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hen it comes to questions in the Yukon legislature, the territory’s three political parties don’t often agree on much. Except, it seems, the need for more hydropower. Last week the territorial cabinet directed the Yukon Development Corporation to start planning for a new hydro project in the territory. As Energy Mines and Resources Minister Scott Kent explained, the corporation has 90 days to map out how it will do the planning. “The direction we’ve given to the development corporation is to look at a project that is probably 10 to 15 years away, so it’s probably going to be a larger scale hydro project,” Kent said. The territory is sorely in need of more power, and the demand is only expected to increase as many of the newer homes going up in the Yukon are heated with electric heat, Kent said. “We support renewable energy, and we approve of long-term plans. We’re pleased that the Yukon Party has finally seen the importance of it,” said the NDP’s energy critic Jim Tredger, though he did question the government’s track record of consulting with First Nations. The Liberals are also happy with the move, but wary about the Yukon Party’s ability to manage major capital projects, especially after the considerable problems that have emerged with plans to build a replacement of F.H. Collins school and to build new hospitals in Watson Lake and Dawson City. “We’ve been calling for this since I got elected,” said interim Liberal Leader Sandy Silver. “We 100 per cent support
hydro expansion, and we 100 per cent support any type of renewable energy initiative that decreases our reliance on fossil fuels,” he said. Kent wouldn’t speculate on how much the plans might cost, preferring to wait until the development corp. has submitted its initial work plan three months from now. He said the government will cover the cost of the initial work plan, and will look for other funding resources to cover the rest of the research and design so that the territory’s ratepayers aren’t on the hook for it. Kent also wouldn’t say what sites might be considered in the planning for new hydro, only that it will be substantial. In the meantime, the territory will still have to find other incremental ways to offset rising power demands. “We’re going to have to do other things to meet the incremental demand as we move forward. Projects like West Creek (outside Skagway, Alaska) or other smaller scale hydro projects along that Alaska power corridor are options, depending on what Yukon Energy does within its 20 year plan,” Kent said. That 20-year resource plan identifies a number of potential options ranging from relatively small projects on Moon Lake or the Tutshi River, which would yield around five megawatts and cost around $130 million, up to a $2.5 billion, 300-megawatt monster at Fraser Falls on the Stewart River. But there are some challenges. The boom-bust cycle of mining at the whim of the markets can make it difficult to predict exactly how much power the territory will need. The territory’s isolated power grid also makes planning for power generation a finicky
business. If the government doesn’t have enough energy cards in the deck, it could get caught by a sudden spike in demand and be forced to fall back on expensive diesel generation to make up the shortfall. But if the government overbuilds and ends up with a surplus of power in the grid, there is no one to sell that extra power to because our grid doesn’t connect anywhere outside the territory. That means the Yukon ratepayers end up paying for power they don’t need. Earlier this fall Kent and Environment Minister Currie Dixon signed a deal with Alaska to study the feasibility of a power grid connection to Skagway. If it works, that would allow the Yukon to sell some of its excess power to the American port in the summer. It could also allow for a smallscale power station at West Creek, which would bolster the power portfolio. But Skagway’s power demands peak in the summer when cruise ships are in port, and even then the community isn’t likely to buy enough power to offset serious overproduction in the Yukon. The only likely answer to that is a grid connection to B.C. That would allow the Yukon the safety to build enough power to cover its highest demand peaks, and sell off its excess down south when the market slumps. At an estimated cost of more than $1 billion, a B.C. connection is expensive, but that’s still something that interim Liberal Leader Sandy Silver wants to see more of a focus on. “If you had private industry that wanted to look at building a wind farm or something like that, having a connection to B.C. would allow them the flexibility to do it, because they could sell their extra power to a larger market,” Silver said. Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com
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ld Crow is set to get a winter road this season, assuming the weather cooperates. A road was supposed to go in last winter, but it was cancelled because there wasn’t enough snow. Of course, conditions changed as soon as the decision had been made, said Chief Joe Linklater of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. “Within days afterwards it started to snow, and within a week or two we had enough snow to actually build a winter road. But all the projects were cancelled by that time.” The community has not been connected by road since 2004. Old Crow is Yukon’s only fly-in community. At this point, weather conditions are still “touch and go,” said Linklater. Sufficient snow is crucial to ensure that the ground cover remains relatively undamaged by the road. But the First Nation will forge ahead with the plan to build the road. If, in the end, the snow never shows, the First Nation has a back-up plan, said Linklater. It will prioritize the capital projects it has planned for the next few years, and fly in the material it can by Hercules or other aircraft, he said. Old Crow has been trying to get a winter road built for many years. It had a permit in 2007, but it expired before the community made use of it. There are a lot of logistics to co-ordinate, said Linklater. “It’s a huge project, probably a year or more in the planning.” In addition to organizing the construction and maintenance of the road itself, the
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First Nation must also carefully plan what materials will come in and how trucks will be loaded and unloaded efficiently. “In order to pull it off, we have to be prepared at both ends of the road to stage things so that there are no delays in bringing in material, because that’s a cost, and on this end we have to be prepared to receive it and to store it at various sites throughout the community,” said Linklater. The First Nation plans to bring in material to sustain capital projects for the next few years. Plans include a new store, expanded fuel storage and new housing.
down the Porcupine River.” The road is expected to cost up to $1.4 million, including maintenance costs. The Yukon government has agreed to split the costs with the First Nation, up to $700,000. The plan is to have the road ready for travel by February 24, and have it open through March 17. The road is not open to the public, and permits are required to bring freight down it. It will only have one lane, so traffic can only travel in one direction at a given time, said Linklater. Community members will have an opportunity to
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Stuff will be leaving the community as well. Yukon’s Department of Community Services, for example, plans to co-ordinate with the First Nation to ship out scrap metal to have it properly disposed of outside the community. The road is more than 280 kilometres long, said Linklater. It meets the Dempster Highway just south of Eagle Plains, and then meanders to the northwest towards the community. For the last 10 or 15 kilometres, the road follows the river into town, said Linklater. “It’s quite a sight to see a bunch of big trucks coming
the decision. A motion before the Yukon Legislative Assembly passed unanimously Wednesday in support of the appeal. “The federal government has said it will appeal the WTO decision, so our motion today reinforces the position that the decision is a bad one,” said Premier Darrell Pasloski in a news release. “In our opinion, the decision shows a complete lack of understanding of the importance of the seal hunt to Canada’s Arctic and coastal peoples.” Yukon Party MLA Darius Elias put forward the motion. “The seal hunt is an important tradition for people in our
coastal areas and for those living in the Arctic region of Canada,” Elias said. “To allow this partial ban to continue on ethical grounds completely disregards the needs of our indigenous peoples and others who rely on traditional hunting to feed their families.” (Jacqueline Ronson)
father, mother, brother and son have all been students at the college, and she also has taken a number of courses herself. “I have always been impressed by the professionalism delivered, by the calibre of teachers and instructors and by the variety of courses and programs being offered by Yukon College over the years.” NDP MLA Lois Moorcroft Legislature marks spoke about her involvement college anniversary with the planning of the Ayamdigut campus, which opened in Members of the legislative as- 1988. She was a part of an emsembly spoke at length this week to honour the 50th anniversary ployee advisory committee that called for a childcare centre to of Yukon College. become an essential feature of Education Minister Elaine the college, she said. Taylor mentioned that her
get personal purchases, like furniture or vehicles, trucked in. The company in charge of the trucking will offer a freight rate to the public, he said. The road will generate a great deal of economic activity for the Yukon, said Linklater. “This project itself does have some fairly substantial economic spin-offs, when you consider that anybody that gets paid to do any kind of work as a result of this road pays taxes as well. I think the economic spin-offs are quite considerable, not just to Old Crow but to the Yukon in general.” Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com
“The childcare centre is still a success.” “It would be easier for me to list in Dawson the people who have not taken courses at Yukon College,” said interim Liberal Leader and Klondike MLA Sandy Silver. “Anywhere you go in the community, its presence is known.” The legislature also unanimously passed a motion Wednesday expressing continued support for the college, and in particular for mining innovation, cold climate technology development, climate change research and social justice initiatives. Yukon College’s 50th anniversary party will be held tonight from 7 to 10:30 p.m. at the Ayamdigut campus in Whitehorse. (Jacqueline Ronson)
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been around for a long time.” Bremner said. “Ron always wanted to find the source of nce a prospector, althis gold.… He agreed to work ways a prospector. for Goldstrike Resources for The Yukon Prospec- the summer with the idea that tors Association named Ron this might give him a chance Stack this year’s prospector of to actually see for himself the year. where this old-timer may have But his love of being out on found the gold he was bringthe land means he’s not exactly ing out. an easy guy to find if you want “It appears that it probto talk about the accolades. ably is the most likely source “He’s camping outside of for this gold that the legend is town,” association president based on.” Mike Power said this week. Stack discovered what is “He’s basically off the grid.” now known as the Ron Stack Stack was honoured for his Zone more or less by accident, discovery of the Goldbank Bremner said. Trend on Goldstrike ResourcHe was on his way down to es’s Plateau South property the Hess River to be picked up located north of Ross River in by a helicopter when he saw central Yukon. some interesting rocks. The 11-kilometre zone “Ron’s got an eye for of mineralization has rock anything that is interesting samples returning assays up to or unusual,” Bremner said. 34.25 grams per tonne gold, “He got distracted and spent according to the association. quite a while there pounding Goldstrike began drill test- rocks and brought out some ing the zone this past summer. samples.” The story of Stack’s find “One of them came in at dates back to the 1920s, said over an ounce to the ton of Trevor Bremner, Goldstrike’s gold.” resource director and chief The company started a geologist. small drill program this sumThat’s when, so the story mer. goes, an old-timer started There were 17 shallow drill bringing coarse gold down the holes dug. They struck visHess River into Mayo. ible gold in four out of the 17, “People never knew where Bremner said. he got it from, and that story’s “Which is pretty unheard News Reporter
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“The staff and everyone at the arts centre have worked really hard to make us welcome and to work he Kluane Mountain Bluegrass with us to create the intimate feel of Festival will skip a beat this a bluegrass festival.” summer. But the board would like to find The 2014 festival has been cana permanent home for the event, celled so that the board can work outside of Whitehorse, she said. on a sustainable long-term plan, the Some fans miss the destination Yukon Bluegrass Music Society anaspect of the event, and being able to nounced this week. walk through a community between “We’ve agonized over the decismaller, intimate venues, said Wattssion for quite some time,” said board Haase. member Shirley Watts-Haase. So the board has hired Michael The festival began in 2003. For Pealow and Associates, with help eight years, bluegrass fans gathered from the Community Developin Haines Junction for the annual ment Fund, to plan the future of the event. festival. In 2010, the town passed a bylaw The board has already appreventing festival-goers from proached communities around camping on municipal property, and Yukon in search of a new home, and the society decided to move on. the response has been very positive, The last three events have been said Watts-Haase. held at the Yukon Arts Centre in “It’s wonderful to have that kind Whitehorse. of interest in the festival.” Haines Junction is interested in That venue has been extremely welcoming the festival back, and is accommodating, said Watts-Haase. News Reporter
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Health minister critical of NDP The government’s health minister is accusing the NDP of taking credit for an inquest into the deaths of two women who had been treated at The Watson Lake Community Hospital. Teresa Ann Scheunert, 47, died June 21, 2012 and Mary Johnny, 60, died less than two months later on Aug. 9. Earlier this week, Yukon Chief Coroner Kirsten Macdonald called a single inquest into the two deaths. This came after the government refused opposition pressure to call its own public inquiry into the facts. “(The coroner’s office) is an independent office, it has the
responsibility to determine the facts around unexplained or unexpected deaths. It’s her job to give recommendations,” Heath and Social Services Minister Doug Graham said. “I’ve said over and over that we don’t interfere this those operations, that we believe the coroner’s office will do the right thing.” An inquest’s jury has the option of making recommendations regarding how to prevent similar deaths in the future. They do not assign guilt or legal responsibility. Despite not calling an inquiry, Graham said he’s not surprised Macdonald called an inquest. “I think that she sees that there probably are some unexplained issues in Watson Lake and that a coroner’s inquest is the best way to explain or un-
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The Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival has been cancelled for 2014, so organizers can work on finding a permanent home for the event outside Whitehorse.
one of three communities shortlisted as a potential future venue, she said. Carcross and Teslin also made the cut. Taking a break this year will help
ensure that the festival can maintain the quality and “sense of at-homeness” that fans and musicians have come to expect, said Watts-Haase. The event has brought in many
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ravel all of the facts surrounding those deaths.” He criticized the Official Opposition. “The opposition is claiming some sort of credit. That is so sad. They’re saying that unless they had done this, the coroner wouldn’t have made this decision. That’s insulting to the coroner, it’s inappropriate,” Graham said. “I think that if everyone had taken a step backwards two weeks ago, this decision would still have been reached by the coroner because in hindsight, there’s no doubt in my mind it’s the right thing to do.” (Ashley Joannou)
Interim Liberal Leader Sandy Silver says the failure of the Yukon Party to diversify the economy has resulted in a shrinking private sector and a growing public sector. The private sector was down 700 jobs while the public sector was up 400 in October, compared with a year earlier, according to the Yukon government’s most recent employment stats. “This government coasted for many years on massive upswings in mineral prices,” said Silver. “During that time, the Yukon Party refused to take action to diversify our economy to deal with the slowdown that we knew would eventually happen
winners of International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, she said. “It’s a very popular destination for them, because we treat them with real Yukon hospitality.” The board is already actively planning the 2015 festival, said Watts-Haase. Over the next year, the board would like to get as much input as possible from fans and musicians about what they would like to see the in the future. More information can be found at the Yukon Bluegrass Music Society’s Facebook page. The annual general meeting will take place February 6, 2014. The Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Camp that has operated in recent years alongside the festival now has its own separate society. The camps will run in 2014, from June 9 through 13, according to the society’s website. Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com
and there is no Plan B.” Currie Dixon, minister for economic development, said that the territory is doing quite well, given global market conditions. “This is in a climate of a fairly down economy, with weak mineral prices and a soft investment climate for mining companies. For that climate to still produce growth is a testament to the resilience of the economy here in the Yukon. We’ve continued to make strategic investments throughout the territory to grow our economy and to diversify it.” The Yukon’s projected growth for this year is barely above zero, and lower than almost every other jurisdiction in Canada. (Jacqueline Ronson)
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Elections committee spokeswoman Laurie Ellis said she wouldn’t comment on the “rumours” circulating about the barred voters. She said the committee would hold a meeting and send out a press release on the issue this morning, but it did not arrive by press time. Moon said her heritage has never been questioned during elections before, and the regulations requiring voters to be of Kaska descent has never been an issue until now. The LFN government can seem confusing because it crosses the B.C.-Yukon border. It includes a chief, who may come from Kaska traditional territory on either side of the border, plus four Watson Lake councillors and two Lower Post councillors. The deputy chief must also come from Lower Post, and together with that community’s two councillors, make up the B.C.-based contingent known as the Daylu Dena Council. When voters go to the polls, residents from the Yukon side of the border get to vote for the chief, as well as the four Watson Lake council members. Residents from the B.C. side, like
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Moon and her family, cast ballots for the chief and the Daylu Dena Council members. There are roughly 100 eligible LFN voters living in Lower Post, according to local Tahltan elder Charlie Pete. Disqualifying 10 per cent of them could have serious consequences for the legitimacy of the election, he said. “It’s unfair,” said George Morgan, one of the candidates for chief in the coming election. Morgan helped organize the disenfranchised voters and issued a joint press release with deputy chief candidate Mickey Carlick and Daylu Dena Council candidate Roma Walker. “Who are these individuals to decide who does or doesn’t have Kaska blood? All of a sudden, it’s convenient for somebody that these individuals not be able to vote, when all of them voted in the last three elections. There’s some crookedness going on,” Morgan said. “The loss of 10 voters in Lower Post could have significant repercussions in this election especially when those people would have voted for me,” said Carlick. Under the LFN’s regula-
tions, the elections committee is responsible for generating the voter list and supplying it to the chief returning officer, who is responsible for revising it. Voters who feel they should be added to the list can apply to the appeals board of the elections committee. Chief Returning Officer Pauline Lund said no one has yet come forward with a complaint, but that’s likely because they’ve run out of time. The rules say that applications will be heard on the 18th, 19th and 20th days before the election. Because the LFN election is on Dec. 16, the threeday window to appeal expired yesterday, the day Moon said she and the other nine citizens received their letters. There’s also another quirk about this election that seems odd. Lund said the elections committee was told to use election regulations from 2004, when there are more recent regulations from 2007 that were used for the last election. According to Lund, there were legal problems with the 2007 regulations, including a failure to ratify them at a general assembly. Morgan said the decision to use the 2004 document is an attempt at underhandedness by the elections committee because it legitimizes their decision to bar the 10 Lower Post voters. But Liz Porter was a part of the elections committee in 2010. She said the 2007 rules were ratified, and only contained very minor changes to the 2004 document. The News examined copies of both the 2004 and 2007 documents provided by Porter. When it comes to voter eligibility, both documents are identical. Voters must be of Kaska ancestry, but there is no requirement or mechanism for proving it.
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ukon MP Ryan Leef is defending the federal government’s new anti-cyberbullying law just as the country’s privacy commissioner is raising questions about it. The new bill, designed to protect children and youth from exploitation on the web, makes it illegal to share “intimate images” on the web without consent, and bolsters police powers to investigate online and order images taken down. “Cyberbullying has had some of the most damning impacts on our children and our youth,” Leef said. “We’ve seen some tragic impacts in Canada where these images have been taken without consent and
disseminated without consent with tragic consequences, where some of our youth have taken their own lives because of the embarrassment.” The new legislation was crafted in the wake of a number of highprofile youth suicides. B.C.’s Amanda Todd and Nova Scotia’s Rehtaeh Parsons both took their own lives after they were sexually exploited online. Leef said that education for youth about the dangers and impact of cyberbullying is important to stop it, but the police also need stronger powers to enforce the removal of those images from the web. While the focus of the bill is on cyberbullying, Leef said it also includes changes meant to help
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combat online hate speech and criminal harassment. But those stronger powers are raising concern for federal privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. Stoddart issued a statement following concern from civil rights groups alleging that new police powers in the bill go too far and violate Canadians’ rights to privacy. Stoddart said she wants more information about how the new powers will be used. Critics of the draft law have called it another Conservative omnibus bill, and say that it uses cyberbullying as an excuse to give police dangerous powers to track Canadians’ online activity and even request data from internet service providers without a warrant.
Leef fended off accusations that the cyberbullying bill resurrects controversial measures from 2012’s “lawful access” bill, which died amid an outcry that it trampled online privacy rights. The issue people had with the lawful access bill was over requirements for service providers to hand over basic subscriber information, and to allow for data intercept capabilities in their systems, Leef said, but those aren’t included in this bill. Leef acknowledged that the web is a murky world that can be difficult to police properly, but he is confident that law enforcement won’t overstep its bounds when asking for Canadians’ information, especially because doing so could compromise a case in court.
“I think we’ve really struck the perfect balance between individuals privacy and the need for law enforcement to be able to access that information,” Leef said. When it comes to the option for service providers to hand over information, Leef said that is a power that police already have in the physical world. Police officers are allowed to ask citizens to submit to a voluntary search without a warrant, and citizens are allowed to say no. This bill just extends that to the online world, Leef said. “Service providers need to decide for themselves how generous to be, and the customers need to hold them to account,” he said. Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com
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Yukon Energy’s Mayo dam. The utility is looking to build new hydroelectric projects to meet growing demand for power.
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nergy Minister Scott Kent is right that now is a good time to begin planning the Yukon’s next hydro-electric dam – if we’re using “good” in the sense of “better late than never.” As Kent himself notes, it will probably take between 10 to 15 years for a new dam to actually be built. Given how long the government has been receiving warnings that the territory’s power surplus is quickly disappearing, and given how rising power rates affect pretty much everybody, why has it taken so long to get the ball rolling? The Yukon Party has been in power for more than a decade. During that time the government has always boldly asserted that its policies – rather than, say, world metal prices – were chiefly responsible for the boom in mineral exploration and production we saw until the recent, disconcerting decline. (This drop-off, funnily enough, is no fault of the government. For that, you can blame world metal prices.) Well, if the government was
so confident in its ability to boost the Yukon economy, why didn’t it plan to adequately expand our electricity supply to support this growth, one may wonder? An honest answer would be that predicting the economy’s future trajectory is a mug’s game, and that anticipating our future power is not much easier, given the challenges that come with having an electrical grid that’s isolated from other jurisdictions. Over-build and you end up having to pay for costly assets that are not actually earning a return. The Yukon learned this in the 1980s, as it built a fourth wheel for the Whitehorse dam only to see the Faro mine shutter, leaving a big surplus of potential electricity – and a big bill to pay off. Under-build, meanwhile, and you end up where we may be soon fast approaching, with demand far outstripping supply, resulting in a whole lot of dirty, expensive diesel being burned to keep the lights on. We’d be willing to wager, however, that the Yukon Party Publisher
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has a plan of sorts already prepared. It simply isn’t touting it yet, perhaps because it is still sussing out its viability and fears that spilling the beans too soon could lead to later embarrassment. The proposed West Creek hydro project near Skagway could generate up to 25 megawatts of electricity. Town officials have tried without luck for the past six years to cadge state funds to conduct a feasibility study. Yukon government officials have lately expressed enthusiasm for the potential of tying this project to the territorial grid, and in October, the governments of the Yukon and Alaska announced they would each spend $150,000 to study the creation of a such a power link. The results are due by mid-2014. Tying West Creek to the Yukon’s grid would be mutually beneficial. Skagway could use extra juice to help power docked cruise ships during the summer months, when the Yukon has a surplus of hydroelectric capacity. And the Yukon could suck up the surplus power during the winter months, when we currently depend on burning diesel to help Reporters
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offset the energy consumed to heat homes. Yukon Energy officials note that there are several other small potential hydro projects along the route to Skagway, providing opportunities for future expansions. And extending the grid in this direction may even bring us one step closer to one day connecting with British Columbia’s grid. Linking up with Skagway could provide one final benefit. If we decide to string power lines out that way, we could run a fibre-optic cable, too, providing an alternative route for Internet data to travel. The Yukon government is currently studying the feasibility of doing so, with the aim of then tying into an undersea cable near
Juneau. That could provide a backup route for when our existing datapipe, which runs down the Alaska Highway, fails. More importantly, it would break NorthwesTel’s monopoly control over the only fibre-optic connection from the Yukon to Outside, encouraging Internet competition and driving down prices. Yukon Energy has a long list of potential hydro projects, but none appear to offer as many benefits as West Creek. Many questions remain about how these schemes would work. But it all amounts to something approaching a plan. The government could be more articulate in expressing it. (JT)
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INSIGHT Imagine there’s no heaven the pain of denying him, her or it. The world is full of mean and stupid gods not to believe by AL POPE in. The god of the Westboro Baptist Church springs to mind, he who “hates fags” and sends his followers, most of them the issue of the group’s leader, Fred Phelps, out to picket funerals. But Phelps’s deity is, if not harmless, at least toothless. He resides at the outer edge of n a comic scene in Joseph the lunatic fringe of the gods, Heller’s 1961 novel, Catch 22, where his influence is limited two atheists argue about God to inflicting pain on mourners till one cries out in frustration, and making idiots of his own “But the God I don’t believe followers. Far more insidious in is a good God, a just God, are the high-profile, big box-ofa merciful God. He’s not the fice gods, who can never seem mean and stupid God you to resist meddling in politics make Him out to be.” and the law. Not content to be The very fact that we have a worshipped and adored, the Aword for atheism demonstrates list deities insist on obedience, that it’s not like other forms of even if they have to go to court disbelief. There is no equivato get it. lent word for someone who is The National Post reports skeptical about fairies, dragons, that Elinor, an Israeli woman or Stephen Harper’s latest verwho has somehow managed to sion of events. To be an atheist keep her last name private, “has is to have considered the notion been ordered by a religious of a god, held some image of court to circumcise her son that god in your mind, and against her will or face fines of then rejected the fruit of your 500 shekels ($150) for every imagining. day the procedure is not carried Fortunately for those who out”. choose atheism, there’s no need Elinor’s son was born with to conceive of a good, just and a medical condition that made merciful god, and then suffer circumcision on the 8th day, as
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required by custom, impossible. Later, she balked. “As time went on,” she said, “I started reading about what actually happens in circumcision, and I realized that I couldn’t do that to my son. He’s perfect just as he is.” In imposing the fine the rabbinical court declared that “fulfilling the command of circumcision is not a surgical medical act … Brit milah is exactly what it says: a covenant that God made with His chosen people, the nation of Israel.” Elinor appealed the decision to a higher rabbinical court, which rejected her case with the words, “Removal of the foreskin prepares the soul to accept the yoke of Heaven and study God’s Torah and commandments.” So, if I understand this correctly, the deity in question gave the human male reproductive apparatus a hood of skin that in some manner interferes with the soul’s ability to accept yokes and study commandments, two behaviours said god requires of his followers, especially the male ones. Circumcision is a kind of factory recall to correct the error. Elinor’s and her son’s plight is a relatively minor example of the folly of letting superstar gods get their fingers into
politics and justice. In Saudi Arabia in 2002 religious police stopped 15 girls from leaving a burning school because their heads weren’t covered. All of the girls died in the fire. Saudi Arabia is only one of a number of countries in which religious law provides harsh punishments for women who drive cars, or are raped. It is a common feature of the A-list gods that they all insist on the subjugation of women. This week Pope Francis, earthly agent for the biggest star of all and head of the only multinational corporation to own a city-state, released an apostolic exhortation that shocked the business world by calling capitalism “a new tyranny,” and criticizing inequality and exploitation. Inequality between men and women within the church, however, “is not a question open to discussion.” Francis is a champion of the rights of the poor. He favours decentralizing church power. He stands for peace and against hate. He has even made a muted statement – “who am I to judge?”– of tolerance for gays. By papal standards, he’s a passionate reformer, but he serves a god with womanissues, who can only do business with men.
Here in Canada, although our Constitution mandates the separation of church and state, we’re still burdened by an entrenched system of state-funded religious schools, and by legions of god-followers who clamour to insert their religious beliefs into public life. Fortunately, the electorate has so far demonstrated only limited tolerance for divine dabbling in government. Still, gods lurk in Parliament, leaping up every once in a while with a private member’s bill to curtail women’s rights, or a government policy that endangers women’s health in Africa by directing aid through conservative religious organizations and de-funding women’s health clinics. A word to the omniscient: play fair. You’re welcome to your followers, your churches, your hymns and holy books. Leave us our governments, laws, courts and police. We really can’t run them properly if we’re tripping over gods at every turn. We know you think we need your goodness, justice, and mercy, but too often all we see is meanness and stupidity. Al Pope won the Canadian Community Newspaper Award for best columnist in 2013. He also won the Ma Murray Award for Best Columnist in B.C./Yukon in 2010 and 2002.
Danger lurks in that Mickey Mouse couch itical intrigue and duplicity that makes House of Cards or Breaking Bad seem like a Sunday school picnic. by The story goes back to the 1970s, when NICHOLAS the tobacco industry was under pressure to make self-extinguishing cigarettes D. KRISTOF because so many people were dying in fires caused by careless smokers. The tobacco industry didn’t want to tinker with cigarettes, so it lobbied instead for requiring flame retardants in mattresses and couches. esearchers this summer purchased This became a multibillion-dollar 42 children’s chairs, sofas and other boondoggle for the chemical industry, but furniture from major retailers and tested studies showed that flame retardants as them for toxic flame retardants that have actually used in sofas don’t prevent fires. been linked to cancer, birth defects, diThis is easy to test: Just set a cushion on minished IQs and other problems. fire. The documentary shows that it will In a study released a few days ago, the burn right up. Center for Environmental Health reThe chemical industry has cited the ported the results: The toxins were found work of a fire safety scientist Vytenis in all but four of the products tested. Babrauskas as showing that flame retard“Most parents would never suspect ants do limit fires. But Babrauskas says that their children could be exposed to in the HBO documentary that chemical toxic flame-retardant chemicals when companies misrepresented his findings they sit on a Mickey Mouse couch, but our report shows that children’s foam fur- “in an exceedingly blatant and disgraceful niture can carry hidden health hazards,” a way.” Babrauskas says that, in fact, retardants co-author of the study, Carolyn Cox, said provide little if any delay for a fire, and in releasing the report. then lead to much more toxic fumes. “You These flame retardants represent a dizzying corporate scandal. It’s a story of get the worst of both possible worlds,” he says. corporate greed, deceit and skulduggery, One risk is to firefighters, who are powerfully told in a new HBO documencoming down with rare cancers. The tary, Toxic Hot Seat. larger danger is to people sitting on those This is a televised window into pol-
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couches. Retardants are released as dust from the foam and accumulate on the floor. The greatest risk is probably to pregnant women and to small children, who are also more likely to be on the floor. These chemicals are frequently endocrine disruptors that mimic hormones, and mounting evidence links them to cancer, reproductive problems and other ailments. One positive step: California announced new standards Thursday that will lead to the sale of flame-retardantfree furniture there. It’s often impossible to know whether a particular couch contains retardants. The Center for Environmental Health suggests that parents avoid foam and choose furniture made of wood, or upholstered with cotton, down, wool or polyester fiberfill. Arlene Blum, a California scientist whose research led to certain flame retardants being banned from children’s pajamas in the 1970s, recounts her horror when she found that those same chemicals were still being used in couches that children sleep on. As the evidence grew about the danger of flame retardants, legislation was proposed in California, Maine and elsewhere to curb these chemicals. That’s when a mysterious organization called Citizens for Fire Safety Institute began running commercials defending the chemicals. “The California Legislature is con-
sidering a bill that will endanger our children,” the group warned in one commercial. Another cautioned that without flame retardants, household furniture would spread fire through a home. “Say no to laws that put our children in danger,” the group warned. So who are these Citizens for Fire Safety? Their website once showed an image of children in front of a fire station and described the group as “a coalition of fire professionals, educators, community activists, burn centers, doctors, fire departments and industry leaders.” Toxic Hot Seat follows a group of Chicago Tribune reporters as they dig into Citizens for Fire Safety. Their excavation of public records revealed that this “coalition” has just three members – a trio of giant companies manufacturing flame retardants. The organization was a lie, meant to deceive politicians and voters. (These days the website has been mostly dismantled and simply refers visitors to the chemical lobby, the American Chemistry Council, which has set up a website responding to the HBO documentary: flameretardantfacts.com.) Let’s be clear. The companies stonewalling safety regulation include giants like Exxon, BASF, DuPont and Dow Chemical, and I hope their executives squirmed as they watched Toxic Hot Seat.” Nicholas D. Kristof writes about international affairs for the New York Times.
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Unchecked growth is deadly I noticed the headline for one of the letters to the editor: We Will Need Mining to Sustain Our Lifestyle. (The News, Nov. 9.) Our current living arrangement with planet Earth, our “lifestyle,” is actually unsustainable. We actually can’t afford to have more growth on a finite planet. We all will have to alter our lifestyles for humans and all the other living organisms to survive on this planet. It will not be easy or painless, but not making changes dooms us. Mining cannot continue at its present growth. When you take away mining for military needs and an over-consumptive society, there wouldn’t be much mining in the Yukon at all. We need to get on with a plan that will allow us to survive on this planet. Next election we need to vote for only those who won’t promise growth. Growth kills. Neil Rollinson Whitehorse
Seal slaughter is nothing to be proud of Slaughtering seals is cruel, inhumane and unethical. The European
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public has spoken loud and clear. For ethical reasons, they do not want what the seal industry is selling: the body parts of seals. Period! Yukon MP Ryan Leef, on the iconic (?) CBC Monday said, “We are proud to protect a traditional, sustainable and historic way of life for Canadian sealers across this great country.” And all this makes the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seals annually ethical, Mr. Leef? Is it not inhumane to slaughter these animals? You cannot force the public in a democratic society to support what they don’t want to support. Get it? This ban has sparked an interview, again on CBC, with a Dawson fashion designer who uses fur that belongs to wildlife for human desires – fashion. She said she does not use seal body parts in her business, and is not concerned that the fur industry will suffer from a import ban as well. I am sure the fur industry, too, will some day become banned from exporting animal parts to the world. This fashion designer went on to say that fur is humanely harvested, and fur harvesters are stewards of the land and fur is a green
product. She did not back this use of language with any logic. And I have become used to CBC North not asking tough questions that deconstruct the ethics and language used by the animal-use industries. CBC, is it your mandate to support, condone and glorify the exploitation and killing of nonhumans? The public, not the animal-use industries and all its spokespeople, will decide what they will or will not support when it comes to the well-being of sentient beings. For the animals! Mike Grieco Whitehorse
Undoing the damage In the summer of 2012 someone drove a car down a non-motorized narrow, sandy walking path alongside the sand cliffs adjacent to the north bank of McIntyre Creek where the creek drains into the Yukon River. The car was pushed off the cliff in an attempt to dump it into the Yukon River. As luck would have it,
the vehicle rolled off one lip of the sandy cliff, rolled over and landed on its roof on a cliff shelf below. The vandal(s) returned a number of times attempting (unsuccessfully) to push the car off the cliff shelf. If they had been successful it would have landed in a part of the Yukon River where swans stop over to rest and feed in their annual migration. This area is also home to eagles, ravens and other waterfowl. The Yukon River and McIntyre Creek are both used by salmon. City bylaw was contacted and they had the car removed this summer. It was not an easy recovery because of the location and the environmentally sensitive nature of the area where the vehicle was dumped. Friends of McIntyre Creek would like to thank Const. Kevin Hildebrand and other city employees for removing the vehicle. Cathy Deacon Friends of McIntyre Creek Whitehorse
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Engineering, Challenger Geomatics, Northern Climate Engineering, SDC (Software Development Centre) and Kim Solonik. We agree that we gave the companies very short notice when inquiring for sponsorship, so we are surprised and very grateful that most ended up sponsoring. In addition to the NA Envirothon website, we were extremely lucky to have Bob Sharp prepare us for the event with some hands-on experience in each of our disciplines (soil, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife and human impact). The numerous hours he donated to training, finding chaperones, fundraising, making contacts and scheduling meetings was a huge help. We wouldn’t have been able to go without him. The Envirothon was very competitive and intense (as there are scholarships for the winning teams) but it was also a lot of fun. All the teams were boarded at the Montana State University campus, and every day we were scheduled from 6:30 a.m. to10 p.m., so it was extremely busy. During the day, chaperones participated in excursions, such as rafting, zip-lining and horseback riding, while the students had other things to do.... The first two days were for training and testing, which happened in nearby Paradise Valley. The heat was exhausting for us; we had to drink a ton of water, and at lunch we sat under the trees, even though we were sitting on cow patties. On the fourth day, each team had to make a presentation outlining a solution to a local environmental issue. These were presented to judges the following day. Amidst the intensity of the week, all of the teams visited the Museum of the Rockies, a rodeo and the iconic Yellowstone Park. It was the first time any of us had seen a geyser erupt, so seeing Old Faithful, as well as the other features (like the super colourful hot springs), was very exciting. The rodeo (which included bull riding, roping and barrel racing) was a great eye-opener to Montana’s ranching culture. The experience of the NA Envirothon was definitely worth the effort. The competition definitely contributed to all of our futures, and meeting the other participants was a blast.
In early August 2013, five Yukon high school students travelled to the 26th annual week-long North American Envirothon in Bozeman, Montana. We returned with newfound knowledge of environmental sustainability, agriculture, presentation skills and also new friends. The NA Envirothon is the largest environmental competition for high school students. This year, (the third year a Yukon team has participated), our team was comprised of Sruthee Govindaraj, Liam Finnegan, Rene Grewal, Kaitlynn Mitchell and myself, (Clara Reid). We had previously participated in the Yukon Envirothon (for Grade 11 biology students), representing Vanier and Wood Street (Experiential Science Program). Our terrific chaperones, Kelly Choy and Mary Lumbers, were both perfect for this trip, having backgrounds in science and high school education. We would like to thank all our dedicated sponsors who made the trip possible: Yukon Department of Education, Yukon Department of Environment, Whitehorse Subaru, EDI (Environmental Dynam- Clara Reid Whitehorse ics Inc.), EBA Engineering, CAP
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woman has lost again in her lawsuit against the RCMP over the death of her father in police custody. Elycia Carlick had filed a lawsuit naming seven members of the Whitehorse RCMP related to the death of her father, Grant Edwin McLeod. McLeod, 39, died on August 30, 2008, after an altercation with police officers trying to take him into custody. Carlick filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the police, claiming they used inappropriate force. That part of the lawsuit was thrown out last year after a judge ruled Carlick did not file the documents in time. This last piece of the lawsuit deals with misfeasance in public office – Carlick’s claim that authorities abused their power in the case. The lawsuit deals with Carlick specifically and alleges that she suffered psychological harm as a result of her father’s death. On the morning of McLeod’s death, police were called to the Chilkoot Inn when a clerk complained of a man with a hypodermic needle. Constables Jason MacDonald and Terra Taylor were the
first to respond. The officers said, “McLeod exhibited abnormal, erratic and non-responsive behavior; he was wearing only one shoe; was bleeding; appeared disoriented, and confused,” according to court documents. The officers attempted to arrest McLeod under the Mental Health Act. He resisted and multiple other officers had to be called in to help subdue him. At one point Taylor put McLeod into a neck hold. After being handcuffed, McLeod went into medical distress and became unresponsive. He was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital where he died. Toxicology reports found McLeod died of a cocaine overdose. “The combination of preexisting heart disease, acute cocaine intoxication, and the stress of being subdued all likely contributed to his death,” documents say. “However, since all of these were as a result of his cocaine intoxication, the underlying cause of death is cocaine intoxication.” The coroner’s inquest classified the death as accidental. Carlick was not present for this latest hearing, so Justice Ron Veale was forced to rely on what she had filed for the
earlier case. In the end Veale dismissed the case. He ruled there was not enough evidence to suggest the RCMP knew their actions would harm Carlick. “Even if I accept that the defendants knew their actions were likely to harm Mr. McLeod and knew that his daughter was likely to be con-
sequentially harmed as well… the knowledge of harm to a person is not sufficient,” Veale said. “There must be knowledge that the conduct leading to the harm is inconsistent with the obligations of the public office held.” He concluded that there was not enough evidence in this
version of the case for things to proceed to trial. “The evidence could support a claim in negligence and wrongful death but that claim was filed after the expiry of the limitation period and dismissed as previously discussed.” Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com
BRIEFS Group assesses accessibility changed,” she said. “But there A guide examining the accessibility of more than 300 businesses and other locations in Whitehorse is ready to be launched early next month. The 2013 Accessibility Scan Guidebook is designed to help people navigate businesses and other locations in the city. It looks at things like: parking, the route to entrances, ramps and curbs, entrances, door hardware, signs, interior flow, washrooms, elevators or stairways and fire safety. It was funded with support from New Horizons for Seniors and the Yukon Council on Disability. The official launch is Dec. 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Old Fire Hall. A team of three people spent two months performing the evaluations, project manager said Colette Acheson. The last time a guide like this was created was in 2004. “For one thing, some of the (building) legislation has
are also new buildings being built and renovations being done. When things like that happen, you’d like to think things are getting better.” Locations were evaluated from the perspective of a person in a wheelchair. The guide also considered things like visual impairment, and chronic conditions like MS or arthritis. An online version of the guide will be available on the Yukon Council on Disability’s website at www.ycod.yk.ca after Jan. 5, 2014. The guide is being launched as part of Disability Awareness Week. Events are planned for the entire week. A full schedule can be found on the council’s Facebook page. (Ashley Joannou)
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Proposal to bury nuclear waste in Ontario wins support; Reminder - Yukon local Recreational Salmon Fishers sparks U.S. ire Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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tions are coming from elsewhere 3 in Canada and the U.S. – parCard is November 30,ticularly 2013.Michigan, which shares KINCARDINE, Ont. the Lake Huron shoreline with rdinarily, a proposal to bury Ontario. Information how to submit your catch card can be found on the radioactive waste inon a scenic Critics are aghast at the idea. area thatback relies of on your tourism would catch card. For more call that (867) 393-6722. They don’t buy info, assurances inspire “not in my backyard” pro- the waste would rest far beneath tests from local residents – and greatest depths and be towere submit priorthe tolake’s the deadline is a contravention of the relief in Failure places that spared. encased in rock formations that But conventional wisdom Fisheries Act and subjecthave to been a penalty. stable for 450 million has been turned on its head in years. Ontario, where a publicly owned “Neither the U.S. nor Canada power company wants to entomb can afford the risk of polluting waste from its nuclear plants 680 the Great Lakes with toxic nucleJohn Flesher/AP Photo metres below the surface near ar waste,” U.S. Reps. Dan Kildee, Chambers holding intermediate-level radioactive waste Lake Huron. Sander Levin, John Dingell and in shallow pits at the Bruce Power nuclear complex near Some of the strongest supGary Peters of Michigan said in a Kincardine, Ontario. Ontario Power Generation wants to port comes from Kincardine letter to a panel that is expected store radioactive waste in a rock chamber less than a mile and other communities near to make a recommendation next from Lake Huron. the would-be disposal site at the spring to Canada’s federal govserved on a national commisBruce Power complex, the world’s ernment, which has the final say. opposition group has collected sion that studied the waste issue nearly 42,000 signatures. largest nuclear power station, Michigan’s two U.S. senaThe decision on the $1 billion in the United States. The U.S. which produces one-fourth of all tors, Democrats Carl Levin and electricity generated in Canada’s Debbie Stabenow, have asked the Canadian project could influence government’s plan for building a repository at Yucca Mountain in the broader debate over burying most heavily populated province. State Department to intervene. nuclear waste deep underground, Nevada has been halted by stiff Nuclear is a way of life here, and Business and environmental said Per Peterson, a nuclear engi- opposition. many residents have jobs congroups in Michigan and Ohio “Demonstrating that this facilsubmitted letters. An online peti- neering professor at the Univernected to the industry. sity of California at Berkeley, who ity can be approved and operated Meanwhile, the loudest objec- tion sponsored by a Canadian safely is important because it can improve confidence that future Pêches et Océans Fisheries and Oceans high-level waste facilities also can Canada Canada be operated safely,” Peterson said. The Canadian “deep geologic repository” would be the only deep-underground storage facility in North America, aside from a military installation in New La date limite pour retourner votre carte de consignation des captures de Mexico. Other U.S. radioactive saumon de 2013 est le 30 novembre 2013. waste landfills are shallow – usually 30 metres deep or less. Des renseignements sur la façon de soumettre votre carte de consignation se The most highly radioactive waste generated at nuclear plants trouvent au verso de la carte. Pour obtenir des renseignements is spent fuel, which wouldn’t supplémentaires, composez le 867-393-6722. go into the Canadian chamber. Instead, the site would house En vertu de la Loi sur les pêches, le défaut de soumettre une carte de “low-level” waste such as ashes from incinerated mop heads, consignation des captures avant la date limite constitue une infraction paper towels and floor sweepings. passible d’une sanction. It also would hold “intermediate waste” – discarded parts from the reactor core. The project would be operated by Ontario Power Generation, a publicly owned company that manages waste generated by its nuclear reactors and others Fisheries and Oceans Pêches et Océans owned by Bruce Power, a private Canada Canada operator. Officials insist it’s the safest way to deal with radioactive material that has been stored aboveground since the late 1960s and needs a permanent resting place. “We’ve had many scientists 3 and engineers studying this for many years,” OPG spokesman Card is November 30, 2013. Neal Kelly said. “They’ve concluded that it will not harm the Information on how to submit your catch card can be found on the environment or the public.” Most of the waste would back of your catch card. For more info, call (867) 393-6722. decay within 300 years, but the company acknowledges the Failure to submit prior to the deadline is a contravention of the intermediate waste would stay radioactive for more than 100,000 Fisheries Act and subject to a penalty. Associated Press
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years. That’s too long for Eugene Bourgeois, who has a wool yarn business near Bruce Power. “We have only recently discovered radioactivity,” he said. “It’s arrogant to think we’re smart enough to know what it will do to life on this planet over such a long time.” Larry Kraemer, mayor of Kincardine, says most of his constituents don’t share those fears. The risk of radioactive pollution is “so low as to be almost unimaginable,” he said. “The people here draw their drinking water from the lake. We’re certainly not going to take any chances with it.” Kincardine is among several small communities hugging the shoreline in southern Ontario’s Bruce County, which has miles of sandy beaches popular with tourists – particularly from Toronto, about three hours southwest. The downtowns are lined with shops, restaurants, parks, museums and woodsy footpaths. The area’s first nuclear plant was built in the 1960s in countryside north of Kincardine. The sprawling Bruce Power site now has eight reactors and employs about 4,000 people. Kraemer says about half the jobs in his town of 12,000 are connected to the industry. “We don’t have the knee-jerk reaction when someone says ‘nuclear’ that other people do,” said Joanne Robbins, general manager of the chamber of commerce in nearby Saugeen Shores. “We grew up with it.” Beverly Fernandez, leader of the group that started the online petition, lives in Saugeen Shores but admits she’s focusing on rally opposition outside the area because the industry is so popular in Bruce County – which she dryly labels “the nuclear oasis.” Company specialists say the waste would be placed in impermeable chambers drilled into sturdy limestone 680 metres below the surface, topped with a shale layer more than 180 metres thick. The lake’s maximum depth in the vicinity of the nuclear site is about 180 metres. But Charles Rhodes, an engineer and physicist, contended seeping groundwater would fill the chamber in as little as a year, become contaminated and eventually reach the lake through tiny cracks in the rock. “It’s only a question of how long, and how toxic it will be when it gets there,” he said in an interview. Kraemer, the Kincardine mayor, said naysayers should be grateful his town is willing to shoulder a burden few others would accept. “Opposition without responsibility is just a little too easy,” he said.
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Auditor general flags foot dragging by federal government in latest report Steve Rennie
riously and that is why we are already acting on the auditor general’s recommendations.” OTTAWA Opposition parties say the f there was a common audit shows a government fallthread running through ing down on its responsibiliauditor general Michael Ferties to keep its people safe. guson’s latest report to Parlia“Ensuring our food is ment, it was foot dragging by safe to eat, ensuring railways the federal government. are safe – these are the basic Ferguson made no attempt responsibilities of any governTuesday to hide his exasperament,” New Democrat MP tion over the length of time it Malcolm Allen said in a statetakes the government to act ment. on recommendations like the “Unfortunately, Conservaones he has just delivered. tives have become so mired “A look over the audits we in scandal, and so focused on are reporting on today show their well-connected friends, that in many cases, the results that they are neglecting their need to be improved,” he said basic responsibilities. Their during a news conference. attempts to cut corners are “Even when government putting Canadians at risk.” identifies a problem, it takes The Liberals say the report too long to develop and imple- “clearly confirms that the ment solutions. The resulting Conservative government has delays can have significant continued to fail Canadians impacts on Canadian, both when it comes to ensuring badirectly and indirectly.” sic safety measures, specifically The top theme of Ferguregarding rail and food safety.” son’s fall audit was safety and Ferguson’s team completed security. its rail-safety audit only days Among his findings: before the deadly train disaster – there are “significant this summer in Lac-Megantic, weaknesses” in Transport Que. The auditors found a lack Canada’s oversight of federally of knowledge of rail routes regulated railways; used to transport dangerous – big question marks goods, too few safety auditors, around the Harper governpoorly trained inspectors and ment’s multibillion-dollar an absence of follow-up or shipbuilding plan; sanctions when safety prob– loose borders that let lems are identified. dangerous people slip into On shipbuilding, the audiCanada; tor general’s office could not – problems with the way determine exactly how many emergencies are handled on ships will come out of the aboriginal reserves; and, National Shipbuilding Pro– a food inspection agency curement Strategy. The hard mired in confusion when it cost ceilings in place could also comes to major recalls. force the navy to reduce the Treasury Board President fleet size below its needs. Tony Clement said he takes Ferguson also found the both the good and the bad of Canada Border Services Ferguson’s findings. Agency doesn’t always get the “The government continues information it needs to pinto ensure that taxpayers’ dolpoint threats, with data that lars are used responsibly and can be incomplete or missing that Canadians can access efentirely. Nor can the RCMP fective and efficient programs say for sure what percentage of and services when they need people get nabbed when they to,” he said. try to sneak across the border “We take the safety and between regular ports of entry. First Nations communities security of Canadians very seCanadian Press
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during high-profile, emergency recalls. “We concluded that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) did not adequately manage the food recall system,” the report says. “Although the agency acted promptly to investigate foodsafety concerns and verified that recalled products were removed from the marketplace, significant improvements to the food recall system were needed.” The problems did not seem Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press to be with the investigations Auditor General of Canada Michael Ferguson themselves, or with getting are at risk because many have serious shortcomings at the food off of store shelves once outdated or missing emergen- Canadian Food Inspection a recall has been initiated. Fercy plans, the auditors found. Agency. guson’s team gives the CFIA There is confusion among The audit said the CFIA high marks for its swift reacAboriginal Affairs officials who struggles to follow up on tion when food-safety issues don’t always know who is sup- routine recalls and to manage crop up. posed to be doing what during major files. The problem, according emergencies. Ferguson’s team also found to the auditors, is with what The report says the depart- widespread confusion among the CFIA does once a recall is ment doesn’t know whether CFIA officials during emerlaunched. First Nations reserves are getgencies. Health Minister Rona Amting the same level of emerDuring the XL Foods recall, brose says she accepts Fergugency services as other parts of for example, the company son’s findings. Canada. received multiple calls from “When it comes to food Ferguson also took issue CFIA officials who apparently safety, this government is with the amount of money didn’t know that their responalways looking for opportuniAboriginal Affairs puts into sibilities had shifted during the ties to improve,” she said in a its emergency management emergency. statement. program. The audit says the The report says all those “We have significantly $19-million annual budget calls created confusion and strengthened the food-safety isn’t enough and the departadded to the company’s alsystem, and we’ll continue to ment has had to scrounge ready considerable workload take action to protect consumhundreds of millions of dolduring the crisis. ers.” lars from other sources. That It also found spotty reThe statement also made has meant some community cords, the lack of a clear set of reference to recent actions infrastructure projects were guidelines to ensure recalled cancelled or delayed to pay for products are properly disposed by the federal government to improve food safety, including emergencies. of and a failure to properly a plan to allow inspectors to On food safety, the auditor document the reasons for big general said last year’s massive decisions or communicate this fine businesses that fall short of meat-safety requirements. recall at XL Foods exposed information to key players
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Legal pot in U.S. could cause problems for Canadian travellers James Keller
voted in 2012 to legalize marijuana, anyone 21 years or older will be able to purchase and possess VANCOUVER an ounce of pot, whether they’re odd Spaits believes his home residents of the state or have state of Washington could come from farther afield. Voters one day be the Amsterdam of the in Colorado and, more recently, United States, with everyone from Portland, Maine, and several die-hard pot heads to the curicommunities in Michigan have ous but uninitiated visiting for also approved varying degrees of the novelty of legally buying and legalization. smoking marijuana. But legal experts warn anyone And Spaits, who has already heading into the United States applied for a licence to open a planning to indulge in legal mariretail store in the Seattle area once juana could run into problems if the state implements its legalizathey disclose those plans at the tion scheme, hopes Canadians border, with customs officers who will be among his customers. enforce federal, not state, laws “It’s going to be similar to able to use information about an Amsterdam trip: you’re just travellers’ pot smoking habits to going to go into a shop and look turn them away or even bar them around, and if you do enjoy from entering indefinitely. smoking, you’re going to buy “It is illegal at the border, something, just to be part of that because the border is run by movement,” says Spaits, 39, a self- the federal government and the described “serial entrepreneur” federal government still considwho doesn’t smoke pot himself. ers it a controlled substance,” says “There’s going to be a signifiAmerican immigration lawyer cant chunk of business in that.” Len Saunders, who is based in When pot sales begin next year Blaine, Wash. in Washington, where citizens “What if someone tells the Canadian Press
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allow the states to legalize marijuana, as long as strict regulations were in place. There has been no such assurances from border officials. Michael Milne, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a branch of the Department of Homeland Security, says the agency’s policies have not changed to accommodate statelevel plans to legalize marijuana. Milne says border guards will still ask some visitors about their marijuana use, which could include questions about whether they plan to purchase or consume legal marijuana if they’re travelling to states that allow it. “The changes in Washington state law have not changed how we process people at the border,” he says. “It’s not something that we’re asking 100 per cent of the people who come across. If we saw an indication and needed to drill down to make an admissibility decision on a case-by-case basis, that’s how we do it.” Scott Railton, an immigration lawyer whose office is based in Bellingham, Wash., agrees visitors hoping to smoke legal marijuana could run into trouble if they tell border officers why they’re travelling to the United States. Railton says the safest option for Canadians is to simply forget about trying out legal marijuana in jurisdictions such as Washington. “Until the Department of Homeland Security offers direct guidance to say this is OK, it’s very conceivable for me that a person could encounter admissibility issues,” says Railton. “So, that being true, right now I would advise them not to use
marijuana under Washington’s rules. There are just a lot of unanswered questions.” The legalization in Washington and Colorado is unlikely to have a similar effect for travellers coming into Canada, whether they are Canadians returning home or American residents. The Canada Border Services Agency says its officers don’t routinely ask travellers about illicit drug use, and simply admitting to having used marijuana isn’t grounds for inadmissibility on its own. Still, agency spokeswoman Faith St. John says if officers believe travellers have been in contact with drugs, that may prompt additional scrutiny to ensure they aren’t carrying drugs or aren’t driving while high. “People should be aware that even if they have purchased marijuana legally in Washington state, it is still a crime to transport it across the border,” St. John says in a written statement. “Anyone using marijuana legally in Washington state should ensure that they are not under the influence when driving across the border into Canada.” Vancouver pot activist Jodie Emery says Canadians might assume, incorrectly, that there is nothing wrong with telling American border guards about their plans to smoke pot in the U.S. if they’re heading to a state where it’s legal. “Obviously, there will be confused people who are naive of the law and feel like they can say they’re going to do that, and they’re going to encounter problems,” says Emery. “It definitely presents a problem that needs to be addressed.”
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Charlie the chinchilla makes cameo on Stephen Harper’s 2013 holiday card metres in a single leap, they also spray urine if on the defensive. They require extensive exercise and a generous supply of chew toys in order to keep their teeth worn down, a practice that prevents them from binge-eating and becoming overgrown. Harper has argued that politicians who love cats, as opposed to dogs, are those who want to serve rather than to be loved. He’s yet to weigh in on the significance of politicians who love chinchillas.
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Aboriginal seniors face challenges staying healthy, accessing care Sheryl Ubelacker
you’ve been eating a diet that is low-cost but high in carbohydrates, you may have acquired some of the TORONTO illnesses that are chronic in nature, irst Nations, Metis and Inuit so you may be further down that of advancing years often have spectrum of illness.” poorer health than their nonMany older aboriginal Canadiaboriginal counterparts but don’t ans also carry the scars of rampant receive the same level of health-care societal racism and the trauma of services as other Canadian seniors, being torn from their families to live a report says. in residential schools, where abuse, The Health Council of Canada neglect and substandard health care report, released Thursday, says were pervasive within the system. the health of aboriginal seniors The report says those experienccan be compromised by poverty, es have resulted in lingering mental inadequate housing and poor diet, health issues for some elders, such especially for those living in remote as depression or even post-traumatareas where nutritious foods may be ic stress disorder. prohibitively expensive. But accessing health care can Chronic conditions such as obe- be physically, emotionally and sity, diabetes and heart disease are financially challenging for many more prevalent among aboriginal aboriginal seniors, who may have to Canadians, compared with the gen- travel to urban centres for services eral population, and those disorders that are unavailable in remote or can worsen with age. isolated communities. “The challenge with First NaA lack of access to primary tions, Metis or Inuit is that many of physicians and specialists can lead those seniors have lived in poverty to worsening health problems, said throughout their lifespan,” said Dr. Wenda Watteyne, director of Metis Catherine Cook, vice-president of Nation of Ontario’s health and wellpopulation and aboriginal health ness program. for the Winnipeg Health Region “Oftentimes, complications and a councillor with the Health related to chronic diseases aren’t beCouncil. ing diagnosed, treated or screened, “So the challenges will have so oftentimes those diseases reach compounded in that,” said Cook, a point of urgency and people are being treated in emergency wards who is Metis. “For example, if Canadian Press
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once it reaches a crisis point,” Watteyne said from Ottawa, referring to such complications as kidney failure from diabetes. The Health Council says difficulties obtaining care are exacerbated by confusion over which level of government is responsible for which services and for which aboriginal groups. For instance, First Nations and Inuit are covered by federal noninsured health benefits, but the Metis are ineligible for that program. The exclusion of First Nations from some provincial programs available to all other provincial residents is also contentious. “You have a health-care (system) that has completely fragmented service for indigenous people,” said Cook, associate dean of First Nations, Metis and Inuit health at the University of Manitoba. Like many other aboriginal Canadians, Metis often have limited incomes, said Watteyne. “But what is distinct is the Metis’ inability to access those non-insured health benefits. So that creates even greater pressures on limited incomes that are there. “So just the ability to pay for expensive prescriptions, the ability to even cover the cost of transportation to see doctors and specialists (are difficult) because that’s not
covered either.” While the report details the barriers many aboriginal seniors face in accessing health care, it also lists examples of programs begun across the country to provide culturally appropriate services for these “respected and honoured” elder members of indigenous communities. Metis Nation Ontario has developed 18 community support programs across the province that help seniors access care, said Watteyne. For example, volunteer drivers will transport seniors in northwestern Ontario to Winnipeg for cancer and other specialized care. Marney Vermette, a registered nurse who oversees an educational program for personal support workers in several reserves in northwestern Ontario, said the key is teaching community health providers to take a holistic approach to seniors’ needs. “So not only looking at the physical aspects of your client, but the spiritual, the mental and emotional, and how important that is in caring for your client,” said Vermette, who is the liaison for the Saint Elizabeth First Nations, Inuit and Metis Program, Wabauskang First Nation. “The goal of this course was to provide health-care providers with the knowledge they would need
to keep their elderly clients in the community safely for as long as possible.” But if an elderly person becomes so sick and frail they require specialized care, it could mean moving to a long-term facility in a city, which can be a blow for the individual, their family and the whole community, noted Vermette. For the senior, “they’re put into homes that are very foreign to them in the way care is provided. They’re away from their families, they’re lonely,” she said. “Even for family members to go visit them, its very costly and I know that it’s very difficult.” The senior can feel isolated and adrift because care providers in the long-term care home may not speak their language, the food would be “very different” and the likely regimented routine in the facility would be unfamiliar, she said. “In my experience, it is also very sad for the community. It is a loss because not only is it a family member, but a lot of times these elders have a lot of (cultural) knowledge that’s taken with them.”
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U.S. Arctic strategy consistent with Canada’s approach: defence minister Canadian Press HALIFAX new Arctic strategy released by the U.S. is welcome and “entirely consistent” with Canada’s approach in the region Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said Saturday. Speaking as part of a panel at the Halifax International Security Forum Nicholson
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sions),” he said. “ I think this is a success story and we have in place the tools to make sure that continues.” The other panel members – Iceland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson and Denmark’s Defence Minister Nicolai Wammen – also expressed the need for a continued co-operative
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Rights group says Afghanistan must reject proposal for stoning Patrick Quinn Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan uman Rights Watch called Monday on the Afghan government to reject a proposal to reintroduce public stoning as a punishment for adultery, but the Justice Ministry denied that such a law had been submitted. The human rights organization said that a working group led by the Justice Ministry that is assisting in drafting Afghanistan’s new penal code had proposed provisions on ‘moral crimes’ involving sex outside of marriage that call for stoning. “International donors, including those supporting the legal reform process, should send a clear message to President Hamid Karzai that inclusion of stoning in the new penal code would have an immediate adverse effect on funding for the government,” the group said. But Mohammad Ashraf Azimi, the head of the Justice Ministry’s punishment laws department, said such a proposal had not yet been submitted for review. “As a member of the department for the punishment laws, I haven’t seen this part of the law
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overthrown by the American invasion. Azimi’s remarks came as Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry ordered an investigation Monday into the case of a couple allegedly shot by their relatives for adultery. The killing, said to have taken place in a Taliban-dominated area of northern Baglan province on Saturday, was based on what the ministry described as an illegal decision taken by tribal elders. Such so-called honour killings are common in Afghanistan’s highly conservative Islamic society, particularly in areas controlled by the Taliban. According to Khadija Akhil, provincial head of women’s affairs, a 28-year-old man and 25-year-old woman, who were both married to other people, fled the village of Joye Naw but Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo their car broke down. Afghan women with their children enjoy a view over Kabul, Afghanistan. Human Rights “They were caught and when Watch says that the Afghan government should reject a proposal to reintroduce public stonpolice went to the area the villaging as a punishment for adultery. ers said they were punished according to our culture,” she said. they are mentioning,” he said. “I the new penal code, intended to was dealing with Islamic Shariah Akhil said the villagers were replace one in effect since 1976. don’t know where they found it law because Afghanistan is an originally going to stone them, and why they are emphasizing it. He said international organizaIslamic republic. That group, he but shot them instead. She added We are the people working on it tions were heavily involved in the said, was drafting various prothat they then gouged out the process, which began two years and we haven’t seen it.” posals for issues such as adultery, man’s eyes and hacked his body ago. He said at least two more which currently is a crime in with knives. Azimi said one working group Afghanistan punishable with up years are needed to complete Mohammad Mahmoud Haqto 15 years imprisonment. mal, spokesman for Baghlan’s Yukon Liquor Corporation Stoning was used as a pungovernor, said they were shot by Stores and Territorial Agent ishment for adultery during the woman’s father. the Taliban government, which The ministry said police ruled for from the mid-1990s have been ordered to arrest WHITEHORSE until late 2001, when they were those responsible.
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Bosnians panic as sinkhole swallows village pond filled with fish Amel Emric
pond bobbing with green algae and lined with willow trees, as SANICA cattle grazed nearby. Now, Rezak Motanic gazes ust outside the rustic village, children fished in a tranquil in disbelief down a gigantic Associated Press
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moonlike crater where the pond used to be. It’s like something from a science fiction movie: a sinkhole swallowed the water, the fish and even nearby trees. “I sat here only a day before it happened, sipping plum brandy,” Cemal Hasan said. “And then, there was panic. Fish were jumping out, and a big plum tree was pulled down like someone yanked it with a hook.” The villagers of this remote northwestern Bosnian village have been in shock since the pond vanished two weeks ago. Their pond was some 20 metres (yards) in diameter and about eight meters deep. Now, the “abyss,” as the villagers have dubbed the crater, is some 50 metres wide and 30 metres deep – and growing. Scientists say it is not uncommon that ponds and small lakes suddenly disappear. They say it could be caused by drying underground water currents, or changes in soil drainage due to irrigation. The Sanica villagers, however, are having none of the scientific explanations. “It could have been a giant cave that opened its doors,” offered Milanko Skrbic. “Or a volcano.”
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People gather around a huge sinkhole in the village of Sanica, Bosnia. Only weeks ago, the spot was a pond full of fish and floating green algae, lined with old willow and plum trees.
Another popular theory – one that experts dismiss along with the others proposed by townsfolk – is that fish could have triggered the explosion of one of several Second World War German bombs believed to have been thrown into the pond by an old woman after the war. “She herself died when one of the bombs exploded in her arms,” Cemal Hasan said as he stood on the edge of the “abyss.” Another spooky explanation:
The owner of the pond took it with him when he died about a month ago. “Only days before Hasan passed away he said: ‘I’ll take everything with me when I die.’ And that’s what he did,” Motanic said. “His daughter saw him walk on the lake the night he died.” Husein Nanic said it could be a sign that the end is nigh: “All sort of miracles happen before the doomsday,” he said.
Religious Organizations & Services Whitehorse United Church
Yukon Bible Fellowship
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Our Lady of Victory (Roman Catholic)
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Saturday evening Mass: 7:30 p.m.
Confessions before Mass & by appointment. Monday 7:00 PM Novena Prayers & adoration Tuesday through Friday: Mass 11:30 a.m.
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First Pentecostal Church 149 Wilson Drive 668-5727
Sunday 10:00am Prayer / Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Wednesday Praise & Celebration 7:30 pm Pastor Roger Yadon
Whitehorse
Baptist Church 2060 2nD AvEnuE • 667-4889
Pastor Mark Carroll Family Worship at 11:00 am Sunday School 9:45 am
St. Nikolai Orthodox
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Quaker Worship Group ReLIGIoUS SoCIeTY oF FRIeNDS Meets regularly for Silent Worship. For information, call 667-4615 email: whitehorse-contact@quaker.ca
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Vajra North Buddhist Meditation Society Meditation Drop-in • Everyone Welcome!
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r. Jane Harms hoists a rigid coyote carcass onto a sterile metal countertop. She turns it over slowly, pointing out the grit and abrasions on its side and haunches, the blood congealed on its teeth and muzzle. The animal is frozen solid, but its two back legs move freely – they’re both broken. “The only thing I’ve seen do that to an animal,” Harms says, “is a vehicle.” The coyote is roadkill, one of the hundreds of animals killed on the territory’s highways and roads each year. It’s a sad toll, but one that the Yukon government attempts to make the most of. After their deaths, conservation officers and members of the public bring the road-killed animals here, to the Department of Environment’s animal health unit, where Harms is the program veterinarian. She and her colleagues use the carcasses in an array of studies and surveillance projects aimed at protecting the health of the Yukon’s wildlife populations, and at preventing the transmission of diseases from animals to humans. Once it thaws, Harms will remove the coyote’s head, open up its body cavity, and take out its brain and guts for testing. When it comes to the Yukon’s carnivores, the department has two main concerns: The brain will be tested for rabies, and the intestines for echinococcus, a parasite that can pose a potential threat to human health. On the counter next to the coyote, a mule deer’s hide is spread out flat, the paler patches of its fur tinted pink. Dr. Harms uses a knitting needle to part the fur in long straight lines, exposing the skin to her scrutiny. A petri dish filled with alcohol sits nearby, and two ticks float in it, the smaller of the two – a “nymph” tick, meaning that it’s at a post-larval, pre-adult stage of development – engorged with blood. She’s checking the hide for evidence of winter ticks, one of the department’s main concerns for the Yukon’s ungulate species – deer, elk, caribou, and moose. The ticks are more common down south, where they pose a threat to moose in particular: while deer are quite skilled at grooming themselves to remove the insects, moose are much less so. In some cases, the giant animals have been colonized by thousands of ticks, and have been killed by blood loss, starvation and exposure. As the ticks move north, it’s not yet clear how caribou will react to the parasites, and the animal health unit is anxious to keep a close eye on their progress. Harms’ other main task when road-killed ungulates come in to the lab is checking their brain tissue for signs of chronic wasting disease. “It’s a disease we have no cure for,” she says.
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Top, Dr. Jane Harms, a veterinarian with Environment Yukon, prepares to examine a road killed coyote. Carnivores are examined for rabies and parasites. Right, A mule deer hide is examined for ticks.
And it’s a special cause for concern because “there’s potentially an unresolved zoonotic component.” Zoonotic pathogens are those which can be transferred from animal to human. She also uses the carcasses of female caribou for a reproduction study. Because females are rarely hunted, the roadkills provide a unique research opportunity: Harms samples their ovaries and uterus, and also checks their teeth to determine their age.
“You have to take opportunities where they arise,” she says of studying wildlife populations. “It’s not like a vet clinic.” For their tick surveillance, Harms and her colleagues don’t have to rely
solely on roadkill. It’s mandatory for hunters to bring in the hide and head of elk they’ve killed, and the department also requests that hunters bring in moose and deer hides, too. Checking the hides used to
require boiling them down, which was a deterrent to voluntary compliance in the program – hunters were left without a hide from their kill. But the animal health unit has developed a new in-house protocol that allows them to sample the hides without damaging them. The potential to return carcasses to the members of the public who bring them in is important to keep the research going. “If we keep the public happy, they keep bringing us stuff,” says Harms. Carnivore hides – wolves, bears, foxes, and the more rare wolverines, lynx, martens and fishers – are especially popular requests, and many Yukoners are also keen to mount the bodies of the birds that they find. “People get very passionate about it.” When a fresh carcass arrives at the lab, Harms does an initial intake and assessment to be sure that a vehicle accident was, in fact, the cause of death – as opposed to poaching or other illegal activity. Any red flags will result in a full post-mortem. “You’d be surprised how difficult it can be to find evidence of a bullet or a pellet,” she says. She recalls one fox that came in with no sign of trauma other than a patch of blood on its leg. It was only after Harms had opened the animal up and found its chest cavity filled with blood that she was able to determine that a pellet had gone through its aorta, causing it to hemorrhage into its own chest. If a carcass shows any sign of zoonotic diseases – pathogens which can range from minor skin infections right up to the hanta virus – the lab can’t return it to the public. But when regulations permit, they do their best to return the animals intact for possible mounting or display. They’re also studying lead levels in the Yukon’s scavenger birds – eagles, ravens and crows for the most part – and they’re able to sample the birds’ livers without ruining the carcass for future taxidermy. And when a moose or caribou comes in fresh with its flesh largely intact and undamaged, after testing to be sure of its viability, the conservation officers offer the meat to the traditional food program at the hospital. Governments making scientific use of roadkill is not terribly unusual; it’s done down south, too. But, says Harms, “we’re unique in the northern jurisdictions because of how many roads we have.” That allows the Yukon to carry out monitoring and research on northern species that isn’t necessarily being done elsewhere. It’s a sort of morbid silver lining: The same road network that results in so many animal deaths each year also allows the veterinarians at the animal health unit to keep a close eye on our wildlife populations – and to protect human health, too.
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First Nations exposed to pollutants in Ontario’s ‘chemical valley’ Benjamin Shingler
found within a 25-kilometre radius of Aamjiwnaang lands. “It’s the first study to really show new study is drawing attention that mothers and children in the to the health problems being area are exposed to a number of faced by a First Nations community pollutants,” said Niladri Basu, a living near one of Canada’s most McGill professor and the study’s lead industrialized areas. author. Members of the Aamjiwnaang More detailed research is needed First Nation living on a reserve near to establish a connection between Sarnia, Ont., have long suspected pollutants, health risks and the surharmful chemicals were behind an rounding environment, Basu said. unusually low male birth rate and Residents of Aamjiwnaang have slew of other reported health issues. been calling for such a study for Now, tests performed by a McGill years, though a lack of funding University professor suggest mothers continues to impede more detailed and children are being exposed to research. higher-than-average levels of harmAda Lockridge, who helped ful hormone-blocking pollutants. found Aamjiwnaang’s environmenWhile the study doesn’t prove tal committee, said pollution is a fact that the pollutants are to blame for of life for the reserve’s roughly 800 earlier research that found baby girls residents. outnumbered boys by a two-to-one Like others in the community, ratio in the community, it does sug- Lockridge keeps a special plastic gest a possible link. bucket – as part of a group known The reserve at the centre of the as the “bucket brigade” – to collect study is located near a patch of environmental samples that can be southern Ontario that some envitested for toxins whenever the air ronmental activists call “chemical seems especially poor. The results valley.” are sent to a U.S.-based monitoring organization. There are 60 industrial facilities Canadian Press
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Lucy Sharratt of the CaCanadian Press nadian Biotechnology Action Network said Environment U.S. company hoping to Canada’s decision is alarming commercially produce gebecause it was made without netically modified salmon eggs any public consultation and in Canada says it has cleared a could help clear the way for the major hurdle in its proposal to commercial sale of the world’s make the fish available for hufirst genetically modified food man consumption, a possibility animal. that has critics worried about “This is a concrete environthe prospect of “frankenfish” mental risk now that’s coming escaping and endangering wild directly from Canada,” Sharratt Atlantic salmon around the said. world. She said Ottawa’s decision is Environment Canada’s a surprise given that federal ofconclusion that the eggs are not ficials hadn’t indicated publicly harmful to the environment or that a review was underway. human health when produced “The announcement is a in contained facilities marks a huge surprise in that even after significant step for Aquabounty repeated requests (for informaTechnologies, the company’s tion) we were never told that CEO said Monday. this decision was even being But Ron Stotish said the taken.” hatchery in Souris, P.E.I., is In an email, Environment still waiting for decisions from Canada said the decision was Health Canada and the U.S. made by departmental scientists Food and Drug Administration before the fish and eggs are “based on a thorough scientific evaluation of the latest evidence available for sale. and studies.” The department “We would be regulated as a novel food in Canada for actual also said that the federal government has effective regulaconsumption of the fish and tions in place to protect the that is a separate approval proenvironment and human health cess,” Stotish said. from potentially adverse effects “At the moment, everything is still as it was. It’s only the sta- of genetically engineered organisms in Canada. tus of the facility moving from Stotish said Aquabounty’s research and development to essentially a facility that could be proposal was subject to a risk used for commercial purposes.” assessment conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada But Aquabounty’s plans involving a panel of indepenhave drawn opposition from dent experts in transgenics and some state lawmakers in the U.S. including Alaska, and from fish containment technology. The sterile, all-female eggs environmental groups who fear were developed at Memorial that the genetically modified University in Newfoundland fish could escape their onshore farms and put wild populations and at the University of Toronto, and produced at the hatchat risk. ery in P.E.I., while the fish are In February, the public reared in Panama. response was so strong that The process sees the Atlantic the U.S. Food and Drug Adsalmon egg modified with genes ministration announced it was extending its comments period from chinook salmon and an eel-like fish called the ocean on its preliminary assessments pout. It makes the fish grow of the fish, which found they twice as fast as conventional posed no significant environfish. mental impact.
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Federal government should consider end to CMHC mortgage insurance: IMF to do mortgages than other kinds of lending which, presumably, we think, is going to be more useful for ttawa should consider phasing the real economy.” out insuring home mortgage CIBC deputy chief economist through Canada Mortgage and Benjamin Tal says he believes the Housing Corp., the International advice may be appropriate for the Monetary Fund said Wednesday. U.S., particularly prior to the crisis, The advice is contained in the but not necessarily for Canada, IMF’s latest economic report card where the mortgage securitization on Canada, which projects modest market is a relatively small slice of economic growth of 2.25 per cent the financial pie. CMHC can carry a for the country next year. maximum of $600-billion mortgage Such a recommendation appears loan insurance on its books. to side with Finance Minister Jim “In this case size matters,” he Flaherty, who has recently quessaid. “It is true when securitization tioned whether the federal govern- dominates the market it is not a ment should be in the business of very healthy thing, but when it is insuring higher-risk mortgages at part of a normally functioning marall. ket, it actually helps the economy” Some analysts have credited the system for providing much needed by contributing to low borrowing confidence in Canada’s housing sec- rates and liquidity. The Washington-based financial tor during the 2008-09 crisis, which institutions said further measures many believe was sparked by a crisis should be considered to “encourage in the U.S. mortgage market. appropriate risk retention by priThe IMF concedes that the curvate sector and increase the market rent system has its advantages for share of private mortgage insurers.” stability. But it says it also exposes It cautioned, however, that if any the government, or taxpayers, to structural changes are made, they financial system risks and might should be gradual to avoid unindistort the market as a whole in tended consequences. favour of mortgages over more The IMF report, released productive uses of capital. Wednesday morning, forecasts that “We think banks lend too much to mortgages and too little to small Canada’s economy as a whole will start benefiting next year from a and medium enterprises,” Roberto pickup in the U.S. economy, leading Cardarelli, the IMF mission chief to greater demand for Canadian for Canada, told reporters in a exports and renewed business briefing in Toronto. investment. “We suspect the fact that banks In essence, the scenario is identimay benefit from governmentbacked insurance on mortgages (...) cal to the one predicted by the Bank it sort of makes it easier for banks of Canada, which also sees growth Julian Beltrame Canadian Press
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Unresolved relations with First Nations complicate oil and gas development Dene Moore
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Oilsands facility in Fort McMurray. A new report says relations with First Nations may impact more than 600 major resource projects planned for Western Canada.
in many cases there aren’t any other economic development opportunities around them,” Bains said. It’s a potential labour force with an investment in the project’s success, she said – if they are willing partners, that is. “Yes there are obstacles in place, but we’re at a unique point right now in terms of the demographics of these communities, in terms of the young population, that we can really tap into and make sure that we cultivate,” Bains said. Those obstacles include education. Fewer than half of First Nations’ youth successfully complete high school, compared to approximately 80 per cent of non-native youth. Willingness is another. “Despite the potential for economic prosperity, there are many First Nations’ communities that are opposed to resource development,” the report said. Among the seven projects proposed in B.C. are Enbridge’s
Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil pipelines – two projects facing potential failure because of First Nations opposition. Bains said there is hope for reconciling First Nations and the resource industry. She cites the Haisla Nation’s participation in the Douglas Channel Energy Partnership and the Kitimat liquefied natural gas project with Chevron and Apache. The band is also involved in the BC LNG proposal and the Shell Kitimat LNG Terminal, but opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline. The report makes five recommendations for fixing the relationship between business and First Nations, including better communication and transparency from the outset, and developing an understanding of the communities involved. Bains said government also has a role to play in clarifying the duty to consult, and addressing the education gap.
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the technology is less intrusive than other tracking devices, including security cameras, because a person’s image is never stored and their movements only registered as a data point. Marketers also are learning to overcome limitations with software cookies. One tech startup called Drawbridge claims to have found a way to link a person’s laptop and mobile device by analyzing their movements online, enabling advertisers to reach the same consumer whether they’re on their work computer or smartphone. But how all that information is used and where it ends up is still unclear. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, along with several lawmakers, has been investigating the “data broker” industry, companies that collect and sell information on individuals by pooling online habits with other information like court records, property taxes, even income. The Government Accountability Office concluded in November that existing laws have fallen behind the pace of technological advancements in the industry, which enables companies to aggregate large amounts of data without a person’s knowledge or ability to correct errors. “There are lots of potential uses of information that are not revealed to consumers,” said Susan Grant, director of consumer protection at the Consumer Federation of America. To protect themselves, “consumers still need to do quite a bit of shopping to make sure that they get (what) meets their needs the best and is the best price.”
Climate change is a critical topic for the North. Once again, Yukon College is offering a course on Climate Change in the Circumpolar World. The 3-credit course, GEOG 290, looks at the science and local knowledge of climate, where we are coming from and where we are going. It examines the impacts of a warming globe on the North and how the North feeds back to the entire planet. The course addresses responses to climate change from adaptation to mitigation and from the personal to the political. Climate change is cross cutting and this course is ideally suited for decision makers, policy advisors, resource managers and students of science, circumpolar studies and renewable resources. Climate change affects many fields and this course is designed to provide a solid foundation of this crucial topic.
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New research aims to teach computers common sense Kevin Begos
ing for itself how those images relate to each other. The goal is to recreate what we call common PITTSBURGH sense – the ability to learn things esearchers are trying to plant without being specifically taught. a digital seed for artificial It’s a new approach in the intelligence by letting a massive quest to solve computing’s Holy computer system browse millions Grail: getting a machine to of pictures and decide for itself think on its own using a form what they all mean. of common sense. The project is The system at Carnegie Melbeing funded by Google and the lon University is called NEIL, Department of Defence’s Office short for Never Ending Image of Naval Research. Learning. In mid-July, it began “Any intelligent being needs searching the Internet for images to have common sense to make decisions,” said Abhinav Gupta, a 24/7 and, in tiny steps, is decidAssociated Press
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artificial intelligence and head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois, Chicago, said the NEIL approach could yield interesting results because just using language to teach a computer “has all sorts of problems unto itself.” “What I would be especially impressed by is if they can consistently say ‘zebra, zebra, zebra’ if they see the animal in different locations,” Sloan said of the computers. Gupta is pleased with the initial progress. In the future, NEIL will analyze vast numbers Keith Srakocic/AP Photo of YouTube videos to look for Abhinav Gupta at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, connections between objects. which is letting hundreds of computers run constantly to “When we started the projscan millions of images off the Internet and have the comect, we would not sure it would puters make connections on their own. The plan is to let the work,” he said. “This is just the system run forever. start.” Neither Mountain View, professor in the Carnegie Mellon tions is an entirely different type Calif.-based Google Inc. nor of challenge than programing a Robotics Institute. the Office of Naval Research supercomputer to do one thing NEIL uses advances in responded to questions about very well, or fast. For example, in why they’re funding NEIL, but computer vision to analyze and 1985, Carnegie Mellon research- there are some hints. The Naval identify the shapes and colours ers programed a computer to in pictures, but it is also slowly Research website notes that “todiscovering connections between play chess; 12 years later, a com- day’s battlespace environment is objects on its own. For example, puter beat world chess champion much more complex than in the Garry Kasparov in a match. the computers have figured out past” and that “the rate at which Catherine Havasi, an artificial data is arriving into the decisionthat zebras tend to be found in intelligence expert at the Massa- making system is growing, while savannahs and that tigers look chusetts Institute of Technology, the number of humans available somewhat like zebras. said humans constantly make In just over four months, the to convert the data to actionable decisions using “this huge body network of 200 processors has intelligence is decreasing.” identified 1,500 objects and 1,200 of unspoken assumptions,” while In other words, computers computers don’t. She said huscenes and has connected the may make some of the decidots to make 2,500 associations. mans can also quickly respond to sions in future wars. The U.S. some questions that would take a Navy’s website notes: “In many Some of NEIL’s computergenerated associations are wrong, computer longer to figure out. operational scenarios, the human “Could a giraffe fit in your such as “rhino can be a kind of presence is not an option.” car?” she asked. “We’d have an antelope,” while some are odd, NEIL’s motto is “I Crawl, I such as “actor can be found in jail answer, even though we haven’t See, I Learn,” and the researchers thought about it” in the sense cell” or “news anchor can look hope to keep NEIL running forof calculating the giraffe’s body similar to Barack Obama.” ever. That means the computer mass. But Gupta said having a might get a lot smarter. Or it might not. Robert Sloan, an expert on computer make its own associa-
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Yoga not always benign exercise Sheryl Ubelacker
as a handstand or headstand, balanced on the hands or forearms. “So, for instance, people who are TORONTO too flexible or people who are too t seems somewhat ironic, but the tight, they’re at more risk, I find,” exercise regime often recomsays Awan. “If you’re too tight and mended by doctors and therapists you try to force yourself into a pose as a rehabilitation tool to overcome and your muscles aren’t flexible, a range of sports injuries can itself then you might strain another area be a cause of harm. to compensate.” Yoga, considered a relatively “Or let’s say that you’re very gentle means of building flexibilflexible and you get to the end ity, muscle strength and endurrange of a pose and you don’t have ance through physical poses and the muscular support to maintain controlled breathing, can lead to a the pose ... you’re holding the pose number of repetitive strain injuries without muscular endurance, and even osteoarthritis, doctors say. you’re basically holding it on your “Most of the injuries I see are ligaments or your tendons and you from repetitive strain,” says Dr. strain those structures that way.” Raza Awan, a Toronto sports mediEgo also can lead to injury, he cine physician who’s been practissays, explaining that in yoga classes, ing yoga for about a decade. some people will push their body The most common yoga-related beyond its limits trying to match or injuries he sees in patients are rota- outdo the person on the next mat. tor cuff tendonitis and tears; spinal Even competing with oneself – disc injuries in the low back and for instance, trying to get the heels neck; cartilage tears in the knee; flat to the floor during the “downhamstring strain and tears; and ward dog” pose, despite having wrist injuries. tight calf muscles from sitting at There are a number of reasons the computer for hours – can lead why yoga – in which practitioners to strains or tears, he says. generally perform a series of poses, “You strain yourself because you called asanas – can cause injury, he push yourself.” says. Sometimes, overdoing it in yoga One reason is “definitely pushmay exacerbate an underlying ing too hard” to attain a specific problem called femoroacetabular pose, which can involve stretching impingement, or FAI, in which the the upper body into a forward or bones of the hip are abnormally backward bend, twisting the torso, shaped and don’t move together or performing an inversion, such smoothly. The hip bones grind Canadian Press
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Yoga, often recommended by doctors and therapists as a rehabilitation tool, can itself be a cause of harm.
against each other during movement, causing the joint to be damaged over time and osteoarthritis to set in. Dr. Chris Woollam, a Toronto sports medicine physician, says he started seeing “an inordinate number of hip problems” about two years ago, including among women aged 30 to 50 who were practising yoga. When range of motion in their hips was tested, not only were the limits of movement diminished, but “they would jump off the table because of the pain,” Woollam says. MRI scans showed the women had joint damage resulting from
femoroacetabular impingement, which can in some cases require hip-replacement surgery. “So maybe these extreme ranges of motion were causing the joint to get jammed and some to wear,” Woollam says. “If you start wearing a joint down, then it becomes arthritic. So you’re seeing these little patches of arthritis in an otherwise normal hip that seem to be related to these extremes of motion or impingement or both.” That appears to have been the case for Cory Lund, a Toronto artist who started doing yoga about 20 years ago – after he injured his back in a snowboarding accident
and found the stretching exercise helped alleviate the pain better than anything else he tried. Over the years, he practised different kinds of yoga, most recently one called ashtanga, a more vigorous type that involves moving through a series of progressively challenging poses. But about 18 months ago, Lund began experiencing periodic bouts of nagging hip pain, which was diagnosed in his right hip as FAI. “It is an injury and I know that now, but it’s not like there was some catastrophic moment,” says Lund, who is currently taking a hiatus from yoga. “My body can only do what it does and the whole point of yoga is to respect its limits. I’m not a terribly flexible person ... When I moved into the positions that are the end range of motion, it has caused damage,” he says. “Yoga isn’t entirely to blame. You just have to listen to your body. When it’s saying there’s a pain, then you have to recognize that.” Awan believes most yoga-related injuries are preventable. “There’s a lot of benefits to doing yoga for certain types of problems, but obviously any physical activity has its risks, too,” he says. “It’s a great movement-based activity to do, but you have to try to keep safe, just like in other sports activities. Don’t push your body beyond.”
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for scanners is that the beach county governments. The biggest community has little crime. Police need is money to replace sand reported four violent crimes, washed away by beach erosion. TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. all aggravated assaults, last year Buelterman expects Tybee’s next ity officials on Tybee Island and zero violent crimes in 2011, beach renourishment project will want to know more about according to local crime statistics cost up to $19 million. the tourists who visit Georgia’s reported to the FBI. Property “We have to go out and aglargest public beach, and they crimes on Tybee Island totalled gressively make the case to people plan to spend nearly $29,000 on a 115 last year, almost all of them why it makes sense for the state pair of computer-linked cameras thefts. of Georgia to help fund the beach designed to read and record the Right now, it’s unclear whether renourishment,” Buelterman said. license plate of every car and police Chief Robert Bryson and Toma, who wants a year’s truck that comes and goes on the his officers will even get to use worth of data for his study, said island. the scanners to help fight crime. any information he receives from By posting the car-tag scanSo far, the only use approved by the scanners would be “very, very ners along the only road linking the mayor and council is to study generic with as little personal the island to the mainland, Tybee tourism patterns. information as possible.” officials will know precisely when “I get why people are conPolice won’t be allowed to cars arrive and whether they stay cerned about it,” Mayor Jason use car tag information until the for a few hours or several days. Buelterman said. “When the gov- City Council approves a policy Collecting licence plate numbers ernment knows when they arrive specifying who would have access also will let the local government somewhere or when they’re leavto the data, how it would be used track where visitors are coming ing, they get the feeling governand how long information would from – by state and county, and ment is tracking them. But that’s be kept. However, the mayor possibly city. not the purpose at all.” acknowledged police would probThe mayor and city council The driving reason for investably be responsible for filtering that govern Tybee Island, a beach ing in the scanners, Buelterman the data for Toma’s study. getaway of 3,100 residents about said, is to collect data to help a John Bremer, who commutes 18 miles (29 km) east of Savanlocal professor studying tourdaily from his Tybee home to a nah, voted almost unanimously ist activity and spending on the job on the mainland, said he’s opto buy the licence-plate scanners island. Michael Toma, an econoposed to scanners on the island. Nov. 14. Within a week, local mist at Armstrong Atlantic State “Do we really need to run everyofficials were getting emails from University in Savannah, wants rebody’s tag that comes on and off residents and tourists complainliable information on how many this island? Is that where we’re ing that scanners would invade cars come to Tybee Island. But the their privacy. Councilman Barry type of electronic car counter cur- headed as a society?” Bremer said. “The chances for abuse are so Brown said people from Atlanta rently being used – resembling a to Charleston, S.C., wrote him to black garden hose stretched across extensive.” Tybee’s council next meets say that if Tybee installs licence the highway as it registers cars Dec. 12, when the police chief is rolling over it – keeps breaking, plate scanners, they won’t be expected to outline his proposal the mayor said. coming back. License scanners would let Ty- for scanner use. The mayor said “It’s more than what this little that based on the negative phone community needs. It’s kind of an bee provide Toma with information the hose-like counters don’t: calls and emails council members overkill,” said Brown, who cast the only vote against the scanners. how long a car stays on the island, are receiving, he suspects they’ll be reluctant to approve any use and the state and county where “It’s really not going to do anyfor law enforcement purposes. it’s registered. thing but cause this island grief.” Asked when the cameras would That could help Tybee fineTybee Island’s interest shows tune its tourism marketing. Buel- be installed, Buelterman said he just how popular the technology wasn’t sure. has become with government and terman said it would also help “We may reconsider the whole the island get funding for beach police agencies nationwide. 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2013 Festival of Trees Auction Support Mayor, Council and City staff extend their gratitude to: Air North, Main Designs, Booster Juice, Wanted Apparel, Waterstone Products, Lackowicz & Hoffman, The Studio, Canadian Tire, Canada Games Centre, Health Space Therapeutics, Head to Toe, Your Health Beacon & Best Western Kelowna. Their generous donations contributed to a very worthy cause, raising funds for the Yukon Hospital Foundation.
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Roy Neilson, right, with Mary Sloan and Mike Ivens in a scene from The Cripple of Inishmaan, which runs until December 7th at the Guild Hall.
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sexual appetites of priests? Or when moments of tenderness and reunion are followed by abrupt physical e laughed. We cried. We violence? cringed. The Guild’s new proThis is not the idyllic kind of duction of The Cripple of Inishmaan Irish village you see in tourism ads. is an intense two-hour immersion in The title character, called “Cripthe camaraderie and viciousness of ple Billy” to his face by the other small-town life. villagers in pre-politically-correct The action centres on the general Ireland, is played by Roy Neilson. store in a bleak Irish village. If you Cooped up with his aunts (Bronwyn changed the accents and hung a few Jones and Mary Sloan), Billy strughockey skates and hunting trophies gles to endure the boredom, gossip by the woodstove, it could be any and teasing that fill his life. Neilson small northern town. plays Billy so convincingly that you The screenplay, by London can almost see him shrinking under Irish legend Martin McDonagh, the weight of his troubles. When a Hollywood film crew is punchy and the excellent Guild comes to Ireland, Billy seizes his cast knows how to land the blows. chance to escape along with tough One moment we are laughing out girl Helen and her dim brother loud, until suddenly we’re not. You Bartley (Charlotte Courage and might have heard some Hollywood Graham Rudge). But, as much as films described as “dark comedies,” Billy detests everyone in his village, but they are just grey laugh tracks compared to the emotional range of they are also the only people who care for him. Billy has a lot to think The Cripple of Inishmaan. about, including whether he will get How many plays have you seen the girl and whether tuberculosis that have the audience doubled will get him. up in laughter, and then bring up The Guild chose its play well. themes involving orphans, family deceit, tuberculosis, suicide and the The Cripple of Inishmaan was a hit
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in London and New York, and has recently been restaged with Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame in the lead role. McDonagh is said to be the first playwright since Shakespeare to have four plays going simultaneously in London. Readers who work in government will be interested to hear that he worked at the U.K.’s Department of Trade and Industry
before quitting to write his plays. One of the strengths of the Whitehorse production is how all nine characters hold their own on the stage. Mike Ivens plays the town gossip with verve, in turn entertaining and appalling us. Courage’s Helen is the Irish village girl that the boys are too scared to kiss. And Dorothy Martin plays the whiskey-
sodden granny to great effect. Another strength of the play is how director Brian Cochrane, who joins the Guild from Outside for this production, successfully choreographs the rapid-fire jokes, curses, calamities and occasional beatings that keep the piece moving briskly throughout. The opening night crowd gave the cast a standing ovation when it was all over. We are fortunate to have an institution like the Guild in Whitehorse that puts on such fine productions. I heartily recommend The Cripple of Inishmaan. Keep in mind, however, that the themes and content are not for everyone. But I guarantee that, if you go, you’ll be talking about The Cripple of Inishmaan for a long time. The Cripple of Inishmaan plays at the Guild until Dec. 7. Tickets are available at Whitehorse Motors or at the door. Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist and author of the MacBride Museum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of historical children’s adventure novels. You can follow him on Twitter @hallidaykeith
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NFB’s Fort McMoney web documentary explores oil industry Monique Simard, director general of “To do something against or for the NFB’s French program. something was of no interest to us.... “The explosion of different platIf you look back at our work we TORONTO forms and the possibility to have no always address really major imporhe latest National Film Board of constraints in time limits or formats tant issues but it’s the way we address Canada project is part documen- makes it possible today to tell stories these issues that is different,” she tary, part choose-your-own-advenin much different ways,” says Simard. says. ture book, and part video game. “I think we’ve completely “Our job is to raise questions and In Fort McMoney, players can changed the relationship between with this particular project … we explore boomtown Fort McMurray, producers, creators and audiences. had to have a balance of characters.” Alta., and the politics of resource The younger the audiences are the Dufresne says it wasn’t easy to development by talking to dozens of more involved they want to be.” get representatives from the big oil real-world characters that were interUsers can navigate the game on companies to participate – “They’d viewed for the documentary game. their own but are encouraged to say, ‘not this week, we won’t be there,’ To start, players can choose to participate in some multi-player or, ‘Sorry, the spokesperson is sick talk to a francophone carpenter who features including daily polls and today,’ or ‘Maybe can you come back moved west for work, a waitress and a weekly referendum, such as the in the summertime?”’ – but in the car saleswoman making $10,000 a current question which asks should end he got what he felt he needed. month, or an unemployed local who taxes on petroleum products be “We met some people with gets by collecting empty bottles and higher? The game is structured in speeches very (carefully prepared) cans for the deposit money. four weekly parts, with a new referbut some people were very honest The questions a player asks the endum question and new content and said very serious things that characters affects how the rest of the unlocked every seven days. The four- don’t hide the problems, because story plays out. week cycle will begin again on Jan. they understand we want a debate, Creator David Dufresne and his 20 and Feb. 24. we don’t want to (judge them),” he team spent two years researching Simard believes most people will says. the politics and culture of the town find Fort McMoney to be balanced “You’ll see there are some people and produced almost nine hours of and not skewed in either direction from the industry that are very, very video that can be interacted with for or against the oil industry. interesting.” during the course of the game. It can be played in English, French or Whitehorse Baptist Church Ladies’ Christmas Tea German. Journeying to Bethlehem “It’s like Grand Theft Auto for real, but you don’t kill,” jokes Dufresne, who says he wanted to experiment with interactive storytelling Friday December 6th at 7:30pm because he thought it would be more mt. mcintyre recreation Centre engaging. Women are invited to celebrate a festive evening “I think with a game you can featuring special guest speaker Krista Penner. learn a lot. It’s a game but it’s very serious. There’s a lot of movies and books about the oil industry but almost nobody cares, so we tried to get people interested in the subject through a video game mechanism.” Dufresne’s pitch to the NFB was intriguing given the organization’s If you wish to participate in the gift exchange, please bring a gift- whbc.ca Whitehorse wrapped mug including a tag with your name (max $10 value) 667-4889 focus on reinventing documentaries Baptist ChurCh in an increasingly digital world, says Michael Oliveira Canadian Press
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Mary Poppins child star finally sees entire film … after 50 years Andrea Baillie Canadian Press
TORONTO ary Poppins has enchanted audiences for some 50 years, but the former child star who played Jane Banks didn’t watch the entire movie about the magical nanny until just recently. “The amazing thing is I’ve never actually seen Mary Poppins all the way through until last week at this 50th anniversary premiere,” Karen Dotrice, who played one of Mary Poppins’ two young charges, said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. “And it’s absolutely a corker. ... I took my kids. They’ve never seen the film either.” Dotrice, who eventually left show business to focus on her family (her children are now 17, 18 and 23), said she never saw the full 140-minute film at the 1964 premiere because she had to get home to bed. “I was a little girl and I had to go to school the next morning,” she recalled. “My parents were very good at keeping (my) feet on the ground. I think I got away with not doing homework that night, but I had to
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Blu-ray for the first time. The new edition includes onscreen features that invite the viewer to sing along with the film’s classic tunes, which include A Spoonful of Sugar, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Chim Chim Cher-ee. It also boasts a conversation between Jason Schwartzman and Poppins composer Richard Sherman. The actor plays the famed songwriter in the upcoming film Saving Mr. Banks, starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson. Dotrice pretty much left the acting world for good in the 1970s, and says her kids got a kick out of seeing their mother on the big screen at the recent premiere. “They were proud and I think they were a little bit shocked, actually, because that was their mom,” she said, adding that the film looks fantastic on Blu-ray. “I think it was a bit discombobulating, but they loved the film.” Last week’s viewing was no doubt helpful for the actress as well. It seems that she wasn’t concentrating very hard even on the bits that she did see at the Mary Poppins premiere all those years ago. Dotrice says she was distracted by some rather famous seat-mates. “I was sitting in between Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth,” she said. “I just couldn’t believe I was looking at real jewelry and real royalty. I wasn’t watching the film at all.” The Poppins anniversary edition is due for release Dec. 10.
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renewed for a second season this fall – is its own quantum leap. Iscove was studying film and television day and night as both a Ryerson University student and a part-time employee at Bay Street Video in Toronto. A more bracing experience was landing a job, through a family connection, at a Hollywood talent agency. “That was my graduate degree, if you will,” Iscove says on the phone from North Carolina, where Sleepy Hollow is shot. “It really changed the way I saw television and movies.” He entered Ryerson, “with these altruistic notions of how you’re going to get yourself into that industry, and what you’ll do when you get there.” The agency job showed him how things really worked “from the inside out. The business experience, he feels, gave Iscove ‘’the tools to understand why things succeed and why they don’t.“ Iscove took all that experience and started dreaming up his own TV project. He grew up watching Quantum Leap and considers it the quintessential time travel show. “What I loved about it wasn’t really the concept of all that time travel. It was really just a character piece, this nice little character study
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Writing from a place of wonder a couple of years getting a taste of the North. Like many others, she stayed much longer than she by YUKON originally intended. However, she PUBLIC LIBRARIES and her husband are currently making preparations to move to southern British Columbia to be closer to family. Claire’s 2012 publication, The World in Your Lunch Box: The Wacky History and Weird Science of Everyday Foods, won a Next Generation Indie Book Awards laire Eamer will present a gold medal in 2013 and is shortfree presentation illustrated listed for 2013/2014 children’s with pictures from her books on choice book awards. In the spring Thursday, December 5 at 7:30 of 2014, Eamer will be on tour p.m. at Whitehorse Public Library. to Nunavut to promote her most Eamer will talk about writing recent book, Before the World Was non-fiction and fiction for kids, Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in and what both kinds of writing Science, as part of TD Canadian have in common. Children’s Book Week. This is Claire Eamer is a full-time the second time Claire has been professional writer, with a backchosen as a Book Week touring ground in journalism and science author. For more information about writing. She writes both fiction this special event at Whitehorse and non-fiction for a variety of audiences. She has had published, Public Library please call 6675239. through Annick Press, six children’s non-fiction books, mainly with a science or science-and-hisStory Time news tory focus. She also co-authored A winter Toddler Story Time an adult book about Canadian session will be offered on Wedrodeo for Western Producer nesdays from 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Prairie Books. Eamer has had starting December 4, 2013 and several short stories published, running until January 29, 2014 (7 mostly science fiction and fantasy sessions). Please note there will not be programs on December 25 for young adult readers, and is and January 1. This fun program currently working on a number full of stories, music, finger plays of fiction projects. In addition, and crafts is for children two Eamer writes science-based and three years of age and their reports for various governments caregivers. Registration is necesand international organizations. sary for the upcoming session. To Claire Eamer grew up in register or for more information, Saskatoon and has also lived in England, Germany, Ottawa, Win- please call Whitehorse Public Linipeg, and Edmonton. She moved brary at 667-5239. For story times in Yukon community libraries, to Whitehorse in 1984 to work please call your local library. with CBC Radio and to spend
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The good-news caribou
YOUR YUKON Erling Friis-Baastad
N
orth Yukon regional biologist Mike Suitor is privileged to be the bearer of great tidings this fall. The ani-
try to determine the number of caribou in an area by the number of collars they tune in and visuals they get of caribou during the flights. “So if we were to hear 30 per cent of the collars, we would assume that 30 per cent of the herd is in the area,” he says. “It’s tricky, though. We’ve flown over one collar and there have only been 10 animals around it. We’ve flown over other groups in which there’s one collar and 2,000 animals.” Despite the anomalies, the scientists do draw rough estimates when assessing the number of animals moving into an area. “We’ll never say, ‘It’s 35,200 animals,’” Suitor says. “What we’ll say is, ‘It’s somewhere in the ballpark of 30,000 to 50,000 animals.’ From a management perspec-
mals of the Fortymile caribou herd, which had been found almost exclusively in Alaska for many years, have expanded into former Yukon ranges, as well as places where their presence has never before been documented. “It’s a landmark moment,” says Suitor of the tens of thousands of these barrenground caribou that swarmed into the territory this autumn.
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tive that’s all we really need to know.’” When it comes to barrenground caribou, Suitor and his colleagues deal with some very large numbers, sometimes into the hundreds of thousands, especially when the caribou are dropping calves. They all get together and drop them at the same time, he says. The idea is that predators, such as golden eagles and wolves, will be overwhelmed by the numbers and unable to consume an entire generation of youngsters. The mountain caribou, such as those of the Hart herd, practise the opposite tactic when calving. It’s called “spacing out.” Each calf is dropped far from the others, the idea being that a predator can’t get from one calf to another readily, and so many more are spared.
NOTICE to Ian Stewart/Yukon News
Caribou from the Fortymile herd during their migration through Tombstone Territorial Park in October.
As recently as the 1970s, the herd had been knocked back to somewhere around 6,000 to 8,000 animals. “They climbed slowly from that time to 1993 when they were at about 22,000 animals,” Suitor adds. “But we weren’t seeing the caribou coming back to the Yukon really – a few animals, but nothing serious, not compared with historical records of herds of caribou swimming rivers and stopping ferries.” It’s been hugely rewarding for Suitor and his colleagues to witness such results after years of international effort. “The Fortymile herd has been the subject of some of the most significant recovery efforts of any herd in Yukon and Alaska,” says the biologist. In the
mid-1990s, recovery initiatives were put into place and “a whole pile of action started on both sides of the Yukon/Alaska border.” Those actions included a ban on hunting the herd by licensed hunters, a voluntary closure of harvest for Tr’ondek Hwech’in citizens, and some focused intensive wolf-control efforts in calving areas, along with plenty of other habitat research work. “Some of this came out of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Final Agreement – everything from, ‘Let’s try to understand how much development footprint there is on the landscape,’ to ‘Let’s quantify how much lichen cover there is across the landscape,’” says Suitor. Lichens, of course, are the
primary winter food for these mammals. The objective of recovery was to return the herd to its historic range, primarily in the Yukon. That range covered a swath of land from Fairbanks to Lake Laberge. In fact, oral records of the 1920s recall many Fortymile caribou ranging all the way down to Lake Laberge. In the 1950s there was yet another spike that saw the animals moving into the Dawson Range and Mayo. One of the fascinating, and challenging, aspects of the Fortymile herd expansion is how it breaks into sub-groups, with some animals heading into the Dempster Highway corridor, others moving south toward White River, and others hanging around the Top of the World Highway. These movements bring them into contact with other barren-ground caribou, those of the Porcupine herd, as well as mountain caribou of the Hart herd. It can be difficult to tell animals of different herds apart. Fortunately, Suitor and his colleague, wildlife technician Martin Kienzler, have access to some essential technology that includes a Cessna 206 aircraft and two types of radio collars. Each collar works on its own frequency, Suitor explains. When the biologists fly over the herd, they can determine which individual animals they are dealing with by tuning into their assigned frequency. The beeping noise gets louder as they approach the animal, and fades as they leave the animal behind. When interviewed by Your Yukon earlier in November, Suitor had just returned from flying over the Dempster Highway region, where he observed thousands of Fortymile caribou. The researchers
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First nation of nacho nyäk Dun
CITIZEnS
SPECIAL GEnErAL MEEtInG 9:00 AM • Saturday, November 30, 2013 FNNND Government House Multi Room
AGEndA ItEMS: 1) Settlement Lands 2) AHOP Appeal 3) Peel Watershed For Rides, please call: 332-1244. Refreshments will be provided. Citizens unable to participate in person can join the meeting via the Big Blue Button. Please contact Curtis Lafreniere at (867) 996-2265 ext. 124 for more information.
~All Citizens are Welcome to Attend~ For more information, please contact Ellenise Profeit at 867-996-2265 Ext. 213
Na-cho Nyäk Dun Citizens of Whitehorse! Please mark Thursday, December 5, 2013 on your calendar!
The Chief & Council of the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Coordinately Invite You to… Their first Whitehorse Citizen Christmas Dinner Celebration!
Where: Westmark Whitehorse Grand Ball Room Time: 5:30 Pm doors open Dinner: 6:00 Pm
Gifts, games & a visit by Santa Please bring your families for an evening of fun! For Some Fun… Come Dressed as your favorite Christmas Character!
For more Information: Carolyne VanBibber • 867.996.2265 ext. 113
The Fortymile moms tend to calve about May 21. The Porcupine herd calves about a week later. Fortymile caribou move into mountains ranges west of Eagle to calve. After that they tend to travel widely in summer, but for winter they move into forested country. The Dawson area provides good winter range, because the animals encounter fewer heavy snowfalls and the snowpacks along ridges are often blown away by wind, exposing the lichen bounty and making it
easier to get at. “This winter range tends to be quite large,” says Suitor. As the herds grow, they stretch their legs. “When recovery work was taking place, many biologists predicted that when the herd reached about 50,000 members again, it would expand into the Yukon. And guess what? That’s just what happened.” For Suitor, the excitement includes the collaboration involved in the recovery work. “Obviously, we don’t work on
this alone,” he stresses. “We work with a lot of partners in Alaska, N.W.T. and the Yukon, with different First Nations and the Inuvialuit, of course. “The beautiful thing is that strong human relationships have developed … Diplomacy works.” This column is co-ordinated by the Yukon Research Centre at Yukon College with major financial support from Environment Yukon and Yukon College. The articles are archived at http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/ research/publications/newsletters_articles
WHERE DO I GET THE NEWS? The Yukon News is available at these wonderful stores in Whitehorse:
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The good-news caribou
YOUR YUKON Erling Friis-Baastad
N
orth Yukon regional biologist Mike Suitor is privileged to be the bearer of great tidings this fall. The ani-
try to determine the number of caribou in an area by the number of collars they tune in and visuals they get of caribou during the flights. “So if we were to hear 30 per cent of the collars, we would assume that 30 per cent of the herd is in the area,” he says. “It’s tricky, though. We’ve flown over one collar and there have only been 10 animals around it. We’ve flown over other groups in which there’s one collar and 2,000 animals.” Despite the anomalies, the scientists do draw rough estimates when assessing the number of animals moving into an area. “We’ll never say, ‘It’s 35,200 animals,’” Suitor says. “What we’ll say is, ‘It’s somewhere in the ballpark of 30,000 to 50,000 animals.’ From a management perspec-
mals of the Fortymile caribou herd, which had been found almost exclusively in Alaska for many years, have expanded into former Yukon ranges, as well as places where their presence has never before been documented. “It’s a landmark moment,” says Suitor of the tens of thousands of these barrenground caribou that swarmed into the territory this autumn.
Art your Business?
Is
Consider a FREE listing in Art Adventures on Yukon Time The guide promotes artists, art retailers, and public art. For applications or more information: Phone: Toll-free: extension
(867) 667-5858 1 -800 - 661 - 0408, 5858
www.tc.gov.yk.ca THE NEXT DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS IS
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Free Family event Canada Games Centre Thursday, December 5, 2013 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Free
• Car seat inspections • Admission to the play area • Snacks and refreshments
Join Minister Istchenko in promoting car seat safety! The winners of this year’s Registered Education Savings Plan Contribution Raffle will be announced by the Minister at 11:00 am. Contact Transport Services for more details. Phone: 867-667-5832
There and back again. Safely.
tive that’s all we really need to know.’” When it comes to barrenground caribou, Suitor and his colleagues deal with some very large numbers, sometimes into the hundreds of thousands, especially when the caribou are dropping calves. They all get together and drop them at the same time, he says. The idea is that predators, such as golden eagles and wolves, will be overwhelmed by the numbers and unable to consume an entire generation of youngsters. The mountain caribou, such as those of the Hart herd, practise the opposite tactic when calving. It’s called “spacing out.” Each calf is dropped far from the others, the idea being that a predator can’t get from one calf to another readily, and so many more are spared.
NOTICE to Ian Stewart/Yukon News
Caribou from the Fortymile herd during their migration through Tombstone Territorial Park in October.
As recently as the 1970s, the herd had been knocked back to somewhere around 6,000 to 8,000 animals. “They climbed slowly from that time to 1993 when they were at about 22,000 animals,” Suitor adds. “But we weren’t seeing the caribou coming back to the Yukon really – a few animals, but nothing serious, not compared with historical records of herds of caribou swimming rivers and stopping ferries.” It’s been hugely rewarding for Suitor and his colleagues to witness such results after years of international effort. “The Fortymile herd has been the subject of some of the most significant recovery efforts of any herd in Yukon and Alaska,” says the biologist. In the
mid-1990s, recovery initiatives were put into place and “a whole pile of action started on both sides of the Yukon/Alaska border.” Those actions included a ban on hunting the herd by licensed hunters, a voluntary closure of harvest for Tr’ondek Hwech’in citizens, and some focused intensive wolf-control efforts in calving areas, along with plenty of other habitat research work. “Some of this came out of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Final Agreement – everything from, ‘Let’s try to understand how much development footprint there is on the landscape,’ to ‘Let’s quantify how much lichen cover there is across the landscape,’” says Suitor. Lichens, of course, are the
primary winter food for these mammals. The objective of recovery was to return the herd to its historic range, primarily in the Yukon. That range covered a swath of land from Fairbanks to Lake Laberge. In fact, oral records of the 1920s recall many Fortymile caribou ranging all the way down to Lake Laberge. In the 1950s there was yet another spike that saw the animals moving into the Dawson Range and Mayo. One of the fascinating, and challenging, aspects of the Fortymile herd expansion is how it breaks into sub-groups, with some animals heading into the Dempster Highway corridor, others moving south toward White River, and others hanging around the Top of the World Highway. These movements bring them into contact with other barren-ground caribou, those of the Porcupine herd, as well as mountain caribou of the Hart herd. It can be difficult to tell animals of different herds apart. Fortunately, Suitor and his colleague, wildlife technician Martin Kienzler, have access to some essential technology that includes a Cessna 206 aircraft and two types of radio collars. Each collar works on its own frequency, Suitor explains. When the biologists fly over the herd, they can determine which individual animals they are dealing with by tuning into their assigned frequency. The beeping noise gets louder as they approach the animal, and fades as they leave the animal behind. When interviewed by Your Yukon earlier in November, Suitor had just returned from flying over the Dempster Highway region, where he observed thousands of Fortymile caribou. The researchers
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First nation of nacho nyäk Dun
CITIZEnS
SPECIAL GEnErAL MEEtInG 9:00 AM • Saturday, November 30, 2013 FNNND Government House Multi Room
AGEndA ItEMS: 1) Settlement Lands 2) AHOP Appeal 3) Peel Watershed For Rides, please call: 332-1244. Refreshments will be provided. Citizens unable to participate in person can join the meeting via the Big Blue Button. Please contact Curtis Lafreniere at (867) 996-2265 ext. 124 for more information.
~All Citizens are Welcome to Attend~ For more information, please contact Ellenise Profeit at 867-996-2265 Ext. 213
Na-cho Nyäk Dun Citizens of Whitehorse! Please mark Thursday, December 5, 2013 on your calendar!
The Chief & Council of the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Coordinately Invite You to… Their first Whitehorse Citizen Christmas Dinner Celebration!
Where: Westmark Whitehorse Grand Ball Room Time: 5:30 Pm doors open Dinner: 6:00 Pm
Gifts, games & a visit by Santa Please bring your families for an evening of fun! For Some Fun… Come Dressed as your favorite Christmas Character!
For more Information: Carolyne VanBibber • 867.996.2265 ext. 113
The Fortymile moms tend to calve about May 21. The Porcupine herd calves about a week later. Fortymile caribou move into mountains ranges west of Eagle to calve. After that they tend to travel widely in summer, but for winter they move into forested country. The Dawson area provides good winter range, because the animals encounter fewer heavy snowfalls and the snowpacks along ridges are often blown away by wind, exposing the lichen bounty and making it
easier to get at. “This winter range tends to be quite large,” says Suitor. As the herds grow, they stretch their legs. “When recovery work was taking place, many biologists predicted that when the herd reached about 50,000 members again, it would expand into the Yukon. And guess what? That’s just what happened.” For Suitor, the excitement includes the collaboration involved in the recovery work. “Obviously, we don’t work on
this alone,” he stresses. “We work with a lot of partners in Alaska, N.W.T. and the Yukon, with different First Nations and the Inuvialuit, of course. “The beautiful thing is that strong human relationships have developed … Diplomacy works.” This column is co-ordinated by the Yukon Research Centre at Yukon College with major financial support from Environment Yukon and Yukon College. The articles are archived at http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/ research/publications/newsletters_articles
WHERE DO I GET THE NEWS? The Yukon News is available at these wonderful stores in Whitehorse:
HILLCREST
PORTER CREEK
RIVERDALE:
Airport Chalet Airport Snacks & Gifts
Coyote Video Goody’s Gas Green Garden Restaurant Heather’s Haven Super A Porter Creek Trails North
38 Famous Video Super A Riverdale Tempo Gas Bar
GRANGER Bernie’s Race-Trac Gas Bigway Foods
DOWNTOWN: The Deli Extra Foods Fourth Avenue Petro Gold Rush Inn Cashplan Klondike Inn Mac’s Fireweed Books Ricky’s Restaurant Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall Superstore Superstore Gas Bar Tags Well-Read Books Westmark Whitehorse Yukon Inn Yukon News Yukon Tire Edgewater Hotel
THE YuKoN NEWS IS AlSo AVAIlABlE AT No CHARGE IN All YuKoN CoMMuNITIES AND ATlIN, B.C.
MONDAY • WEDNESDAY • FRIDAY
“YOUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION” WEDNESDAY * FRIDAY
AND …
Kopper King Hi-Country RV Park McCrae Petro Takhini Gas Yukon College Bookstore
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Greenpeace arrests show attempts to silence environmentalists continue ment from a notoriously toxic industry. In November 1995, a special court established by the by DAVID military government illegally deSUZUKI tained and tried them on spurious charges. Convicted without due process, they were executed 10 days later, despite enormous international outcry. Sadly, this is not an isolated occurrence. A recent report by human rights organization arly November marked the Global Witness documents 18th anniversary of the tragic the murders of more than 700 murder of outspoken writer environmental and indigenousand environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues rights activists over the past decade – more than one killing a by the Nigerian government. week, on average. They reviewed Saro-Wiwa and the others had databases, academic studies and waged a long campaign to stop multinational oil company Royal news reports, and consulted with the United Nations and other Dutch Shell from drilling in the lands of the Ogoni people in the international agencies. They found citizens are often harassed, Niger delta. intimidated, beaten up, sexNigerian military harassed ually assaulted and sometimes and intimidated members of killed for opposing endangeredthe Ogoni community for years wildlife poaching, illegal logging, because they opposed Shell’s dams and activities of foreign drilling program. Saro-Wiwa and his colleagues defended their mining companies – including communities and local environ- some Canadian firms.
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rights, like the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. As the recent incarceration of 28 Greenpeace activists and two freelance journalists by Russian authorities clearly demonstrates, human rights are vulnerable at a time when governments aggressively promote the interests of corporations over a healthy environment, and are willing to use heavy-handed tactics to ensure people who disagree don’t stand in the way. In this latest case, Russian special operations forces arrested the Greenpeace International activists, including two Canadians, Alexandre Paul and Paul Ruzycki, for attempting to hang a banner off the side of an oil rig in Arctic waters. They were peacefully protesting Russian company Gazprom’s plans to drill for oil in one of the most ecologically sensitive regions of the planet, and raising awareness of the consequences of climate change. For speaking out in defence of the Arctic, they were imprisoned for two months under difficult conditions and all but one were only recently released on bail. They now face the possibility of long, harsh jail sentences if found guilty on
trumped-up charges of piracy and hooliganism. Although leaders of the Netherlands, Brazil and Germany called for release of their nationals and other members of the “Arctic 30,” Prime Minister Steven Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird have so far been silent. You can sign letters at Greenpeace.ca asking Baird to bring the Canadians home and Greenpeace.org asking Russian embassies to urge their government to drop the charges. Too often, governments are quick to use excessive force and even pervert the course of justice to keep oil and gas flowing, forests logged, wild rivers dammed and minerals extracted. As the Global Witness study reveals, citizens are often killed, too – especially if they’re poor and indigenous. We must remember the sacrifices of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Chico Mendes and hundreds of other advocates and defend people’s rights to peacefully speak out for the environment, without fear of intimidation, arrest and violence. With contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Ontario and Northern Canada director-general Faisal Moola. Learn more at www. davidsuzuki.org.
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I experienced this reality in 1988 when we interviewed rubber tapper Chico Mendes about his battle to save the Amazon rainforest in Brazil for The Nature of Things. He was assassinated two weeks later. The following year, Kaiapo Chief Paiakan asked me to help stop a dam proposed for Altamira, Brazil. My wife, Tara, and I helped raise $70,000 for a demonstration, and the World Bank was persuaded to withdraw its project loan. Paiakan was then subjected to death threats. We brought him and his family to Vancouver until the danger subsided. Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records, such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Yet surprisingly, most attacks on environmentalists have been in countries such as Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines, with democratically elected governments, independent judiciaries and other institutions intended to protect their citizens’ rights to voice concerns about the environment without facing harassment, intimidation and violence. These countries have also signed international agreements to protect human
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PUBLIC MEETING
Proposed Whitehorse Diesel – Natural Gas Conversion Project Yukon Energy Corporation is proposing the construction of a new natural gas-fired generating station and associated activities adjacent to Yukon Energy Corporation’s existing primary power generating station, the Whitehorse Thermal Generating Station. The Expanded Site Area will produce 13.2 MW, which will provide an additional 4.1 MW to the Yukon electrical grid upon the decommissioning of the two diesel generators (9.1 MW capacity) they intend to replace. The Project is subject to a Screening by the Executive Committee of YESAB under the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act (YESAA). The Project is currently open to public comment until December 20, 2013.
Please join us for this public meeting to learn more about this proposed project and share your interests with the assessment team.
Wednesday December 11, 2013 Westmark Hotel, Whitehorse
Open house: 5:30pm to 6:00pm Presentations and discussion: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm For more information call 867 668 6420.
Make Your Voice Count Visit the YESAB Online Registry: www.yesab.ca/registry For more Information: Carolyne VanBibber • 867.996.2265 ext. 113
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Biologist creates legacy at village goose camp neck collars or satellite transmitters. Interested kids signed up for the research camp on a notebook at the by Ned Wayne Hill Store in Chevak. Ely, Rozell whose three children and wife joined him at the camp several times, split the camp up into two crews that would stay three or so days apiece. When the day came to gather the Chevak kids for their adventure, he called them down to the boat launch using a CB radio. hen Craig Ely thumbed “Once the word got out that it through his collection of was the thing to do, it was hard to photos of Alaska Native kids and turn people away,” Ely said. “We had biologists gathered in front of an old a lot of kids come back several times, church, he knew he had to make a and then the kids of kids.” yearbook. Not for himself, though Helping Ely since 1986 were he would savour the memories, but many guest biologists who would for all the kids who had helped him take a few kids apiece out in skiffs do science since the 1980s. and drop them off in strategic places The U.S. Geological Survey to drive birds into a pen. biologist has come through on The rise of tundra known as Old that project, working with talented Chevak is not just a spectacular colleagues to create a book with pic- place for birds; it’s a special place tures of dozens of smiling teenagers for Ely and a significant spot for the from the small western Alaska vilvillagers. lage of Chevak. The children helped “It’s where these people used to biologists gather and band geese live,” he said. “It’s their grandparand swans each August from 1986 ents’ hunting ground, part of their to 2010. history.” The lovely volume shows a rare Noticing fewer geese returning to long-term collaboration between vil- the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta a few lagers and scientists who were there decades ago, local elders got together to look at the problem of declining with federal and other officials from numbers of geese returning to the as far as California, where some of Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the the birds spend the winters. Then 1970s and 1980s. began a long effort of limiting or Banding Together to Learn stopping hunting and egg gathering and Preserve is the effort of Ely, at key times all along their migration who studies large waterfowl out of Anchorage, where you can find him routes. At the long-term study site at Old in winter. In summer for the past Chevak, Ely, the biologists and the few decades he was wearing rubber kids captured and banded cackling boots in tabletop lake-and-slough geese, white-fronted geese, emperor country of southwest Alaska. The book features a quarter cen- geese and black brant. The numbers tury of kids aged 13 and older from of each of those birds has increased the small Cu’pik-speaking village of since 1984. Their recovery is the reason the Old Chevak camp for kids Chevak. The children each spent a ended in 2010. Craig Ely photo few days at the abandoned village “We had reached most of our Chevak residents Stephanie Slats, left, and Eunice Francis in 1988, holding a tundra swan site of Old Chevak helping Ely and research objectives,” Ely said. “Cackcygnet at the Kashunuk River banding site. other biologists round up flightless ling and white-fronted geese had birds so the researchers could band recovered, so the fire had kind of Other things that surprised Ely To those children, many of whom in the cap of Chevak for helping to them. The scientists wanted to see been put out.” were the efficiency of Arctic foxes, co-manage their resource.” are now adults, Ely will mail copies where the geese and swans went Since the late 1970s, the University of Besides touching the lives of dozwhich some years ate all the eggs of of the 94-page, full-colour book. during the times they weren’t in Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Instiens of Chevak kids, the Old Chevak the cackling geese, and that in years Alaska, to mark them to see if they “Every kid (and former kid) in tute has provided this column free in camp experience produced some of high nesting success, goslings stuck around the site when they Chevak’s going to get one,” he said. co-operation with the UAF research nice science. The book features maps often grew slower because of the were here, and to count how many “The main thing is an acknowledgecommunity. Ned Rozell is a science that show the migratory path of increased competition for food. He babies they produced. ment of the kids and to put a feather writer for the Geophysical Institute. all the species of birds they studied was also surprised at how in the In 1986, Ely began taking group early years of the project the Chevak photos of about a dozen village teens there. Tundra swans, for example, have taken off from Old Chevak kids had a strong local accent, as who helped at the camp each sumin the fall, veered to Saskatchewan, Cu’pik was their first language at mer. For more than two decades, then headed back southwestward home. In later years, kids had no until the camp ended in 2010, he to northern California, where they accents because they spoke English faithfully snapped that picture. Ta’an Kwäch’än Council at home. The bird-banding camp was held spend the winter. would like to invite TKC citizens to the at the Old Chevak town site, a twohour boat ride from new Chevak, 50/50 Draws which had a population of about Raffles 500 when the study started and is Poker now home to about 1,000. The old Bingos town site includes one building in Runs good shape — the church of the old December 5th, 2013 at the United Church village. Come out and enjoy a meal during the holiday season! The camp allowed biologists to conduct research on the large Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m & waterfowl species that people in the Santa will arrive with gifts at 6:30 p.m. area had caught and eaten for cenYou must be a charitable organization and turies. Old Chevak is a great site for you require a charitable gaming licence. capturing geese and swans because the birds molt there. Birds don’t fly Contact Professional Licensing & For more information please call: at that time, so researchers and kids Regulatory Affairs at 867-667-5111 or Roberta Behn at (867) 668-3613 could drive them into corrals like 1-800-661-0408, ext. 5111 Community Services cattle. Scientists then fitted the birds with metal leg bands, high-visibility
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Prominent Klondike miner rose from whiskey peddler to MP He diversified into ranching 32 votes, placing last in a field of and other respectable pursuits, three candidates. purchased interests in the Fort His political career may have Macleod Gazette and the Calgary floundered in the Klondike, but Herald, and became a communhis mining career blossomed. by Michael Gates ity leader in Fort Macleod. With Rutledge and Davis became one the financial support of the I.G. of the most prominent mining .D. Davis is Dead: Baker Company, he ran for office Prominent Yukoner partnerships in the Klondike. in the federal election of 1887 in Gone to Rest,” proclaimed the This may have created conflicts which, for the first time, a seat headline in the Dawson Daily of interest that compromised his had been allocated to Alberta. News for June 6, 1906. “D.W. post as collector of customs, and He won, and was returned for a Davis, former member of the he resigned his post in 1902 after Canadian parliament, … died at second term in 1891. six years of service. Davis left his During his career as member his home … last night.” post upon the arrival in Dawson Donald Watson (W.D.) Davis of Parliament, he was known as of the Chief Customs Inspector was only 56 years old, and he left a staunch champion of the interMcMichael. Local authorities ests of big ranching in Alberta. behind 10 offspring from two were tight-lipped about the His leader, Conservative prime marriages. He also left behind a affair, but the Calgary Herald remarkable career. While he was minister Sir John A. Macdonald, implied grave irregularities in the prominent in Klondike circles, he died shortly after the 1891 eleccustoms department hastened his was far more well known, and far tion, and the party disintegrated departure. over the next few years. more notorious for his accomHe invested in the Whitehorse Alaska State Library,Wickersham State Historical Park Collection, Larss and Duclos Davis did not run in the folplishments in Alberta, before he Navigation Company, but got photo, ASL-P277-001-067 lowing election. Instead, in 1896, came north on the cusp of the squeezed out of the business by he secured a position as collector D.W. Davis, left, and his partner J.J. Rutledge on their claim Klondike Gold Rush. competition from much larger number 13 at Gold Run Creek. of customs in the isolated post Davis was originally an companies. His mining concerns of Fort Cudahy, adjacent to the American, born in northern thousands of stampeders, Davis Creek, a tributary of Dominion floundered in later years, but by mining town of Forty Mile. One Vermont on November 23, 1849. used his own judgement to deal Creek south of King Solomon’s 1906, he was suffering from failHe joined a Vermont regiment of of the big mysteries of Davis’s with the situation, relocating to Dome. ing health. He died June 5, 1906, the Union Army at the age of 13, career is why he would switch Dawson City in early 1897, and Davis had always been a leaving behind 10 children and careers, from one in which he and was wounded at the battle taking charge of the customs an estate heavily mired in debt. staunch Conservative in politics, was one of the most prominent of Gettysburg. Towering over 1.8 office without waiting for the Michael Gates is a Yukon historian citizens in western Canada, to and when he ran for the office of metres in height as an adult, he slow response from his eastern and sometimes adventurer based in that of a civil servant in one of was probably tall enough even mayor in the 1904 civic election, Whitehorse. His latest book, Dalheadquarters. His actions were the most remote outposts in the as a young teenager to meet the he was supported by prominent ton’s Gold Rush Trail, is available in later endorsed by Ottawa, and entire nation. Davis had always requirements for recruitment. politicians in the community. Yukon stores. You can contact him at he retained his job as collector liked the opportunities offered He later trained as a bookDespite their support, he lost by msgates@northwestel.net of customs in one of the busikeeper before signing on with the by the wide-open frontier. By est ports in the nation. Having 1896, Alberta no longer offered U.S. Army and being shipped to known both Superintendent Sam those opportunities. Perhaps his Montana where he became the acting quartermaster sergeant at former boss and friend, J.J. Healy, Steele and Inspector Zachary told him of the opportunity that Taylor Wood from their MountFort Shaw, south of the Alberta the Yukon offered an enterprising ed Police days at Fort Macleod border. must have been a plus for him in spirit. After he left the army, he was He departed for St. Michael at executing his duties. hired by Hamilton and (J.J.) Davis served on a managethe mouth of the Yukon by ship Healy, and found himself in charge of Fort Whoop-up, selling on July 8, 1896, and was steaming ment committee for the comup the Yukon aboard the steamer munity under Sam Steele and whiskey and earning the subbecame active in establishing stantial wage of $150 per month. Portus B. Weare, when gold was discovered on Rabbit Creek. If he a fire department in Dawson. 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Prominent Klondike miner rose from whiskey peddler to MP He diversified into ranching 32 votes, placing last in a field of and other respectable pursuits, three candidates. purchased interests in the Fort His political career may have Macleod Gazette and the Calgary floundered in the Klondike, but Herald, and became a communhis mining career blossomed. by Michael Gates ity leader in Fort Macleod. With Rutledge and Davis became one the financial support of the I.G. of the most prominent mining .D. Davis is Dead: Baker Company, he ran for office Prominent Yukoner partnerships in the Klondike. in the federal election of 1887 in Gone to Rest,” proclaimed the This may have created conflicts which, for the first time, a seat headline in the Dawson Daily of interest that compromised his had been allocated to Alberta. 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Macdonald, implied grave irregularities in the prominent in Klondike circles, he died shortly after the 1891 eleccustoms department hastened his was far more well known, and far tion, and the party disintegrated departure. over the next few years. more notorious for his accomHe invested in the Whitehorse Alaska State Library,Wickersham State Historical Park Collection, Larss and Duclos Davis did not run in the folplishments in Alberta, before he Navigation Company, but got photo, ASL-P277-001-067 lowing election. Instead, in 1896, came north on the cusp of the squeezed out of the business by he secured a position as collector D.W. Davis, left, and his partner J.J. Rutledge on their claim Klondike Gold Rush. competition from much larger number 13 at Gold Run Creek. of customs in the isolated post Davis was originally an companies. His mining concerns of Fort Cudahy, adjacent to the American, born in northern thousands of stampeders, Davis Creek, a tributary of Dominion floundered in later years, but by mining town of Forty Mile. One Vermont on November 23, 1849. used his own judgement to deal Creek south of King Solomon’s 1906, he was suffering from failHe joined a Vermont regiment of of the big mysteries of Davis’s with the situation, relocating to Dome. ing health. He died June 5, 1906, the Union Army at the age of 13, career is why he would switch Dawson City in early 1897, and Davis had always been a leaving behind 10 children and careers, from one in which he and was wounded at the battle taking charge of the customs an estate heavily mired in debt. staunch Conservative in politics, was one of the most prominent of Gettysburg. Towering over 1.8 office without waiting for the Michael Gates is a Yukon historian citizens in western Canada, to and when he ran for the office of metres in height as an adult, he slow response from his eastern and sometimes adventurer based in that of a civil servant in one of was probably tall enough even mayor in the 1904 civic election, Whitehorse. His latest book, Dalheadquarters. His actions were the most remote outposts in the as a young teenager to meet the he was supported by prominent ton’s Gold Rush Trail, is available in later endorsed by Ottawa, and entire nation. Davis had always requirements for recruitment. politicians in the community. Yukon stores. You can contact him at he retained his job as collector liked the opportunities offered He later trained as a bookDespite their support, he lost by msgates@northwestel.net of customs in one of the busikeeper before signing on with the by the wide-open frontier. By est ports in the nation. Having 1896, Alberta no longer offered U.S. Army and being shipped to known both Superintendent Sam those opportunities. Perhaps his Montana where he became the acting quartermaster sergeant at former boss and friend, J.J. Healy, Steele and Inspector Zachary told him of the opportunity that Taylor Wood from their MountFort Shaw, south of the Alberta the Yukon offered an enterprising ed Police days at Fort Macleod border. must have been a plus for him in spirit. After he left the army, he was He departed for St. Michael at executing his duties. hired by Hamilton and (J.J.) Davis served on a managethe mouth of the Yukon by ship Healy, and found himself in charge of Fort Whoop-up, selling on July 8, 1896, and was steaming ment committee for the comup the Yukon aboard the steamer munity under Sam Steele and whiskey and earning the subbecame active in establishing stantial wage of $150 per month. Portus B. Weare, when gold was discovered on Rabbit Creek. If he a fire department in Dawson. 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Accusations of lack of love need not be acknowledged I was insulted, and I simply begged off by saying, “It was very nice to meet you. I must get a drink before intermission ends. Have a good time.” I didn’t acknowledge the wife’s by Judith comment. As I walked away, I Martin overheard the wife say, “Well, that was rude!” (It certainly MISS was - on her end!) I was taken aback. Should I have handled the situation differently? Was I DEAR MISS MANNERS: being rude? I felt I was beMy husband and I have diing gracious by not engaging vergent interests, and I often in debate or defending my attend events such as the ballet husband’s honour over such a on my own. I enjoy getting rude comment. Your thoughts? to know people during the GENTLE READER: That intermissions, but occasionally you must love your husband the conversation has taken a more than this lady loves bad turn. Occasionally, if I am speak- George. And that you showed admirable restraint in not saying with a married couple, ing so. one or the other will intone, Furthermore, Miss Manners when they find out that I am assures you that the etiquette married, that I should have judgment of someone who taken my husband hostage and forced him to attend the event accuses strangers of being unloved is not worth considering. with me. I need to know if I was the DEAR MISS MANNERS: one in the wrong the last time, If I’m asked to wait in an when the couple I was talkoffice setting, or while waiting to said outright, “Why ing in someone’s home, is it didn’t you force your husband rude of me to get up and look to come with you?” I replied, at paintings on the wall or “Because it’s just not his book spines on a bookshelf thing.” (not touching or opening the The wife responded, “He must not love you like my hus- books) in the room where I was instructed to wait? band loves me. George hates GENTLE READER: If you the ballet, but here he is!” have had the opportunity to
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take the public tour of the receiving rooms of a king or visited an elected official, you may have discerned a pattern in the decoration. There is a definite bias toward displays that flatter the owner. Whether the state treasury could spring for Berninis and Michelangelos, or had to settle for maps showing territorial boundaries of dubious legality, it was the owner’s fondest hope that his guests, subjects or clients would look around. Miss Manners has no objection, even if the means of modern hosts limit displays to the books they have read, the schools they have attended or the celebrities with whom they have been photographed. She would, however, refrain from pointing out that the Tintoretto is a fake.
Last year I made nice to all; I put on a hostess face and served a lovely, generous meal. The table conversation was pleasant. I did not speak poorly of anyone, nor did I allow anyone else to do so. This year I am extending invitations, and who wants to come may come. I am not begging, nor am I asking, anyone else to meet the terms of another. If they come, they come. What else can I do? GENTLE READER: You can do no more than to invite your relatives, leave it up to them whether or not they will attend, and maintain a pleasant atmosphere. And give thanks that disgruntled people, especially those who wish to exhibit bodily functions - Miss Manners does not want that explained - will be absent.
change seats with you. Confronting the problem head on - or foot on, as the case may be - is a better solution than a kicking contest or even seething in silence.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: If my father is deceased, who is supposed to walk me down the aisle at my wedding? GENTLE READER: Your mother, of course, as widows traditionally did for their daughters. Miss Manners finds it peculiar when people misunderstand the symbolism of this custom to the extent of believing that the qualification for giving a bride away is gender, rather than heading the household that reared her. ****** DEAR MISS MANNERS: My sister-in-law insists on placing her 8-year-old grandDEAR MISS MANNERS: Leg room on airplanes contin- daughter on the phone withDEAR MISS MANNERS: out warning, sometimes even ues to get smaller, and, being And so it begins: the politics allowing her to make the of who comes to Thanksgiving tall, I find the seats already initial phone call. We love her fairly uncomfortable. I updinner. little granddaughter to pieces, One won’t come unless her grade into either exit rows or and she is even our goddaughbusiness class whenever posdog can come too. One will ter. not come if so-and-so comes. sible, but sometimes they’re The problem is that Sis sets not available. One will not come unless anlittle Angel up for a disapSo how do I deal with the other apologizes for XYZ that pointment each time, with person who insists on reclinwas said a few years ago. a request to do something ing the seat fully? Then there is the one who together immediately without Last night, the person in has now become vegan and any planning. It always puts us front of me proceeded to will not come if any animals on the spot, and most of the are on the menu. And one who recline her seat into my legs. time we will drop what we are While I was trying not to, I has finally gotten sober but doing and comply. did manage to kick her seat a will not come unless there is This has been going on for fair number of times while I no liquor whatsoever. continued to adjust my legs in several years, and lately has beLast year, my husband an effort to find some slightly come a major inconvenience. went more than 30 miles to more comfortable way to sit. fetch my mother and invalid She did this even before the It was downright painful for brother. When they saw that child was talking plainly. my husband’s adult daughter, me (in addition to simply What is the proper etibeing tall, I’ve also had knee whom few folks care to be quette, and how can it be comsurgery). around, was with him, they municated without hurting At those points, she turned feelings? We think the adult decided to not attend. around and gave me dirty The dishes they were to should call first, make the looks. I wanted to suggest that request and have the answer bring stayed with them, too. I wouldn’t be hitting her seat if first, before deciding to give My nephew, who had been estranged for several years, was she didn’t put it back, but bit the child the phone. my tongue. What’s a girl to do? going to be there, yet decided GENTLE READER: It is not GENTLE READER: She’s to your duty to drop everything that avoiding my stepdaughter understand that other girls are and agree to every spontaoutweighed this significant event. Before my husband got also trying to find some com- neous invitation, even ones home, they were on the phone fort during their flight. As you issued by an adorable 8-yearwell know, airplane seats have old. trying to get others not to little range, so can you blame come either. “I’m afraid that now is not Another couple stayed away a girl for extending hers to its a good time, but have your (pathetic) fullest? since they were not going to grandmother call us back Upon your first inadvertent be “allowed” to exhibit bodily and we can set something up kick, Miss Manners expects functions at my home, much soon” is absolutely reasonable. you to apologize profusely and less at the dinner table. If your sister-in-law then has explain your knee situation Yes, I expect good behaviour. I set a beautiful table. Not (tallness is not as sympathetic to deal with a disappointed granddaughter, she has only an excuse). Then ask politely one dish on it is other than herself to blame. if it might be possible for her made from old family recipes (Please send your questions to Miss to raise her seat a bit, or to and completely from scratch. Manners at her website, www. Advertise your Home in 3 issues (3 consecutive weeks)
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Young Yukon boxer fights to gold at Alberta championship Tom Patrick News Reporter
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hitehorse’s Roan EvansEhricht doesn’t look like someone who fought two boxing matches over the weekend. No cuts, no swelling. Then again, his two fights consisted of a total of just four rounds. Evans-Ehricht dominated in the ring to win gold in the 81-kilogram weight class at the Alberta Bronze Gloves in Stony Plain. “I’ve been training for three and a half years for this opportunity and that moment,” said Evans-Ehricht. “I went out and I just could not see myself losing. I prepared so much for it, tried as hard as I could and ended up winning just like I thought.” The provincial Bronze Gloves championships (for boxers with seven or fewer fights) were Evans-Ehricht’s first official fights of his career. Both of his opponents had previous fight experience and were older than Evans-Ehricht, who is just 17 and is still in high school. His first bout was against 26-year-old Joel Zolinsky from Nelson, B.C. Evans-Ehricht won by technical knockout in the third-round on Saturday. Evans-Ehricht then beat Jarrett Gordon from the Sunshine Boxing Academy in Lethbridge by TKO in the first round on Sunday. Gordon received a bye into the final and went into the gold medal bout fresh. “In the first fight we noticed I wasn’t being aggressive enough starting the trades,” said Evans-Ehricht. “In the second fight I went in and was really aggressive and I was able to stop him in the first round.” Evans-Ehricht says he’d like to be a counterpuncher in the ring, but that’s not where his strength lies. He’s better off making the first move, said Jess Staffen, who was EvansEhricht’s cornerman with his father Ted. “He’s more of a striker with strong combinations,” said Staffen. “He’s got speed and power. Our technique with Roan is to get him to punch first instead of reacting to the other boxer. We want the other boxer reacting to him.” “Something my coach stressed to me was, a good boxer is someone who does what his corner tells him,” he added.
“Roan did exactly what we told him to do and we couldn’t have asked for any more from him.” Having made such quick work of his opponents, EvansEhricht was named Best Boxer at the tournament. He was nervous for his first fight – the first of his career after years of training – but was mentally calm before Sunday’s fight, he said. “When I woke up (Saturday) morning I was really nervous,” said Evans-Ehricht. “I was just getting everything ready that I possibly could. “Actually, I was using a couple techniques I was learning in Sports School down at F.H. Collins (Secondary). We’ve had lots of guest speakers come in and we’ve done a lot of training and I did some mental focus-breathing techniques. Sitting by myself, trying to relax, I ended up getting most of my nerves out of the way for the first fight. “By the time the second fight came around I was completely in the zone, no nerves at all.” Evans-Ehricht wasn’t the only Yukoner on the canvas at the Alberta championship. Jarred Nolan, who now lives in Edmonton and trains at the Avenue Boxing Club, won silver in the super heavyweight division. Nolan defeated Arjun Srikumar in the first round by TKO but lost in the gold medal bout to Paul Crosty by decision. Evans-Ehricht is one of about 50 registered athletes with Yukon Boxing, which operates out of Peak Fitness in Riverdale. The organization holds classes Mondays and Wednesdays. “We have a lot of people who
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Whitehorse’s Roan Evans-Ehricht shadow boxes at Peak Fitness on Wednesday. The 17-year-old won gold at the Alberta Bronze Gloves championship in Stony Plain on Sunday.
have been coming for a few years just for the fitness aspect of it,” said Staffen, who is the head coach for Yukon Boxing. “It’s great to see their progression. “And we have a few young guys like Roan … that are regu-
lars and are looking to bring out to our next competition.” Staffen hopes to get EvansEhricht and some other young Yukoners back in the ring for bronze glove fights in the New Year. “If not, we have a very good
working relationship with Boxing Alberta, so we can probably organize a Yukon versus Alberta club card.” Yukon Boxing can be found on Facebook. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Yukon biathlete skis, shoots to bronze at Calforex Cup Tom Patrick
out of 16 in both sprint races in the senior girls division. “It was definitely a strong here’s a notion in biathlon: showing by Nadia,” said Yukon the better you shoot, the coach Laurie Jacobsen. “We’re gofaster you ski. ing to westerns and she’s deterAfter cleaning house at the mined to improve her standing range, adrenaline kicks in and and then hopefully on to nationsuddenly all the trails are downals as well.” hill. Yukon’s Daniel Sennett shot “That’s the case,” confirms eight out of 10 on Sunday to Whitehorse’s Liam Adel. place seventh in Dev 2 boys in He would know. The 14-year- Sunday’s sprint. He placed 16th old shot well and skied fast en on Saturday. route to capturing a bronze at the Teammate Jake Draper placed Calforex Cup over the weekend in 10th Saturday and ninth Sunday Canmore, Alta. in the same highly competitive “Well it’s been four years since division. Yukon’s Pelly VincentI’ve been doing biathlon and I Braun came 18th and 24th. haven’t done very well in a race, Tristan Sparks placed 18th Satand I finally shot well enough urday and 20th Sunday in the sixand skied fast enough to put kilometre senior boys division. myself on the podium,” said Adel. Maria Peters skied to 12th “It was an amazing sense of a in the six-kilometre senior girls accomplishment. It really set in division on Saturday and did not when my whole team cheered me start on Sunday. on right up to the podium.” “These kids have been on the Adel was one of eight memteam for two or three years, but I bers of Biathlon Yukon’s Velocity see the whole team has moved up Squad in Canmore and the only in results,” said Jacobsen. to climb the podium. Dana Sellars, who is starting He shot nine out of 10 at the her first season on the Velocity range in the Development 2 boys Squad, took 25th on Saturday division’s three-kilometre sprint before moving up to 17th on to place third out of 26 biathletes Sunday in the Dev 1 girls threeon Saturday. kilometre sprints. “The team spirit was amazing, “She is the youngest and the we were all in it together, I most newest – this was her first Outdefinitely couldn’t have done it side race,” said Jacobsen. “She’s without my coaches and the sup- in Dev 1 and no one in there is port of my other teammates, and equal. Some kids use rests (for they raced really good races as the rifles at the range). Dana well,” said Adel. decided not to shoot with a rest, Adel’s 90 per cent success rate so she’s shooting with a sling … at the range dropped to 20 in She challenged herself to beat her Sunday’s sprint and he slipped first race and she did. For her first down to 18th. race, that was a really successful Yukon’s Nadia Moser protime for her.” duced the most consistent results Whitehorse’s Ryan Burlingame at the Cup. Moser placed seventh also competed in Canmore, but News Reporter
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Whitehorse’s Liam Adel races at the Calforex Cup in Canmore, Alta., on Sunday. Adel, who was one of eight members of Biathlon Yukon’s Velocity Squad in Canmore, won a bronze medal on Saturday.
for the Camrose Vikings team. He placed 14th in the men’s 10-kilometre sprint on Saturday. He then shot seven out of 10 to climb to ninth on Sunday. Biathlon Yukon will host its Arctic Winter Games trials at the Biathlon Yukon range Dec. 7 and 8. Yukon’s snowshoe biathlon trials will take place the following weekend. Adel will vie for a spot on the team, he said. “Most definitely,” said Adel. “If I do happen to make it on the team, I hope to represent Yukon in a fantastic way, the way we should be represented.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Team Koltun curls into quarterfinal at World Tour event
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Yukon skip Sarah Koltun, centre, third Chelsea Duncan, left, and second Patty Wallingham took multiple wins at a World Curling Tour event for the first time this season.
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hitehorse’s Team Koltun is starting to find traction on the World Curling
Tour. After coming away with just one win at their first two World Tour events of the season, the Yukon rink won three straight to reach the quarter-
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final of the Spruce Grove Cashspiel over the weekend in Spruce Grove, Alta. “It was definitely a good feeling to come out with three wins,” said skip Sarah Koltun. “We felt like we were coming out stronger and playing like a team and rebounding from misses better and just playing better collectively.” The Koltun rink’s three wins came against Albertan teams. They downed Team Brown 8-6, Team Scheidegger 7-6 and Team Jensen 7-3 to make the playoffs. In the quarters they had a rematch with the Scheidegger rink, currently ranked 24th in Canada, but the Albertans flipped the score to win 7-6. The Koltun team, which includes third Chelsea Duncan, second Patty Wallingham and lead Andrea Sinclair, stole two in the last end, but needed three to force an extra. “It was kind of unfortunate that they got the win then
instead of in the round-robin,” said Koltun. “It was bad timing. But we played a really strong game. We just had one bad end that lost the game for us. But overall it was one of the best games we’ve played this season.” The Whitehorse team’s first two tour events of the season were the Kamloops Crown of Curling last month and the Shoot-Out at the Saville Centre in Edmonton in September. They won their season opener 6-3 over Saskatchewan’s Team Lawton, which is currently the fourth ranked women’s team in the country. There are big plans in store for the Koltun rink – or should we say rinks? Koltun hopes to win the N.W.T./Yukon spot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in January and attend her first Canadian women’s championship with her team. She also wants to win Yukon’s spot at the Junior
Canadian Curling Championship with her junior team, which includes Sinclair as third, Wallingham remaining as second, and Jenna Duncan – Chelsea’s little sister – as lead. Last season Koltun and Chelsea made their seventh trip to the Canadian Junior Curling Championships, taking fourth. Koltun’s women’s team is currently in Lloydminster, Alberta, for the Boundary Ford Curling Classic, the team’s fourth World Curling Tour event of the season. “We scheduled a pretty intensive season,” said Koltun. “We’re travelling a lot and training a lot. This is basically our lives right now. That’s why I decided not to go back to school this fall … I’m taking a couple distance courses, but I couldn’t keep up with playing and everything.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Frejean Pourier tends goal during Team Yukon’s Arctic Winter Games soccer trials on Saturday at the Canada Games Centre. The Games run in March 2014 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Peewee Mustangs sluggish in Winfield Tom Patrick
MVP. Whitehorse’s one win was a 4-3 squeaker over the North Vancouver he Peewee A Mustangs had Thunderbirds on Saturday. no fire in their bellies over the “The kids played a lot better in weekend. this game,” said Gale. “They had The Whitehorse rep team was their legs, were moving the puck, held to one win in four games at the everything seemed to be working Winfield and District Minor Hockey well.” Association peewee tournament The Mustangs took the game in Winfield, B.C., just outside of with goals from Kyron Crosby, Oscar Kelowna. Sawicki, Eric Potvin and Kyle BierlThe Mustangs lacked pep at the meier. Oscar Burgess was named the Tier 2/3 split tournament, said head Mustangs’ game MVP. coach Kirk Gale. Whitehorse began the third perThey opened with a 5-1 loss to iod up 4-1 and held on for the win. the North Okanagan Knights. “They pulled their goaltender “We flew in Thursday and that and there was a lot of commotion was at 7:30 Friday morning,” said around the net, but we ended up Gale. “It was a game we just weren’t keeping the puck out of our net,” ready to play. The kids were slow, said Gale. lethargic. The first period and a half Earlier in the day the Musthey were skating in a fog.” tangs fell 4-2 to the Nelson Leafs. The Mustangs kept the Knights The Leafs will host the Tier 3 B.C. scoreless in the third period, but the Hockey Championships that the damage was already done. Brett Wal- Mustangs will compete at in March. chuck scored to avoid the shutout “So I thought this was a pretty and was named the Mustangs’ game important game for us to see where News Reporter
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we fit for those provincials,” said Gale. Mustangs goalie Dawson Smith faced 40 shots in the game. Isaac Williamson scored both Whitehorse goals and was given the MVP nod. “It was a close game and could have gone either way,” said Gale. Whitehorse finished with a 6-2 loss to the Abbotsford Hawks. The Mustangs returned to their somnolent play in the final game, said Gale. “We went back to skating in a fog. No sense of urgency. We couldn’t get
the puck out of our own zone and couldn’t establish a forecheck, so it was a pretty tough game.” Wyatt Peterson and Williamson scored for the Mustangs and goalie Smith, who “kept us in it,” was named his team’s game MVP. “We learned a couple things about our team,” said Gale. “They need to better prepare to show they are committed to playing every shift.” In the Peewee Mustangs’ first tournament of the season, the team
rallied from an opening loss to win four straight and claim gold at the International Seafair Icebreaker Rep Tournament in Richmond, B.C., at the start of October. They took gold with a 7-4 win over the South Delta Storm. “In the tournament before we had Dylan Cozens and Bryce Anderson with us and those guys scored a lot of goals, so we were able to make a pile of mistakes and recover from it,” said Gale. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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CBC loses control of Hockey Night in Canada to Rogers in blockbuster deal ‘Sometimes it’s almost surreal – acquiring the most coveted content in all of Canada, and there is nothing even close, which is the national rights to Hockey Night in Canada.’ Cassandra Szklarski Canadian Press
TORONTO anada’s hockey TV landscape underwent a seismic shift Tuesday as Rogers Communications wrested control of NHL multimedia rights with a blockbuster 12-year, $5.2-billion agreement that will preserve Hockey Night in Canada but limit CBC’s role in the iconic broadcast. The deal, the largest in NHL history, gives Rogers national rights to all NHL games, including the playoffs and Stanley Cup final, on all of its platforms in all languages. “It will be the NHL like never before,” Rogers Media president Keith Pelley promised at a packed news conference Tuesday, touting a “transformational day” for the industry, as well as Rogers’ position as a burgeoning sports broadcasting titan. A sub-licensing agreement with CBC allows the public broadcaster to continue airing Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday nights for four years, while TVA in Quebec earned all of the Canadian French-language multi-media rights. But the Rogers coup includes rights to the venerable Hockey Night in Canada brand, allowing Rogers to also air the weekly staple across all of its platforms, including City and Sportsnet. “Sometimes it’s almost surreal – acquiring the most coveted content in all of Canada, and there is nothing even close, which is the national rights to Hockey Night in Canada,” Pelley told reporters after the news
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Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed, centre, with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, and Keith Pelley, president of Rogers Media in Toronto on Tuesday. Rogers took control of NHL multimedia rights in a 12-year, $5.2-billion agreement.
conference. “And that’s pretty exciting but it’s daunting and overwhelming at the same time.” The broader arrangement guarantees there will be no further regionalization of games or local blackouts. Rogers has three exclusive windows to broadcast any game involving a Canadian team – Wednesday A Yukon Formal event
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nights, Saturday nights (including the weekly match-ups on CBC) and Sunday nights. The deal is a devastating blow to Bell Media’s all-sports channel TSN, a bitter rival to Sportsnet that has relied on the NHL to build its brand, and to the beleaguered CBC, which gives up lucrative hockey revenues that have traditionally
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confirming there will be job losses, though not as many as there would have been had they lost the NHL altogether. Lacroix said at the news conference that the NHL had high financial expectations and the CBC was “not in a position to spend taxpayers money on this game of high stakes.” While CBC will no longer make money from Hockey Night in Canada, Lacroix said airing the games will still be good for the public broadcaster. “We think the ability to still have Hockey Night in Canada is something important to us ... and that’s what we get out of this,” he said. He notes the deal allows CBC to promote its programming in primetime across all Rogers networks. “So when you’re going to see a minute promoting Cracked or promoting Arctic Air or the Dragons’ (Den) it’s going to be something that’s not only going to be on our network but it’s going to be on all the other networks,” he said. Nevertheless, Lacroix acknowledged that lucrative hockey profits will no longer be available to help fund original series such as Republic of Doyle and Mr. D. He said discussions were underway to possibly generate income in other ways, should CBC partner up with Rogers in the production of Hockey Night in Canada. “Then if they use some of our resources – and we have different agreements going on right now – it will be something that will either be paid in kind or in services or in cash.” The ramifications of the deal are myriad and ongoing. For example, Pelley floated the possibility of CBC newscasts airing on City, for example, after a playoff game. The deal also raises questions about the future of CBC’s talent, especially fan favourite Don Cherry. The high-profile hockey commentator wasn’t sure what would happen to his Coach’s Corner segment when he spoke to reporters Tuesday night. “I can’t make a comment because I don’t know what’s going on,” said Cherry. “Usually I’m the best guy in the world for a comment but I can’t comment on something when I don’t know what’s going on.” Pelley said it was too soon to answer those questions, but noted that Grapes could very possibly turn up as a commentator on City or Sportsnet. “Over the next months and years, we will evaluate all facets of our production and our programming, certainly in consultation with CBC regarding Hockey Night in Canada,” said Pelley. TSN will be severely impacted by the blockbuster agreement, although it still has some regional hockey deals. Bell Media vice-president of
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Friday, November 29, 2013 communications Scott Henderson said TSN would have 10 Leafs games next season under a regional agreement and that, starting in 2015, the network would have 26 regional Leafs games. TSN also has a deal for more than 60 regional Jets games through 2021. TSN personality James Duthie reminded fans on Twitter that the specialty network is still airing games and is gearing up for the World Juniors in a month. “Been a privilege being a part of The NHL on TSN the past 12 years. Congrats and best of luck to Rogers/HNIC,” Duthie tweeted. Sports consultant Brian Cooper, president of S&E Sponsorship, noted that TSN still holds a lot of popular championships in basketball, soccer and golf
but called the news “a severe body blow (to TSN).” “In this country, there is only one sport that really matters,” said Cooper. “They have a lot of programming that they probably weren’t using around those championships that they’re now going to have to employ instead of putting on the shelf but this has changed the landscape tremendously in this country.” In a curious wrinkle, TSN retains the rights to the Hockey Night in Canada theme song. It secured ownership in 2008 after CBC was unable to negotiate a new agreement with the song’s composer. Pelley said he couldn’t comment on the song except to say it’s not part of the deal “for obvious reasons.” Rogers CEO and president
Nadir Mohamed said the new agreement makes sense for Rogers, which has made sports investments a priority. “We’ve had a focus on sports for the last few years,” he said. “I talked about the investments we’ve made, whether it’s the Jays, the MLSE, investment, The Score, regional rights to hockey.
So really, in some ways, this is the icing on the cake.” “Categorically this is positive for shareholders at Rogers,” he added. “It’s a financially good deal for us.” The deal is subject to approval by the NHL board of governors, which meets Dec. 9 and 10 in Pebble Beach, Calif.
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CBC loses control of Hockey Night in Canada to Rogers in blockbuster deal ‘Sometimes it’s almost surreal – acquiring the most coveted content in all of Canada, and there is nothing even close, which is the national rights to Hockey Night in Canada.’ Cassandra Szklarski Canadian Press
TORONTO anada’s hockey TV landscape underwent a seismic shift Tuesday as Rogers Communications wrested control of NHL multimedia rights with a blockbuster 12-year, $5.2-billion agreement that will preserve Hockey Night in Canada but limit CBC’s role in the iconic broadcast. The deal, the largest in NHL history, gives Rogers national rights to all NHL games, including the playoffs and Stanley Cup final, on all of its platforms in all languages. “It will be the NHL like never before,” Rogers Media president Keith Pelley promised at a packed news conference Tuesday, touting a “transformational day” for the industry, as well as Rogers’ position as a burgeoning sports broadcasting titan. A sub-licensing agreement with CBC allows the public broadcaster to continue airing Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday nights for four years, while TVA in Quebec earned all of the Canadian French-language multi-media rights. But the Rogers coup includes rights to the venerable Hockey Night in Canada brand, allowing Rogers to also air the weekly staple across all of its platforms, including City and Sportsnet. “Sometimes it’s almost surreal – acquiring the most coveted content in all of Canada, and there is nothing even close, which is the national rights to Hockey Night in Canada,” Pelley told reporters after the news
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Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed, centre, with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, and Keith Pelley, president of Rogers Media in Toronto on Tuesday. Rogers took control of NHL multimedia rights in a 12-year, $5.2-billion agreement.
conference. “And that’s pretty exciting but it’s daunting and overwhelming at the same time.” The broader arrangement guarantees there will be no further regionalization of games or local blackouts. Rogers has three exclusive windows to broadcast any game involving a Canadian team – Wednesday A Yukon Formal event
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nights, Saturday nights (including the weekly match-ups on CBC) and Sunday nights. The deal is a devastating blow to Bell Media’s all-sports channel TSN, a bitter rival to Sportsnet that has relied on the NHL to build its brand, and to the beleaguered CBC, which gives up lucrative hockey revenues that have traditionally
subsidized its slate of original Canadian programming. And even though Hockey Night in Canada will continue to be a staple, it’s likely to undergo a radical new look. “From next year on, the content of that show, whatever features are being done, that’s a Rogers responsibility and you know what, it’s kind of fair,
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they just paid $5.2 billion for 12 years for that,” CBC president Hubert Lacroix said following the announcement. He outlined the shift in an internal memo to staff, noting that “starting next year, Rogers will assume all editorial control (all editorial decisions with respect to the content, on-air talent and the creative direction of HNIC – we have the right to be consulted and there is a commitment to excellence) under the new agreement.” He added that it wasn’t “the outcome we had hoped for,”
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confirming there will be job losses, though not as many as there would have been had they lost the NHL altogether. Lacroix said at the news conference that the NHL had high financial expectations and the CBC was “not in a position to spend taxpayers money on this game of high stakes.” While CBC will no longer make money from Hockey Night in Canada, Lacroix said airing the games will still be good for the public broadcaster. “We think the ability to still have Hockey Night in Canada is something important to us ... and that’s what we get out of this,” he said. He notes the deal allows CBC to promote its programming in primetime across all Rogers networks. “So when you’re going to see a minute promoting Cracked or promoting Arctic Air or the Dragons’ (Den) it’s going to be something that’s not only going to be on our network but it’s going to be on all the other networks,” he said. Nevertheless, Lacroix acknowledged that lucrative hockey profits will no longer be available to help fund original series such as Republic of Doyle and Mr. D. He said discussions were underway to possibly generate income in other ways, should CBC partner up with Rogers in the production of Hockey Night in Canada. “Then if they use some of our resources – and we have different agreements going on right now – it will be something that will either be paid in kind or in services or in cash.” The ramifications of the deal are myriad and ongoing. For example, Pelley floated the possibility of CBC newscasts airing on City, for example, after a playoff game. The deal also raises questions about the future of CBC’s talent, especially fan favourite Don Cherry. The high-profile hockey commentator wasn’t sure what would happen to his Coach’s Corner segment when he spoke to reporters Tuesday night. “I can’t make a comment because I don’t know what’s going on,” said Cherry. “Usually I’m the best guy in the world for a comment but I can’t comment on something when I don’t know what’s going on.” Pelley said it was too soon to answer those questions, but noted that Grapes could very possibly turn up as a commentator on City or Sportsnet. “Over the next months and years, we will evaluate all facets of our production and our programming, certainly in consultation with CBC regarding Hockey Night in Canada,” said Pelley. TSN will be severely impacted by the blockbuster agreement, although it still has some regional hockey deals. Bell Media vice-president of
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Friday, November 29, 2013 communications Scott Henderson said TSN would have 10 Leafs games next season under a regional agreement and that, starting in 2015, the network would have 26 regional Leafs games. TSN also has a deal for more than 60 regional Jets games through 2021. TSN personality James Duthie reminded fans on Twitter that the specialty network is still airing games and is gearing up for the World Juniors in a month. “Been a privilege being a part of The NHL on TSN the past 12 years. Congrats and best of luck to Rogers/HNIC,” Duthie tweeted. Sports consultant Brian Cooper, president of S&E Sponsorship, noted that TSN still holds a lot of popular championships in basketball, soccer and golf
but called the news “a severe body blow (to TSN).” “In this country, there is only one sport that really matters,” said Cooper. “They have a lot of programming that they probably weren’t using around those championships that they’re now going to have to employ instead of putting on the shelf but this has changed the landscape tremendously in this country.” In a curious wrinkle, TSN retains the rights to the Hockey Night in Canada theme song. It secured ownership in 2008 after CBC was unable to negotiate a new agreement with the song’s composer. Pelley said he couldn’t comment on the song except to say it’s not part of the deal “for obvious reasons.” Rogers CEO and president
Nadir Mohamed said the new agreement makes sense for Rogers, which has made sports investments a priority. “We’ve had a focus on sports for the last few years,” he said. “I talked about the investments we’ve made, whether it’s the Jays, the MLSE, investment, The Score, regional rights to hockey.
So really, in some ways, this is the icing on the cake.” “Categorically this is positive for shareholders at Rogers,” he added. “It’s a financially good deal for us.” The deal is subject to approval by the NHL board of governors, which meets Dec. 9 and 10 in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Interested in joining the Alpine Yukon Snow Stars at Mt Sima this year? This fun and engaging program is for young alpine skiers aged 6 – 12 interested in developing and improving their ski skills and being introduced to alpine ski racing. SeSSionS will be SaturdayS from 10:30 to 2:30 Starting december 21 cost $350 lift pass required register at Sport yukon QueStionS? contact Stefan gladwin: sngladwin@gmail.com or call 668-7736. www.alpineyukon.com
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Come celebrate International Day for Persons with Disabilities and disABILITY Awareness week. Many events to CHECK OUT this week. The Event Schedule is available on our Facebook page or you can call or stop by to pick one up. Join us for some snacks, learn about our services and programs, check out our NEW OFFICE and meet the staff.
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Bring your family to the little town of Bethlehem for an evening full of crafts, shops, food & fun! Where: Elijah Smith School When: Saturday, December 7th Doors are open: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Admission: FREE! Please call (867) 667-4889 or email admin@whbc.ca for more information! Hosted by: Whitehorse Baptist Church
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P R O C L A M AT I O N
WHEREAS, globally, almost one in ten people is a person living with a disability and 14.5% of Yukoners are individuals living with a disability; and WHEREAS, a lack of information about the skills, talents and abilities to be found within this group leads to underemployment and a lack of community participation; and WHEREAS, people with disabilities continue to struggle to find a voice within our community; and WHEREAS, “Disabilities Awareness Week” will provide a venue for the discussion of disability issues by the community; and WHEREAS, the United Nations has proclaimed December 3rd to be “International Day for Persons with Disabilities”: THEREFORE, I, Doug Phillips, Commissioner of Yukon, do hereby proclaim the period of December 1st to 7th, 2013 to be
“disABILITY AWARENESS WEEK”
in Yukon.
GIVEN UNDER my hand and seal at Whitehorse, Yukon on the 14th of November, 2013. __________________________ Doug Phillips Commissioner of Yukon
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Friday, November 29, 2013
Kakuro
By The Mepham Group
Level: Gentle
Sudoku Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in blod borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.
FRIDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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 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. No difit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2. © 2013 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.
Puzzle A
Puzzle B CLUES ACROSS 1. Membrane around the lungs 7. Perennial trunked plant 11. Upper side of a building 12. Count on 13. W. Samoan monetary unit 14. Much ___ About Nothing 15. Freedom from difficulty 16. Person for whom something is named 18. Filled with lead 20. Against 21. Upper surface of the mouth 23. Belgian painter James, 1860-
1949 24. Miri or Dafla 25. Alaskan gold rush town 26. ___ Lanka 27. Touchdown 29. Theater stage scenery 30. A slight amount 31. Of she 33. Designated hitter 34. Lemon or lime drink 35. Expel in large quantities 37. 4840 square yards 39. Sharpened a knife
41. Birch bark, dugout & outrigger 43. Yellow winter melon 44. Admirer 46. Hands on hips 47. Afrikaans 48. A flat cushion or mat 51. European hop 52. Initial poker wager 53. Linking together 55. Precipitation 56. Satisfying an appetite
13. Body trunks 16. Adam’s wife 17. Actor Sean 19. Of major consequence 21. Festival processions 22. Tolerate 26. Look at with fixed eyes 28. Take a deposition from 32. Rechristen 36. “Dragnet” actor Jack 38. ______ Christi, TX
40. Taoism 41. Coon cat 42. Former U.S. Senator Spector 43. Sleeping room on a ship 44. Essential oil from flowers 45. “Church lady” Carvey 49. Professional nursing group 50. Telegraphic signal 54. Atomic #22
CLUES DOWN 1. Synthetic wood finish 2. Soils 3. After E 4. Reptile genus 5. A long thin implement 6. Greek god of light 7. Goody 8. Duane _____: NY pharmacy 9. Other, different 10. In a way, looked 11. Liberated by payment of a demand
Puzzle C
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COUNTRY LIVING 20 minutes south of Whitehorse. Individual studio suites with common areas, also one bedroom apt. N/S. For more info call 456 - 2135 after 8pm
2-BDRM 1-BATH apartment with appliances on Main St, avail Dec. 1, refs & dd reqʼd, $1,575/mon + utils, 667-7462, Email nsevergreenoffice@gmail.com
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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
LARGE, CLEAN bachelor suite, McCrae, wood/oil heat, smoking permitted, pet-friendly, private secure yard, lg storage shed incl, avail immed, $700 + utils. 334-6730
$575, $775, $900, ROOMS. BACHELORS. 1-BDRMS. Clean, bright, furnished, all utilities incl, laundry facilities. Close to college & downtown. Bus stop, security doors. Live-in manager. 667-4576 or Email: barracksapt@hotmail.com SKYLINE APTS: 2-bdrm apartments, Riverdale. Parking & laundry facilities. 667-6958 ARE YOU New to Whitehorse? Pick up a free Welcome to Whitehorse package at The Smith House, 3128-3rd Ave. Information on transit, recreation programs, waste collection & diversion. 668-8629 HOBAH APARTMENTS: Clean, spacious, walking distance downtown, security entrance, laundry room, plug-ins, rent includes heat & hot water, no pets. References required. 668-2005 WEEKEND GET AWAY Rustic Cabin-45 minutes from town Hiking Trails in the summer Skiing in the winter Includes sauna. Reasonable rates. Rent out by the week or for a weekend. 867-821-4443 1-BDRM WALK-OUT bsmt suite in Porter Creek, w/private bath, kitchen, & laundry, n/s, avai Dec 1-April 30, $900/mon. 335-1230 ROOM FOR rent in shared Hillcrest home, utils & wifi incl, N/S, N/D, dd reqʼd. $625/mon. 334-5032 RIVERDALE: FURNISHED room, N/S, N/P, no drinking, clean, quiet home, serious inquiries only, $600/mon. 667-2452 3-BDRM, 2-BATH DUPLEX in Crestview 6 appliances Large lot with mountain view No smoking, No pets,1 year lease Damage deposit required $1,400/mon + utilities 633-4106 NEW 3-BDRM, 2-bath townhouse in PC, 1,800 sqft, N/S N/P, no parties, avail immed, $1,700/mon + utils & dd. 334-3575 3-BDRM DUPLEX, CR, garage, greenbelt, fenced yard, lg patio, avail Dec 16, refs&dd req. $1,850/mon + utils. 334-1907 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 Available Now Newly renovated OFFICE SPACE & RETAIL SPACE Close to Library & City Hall A short walk to Main Street Phone 633-6396 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 2-BDRM, 2-BATH mobile home in Mary Lake, N/S, N/P, refs & DD reqʼd, utils inclʼd, responsible tenant. $1,500/mon. 335-3738
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
3-BDRM D/T condo, N/P, N/S, no parties, avail Jan. 1, $1,700 + utils. 334-8873 HILLCREST, 2-BDRM, avail Dec 1, W&D, wood/oil heat, near bus stop, schools & groceries, pets ok, lg fenced backyard, storage shed, $1,100/mon + utils. 667-6530 energynanne@gmail.com
2-BDRM, 1.5 bath house, Carcross Cut-off, monitor stove heat, laundry facilities, well, shop, $900/mon + utils & dd. Email cozyhomeforu@gmail.com for more info/application. OFFICE/STUDIO SPACE available in Marwell area, street facing. Approx 840 sq ft includes coffee room, utils incl. Call Michelle or Brenda at 667-2614 or michelle@totalfireyukon.ca 2-3 BED mobile home avail Dec. 1st, completely renovated, electric/oil heat, lg fenced yard, cable tv, laundry, can be partially furnished, N/S, no cats, refʼs reqʼd. $1,200+util. 332-0726 2-BDRM APT with balcony, 404 Jeckell St., newly renoʼd, 5 appliances, private parking w/plug, avail Dec. 1, $1,200.00 + utils, 250-767-3478, email apvedress@gmail.com
WEEKEND GETAWAY 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
2-BDRM LEGAL bsmt suite, Copper Ridge, avail Dec. 1, reasonably priced, 336-1406, for info. 668-6446.
2-BDRM FULLY furnished house, PC, recently renoʼd, 1 level w/wheelchair access, refʼs reqʼd, $1,500/mon + utils. 335-6840
2 BDRM, 1.5 bath, Teslin, large den/living room, lake view, wood/oil heat, large fenced yard, w/d, pets ok, N/S, $800/mon + utils, avail immed. 250-686-6416
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.
ROOMMATE WANTED in nice 2 bdrm suite downtown, fully furnished, heat, hydro and int incl, responsible tenant, male or female, no pets, 335-6957
3-BDRM 2-BATH country residential mobile on acreage, newly refinished, pet friendly, water delivery, 1st/last month rent $1,450/mon, for info 250-681-3729
SMALL OFFICE space, 2nd Floor, Main St., reasonable rent, all included, ideal location, for info call 332-7545
BACHELOR APT 15 mins fr downtown, private entrance, on bus route, N/S, N/P, dd&refs req, avail Jan 1, $950/mon incl cable, 333-0497
BACHELOR APT downtown, avail Dec 1, $900/mon. 668-5558 2-BDRM, BRIGHT, clean basement suite PC, N/S, N/P, no partying, responsible tenants, avail immed. $1,050/mon. 633-2046
FULLY FURNISHED room includes single bed/ dresser/bookcase/desk, incls all utils cable, netflix, internet, laundry facilities in home, close to bus stop N/S, N/P. 456-7855
UPPER FLR, 3-bdrm PC house, 5 appl, stor. shed, extra prkg, on bus route, recent reno, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail Dec. 15, $1,600/mon. heat incl, dd&refs req'd 668-3120
3-BDRM 1-BATH in Porter Creek, private fenced yard, lots of parking, call for details 633-5414
MARSH LAKE 3-bdrm 2-bath house (1,000 sq ft) w/d, N/S, avail immed, $1,000/mon + elec & dd. (250) 864-4499
FURNISHED BEDROOM, lg. farmhouse on Hot Springs Road, Mile 5 Rivendell Road, no pets allowed, must like dogs, refs&dd reqʼd, responsible tenant, $700/mon all incl. 633-2119
RESPONSIBLE FEMALE roommate for furnished room in d/t house, heat, laundry, kitchen facilities, N/S, N/P, refʼs reqʼd. $620/mon. 688-5185 days, 667-7840 eves/weekends
FULLY FURNISHED 2-bdrm suite available for weekly/monthly terms, sep ent, laundry, fully equipped kitchen, basic cable, wifi, fireplace and utilities incl, NS, NP. $700/wk 334-1249.
3-BDRM 2-BATH home in Crestview with attached garage On greenbelt Next to park and rink No Smoking, no pets Available Immediately $1,700/mon Including electricity & utilities Call 334-9773
FULLY FURNISHED 1-bdrm suite PC, clean, quiet person, 900 sq.ft., private, open concept, all amenities, on bus route, close to shopping, N/S, N/P, $1,000/mon + utils, Barbara evenings 633-2180
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2-BDRM DUPLEX in Copper Ridge, N/S, N/P, responsible tenant, dd & refs reqʼd, $1,200 + 50% utils, avail Jan 1st. 393-3823
Office Spaces Available
2-3 BDRM upper level house Riverdale, bright & clean, sundeck, fireplace, carport, avail immed. $1,650/mon heat incl. 334-5448 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 Downtown Vacation Suites 2 & 3 bedroom executive class furnished suites with well equipped kitchens, Cable TV, internet & utilities included Perfect for relocation, corporate, and for short or extended stay in mind Offering a less expensive alternative to hotel rooms A home away from home 667-2255 or www.midnightsunvr.com 1-BDRM HOUSE, avail Dec. 1, 40 min south of Whitehorse, refs reqʼd, $800/mon. 821-3739 2-BDRM SELF-CONTAINED unit, Granger, above ground, own laundry, bright, N/S, no parties, small pet ok, sep ent, dd, $1,250/mon incl utils. 633-6332 2-BDRM APT, d/t Cook St, incl utils & internet, avail Dec. 1, $1,400/mon. 335-1269
for rent Approx. 900 sq ft
Main Street at First Avenue 2 - Second Floor units available. 250 & 350 sq. ft
Call 334-5553
of high-end office space with fantastic views available immediately. Elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, large windows, lots of natural light.
HOUSEMATE WANTED, furnished room in Riverdale by bus stop, seeking responsible tenant, ref req'd, 2 cats, med friendly dog, $550/mon, $400 dd, avail immed. 456-7490 FURNISHED ROOM in spacious shared trailer in Crestview, near bus, w/d, cable, internet all included. $600/mon + dd. 335-5310 3-BDRM 2.5-BATH townhouse, CR, garage, fenced/landscaped, N/S, pets may be considered, avail Jan. 1, $1,750/mon + utils + 1 mo. dd. 334-3012 or 335-8910 LOOKING FOR mature quiet female. $550 all in, very near downtown, avail Dec. 1. Leave voicemail 336-0465 2-BDRM BASEMENT suite, Wolf Creek, 5 appliance, large fenced yard, N/S, no parties, one dog ok, refs&dd reqʼd, $950/mon + utilities. 393-3728 BACHELOR APT 15 mins from downtown, clean, private entry, parking, N/S, N/P, dd&refs reqʼd, $950 incl. 333-0497 NEW TOWNHOUSE in Ingram, room, N/P, N/S, $750/mon, utils incl. 668-2848 FURNISHED BDRM. in Copper Ridge home, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd, $575/mon. 336-1406 LEGAL 2-BDRM basement suite avail Dec 1st, Mt. Sima subdivision, $1,200/mon including utils. 336-0455 FURNISHED ROOM w/double bed, bedding, TV, cable, internet, phone, parking available, on bus route, laundry facilities, avail immed, $700. 667-7733 SMALL FURNISHED cabin, elec, propane cook stove, wood stove, internet, firewood, no running water, $500/mon. 660-5020 LARGE FURNISHED room in spacious, shared trailer in Crestview, near bus, w/d, cable & internet all included, $750/mon + dd. 335-5310
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.
Sandor@yukon.net or C: 333.9966
FOR LEASE
Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.
for rent Approx. 1650 sq ft
of high-end office space available immediately. Independent HVAC system, elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, move-in ready.
Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.
Beautifully finished office space is available in the Taku Building at 309 Main Street. This historic building is the first L.E.E.D. certified green building in Yukon. It features state of the art heat and ventilation, LAN rooms, elevator, bike storage, shower, accessibility and more.
Call 867-333-0144
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700 SQ foåot cabin located in Wolf Creek, fully supported with all the amenities. Asking $750/mon + dd. 334-9230
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3-BDRM, 2-BATH house, full basement suite, corner treed lot, bus stop in front, near schools, 49 Redwood street. 604-868-4149
NORTHLAND, COZY, clean, furnished, own bathroom but no shower, sheltered parking, near bus, N/S, N/P, Claire 456-7833
SOOKE, BC., mobile home, lovely adult park, sunny and bright, pristine coastline, get out of the snow without leaving Canada! $129,000. 456-7140
LARGE 2-ROOM suite, w/d, utils, wifi, HDTV included, 15 mins from Main St, $975/mon + $200 dd. 335-3619 or 780-915-2940
2-BDRM LEGAL basement suite in C/R, sep ent & driveway, fridge, stove, w/d, discount for 1-yr lease, avail Jan. 1, $1,250/mon + utils. 668-6446 or 336-1406
CABIN FOR sale, new, 10ʼx14ʼ, wired, insulated, c/w propane stove, fridge, heater. Can be moved. $15,000. 660-5545
WATSON LAKE split level home for sale, 2 acres, private well, 3-bdrm 2-bath, custom kitchen, heated workshop, garage and outbuildings, patio. Winter sale: $199,000 (appraised at $250,0000). Call 867-536-7757
FULLY FURNISHED room for rent close to bus and grocery store, incls all utilities, cable, wi-fi. N/S, N/P. Available until April 30th. $525/mon. 456-7855
2-BDRM CABIN with addition, recently renoʼd, on Spirit Lake, wood heat and propane monitor. 45 min from Whitehorse. $875/mon + utils. 667-7268 eves
700 SQ ft fully supported cabin 15 min from downtown, c/w septic field, water holding tank, has all amenities, $750/mon + dd. 335-8089
CARCROSS CUT Off, full plumbing, Oil heat/ elec, L/R, bedroom, dining area, bathroom, elec. stove/fridge, great location, N/S, 10-12 min from downtown, 667-6970 GARDEN SUITE Looking for a clean, quiet, single person to rent FULLY FURNISHED, One Bedroom, cozy, 900 sq. ft. Garden Suite. Very Private. Fireplace. Open concept. Has all the amenities. Located in Porter Creek. Right on Bus Route. Close to shopping. N/S, No Pets. $1,000/mo. plus Utilities. Call Barbara in evenings 633-2180
SMALL HOUSE/STUDIO d/t, furnished, quiet, clean, utils incl, cable, wifi, linen, dishes, parking & plugin, N/P, no parties, refs reqʼd, $900/mon + $450 dep. 668-4321
Friday, November 29, 2013
Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 LONG-TERM HOUSESITTER available for winter months, gd w/pets & plants. No criminal record, 30 yr. Yukon resident. 335-0009 WANTED, 2-BDRM house, rent to own, $20,000 deposit plus legal fees, payments not to exceed $850/mon unless on own property with low interest, Beve @ 668-4380 or larkin1954@hotmail.com
2-BDRM TRAILER, fully renoʼd, wood/oil heat, fridge, stove, w/d, avail Dec. 1, refs&dd reqʼd, $1,500/mon + utils, we pay the pad rent. 668-4070 ROOM FOR rent in house downtown, $550/mon + utils. 335-5175
BEAUTIFUL & bright describes this new 2013 Mobile home in quiet well managed park. 3 beds + 1 bath . See Property Guys #143605 no dogs $154,900 call 334-4174
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WANTED FOR Heatherʼs Haven, lawyer with experience in administrative and negligence law, must be better than YTG lawyers, wannabe govʼt lawyers need not apply. Ken at 668-4011 Laborer/Small Engine Mechanic required. Primary responsibilities include loading/unloading construction equipment and cleaning/preparing equipment for rentals. See full job description at MACPHERSON RENTALS 117 Copper Road, Whitehorse, or on our website at www.MacPhersonRentals.com. Please drop off resume in person.
DOWNTOWN DAYS Childcare Centre is hiring for a full-time caregiver position for mid-December Please call 667-6776
867.334.1111
YUKON MAN Barbershop requires one barber/hair stylist. For more info please call 336-0950.
vivianetessier@remax.net
667-2514 ®
WANTED: 2-BDRM apartment/small house near Porter Creek or Takhini Hot Springs Rd, need running water and wood heat. Plan to stay several years with German family. waldlaeufer_c@web.de
RE/MAX Action REAlty • WhitEhoRsE yukon
WANTED: RESPONSIBLE housesitter for December 10-24 near Golden Horn school, car available. 667-2307
HAINES JUNCTION view lot, approx. 100'x100', flat, fully serviced, no requirement to build, walk to school and village amenities, next to park, $69,5000. 867-634-2040
JUST LISTED: PorTEr CrEEk 3 BEDroom
WANTED, JOURNEYMAN/CARPENTER for work on a basement reno, door trim, baseboards, hanging ceiling, closets, etc. Call for details 633-4580
Help Wanted
A Professional at Your Side
Each Office Independently Owned & Operated
House Hunters RARE! GRD FlooR, 1 BDRm At thE RivER’s EDGE
MAYO, SPLIT level, 3-bdrm, 2 bath, lower, 1 bdrm, 1 bath, office, family rm & laundry area, upper, 2 bdrms, 1 bath, w/walk-in linen closet, kitchen w/pantry. $100,000 obo, babeross@msn.com
Gold Village Chinese Restaurant Looking for experienced full-time kitchen helper and server Apply with resume to 401 Craig Street, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 867-993-2368
HOUSE HUNTERS
Miscellaneous for Sale
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
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
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 GREEN GARDEN RESTAURANT is seeking an experienced, hard-working, reliable full-time food and beverage server, $12 per hour. Apply with resume to 1612 Centennial Street between 2:00pm and 4:00 pm.
We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, cameras, furniture, antiques, artwork, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, vehicles & ATVs. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS OSBORNE WOOD-BURNING fireplace insert in gd cond, $300 obo. 633-6238 aft 6pm
Ta’an Kwäch’än Council Property Guys.com™
SIGN # 143606
Property Guys.com™
SIGN # 703114
$269,000
$465,000
867-668-4539
867-633-4520
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JUST LISTED: 4 BDrm COWLEY CrEEK
4031 4 Ave Unit B Whitehorse
16 Redwood St, Whitehorse
117 Industrial Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2T8 Telephone: 867.668.3613 Facsimile: 867.667.4295
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Family Support Worker Full Time ı TKC wage scale Level 6 This position is responsible for overseeing Child Welfare matters, and providing family support and guidance for citizens of Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, many of whom may be survivors of former Residential School and/or their descendants. The descendants may suffer the intergenerational impacts of Residential Schools and may require development of life skills and parenting skills. This position will be responsible for providing family support and on-going education, including liaising with other inter-departmental program staff and community agencies. To access the job description please call Human Resources Department or contact by e-mail human.resources@taan.ca The TKC Preferential Hiring policy will apply.
2212 Birch Drive
Beautiful 2,000 square foot Pine Creek suB-division, atlin Open concept living, dining, kitchen and laundry. Large family or ‘whatever room’, 3 bedrooms, 1 and a half baths. Blaze King wood stove and electric baseboard. New enclosed porches front and back. New roof, attic and upgraded windows. Drilled well plus septic. 2.5 acres with rental cottage, small stable and corral. Priced to sell at
230,000
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Property Guys.com™
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$529,000 45 Dolly Varden Drive, Whitehorse
867-336-4723
Mobile & Modular Homes Serving Yukon, NWT & Alaska
Closing date: Thursday, December 5, 2013
riverdale greenbelt home
3-bedroom, 1-bathroom house on greenbelt in Riverdale. Many upgrades inside. Nice yard, including large garden, greenhouse and new decks. AskiNg
349,000.00
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2 Parts/Service Advisors and a Product Advisor for our growing dealership. We offer competitive wages and a benefit package. Property Guys.com™
667-7681 or cell 334-4994 23 Lorne Rd. in McCrae
clivemdrummond@gmail.com
SIGN # 700376
$369,000 17 Jackson Avenue, TESLIN
867-633-4778
Applicants should see Brad Barker for the Parts/Service position and Derek Kindervater for the Product Advisor. @ 6111-6th Avenue, Downtown, Whitehorse. No phone calls please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
FURNACE BURNER, fully reconditioned, new motor, transformer & pump, $200. 633-3053 WORLD HOCKEY Association – 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. Ross 633-3154 HOCKEY CARD set: 1956-57 Parkhurst Missing Years set, printed 1993-94, set of 180 + Future Stars insert set of 6. $150. Ross 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association – remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. Ross 633-3154 HOCKEY CARD set, 1964-65 Parkhurst (Tall boys format; printed 1994-95), 180 cards + Future Stars insert, set of 6. $150. Ross 633-3154 CFL FOOTBALL cards – 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards, serious inquiries. $1,500. Ross 633-3154
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Many Rivers seeks a
Generalist Counsellor in Watson Lake for a Full-time Position
Experienced Clinical Counsellor with a Masters degree for full time (37.5 hours/week), position in Watson Lake, Yukon Territory. Annual Salary Range: $63,713 - $73,610. Comprehensive benefits, professional development, and clinical supervision. Relocation expenses available. The successful candidate will possess:
THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. Ross 633-3154
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TRADING CARDS – binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $50. Ross 633-3154
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Native Brain-Tanned
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Moose Hides AT REASONABLE PRICES Tanned beaver & other furs also available.
Ph (780) 355-3557 or (780) 461-9677
or write Lodge Fur and Hides, Box 87, Faust AB, T0G 0X0 MASTER CRAFT variable speed wood lathe, $500 obo. 456-2633 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 CIVIL WAR Trading Cards: 4 complete sets of unique trading cards commemorating the U.S. Civil War, including the 1962 Topps set. $750 firm. Call 633-3154
2 plus years clinical experience working with individuals, couples, children and families Masters Degree minimum. Cultural sensitivity and experience working with First Nations clients and/or Northern communities. Current membership in a recognized professional association is an asset.
Many Rivers is a unionized work place covered by a Collective Agreement with PSAC. If you are looking for an opportunity that provides meaningful work in a non-profit human service team environment, please submit a resume with cover letter to: Brent Ramsay, Executive Director Many Rivers, 4071 – 4th Ave., Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1H3 E-mail: info@manyrivers.yk.ca Fax: 867-633-3557 Application Closing Date: December 6, 2013, by 4:00 p.m. (PST) For further info please visit our website at www.manyrivers.yk.ca We thank all applicants in advance, however, only those invited to interview will be contacted.
ELITE TRAVELLER scooter, 3-wheel, excellent for mobility problems, like new, open to offers. Richard, 667-7057. MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10. Almost every card issued minus some short prints, incl. 27 unopened paks/yr. Over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. Ross at 633-3154. MOVING SALE: satellite receiver $70, loft bed $90, juicer $20, obo. 334-3698. BLACK SEAL skin boots, menʼs size 9, $250 firm. 668-5043 WATER PUMPS, one Homelite 1 1/2”, other 2 1/2” Briggs and Stratton, 604-868-4149 DIGITAL GE answering machine, c/w instructions, $15, call 633-2093 HELMET, MOTOR bike, size for 8-12 yrs, $10. 667-6966 HONDA GENERATOR EB 2200X like new. 604-868-4149 INFRARED SAUNA, 1-yr. old, two-person size. $500. 393-3754 or 334-4787. M-7 TWIN pipes, mint shape, hardly used, $50, 332-7174 WOOD STOVE, Jotul 500 c/w fan, rear heat shield, chimney parts also avail, 4-yrs. old, exc condit. 393-2125 3 TON chain hoist, new, and forced air propane heater 30,000 BTU, new. 604-868-4149 ONE GALLON BeautiTone paint, Benjamin Moore colour HC-33 Montgomery White, $10. 633-4580 PORTABLE CUSTOM built testing sluice new with 3” Honda water pump new and new suction hose with Venturi tube $4,600 for all, 604-868-4149 GREEN POWER Juice Extractor, juicer, homogenizer, pasta maker, heavy duty $150 obo. 667-6931 lv. msg. HARMAN PELLET stove, $800. 456-2633
Administrative Assistant Whitehorse Office Full Time 37.5 hrs/week (Permanent Full-time) $22.03-$25.30/hour
Many Rivers seeks a mature, organized, and experienced individual to provide general office duties, word processing, invoicing, and with periodic reception responsibilities. Qualifications: Preference will be given to candidates with a minimum of 3 years experience in an office environment; Knowledge of office procedures and equipment; Excellent word processing skills including Power Point, Publisher and Excel; Attention to detail; Excellent interpersonal and communications skills; Ability to maintain strict confidentiality; Valid driver’s license. If you are looking for meaningful work in a human service organization, please respond with a resume and cover letter by email, fax or mail to: Brent Ramsay, Executive Director Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services 4071 - 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1H3 Ph: 667-2970 • Fax: 633-3557 E-mail: info@manyrivers.yk.ca
11 CHRIS Caldwell original prints, Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous 25th anniversary celebration, all signed by artist, dated 1988, prints 23 out of 500, 33 out of 500. 633-2535
Closing date: December 9, 2013 at 4:00 pm
DELTA 12” variable speed wood turning lathe model 46-700C, many accessories, asking $550. 668-5833
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest however, only those invited for an interview will be contacted. Many Rivers is covered by a Collective Agreement.
STARTECH 7 Port USB 3.0/2.0 Hub with Charging Port ST7320USBC, $35, 667-6472 HONDA EU3000IS generator, used as a backup, has low hours, good cond, c/w original manuals, $1,750. 667-6472
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For further info please visit our website at www.manyrivers.yk.ca
Director of Health & Social Dev.
(Permanent Full Time) Health & Social Department: Program Areas: (Education K-12, Health, Justice, Social and Youth Programs) Posting Date: November 15, 2013 Salary: Level 10 ($87,987.00 Annual) Closing Date 4:00pm (PST): December 2, 2013 Reporting to the Executive Director, the incumbent is responsible for leading the development and delivery of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Health & Social programming namely Education K-12, Health, Justice, Social and Youth Programs. Management duties will include daily staff supervision, regularly monitoring all department budgets, program planning and delivery, ensuring efficient and effective staff case management and annual budget submissions for all Health and Social Programs. The incumbent will also represent Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Health & Social Services issues on the Territorial and National levels as necessary. If this opportunity interests you, please submit a resume clearly demonstrating the qualifications below, as selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide: Essentials • Completion of Grade 12, with a Degree in Public Health, Social Services, Education, Public Administration, Justice, Education or other related disciplines with courses in case management, public health, wellness counseling, social services programming, community justice, education planning and development, or equivalent knowledge and experience; • At least three to five years of senior level management experience; • Ability to plan, develop and implement Community Services program systems and controls; • Knowledge of health, social, public education issues affecting First Nations people; • Good knowledge of funding agencies and associated requirements; • Financial / Budgeting management skills; • Ability to plan, direct, develop, implement and evaluate programs, policies, and procedures; • Experience in conflict management, mediation and problem solving; • Excellent leadership, supervisory and employee management skills; • Ability to work effectively as part of a team of professionals; • Ability to provide guidance, advice and direction at a senior level; • Strong organizational, prioritization, multi-tasking and time management skills; • Strong ability to receive, follow and give direction, establish priorities and delegate tasks; • Strong communication, negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills; • Ability to meet critical deadlines with minimal supervision; • Ability to prepare documentation accurately from verbal and written instruction; • Ability to implement TH Policies, legislation, and standard operating principles as it relates to the position; • Excellent listening and communication skills, both oral and written; • Ability to deal tactfully and respectfully with all citizens, staff and the general public; • Ability to work effectively in a cross cultural environment and be sensitive and understanding of First Nation Culture and Traditions; • Strong computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Access, PowerPoint, Internet). Assets • Ability and desire to work as part of a team of professionals; • Knowledge of TH history, culture, demographics, goals and aspirations; • Knowledge of TH Policies, Final Agreement, Self-Government, Implementation Plans, and Constitution; • Knowledge of First Nations government systems; • Advocacy experience in adjudications, grievances, arbitrations or other similar types of hearings. Conditions of Employment • Mandatory confidentiality is a condition of employment for all TH personnel. Failure to meet this requirement could result in dismissal; • Mandatory attendance at General Assemblies when directed by Executive Director; • Criminal Records Check. • Class 5 Drivers License with a clear Driver’s Abstract. A detailed job description is available upon request. Open to Tr’ondek Hwech’in Citizens Only. For more information, contact Human Resources Phone: (867) 993-7112 Fax: (867) 993-6553 Email: hrjobs@trondek.ca Mail: Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Government, P.O. Box 599, Dawson City, Yukon, Y0B 1G0 Physical Location: 1242 Front Street, Dawson City, Yukon We thank all applicants, but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. “To work together, to speak with one voice and to serve Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Citizens in the pursuit of a strong, healthy, and united future.”
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Kluane Corporation
POWER “G” generator, 1,000 watts, never used, asking $175. 668-5833
is looking for a
General Manager
to oversee projects and job sites in Burwash Landing, Yukon starting January 1st, 2014. Must be able to travel to Whitehorse and possibly other Yukon communities. Please send cover letter and resume by email to gclark@kluanecorp.ca by December 15th, 2013.
Softgoods Buyer Wanted
We are the Taku Sports Group, a group of sports companies that cater to a wide range of sports and outdoor enthusiasts in the Yukon. We have 4 stores encompassing 30,000 square feet of retail space, located in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon.
We are looking for a softgoods buyer, to be located in Whitehorse, Yukon. Responsibilities include: Managing product assortment in order to identify and address opportunities; • Negotiating product costs, terms; • Identifying items to maximize promotional and marketing opportunities; • Participating in product pricing strategies to achieve specific margin objectives, and recommend appropriate markdowns; • Traveling to trade shows across Canada and the US.
expeRience/education RequiRed: • Minimum 2 years related retail buying experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. • Effective communication, analytical, negotiation and organizational skills. • Completely comfortable working with Excel and Word. We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package. If this opportunity appeals to you, please send your resume to chougen@hougens.com or fax 867-667-7282.
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CANON EF 24mm Lens, f/1.4L, Series II, superb for weddings, low-light photography, original packaging, excellent condition, $950, 667-6472
Operations Manager Ruby Range Adventure, one of Yukon’s leading outdoor adventure companies, is looking for an exceptional operations manager for the seasonal operation. The job of the operations manager entails the management of overall operation of the company. You need to be enthusiastic with great people skills, you likewise perform related tasks and duties when the situation warrants it. You need to be very detailed oriented and extremely responsible to run the day to day and multiday trip operations. With a range of responsibilities at your feet, you need to be a great all-rounder and an expert multi-tasker. DUTIES AND SPECIFICATIONS • Plans and heads the operations of the company. • Planning, scheduling, improving, monitoring operations. • Self-motivated and resourceful, with the proven ability to multi-task and operate successfull under tight deadlines and time pressures. • Interviewing, hiring of tour guides, tour escorts, drivers. • Training, coaching of tour guides, staff and personnel. • Responsible for the supervision of up to 25 operational staff members at any given time. • Developing, implementing, enforcing and evaluating policies and procedures. • Coordinating duties with the office- and base/fleet manager. • Reporting to senior management. • Good interpersonal and teamwork skills. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE • 2-3 years of supervisory experience in operation. • 5 years experience in a managerial position. • Clean driving record and class 4 drivers license. • First Aid Certificate & CPR • Spoken and written fluently in English. • Fluency in German, French and Spanish would be an added advantage.
This position is seasonal with the possibility for year-round employment depending on qualification and performance. Application deadline: December 5th, 2013 If you have the experience, drive and interest to qualify for this opportunity please email your resume, cover-letter and references to jobs@rubyrange.com. For full job description visit www.rubyrange.com/operations-manager
CANON EOS-1DS Mark III DSLR Camera, 21.1 Megapixel, full frame CMOS Sensor, 5 fps, live view, weather resistant, takes both CF and SD cards, good cond, $850, 667-6472 REILO M3 burner, $250, 667-6752 or 332-8706 CANON 5D Mark II DSLR Camera, 21.1 Megapixel, full frame sensor, 1080p movie mode, broad ISO, live view, 3.9 fps, weather resistant, original box/manuals, exc cond, $1,250. 667-6472 WOMENS "YUKON Parka" size 10, wine colored inner duffle and shell /w fur trim exc cond, $100. 634-2631 TIGER LOOP for oil furnace or boiler, $100. 667-6752 or 332-8796. 2-LEVEL CAGE for small animals (rabbits, chinchillas, etc), made of solid pine with arborite floors. Has 2 front opening doors with wire mesh, $60 Matt 667-4394 DAYTON EXHAUST fan w. back draft damper, 1,500 CFM, $200. 667-6752 or 332-8706 30 GAL John Woods oil-fired hot water tank, $600, 667-6752 or 332-8706. WEDDING RING set, 2.5 carat diamond total, 14K gold on both, valued at $18,000, replacement $31,000.00, asking $13,000 obo, serious inquires only. 335-2092 8X8 TIMBERS 16ft long for sale $60 a piece 336-3383 byrongagne@gmail.com USED 9ʼ Myers snowplow, fair cond, c/w frame but no rack, pump or lights, $1,500. 633-4666 ONE BATTERY charger on wheels. 668-6931 or 332-9355.
Employment Opportunity What a great opportunity to join a collaborative team as our
Recreation Manager
The Town of Faro is a progressive; growing community of approximately 400 residents located 357kms northeast of Whitehorse in beautiful Yukon. The Recreation Manager reports directly to the Chief Administrative Officer in the performance of a variety of highly responsible duties.
EmploymEnt opportunity
This is a full-Time Term posiTion (up To Two years) our recreation manager serves a very important role in the town and possesses the following competencies and suitability factors: The successful candidate will be responsible for a wide range of duties including, but not limited to: • Promotion, development, and delivery of special events and core recreation programs. • Management of all recreation facilities. • General administration, ability to write proposals, develop and manage a budget • Ensure that all safety standards under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and pursuant to regulations are adhered to including Town of Faro Policies and Procedures. • Applicant must be willing and available to work evenings and weekends. • This position will report directly to the Chief Administrative Office reQuiremenTs • Experience in event and program planning. • Working knowledge of computer programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher). • Possess a degree in recreation or closely related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • Effective oral and written communication skills. • Must be a “people person” – and especially enjoy working and relating to children and youth as well as adults • Good working knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations. • Must be highly organized. • Excellent leadership skills and a minimum of two years management experience. • Valid First Aid and CPR certification is required or willingness to attend training when it is offered in the community. • Incumbent must pass a security check. If you are a quick learner and interested in working with our dynamic team of Faro in a rewarding position, please forward your resume and a covering letter by 4:00 p.m. December 6, 2013. Should you require any further information or a detailed job description, please do not hesitate to contact us at (867)994-2728. Tom lie, Chief administrative officer Town of faro Box 580 faro, yukon, y0B 1K0 e-mail: cao-faro@faroyukon.ca fax: (867) 994-3154 We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those considered for an interview will be contacted.
At Yukon Energy, we believe that we are the employer of choice in the Yukon. We foster a respectful and positive work environment making it a rewarding place to work. We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits and generous northern and travel allowances. So take the next step in your career path and join our team of skilled and dedicated employees.
Coordinator, Mechanical Projects Permanent – Full Time Position Whitehorse Salary Range $81,979 - $96,447 plus benefits This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled technical professional to join our engineering services team. The Coordinator, Mechanical Projects will provide technical, design and project management services throughout all stages of assigned mechanical projects. Additionally, the successful candidate will troubleshoot problems that arise during construction, participate in commissioning new installations and develop operating procedures for new or modified systems. We are looking for someone with: A two-year engineering technology diploma in a mechanical discipline, with a minimum of five years of related experience in a utility or heavy industrial environment. Excellent project management, and computer skills, as well as, strong client service orientation, good interpersonal skills and experience with contractor supervision are required. To apply, submit a covering letter and resume by 5:00 pm December 6, 2013 to Human Resources via fax to (867) 393-5334 or email us at hr@yec.yk.ca. We appreciate all responses; only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
TWO GOOSE down jackets, 1 green (L) Canada Goose and 1 Blue (XL) Woods, both in new cond, reasonable offers accepted, 335-2103 PAIR OF beaver mitts, moose hide outers and sheep wool inners, new cond, $250. 335-2103 KENMORE VACUUM cleaner, $20.00, high quality exercise ball $10.00, 668-5882 NEW DOUBLE XL black wool jacket, tan colored leather sleeves, $100. 334-1846 AS SEEN on TV, new Tria Beauty Skin Rejuvenating Laser Kit with cleanser, value $170, asking $65. 333-9305 YOUTH WINTER jackets, MEC sz 12, $40, Patagonia XL, $40, Loki sz 10, $30. 311B Hanson St. eves. 8” GAS ice auger, runs great, $100.00. 335-2103 FRAMED MIRROR, 4ʼ3” x 3ʼ4” wide, $150 obo. 334-3822 HUSQVARNA MODEL 455 (55cc) Rancher Chainsaw with 18" bar, hard case, new cond, barely used, $300 obo. 335-2103 WOMENʼS DOWN coats, MEC xs, $85, Land End, med, $125. 311B Hanson St. after 5:00 pm. HONDA PRESSURE power washer, 2600 psi, 160cc, gas powered, 4-stroke, 2.3 gpm, new in box, $180 obo. 335-4407
Electrical Appliances KENMORE DRYER, front loader, works great, $300. Also nw pump out of Kenmore washer, $40. 332-7797 SEARS BEST refrigerator, $200. 633-2580 eves DRYER, $150. 335-7520 or 393-2600 MOFFAT RANGE top electric "drop in" 4-burner, SS/ 110 volt, older but in good shape, $50, 867-634-2631 30” HOT Point refrigerator, ceramic top range & over range microwave, $600 as package. 667-7072 DRYER, 2 years old, excellent working condition, $250. 335-7830 GE DISHWASHER, good condition, white, asking $85. 335-1399
TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS
Computers & Accessories
Dry Pine Firewood $240/cord 456-7112
DELL DESKTOP computer, P4@2GIG, 80GIGHD, 1.25 GIGRAM, DVDROM, CDRW, WinXP, MSOffice 97, 17” LCD monitor, $100. 332-1680 lv msg.
TEN TON Firewood Services $160 - cord for 10-cord load - 30ʼ lengths $250 - cord - bucked up, discounts on multiple-cord orders Call or text David 867-332-8327
PANASONIC KX-FP250 Plain Paper Fax and Copier. Includes a spare roll of ink film (KX-FA136A). Asking $50, 667-6472 HP LASERJET 6P C3980A Plain Paper B+W Laserjet Printer w nearly full cartridge, quality results, $50, 667-6472 CANON CANOSCAN 5600F Scanner, exc cond, rarely used, c/w setup guide and installation software. Asking $50, 667-6472
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 TAMA IRON Cobra PowerStroke Double Bass Drum Pedal, used, refurbished $75 obo. 667-6931 lv. msg. MAPEX FALCON Single Bass Drum Pedal, like new, extremely adjustable $175 obo. 667-6931 lv. msg. ANTIQUE 1960'S Gerhard Heintzman upright piano for sale. $2,000. 334-3053 3/4 SIZE violin with bow, hard case and chin rest, asking $250, call 334-9230 to view
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 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. You cut in the bush - $105 /cord Call 634-2311 or email dimoktimber@gmail.com DONʼS FIREWOOD 20 Cord Always stock piled for quick deliveries to -40° C. Social Services & Kwanlin Dun 393-4397 DRY PINE, 18”, $250/cord, prices may vary upon length. Call Stu at 633-5041 BIG BEAR WOODWORKS Firewood & Delivery Clean beetle-kill wood Accurate honest cord Will deliver anywhere $250 per cord Available Now Call 867-689-9017 CGFJ WOODCUTTING SERVICE $250 - 16” lengths $220 - 4ʼ lengths Prompt, friendly service Dry timber, money-back guarantee 336-2013 Fire-killed Spruce Firewood Very dry, clean burning $250/cord 16”x3-cord load Larger loads available $190/cord if you cut & haul from my yard in town 333-5174 FIREWOOD Clean, beetle-kill, dry Ready for pick-up, $210/cord or Local delivery, $250/cord 1/2 cords also available for pick-up only Career Industries @668-4360
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MELDON FIREWOOD Prompt, professional delivery Licenced, certified and registered Haines Junction standing dead wood $250 - 22”, 18”, 16” $220 - 4ʼ $200 - 8ʼ Jordon 335-0725 FIREWOOD FOR SALE Cut to length, $260/cord Same day delivery Call 334-4911
FIREWOOD Split dry spruce 16” or 18”, $250 per cord Marsh Lake area Rolland at 332-4671 or 660-4671 PINE FUELWOOD seasoned two years, bucked to length, split and delivered, $250. 393-2728
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
BRAZILIAN MAUSER in 8mm Mauser, hand made hardwood stock, bedded and floated, recent refinish of whole rifle, $300 firm, PAL req'd, 667-2276
NON RESTRICTED firearms safety course, presented by Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club, Dec 7 & 8. For more info call 667 6728 or 334 1688
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, $350 firm. 667-2276
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.
À LA RECHERCHE D’UN EMPLOI?
Ta’an Kwäch’än Council
117 Industrial Road, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2T8 Telephone: 867.668.3613
EmploymEnt oppoRtUnIty
Special Projects Coordinator
Des professionnels engagés Conseils en développement de carrière Création, amélioration et traduction de CV Simulation d’entrevue
Term to end of April 2014 with possibility of an extension In this special projects role, you will research legislation and policies specific to Lands and Resources; coordinate consultations specific to Lands and Resources including briefings for the Manager, Chief and Council and TKC Community; prepare documents for decision making processes and ensures optimum flow of critical documents; monitor project budget and maximizes quality assurance of deliverables. As well, you will provide support to the manager and legal counsel specific to land management processes. To access the job description please call Human Resources Department or contact by e-mail: human.resources@taan.ca The TKC Preferential Hiring policy will apply.
Des services personnalisés et des ressources utiles.
Éducation
Direction de l’enseignement postsecondaire
CENTRE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE 302, rue Strickland, Whitehorse (Yukon) 867.668.2663 poste 223 www.sofa-yukon.ca
Closing date: December 6, 2013
Employment Opportunity www.yukoncollege.yk.ca Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon’s capacity through education and training.
Expression of Interest - Casual Hire Curriculum Developer Skills for Employment - Childcare School of Academic & Skill Development January 20, 2014 to March 31, 2014 Hourly Rate: $32.30 to $36.33 Competition No.: 13.152 Initial Review Date: December 10, 2013
Yukon College is looking for qualified person(s), for developing and organizing Adult Basic Education (ABE) curriculum at Yukon College. Reporting to the Director of Academic and Skill Development, this position is responsible for developing curriculum for a Childcare, Skills for Employment program. The incumbent will be responsible for creating, planning and organizing new curricula; selecting appropriate instructional materials for inclusion in the curricula; meeting regularly with the course advisory committee and other content experts; and submitting completed curricula. The ideal candidate will have a post-secondary degree preferably at the graduate level with experience in adult educational programming and curriculum development. Additional experience in Early Childhood Education would be considered an asset. For additional information please contact: Erica Bourdon, Instructor/Coordinator, School of Academic and Skill Development Email: ebourdon@yukoncollege.yk.ca Phone: (867) 456-8641 Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca
Nakai Theatre Employment Opportunity
General Manager Closing Date: DeCember 31st, 2013
Nakai Theatre is a professional theatre company that focuses on developing artists and their work, in order to produce, co-produce and present high quality theatre for Yukon audiences. Nakai TheaTre MaNdaTe: • Creates development opportunities for theatre practitioners, including artistic exchange and learning locally, nationally and internationally. • Produces or co-produces work of relevance to northern audiences and as such contributes to the canon of Canadian theatre for the benefit of local, national and international audiences. • Operates with a strong organizational structure that ensures the company’s artistic and financial stability. • Works on audience development to ensure greater understanding and appreciation of theatre. • engages in the steps necessary to eventually create a performance venue and a space dedicated to rehearsal and development. • We are seeking a resourceful and dynamic individual to fulfill the position of General Manager. This is a part-time, senior management personnel position, in a two-headed organization. The General Manager and artistic director report directly to the Board of directors on an equal basis. The General Manager, while collaborating closely with the artistic director, has responsibility for the financial and administrative management of the Theatre in order to ensure a smooth, efficient theatre operation. Starting Salary: based on experience (up to$31,000) duTieS iNClude: • Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Theatre. • developing and administering effective office, administrative and accounting procedures. • Managing staff, marketing, public relations, fundraising, Board of directors liaisons, front of house, box office and venue negotiations. • Preparing grant and foundation applications in conjunction with the artistic director. • Preparing, in conjunction with the artistic director, the annual, balanced operating budget and season planning documents. QualifiCaTiONS: • Minimum of 3 years performing arts administration experience or equivalent. • Post secondary education. • Preference will be given to persons with education in performing arts administration. • Preference will be given to people with a theatre background. We hOPe TO fill ThiS POSiTiON BY feBruarY 1ST, 2014. applicants are invited to view our website at www.nakaitheatre.com Please submit your resume or enquiries by e-mail to nakaijobs@gmail.com Please address any enquiries, via the email address provided above, to : Tanyss knowles Vice President, Nakai Theatre Board Chair, human resources Committee Or denise lamb President, Nakai Theatre Board
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LEE ENFIELD No4 Mk1, 303 British, 10 rd mag, sporterized, good condition, picatinny style rail instead of rear sight, sling, $300 firm, PAL req'd, 667 2276 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.
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. RARE 30-30 1896 Winchester manufactured 1906 nickel,/ steel , 26” octagonal barrel exc condit, 604-868-4149
salvage sale The following insurance salvage is up for bids. Salvage vehicles may have significant collision damages. Listed salvage is currently located at Irving Collision Repairs. GST will be added to all bids. It is offered on an “as is, where is” basis. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Bids close at 6:00 p.m. Dec. 2, 2013. Contact Irving Collision Repairs (867-667-6315) for viewing appointment & information. YEAR 2003 2012 1999 2009
MAKE Ford Kia Toyota Subaru
MODEL Focus Rio Tacoma Impreza WRX
FILE NUMBER 675834 6676291 6685621 670440
BRANDING Salvage Salvage Non-repairable Salvage
Friday, November 29, 2013
WANTED, INEXPENSIVE break action 12 gauge shotgun. 334-7664 ONE SPOTTING scope, 80 mm, Celestron Ultima 80 ed. 668-6931 or 332-9355
Must be better than YTG lawyers. Wanna-be govt. lawyers need not apply. (Been there, done that.) Contact Ken 668-4011
THE GUILD SOCIETY is seeking applications for the position of
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Organization Description The Guild Society in a non-profit charitable society, which has been producing community theatre productions in Whitehorse for three decades. The primary mandate of the Guild Society is to produce three to four plays a season between September and May. The Guild’s focus is to produce high-quality community theatre, involving local amateur actors and crew. Job Description • Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Artistic Director will play an integral role in the following areas: Artistic • Conceives and implements the artistic vision and strategy with focus on season programming, selection of artists and creative teams, and the curation, development and production of new works. • Ensures that all productions and other programming are in keeping with the aims and policies of the Guild Society and its mandate. Public Relations and Marketing • Is the public face of the Guild Society in the arts community. • Consults with the Board on all aspects of programming, fundraising, budgeting, grant and foundation proposals at all levels, networking, and community outreach. • Oversees existing artistic programs and is a leader in creating new artistic and audience development initiatives with an eye to revenue development and fiscal sustainability. Other Information For a complete job description please email guildhalljobs@gmail.com This is a part-time position, from April 1st to September 30th, but with flexibility allowing for the Artistic Director to accept outside contracts, subject to Board approval. How To Apply Please submit your resume and cover letter with a sample season of 3 or 4 shows and three professional references, before end of Friday, December 27, 2013. Please submit by email to: guildhalljobs@gmail.com with ‘Artistic Director Application’ in the subject line. No phone calls please. We thank all applicants, but advise that only those considered for an interview will be contacted.
2002 TOYOTA Corolla, 4 door, 4 cyl, A/T, power windows, A/C, studded winter tires, 175,000kms, $4,900. 332-0726
Wanted 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 WANTED: HEAVY duty professional treadmill in good working condition. Leave msg between 9am & 5pm @ 667-2737 WANTED: CEMENT chimney blocks, 16-3/4"x16-3/4", (inside fluliner hole: 9-1/4"x9-1/4"), need as many as 18 but will take any. 667-6530 or energynanne@gmail.com WANTED: FREE or cheap wedding dress that I can make new again for my wedding. If you have one you want to get rid of call or text 334-4215 WANTED, WOOD Stove small to mid size, nothing fancy, but solid and in good working condition, will pay fair price. 668-5511
WANTED: BLACKBERRY world edition cell phone, they were the first to come out, I need the parts, call 332-7737 WANTED: URGENTLY need compact car or beater truck to go to work on Annie Lake Rd. Help is very much appreciated. Will barter for vehicle repairs. 821-4772 or 334-2221.
Cars
2001 PONTIAC Montana, long version, fairly well maintained, 250,000kms, $2,000 firm, 336-2036 2006 CHEVROLET HHR, 148,000kms, good cond, clean/smoke free, $7,500. 336-2036 2012 NISSAN XTerra Pro-4X, 16,000km, paid almost $41k last year with extras, c/w Bluetooth, satellite radio, hatch tent, trailer brakes & hitch, $29,900. 336-0375 2010 NISSAN Altima Coupe, 45,000km power everthing, a/c, c/c, CVT trans, moon roof, heated seat, spolier, remote start, winter tires on rims, $18,500 obo. 335-0959 2009 SUBARU Impreza sedan,5-spd std, 4-door, new winter tires, 65,000km, exc cond. $12,900 obo. 660-5212 2007 D O D G E Caliber, like new, 126,000kms, standard, heated seats, remote start, 6-CD stereo, 3 sets tires, $9,800 obo. 333-0236 or 456-4112 2007 TOYOTA Highlander SUV, white, AWD, command start, extra set winter tires, tow package, approx 128,000kms, $15,500. 332-4143
2001 TOYOTA Echo, 2-dr auto, 170,000km, exc condit, c/w mechanical inspection, easy to maintain, good gas mileage, $3,500 obo. 332-7213 1999 TOYOTA Corolla, 277,000kms, timing chain, standard, new tran Jul/13, Yukon windshield, runs perfect, $2,000. 335-3327 1999 VOLKSWAGON Golf, 240,000kms, great on gas, a/c, p/l, CD player, black interior, dk green exterior, $1,800. 667-4770 1993 CIVIC DX Hatchback, standard, clean, winter/summer rubber, 1989 Acura engine, minor rust, runs, needs battery, $1,900 or cash + trade. 335-5945 call/txt 1989 PLYMOUTH Sundance, new tires, roof rack, auto, $1,000 obo. 668-5751 1987 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta, new studded winter tires, exhaust & alternator, $1,000 obo. 334-7019
the yukon’s best pre-owned vehicles!
2005 MAZDA 6, 4-dr, 4-cyl, 140,000kms, $7,500. 668-4844 2005 Nissan Sentra, 1.6L, blows cold air when comes to stop, $2,000. 633-8532 2005 PONTIAC Grand Am, 150,000 km in good running condition, $4,500. 334-9239
2007 SUBARU Forester, 5-speed manual transmission, dealer-serviced, one owner (non-smoking), new struts, Toyo winter tires two weeks ago. Well looked after. 125,000 km (mostly hwy driving). $13,500 obo. 660-5212
FOR SALE
Qualifications: Must have experience in Admin Law and Negligence Lawsuits
2003 SUBARU Legacy GT sedan AWD, 185,000kms, exc winter car, new tires, windshield, battery, brakes. sunroof, heated front seats/windshield, auto starter. $6,700 393-2504
WANTED: OLD bolt action sheep hunting rifle for taxidermy project. Prefer blued barrel, wood stock, non-functioning or shot out rifle preferred, 336-4811
WANTED: LOOKING for a Clare oil furnace sidewall vent cap. 633-4326
Heather’s Haven is in a desperate need for lawyer
2003 FORD Explorer Sport XLT. 2-dr V6 auto, 4-wd, 168,000 km, nice shape, good for winter driving, $5,200 obo. 332-4858
2003 CHEV Cavalier, new winter tires, fully winterized, runs well, 243,000kms, $1,400 obo. 633-6114
✔ I50 point comprehensive vehicle inspection ✔ 3 month or 5000 km limited powertrain warranty ✔ 10 day or 1000 km Vehicle Exchange Privilege ✔ Car Proof verified report ✔ Complimentary Roadside Assistance ✔ Nitrogen inflated tires ✔ Full tank of fuel ✔ First two oil changes FREE
1997 TOYOTA Aristo RWD, 300 hp to rear wheels, 140,000kms. $2,300 obo. 3351460
dependable...
1999 GMC Sierra
½ Ton, 4x4, V/8, Auto, Cruise Tilt, A/C, Custom Bumper c/w Winch driving lights
$6,3000
$5,450
Nervous about your credit? No problem! call us!
2005 DoDGe 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 ,V/8, Auto, Cruise Tilt , A/C , P/S , P/B
whitehorsemotors.com
$6,8000
667-7777
piece of mind
Trucks
2013 TOYOTA Tacoma 4x4 V6, ext cab, 6-sp manual, a/c, p/w, pdl, back-up camera, matching canopy, 8-yr warranty, 10,000kms, summer/winter tires, exc condit, $32,900. 335-1932
INSTANT
CASH FOR GOLD Bring in Gold… Leave with CASH! Open 7 Days A Week WHiteHorSe Money MArt 2190 Second Avenue (867) 668-6930
Trucks
We Sell Trucks! 1-866-269-2783 • 9039 Quartz Rd. • Fraserway.com
2009 NISSAN Frontier, red, king cab w/canopy, 81,000km, c/w all season tires, like new, $12,000 obo. 335-6904 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 2007 C H E V R O L E T Uplander Van 101,000kms, Silver FWD, $4,500, serious Inquiries only 668-4787 2007 FORD Diesel F250 XL 4x4 Super Duty extended cab 8', long box, 77,000kms, AT tires, good condition, $12,500 obo. damien_meroni@yahoo.com 2006 GRAND Caravan, lots of kms but in good shape, $2,500. 633-4666 2005 CHEV Silverado 2500 4x4, crew cab, long box, auto 6.0, 130,000kms, p/w & door locks, remote start, tilt, box liner, hitch, bumper, new ball joints/shocks/cv axles. $11,500. 633-3659 2005 DODGE 1/2 ton Ram 4x4, quad cab, long box, V/8, auto, P/S, P/B, A/C, cruise, radio/CD, $6,600. 667-7777 2005 DODGE 1500 quad cab, long box, 5.7 Hemi, electr. break controller, rear air shocks, 130,000kms, $8,500 obo, 633-5246 2005 F-350 dually, 6" lift, chrome wheels, heated leather, full loaded, stored all winter, only 130,000kms, immaculate condition, will consider trade, $22,000 obo, 335-7436 2005 F150 Super Crew, loaded, leather int, FX4, sun roof, 135,000kms, black, $17,800. 334-3160 or 633-3116 2005 F250 4x4 ext cab, FX-4 off road pkg, new windshield, clean, solid truck. $10,900 obo. 660-5166 2005 F350 diesel Lariat, 4wd, long box, fully loaded, all engine updates, exec condit, $19,500. 667-4463 or 334-9436 4X4 ACCESS Cab, fully loaded, SR5 TRD package, keyless entry/car starter, w/canopy & two sets of tires (summer/winter) on rims, exc condit, serviced regularly. $18,000. 336-1019 2003 CHEV Silverado needs a bit of work, asking $2,300. 336-3922 2003 FORD Explorer Sport Trac XLT, 4x4, V6, 4-door, heated leather seats, remote start, sunroof, c/w 4 winter tires, pickup box cover & extension rack. $7,500. 667-6951 eves 2002 CHEV 1500 Silverado 1/2 ton 4x4, ext. cab, v/8, auto, P/S, P/B, cruise, short box a/c, radio/CD, new Wrangler grips, $6,300. 667-7777
1996 NISSAN Quest minivan, V6, auto, power mirrors/seats/windows/sunroof, CD-changer, winter/summer tires, block heater, towing package, new brakes, runs well, 255K, $1,900. 633-6389 1992 GMC 2500 ext cab 4/4, new motor, exhaust system & transfer case, very powerful, $5,500 obo. 334-5032 1990 6CYL Dodge Dakota pickup w/canopy, standard, studded tires, low mileage, glass and interior in exc condit, $3,500 obo. 334-6265 1989 BRONCO 4x4, motor issues, body good shape, lift kit, good tires, great project truck, $800 firm. 633-3571 1988 TOYOTA 4x4 V6 Xtra Cab, working condition, new battery, $2,500 obo. 668-5866 1987 TOYOTA 4Runner, 4 x 4, 5 spd, trailer hitch, roof racks, bush bumper, 250,000 kms, A/C, two sets of great tires on rims. $3,450 obo. 633-4322 1979 CHEV 2500 350, engine/tires/drive train good cond, cab damage so eed to change or use as parts truck. $800$ obo. 332-7737 FORD F-250 4X4 Supercab, 5.4 L gas engine w/auto trans, 147,000 kms, 8' box w/liner, fibeglass cap w/rack, tow package, summer/winter tires on rims, new windshield, ext warranty, $15,500. 335-0277 HAYNES REDAIR manual for 1993-1999 Ford Ranger pick-up, $15. 660-4806
Auto Parts & Accessories TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 TIRES! TIRES! TIRES! Seasonal Changeover Lots of good used tires–15”,16”,17”,18”,19” and 20”–lots to choose from. $25 to $150 a tire. $25 to mount and balance per tire. Call Art 334-4608 GERMAN SPARK plug wires for 1992 VW Passat, like new. $60. 334-1846 TRUCK C A N O P Y , white high rise, 80”lx60wx28”h, lots of windows, originally on Toyota p/u, $200. 660-4806 SET OF 16” rims w/summer tires and good hub cabs, from Toyota Matrix, 205/55 R16. 633-3154. 4 ALL season Motormaster tires on rims, 15” rims, 205/70 R15, good condit, fit older Subaru Forester $175. 250-964-8495 or sara4dp@yahoo.com
1998 CHEV Blazer 4x4, v6, auto, leather seats, loaded, $3,700 obo. 633-5211 1998 DODGE 1/2 ton 4x4 ext. cab v/8 auto, P/B, P/S, cruise, a/c, radio/tape, new rubber, $3,600. 667-7777 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 DODGE Dakota w/command start, 8,000 lb. Warn winch, v8, new motor drive train, $4,500. 668-6809 1997 FORD F150 4x4 5-spd, SC, SB transfer case blown, $1,000. 335-4407 1996 NISSAN Quest minivan, V6, auto, power mirrors/seats/windows/sunroof, CD-changer, winter/summer tires, block heater, towing package, 255,000kms, new brakes, runs well, $1,900, 633-6389
6 750X15 bias ply directional lug snow tires w/tubes, good for plowing snow, $40 ea. 667-6752 or 332-8706
The Staff at Mae Bachur Animal Shelter and the Humane Society Yukon Board Members.
Canines & Company Dog Obedience School All level training courses Private lessons FCI/WUSV/MEOE/Bronze Master Trainer and FCI certified training directors Serving the Yukon since 1992 333-0505, 668-4368 www.facebook.com/caninesandcompany TO GIVE away, 1 Pointer/Husky cross sled dog w/dog house for recreational team. 335-2675. 2 PET carriers, small and med-small for cat or dog, plastic hard shell, $15 ea. 660-4806 TO GIVE away, male German Shepherd, 7 yrs. old, good with kids. 867-399-3042 LOST: LARGE, shy, red/brown male husky (resembles a malamute) Mendenhall Sub since November 14th, red collar. Browny is sadly missed, please call or email with any info, cbakerhawk@gmail.com, 456-7596 The Yukon Kennel Club has NEW COURSES for 2014! FCI/MEOE Certified Training Director - Niomi Smith Puppy Kindergarten Jan 7 – Feb 25 Novice Obedience Jan 4 – March 29 Agility Fundamentals Jan 7 – Feb 15 Foundation to Nosework Mar 4 - 29 Please contact Wendi @ 633-4952 www.Facebook.com/YukonKennelClub WANTED: KITTEN, orange in color preferred, will pay up to $50 for the right one. 668-2437 2 BORDER Collie/Lab cross puppies free to a good home ASAP, 6-month old females, for more info, 334-0911 after 6pm FEMALE BLACK/WHITE half Pom-half terrier lap dog free to good home, loving and loyal, we are never home, spayed and up to date on shots. 335-6343 BEWE SPRINT sled (dog sled), new cond, $1,200. 335-2103
Inventory
2009 Yamaha Big Bear 250 ..........................................................$3,499 2009 Yamaha Wolverine 450 .......................................................$4,999 2011 Yamaha Bruin 350 winch/plow included ...........................$5,499 sold 2012 Polaris Sportsman 550 EFI 200km .....................................$6,499
snowmobiles: 2001 Polaris 120cc Youth Snowmobile ......................................$1,699 2007 Yamaha Apex Gt 121" .........................................................$5,999 2008 Yamaha Phazer Mtx 144" Timbersled Suspension ..........$6,499 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 sold 2012 Yamaha Nytro Xtx 144" Speed Racer Edition ...................$9,999 2012 Yamaha Nytro Mtx 162" 270hp Turbo ..............................$15,999
YUKON
Happy Holidays!
Pets
Gently Used
Atv’s:
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone for all the time and efforts put into helping the animals at the Shelter.
SET OF 4 tires, 205/55 R16 Sailun Ice Blazers, directional studded, used 1/2 a winter season, $250. 335-4284
She received a Master of Arts Degree in Studies in Comparative Literature and Arts from Brock University. She was also awarded the Vera C. Boldt Memorial Award for highest academic achievement in her program. She is now enrolled in Brock’s Interdisciplinary PhD program, focusing on the field of Culture and Aesthetics. Born and raised in Whitehorse, Julia lives with her husband, Michael O’Neill in St. Catharines.
2001 FORD E350 15-passenger van, silver grey, diesel, exc condit, 270,000kms, inspected, $10,000. Tom 633-4786
The Mae Bachur Animal Shelter is in need of dog food, cat food, blankets, toys, dust free cat litter, towels, dog leashes and collars, bleach and anything else you feel would benefit the animals.
TOYO OBSERVE GSI-5 winter tires, 225/60R16 mounted on Toyota steel rims, excellent trea, paid $1,200, asking $700 obo. 332-7174
on October 19, 2013 in St. Catharines Ontario.
2001 C H E V R O L E T Van, seats 7, 160,000kms, run well but no heat, c/w four winter tires and command start, $1,500. 393-8139
To our Animal Friends:
SET OF 4 used Good Year Nordic Tires P215/65R15. Asking $125 OBO 456-7855
Julia Polyck-O’Neill
2002 GMC 1500HD V8 6L 4x4, 4-dr, runs well, no leaks or mechanical issues, heated seats, c/w alloy 18" wheels, 233,000 kms, $6,500 obo. 332-8833
1999 GMC Sierra 1/2 ton 4x4, ext. cab, V8 auto, c/w cruise, tilt, a/c, great shape, well maintained, comes with xtra tires, $4,800. 633-3860 or 334-3860.
TRUCK CANOPY, 92”x60”, high rise, white, lots of windows, originally on S-10 p/u, $200. 660-4806
Linda and Tony PoLyck are proud to announce the graduation of their daughter
2002 F250 ext cab long box lariat, , new factory Ford transmission, 142,000 miles, fully loaded with leather, camper/tow package, $8,500 668-5882
2000 JEEP Cherokee Sport, 4wd, automatic, 4L, V6. Class 3 hitch, alloy and steel wheels, Thule roof rack. 230,000km. $4,500 obo. 667-7884
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Friday, November 29, 2013
YAMAHA
(867) 668-2101 or 1-800-661-0430
1 KM south of Robert Service Way, Alaska Highway, Whitehorse, Y.T.
Pet Report 633-6019 Fri, Nov 29
2013
Hours of operation for tHe sHelter: Tues - Fri: 12:00pm-7:00pm • Sat 10:00am-6:00pm CloSed Sundays & Mondays
Help control the pet overpopulation problem
have your pets spayed or neutered. For iNFormatioN call
lost/found
lost • None at this time. found
• riverdale area on grey mountain school road, medium size dog with brown head with white body and darker brown spots, contact Puneet @334-2955. ( 17/10/13)
633-6019
• Hillcrest area, male husky white and tan, wearing a large Harley Davidson collar, contact christina @604-9909944. (20/11/13) • alaska Highway by the aiport, female, rottie x, wearing a pink collar, contact Fabiau @ 335-2920, 393-4314. (23/11/13).
RunninG At lARGE...
if you have lost a pet, remember to check with city Bylaw: 668-8382
AVAilABlE foR Adoption in fostER HoMEs
doGs • None at this time. At tHE sHEltER
doGs
CAts • 1.5yr old, DSH, grey and white, neutered male (Sappy) blonde (Justin) • 11 week old, male, huskyé bear dog X, black and tan (lance) • 1 yr old, female, bear dog/ husky X, black (lulu) • 11 weeks old, male, GSDX, black and tan (Boo))
• 5 yr old female, lab/Pit Bull X, black (Gaia) • 3yr old, neutered male, akita, grey and white (a.J.) • 1 yr old female, Husky, grey and white, (chinook) • 7 yr old, neutered male, GSDX, black CAts and tan (Nitro) • 11 yr old, DSH, female spayed, black • 11 week old, male, bear dog X, black (Neko) and brown (Ernie) • 11 week old, male, husky X, white and • 8 yr old, DSH, female spayed, calico (mao) brown (chance) • 11 week old, female, husky/ bear dog • 2 yr old, DSH, female, lilac tortie X, black (chris) (Whimsy) • 13 week old, male, husky/ bear dog X, spECiAl • Homes needed for retired sled dogs. they would make excellent pets. Please contact 668-3647 or kennelmanager@muktuk.com 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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Motorcycles & Snowmobiles RONʼS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVʼs, Small industrial equipment. Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg
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
2010 POLARIS Assault 800, less than 1,000 mi, c/w new powder track, ice scratchers, gold finger throttle & cover. $7,500 call or text 335-1983 1998 YAMAHA Venture Triple 600, working order, elec & pull start, reverse, extra parts incl, $2,900 obo. 633-4018 2005 SUMMIT 1000, 162" x 2.5", 16" wide track, exc condit, 1,600 kms, new rebuilt engine. $5,500. 334 6370/667 4981 2013 ARCTIC Cat 600 Sno Pro race sled in great conditon, $9,200.00. 334-6857 2010 ARCTIC Cat 600 Sno Pro race sled in great condition, $6,600.00. 334-6857 WANTED: SNOW plow for my 500 Arctic Cat quad, 2008 model. 336-1621 SNOW PLOW for Arctic Cat or Suzuki, like new, $275. 633-6114 WANTED: 456-2130.
CHILD-SIZED snow machine.
ARGO CONQUEST, new tires/rims $6,800, Argo Conquest, new motor ,windshield, canopy, $7,800. 867-863-5715
Alice Irene Kalles September 19, 1938- November 24, 2011
It’s been 2 years since you have been gone and a day doesn’t pass that we don’t think of you. We miss you! You will forever be in our hearts. Your family and friends!
2010 TUNDRA 550F, good condit, heavy duty bumper, tow hitch, large windscreen, manual, cover. Stored indoors. 136 track, runs great. $5,500. 393-7759 day, 6674172 eve SINGLE TOY carrier for sleds or quads, fits 6ʼ or 8ʼ box, easy load all aluminum, $1,200 new, asking $600 obo. 668-6809
Friday, November 29, 2013 2008 YAMAHA Nytro 1000cc, new 21/2“ track, mountain under carriage, after market pipes, computer chipped, pushing 155 hrp. 3,000 km, all work done by Yukon Yamaha, all original parts. 333-0777 SNOWMOBILE SKIMMER, all metal, 6" long, tie down. $145 obo. 633-4322 MXZ REV rebuilt 800 cc motor 2004 ready to drop in, 336-3922 1998 YAMAHA Warrior 350, 4-stroke, 5-spd w/reverse, runs & drives, needs TLC, c/w parts quad, consider trades on older 340-440 sled, $500 obo. 633-3571 or 335-4407. 2001 YAMAHA Raptor 660 4-stroke, engine blown, lots of aftermarket parts, good for parts/fixer upper, consider trades on older 340-440 sled, $900 obo. 633-3571 or 335-4407
It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our Mom & Grandma Norrine McLaughlin. After a long battle with dementia. Norrine passed away on November 19, 2013 at Copper Ridge Place. Norrine was born on November 6, 1933 in Calgary, Alberta to Margaret & Harold Potter and spent her early years in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. In 1954 she came to the Yukon for a two-week holiday to visit her brother, Stan Potter. During that visit she met her future husband Fred McLaughlin and well, the rest is history. Fred and Norrine were married in 1955 and a few years later began their family with son Kevin and daughter Wendy. In 1962 Fred moved the family to Destruction Bay where he worked as an operator for the US Army Pipeline, later returning to Whitehorse in 1971 when the pipeline was shut down. After moving back to Whitehorse, Mom entered the work force working as a secretary for Yukon Office Overload and then Arctic Diamond Drilling until 1981. She then took a position with Ministry of Transport Flight Services as an administrative assistant before retiring in 1993 to become a full time grandmother. Mom was active with volunteer organizations in Whitehorse, a dedicated lifetime member of the Royal Purple of Canada and Y.O.O.P. Ladies Auxiliary. Mom was also a sports fan. She loved to curl, bowl and follow hockey and curling on TV or at the rinks. Mom’s zest for life, happy-go-lucky
Heavy Equipment 2003 Dodge Single Cab 4x4 service box, $7,900 2003 Dodge Crew Cab 4x4 service box, $9,800 2003 Chev Super Cab 4x4 service box, $6,900 Ex-Yukon Electrical trucks 333-0717
2004 SKIDOO Skandic 600, liquid cooled sled, near new, asking $4,000. 335-2103 2004 MOUNTAIN Cat 800 snowmobile, 1,000 miles, exc cond, $3,700, 333-0192
Campers & Trailers
2010 SKI-DOO GTX sport 550 with 850 kms on it, 2 up, runs very well. $6,500. 332-1200
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
2011 POLARIS Pro-Rush 800, low kms, exc shape, still under warranty. 333-0656
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V-NOSED 8.6ʼX20ʼ enclosed trailer, has barn doors, side window, roof vent, wired. $6,750 obo. Gary 335-9596 2012, 16' rainbow equipment trailer, dual 5000 lb axles, used for one summer, $3,600 obo. 668-5882 8 FT sled deck for pickup truck. 14 inch telescopic sides. $800. 333-0777 5X10 UTILITY trailer with raised sidewalls, 3,500lb axle, $1,000. 335-2103
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
Collin Allan 1933-2013
PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467
2000 BOBCAT 773, 2,300 hrs, open cab, block heater, 5 attachments, rock & smooth bucket, man-lift, snow-push, heavy duty hydraulic dirt/snow blade, extra tires/rims, $19,600 obo, package deal. 334-7098
Funeral Services will be held for
NORRINE MCLAUGHLIN
Marine
Johnson
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
July 5, 1995 - November 25, 2013
in Burwash Landing on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the Jacquot Hall at 1:00 PM, followed by an interment in the community cemetery.
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
A potlach will follow.
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 FIRST NATIONS Craft Fair at Elijah Smith School Nov. 30th. Book your tables now! Call the school at 667-5992.
nature and great sense of humour will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends. She leaves behind: son Kevin McLaughlin (Judy) of Haines Junction, daughter Wendy Wallingham (Walter) and her grandchildren Patty & Joe of Whitehorse, as well as many extended family members (nieces, nephews, sisters- & brothers-in-law and cousins) and friends to join Dad, who predeceased her in 1997. Thank you to all the nurses and caregivers from the special care unit at Copper Ridge Place who shared her last few years of life and loved her sense of humour.You all made her final two years very special. A gathering for family and friends to remember Norrine will be held on Friday, December 6, 2013 at 2:00 pm in the Town Hall room at the Gold Rush Inn. In lieu of flowers a donation can be made to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, the Elks & Royal Purple Fund for Children or a charity of your choice.
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
Merida Grace Fraser Young In our arms for a lit tle while, in our hearts forever. Born January 7, 2013, Meri gained her angel wings on November 15, 2013. The thoughts, prayers, kind words and generosity from our family, friends and colleagues during this year have been a blessing and a comfort. A service for Meri will be held at Our Lady of Victory Church on Saturday, November 30th, at 11:00 a.m. IN LIeu Of fLOwerS, pLeASe CONSIder MAkINg A SMALL dONATION TO BC wOMeN’S HOSpITAL NICu (www.BCwOMeNS.CA)IN MeMOry Of MerIdA.
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 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 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 MEDIATION YUKON AGM on Dec. 3 at 6:30pm, Canada Games boardroom. 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. 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
AGM, TABLE Tennis Yukon, Sun. Dec. 1, 2:00pm, Whitehorse Elementary School. Info 668-3358 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 THE LITTLEST Art & Craft Fair, 15 years of handmade and local gifts. Saturday, December 7th ,10am – 5pm. 56 Carpiquet Road, Takhini North 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 GENERAL MEETING, Yukon Queer Film Alliance. Monday December 2 @ 6:30pm, 40 Dieppe Dr. Meeting to discuss Coordinator position for Festival. PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, December 2nd, 5:15pm at the Guild Hall. More information 633-4829. Everyone welcome F.H. COLLINS School Council Regular meeting December 4, 6:30p.m. in the Fine Dining Room at the school, everyone welcome VIMFF WHITEHORSE Dec 12 and 13. Two nights of mountain films showing at the Beringia Centre. Tickets sold at Up North Adventures. FOOD BANK Society of Whitehorse annual general meeting, Wednesday December 11th at 6:00pm, 306 Alexander Street, Whitehorse. For info call 393-2265 YUKON SCIENCE Institute presents Math, Pattern, and M.C. Escher: The relationship between symmetry and beauty with Bryn Knight, Sunday, November 24, 7:30pm, Beringia Centre, Whitehorse. Free SLUT SHAMING & Victim Blaming, panel discussion Thurs, Dec 5 at 6:30 pm, Rah Rah Gallery. Free, everyone welcome, refreshments served. Call 667-2693 or email vfwc@northwestel.net READING & Talk, Writing From a Place of Wonder with Yukon writer Claire Eamer, Thursday, December 5th at 7:30pm at Whitehorse Public Library. Free. A GOSPEL Christmas, an evening of Christmas music presented by Whitehorse Community Choir, 8:00 pm, Dec 6th & 7th, Yukon Arts Centre, tickets at Yukon Arts Centre and Arts Underground MUSIC FOR A WINTER AFTERNOON, Whitehorse String Ensemble Sunday December 1, 2pm, Christ Church Cathedral 4th Ave & Elliott St across from RCMP, admission $10 at the door. For info 667-4630 HOSPICE LIGHTS of Life Opening Ceremony Thurs Dec 12, noon, Elijah Smith Bldg. Remember the life of a loved one, Dec 12-20. More info 667-7429 NOVEMBER 30, 7:00pm “Into the Mind”, Sherpas Cinemas Ski Film, Beringia Centre, advance tickets at Up North Adventures $15. Supported by Yukon Brewing and Up North Adventures, proceeds to Yukon Avalanche Association. NOVEMBER 29: 7pm “Volume 8” Backcountry Snowmobile Film from 509 Films at the Roadhouse. Tickets $10 at the door. Supported by Yukon Brewing. Proceeds to Yukon Avalanche Association JACK HULLAND School Council is holding its regular council meeting on December 4, 2013 at 7:00 pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome
INTRO TO Quaker Practice, silent worship, corporate discernment, peace and social justice work, 6 experiential learning sessions, first Sundays 1:00–3:30pm December 1. Sue 334-6629 yukonsuestarr@gmail.com YUKON PUBLIC Legal Education Association annual general meeting, December 18 @ 5:15pm, Java Connection boardroom 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 Enriching our Understanding of Homelessness in Whitehorse presented by the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition, Wednesday, December 4th, 7 pm, Frank Slim Building, Shipyards Park. Everyone welcome. ELIJAH SMITH School Council is holding its regular council meeting on December 3, 2013 at 6:30 PM in the school library. Everyone is welcome THE ART of Belonging, Monday December 2nd at Yukon College, 7pm, join us for a night of anti-racism performances showcasing youth voices, refreshments by donation, free. 393-2676 LATIN DANCE Classes, new 8-week sessions start January 10, 2014, Beginner, Salsa and Merengue or Intermediate, Salsa. salsayukon@gmail.com or 336-0255 to register TINY HOUSE living? Free public tour of five of the tiny houses in the Yukon. Meet at the first, 7 Cassino Street at 10 am on Saturday November 30th. CLIMB YUKON AGM, December 9, 6:00pm at F.H. Collins Climbing Wall. HUMAN RIGHTS Day, December 10. Join the Amnesty International Action Circle, write letters to protect and promote human rights worldwide. Whitehorse United Church (upstairs) 7:00pm-9:00pm. www.amnesty.ca
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 SHARPENING SERVICES. For all your sharpening needs - quality sharpening, fair price & good service. At corner of 6th & Strickland. 667-2988 MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles Kitchen, Bathroom, Doors, Windows Framing, Board, Drywall, Painting Drop Ceiling, Fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY • construction • renovation • finishing • cabinets • tiling • flooring • repairs • specialty woodwork • custom kitchens 867-633-3878 or cell 867-332-5531 thomasfinecarpentry@northwestel.net ANGYʼS MASSAGE Mobile Service. Therapeutic Massage & Reflexology. Angelica Ramirez Licensed Massage Therapist. 867-335-3592 or 867-668-7724 angysmassage@hotmail.com 200-26 Azure Rd Whitehorse YT, Y1A 6E1 NORTHRIDGE BOBCAT SERVICES • Snow Plowing • Site Prep & Backfills • Driveways • Post Hole Augering • Light Land Clearing • General Bobcat Work Fast, Friendly Service 867-335-1106 BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755
HAMLET OF Mt. Lorne Local Advisory Council - next meeting Tuesday December 3, 7pm, LMCC. All welcome. MOVEMBER IS ending. Shave and come down to register for our New Growth Beard Contest! $10 entry fee, win prizes. Contact: admin@yukonrendezvous.comor by phone @ 667-2148
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
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: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632
CUSTOM To make your ideas a reality.
Ironwork railings, gates and much more
www.ironworkyukon.com call mike morrow at 335-1888
AL-ANON MEETINGS
DRUG PROBLEM?
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
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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
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AA 867-668-5878 24 HRS A DAY
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. Health Centre
contact 667-7142
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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 )
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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 TITAN DRYWALL Taping & Textured Ceilings 27 years experience Residential or Commercial No job too small Call Dave 336-3865
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
TOMBSTONE CONTRACTING Loader and dump truck services Driveways, parking lots, concrete driveways, sidewalks and pads. Fork lift, lifting boom Snow haul and removal Free quotes Call 334 2142
SUBARU GURU Fix•Buy•Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585
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
PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368
PubLIC TENDER PAN-TERRITORIAL HEALTHY EATING PROJECT FINAL REPORT
BOBCAT AND BACKHOE SERVICES in Whitehorse, Marsh Lake, Tagish area Call Andreas 660-4813
KLASSIC HANDYMAN SERVICES “HOME RENOVATION SPECIALIST”
TCM MAID SERVICE Reliable, Thorough & Professional Reasonable Rates References available 335-4421or 393-3868
“SPECIALIZING IN BATHROOMS” Start to Finish • FLOORING • TILE • CARPENTRY • PAINTING • FENCING • DECKS “ONE CALL DOES IT ALL!! DON: 334-2699 don.brook@hotmail.com
ELECTRICIAN FOR all your jobs Large or small Licensed Electrician Call MACK N MACK ELECTRIC for a competitive quote! 867-332-7879
REquEST fOR PROPOSaL
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Project Description: The Proponent will provide the Government of Yukon Department of Health and Social Services with a final report of the activities of the pan-territorial healthy eating project. The report will collect and compile the lessons learned from the Departments of Health and Social Services in the Governments of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon through this pan-territorial project. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 11, 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 Sidney Maddison at 867-667-5694. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 11, 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, Suite 101 - 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Trevor Justason at (867) 6678450. Site Visit: December 3, 2013 at 10:00a.m. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. 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
EMPLOYEE COMPETENCIES MODEL Project Description: The Department of Justice is seeking a Contractor to Develop an Employee Competencies Model for the Community Justice and Public Safety Division Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 17, 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 Karl Stellbrink at (867) 456-6814. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
Health and Social Services
Highways and Public Works
Justice
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Yukon Water Notice Yukon WaterBoard Board– –Application Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande
Office des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande Application Number Numéro de la demande
Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire
Water Source Location Point d’eau/Lieu
Type of Undertaking Type d’entreprise
Deadline for Comments 4:00pm Date limite pour commentaires, avant 16 h
PM13-040
Ralph Labonte
Placer Mining
December 24, 2013
PM13-050
Paul Phillips
Bonanza Creek Upper Right Fork – Clear Creek, Liverpool Creek
Placer Mining
December 24, 2013
Any person may submit comments or recommendations, in writing, by the deadline for notice. Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-456-3980.
Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations à l’Office avant la date limite indiquée sur le présent avis. Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de l’Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrétariat de l’Office au 867-456-3980.
Friday, November 29, 2013 SNOW CLEARING Sidewalks, Driveways, Commercial, Residential Call Francis at Speedy Sparkle 668-6481 or cell 334-8480 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 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 WANTED: PLUMBING JOBS! Journeyman plumber can help you with your plumbing and heating projects. Contact Frank by phone or text at 403-827-5643 or email frank.herbrig@gmx.net Employer wanted! Plumbing and heating technician (Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter B, Red Seal) is looking for full-time employment in Whitehorse, available immediately. Call or text Frank at 403-827-5643 SNOW CLEARING/REMOVAL Sidewalks, Driveways, Parking lots, Compounds Private and Commercial Properties Fast and reliable service Aurora Toolcat Services 867-334-8447 Acorn Building Construction *Bathrooms *Kitchens *Renovations Call Roland at 633-5324 or 334-1198 Delivery & Errand Service Affordable to suit your needs Courteous, professional & personable Please phone Rose at 867-335-7830
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RIGHT-HAND HOCKEY stick, Easton Ultra-Extreme, never used, $15. 660-4806 AVALANCHE BEACON Tracker DTS, excellent condition, easy to use, 2 avail, $130 ea. 821-6011 WANTED: HEAVY duty professional treadmill in good working condition. Leave msg between 9am & 5pm @ 667-2737 ASSORTMENT OF cross-country & tour skis, poles & boots, different sizes, reasonably priced. 994-2233 LINE TWINTIPS 133 Freestyleski with Salomon bindings (skis 1 yr old, tops worn, bottom good), bindings March 2013, $150 obo. Txt 336-0903
LOST- RED wool hat with 4 chin straps on Main Street Nov. 19 or 20, sentimental value. 667-4330
LOOKING TO purchase a rowing machine. Please call Molly@668-7852
PUBLIC TEnDER
PUbLIC TENDER
PURCHASE REGULAR CAB TRUCK 4X4 WITH SERVICE DECK
PURCHASE STATIONARY SUPPLIES FOR CENTRAL STORES
Project Description: Purchase Regular Cab Truck 4x4 with Service Deck for Wildland Fire Management Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 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, Suite 101 - 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to david.knight@gov.yk.ca at (867) 667-3114. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
Project Description: Establish Standing Offer Agreement(s) for Purchase of Stationary Supplies for Central Stores Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 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, Suite 101 - 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to David Knight at 867 667 3114. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
Highways and Public Works
Highways and Public Works
BOYS BAUER ice skates, sz. 5, Pro-Hockey Life, exe condit, paid $335, asking $150. 667-6966 KICK SLED, Norwegian, good condit, new over $600.00, sell for $200.00. 456-4312 SMALL HAND dumbbells, rubber coated, 2 each of 1, 2 & 4 lb, $10 for all. 332-1680 lv msg. SIX WEIGHT plates, 10 lbs each. Buy all 6 for $50. 667-6472 WANTED: SOLOFLEX gym set, must be in good condition & complete. Virginia, 633-3388 TUBBS SOJOURN 25 snowshoes. Good condition. $75 obo. 633-4322 XC SKIS, 167/190/195, $25 pr. XC boots, menʼs 7/10/46, $25. XC poles 140/150, $15 pr. 311B Hanson St. eves. MENʼS BAUER skates Supreme Pro, sz 10 1/2, asking $45. 456-2051
Livestock 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 TIMOTHY/BROME MIX round bales for sale. Irrigated quality hay, netting wrapped Delivery available Phone 334-4589 WINTER HORSE boarding/pasturing available close to Whitehorse. Excellent feed with economical prices. Phone 334-4589 YUKON PORK MEAT Cut & Wrapped Government inspected 25lb. boxes or individual order YUKON VALLEY FARM 335-4431 HORSE BOARD on Takhini River Road, 100+ acres, immediate access to Dawson Trail. $175/month 3 months in advance. 633-4868 or 335-1509. GRASS-FED BEEF No hormones/antibiotics $4.50/lb hanging weight Sold by quarter, half or whole YUKON VALLEY FARM 335-4431
PUbLiC TENDER AVALANCHE CONTROL YUKON 2013
Project Description: Transportation Maintenance Branch is requesting Avalanche Control and associated training along the South Klondike Highway between kilometres 24.1 and 85 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 5, 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, Suite 101 - 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Mickey Parkin at (867) 667-5456. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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Friday, November 29, 2013 HAY FOR SALE Good variety of excellent quality hay 1st cut alfalfa/timothy mix (65/35%) 60-65 lb, $14.50 2nd cut alfalfa/timothy mix (90/10%) $15 Brome/timothy/orchard grass mix $14.50 Plus we have our own brome hay, $12 for 50-55 lb Oat straw bales $7 Nielsen Farms - Maureen at 333-0615 or email: yukonfarm@gmail.com TWO CANADIAN made Sensation Ride treeless saddles for sale, 17", dressage and all purpose, both complete. Check out www.nickerssaddlery.com and call 334-1522 for inquiries and pictures.
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 INFANT CAR seat, 0-12 mon, good condit, $40, auto baby swing, good condit, $50. 334-7061 EASY BAKE Oven c/w attachments & instructions, exel Xmas gift, $25. 667-6966 KEEN NEWPORT H2 sandals, pink, kids size 12. Worn one season. Asking $20, 667-6472
Childcare CHEEKY MONKEYʼS DAYCARE Leisure on Lewes Complex A fun, educational program for your children. All food provided. Accepting enrollment in all age groups 6 months to 12 years. 334-4665
Furniture ELECTRIC MATTRESS cover w. dual controls, fits king size mattress, great condit. $75, maple headboard/footboard and springs, dbl. size, $40. 660-4806 SOLID OAK drop leaf coffee table, 47 1/2”L. Width 21” (closed ), 35” (open), 15"H. $75.00. 867-634-2040 for info/photo CREAM-COLOR OVERSTUFFED couch, $300, 633-4707 ELECTRIC FIREPLACE, light oak colour 40"H x 46"L x 16"D, $200, 668-4575 before 8pm
LARGE WOOD office desk with matching credenza and 2 large filing cabinets. 604-868-4149 RED SOFA bed , excellent condition, like new, $300. 668-4575 before 8pm. CORNER COMPUTER desk, light color, $50. 667-6630 LA-Z-BOY COUCH & loveseat, burgundy leather, in good condit, $1,200 obo. 335-7520 or 393-2600 KING SIZE Posturepedic mattress, new condit, less than 1-yr old, paid $1,000, asking $550 obo. 633-5324
Personals 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
November 19, 2013
1. Mark Davey Chris Bookless 2. Harvey Brooks Andrzej Jablonski 3. Noreen McGowan - Lorraine Hoyt
101A WILSON Drive, Sat, Nov 30 3-8pm, beads for making jewellry, each bag $1 (may be worth $10 or more!), 12 bags for $10 6 CARNELIAN Court, Saturday, November 30th 10 - 3, Christmas jewelry sale, 633-6953
Good Night!
Wind up your day with everything you need. 867-667-6283
FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office I HAVE no affiliation with Dome Realty on any level. I quit working with Dome Realty on November 6th, 2013. Sincerely, Dawn Kostelnik, www.thewhitegirl.ca WHITEHORSE CURLING Club October $100 winner Grace Todd, $50 winners Chris Bookless, Janet McDougall, Anne Hotte, $25 winners Ed Butte, Patsy Cashin, Craig Johnson, Gwen Moffatt, Brett Peters, Leo Chasse, Sandra Cawley, Verle Voisine, Carenn Kormos, Rose Heisz, Jane Hobart, Reta Albers, Michelle Matheson, Shane Green, Gordon Starko, Danni Barber, Ron Chowan, Alex Belcourt, Carole Fields, William Slykuis, Diane Bergoine, Mario Poulin, David Laxton, Laura OʼBrien, Sue Gleason, Sarah Koltun, Jane McIntyre.
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FIRST NATIONS Craft Fair at Elijah Smith School Sat. Nov. 30th 10-4. Crafts, silent auction, concession, entertainment. School fundraiser. For more info call 667-5992
JOCELYN’S FINE Jewelry
Saturday, Nov. 30 10am-3pm, 6 Carnelian Court (Copper Ridge) 633-6953, buy 1 item save 10%, buy 2 items save 20%, buy 3 items save 30%
GRANDMA BABE’S Beads & Bangles Jewellery Sale, Sunday, December 1st, 2-4 pm, at the Masonic Hall, 1501 Dogwood Street, (off Wann Rd)
One Starry Night’. Enjoy this fun interactive family event! Drop in 6-9 pm at Elijah Smith Elementary on Dec. 7th. Admission: FREE LADIES CHRISTMAS tea sponsored by Whitehorse Baptist Church, Friday, Dec. 6, 7:30 pm at Mt. McIntyre Rec Centre. For info call 667-4889 or visit whbc.ca PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW
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PURCHASE DE-ICING AGENT
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Bridge Club
#101 - 100 Lambert St. downtown, Saturday, Nov 30th, 10-2pm, moving out, furniture, flat screen TV, Christmas decorations, jewelry, pictures, knick-knacks, kitchen stuff, no earlybirds. 668-5972
DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office
ARTISTS PRINTS framed w/matting & glass all signed by the artists, 1 Bateman , End of Season, 2 Jim Robb Moon on The Klondyke and Carribou Crossing. 604-868-4149
Project Description: Purchase DeIcing Agent in solid and liquid form Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 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, Suite 101 - 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to David Knight at (867) 667-3114. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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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
COFFEE TABLE & two end tables, oak, 50" x 26", 24" x 22" $150 668-4575 before 8pm
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Saturday, December 7, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Hellaby Hall (4th & Elliott) Metal, canvas, framed and matted Prints, posters, calendars & cards
COOKIES! SATURDAY, Dec. 7, 10am-2pm, small $6, large, $15, pies too. Whitehorse United Church, 6th & Main, 667-2989. THE LITTLEST Art & Craft Fair, 15 years of handmade and local gifts. Saturday, December 7th, 10am–5pm, 56 Carpiquet Road, Takhini North
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COUNTRY CHRISTMAS Craft Fair,
December 8th at Lorne Mountain Community Center, reserve a table now. 667-7083
12 DAYS of Christmas Market,
Tuesday Dec. 11 to Dec. 22, presented by the Fireweed Community Market Society at The Old Fire Hall. Opening day Noon-9pm, Sat-Wed 10am-7pm, Thur-Fri 10am-9pm
ARTFUL THINGS Christmas Market
Word Scramble A: Caution B: Chilly C: Steer
Saturday, Dec. 14th at the Westmark Hotel, 201 Wood Street, 10am-4pm, featuring 12 local bakers, artists and craftspeople. Everyone is welcome!
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