News History
The Dalton Trail
March 20, 1898
Visitors to the Yukon and Alaska are always interested in the history of the areas through which they travel.
The White Death
February 6, 1901
Of all the natural phenomena peculiar to the Rocky mountain region none is more strange, or terrible than the mysterious storm known to the Indians as "the white death".
Tragedy on the Trail
January 23, 1901
Two gentlemen, who are stopping at the Savoy, and who arrived from the inside last night, bring a story of another reported tragedy on the trail.
The New Gold Strike
January 16, 1901
The first authentic news to be received from the new strike on Livingstone creek in the Big Salmon country is that brought out by Mr. Leonard Matchett who, though not the discoverer, was one of the first locators on the creek.
Semi-Weekly Star Perpetuated Racial Discrimination
March 22, 1902
In Canada the most complex process of racial intermingling occurred in British Columbia,
Cold Blooded Killers
September 27, 1902
A Dominion Creek Miner -- Dufor was shot by LaBelle and his body thrown into the River -- LaBelle's past career.
A Record Of A Crime Spree
August 23, 1902
Had four hundred dollars in Bank of Quebec notes when arrested -- Police hot on the trail of Fournier’s partner.
R.W. SERVICE: Bard of the Yukon
June 20, 1905
Robert W. Service, a young Englishman with a soft Scottish accent, was probably more responsible for making the Yukon known around the world than any other writer.
WHITEHORSE SWEPT BY FIRE -
May 23, 1905
Whitehorse was swept by fire early this morning and is now a mass of blackened smoking ruins. Loss $300,000.
INDOOR BASEBALL - THE RAGE OF 1906
November 24, 1906
The details are sketchy but here's what we know so far...
Ice Worms & Blue Snow
January 20, 1906
Whenever there was a lull in local news or the overland telegraph broke down, Star editor "Stroller" White lapsed into memories of the deep south, or "interviews" with local colourful characters whose authenticity was left to the readers imagination.
1906 A Grim Death Indeed.
October 12, 1906
Of all the accidents that can befall a person on a boat surely an explosion and fire is one of the worst.
Ice Worm Cocktail
March 8, 1907
The story of ice worms and blue snow apparently impressed Robert Service as well as the local chechakos and The Ice Worm Cocktail was the result:
With Murder in his Heart
September 20, 1907
Robert Whittier Blows Out His Own Brains After Attempting to Murder Ida Williams.
Bowling Comes to Whitehorse
July 1, 1908
The sport of bowling rolled into Whitehorse in a big way in July 1908. The alleys were located in a new annex of the North Star Athletic Association building on the north side of Main street between Third and Fourth Avenue.
First all-elected Yukon Territorial Council
July 15, 1909
Yukon Council - Territorial Legislative Body Now in Session. The Dawson Daily News of the evening of July 15 contained the following:
Death wins on arctic trail
April 21, 1911
Dawson, April 17 - From the weird wilds within the Arctic Circle comes a story of hardship, starvation and death seldom equaled and which reads like fiction but is only too true.
Three Are Killed, Fourth Is Dying
October 1, 1915
Alex Gagoff, Russian, Runs Amuck Yesterday and Wipes Out Railroad Section Crew - Most Terrible Tragedy in Local Annals Takes Place on Railroad Track Three Miles South of Whitehorse - Murderer Comes To Town, Tells What He Had Done and is Taken to Jail - Believed to Be Insane.
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