Whitehorse Daily Star

March 12, 2004

• Smoking bylaw sparks new coalition The Whitehorse Hospitality Coalition is the latest product of the city-wide smoking ban.
• Skagway Road is open again After five avalanches and four days of being shut, the road to Skagway was re-opened at 8:00 this morning.
• Fork wielder gets conditional term A Ross River man who came through on his promise to attempt to make amends to the step-brother he tried to stab with a fork was given a conditional sentence Tuesday.
• Snowmobiler's death explained The weight of a snowmobile crushing his abdomen likely contributed to a Contact Creek man's death.
• They're going on a spending spree' The upcoming territorial budget is set to exceed $700 million.
• Students to debate global issues Kofi Annan, your job as head of the United Nations may be in danger. A class of Whitehorse sixth graders will take over the legislature Tuesday to debate the world's biggest issues in a mock United Nations General Assembly.
• Hamilton Boulevard roundabout urged A traffic roundabout at Hamilton Boulevard and McIntyre Drive (south) could be constructed this summer and be ready by the time school starts in September.
• Canada Gala weekend going on in Anchorage The Yukon is being showcased under the theme 'Northern Partners for Economic Progress' by Premier Dennis Fentie and a delegation of Yukoners during the Canada Gala weekend in Anchorage.
• Multiplex sacrifices' needed, Hart says To meet its $24-million multiplex sports centre construction budget, the city would need to take out several planned features.
• Party rejects leadership review The Yukon Party doesn't want a leadership race any time soon.
• Ambulance deficiencies called a hazard A territorial medical worker believes the government is putting lives of Yukoners at risk because of the amount of money it puts into ambulance services.
• Teenager asked to apologize to police officer Nearly two years after slapping an RCMP corporal and spitting in his face, a teenage girl was set free with an official reprimand.
• Lake-area gravel quarry resurrected Another application for a gravel quarry and concrete plant near McLean Lake is again facing resistance, as it has several times in the past.
• Man confesses to part in armed robbery A local man has pleaded guilty to armed robbery again.
• Tin bird feeders express maker's gratitude for care Peter Woloszeniuk had a heart attack seven years ago.
• An aviation legend dies just before turning 100 There used to be a saying among the flying fraternity: 'There are old pilots and bold pilots but there ain't no old, bold pilots.'
• The Innovators: ritual as a means to renewal As changes occur in our society and new social challenges emerge, the demand for new solutions to social problems increases. When these 'new' initiatives are taken up by those who are inspired to lead them, they are often referred to as social innovations.

March 11, 2004

• Heart-sinking feeling' followed theft of gear Number-crunchers in the territorial Department of Environment prevented a theft of camp equipment from cancelling the $300,000-Chisana caribou recovery program.
• Couple fined over unfiled returns, must pay $25,000 in back taxes A local businessman and his wife were fined a combined $7,000 for not filing tax returns in what was called a case of 'extreme and unlawful procrastination.'
• Cash left on restaurant floor Whitehorse RCMP have something to return to a local restaurant patron if they can figure out who left several hundred dollars in cash on the floor.
• Oil, gas exploration areas released Two more areas have been released in north Yukon for oil and gas exploration, Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang announced Monday.
• Groomer eased conditions for Trekkers DAWSON CITY As the third troupe of snowmobilers got ready to leave Tok, Alaska, for the final weekend of the Trek Over the Top, one thing they could be pretty sure of was that the trail was in good shape.
• Sexual assaulter receives conditional term The second time around garnered a Carcross man the sentence he'd been looking for the first time he went before a judge on a sexual assault conviction.
• Urgency' involved in services agreement, manager tells council City officials don't entirely agree with a proposed deal for municipal services for the Kwanlin Dun First Nation.

March 10, 2004

• Hart non-committal on multiplex money Community Services Minister Glenn Hart is expecting a call from the city sometime soon for the $3.4 million which could be incurred for the construction of the multiplex sports centre.
• Officer charged after woman's death The Mountie driving the police cruiser that flipped on the South Klondike Highway last fall, killing the female prisoner in the back seat, is being charged under the Motor Vehicles Act.
• Store would kill our business,' city told One of the city's largest neighbourhoods doesn't need a full-scale grocery store.
• YTG plans new school for dropouts The Yukon government wants to open an 'alternative' school for dropouts. Education Minister John Edzerza announced the plan for the new, $250,000-school at a press conference today.
• I can't do it forever,' says race founder After three decades, Bill Thomson has reached the end of the trail.
• Star regrets phrase, offers apology The Star retracts and apologizes for the choice of words 'doctoring the books' used to describe charges in a story in the March 3 edition about a woman whose fraud and theft charges were stayed.
• Budding canine sleuths need names Someday, as a police dog chases down an accused murderer or finds a child lost in the bush, it could bear the name given to it by a Yukon youngster.
• Telecast blacked out as petition presented A local woman doesn't want to believe the telecast interruption from city hall Monday night during her presentation to council was deliberate.
• City changing bed and breakfast definition When is a bed and breakfast not a bed and breakfast? When it's two one-room cabins on a property.
• Communities see grants heightened The Yukon government is giving extra cash to four communities to bring their annual grants level to all other villages and towns in the territory.
• Electronic waste collection day scheduled for Saturday The Raven Recycling Society and Computers for Schools Yukon, with assistance from Environment Yukon, will host a collection day for electronic waste this Saturday.
• Do we need this project at this time? At best, it's the gleaming gateway to enhanced tourism and vague economic development prospects the Klondike hasn't witnessed since the likes of the Gold Rush.