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The Yukon Emergency Medical Service’s new Emergency Response Centre, located at Two Mile Hill and the Alaska Highway, is now operational. The centre can hold six ambulances and was constructed to remain operational in a disaster situation.

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It took the ambulance eight new ambulance station minutes to arrive at their has officially opened at house, a minute faster than the top of Two Mile Hill. the national standard.

Government officials, staff The parents had previously and media attended a ribbon- opposed a proposed ambucutting ceremony Monday lance station in their Takhini morning. neighbourhood, but since the The $8.1-million Emergen- accident have become chamcy Response Centre will shave pions of improved emergency minutes off how long people services. have to wait for an ambulance, McCarthy said she does not said Michael McKeage, direc- know if an ambulance station tor of Emergency Medical at the top of Two Mile Hill Services. would have saved her son. But Until now, the only pershe does not doubt that it will manent ambulance station save others. in Whitehorse was located in “I will never have my son Riverdale. back. But perhaps we may Since 2010, ambulances have helped save someone have also been sent out from else’s son through our advoa trailer at the top of Two cacy.”

Mile Hill. During construcThe new centre is much tion of the new centre, that better compared with what temporary dispatch centre the department had before, was moved to the Whitehorse said McKeage. airport.

“This is so vastly improved It takes four to five minutes from the places we were. It is for an ambulance to get from just, from a training point of Riverdale to the top of the hill, view, from this communicasaid McKeage, and that can be tions centre point of view, longer in adverse weather or there’s really no comparison. heavy traffic.

“I’ve seen a lot of them in The new centre puts amthe country, and I haven’t seen bulances closer to hundreds any one that’s as functional.” of calls from areas beyond the The building meets LEED top of the hill, he said. standards for environmental Marco Paquet and Shandell efficiency. It has also been McCarthy both spoke at the designed to withstand earthevent. Their 17-month-old quakes, and meets post-disasson Brennan chocked to death ter construction standards.

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It has a back up generator that can fully power the centre in the event of a power outage.

Downstairs, a drivethrough ambulance bay has space for up to six vehicles.

Next to that are change rooms, a kitchen and a lounge for paramedics to relax while they wait for a call.

Upstairs are the administrative offices for Emergency Medical Services, and space for what will soon be the new dispatch and communications centre.

There are rooms for conferences and for skills training, with storage for equipment.

Having everything in such close proximity will greatly improve services, said McKeage.

“It’s going to allow us to do our job better for Yukoners.”

The government has been talking about a new ambulance station since 2004.

Originally, the plan was to co-operate with the city to house the station in Whitehorse’s new $10.9 million public safety building at the top of Two Mile Hill.

But negotiations for that fell through in 2007.

The major issue was timing, said Jerry McLachlan, senior advisor for protective services.

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Yukon veterans protest service cuts Jesse Winter

“If these offices close in 2014, our veterans are going to have to go to a Service Canada office and get in line ilitary veterans in Whitehorse behind someone like me who’s waitsay they are frustrated with the ing for a passport photo. This is what federal government over the impendwe cannot let happen.” Docherty said. ing closure of at least nine veterans’ Whitehorse doesn’t have a affairs regional offices across the veterans’ affairs regional office. The country. only option here for veterans seeking Red Grossinger, a veteran of the help for everything from crippling Cold War and peacekeeping missions psychological stress injuries to filling in Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and out weighty government forms is Egypt, said unless the government to either fly to Vancouver or spend reverses these cuts, former warriors hours in the labyrinth of a tele-health like him across the country will have phone system. vital supports taken away suddenly Grossinger’s son Darcy also fought and cruelly. for his country, with the Princess “I was in Europe for six years with Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.

NATO. Our job was to impede the He did tours in Bosnia, Croatia and Soviet forces during the Cold War, Afghanistan, and carries invisible to slow them down long enough so scars for his troubles. Since coming reinforcements could be brought over home he’s battled with that frustratto push them back. ing phone tree, and been stymied by “Our lives were on the line every an online help system that doesn’t single day. It was the Cold War. And work. what do we get? Betrayal by our gov“If you’re not willing to take care ernment,” Grossinger said, fighting of your veterans, then you do not back tears. have the moral right to send them In February, the government will on these missions, into harms way,” Ian Stewart/Yukon News close veterans’ affairs regional offices Darcy said.

Red Grossinger holds the Veterans Bill of Rights while decrying the Ottawa’s decision to in Prince George, Corner Brook, It’s unlikely that the federal govclose nine veterans affairs offices. Grossinger and his son Darcy, right, are both veterans Charlottetown, Sydney, Saskatoon, ernment will about face and open a Thunder Bay, Windsor, Brandon and of the Canadian Forces and struggle with PTSD. regional office here, but at the very Kelowna. Once the offices are closed, least other veterans shouldn’t be our former fighters recover from the ago. Now we have to go to them, if we Canada and the Yukon Employees veterans will have to travel to larger abandoned the way Darcy and his missions they were asked to fight. can,” Grossinger said.

Union are adding their voices to the centres for face-to-face support or father have been, he said.

“I want to make it clear that the “But you’ve got people in their 80s demand that the offices be saved. get in line with regular Canadians at “In the Yukon we haven’t had one, employees of veteran affairs are or 90s, Second World War veterans.

“Our government made a promise but I can tell you, in the communities Service Canada locations. There is They’re not going to drive. They to our veterans when they left our soil where they are losing these offices, also a 1-800 number they can call and tremendous people, hard workers.

We used to have some of them come probably can’t even afford a bus to go and fight for our country that an online system as well. they are going to face a huge burden to the Yukon once a year to provide ticket.

Putting that on them is totally when they returned they would be Grossinger said nothing can reon these veterans,” Darcy said. taken care of,” said Julie Docherty, the place the workers in those offices, and service, one-on-one, for the veterans. cruel,” Grossinger said.

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Yukon government lays out plan to fix shaky schools Jesse Winter News Reporter

The Yukon schools in the territory’s highest earthquake danger zone are the most likely to survive a major quake – ironically – because they’re the oldest.

Eight Yukon schools have been identified as being at medium to high risk if they were to be hit with a major earthquake. The highest-risk area is in the southwest, including the communities of Destruction Bay, Beaver Creek and Haines Junction. Whitehorse Elementary, Takhini, Christ the King, Wood Street and Selkirk are all pegged at moderate risk.

But as earthquake-engineering specialist Andy Mill explained on Tuesday, those schools are actually the most likely to survive a major quake.

“Fortunately those buildings have the best construction possible for an earthquake, and that’s wood frame. Wood frame does very well, especially of that vintage which are mostly punch windows in plywood shear walls. They do very well,” Mill said.

At a technical briefing on Tuesday morning, Mill explained that older, wooden structures can more easily withstand the shock of a major earthquake because they are flexible and won’t crumble the way

some old concrete buildings will.

The Yukon government is currently drafting a plan to address the eight at-risk schools, and they’ve recruited Mill to help figure it out.

Mill has a lot of experience retrofitting schools for earthquake safety, especially in B.C. where the earthquake danger is higher, as are the number of schools affected.

“There are 214 high-risk schools in B.C., just as an example, and I’ve been involved with that since the very beginning. Some of the challenges they’ve faced there are mirrored here,” Mill said.

But things are not quite as bad up here as they are down south.

When measuring earthquake size, engineers use a yardstick called peak ground acceleration, which is measured in G-forces.

In the Yukon, an “extreme” seismic event would involved a peak ground acceleration of anywhere between 11 per cent and 33 per cent. In B.C. however, an “extreme” even could reach as high as 60 per cent acceleration.

In order to combat the moving earth, Mill explained that sometimes simple solutions work best.

“Fundamentally we’re resisting lateral movements. What does that are walls. In a wood frame building, we may have enough walls,

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Earthquake engineering expert Andy Mill explains how schools in earthquake zones can be reinforced as part of the Yukon government’s School Seismic Mitigation Program. but they may not be connected together. So it may be as simple as load path … taking existing elements that actually work and tying them together,” Mill said.

In the mean time, the schools will undergo non-structural mitigation to help protect students in the event of a major shake up.

“There’s lots of research that shows a high percentage of injuries happen in an earthquake from things falling. When you think of

the bookcases that you haven’t tied back to your walls at home, those are the sorts of things we need to do,” said Public Works deputy minister Mike Johnson.

Johnson referred to the ceiling at the Canada Games Centre as an example of the kinds of tie-backs and other protections that can be put in place to bring buildings up to safety standards.

The short-term mitigations include having more earthquake

drills at Yukon schools, as well as bolting bookshelves and lockers to the walls, securing overhead pipes and lights, tying down school equipment and covering some windows with protective film.

The short-term safety measures should be completed by this summer. Because some of the schools are so old, they may be at the end of their useful lives anyway, making it smarter to simply rebuild them, Johnson said. But figuring out which schools to rebuild and which to retrofit will take some time. The schools will undergo a life-cycle assessment that should be completed by the end of June 2015.

The seismic evaluation that identified the eight at-risk buildings was completed in September, and recommended almost $20 million in upgrades for all eight schools combined.

While the idea of schools falling down on children is certainly terrifying, Mill explained that the actual risks involved are almost infinitesimal.

“The earthquake we’re designing for is a 2,500 (year cycle) return quake. It’s an extremely large event, and the probability of it occurring tomorrow is astronomically low,” Mill said.

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Government permits Eagle Plain seismic project Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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orthern Cross Yukon has received its licence to conduct a 3-D seismic oil and gas exploration program in Eagle Plain.

Now the company needs the weather to co-operate.

“We are waiting on weather at the moment,” said Richard Wyman, the company’s president.

“So as soon as there’s enough snow to start packing some trail, we’ll get underway. That could be a week from now, it could be a month from now, it could be two months from now.”

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A Northern Cross site in Eagle Plains. The company is conducting a 3D seismic and exploration project in the area this winter.

Seismic surveying is a method for mapping underground resources.

It involves detonating explosives underground and recording the resulting vibrations. It works like radar to determine the composition of what lies beneath the surface.

A 3-D project differs from a 2-D project in intensity.

While a 2-D project may cut only one main line and a few cross lines, with 3-D a comprehensive grid of lines is cut through an area.

Surveying is typically done in the winter, when it’s easier to get around.

“It’s easier to get around when the ground is frozen, you can use snowmobiles and stuff like that,” said Wyman. “Other than having to put up with limited daylight and cold weather, it’s just a better time of year to be moving around ursd

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There are also environmental reasons for waiting for the snow to fall. The ground cover remains relatively undisturbed by activities if it is protected by a blanket of packed snow.

The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board proposed that a minimum snow pack of 20 centimetres be required to conduct the exploration.

But the department of Energy, Mines and Resources changed that condition, arguing that 10 centimetres is sufficient.

“For previous projects near Eagle Plains, the land-use inspector has verified through field inspections that 10 cm of packed snow is effective in protecting the ground surface,” according to the decision document.

That’s good news for Wyman, who said this week that there has not been much snow in the area and “nothing that’s sticking.”

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Under the conditions of the permits, lines must not be cut any wider than is required to get equipment through, and they must meander to avoid larger trees and avoid long sight lines.

The permit allows the drilling of up to 72,852 holes, 10 centimetres wide and nine metres deep.

Just under half of the holes will be filled with one kilogram of dynamite each.

The company hopes to complete 350 to 400 square kilometres of surveying this winter, said Wyman.

The project will cost $17-$20 million, and will employ up to 75 people, according to a Yukon government press release.

Wyman expects that 15 to 20 of those jobs will go to Yukoners, he said.

The company is currently accepting resumes, but is still waiting on the weather to make some of the hiring decisions, said Wyman.

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Dylan Currie, front, and Adam Titus wear blinders while playing goalball, a sport for visually impaired people, on Tuesday at Elijah Smith Elementary School. Players use their hearing to stop the ball, which has bells inside. Four Yukon schools are being introduced to goalball and other blind sports this week.

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he three embattled former Conservative senators at the centre of the spending scandal were tossed out of the red chamber Tuesday by a vote from their colleagues.

Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau are all suspended without pay for the rest of the parliamentary session, which could last up to two years.

But that sentence is overly harsh for one of them, according to the Yukon’s own senator Dan Lang.

In the minutes before the vote, Lang said he would be pushing for Brazeau to be given a slightly more lenient punishment – something approaching a one year suspension without pay.

“Nobody in the Senate has argued that there shouldn’t be sanctions,” Lang said.

“In the case of Senator Brazeau the circumstances of his position weren’t equivalent to the other two, and subsequently his sanction should be less,” Lang said.

When it came to a vote, Lang and five other Conservative senators abstained from the decision to suspend Brazeau.

Regardless of their punishment, Lang said he was frustrated that the scandal has dragged on this long and tarnished the reputation of the senate.

“It really has brought the Sen-

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Yukon Senator Dan Lang voted to suspend senators Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy, but abstained from voting to suspend Patrick Brazeau.

ate into the public focus and has brought, in some cases, disgrace to the chamber.

“As a body, we have the responsibility to discipline our own members and that’s what we’re asking the Senate to do,” he said.

Lang said Canadians need to have a careful and considered conversation about the future of a political body that, while currently flawed, still serves an important purpose.

“The language that’s often used is that we’re supposed to be a sober second thought ... a check against the power of the House (of Commons) and a way to slow down that

legislation if needed. That’s important,” said Lang.

Even with the suspensions, the three senators will still retain their titles, as well as their health, dental and life insurance.

Throughout the debacle, all three have maintained they’re the victims of a politically motivated witch hunt aimed at putting a lid on a Senate expenses scandal that has engulfed Stephen Harper’s government for almost a year.

“I think it’s an extremely sad day for democracy,” Wallin said as she exited the Senate chamber after the vote.

“If we can’t expect the rule of law in Canada, then where on earth can you expect it?”

Brazeau said nothing as he left the Senate. Duffy did not show up for the vote.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office expressed satisfaction with the suspensions, which followed weeks of emotional, often explosive debate, punctuated by bombshell revelations from Duffy that directly implicated the Prime Minister’s Office in the scandal.

“Removing these three senators from the public payroll was the right thing to do,” the PMO said in a statement.

“They should not be collecting a public paycheque.”

While the question over the disgraced senators’ political lives is settled for now, they are still under investigation by the RCMP. There is also still the unanswered issue of whether Harper was involved with an alleged coverup.

Just hours before the Senate voted to suspend the three, Harper endured another question-period grilling, this time about a leaked letter that shows the RCMP is seeking documents that “may potentially be evidence of criminal wrongdoing” by some in the Prime Minister’s Office.

In particular, investigators are looking for emails related to a “script” Duffy said he was given by the PMO to cover up the fact that

Nigel Wright, Harper’s chief of staff at the time, gave him $90,000 to repay his disallowed expenses.

Duffy has alleged that Wright, under instruction from the prime minister to make a political embarrassment go away, orchestrated a “monstrous” conspiracy to cover up the transaction. He claims the PMO concocted a false story about him taking out a bank loan.

Senator Lang wouldn’t comment on any of the allegations Duffy has made or the growing concern that the RCMP may be investigating the Prime Minister’s Office.

“Each Senator has their own situation and their own difficulties. His (Duffy’s) issues outside the Chamber, I’m not really involved in so I’m not really in a position to comment one way or the other,” Lang said.

“All I know is that the prime minister is an honourable man, and he’s doing the best he can for Canada.”

Most Liberal senators voted against the suspensions but seven, including Liberal Senate leader James Cowan, abstained – taking the advice of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

In the end, senators voted 50-29 to suspend Brazeau, with 13 abstentions, and 52-28 to suspend Duffy, with 11 abstentions. In Wallin’s case, the vote was 52-27, with 12 abstentions.

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“I was saying to Rao this morning that, he talks about he Yukon Medical Associa- this as being the end of sometion has a new president. thing, the end of his being Dr. Ken Quong was chosen president, but really it’s just at the association’s annual the beginning,” said Quong. general meeting on Friday.

“I was president in 1997, I was Quong is no stranger to the first involved with the YMA role. He was previously elected when I arrived here in 1993. president in 1997.

And so, all of us who are inSince then he has worked terested in shaping the future closely with the association, of the medical community, we particularly as a negotiator remain involved.” with the Yukon government.

Quong is a born-and-raised “He’s much more experiYukoner. His family moved enced than I was when I start- up in the 1940s to work on ed off,” said Dr. Rao Tadepalli, the construction of the Alaska the outgoing president, who Highway. served in the role for nine He graduated from medical years. school at the University of “I am so thankful for him British Columbia in 1987, and stepping up to the plate. It is worked in Nunavut (which a hard, grilling job to be the was part of the Northwest Terpresident. It takes quite a bit ritories at the time) and B.C. of time and effort and it was before returning to the Yukon. time for me to move on. I’m Quong said that one of glad Dr. Quong stepped ahead his priorities as association and said, ‘Rao, if not anything, president will be to attract News Reporter

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The NDP Opposition is calling for the government to address shortfalls in the Pharmacists Act. Through an access to information request, the NDP received a briefing note prepared for the minister of Health and Social Services, which details several significant issues with the current act.

“In all other Canadian jurisdictions, it is strictly prohibited for a physician to own any portion of a pharmacy,” according to the document, prepared by a pharmacist who works for the government’s extended benefits and pharmaceutical programs.

“It is blatantly unethical for a doctor to profit from the prescriptions they write themselves.

Does the physician prescribe what is best for the patient or what they are overstocked in?”

When NDP MLA Jan Stick brought up this issue in the legislature Tuesday, Health Minister Doug Graham and Community Services Minister Brad Cathers both accused her of attacking the ethics of Yukon doctors.

“I trust these physicians to do the right thing,” said Graham.

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community knows them, they know the community and it’s a good fit.”

He would also like to see comprehensive education of the medical community on the history of residential schools and how it has impacted aboriginal communities in the North, he said.

Mike Thomas/Yukon News “I think it would be amazKen Quong was ing to achieve some level of elected president greater understanding of the of the Yukon Medical residential school experience Association on Friday. amongst the physicians,” said Quong.

Yukoners who have left for “I don’t know how I’m medical school back to the going to do it, but I have an territory. opportunity here that I don’t “There are approximately want to miss.”

18 Yukon medical students Tadepalli was elected Friday and residents out there right to represent Yukon on the now, and it’s going to be my board of directors for the priority to work on recruiting Canadian Medical Association. all of them, or most of them, He will formally take on to come home. Because I think that role next August at that when people come from here, association’s annual meeting. they have a sense of what it’s Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com like here, they fit in easily, the

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He also spoke to his work as one of three co-chairs of a health-care innovation working group, a collaborative effort between the territories and provinces.

That group has already succeeded in lowering health-care costs by collaborating on bulk purchases of generic drugs, said Pasloski.

While the atmosphere was friendly, when the time for questions came, the doctors pulled no punches.

One doctor asked the premier how his government will ensure that the environment is protected, as this is a key contributor to good health.

Premier takes tough Pasloski responded that Yuquestions from doctors kon is a big territory with plenty of room for industrial development and wilderness.

Premier Darrell Pasloski “It’s an economy that pays attended the Yukon Medical the bills,” he said.

Association’s annual meeting “It’s those revenues that pay last week to congratulate Dr. doctor bills, that build hospitals, Ken Quong, the group’s newly that build schools and build elected president. roads.”

Pasloski arrived in the wake Another doctor asked what of a dispute aired in the media between outgoing president Dr. the government’s plan is to deal Rao Tadepalli and Health Min- with the growing number of seniors who will be needing care ister Doug Graham. over the coming decades.

“I see that you are not wearThe premier reiterated some ing any bulletproof vest,” Tadeof the things he is working on, palli said to Pasloski before the and acknowledged that there is gathered crowd of doctors and more to be done. reporters. “As you know we are “We have to make sure that all friends of yours, and we like to work with your government.” we stay really focused on what it is that we want to accomplish, The premier addressed the because the temptation is there crowd briefly. He announced that the government will intro- to open the box right up, and duce a health privacy law during then what happens is you don’t this legislative sitting, and a new accomplish anything.”

(Jacqueline Ronson) pharmacy act next year.

The Yukon government has introduced legislation that will allow for more environmental protection from damage caused by off-road vehicles.

The bill comes out of the recommendations of the select committee on the safe operation and use of off-road vehicles, said Environment Minister Currie Dixon in an interview yesterday.

The committee recommended new regulations to protect environmentally sensitive areas from damage.

The bill, which will amend the Territorial Lands (Yukon) Act, does not actually offer specific environmental protections. Instead, once passed it will give the minister the power to create regulations to do so.

Once the bill is passed, the government will consult with First Nations, stakeholders and the public on what those regulations will look like, said Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Scott Kent.

More importantly, they will give input on the process for identifying lands in need of special protection, added Dixon.

Kent would not say when regulations might be in place, but acknowledged that sensitive areas will become more vulnerable in the spring.

“We want to make sure that we do provide that full opportunity for the First Nations and stakeholders and public to engage, with a target date of getting it done when we get it done. Rather than artificially putting a date on it, we’ll be doing the work and engage in that consultation process.”

(Jacqueline Ronson)

“We will, in co-operation with my colleague, the minister responsible for consumer affairs, be working on this piece of legislation. We have already started consultations with a number of interested parties and we will continue doing so. But we will not introduce this new legislation until it’s correct and ready to be done.”

Neither minister mentioned that the government plans to introduce a modernized Pharmacists Act to the legislature next year, as Premier Darrell Pasloski announced last week.

(Jacqueline Ronson)

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Mysterious Marsh Lake fire stumps homeowner Jesse Winter News Reporter

A mysterious fire destroyed a garage and took out power and telephone lines in Marsh Lake over the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon, Don Sippel was working in his garage in the South McClintock subdivision, getting out his Christmas lights to decorate a tree in his yard.

“The fire started around 5 p.m. I was in the garage not even 20 minutes before that. There was quite an explosion, and I turned around and there was a ball of fire in the garage,” Sippel said.

Sippel said he has no idea how the fire started, and that there were no flammable materials in the garage that could explain such a sudden conflagration.

“Where it started, it should never have started in that area.

It’s just one of those things …

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Smoke rises from a garage fire in the South McClintock subdivision on Saturday.

It’s a very odd thing. There were no flammables near it. We’re just guessing right now. The fire

marshal was here all day yesterday, and even he was puzzled,” Sippel said.

Sippel tried to fight the fire himself with a fire extinguisher, but to no avail.

“It just kept getting bigger and bigger so I said, ‘Hey, this is not for me.’”

He called for help and 15 volunteer firefighters from the Marsh Lake and Golden Horn departments were on scene to quench the fire in about 20 minutes, Sippel said.

Deputy Fire Marshal Kevin Taylor said the fire marshal’s office is still investigating the fire.

If it hadn’t been for the volunteer departments, Sippel likely would have lost more than his garage.

“The garage was completely engulfed when the fire crews got on scene,” Taylor said. “They deployed in a defensive position and they managed to save the house,” he said.

Taylor couldn’t comment on the potential causes of the fire because the investigation is still ongoing.

Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com

Eight Faro mine employees win $25 million Jesse Winter

$3,125,000 per person.

“That’s $6,250,000 for our family. It’s incredible,” said ight Yukoners got some Shaw’s sister, Krista Picket, who unexpected news on the was also on the winning ticket. weekend.

So what does one buy with They’re millionaires. $6.25 million?

The eight lucky gamblers all The family home on Newwork at the Faro mine reclama- foundland’s Fogo Island tion project. On the weekend, sounds pretty appealing to the they got the news that they’d sisters. won the recent $25-million The pair moved to the Yukon Lotto Max prize. in December, 1994, and when “It was total shock,” said they left Fogo they had to sell Shelley Shaw, one of the eight the family home their father winners.

“We thought this couldn’t be had built with his bare hands. real. We didn’t believe it until last night when we went to the PRINTED RALLY TOWELS store and actually scanned the ticket and got the print-out of 207 Main Street the $25 million,” Shaw said.

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“Dad’s been buying 649 tickets all his life, and always used to say he wanted to win it so he’d have something to give to us. We said it’s time to give something back to you,” Shaw said.

“We’d love to be able to buy back the house he built, and have it as a family getaway,” she said.

The pair ended up in Faro because of their uncle. He had worked at the mine when it was operating, and convinced the sisters’ father to move the fam-

ily up North.

“At home, we had the fishery but it was starting to die, so we decided to move out West,” Shaw said. Like many Easterners, the family headed B.C. and eventually made it to the Yukon following their uncle.

Now that Faro is home, they have no plans to leave, even with all the money, Shaw said.

And since they’re sticking around, there are also more Yukon items on the sisters’ shopping lists.

“We have an old 1990 GMC

pick-up truck that we love, but it isn’t very reliable,” Shaw said.

“We want to get a nice, new truck.”

Then the plan is to sock enough of the money away into investments to keep it safe, but not before having a little fun as well.

“We want to go do some really fun things, like go to Disneyland, the kind of things we’ve never really been able to,” Picket said.

Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com

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Open letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef, First off, I would like to say gunalcheesh for highlighting the need for an inquiry that addresses violence against aboriginal women. Having grown up in the Yukon, I have seen posters of missing women, made by their families, not on the official RCMP poster. I remember when Angel Carlick went missing the same month that a non-native girl’s disappearance in Ontario caused a code orange.

As an indigenous woman, it hurt to see the discrepancy between the way Angel’s case was handled by her family, with no support from RCMP and media, and the reaction to the non-native girls’s disappearance: it was all over every single news station. So, thank you, mahsi cho, for your support in asking for national inquiry.

Now, I believe it’s been a year since the Cohen Commission released its recommendations on the fishing industry, and none of the recommendations have been addressed nor implemented.

Why is this? In my community, Atlin, we used to receive multiple fish a year from our First Nation for food. Now, we’re lucky to get one. What are the repercussions of the dwindling salmon population? It’s a part of our identity.

We survived off salmon for over 7,000 years in the Taku River region. It’s our inherent, aboriginal right to fish.

I understand that aboriginal rights can be limited for accepted purposes, like conservation, but can other activities, such as mining, sport fishing, and other resource extraction be limited to ensure we have a right to continue to live the way we did for millennia? Our relationship with the fish is sacred, and if we keep allowing tailings ponds to seep into the ground, trailing contaminated groundwater into our rivers, this sacred relationship is headed for ruin.

This threat to our identity, because let’s face it, that’s what happens when we lose our traditions that connect us to our ancestors, this threat shows itself in

many ways. Fewer people gather traditional knowledge. More people migrate into the city, at risk of losing their identity, and we all know that the blase attitude over losing indigenous women wouldn’t happen unless our society was able to compromise a person’s identity into mass generalizations. And if that’s the case, then this neglect over our traditional way of life is the perfect way to start the process of de-identification.

Finally, in your push for a national inquiry, what do you hope to achieve? A report with recommendations that will be implemented, creating changes in women’s lives? Or will it be just another inquiry collecting dust on the back shelf, right next to that Cohen Commission?

In short, citizens struggle to keep the possibility in planning.

Professional planners understand that planning is more than Claire Anderson a mere means to the all-importAtlin/Whitehorse ant end: the plan. Plans may change in response to unforeseen Let’s put the possibility events, but planning creates a back into planning foundation of visioning, goal setting, dialogue, and problem November 8 marks World Town solving that prevails despite Planning Day, an annual event changing circumstances. At its recognizing the role of planning very best, planning is as much in creating livable communities about process as product. around the globe.

Planners are the stewards of By virtue of our small and that process, empowering others highly connected population, and ensuring that the full chorus Yukoners have a close proximity of opinion, concern, and hope to planning and decision-makthat resides in a community is ing. The Peel watershed, Dawson given voice. This task can be region, Carcross area, Whitethankless at times. Planners may horse waterfront and reconstruc- become the target of stakeholdtion of F.H. Collins Secondary ers displeased with results. The are but a few of the many recent financial and human resources subjects of planning in our teravailable can fall far short of the ritory. A quick scan of the local aspirations of the groups planpapers from any given week will ners serve. The compromises uncover at least a dozen opporplanners seek can offend pastunities to participate in plansionate viewpoints. ning.

Amidst these challenges, even This proximity to planning planners sometimes struggle to and apparent abundance of opkeep the possibility in planning. portunity to participate can be And yet, possibility is the very a double-edged sword. Citizens lifeblood of brighter futures and submit their comments, attend more livable communities. Possithe open houses, and await the bility counteracts the downward final result. Sometimes disspiral of defeatism about what is appointment, even cynicism, sets with enthusiastic enrollment in in when their desired outcome what could be. Many of our most fails to materialize. At other cherished community attributes times, they’re disheartened to see and spaces originated with possiplans that they do support only bility. Planning without possibilpartly implemented. They start ity isn’t really planning at all. to expect less of planners, deciSo how do we put the possion makers, and themselves as sibility back into planning? participants.

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ness that possibility resides first and foremost in us. Each time we surrender old prejudices, contribute without expectation of leverage, or take ourselves a little less seriously and others a little more, we create new frameworks of possibility in planning. Even subtle shifts on the part of individual planners and participants have the power to propel us collectively into a richer dialogue and view of the future.

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Yukon Foundation gives students a boost Congratulations to the 150 students and organizations who

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The Yukon Foundation currently administers almost $7 million in funds. It distributes the interest each year to Yukon students to assist with postsecondary tuition, as well as to qualified organizations supporting projects for Yukoners.

There were over 1,000 applications made to 104 dedicated funds for the Yukon Foundation to consider this year. The funds come from donations, estate bequests, memorials, family endowments, life insurance policies, and former corporations or businesses which have turned over their remaining assets to the foundation.

For further information on how to donate or apply for funds from the Yukon Foundation, please visit www.yukonfoundation.com or call Sophie Partridge at 393-2454. The deadline for applications in 2014 is May 31.

Again, congratulations to all the student and project recipients and their future endeavours.

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The weird world of health economics the minister makes a big deal in his letter of the fact that the “was never intended as

by Keith registry a matching service or to allow Halliday for the active management” of the problem. The web survey has now been purged from the YTG website.

Consider it this way: the government spends money setting up a special web survey for people who don’t have a family When politicians make gaffes, doctor, then shuts it down and they are usually speaking off writes a letter to the papers the cuff or unaware the micro- saying it never intended to use phone is on. the survey to help people get Only rarely does one of our doctors? leaders think up a gaffe, print it It’s as if the government out on government letterhead kept measuring the unemployand e-mail it to the newspapers. ment rate, but shut down the I am talking about the letter job matching websites it funds. our Minister of Health, Doug Or like a nurse in Emergency Graham, sent to the Yukon coming into the waiting room, News last week. I have read noting the number of bleedplenty of ministerial letters ing people on a clipboard, then over the years, and this one was walking out the front door one of the most puzzling. to go to Tim Horton’s while The background is that – saying “this clipboard is for inhere in the land of universal formation gathering purposes health care – there are a lot of only and was never intended to people who can’t get a family help with your injuries.” doctor. The government has Over 1,800 Yukoners signed been studying the issue for up via the registry. This is likely years, and even set up a registry only a fraction of doctor-less in 2012 for Yukoners without Yukoners. To sign up you had a family doctor. Some Yukon to hear about the survey, go doctors recently proposed a online, find the web page and solution to the problem that fill it out. I am guessing the real involved the government paynumber is several thousand ing more for doctors to take on people higher.

The next weird thing is that new patients.. after telling us the registry The first weird thing is that

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his letter is in response to J. P. Pinard’s P. Eng PhD letter to the editor last week. I do not have any titles behind my name or belong to any political party either territorial or federal, but I do know this: the Electronic Transfer System that he describes will only work for a few Yukoners.

I am all for renewable sources of energy as long as it is easy to install and cheap for all Yukoners to attain. The ETS system Pinard is referring to is neither. I have looked this up, and it seems simple enough in its concept alright, but when you try to apply it in a cold, often sunless environment with permafrost, I can foresee some problems that might arise.

The system requires a storage unit. This is usually underground and filled with water to store the heat. Sometimes the unit is filled with a molten salt solution that rivals the chemicals used in the fracking process.

The heat comes from electricity; where is this going to come from? Solar power in most parts of Yukon is just not feasible, we do not get enough sun in the winter and the cost is prohibitive. If we put these storage units underground what is going to happen to the permafrost? What

wasn’t meant to help the people on it, the minister went on to insult the then president of the doctors’ association, Rao Tadepalli. The minister says “confusion” over the registry was “aggravated” by Tadepalli when he (imagine this!) encouraged people to register with the doctor-less patient registry so they could get a doctor.

The minister went on to insinuate that doctors are overpaid. He listed all the financial support given to doctors and added that the “pay” for general practitioners averages $317,000.

But he didn’t say that this is before each doctor has to rent an office, hire a receptionist and billing clerk, pay an accountant, install a computer system, buy malpractice insurance and pay for all those machines that go “beep.”

Plus, they have to buy those vintage magazines off e-Bay to put in the waiting room.

It is well-known that the headline fees of $317,000 are not the same as the take-home pay of a doctor, so one is left with the impression that the minister is trying to portray doctors as greedy and overpaid.

He mentions the Yukon’s top billing doctor, who billed $959,000 in one year. Assuming $47.90 per visit and 250 working days a year, that works out to about 80 patients a day. In an eight-hour work day, that’s

about if you live in an area where the water table is high? What is the cost of putting this type of system in? Do we expect the government to cover the costs or is each individual, business, condominium owner, etc., going to be responsible for installing these themselves?

There was another antifracking protest on Halloween. I noticed that they all seemed to be dressed warm and did not look like they were hurting for a paycheque. I would like these people to come up with a viable option on how to get the economy of Yukon going. I have not heard one word on how any one of them seem to see this happening.

Please do not spout off, “tourism.” The only ones who make any decent money are the shop owners, hotel owners and the restaurants. I worked in the industry for years and my wage was just above the minimum wage. I could not support my family on this.

I still believe that we have resources that could be utilized for the good of all Yukoners. This includes oil, gas, and forestry, which can be done responsibly. This will give a good quality of life to many of us, not just the ones who work for the governments. If you would

a patient every six minutes.

The doctor may have billed for other services, so perhaps the real minutes per patient was a bit higher.

Which brings us to the next weirdness. Is the minister saying that he approved paying a doctor who saw 80 patients day? Does he consider the sixminute checkup to be sound medical practice? Could he be the minister who approved that doctor’s permit to practice in the Yukon?

The minister seems steamed that the doctors suggested a scheme where the Yukon government would pay “thousands of extra dollars” for doctors to take on new patients. I suppose it’s his job to say no to ideas he doesn’t agree with, but does he really think writing cranky letters in the paper will make the doctors work harder and take more patients than they are now?

And why didn’t he publish his analysis of why the doctors’ proposal didn’t make sense? Is it really more cost effective for the government to serve people via the Emergency Room, which is where a lot of doctorless people go when they need help?

As for doctor-less Yukoners, the minister says more doctors are moving to the Yukon and that this will be “adequate to serve the needs of Yukon resi-

dents.” He also mentions that, instead of the online registry, the government will pay for a “free ad” to let citizens know the new doctors are here.

He might be right. But we will never know because there won’t be a doctor-less patient registry to keep track of people without doctors. Could this be the real reason he is shutting down the registry?

The minister says he will also “examine new service delivery models.” His letter doesn’t say what this means, but it may be government code for steering more Yukoners to nurse practitioners, call centres and online health options instead of expensive doctors.

Depending on the details, these new models may make sense. But until he gets around to implementing them, he remains totally dependent on the doctors. He may regret publishing such a gaffe-filled letter. Doctor-less Yukoners might too.

Correction: in my last column I wrote that Minister Currie Dixon said that Yukon government lawyers were not as good as Chevron’s lawyers.

It was actually Minister Brad Cathers. My apologies to both.

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gas than CO2, in a time when our atmospheric CO2 is measuring at 400 ppm which is already threatening our biosphere. This is unsafe – 350 ppm CO2 is what we need to return to for safety. Yet I worry that with the federal government acknowledging it will miss its own emissions targets by a large margin, pro-government committee members might think it’s OK not care about atmospheric pollution on this issue, either.

Jody Overduin’s question from the same article of Nov. 1 was: how can anyone justify the known water use? Use of up to some millions of litres of water for each individual frack, at a time when worldwide we are facing a growing worldwide water shortage, is unsustainable and actually immoral if we consider ourselves moral agents inhabiting a planet at risk, rather than just consumers (as the federal Conservatives said in the throne speech).

The fossil fuel industry puts gag orders on people it pays off for their properties and water being ruined. Industry does this so those unequivocally impacted won’t be able to share provable stories about the damage caused by fracking.

Please use your emotions to help you make a good decision.

Emotional Intelligence also points out: “Emotions help prioritize what we pay attention and react to.” Likewise, Plato is quoted saying, “All learning has an emotional base.”

I beg the fracking committee members to be conscious of the emotional base of their learning.

Lee Bowers What they know about fracking will Whitehorse have been filtered through existing belief systems, suspicious or not, of Head knowledge won’t work the fossil-fuel industry. Will they without heart knowledge separate themselves from these assumptions?

I admit to huge emotions Open letter to Minister Scott Kent, around fracking. Caleb Behn, JesI have been puzzling over your sica Earnst and Andrew Nikiforuk comment in the Nov. 1 Yukon News told us horrifying things. I have about fracking, that “It’s an emoread that many studies touting nattional issue for Yukoners … and indeed around the world … I have ural gas as safe are industry funded, confidence in the members who sit selecting only best case examples.

I hope the committee opens on that select committee that they both minds and hearts to the will go in and be able to separate indisputable facts already indicating that emotion.” that fracking is not just risky, but You don’t complete the sentence. not worth the risk.

What is it that you want them to I suggest you look up fracking separate that emotion from? expert Anthony Ingraffea on YouThe bestselling book Emotional Tube. Ingraffea quotes papers given Intelligence says that emotions at industry conferences, showing “promote thinking and cognitive that industry people themselves activity.” So surely it will be a good worry about how to improve “well idea to include emotions in assess- bore integrity.” ing whether fracking is safe, so the When wells leak, they produce committee makes the best decision large amounts of fugitive methSusan Gwynne-Timothy possible.

Marsh Lake ane, a far more potent greenhouse like to get on my bandwagon, you can contact me at bowerslee@ hotmail.ca.

We need to get our own protests going to offset the antiindustry ones from having all the say.

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TORONTO ob Ford’s shocking admission that he’s used crack cocaine clashes with the image many foreigners have of Canadians, a political expert said Tuesday as news of the Toronto mayor’s drug confession took the world media by storm.

“The idea that the good Canadians would have a crack-smoking mayor is kind of interesting as a humourous gambit or maybe also fits with this other image of Canada ... as some sort of liberal haven,” said Peter Graefe, a political science professor at McMaster University in Hamilton.

“It either breaks the narrative of the uptight Canadians or it plays to another narrative they have of the very liberal Canadians,” he added.

Ford dropped the bombshell in an impromptu news conference at city hall shortly after noon, abruptly changing his tune after months of denials and claims of a smear campaign.

The mayor said he is not addicted to drugs but said he tried crack roughly a year ago while in what he called a “drunken stupor.”

Moments later the news was splashed across major news websites abroad, including CNN and the BBC. “Toronto Mayor admits to smoking crack” cried a headline on the British broadcaster’s front page.

“Toronto Mayor Ford admits crack cocaine use, mistakes ‘in past’,” read one featured in the American network’s top news of the day.

Several U.S. networks carried the mayor’s second, late-afternoon news conference live.

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford addresses media at city hall in Toronto on Tuesday. Ford has offered another emotional apology for his “mistakes” but says he loves his job and has no plans to step aside. comparing the Ford affair to the case of former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry, who was busted smoking crack cocaine by an FBI sting in 1990.

Ford has also been a recurring target for late-night talk show hosts, and they were at it again Tuesday night.

Jay Leno, David Letterman and Jon Stewart all poked fun at the mayor over his latest revelation.

Stewart, after joking about Ford’s admission, took a more serious tone and said the mayor should get help.

“Mayor Ford’s a lot of fun to ridicule but my guess is not a lot of fun to eulogize, and that’s where this thing’s headed,” Stewart said. “Even though I will lose precious material, go to rehab.”

Even some serious American news outlets have taken a more lighthearted tone in covering the controversy, something Graefe attributes largely to distance.

“It’s not news when it’s in other cities … it’s comedy,” he said.

A story posted on the Washington Post’s website highlighted the vastly different reactions stirred by the Ford and Barry scandals.

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Canadian mayor admitting that he uses drugs is looked at as a source of comedy,” Clinton Yates wrote in the piece.

“In those days, it was a reason to vilify a majority-black city for a drug epidemic that took countless lives.”

Ford’s name was trending on Twitter for much of Tuesday, with some weighing in from south of the border.

“Rob Ford’s crack habit is the only thing I know about Canadian politics. I wonder if I’m alone in that. (Probably not.),” read a tweet from a New York account.

“Is being too drunk to remember smoking crack an explanation you would accept from your mayor?” read a tweet from CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

Many admitted they couldn’t turn away from the drama playing out at city hall.

“Glued to #RobFord coverage this afternoon. So much for the reading I was going to do. Someone needs to convince him to get help,” read one tweet.

Some of Ford’s supporters defended him online, saying he’s been picked on by police and media alike.

“I think (at)TorontoPolice should leave (at)TOMayorFord alone.

Months of air surveillance is excessive and ridiculous,” one wrote.

“I love Rob Ford man you do your thing, we’ve all used illicit drugs at some point. Don’t let the haters bring you down,” said another.

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Audit finds ‘wide gap’ between federal conservation talk and action Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press

OTTAWA massive audit of federal conservation policies paints a picture of neglect and disinterest when it comes to Canada’s natural heritage.

The nine-chapter study by Neil Maxwell, the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development, repeatedly points to a lack of strategies, plans and resources required to maintain or improve everything from basic biodiversity and species at risk to the national parks.

“I see a wide gap between the government’s commitments and the results achieved,” Maxwell writes in the preface to the report.

The commissioner’s talkversus-action concern was graphically illustrated shortly after the audits were tabled Tuesday morning in the House of Commons, when Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq issued a response that ignored the report’s clear thrust.

“As an Arctic nation with rich and unique biodiversity truly distinct to the North, Canada continues to strengthen its environmental protection and conservation, leading to healthy ecosystems that will ultimately benefit the economy and support the health of Canadians,” Aglukkaq was quoted saying in a release.

The Conservative government has made a political virtue of creating new national parks and protected wildlife areas, but the audits tabled in Parliament make the government rhetoric ring hollow.

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Commissioner Neil Maxwell speaks about the Fall Report of the Interim Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Tuesday.

strategy to meet its international 2020 promises under a United Nations treaty on biodiversity, so it hasn’t even begun to identify what actions need to be taken.

“Without a clear and specific definition of how Environment Canada sees its role and what it wants to achieve as Canada’s national focal point, it will be difficult to determine what the department plans to achieve or what resources it will require,” the audit says.

That’s a nice way of saying Canada’s 2020 biodiversity promise is dead in the water.

The Conservative government has shown little concern that Canada is nowhere near meeting another of its international promises, the 2020 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

17 per cent below 2005 levels.

But the Harper government has put considerable political stock into promoting Canada’s national parks and protected areas and on that front the commissioner’s audit may sting.

Management plans for some 12.4 million hectares of designated national wildlife area date on average from 1992, says the audit. It found half a dozen wildlife areas and 22 migratory bird sanctuaries that should have been removed from the list because they no longer meet the criteria.

At Canada’s national parks, funding for “heritage resources conservation” – effectively the natural beauty of the parks – decreased by 15 per cent last year compared with the preceding six years, “with further reduc-

tions planned as part of decisions flowing from the 2012 federal budget.”

Parks Canada told auditors it had reduced budgets and staff on conservation even before the latest round of cuts.

“The adjustments reallocate fewer resources across the agency’s various responsibilities for maintaining or restoring ecological integrity; furthermore, the agency provided no quantitative analysis to show that these actions are sufficient to address the resource reductions,” says the report.

Fifteen of the 42 national parks lack a state-of-the-park report to use as a baseline for maintaining or restoring ecological integrity. And while new monitoring guidelines have been put in place,

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One bright spot in the audit: the commissioner says a North American strategy on protecting waterfowl is working and helps illustrate what can be done if there is political will to preserve and restore the environment.

Sport hunters are an important Conservative constituency, but the audit found conservation plans for other bird species are inadequate.

The audit found gaps in bird monitoring programs, a lack of objectives for the habitat that is monitored, and little work on a plan to monitor and avoid the destruction of bird habitat by forestry, mining and agriculture.

Maxwell prefaced his report by making the economic case for protection of Canada’s “natural heritage.”

“The approval processes currently under way for large oil and gas pipelines in North America have shown that widespread acceptance of resource development depends, in part, on due consideration for protecting nature,” Maxwell wrote. “Our trading partners see Canada as a steward of globally significant resources.

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Dave Haddock leads the band for the next Jazz in the Hall on Thursday at the Old Fire Hall. The evening includes educational vignettes by Steve Gedrose, performances by Haddock and an open jazz jam.

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The new show brings in people who like the cheaper ticket price, ave Haddock is bringing the convenience of a downtown Thelonious Monk to the Old location, or the fact that the musiFire Hall this Thursday night, Steve cians are local. It’s also popular with Gedrose is bringing Joni Mitchell, aspiring musicians who want to and you can catch the whole show try their jazz chops in a supportive for five bucks. It’s called Jazz in the environment.

Hall, and there may be nothing like “It’s a broad range of people it anywhere in the world. (who come to jam),” says Gedrose.

Jazz in the Hall is Jazz Yukon’s “It’s certainly people that wouldn’t monthly showcase of local talent. necessarily be performing in public Each show opens with “an eduif it wasn’t a jam situation. We’re cational vignette” from Gedrose, encouraging people to come and co-producer of the show, followed play along. Sometimes it’s younger by a feature performer, and then musicians who don’t get a chance an open jam session. “We had been to play this kind of music in their presenting Jazz on the Wing for school band, or in their musical a long time,” says Gedrose, “and circles. A lot of times people don’t that was always about bringing in get a chance to play with other Outside performers. Usually we’d people much, so this is an opportunhave one local performer per series, ity to play with a proper rhythm secand we just had the idea to maybe tion, and have a chance to perform change the venue, change it up a bit, without having their own group.” and present only local performers.

Gedrose illustrates his “vignettes” We decided to have it at the Old Fire by spinning a few discs related to the Hall and only charge $5, and see if theme of the evening. “I try and talk we could attract a different audience, to the performers ahead of time and and that’s certainly how it’s worked see what they’re going to play,” he Special for the News

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explains, “and work the talk around that. This week we have Dave (Haddock) along with Daniel Janke on bass and piano and Ken Searcy on drums. Dave is doing tunes by (American pianist and composer) Thelonious Monk, and his main inspiration is an album called Carmen Sings Monk. It’s a Carmen McRae record. All of Monk’s tunes began as instrumentals, and through the years people have put lyrics to them.”

It’s Haddock’s first appearance as the featured artist at Jazz in the Hall, though he’s been in the band “a number of times.” He’s been interested in jazz throughout a three-and-a-half-decade career in music, but didn’t get much opportunity to pursue it in the early years. “I was in dance bands and rock bands, and jazz just wasn’t so popular in that context. And nobody had the time or interest in rehearsing that much. Jazz takes a bit more rehearsing.” During those years, he “sort of dabbled” in jazz, and then “I came back to it more recently, when I started gigging with (bassist) Anne Turner.”

Like many other Yukon musicians, Haddock makes his living at a wide variety of tasks, from playing restaurants and weddings with Turner to rocking some of the local bars, to giving private music lessons, to leading a weekly Thursday night open mic and jam at the Gold Panner Saloon. He was best known for many years as a singer-songwriter, with three albums of original songs, including such Yukon classics as May the Moon Shine and Keep it Simple, and as a bass player and singer in groups such as the legendary ‘80s rock band Goin’ South.

He has been the musical director, and later artistic director, of the winter song and story gala Longest Night and the musical director of the Guild’s performance of Cabaret.

He backs up blues artist Brandon Isaac when he comes to town, and he plays in so many different bands he can’t always remember who’s in them. “The Working Dogs, um Daniel Janke and … let me think for a second, Lonnie Powell, Micah Smith, Jordie Walker. Yeah.”

He’s interested in Monk’s music

because of the way it blends wellknown structures with unusual rhythmic styles. “Monk uses standard forms, sort of 32-bar standard jazz forms,” says Haddock, “but also 12-bar blues. So it’s kind of familiar, but quirky and edgy, and I find that amusing, kind of funny in a way.”

For Thursday’s vignette Gedrose will be spinning some of Monk’s instrumental originals and then comparing them with the later version with lyrics added. In addition, he says, “This week I’m doing something a little self indulgent.

November 7 happens to be my birthday, and it also happens to be Joni Mitchell’s 70th, so I’m playing a couple tunes from her, just to partly show how her style has changed over the years.”

Showtime for Jazz in the Hall is 7 p.m., and those $5 tickets are only available at the door, so don’t be late.

Jazz Yukon provides song charts for musicians, so if you plan to jam, you won’t be playing blind. “We’re encouraging people to just play along,” says Gedrose. “You know, just come out and try out a tune.”

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ADVERTISEMENT Yukon Justice Department doubledipping to harass firewood cutter Earlier this year the Forest Management Branch (FMB) handed me this $150 dollar fine (shown) under the new Forest Resource Act (FRA).

This charge was over a clause in my fuelwood cutting permit that stated “all burning must be done on mineral soil,” which has since been removed.

The only reason I allowed that clause in my fuelwood cutting permit, was because every day I fought with FMB over their attempts to put stupid clauses in my cutting permit which would cost me money, and would cost me even more money every day the cutting permit was delayed as the ground was freezing, making my costs to build my roads and landings into my woodlot go up.

For example, it took ten days of arguing with FMB to take ten words out of one clause that stated that I would have to move completely out of my woodlot every break-up on a three-year licence.

That is the type of incompetence I have to deal with in order to cut dead trees to supply Yukoners with firewood. It took FMB six weeks to write up my fuelwood cutting permit, which was issued November 16, 2012.

This more than doubled my road-building costs than if FMB had written my cutting permit in a week of the YESAB decision document being posted when the ground was still not freezing.

FMB is also charging me a road-use fee for the road I built. I appealed under the FRA to the Yukon government minister in July and I still have not been given a decision.

I am forced to pass these costs onto Yukoners in order for me to stay in business. As I am not subsidized like some of my competition are, who get contracts from FMB to log dead trees then get to sell those trees as firewood over and above their government cheques.

They call it fire smarting.

How many Yukon people believe that clear cutting 20-40 hectares per year in amongst 350,000 hectares of beetle-killed trees is going to slow or stop a wildfire heading for Haines Junction?

The fast and cheapest way to remove this huge fire hazard threatening Haines Junction is to reduce or remove this unneeded bureaucracy and these clueless bureaucrats out of our forest so the loggers can get back into the forest.

This all started when there was an configuration error in my mapping software that gave me false distances. When it was corrected it turned out I needed to put another landing in my wood lot. To do so, I needed to remove the unmerchantable timber (green trees) from the landing site.

I requested and received a burning permit to do so which resulted in this fine.

I objected and disputed this fine in Yukon Civil Court. The Justice Department put up a feeble defence and I was acquitted on September 12, 2013. Now justice wants to get paid again by appealing the acquittal to the Yukon Supreme Court to try again to make this fine stick.

To me, that is double-dipping into the Yukon public coffers by these Yukon government officials. And it also harassment of a Yukon citizen that feels it his patriotic duty to oppose such bureaucratic wrongdoing by civil servants.

Last year, while in Yukon Supreme Court versus FMB on another matter, I was told by the judge “if he was to rule against the government it would almost surely be appealed by the government.”

So this seems to be common practice by government lawyers to get paid twice to do their job. They do a feeble job the first time and lose, then get paid to do it over again in an appeal. At the same time they harass and punish any citizen that dares to challenge government officials of wrongdoing.

This FRA was written by bureaucrats to create more bureaucracy. Fuelwood applications go to public consultation three times before a commercial fuelwood operator can cut a dead tree (95% of the comments come from bureaucrats).

So now it is costing the Canadian taxpayers $700/cord to cut firewood commercially for Yukoners and is taking FMB staff 6-8 months to process commercial fuelwood, so they can justify their share of the billion-dollar welfare cheque this government gets from Ottawa each year.

All this for a renewable resource that is going to burn up anyhow in wildfires and will probably burn the community of Haines Junction, which is surrounded by more than 350,000 hectares of beetle-killed trees.

Does anybody in this government truly believe this community is more capable of defending itself from wildfires than Slave Lake, Alberta, or Kelowna, B.C.?

Any time a society passes laws to control its citizens, it makes prostitutes of them by asking its citizens to sell their consciences, their common sense and their personal code of ethic and/or any other part of themselves that the Creator put within each and every one us, in exchange for a paycheque.

Eventually even the justice system has to prostitute itself to follow the word of the law.

We humans are then reduced to animals as we are not allowed to use any of our inner guidance that separates us from animals to tell us what is right from wrong. The Roman Empire was built on the word of law and collapsed because of it. Is this society going to make the same mistakes that led the Roman Empire to its demise?

Romeo Leduc is a firewood cutter operating in the Haines Junction area for seven years as Duke’s Firewood Service.This advertorial is the opinion of Romeo Leduc and not the Yukon News. The advertorial was paid for by Romeo Leduc.

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Recreational fishing has a champion ‘There is a nature deficit disorder out there, so I am trying to get family and kids outdoors.’

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Dennis Zimmermann helps his son Max set up his fishing reel on Saturday at Hidden Lakes in Whitehorse. Zimmerman was awarded the National Recreational Fisheries Award in October for his work promoting family fishing.

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mermann says a recent study shows that couples that fish together, tend to stay together. hen Dennis Zimmermann’s And look at the obituaries and friends and colleagues heard you will see many photos of the he had won a fishing award, some of deceased when they were most at them asked, “Was it for the biggest peace: fishing or out on the lake. or the most caught?”

“The objective is not the biggest Actually, the award recognized his or the most fish,” he says. “The obleadership in promoting fishing as jective should be getting outside and a recreation and for helping restore connecting with your family – your and enhance fisheries. partner, grandfather, loved ones, “Well,” says Zimmermann a week whomever – and with nature. later, “That’s what most anglers do, “We need to connect with our anyway, everyday.” resources. We don’t know where our So, it was appropriate that he was food comes from and we spend too able to invite his friends and fellow much time in front of our screens. anglers to a luncheon in his honour, “If we don’t connect with our because “the whole community resources, we are not going to value helps.” it and we are not going to protect it.”

Yes, a fishing community can As the executive director of the guard its secrets carefully. But Yukon Salmon Sub-committee, and Zimmermann has taken to various as the trust manager of the Yukon forms of social media to spread the Fish and Wildlife Enhancement message that fishing is a wonderful Trust, Zimmermann is already helpway to connect with loved ones and ing “to restore, protect and enhance with nature. fish wildlife in their habitat.”

“I love sharing,” he says. “Fishing In his free time, however, he has is my way of connecting with my been educating his community community. through the Yukon Fish and Game “Some people connect through Association’s Youth Hunting and dog training or power skating; mine Fishing Camp and Yukon Outdoor Women Program. is fishing.”

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recreation classes on stock lakes programs and he has taken school classes out fishing.

Then there was Zimmermann’s recently closed blog, Fish On Yukon, and a previous gig as a What’s Up Yukon columnist writing Been There, Fished That.

But you can still see his videos on NorthwesTel’s Channel 9. His first one, Family Fishing Connection, won an award for being the best instructional fishing video for community television.

“He is quite effective with his online activities,” says Steve Gotch, an area director with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “He doesn’t have one tool that is solely effective, it is his complete spectrum of approaches.”

Gotch adds that being the Yukon recipient of the National Recreational Fisheries Award does not mean Zimmermann is just this year’s best … he is the only Yukon winner that he can remember.

This summer, Zimmermann will focus in on his key message. It is a nationally branded business called Family Fishing Canada.

“I am trying to promote family fishing opportunities in Canada,” he says. “There is a nature deficit

disorder out there, so I am trying to get family and kids outdoors.

“And I see a good way would be fishing.”

Zimmermann says the fish is just a bonus.

“Men are not the best communicators, and I put myself in that category,” he says, then adds, “Unless I am talking about fishing.

“But being on a river or lake and you are not talking to someone there, you are still communicating.

There can be an incredible connection when you are out fishing together.”

Zimmermann says he remembers his first fish, and he also remembers the first fish caught by his sons, Zachary, 12, and Max, 9.

“A young kid catching a onepound rainbow trout is an experience that is just as impressive as them catching a 20-pound King Salmon another time.

“It has the same feeling.”

Yet Zimmermann warns that taking your children fishing needs a change in attitude. His new business aims to help with this.

He explains that he only started fishing 15 years ago, and it was usually just with his buddies. But, when his sons came along, he had to

re-evaluate.

“I would go out there with my children and chuck our lines in and they wouldn’t do anything right; our lines would get tangled and my line would hardly touch water.

“I was frustrated, they were frustrated, and we wouldn’t catch fish.

“So, I’d leave my rod at home and focus on them and the fishing. But, now, I fish alongside of them and sometimes they out-fish me.”

To not miss out, his wife, Hillarie, would join her husband and sons and it became more of a family experience.

“There are still times when I would fish hard,” says Zimmermann.

“But kids don’t want to be in a boat for six hours trolling. You need to limit it to an hour. You have to have lots of snacks and dress them warmly and have things to do.

“Family fishing is as much about catching frogs, whittling sticks, making little fires and making spears, as it is about fishing.”

But taking your children fishing can be an investment, says Zimmermann: “When they get older, they will call you and take you out fishing.”

Darrell Hookey is a freelance writer living in Whitehorse.

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Glacier Bears at their best at Ryan Downing meet

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Left, Dannica Nelson races the 100-metre freestyle. Top, Caelon Workman swims the 200-metre breaststroke.

“I don’t think it was just Thomas who swam well,” said Bukszowana. “I think there were swimmers from all the coaches who swam well. The coaches are happy.

“The kids are looking better than in September.”

Glacier Bears’ Alexander

Haines Dolphins holds the current meet record.

Whitehorse teammate Rennes Lindsay set two meet Petriw penciled his name records in the girls 11-12 into the club record books for the first time on Saturday. division, swimming the 100 individual medley in 1:19.79 Petriw swam the 200 free and the 400 individual medin 2:52.82 to set the boys ley 5:53.62.

10-and-under record.

Lindsay also set a AAA Though a club record, the time in the 200 breast. Other time was not a meet record, as a swimmer from Alaska’s AAA time setters include

Cassis Lindsay (50 free, 100 back, 200 back), Rennes Lindsay, Luke Bakica, (100 breast), Aidan Harvey (200 back) and Thomas Bakica, (800 free, 200 IM).

A total of 12 Glacier Bears swimmers set AA times at the meet, which was Bukszowana’s first since taking over as head coach at the start of September.

“We haven’t begun to train seriously yet, but I enjoy it a lot,” said Bukszowana. “The kids are very motivated. They never complain, they always

say ‘OK’ and are happy to do whatever you ask them to do. The board is running the club really well.”

Eighteen athletes from Alaska’s Haines Dolphins Swim Team competed at the meet, making the Ryan Downing an international event for a second year in a row.

“All the swimmers from Haines, it was fun to have them here and swim with us,” said Thomas Bakica. “It made it a fun meet.”

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wim season has only just begun and the Whitehorse Glacier Bears already have logged hundreds of individual accomplishments.

The Whitehorse swim club hosted the Ryan Downing Memorial Swim Meet on Friday and Saturday at the Canada Games Centre. The goal of the season-opening meet is for swimmers to set personal best times and hundreds – too many to count – were set by the roughly 100 Whitehorse swimmers in attendance.

“There is still plenty of work, but I’m happy with how the club is going and how the meet went,” said Glacier Bears head coach Malwina Bukszowana. “I liked it, it was fun, the kids enjoyed it. The parents and the referees ran it smooth, so I think it was great.”

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when I was racing against Brooklyn Massie we were really close together through the whole race. I was also racing my sister (Jessica) and she was also very supportive of me.”

Bakica set three club records and seven meet records in the boys 10-and-under division.

His club records, which are also meet records, were for the 200-metre individual medley (3:04.50), the 400-metre individual medley (6:48.36) and the 800-metre freestyle (11:59.61).

“I really liked the 400 IM – it was new to me,” said the 10-year-old. “It was really exciting to do that. I also think the 800 free was exciting. It was a new thing and I was hoping for the best.

“I had never done it before. I was a little scared.”

Bakica’s meet records came in the 100 free (1:18.20), 50 breast (46.71), 200 breast (3:37.86) and the 100 individual medley (1:33.68).

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Whitehorse Glacier Bear Thomas Bakica races in the 100-metre IM at the Ryan Downing Memorial Swim Meet on Saturday at the Canada Games Centre.

Bakica set three club records.

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RECREATION

Glacier Bears at their best at Ryan Downing meet

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Left, Dannica Nelson races the 100-metre freestyle. Top, Caelon Workman swims the 200-metre breaststroke.

“I don’t think it was just Thomas who swam well,” said Bukszowana. “I think there were swimmers from all the coaches who swam well. The coaches are happy.

“The kids are looking better than in September.”

Glacier Bears’ Alexander

Haines Dolphins holds the current meet record.

Whitehorse teammate Rennes Lindsay set two meet Petriw penciled his name records in the girls 11-12 into the club record books for the first time on Saturday. division, swimming the 100 individual medley in 1:19.79 Petriw swam the 200 free and the 400 individual medin 2:52.82 to set the boys ley 5:53.62.

10-and-under record.

Lindsay also set a AAA Though a club record, the time in the 200 breast. Other time was not a meet record, as a swimmer from Alaska’s AAA time setters include

Cassis Lindsay (50 free, 100 back, 200 back), Rennes Lindsay, Luke Bakica, (100 breast), Aidan Harvey (200 back) and Thomas Bakica, (800 free, 200 IM).

A total of 12 Glacier Bears swimmers set AA times at the meet, which was Bukszowana’s first since taking over as head coach at the start of September.

“We haven’t begun to train seriously yet, but I enjoy it a lot,” said Bukszowana. “The kids are very motivated. They never complain, they always

say ‘OK’ and are happy to do whatever you ask them to do. The board is running the club really well.”

Eighteen athletes from Alaska’s Haines Dolphins Swim Team competed at the meet, making the Ryan Downing an international event for a second year in a row.

“All the swimmers from Haines, it was fun to have them here and swim with us,” said Thomas Bakica. “It made it a fun meet.”

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from my teammates, which made it very exciting and fun,” said Bakica. “I was really trying to push people in the races. In the 800 free,

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Whitehorse’s Thomas Bakica.

He was even breaking records in events he had never swum before.

“I got a lot of support

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nine meet records, 35 AA times and eight AAA times were set at the meet.

Keeping the club’s record keepers the busiest was

Live DJ, prizes draws, and giveaways!

CKRW on location

nd sa

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Emma Boyd swims in the 400-metre freestyle.

November 9th

ice rv

wim season has only just begun and the Whitehorse Glacier Bears already have logged hundreds of individual accomplishments.

The Whitehorse swim club hosted the Ryan Downing Memorial Swim Meet on Friday and Saturday at the Canada Games Centre. The goal of the season-opening meet is for swimmers to set personal best times and hundreds – too many to count – were set by the roughly 100 Whitehorse swimmers in attendance.

“There is still plenty of work, but I’m happy with how the club is going and how the meet went,” said Glacier Bears head coach Malwina Bukszowana. “I liked it, it was fun, the kids enjoyed it. The parents and the referees ran it smooth, so I think it was great.”

In addition to the abundant “PBs,” four club records,

Saturday

Se

S

when I was racing against Brooklyn Massie we were really close together through the whole race. I was also racing my sister (Jessica) and she was also very supportive of me.”

Bakica set three club records and seven meet records in the boys 10-and-under division.

His club records, which are also meet records, were for the 200-metre individual medley (3:04.50), the 400-metre individual medley (6:48.36) and the 800-metre freestyle (11:59.61).

“I really liked the 400 IM – it was new to me,” said the 10-year-old. “It was really exciting to do that. I also think the 800 free was exciting. It was a new thing and I was hoping for the best.

“I had never done it before. I was a little scared.”

Bakica’s meet records came in the 100 free (1:18.20), 50 breast (46.71), 200 breast (3:37.86) and the 100 individual medley (1:33.68).

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Whitehorse Glacier Bear Thomas Bakica races in the 100-metre IM at the Ryan Downing Memorial Swim Meet on Saturday at the Canada Games Centre.

Bakica set three club records.

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Harrison, Vikes finish season with Canada West bronze Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse’s Jackie Harrison finished her university soccer career with a win on Saturday, but it wasn’t the win she was hoping for.

Harrison and her University of Victoria Vikes team wanted to play at the CIS national championships, but a loss on Friday took them out of contention.

The Vikes lost 2-1 in double overtime to the Trinity Western University Spartans on Friday in Victoria. A win for the Vikes would have put the team in the Canada West final and provided them a berth to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championships in Toronto.

“The end of the season was definitely a heartbreaker. It would have been awesome to be able to attend nationals in my final season but the game against TWU was a hard fought battle and my team played very well this past weekend,” said Harrison in an email to the News. “We simply did not end with the result we wanted, but we put our hearts on the line and that’s all we can ask of ourselves.”

With Friday’s loss, which was only the team’s third of the season, the Vikes played the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds for the Canada West bronze on Saturday and won 3-1.

Harrison, who is a team captain and plays midfield, logged a goal in what was her

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Whitehorse’s Jackie Harrison competes for the UVic Vikes on Saturday against UBC. Harrison finished her university career with bronze in the Canada West division.

final match as a university player.

“In the regular season we did beat TWU and lost to UBC and then vice versa in

the playoffs. However, all four games were one-goal differentials and so really there wasn’t much different between the games,” said Harrison. “The

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top four teams in Canada West could all have been contenders for the national title this year.

That’s what makes Canada West such a tough division to play in, as it is sometimes more difficult to make it to nationals than competing at nationals themselves. However, there are some strong teams in the east as well that always complete for the title so it will be interesting to see how this year plays out.”

The Vikes began the Canada West playoffs with a 5-1 win over the University of Regina Cougars on Oct. 25. Harrison scored two goals, including the game-winner on a penalty kick, in the match.

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“Saturday’s match was my final university game. It was a bitter-sweet feeling as I am going to miss my team and this part of my life very much. However, I am looking forward to new things to come and I’m sure soccer will remain an important part of my life,” said Harrison, who was a fifth-year player.

“Overall my fondest memories are obviously successful wins in my career and growing as a player, but more importantly it is all the things that happen behind the scenes such as the team chemistry and fun we have both on and off the pitch.”

Last season the Vikes took second in the Canada West conference playoffs to reach the CIS nationals and placed third in Canada. Harrison was named a Canada West All-Star last season.

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he Atom Jr. Mustangs will be exhausted come Sunday evening.

The Whitehorse rep team is slated to play a lot of hockey as they host the Whitehorse International Atom Hockey Tournament this weekend at Takhini Arena.

It will be a small tournament but a busy one.

Wasilla, Alaska’s Mat-Su Eagles and the Fort Nelson Fury will be in town to compete for gold in the B.C. Hockey Association Tier 3-equivalent tourney.

The three teams will play a triple round-robin, with each squad playing six games, before the top two teams compete in the gold medal game on Sunday at 2:15 p.m. at Takhini Arena.

“From hearing people on the phone and listening to our committee, there’s as much excitement from the parents as the players, and these guys are just buzzing for this tournament,” said Whitehorse Minor Hockey Association president Carl Burgess.

The tournament marks the first Outside competition the Atom Mustangs will see so far this season and it won’t be easy.

The Wasilla Mat-Su Eagles is a “major atom” team, meaning the squad is predominately – if not entirely – made up of second-year atom players.

The Fort Nelson Fury is another tough squad. The Fury visited the Yukon last March and played a Whitehorse squad made up of players from all four teams in the atom division of the Whitehorse league, winning 14-0 and 15-2.

The next day the Fury played another mixed team, including players from last year’s Atom Mustangs, and won 8-2 and 13-2.

The Mustangs will have to remain focused and use the skills they’ve developed so far this season, said head coach Clint Mylymok.

“These are the things the kids live for, they all love playing tournaments,” said Mylymok. “The key is to make sure they’re all having fun but also make sure, when we’re on the bench, we’re focused on what we’ve been practising in team play and apply it to the game when needed.

“They’re young kids, so we’re not over inundating

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Whitehorse Atom Jr. Mustangs goalie Aiden Power watches the puck during a practice on Monday. The Mustangs are hosting a tournament this weekend with teams from B.C. and Alaska.

them with systems stuff. But we’re doing some basic things we think will be advantageous as a team.”

The action starts Friday at 5 p.m. at Takhini Arena as the Mustangs faceoff with the Eagles. Admission is free all weekend.

“At one point we had six teams – one from Juneau and two from Fairbanks – next to fully committed,” said Burgess. “But one thing we’ve learned is: though November isn’t early in the season for Whitehorse, it is for other leagues.”

“We’re certainly hoping we can start calling it the first an-

nual,” he added.

Whitehorse Minor will take up hosting duties again next month for Hockey Day in Whitehorse and Mustangs Night Dec. 6-8.

Four Outside teams are looking to visit Whitehorse to compete against Mustangs teams from peewee to midget.

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Mustangs winger Austin Larkin runs through drills during practice.

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Local musician to host ‘Speedraiser’ for speed racer Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse musician Gordie Tentrees is a big supporter of local para wheelchair racer Jessica Frotten.

He wants to help her reach the international level and make the Paralympic Games with a fundraiser.

“I don’t know her personally at all,” admits Tentrees. “I first heard about her accident in 2009 from mutual friends that she and I have. And I’ve been following her progress in the paper and thought I’d like to do a yearly concert in Whitehorse to give back to the community, to do something to get involved in my community.

“I was thinking, ‘What’s the first thing I can do, to do something for the place I live?’

“I kept reading about her all summer in the paper and I thought, ‘I wonder if she needs help with anything?’”

Tentrees, who released his album North Country Heart last year, plans to use his country and blues music to raise money for Frotten. He will hold a benefit concert called Speedraiser: Songs for Frotten next month at the Old Fire Hall in Whitehorse. He has also started an online fundraising drive.

“It blew me away,” said Frotten.

“He sent me an email and said he’d like to do a show in Whitehorse and he wanted to donate all the proceeds to something he believed in.

“I was just like, Woo, that’s amazing that someone would want to do that.”

Tentrees’ goal is to raise $7,500.

Part of the funds will cover Frotten’s travel expenses as she heads

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Whitehorse’s Jessica Frotten at the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que, in August.

to her first international event in Switzerland next spring, the Canadian track nationals in Muncton, N.B., and other meets.

“Right now I’m kind of in limbo,” said Frotten. “I’m trying to make it on the national team and be a carded athlete, so there would be more funding out there for me. Right now I’m just the little guy out there trying to get into that.

“Getting into some international races and doing well and really showing I’m a speedy racer,

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Gordie Tentrees is hosting a benefit concert for wheelchair racer Jessica Frotten at the Old Fire Hall on December 10.

that’s going to help me make it to the Olympics.”

The remainder of the funds will go towards buying a new racing chair for Frotten. The chair she currently uses is from the Regina Racing Club. She moved to Regina for the First Steps Wellness Centre, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for those living with spinal-cord injuries.

When Frotten competed at the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que. this August – winning three bronze medals – she was a member of Team Saskatchewan.

“Right now I just rent a chair … It belongs to the racing club,” said Frotten. “To have my own, I’d

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be more of a free agent.”

“There’s nowhere to train in Whitehorse, but if I go to another Canada Games or a western Games, I could be on Team Yukon if they wanted me,” she added.

“That would be awesome if I could race for the Yukon.

“Once I get into that international level, the Olympic level, I’ll just be wearing the red and white.”

Frotten is coming home a little earlier for Christmas in order to attend the concert on Dec. 10 at the Old Fire Hall.

“I get a little extra time at home, I like that,” said Frotten.

Speedraiser tickets are available at the Yukon Arts Centre box office and at www.yukontickets. com.

People can also make donations to the Frotten fund by going to www.indiegogo.com and entering “Frotten” in the search bar.

“I’m just overwhelmed,” said Frotten. “I don’t know how I’m going to thank that guy … He’s just an amazing guy.”

Frotten became a paraplegic in a car accident on the Alaska Highway outside of Whitehorse in December 2009.

Tentrees, who is originally from Hamilton, Ont., is heading out on a European tour next February.

“I’ve often thought how supportive the Yukon has been for me the last 15 years, and I thought this is a chance to do something for my community,” said Tentrees.

“I’ve been watching her, seeing what she’s doing, and I think she’s inspiring and amazing.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Whitehorse’s Halliday races to top-20 at provincials Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse’s Kieran Halliday was wearing a school jersey that read “Saints” with a racing bib on the front with the number 666.

It was a bit of an odd mix. But not many of Halliday’s competitors saw the bib number – most of them were far behind him.

The 17-year-old ran to 19th out of 242 runners in the senior boys division at the B.C. High School Cross Country Championships in Aldergrove on Saturday.

“I was really happy with my results,” said Halliday. “Last year I kind of bombed out of the B.C.s. This year I was way more focused, I was way more prepared, I was training much harder. When it came down to the race, I was way more ready.”

“I’m really happy I managed to pull this off in my last year,” he added.

Halliday, who was running for the St. George’s School Saints in Vancouver, placed 51st in the same category last year.

On Saturday he completed the 6.3-kilometre course in 21 minutes and 50 seconds and was the top runner from his school in the division.

His placement helped the Saints team finish eighth in the senior division.

“We came second in my first year, fifth in my second year and eighth in my third year,” said Halliday. “So we haven’t managed to get back up on the podium as a team.

“We have a really young team this year.”

Halliday took first in the Independent Schools Association’s regional cross-country championships last month.

“It was the same course, but they changed a couple corners,” said Halliday. “I was running faster because I’ve been training a bit more and the course was a bit shorter, so my time was quite a bit faster.”

He partly credits his improved result on training for the Canada Summer Games at which he raced this past August in Sherbrooke, Que. But that’s not all.

“I’m also getting a bit older, a bit stronger, a bit faster too,” said Halliday. “I can handle more training. My body is more capable of handling this kind of thing.”

Halliday was Team Yukon’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony at the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que., in August.

He was one of just two athletes from the territory to compete in two different sports

Susan Chow/Yukon News

Whitehorse runner Kieran Halliday races in the B.C. High School Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Aldergrove.

Halliday placed 19th out of 242 in the senior boys division.

at the Games, in tennis in week one and athletics in week two.

In Sherbrooke, Halliday became the first from the territory to compete in the 3,000-metre

horse’s Logan Roots raced at the B.C. Cross Country Championships in Abbotsford. Roots, who was a Canada Games teammate of Halliday, placed 16th at the in the open division (men 20-34).

Both Whitehorse runners plan to compete at the 2013 Canadian Cross Country Championship in Vancouver at the end of the month.

“This weekend I’ve just been relaxing, taking a break from the whole thing,” said Halliday.

“Next week I’m probably going to start training again, just going at it strong for a couple weeks. Then I’m going to be as ready as I can be.”

“I’m also getting a bit older, a bit stronger, a bit faster too, I can handle more training . My body is more capable of handling this kind of thing.” steeplechase in athletics, placing 12th out of 16 runners with a time of 10:02.02.

The weekend before the high school championships, White-

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Dear Annie: I am still fuming over something that happened a month ago. I was contacted by my son’s high school teacher, alleging that he plagiarized parts of his final term paper. Annie, I coached him through the writing process, making sure he followed through with his outline. It took an agonizing 15 hours over several days. I know he didn’t plagiarize, because I was in the room the entire time and watched him come up with that sentence.

The teacher ran the paper through one of the commercially available online programs designed to catch plagiarism, and part of one sentence popped up. She insists he copied the sentence from some book published in the 1950s and expects him to cite his source. Aren’t students allowed to have the same thoughts someone else has had before?

My son is being called a liar and told to give credit to some writer he never heard of. How many unique phrases can students come up with these days? I asked my older child whether she runs her papers through this program and changes them if anything gets flagged. She says she does. I don’t believe students should have to change their wording if they wrote it themselves.

I explained this to the teacher, but she still insists he cheated. I think teachers should stop relying on computer programs and start teaching kids to think, read and write.

I told my son he should be proud of his hard work, but he thinks it simply wasn’t worth the effort. And now the teacher doubts my integrity, as well.

How do I handle this for the upcoming school year? — Disgusted Parent Dear Parent: We agree that this is a sorry commentary on schooling, but you need to be practical. If teachers use these online programs to check for plagiarized phrases, it makes sense for students to double-check their papers the same way.

Of course, two people could come up with the same sentence independently, but the teacher has no way of knowing this is the case. And a parent’s word is, sorry to say, insufficiently believable. Your son can protect himself from future accusations by running his papers through a program similar to what the teacher uses.

DILBERT

Kakuro

By The Mepham Group

Level: Gentle

Sudoku Level: 1

2

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

Solution to Saturday’s puzzle

Solution to Saturday’s puzzle

No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2. Solution published tomorrow. © 2013 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

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To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues.

Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

COMICS THE OTHER COAST

BOUND AND GAGGED

BREWSTER ROCKET

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RUBES速

by Leigh Rubin

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Kids Korner Younger kids can enjoy Uncle Art’s Funland, while older ones can test their knowledge with Shortcuts.

This edition of Shortcuts is sponsored by Walrus Cronkite.

And What did one that’s the way walrus say to the other? it is.

This cartoon is getting a little long in the tooth. alruses live in the Arctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific. They spend the summer months along the shore and the winter months floating on drifting ice floes. Walruses will eat a variety of foods, including crustaceans, snails and sea cucumbers, but their favorite food is clams.

Have an ice day.

A walrus can dive as deep as 90 m (300 ft.) and hold its breath for nearly 15 minutes.

How do Walruses use their tusks for you make a many purposes. Walruses use walrus laugh? their tusks to dig for clams and Tickle the to defend themselves against ivories.

Can you spot all six differences between these two scenes? predators such as polar bears and killer whales. They also use their tusks like a mountain Walruses are very social animals and live Wild climber uses a pickax so they together in herds. Some walrus herds can walruses can move across slippery ice. have more than 1,000 animals. may live An adult male walrus can grow to be as long as Walruses have nearly 4 m (13 ft.) long and weigh more 40 years. coarse whiskers around than 1,300 kg (2,870 lbs.). their mouths. The whiskers are the only hairs that grow on their A newborn walrus calf may weigh bodies and the walrus uses them as much as 65 kg (140 lbs.).

Walruses, to locate clams beneath the along with seals and ocean sediment. sea lions, belong to a group of animals called “pinnipeds.”

Pinniped is Latin for Walruses "fin-footed." have a layer An adult walrus’s tusks of blubber that is can grow to be nearly 90 cm Both male nearly 15 cm (6 in.)

(35 in.) in length. and female walruses thick in some have tusks. areas.

Can you find the hidden words?

Search carefully because some words are backward or diagonal.

PINNIPED BODY BOB BLUBBER HERD TUSK WHISKER CLAM SEAL WALRUS FOOT SEA OCEAN DIVE FIN SOCIAL LION ICE A L P H A B E T S O U P S

P A P E R O O T U N O I L

T E S T O O N C R S A N E

R S E L F S R O L L K N T

O D I N D E O R A A E I S A C K R B A T C W V M P S

E Y E B L O W H I S K E R

C H U A D A D D Y A B D O

A L L U N C H Y E L L O W

B U N C H N I F T Y B I B

Where do walruses go on vacation?

Finland.

GAME ANSWERS: 1. Light stand is different. 2. Bulbs are missing. 3. Sign is different. 4. Tusk is smaller. 5. Mirror is smaller. 6. Armrest is different.

What did the mother walrus say when she was disappointed with her son?

Tusk, tusk, tusk.

For more information on walruses, check out these books: “Walrus” by Laima Dingwall (Grolier) or “Exploring the World of Seals and Walruses” by Tracy Read (Firefly Books). www.shortcutscomic.com

Distributed by Universal Uclick for UFS, Inc.

© Jeff Harris 2013

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332-8801 BACHELOR APT downtown, fully furnished, no pets, $900/mon. incl. utils, avail Dec. 1.

668-5558 1-BDRM NEW apt in Riverdale, avail immed, N/S, N/P, no parties, includes heat, hot water, lights, responsible tenant, $1,200/mon.

668-5558 MARSH LAKE, Avail immediately,newly renovated 3-bdrm, 2-bath log house on private acre. washer & dryer.

N/S, $1,200/mon + elec & DD. (250) 864-4499 DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE •Shared space with Cambio Consulting •Access to boardroom, coffee bar •See Kijiji ad ID 466620854 and Borealist 335-3499 SMALL SPACE in the Sportees building, just under 300 sq ft. Stop in to Sportees 6098 6th Ave. or call Andrea 668-2691

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BRIGHT 1-BDRM suite, Porter Creek. Full bath, in suite laundry, attached greenhouse, on bus route, available immed, $840/mon. + utils, N/S only. Suites@auroramusic.ca or 604-595-4895

2-BDRM. UNIT in Granger, self contained, above ground, c/w separate entrance, laundry, gas fireplace, bright, responsible tenant(s), refs. & dd required. $1,250/mon. utils incl. 332-4426

Available Now Newly renovated OFFICE SPACE & RETAIL SPACE Close to Library & City Hall A short walk to Main Street Phone 633-6396

BACHELOR SUITE, downtown, furnished, no pets, avail. Nov. 1. $900/mon. all incl.

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RENDEZVOUS PLAZA on Lewes Blvd, Riverdale Lots of parking 1,100 sq ft (previously flower shop, studio) 7,000 sq ft (previously Frazerʼs) Call 667-7370 OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE For Rent Location: 129 Copper Road.

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See kijiji AD ID 510028138 or call 668-3408 CABIN, 2 bdrm. incl. elec., phone, Internet, no water, super insulated, easy to heat, N/S, N/P. Refs. & dd required. $800/mon.

660-5545 FOX LAKE Great, cozy cabin for your next getaway Soak in the wonderful scenery and lose yourself in serenity Completely furnished and equipped Located 40 minutes from Whitehorse Beautiful trails at your door for hiking, skiing, bicycling Good lake for fishing Accommodates 2-6 people Call for rate, 633-2156 3-BDRM TOP floor of house, Riverdale, avail Nov 1st, c/w laundry, heat, electric, tv and internet. N/S, no parties. $1,575/mon.

333-9000 2 BDRM with den, Porter Creek. Quiet upper level, very bright, 3 appliances, coin laundry on premises. N/S, N/P, no pets. Refs & dd required. $1,250/mon. + utils. 334-9402 ONE BDRM. apt., Porter Creek. Clean, quite building, close to bus stop, looking for long term tenants. $975 + utilities and sec deposit. 334-9402 PRIVATE, 3 bedroom bungalow, 1 bath, in Marwell area. Smokers and/or pets welcome. Partially fenced back yard. Prefer long term lease. Available immed. $1,600/mon. + util. 333-0709 or kelsax@hotmail.com FURNISHED BEDROOM for one person in new home in Ingrid SD, incl. heat , elec, access to kitchen, bathroom, w/d, TV/internet.

N/S, no pets, dd reqʼd. $700/mon. 334-3186

Beautifully finished office space is available in the Taku Building at 309 Main Street.

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3-BDRM, 2-BATH, upper level in Copper Ridge, bright, clean, N/S, no parties. Avail.

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334-6510 1-BDRM BRIGHT basement suite PC, responsible tenants, N/S, no parties, avail Nov. 1. $950/mon. 633-2046 3-BDRM, 1.5-BATH townhouse, Riverdale, incls 5 appliances, garage, avail Nov 1.

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BACHELOR APT d/t, clean. private entrance. Utils + cable, wifi, phone, parking & plug-in incl. Available Nov 1-Apr 30. $900 mon. $450, dd/ref's required. N/P, no pets.

668-4321.

2-BDRM, BRIGHT basement suite PC, N/S, no partying, responsible tenants. $1,050/mon., avail Nov. 1. 633-2046 2-BDRM + den apt. in Porter Creek tri-plex, incls w/d, N/S, N/P, energy efficient bldg.

Refʼs reqʼd, $1,350/mon + utils, $1,350 DD. 633-5916 2-BDRM SUITE, PC, ground level, sep. entry, c/w laundry & plug-in parking,, N/S, N/P, no pets. $1,200/mon. + utils. 335-2636 FURNISHED ROOM D/T, responsible female tenant, refs. reqʼd. N/S, N/P, kitchen/laundry use, heat & cable. $620/mon. 668-5185 day, 667-7840 eve. & wknd.

2-BDRM DUPLEX D/T, newly renovated, yard, laundry machines, bright, quiet, clean, pets negotiable. $1,350/mon. + utils.

335-3973 FURNISHED ROOM in beautiful house in Takhini North, sunny & clean, no TV, N/S, N/P, $715/mon + utils. gauthierjosianne@gmail.com BACHELOR SUITE, lower, avail Dec. 1, N/S, N/P, 1st & last, $700/mon. incl utils.

332-5337 3-BDRM RIVERDALE, upper w/garage, avail Nov. 1, $1,700/mon. 332-5337 2-BDRM 2-BATH house in PC, furnished, Dec. 22-June 22, N/S, refs. & dd reqʼd, $1,500/mon incl. utils. 668-6079 or 336-1763 ROOM IN Mountain View townhouse. $530/mth + utils. Lots of storage. Info 335-6462 3-BDRM BUNGALOW, 1 bath, Marwell area. Smokers & pets welcome, partially fenced back yard. Prefer long term lease, avail immed. $1400/mon + util. 333-0709 or kelsax@hotmail.com ROOM IN comfortable home, TV, internet, cable, laundry facilities, parking, on bus route, fully furnished, N/S, N/P. 667-7733 after 5 pm ESCAPE FROM the cold to sunny Arizona!

Mobile home in Mesa, available weekly or monthly Nov. & Dec. Call 333-9966 (c.) or email: sandor@yukon.net ROOM IN Riverdale, furnished, c/w Sat TV, small fridge, close to bus & amenities, kitchen/laundry privs, ref & dd reqʼd. $700/mon incl. utils. 335-2231 after 6pm.

3-BDRM HOUSE, Riverdale, fully renovated.

N/S, N/P, refs & dd reqʼd.. Avail Dec 1st. $1,900/mon incl all utils. 334-9087 3/4-BDRM COUNTRY house on 2.8 acres 15 min from town, rent or lease 5-6 months.

Double detached garage, hot tub, N/S, N/P. Refs. $1,600/mon + utils. 334-4384 2-BDRM DUPLEX, PC, close to all amenities, wood/elec heat, private fenced back yard, storage & laundry, dd required, avail Nov. 4, $900 + utils. 633-2837 3-BDRM 1/2 duplex in Takhini on Range Road, fenced back yard, central location, nicely renovated, option to purchase, N/S. $1,600/mon + utils. 335-1260 FURNISHED BDRM, Hot Springs Rd, incl access to kitchen/laundry, own fridge, cabinet, own bathroom, dd & refs, N/P, must like dogs, responsible tenant, $700/mon.

633-2119 2-BDRM, 1-BATH duplex, open kitchen, large yard, oil/wood heat, well insulated.

Long term, N/S, no parties, pets neg, $1,100/mon + utils + DD. 667-7258

1-BDRM CONDO d/t, bright, on 2nd floor, newer bldg., N/S, N/P, $1,200 + utils, avail Dec. 1. 393-3924

ROOM IN Riverdale, $750/mon. all inclusive.

Annette, 333-0490 after 6pm.

BACHELOR APT. 15 mins from d/t, above ground, small deck, cable & utils inc, close to bus stop. N/S, N/P. $900/mon. 333-0497

LOG CABIN, Army Beach, Marsh Lake, furnished, wood stove, elec. & water incl., avail.

Nov. 1, $800/mon. 660-5020

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Yukon News 1-BDRM EXECUTIVE condo d/t, nicely furnished, washer and dryer, balcony. N/S, N/P. Refs reqʼd. $1,600/mon + utilities. Call 633-4874 5 BDRM, 2-3/4 bth, garage, fenced yard. $1,800/mon, N/S, no parties, 1 pet ok.

633-4357

Outreach Worker Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society Yukon Closing Date 5:00 p.m.: November 15 2013

The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society Yukon, a national leader in the provision of services to persons with FASD is seeking a mature, committed individual to join our Outreach Team.

JOB DESCRIPTION / DUTIES: reporting to the Senior outreach Worker this position is responsible for providing outreach support services directly to adult clients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Whitehorse. the incumbent in this position will liaise with governmental, non-governmental and community agencies to develop case plans that support safety and quality of life for individuals with FASD. EDUCATION / REQUIREMENTS / EXPERIENCE: EDuCAtion AnD trAininG: undergraduate degree (Health or Social Work).

A combination of related education and experience will also be considered. rEQuirEmEntS: licenses/Certifications: Class 5 driver’s license Standard First Aid Demonstrated

PORTER CREEK - 1 bdrm bsmnt suite, n/pets, N/S, close to bus stop, $1,000/mon. incl. heat & light. 456-7729

1-BDRM SPLIT level duplex in DT area, sep ent, w/d, N/S, no pets, $1,100/mon incl. utils.

336-0112

1 BDRM suite, Valleyview, fully furnished incl. dishe, linens & cable. $1,350/mon.

633-4778.

TESLIN LAKE, 4-bdrm house, fully furnished incl. linens, 2 hrs south of Whitehorse, $500/ week all inclusive or $1,150/ mon longer term + utils. 633-4778

1-BDRM APT PC, clean, sep ent, coin laundry, near bus station, N/P, N/S, $900 + dd + utils. 334-9402

3-BDRM. IN Takhini, 2,000 sq ft w. garage, N/S, N/P, avail Dec. 1. $1,700/mon.

334-6510

2-BDRM 1 bath condo Main St. w appliances on greenbelt, avail Nov. 1, $1,575.00/mon + utils, dd & refs reqʼd. 667-7462, email nsevergreenoffice@gmail.com

3-BDRM 2-BATH home, Crestview w/attached garage, next to park/rink, N/S, N/P, avail Dec 1, $1,700/mon incls elec & utils.

334-9773

2-BDRM HOUSE, 406 Ogilvie with w/d, oil heat incl, $1,665/mon, avail Nov. 1. Lee at 393-2200

LARGE, FURNISHED, corner office for rent, main floor. 1 block from Main Street. $875/mon. Sascha, 633-6463

CALL FO R PR O PO SALS

SALARY RANGE: Hourly rAtE iS $26.50 BENEFITS: A GEnErouS BEnEFit pACKAGE upon ComplEtion oF proBAtionAry pErioD HOW TO APPLY: Submit resume / Documents and / or questions to: Executive Director, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society yukon Box 31396, 4141B 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, yukon y1A 6K8 phone: 1-867-393-4948 or by email to: executive.director@fassy.org

EmploymEnt opportunity

Utilities Manager Capital Department Permanent – Full Time Salary range: $60,656 -$72,787 Qualifications: High school graduation followed by several years’ postsecondary education in water distribution, waste water collection and treatment systems; Certification in the operation of water distribution, water treatment and waste water treatment systems; Certification in gas chlorination is desirable; Training and/or experience in staff supervision and general management; Experience in participating in negotiations; WHIMIS; Valid Class 3 Yukon Driver’s License; Criminal Record Check.

Main Duties: Reporting to Capital Director, this position will be responsible for the following: • Manages the Utilities unit of the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation • Oversees and/or leads the operation, monitoring and maintenance of water, sewage and electrical systems • Oversees the operation and maintenance of basic laboratory services for the testing and monitoring of environmental systems.

• Provides technical support to the Capital Works department for environmental related tasks • Supervises the daily work of Utilities staff and other personnel assigned by the Capital Director including preparation of work plans, supervision of work, resolving performance issues and on-going training of personnel.

• Assist the Capital Director as needed: Keep daily record of Utilities employee time sheets; participate in department budget development and management • Perform other related duties such as: operate water truck and acts as back-up sewer truck operator when required; participate in meetings relevant to the operations of the department; attend training, and workshops to upgrade skills; respond to emergencies.

LSCFN preferential hire will apply.

If you are interested, please submit your expression of interest along with your resume by 4:30P.M. November 8, 2013 to: Doris Caouette, Human Resource Officer Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation PO Box 135, Carmacks Y.T. Y0B 1C0 Phone: (867)863-5576 ext 280 Fax: (867)863-5710 Email: resume@lscfn.ca WHILE LSCFN THANK ALL APPLICANTS, ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL bE CONTACTED. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU REqUIRE A jOb DESCRIPTION.

2-BDRM TRAILER, spacious, $1,300/mon & heat & elec. 334-8381 2-BDRM BASEMENT suite, Granger, newly renoʼd, furnished, sep. ent, kitchen, laundry, refs, & dd reqʼd, 334-9788, $1,700/mon incl. utils. 334-9788 ROOM D/T, shared bath, $800/mon.

334-1759 2-BDRM HOUSE in PC, full bsmt, N/S, no parties, pet considered, $1,600/mon, utils incl. 336-0112

Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Society is currently seeking persons to complete a comprehensive program evaluation of both our Outreach Van Program and our Youth Outreach Program.

2-3 BDRM upper level house Riverdale, bright & clean, sundeck, fireplace, carport, avail immed. $1,650/mon heat incl. 334-5448

PROjeCt DeSCRiPtiOn: to formally evaluate the Outreach Van Services and Youth Outreach Program and provide a report and recommendations to Many Rivers. the evaluation will include input from staff, partner agencies, funders, clients and the community at large.

Proposals clearly marked

EXPERIENCE: Experience working with individuals with FASD and/or experience working with marginalized populations and persons with disabilities.

1-BDRM GROUND level suite Riverdale, bright & clean, sep ent, w/d, back yard, avail immed. $1,000/mon, heat incl. 334-5448

“Outreach Van and Youth Outreach Program Evaluations”, will be received up to 4:00 pm local time, November 22nd, at Many Rivers. terms of Reference may be obtained from Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Society at 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1H3.

Questions may be directed to Brent Ramsay, executive Director. (867) 667-2970

1-BDRM BSMT suite Copper Ridge, 5 appliances, no pets, avail immed. $1,100 + dd, utils incl. 667-6828 BSMT SUITE, Takhini, shared kitchen/ laundry, walk to Yukon College, Games Centre and downtown. $750/ mon utils + internet.

Vegetarian female preferred. Avail Dec. 1.

335-4070

Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 LONG-TERM HOUSESITTER available for winter months, gd w/pets & plants. No criminal record, 30 yr. Yukon resident. 335-0009

Terms of reference are available for viewing on our websiTe. ProPosal submissions will be evaluaTed in accordance wiTh The criTeria indicaTed in The ProPosal documenTs.

MATURE QUIET person seeking immediate affordable, pet friendly housing. Contact twiceshi404@gmail.com

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

Please check www.volunteeryukon.ca to find more volunteer opportunities.

Second Opinion Society (SOS) Second Opinion Society (SOS) is a non-profit organization based in Whitehorse, YT. SOS functions as a self-help group offering alternative mental health information and support to people going through emotional distress or crisis, including psychiatric survivors as well as those who are isolated or want to learn more about mental health issues and alternative healing. We work to develop accessible, non-intrusive alternatives such as peer support, peer counseling, recreational and social activities and holistic healing and offer help through education, advocacy and access to basic facilities. We also serve as a community resource and a voice for people facing mental health issues.

We are currently looking to recruit motivated, enthusiastic and compassionate members for our non-profit Board of Directors. The Board meets monthly to discuss the strategic direction of SOS, provide input on upcoming projects and ensure financial transparency.

Board members are also asked to contribute 3 hours of their time per month outside of Board meetings to assist with various activities including fundraising, staff recruitment, and community outreach.

Contact: Hailey Hechtman info@second-opinion.ca 867-667-2037 http://www.second-opinion.ca/

Big Brothers Big Sisters Yukon

QUIET, RESPONSIBLE woman w. foster dog looking for place to live in or near Whitehorse, under $750 all-inclusive. 334-2208

Real Estate HAINES JUNCTION 2-storey house. Contemporary design, open concept on cul-de-sac, 10+ acres, Fire-smarted around house, lots of trees left, view of St. Elias Mtns, 1350 sq. ft. Rod 634-2240 5 ATLIN lake view town lots. Prime location, top of Discovery Ave & 3rd St. 1 double lot incls old log house, $165,000 takes all.

Email: mjbhome14@live.co.uk or John 250-676-9597 THE PALMS RV RESORT www.yumapalmsrvresort.com Rated top 2% in America.

6-5-4-3 Monthly Specials. Starting at $637.50 mo. (plus Tax/Elec.) Toll Free 1 855 PALMS RV (1-855-725-6778) 3-BDRM, 1-BATH 2013 Mobile home in quiet park. 6 months free pad rent, no dogs.

See Property Guys #143605. $154,900.

334-4174 .

GRIZZLY VALLEY, 5 acres, 3-bdrm. 1993 mobile home, govʼt maintained road, school bus, septic tank, propane heat, great views, avail. immed. $380,000. Donna, 334-6010 16ʼ X 20ʼ log cabin on private town lot, Atlin, $50,000, may finance 50% to acceptable buyer. Gacrawford@hughes.net or voicemail 250- 651- 2253 RIVERDALE LOT, clear, serviced, quiet street, close to trails, south backyard, back alley, 50x100. 21 McQuesten. $179,900, wallymaltz@mac.com 4-BDRM HOUSE, Teslin Lake w. large garage, drilled well, gorgeous pine detailing. $369,000. 867-633-4778.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon urgently require positive adult role models for children needing/wanting a mentor. We have a waiting list for Big Brothers!

Help Wanted

We provide training and support to help you make a huge difference in the life of a child.

The power of mentoring builds community-one child at a time!

DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT Seeking Cooks, Kitchen Helpers & Servers Spanish speaking an asset Competitive wages Please send info to: patronamexfood@gmail.com 668-7372

Contact: Harold Sher, Executive Director bbbsyukon@gmail.com 668-7911 You work for a non-profit organization and you would like to add your volunteer opportunities? Please click on http://www.volunteeryukon.ca/.

MONDAY • WEDNESDAY • FRIDAY

Community Services

JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrysler Ltd. offers competitive wages from $30/hour, negotiable depending on experience. Bright, modern shop. Full-time permanent with benefits. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban centres. More info at: hannachrylser.ca. Fax 403-854-2845; Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.

YUKON MAN Barbershop requires one barber/hair stylist. For more info please call 336-0950.

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Yukon Agricultural Association EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

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Executive Director Yukon agricultural association (Yaa)

Reporting to the association President, the Executive director is responsible for implementing the policies and direction of the Yaa board and for carrying out the full range of duties required to further the purposes and administer the services and affairs of the association, including the preparation and administration of contracts with people or organizations who may be engaged for certain tasks.

The successful candidate will possess a relevant university degree or diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. he or she will be a self-starter with strong planning, organizational and financial skills and significant administrative and/or management experience, preferably in a multidisciplinary environment. candidates must possess effective interpersonal communication, writing and leadership skills and be proficient with computers and their full range of applications, including developing and presenting power-point presentations and managing and maintaining the association’s website. Relevant experience in, and/or knowledge of, agriculture and the agri-food industry is a must. familiarity with Yukon’s ag industry and some key factors, which affect it, is desirable. candidates must be willing to work irregular hours which may occasionally include evenings and/or weekends. a valid Yukon driver’s licence and willingness to travel is required. salary range is $25-$32/hour commensurate with experience.

Deadline for receipt of applications is November 29, 2013. send resumes to: Yukon agricultural association 203-302 steele street, whitehorse, Yukon, Y1a 2c5 faX: 393.3566; Email: admin@yukonag.ca for more information, contact Rick Tone at 867-668-6864.

WESTCAN - Interested In Being Our Next Ice Road Trucker? Haul liquid, dry bulk or freight to the diamond mines on the winter road (ice road) from mid-January to mid-April. Not Interested in driving on the ice? Drive resupply from southern locations in Alberta to Yellowknife, NT. Apply online at: www.westcanbulk.ca OR Phone: 1.888.WBT.HIRE (1.888.928.4473) for further details.

Miscellaneous for Sale

Envirolube Full-time Positions Available

• Women welcome to apply • Must be energetic and able to work in fast paced environment • Work efficiently and unsupervised • Competitive wages • Must have a valid driver’s licence • Experience welcome, but not necessary

Please drop resume off to Leroy at 411 ogilvie Street

BETTER BID NORTH AUCTIONS Foreclosure, bankruptcy De-junking, down-sizing Estate sales.

Specializing in estate clean-up & buy-outs.

The best way to deal with your concerns.

Free, no obligation consultation.

333-0717 ALEX COLVILLE framed print, “Dog, Boy & St. John River”. $75. Ross 633-3154 We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, cameras, furniture, antiques, artwork, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, vehicles & ATVs. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS HOCKEY CARD set: 1966-67 Parkhurst (printed 1995-96), set of 150 cards + 3 special inserts. $200. Ross @ 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association – 5 complete hockey card sets from the 70s. Exc cond. $750. Ross 633-3154

E M P L OY M E N T O P P O RT U N I T Y

Please submit your resume with a cover letter to Mike Thomas Publisher, Yukon News, 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, Y.T. Y1A 2E4 or email to mthomas@yukon-news.com No phone calls please.

www.yukonnews.com

THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. Ross 633-3154 TRADING CARDS – binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $50. Ross 633-3154 HOCKEY CARD set: 1956-57 Parkhurst Missing Years set, printed 1993-94, set of 180 + Future Stars insert set of 6. $150.

Ross 633-3154 CFL FOOTBALL cards – 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards. $1,500. Ross 633-3154 BOXFUL OF 62 mysteries, mostly paperback, $25. Ross 633-3154 FOR SALE roll-top desk, teak veneer; room divider, steel, 3 sections, gold/off-white; art, original and prints, all framed; sheepskin rug, new, white. 667-2583 ELECTRIC SNOWTHROWER, 20” wide, used twice, works well. $150. 633-4215 SNOWBLOWER, OLDER Sears model, 24” wide. $200 obo. 633-4215

METAL DOME garage 16ʼ x 20ʼ. Currently erect but will be taken down. For viewing contact 334-4134

For details, visit www.kwanlindun.com/employment

EXPRESSO MACHINE, Nueva Simonelli, Optima, 2 group, in excellent working condition, coffee shop size. Asking $600.

335-0448 STEEL BUILDING - THE GREAT SUPER SALE! 20X20 $4,070. 25X26 $4,879. 30X32 $6,695. 32X40 $8,374. 35X38 $9,540.

40X50 $12,900. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

Reporting to the Workforce Development Director, the HR & Staff Development Officer is responsible for all aspects of recruitment, policy development and the development of a skilled workforce to meet Teslin Tlingit Council’s staffing requirements. Guided by the TTC strategic plan and each department’s current and future staffing requirements, the incumbent will develop and implement training and education plans for TTC staff.

Education & Experience • Diploma or Certificate in Human Resources Management or Business Administration and additional post-secondary training related to career counselling, counselling psychology, certification as a career practitioner or course work in counselling and several years experience in the area of counselling and training plan development and implementation; a minimum of five years experience in human resources positions or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Excellent communication skills and strong organizational skills • Good work ethic, good attitude, team player, willing to learn • A class 5 Yukon driver’s license is required

Main Duties Responsible for recruitment including drafting job postings and advertising, in consultation with supervisors, and leading the recruitment committee through the selection and interview process Providing guidance and expertise to directors and managers in developing job descriptions that are reflective of the duties and responsibilities required of each of their departmental positions.

Providing guidance and assistance to employees who require training or education to meet performance standards or prepare for advancement within TTC For more information or to obtain a copy of the Job Description please call 867.390.2532 ext 316 Please quote the job title in the subject line of your email, fax and/or cover letter: HR & Staff Development Officer Workforce Development Teslin Tlingit Council Box 133 Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 f. 867.390.2176 humanresources@ttc-teslin.com

Closing Date: Friday, November 8th, 2013 **no later than 4pm**

www.blackpress.ca

HOCKEY CARD set, 1964-65 Parkhurst (Tall boys format; printed 1994-95), 180 cards + Future Stars insert, set of 6. $150.

Ross 633-3154

Department: Health Closing: Nov. 14, 2013 Salary: $20/hour

Human Resource & Staff Development Officer

The successful candidate will have sales experience – preferably in the advertising or retail industry. The ability to build relationships with clients and offer superior customer service is a must. The winning candidate will be a team player and will also be called upon to grow the account list with an aggressive cold calling mandate. The ability to work in an extremely fast paced environment with a positive attitude is a must. We offer a great working environment with a competitive base salary coupled with a strong benefit package. Black Press has more than 170 community newspapers across Canada and the United States and for the proven candidate the opportunities are endless.

WORLD HOCKEY Association – remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. Ross 633-3154

RECREATION SUPPORT WORKERS 2 positions - 1 male, 1 female

is looking for

The Yukon News, a twice-weekly award-winning newspaper has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time sales person.

OSBORNE WOOD-BURNING fireplace insert in gd cond, $300 obo. 633-6238 aft 6pm

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

ONLY ThOsE aPPLIcaNTs scREENEd fOR aN INTERvIEw wILL bE cONTacTEd.

Advertising Sales Representative

FURNACE BURNER, fully reconditioned, new motor, transformer & pump, $200.

633-3053

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY www.ttc-teslin.com

TO GIVE away, karate books, including Beat Karate series and more. Jeanne, 668- 2506 ARCTIC HOT TUB cover for large hot tub.

Blue, 7'4" x 7'4". Used 1 yr. Mint condition. $500.00 obo. 667-4910 ONE PAIR of menʼs dark brown Carhart overalls, size 36. $50. 335 - 6314 100ʼ OF 3/4” cable with end loops. $300.

332-6565 WALL TENT, 14ʼx16ʼ, new with poles and tarp, $1,950. 456-7112 CIVIL WAR Trading Cards: 4 complete sets of unique trading cards commemorating the U.S. Civil War, including the 1962 Topps set. $750 firm. Call 633-3154 SENTINEL WOOD stove chimney pipe, 7 lengths like-new 36", for 6" stovepipe; for 10" opening. Very good condition; original boxes.

668-3441.

ANTIQUE ROUND wooden butter churn, as is, $95. 668-7839 79 ACTION DVDs, twice played. $75 firm.

668-2011 JAZZY WHEEL Chair, electric, not used in 4 years, serviced before stored, might need battery. $10,000 new, asking $1,200 obo.

667-4395 SPILSBURY & Tindall 2-way radio SBX 11 with aerial, exc. shape. $600. 332-6565 2 WHITE lab coats for sale, size m/L and XL, like new. $15 ea. 333-9604 SOLID CORE unfinished maple door, new, 1 3/4” door 32"x80" with window 24"x30" and fire rated door frame. Complete, $250 obo.

335-2648 INDUSTRIAL REBAR, 30 pcs, 1/2" 40ʼ length, 20 pcs 1/2” 12ʼ length, 5 pcs 3/4” 60ʼ length, numerous 1/2” angle pieces. $1,300 takes all. 335-2648 10 STEPHEN Booth mysteries, paperback, $15. 633-3154 FENCE POSTS, 4 bundles 8ʼx5-6” treated blunt fence posts, 60/bundle, $2,200 for all.

335-2648 PROPANE FURNACE, Olssen Duomatic, 120,000 BTU, $250. 667-2317 after 5:30 ONE RIGID #300 power vise only. $1,500 obo. $1,500 obo. 633-8487 SCHLAGE COMMERCIAL door lock sets, new, polished chrome, 4 complete sets, $100 ea. 335-2648 POLAR BEAR rug, 333-0319

SEVERAL ELDERLY cameras for sale.

633-5988 CURTIS CAPPUCCINO machine, Model PCGT3, 3 -cup dispenser w. electric pump, extra products incl. $2,500. 993-5937 KENMORE STACKABLE w/d, Kenmore stove, Intertherm furnace, microwave.

667-6770 BOX OF mixed dollhouse furniture, kitchen, childʼs room, etc, can be split up or $100 for all. 633-3664 ELITE TRAVELLER scooter, 3-wheel, excellent for mobility problems, like new, open to offers. Richard, 667-7057.

PORTABLE GAS powered 225 amp HOBART welder/gen set. Excellent shape. $2,200 obo. 633-6502 DALL SHEEP full cape head mount with left hand orientation. Incredible detail, displayed in smoke-free environment. $1,500.00. Email for pictures halendaniel@yahoo.ca 336-1412 WINTER JACKETS, youth, exc condit, Mec Freefall, sz. 12, $45, Patagonia XL, $40, Loki sz. 10, $30. 311B Hanson St. MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10. Almost every single card issued minus some short prints, incl. 27 unopened paks/yr. Over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. Ross at 633-3154.

CAMO HOODED pullover, Cabela's wooltimate fleece, size L. Like new, never worn.

Retail $170, asking $85. 633-3810 CONOVER WOOD lathe, 2.5hp motor, electronic variable speed, 8ʼ bed, turns 16” on center, cast iron head & tailstocks, complete set faceplates, live centers, Sorbey turning tools, $1,800. 668-4732 BUILDING ON steel skids, 50ʼl x 10-11ʼw x 10ʼh. Very moveable. 668-2332 NEW PLASTIC mattress cover, still in pkg, new $100, asking $50. 335-2231 after 6pm.

CALBERTA PARKA, good condit, sz. small, $75. 335-2231 after 6pm.

10 BOXES of laminate flooring, oak colored, $60/box new, asking $30/box. 633-5050 GENERATOR, 668-2332

110 volts, gas engine.

AREA RUG, 5ʼx7ʼ, gold-brown, sewing desk w. hutch, vanity cupboard (no sink), TV stand, standing lamp w. shelves, etc.

332-4455 ORIGINAL SHEEPSKIN coat from New Zealand, good shape, sz. small, $150 obo.

335-2231 after 6pm.

CANON VIXIA HF R300 HD camcorder, incl 32GB card, paid $350, asking $250. Call or text 334-2566 KENMORE CANNISTER vacuum cleaner, 12.0 amps, c/w accessories, $50. 633-6404 ORGANIC FIBER asphalt shingles, Aristocrat 25 (red in color), enough for 450 sq ft. $150. 667-4910 SET OF cutting torches, old welder w. box of accessories, $200 obo. 336-4025

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 Electrical Appliances KENMORE DRYER, front loader, works great, $300. Also nw pump out of Kenmore washer, $40. 332-7797 SEARS BEST refrigerator, $200. 633-2580 eves KENMORE DRYER, extra capacity, $100.

633-2837 STAINLESS STEEL fridge, $350. 633-5283 CROSLEY WASHING machine, works great, asking $75.00. 334-8554 NATURAL GAS cooktop. 4 burner 30", Ge Profile Black, exc condit, $150. 335-8846

TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics.

G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS

M-AUDIO FIREWIRE 18/14 Professional Computer Recording Interface, 8x4 analog I/O, up to 24-bit/96kHz. Check features on Internet. Paid $650, asking $200. 667-2196 DELL DESKTOP comp P4@ 2.8GIG WinXP, MSOffice, 17” LCD monitor, speakers, 80 GIG HD, 768MB ram, $100.

332-1680 lv. msg.

Musical Instruments We will buy your musical instrument or lend you money against it.

G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com ANTIQUE ORGAN to give away. For more info 335-0566.

BELL EXPRESSVU 60 cm dish, qty 2, new, $20 ea. 667-8726

1967 GIBSON J50 acoustic guitar with B-Band pickup, hardshell case. Plays and sounds fabulous. $2,000.00. Email for pictures halendaniel@yahoo.ca 336-1412

Firewood

SONY KV-32XBR55 32" television in good overall condition. One of the RCA video inputs (out of three) does not function. $50.

633-3266.

FIREWOOD FOR SALE 20-cord orders Big or small tree length Logging truck loads $150/cord Delivered to Whitehorse Call Clayton: 335-0894

SANYO TV 21”, $40, Sharpe TV 21”, $40, no remote, both for $70. 336-1406 or 668-6446 after 4pm.

Computers & Accessories OKIDATA MICROLINE 390 Plus 24 pin printer. $50.00. 668-6079

YUKON LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY

STAFF LAWYER Poverty Law Services Yukon LegaL ServiceS SocietY (Legal aid) is seeking a lawyer to join our inhouse team of staff counsel. The ideal candidate will have experience in criminal law, matrimonial, child protection, and mental health law. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing representation to clients referred to them by Legal Aid with a focus on non-criminal matters. Applicants must be a member in good standing of a Bar in Canada and must be eligible for call to the Yukon Bar. Salary is commensurate with experience. An attractive benefits package and pension plan is offered.

Yukon Legal Services Society reserves the right not to fill this posting if a suitable candidate is not identified by the Yukon Legal Services Society Personnel Committee.

Please apply to: Yukon Legal Services Society Administration Office Attention: Shannon Rhames 203-2131 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1C3 Email: srhames@legalaid.yk.ca | Fax: (867) 667-8649 application Deadline: november 8, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

DRY PINE, 18”, $250/cord, prices may vary upon length. Call Stu at 633-5041

All Paws Veterinary Clinic Inc. is looking for someone to join our team as a Customer Service Representative. The ideal candidate will be able to multi-task while greeting clients and answering the phones in a professional and friendly manner.

WOOD FOR sale. Call 334-8999.

The award winning has an exciting opportunity for a part-time data entry clerk.

Data Entry Clerk

We are a fast-paced veterinary practice and we take great pride in presenting a fun but professional and caring atmosphere for our clients and their companions. If you are looking for a challenge, and have the skills needed to be a part of our team, drop off a resume and cover letter to

The successful candidate will be responsible for accurate and timely data entry as well as clerical duties. This person must be a team player with exceptional customer service skills, solid English grammar, have attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast paced environment. Black Press is an internationally recognized newspaper/publishing group with more than 170 publications across Canada and the United States.

Please submit your resume with a cover letter to: Stephanie Newsome, Operations Manager, Yukon News 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2E4 Or email to stephanien@yukon-news.com

All Paws Vet Clinic at 9 Metropolit Lane (Yukon Gardens Business Park) or eMAiL Attention: Kari Mathers allpawsvetclinic@yahoo.ca.

Deadline for submissions is WednesdAY noVeMBer 13, 2013

NO PhONE cAllS PlEASE.

INSULATED OVERHEAD garage door, 12' w x 16' h with all hardware, $500. 667-4910 150-GAL TIDY Tank, $300. 633-4246, lv. msg.

PANASONIC LUMIX DMC G3 touch screen, body + kit Lens (14-45mm), telescopic Lens (45-200mm), all attachment cables, sun hoods, extra battery, camera bag, lens filters, $800 obo. 633-5082 3 QUALITY chandelier light fixtures, all 3 for $75, or $35 each for the 2 large ones, $20 for the smaller one. 456-7297 DAKOTA SIZE 8 composite toe extreme cold, oil resistant, winter boots, barely used, over $200 new, asking $150 obo. 334-5190 DUTCHWEST WOODSTOVE, model 2478, glass front, cast iron, exc condit, incl 6” telescoping pipe, heats 800-1600 sq ft, approved for city use. $950 firm. 667-6116.

KING SIZE mattress with homemade wooden bed frame, good condit, no stains. $200 for mattress and frame, $100 for mattress only. 333-0503 PROPANE BOTTLE 100+-, full revalve Oct/13, $150 firm. 333-1010 NORTH FACE down jackets, menʼs small, exc condit, 1 black, 1 olive green, $100 ea.

668-4268 PILOT CAR sign & full-size p/u box mount, complete. $1,000 obo. 633-4246 lv. msg.

OLD TEACHER'S DESK, 1960ʼs style, $50.

334-1732 36" SENTINEL wood stove chimney pipe for 6" stovepipe, for 10" opening, one length, like new, original box. 668-3441 MCCLARY JUBILEE wood cookstove. $750. 668-6613, Kim HD GLASS entrance door, no cracks.

667-7144 MOUNTAIN HARDWARE Ghost -40 DryLoft down sleeping bag, used 2 nights, like new, $650, 668-4634

E M P LOYM E NT O P P O RTU N IT Y

Seeking Qualified CandidateS The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun is seeking 3-5 qualified candidates to be on a working group to research and make recommendations on the Nacho Nyak Dun Administrative Appeals process.

With the establishment of the qualified working group, it is our desire to have a team review, analyze, consult, research and create a report based on the key findings as to how NND should proceed on the topic of Administrative Appeals and the creation of applicable laws and/or policies.

Ideally as part of its research the team should meet with existing Tribunals and Judicial Councils from other Yukon First Nation Governments so as not to reinvent the wheel and to learn from the overlaps or gaps in the implementation of the Appeal process.

Please apply to the attention of: Brenda Jackson, Executive Director E-mail: execdirector@nndfn.com Fax: 867-996-2266 Box 220, Mayo, Yukon Y0B 1M0 ClosING DATE: NovEMBEr 14, 2013

Customer Service Representative Job ID: 1300015624

Whether you’re looking for an opportunity to start your career in financial services or want a role you can grow in for the long-term, join BMO Bank of Montreal as a Customer Service Representative and turn your potential into performance.

As part of a team of financial professionals, you will consistently deliver great customer experiences within a branch environment. You will fulfill the transactional needs of personal and commercial customers, proactively identifying and discussing customer needs and if required referring to an appropriate team member or fulfilling directly where appropriate.

You will ensure compliance and adherence to Bank policies and procedure, as well as, assist with branch administration and operations through completion of assigned tasks to ensure an effectively and efficiently operating branch.

Qualifications • Passion for helping customers • Sales and service oriented with a demonstrated ability to proactively listen, identify sales opportunities and solve problems • Strong communication skills • Solid multitasking skills • Team player • Demonstrated flexibility to adapt to a constantly changing environment Education and Accreditation • Completed high school education, or equivalent work experience Schedule: 15 hours per week.

Must be fully flexible for any days & shifts from Monday to Friday.

BMO Financial Group is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By embracing diversity, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. We advise only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

Apply at bmo.com/careers

Bank of Montreal

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HURLBURT ENTERPRISES $250 per cord We have wood. You-cut available.

Discount for larger quantities.

PROMPT Scheduled Delivery Visa, M/C, Check, Cash Dev Hurlburt 335-5192 • 335-5193 FIREWOOD FOR SALE Donʼt delay - Get your wood today $250/16” cord $220/4ʼ cord $200/8ʼ cord Large dry timber from Haines Junction Delivered 336-2013 1ST QUALITY heating wood Season-dried over 3-yrs. to be picked up on Levich Drive in Mt. Sima industrial subdivision.

Complete info at 335-0100.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

DONʼS FIREWOOD 20 Cord Always stock piled for quick deliveries to -40° C. Social Services & Kwanlin Dun 393-4397

10 cords 3ʼ furnace wood, $1,350 picked up.

16” firewood delivered in Haines Jct, $160/cord “The Tree Huggers Woodchopper” “Earth first, weʼll FireSmart the other planets later” 336-4976

Case cutlery, high quality hand-crafted pocket and hunting knives available at G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS

DIMOK TIMBER 6 cord or 22 cord loads of firewood logs.

Call 634-2311

Guns & Bows

RUGER M77 Hawkeye, 300 Win. Mag. All Weather, mint condition, incl. mounted 3-9x40mm VX-1Leupold scope, Plano Gun Boot, cleaning kit, Nosler Custom ammo.

Firearm license required. $1,000. 335-1093

EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery • Dry accurate cords • Clean shavings available • VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise.

ORDER NOW 456-7432

1000FPS AIRGUN - Ruger Blackhawk, .177 caliber, mint condition, incl. mounted 4x32 Walther – scope, pellet trap, targets and pellets. Firearm license required. $80. 335 1093

WEATHERBY VANGUARD in 300 short mag, c/w 4 boxes of ammo & scope rings, had only 15 rounds shot, $450. 335-2125 .22 MOSSBERG SA model 152K, .22LR only, clip-fed. $50. 821-3431

.308 WINCHESTER model 88 bbl 22ins, lever clip action, serial #64900, made in USA 1958, $500. 821-3431 30/30 CAL. Marlin lever action model 336, tube mag, serial #G35950, made in USA 1950. $300. 821-3431 CZ 223 semi-auto folding $800, 1911 Norinco 45 ACP semi-auto $250, Ruger Bearcat .22 revolver $500, Weatherby Vanguard 257 Magnum, 5x9 Zeiss scope custom 26” barrel, reloading dies $1,000. 335-1106 PENTAX PF65 ED spotting scope with 10X60 zoom eyepiece, like new. $600.

668-4634 GUN CASE, hard shell, rectangular, great for airline baggage or general storage, $20.

660-4806

WHERE DO I GET THE NEWS?

8MM MAUSER, hand made hardwood stock, bedded and floated, recent refinish of whole rifle, $300, PAL req'd. 667-2276 LEE ENFIELD #1 Mk 3, 303 British, 10 rd mag, sporterized wood, good bore, military sights, steel scope rings, with 3-9x40mm scope mounted. PAL req'd, $360. 667-2276

The Yukon News is available at these wonderful stores in Whitehorse:

HILLCREST

PORTER CREEK

RIVERDALE:

Airport Chalet Airport Snacks & Gifts

Coyote Video Goody’s Gas Green Garden Restaurant Heather’s Haven Super A Porter Creek Trails North

38 Famous Video Super A Riverdale Tempo Gas Bar

GRANGER Bernie’s Race-Trac Gas Bigway Foods

The Deli Extra Foods Fourth Avenue Petro Gold Rush Inn Cashplan Klondike Inn Mac’s Fireweed Books Ricky’s Restaurant Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall Superstore Superstore Gas Bar Tags Well-Read Books Westmark Whitehorse Yukon Inn Yukon News Yukon Tire Edgewater Hotel

2006 CHEVROLET Equinox AWD - Excellent condition, c/w new glass & front brakes, summer and winter tires, well-maintained, non-smoker. $7,900. 332-6861 2006 COBALT 4-door sedan, needs windshield, just over 90,000km. $6,000 obo.

333-0067 2006 FORD Focus ZX4 SES, silver, c/w sports package, moonroof, heated leather seats, new winter Toyo Tires, 76,000 km, well maintained, $10,200 obo. 668-4186 2006 HONDA Civic, 4dr, very clean, 82,000km, c/w winter tires, remote starter. $12,150. 334-9087 2006 INFINITI G35X Luxury Sport sedan V6 AWD, sporty handling, great safety features, 143,000 km., silver, fully loaded power everything, sun roof, all-leather interior, two sets tires. $14,900, 668-5790.

2005 KIA Sedona, low mileage, original owner, recent detailing, oil change etc, mechanical check, winter tires installed, extra set of tires, $6,500. 456-4976.

SAKO A7 bolt action rifle in 308 win. Stainless/synthetic, peep sight, extra mag, scope rings, 13" LOP w/ Limbsaver pad. $1,000.

334-3375

2004 HONDA CR-V, 140,000kms, silver, command start, new windshield, removable roof racks, seats 5, good condit, $8,500.

333-0503

Wanted

2004 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta, low kms., winter tires & rims, heated seats, good condit. $7,900 obo. 335-0022

WANTED: NON-WORKING bar refrigerator approx 36" H X 23" D X 24" W. 633-5575 MID-90S DODGE Caravan. 633-2837

10 GALLON insulated water jug (Igloo or Rubbermaid) 633-5575 or leave message.

LATE MODEL Ford Explorer or Ranger in running condit. 335-4419 or 821-4772

Kopper King Hi-Country RV Park McCrae Petro Takhini Gas Yukon College Bookstore

2007 VW City Golf, red, 4-dr hatchback, 120,000km, Yakima roof rack, good condit.

Winter/rims already on vehicle. $10,000 obo.

334-3363

2004 HONDA CR-V for sale, silver.

140,000kms, auto. C/w command start, power windows, power locks. Removable roof rack, new windshield. Seats five. Asking $8,500. 333-0503

AIRLINE APPROVED XL dog crate, height 30-33”, reasonable condition. 332-5350 or 660-4723

AND …

2007 SUBARU Forester; standard transmission; new struts this year; dealer-serviced; 134,000 km; in great condition. $12,900.

Call 660-5212

338 CALIBER L61R right-hand Sako Finnbear Mannlicher full stock carbine with Bushnell scope, exc condit, $1,500. 633-2229

THE CANADIAN Red Cross accepts donations of used medical equipment such as walkers, wheelchairs, etc for its Health Equipment Loan Program in Yukon.

456-7359 for more info.

DOWNTOWN:

2007 NISSAN Versa Hatchback SL 1.8L auto, a/c, cruise, tilt, p/w & locks, AM/FM CD, new winter tires, 47,650km., $8,500.

660-4220

LOOKING FOR model electric trains G, O and HO gauge. 633-6310 PELICAN #1500 case (or similar), preferably with padded divider interior. 668-4732 CLEARVIEW GARAGE shelter, 11ʼx20ʼ, would like to swap for Clearview shelter 11ʼx16ʼ. 668-5188 GOOD USED RV propane heater. 660-5545 IF YOU would like to offset your expenses to Anchorage, will pay up to $100 to transport a transmission from Northwest auto parts to Whitehorse, weighs 85 lbs. 334-6087

Cars

Certified

used vehicles

2002 SATURN Ion. Transmission needs work. Brand nw studded tires used 3 mos.

New motor. Low mileage. $800 obo.

336-1966 2002 TOYOTA Corolla,, 4-cyl, auto, p/w, a/c, studded winter tires, 175,000km, runs great. $5,500. 332-0726 2000 CHEVY ASTRO VAN 2wd, 4.3L, very good condition, 166,000 kms, runs very well. $4,500.00 obo. 633-3371 or 335-1234 2000 PONTIAC Sunfire Coupe, 2.2 L standard, winter tires, remote starter, recent tune-up, reliable & clean car, $2,500.

393-3141 1999 SUBARU Legacy wagon, AWD, green with grey interior, great mechanical shape, good tires, new parts & recent inspection. $3,200 obo. 335-5334 1998 TOYOTA Corolla VE, 185,000kms, good condition, newly inspected. $1,800.

Downtown Whitehorse. Call 335-1081 1990 CADILLAC Eldorado Biarritz (2-dr. sports), 50,000 miles, all options, loaded. $6,600. 667-7777.

1986 TOYOTA Camry, 205,000kms, owner, $450 obo. 668-2857

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1979 LINCOLN Continental Town Coupe, 2-dr, tan, no dents/rust, good paint, vinyl roof cracking, big car, 90,000kms. 867-993-6639, lv. message.

1978 CADILLAC Sedan Deville, good condit. 668-2332 CREDIT CHALLENGED PEOPLE Wanted.

You Work - You Drive. Need a car? We can help. Free Delivery. Apply online at www.jacobsonford.com.

Toll Free at 1-877-814-5534.

PONTIAC MONTANA for sale, 7 seats, roof box, winter/summer tires. good condit, history record last 4 years, new brakes, $ 3,000 obo. 403-862-6608

THE YuKoN NEWS IS AlSo AVAIlABlE AT No CHARGE IN All YuKoN CoMMuNITIES AND ATlIN, B.C.

online at

www.drivingforce.ca

2009 PONTIAC G5 SE 4-dr sedan, like new, warranty, c/w power windows/locks, Pioneer stereo system, sunroof, $10,000 obo.

634-2157

MONDAY • WEDNESDAY • FRIDAY

“YOUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION” WEDNESDAY * FRIDAY

2009 SUBARU Impreza sedan, std, 4-door, 65,000km, exc cond. $12,700 obo.

660-5212 2007 DODGE Caliber, like new, 126,000 km, standard. C/w extra tires, stereo system, tow pkg, garage door opener. $10,000 obo.

456-4112 or 333-0236 2007 HONDA Civic 4-door, 77,000 kms, c/w remote start, new battery, new windshield, 2 sets tires/rims, detailed, 5 spd, $12,500.

334-6605

Trucks

We Sell Trucks!

1-866-269-2783 • 9039 Quartz Rd. • Fraserway.com

2011 CHEVY Silverado 1-ton diesel 40,000 km, crew cab, command start, still under warranty. Paid $59,000, asking $39,000.

456-7157 2010 JEEP Wrangler 4-dr Islander Edition, blue, 63,400kms, auto, undercoated, removable 3rd row seat, $23,500 obo. 332-1659 2007 NISSAN Titan, 160,000 km. $12,000 obo. Must sell ASAP. 780-222-2903

2008 FORD F150 4x4 quad cab 5.4 l, c/w P/S, P/L, P/W, cruise, back-up camera, tow package, 3-pc. Tonneau, CD, new tires, etc., $120,000 km. $17,500. 660-4806 2008 TOYOTA Tacoma 4x4, double cab, fully loaded, tow package, new times, brakes windshield, tinted windows, tonneau cover, exc. condit. $20,500 obo. 336-0569 2008 TOYOTA Tacoma TRD Sport, double cab, 4-W drive, air cond., 6 cyl, locks, AM/FM, custom canopy, mint condit. 98,000 km. $25,000 obo. 633-3939 2007 CHEVROLET Uplander, 101,000kms, Silver FWD, $5,500.00, serious Inquiries only. 668-4787 2006 DODGE 2500 diesel pick-up, 180,000kms, $23,000 obo. 668-3975 2006 FORD F350 Super Duty Lariat long box diesel Automatic, 140,400km, c/w 20" mag wheels and front guard bumper. $22,800 obo. 660-5511 2006 FORD Ranger 4.0L V6, 4x4, extʼd cab, standard trans. Bed mat, front & rear receiver hitch, 105,000kms, $9,200 obo.

668-4836 2006 TOYOTA Tacoma 4x4, V6, never been off road, access cab, box liner, all service records, winter tires, 133,629km, $16,000.

334-7576 2005 DODGE 1500 quad cab 4x4, v/8 auto, cruise tilt, a/c, p/s, p/b, $6,800. 667-7777

1979 F250 4x4, reg cab, 4-spd,, 8ʼ box, body rust, engine needs rebuild, running gear & trans excel. shape. $600. 332-6565

TRUCK C A N O P Y , white high rise, 80”lx60wx28”h, lots of windows, $200.

660-4806

53ʼ TRACTOR trailer van, exc. for storage, $6,000 firm. 332-6363

4 WINTER tires w. studs and rims, almost new, R14, 4 summer tires. $350 obo.

633-4405

HAYNES REDAIR manual for 1993-1999 Ford Ranger pick-up, $15. 660-4806 HEAVY DUTY truck hitch to fit 3/4 or 1-ton Ford, as new. 668-2332 U-BILT TRAILER 8ʼ Dodge box, 100 obo.

633-2760

Auto Parts & Accessories TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 TIRES! TIRES! TIRES! Seasonal Changeover Lots of good used tires–15”,16”,17”,18”,19” and 20”–lots to choose from. $25 to $150 a tire. $25 to mount and balance per tire.

Call Art 334-4608

2004 CADILLAC Escalade 6L V8, awd, sunroof, heated leather seats, loaded, $14,900, trade or offer. 660-4220

SEMI-RETIRED LICENSED mechanic looking for work. Gas - diesel. Have own shop. Willing to do mobile work.

456-9608

2004 CHEV Silverado, 240,000 kms, rebuilt motor, 2x4, needs a starter and a bit of work, good runner. $2,700. 335-7556

FREE TIRES. 4 175/70R13 & 2 155/80R13, 90% tread, 2 185/60R13, summer, 70% tread. 668-3243

2003 CHEV Silverado 2500 LT model 4x4, crew dab, Duramax diesel, fully loaded, leather seats, $17,900. 332-8801

1 GOODYEAR Wrangler RT/S P265/75R16 tire, mounted & balanced on GM 6-bolt rim, never used. $100. 332-1670

2003 HYUNDAI Santa Fe AWD V-6, 95,000 km, new tires, battery, remote start. Perfect condit in and out. $6,950. 333-9993

NOKIAN STUDDED 175/65R14. Brand new.

334-9406 (no text) or leave a message at 456-2239.

2002 CHEVY 2500 HD. Great winter tires on, toolbox, winch, set of summer tires. $6,000 obo. 336-1022

SET OF 4 Toyo Open Country winter tires, LT225/75R16. Excel condit, $600 obo.

668-4637

2002 MAZDA B-2300 pick-up truck, 4 cyl.

2.3L rear wheel drive. 150,000 km, new timing chain and set, c/w winter tires and canopy. $5,200 obo. 334-8287 2001 DODGE Grand Caravan, seats 7, 2 sliding doors, power drivers seat, windows, locks, 2” receiver, full size spare, regular service. 139 ,000kms. $5,000. 333-9740 2001 FORD Windstar for parts, blown motor, new tranny, good tires. Taking offers.

332-6025 1999 CHEV Suburban LT 4x4 5.7L V8, leather interior, loaded, good condit. $5,900, trade or offer. 660-4220 1999 GMC Sierra 1/2 ton 4/4, ext cab, v/8 auto, cruise tilt, a/c, custom bumper c/w winch, driving lights. $6,300. 667-7777.

1998 CHEVY 1500, extended cab, short box, 5.0 litre, auto, 2wd, runs good but tranny has shifting problem, as is where is. $1,500 335-1106 1997 F-150 XLT 4.6L V8 4x4 auto, runs well but engine clicks, body in great shape, all season tires, command start, winter care package, box liner. $4,990 obo, 335-1404 1996 MITSUBISHI Delica L400 6-pass. van, 4 cyl diesel turbo inter cooled automatic trans 4x4, needs windshield, passenger door and body work on roof. Runs well. $2,500.00. 336-1412 1996 NISSAN Quest, minivan, V6, auto, c/w power mirrors, seats, windows, sunroof, CD-changer, winter/summer tires, block heater, new brakes, 255kms, runs well, $2,500, 633-6389 1995 FORD F350 Crew Cab, good shape, runs excellent. $1,200. 335-5789 1995 GMC Suburban 1500 4x4, shift on the fly, 350 auto, 3rd row seat, cruise, a/c, trailer hitch, clean. $3,400. 334-8604 1995 NISSAN Pathfinder, V6 auto, command start, runs great, one owner, $1,500.

332-0726 1994 CHEV Silverado with metal Gemtop industrial canopy, auto, 2wd, 249,000 km, $3,200 obo. 334-2768 1993 CHEVY G20 good condit, 189,000km, auto, V8 5.7, c/w a/c, el seats, windows, central lock, new trans, water pump, $3,500.

334-0790 1992 DODGE W350 4x4 CUMMINS Diesel, dually, flatdeck, full-size sleeper, 5-spd manual, winch, lots of upgrades. Prime musher's rig! $5,500. 333-0812 1990 CHEVY 1-ton flat deck, 2 w/d, dual wheels, 350 auto, $750.00. 456-4088 1987 FORD Ranger XLT Standard 2-wd, 2 gas tanks, gray with white canopy, engine runs well, front passenger side is damaged, rear tires very worn, $400. 335-1404 1985 GMC 1/2 ton 4x4, parts, no motor, T700 tranny, roll over. 633-2760

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TIRES AND Rims, 4 Tires, LT 245/70R17, Firestone Transforce ATs 60-70% tread, 17” aluminum GMC Rims, 6 Bolt, Off of a 2008 GMC Sierra 1500, nice rims, $999. 335-0548 SET OF 17” rims w. summer tires from Toyota Matrix, 633-3154.

TOYO WINTER tires 205/55R16 still 80% tread. $300 obo for set. 334-2472 lv. message.

SLED DECK for p/u truck. Aluminum, power tilting, LED lights, good cond. $1,500. 333 0117 O.E.M. ROOF rack cross rails for 2006 Nissan X-Trail, 668 - 4732 LIGHT TRUCK tires, 2 of 205 70R 14, Nordic Winter, light use. 668-2513 NOKIAN STUDDED on rims 155/80R13. 1/2 season. $400. 334-9406 (no text) or leave a message at 456-2239 WANTED TO buy: 205/55R16 winter tires for Mazda 3. Will pick up. 334-8271.

4 STEEL Winter Rims, 16”, 5-bolt to fit Honda Civic, c/w hubcaps, $300.00.

334-8554 SET OF 4 used Goodyear Nordic Tires P215/65R15. $150 obo. 456-7855 3X MICHELIN LT265/70 R17, great tread, $375, 633-4311 GOODYEAR N O R D I C winter tires, P205/75R14 w. 5-hole rims, used 2 seasons, $200 for all. 667-8726

SET OF tires, 16”, 50% wear, asking $200.

633-5050.

NEWER WINTER tires on rims $1,000.

334-7576 4 16”, 4 stud steel rims, good condit from 2009 Nissan Sentra, $25 ea. 633-3910 RANGE RIDER truck cap for Toyota Tundra or equivalent 8' long box, fits rounded cab, good shape, w. lock and keys. 456-7297 4 WINTER tires complete wth rims for a Kia, Rhonda, 668-7691

Pets Canines & Company Dog Obedience School All level training courses Private lessons FCI/WUSV/MEOE/Bronze Master Trainer and FCI certified training directors Serving the Yukon since 1992 333-0505, 668-4368 www.facebook.com/caninesandcompany TO GIVE away, 1 Pointer/Husky cross sled dog, dog house optional. 335-2675, no texts please.

WANTED - looking for a Pomeranian to be our well-loved family pet. 335-0659 6 RACING sled dogs, 5-6 yr old, multiple championship wins. Proven, well trained, fit and ready to go racing for the 2013-14 race season. Call 633-6502 for details.

Pet Report 633-6019 WeDneSDay, noVemBeR 6

2013

WANTED, MALE kitten for companionship.

Liz, 633-2760 GOOD HOME for 9-yr. old tortoise shell cat ASAP due to family allergies, good with indoor and outdoor living, good mouser, friendly and healthy. Comes with cage/food dish. 668-6199 TWO 8-WK. old male terrier/bear dogs, $100 ea. 334-0244 after 5pm.

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles TAITʼS CUSTOM TRAILER SALES 2-3-4- place snowmobile & ATV trailers Drive on Drive off 3500 lb axles

by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com SKI-BOOSE TO tow behind double track on skis for cargo or passengers, gd cond.

668-2332 2004 MXZ Rev 600, in awesome shape, c/w spare rebuilt 800 motor. $4,500. 335-7556 HYDRAULIC PLOW kit for Polaris Ranger, new, $850. 633-4375 2005 POLARIS Sportsman EFI 800 four wheeler with snowplow, winch, and storage box. $5,000. 335-6314

Help control the pet overpopulation problem

have your pets spayed or neutered.

FoR inFoRmation call

633-6019

lost/found lost • Porter creek, neutered male, black with white on chest and toes, no collar, contact Brent @ 633-5495. (29/10/13).

• logan, female darker yellow lab, no collar, is microchipped contact allan @ 668-3575 (29/10/13).

• Porter creek, female, GSDX, black and tan, no collar, 2years old answers to Kaluha, contact Kaitlyn @ 334-4343. (31/10/13).

• mt Sima, female spayed, poolde cross, white, no collar, answers to Bailey contact crystal @ 334-5372. (01/11/13).

• Hilcrest, medium sized black dog, bear dogX, floppy rt ear, answers to Roxy, no collar, contact Vivane @ 334-1111 (05/11/2013) found • mccrea, black and grey dog with boxer type face has a collar but no tags contact lori @ 633-3218.(05/10/13) • Riverdale area on grey mountain school road the dog is a medium size with brown head with white body and darker brown spots, contact Puneet @334-2955. ( 17/10/13)

RunninG At lARGE...If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382

2 BORDER Collie/lab puppies, both female, free to good homes. For info call Rob, 334-0911 after 6pm.

2 PET carriers, small and med-small for cat or dog, plastic hard shell, $20 ea. 660-4806

Hours of operation for tHe sHelter: Tues - Fri: 12:00pm-7:00pm • Sat 10:00am-6:00pm CloSed Sundays & Mondays

AVAilABlE foR Adoption in fostER HoMEs doGs • 11 mos old, spayed female, RetrieverX, tan (Jewel)

CAts • 1.5yr old, DSH, grey and white, neutered male (Sappy)

At tHE sHEltER doGs • 5 yr old female, lab/Pit Bull X (Gaia) • 3yr old, neutered male, akita, grey, white (a.J.) • 10 weeks old, female, Bear dog, black, white (Happy) • 10 weeks old, female, Bear dog, black, tan (Sleepy) • 10 weeks old, female, Bear dog, black, tan (Bashful) • 10 weeks old, female, Bear dog, black, (lily) • 1 yr old, female, Bear dog, black, brown, (Virgo) • 1 yr old, female, labX, black (capicorn)

• 2 yr old male neutered, Husky, grey white, (Jake) • 2 yr old female, labX, blonde (Summer) • 1 yr old female, Husky, grey white, (chinook) • 12 weeks old, male, corgi, black brown, (Snickers) CAts • 6yr old, maine coonX, neutered male, grey and white (tinker)

2000 BEAR Cat 440 Snowmobile, 120kms on new engine, new skis and track, c/w cover & new adult helmet. $3,999.

335-2648

Pet of the Week!

A.J. Hi there! I’m A.J.!

I can be a bit of a handful sometimes but I listen well and I’m starting to get the hang of this good manners thing. I love to play fetch and chase a ball around the yard. I don’t get along well with most other dogs but maybe that’s something we can work on together.

Please come and say ‘Hi’ soon!

spECiAl

• Homes needed for retired sled dogs. they would make excellent pets. contact Sandra at 668-3647

633-6019 126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

if your lost animal has been inadvertently left off the pet report or for more info on any of these animals, call 633-6019 or stop by 126 tlingit street.

Pets will be posted on the Pet Report for two weeks. Please let us know after that time if you need them re-posted.

You can also check out our award winning website at:

www.Humanesocietyyukon.ca

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Funeral ServiceS for the late

Doris Etzel will take place on:

Saturday November 9th, 2013 at the Ross River School 1 pm Potlatch to follow after the service at the Ross River School Wake to take place at the

Ross River Hope Center Friday November 8th, 2013 • 7 to 9pm Please out of respect for the family, no children are permitted at the service.

SUMMIT 800 Adrenaline, blue/yellow, 146", 3.800 km, exc. condit, elec reverse, hardly used the last 4 years. $4.500 firm. 332-6025 2002 ARCTIC Cat 500 4x4, $3,800 obo.

633-5791 POLARIS INDY 440 SKS, liquid cool,, exc running condit, tune-up done, $1,600.

334-1252 ARGO FOR sale , 867-863-5715 SNOWMOBILE SLED deck, aluminum, power tilting, fits full size p/u. $1,500. 333 0117 2009 SKI-DOO Summit X 800, ceramic coated can, c/w complete spare front end kit of a-arms and bushings and team Skidoo cove, 1,600 miles, $7,500.00 obo. 333-0484 DINGO DUNE buggy, needs drive gear, runs good. $300 obo. 336-4025 2002 SUMMIT 700, lots of after-market parts, c/w box of parts, $2,500 obo.

336-4025

Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 19ʼ ALUMINUM boat w. 20P and trailer, $1,500 obo. 633-2760 TESLIN CEDAR freighter canoe, 22ʼ, old style, needs some TLC, free. 667-4910

Heavy Equipment NEW & USED EQUIPMENT For Sale Come see MACPHERSON RENTALS @ 117 Copper Rd or call 633-4426 R520 KUBOTA loader with bucket, forks & canopy. $50,000. 456-7112 TECH ARMORED underground electrical cable #000/3 wire, $7/ft. 867-863-5715 2 REBUILT 6” Flight pumps, $10,000 ea., 1 10” flight pump, $20,000, misc. fittings and lay flat. (250) 651-7773.

1996 CASE 821B loader, 6,500 hrs., excellent cond, $45,000. (250) 651-7773 2002 CAT 315 CL Excavator, 5,000 hrs., quick change, dig bucket, thumb, $55,000.

(250) 651-7773.

Campers & Trailers 2013 7'X14' enclosed trailer, ramp/man door, LED interior light, dual 3500 lb axles, c/w full size spare, is practically new. $5,750.00 obo.

333-0484

NEW OR USED TRAILERS For Sale or Rent MACPHERSON RENTALS 117 Copper Road 633-4426 TAITʼS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon 2000 PROWLER 27.5ʼ 5th wheel, 14ʼ slide, truck & hitch pkg. avail, excellent condit. $14,200 obo. 335-0022 INTERNATIONAL 1995 diesel school bus Was a 48 pass., now empty caravan, exc condit, has Québec and Yukon inspection, auto, need Class 5 licence only.

418-560-0128 2001 12ʼ gooseneck stock trailer, very good condition, hardly used. $4,500. 456-4088 UTILITY TRAILER 1-ton p/u box, c/w good tires, space lights, trailer jack, all works. $600. 334-8604 1974 TRILLIUM travel trailer, exc condit, many new upgrades, must be seen. $4,800 firm. 867-634-2501 2012 FOREST River 16ʼx8ʼ6” cargo trailer, never used, top quality, $7,500 trade or offer.

660-4220 26ʼ 5TH wheel, needs deck, $500. 633-2760

Nicole WyNNyk

Cheryl, Darryl and Darren are sad to announce the passing of their father

Gerald (Gerry)

April 10, 1966 – November 2, 2013

Toner october 28, 2013

Celebration of Life to take place

Saturday November 9, 2013 1:00pm – 5:00pm at the Johnson Elementary School (gym)

A celebration of Nicky’s life will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre, 1171 – 1st Avenue, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

All are welcome to attend.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Yukon Hospital Foundation. Memorial gifts for Nicky will be directed to the support of palliative care at Whitehorse General Hospital.

Contact Krista at Yukon Hospital Foundation at 867-393-8930 or online at www.yhf.ca/giving

Mary Ruth Marsh January 5, 1930 – OctOber 31, 2013 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Mary ruth Marsh.

Mary is predeceased by the love of her life, Gordon, who passed away October 28, 1994 after 47 years of marriage.

Mary is survived by her six children; Gale Steiner, Gary Marsh (Jan), brian Marsh (roberta), Don Marsh, carol Stake (Douglas), arleen Marsh (Harold), and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. although mom faced many challenges in life she always came through with dignity, grace and a positive attitude and our family will always remember our mom for her kind nature and love of family. the family would like to extend their sincere thanks to Dr. Susan alton whom mom trusted with her care for many years and Whitehorse General Hospital staff for their wonderful care while mom was hospitalized, tina, Sophie, theresa, Sandi and Marie from Homecare for all their dedicated, compassionate and loving care through the years, the Medicine chest Pharmacy for taking care of mom’s needs with understanding and warmth, and to all the friends who stopped by to visit, called, sent cards and flowers, you lifted her spirits so much, and we thank you for that as well.

In lieu of flowers, next spring plant a pansy or some sweet peas and give Mary a thought or two.

We invite friends to join us for a family gathering for refreshments on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. at Heritage North Funeral Home located on 412 Cook Street, Whitehorse.

16ʼ HOME-MADE tandem axle trailer, $650 obo. 336-4025

Coming Events ATLIN GUEST HOUSE Deluxe Lakeview Suites Sauna, Hot Tub, BBQ, Internet, Satellite TV Kayak Rentals In House Art Gallery 1-800-651-8882 Email: atlinart@yahoo.ca www.atlinguesthouse.com ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. Group for family/friends caring for someone with dementia. Cathy 633-7337 or Joanne 668-7713 MENTAL HEALTH Caregivers Support Group meets the third Thursday of every month, 7-9 pm, #4 Hospital Rd, main floor resource room, in Whitehorse. 667-8346.

STORYTIME: AGES: 6 - 24 months & caregiver(s) until Wed Nov 27, 10:30 a.m. Whitehorse Library. Free registration necessary.

Space is limited. 667-5239 THE FRIENDS of the Gallery AGM will be held Wednesday, November 13th, 7-8pm in the Yukon Arts Centre Green Room. New & current members welcome. Refreshments provided.

FAMILY FUN Night, November 22, 6-8pm.

Yukon College gym, drop-in tennis. All welcome. Free. 393-2621

Hi Baby, another year passed. No grand revelations to report but just a deeper understanding. An understanding that even though you are gone, you are not really that far away. I can feel it sometimes.

Something beautiful remains, now and forever. Time really does ease the pain.

Remember that even though you are gone, you will never be forgotten.

A place of my heart is forever yours.

In there you still breath, laugh and occasionally pinch me.

Miss you Aliesha.

Love Robert

WILDERNESS TOURISM Workshop. Business Interest? Expand opportunities? Nov. 16-17, 8:30-5:00. Vista Outdoor Learning Centre. $25. Prereg. by Nov. 8 at www.tc.gov.yk.ca/tourism. Space limited.

More info rjantzen@shaw.ca WHITEHORSE S T R I N G Ensemble AGM 8pm Thursday, November 14. (Following the weekly practice) Hellaby Hall at Christ Church Cathedral, 4th Ave & Elliott St. (Across from RCMP). Everyone welcome.

667-4630 ART CONTEST. The Rotary Music Festival invites Yukon youth aged 5 to 18 to create an artwork for its program cover. Check the rules at www.rmfestival.ca. Deadline: January 15, 2014.

SNOWBOARD YUKON AGM, Thurs Nov 14, 7pm at Sport Yukon VELONORTH CYCLING CLUB'S AGM will be on November 14, 2013 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Sport Yukon.

GRANDPARENTS AND extended family: Having problems with access or custody?

Contact Grandparents Rights Assoc. of Yukon, meetings as needed. 821-3821 FREE TENNIS Family Fun Nights. Oct. 25 & Nov 22, 6-8 pm. Yukon College gym. Bring a friend/parent/kid, have fun playing tennis.

Coach and assistance available. No registration required.

LAKE LABERGE Lions Christmas cakes and cookies are here now. Get yours early, please call Ann at 633-5493.

COPPER RIDGE Place is looking for volunteers to share time with seniors. Please phone Catherine Chenier 393-7508.

F.H. COLLINS School Council Regular meeting @ 6:30 p.m November 6, 2013, in the Fine Dining Room at the school. Everyone Welcome.

GOSPEL BRUNCH with Nicole Edwards and New Orleans buffet at LMCC, November 10th. Tickets $25.00 by reservation 667 7083, www.mountlorne.yk.net PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION: SHORELINE Erosion, Tagish Community Centre, November 7 @ 7:00 pm. Sediment Transport & potential flooding in the Southern Lakes System. Something to offer in advance?

660-4106 HAMLET OF Mt. Lorne Local Advisory Council - next meeting Tuesday November 5, 7pm, LMCC. All welcome.

SUZUKI STRINGS Association Yukon AGM, Nov. 18 at Riverdale Baptist Church, 4:30 pm onward. More info: Lise at 668-7659 THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly.

Group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info call Cathy 633-7337 or Joanne 668-7713.

THE CARDBOARD Crush Scavenger Hunt is on! Find all 5 bales of cardboard, collect the facts and enter in the draw for a prize. www.ravenrecycling.org/crush.

CAROLING CHORISTERS, singers from the Whitehorse Community Choir will come to YOUR Christmas party and sing carols for 20 minutes. Nov 29, Dec 13, 14 & 20. Fundraiser. 633-4786 MARY LAKE Community Association AGM, 102 Fireweed, Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7 pm.

Come and meet your neighbours!

JACK HULLAND SCHOOL Council, regular Council meeting November 6, 2013 at 7:00 pm in the school library, everyone is welcome CRANBERRY MARKET Saturday November 9th, 9-3pm Mt McIntyre-Grey Mountain room. Snacks, draws and free parking.

HU, A spiritual love song to God, regain peace, love and comfort. Tuesday Nov 5 and Tuesday Dec 3 at 8:10 pm at Elijah Smith School. 633-6594 or www.eckankar-yt.ca YUKON CIRCLE of Change: Be the Change, Community workshops in Whitehorse Nov 1-3, Haines Junction Nov 8-10.

Tools for people who want to build resilience in families and communities.

WOLF CREEK Community Association AGM - Wednesday, Nov 27th, 7pm at Golden Horn School.

Info: wolfcreekca@gmail.com LATIN DANCE Classes, beginner 2 Salsa and Merengue classes, intermediate 2 Rueda de Casino (Salsa), every Friday night, 335-0909 or salsayukon@gmail.com for info LONG AGO Yukon Archeological and Paleontological Society fall meeting Wednesday, November 6, 7:30 p.m. in meeting room of Whitehorse Library. For info. call Michael, 633-6579.

YUKON'S WWII-ERA Art, music, entertainment and memories, public presentation.

Thurs, Nov. 7, 7-9pm at MacBride Museum.

Free, reserve your seat 667-2709 xt 3. www.macbridemuseum.com.

FIRST NATIONS Craft Fair at Elijah Smith School Nov. 30th. Book your tables now!

Call the school at 667-5992.

JOIN SECOND Opinion Society in welcoming local writer Eleanor Millard for the launch of her new book Summer Snow, Thursday November 7th at 7:30pm at SOS, 304 Hawkins St. JAZZ IN the Hall, Thurs, Nov 7. Steve Gedrose educational vignette. Vocalist Dave Haddock jazz project. Jazz jam. Old Fire Hall, 7:00 pm. $5 at door.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Action Circle, letter writing to protect and promote human rights worldwide. Tuesday, November 26 at Whitehorse United Church, 7:00pm-9:00pm, www.amnesty.ca, 667-2389 24-HR PLAYWRITING Cabaret, Nov 9, Yukon Inn. Record number of playwrights participated in the Playwriting Challenge.

Witness excerpts from the plays created at the Challenge. Hosted by Anthony Trombetta.

YRTA (YUKON Retired Teachers) Breakfast Tues. Nov. 12th, 9:30 a.m. at Ricky's at The Ramada. All welcome! Info: 667-2644 FREE FAMILY Art Class: Kids Kreate Painting on Canvas, November 10 at Yukon Arts Centre 1-4pm. Contact Jessica 393-7109 or gallery@yac.ca PREFER MOTORIZED or non-motorized trails near your home? ATWA discussion on Tuesday, Nov 12, 5 to 7 PM, Sport Yukon boardroom. Info: www.activetwa.org

HOSPICE YUKON: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. Visit our lending library, 409 Jarvis, M-F, 11:30-3:00. 667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. Group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info call Cathy 633-7337 or Joanne 668-7713 IT'S ALL about Coffee and Chocolate. 5 pm, Wednesday, November 27, Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters, 9002 Quartz Road (at Icycle Sport). Fundraiser/slide show for Hands of Hope. 668-7082 WOMEN'S HOCKEY Jamboree, Nov 29 & 30 at Takhini Arena. Registration is now open! Guaranteed 5 games and banquet.

For registration forms email wwhajamboree@gmail.com COFFEE HOUSE! Sat. Dec. 7, featuring Darcy Lindberg, Alana Martinson the Open Stage! Help set up 6PM, 7PM Open stage sign-up, 730pm show! $5 United Church Bsmt, 6th+Main, 633-4255

Services - INSULATION Upgrade your insulation & reduce your heating bills

NORTHRIDGE BOBCAT SERVICES • Snow Plowing • Site Prep & Backfills • Driveways • Post Hole Augering • Light Land Clearing • General Bobcat Work Fast, Friendly Service 867-335-1106

do you have a problem with food?

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS

BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755

meetings

Beaver Creek Y.T.

7:30 p.m.

Carcross Y.T. Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.

Library Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

CUTTING EDGE BOBCAT SERVICES •Experienced operator •Insured & WCB certified •Snow removal •Site preparation •Landscaping •Backfills •Asphalt prep work •Clean up & haul away More Info & Free Estimates 333-9560 LOG CABINS & LOG HOMES Quality custom craftsmanship Using only standing dead local timber For free estimate & consultation contact: Eldorado Log Builders Inc. phone: 867.393.2452 website: www.ykloghomes.com S.V.P. CARPENTRY Journey Woman Carpenter Interior/Exterior Finishing/Framing Small & Medium Jobs “Make it work and look good.”

Call Susana (867) 335-5957 susanavalerap@live.com

Energy North Construction Inc. (1994) for all your insulation & coating needs Cellulose & polyurethane spray foam Free estimate: 667-7414 SHARPENING SERVICES. For all your sharpening needs - quality sharpening, fair price & good service.

At corner of 6th & Strickland.

667-2988 BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta.

Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc.

Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050

IBEX BOBCAT SERVICES “Country Residential Snow Plowing” •Post hole augering •Light landscaping •Preps & Backfills Honest & Prompt Service Amy Iles Call 667-4981 or 334-6369

MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles Kitchen, Bathroom, Doors, Windows Framing, Board, Drywall, Painting Drop Ceiling, Fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY • construction • renovation • finishing • cabinets • tiling • flooring • repairs • specialty woodwork • custom kitchens 867-633-3878 or cell 867-332-5531 thomasfinecarpentry@northwestel.net ANGYʼS MASSAGE Mobile Service.

Therapeutic Massage & Reflexology.

Angelica Ramirez Licensed Massage Therapist.

867-335-3592 or 867-668-7724 angysmassage@hotmail.com 200-26 Azure Rd Whitehorse YT, Y1A 6E1 TITAN DRYWALL Taping & Textured Ceilings 27 years experience Residential or Commercial No job too small Call Dave 336-3865

HOUSECLEANER AVAILABLE Fast and thorough No criminal record 30-year Yukon resident $30/hr 335-0009 ARMOUR-ALL DETAILING Reliable, Professional Service 633-6855

DRUG PROBLEM?

HOSPICE WORKSHOP "LIVING with Loss" Thurs. Nov. 7, 6:30-8:30pm for anyone living with personal loss or supporting others who are grieving. Register: 667-7429, administrator@hospiceyukon.net

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Narcotics

Anonymous

MEETINGS:

Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. <BYTE> Fridays 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 4071 - 4th Ave. <Many Rivers>

AL-ANON MEETINGS

mondays 4071 4th avenue oayukon@gmail.com • www.oa.org

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS in Whitehorse

MONDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm New Beginnings Group (OM,NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. TUESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 7:00 pm Juste Pour Aujourd’hui 4141B - 4th Avenue.

8:00 pm Ugly Duckling Group (CM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. WEDNESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St..

8:00 pm Porter Crk Step Meeting (CM) Our Lady of Victory, 1607 Birch St. 8:00 pm No Puffin (CM,NS) Big Book Study Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. THURSDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Grapevine Discussion Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 6:00 pm Young People’s Meeting BYTE Office, 2-407 Ogilvie Street 7:30 pm Polar Group (OM) Seventh Day Adventist Church 1609 Birch Street (Porter Creek) FRIDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Big Book Discussion Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 1:30 pm #4 Hospital Rd. (Resource Room) 9:00 pm Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. SATURDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 2:30 pm Women’s Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital (room across from Emergency) 7:00 pm Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS) SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 7:00 pm Marble Group Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS)

NS - No Smoking OM - open mixed, includes anyone CM - closed mixed, includes anyone with a desire to stop drinking

www.aa.org

bcyukonaa.org

AA 867-668-5878 24 HRS A DAY

Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Carmacks Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Dawson City Y.T.

Thursday - 8:00 p.m.

New Beginners Group Richard Martin Chapel Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre Saturday 7:00 p.m.

Community Support Centre 1233 2nd Ave.

Destruction Bay Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Faro Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre Haines Junction Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Mayo Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre Old Crow Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Pelly Crossing Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Ross River Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Tagish Y.T. Monday 7:30pm Lightwalkers Group Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek B.C. Tuesday - 8:00 p.m.

Soaring Eagles Sewing Centre

Teslin Y.T. Wednesday - 7:00pm Wellness Centre #4 McLeary Friday - 1:30p.m.

Health Centre Watson Lake Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

contact 667-7142

Has your life been affected by someone’s drinking ???

WEDNESDAY 12:00 noon Hellaby Hall, 4th & Elliott

FRIDAY

7:00 pm Lutheran Church Basement Beginners Mtg ( 4th & Strickland ) 8:00 pm Lutheran Church Basment Regular Mtg ( 4th & Strickland )

60 Below Snow Management Commercial & Residential

Snow Removal (867) 336-3570 For all your snow removal needs. No jobs too small.

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Congratulations to

Caroline (Drury) Markos

LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632

on achieving her degree in Master of Music – Voice Performance at the University of Manitoba.

PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368

Proud of you!

Love Mom & Dad

UVIC 2013 Graduate Haley Stallabrass, RN

DROWNING IN DEBT? Cut debts more than 50% & DEBT FREE in half the time! AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free Consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+

Congratulations

Haley!

We are so proud of you!

Love Mom & Dad

BLUE HILL MASONRY • Cultured Stone • Ceramic Tile • Brick Andre Jobin 633-2286 KLASSIC HANDYMAN SERVICES “HOME RENOVATION SPECIALIST” “SPECIALIZING IN BATHROOMS” Start to Finish • FLOORING • TILE • CARPENTRY • PAINTING • FENCING • DECKS “ONE CALL DOES IT ALL!!

DON: 334-2699 don.brook@hotmail.com ELECTRICIAN FOR all your jobs Large or small Licensed Electrician Call MACK N MACK ELECTRIC for a competitive quote!

867-332-7879

the procurement support centre

(formerly called Contract Services, 2nd Floor – 9010 Quartz Rd.)

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 TOMBSTONE CONTRACTING Loader and dump truck services Driveways, parking lots, concrete driveways, sidewalks and pads.

Fork lift, lifting boom Snow haul and removal Free quotes Call 334 2142 GET RESULTS! Post a classified in 125 newspapers in just a few clicks. Reach more than 2 million people for only $395 a week for 25-word text ad or $995 for small display ad. Choose your province or all across Canada. Best value. Save over 85% compared to booking individually. www.communityclassifieds.ca or 1-866-669-9222.

CITYLIGHT RENOS Flooring, tiling, custom closets Painting & trim, kitchens & bathrooms Fences & gates Landscaping & gardening Quality work at reasonable rates Free estimates Sean 867-332-1659 citylightrenos@gmail.com BOBCAT AND BACKHOE SERVICES in Whitehorse, Marsh Lake, Tagish area Call Andreas 660-4813 CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION Licensed, insured, WCB certified Small or big contracting Specialize in new or tiled bathroom renovation Phone David: 333-0772 JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER/PAINTER 35 years experience For house repairs Renovations • Kitchens • Bathrooms Flooring • Drywall • Etc References Available Honest • Reliable • Meticulous Call Brad 335-8924 SUBARU GURU Fix•Buy•Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585 SNOW CLEARING Sidewalks, Driveways, Commercial, Residential Call Francis at Speedy Sparkle 668-6481 or cell 334-8480 Residential Snow Removal Competitive Rates 633-6855 Armour Lawn Care, Design & Snow Removal Reliable, Professional Service

i s r e l o c at i n g t o : Suite 101 – 104 Elliott Street (W-3C) Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M2

ph: 867-667-5385 fax: 867-393-6245 email: contracts@gov.yk.ca Operations will cease at the current location at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 13, 2013

CONSULTING SERVICES available for proponent(s) requiring government permitting and YESAB assessment work on their projects.

Reasonable hourly rate Please contact Zodie at 403-785-7150 or zodie.groves@gmail.com PSYCHIC MIRACLES by Luna.com. Call and get a free reading by phone. Love money job family, restores broken relationships, solves all problems permanently.

604-259-1592.

Lost & Found LOST, BLUE cooler and camping gear, fell off truck on Alaska Highway btwn. Whitehorse & Rancheria. Reward for contents.

Mike, 633-6603

No tenders will be closing during this time; however, we will accept bids and proposals

MISSING FROM Taye Lake cabins, sheep horn on wooden plaque & small radio.

334-7671 (cell).

The staff at the Procurement Support Centre thank you for your patience during this transition and look forward to serving you at our new more accessible ground-level location.

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Sports Equipment EXERCISE BIKE for sale. New $240. Sale $125. 456-4459 2008 CRF Honda 70F kidʼs dirt bike. Great condition. 456-7112 MOUNTAIN BOY kicksled "Colorado" style, great condit, c/w nylon runners, new $370, asking $195. 456-2162.

DELUX STIGA Tennis Table, sturdy, folds up and on wheels. Excellent condit. $125.

456-2162.

GIANT "AVAIL" womenʼs road bike, 5'7"-5'10". S105 brakes and derailleurs. Shimano Flight Deck brake/shifter combo. Carbon seat post. Mavic CXP 22 rims. $1,000.

336-2108.

MOUNTAIN BOY "Ultimate Flyer" kids sled, Delux, c/w finished wood frame, nylon runners, new $170, asking $85. 456-2162 1 RIGHT-HAND hockey stick, Easton Ultra-Extreme, never used, $15. 660-4806 EXERCISE BIKE, new $240, asking $125.

456-4459 NORDIC TRACK treadmill, $50. 668-5863, lv. msg.

AJAY FUN & Fitness exercise bike, $20.

668-5863, lv. msg.

UNIVERSAL GYM, approx 400 lbs & weights, $200. 668-5863, lv. msg.

Livestock

A R E Y O U having problems with: BYLAWS.ALC/ALR. Assistance is available.

Contact: buisfarm1968@hotmail.com.

Operations will resume at the new location at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 18, 2013

Please refer to the tender documents for the closing location.

Business Opportunities

FOUND: RADIO Controlled model car found in parking lot of the First Pentecostal Church in Granger. 633-3485

QUALITY YUKON MEAT Dev & Louise Hurlburt Grain-finished Hereford beef Domestic wild boar Order now for full delivery Payment plan available Samples on request 668-7218 335-5192 HORSE HAVEN HAY RANCH Dev & Louise Hurlburt Irrigated Timothy/Brome mix Small square & round bales Discounts for field pick up or delivery Straw bales also for sale 335-5192 • 668-7218 FREE RANGE pork, Yukon grown, no hormones, no antibiotics, government inspected. Taking orders. 393-1939 TIMOTHY/BROME MIX round bales for sale.

Irrigated quality hay, netting wrapped Delivery available Phone 334-4589 WINTER HORSE boarding/pasturing available close to Whitehorse.

Excellent feed with economical prices.

Phone 334-4589

FOUND: SUPER Cycle bicycle in Riverdale.

667-4589

Baby & Child Items

LOST, SCHIPPERKE (small black tailless dog), Porter Creek/KK/Takhini/College sightings, answers to Spud. Call 335-8135, 668-3885, 633-3294

CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903

Kitchen or Restaurant for Lease

Town and Mountain Hotel enabling yukon

401 Main Street Apply to Kayle Tel: 668-7644 Fax: 668-5822 Email: info@townmountain.com

BURLEY CHILD Trailer Encore, for 2 children, including ski, jogging and bike set, like new, paid $1,250, asking $950. 633-3399

COUNTRY HOUSE dk. espresso parsonʼs bench w/storage, beige/tan microsuede seating, new, $325. 667-8726

Craft Fairs

EVENFLO HAPPY Camper childʼs playpen, c/w storage/travel bag, $25, stroller, lightweight & compact, gd condit, $10. 667-8726

COUNTRY HOUSE 2-level coffee table 19”hx54”lx30”w, $300, matching 3-level end table 28”hx28”lx20”w, $200, or $450 for both.

667-8726

CHRIST THE King Elementary School Christmas Craft Fair, Saturday, November 9th, 10:00am-3:00pm. 20 Nisutlin Drive, Riverdale. Call Paula at 633-2724 to book a table or for more information.

Childcare LOLAʼS DAYHOME Located downtown Has spaces available for children 12 months & older Fully licenced & ECD levels 12 years experience Enjoy a clean & learning environment Call 668-5185 LITTLE MUNCHKINS DAYCARE New - has openings for children ages 6-months to 4-years Great downtown location!

7:30am - 6:00pm French introduction for pre-schoolers, specialized infant room, loving & nurturing 668-2075

Furniture DOUBLE BOXSPRING, mattress and frame, very clean, great shape. $150.00. 334-9873 DOUBLE FUTON in excellent condition.

Pine Frame, includes mattress and cover.

Asking $150 obo. 668-6904 METAL FULL size rocking chair, red, in excellent condition. $30. 668-6904 CORNER OAK entertainment stand, TV opening 32” w. 27.5” L., 2 cupboards, 2 drawers. $75 obo. 633-5324 SOLID BAMBOO counter height dining table, gently used, easy to clean, in fantastic shape. C/w 5 chairs, perfect condition. Great for adults and kids . $400 obo. 334-7306 44” ROUND table, c/w blue, green & natural wood design, black base, 668-5188 BLACK SUEDE couch/bed (not futon).

668-5188 SOFA, OLIVE, w. chaise $450, Shaker-style wood & glass china cabinet 4'x5'x2' $650, blue chaise couch, curved back & 5 cushions $400, glass top coffee table $150, Lake Laberge. 456-2053 ELECTRIC MATTRESS cover w. dual controls, fits king size mattress, great condit. $75, maple headboard/footboard and springs, dbl. size, $40. 660-4806 WHITE ARMOIRE $700, antique wash stand $250, antique dresser/mirror $350, semi-circular hall entry table w. drawer, $150, night stand w. drawer $50, bench w. lifting lid $60, 456-2053 Lk Laberge

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LIVING ROOM set, kitchen table/chairs, dryer, etc. 633-5938 for info or best offer.

LOVE-SEAT, HUNTER green with gold diamond pattern; wood trim on arms, good condit, $50 obo. 333-0503

Personals DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office ARE YOU MÉTIS? Are you registered?

Would you like to be involved?

There is a Yukon Metis Nation that needs your support Contact 668-6845 CITIZENS ON PATROL. Do you have concerns in your neighborhood & community?

Be part of the solution! Volunteer valuable time to the C.O.P.S. program. With your eyes & ears we can help stomp out crime.

Info: RCMP 867-667-5555 MATURE GENTLEMAN, N/S, very clean, seeks N/S female for possible permanent relationship.

393-2545 or email ceberus44@yahoo.ca TAGISH CHRISTMAS Craft Sale: Call for vendors! Nov. 17th, 9:30am-12:30pm, Tagish Community Centre. $10/table. Sale during monthly Pancake Breakfast. Info: 867-399-3407 CRANBERRY FAIR Sunday, November 24, more than 30 artists. Starting at 10:15 am for those with reduced mobility. Open to all 11am-4 pm. Westmark Whitehorse CHRISALYN CREATIONS Arts & Crafts Sale, Fri., Nov. 15, 4-8pm, Sat., Nov. 16, 12-5pm, Sun., Nov. 17, 1-4pm, 94 Alsek Road. 668-5885 for info.

PuBLIc TENDER

COUNTRY CHRISTMAS Craft Fair, December 8th at Lorne Mountain Community Center, reserve a table now. 667-7083 OLD FASHIONED Christmas Sale, November 16th & 23rd, 11am-3pm, Old Log Church Museum, 3rd Ave & Elliott Street. Heritage inspired Christmas ornaments and more.

668-2555, www.oldlogchurchmuseum.ca CHRISTMAS CRAFT Sale, Seniors Centre, 600 College Drive, November 23 from 10am to 2pm. 668-6208

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS in the matter of the estate of

ALEDA MARIE KINSEy Deceased, of Whitehorse, in the Yukon territory, who died on

October 3, 2013.

Chrisalyn Creations Arts & CrAfts sAle Friday, November 15th, 4-8 PM Saturday, November 16th, 12-5 PM Sunday, November 17th, 1-4 PM

94 Alsek road ❧ 668-5885 for info.

Request foR PRoPosals: Delivery of 8 Community Mining Awareness Workshops Seeking a qualified organization or contractor to develop workshop materials, and deliver 8 workshops in Yukon Communities. The workshops are to provide communities with information that can assist them in making informed decisions around employment/business opportunities and mining development in their local area.

all persons having claims against the above-mentioned estate are requested To obtain application documents, to file the same, supported by Statutory please email request to: Declaration, with the undersigned on rfp@ymta.org. or before november 27, 2013 after which date the said estate will be Submission deadline is distributed having reference only to white space 2 column footer for YMTA November ad template 18th, 2013.Minimum above and left of logo claims which have been so filed. all persons indebted to the said Yukon Mine Training Association estate are requested to make 2099 - 2nd Avenue immediate payment to the estate Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1B5 in care of the undersigned.

Tel: 867-633-6463 Minimum steve Kinsey white space above tag line #4 Juniper Drive Whitehorse, Yukon Y1a 4W7 1-867-393-3390

REqUEST fOR PROPOSAL EMPLOYEE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM – MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT SERVICES

PUBLIC TENDER

DESIGN - BUILD F.H. COLLINS SECONDARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT F.H COLLINS SECONDARY SCHOOL - BLDG.#1221 WHITEHORSE YUKON 2013/2015

PUBLIC TENDER FIRE ALARM UPGRADE ANDREW A. PHILIPSEN LAW CENTRE - BLDG.#1262 WHITEHORSE, YUKON 2013 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 19, 2013. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Second Floor, 9010 Quartz Road, P.O. Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Anton Pertschy at (867) 667-3651.

Site Visit October 31, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

PUbLIc TENDER

Project Description: This is for a one year Standing Offer Agreement to supply Valley Blade products.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 19, 2013. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Before November 14, 2013, documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Second Floor, 9010 Quartz Road, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. On or after November 18, 2013, documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101, 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Sandy Brown at (867) 667-5108.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Project Description: Provide monitoring and oversight services for employees with substance abuse disorders who have received appropriate assessment and treatment services under the auspices of the employer’s Employee Substance Abuse Program.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 28, 2013. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Before November 14, 2013, documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Second Floor, 9010 Quartz Road, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. On or after November 18, 2013, documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101, 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Les Hudson at (867) 667-5197.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is December 12, 2013. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Before November 14, 2013, documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Second Floor, 9010 Quartz Road, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. On or after November 18, 2013, documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101, 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Philip Christensen at (867) 667-3543.

Documents may be purchased for the non-refundable sum of $500.00 Cash or Cheque.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Project Description: Deliver Unleaded fuel and Diesel fuel on an as required basis to Mount Nansen Mine Site December 1 2013 December 1 2014.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 27, 2013. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Before November 14, 2013, documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Second Floor, 9010 Quartz Road, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. On or after November 18, 2013, documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101, 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to David Knight at (867) 667-3114.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

Public Service Commision

Highways and Public Works

Highways and Public Works

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*Take an 8 bi-weekly payment holiday only applicable to purchase finance offers with terms of up to 84 months on all new 2013 and 2014 Nissan models (excluding NV, NV200, and GT-R) when purchased and delivered between Nov. 1 - Dec. 2, 2013. Leases are excluded from program. Offers available only through Nissan Canada Finance on approved credit. Offers only available on special low rate finance contracts, and does not apply to Nissan Canada Finance standard rate programs. May not be combined with cash purchase offers. Bi-weekly payments deferred for 120 days. Contracts will be extended accordingly. Interest charge (if any) will not accrue during the first 106 days of the contract. After the 106 days, interest (if any) starts to accrue and the purchaser will repay the principal and interest (if any) bi-weekly over the term of the contract but not until 120 days after the contract date. First time buyers are not eligible for the program. ≠Finance offers are now available on new 2014 Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Rogue S FWD (W6RG13 AA00), CVT transmission. Selling Price is $13,165/$15,415/$25,728 financed at 0.9%/0%/0% APR equals 182/182/182 bi-weekly of $69/$79/$128 for an 84/84/84 month term. $999/$999/$2,500 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $392/$0/$0 for a total obligation of $13,557/$15,415/$25,728. $1,250/$500 NCF Finance Cash included in advertised price, applicable only on Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00/B5RG14 AE00)/2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA0/C4LG53 BK00), manual transmission on finance purchases through subvented loan contracts only through Nissan Canada Finance. $500/$500 dealer participation included and available only on 2014 Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00), manual transmission. This offer is only available on finance offers of an 84 month term only and cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. ‡13,000 cash discount is valid on all 2013 Titan models/‡$5,000 Cash Purchaser’s Discount is based on non-stackable trading dollars and is applicable to all 2013 Nissan Rogue models except 2013 Rogue S FWD (W6RG13 AA00), CVT transmission. The $5,000 cash purchaser’s discounts is only available on the cash purchase of select new 2013 Rogue models (excluding the W6RG13 AA00 trim model) when registered and delivered between Nov 1 – Dec 2, 2013. The cash discount is only available on the cash purchase, and will be deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes and cannot be combined with special lease or finance rates. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. ◆$13,165/$15,415/$25,728 Selling Price for a new 2014 Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Rogue S FWD (W6RG13 AA00), CVT transmission. $1,250/$500 NCF Finance Cash included in advertised price, applicable only on Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00/B5RG14 AE00)/2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00/C4LG53 BK00), manual transmission on finance purchases through subvented loan contracts only through NCF. $500/$500 dealer participation included in advertised selling price and available only on 2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00), manual transmission/2014 Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00), manual transmission. sModels shown $20,585/$21,515/$36,148 Selling Price for a new 2014 Versa Note 1.6 S SL (B5TG14 NA00), Xtronic CVT® transmission/2013 Sentra 1.8 SR (C4RG13 RT00), CVT transmission/2013 Rogue SL AWD (Y6TG13 AA00), CVT transmission. *≠‡◆sFreight and PDE charges ($1,567/$1,695/$1,750), certain fees, manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Finance and lease offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Offers valid between Nov.1-Dec. 2, 2013. † Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada (AIAMC) Entry Level Segmentation. MY14 Versa Note v. MY13/14 competitors. ∞Fuel economy from competitive intermediate/compact 2013 internal combustion engine models sourced from Autodata on 13-12-2012. Hybrids and diesels excluded. 2013 Altima fuel economy tested by Nissan Motor Company Limited. Altima: 2.5L engine (7.4L/100 KM CITY/5.0L/100 KM HWY), 3.5L (9.3L/100 KM CITY/6.4L/100 KM HWY). 3.5L shown. Actual mileage will vary with driving conditions. Use for comparison purposes only. Offers subject to change, continuation or cancellation without notice. Offers have no cash alternative value. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©1998-2013 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc.

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