man to get psychiatric assessment A man accused of an assault on his spouse that ended with his home being surrounded by the RCMP tactical unit will be held in custody for a psychiatric assessment.
• Exchange was a milestone, executive says Judy Gingell remembers the early years of the land claim negotiations in the Yukon. Those were the days in which the territory's first nations would seek advice from their Alaskan brethren who'd already been through the political process in the early 1970s.
• Golden Horn gains new status Golden Horn residents are moving forward with plans to elect a council for the newly-minted Local Advisory Area.
• Winter's-end ceremony set This year's annual Burning Away the Winter Blues event is set for Sunday, March 21.