Whitehorse Daily Star

January 27, 2004

• I'm pretty much speechless,' mayor says Voting down the annual budget at a territorial level would be a vote of non-confidence that would dissolve the government and set the course for an election.
• Men await sentences A trio of young men will wait more than three months to be sentenced for selling cocaine to undercover drug cops.
• Police seek stolen truck; Americans' van robbed Whitehorse RCMP have a double reason to be looking for an older-model pickup it's stolen and its licence plate has expired.
• Harris, bus riders push for better service The City of Whitehorse could still be spinning its wheels on transit. Despite voting against sending the 2004 budget back to the budget committee to consider improving transit this year, council will have to reconsider the budget because of its vote to defeat the $61 million proposal last night.
• Plane's landing tentative ZIP's flight from Vancouver to Whitehorse was delayed for a couple of hours this morning because of soupy ice fog at the Whitehorse airport, said company spokesman Marg Archibald.
• Program will admit non-natives The minister of Education has made it official non-natives will be permitted into the Yukon Native Teacher Education Program.
• Order on claims is overturned The Yukon-B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned a Yukon Supreme Court order in the case of the Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation versus Canadian United Minerals of Dawson City.
• Thief helps self to beer A thief seems to have found a novel way to keep warm.
• Adult literacy receives boost Two territorial literacy groups can read more cash into their budgets this year.
• Knees replaced in Whitehorse Two Yukon residents are recovering in Whitehorse General Hospital after undergoing the first ever total knee replacement surgeries in the Yukon last week.
• Fentie promoted Yukon's strengths during Alberta trip Premier Dennis Fentie promoted Yukon investment opportunities in front of an overflow audience of investors at the Calgary Petroleum Club last week.
• Too many live on the street With the severe cold spells in Canada this winter, we have been bombarded with stories of how the homeless will cope with the challenge without freezing to death.

January 26, 2004

• Four-vehicle pileup claims woman's life A local artist is dead after a four-car pileup on the Alaska Highway that closed the road for several hours Friday afternoon.
• More jail time handed to finger-chopper A model inmate in jail, a career criminal who made it only eight months in the 'real world' between prison stints, is fast becoming institutionalized.
• Arts community mourns loss of devoted member The Yukon's artistic community is missing an active member today.
• Fire hall contract set to be awarded Despite a $30,000-shortfall by the city, it appears plans will be going ahead to renovate the heritage fire hall on First Avenue near Main Street.
• Public inquiry urged for Dawson projects DAWSON CITY 'I'm Andre Carrel. I'll be your waiter tonight.'
• Man's body found on McIntyre trail A local man likely died from exposure after his body was found in the snow by a woman walking along a McIntyre subdivision trail.
• Assault charge laid A group home worker is no longer working with children or youth after a teen accused him of assault.
• Jail bears brunt of violent disturbance What started out as some minor deliberately-set fires at the Yukon's jail ended in a two-hour standoff between inmates and jail guards Saturday night.
• Quest down to 32 mushers The Yukon Quest sled dog race from is down to 32 mushers.

January 23, 2004

• Grocery scammer deserves cell time, appeal court rules A Whitehorse grocery store chain will have to sue if it ever wants its money back after an appeal court tossed out a thieving employee's conditional sentence and put her behind bars.
• Dangerous driver sees her term's conditions stiffened An appellate court rejected the Yukon Crown's argument a dangerous driver should be kept behind bars, but agreed to toughen up the conditions on the woman's conditional sentence order.
• Petition demands action against packing canines Angie Dickson and Crystal Wiebe are hoping to collect 300 signatures on a petition calling for action against the dog packs in Carcross.
• Dump user puts roasted rooster out of its misery A trip to the Marsh Lake dump found Don Noble putting a rooster out of its misery recently.
• Company to convene here A Canadian-based pharmaceutical company will host its sales meetings in Whitehorse in September, the Yukon Convention Bureau said recently.
• This project will move forward' An Iowa company with strings to second-richest man in the world wants to begin building the Alaska Highway pipeline in two or three years.
• Billions prop up pipeline proponent The king of Dairy Queen is the man who wants to serve up a pipeline along the Alaska Highway.
• Fentie optimistic but not excited The word out of Alaska that a company owned by the second-richest man in the world wants to build a pipeline has the Yukon premier cautiously optimistic.
• TransCanada working together with U.S. company TransCanada Pipelines has been in discussions with the American energy company that announced Thursday it wants to build the Alaska Highway pipeline.
• Officials accused of failing to help teen Forbidden by court order from going home, a teenage boy was released from custody Wednesday with nowhere to go.
• Centre marks milestone The Victoria Faulkner Women's Centre is preparing to celebrate 30 years of women's advocacy
• Councillor torn' on lot rezoning issue At least one city council member is having a difficult time deciding whether to rezone a Porter Creek lot.
• Judge to decide on teenager's fate A local teenager once accused of being a drug runner for a Whitehorse cocaine ring was to find out this afternoon whether the Yukon Crown will be allowed to revive its case against him.
• New physician will increase special services The number of resident specialist health services available to Yukoners has grown from six to seven with the arrival of internist Dr. Andrew Kaegi.
• Quest loses challenger Quebec musher Daniel Bourassa won't compete in the 2004 Yukon Quest after all.
• Think tank to focus on respite care For parents and caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities, getting respite care isn't an easy task, says Julie Robinson, the inclusion coordinator for the Yukon Association for Community Living.
• Mayor might hit the road Mayor Ernie Bourassa will likely be talking sports in the next couple of months.
• Suggested selective listening troubles group The president of the Yukon Fish and Game Association is suspicious. It may be that it's Jim Haney's own bias, he concedes. Perhaps it's him hearing only what he wants to hear.