1996

There is an election under way in the territory at the moment. The Sun published self-profiles of all the candidates in its most recent issue, but there are too long to put here. Instead, we will substitute the summary item that I prepared for the Whitehorse Star.
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While the scent of wood smoke in the air can be soothing on an evening in late August, there was nothing comfortable about that smell on August 30, for it signaled the passing of a local first nation landmark, the Chief Isaac Memorial Centre.
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The 12 days of celebrations commemorating what MC Peter Menzies called "the most famous gold rush on the planet" got off to a drizzly start on the evening of August 13, with opening ceremonies outside the Klondyke Centennial Centre and an art show at the Palace Grand Theatre.
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Parks Canada is so well known across Canada and even the world as having high standards of maintenance and preservation of not only the Parks system but also the Heritage of Canada. Taxpayers money has been used to preserve our history, our culture, what makes us Canadians, in short our heritage. Standards were high....
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The dream of the Ridge Road Heritage Trail began for John Gould in 1976, after a trip the United States, promoting Yukon tourism. "The idea of a hiking trail came to me one time when I was in San Francisco for a tourism show," he told the crowd at the official opening of the trail....
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Dawsonites can soon expect to see $50 bills in the automatic teller machine at the CIBC, according to a recent article in the Financial Times.
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"If the Lord does not build a house, then in vain do the builders labour."
- hymn by Dan Schutte, S.J., adapted from Psalm 27 and Jeremiah 9 The Re-dedication of the Church of St Mary of the Immaculate Conception became a community event in the best way on June 12, beginning with a pot-luck supper...
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While one might have expected that Commissioner Judy Gingell would have been the star of the day at her first Commissioner's Tea it seems instead that the focus in most minds, including her own, was on the Commissioner's Residence itself, due to be reopened to public display on August 16 after an 8 year...
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A simple desire for a bit of warmth on a chilly evening ended in near disaster for an 18 year old Montreal man when his campfire engulfed his tent and belongings on the Moosehide Slide in the wee hours of May 14.
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While there were many advance concerns expressed about conditions on the Yukon River this year -- everything from careful concern by community authorities to near panic by Northern Affairs -- the river has confounded predictions once again and has gone out peacefully.
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