Whitehorse Daily Star

March 4, 2004

• Community members oppose probation: chief The chief elected to fill the shoes of a former Liard First Nation leader handed probation for a prolonged attack on his estranged wife says the sentence is another example of the courts failing to be sensitive to his people's wishes.
• Police want to hear from witness Whitehorse RCMP think they've got their hit-and-run suspect, but they're still hunting for the witness who took down the licence plate number Wednesday evening.
• City's mayor riding high, poll suggests Whitehorse residents were more likely to rate the actions of Mayor Ernie Bourassa as good, or four-out-of-five on a five-point-scale, compared to ratings seen in the past year, says a recent poll.
• Bridge news compared to Oscar victory DAWSON CITY Smiles and sighs of relief greeted Wednesday's announcement that a bridge across the Yukon River at Dawson City is a go.
• Councillor wants inquiry to clear the air DAWSON CITY Town councillor Bill Holmes has had enough innuendo. If anything else remains to be said about the problems Dawson City has had with its new recreation centre or with its finances, he'd like it to be said at a public inquiry.
• Advisory council members named Three new members have been appointed to the Yukon Advisory Council on Women's Issues.
• Tungsten firm seeks to speed up suit North American Tungsten is scheduled to be in a Vancouver court Friday in an attempt to hasten a lawsuit against two large tungsten buyers, says a company spokesman.
• Mar. 25 seen as MLAs' return date The Yukon's legislators will likely return to the house on Mar. 25, the Star has learned.
• Calving grounds lobby taken to Hawaii They may seem like an unlikely target for the Gwitchin's lobby effort to prevent oil and gas exploration on the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou.
• International Women's Day to be marked The Victoria Faulkner Women's Centre is coordinating an International Women's Day celebration to be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the CYO Hall in Whitehorse.

March 3, 2004

• Bridge planning begins in earnest The Yukon government is starting the process in designing a bridge across the Yukon River in Dawson City.
• Celebrated rower to make time for young Yukoners Silken Laumann, the three-time Olympic rowing medalist and 1991 world champion, will hold a special event for young people when she visits Whitehorse later this month.
• We're mad as hell,' hotelier fumes For Whitehorse bar owners, it's like the city is taking away something given to them in looking at revisiting the smoking bylaw, says the owner of the Town and Mountain Hotel.
• Bungling' bandits burglarize businesses Would-be thieves accused in a string of break-ins in Dawson City have some advice from their victims try another line of work.
• Company targets high gravel benches A publicly traded company has entered into a multimillion-dollar deal to explore for gold in the high gravel benches overlooking the Indian River west of Dawson City.
• College officials welcome additional funding Yukon College officials are applauding the recent announcement that the territorial government will add another $1 million to its annual budget.
• Woman sees charges stayed A former window company employee accused of stealing money and doctoring the books has seen her charges dropped.
• $800-a-day supervisor's contract extended DAWSON CITY Andre Carrel remains the supervisor for the City of Dawson.
• Aboriginal languages use funded The federal government has given the Yukon government $2.2 million to further promote the number of fluent aboriginal language speakers in the territory.

March 2, 2004

• Restaurateur proposes better smoking bylaw When Bobbie Kufeldt, owner of the Talisman restaurant, brought her and other restaurant owners' concerns about the smoking bylaw to city council, she didn't mean for council to advance the Jan. 1, 2005 date bars have to fall under the new regulations.
• CBC helps literacy CBC North is collecting children's books and distributing them to isolated communities across the three territories.
• Territory expands immunization program Changes to the territorial immunization program will now include protection for adolescents from whooping cough (pertussis), Health and Social Services Minister Peter Jenkins announced recently.
• Super A takes store plan to council The city will have an impact on a business regardless of what direction it takes in whether to permit a new Super A grocery store to be built on Wilson Drive, says Coun. Mel Stehelin.
• Robber to be assessed for FAS A young man convicted of robbing an off-sales liquor store and trying to hold up a grocery store while on parole for an earlier robbery will be assessed for fetal alcohol syndrome.
• Four-wheeler worth $15,000 is stolen A gussied-up four-wheeler worth thousands of dollars was driven away from its owners' Porter Creek backyard last night.
• Broadcaster's death a huge loss' A popular radio DJ and television cameraman on the verge of a TV gig Outside and eagerly facing fatherhood is dead after his truck crashed early Sunday morning on the Alaska Highway near Crestview.
• Turner apologetic in wake of protests The only musher to enter every Yukon Quest sled dog race had two protests filed against him during his 21st attempt at the 1,600-kilometre race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse.
• RIVERBOATS UP IN FLAMES Hundreds of people stood on the banks of the Yukon River yesterday morning and cried as the riverboats CASCA and WHITEHORSE were engulfed by flames.