Yukon News

Hougens� gift bolsters art community

Jeremy Warren — Fri, May 9 2008 9:00:00 PST

Main Street businesses come and go, but Arts Underground is forever. Alright, maybe not forever. But it’ll be around for the next 10 years — guaranteed. A $1-million in-kind donation from Rolf...

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Namaste Notes

Michael Dougherty — Fri, May 9 2008 9:00:00 PST

Sunday, May 11 — Pentecost Sunday commemorates the “descent” of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. This Christian feast originally was a Jewish harvest festival also celebrating the end of Passover time or...

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�We�re lucky nobody got killed.�

Chris Oke — Fri, May 9 2008 9:00:00 PST

The 11-kilogram chunk of granite that crashed through the Carpenter’s ceiling left a hole the size of a soccer ball. The rock landed less than a metre from where Russ Carpenter was sitting watching TV.

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Run for Mom helps hospital go digital

Ian Stewart — Fri, May 9 2008 9:00:00 PST

The Run for Mom is marking its 10th anniversary with a $600,000 donation to the Whitehorse General Hospital. “This event has been a long time coming,” said Run for Mom chair Val Pike on Thursday at the...

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Property Guys cuts out the middle man

Chris Oke — Fri, May 9 2008 9:00:00 PST

Murray Martin lost $12,000 on the sale of his Ontario home. The house sold within two days of being on the market — but Martin still had to pay the Realtor’s fees. “In two days, that guy made...

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The guards must be crazy

Jeremy Warren — Fri, May 9 2008 9:00:00 PST

ture within the Yukon correctional system is tough. Changing the culture within a correctional system in a country torn apart by a 10-year civil war is Herculean. Simone Arnold, a former correctional officer,...

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Tasers and police shouldn�t mix

Fri, May 9 2008 9:00:00 PST

Andy Russell wasn’t a fan of carrying a rifle in the bush. He thought it changed a man’s approach to the woods and its dangers, especially bears. A rifle changed the way a guy walked.

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