1975

Other News From 1975

During the week of November 1-8th, Marg and Rolf Hougen are guests of Panasonic spending one week in Mazatlan, Mexico at the Playa Del Rey hotel.
Among those on the trip was Bill Bennett, a hardware appliance dealer from Kelowna.
April 4-12. A visit to the Eastern Arctic saw Marg and Rolf Hougen, Dr. Aubrey Tanner and wife Peg travel to Rankin Inlet, Coral Harbour, Frobisher Bay, Lake Harbour and Cape Dorset - the pilot was Bob Engle. The weather was so extremely cold, that Rolf's 16mm Bolex camera froze up.
May 19-30. As guests of Yamaha music, Marg and Rolf visited Tokyo. From there, they travelled by bullet train and motorcoach to Tsumagui, Yamaha's head office. In Hamamatsu, a luncheon was hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Kawakami, President of Yamaha. Factory visits, mikimoto pearl diving, a stay at a Japanese style resort, sleeping on floor mats, geisha's, three days in Kyoto, fabulous food was all part of the ten days of hospitality.
October 9-12. Rolf Hougen joined a group of Yukoners in Viking, Alberta for an annual duck shoot. Among those attending were Edge King, Gordon Cameron , Maj. Fred Kay, Bob Choate, John Phelps, Insp. Joe Vachon, Gol. Keith Besley and Gorden Crawford.
Past and present Mayors, Gordon Armstrong, Bert Wybrew, Ed Jacobs, Howard Firth and Paul Lucier gathered with Whitehorse citizens in the Elks Hall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Whitehorse.
Federal Industries of Winnipeg has offered cash for the remaining 49.8% of White Pass shares it does not own.
On Jan 6th, a record low of 55.6 below F. was recorded in Whitehorse. The record low in January was 61.7 degrees on Jan. 31, 1947.
NCPC's Aishihik Hydro Project will start delivering power in June.
The Minister of Northern Development, Judd Buchanan announces that Yukon Commissioner James Smith will be Chairman of the Northern Canada Power Commission (NCPC).
In August, Hougen's celebrated with a grand opening the addition of a Radio Shack store on the 2nd floor of the Hougen Centre.
Ron Hurry, the Goldsmith in Hougen's jewellery department, fashions a "turn of the century" gold nugget vest chain.
Joe Clark, leader of the Progressive Conservative official opposition, spends time at Quiet Lake. The picture of him taking an arctic grayling caught on a fly made the front page of newspapers across Canada.
Judd Buchanan, Minister of Northern Development, in a letter to Al Lueck, lawyer for C.Y.I., said he is hopeful all land claims will be concluded by November 1976.
The YTG Executive Committee members will now be called "ministers". Three M.L.A.s named Ministers are Ken McKinnon, Hilda Watson and Gorden McIntyre.
Whitehorse West M.L.A. Flo Whyard is appointed to the Executive Committee of the Yukon Territorial Government as Minister of Health and Welfare replacing Hilda Watson, who resigned.
Federal Health Minister Marc Lalonde writes Flo Whyard, the Yukon's Health Minister, saying that she can attend a conference of Canada's Health Ministers "as an observer" but will have no vote.
Northern Resources Conference called "Yukon on the Move" expects 350 delegates says Chairman Dutch Van Tassell.
Erik Nielsen M.P. proposed in a private members bill in the House of Commons that a senator be appointed from the both the Yukon and the NWT. The Liberal Government supported the bill but the N.D.P. opposed. It passed.
Digby Hunt is appointed the Federal Government's Chief Land Claims Negotiator.
Local Government Director Walter Bilawich announces one hundred and forty residential lots will go on sale. 86 are in Porter Creek, 19 in McRae and 55 in Riverdale.
Judd Buchanan Minister of Northern Development announced the removal of lake front lot restrictions imposed when hydro development was proposed for the Yukon -
Taiya (Yukon Taku) dam. Long term leases are now available.
Justice Thomas Berger visits Old Crow as part of the McKenzie Valley Pipeline Project. Chief John Joe Kay said "My people are not in favour of the pipeline."
The George Johnson Museum opened in Teslin. George Johnson, who died in 1973, was a strong supporter of the museum.
Bert Boyd is named chairman of the Yukon Water Board.
The Yukon Indian Women's Association complained to Peter Gillespie, YTG Executive committee member responsible for Tourism, that signs pointing to Indian Cemeteries should be removed. He agreed.
The Yukon’s minimum wage is set at $2.70 an hour.
Jill Tanner and Kelly Hougen graduated from F.H. Collins High School.
Leo Van Vugt, who tried to repair the Riverdale Road, during the civic strike was charged with dangerous driving when driving a front end loader.
The White Pass and Yukon Route railway celebrates seventy-five years of service to the Yukon.
Alderman Peter Patrick, manager of Canada Packers, resigned from City Council because of a transfer to Edmonton.
Pierre Juneau is appointed Chairman Canadian Radio Television Commission replacing Gerard Pelletier.
Teslin Wood Products, builder of freighter canoes, has closed down.
Dr. Lloyd Barber, Canada's Land Claims Commissioner holds an information meeting on "the basis of land claims in Canada". The meeting was sponsored by the University of Canada North.
Thirty-four dog teams participate in the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous races.
Bill Thompson announces that twenty dog teams will participate in the Carcross to Atlin commemorative mail run.