2009

Download full online edition: (pdf – 5.81 MB) by Dan Davidson An application to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board, under the Act of the same name, is expected to be completed and approved by March of 2010. Catherine Harwood, project manager for the Dawson Secondary Sewage Treatment Plant, reported to Dawson’s council...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 6.37 MB) CFYT-FM graduates to a 7-year license Story & photo by Dan Davidson The big news at the annual general meeting for Dawson’s CFYT-FM radio station was that the volunteer run not-for-profit society had received approval from the CRTC to extend its broadcast license for another 7...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 6.37 MB) Story & Photos by Dan Davidson “I almost cried when I saw Kevin (Mendelsohn) coming up the street with the torch,” said local relay organizer Jody Beaumont (Cirque Consulting & Communications). Th e r e wa s a l o t o f excitement all through...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 4.36 MB) The Icing on the Season by Dan Davidson There are signs of seasons changing that we all can recognize: falling leaves and boarded windows, filled with plywood cut to size. Hotels close and shops cut hours and the RV parks shut down, and the last canoeing...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 4.84 MB) Story & photo by Dan Davidson In a race that see-sawed back and forth through the entire count, the unofficial report from Dawson returning officer, Bonnie Barber, is that Peter Jenkins has reclaimed the position of mayor by the slimmest of majorities, beating incumbent John Steins...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 5.86 MB) Story and photos by Josée Bonhomme Dawson City was chosen as a venue for a World Religions Conference on the evening of September 29, 2009 at the Dӓnojà Zho Cultural Centre. The event was very well attended on a cool Tuesday night, reminding us all that...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 4 MB) Story & Photos by Dan Davidson “I wanted to come and visit you,” Brigadier General David Millar told the Dawson Junior Rangers, “because I have heard that you are one of the most enthusiastic, outgoing, energetic Junior Ranger Patrols in all of the North.” This must...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 4 MB) By Stephanie Waddell Whitehorse Star, September 2, 2009 A $1,000 reward is being offered by the Yukon Fish and Game Association for information that leads to a conviction in the shooting of a muskox on the Dempster Highway. Last Friday, a driver on the highway came...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 6.4 MB) Story and Photos by Josée Bonhomme Eight local commercial fishers out of a possible total of 21 licensees took 364 Chinook salmon this year in two limited openings. The first opening was for 36 hours on July 30-31, and a second was announced for 48 hours...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 5.8 MB) Story by Josée Bonhomme The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in were hosts to Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band on Saturday August 1st for a feast followed by a multi-media presentation by the Chief. The Community Hall was filled to capacity with no chairs left empty, and...
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