Whitehorse Daily Star

January 22, 2004

• Offer meaningless', college union says The Yukon College community is digesting a 92-per-cent strike vote by the Yukon College Employees Union Wednesday night.
• Sheep heads stolen Be suspicious if a pair of mounted and stuffed Dall sheep heads show up on someone's living room wall this week, police warn.
• Yukon first nations' pipeline prospects part of new deal Examining opportunities for first nations to become partners in an Alaska Highway pipeline is a condition of a new agreement between the Kaska Nation and Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd.
• Let it snow, let it snow .... DAWSON CITY How much snow was there in Dawson last week? The weatherman says 59 centimeters a 102-year record.
• Dawson mayoralty pared to halftime The mayor's job in Dawson City is about to become part-time. 'I will no longer be a full-time mayor in Dawson City,' Mayor Glen Everitt said in an interview this morning.
• Man admits sexually assaulting young woman A man who arrived in the Yukon a year ago to put a life of crime behind him is going back Outside to a federal penitentiary.
• Tensions bring back memories for councillor DAWSON CITY As what Community Services Minister Glenn Hart has repeatedly called Dawson's 'severe financial problems' continue, town councillor Byrun Shandler is finding himself increasingly plagued by a sense of dej‡-vu.
• Marsh Lakers want to join Whitehorse calling region City councillor Doug Graham is waiting to hear what local residents think of seeing their monthly phone bills rise by 48 cents before he decides whether to take the matter to a regulatory authority.

January 21, 2004

• Don't fund Mount Sima, council advised It appears the Great Northern Ski Society will have to come up with its own money if it wants to open the Mount Sima Ski Area next winter.
• Transit improvement body, city will meet next month Joyce Hayden says the city asking for a meeting with the Transit Improvement Committee is encouraging news.
• Man's trial ends after guilty pleas A young drug user who held up a pair of local stores in as many nights to feed his habit may be looking at more federal penitentiary time.
• Man charged with bilking local insurance company A tipoff to police that a man accused of bilking an insurance firm was in Whitehorse led to an arrest almost two years after charges were sworn.
• Crown seeks tougher terms for two local residents A pair of Yukon cases is being heard in a British Columbia courtroom today.
• Power flows again in Fort McPherson A stable power supply has been restored to the community of Fort McPherson, N.W.T., though its 875 residents remain in a state of emergency.
• Hart praises, turfs board member, then stays mum The Yukon Federation of Labour (YFL) has no idea why it has been shut out in picking labour's representative on a public board and Glenn Hart refuses to give an answer on the issue.
• Association needs more clout, members say Raise the political profile of the Yukon Fish and Game Association or risk being buried by organizations with competing interests, the group's members suggested Tuesday night.
• Judge was too tough, jail escaper argues A man sentenced to nine months behind bars for busting out of jail says the judge was too tough on him.
• Men appeal convictions, terms Two men who admitted involvement in a drug-related attack on a dealer known as Mad Dog are appealing their convictions and sentences.

January 20, 2004

• N.W.T. power restoration continues Efforts are ongoing to restore a stable power supply to the 800-plus residents of Fort McPherson, N.W.T., following Monday's early-morning blaze that destroyed the community's generating plant.
• More teachers to be trained The territorial government will train six new native language teachers. As was announced in a news release last Friday, the new trainees will be taught through the Yukon Native Language Centre.
• Man consumed alcohol before fatal plunge The rigger who plunged to his death from a microwave tower near Dawson in October 2001 had enough alcohol in his system to be given a 24-hour roadside suspension if he'd been driving a vehicle.
• Exclusion from meeting riles labour group The territory's largest labour group wants to know why it and other Yukoners were shut out of a private consultation meeting Monday with the federal Finance minister about the national budget.
• Bylaw starving eateries, council told The city could be taking a second look at its smoking bylaw, which came into effect Jan. 1.
• Tools stolen; violent man subdued A local mechanic is still missing a slew of tools after thieves loaded them into a stolen truck and drove them away.
• Seniors' maintenance program up and running Seniors in Whitehorse can once again get assistance with chores around the house.
• Fewer Yukoners had employment in December One hundred fewer Yukoners had jobs at Christmas time compared to a year earlier.