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The Selkirk aquifer and Hillcrest water systems will both be getting upgrades, as well as new water hitehorse Mayor Dan Cur- and sewer lines along downtown’s tis tabled his government’s Ogilvie Street. proposed capital spending plans “Parks and trails contribute to for the next four years at a city the great quality of life that our council meeting last night. citizens enjoy,” Curtis said before The budget is smaller than in announcing that the city will see recent years. It’s also earlier. $240,000 in upgrades to parks “It was a direction by mayor and playgrounds. and council to administration There will be $100,000 in to get it out early,” Curtis said. upgrades to the Canada Games “That’s what we heard from the Centre, $150,000 in new heatcommunity, they wanted to have ing and other updates to the this budget out as soon as posMount McIntyre Rec. Centre and sible for public input.” $250,000 to implement the city’s The proposed plan, which is new solid waste action plan – scheduled for second and third which aims to cut the amount of reading on Dec. 9, lays out $12.9 garbage going into the landfill by million in allocations, mostly for half over the next few years. water and sewer infrastructure, A significant portion of the trails, roads and upgraded firecity’s budget comes from the fedfighting services. eral gas tax, which could stretch “It’s kind of boring by some things pretty thin when that standards,” Curtis said. “It’s a bare program expires next year. bones budget. That’s what we said “(The gas tax) helps the city we would do when we got elected, keep costs and taxes low for and that’s what we’re doing.”

Whitehorse citizens. It is absoluteThere are no grand new ly vital that gas tax funding levels facilities planned, just standard for Whitehorse are maintained maintenance of the city’s basic in- when the program is removed frastructure. The only new toy the next year,” Curtis said. city can brag about is a pumper In the lead-up to the budget tatruck for the fire department. The bling, the city held public consuldepartment will also be getting tations to hear feedback on what upgrades to all the city’s fire hyresidents and businesses wanted drants, and the fire hall, totaling to see. Curtis himself drew some $850,000. flak from the Whitehorse ChamOther highlights include ber of Commerce for planning a $2.6 million for drinking water tax increase. infrastructure. Much of that work The chamber also suggested will be done in Whistle Bend. that the city present its capital News Reporter

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and operating budgets at the same time, so that businesses and residents can see the whole picture of where the city plans to spend, and how.

But that just wasn’t feasible, Curtis said.

“You know, the thing is we have a lot of public consultation.

The two budgets are very, very large, and they’re very involved.

We appreciate the input from the chamber and local business, but many of these people have one or two businesses. We have more like 12 businesses.

“Trying to present both budgets at once, it’s very difficult. The chamber’s suggestion was ‘please give us the budget before you’ve made any decisions’ and that’s exactly what we did. We walked up with a clean slate and asked, what does the community think? What do you guys think?” Curtis said.

“But it’s essentially presenting a blank sheet. To do that with the capital and the operations, it’s very, very difficult, if not impossible. Logistically, if we had more people, maybe, but the administration is very taxed already,” he said.

There will be another public input night on Nov. 18, and the budget will go to second and third reading on Dec. 9. The operating budget, which is estimated at $65 million, will be presented Jan. 13 and will go to second and third reading in February.

Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com

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Family seeks answers after nurse’s death “Our ultimate goal is that the system that failed our mom will be fixed, so this type of tragedy is prevented in the future.”

Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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he family of Teresa Ann Scheunert, who died in the Watson Lake Hospital last year, is calling for an inquest into her death.

“Our ultimate goal is that the system that failed our mom will be fixed, so this type of tragedy is prevented in the future,” said Crystal Thomas, Scheunert’s oldest daughter, at a press conference yesterday.

Scheunert had been working as a nurse at the Watson Lake Hospital for three years when she was admitted for back pain related to an injury she sustained during a CPR course a few months before.

She died two weeks later, on June 21, 2012, from mixed drug toxicity at the age of 47, according to the coroner’s report.

“It would appear from the facts that the system let down Ms. Scheunert,” the report states.

“More could have been done to document the administration, monitoring and evaluation of the effects or effectiveness of medications administered to Ms. Scheunert.

“Even when patient is noted to be ‘wobbly’ and ‘unsteady’ it is unclear what action, if any, was taken to review the effect of medications and monitor any subsequent clinical effects.”

A post-mortem toxicological analysis found that Scheunert had “a significantly elevated concentration of fentanyl,” a pain-killing drug, in her system when she died.

The levels were “within a range reported in lethal cases.”

Multiple other pain medications were also detected in her system.

The day before she died, her prescribed dosage of fentanyl doubled.

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Crystal Thomas (left) embraces her aunt Wanda Zimmerman during a press conference on Tuesday. Thomas’ mother, Teresa Scheunert, died in the Watson Lake Hospital last year.

The family is calling for an inquiry.

“On review of the notes, there appears to be a lack of clear documentation regarding the calculations for the increased dose of fentanyl,” according to the report.

The death was ruled accidental.

But documents released yesterday reveal that two versions of the coroner’s report were published.

The family received the first on June 14, 2013.

Within five hours, chief coroner Kirsten Macdonald called them and said that the report would have to be redacted and revised because of a possible error, said Thomas.

They were given no specific information about what the

problem was, she said.

The second and final report was released on July 9, 2013, nearly a month later.

Many changes and redactions had been made, compared with the original.

For example, “there was a gap identified” was replaced with “on review, it appears that more could have been done.”

“There was a lack of documentation” became “there appears to be a lack of clear documentation.”

And a whole section related to prescriptions that Scheunert filled at the pharmacy in Watson Lake in the weeks before her death was omitted.

Recommendations related to patients administering their own

medication were deleted as well.

In a statement released to the media, the chief coroner explained that the report was retracted because new facts came to light after it was released.

Specifically, there was a question as to whether or not Scheunert had taken a subsequent dose of one medication, according to the statement.

The coroner could not be reached for further comment by press time.

“This hurts just as much today as it did the unforgettable day that it happened,” said Chandre Burchell, Scheunert’s second daughter. “Things will never be the same.”

Scheunert’s sister, Wanda Zim-

merman, also attended the press conference.

She said that losing Scheunert meant losing the last link to her immediate family, since her brother and parents had already passed away.

The family “knocked on many doors” following the death, looking for answers, said Thomas.

But they were “stonewalled for months,” she said.

“We were told over and over again to wait for the coroner’s report,” said Thomas.

But since the report took so long, the family is now limited in what actions they are able to take, she said.

“After their mother, their sister was let down by the system, they also had to struggle with the same system to have their questions answered,” said MLA Jan Stick at the press conference, which was hosted by the NDP. Members of the NDP questioned the government about the two conflicting reports in the legislature Tuesday.

Health Minister Doug Graham said he trusts the processes in place to deal with incidents like this when they come up.

“I find this whole discussion somewhat distasteful because there are processes in place, be it with the Yukon Medical Council, be it with the Yukon Registered Nurses Association or through an appeal process. There are processes in place to address the concerns of the family throughout this unfortunate circumstance and I think those processes should be used.”

He also said that he would correspond with the Yukon Hospital Corporation to find out what has been done and what will be done in the future.

The hospital corporation did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

Conrad campground could cool conflict: NDP Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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he NDP wants to know why the government chose Atlin Lake as the spot for Yukon’s next campground when it might have picked a less controversial location.

The site on Atlin Lake lies in the traditional territory of both the Carcross/Tagish First Nation and the Atlin, B.C.-based Taku River Tlingit First Nation.

The Taku River Tlingit have threatened to sue the Yukon government if it continues to push forward with plans to build the campground.

Construction is tentatively

scheduled to begin in the spring.

The First Nation wants the Yukon government to negotiate a land claim with them before allowing any more development on the traditional territory.

The Carcross/Tagish First Nation has also expressed concern with the Atlin Lake location.

It is “deeply concerned” by potential impacts on the environment, wildlife and heritage resources, according to the First Nation’s submission to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board.

A different campground reserve, located south of Carcross near the Conrad historic site, would have been a better choice,

said NDP MLA Kevin Barr in the legislature Tuesday.

Conrad City, named for Colonel John Howard Conrad, was briefly the focus of silver exploration efforts in the early 1900s.

That site was negotiated in Yukon’s final agreement with the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.

The Yukon government has the “sole discretion” to develop that area into a campground, but must give the First Nation first opportunity to accept the contract for the work, according to the agreement.

When asked why the Yukon would push for development on Atlin Lake against the wishes of the Taku River Tlingit, Environ-

ment Minister Currie Dixon said that the government is not willing to wait for a land claim to be signed before allowing any development.

“That’s going to take a lot of years and we’re not willing to say that absolutely nothing can occur in this area until they have a land claim.”

A spokesperson for Environment said in an email that the Atlin Lake location was picked because it was the best match for new campground facilities close to Whitehorse.

“It not only would address the demand for camping in the Snafu Lake area but also would be on lands reserved for this pur-

pose, with minimal adjacent or conflicting land use. The current upgrading of the Atlin Road was also a consideration,” according to the email.

Dixon hinted that a campground at Conrad could also be in the works.

“I agree with the member opposite that Conrad would make a fantastic campground and I think that is certainly something we’re interested in; it’s something we’ve conveyed unofficially to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation and I look forward to making some announcements about that in the near future.”

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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Poor economy leads to layoffs at Kareway Homes Jesse Winter News Reporter

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local developer who laid off eight employees this fall says the territory’s sagging construction and real estate markets have hit him, and other contractors, particularly hard.

Wayne Cunningham, who owns Kareway Homes, said he was forced to lay off some of his staff because there just isn’t enough work right now.

“It’s the slowdown. Every contractor is going through the same thing in town. Some guys have almost totally shut down. Others are cut back to very little. Some people still have units for sale up in Ingram that they built last year and haven’t sold yet,” Cunningham said.

Cunningham owns the Sternwheeler Village, which he’s upgrading from low-rent apartments to retrofitted condos. When the city changed the building code requirements for his units, he got caught in the crosshairs between two difficult forces, he said.

“It’s going ahead, it’s just been slow. There were new rules put in for the Sternwheeler, compared to anyplace else,” he said.

“The changes to the new bylaws, when you convert older units into condos, they have to be brought up to 2010 code. It changed just before we started.”

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The slowdown in construction wasn’t helped by the postponing of the F.H. Collins project, Cunningham said. Even though he wouldn’t have been bidding on that project directly, having a project of that size would create trickle-down benefits for developers like him, he said.

“That F.H. Collins, that job was going to be right in Riverdale.

All those subtrades would have been coming right to Riverdale, and would have chosen to either rent or buy something off of me, because we’re located so close to the site.

“It’s not totally cancelled. It’ll go ahead next year, but the delays don’t help. When things are in a building boom, they have to slow down some. They can’t continue the way they were. I don’t like slowdowns, but they’re necessary,” he said.

While he continues working to meet the new building codes, Cunningham hopes the upgrades will make his units more appealing.

“It increases the costs, but it’s also a better unit now. It’s a more saleable unit because it’s up to 2010 code and it’s a better building for residents,” he said.

“We’re about two-thirds done, and things are already on the

market. We’ve sold about 20 of them,” he said.

But Pat Ross, the city’s manager of planning services, disputes Cunningham’s claim about the changed codes.

The new rules don’t require the whole building to be up to 2010 code, Ross said. Instead, the developer must make sure that the building meets critical lifesafety standards. That can include anything from handrails on stairs to the type of insulation, heating and certain structural issues.

But Cunningham knew all of that when he made his application, Ross said.

“When he put forward his proposal, we asked if he would be developing condos. His application was approved conditional upon him completing the lifesafety work,” Ross said.

Once the work is completed, Cunningham can apply for an inspection to verify that everything is up to the required standards.

Without the completed inspection, Cunningham can’t sell the individual units outright, but he can pre-sell them.

Once the buildings pass inspection, the city will approve the condo licence and Cunningham can start selling the units outright.

“We’re sitting on that condo plan until we see those improvements,” Ross said.

Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com

Ogilvie Street sale plan sparks mayor’s meeting A City of Whitehorse plan to sell two lots on Ogilvie Street sparked heated debate at city council last night, not about the sale, but about the process to approve it.

Councillor Mike Gladish presented a motion to move the land disposition of 706 and 708 Ogilvie into the bylaw process. But the plan has drawn concern from some Whitehorse citizens.

Pat Ellis sent a letter to city council asking them to hold off on selling the property, and Sally Wright of the Escarpment Parks Society spoke at city hall Tuesday night asking the city to put the brakes on the sale. She wants the place protected for use as a green space.

A bylaw of this type doesn’t require public hearings, but Mayor Dan Curtis said he wants to ensure that any concerns are addressed. He will hold a special mayor’s meeting sometime in the next two weeks to allow residents to voice their opinions on the sale. A date for the meeting has not been set yet.

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Yukon’s Filipino community organizes typhoon relief Eva Holland News Reporter

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adelyn De Leon has been waiting for days now to hear from family members who were caught in the path of Typhoon Haiyan. The massive storm struck her native Philippines over the weekend.

De Leon, 37, has been living in the Yukon since 2004. Her mother remains at home in Eastern Samer, one of the typhoon-affected areas, and she also has a niece and nephew studying in Tacloban, the worst-hit city.

“There’s no signal,” she said. “I’m trying to call them, sending texts, Facebook. No response yet.”

“We’re just waiting and waiting.”

De Leon is one of several Filipino Yukoners with family and friends in the typhoon zone. While they wait, the local community is taking action.

Last night at the Asian Central Store, a community hub for Whitehorse’s more than 2,000 Filipino residents, the board of directors of the Canadian Filipino Association of the Yukon met to plan a fundraising campaign for typhoon relief.

City councillor Jocelyn Curteanu, the city’s first Filipino elected official, Minister Scott Kent and other community members were

The association will also be distributing fundraising letters to local businesses, offering grocery bagging for donations at the city’s supermarkets, and placing donation jars in coffee shops and other retail outlets.

“We are overwhelmed with the support of the Yukoners: co-workers, friends, other business establishments,” said Ailene Gayangos, one of the association’s founders and key organizers, and a co-owner of the Asian Central Store. “Today I heard from a friend I hadn’t talked to since she retired.

Those are priceless. I just broke down and cried.”

Gayangos said the store has become a gathering place for the community in the wake of the storm, where they can eat together, share updates and ideas, and wait for news. It’s also the contact point for any Yukoners looking to contribute to the relief effort.

The Yukon government has announced a $25,000 donation to typhoon relief efJesse Winter/Yukon News forts in the Philippines.

Canadian Filipino Assocation of Yukon founder Ailene Gayangos helped As of Wednesday morning, more than organize an emergency meeting to look for ways to raise aid money for the 2,300 were confirmed dead as a result of Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. the storm, and more than 3,800 injured.

According to the UN, 673,000 Filipinos also on hand. will be a traditional Filipino buffet, 50/50 have been displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, The group has set a date, November raffles, silent auction items and live enterand more than 2.5 million are in need of 23, for a major fundraising dinner. There tainment. The venue has yet to be finalized. food aid.

City seeks new area plan for Schwatka Lake Jesse Winter

dock facilities at the lake, and more access to the western shore, Beasley said. he City of Whitehorse wants “We’re looking at improveyour thoughts on the future ment to the current policy. We of Schwatka Lake. could look at more dock locaIt has been over a decade since tions, more access to the waterthe area plan for the popular lake front. There is the potential of was updated, and it’s time to take adding more dock sites for recrea fresh look at the uses for the ational dock use, more paddling waterway, explained city planner and sailing,” she said.

Erica Beasley.

Right now, the city is still gath“The planning process is a ering input from the public about chance to touch base with curwhat they want to see at the site, rent users and find out if these and pretty much any potential policies are working with them, use is still on the table. or if there are opportunities to “We’re just starting the process make improvements,” she said. and getting feedback from the The city held a public inforpublic. It’s really early in the mation session last Thursday that process, so we don’t have any rec29 people attended. Many said ommendations, or improvements they want to see upgrades to the that we want to see. It’s all about News Reporter

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what the public wants right now,” she said.

Along with recreational uses, one of the other big factors going into the plan will be possible environmental protection for the lake, especially because it is Whitehorse’s backup water supply and feeds the power generators at the Whitehorse Dam. Protecting those two functions will be very important, Beasley said.

The first draft area plan will be released in January, and the public will have the chance to give more input on it then. In the meantime, residents can visit the City of Whitehorse website to voice their opinions.

While the lake is popular with power boaters, canoeists and

swimmers in the summer, it is also one of the only floatplane aerodromes connecting us to southern Canada. Mixing more canoes with buzzing Beavers and Otters trying to land could lead to unhappy consequences, so getting it right is key, Beasley said.

Christoph Altherr flies a floatplane out of Schwatka. He said he’s never been worried about conflicts between boaters and pilots.

“I’m flying there for 15 years or so. I’ve never seen any conflict or anything between the different users,” he said.

His suggestion for updating the area: better docks and more parking.

“I think what we really need are more visitor facilities. Parking

is always an issue, and we don’t even have any outhouses. We are in touch with some pilots associations in Alaska and B.C. Whitehorse is pretty much the only stop if they fly up into the interior,” Altherr said.

“It’s embarrassing, frankly.

There’s no public dock, not even a pay phone,” he said.

“It’s an important facility for Whitehorse and the Yukon. If you look at the Yukon map, there are so little roads and so much country. So much of that country is accessed by float plane, and it’s also a tourist attraction. They love to come out there and see the planes coming and going,” he said.

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Providing methadone in prison protects public health and the taxpayer John Koehn and Evan Wood

tion drug use, even six months later. Given that drug-related rug and alcohol addiction mortality is extremely high are among society’s most among people recently released costly diseases. The Canadian from prison, this treatment is Centre on Substance Abuse literally a life-saver. recently estimated that the cost Incarceration of individuals to Canadian society is over $40 with a history of untreated billion annually and crimiheroin addiction is also chalnal justice costs account for a lenging from a public health significant proportion of these perspective. According to a expenditures. recent report of the Global Fortunately, several forms of Commission on Drug Policy, addiction treatment have been incarceration has been identishown to dramatically imfied as a risk factor for acquirprove rates of recovery thereby ing HIV infection in countries reducing criminal activity, rates of western and southern of incarceration and rates of Europe, Russia, Canada, Brazil, recidivism upon release from Iran and Thailand. prison.

This is problematic with For these reasons, it is disrespect to HIV control, but tressing to see that the Whitealso for the taxpayer, given that horse Correctional Centre the average cost of each case of is denying inmates access to HIV transmission is approximethadone maintenance thermately $500,000 in health-care apy when they are incarcerated. expenditures. In addition Methadone is one of soto preventing the spread of ciety’s most highly studied dangerous infections like HIV, medications. Randomized trials should we not be employing have consistently shown that as interventions proven to work an intervention for the treatin order to prevent incurring ment of heroin dependence, these future health-care costs? methadone retains patients in While everyone agrees that treatment and decreases heroin individuals who are violent or use at a significantly higher rate are otherwise a threat to society than treatments that do not use should be incarcerated until opioid replacement. they are no longer a risk, there In addition, studies have is increasing evidence that apshown how methadone mainproaching drug addiction as a tenance treatment prescribed criminal justice issue has been in prison reduces mortality costly and ineffective. and rates of infectious disease For instance, a recent study transmission. With respect to published in the British Medimproved community safety ical Journal found that, despite upon release from prison, a an estimated $1 trillion spent recent randomized clinical trial on the war on drugs in North found that providing methAmerica in recent decades, adone in prison increases the the inflation-adjusted price of likelihood that incarcerated heroin has decreased by over 80 individuals will access addicper cent in recent decades while tion treatment once released the purity of the drug increased and significantly reduces injec- by 60 per cent.

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In other words, drugs have become more accessible even as enforcement efforts have been increased. Just as was the case with alcohol prohibition, organized crime has simply overwhelmed drug law enforcement’s best efforts.

In turn, our justice system has punished those people who suffer from substance use disorders and are most in need of addiction treatment. While having an addiction does not negate an individual’s responsibility for crimes committed or other consequences of their use, perhaps is time to rethink our strategy and begin to properly invest public resources in evidence-based addiction treatment.

What then is the alternative to ineffective criminal justice measures? Clearly, outpatient addiction treatment needs to be dramatically expanded.

To prevent the social consequences of addiction, such as incarceration, through early and effective therapies is certainly the ideal. For those that engage in criminal activity and end up behind bars, society also needs to invest in treatments proven to aid in recovery from substance-use disorders, even if for no other Reporters

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reason than to prevent future re-incarceration and expensive health outcomes related to injection drug use.

Providing methadone in prison is safe and reduces unsafe activities like intravenous needle use in prisons. With a large body of evidence to guide us, we need to recognize that effective drug treatment plays a crucial role in improving health outcomes for incarcerated individuals. It is one reason why the World Health Organization has listed methadone as an essential medicine and endorses its use in this population.

In fact, Canada is a signatory to international treaties that stipulate that prisoners must receive health care in prison that is consistent with what we all enjoy in the community. In this context, denying methadone to incarcerated individuals is a violation of

international law.

The challenges of delivering health services in rural and northern areas are undoubtedly different than in urban centres.

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Evan Wood, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia where he holds the university’s Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine. John Koehn, MD, is a family physician who has also practised medicine at a federal prison.

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The long-term perspective has developed over the last 13 product has gone from very low resents some big changes. The years. to around $500 million per year. population is up significantly.

Some examples: • Natural gas production has More than one Yukoner in four

by Keith • The Yukon’s gross domestic plummeted from over 500 mildidn’t live here in 2000. Rising Halliday product has almost doubled, to lion cubic metres to around 25 rents and house prices suggest just shy of $3 billion. million cubic metres as our legacy housing hasn’t been built fast • Government’s share of the Kotaneelee fields run out, making enough to keep up with their economy has fallen nine points to the Yukon one of the few jurisdic- arrival. Mineral production and 30 per cent. tions in North America where government transfers are both up • Our populasignificantly, tion is likely to around $500 million each. re you looking for the perfect crack the 40,000 MeanChristmas gift for that special mark in the next few years, up from while, despite policy analyst in your life? around 30,000 in the Yukon Your problem might be solved: 2000. being a Yukon Economic Outlook 2013, a • Inflation in fantastic 52-page gem published by the DeWhitehorse has place to visit partment of Economic Developbeen persistently (and years of ment. higher than the government The report got its 15 seconds Mike Thomas/Yukon News of fame the day it was published, rest of Canada Inflation in Whitehorse has been persistently higher than the advertissince 2007, with ing to that with media reports that focused rest of Canada since 2007. housing costs being effect), touralmost entirely on a single numa major driver. ism’s share ber: its forecast for economic • Median rent is up over 30 per gas production has gone down in of the economy has shrunk. growth for next year. The media cent, with the vacancy rate plum- recent years.

The data paints a picture of a love economic forecasts, since meting from 20 per cent in 2000 • Border crossings, often used place where it is much harder to they can pick out one simple to less than two per cent in 2013. as a proxy for tourism, have reget by on a low income. Rents and number and then get as many • The average price of a house mained essentially flat at around retail prices have risen signifieconomists as they want to dissold in Whitehorse went up from 300,000 per year for the last deccantly, particularly in the last five agree on television about it. $150,000 to over $400,000. ade (except for a dip in 2009). years. This is fine for those with But the really interesting thing • The value of Yukon building The big economic driver miswell-paid mining positions or about this year’s outlook is the government jobs with cast-iron other 51 pages. The authors have permits peaked at over $160 mil- sing from the report was federal lion in 2011, but is expected to be transfer payments, which is huge cost-of-living allowances. For compiled historical data going here. Back in 2000, our transfer everyone else, these items have back to 2000 on a range of indica- just $80 million this year.

• Mining exploration went payment plus the health and eaten away steadily at your purtors from vacancy rates to Yukon from near zero 13 years ago to a social top-up was less than $400 chasing power. natural gas production. While peak of over $300 million in 2011 million. This year revenue from While this is all of historical only an economic nerd would with the global boom, but has the federal government was $979 interest, the big question is where describe the outlook as a “pagesubsided to around $100 million we go from here. Will population, million. turner,” I was fascinated to see rents and transfer payments keep If you add all this up, it rephow each aspect of our economy in the last three years. Mineral

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Let’s have a real discussion about fracking As I read Ms. Patti McLeod’s letter concerning the work of the Select Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing (the News, Nov. 8), I was pleased to note that the committee is making what appears to be a wide-ranging effort to meet with those who support fracking and those who oppose it.

According to Ms. McLeod, “facilitating an informed public dialogue is an important part of the (committee’s) mandate.”

Apparently, this “public dialogue” will take the form of “a series of public proceedings” during which the committee “will hear presentations that will be open to the public.” The venue for these presentations will be the Yukon Legislative Assembly, “where the public and media are welcome to observe from the gallery.” Members of the public may “submit written questions to be read by committee members as time allows.”

Therein lies the rub.

How can these proceedings be termed a “public dialogue” when the public and the media are not allowed to speak, to pose questions, to demand answers about a decision that has life-altering,

territory-wide ramifications?

A dialogue is a conversation or an exchange. Yet Ms. McLeod’s proposal offers no opportunity for either.

As the public are we meant to be pacified by the fact that we can sit in the gallery of the legislative assembly and observe?

Watch, but remain silent.

Many in our community have taken the time and made the effort to inform themselves about this issue. Their ability to participate in what should be a public discussion is curtailed by the formula laid out by Ms. McLeod. Passing a note to a committee member, which may or may not be acted upon, may or may not receive time to be aired, minimizes, to say the least, the opportunity for public participation.

Ms. McLeod’s dedication to the appearance of democracy without the opportunity to exercise it is either a willful attempt to stifle public discussion or a measure to prevent the voices of dissent from being heard. Her proposal has the guise of public involvement without running

rising? Will building permits and mining exploration recover from their recent dips?

And in the longer term, will these big trends continue for another decade? In 2023, will the Yukon have 50,000 people and an economy of $5 billion?

It’s hard to say, but it is an interesting thought exercise to ask what we would need to believe in order for that to happen. There are probably two things in this category.

First, transfer payments would have to keep growing steadily faster than inflation. It seems unlikely we will be as lucky as we have been for the last decade given the federal government’s current attempts to balance the budget, but even a more modest growth rate of inflation plus a point or two would support economic growth.

Secondly, either the mining sector or natural gas production would need to make another $500 million jump. This would mean a doubling of mining activity, or the creation of a new gas industry here. If both happen, the impact would be another boom. If neither do, then a classic Yukon period of hard economic sledding would ensue.

Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist and author of the MacBride Museum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of historical children’s adventure novels.

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longer. The ETS technology is available for any size of building.

The next step is to build a smart grid which will allow Yukon Energy to maximize the use of renewable energy sources like hydro, wind and solar by storing them into ETS units as well as hot water tanks located in homes and commercial buildings.

As we build up the space heating demand we will realize the opportunity to build new wind farms in small steps to meet the new space heating load. The mountaintop wind farms produce more energy in the winter when space heating demand is greatest. In other words, the wind follows the heating load.

This is the short term plan for a long term goal: renewable energy self-reliance.

The next step will include bringing in new hydro, marketready energy storage technologies, and electric vehicles.

Yukoners have the opportunity to become leaders in this new renewable energy economy.

As you duly noted: “Our ultimate goal is for Yukon to become a net contributor to Canada.” So let’s get on with it.

in a pristine environment free of pollution.

Are you aware that our increasing rates of fossil fuel consumption have put us on track to reach critical temperature levels in the next two to three decades?

This means that we must act now to curb emissions.

I applaud you for your vision to focus on expanding clean Rick Griffiths power. A new hydro project is Whitehorse a great idea, but it will take 10 Tap into alternative, clean to 15 years to develop. In the meantime there are other measenergy sooner than later ures we can pursue to accelerate clean power development in the Open letter to Premier Darrell territory.

Pasloski, Presently 80 per cent of our Thank you for your very inenergy in the Yukon comes from spiring comment to the Star last fossil fuel. In that portion 60 per week (Oct. 26). You are showing cent is diesel and gasoline for Yukoners a great vision for the transportation and 20 per cent is Yukon Territory. heating oil and propane for space I was privileged to be invited heating. I suggest that we target to speak at Canada’s North Sum- space heating first. Let’s replace mit as well. These are important heating oil and propane with forums for northerners. renewable energy.

As you mentioned in your The fastest way we can do this comment, we Yukoners enjoy is by deploying an old technology the outdoors and we care about called electrical thermal storage, our first-class health care. I’ll add or ETS. To put it simply, the ETS that the primary contributor to is just an electric furnace with a JP Pinard, PEng, PhD our first-class health care is living heat storage capacity of a day or Whitehorse the risk of actually attaining the substance.

Correct this situation, Ms. McLeod. Allow for one or more of these presentations to take place in a public forum where audience members, your constituents and electors, may participate in a real public dialogue.

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Over the years, I am constantly hearing expressions of joy from the tourists who frequent the campgrounds I maintain along Minister Currie Dixon’s Nov. 5 the Atlin Road. This unexpected he also said that the opinions of tabled the 2012/13 public accounts Legislature sitting kicks comments in the legislature about bonus to their trip often causes which show an annual surplus of Yukoners who provided thoughtthe Peel land use plan consultaoff with key motions $119 million and an accumulated them to extend their stay. tions implied that there was little ful, constructive input matter, Grizzlies are the prime viewsurplus of $1.5 billion. and that the Yukon government is The Government of Yukon this input from Yukon people. Since ing animal for our tourists, and The surplus is Yukon’s tenth accountable to Yukoners, I would week put forth a number of moourselves as well. Outside of the in the past 11 years and is a clear like to remind him of the unprec- tions in the Legislative Assembly The new Yukon home of southern Yukon, there are very few reflection of our financial strength. edented number of responses by that set out its plans to further places in North America where Being in a surplus situation allows local people to the Peel consulta- develop a clean power future for they can be so readily and reguthe government the flexibility to tions.

Yukon, increase transparency in respond to emerging priorities and larly seen. It is becoming a calling In total, 2024 written reministerial travel expenses and card for our tourist industry. unforeseen future needs. sponses, including petitions, offer Yukoners additional legal Now consider the negative conThe sound financial position came from the Yukon and N.W.T. protections. sequences on our tourist economy of the Yukon government has residents. Of these 80 per cent On clean power, the governused vehicle sales supported the Peel planning been noted by global credit rating when one of these magnificent ment motion directs the Yukon and trusting animals is shot in the service Standard & Poor’s which commission’s final recommended Development Corporation to ditch, and the carcass left for all to this week affirmed Yukon’s credit plan or protecting the entire Peel commence the research and plansee (no, you do not have to take rating as AA for the fourth year in watershed. There were 941 writning for a new hydropower dam. the meat – the animal is killed just a row. ten submissions (not petitions), The motion signals the governThe rating confirms that Yukon for its hide). That happened on from Yukon and N.W.T. residents; ment’s intent to develop a successthe Atlin Road in 2009. Groups of has achieved a track record of 82 per cent of these submissions ful clean power future for Yukon tourists (from the U.S. and Eurstrong economic performance and supported the final recommended in which the government will take ope) that approached me about online at that we’re on course for continued plan or protecting the entire a broad view of electrical policy www.drivingforce.ca it in the following week assumed growth.

Strengths highlighted in watershed. At least 380 people and will further utilize newer tech- the ratings report include Yukon’s that such a killing would be illegal, supporting either the final recom- nologies and renewable sources and wanted to know if the person low debt levels, strong budgetary mended plan or full protection of such as wind, solar and biomass. was caught. They could not believe performance and good financial the Peel packed the consultation The government will also furthat such a beautiful place like the management. open houses in affected Yukon ther update and develop a policy Yukon could allow such a despicThe motions put forward communities and Fort McPherframework for electricity that able act. this week and our government’s son and 300 people attended a emphasizes efficiency and conAlthough I felt some embarproposed legislative agenda will The Fair Exchange Rate for the public meeting in Whitehorse servation. rassment for our territory, I reweek of November 12, 2013 is: further deliver on commitments in support of the Final RecomIn addition, alternative cleaner we made to Yukoners. And with assured them there are many of us mended Plan. and more affordable power working hard to change this law. the Legislative Assembly now back Compare these numbers with sources will be developed to reThe display of a grizzly hide in session, we fully intend to move other recent consultations: the for One U.S. dollar duce the use of diesel in commun- forward on issues that are import- is not merely ornamental. It is a draft water strategy received 126 ities not connected to the hydro statement of the hunting prowant to Yukon families, our econformal submissions and had 145 system. ess of the person who put it there. omy and our future. attendees at open houses. The It’s clear a continuing and When that hide is so cruelly ripped visit mac’s Animal Health Act consultations abundant supply of clean and from a bear that has learned to Darrell Pasloski underground... received 71 completed surveys affordable power is an important trust our species and will not even Yukon Premier and three email responses. The factor in sustainable economic run away, then that display beto browse our great book development in Yukon. However, comes a lie. There is most certainly Stop the roadside deals, place special orders, Select Committee on Off Road no prowess in such a killing. It is or pick up your topo maps! Vehicles received the highest level protection of the environment hunting of grizzly bears of input to a recent consultation is important as well and the despicable and cowardly. that I have found – there were government will ensure that its The Yukon Fish and Wildlife 2,489 responses to a survey – but clean power plan is balanced with A petition calling for a ban on the Management Board is presently hunting of bears along the roadonly 25 written submissions. environmental responsibility. conducting public consultation 203 Main Street sides of the Yukon was presented I repeat: there were over Another government motion on this issue. I strongly urge you, OPEN EVERY DAY ‘TIL 9:00 PM 2,000 recorded responses to the directs that going forward, and for to the legislature on Wed. Nov. 6, when they come to your communPeel consultations from Yukon the first time in Yukon, ministerial by Kevin Barr, MLA for Mt. Lorne ity, to express your concern for the Southern Lakes. and N.W.T. residents, of which travel expenses will be publicized negative image such indiscrimLooking for New a resounding 941 were written This petition came about from inate killings are having on our online. This unprecedented move is a responsible measure that dem- a growing concern over the shoot- territory, and your desire for a law Business / Clients? submissions, not petitions.

The numbers show that local onstrates leadership in the areas of ing of grizzlies along the roadsides protecting these most magnificent of the southern Yukon in the last people care deeply about protransparency and accountability. creatures so they may forage our Advertise in few years. tecting the Peel watershed. I look Included in this week’s measroadsides in peace. This territory The Yukon News Classifieds!

These bears have come to forward to the Yukon governures was a motion that calls for belongs to them too. depend on the plethora of plant ment demonstrating that they are amendments to the Yukon Fatal I commend the management Take Advantage of our life along our roadsides, especially board for the good work they are indeed accountable to Yukoners, Accidents Act that would enable 6 month Deal... by following the wishes of the vast family members of deceased chil- in years of a low berry crop. In the doing, but understandably, it will Advertise for 5 Months and majority of Yukon people and dren to pursue actions for bereave- process, these intelligent creatures take some time. So I am requesting learn to trust the vehicles and adopting the Peel commission’s ment damages. Currently, the our minister of environment, Get 1 MONTH OF people that stop to view them. final recommended plan for the legislation permits families to reCurrie Dixon, to ban the roadside FREE ADVERTISING Peel watershed. cover only out of pocket expenses. In fact, they occasionally seem to hunting of bears until the board The legislation, if amended, would enjoy this attention, as was the can complete its work.

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TORONTO ntario’s highest court is set to issue a landmark ruling today on mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes.

The Court of Appeal for Ontario heard six appeals together in February because each involved a constitutional challenge to a mandatory minimum sentence for various firearm offences.

The arguments focused on the three-year mandatory minimum sentence for possessing a loaded prohibited gun – a law enacted in 2008 as part of the federal Conservatives’ omnibus crime bill.

The mandatory minimums were struck down in one case and upheld in the rest, so ruling on all of them at the same time gives the court the opportunity to send a uniform message.

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford doesn’t escape controversy at Remembrance Day ceremony Allison Jones Canadian Press

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Margaret Delmore (left), the ceremonial Memorial Cross Mother, sits next to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at the cenotaph during the Remembrance Day service in Toronto on Monday.

Ford is seen posing in the photo with Anthony Smith, who was later shot and killed, as well as Mohammad Khattak and another man, who have both been charged as alleged gang members in Project Traveller, a sweeping drugs and weapons investigation.

Lawyers for Khattak were in court Friday seeking access to the video, arguing their client’s reputation is being harmed by being associated with it.

They want to either be able to view the video or have Ontario Superior Court Judge Ian Nord-

heimer view it himself and write some sort of judicial summary of it. Nordheimer ordered the Crown to bring the video to court on Tuesday, when he is set to make his decision.

Nordheimer is also expected to rule this week, as early as Tuesday, whether remaining parts of a document that shed light on Ford’s relationship with Alexander Lisi, an alleged drug dealer who is also his friend, can be released.

Lawyers for the media are also expected to argue in the coming weeks that wiretap information from the Project Traveller investigation should be made public.

Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has said the video of the mayor appearing to smoke crack cocaine was found on a laptop that was seized during Project Traveller.

On Wednesday, a city councillor’s motion is expected to be tabled calling on Ford to take a leave of absence, though it will be non-binding. Coun. Denzil Minnan-Wong has said he will ask council to petition the province to oust Ford if he doesn’t take a leave.

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TORONTO mbattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford couldn’t escape controversy at a Remembrance Day ceremony Monday, where a veteran refused to shake his hand.

Ford gave a short speech honouring the military and there was a quiet smattering of boos and cries of “shame” in the crowd as he walked up to the podium, though there was also light applause.

After he laid a wreath at the foot of the cenotaph at Toronto’s Old City, the mayor walked past a row of veterans and at least one refused a hand shake.

Tony Smith, who was stationed in Germany after the Second World War, said after the ceremony that Ford should not have been there, given his admission last week that he had smoked crack cocaine.

“I didn’t shake his hand because he’s a drug addict, a druggie,” Smith said. “He’s No. 1 man in the city and he’s smoking up and boozing it up. I don’t mind people having a drink. I certainly don’t agree with drugs.”

Ford reversed five months of denials last week when he admitted he had smoked crack cocaine, likely in one of his “drunken stupors.” The Toronto Star and U.S. website Gawker reported in May on the existence of a video appearing to show him smoking the drug and Toronto’s police chief recently announced that investigators have seized it.

Ford has repeatedly denied he is an addict.

Meanwhile, his crack smoking admission had Don Cherry, one of his most outspoken supporters, saying Monday he is “disappointed.”

When Ford came to power Cherry proclaimed he would be “the greatest mayor this city has ever seen.”

“Put that in your pipe, you leftwing kooks,” Cherry said at Ford’s official swearing-in ceremony at city hall in 2010.

Calling Ford’s opponents “leftwing pinkos,” Cherry said the mayor was “honest” and “truthful.”

“What you see is what you get.

He’s no phoney.”

Cherry’s take on the mayor had notably changed Monday.

“Yes, I am disappointed,” he said in a radio interview on Sportsnet 590 The Fan. “If you could just cut out all the rest of the stuff as the mayor he’s done a great job and everybody thinks that.”

At the Remembrance Day ceremony, hundreds of people braved the rain and Ford shared an umbrella with federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt. Seated next to her was NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who has called on Ford to resign and get help.

After Ford laid a City of Toronto wreath, Smith said a fellow veteran seated next to him also refused to shake the mayor’s hand.

However, at least two other vets could be seen shaking Ford’s hand.

Some veterans did not want to speak about the Ford controversy.

Leonard Pelletier, 90, spent the Second World War in England and later served as a peacekeeper in Egypt, France and Belgium.

In the military, he said, “you never discuss politics or religion.”

“I don’t get involved with politics,” Pelletier said. “I don’t think about it. He has his thing to do and we all have our own thing to do.”

As soon as the Remembrance Day ceremony ended, Ford walked back to city hall, flanked by staffers, his new driver and a city hall security guard, and did not answer reporters’ questions.

The mayor’s previous week involved shocking confessions of drug use, drunken stupors, a new video showing erratic behaviour and pleas from both friends and foes to step aside to get help.

This week could see even more twists and turns.

The so-called crack video will be in a Toronto courthouse Tuesday as a judge considers an application from lawyers for a man seen in a notorious photo with the mayor.

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Aid not reaching Philippine typhoon victims Todd Pitman and Jim Gomez Associated Press

TACLOBAN, Philippines he day after Typhoon Haiyan struck the eastern Philippine coast, a team of 15 doctors and logistics experts was ready to fly here to the worst-hit city to help.

On Tuesday, five days into what could be the country’s deadliest disaster, they were still waiting to leave.

Aid is coming to Tacloban: medical supplies, pallets of water and food piled on trucks, planes and ferries, sent by the Philippine government and countries around the world. But the scale of the disaster and challenges of delivering the assistance means few in this city, strewn with debris and corpses, have received any help.

A team from Medecins Sans Frontieres, complete with medical supplies, arrived in Cebu island on Saturday looking for a flight to Tacloban, but hadn’t left by Tuesday. A spokesman for the group said it was “difficult to tell” when it would be able to leave.

“We are in contact with the authorities, but the (Tacloban) airport is only for the Philippines military use,” Lee Pik Kwan said in a telephone interview.

At the medics’ intended destination, thousands of typhoon victims were trying to get out.

They camped at the airport and ran onto the tarmac when planes came in, surging past a broken iron fence and a few soldiers and police trying to control them.

Most didn’t make it aboard.

“We need help. Nothing is happening,” said Aristone Balute, an 81-year-old who didn’t get on a flight out of the city. “We haven’t eaten since yesterday afternoon.” Her clothes were

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a result of wounds sustained in the storm.

The official death toll from the disaster rose to 1,774 on Tuesday, though authorities have said they expect that to rise markedly. They fear estimates of 10,000 dead are accurate and might be low. More than 9 million people have been affected across a large swath of the country, many of them made homeless.

Tacloban, a city of about 220,000 people on Leyte island, bore the full force of the winds and the tsunami-like storm surges. Most of the city is in ruins, a tangled mess of destroyed houses, cars and trees. Malls, garages and shops have all been stripped of food and water by hungry residents.

The loss of life appears to be concentrated in Tacloban and surrounding areas, including a portion of Samar island that is separated from Leyte island by a strait. It is possible that other Bullit Marquez/AP Photo devastated areas are so isolated Residents cover their noses from the smell of dead bodies in Tacloban city, Leyte province they have not yet been reached. central Philippines on Sunday. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, In Cebu, to the southwest, slammed into six central Philippine provinces Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction the Philippine air force has been and thousands of people dead. sending three C-130s back and forth to Tacloban from dawn to soaked from the rain, and tears nila. “Even in Tacloban, because Doctors in Tacloban said they dusk, and had delivered 400,000 streamed down her face. of the debris and the difficulties were desperate for medicine. pounds of relief supplies by An Associated Press reporter with logistics and so on, we have Beside the ruined airport tower, Tuesday, Lt. Col. Marciano Jesus drove through the town for not been able to get in the level at a small makeshift clinic with Guevara said. A lack of electricaround seven kilometres on of supply that we would want to. shattered windows, army and ity in Tacloban means planes Wednesday and saw more than We are going to do as much as air force medics said they had can’t land there at night.

40 bodies. He saw no evidence we can to bring in more.” treated around 1,000 people for Guevara said the C-130s have of any organized delivery of Presidential spokesman cuts, bruises, lacerations and transported nearly 3,000 civilfood, water or medical supplies, Edwin Lacierda said relief goods deep wounds. ians out of the disaster zone, though piles of aid have begun were getting into the city, and “It’s overwhelming,” said air and that the biggest problem in to arrive at the airport. Some the supply should increase in force Capt. Antonio Tamayo.

Tacloban is a lack of clean drinkpeople were lining up to get coming days now that the air“We need more medicine. We ing water. water from a hose, presumably port and a bridge to the island cannot give anti-tetanus vaccine “Water is life,” he said. “If you from the city supply. were open. shots because we have none.” have water with no food, you’ll “There is a huge amount that “We are not going to leave The longer survivors go survive.” we need to do. We have not been one person behind – one living without access to clean water, There is also growing concern able to get into the remote com- person behind,” he said. “We will food, shelter and medical help, about recovering corpses that are munities,” U.N. humanitarian help, no matter how difficult, no the greater chance of disease still rotting throughout the dichief Valerie Amos said in Mamatter how inaccessible.” breaking out and people dying as saster zone. “It really breaks your

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heart when you see them,” said Maj. Gen. Romeo Poquiz, commander of the 2nd Air Division.

“We’re limited with manpower, the expertise, as well as the trucks that have to transport them to different areas for identification,” Poquiz said. “Do we do a mass burial, because we can’t identify them anymore? If we do a mass burial, where do you place them?”

Most Tacloban residents spent the night under pouring rain wherever they could – in the ruins of destroyed houses, in the open along roadsides and shredded trees. Some slept under tents brought in by the government or relief groups.

“There is no help coming in. They know this is a tragedy.

They know our needs are urgent.

Where is the shelter?” said Aristone Balute’s granddaughter, Mylene, who was also at the airport. “We are confused. We don’t know who is in charge.”

Damaged roads and other infrastructure are complicating the relief efforts. Government officials and police and army officers are in many cases among the victims themselves, hampering co-ordination. The typhoon destroyed military buildings that housed 1,000 soldiers in Leyte province.

There were other distractions, including a jailbreak in Tacloban. Army Brig. Gen. Virgilio Espineli, the deputy regional military commander, said Tuesday he wasn’t sure how many of the 600 inmates fled.

At Matnog, the port for ferries leaving to Samar island, dozens of trucks piled high with aid were waiting to cross. In the capital, Manila, soldiers tossed pallets of water, medical supplies

and foods into C-130 planes bound for the disaster area.

The United Nations said it had released $25 million in emergency funds to pay for emergency shelter materials and household items, and for assistance with the provision of emergency health services, safe water supplies and sanitation facilities. It’s launching an appeal for more aid.

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is headed toward the region with massive amounts of water and food, but the Pentagon said it won’t arrive until Thursday. The U.S. also said it is providing $20 million in immediate aid.

Aid totalling tens of millions of dollars has been pledged by many other countries, including Japan, Australia and Britain, which is sending a Royal Navy vessel with aid.

For now, relief has come to a lucky few, including Joselito Caimoy, a 42-year-old truck driver.

He was able to get his wife, son and three-year-old daughter on a flight out of Tacloban. They embraced in a tearful goodbye, but Caimoy stayed behind to guard what’s left of his home and property.

“People are just scavenging in the streets. People are asking food from relatives, friends. The

devastation is too much ... the malls, the grocery stories have all been looted, ‘’he said. “They’re empty. People are hungry. And they (the authorities) cannot control the people.”

The dead, decomposing and stinking, litter the streets or remain trapped in the debris.

The storm also killed eight people in southern China and inflicted hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to farming and fishing industries, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.

The Philippines, an archipelago nation of more than 7,000 islands, is annually buffeted by tropical storms and typhoons, but Haiyan was an especially large catastrophe. Its winds were among the strongest ever recorded, and it may have killed more people than the previous deadliest Philippine storm, Thelma, in which about 5,100 people died in the central Philippines in 1991.

The country’s deadliest disaster on record was the 1976

magnitude-7.9 earthquake that triggered a tsunami in the Moro Gulf in the southern Philippines, killing 5,791 people.

Tacloban is near Red Beach on Leyte Island, where U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur waded ashore in 1944 during the Second World War and fulfilled his famous pledge: “I shall return.”

The scene is re-created in a monument on the shore. After the typhoon, one of the seven statues – but not the one of MacArthur himself – was toppled over.

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Aid not reaching Philippine typhoon victims Todd Pitman and Jim Gomez Associated Press

TACLOBAN, Philippines he day after Typhoon Haiyan struck the eastern Philippine coast, a team of 15 doctors and logistics experts was ready to fly here to the worst-hit city to help.

On Tuesday, five days into what could be the country’s deadliest disaster, they were still waiting to leave.

Aid is coming to Tacloban: medical supplies, pallets of water and food piled on trucks, planes and ferries, sent by the Philippine government and countries around the world. But the scale of the disaster and challenges of delivering the assistance means few in this city, strewn with debris and corpses, have received any help.

A team from Medecins Sans Frontieres, complete with medical supplies, arrived in Cebu island on Saturday looking for a flight to Tacloban, but hadn’t left by Tuesday. A spokesman for the group said it was “difficult to tell” when it would be able to leave.

“We are in contact with the authorities, but the (Tacloban) airport is only for the Philippines military use,” Lee Pik Kwan said in a telephone interview.

At the medics’ intended destination, thousands of typhoon victims were trying to get out.

They camped at the airport and ran onto the tarmac when planes came in, surging past a broken iron fence and a few soldiers and police trying to control them.

Most didn’t make it aboard.

“We need help. Nothing is happening,” said Aristone Balute, an 81-year-old who didn’t get on a flight out of the city. “We haven’t eaten since yesterday afternoon.” Her clothes were

T

a result of wounds sustained in the storm.

The official death toll from the disaster rose to 1,774 on Tuesday, though authorities have said they expect that to rise markedly. They fear estimates of 10,000 dead are accurate and might be low. More than 9 million people have been affected across a large swath of the country, many of them made homeless.

Tacloban, a city of about 220,000 people on Leyte island, bore the full force of the winds and the tsunami-like storm surges. Most of the city is in ruins, a tangled mess of destroyed houses, cars and trees. Malls, garages and shops have all been stripped of food and water by hungry residents.

The loss of life appears to be concentrated in Tacloban and surrounding areas, including a portion of Samar island that is separated from Leyte island by a strait. It is possible that other Bullit Marquez/AP Photo devastated areas are so isolated Residents cover their noses from the smell of dead bodies in Tacloban city, Leyte province they have not yet been reached. central Philippines on Sunday. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, In Cebu, to the southwest, slammed into six central Philippine provinces Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction the Philippine air force has been and thousands of people dead. sending three C-130s back and forth to Tacloban from dawn to soaked from the rain, and tears nila. “Even in Tacloban, because Doctors in Tacloban said they dusk, and had delivered 400,000 streamed down her face. of the debris and the difficulties were desperate for medicine. pounds of relief supplies by An Associated Press reporter with logistics and so on, we have Beside the ruined airport tower, Tuesday, Lt. Col. Marciano Jesus drove through the town for not been able to get in the level at a small makeshift clinic with Guevara said. A lack of electricaround seven kilometres on of supply that we would want to. shattered windows, army and ity in Tacloban means planes Wednesday and saw more than We are going to do as much as air force medics said they had can’t land there at night.

40 bodies. He saw no evidence we can to bring in more.” treated around 1,000 people for Guevara said the C-130s have of any organized delivery of Presidential spokesman cuts, bruises, lacerations and transported nearly 3,000 civilfood, water or medical supplies, Edwin Lacierda said relief goods deep wounds. ians out of the disaster zone, though piles of aid have begun were getting into the city, and “It’s overwhelming,” said air and that the biggest problem in to arrive at the airport. Some the supply should increase in force Capt. Antonio Tamayo.

Tacloban is a lack of clean drinkpeople were lining up to get coming days now that the air“We need more medicine. We ing water. water from a hose, presumably port and a bridge to the island cannot give anti-tetanus vaccine “Water is life,” he said. “If you from the city supply. were open. shots because we have none.” have water with no food, you’ll “There is a huge amount that “We are not going to leave The longer survivors go survive.” we need to do. We have not been one person behind – one living without access to clean water, There is also growing concern able to get into the remote com- person behind,” he said. “We will food, shelter and medical help, about recovering corpses that are munities,” U.N. humanitarian help, no matter how difficult, no the greater chance of disease still rotting throughout the dichief Valerie Amos said in Mamatter how inaccessible.” breaking out and people dying as saster zone. “It really breaks your

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• Be a Kwanlin Dun First Nation citizen; • Meet University or College entrance requirements; • Be enrolled in, or accepted for enrolment in a program of study at a recognized and accredited institution of learning.

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heart when you see them,” said Maj. Gen. Romeo Poquiz, commander of the 2nd Air Division.

“We’re limited with manpower, the expertise, as well as the trucks that have to transport them to different areas for identification,” Poquiz said. “Do we do a mass burial, because we can’t identify them anymore? If we do a mass burial, where do you place them?”

Most Tacloban residents spent the night under pouring rain wherever they could – in the ruins of destroyed houses, in the open along roadsides and shredded trees. Some slept under tents brought in by the government or relief groups.

“There is no help coming in. They know this is a tragedy.

They know our needs are urgent.

Where is the shelter?” said Aristone Balute’s granddaughter, Mylene, who was also at the airport. “We are confused. We don’t know who is in charge.”

Damaged roads and other infrastructure are complicating the relief efforts. Government officials and police and army officers are in many cases among the victims themselves, hampering co-ordination. The typhoon destroyed military buildings that housed 1,000 soldiers in Leyte province.

There were other distractions, including a jailbreak in Tacloban. Army Brig. Gen. Virgilio Espineli, the deputy regional military commander, said Tuesday he wasn’t sure how many of the 600 inmates fled.

At Matnog, the port for ferries leaving to Samar island, dozens of trucks piled high with aid were waiting to cross. In the capital, Manila, soldiers tossed pallets of water, medical supplies

and foods into C-130 planes bound for the disaster area.

The United Nations said it had released $25 million in emergency funds to pay for emergency shelter materials and household items, and for assistance with the provision of emergency health services, safe water supplies and sanitation facilities. It’s launching an appeal for more aid.

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is headed toward the region with massive amounts of water and food, but the Pentagon said it won’t arrive until Thursday. The U.S. also said it is providing $20 million in immediate aid.

Aid totalling tens of millions of dollars has been pledged by many other countries, including Japan, Australia and Britain, which is sending a Royal Navy vessel with aid.

For now, relief has come to a lucky few, including Joselito Caimoy, a 42-year-old truck driver.

He was able to get his wife, son and three-year-old daughter on a flight out of Tacloban. They embraced in a tearful goodbye, but Caimoy stayed behind to guard what’s left of his home and property.

“People are just scavenging in the streets. People are asking food from relatives, friends. The

devastation is too much ... the malls, the grocery stories have all been looted, ‘’he said. “They’re empty. People are hungry. And they (the authorities) cannot control the people.”

The dead, decomposing and stinking, litter the streets or remain trapped in the debris.

The storm also killed eight people in southern China and inflicted hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to farming and fishing industries, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.

The Philippines, an archipelago nation of more than 7,000 islands, is annually buffeted by tropical storms and typhoons, but Haiyan was an especially large catastrophe. Its winds were among the strongest ever recorded, and it may have killed more people than the previous deadliest Philippine storm, Thelma, in which about 5,100 people died in the central Philippines in 1991.

The country’s deadliest disaster on record was the 1976

magnitude-7.9 earthquake that triggered a tsunami in the Moro Gulf in the southern Philippines, killing 5,791 people.

Tacloban is near Red Beach on Leyte Island, where U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur waded ashore in 1944 during the Second World War and fulfilled his famous pledge: “I shall return.”

The scene is re-created in a monument on the shore. After the typhoon, one of the seven statues – but not the one of MacArthur himself – was toppled over.

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he Yukon Research Centre has digitized 50 years of historical weather data and put it online for everyone to see.

Somewhere in the Yukon Archives labyrinth sat logbooks from the White Pass and Yukon Route from 1902-1957. Inside them was a wealth of weather data hidden, until now, from the eyes of climate scientists in the Yukon and beyond.

The books are scrawled in sloping, old-fashioned handwriting. They include hard data, such as temperature maximums and minimums, as well as anecdotal notes like “Dawson River closed,” and “Snowed all day today.”

“It’s kind of like reading an old scrapbook,” said Rick Steele, the Yukon Research Centre’s co-ordinator for technology innovation. “And you’ll see, ‘First sighting of the bluebirds today,’ ‘First boat arrived today.’ All these things that aren’t hard data, the way the temperature is, but they might be of interest to other researchers in the environmental field.”

The data were collected at 30 points along the railway and river highway system.

It took two students two years, working about three hours per day, (“because after that your brain gets kind of cooked”) to compile almost 80,000 data points into spreadsheets, said Steele.

Until now, the only consistent weather data for the Yukon dating back to 1902 has been from Dawson, he said.

“When (researchers) say, ‘this is what happened over 100 years,’ their point of reference is one data point: Dawson. And Dawson is a great town, but it hardly represents the whole climate regime of the Yukon.”

Aside from these logbooks, most of the weather reporting was really only established in the 1970s, said Steele.

The hope is that researchers will take this data and come up with some conclusions about how the Yukon climate has changed over the years, he said.

“I’ve lived here all my life.

You don’t have to convince me that the climate is changing, right? But what we don’t’ know is actually what it’s changing from. We all have anecdotal memories of what things were like in the Yukon 50 years ago,

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Rick Steele co-ordinated the Yukon Research Centre’s project to digitize 50 years of historical weather data from the White Pass and Yukon Route company log books.

but we don’t have any numbers. This is the closest we’re going to get to having a real kind of number portrait of what the climatic regime of the Yukon was 50 years ago. So that’s a big deal.”

The data is far from perfect.

“We don’t know the precise locations of most of these weather stations,” said Steele.

“Were they up a hill, were they down by the river? Were they on the north side of the hill, the south side of a hill? Was the thermometer out in the sunlight, so were you getting direct sunlight readings, or were they in the shade? We have no way of knowing that.”

But anomalies in the data should be smoothed out by the volume of what is available, said Steele.

“You may have some bad data at points in there, you may have a careless guy, some guy in a station with a drinking problem wasn’t doing it quite right, but if you have a 50-year span, that’s probably going to normalize it. You’re going to get some kind of normalcy out of that.”

Right now, the databank’s website contains some archival photos, background information, and a Google map.

Submitted photo/Yukon News

Old log books from the White Pass and Yukon Route riverboats and trains were a valuable source of historical weather data.

The map shows the 30 locations where weather data had been collected. For each, spreadsheets can be downloaded to show all the collected data.

The next step will be to really compile all of the information into a database, said Steele.

Eventually, you should be able to go into the data and say, “Give me Dawson, Mayo and

Stewart Crossing and give me the max temperature each day there from 1942 to 1957,” and the database would generate a report, he said.

At this point, you would have to compile all of that yourself.

Steele would also like to see images of the original log books available online. The anecdotal reports are not available currently in the spread-

sheets.

Students did go through the books and take digital photographs of every page, and if anyone would like to see those, Steele would be happy to send them a link to a Dropbox folder where they can be downloaded, he said.

He hopes that the data, now that it is available, will take on a bit of a life of its own Improving the database could be “crowd-sourced” to researchers using it for their own purposes, he said.

“I’ve been to a lot of conferences. Every time I talk about this data set, I get snowed with business cards. I know there’s a lot of interest out there.”

Already, the Yukon College statistics teacher has asked to use the data in his class, to have the students analyze it and try to come up with patterns, said Steele.

“We want data to be open.

We want people to have access to this stuff. We don’t know who’s going to have the use for it.”

The data is available at yukonresearch.yukoncollege. yk.ca.

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Former Japan prime ministers urge phase out of nuclear power Elaine Kurtenbach

in Fukushima following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, contending that resource-scarce TOKYO Japan cannot afford not to. His govapan’s flagging anti-nuclear ernment is drawing up a national movement is getting a boost from energy policy that will likely reverse two former prime ministers who a commitment by the previous govare calling for atomic power to be ernment to phase out nuclear power phased out following the Fukuover the next two decades. shima disaster.

Polls have shown the majority Former Prime Minister Junichiro of the public, jittery over radiation Koizumi said Tuesday that the currisks, prefers to shift away from the rent prime minister, Shinzo Abe, nuclear plants that provided nearly should take advantage of his high a third of Japan’s power generation public support and sway in Parliacapacity before the accident at the ment to “do the right thing.”

Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, “Prime Minister Abe should use the worst since the Chernobyl disasthe power given to him to do what ter in 1986. the majority of the people want,” Even within Abe’s Liberal DemoKoizumi said in a speech at the Jacratic Party, opinions over the future pan Press Club. “It can be achieved. for nuclear power are divided.

Why miss this chance?”

Japan’s rapid turnover in leaderKoizumi said that with Japan’s ship over the past two decades nuclear plants all offline for safety means there are plenty of former checks it would be easiest to begin prime ministers. At least three, the phase-out soon. including Koizumi, have said they Abe favours restarting the nusupport ending use of nuclear clear plants under safety guidelines power. revised after multiple meltdowns Their support could help reinAssociated Press

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Former Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi said that with Japan’s nuclear plants all offline for safety checks following the Fukushima disaster it would be easier to begin the phase-out soon.

vigorate the anti-nuclear movement, which has lost some of its vitality nearly three years after the Fukushima accident.

Another former prime minister, Morihiro Hosokawa, said in an interview published in the Tokyo Shimbun on Tuesday that he also favours an end to reliance on nuclear

power.

“I can’t understand why they want restarts of the nuclear plants when there is no place to discard the nuclear waste,” Hosokawa said.

“It would be a crime against future generations for our generation to restart nuclear plants without resolving this issue,” he said.

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Koizumi likewise emphasized his concern over nuclear waste disposal, especially in a densely populated, land-scarce country like Japan.

Experts have questioned whether earthquake-prone Japan can safely store nuclear waste under any scenario.

“I think it is too optimistic and irresponsible to assume we can find a final radioactive waste storage site in Japan, after the accident,” he said.

Even burying it underground for 100,000 years could expose future generations to harmful radiation, he said.

“What language should we use to convey the hazards to those people in the future?” he said.

The government has been stepping up help for the operator of the Fukushima plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co., as it cleans up radiation leaks and begins the long process of decommissioning the crippled plant.

The Liberal Democrats and their coalition partners on Monday recommended increased funding for decontamination of areas where residents, tens of thousands of whom have been evacuated due to radiation worries, would be most likely able to return home.

The report also urged the government to build a temporary burial site to store nuclear waste from the cleanup for up to 30 years, until a permanent storage site is ready.

“The government will present a detailed reconstruction blueprint, as we must do more to help rebuild the lives of the people who were affected by the disaster,” Abe said.

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Drillers turn to water recycling to address drought, waste challenges Ramit Plushnick-Masti

about 20 per cent of the water eventually remerges, but it is jam-packed with contaminants from drilling MIDLAND, Texas chemicals and heavy metals picked hen the rain stopped falling up when the water hits oil. Until in Texas, the prairie grass recently, that water was dumped as yellowed, the soil cracked and oil waste, often into injection wells deep drillers were confronted with a crisis. underground.

After years of easy access to cheap, Many companies, each using plentiful water, the land they prized slightly different technology and for its vast petroleum wealth was methods, are offering ways of reusing starting to dry up. that water. Some, like Schlosberg’s At first, the drought that took Water Rescue Services, statically hold a few years ago seemed to charge the water to allow particles threaten the economic boom that of waste to separate and fall to the arose from hydraulic fracturing, bottom. Those solids are taken to a drilling method that uses huge a landfill, leaving more than 95 per amounts of high-pressure, chemical- cent of the water clean enough to be laced water to free oil and natural reused for fracking. gas trapped deep in underground Other operators, such as Walton, rocks. But drillers have found a way Ky.-based Pure Stream, offer two to get by with much less water: They technologies – one that cleans water recycle it using systems that not so it can be reused in the oil patch long ago they may have eyed with and another more expensive system suspicion. that renders it clean enough to be “This was a dramatic change to dumped into rivers and lakes or used the practices that the industry used in agriculture. for many, many years,” said Paul Todd Ennenga, Pure Stream’s Schlosberg, co-founder and chief vice-president of business developfinancial officer of Water Rescue ment, said interest in the technology Services, the company that runs has doubled in the past year alone. recycling services for Fasken Oil and Some others tout methods that Ranch in West Texas, which is now leave behind no solid waste at all, 90 per cent toward its goal of not us- eliminating the need to transport ing any freshwater for fracturing, or anything to a landfill. A few compa“fracking,” as it is commonly known. nies insist they can frack without any Before the drought, “water was water. prevalent, it was cheap and it was “It’s really taken off,” Ennenga taken for granted,” he added. said of recycling. Two years ago, he Just a few years ago, many drillers said, most operators were still vetting suspected water recyclers were trying the different systems. These days, to sell an unproven idea designed they have a plan and are saying, “We to drain money from multimillion need to do this right now.” dollar businesses. Now the system In Texas, the fracking boom is helping drillers use less freshwabegan around 2009, just as the state ter and dispose of less wastewater. fell into years of drought. Especially Recycling is rapidly becoming a hard-hit were South and West Texas, popular and economic solution for a where rock formations have proven burgeoning industry. to be rich sources of oil and gas.

The change is happening so Residents who were told to cut back swiftly that regulators are racing to keep up and in some cases taking The new Yukon home of steps to make it easier for drillers to recycle.

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Water gushes out of a drilling pipe as it is pulled up to be replaced with a fresh pipe at a hydraulic fracturing site in Midland, Texas. With fresh water not plentiful companies have been looking for ways to recycle their waste.

on lawn watering and car washing grumbled about drillers hogging water supplies.

Similar issues have arisen in arid parts of Wyoming, North Dakota, New Mexico and Colorado.

Farther east, states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, face different issues. There, water is

relatively plentiful but disposal of wastewater has been bureaucratically difficult and expensive, while the sites that can collect it are scarce.

States are scrambling to draft regulations for the new recycling systems.

In Texas, requests for recycling permits rose from fewer than two a

year in 2011 to 30 approved applications in fiscal year 2012. So the Texas Railroad Commission, the agency that oversees oil and gas operations, revamped the rules in March, eliminating the need for drillers to get a permit if they recycle on their own lease or on a third-party’s property.

Commission spokeswoman Ramona Nye said in an email that the new rules are designed to “help operators enhance their water conservation efforts” and encourage recycling.

In Ohio, disposing of drilling wastewater has hit some obstacles.

Activity at a deep injection well near Youngstown was tied to one in a series of earthquakes, and a former officer of the firm that ran the operation has been indicted in connection with a separate dumping incident that allegedly violated the Clean Water Act. That led to a temporary moratorium on disposal sites in that region, stricter rules and a government review.

Pennsylvania, meanwhile, has few dumping sites, and operators once paid large sums to haul wastewater to Ohio. Recycling has now become cheaper, and transports to Ohio have dwindled.

Back in Texas, Fasken Oil and Ranch believes it solved many of its early problems with the containment pools, tanks, pipelines and trailers.

Within six months, the company expects to reach its goal of using no freshwater in its fracking operations – a feat made possible by combining recycled water with briny water drawn from an aquifer and treated.

Then Fasken will start applying the same methods at drilling sites in South Texas and New Mexico, Manager Jimmy Davis said.

“We face the same problems,” Davis said. “There’s not an abundance of freshwater.”

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ARTS Lawrence Hill delivers Massey Lectures The former Berton House writer takes on how blood shapes our lives Elaine Corden Special for the News

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awrence Hill doesn’t have the voice you’d expect just from reading his writing.

The critically acclaimed author, whose 2007 novel The Book of Negroes won the 2008 overall Commonwealth Writer’s Prize and was named the official selection for the 2009 edition of CBC’s Canada Reads, is commanding on the page, evoking the bass or baritone of a confident valedictorian.

But in person – out loud – Hill is soft spoken, a natural high tenor with a tendency to talk in a near whisper.

It’s a fact Yukoners discovered when Hill was writer-in-residence at The Berton House Writers’ Retreat in Dawson City in the spring of 2012. There, Hill, who insisted new friends call him “Larry,” impressed Dawsonites with a genuinely humble approach to spending three months in the Klondike.

Rather than regale those clamouring to have the respected author at their dinner parties with well-practiced writerly anecdotes, Hill made for an interested, undeniably curious guest – as dedicated to finding out about his hosts as he was to sharing his own stories.

After he departed, those same dinner party throwers were delighted to find Hill had not forgotten them. Gifts arrived – stock pots for those who’d cooked him soup, presents for the young child of another dinner host, simple notes of thanks. Hill is a clearly a man made of no small amount of grace.

It will be fascinating then, for them and others to tune in to CBC Radio One’s Ideas this week, where every night the program will rebroadcast one of the five Massey Lectures that Hill delivered to live audiences across Canada this past October. Entitled Blood: The Stuff of Life, and adapted from a new book by Hill of the same name (his eighth), the lecture series addresses how much the red stuff coursing through our veins shapes who we are, how we think, and what we’re willing to die for.

As Hill’s writing tends to draw on the personal and place it in the context of the political or social, perhaps these lectures provide some insight into what makes Hill such a generous and gracious soul.

On the phone from Lester B. Pearson International Airport, waiting for a plane that will take him to Calgary, which has chosen The Book of Negroes for its 2013 One Book, One Calgary event, Hill is sometimes barely audible

talking to him about it, would say, ‘I just can’t handle this, Dad.’” says Hill.

Hill’s familial relationships are just one of the elements of blood he addresses in his lectures and book. The child of a black father and a white mother, Hill writes of being confounded by his “true” identity until a life-saving blood transfusion in Niger in the late 1970s released him from the idea that his blood defined his personhood.

Likewise, Hill scoffs at the idea that his writing abilities came via the “blood” of his mother and father – both noted intellectuals.

Hill even rejects the idea that parental love itself is blood-bound, citing his five children (three biological and two step-children) as irrefutable proof that blood is not the sole fuel of familial love.

Unsurprisingly for a subject as universal as blood, Hill’s lectures and book meander all over the map, weaving in personal stories, war histories, art theory, feminist politics, iconic cultural moments, and well-researched science to illustrate how key the matter is to all of our human interactions.

One gets the feeling he had far more than five lectures’ worth of material.

Still, he’ll eventually move on to the next topic that interests him, when the world will finally let him.

First off, though, there’s rounds of interviews about the Massey Lectures, then there’s working on drafts of his next novel, about a marathon runner (a subject dear to Hill’s heart – he trained as a teen to make the Canadian Olympic team for the 26.2-mile race, only to be told upon testing that he had the blood of a 40-something smoker and should pursue writing).

In spring 2014, he’ll be in Nova Scotia to supervise the miniseries Nigel Dickson photo adaptation of The Book of Negroes, Former Berton House writer Lawrence Hill’s Massey Lectures can be heard on CBC Radio which was optioned for adaptaOne’s Ideas this week.. tion by CBC (Canada) and BET beneath the background bustle tering the world that I very much able reactions, some as innocuous (US) last fall.

Eventually, though, he’ll return around him. wanted to develop. So the invitaas fainting over a paper-cut and to the north of Canada, to finish “It was a year and a half ago tion came along at a time when I others as horrific as mass genoworking on a book he began when they asked me to be the very much wanted to develop my cide. researching during his Berton (2013 Massey lecturer),” says skills as a public thinker.”

“I want to talk about things House residency – a story focusHill of the honour, which has The topic on which Hill eventhat I feel people don’t like to ing on the 3,000 black Americans previously been bestowed on tually settled is hardly surprising think about, or places where we world-renowned thinkers includ- for those familiar with his work: have a lot of unexamined conver- brought from the southern United ing Martin Luther King Jr., Doris for years, Hill has written about sations, whether that’s about how States to help build the Alaska Highway. Hill says he has collected Lessing, Margaret Atwood, and being a person of mixed race in we think about blood and race, Noam Chomsky. “At first, I had to Canada, and what role his genetic or who we will allow to donate a massive amount of research on think really hard about what kind makeup – his blood – plays in the issue, and is just waiting for blood, or embryonic stem cell of book and lectures I was going who he is as a human being. He’s the time to work on it all. research, or doping in sports,” he to create. I’ve always loved to chal- also been a keen advocate for Right now, it seems time is alsays, adding that at his first lecture lenge the two sides of myself – the social justice, a pursuit whose in the series, held at Concordia most as precious as blood for the pure and creative novelistic side very aim is to prevent that fluid’s University, he did indeed have an in-demand writer. So Yukoners where I spend most of my time, spillage. audience member pass out in the will just have to settle for hearbut also more as a public intelStill, blood, that common mat- first minute. ing that soft tenor of his on their lectual. Which is another way of ter on which we are all dependent, “My own son, who’s 19, when radio: a voice in the blood, if not thinking and another way of encreates all kinds of uncomfortI was researching the book and the flesh.

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nowhere near the beneficial side of the argument, which is what a health claim should require.”

TORONTO The products Bazinet is referring ealth Canada should rescind to are corn, sunflower and safflower the permission it granted to oils, which are rich in omega-6 manufacturers of some cooking oils fatty acids, but contain negligible to put health claims on their prodamounts of omega-3 fatty acids. uct labels, a new analysis published He and co-author Dr. Michael Monday in the Canadian Medical Chu analyzed the findings of existAssociation Journal argues. ing studies; they did not conduct The article, written by a nutrinew research on these oils. tional science researcher and a carThey noted that while there is diologist, says the available evidence evidence supporting the claim that suggests oils rich in omega-6 polycooking oils containing a mix of unsaturated fatty acids but contain- omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids ing little or no omega-3 fatty acids lower the risk of heart disease, the are not protective of heart health same is not true for omega-6 on its and may even slightly increase the own. risk of heart disease.

And further, there are hints in the “I can’t follow the logic of givdata that omega-6-rich oils may be ing these ones a health claim,” said associated with a slightly elevated Richard Bazinet of the University of risk of heart disease.

Toronto’s department of nutritional “It’s not like we’re debating sciences. whether this protected people or “When you look at evidence had no effect. We’re saying the – beneficial, neutral, bad – we’re debate is: Would it be harmful in the debating bad or neutral.... We’re Canadian Press

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general population or not?” Bazinet said.

Oils that contain a mix of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are canola and soybean, which are in fact the oils Canadians consume most frequently. Canola oil and soybean oil comprise about 55 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively, of Canadian oil intake.

By contrast, cooking oils rich in omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids make up only about five per cent of Canadian consumption.

Olive oil is a monounsaturated product and was not included in their analysis of studies, said Bazinet, adding that it is considered a healthy dietary choice.

“We’re not telling people they have to go out and lower their intakes of this, because they’re not very high,” he said of oils rich in omega-6. “What we’re just saying is: If we’re going to take these health claims seriously, these products shouldn’t be allowed one.”

Stephen Cunnane, a professor whose research focuses on brain metabolism and aging at the University of Sherbrooke, Que., concurred with Bazinet’s and Chu’s assessment.

“I would agree that there’s not good evidence that the omega-6 oils alone are beneficial,” Cunnane said.

In 2012, Health Canada agreed to let manufacturers of cooking oils containing either omega-6 or a combination of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids claim on their product labels that these oils help reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering cholesterol.

Health Canada did not immediately reply to questions about whether it would reconsider its position on omega-6- rich cooking oils.

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Interview dress code should be clearly spelled out

by Judith Martin

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I went to an interview for a parttime job wearing an expensive blazer and blouse, heels, good jewelry and makeup, along with a pair of classically tailored denim trousers — not jeans.

The administrative assistant met me at the door with a fullbodied scream — I do not exaggerate — “You’re wearing jeans!

Mr. X. hates jeans.”

I was somewhat taken aback, but I said calmly, “If you have a company dress code, I shall tell him that, if hired, I shall certainly comply with it.”

Her response was to tell me that I could not interview that day and to come back when I was dressed differently. I left feeling confused and insulted. I was not told to wear specific clothes to the interview, and I certainly

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looked professional; I am 60 years old and a college professor.

My thoughts are that if this company did not want to hire me, that was entirely up to them, but to treat me this way was incredibly discourteous. Am I wrong to feel this way?

GENTLE READER: You are not, Miss Manners assumes, asking her to understand the distinction between denim trousers and jeans, even if Praxiteles himself did the alterations.

But perhaps she can help by sharing her suspicion that the administrative assistant may not have been acting with the full support of her boss and company. As you say, why would the company encourage such behavior?

If Miss Manners is correct, you might have a different problem, namely that the assistant, surprised at your compliance, neglected to mention to her boss not just your apparel, but your appearance. A written note to the boss explaining that you were sorry to be turned away from the interview should result in his either chastising the assistant or — if she was transmitting his orders — thanking her for sparing him the sight of denim.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter and her boyfriend eloped in Hawaii. His mother is on the East Coast and I’m on the West Coast. I’ve never met her, and I’d like to send her a card saying how sweet I think her son is and how happy I am for them ... along with congratulating the two new mothers-in-law!

I asked my daughter for her address, and she told me it would be too “weird” to write her. I’d love receiving a card from her!

Do I need to catch up with this new generation?

GENTLE READER: “Weird”?

To express good will to someone whom your daughter has brought into the family? You now have a relationship with this lady, and Miss Manners encourages you to welcome her, as well as to explain to your daughter that marriages unite two families.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I play role-playing games (like Dungeons and Dragons), and I always show up with snacks for everyone. Nine times out of 10, the other guys fail to bring anything, and what they have is for personal consumption. What is the polite way to play?

GENTLE READER: With this crowd, Miss Manners recommends after dinner.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter-in-law uses her name when making hotel reservations for the entire family. Should not she have used her husband’s name? She also has her voice on the answering machine. Should not the husband be the one with a message on the answering machine?

GENTLE READER: Disliking your daughter-in-law does not entitle you to declare her a nonperson. Besides, Miss Manners feels obliged to tell you, it won’t work.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a 60-year-old woman, and my husband’s mother has died. She was the last of our four surviving parents to die within the past 10 years, and we feel the losses daily.

I was stunned to receive two sympathy notes from different acquaintances that said they were blessed to still have all living and healthy parents. While I appreciate their acknowledging our loss, I felt a stab to the heart to have that so callously pointed out within a day of my mother-inlaw’s death.

Please tell readers that a simple but sincere “I’m sorry” is sufficient and much appreciated.

GENTLE READER: Indeed.

Why people think it is comforting to compare their own good fortune — or even their own bad fortune, which is sometimes done — when supposedly offering sympathy, Miss Manners has never understood.

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www. missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners(at)gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.)

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Mustangs win Whitehorse tournament in thrilling final Tom Patrick News Reporter

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t took a few tries, but the Whitehorse Atom Jr. Mustangs figured out how to clip the wings of the Mat-Su Eagles from Wasilla, Alaska.

After three losses to the Eagles, the Mustangs squeaked out a 3-2 nail-biter win over the Alaskans in the final of the Whitehorse International Atom Hockey Tournament at Takhini Arena on Sunday.

Team-play along with grit and determination won the day, said Mustangs head coach Clint Mylymok.

“The Alaskan team in the tournament played great,” he said. “I think they were great competition for our guys to see what top-level hockey is.

“We played a simpler game than we have. It was the first time they played as a team and not as guys trying to do their own thing.

“A lot of the kids are a little banged up, but I told them you’re going to get banged up to win a game.”

The Mustangs earned a spot in the final with a pair of wins over the Fort Nelson Fury.

The Eagles arrived in the final undefeated, having defeated the Mustangs 6-1 in the two teams’ previous encounter on Saturday.

“It’s always nice to see the kids getting better and better every game,” said Mustangs assistant coach Pat Brunet. “As the tournament went along different players stepped up at different times.

“But beating a team that you lost to 6-1 the game prior, and then beating them in the finals 3-2, really shows a lot of character and that the kids really stepped up when it mattered.

It’s really nice to see.”

Twice in the final the Mustangs took one-goal leads before the Eagles put in tying goals.

Tied 2-2, Mustangs’ Huss Breithhaup took a pass from behind the net from Jayden Hardie and delivered the winning goal – his first of the tournament – on a backhand with 1:52 left in regulation.

Hardie scored the Mustangs’ first goal to make it 1-0 with 7:35 left in the second period. Teammate Landon Marsh scored Whitehorse’s second goal, assisted by Joey Schultz, to make it 2-1 with 7:54 left in the second.

“Unfortunately, we couldn’t get it done at the end. The Whitehorse team stepped up and played great,” said Eagles head coach Jeff Woolcott. “I give

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Atom Jr. Mustangs’ Huss Breithhaup shoots the game-winning goal during the final of the Whitehorse International Atom Hockey Tournament at Takhini Arena on Sunday. The Mustangs defeated Alaska’s Mat-Su Eagles 3-2.

full credit to the Whitehorse club. Those guys came out and absolutely played their hearts out. I knew, being in their home city, they weren’t just going to give it to us.

“For us, we were fatigued.

We played six games before this – we played one just an hour and 15 minutes before. We were tired.”

Leading the charge for Whitehorse over the weekend were Schultz and Ashton Underhill, each with four goals and an assist. Errol Ekholm had two goals and four assists while teammates Marsh and Connor Cozens each had two goals and two assists.

Mustangs goalies Naoise Dempsey and Aiden Power split the games through the tournament.

“Our goalies were great,” said Mylymok. “I thought their goalie was good, but for the one game our goalies were better.”

The Fort Nelson Fury went winless in the tournament with some rather lopsided losses.

Since Fort Nelson sent a house league team, the Whitehorse Minor Hockey Association altered the schedule and set up a game between the Fury and Whitehorse house league team Titan Gaming.

needles and they just had a wonderful experience here,” said Woolcott. “Whitehorse has been so nice and accommodating and we just can’t thank them enough. We would love to see this (tournament) built in the coming years.”

The Whitehorse tournament was the Atom Jr. Mustangs’ first of the season.

The rec team will next travel to Alberta for the Leduc Adam Myers Memorial Tournament this coming weekend.

Tom Patrick/Yukon News “For us, it was real importMustangs’ Joshua Schenk, left, puts a shot on net despite ant that they played some tough blocking efforts from Eagles’ Raeley Carney. competition before we go to Leduc,” said Mylymok. “So The game ended in a 3-3 tie. to make it an annual event, per- when we go to Leduc and face Titan’s Hunter Long scored once haps trying it with different age a good team, they won’t be too and MVP Christopher Arsenault divisions in the coming years. worried about it. They’ve seen a scored twice.

Hosting tournaments make good team already.

“Fort Nelson thought it was a lot of sense, economically “That was probably as good a more of a house league level speaking, he added. team that we’ll face this year.” tournament and kind of mis“We may have come close to The Whitehorse Minor gauged the competition, so they breaking even, but even if we’re Hockey Association will take up were a little overwhelmed by just close, that’s a huge suchosting duties again next month the level of play of the two rep cess to have,” said Burgess. “It for Hockey Day in Whitehorse teams,” said Whitehorse Minor costs anywhere from $15,000 to and Mustangs Night Dec. 6-8. president Carl Burgess. “They $25,000 for a team to travel to a Four Outside teams are lookdo have experience competing tournament, so hosting a tourat a high level, but we just made nament makes some great sense. ing to visit Whitehorse to comsome adjustments so they could We wish we had more weekends pete against Mustangs teams have fun.” in the year so we could do it for from peewee to midget.

Burgess considered the every division.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tournament a success and hopes “The kids were on pins and tomp@yukon-news.com

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Rachel Pettitt skates to sixth at Sectionals Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse’s Rachel Pettitt stepped on the ice in what would be her final competitive performance with no pressure weighing on her.

A botched short program all but eliminated her chances at a podium spot at Skate Canada’s BC/YT Sectional Championships in Richmond on Sunday.

So she just did her thing in her long program.

“I didn’t have anything to lose going into it,” said Pettitt. “I just forgot about it and just skated.

“I had a good attempt on my triple-toe and I pretty much did all the things that are easy for me.

“It wasn’t a great score for me at all, but it managed to get me third.”

The Arctic Edge skater placed 12th in her short program on Saturday and skated to third in her long for sixth overall in novice women on Sunday.

The 14-year-old scored a 26.12 in the short, a 55.51 in the long for 81.63 overall.

By missing the top-four, Pettitt does not advance to Skate Canada Challenge, the final qualifying event for the 2014 Canadian Figure Skating Championships.

“It just makes me want it even more next year,” said Pettitt. “I’ll just work really hard and I’ll get it next year.”

In her short program, Pettitt fell on the triple-toe and on the double-lutz.

She also popped her double axel, doing a single instead.

“I had a great practice that morning, so I was really confident going in,” said Pettitt. “I think, overall, I put too much pressure on myself to make it to Challenge this year.

“I got tight in my whole program and didn’t skate like I wanted to skate it.”

Though her season is ending earlier

than she would like, it was nonetheless an illustrious one.

Pettitt, who trains at the Kelowna Figure Skating Club in B.C., won silver in novice ladies at the 2013 Autumn Leaves competition in Chilliwack, B.C. last month.

She also won bronze at Summer Skate and at the Sask Skate Invitational in Regina, and gold at a competition in Washington State.

She opened the season with a fifth-place finish at the Super Series Victoria Day competition in May. “I’m pretty happy with my season overall, leading to this,” said Pettitt.

Pettitt moved up from prenovice to novice following outstanding results last season.

She placed fourth in pre-novice at the Skate Canada Challenge – the division’s national championship – last season in Regina, Sask. Her result marked the highest placement by a Yukoner at the event.

Pettitt qualified for the Challenge nationals after becoming the first Yukoner to win gold at last year’s BC/ YT Sectional Championships.

She also was the first Yukon skater to win B.C.’s Super Series, a season-long competition capped by the Sectional championships.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Whitehorse’s Rachel Pettitt skates in Arctic Edge’s Broadway on Ice show in February.

Pettitt placed sixth in novice women at the BC/YT Sectional Championships on Sunday in Richmond.

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Crusaders, Warriors set for semifinal match-up ‘I have to give props to F.H. for working their way back into that match.’

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Warriors’ Cheyenne Ryan bumps the ball during her team’s loss to the Vanier Crusaders on Friday. The Warriors and Crusaders will meet in the Super Volley semifinal on Thursday.

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Porter Creek Rams setter Hannah Milner attempts a save against the F.H. Collins Warriors during Super Volley at F.H. Collins Secondary on Thursday. The undefeated Rams earned a bye into the Super Volley finals on Friday.

Tom Patrick

for working their way back into that match.”

Friday’s game was the f Friday’s game is any insecond between the two teams dication, this week’s Super this season to go to five sets.

Volley senior girls semifinal is The Warriors, who haven’t going to be an intense battle. secured a win in Super Volley The Vanier Crusaders this season, pushed the Crunarrowly held on to beat the saders to five in the two teams’ F.H. Collins Warriors 25-23, season opener.

25-16, 23-25, 26-24, 15-10 to “This one as well was a tight end the Super Volley regular one,” said Warriors head coach season at F.H. Collins Second- Lacey McLoughlin. “I’m not ary. disappointed. I’m really happy The Crusaders and Warwith how our girls played. It’s riors, who finished the regular the best I’ve seen them play all season ranked second and season.” third respectively, will face F.H. Collins won the third each other in Thursday’s semi- set on an unreturned serve final. The winning team will from Warriors’ Player of the go on to play the Porter Creek Game Quynh Nguyen.

Rams in the Super Volley final Nguyen’s serve helped the on Friday.

Warriors take an 8-0 lead at “It’s the joys of coachthe start of the fourth set. The ing girls 11/12 volleyball: it’s strong serves kept coming as going to be back and forth, the Warriors took the fourth up and down, and you never set on an ace from Rachel know what’s going to happen,” Kinvig. said Crusaders co-head coach “Our serve-receive in the Janna Tait. “You can never first two sets was really weak, assume a game is yours; you the girls had a hard time,” said have to play right to the last McLoughlin. “They haven’t been playing together for very point.

“I have to give props to F.H. long – they are a very young News Reporter

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team. Some of them have only been playing for a year or two.

So their chemistry together isn’t very strong always.

“The first couple of sets they just had to get warmed up, shake out the nerves and get confident. Once they realized they can do it, they can play, they went and had fun.”

The Warriors also lost to the Porter Creek Rams 25-14, 25-

12, 25-21 the previous night at home.

The Rams haven’t dropped a Super Volley match all season and won the Dawson Invitational Volleyball Tournament at the end of last month.

“We all try really hard and play 100 per cent every time we get on the court,” said Rams setter Hannah Milner.

“We always have positive

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The Crusaders are the defending Super Volley champs from last season while the Rams are the defending Yukon champs.

The Warriors-Crusaders semifinal will take place this Thursday evening at Vanier Catholic Secondary.

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Warriors end regular season undefeated ‘We have good size, lots of talent from the younger kids, and our big guys can deliver in desperate times, that really helps us out.’

Tom Patrick News Reporter

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he F.H. Collins Warriors senior boys are a win away from being crowned this year’s Super Volley champions.

Even before a winning their final regular-season game in the Whitehorse high school senior volleyball league, the Warriors had already secured a bye into this Friday’s final.

The Warriors have gone undefeated all season in the Super Volley League and won the Dawson Invitational Volleyball Tournament two weeks ago.

“We have good size, lots of talent from the younger kids, and our big guys can deliver in desperate times, that really helps us out,” said Warriors captain Kyle Wallace.

The Warriors finished the regular season with straightset wins on their home court at F.H. Collins Secondary on Thursday and Friday.

They beat the Porter Creek Rams 25-22, 25-12, 25-23 before downing the Vanier Crusaders 25-20, 25-16, 28-26.

The Crusaders were a point away from forcing a fourth set at 25-24 in the third before a missed serve erased the opportunity. The Warriors took the match on a big kill from Wallace playing right side.

Wallace, who was named his team’s Player of the Game, also secured the second set with a kill.

F.H. Collins took the first set on a block from Tristan Sparks.

“It was a good game. I’m happy we were able to keep

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Warriors’ Jono Runions bumps the ball against the Vanier Crusaders on Friday. Vanier will host this week’s Super Volley playoffs.

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F.H. Collins Warriors’ Dominic Korn attempts to block Porter Creek Rams’ Garret Stagg during Super Volley action at F.H. Collins Secondary on Thursday. The Warriors remained undefeated and will play in Friday’s Super Volley final. #ticket2ride

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up to them the entire time,” said Crusaders middle Ethan Robinson. “There was never any point where they started pulling out a big lead. We were always able to get it back.

“Realistically, we just need to push through it. We always come up to a mental block.”

The Rams, who pushed the Warriors to five sets in their previous Super Volley match, put up a good fight in the first and third sets on Thursday.

They jumped out to an 11-3 lead to open the match before the Warriors caught up at 19-19. The Warriors reached set-point and took the set with blocks from the team’s Player of the Game, Dominic Korn.

The Warriors later took the game on a block from Sparks at match-point.

The Rams have ended the Super Volley regular season without a win. But don’t count them out. Last year the Van-

ier Crusaders went winless in Super Volley before winning the Yukon championships.

“We’ve come a long way since we started and we just need to get our head in the game and do what we know we can do,” said Rams captain Jack Woodwalker.

“Mistakes on our side of the court” contributed to Thursday’s loss, he added. “In the first and third (sets) we kept it under control on our side of the court, didn’t make too many mistakes. We kept our hits down and that’s what kept us in the game there.”

The Crusaders and Rams will faceoff in the Super Volley semifinal Thursday evening at Vanier Catholic Secondary. The winner will go on to play the Warriors on Friday.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Dear Annie: I’m a young professional, and I have nothing left. After eight months of searching for a job in my field, I moved to a small town 12 hours away from family and friends to take a graduate-friendly position. Two months in, the firm let me go, saying there wasn’t enough work for me. To make matters worse, my successful friends back home are telling me about the jobs they love and the exotic vacations they’re taking.

Annie, I feel like such an idiot. I have always been the good son who worked hard, volunteered, went to college, got good grades, finished his degree and put in long hours at an after-school job. I sacrificed so much and put off all the things I wanted to do so I could be the “perfect candidate” who gets the great job, the nice car and the house. Now I’m homesick, on government assistance and no closer to finding work. I’m convinced it’s all been for nothing.

I’m starting to resent my friends, even though it’s not their fault. For the first time in my life, I have no idea where I’ll end up. My anger is so stifling that I can’t breathe. I decided to backpack across Europe when the unemployment checks run out, but that made my father so nervous that he offered me my old room back.

What should I do? Move back in with my parents and be the hardworking loser in a loser job? Or should I follow my dreams for a while and do something wonderful before I start again? — Joe Not-So-Cool Dear Joe: Life isn’t fair. Sometimes you can do all the right things but still struggle, while others seem to skate by. But it sounds as if you could use a break, and backpacking across Europe can be an opportunity not to be missed. So go ahead, but understand that when you return, you will still have to find a job, and your father’s offer may no longer be available.

Use the experience for personal growth and learning, and come back refreshed and re-energized.

Dear Annie: I have learned that a college professor at a major university in my area uses obscenities while teaching his classes. He screams these diatribes at the students every day during his lectures. I saw a video of one of his classes and think the university should be informed. This is not how our young people should be taught.

Should I report him to someone? Who? — Frustrated Alumnus Dear Frustrated: If you think this professor’s teaching “technique” poorly represents the university, by all means say something to the dean of his department or the president of the university. Suggest they look into his videos. But understand that it’s up to the university to determine what action is taken, if any.

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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 Tuesday’s puzzle

Solution to Tuesday’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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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 the letter A.

This cartoon spells disaster. n alphabet is a series of written symbols used to represent the sounds made by human speech. Alphabets used around the world are all different because the sounds used for language in one country often differ greatly from the sounds used in another.

Let's get this alphabet started!

What did the witch do with the letters of the alphabet?

Cast a spell.

"Proto-Sinaitic" is one of the first known alphabets.

The Proto-Sinaitic alphabet borrowed many symbols from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics more than 3,500 years ago. Unlike hieroglyphics, which represented objects, the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet represented the different sounds of speech used in spoken language.

Can you help these letters reach the book?

Many early alphabets had letters only for consonants and did not have letters for vowels.

Early alphabets had only capital letters.

The Greek writing system was the first that read from left to right.

The Chinese writing system is the oldest continuously used writing system in the world.

Can you find the hidden words? Search carefully because some words are backward or diagonal.

R A D I O W A V E S R A D PHOENICIAN ALPHABET SPEECH E A T A I L O N S Y O G C CHINESE SOUND T H E E P I G O T M M R H ROMAN GREEK T B A H B L U B R B A E I ENGLISH LATIN E O A P I N T O U O N E N SYMBOL RIGHT L B A S D O G S S L I K E LETTER BOB A T H G I R O H C E E P S TWO B T E B A H P L A S T E E OW L A W N O O N I T A L

MO O N A I C I N E O H P

The Phoenician alphabet was developed from the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet around 1100 B.C.

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The Ancient Greek alphabet was developed from the Phoenician alphabet about 800 B.C. The Etruscan alphabet developed from the Greek alphabet about 600 B.C., and the Roman alphabet developed from the The modern "Digraphs" Etruscan about 50 years later.

English alphabet was are combinations developed from the Roman of letters, such as ch alphabet. The letters J, U and and th, that are used W did not exist in the Roman to represent sounds that What is a spelling teacher's favorite thing to eat? alphabet and were added to are not symbolized by Alphabet soup. the English alphabet as an individual letter How many recently as 600 in the English letters are in the alphabet? years ago. alphabet.

Eleven (the alphabet).

What happens once in a minute, twice in a moment but never in a thousand years?

The letter M.

The word alphabet is derived from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, "alpha" and "beta."

For more information on alphabets, check out these books: "Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet" by Don Robb (Charlesbridge Publishing) or "Pass it On! All About Notes" by Sharon Bailly (Millbrook Press). www.shortcutscomic.com

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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 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 Available Now Newly renovated OFFICE SPACE & RETAIL SPACE Close to Library & City Hall A short walk to Main Street Phone 633-6396 3-BDRM RIVERDALE, upper w/garage, avail Nov. 1, $1,700/mon. 332-5337

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NEWER 1,200 sq ft SHOP/STUDIO/OFFICE in Marwell area lots of natural light, in-slab heat with Viessman boiler, bathroom and small kitchen, $1,500/mon.

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 RENT ONE of our cozy cabins with sauna for a weekend getaway Relax and enjoy the winter wonderland on the S. Canol Road 332- 3824 or info@breathofwilderness.com.

1-BDRM BRIGHT, clean basement suite PC, responsible tenants, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail immed, $950/mon. 633-2046 2-BDRM, BRIGHT, clean basement suite PC, N/S, N/P, no partying, responsible tenants, avail immed. $1,050/mon. 633-2046 BACHELOR SUITE, lower, avail Dec. 1, N/S, N/P, 1st & last, $700/mon. incl utils.

332-5337 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-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 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 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.

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.

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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

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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

Office Space fOr LeaSe Above Starbuck’s on Main St. Nice clean, professional building, good natural light. 544 sq.ft. (can be leased as one office or can be split into two smaller spaces).

Competitive lease rates offered.

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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 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 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 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 comfortable home, TV, internet, cable, laundry facilities, parking, on bus route, fully furnished, N/S, N/P. 667-7733 after 5 pm ROOM IN Mountain View townhouse. $530/mth + utils. Lots of storage. Info 335-6462 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 ROOM IN Riverdale, $750/mon. all inclusive.

Annette, 333-0490 after 6pm.

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

Nov. 1, $800/mon. 660-5020 2-BDRM BASEMENT suite, Granger, newly renoʼd, furnished, sep. ent, kitchen, laundry, refs, & dd reqʼd, 334-9788, $1,700/mon incl. utils. 334-9788 2-BDRM TRAILER, spacious, $1,300/mon & heat & elec. 334-8381 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 suite, Valleyview, fully furnished incl. dishe, linens & cable. $1,350/mon.

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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 2-BDRM HOUSE, 406 Ogilvie with w/d, oil heat incl, $1,665/mon, avail Nov. 1. Lee at 393-2200 PORTER CREEK - 1 bdrm bsmnt suite, n/pets, N/S, close to bus stop, $1,000/mon. incl. heat & light. 456-7729 1-BDRM APT PC, clean, sep ent, coin laundry, near bus station, N/P, N/S, $900 + dd + utils. 334-9402 2-BDRM HOUSE in PC, full bsmt, N/S, no parties, pet considered, $1,600/mon, utils incl. 336-0112 1-BDRM SPLIT level duplex in DT area, sep ent, w/d, N/S, no pets, $1,100/mon incl. utils.

336-0112 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 LARGE, FURNISHED, corner office for rent, main floor. 1 block from Main Street. $875/mon. Sascha, 633-6463 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 1-BDRM GROUND level suite Riverdale, bright & clean, sep ent, w/d, back yard, avail immed. $1,000/mon, heat incl. 334-5448

2-3 BDRM upper level house Riverdale, bright & clean, sundeck, fireplace, carport, avail immed. $1,650/mon heat incl. 334-5448 1-BDRM BSMT suite Copper Ridge, 5 appliances, no pets, avail immed. $1,100 + dd, utils incl. 667-6828 ROOM D/T, shared bath, $800/mon.

334-1759 3-BDRM. IN Takhini, 2,000 sq ft w. garage, N/S, N/P, avail Dec. 1. $1,700/mon.

334-6510 5 BDRM, 2-3/4 bth, garage, fenced yard. $1,800/mon, N/S, no parties, 1 pet ok.

633-4357 3-BDRM TRAILER in Lobird, no dogs, avail immed. $1,350/mon + elec. 334-7872 LARGE ROOM in PC, private ent, recent reno, shared accom, avail immed, heat & utils incl, $750/mon + dd. 668-7213 BACHELOR SUITE DT, main floor, furnished, clean & quiet, Includes utilities, cable, wifi, linen, dishes, etc, N/P, no parties, smoking outside only. Refs & dd reqʼd. $800/mon. 456-4338 1-BDRM SUITE, Riverdale, sep ent, own laundry, dishwasher, stove, fridge. N/S, no parties, pets will be considered, $1,150/mon. incl utils. Email nona_ilieva@yahoo.com, leave name & ph no.

BACHELOR SUITE, PC, sep entrance, full bath, kitchen/dining area, access to sauna, N/S, N/P, $900/mon + dd, utils incl.

335-4075 FURNISHED MASTER bedroom Northland, w sep entrance, bathroom, no shower, responsible tenant, NS/NP/ND, avail Dec, $400 + dd all-inclusive. 456-7833 LARGE SEMI-BACHELOR, c/w fireplace, wifi, satellite TV, large treed acreage in Mary Lake, pets ok. $950/mon incl utils.

780-915-2940 anytime, or 335-3619 after 6pm.

2-BDRM NEW apt, Riverdale, incl heat, elec & hot water, big balcony, N/S, N/P, no parties, responsible tenant, avail immed. $1,500/mon. 668-5558 3-BDRM 2-BATH Riverdale suite, dishwasher, shared laundry, garage, workshop, avail Dec 1, N/S, refs, $1,500/mon + utils, 604-614-4418, www.riverdalerental.com FURNISHED, CLEAN room in large home in PC, incl TV, cable, internet, phone, utilis, w/d, parking, N/P. $650/mon. 332-7054 or 667-7733 3-BDRM DUPLEX, CR, 2 sep furnished spaces incl bdrm, bath, L/R, TV, internet, linen, dishes, util, shared kitchen/laundry, $1,100/mon upper, $900/mon lower, refs&dd, N/S N/P no parties, avail: Dec-Jun, 393-2700 40X70 SHOP with 14 Ft Door, reinforced concrete floor, 15 minutes from downtown, available immediately, $1500 a month.

633-5230 CONDO AVAIL. Jan 1st, Riverdale (potentially earlier) 1.5 bath, 3 bdrms, Renovated kitchen, half-bath and living room. Fenced yard, shed, parking, dog friendly. $1450/mth includes condo fees/water L/T, N/S. 334-1614 WOLF CREEK - available now, bright, clean 2-bdrm basement suite, 5 appliances, large fenced yard. No smoking, no parties, one dog OK. $1100/mon + utilities. References, security dep. req. 393-3728 4 BEDROOM log cabin on 16 acres available December 1.Two bathrooms, septic, well, woodstove, electric furnace, all appliances. Utilities not included. Pets welcome. $1700 per month.l Chris @ 633 3941

4 BEDROOM single family house downtown (406 Ogilvie) with washer and dryer now available. $1,665 per month. 393-2200 FURNISHED ROOM, in new condo near Yukon College. Female student preferred.

LG Closet, LG bathroom, free util and wi-fi.

Kitchen and lounge areas. $700/month.

Must love pets. 332-8887. Avail Nov 15.

3-BDRM 2-BATH upper level house, CR, bright & clean, shared laundry, N/S, no parties, $1,700/mon. 335-6410 lv msg, or carolinetran22@hotmail.com

Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871

LOCALLY-OWNED, WELL-ESTABLISHED vacuum truck company looking for Class 1, 3, Vacuum and Gravel Truck Operators. Oilfield tickets an asset but not necessary. Incentive package available. Blue Cross after three months. Must be willing to relocate or work three weeks on and one week off. Fax resume and driver's abstract to 403-845-3903.

RAYMOND BROS TRUCKING LTD is accepting resumes for experienced Class 1 drivers for seasonal camp work in fort Nelson.

Drivers must have references & experience with End Dump, Winch Truck & Low-Bedding Equipment.

H2S, 1st aid & GODI required Email: sraymond@northwestel.net

RAYMOND BROS TRUCKING LTD Accepting resumes for WATER TRUCK OPERATORS Fort Nelson oil patch $27-$30/hr + overtime Seasonal camp work Class 1 or 3 First Aid, H2S & GODI required sraymond@northwestel.net

Miscellaneous for Sale 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

LONG-TERM HOUSESITTER available for winter months, gd w/pets & plants. No criminal record, 30 yr. Yukon resident. 335-0009 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 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 4-BDRM HOUSE, Teslin Lake w. large garage, drilled well, gorgeous pine detailing. $369,000. 867-633-4778 RIVERDALE LOT, clear, serviced, quiet street, close to trails, south backyard, back alley, 50x100. 21 McQuesten. $179,900, wallymaltz@mac.com NEW 28ʼX34ʼ 2-storey unfinished house in Atlin, drilled well, power & septic field, on 2-acres w new 18ʼx28ʼ cabin, trailer & shop, nice location. $214,000. 250-651-7868 WANTED, 2-3 bdrm house, professional couple, long-time resident looking to buy beautiful house with property around Whitehorse (up to 30 min south). 335-6439, felix@beyondtrails.com

Help Wanted

Champagne and Aishihik First Nations

JOB OPPORTUNITY – October 30, 2013

Sr. Advisor to Chief & Council Salary: $70,821.44 - $82,851.07 Location: Haines Junction Under the direction of the Chief, this position provides a wide range of administrative support and analytical assistance to the Chief that includes strategic thinking on new directions for the organization; project design and project analysis including financial review. As well this position will assist in fostering good public relations with citizens, staff and other governments CAFN’s Human Resources Policy will apply. For complete job description please check the CAFN website at http://www.cafn.ca/jobs.html or contact below.

Application deadline: 4:30 p.m. on November 21, 2013 Send Applications and/or resumes to: Human Resource Assistant Champagne & Aishihik First Nations Fax: (867) 634-2108 | Ph: (867) 634-4244 | Email: jgraham@cafn.ca

Advertising Sales Representative 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.

Please drop resume off to Leroy at 411 ogilvie Street

Southern Tutchone Language Instructor The Lands, Resources and Heritage department is seeking the services of a Southern Tutchone language instructor teaching the Ta’an dialect. This assignment is a continuation of the Fall and Winter language classes.

Instructions are held on Mondays at the Health and Education Centre, 117 Industrial Road from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. beginning December 2nd.

Please submit a cover letter and resume to: Human Resources Department Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. 117 Industrial Road Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2T8 Fax: 867-667-4295 Email: Pkimbley@taan.ca

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

Data Entry Clerk

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

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CLEARWATER OILFIELD SERVICES, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta requires Class 1, 3 Vacuum Truck Drivers, Swampers. Local work. No day rating. Full benefits after six months. Fax 403-844-9324.

• 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

E M P LOY M E N T O P P O R T U N I T Y

NO PhONE cAllS PlEASE.

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

Full-time Positions Available

117 Industrial Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2T8 Telephone: 867.668.3613 Facsimile: 867.667.4295

Term Full Time

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

Envirolube

Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

Closing date: November 22, 2013

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

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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.blackpress.ca

www.yukonnews.com

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

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

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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

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

633-3053 OSBORNE WOOD-BURNING fireplace insert in gd cond, $300 obo. 633-6238 aft 6pm 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

Seeking Qualified CandidateS

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

SNOWBLOWER, OLDER Sears model, 24” wide. $200 obo. 633-4215 ELECTRIC SNOWTHROWER, 20” wide, used twice, works well. $150. 633-4215 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 ORIGINAL SHEEPSKIN coat from New Zealand, good shape, sz. small, $150 obo.

335-2231 after 6pm.

NEW PLASTIC mattress cover, still in pkg, new $100, asking $50. 335-2231 after 6pm.

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

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.

CANON VIXIA HF R300 HD camcorder, incl 32GB card, paid $350, asking $250. Call or text 334-2566

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.

KENMORE CANNISTER vacuum cleaner, 12.0 amps, c/w accessories, $50. 633-6404

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

BUILDING ON steel skids, 50ʼl x 10-11ʼw x 10ʼh. Very moveable. 668-2332

PROPANE BOTTLE 100+-, full revalve Oct/13, $150 firm. 333-1010 MCCLARY JUBILEE wood cookstove. $750. 668-6613, Kim 36" SENTINEL wood stove chimney pipe for 6" stovepipe, for 10" opening, one length, like new, original box. 668-3441 MOUNTAIN HARDWARE Ghost -40 DryLoft down sleeping bag, used 2 nights, like new, $650, 668-4634 ORGANIC FIBER asphalt shingles, Aristocrat 25 (red in color), enough for 450 sq ft. $150. 667-4910 DAKOTA SIZE 8 composite toe extreme cold, oil resistant, winter boots, barely used, over $200 new, asking $150 obo. 334-5190

ClosING DATE: NovEMBEr 14, 2013

3 QUALITY chandelier light fixtures, all 3 for $75, or $35 each for the 2 large ones, $20 for the smaller one. 456-7297

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.

SELLING BRYCE Courtenay Novels: 'Jessica' and 'The Potato Factory' $10 for both.

Call 334-1013

INSULATED OVERHEAD garage door, 12' w x 16' h with all hardware, $500. 667-4910

TRUE-ADVENTURE LOVERS! 4 books by Joe Simpson: 'Touching the Void', 'This Game of Ghosts', 'The Beckoning Silence', 'Dark Shadows Falling'. $20 for the bunch.

Call 334-1013

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

150-GAL TIDY Tank, $300. 633-4246, lv. msg.

NORTH FACE down jackets, menʼs small, exc condit, 1 black, 1 olive green, $100 ea.

668-4268 HD GLASS entrance door, no cracks.

667-7144 SET OF cutting torches, old welder w. box of accessories, $200 obo. 336-4025 KING SIZE mattress with homemade wooden bed frame, good condit, no stains. $200 for mattress and frame, $100 for mattress only. 333-0503

On Saturday November 30th, the 6th edition of the traditional Winterval Santa parade and arts festival will warm up Main Street, bring MAGIC to the winter, and give a kick-start to the holiday season! We’re looking for volunteers to help make it a huge success and spread the magic.

The current schedule is as follows: • Workshop (Old Fire Hall) and Santa photos (Roundhouse) – 1:00-3:00 pm • Muster for Santa Parade – 3:00 pm • Santa Parade (down Main Street) – 3:30 • Lighting of the tree – 4:00 pm • Winter Arts Festival (Old Fire Hall, outdoors) – 4:15-5:30 pm • Santa photos (Roundhouse) – 4:156:00 pm The following volunteer positions are available: Whole Day: Santa Handler (x1) – Possibly the most important position of all! This person will pick up Santa from his home, drop him off at the end of the day, and make sure that he gets where he needs to be for photos and the parade. Must hold a valid driver’s license and provide a vehicle.

First Aid certified volunteer (x1) – Be available to provide first aid if needed.

Must hold up-to-date certifications in Standard First Aid and CPR Level C. Security (x4) – Assist with the parade to ensure marchers are safe and aware of

You work for a non-profit organization and you would like to add your volunteer opportunities? Please click on http://www.volunteeryukon.ca/.

Community Services

LIMITED EDITION RCMP 100th anniversary Yukon Territory medallion, numbered, $30.

456-4507 DAVID WINTERS cottages, certificates but no boxes. 668-7157

Electrical Appliances

UNOPENED M O D E L car/truck kits, craft/hobby supplies, lace, ribbon, etc.

667-7144

SEARS BEST refrigerator, $200. 633-2580 eves

REXON 10” commercial table saw w. extension, has RM-425 115/230 volt single phase motor, exc condit, $500 obo. 667-7222 STEEL I-BEAM, 5”x14”x29ʼ w. 2 pieces steel angle iron approx 12ʼ long ea, best offer.

667-7222 MUSIC BOXES, 15 or so, call to view.

633-3398 FREE, SMALL refrigerator for cabin or garage. 668-6033 GOPRO HERO HD camera + accessories $100 firm, text or call 334-1574 1 ROLL Velux Skylight Underlay; 12"x21' for $10 call 334-1013

NATURAL GAS cooktop. 4 burner 30", Ge Profile Black, exc condit, $150. 335-8846 HOT POINT XL heavy duty clothes dryer, good working order, $95. 633-3705 DISHWASHER, FRIGIDAIRE Ultra Quiet 2, good working order, $95. 633-3705 OREK XL AIRPURIFIER $50; captures 99.97% of dust, allergens, smoke, pet dander and pollen particles; in great working condition & very quiet (Professional Series), comes with filters. Call 334-1013

TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics.

G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS BELL EXPRESSVU 60 cm dish, qty 2, new, $20 ea. 667-8726 SANYO TV 21”, $40, Sharpe TV 21”, $40, no remote, both for $70. 336-1406 or 668-6446 after 4pm.

Full-Time Front

Desk Agent

Includes 2 Night Audit shifts Must be able to read, write and speak English accurately and professionally. This position requires an individual that is responsible, reliable, works well under pressure, detail oriented, able to multi-task and work as a team player. If you fit this criteria, apply in person with Vanessa at the Westmark Whitehorse or online at yukontourjobs.com.

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

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

MONDAY • WEDNESDAY • FRIDAY

23 TRUSSES, 23ʼ6” wall span w. 2ʼ overhang, 5:1 pitch, $1,000 obo. 332-3293

KENMORE DRYER, front loader, works great, $300. Also nw pump out of Kenmore washer, $40. 332-7797

Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

the route and provide general security during the activities following the parade, both at the Old Fire Hall and outdoors. One volunteer will also be required to cover the workshop prior to the parade.

Before and after: Event set-up and strike (x2) – Assist with the set-up and strike of a sound system, tents, signs, etc.

Decoration set-up and strike (x3) – Put up decorations at the Old Fire Hall and outdoors, including lights on trees, etc.

Parade: Winterval parade sign holders (x9) – Walk in the parade while carrying one of 9 signs that spell out WINTERVAL. Arts Festival: Raffle tickets (x2) – Encourage visitors to submit raffle entries.

Fire Pit (x2) – Make sure attendees are safe around the two fire pits, add logs when needed, and hand out marshmallows for roasting.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact: Lianne Maitland Winterval 2013 Production Assistant 867 335 5387 lianne.maitland@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ events/246514308836510/ Funding for this project is made possible through the assistance of Arts Fund, Department of Tourism and Culture, Mike Nixon, Minister.

Special Thank you to the City of Whitehorse and our presenting sponsor, Northern Vision Development, for supporting this event.

BEAUTIFUL LADIESʼ Russian fox fur coat, pd $1,200 used, sz L, asking $600 obo.

668-7157

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

334-1732

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Winterval 2013, Several Volunteer Opportunities

'OSTER' BLENDER/FOOD Processor, $45; in excellent condition/hardly used; 1000W, reversing 6 point blade, pre-programmed settings, easy to clean. Call 334-1013.

Bank of Montreal

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

633-3266.

Computers & Accessories DELL DESKTOP comp P4@ 2.8GIG WinXP, MSOffice, 17” LCD monitor, speakers, 80 GIG HD, 768MB ram, $100.

332-1680 lv. msg.

19” FLAT screen Samsung monitor, 930b LCD, $75, 1 new keyboard $20, 1 used keyboard, $15, 1 set speakers $15 obo.

667-7222

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

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

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

Call 634-2311 DONʼS FIREWOOD 20 Cord Always stock piled for quick deliveries to -40° C. Social Services & Kwanlin Dun 393-4397

WANTED: COPIES of videos and/or pictures of Burwash Landing Resort events, Burwash 27, Pheasant Hunt & Frog Race etc. Pamela 335-4349 12' X 12' or 14' canvas tarp. 633-5575 CHAIRS OR stools, solid wood, well kept, short, medium & high, reasonable price.

668-6871 ACCORDION/SQUEEZEBOX AND a mandolin player to jam some tunes for a local band.Call 633- 5575

Cars

Certified

used vehicles

WOOD FOR sale. Call 334-8999.

FIREWOOD and DELIVERY Clean beetle-kill wood Accurate honest cord Will deliver anywhere $270 per cord 16”, $225 per cord 48” Call 867-689-9017

Guns & Bows Case cutlery, high quality hand-crafted pocket and hunting knives available at G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS 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 GUN CASE, hard shell, rectangular, great for airline baggage or general storage, $20.

660-4806 PENTAX PF65 ED spotting scope with 10X60 zoom eyepiece, like new. $600.

668-4634 .338 CALIBER L61R right-hand Sako Finnbear Mannlicher full stock carbine with Bushnell scope, exc condit, $1,500. 633-2229

2009 PONTIAC G5 SE 4-dr sedan, like new, still on warranty, well maintained, c/w power windows/locks, Pioneer stereo system, sunroof and so much more, $8,500. 634-2157

Wanted 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 WINTERVAL IS looking for volunteers and parade participants to help make the magic happen November 30! For info contact Lianne Maitland, 335-5387 or lianne.maitland@gmail.com FREE OR cheap juicer for fruits and veggies, going to good home. Nicole 336-2663

1990 CHEVY 1-ton flat deck, 2 w/d, dual wheels, 350 auto, $750.00. 456-4088

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

633-5050.

1990 FORD F250 4-spd manual, comes with canopy, $1,700. 456-4567

GOODYEAR N O R D I C winter tires, P205/75R14 w. 5-hole rims, used 2 seasons, $200 for all. 667-8726

1990 TOYOTA Hiace 4wd, 4-cyl diesel, auto, good on gas, 8-pass, swivel middle seat, 128,000kms, offers. 333-9020.

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

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

660-4806 4 WINTER tires w. studs and rims, almost new, R14, 4 summer tires. $350 obo.

633-4405

1985 GMC 1/2 ton 4x4, parts, no motor, T700 tranny, roll over. 633-2760

NEWER WINTER tires on rims $1,000.

334-7576

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

4 16”, 4 stud steel rims, good condit from 2009 Nissan Sentra, $25 ea. 633-3910

HAYNES REDAIR manual for 1993-1999 Ford Ranger pick-up, $15. 660-4806

RANGE RIDER truck cap for Toyota Tundra or equivalent 8' long box, fits rounded cab, good shape, w. lock and keys. 456-7297

HEAVY DUTY truck hitch to fit 3/4 or 1-ton Ford, as new. 668-2332 INSULATED VAN box for one/three ton truck Approx 9ʼx8ʼ, aluminum construction with roll-up door, fairly new Asking $2,500 393-3648 or mercercontracting@northwestel.net U-BILT TRAILER 8ʼ Dodge box, 100 obo.

633-2760

4 WINTER tires complete wth rims for a Kia, Rhonda, 668-7691 1990 TOYOTA 4-Runner, doesnʼt run, lots of good parts, $350. 332-4578 LOUVERED 5TH-WHEEL tailgate for 1999 Ford 350, needs paint, $100 obo. 667-7222 SET OF Blizzak LT 235/75R15 winter tires, used for one season, like new. $600 firm.

335-7238, lv msg.

Auto Parts & Accessories

GOOD SET of 16 inch rims, with summer tires and hub cabs, from a Toyota Matrix. $150. 205/55 R16. 633-3154.

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

TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box

Pets

2008 HYUNDAI Tucson Limited 4x4, sunroof, heated leather seats, Blue Tooth, command start, new tires, 78,000kms, $12,900.

333-0602

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

334-7576

Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100

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

2005 DODGE 1500 quad cab, 5.7 Hemi, 130,000kms, long box, elec. break controller, rear air shocks, $9,000. 633-5246.

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

2007 PONTIAC G5 sedan, 95,050kms. p/l, p/w, a/c, c/c, 18” Primax wheels/low profile tires & set of winter tires on rims. $7,200 obo. 334-7822 2007 TOYOTA Highlander SUV, white, AWD, command start, extra set winter tires, tow package, approx 128,000kms, $15,500.

332-4143 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

2005 CHEV Impala, 110,000 kms, v-6 auto, remote entry, runs good, looks good, burgundy, $5000. 668-2014

MARLIN 1895 Cowboy model 45-70, like new, $750, Husqvarna bolt action 9.3x62 w new dies, bullets, brass & ammo, $600, must have PAL, 334-8604 lv msg.

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

2006 DODGE 2500 diesel pick-up, 180,000kms, $23,000 obo. 668-3975

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

MOSSBERG PLINKSTER 22 lr semi-auto, like new, 2 clips, $200, Mossberg 835 multi-mag 12 gauge, takes 2 3/4”, 2”+3.5” shells, 28” VR barrel, $350, must have PAL, 334-8604 lv msg.

2010 JEEP Wrangler 4-dr Islander Edition, blue, 63,400kms, auto, undercoated, removable 3rd row seat, $23,500 obo. 332-1659

2010 MUSTANG GT convertible, gold, 5-spd trans, 40,000kms. 336-0505

2006 HONDA Civic, 4dr, very clean, 82,000km, c/w winter tires, remote starter. $12,150. 334-9087

MARLIN X57VH .308 heavy barrel 4-12X Bushnell scope, like new, $550. Weatherby Vanguard 257 Wby 3-9X scope, 3.5 boxes factory ammo, like new, $750, must have PAL. 334-8604, lv msg.

2011 TOYOTA Tundra regular cab, 23,000kms TRD off-road pkg, 4X4, driven only to and from work, $22,500 or take over payments. 334-1348

www.drivingforce.ca

8MM MAUSER, hand made hardwood stock, bedded and floated, recent refinish of whole rifle, $300, PAL req'd. 667-2276

1958 WINCHESTER Model 12, 12-gauge pump shotgun, full choke 30" heavy duck barrel, 3" Super Speed/Super X, bore bright, no rust, blue 8/10. FAC REQ. $500 obo.

334-4453

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

2007 TOYOTA Sienna, AWD, 7-pass, 72,000kms, power doors, rear hatch, sunroof, new winter tires, offers. 333-9020

online at

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

MAUSER PREDUZECE 44, Model 98, cal.

8x57, bolt-action, 24” barrel, 5 shots, good condition, photos available, $250, e-mail: heidiwirth47@gmail.com

We Sell Trucks!

2007 CHEVROLET Uplander, 101,000kms, Silver FWD, $5,500.00, serious Inquiries only. 668-4787

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

PRE-WW2 B E L G I A N Browning A-5 semi-auto shotgun, full choke 29” barrel, 3" magnum, bore bright, internals clean, some rust on outside of barrel, FAC REQ. $900 obo. 334-4453

Trucks

2008 FORD XLT F350, superduty diesel, qua cab, headache rack, driving lights, $169,000kms, $20,750 obo. Gary 335-9596

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.

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

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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.

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

333-0503 2003 BUICK Century 4-dr. sedan, white, V6 auto, p/w/driverʼs seat, a/c, FWD, cruise, tilt, fairly new tires, less than 9,000 mi. per year, $4,000. 633-4110 2003 HYUNDAI Santa Fe GL, f/w drive, 4-dr, 4 cyl, 174,000 kms, 5 spd manual, silver/grey, good mechanical condit, regular service, $3,900. 335-4057 2002 TOYOTA Corolla,, 4-cyl, auto, p/w, a/c, studded winter tires, 175,000km, runs great. $5,500. 332-0726 2000 PONTIAC Sunfire Coupe, 2.2 L standard, winter tires, remote starter, recent tune-up, reliable & clean car, $2,500.

393-3141 1998 GMC Geo Tracker, on road ʻtil Nov. 1/13, high mileage, $500 obo. 334-5708 1997 COUGAR XR7, Gold Edition, never winter driven, exc cond, ivory, 142,000 kms. $8500 obo. 633-3116 or 334-3160 1989 TOYOTA Tercel 3-door hatch-back.

Nice little car but needs some work. $300 obo. 668-2836 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 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

2005 F150 Super Crew, loaded, leather int, FX4, sun roof, 135,000kms, black, $17,800.

334-3160 or 633-3116 2005 F350 diesel Lariat, 4wd, long box, fully loaded, all engine updates, exec condit, $20,000. 667-4463 or 334-9436 2004 CADILLAC Escalade 6L V8, awd, sunroof, heated leather seats, loaded, $14,900, trade or offer. 660-4220 2004 TOYOTA Sienna LE. Very well maintained at Mic Mac...2 Sets of tires New shocks brakes and Battery. Asking $9000 OBO. Please call 334-4060 for more info.

2003 CHEV Silverado 2500 LT model 4x4, crew dab, Duramax diesel, fully loaded, leather seats, $17,900. 332-8801 2002 CHEVY 2500HD, great truck, new winter tires, winch, winterized, always kept in good condition, $5,000 obo. 336-1022 2002 FORD F150, V8, 4X4. 278,000kms, runs good, new tires, we are downsizing, $7,000. 668-3892 or email nudawn54@hotmail.com 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 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 4x4, ext. cab, V8 auto, c/w cruise, tilt, a/c, great shape, $4,800. 633-3860 or 334-3860.

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 1998 DODGE Dakota Sport, 4x4, 5 spd manual, rear airbag ride. Nw: front brakes, roters, ball joints, tie rod & a boxliner. Candy apple red. 229,000kms. $6500obo. 633-3116 or 334-3160 1998 F-150 XLT ,4x4 ext. cab, long box , 170,000km Great condition $4600 OBO Phone Cory 335-0244 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 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 FORD 1/2 ton, 306 engine, 143,000 orig kms w/canopy, in exe shape, $2,900.

668-5776 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 1991 FORD F-150 Lariat, runs great, high mileage. $1,500 obo. 334-7713

3X MICHELIN LT265/70 R17, great tread, $375, 633-4311

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 WANTED, MALE kitten for companionship.

Liz, 633-2760 2 BORDER Collie/lab puppies, both female, free to good homes. For info call Rob, 334-0911 after 6pm.

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

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

633-6019

Help control the pet overpopulation problem

WEDnESDaY, noV. 13

2013

have your pets spayed or neutered.

FoR inFoRmation call

633-6019

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

TWO 8-WK. old male terrier/bear dogs, $100 ea. 334-0244 after 5pm.

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 4 BEAR dog puppies born Sept 22, $100 ea.

Alanna 867-966-2172

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles 2007 SKANDIC superwide 550, 1,300kms, like new, $6,900. Russel 634-5288 or 634-2455

SKI-BOOSE TO tow behind double track on skis for cargo or passengers, gd cond.

668-2332 2002 ARCTIC Cat 500 4x4, $3,800 obo.

633-5791 ARGO FOR sale , 867-863-5715 DINGO DUNE buggy, needs drive gear, runs good. $300 obo. 336-4025

Funeral service will be held at the Carmacks Recreation Centre on

lost/found

lost • 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).

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

Saturday Nov. 16, 2013 at 2:00pm.

Potlatch to follow at 5:00pm.

All are welcome.

Out Of respect fOr the fAmily, pleAse nO drugs Or AlcOhOl.

The Blackjack and Sam families sadly announce the passing of

AVAilABlE foR Adoption

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) • 1 yr old, female, Bear dog, black, brown, (Virgo) • 2 yr old female, labX, blonde (Summer)

• 1 yr old female, Husky, grey white, (chinook) CAts • 6yr old, maine coonX, neutered male, grey and white (tinker)

Atv’s:

Beloved daughter, sister, aunty, cousin and friend.

2005 Arctic Cat 650 V2 Limited Edition ......................................$5,499 2009 Yamaha Big Bear 250 ..........................................................$3,499 2009 Yamaha Wolverine 450 .......................................................$4,999 2011 Yamaha Bruin 350 ...............................................................$5,499

snowmobiles:

2006 Yamaha Venture Tf 2up 2900km ........................................$3,999 sold 2007 Yamaha Apex Gt 121" .........................................................$5,999 2007 Yamaha Vk Professional Widetrack ..................................$5,499 sold 2008 Yamaha Phazer Mtx 144" Timbersled Suspension ..........$6,499 2009 Yamaha Phazer Rtx 121" sold ....................................................$5,499 2009 Yamaha Nytro Rtx Se 121" Sno X Edition 1275km ...........$7,999 2010 Yamaha Nytro Xtx 144" .......................................................$6,999 2010 Yamaha Nytro Mtx 162" 180hp Turbo 1800km ..................$8,999 2012 Yamaha Nytro Xtx 144" Speed Racer Edition ...................$9,999 2012 Yamaha Nytro Mtx 162" 270hp Turbo ..............................$15,999

YUKON

YAMAHA

(867) 668-2101 or 1-800-661-0430

1 KM south of Robert Service Way, Alaska Highway, Whitehorse, Y.T.

Pets of the Week!

spECiAl

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

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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SNOWMOBILE SLED deck, aluminum, power tilting, fits full size p/u. $1,500. 333 0117

Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 TESLIN CEDAR freighter canoe, 22ʼ, old style, needs some TLC, free. 667-4910 19ʼ ALUMINUM boat w. 20P and trailer, $1,500 obo. 633-2760 2008 YAMAHA SS 8hp 4-stroke boat motor, $1,000 firm. 335-0164 2006 SEA-DOO RXT supercharged, mint condition, only 33 hours, 215 hp, 1500cc, always stored inside, c/w trailer and spare tires, $6,450 obo. Kyle@ 867-335-1799.

TECH ARMORED underground electrical cable #000/3 wire, $7/ft. 867-863-5715

Inventory

Hey! I’m Neko!

My sister Mao and I are brand new here at the shelter so the staff are still getting to know us.

Stay tuned for more info!

2002 SUMMIT 700, lots of after-market parts, c/w box of parts, $2,500 obo.

336-4025

NEW & USED EQUIPMENT For Sale Come see MACPHERSON RENTALS @ 117 Copper Rd or call 633-4426

Gently Used

in fostER HoMEs

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

Heavy Equipment

Cynthia Roxanne Blackjack Feb. 10, 1984 - Nov. 7, 2013

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

334-1252

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ENGINE HOIST/HYDRAULIC floor crane, good condit, heavy duty, $400 obo.

667-7222 2002 EXCAVATOR, Kobelco 330, 8,800hrs, 2 buckets and ripper shank, $63,000.

333-0192 1981 950 loader, bucket, forks, snow-blade and jib, $25,000. 333-0192 D7E DOZER, tilt-angle blade, winch, also 2 rippers and parts with it, $25,000. 333-0192 15W KUBOTA generator for sale Meter reads 6500hrs, 2 phase, skid mounted, self-contained with enclosure and fuel tank Asking $6,500 393-3648 or mercercontracting@northwestel.net VARIOUS CAMP trailers for sale or rent Wellsites, kitchens, wash trailers, offices, first aid trailers, generator trailers, etc.

393-3648 or mercercontracting@northwestel.net

Campers & Trailers 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 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 UTILITY TRAILER 1-ton p/u box, c/w good tires, space lights, trailer jack, all works. $600. 334-8604 2001 12ʼ gooseneck stock trailer, very good condition, hardly used. $4,500. 456-4088 1974 TRILLIUM travel trailer, exc condit, many new upgrades, must be seen. $4,800 firm. 867-634-2501

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eko

633-6019

126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

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 16ʼ HOME-MADE tandem axle trailer, $650 obo. 336-4025 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 2010 4X8 enclosed utility trailer. 950 lb capacity, 2,000 lb axle, sturdy, lightweight, great condit, $1,950. 333-0747

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 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.

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 SNOWBOARD YUKON AGM, Thurs Nov 14, 7pm at Sport Yukon 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.

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.

COPPER RIDGE Place is looking for volunteers to share time with seniors. Please phone Catherine Chenier 393-7508.

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 MEDIATION YUKON AGM on Dec. 3 at 6:30pm, Canada Games boardroom.

TALKS AT the Old Fire Hall featuring Sharon Shorty and Claire Ness. See comedians talk about their process of creating characters. Nov. 19, 5:30-6:30 pm. For info 667 8476 HEART OF Riverdale Community Centre Open House Nov 17, 2 to 5pm in Riverdale, 38A Lewes, Rendevous Plaza. Activities for all, mini show at 3pm.

Theheartofriverdale.com or 393-2623 TIBETAN BUDDHIST scholar Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche returns to Whitehorse November 28. Public talk on mind and how mental states affect accomplishment of goals. 7:00 pm High Country Inn. YUKON GUILD of Needlearts meeting Thurs. Nov 14, 7pm, Whitehorse Public Library. Learning continues on Blackwork. Info Doris 633-4026

FREE NINE-WEEK study of key Old Testament topics Wednesday nights 7:00pm starting Nov. 13 at Whitehorse Church of the Nazarene, 633-4903, details at http://www.whitehorsenazarene.org/old-testament.html NORTH END Gallery, Halin de Repentigny reception Nov 8 till end of November, oil on canvas, Transition, Halin's first show in two years featuring new works. 393-3590 PORTER CREEK Secondary School Council regular meeting November 13, 2013 at 6:30pm in the library. Everyone is welcome.

DECREASING SUFFERING in difficult situations. Buddhist teacher Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche. Nov 30, Dec 1, 10:00am-5:00pm, Vista Outdoor Learning.

All welcome. Suggested donation $220.

Register: savonian@hotmail.com.

YUKONERS CONCERNED About Oil & Gas Exploration/Development, video & discussion, consequences of fracking, connecting to LNG, protecting Yukon's water, wildlife.

Tuesday, November 19, 7pm, Da Ku Cultural Centre, Haines Junction YUKON LIBERAL Party Annual General Meeting, December 4th 5:30pm, MacBride Museum. This is notice of constitutional amendments, see YLP.ca for details. Only members may vote. Join or renew at YLP.ca

SUZUKI STRINGS Association Yukon AGM, Nov. 18 at Riverdale Baptist Church, 4:30 pm onward. More info: Lise at 668-7659

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 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 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 AWG TABLE tennis trial, Whitehorse Elementary School, Sat. Nov. 16, registration 1:30pm, fee $10. Info 668-3358

HUMAN RIGHTS Day is December 10. Join the Amnesty International Action Circle to write letters to protect and promote human rights worldwide. Whitehorse United Church (upstairs)7:00pm-9:00pm. www.amnesty.ca

Services - INSULATION Upgrade your insulation & reduce your heating bills 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 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

Snow Removal

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

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

MAE BACHUR Animal Shelter Dog Wash every 3rd Saturday. Next one November 16th,10 - 2, Feed Store Pet Junction. Your pooch gets nice and clean and you stay dry.

Commercial & Residential

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

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

THE LITTLEST Art & Craft Fair, 15 years of handmade and local gifts. Saturday, December 7th ,10am – 5pm. 56 Carpiquet Road, Takhini North

60 Below Snow Management

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.

FIRST NATIONS Craft Fair at Elijah Smith School Nov. 30th. Book your tables now!

Call the school at 667-5992.

ARCTIC EDGE Skating Club Fundraising Bingo, Elks Lodge Friday November 15, 2013. Doors open at 4 pm. Early bird game starts at 6 pm. Come out and support the club!

AGM, TABLE Tennis Yukon, Sun. Dec. 1, 2:00pm, Whitehorse Elementary School. Info 668-3358

LAKE LABERGE Lions Christmas cakes and cookies are here now. Get yours early, please call Ann at 633-5493.

WOLF CREEK Community Association AGM - Wednesday, Nov 27th, 7pm at Golden Horn School.

Info: wolfcreekca@gmail.com

YUKON FEDERAL Green Party AGM Tuesday, November 26, 7:00 p.m. MacBride Museum Lower Gallery. Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May (via Skype). Pledge auction, election of officers. Information: 633-5726

(867) 336-3570

Parking Lots, Sidewalks, Rooftops and Sanding

AL-ANON MEETINGS 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 )

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 NORTHRIDGE BOBCAT SERVICES • Snow Plowing • Site Prep & Backfills • Driveways • Post Hole Augering • Light Land Clearing • General Bobcat Work Fast, Friendly Service 867-335-1106

DRUG PROBLEM?

7FT`10``VALLEY CAMPER , clean, new wiring/plug, double bed, sink, 3-burner top stove, toilet, furnace, battery, propane tanks included. No hot water tank, light enough for 1/2-ton truck. $2400 633-6009.

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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>

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

do you have a problem with food? meetings

mondays 7:30 p.m.

4071 4th avenue oayukon@gmail.com • www.oa.org

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.

Beaver Creek Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Carcross Y.T. Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.

Library 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.

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BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 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 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 HOUSECLEANER AVAILABLE Fast and thorough No criminal record 30-year Yukon resident $30/hr 335-0009

TCM MAID SERVICE Reliable, Thorough & Professional Reasonable Rates References available 335-4421or 393-3868 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368

TOMBSTONE CONTRACTING Loader and dump truck services Driveways, parking lots, concrete driveways, sidewalks and pads.

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IF YOU own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It's That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

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DON: 334-2699 don.brook@hotmail.com BOBCAT AND BACKHOE SERVICES in Whitehorse, Marsh Lake, Tagish area Call Andreas 660-4813

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 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 TITAN DRYWALL Taping & Textured Ceilings 27 years experience Residential or Commercial No job too small Call Dave 336-3865

the procurement support centre

(formerly called Contract Services, 2nd Floor – 9010 Quartz Rd.)

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 SUBARU GURU Fix•Buy•Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585 ELECTRICIAN FOR all your jobs Large or small Licensed Electrician Call MACK N MACK ELECTRIC for a competitive quote!

867-332-7879 SNOW CLEARING Sidewalks, Driveways, Commercial, Residential Call Francis at Speedy Sparkle 668-6481 or cell 334-8480

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 Operations will resume at the new location at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 18, 2013 No tenders will be closing during this time; however, we will accept bids and proposals

Please refer to the tender documents for the closing location.

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.

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

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

WINTER HORSE boarding/pasturing available close to Whitehorse.

Excellent feed with economical prices.

Phone 334-4589

Cromarty General Contracting Licenced boiler mechanic (repairs & services) Home & office renovations Bookkeeping services Residential cleaning For boiler & renovation services call 334-2701 For bookkeeping & cleaning services call 335-2702

BELGIAN/NEW ZEALAND giant cross rabbits, excellent breeding stock, male & female. 668-5964

TIMOTHY/BROME MIX round bales for sale.

Irrigated quality hay, netting wrapped Delivery available Phone 334-4589

4 HORSE steel/fiberglass trailer w dividers, 4 side doors, 2 back doors, small storage compartment at front, 2" ball hitch, located in Atlin, $1,000 obo. Anna @ 250-651-754 YUKON PORK MEAT Cut & Wrapped Government inspected 25lb. boxes or individual order YUKON VALLEY FARM 335-4431

Lost & Found FOUND: SUPER Cycle bicycle in Riverdale.

667-4589 LOST, SCHIPPERKE (small black tailless dog), Porter Creek/KK/Takhini/College sightings, answers to Spud. Call 335-8135, 668-3885, 633-3294 LOST, SET of keys on a unique purple/blue metal chain-mail ball. Heather at 335-9876.

LOST: ON Alaska Hwy south of Watson Lake, Lab-Rottweiler-cross dog, friendly, called Mazi. Call 867-536-7868 or email yukongrannie@gmail.com if found.

Business Opportunities

Looking for New Business / Clients?

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Livestock

HORSE BOARD on Takhini River Road, 100+ acres, immediate access to Dawson Trail. $175/month 3 months in advance.

633-4868 or 335-1509.

Baby & Child Items CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 BURLEY CHILD Trailer Encore, for 2 children, including ski, jogging and bike set, like new, paid $1,250, asking $950. 633-3399 EVENFLO HAPPY Camper childʼs playpen, c/w storage/travel bag, $25, stroller, lightweight & compact, gd condit, $10. 667-8726 ONE-PIECE BOYʼS snowsuit, size 3+, blue/black/grey, by Molehill, $60. 393-2630 BOYʼS WINTER snowsuit, $25, have other jackets for spring and summer. 393-2630

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BOYʼS CLOTHES from sizes 2+ and up, by the bag, asking $60. 393-2630

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Sports Equipment EXERCISE BIKE, new $240, asking $125.

456-4459

LARGE COSCO stroller w canopy, $50, white Ikea baby crib, $50. 633-5427

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 school age Great downtown location!

7:30am - 6:00pm French introduction for pre-schoolers, specialized infant room, loving & nurturing 668-2075

1 RIGHT-HAND hockey stick, Easton Ultra-Extreme, never used, $15. 660-4806 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.

ROAD BIKE. Giant "Avail" fits women 5'7"-5'10". Lightly used. This is a fast, high-end bike with great components. You feel like you're flying! 336-2108

Furniture CORNER OAK entertainment stand, TV opening 32” w. 27.5” L., 2 cupboards, 2 drawers. $75 obo. 633-5324 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 LIVING ROOM set, kitchen table/chairs, dryer, etc. 633-5938 for info or best offer.

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

Furniture 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 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 COUNTRY HOUSE dk. espresso parsonʼs bench w/storage, beige/tan microsuede seating, new, $325. 667-8726 ELECTRIC MATTRESS cover w. dual controls, fits king size mattress, great condit. $75, maple headboard/footboard and springs, dbl. size, $40. 660-4806 LOVE-SEAT, HUNTER green with gold diamond pattern; wood trim on arms, good condit, $50 obo. 333-0503 STEREO CABINET (or other uses), 4ʼ high, black with glass doors on castors, offers.

333-9020.

TO GIVE away, twin boxspring, mattress & frame. 667-4540 MICROFIBER SAGE-COLOURED sofa, loveseat and chair, non smoking household, good condit, slight damage on chair, $600 obo. 456-7157 MIRRORS, SHELVING, chairs, fireplace, mini-fridge, snowblower, massage chair, best offers. 333-0602 OAK WALL unit, 72”hx32”wX18”d, 2 leaded glass doors, 2 oak doors, $200 obo, 3 wood nesting tables, $50 obo, 7ʼ Spruce Xmas tree, $25 obo. 633-6878

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

Craft Fairs

SPRUCE BOG, Saturday, November 16, Canada Games Centre, Flexi Hall, 11am-5pm. Early 10:15am opening for seniors and persons with mobility difficulties.

Draw for gift baskets and draw for kids.

COUNTRY CHRISTMAS Craft Fair, December 8th at Lorne Mountain Community Center, reserve a table now. 667-7083 CHRISTMAS CRAFT Fair, Atlin Rec Centre, Saturday, Nov. 30 11am-3pm. To book a table call Lynn, 250-651-7663, Margaret 250-651-7881.

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.

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 CHRISTMAS CRAFT Sale, Seniors Centre, 600 College Drive, November 23 from 10am to 2pm. 668-6208

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.

DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office

TENDER NOTICE

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 MATURE GENTLEMAN, N/S, very clean, seeks N/S female for possible permanent relationship.

393-2545 or email ceberus44@yahoo.ca

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.

To obtain application documents, please email request to: rfp@ymta.org.

Submission deadline is white space November 18th, 2013.Minimum above and left of logo Yukon Mine Training Association 2099 - 2nd Avenue Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1B5 Tel: 867-633-6463

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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

Personals

FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office

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SNOW REMOVAL OF SIDEWALKS, PARKING AREAS AND DRIVEWAYS YUKON HOUSING UNITS MAYO, YUKON 2013/14 Sealed tenders, plainly marked “with the project title” will be received up to 2:00 p.m. local time, Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at Mayo Housing Association Office in Mayo.

Tender documents may be obtained from the Mayo Housing Association Office in Mayo, phone (867) 9962358.

For questions relating to the bidding requirements, you may call Sharon McCreadie, Contract Administrator at (867)667-5796.

For questions relating to the tender specifications you may contact Wendy Andre, Project Manager at (867) 996-2358.

TAGISH PANCAKE Breakfast/Christmas Craft Sale, Tagish Community Centre, Nov. 17, 9:30am, breakfast $8.00 per adult, $3.00 per child, runs until 12:00 PM. Sale until 12:30 PM. 14 vendors selling.

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 HOLIDAY CRAFT Sale, Saturday, November 23rd, 10am-2pm, 16 Thompson Rd. (Granger), Basket Bonanza, Boreal Bag Lady, Cathyʼs Creations, Fireweed Stamping

PUBLIC TENDER DESIGN - BUILD F.H. COLLINS SECONDARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT F.H COLLINS SECONDARY SCHOOL - BLDG.#1221 WHITEHORSE YUKON 2013/2015

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

The lowest or any tender is not necessarily accepted.

Yukon Housing Corporation now has all public tenders listed on our website at www.housing.yk.ca/ tenders.

Highways and Public Works

Little Footprints, Big Steps was founded to provide ongoing care and protection for the children of Haiti. We welcome and greatly appreciate your support. Please check our website to donate, fundraise or to get involved.

An account at Raven Recycling has been set up for Little Footprints, Big Steps. People may donate their refundable recycling to help continue Morgan’s work in Haiti.

ANGLICAN CHURCH Womenʼs annual Christmas sale and tea, Saturday, Nov. 16 at Hellaby Hall, Elliot St, from 11am-3pm.

PuBLIC TENDER MAINTENANCE FOR THE BEAVER CREEK SOLID WASTE FACILITY Project Description: To provide maintenance services at the solid waste facility in Beaver Creek.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 22, 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 Darrin Fredrickson at (867) 667-5195.

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

in the matter of the estate of

ALEDA MARIE KINSEy Deceased, of Whitehorse, in the Yukon territory, who died on

October 3, 2013.

all persons having claims against the above-mentioned estate are requested to file the same, supported by Statutory Declaration, with the undersigned on or before november 27, 2013 after which date the said estate will be distributed having reference only to claims which have been so filed. all persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the estate in care of the undersigned. steve Kinsey #4 Juniper Drive Whitehorse, Yukon Y1a 4W7 1-867-393-3390

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SPECIFIED PROCEDURES REPORT

Government Community Services

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

www.littlefootprintsbigsteps.com Highways and Public Works

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

The City is inviting proposals from interested individuals or firms for the development of a Specified Procedures Report.

Respondents should submit bids in writing, enclosed in an sealed envelope clearly marked "RFP 2013-00384 - Specified Procedures Report" and addressed to Manager, Financial Services City of Whitehorse 2121 Second Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 Proposals will be accepted before 4:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Friday, November 22, 2013.

Proposal documents may be picked up from the office of the Manager of Financial Services, City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, after 12:00 noon Pacific Standard Time on Friday, November 8, 2013.

Proposals will be "EVALUATED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE." Proposals submitted by facsimile will not be accepted or considered.

All inquiries regarding this Request for Proposals may be directed to the Director of Corporate Services at 867-334-2122 between the hours of 8:30 am and 3:00 pm Monday to Friday.

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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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