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ity council made the surprising move Monday night to approve a live-in caretaker suite in the McCrae industrial area despite city administration advising against it.

In November, Alan Lebedoff, president of ALX Exploration, asked council to approve a conditional use application that would allow him to build a 232-squaremetre caretaker residence inside the warehouse he currently runs at 33 Levich Drive.

City bylaws restrict the size of caretaker residences in industrial areas to 121 metres square as a way of discouraging families from living there.

But Lebedoff argued that he needed the extra space to help attract employees as his industrial supply company grows, in part

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because of the tight rental housing market in Whitehorse.

“It’s been noted that there was concern over suitability because of lack of amenities such as parks or garbage collection and sidewalks,” Lebedoff said at a city council meeting in November.

“There is an existing countryresidential neighbourhood adjoining the service industrial area that does not have garbage collection or sidewalks,” he said.

“This caretaker’s residence will be simply a single family’s residence,” he said, adding that if other families in country-residential lots can manage without these services, so can someone living in his proposed unit.

Lebedoff suggested that other, more creative restrictions could be put in place to discourage large caretakers residences in industrial areas, such as requiring a minimum amount of industrial space be built for every square metre of residential space.

ALX has tenants that require 24hour access to the industrial property, and having an on-site manager would go a long way to helping improve site security, he said.

“It comes down to a cost effective and efficient use of the building,” he argued.

When it came time for a decision on Monday, council was presented with a recommendation from city administration that it not allow Lebedoff’s application to succeed.

But everyone on council disagreed.

“We do advertise ourselves as a business-friendly community,” said Coun. Betty Irwin.

“We are trying to make it as easy as possible for new businesses and old businesses to locate.”

“I personally think people should be able to live in their businesses. Most businesses owners find

that their businesses are not simply an eight to five job. It’s a 24-hour life. Being able to simply walk upstairs and crash in your bed would be a huge help,” she said.

Irwin also pointed out that allowing people to live in their businesses would eliminate the need for driving to and from work, which is in line with the city’s attempts to reduce vehicle travel and greenhouse gas emissions.

Considering the rental vacancy rate, and the prices of houses themselves, there are many businesses and government departments that are having trouble recruiting because of the lack of rental accommodations in the city, Irwin said.

“If an employer can provide a place to live, particularly close to the place of employment, it offers a very desirable perk for the employee. If raising a family in close proximity to a place of business fits the family’s lifestyle, then he or she should be able to make that decision themselves,” she said.

Mayor Dan Curtis pointed out that even though city administration recommended the application be denied, they were only following the city’s rules. It would be up to council to decide whether to make an exception.

“What the proponent has is faith: faith in Whitehorse and faith in the economy. This building has got separate zoning for their infloor heat … and shows the degree of investment this business has done. I’m really thankful they’ve chosen Whitehorse to invest in.”

Coun. John Streicker proposed amending the recommendation to approve the application, and after some more deliberation about the process, both the amendment and the new recommendation itself passed unanimously.

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Firefighters douse the smoking wreck of an RV trailer parked at a Ninth Avenue home in Porter Creek on Monday. The front end trailer was fully involved when firefighters arrived. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

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Yukon Supreme Court judge will wait until Thursday to sentence a 23-year-old woman for her role in a high-speed chase that ended with an injured RCMP officer.

Lawyers were in court this week arguing what sentence Jessica Johnson should receive for her role in the 2011 chase that injured Haines Junction RCMP Cpl. Kim MacKellar and in the robbery of Madley’s General Store where the custodian, Frank Parent, was punched and bear sprayed.

Johnson was originally scheduled to go on trial earlier this year alongside Christopher Cornell, her boyfriend at the time. The pair each faced multiple charges, including two counts of attempted murder.

Right before testimony was scheduled to begin, Johnson pleaded guilty to four lesser charges and avoided going to trial.

The jury found Cornell guilty of all eight charges he

was facing. He is scheduled to be sentenced in the new year.

In court this week, prosecutor Keith Parkkari argued a seven-year sentence in a federal penitentiary would be appropriate, while Johnson’s lawyer, Bibhas Vaze, asked for five years – the minimum length of time available.

Johnson was involved in the robbery at Madley’s General Store, Parkkari said, summarizing an agreed statement of facts. She was also behind the wheel when she and Cornell fled down the Alaska Highway, pursued by MacKellar and conservation officer Shane Oakley, She did not fire the shot out of the back of the vehicle that resulted in MacKellar’s injuries, Parkkari continued.

She does not know the intent of the shot that was fired.

During Cornell’s trial the court heard that the officer ended up with metal fragments in his eyes, face and shoulder and required multiple surgeries.

Johnson stood in court and apologized to the people she

hurt: MacKellar, Parent, Oakley and the people of Haines Junction.

She said she was “ashamed” and “not a violent person.”

Maybe if she had been sober she would have been able to get herself out of the situation, she told the court.

Instead, she was high on drugs at the time.

The court heard that Johnson has a very limited criminal record and no convictions for violent crimes.

“At the time I didn’t know anyone had been shot,” she said, adding that she sometimes lies awake thinking about what happened to him.

She called the officer “amazing” for staying in the community after what happened to him.

Johnson said she takes responsibility for her role in what happened and is working on rebuilding relationships.

Justice Leigh Gower agreed to make copies of Johnson’s statement and send them to Parent, MacKellar and Oakley.

The Crown argued that a

seven-year sentence takes into account the serious nature of the crime, Johnson’s young age and the possibility of rehabilitation in the future.

Vaze called his client’s situation “an unfortunate case of a young aboriginal woman forced to survive.”

She was born into an unstable environment with excessive drug use, her lawyer said. She has been drinking since a young age and began using heroin at 17.

“Since her early teens, she has been essentially caring for herself,” he said. She was also living with undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Vaze said she was open to manipulation and easily influenced by others.

He argued she needs to go to prison to get the appropriate programming, but not for too long so that she doesn’t lose hope and become discouraged about the future.

Part of the hearing revolved around how much credit Johnson should receive for the time she has already spent

behind bars.

Johnson was in and out of custody after her initial arrest.

In November of last year, she was caught attempting to toss drugs to Cornell while the two were in court together. She was promptly arrested and later sentenced to 10 months.

In total she has about 14.5 months of time in custody to be considered in this case, the lawyers agreed.

The Crown argued there is little reason for her to receive more than 1:1 credit for that time, while Vaze asked the judge to consider a 1:1.5 ratio.

After questions from the judge, Johnson insisted she is no longer with Cornell. But Parkkari told the court there has been some suggestion by the Whitehorse Correctional Centre that the two were talking while he was behind bars.

She also legally changed her name to Cornell.

Johnson told the judge as soon as she gets enough money she plans to change it back.

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Tenants at a downtown Whitehorse location have been evicted under the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act.

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tenants under the SCAN legislation four times. Three of those four evictions have enants in a downtown happened in the downtown rental property have core. been evicted under the terThe department has not ritory’s Safer Communities released the names or adand Neighbourhoods Act. dress of the people who were The eviction happened evicted. after several confidential Jeff Ford, the director of complaints from community public safety and investigations for the Department of members about suspicious Justice, said there was one activities, the government person named on the lease said in a statement. along with a few others who “The unit’s investigation would live there from time established a reasonable to time. belief that illicit drugs were “Members of the public being sold and transferred were complaining about refrom the property and this resulted in the SCAN action.” peated visits to the property at all hours of the night,” In the last six months he said. “By foot, by taxi, by the government has evicted vehicle.” ursd Ford estimates that at one Wed, Dec 11 & point investigators saw close Thurs, Dec 12 to 100 visits to the property Whitehorse Yukon Cinema Whi8thorse over the span of three days.

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any information they collect with the police, but investigations through SCAN are different than criminal charges.

Criminal legislation requires proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that an accused person committed a specific crime at a specific time and place. SCAN, meanwhile, is civil legislation, which only requires evidence that illegal activity is taking place on a “balance of probabilities.”

Still, stringent requirements must be met before it’s used to evict someone, said Ford.

Investigators have to prove that it is a habitual, repeated activity. The main focus of the legislation is on how adversely that activity is affecting the community, Ford said.

The locations are often close to neighbourhoods with children, he said.

Ford credits hard work by the investigators, plus a recent push to advertise the department’s online complaint form, with triggering the upswing in investigations.

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second engineer’s report has confirmed that demolishing the Ross River footbridge is the best option.

But the government won’t say what it will do until it has had a chance to consult with the community, confirmed Jennifer Macgillivray, Yukon’s director of infrastructure development, in a teleconference yesterday.

The walkway has been well-used by the community to access hunting and fishing grounds on the far side of the Pelly River.

“We really depend on that bridge,” said Chief Brian Ladue of the Ross River Dena Council in October. “It’s been a part of the community for 70 years. A lot of our members go across the river.

They have cabins just down the road here.”

An engineering consulting firm recommended in September that the bridge be demolished as soon as possible due to safety concerns.

The bridge had sustained much more significant damage than was previously thought, according to the report.

But a subsequent report by the same firm considered options for repairing the bridge to extend its life.

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Plans to demolish the Ross River suspension bridge have been put on hold, while members of the community are consulted.

to the media yesterday.

It compares the life-cycle costs for demolishing the bridge and rebuilding it now, versus conducting minor repairs and taking it down in five years, versus doing major repairs and taking it down in 25 years.

Although all of the options considered the cost of replacement, estimated at just under $4 million, the government has not yet committed to rebuilding the bridge when it comes down,

said Macgillivray.

The report found that bringing the bridge down now is the best option from a cost and a public safety perspective.

However, it will also result in the longest period of time when Ross River residents are unable to use the bridge to cross the river.

If the government acts to replace the bridge now, it could re-open as early as the summer of 2015, according to the report.

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Minor repairs could be completed by winter of 2014, and major repairs might be done by spring of 2015.

The government will host a public meeting in Ross River this week or next, said Macgillivray.

She could not confirm if the government would be able to come up with the $4.5 million required to demolish and rebuild the bridge now, if that option is chosen.

The bridge was constructed by the U.S. Army in 1944 to carry an oil pipeline over the river. It was never intended as a permanent structure, and never intended as a pedestrian bridge.

The bridge has been in disrepair for quite some time. Inspection reports on the bridge date back to 1979.

The government closed the bridge in August 2012, but the warning sign and chain across the walkway deterred few in the community from crossing.

In September of this year, when the engineers found the bridge to be at risk of imminent collapse, the government responded quickly by removing the stairs leading up to the walkway and blocking it with plywood.

Ferry service was also temporarily shut down, given the risk of the bridge collapsing onto the ferry.

That action left about 50 people stranded on the far side of the Pelly River.

Community Services organized boats to take people across, and the ferry was put back in on limited conditions to move vehicles and horses.

Ferry service ended on October 10 as scheduled, leaving no public access to the other side of the river until freeze up.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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That day of infamy

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White roses representing the 14 women killed at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989 were held during a memorial service on Friday at the Elijah Smith Building in Whitehorse.

Watson Lake mulls hydro potential Jesse Winter

of Watson Lake and its officials over many years.” McMillan is not seeking re-election. atson Lake might be getThe project will see Whiteting its own hydro plant. horse’s Access Consulting The Liard First Nation is Group examining the technical, teaming up with the Town of commercial and financial viWatson Lake and the Yukon ability of a small hydro staElectrical Company to study the tion somewhere within Kaska potential of hydropower gentraditional territory. The idea eration within Kaska traditional is to allow Watson Lake the territory in south Yukon. ability to generate its own In what will likely be one power, with enough left over to of his last official acts as chief lay the groundwork for future of the LFN before next week’s industrial opportunities, like a election, Liard McMillan said sawmill or nearby mines. he’s happy to see a project like “The Liard First Nation this getting going. views this as a stepping stone to “It’s been underway for quite other potential projects down a period of time,” McMillan the road, providing energy not said. “I have to say, it’s the only to the municipality of culmination of a long-lasting Watson Lake, but potentially and very positive working in the future we will be lookrelationship that the Liard First ing at the energy needs of the Nation has had with the Town surrounding area, including News Reporter

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the mining industry,” McMillan said.

Watson Lake isn’t connected to the rest of the territorial grid.

Right now it powers itself with a six-megawatt diesel generating station.

Larry Bagnell, the chair of the Watson Lake Economic Revitalization Commission, called the study a “unique partnership” that will give the area a solid power base for future expansion.

“We’re not looking at powering the whole Yukon. This is for the people of Watson Lake, and will probably be within 100 kilometres of Watson Lake,” Bagnell said.

“It won’t be a large project, but it will be large in the eyes of the people of Watson Lake,” he said.

The federal government is

stepping up to pay the $100,000 fee to Access Consulting for the study, said Dwight Redden, the general manager of the Yukon Electrical Company.

Redden explained that the study will look at a number of options for hydro power, including everything from small “micro-power” dams to potential run-of-river projects.

“The study will look at various scenarios, and different sizes of hydroelectric capacity as well as different capacity factors. Not just how big, but how much power will come out of it in a given year and how does that fit with the existing system as a backup?” Redden said, adding that it’s too early to discuss possible sites for the future facility.

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Earlier this fall the territorial government announced a feasibility study to look at linking the Yukon grid to Skagway, Alaska, as well as directing Yukon Energy to start looking for potential hydro projects to help feed the Yukon grid.

The Watson Lake study should be finished sometime in April 2014, Redden said.

There has been talk of a potential power link to B.C. that would run south through Watson Lake and could connect that town to the rest of the territory, but Redden said that won’t factor into this current plan unless there is significant movement on the power link question.

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ased on the platforms of the candidates running to be chief, the Liard First Nation is a sorely divided community.

Candidates all have their own views on how best to heal what are becoming historic rifts among the Kaska people.

One of Susan Magun’s ideas is to form youth and elder councils.

“The reason why I’m running is because our community is so divided. I would like to see our community reunited,” Magun said.

“The divide is coming from within our own government. Within the last, say, 10 years, it’s gotten worse,” she said.

Magun wants to give more of a voice back to the community so the government isn’t left to operate in a bubble as she says it has been.

“The government has been running on its own without community involvement.

I want to include everyone in our government because right now it’s not happening,” she said.

Magun is a long-time member of that government.

She has 22 years of experience in the First Nation’s finance department, and spent part of that time as the director of finance.

Pasloski attends Mandela memorial Premier Darrell Pasloski is in South Africa this week to attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela.

“It’s a great privilege to represent Yukon people at a service of remembrance and celebration for one of the greatest leaders of our time,” said Pasloski in a press release. “I am honoured to be able to help carry the condolences of Yukoners and all Canadians to Nelson Mandela’s family, the people of South Africa and others around the world.”

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She also said she wants to see more job opportunities for young people in Watson Lake, and a more efficient development corporation.

Earlier this fall the First Nation made the controversial move of handing control for its social assistance programming back to the federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs. Current Chief Liard McMillan said the federal government wasn’t providing enough money to run the program effectively, and that LFN citizens were suffering because of it.

Aboriginal Affairs hired a contractor to hand out social assistance cheques and manage the program in the community on an interim basis.

After the recent spat, Magun said she wants to see control over the program brought back under the LFN’s responsibilities.

Her major goal, however, is to heal divides between the community and government.

“We were once strong, and we have lost our voice in the government. There’s nowhere where people can go to air their concerns. When they do, they get threatened (with lawsuits),” she said.

But Magun has her own ongoing legal battle with the government that she wants to lead.

In September 2010, Magun was fired for “job abanSubmitted photo/Yukon News donment” after taking two Susan Magun is running for chief of the Liard First Nation. and a half months of sick

leave.

According to a letter sent by her lawyer to the LFN seeking an out-of-court settlement, Magun gave her boss a doctor’s note in June of that year and asked to begin claiming her short-term disability benefits. She was supposed to return to work Sept. 15 but she was fired a week before. According to her lawyer, Magun wasn’t paid her benefits while she was sick.

Her lawyer’s letter claims $156,660.00 in damages, unpaid vacation time and unpaid sick leave.

But the Liard First Nation did an internal review and said that Magun had overpaid herself by almost $9,000 in her last two years in the finance department, where she was responsible for paying all LFN employees, including herself.

When the federal government investigated, it determined that Magun had been paid for all of the time and benefits she was trying to claim.

Now Magun is taking the case before the Canadian Labour Board, with a hearing expected in the New Year.

After consulting with her lawyer, Magun said she couldn’t comment on whether that case could constitute a conflict of interest if she were elected as chief.

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The premier is expected In addition to Pasloski, to return to the Yukon on premiers for Alberta, Nova Thursday or Friday.

Scotia and Northwest TerAccording to media reritories also accepted the ports, South African offiinvitation. cials said at the last minute The Prime Minister’s Office that not all of the Canadian is covering most of the costs delegates would be allowed to of the trip. The costs to the attend the ceremony. Pasloski Yukon government include would have been among those flying Pasloski to Ottawa and that did not make the cut. back, and some of his meals However, reports indiwhile he is away, confirmed cate that in the end the full cabinet spokesperson Elaine delegation entered after some Schiman. confusion at the security The Yukon legislative ascheckpoint. sembly is currently in session, (Jacqueline Ronson)

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China’s government is investing heavily in its military, including a blue water navy, and plenty of Chinese hen I studied Chinese believe that their government many years ago, my has been too conciliatory teacher in Beijing explained to and wimpish. Indeed, a more me the meaning of the word democratic China might well “hen” for hatred: It’s the way be more assertive and more we Chinese feel about Japan. challenging to its neighbours And, a couple of times over – particularly Japan. the years, I’ve had Chinese tell China actually has a reame that America’s big mistake sonable claim to the Diaoyu after the Second World War Islands, as it calls them, alwas failing to exterminate the though it is increasingly hamentire Japanese population. handed in asserting those This loathing for Japan, claims. The strongest evidence now harnessed to a growcomes from Japanese governing military power, forms ment documents of the Meiji the backdrop for dangerous era, referring to the islands as tensions in the East China China’s and scheming to grab Sea. Nobody wants war over them – which is what Japan a handful of uninhabited did when China was weak in rocks in the Pacific Ocean, 1895. It renamed the islands but there’s a risk of an accithe Senkakus. dent spinning out of control.

After the Second World Moreover, Japan, China and War, the U.S. controlled the U.S. have botched their the islands, and, in 1972, it handling of these enormously handed over “administration” sensitive territorial disputes, to its ally Japan without taking and we now have nationalposition on who owns them. ists at the helm of Japan and Conflict has grown with rising China. nationalism in both China This is a chance for everyand Japan (Taiwan, which also one to take a deep breath claims the islands, has been and think about the rise of most levelheaded).

China – the most important Japan erred last year when geopolitical trend of our time. it bought the islands from a China is projected to surpass private landowner – nationalthe U.S. to become the world’s izing them – despite strong largest economy, after alwarnings from both China lowing for price differences, in and the U.S. Likewise, the about three years, according to Obama administration was estimates of the Organization wrong to say explicitly that it for Economic Cooperation would back Japan in any war and Development, a group over the islands. that includes the world’s inReally? We’re ready to fight

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“We are dealing with an extremely delicate situation,” notes Cheng Li, a China expert at the Brookings Institution.

He worries that Americans may not always appreciate the sensitivities involved.

China’s new leader, Xi Jinping, is a complicated figure and a self-confident nationalist who has ties to some of the fiery ultranationalists in the People’s Liberation Army but also wants good relations with Washington. He presumably is behind China’s declaration last month of an air defence identification zone that overlaps with disputed territory.

Xi badly overplayed his hand. There’s nothing wrong with China declaring such a zone (the U.S. and Japan both have them), but it was done in a bellicose way that echoed similarly belligerence in the South China Sea. And the world doesn’t have much sympathy for China’s leaders Reporters

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when they bully neighbours, blockade news and social media websites, and imprison a Nobel Peace Prize winner like Liu Xiaobo.

China’s Foreign Ministry officials offer Xi sensible counsel, but they are often out-manoeuvred by hawks in the military. I once asked a Chinese general about moderate Foreign Ministry statements on the South China Sea. The general scoffed: “That’s the Foreign Ministry’s position, not China’s position.”

One risk is of a military accident like the 2001 collision of a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese fighter aircraft. The Chinese leader at the time, Jiang Zemin, returned the U.S. plane and crew, but Xi might not be so conciliatory.

The upshot is that we need

crisis hotlines so we can manage a crisis if it happens. The Obama administration also needs a senior point person for China, which it doesn’t really have now.

For his part, Xi should realize that sabre-rattling distracts from economic development and that an emerging great power like China cannot harness modern weaponry to old and almost tribal hatreds.

Those of us who admire China’s accomplishments need to make the point that nationalist propaganda, muscle-flexing and demonizing Japan are dangerous games. As a Chinese saying goes, it’s easier to ride a tiger than to dismount.

Nicholas D. Kristof writes about international affairs for the New York Times.

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eonidas and his band of 300 Spartan warriors famously fought to the death at the pass of Thermopylae defending Greek civilization against the Persian tyrant Xerxes and his massive army.

If you didn’t learn about it in Western Civilization 12 at F.H. Collins, then there was the campy film “300” a few years ago in which Leonidas and the boys fought the Persians in black speedo briefs and flexed their muscles a lot.

The Yukon now has its own “300.” I’m talking about the 300 new hires, net of attrition, last year at the Yukon government. Total headcount

Lil’s is closing its doors After an amazing six years, Lil’s Place will be closing its doors for the last time on December 21, 2013.

I would really like to express my gratitude to the residents of Whitehorse for embracing my quirky idea of opening a 1950sstyle diner on a Main Street that promotes its rich history of the 1890s. I will miss my little diner, all the customers I now call friends, my extraordinary staff and especially all the excitement of having a business on Main Street.

That being said, I’m excited to move forward and find out what the next adventure in life will be.

Thank you to everyone who has supported Lil’s Place over the past six years, it’s been a great ride.

Lisa Jodoin Whitehorse

Could our government please grow up?

Re: Yukon Forum Debate Sours (The News, Dec. 6) Gosh, I sure would hate to be married to a member of the Yukon Party caucus.

Imagine this. My Yukon Party spouse says, “Let’s plan a special family vacation,” and then doesn’t participate at all while the kids and I hammer out an awesome plan to hike the West Coast Trail.

Enjoy some nature, you know?

Then the day before we are to leave, spouse says, “No, I don’t like that idea. Let’s go to Calgary.”

went up to 5,379 as of March 31, a six per cent rise on the previous year.

You probably didn’t know a new “300” had been hired, probably because they don’t parade around en masse in speedos and listen to inspirational speeches by the premier.

Even if invisible, however, this is a lot of new hires. If YTG headcount keeps growing at six per cent a year, then the entire population will work there in 31 years.

The Yukon Party keeps telling us they are the party of private sector growth and accusing the NDP of being the party of big government.

If the Yukon Party hires like this, what do they think an NDP premier would do? Start drafting people from the private sector for compulsory government jobs?

Yukon government figures have some other remarkable details that show its workforce is quite different from the Yukon population overall.

First, 64 per cent of YTG employees are women versus 49 per cent of the overall population. And only 12 per cent of YTG staff are under 30 years old, while about 23 per cent of working age Yukoners fall into that category (assuming working age is 18 to 65 years). Almost a third of YTG workers are in their 50s, although relatively few are older since the average retirement age is 59.2 years.

We all know government is big in the Yukon. But the YTG figures are eye-opening.

And they don’t even include the approximately 2,000 other government jobs at federal, First Nations and municipal agencies. Nor does the figure of 5,379 YTG employees include hundreds, perhaps thousands, of jobs at organizations fully or partly funded by the territorial government.

It is interesting to think about the government hiring 300 new people last year. I couldn’t find a figure for the

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average cost of a government employee on the government website, so let’s assume it is $100,000 including overtime, benefits and pension. The Yukon 300 would cost about $30 million per year.

To put that in perspective, with that much money you could build a new F.H. Collins every 12 to 18 months or put an extra teacher in half the classrooms in the Yukon.

Some ambitious politician could promise to cut everyone’s income taxes in half.

A populist candidate might even promise to eliminate all taxes on tobacco and alcohol and abolish the $10 million in mark-up the liquor corporation puts on our booze.

That last idea would still leave $5 million leftover to zero out all motor vehicle fees.

An Alaskan candidate might even suggest just sending cheques for $1,000 to every Yukoner.

As amusing as these ideas are, the reality is that our Yukon Party government

decided the best thing to do was to hire 300 people and spread them out across the departments.

This must get any actual conservatives still in the Yukon Party really mad.

It would be interesting to know what the Yukon 300 are actually doing in the public service. Unlike ancient Sparta, we rely on the federal government to defend our mountain passes. There is a scene in 300 where Leonidas cries out to his soldiers, “Spartans, what is your profession?” Blood-thirsty battle cries and frenzied spear-waving are the answer.

Imagine if the premier gathered the Yukon 300 and cried out “Yukoners, what is your profession?”

Perhaps they would shout out in unison, “Policy analysis!”

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

about the Yukon that we can by January 10. After going through a juried process, the songs with the best fit will be submitted to Spouse spends the whole holiday everything. arts fund, is underway with a hanging out with his oil and gas But please, not goats. Goats project to develop a full concert both well-known choral composer/arrangers and a number buddies and ignoring us. are a major factor in the process program of new and original of Yukon arrangers.

Or imagine this. When we first of desertification. (This is not compositions that reflect the Fifteen of these songs will got married, we decided we’d have making something yummy for lives, history, diverse cultures, then be chosen and prepared for four special dates together every supper.) This is the transforma- land, and people of the Yukon, the choral stage. An established year, say on each of our birthdays, tion of productive land into and we need your help. composer, Stephen Chatman, our anniversary and Valentine’s desert.

The intent is to support the will mentor the Yukon composDay. Now, years have gone by The area surrounding the Sa- creation of existing and new ers in a group and individual without a special date. hara Desert is an example. The cultural works that speak to the basis to arrange and refine their I thought we were having one desert is advancing southward, unique northern experience, to work for choral presentation. in December 2012, and I went to helped by goats which kill the develop compositions that will The world premiere for the conthe restaurant, but spouse didn’t ground vegetation when they challenge the choir and, ultimcert program will be prepared show up. Now, spouse says we graze. They are also browsers, ately, to take this music to perduring the winter of 2015 and need to have meetings to plan our climbing trees to eat the leaves formance on a national stage. presented in May 2015 to Yukon dates. Is he trying to get out of and twigs, eventually killing the The first phase of the project audiences and possibly on the something? Is this a committed trees. These trees may have been will be the commissioning of national stage in the summer of relationship, or what? the only barrier to hold back the 15 choral music pieces about 2015.

Worst of all is when we’re hav- spreading sand dunes. the Yukon for a world premiere What we will need is a copy ing a disagreement, and spouse Instead of goats, why not give in the Yukon in spring 2015. of the song (preferably digital), tells me his foot is sore or he’s “bed kits?” These are supplied by The second phase is to further the lyrics, and the sheet music, if irritated, so I should keep my feel- a charity called Sleeping Chilrefine these songs into a concert available. If you do not have all ings to myself. dren Around the World (www. program and apply to perform of these, contact us anyway and In real life, I’m so glad I’m not scaw.org). They provide kits them on a national stage at the we will try to find someone to married to such an immature and for children to facilitate a safe, 2015 PanAm games in Toronto. help you. inconsiderate spouse. I sure wish comfortable sleep.

As part of the first phase, we Please respond to susannehthe members of the Yukon Party With the kits are school are currently searching for any ingley@hotmail.com or by mail caucus weren’t so immature and supplies and clothing. It was and all songs, lyrics, and poems, to 42 Firth Road, Whitehorse, inconsiderate of their constitufounded by the parents of both existing and new pieces Yukon, Y1A 4R6. If you have ents. former NHL goalie, lawyer and about the Yukon by Yukoners. questions, please talk to me at now senator Ken Dryden. The 335-7775 by January 10. Once Dianne Homan bedkits are $35 each and include We welcome all Yukon artists; men, women, and children of all the submissions are collected Whitehorse no goats. ages, the francophone commun- and juried, the composers of Just say no to goats ity, First Nations, artists from the chosen 15 songs will be Mary Whitley the communities, etc. Anyone contacted, and then the contract Whitehorse There have been a number of can apply. and licensing process will begin. ads and information in the We are asking the people of Please help us put together Whitehorse Community media lately about gifts for the the Yukon to help us with this. a collection of fantastic Yukon Choir seeks Yukon songs We will be placing ads in differ- songs. underprivileged. The message is often to give a gift to a needy ent papers, using social media, person rather than something The Whitehorse Community using radio ads and doing inter- Susanne Hingley tangible for someone who has views to collect as many songs Choir, with the help of Yukon’s Whitehorse

10 Thanks for supporting Athletics Yukon With the end of 2013 quickly approaching, it is time to give thanks to everyone who contributed to an exceptional year for Athletics Yukon. From our local sponsors to our volunteers, our community pitches in to put on fantastic events and to develop running, walking and snowshoeing in our territory. Thank you to all of you.

At the recent Sport Yukon Awards night, we honoured some of our exceptional performers this season: Logan Boehmer (Most Improved Male); Dave Eickleboom (Male Trail Athlete); Liz Clubine (Warrior Award); Logan Roots (Male Road Athlete); Denise McHale (Female Athlete); Brittany Pearson (Female Track Athlete); Darby McIntyre (Young Male Runner); Constance Montgomery (Young Female Runner); Jen King (Ultra Runner); and Tom Ullyett (Masters Athlete).

These athletes trained and competed here at home in the Yukon and Outside and did us all proud.

Congratulations on your awards and your athletic achievements this year.

Tanya Astika (president), Bryan Craven (director) and Brenda Dion (director) left our board this year after a number of years of volunteering. On behalf of our community, a huge thank you to each of you for your significant contributions. You will be missed.

For the upcoming season, new directors Amelia Fraser and Micah Quinn join veterans Lauren Whyte, Don White, Terry Boone, Nancy Thomson, Bonnie Love and myself on the board.

Collectively we will work to build on the foundation laid by previous boards to make 2014 another exceptional year for our members.

It isn’t too late to get one more Athletics Yukon event in before the holidays. Join us at our annual

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Non-human animals to you appear to be objects for human desires only, and not having any continued federal investment in Winter Solstice Run on Saturday, Fix the housing crunch interest of their own. Correct? our community.

December 21 at 10 a.m. at the upAnd if you enjoy writing about per parking lot of Grey Mountain Dawson City’s council is joining killing so much, ask those who Wayne Potoroka Road. Bring a donation for the the Federation of Canadian Munibreed/produce/exploit and kill Mayor, Dawson City food bank and enjoy hot chococipalities’ new national campaign dogs for human entertainment late at the end. Visit athleticsyto fix Canada’s housing crunch. (hint, hint) to invite you to docuukon.ca for more information.

We’re joining communities across Consider a vegan diet ment this for the public to learn On behalf of the board of Ath- Canada who are passing council about? letics Yukon, happy holidays and resolutions and writing to memRe: “Consider the mobile abattoir” And perhaps you could visit many happy footfalls in 2014. bers of the federal cabinet to ask

by Al Pope (the News, Nov. 22). trap lines, too, and using your them to help Canadians deal with First, I applaud the paper for charm, articulate for the public Ben Yu Schott the high cost of housing, their most publishing the image of truth of the life and death cycle of victims President, urgent financial challenge. the slaughtered dead pig. Your of these traps. I’m sure Mr. Kevin Athletics Yukon One in four Canadians is now columnist, Al Pope, makes light Bowers, who also seems happy to paying more than they can afford and finds it amusing when writing raise and kill pigs, can help you Cellphones and for housing, and mortgage debt about the life and death of the – as I believe he has connections held by Canadians stands at just driving do not mix pigs. with the trapping industry. over $1.1 trillion, putting our na“The six little pigs who’ve I am so glad that the aid of tional economy at risk.

I would like to send out a been running around my yard the abattoir saved Mr. Pope from Canadians need a stable and friendly reminder to everyone to all summer are confined to the having back pains – as this would please obey the law regarding not secure housing market that creates squeeze pen, all grown up into and maintains jobs and allows for a be cruel. using your cellphones while driv50-kilogram hogs.

It’s slaughter range of living options.

Cities and What is the cost to taxpayers ing. I’ve almost been hit by people day on the farm, and the mobile communities need better housing to have this killing machine and driving and talking on their abattoir is just backing up beside options to attract new workers, three people land at the door of phones and not paying attention the pens,” he writes. meet the needs of families, and farmers? Are some people really to the road.

Funny, Mr. Pope: I find this support seniors and our most vulthis desperate to contribute to the I would also like to suggest column is at about the same level already 55-plus billion cows, pigs, nerable citizens. a change to the law that would As it stands, $1.7 billion in anas the one in which you mention allow people in the Justice Dechickens and others slaughtered nual federal housing investments Trevor the dog, “Were you born in yearly just for taste? partment to take the step of not are set to expire with the greata barn?” (the News, Dec 23, 2011). allowing a driver to own a cellAnd we won’t get into the enest drop, $500 million, slated for Here you write, “It would not be phone if they continue to break vironmental problems created by permissible under current rules this law. I know this would be dif- the next five years. This will put the meat, egg and dairy industries 200,000 Canadians at risk of losing for some exasperated ratepayer ficult and the phone companies at this point in time. their homes and will cause spillover to adopt Trevor for the express would have to agree to suspend Consider a vegan diet. It’s good effects on other parts of the housthe driver’s cellphone contracts purpose of taking him home and for you, the planet, and of course, for a certain amount of time. This ing sector. Our community has sticking his head in the gas oven.” the animals. would be similar to someone who continuing housing needs, includ- This comment says more about ing the need for affordable rental has committed a violent offence yourself than anyone else ever Mike Grieco not being allowed to go to bars or accommodations, that would be Whitehorse could – as does the rest of the helped with the kind of long-term own a weapon. planning and investment made I don’t want to see anyone get possible by federal leadership. hurt or killed because someone We are inviting everyone who thinks they can get away with breaking this law. Steps need to be is concerned about this issue to The Yukon News welcomes letters from its readers. in place within the justice system visit www.fcm.ca/housingcrunch Letters should be no longer than 500 words and must be signed and voice your concerns.

We hope to stop the people breaking this with your full name and place of residence. A daytime phone service clubs, businesses and other law and continuing to risk the number is also required for verification purposes only. We reserve community groups will involve lives of pedestrians, people on the right to edit letters for clarity, length, accuracy and legality. their members in the issue and their bikes, and other drivers.

You can send submissions to editor@yukon-news.com. They can ask them to get in touch with be faxed to 867-668-3755 or mailed to 211 Wood St., Whitehorse, their member of Parliament and Aaron Mcgowan Yukon Y1A 2E4. communicate the importance of Whitehorse

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Assessment ordered before Cornell’s sentencing A Yukon Supreme Court judge has ordered that an assessment be completed on Christopher Cornell to determine if he should be labelled a long-term offender or dangerous offender.

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man was convicted earlier this year of eight charges including the attempted murder of Haines Junction RCMP Cpl. Kim MacKellar and deputy conservation officer Shane Oakley.

The charges stem from a September 2011 high-speed chase. A bullet was fired out of the back of the vehicle being chased, injuring MacKellar.

The veteran officer and detachment commander in

Haines Junction required surgery to remove metal fragments in his eye and shoulder.

A dangerous or long-term offender designation for Cornell would affect the sentence he eventually receives. The

sentencing is currently scheduled for Jan. 23, but prosecutors say that may need to be pushed back if the psychological assessment is not completed in time.

A lawyer representing Cornell yesterday said the defence takes no position on the assessment being ordered.

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Governments offer help to develop seal products in backing Atlantic industry Sue Bailey

anti-sealing groups that criticized the use of public money to prop up the waning commercial sealing ST. JOHN’S, N.L. sector. ttawa and Newfoundland and “It’s not a matter of dollars and Labrador will spend almost cents,” Shea told a news confer$500,000 on a pilot project to offer ence. “This is a matter of principle seal meat at stores in Canada and for us. This is an industry that has overseas in the new year. been around for a long time.

Federal Fisheries Minister Gail “We’ve responded to everything Shea visited a boutique Friday that the anti-sealing organizations in St. John’s, N.L., that sells seal have thrown at us. And we know skin coats and boots to announce that we have a humane hunt.”

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He said the industry group will work with government officials, the private sector and the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland to develop the new products.

The plan is for a broad campaign starting next year to offer frozen and vacuum-packed seal meat for wholesale and in ‘niche market’ stores in Canada and overseas.

Lewis said target areas include Vancouver, Toronto and other cities along with northern communities and “Asia-specific” markets that already buy seal meat. The pilot project is expected to create about 20 jobs. If it goes well, it will then be up to private interests to invest in more expansion, Lewis said.

“We feel very confident that this is going to be the future of the industry.”

He said all ages of gray, hooded and harp seals can be used to offer a highly nutritious food source.

“We feel it’s a product the world needs to recognize and be educated on.”

The announcement comes after a World Trade Organization ruling

last week upheld Europe’s ban on imported seal products, citing public moral concerns for animal welfare.

Ottawa has steadfastly defended Canada’s commercial seal hunt and plans to appeal the WTO decision.

Animal welfare advocates called the trade ruling a major victory that respects aboriginal hunts.

Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of Humane Society International Canada, said public funding to promote commercial seal products throws good money after bad.

“It’s a completely futile attempt to invest taxpayers’ money in propping up a dead industry,” she said from Montreal. “We know that global markets for seal products are closing, they’re not opening.

The recent decision by the World Trade Organization, if anything, confirms that.”

Shea said the WTO findings should be of concern to all its members and, by appealing the ban, Ottawa is standing behind thousands of families that rely on commercial sealing. She said Ottawa has so far spent close to $500,000 fighting the European Union’s 2010 embargo.

Newfoundland Liberal MP Gerry Byrne said the real question is why the federal government did

not fight the ban or seek related compensation in negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Europe.

The CETA deal, if finalized, is not expected to take effect for two years. It would open up lucrative European seafood markets for the province’s troubled fishery.

Shea said it was decided that the WTO process was the best forum for challenging the EU seal products embargo.

Byrne said it’s a misguided strategy. Even a victory at the WTO would not compel the EU to reopen its markets and would likely mean a modest fine as the embargo continues, he said.

“Gail Shea and the Harper government she is a part of failed us miserably.”

Countries with bans on imported seal products include the U.S., Mexico, Russia and Taiwan.

A European Union court last year upheld Europe’s embargo, saying it fairly harmonizes the EU market while protecting the economic and social interests of Inuit communities.

The commercial seal hunt off Newfoundland last spring landed about 91,000 harp seals, up from 69,000 the year before, but far short of the federal quota of 400,000.

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Mandela said he found inspiration in Canadian respect for diversity also shed light on his own preMulroney took power in 1985, conceptions, according to the she said, adding he quickly book. Mandela wrote of his first emerged as a vocal champion of he country that bestowed encounter with Inuit teens durMandela’s cause. its highest accolades and ing a refuelling stop in Goose He broke ranks with other even honorary citizenship Bay, Labrador, recollecting that western leaders by loudly speakupon Nelson Mandela was he was surprised by their level ing out against the apartheid often described by the legendof education. regime while imposing strict ary freedom fighter as a source “I had never seen an Eskimo economic sanctions against the of inspiration throughout his and I had always thought of government, she said. struggle for racial equality in them as people who are catchVern Harris, Mandela’s chief South Africa. ing … polar bears and seals,” he archivist and head of memory Mandela found sympathy in programming at the Nelson said.

Canada for his cause when he “I was amazed to find out Mandela Foundation in Johimself was not able to fight for hannesburg, said the freedom that these were high school it, allies who supported his mis- fighter was aware of Canada’s children. … It was the most fasMark Blinch/The Canadian Press cinating conversation, precisely sion during his long incarceragrowing support for his cause tion, and adoring devotees who during the 27 years of his incar- A picture of Nelson Mandela during a celebration of his because it was shocking. I was life at the Nelson Mandela Park Public School in Toronto welcomed him as a native son rudely shocked, awakened to the ceration. on Friday. upon his release. fact that my knowledge of the “That solidarity meant a Historians say Canada even Eskimo community was very lot to the prisoners, it meant public appearances. manner of dealing with the served as a blueprint for Manbackward.” a lot to the organizations that Mandela’s popularity was challenges of difference and dela when he finally took the Occasional voices were raised were involved in the liberation most dramatically on display diversity had always been our helm of his country as presiin protest of Mandela’s warm struggle,” Harris said in a teleduring the 1998 tour, which inspiration,” Mandela said dent. reception, notably then-Alliance phone interview. “I think there saw him address a rally of more MP Rob Anders who in 2001 during his first address to the That fellow feeling lasted un- was a strong appreciation for than 40,000 schoolchildren in Canadian parliament. til Mandela’s death. South Afri- that long before he ever visited blocked unanimous consent for downtown Toronto. On that Those words were not just can President Jacob Zuma made Canada himself.” a motion in the House of Comoccasion, he heaped praise on a mons on honorary citizenship idle flattery, Harris said. When the announcement of Mandela’s That initial visit was made new generation of Canadians.

Mandela was elected president death at a news conference late for Mandela, reportedly telling mere months after he was fi“You have made me feel like of South Africa four years after Thursday, saying “we’ve lost our nally released on Feb. 11, 1990. two Liberal MPs Mandela was a a young man again with my his release, he and his governgreatest son.”

“Communist and a terrorist.”

Harris said Mandela exbatteries recharged,” he told the Scholars say Canada’s apThe vast majority of Canadipressed a keen desire to visit the ment aides made a point of rally. scrutinizing policies and pracpreciation for Mandela took ans, however, regarded Mancountry he had come to see as “The greatest joy has been tices from other countries that root long before he had gardela as a hero and role-model a role model and made a point to discover that there are so could serve as a model for an nered global praise for his role without peer. of accepting Mulroney’s explicit many children in this country emerging democracy. in bringing an end to apartFormer prime minister Joe invitation to visit as soon as who care about other children Canada, Harris said, served heid rule in South Africa and Clark summed up the majority possible. around the world.” as a template in areas ranging championing equality for blacks Canadian view with his com“He was prioritizing counStill, Harris said the sunny from education to water treatthroughout his home country. ments made the day Canada tries which at that time had a relationship was occasionally ment to social policy.

Linda Freeman, professor voted to officially grant Manparticular significance to the dimmed by a passing cloud.

“When he talked about of political studies at Carleton dela the status that would make liberation struggle. Canada was In his 2010 book ConversaCanada providing an example University specializing in South way up there as one of the first him one of our own. and an inspiration, it was based tions with Myself, Mandela African Studies, said grass roots countries he visited after his “With a flick of his wrist … on really hard engagement with lamented the fact that Canaanti-apartheid organizations Nelson Mandela could have release,” he said. dian police “roughly” ejected a Canada’s experiences,” he said. began forming across the countriggered revolution and his Harris and Freeman were Mandela’s opinion of Canada heckler from one of his public try as early as the 1970s. country would be in flames,” interviewed for this story before never publicly cooled during his appearances in 1990 without Church groups, community Clark said.

Mandela’s death, when he was subsequent visits, during which giving him a chance to respond organizations and Canadian “He did not. He did the ailing. to her concerns. chapters of Mandela’s African opposite.”

Mandela’s arrival on June. 17, he was lavished with some of Interactions with Canadians this country’s greatest honours.

National Congress mobilized 1990 marked the first of three He was made a Companion efforts to resist the regime even visits during which both parties of the Order of Canada, the as Mandela himself languished fairly outdid themselves with highest possible rank, during in prison serving a life sentence offers of thanks and praise. his second trip in September for plotting to overthrow the Politicians spoke of Man1998. government. dela’s courage and convicFor his final visit in NovemTheir efforts to lobby both tions, while Mandela singled ber 2001, he became one of only Ottawa and the Canadian busi- out Canada for upholding the ness community fell on deaf values he hoped to see espoused five foreigners to be made an Request for Board Members honorary Canadian citizen. ears for some time, Freeman at home.

Adulation came from digsaid, adding prime ministers “Your respect for diversity nitaries and everyday people from John Diefenbaker to within your own society and alike, with throngs of supportJohn Turner did little to curb a your tolerant and civilized The Council of Yukon First Nations is requesting ers turning out for most of his prosperous trading relationship applications from Yukon First Nation Citizens for with South Africa.

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he brewmasters at Yukon Brewing have been known to put all manner of things into their beers, from pureed ginger and stinging nettle to handpeeled grapefruit and espresso coffee.

This Christmas they even have an ale that co-owner Bob Baxter describes as “a Christmas fruitcake in a bottle.”

So when Baxter and his business partner Alan Hansen got a call from a farmer with haskap berries to sell, the obvious choice for Whitehorse’s beer barons was to make … well … not beer?

“We got a call in the summer from a guy who was growing them out on the Mayo road, and he was wondering where he could sell them. He asked if we were interested in making a beer with them or something,” Baxter said.

“Anything that’s grown in the Yukon, we want to at least ponder it. Where our mind went when we got a sample of it was to make a spirit instead of a beer, something a little more unique. We ended up ordering about 400 pounds of berries from him. We had to run out quick and buy a freezer,” he said.

The new drink, a liqueur, retails for $30 per 500 ml bottle and there are only 850 to be had before they’re gone. It hit the shelf on Monday and is only being sold at the brewery storefront.

Haskap berries, considered by some to be a type of honeysuckle, are a blue tubular fruit that looks almost like the oblong offspring of a blueberry and a grape. While sweet and tart, the haskap is actually more closely related to tomatoes than North American berries. It is native to Japan and parts of Russia, but was introduced into northern Canada in the 1990s because it seems to thrive in subarctic and boreal conditions, according to the Haskap Canada Association.

The beverage is a hefty 23 per cent alcohol and starts with a clean, sweet blueberry flavour before finishing with a tart kick courtesy of the hearty haskap.

“A haskap is kind of like a blueberry, raspberry and saskatoon berry cross. It’s a kind of crazy explosion of flavour in the berry when you’re eating them raw, and that came through in the spirit as well. It’s really good either on its own or over ice, or over ice cream or whatever people experiment with,” Baxter said.

A liqueur might seem a surprising choice for the brewery

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Yukon Brewing/Yukon Spirits’ Bob Baxter, left, and Al Hansen continue to branch out with their latest concoction, a haskap berry liqueur.

that’s known more for its kegs than its casks but Baxter said it’s all part of a grand, if somewhat daring, scheme to branch out and have some fun with Yukon Spirits, the brewer’s sister company.

“The whole idea is to start playing with things a little more,” Baxter said.

“It’s time for us to recognize that we have a still sitting in the corner, let’s go have fun with it,” he said.

That still has been sitting in the corner since Yukon Brewing decided to try its hand at whisky making five years ago, but that process is taking a little longer than expected.

“Where we spent a ton of our time is on the whisky. Our old stuff will turn five this year, and we tried a bit of a blend. We did a blind tasting of our blend against a Glenfiddich and a 40 Creek, thinking that those are two pretty good single malts.

“We did pretty well, but we could tell that it still had some maturing to do. It’s barking up the right tree, but when we put a product out for the first time we want it to be great, not good,” he said.

To help the whisky along, Baxter said he’s been playing with different types of barrels

The company already has one spirit – Solstice – that’s been out for a couple of years now, though it has often confused the customers, Baxter said. It mixes sage, rosehips and raspberries into something that isn’t quite rum, but also isn’t quite vodka or gin either, and it didn’t turn out to be a particularly strong seller.

“We hope the bruising on our foreheads has gone away from the Solstice and bringing something out that people didn’t understand, but our whole point of view is that anybody can be ordinary. We want to see what we can do that’s a little bit difIan Stewart/Yukon News ferent,” he said.

Baxter admits that the latest The first batch of Yukon Spirits Concepts Haskap Liqueur is plans are equally unconvennow available at the Yukon Brewing store. tional, and it’s certainly a risk producing something other to age it in, including sourcing sometime after the New Year. than the standard lagers, ales some used port barrels from “We took the leftover pulp and stouts. But buoyed by their Europe. from the haskaps, and added strong beer business, Yukon At the end of the day though, some leftover local black current Spirits can afford to take some the whisky just needs more pulp that we made beer with, chances. time, but that also means more we put that all together into our “They are a bit oddball. It’s time for Baxter’s and Hansen’s still and made a grappa with it,” off the beaten path. It’s either imaginations to run wild. The he said. going to sink us or vice versa. liqueur isn’t the only creation And that’s just what’s coming It’s a little bit of a risk to bring two have been tinkering with. in the next couple of months. out things that are different, but “What we’re doing with this Yukon Spirit’s drawing board we’re trying to show off what is starting a new line called Con- also includes things like a sage we can do here with things that cepts. (The liqueur) is concept and juniper gin and even a pos- grow here,” he said. number one. Concept number sible absinth with Yukon-grown Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com two is going to be coming out wormwood.

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Government words, deeds don’t match on caribou: environmentalists Bob Weber Canadian Press EDMONTON arcy Handy has been going to a once-untouched area of forest and wetland in northwest Alberta for more than 20 years to hunt, fish and trap and well remembers what it used to be like.

“We always used to see numerous caribou in that area, all the time,” he recalls of his one-time hunting grounds southeast of Grande Cache.

No longer.

“It’s more like a wasteland,” said Handy. “It’s all cutblocks now, oil and gas roads everywhere. Big change from what it was 20 years ago.”

Handy’s concerns are echoed by environmentalists who ask why government rhetoric on saving caribou habitat isn’t matched by what’s happening on the ground. They point out that both Ottawa and Alberta have committed to preserve the very area currently being hammered by development.

“The lines are already on the map as to what the range is,” said Carolyn Campbell of the Alberta Wilderness Association. She points out the federal caribou recovery strategy has been out for more than a year.

“We should be on a path where we’re maintaining what we have and restoring what’s already disturbed.

Instead, local residents are telling us that, on the ground, we’re still going in the opposite direction.”

Concern over the gradual decline of caribou in northwest Alberta came to a head earlier this year after a Canadian Press investigation found the province had sold industrial leases on nearly all the tiny, undisturbed fraction of land that remains of the Little Smoky herd’s range.

That development was occurring despite provincial commitments to preserve habitat and federal plans that set a goal of maintaining or restoring 65 per cent of a herd’s range as viable habitat.

A moratorium was placed on new energy development on the Little Smoky range. Forestry companies agreed to defer further harvesting until a plan for the area was drafted.

But those halts have done nothing to ease the pressure on the adjacent a la Peche range, which is supposed to be part of the same plan.

The a la Peche range is certainly as torn up as the Little Smoky, which is estimated to be 95 per cent disturbed. And more development on it proceeds.

“Everywhere you turn there’s cutblocks,” said Handy of the sections of forest harvested for lumber.

At least three new, well-developed roads thrust into a la Peche terrain.

One wipes out a caribou gathering point along the Little Smoky River, he said.

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A fresh cutblock near Grande Cache, Alberta. Environmentalists are asking why government rhetoric on saving caribou habitat isn’t matched by what’s happening on the ground.

always winter. They used to be in there all the time and now there’s a high-grade road right through there.”

Highway 40, which runs through the range, is signed as a “caribou corridor,” which Handy finds ironic.

“There’s huge big cutblocks all the way along, right by the caribou sign, actually. It’s pretty funny.”

Brady Whittaker of the Alberta Forest Products Association acknowledged that while industry has stayed out of the Little Smoky area, the same can’t be said of the a la Peche. But he adds that when the forest is your business, it’s hard to avoid wildlife.

“There may be caribou in lots of areas where we are harvesting,” he

said.

The forestry industry supports efforts to develop a range plan for the area that can accommodate all demands on the landscape and is involved in those discussions, Whittaker said.

“Nobody respects caribou habitat

more than our industry.”

Carrie Sancartier of Alberta Environment said a draft plan for the a la Peche and Little Smoky ranges is expected in January.

The a la Peche herd is about 150 animals strong, larger and more stable than the Little Smoky herd.

As well, its range extends into the protected Willmore Wilderness Area and Jasper National Park.

However, the protected parts of its range are mountainous and traditionally only used in summer.

Scientists report that the animals are being increasingly forced to use those rugged, inhospitable areas in winter as well.

Campbell said it’s time the provincial government lived up to its own promises as well as Ottawa’s objectives.

“The recovery strategy is very clear that all of that range is important,” she said. “It’s very concerning that there still seems to be significant loss of other good areas.

“There are solutions within reach, but this just makes it more difficult.”

Handy just wants to see actions live up to words.

“What the government’s saying about habitat protection, they’re committed to it and stuff, I’m just not seeing it. I’m seeing the opposite.”

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E-commerce growth slowing in Canada as shoppers look to overseas e-stores Michael Oliveira

ping dramatically” earlier this year, says one industry analyst, who notes Canadians have beTORONTO, Ontario come increasingly wise to how -commerce growth is slow- much better online shopping ing in Canada after “drop- can be in other countries.

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According to MasterCard Advisors, monthly Canadian e-commerce sales have grown on a year-over-year basis for 55 consecutive months, but the trend began losing steam

earlier this year.

A streak of more than 15 months of year-over-year growth exceeding 20 per cent was broken in the spring when online sales in Canada began slumping, said Sarah Quinlan, a senior vice president with MasterCard Advisors.

There are economic factors at play that slowed down online shopping in Canada but a nagging detriment to the e-commerce market is a relative lack of options consumers have at their disposal, especially in comparison to what’s available in the U.S., U.K., and European countries.

While many of Canada’s biggest retailers host robust ecommerce platforms, there are some glaring omissions.

When Target made its big launch into Canada in March it didn’t include an online store and the U.S. retailer has given no indication when it may enable online shopping.

Canadian Tire only sells tires online and although it plans to enact a wider e-commerce strategy next year, it will focus on letting consumers ship purchases to their nearest store, not to their home.

“One of the biggest challenges right now is there aren’t as many (e-commerce) options,” said Quinlan, who noted that consumers aren’t blind to the fact that there are often better deals and more selection available if they do some cross-border online shopping, even after factoring in the exchange rate, duties and shipping.

Canadian shoppers who visit the websites of U.S. retailers including J.C. Penney, Macy’s and Nordstrom are greeted by pop-up windows that promise an easy transaction with all the extra fees tallied at check out and no surprise costs.

“It’s very critical to give respect to the consumer, the consumer is extremely aware.

You can see it in the overall volatility of total retail sales ... you can absolutely see the consumer is very sensitive to any change in overall policy that might affect their purchasing power or their wallet,” said Quinlan.

In September, Google commissioned Ipsos to conduct an online poll to gauge consumer intentions heading into the holiday season. Consumers estimated they would do about 18 per cent of their holiday shopping with Canadian online stores and four per cent with American e-tailers. Those figures barely budged up from last year’s numbers, acknowledged Google Canada’s head

of industry and retail Rafe Petkovic.

According to another Ipsos poll, a global survey commissioned by coupon site RetailMeNot.ca, 27 per cent of Canadians said they wouldn’t do any online shopping this holiday season, which was third highest among the 11 countries surveyed. Just 10 per cent of Canadians said they’d do the majority of their holiday shopping online, compared to 44 per cent of the Brits surveyed, 40 per cent of Chinese respondents and 33 per cent of German shoppers.

Compared to G8 nations and other similarly sized markets, Canada is just about last when it comes to e-commerce sales and sophistication, Petkovic said.

“The closest equivalent is Australia and they’re still two to three years ahead of where Canada is in terms of the level of investment behind technology and infrastructure and capabilities,” he said.

“We know Canadian consumers are a highly engaged online audience, where we fall behind is when it comes to e-commerce as a proportion of total retail sales relative to those other G8 markets....

Certainly when it comes to ecommerce as a proportion of retail sales, (Canada) is down at the bottom there.”

While Canadians aren’t shopping online as much, we are increasingly leaning heavily on the Internet to inform purchasing decisions, Petkovic added.

“Digital is not just about e-commerce, it’s about influencing consumers and driving them into your store,” he said.

“While e-commerce sales may not be that great in this market we’re certainly seeing mobile influence in-store purchasing.”

Seventy-six per cent of the consumers polled in the Google survey said they would use the web to help them decide which stores to shop at this holiday season and the brands of products to purchase.

About half said they’d use their mobile phone as a shopping tool. Tellingly, almost 80 per cent of those consumers who commonly use their phone while shopping said they’ve left a store without making a purchase because of information they found on their mobile device.

“Everyone’s walking around with mobile phones, supercomputers, in their pockets ... people’s path to purchase has forever changed,” Petkovic said.

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LIFE

Local ‘angel’ earns prime minister’s award “We felt that she works from the heart for the children.

She’s an angel for children. She’s an angel for babies.”

Ian Stewart/Yukon News

Joan Berriman helps a young charge during snack time at Maranatha Preschool Daycare in Whitehorse last week. Berriman was honoured by the prime minister in November for her life’s work in early childhood education.

Ashley Joannou

annually to childcare workers from across the country in recognition for their work. hen you make your way Her co-workers along with to Maranatha Preschool parents at the daycare and the Daycare in Riverdale, there are, Yukon Child Care Association at first, only subtle signs you sent in the nomination. are heading towards a daycare.

“We felt that she works from The railing along the stairs the heart for the children,” said is just a little bit lower; the coat daycare owner Gurnam Aulakh. rack is in reach of short arms.

“She’s an angel for children.

The inside is what you She’s an angel for babies.” would expect: toys and games For Berriman, who looks and brightly-coloured posters and acts like everyone’s grandon the walls. ma, her motivation for workIn the back room, Joan ing with children is simple and Berriman is one of two teachmatter-of-fact. ers who spend their days with “I just love little children,” eight infants and toddlers. she said, laughing at the quesAfter more than two decades in tion itself. “I really do love childcare, she is as much a fix- everybody, I’m just that kind of ture in the building as anything person. I try to look at positive else. things mostly.”

Last month the 71-year-old After spending so much time was honoured with a cerat the daycare, Berriman has tificate of achievement at the developed relationships with Prime Minister’s Awards for many young people in the city.

Excellence in Early Childhood “Because she’s been here for Education. a long time, the children who are now school-aged started The award is handed out News Reporter

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with her when they were babies,” Aulakh said.

Others are much older.

“There’s some boys that are in high school now. They don’t come to daycare,” Berriman said.

Originally from South Africa, Berriman moved with her family to Dawson City in 1990 and began working at the local daycare not long after.

That first summer was great, she said. “We came for the summer and loved it. When we did move we discovered the winter. But anyways, I’m still here.”

Childcare was what Berriman knew, after raising four children as a stay-at-home mom, she was basically a seasoned pro.

“So I guess I’ve always been around children,” she says.

She moved to Whitehorse in 1992 and began working at Maranatha.

She worked with the kindergarten children until 1994.

When the baby room opened up, she was the first one to be offered a spot.

Evening classes at Yukon College allowed her to complete her diploma in early childhood education in 1997.

In their nomination letter to the award committee, Berriman’s co-workers praised her work and commitment to the younger generation.

“Joan carries her infants up and down two flights of stairs daily in order to ensure they get playtime outdoors. Until 2012 there was no on-site playground for the children at Maranatha so she would push her children in a stroller (rain, shine or snow) to local playgrounds and parks,” the letter reads.

Berriman also received recognition for the work she puts into listening and respecting the cultural values of the many families that come to the daycare.

Berriman says she considers

herself very multicultural. Her programming often includes activities surrounding important cultural events.

“Whatever colour you are, that’s your colour, whatever nationality you are, that’s your nationality. I really try to see people for themselves,” she says.

Berriman said the attention and accolades from the people around her are surprising, but appreciated.

“It was nice to ready the positive comments of the parents and everything. It makes you realize that you are getting watched if you think so, or not.”

At 71, when most people are comfortably settled into retirement, Berriman continues to work at the daycare eight hours a day, five days a week.

It’s something she says she still loves.

“It’s like a big family.”

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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Party full of glamour is alternative to mock wedding

MISS

MANNERS

store.

I never thought I’d say such a thing, but if you’re looking for a one-size-fits-all gift, just go with cash. Does Miss Manners care to comment?

GENTLE READER: How about this: Cash isn’t a present; it is a penalty paid by people who have not taken enough interest in the recipient to know what to choose.

Or this: Miss Manners agrees that laundering money with a gift card makes it harder to spend, and therefore worse.

Or this: If there were such a thing as a one-size-fitsall present, everyone would already have one.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: It has taken me many years to come to terms with the abuse I suffered from my mother while growing up, and I prefer not to have anything to do with her because she is in denial that it ever even happened and will not get help for her mental illness.

I make a point not to mention my mother to anyone and never criticize her to others, as I do have sympathy for her, since it is obvious that she endured her own trauma at some point. It’s as though she doesn’t exist, and I like it that way.

I now have a 5-month-old son, and people often ask about his “grandmother.”

What can I say that won’t make them feel uncomfortable? She isn’t dead, but she will never be a part of my son’s life.

GENTLE READER: Say, “It’s a sad story; I’d rather not talk about it.”

Miss Manners is aware that many people consider this an invitation to ask, “Why not?

What happened?” so repeat the second half of the sentence until they give up.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been dating my boyfriend for eight years. We have lived together for the last six or seven years. How much longer should I wait for a proposal?

GENTLE READER: Go right ahead and propose. You have Miss Manners’ blessing, and you will have his answer.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am the queen of a Mardi Gras krewe and am hosting a semiformal Queen’s Party. I will be serving a buffet but don’t want to use the word “buffet.”

Is there another, “classier” word I can use?

GENTLE READER: Victorians who first used the

However, she bequeaths you the abandoned word “collation,” which will probably fail to convey the terms of your gathering and leave them wondering whether they should make dinner reservations. And she adds the warning that attempts to be “classy” almost inevitably produce the opposite effect.

word “buffet,” pronounced the French way, to describe a meal laid out for self-service on the buffett (the sideboard), probably thought they were classier than people who were still using the 16thcentury word “collation” for a light evening meal.

Buffet is now standard, however, and Miss Manners fails to see why you think it is declasse. It tells your guests what to expect — that whatever they grab from the table will have to be eaten standing up.

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but not quite. She assumes that you just want a bit of glamour in your otherwise happy life. Life is so relentlessly casual nowadays that many people yearn for that.

by Judith Indeed, it probably accounts for many a financially ruinMartin ous wedding.

But you don’t need to pretend to be getting married in order to throw a formal, glamorous party. You don’t need any excuse but that of DEAR MISS MANNERS: wanting to show your friends Like most women, I have a good time — without their dreamt of a magical wedbeing your attendants or ding to my very own Prince audience, and without their Charming. At the young age of 19, I was deeply in love and having to worry about producing presents. engaged to the man of my You can then be yourself, dreams.

Before we had even started an adult wife and mother, rather than the embodiment planning our wedding, we of your childish fantasy. And found out I was pregnant at a formal party, you can (oops and yay!). We decided we should speed up the even wear a strapless white ball dress, as that is what process for the benefit of the baby and our new family. We passes for a wedding dress nowadays. had a small ceremony with a judge in the home of my DEAR MISS MANNERS: husband’s mother. Only our Our office was wondering immediate family was there when it is appropriate to stop to witness our vows — no wishing people a happy new friends, uncles, aunts, etc. year. For instance, is it apNow, two years later, we propriate to wish callers and are even more in love than visitors a happy new year before. I am only 21 and he throughout the month of is nearly 24. I still dream of January, or beyond? my dad walking me down GENTLE READER: The the aisle, a big, white fluffy dress, my husband at the end time to stop is when people are embarrassed about havof a long cathedral aisle. I ache for the “first dance” and ing violated their New Year’s resolutions. Miss Manners dance with my father, the bridesmaids’ support, and the estimates that as any day now. excitement and affirmation of DEAR MISS MANNERS: all of our loved ones.

I know that I can’t say anyWould it be so wrong to thing about gift cards (except have a wedding now, two “thank you”), but perhaps years after our vows? We didn’t have a registry, brides- Miss Manners can.

I do not enjoy shopping. maids, caterer, dancing, reBut every year I start months ception, etc., before. Is it OK in advance, doing my best to to go all out now? find a thoughtful, appropriA final note ... if it is OK for people to get divorced and ate gift for each person. Then Christmas comes, and I get remarried to another person an assortment of gift cards — and have another wedding, then how could it be “wrong” and my shopping chore starts all over again. to have a “real” wedding Some are for stores not (dress, registry, bridesmaids found in my area. And I have and all) to the same man to make the gift fit the size you’ve been in love with and of the card, so to speak — I faithfully committed to for often end up having to add years?

GENTLE READER: Could money. Very rarely, those who know me well give me a card it be the fact that a real wedfor a store that I frequent ding is exactly what this is not? At a real wedding, people regularly, or for a shop, previously unknown to me, that get married. You had a real becomes a favorite. But not wedding. usually.

If you want to have a I realize I risk sounding mock wedding for the sake like an ungrateful cad — afof the lavish pageantry, you ter all, a stack of gift cards should be extremely careful indicates at least that many about whom you invite. You wouldn’t want people assum- friends. But the actual result ing that your objectives are to is that I have to do all the show off and receive presents. shopping twice, I have to run all over town, and I’m limited Miss Manners is not quite to just so much at a particular that hard-hearted. Almost,

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Tender documents may be obtained at the Champagne & Aishihik First Nations Housing Department at #1 Allen Place, Haines Junction, Yukon or can be emailed by contacting mevans@cafn.ca.

The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Tenders, or to accept the Tender which the CAFN deems to be in its own best interest. Tenders submitted by fax will not be accepted nor considered.

Champagne and Aishihik First Nations employs a preference for Citizens and Citizen Businesses as set out in the tender documents.

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RECREATION

Yukon figure skaters selected for Arctic Games

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Skaters participated in the Yukon Gold Nugget and Arctic Games trials over the weekend at the Canada Games Centre. Left to right: Kelcy Armstrong spins her way onto the Arctic Games team on Friday. Mikayla Kramer performs during the trials on Friday. Jamie Nickel competes in the senior A interpretive division on Saturday.

Tom Patrick News Reporter

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ight young ladies have skated onto Team Yukon for the 2014 Arctic Winter Games this March.

Yukon’s figure skating team for the Games was announced following the Yukon Gold Nugget Interclub Competition and Arctic Winter Games trials Friday and Saturday at the Canada Games Centre.

Set to represent Yukon are Landyn Blisner, Tessa Moore and Meghan Birmingham in Level 1; Jenelle Clethero and Kayla Armstrong in Level 2; Kelcy Armstrong, Mikayla Kramer and Morgan Madden in Level 3.

All eight are members of WhitePre-introductory interpretive Gold: Bronwyn Hays (AESC) Silver: Alissa Russell (AESC) Bronze: Josephine Zuelow (Juneau) Elements 1 – group 1 Gold: Alissa Russell (AESC) Silver: Tessa Moore (AESC) Bronze: Emilie Perreault (AESC)

horse’s Arctic Edge Skating Club.

At 10 years old, Moore was too young to compete at the 2012 Games, so she participated as a flower girl at the skating competition.

“I’m happy because I get to go to Fairbanks and get the experience of going with the team and representing the Yukon,” said Moore, who won a silver in the Gold Nugget on Saturday.

It was the same story for 11-year-old Kramer, who set a personal best score en route to a gold medal in the Nugget.

“I was really disappointed a couple years ago because I couldn’t go because I was too young and I really wanted to go,” said Kramer.

“This year I’m really excited be-

cause it’s a really good experience for everybody to have – a week with the whole team and you’re just having fun.”

Of the eight skaters, Kelcy Armstrong has far and away the most Games experience.

She is the only one who competed at the 2012 Games in Whitehorse, placing fourth in the Ladies 3 free program.

She also competed at the 2010 Arctic Games in Grande Prairie, Alta., taking fourth overall in the Ladies 1 division.

“Kelcy’s been skating since she was very little … I think she started skating when she was three years old,” said Arctic Edge chair Stacey Hays. “She’s been involved for a long time and her sister Kayla has

Elements 1 – group 2 Gold: Katherine Fritsch (Juneau) Silver: Michaela DeCook (AESC) Bronze: Meghan Birmingham (AESC) Senior A creative women Gold: Josephine Zuelow (Juneau) Elements 2 Silver: Alissa Russell (AESC) Gold: Mikayla Kramer (AESC) Bronze: Jamie Nickel (AESC) Silver: Jenelle Clethero (AESC)

Results

Bronze: Morgan Madden (AESC) Senior B creative women Gold: Mikayla Kramer (AESC) Junior creative women Silver: Jenelle Clethero (AESC) Gold: Anika Kramer (AESC) Silver: Emma Riske (AESC) Bronze: Sarah Milton (AESC)

been involved for quite a few years.”

Yukon’s two medal winners from the 2012 Games – Bryn Hoffman and Rachel Pettitt – now skate at too high a level to qualify for the 2014 Arctic Games this March in Fairbanks, Alaska.

A total of 21 skaters from the Arctic Edge Skating Club and four from Alaska’s Juneau Skating Club competed at the Gold Nugget, which is the Yukon championships.

The Gold Nugget competition featured the STARSkate program for a second straight year. The STAR program, which stands for Skills, Tests, Achievement and Recognition, is a nationally standardized testing system. It places more emphasis on skill-development than competition. In the system, STAR 1 Anika Kramer (AESC) – silver Sarah Milton (AESC) – silver Emma Riske (AESC) – silver Adrian Lau (AESC) – bronze Queenie Lu (AESC) – bronze Phoebe Qiu (AESC) – bronze STAR 2 Emilie Perreault (AESC) – silver Lenneah Timmermans (AESC)– bronze

skaters are scored and awarded on their performances, but are not ranked against each other, so there can be multiple golds, silvers and bronze in each division.

The program began as a pilot project within B.C. and Yukon last season and has since been adopted nationwide, said Hays. “(Skate Canada) found it successful because the skaters get credit on their own merits, so if they all achieve the gold standard, they get the gold medal,” said Hays.

“There’s a pretty clear set of what they need to accomplish in their program. It’s not until they’re older and at higher levels that they rank them and put them in order.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

STAR 3 Bronwyn Hays (AESC) – gold Kara Hort (Juneau) – silver Jamie Nickel (AESC) – silver Michaela DeCook (AESC) – bronze STAR 4 Alissa Russell (AESC) – gold Josephine Zuelow (Juneau) – silver Katherine Fritsch (Juneau) – bronze Meredith Fritsch (Juneau) – bronzew

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Visiting teams steal the show at Mustangs Night Tom Patrick News Reporter

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ack-to-back weekends packed with hockey may have taken a toll on two Mustangs teams.

The Norcope Bantam Mustangs and the Peewee B Mustangs Whitehorse rep teams went from Outside tournaments the previous weekend to four-game series during Hockey Day in Whitehorse and Mustangs Night at Takhini Arena over this past weekend.

“This was game number nine in about 10 days … so I think they might have been a little worn out,” said Norcope Mustangs head coach Martin Lawrie.

“So we lacked some depth today.”

The Norcope Mustangs hosted the Port Alberni Bulldogs from Vancouver Island and the Peewee B Mustangs hosted Alaska’s Juneau Capitals during the annual Whitehorse hockey celebration.

A 7-2 win by the Norcope Mustangs over the Bulldogs Saturday night marked the only win for the two Whitehorse teams in the two four-game exhibition series. The Mustangs fought back from a goal down to score four goals to end the first period up 4-2.

Mustangs captain Mathew Cooper scored twice, Ethan Lavallee had a goal and assist, including the game-winner, and assistant captain Gavin Lawrie had two assists. Mustangs goalie Tynan Hope got the win.

“They are a pretty good team,” said Gavin. “They are probably one of the hardest teams we’ve played all year and we’ll probably see them at provincials.”

The Bantam Mustangs also lost 3-1 on Friday, 3-2 Saturday morning and 3-1 Sunday morning.

The Mustangs were missing one of the team’s star forwards, Dylan Cozens, who broke his leg at a Tier 2 tournament the previous weekend in Fort St. John.

However, second-year Mustangs players Riley Smoler and Jesse McCuiag returned from injury

BEst

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Top, Whitehorse Bantam Mustangs forward Riley Smoler takes a shot on net against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs at Takhini Arena on Friday. The Mustangs lost 3-1. Right, Juneau Capitals forward Tyler Weldon skates away from Peewee B Mustang Josh Kearney during the Capitals’ 5-3 win on Saturday at Takhini Arena.

for the series.

“I had a really strong effort from our captain Cooper, Jesse had a really good weekend – he’s kind of fighting an injury but he played well,” said Lawrie. “Riley Smoler was really good for us.”

Scoring in the three losses were Smoler, Gavin and two from Mackenzie Benn-Wipp.

“I thought it was very evenly matched; each game was a battle,” said Bulldogs head coach Mike Doucette. “Last night (on Saturday) they showed if we didn’t bring our best game, they really took it to us.

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“Our goaltender Broden Cull really stood tall for us throughout the weekend,” said Hennings. “(Defenceman Samantha McLeod) really came to play and she battled hard. She is the only girl on the team, yet she fits right in and she really worked hard and impressed me.”

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Games between the Peewee B Mustangs and the Juneau Capitals got tighter each time they took to the ice.

After a 7-0 blowout for the Capitals on Friday, the Mustangs narrowed the spread with 6-3, 5-3 losses on Saturday and a 3-1 loss on Sunday.

“The boys were in tough, but they came back and battled hard,” said Mustangs head coach Ryan Hennings. “Friday night was a rough start for them and they lost a bit of confidence. But we had to work our way through that and understand what it takes to win – the effort and teamwork that’s required.

“Working through that we were able to battle better and even though we didn’t win, we put in some good games in the last two games.”

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The previous weekend the Peewee B Mustangs won silver at the Wetaskiwin Peewee Challenge Tier 4 tournament an hour south of Edmonton.

The Juneau Capitals arrived a day early and left a day late to do some shopping and enjoy Whitehorse. The Bulldogs also made good use of their time in Yukon.

“It was an amazing experience right from day one,” added Doucette. “Right from the billet families meeting us at the airport, to dog sledding Friday morning, to three of us coaches bringing sticks, gloves and skates and finding an outdoor rink in a neighbourhood and playing shinny for a couple hours between games.

The whole experience has been absolutely amazing. They welcomed us with open arms and it’s been fantastic.”

A total of 22 games took place, including 11 Whitehorse house league games, over the weekend at Takhini Arena.

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hitehorse speedskater Troy Henry is getting a shot at Sochi.

The 24-year-old long-track skater has qualified for the Team Canada’s Olympic trials, Speed Skating Canada announced last week.

“I was pretty happy about it,” said Henry. “Most of it was from a competition I had in October – the World Cup trials that I skated pretty well at. I got seventh there and that gave me a lot of points towards getting to the Olympic trials.”

Henry will vie for a spot on Canada’s Olympic team bound for the Sochi Games in two distances. He will race in the 5,000-metre trials Dec. 28 and the 10,000-metre on Jan. 3 at the Calgary Olympic Oval, where he trains in the Calgary Oval Program.

“No other races. I’m not as fast in my other distances,” said Henry, who is a member of the Whitehorse Rapids Speed Skating Club. “My next fastest distance would be the 1,500, but it still needs a little bit of work.”

Henry qualified for his first Olympic trials through his performances at the World Cup Long Track Trials at the Calgary Oval in October.

In his first meet of the season, Henry placed seventh out of 13 skaters, with a time of 14:11.59, in the 10,000-metre.

It is still the only time he has raced the 10-kilometre event this season. He also took 11th in the 5,000-metre at the World Cup trials.

More recently Henry had success against an international field of skaters. He took fifth place in the 5,000-metre in the 2013 CanAm International at the Calgary Oval two weeks ago.

In the event he set a seasonbest time of 6:42.72 and was the third Canadian in the field of 35 skaters in the race, just ahead of a skater from Belgium in sixth and a Polish skater in seventh.

Henry also raced to 17th in a field of 103 skaters in the 1,500-metre and 23rd out of 118 skaters in the 500-metre.

He placed 12th in the 5,000-metre at the North American Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, last March.

He finished last season’s Canada Cup series with seventh in the 10,000-metre and 20th in the 5,000-metre in Calgary.

A background in cycling has helped him in the longer distance events.

“I do well with aerobic training … It’s what I’m good at,” said Henry. “I respond well to training for that kind of distance.”

Last season marked Henry’s first full season competing in long-track since making the

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Whitehorse’s Troy Henry has qualified for Team Canada’s Olympic speedskating trials for the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre events later this month in Calgary.

jump from short-track.

Henry won over a dozen medals in short-track in four Arctic Winter Games appearances between 2002 and 2008.

He has also represented the Yukon at three Canada Games, including two summer Games in cycling. On the bike Henry won the 2011 Tour of An-

chorage and the 2012 Tour of Juneau. “(My New Year’s Eve) will be really quiet,” said Henry. “I

probably won’t be going home for Christmas because of it.”

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The Flames’ Noah Kinney, right, handles the puck while the Wild’s Hemish Tailor and a pack skaters give chase during the Timbits game, which kicked off Hockey Night in Whitehorse on Friday at Takhini Arena.

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to reach the A final where they beat Aiden Proctor’s team 8-4, scoring three in the eighth end to crack it hitehorse’s Thomas Scoffin open. and his University of Alberta They had a tough draw. Proctor Junior Golden Bears earned a spot went on to qualify for the provat Alberta’s Junior Provincial Curl- incials through the C draw and ing Championships with ease over Maschmeyer through the B draw. the weekend.

“We really clicked early, figured Team Scoffin took three straight out the ice as a team and it seemed wins to qualify for the provincials to have worked well for us comfor the second year in a row at the pared to other teams,” said Scoffin.

Northern Alberta Curling AssociaLast year Scoffin’s Junior tion’s Junior Men’s and Women’s Bears rink went 4-1 at the NACA Northern Playdowns in Wetaskichampionships to qualify for the win, Alta. provincials through the B draw.

“It was a quick weekend for us, The team went on to win the we were there for about 24 hours,” Alberta championships to earn a said skip Scoffin. “We’re happy berth at the Canadian Junior Curlto qualify quickly and avoid any ing Championships where they scares. It’s step one down, and now took silver. we’re on to provincials.”

“It feels good to get it done The Scoffin rink, which includes again, it’s always a testing weekend third Dylan Gousseau, second for us,” said Scoffin. “We played on Jaques Bellamy and lead Andrew some different ice conditions and O’Dell, qualified through the A we’re happy to come out and play draw with wins over fellow Saville strong, get our three wins and get curling club rinks. out of there straight to provincials.”

They downed Logan MorteTeam Scoffin has had great more’s team 9-1 to start and success on the World Curling Tour topped Kenton Maschmeyer’s 9-2 this season.

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In their previous outing, the team reached the semifinal of the Spruce Grove Cashspiel. They also reached the semifinal of the Avonair Cash Spiel, another World Curling Tour event, in Edmonton at the start of the season in October.

Last month they reached the final of the Original 16 World Curling Tour Bonspiel at the Calgary Curling Club. Team Scoffin lost 3-2 to South Korea’s ChangMin Kim in the final.

Scoffin was named skip of the First Team All-Star with a 78-percent shot rate at last season’s junior nationals. He is currently tied for fourth on the all-time win list with 33 career wins at the nationals and still has two more years of eligibility, including this season.

The Alberta championships will take place during the Christmas holidays in Leduc.

“We’re feeling pretty confident, we’re going to work hard here up until Christmas and put our best effort in again,” said Scoffin.

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Whitehorse skiers collect first NorAm medals of the season Tom Patrick News Reporter

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he first Haywood NorAm races of the season almost didn’t take place.

They were nearly cancelled due to cold weather. By midday temperatures rose just above the minus-20 cutoff, “But that was in the sun and without wind chill,” said Yukon’s Knute Johnsgaard. “Lots of people got frostbite. Perhaps we had a bit of an advantage coming from Whitehorse.”

Yukon’s hardy skiers prospered in the chill, winning three medals in the NorAm at Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre in Vernon, B.C., over the weekend.

Junior Dahria Beatty sprinted to gold and siblings Graham and Emily Nishikawa each collected a bronze.

“Both days we woke up and weren’t sure if the races were going to go or not,” said Beatty.

“But the races went ahead and the Yukon had a really strong showing.”

Beatty won gold in the junior women 1.2-kilometre sprint on Sunday, marking Yukon’s first gold medal of the NorAm season. She also placed fourth in the junior women’s 10-kilometre free – 12th overall for open women – on Saturday.

“I was really happy with today, my qualifier was good and in all three heats I was feeling really strong and won my quarterfinal, semifinal and final,” said the 19-year-old. “It felt good to have such a strong race at the start of the season.

“Saturday’s race felt all right.

I felt like I was missing that top speed that I should have been going at. So I was hoping for a little bit better result on Saturday, but all in all I was happy with the weekend.”

Beatty also captured gold in a 10-kilometre classic the previous weekend at the Alberta Cup in Canmore. Her goal for the season is to qualify for the FIS Nordic Junior World Championships at the end of January.

There is one qualification spot available for the junior worlds in the two December NorAms, otherwise Beatty will have to qualify in the main trials next month in Canmore. This season is Beatty’s last as a junior.

“My main goal is to qualify for the Junior World Championships, which are in Val di Fiemme, Italy,” said Beatty, who is on Canada’s junior national team. “I’m racing again next weekend at the NorAm in Rossland, so I’m hoping to have a strong showing there as well to qualify.”

Graham Nishikawa won bronze in the open men’s 15-kilometre free on Saturday,

Julie Melanson photo

Whitehorse’s Graham Nishikawa skis in the open men’s 15-kilometre free on Saturday at the Haywood NorAm races in Vernon, B.C. Nishikawa won the bronze.

finishing as the top Canadian.

He was just 4.5 seconds behind the winner in the individual start race.

Graham went on to take eighth in the senior men’s 1.4-kilometre spring on Sunday.

“Distance is my focus and that was the race I was keying in on this weekend,” said Graham.

“It was a good start (to the season). Obviously, being just four seconds (behind the winner), it was super tight. Just one or two changes can get (me) back to the top.”

Sister Emily won her bronze in the senior women’s 1.2-kilometre sprint on Sunday after taking fifth in the open women’s 10-kilometre free on Saturday.

“I’m definitely happy,” said Emily. “I feel like my form is coming along and is getting better with each race. That’s a great sign for next weekend and for (Olympic) trials after Christmas. So I’m very happy with

how the weekend went.”

Emily claimed gold in the senior women’s 11.25-kilometre classic race at the Alberta Cup the previous weekend. She has now had success in both a distance and a sprint race in the young ski season.

“I’m happy to be racing – this is the fun part,” said Emily.

“I’m excited for the races to come.”

Yukon was narrowly edged out of a fourth medal over the weekend. Johnsgaard placed fourth in the senior men’s 1.4-kilometre sprint on Sunday for his strongest NorAm sprint result of his career.

He also came ninth in the open men’s 15-kilometre free on Saturday.

“They were two solid races for me,” said Johnsgaard. “There was some good competition with a few fast Americans coming up, so to crack the top ten was good. I skied very efficiently

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and kept a steady pace for every lap on the skate, not worrying about the few guys that overtook me. I think a lot of people started fast or tried to hang on to stronger skiers and then paid for it on the last lap.”

Johnsgaard’s Yukon Elite Squad teammate, Colin Abbott,

did not start on Saturday due to illness, but skied to 12th in the senior men’s 1.4-kilometre sprint on Sunday.

“He had a bit of a cold the week leading up to the races so he chose to save himself for the sprints,” said Johnsgaard.

“It was very cold for both race days, which is particularly hard on your lungs. So him being sick, it was probably a good call.”

All five Yukon skiers will compete at the second set of NorAm races this weekend in Rossland, B.C. The Olympic Games and World Junior/U23 Championships trials will take place Jan. 8-12 in Canmore.

The Nishikawas, who competed at the world championships last season, are hoping to qualify for their first Olympic Games next month.

“Things are good,” said Graham. “The plan is to be skiing really fast in four weeks from now … It doesn’t really matter how I’m doing right now, as long as I’m feeling good and getting better each weekend. I’ll look for another good race in Rossland next Sunday.”

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Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 3-bdrm 2-bath home in Crestview with attached garage On greenbelt Next to park and rink No Smoking, no pets $1,700/mon Including electricity & utilities Call 334-9773 3-BDRM TRAILER in Lobird, no dogs, avail immed. $1,200/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 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 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 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

CHARMING CABIN on Takhini river w/private sauna,/electricity/phone/internet, no running water. Both wood & toyo stove. Refs reqʼd, avail Jan. 1, $650/mon. 668-1045 2-BDRM + den, attached garage, upper level of triplex in PC, bright, energy efficient, near bus stop, N/S, no parties, one cat ok, $1,350/mon + utils. 333 0866 LG 3-BDRM suite in PC, avail Jan 1st, new reno, satellite TV, dishwasher, shed, garden, $1,600/mon all incl, text or leave msg 336-0306 3-BDRM HOUSE, Takhini, 2,000 sq ft w. garage, N/S, N/P, avail Jan. 1, $1,700/mon.

334-6510 WANTED: FEMALE roommate in d/t house, N/S, N/P, refs & dd reqʼd, $600/mon includes elec & laundry. 668-5185 or 667-7840 2-BDRM BASEMENT suite, Riverdale, avail immed, $1,200/mon includes everything, $500 dd required. Call Pink, 334-6283 2-BDRM HOUSE in Riverdale, partially furnished, N/P, N/S, laundry facilities, avail Dec 15, $1,100/mon. 867-634-3887 RIVERDALE TOWNHOUSE January 1.

3-bdrm, 1.5 bath, finished basement, carport and large common yard, N/S, pets considererd, $1,450/mon + utils. 334-5585 OFFICE SPACE, 257 sq ft, heat/elec included, 2nd flr, corner of 4th & Wood, lease required, $530/mon includes GST. 333-0085 OFFICE SPACE, 454 sq ft, heat/elec included, reception & 2 sep rooms, 2nd flr corner of 4th & Wood, lease required, $965.95/mon includes GST. 333-0085 2-BDRM CONDO-STYLE apt, Hillcrest, clean, 5 appliances, elec heat (not included) carport, N/S, no dogs, responsible tenants, $1,150/mon + dd. 333-0085 2-BDRM CONDO-STYLE apt, Hillcrest, newly renoʼd, clean, 5 appliances, elec heat (not included), carport, N/S, no dogs, responsible tenants, $1,450/mon + dd.

333-0085 3-BDRM UPPER level of house, Ingram, avail Jan. 1, heat, hydro & laundr incl, first/last month rent, $1,750/mon. 334-4755

2-BDRM HOUSE d/t, laundry, parking incl, sm fenced backyard, N/S, no parties, pets considered, $1,200/mon+utils. Contact whse@hotmail.com.

FULLY FURNISHED home for January, February & March, 2014. 668-4835 2-BDRM BSMT suite, Granger, clean & bright, new renos, private ent, laundry room, N/S, N/P, avail immed, $1,100/mon + utils & dd. 667-4463 2-BDRM APT Riverdale, N/S, no dogs, daycare in building, avail Jan. 1, $950/mon + dd all included. 633-3940 after 3pm 4-BDRM, 2-BATH bi-level house in Riverdale. 1800sqft, N/P, no parties, ref reqʼd, avail immed, $1,700/mon + utils. 335-5976 1-BDRM APT downtown, N/P, N/S, avail immed, $950/mon all incl. 633-3940 after 3pm 1 OR 2 bdrms in family home, private bath, shared kitchen/laundry, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd.

667-6579 ROOMMATE WANTED in shared home in Porter Creek, one unfurnished room for $600/mon, one furnished room for $700/mon, 335-3973 or 334-2832 3-BDRM 1.5 bath condo, Riverdale, newly renoʼd kitchen/bath/LR, small fenced yard, shed, lots of parking, dog friendly, avail Jan 1 or sooner, N/S, L/T, refs reqʼd. $1,450/mon. 334-1614 STUDIO/OFFICE SPACE available on Copper Road.

Two spaces available or able to combine for one large space.

First unit, 780 sq. ft.

Second unit, 1,080 sq. ft.

Full lunchroom and utilities included.

Contact Brenda or Michelle at 667-2614 or email totalfire@northwestel.net 3-BDRM TRAILER, clean, N/S, N/P, $1,100/mon + utils, dd $600. 334-7872 2-BDÅRM APARTMENTS, Takhini, clean, well-kept, incl w/d, f/s, dw, parking & city utils, N/S, N/P, responsible tenants, $1,300/mon or $1,100/mon & sec dep.

668-7566 after 4pm 2 OR 3 bedroom mobile home, completely renoʼd, electric baseboard and/or oil heat, fenced yard, 8x12 storage shed, dd&refs reqʼd, $1,200/mon + utils. 332-0726 2-BDRM + den in PC, triplex with attached garage, bright sunny, dw, w/d, parking, bus stop in front, allow one cat, N/S $1,275/mon + $1,275 dd. 333-0866 3-BDRM HOUSE, Riverdale, avail immed, completely renovated this past yr. N/S, N/P refs and DD reqd. $1,600/mo +utils, serious inq only. 335-0277 3-BDRM CONDO D/T, N/S, no pets, avail Jan. 1. $1,600/mon + utils. 667-2255 3-BDRM DUPLEX in Hillcrest, wood/oil heat, w/d, avail immed, $1,100/mon + utils.

668-5558 3-BDRM 2-BATH townhouse, PC, N/S, N/P, avail Dec. 1. $1,700/mon + utils & dd.

334-8088 2-BDRM DOUBLE-WIDE Crestview trailer, furnished, laundry, near bus, no pets, avail immed, $1,250/mon all inclusive & $625 dd.

335-5310

WANTED: JAN. 1, roommate to share waterfront home at Marsh Lake, close to community centre & ski trails, N/S, animals welcome, $500/mon & share elec. 660-4321 FURNISHED ROOM with TV/Cable, wifi internet access, double bed, large comfortable home in Porter Creek, laundry facilities and parking, N/P, avail immed. $695/mon.

667-7733

Miscellaneous for Sale STEEL BUILDING...”THE BIG YEAR END CLEAR OUT!” 20X22 $4,259. 25X24 $4,684.

30X34 $6,895. 35X36 $9,190. 40X48 $12,526. 47X70 $17,200. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

BACHELOR APT 15 mins fr downtown, private entrance, on bus route. N/S, N/P, dd&refs reqʼd, avail Jan 01, suitable for 1 person, $950/mon. 333-0497

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: HOUSEPLANTS/HOUSE sitter for Dec. 26- Jan. 6/14. Charles, 390-2678, lv msg

Real Estate TRAPLINE FOR sale, wray556@yahoo.ca HAINES JUNCTION 2-storey house. Contemporary design, open concept on cul-de-sac, 10+ acres, Fire-smarted around house, lots of trees left, view of St. Elias Mtns, 1350 sq. ft. Rod 634-2240 NEW 28ʼX34ʼ 2-storey unfinished house in Atlin, drilled well, power & septic field, on 2-acres w new 18ʼx28ʼ cabin, trailer & shop, nice location. $214,000. 250-651-7868 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 WATSON LAKE split level home, 2 acres, private well, 3-bdrm, 2-bath, custom kitchen, heated workshop, garage and outbuildings, patio, $199,000 (appraised at $250,0000), 867-536-7757

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

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 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 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 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.

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.

GPRC, FAIRVIEW Campus, Alberta needs Power Engineering Instructors. No teaching experience, no problem. Please contact Brian Carreau at 780-835-6631 and/or visit our website at www.gprc.ab.ca.

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

ExprEssion of intErEst

3-BDRM 2-BATH condo in P/C, 1,700 sqft , 2 parking spots, full appliances, small to medium sized dogs ok, $1,600/mon + utils.

335-7295 3-BDRM 1.5 bath condo, Riverdale, avail Jan 10, N/P, N/S, no partie, 1st month rent as dd, refs reqʼd. $1,400/mon + utils.

456-7121

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Chief Returning Officer for the Kwanlin Dun First Nation Election

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca FURNACE BURNER, fully reconditioned, new motor, transformer & pump, $150.

633-3053

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MASTERCRAFT 4X36" stationary belt sander, needs drive belt, $20, Coleman Powermate 15 Gal compressor=30 feet of hose, runs well, $100.002 adjustable roller stands, $20, 2 adjustable roller stands, $20.

634-5151 8X8 TIMBERS 16ft long for sale $60 a piece 336-3383 byrongagne@gmail.com

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In accordance with its Elections Act, the Kwanlin Dun First Nation will hold an election on March 19, 2014. The Chief Returning Officer, working closely with the Election Committee oversees and supervises the conduct of the vote to ensure the effective execution of the provisions of the Elections Act. A copy of the Act is available by request.

2 Parts/Service Advisors and a Product Advisor for our growing dealership.

Expressions of Interest must include a proposal which clearly states relevant experience as a Chief Returning Officer, preferably in a First Nations setting, and rate of compensation.

Expressions of Interest must be submitted by Monday, December 16th at 4:00pm to:

Applicants should see Brad Barker for the Parts/Service position and Derek Kindervater for the Product Advisor. @ 6111-6th Avenue, Downtown, Whitehorse.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We offer competitive wages and a benefit package.

No phone calls please.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Elections Committee c/o Shadelle Chambers, Executive Council Director Kwanlin Dun First Nation 35 McIntyre Drive Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5H5 Telephone: (867) 633-7876 Email: Shadelle.Chambers@kwanlindun.com

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous are looking for approximately 250 volunteers for the 2014 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous 50th Anniversary Festival.

Volunteers make Rendezvous Awesome! Do you have a special skill or simply enjoy arts and culture? Contribute this year to help enhance the 50th Anniversary Rendezvous Festival! Festivals require community support in order to be successful and volunteering is a great way to give back to the community. Volunteering also presents an opportunity to develop new skills and meet people.

Our Recruitment Team will find something perfect for you! Some of the areas that you can help with: • Park Event Coordinators & Decor • Venue / Event Coordinators • Volunteer Coordinators • Volunteer Recruitment Team • Assistant Coordinators • Information Booth

(Festival Representatives) • Registration Services • Merchandise Team • Air Show Personnel • Performance Tent Team (Stage Hands, etc.)

• Pet Parade Handlers / Clean-up • General Laborers, Set-up /

Tear Down Crews • Food and Beverage Services • Door / Ticket Sales • Security • Barricades • Shuttle Drivers • Parade Marshals • Mascot & Handler

Be sure to visit our website – www.yukonrendezvous.com - to check out the exciting lineup of events for the 2014 Festival from Friday, February 14th – Sunday, February 23rd. And follow us on Facebook! We’d like to be friends with you and your family

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.

Camp Leaders (2 positions) Casual Hire Science Adventures

Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Hourly Rate: $25.00 (Bi-weekly Saturday mornings plus flexible weekly hours) From: January 6, 2014 to July 15, 2014 Competition #:13.157 Initial Review Date: December 16, 2013 The Camp Leaders provide leadership for the All-Girls Science Club, taking responsibility for the successful operation of the program and the positive learning experience of twenty Grades 5-7 girls.

Duties include: • •

Contact: Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous office admin@yukonrendezvous.com 867.667.2148

The Yukon African Caribbean Association (YACA)

Volunteers needed for the African Caribbean Gala, celebrating Nelson Mandela’s life Thursday, December 12th, 2013 – 5:00pm to 8:00 pm at Yukon Francophone Centre, 302 Strickland St. Whitehorse.

The Yukon African Caribbean Association (YACA) is looking for the following volunteers from between 4: 30 to 8pm on Thursday, December 12th, 2013: • General helpers to set up the room and to be at the front desk etc.

• MC for the event • Light and sound technicians.

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

MONDAY • WEDNESDAY • FRIDAY

Employment Opportunity

Community Services

• • •

Preparing and delivering eight “Science of Health” sessions Engaging science mentors from the community Communicating proactively with students, parents, mentors and youth leaders Promoting the All-Girls Science Club to schools and public Writing a professional final report

Qualifications: • • •

A post-secondary science degree Project coordination skills Experience teaching children

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

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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

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

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

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

www.blackpress.ca

www.yukonnews.com

WHITE CHINA trimmed in gold, setting for 8, dinner plates, side plates, cups/saucers, serving platter, serving bowl, sugar/creamer, salt/pepper, $150 obo. 456-4434 WEDDING RING set, 2.5 carat diamond total, 14K gold on both, valued at $18,000, replacement $31,000.00, asking $8,000 obo, rare & registered, serious inquires only.

335-2092 NEW DOUBLE XL black wool jacket, tan colored leather sleeves, $100. 334-1846 FRAMED MIRROR, 4ʼ3” x 3ʼ4” wide, $150 obo. 334-3822 ONE BATTERY charger on wheels.

668-6931 or 332-9355.

WOMENʼS DOWN coats, MEC xs, $85, Land End, med, $125. 311B Hanson St. after 5:00 pm.

HUSQVARNA MODEL 455 (55cc) Rancher Chainsaw with 18" bar, hard case, new cond, barely used, $300 obo. 335-2103 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

8” GAS ice auger, runs great, $100.00.

335-2103 AS SEEN on TV, new Tria Beauty Skin Rejuvenating Laser Kit with cleanser, value $170, asking $65. 333-9305 USED 9ʼ Myers snowplow, fair cond, c/w frame but no rack, pump or lights, $1,500.

633-4666 HONDA PRESSURE power washer, 2600 psi, 160cc, gas powered, 4-stroke, 2.3 gpm, new in box, $180 obo. 335-4407 KENMORE VACUUM cleaner, $20.00, high quality exercise ball $10.00, 668-5882 YOUTH WINTER jackets, MEC sz 12, $40, Patagonia XL, $40, Loki sz 10, $30. 311B Hanson St. eves.

DIDDYBEATS IN ear high performance headphones, like new condition, colour pink. $75.00, 633-6484 NEEDLEPOINT PICTURE of 18th century English pub scene with light and guild frame, 39" x 33", $100. 668-5972 LARGE WESTSTEEL Tidy Tank, asking $500. 335-7154 MEADE 8" Schmidt Cassigrain Telescope.

Too many accessories to list. $1,000 obo.

335-7154 LADIES WINTER boots and shoes (new) from ShoesRUs (never worn), size 9 & 10, priced cheap to sell, 667-6587 lv msg LADIES CLOTHING (new), great for Xmas parties and evening gown/dresses (never worn) for New Years. 667-6587 lv msg CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS (new) from Partylite, Plantation and Murdochs (still in boxes) priced cheap to sell. 667-6587 lv msg

Kluane Corporation

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.

VARIOUS ITEMS for sale (new), great for Xmas presents (still in boxes), priced cheap to sell, 667-6587 lv. msg.

CANADA GOOSE down parka w/fur ruff, model Resolute, top of the line extreme parka, blue, mens XL, like new, $600.

668-5511 AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK Oilskin Drover, extra long length, leg straps, deep fantail gusset, removable cape, 11 oz wax cotton, brown, large, like new, $150, 668 5511 FULL LENGTH mink coat, great X-mas gift, size 12-14, new cond, 633-6870 NIKKEN WATER filtration system, countertop, gravity-fed, over $200 new - asking $50obo. 336-2226 CHINA, ROYAL Albert, Happy Anniversary, Wedding Anniversary, 25th, and 50th, various pieces starting at $15, 332-0025 lv msg PLANT POTS, ceramic, small to medium sizes, various designs, $5 each or 3/$10.

332-0025 lv msg SLOW COOKER, Bravetti, stainless steel, as new, mini slow cooker $15, 332-0025 lv msg BLUE MOUNTAIN Pottery, vintage, out of production in 80s, various pieces, $10 each or $100/dozen, 332-0025 lv msg CANNING JARS, vintage, glass lid c.

1940-1950s, Gem, Carona, Jewel, all sizes $10 each or $100/dozen. 332-0025 lv msg.

LADIES SIZE 10 black Hush Puppies with heel, like new $30.00, 633-6484 MEN'S MEDIUM Mexx jacket $40.00 black, 633-6484 MEN'S LARGE Bench hoodie, excellent shape black with blue accent $60.00, 633-6484 MEN'S LARGE BENCH jacket, grey excellent shape $50.00, 633-6484 MEN'S LARGE Jack & Jones jacket white, great condition $50.00, 633-6484 MEN'S BLACK Volcom hoodie medium, $50.00, 633-6484 MEN'S MED Bench Hoodie, brown wool, great shape, $50.00 obo. 633-6484 US MILITARY Gore-tex 2-pc rain suit, universal camo, worn twice, $500 new, asking $200. 667-2607 SMALL STEEL wood stove, 13” w, 22” h, 21” l, on legs, good for wall-tent, sauna, $50.

667-2607 MASTERCRAFT (CDN Tire) table saw, barely used, $65. 667-2607

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

Village of Haines Junction

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY MUNICIPALITY OF HAINES JUNCTION

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER The Village of Haines Junction invites applications for the position of Chief Administrative Officer. Haines Junction is home to approximately 850 residents and has extensive year round services and amenities. Located at the junction of the Alaska Highway and the Haines Road, Haines Junction lies on the edge of a vast and spectacular wilderness and is a community that offers a high quality of living and unparalleled recreational opportunities for the outdoor enthusiast.

Reporting to Mayor and Council, the successful applicant will be responsible for the overall administrative functions of all municipal departments, as per the Yukon Municipal Act and the bylaws and policies of the Village. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of five years’ experience in municipal senior management and should have the following: 1) Proven track record in municipal operations 2) Excellent communications and interpersonal skills 3) Growth and infrastructure renewal experience 4) Grant development and budget preparation 5) Certificate in local government or relevant post-secondary education The salary range for this position is $81,510 to $103,740 per annum and an attractive benefit package is included.

The closing date for this competition is January 3, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.

Air North, Yukon's Airline is looking for a dynamic individual to join our management team.

The Human Resources Manager will be the driver of innovation for Air North, and will plan and nurture all areas of human resources for the company. This strategic thinker will formalize and revise policy, procedures, guidelines and handbooks, and play a critical role in maintaining our employee culture. Essential assets of this leader are strong communications skills and the ability to encourage and support training and development of our management and employees—who are our greatest asset.

For complete details visit flyairnorth.com/careers CLOSING DATE: December 27, 2013 LOCATION: Whitehorse, Yukon POSITION: Full time, wage commensurate with experience If you are interested in this position, please submit your resumé to Krista Power on or before December 27, 2013.

EMAIL/FAX: careers@flyairnorth.com / 867.456.3111 IN PERSON: Air North Administrative Office 150 Condor Road, Whitehorse, Yukon We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest in the position and advise that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

YAMAHA EF 3800 Generator (head shaved a few years ago, not used since) $300, Craftsman 10" table saw. $50.00, King Canada 10" sliding compound mitre saw C/W 10" Freud blade, 634-5151 DUAL HALOGEN construction stand lamp, needs bulbs. $20, Mastercraft 13" scroll saw single speed, $20, Mastercraft router table $20, 634-5151 9 CUBIC foot propane fridge/freezer with regulator, $600, 634-5151 CHILDRENʼS TLINGIT fur hat, new, handmade Beaver fur, $300. 393-3358 DIAMOND EARRINGS in time for Xmas, valued at $800, asking $400 obo. 335-7830 WOOD LATHE, 12" X 37", 3/4 hp, adjustable speed, on bench. $250 obo, for pics.

660-5101 UNI-SPOTTER PIN welder/dent puller kit, c/w two large boxes of pins, slide hammer, tool box, great for classic car project/body shop $250 obo. 633-3392 WOOD TURNING Tool Set, Freud, with calipers and case, $75, for pics, 660-5101 INFRA-RED SAUNA for two, 35”x40”, hardly used for 1 year, $450. 393-3754 or 334-4787 ORGANIC MAPLE syrup “B”, frozen tin can, $8. 393-3754 or 334-4787 COMPLETE COLLECTION of Liquor Store Bears from 1992-2012, like new, $100 firm.

Just in time for Xmas. 668-7377

MARMOT EARLYLIGHT 2 pers tent,, like new, $100. 334-1252

Mayor Mike Crawshay

The Village of Haines Junction thanks everyone for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. The Village of Haines Junction does not offer compensation for relocation expenses.

MILWAUKEE PAM-DRIVE floor screw systems, like new, $250. 633-4375

MARMOT TRESTLES Syntec Fibres, -18C, exc cond, $65. 334-1252

If you wish to be considered for this position, please send a covering letter and a resume to: Village of Haines Junction Box 5339, Haines Junction, Yukon Y0B 1L0 You may also fax your application to (867) 634-2008, or email to vhj@yknet.ca

PAINTBALL GUN, Spyder aggressor GT, semi auto, full aluminum construction, cw 12oz pure energy C02, $50. 335-8925

flyairnorth.com/careers

Air North, Yukon's Airline is committed to employment equity, and has been serving Yukoners for over 35 years.

We offer competitive wages, a benefits package and an enriching work environment to our over 300 employees.

SCHWINN PULL-BEHIND bicycle child carrier, holds 2 children, c/w push bar, exc cond, $100. 334-1252 MARMOT CWM MemBrain -40C Long Dawn sleeping bag, new $830, used 3 times, $675.

334-1252 MOVING OUT sale from now to end of December, everything must go, furniture, sports & camping equipment, musical instruments, electronics, etc. Phone for appt. 334-1252

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, 2 years old, excellent working condition, $250. 335-7830 GE DISHWASHER, good condition, white, asking $85. 335-1399 INGLIS DRYER, extra large capacity, works fine, $125. 667-7152 AERUS ELECTROLUX ceramic, infrared heaters, 6-mon old, work great, 1/2 of original retail value, $200 for one/$250 for the other which purifies the air as it runs.

336-2226 LAUNDRY PAIR, regular, top loading washer/matching propane dryer, both work fine, Kenmore brand. $65 each or $100 for both. 393-2929 KENMORE REFRIGERATOR Coldspot model 106, top freezer. 18 cu ft., off white color, exc cond, $300. 633-3544

TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics.

G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS 55" PHILLIPS Projection TV in great condition, $75.00 obo. 336-2996

Computers & Accessories COMPUTER AND desk, $279. 633-6004

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 3/4 SIZE violin with bow, hard case and chin rest, asking $250, call 334-9230 to view EPIPHONE TRIGGERMAN guitar amplifier, 100H, DSP, exc cond, retro look, 4-12” speakers in cabinet, $550. 668-3254 YAMAHA ACOUSTIC Guitar, Model F 325, steel strings, like new, c/w carrying case, guitar tuner and instructional DVD Learning the Guitar, $150. 668-5511 FULL SIZE violin w/case, shoulder rest, other accessories, recently returned from a check over with a luthier,, appraised at $7,000,asking $1,800 firm for everything.

336-2226 SELMER CLARINET c/w case, exc cond, $80. 334-1252

Firewood CRL FIREWOOD/WHITEʼS WOOD Standing dry from Haines Junction.

Cut to any length • $250/cord 335-1934 Serving Whitehorse since 2007

Come on Whitehorse, get off your stumps and start heating your homes with Yukon-made fuel!

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, You-haul available.

Discount for larger quantities.

Stockpiled in Whitehorse for PROMPT Delivery Visa, M/C, Cheque, 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

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013 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 1ST QUALITY heating wood Season-dried over 3-yrs. to be picked up on Levich Drive in Mt. Sima industrial subdivision.

Complete info at 335-0100.

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

REMINGTON 870 12, tactical with peep sights. Mint unfired. $550 obo. 335-7154 WINCHESTER M O D E L 70 extreme weather, 30-06. stainless, composite stock. approx 100 rounds, VG condition c/w Talley scope mounts, PAL required, $800.

335-8925 RUGER M77 Hawkeye, 300Win, mag, all weather, mint condition, incl mounted 3-9x40mm Leupold scope, Plano gun boot + cleaning kit, must have firearm license. $800. 335-1093 NORINCO JW 27 bolt action .22 LR with 2.5X scope, $160. Cooey mod 840 .410 gauge single shot, $120. 668-6716 WANTED: #4 Lee Enfields especially longbranch manufacture, prefer unsporterized, top $ for original snipers, back in mid-Jan, thirtypound@hotmail.com or 905-878-1584 RUGER M77 Mark II all weather stainless steel cal. .223, new, $700. 668-6716

Wanted WANTED: BROOMBALL players for 2013/14 season, no experience needed, fun, gets you off the couch, makes winter go fast, meet new friends. Check our website yukonbroomball, or 335-0534 WANTED: SMALL or medium-sized wooden book shelf. Please call 667-7684.

WANTED: RSF wood stove. 334-6868 WANT TO part with your old Lister CS 6/1 engine? Can be in running condition or not.

536-4744

Cars

Dry Pine Firewood $240/cord 456-7112 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 DUKEʼS FIREWOOD Standing Dry Beetle Killed Spruce Wood Prices: 6 cord load $240/cord $260 for multiples of 2 cords Cut your own at $95/cord 20 cord truckload logs $155/cord 8 cord loads of 20ft dry logs $180 per cord Cash and Debit Accepted 334-8122

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 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.

2005 F250 4x4 ext cab, FX-4 off road pkg, new windshield, clean, solid truck. $10,900 obo. 660-5166

We Sell Trucks!

2005 F350 diesel Lariat, 4wd, long box, fully loaded, all engine updates, exec condit, $19,500. 667-4463 or 334-9436

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

2004 CHEV Cube Van, 16ʼ box roll up door, 3500 1 Ton, 5.7L engine, solid wood floor perfect shape, 120,000kms, exc cond, $15,900. 333-9990

2011 CHEVY Silverado one ton diesel, remote start, crew cab, long box, paid $59,000, asking $39,000. 456-7157

2003 CHEV Silverado 2500HD, diesel, quad cab, fully loaded, heated leather seats, exc cond, $14,900 obo. 332-8801

2008 F250 with 7' flatdeck, 5.4L V8 4wd, recent full service, winter pack installed, new wheels and tires, 70,000km. $12,500 obo.

334-3049

2003 CHEV Silverado, needs starter & sensor, crew cab, long box, runs great, $2,500 obo. 336-3922

2008 FORD F150 4x4 quad cab 5.4 l, c/w P/S, P/L, P/W, cruise, back-up camera, tow package, 3-pc. Tonneau, CD, new tires, etc., 120,000 km. $17,500. 660-4806 2008 FORD F450 Dually crew 4x4 , King Ranch Edition. Matching company, inverter, driving lights, loaded, 125,000kms, great shape, new tires, good price. 660-5932 2008 GMC Sierra 3500 ext cab long box 4x4, 6.0l, new rims and tires, 200k, c/w canopy, camper bars, $15,500 obo. 334-4923 2007 C H E V R O L E T Uplander Van 101,000kms, Silver FWD, $4,500, serious Inquiries only 668-4787 2007 TOYOTA Sienna limited awd 7-passenger minivan, 74,000 kms, power sliding doors/rear hatch, sunroof, loaded, new winter tires on rims. 333-9020 2006 F350 Lariat Super Duty Short box 4x4, Turbo MBRP exhaust, AFE cold air intake, ARP headstuds, stereo/blue tooth, Kenwood speakers, box liner, tunnel cover, tow package, $17,900.00 obo. 334-6857 2006 GRAND Caravan, lots of kms but in good shape, $2,500. 633-4666

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 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

Trucks

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

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 F250 Lariat 4x4 ext cab long box new factory trans, 143,000 miles, $8,500 668-5882 2001 DODGE Grand Caravan Sport, 3.3L, V6, 194,000kms, new brakes/rotors all around, current inspection, $2,800 obo.

633-6639 2001 FORD F-250 Lariat, 7.3L diesel, 224,000 kms, ext cab long box, rebuilt auto, new rubber, many upgrades, good cond, $12,500 obo. 335-7878 2001 TOYOTA Tundra 4x4, good work truck, runs good, new parts, 380,000kms, $4,000.

336-3922 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 1999 CHEVY Z71 4x4, auto, ext cab. $2,000 obo. 336-4008 1999 DODGE Dakota Sport, 2wd, $1,700.

334-7658 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.

2010 MUSTANG GT convertible, 5L, 5-spd loaded, immaculate, 42,000kms. 336-0505 or 667-6579 2009 TOYOTA Matrix, 59,000kms, XR package w/power everything, front wheel drive w/traction control, manual, summer/winter tires w/winter rims, exc cond. $15,300 obo. 333-9990 2007 PONTIAC G5 sedan, standard, 95,050kms. p/l, p/w, a/c, c/c, 18” Primax wheels/low profile tires & set of winter tires on rims. $7,200 obo. 334-7822 2007 PONTIAC G6 4-door, grey, 6-cyl, auto, well maintained, 134,000kms, $8,700 obo.

332-0025 lv msg 2005 PONTIAC Sunfire, great car & good on gas, low kms, fully loaded, new windshield and tires, rear spoiler, $4,800. 332-6022 2004 JETTA 4-dr auto, 2L, GL model, aluminum alloy rims, sunroof, Monsoon stereo, new windshield, brakes, timing chain, certified. $6,800. 660-4806 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 2001 FORD Interceptor Crown Vic, V8, electric Windows & locks, well maintained, reliable, $2,200 obo. 332-7781 1999 SUBARU Forester 217K, awd, auto, p/w, p/l, remote start, decent summer tires & excellent winter tires on rims, struts s/b replaced soon, $3,300 obo. 668-5876 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 1994 CHEVY Cavalier, runs great, $600 obo.

Jared, 780-267-8719 1990 CHEVROLET Lumina, 120,000kms, auto, good 4 seasons tires, good shape, $1,000 gicheror@tiscali.it, 660-5253

ONE SPOTTING scope, 80 mm, Celestron Ultima 80 ed. 668-6931 or 332-9355

1990 TOYOTA Tercel hatchback, 4-sp standard, 80,000 mi, 1 owner, well maintained, mech inspection, $1,600 obo. 335-5310

WANTED: OLD bolt action sheep hunting rifle for taxidermy project. Prefer blued barrel, wood stock, non-functioning or shot out rifle preferred, 336-4811

FORD 2001 Crown Victoria, $2,750 O.B.O, ex cop car, winter tires ready, auto trans, electric windows, good cond., very reliable car. 332-7781

RUGER MINI 14 Ranch Model in 223, stainless and synthetic, excellent, $800.

335-7154

FORD ESCAPE XLT 2002, 74.000km, not driven from 2007 to 2011, dark blue, great shape, $8,400. 335-1093

Friday. December 20th Greg LeBlanc

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

633-6019 wEDNESDay, DEcEmBEr 11

2013

Help control the pet overpopulation problem

have your pets spayed or neutered.

For iNFormatioN call

633-6019

★ ★ plEAsE notE ★ ★

from december 18 - January 2 we will not be accepting adoption applications.

1999 GMC Sierra single cab long box 5.3L, 199,000kms, first year of new body style, runs good, $3,300 or $3,800 with set of spare GMC rims with rubber. 334-6776

Auto Parts & Accessories

1999 LINCOLN Navigator 5.4L, V8, 232,000kms, 7-passenger, leather power seats, loaded, good tires, tow pkg, command start, great shape, $14,000 firm. 633-6639

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

1997 FORD F150 4x4 5-spd, SC, SB transfer case blown, $1,000. 335-4407

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

1995 CHEVY for parts, 350 2wd, tires on rims 80% tread left, canopy in good shape, leather captains chairs, frame is bent, lots if usable parts, $1,000 obo. 336-0059 1994 FORD F250 Econoline van, runs & insulated, and 1994 Ford Aerostar, runs, both need windshields & TLC to get running. Info 333-9358 1992 GMC 2500 ext cab 4/4, new motor, exhaust system & transfer case, very powerful, $5,500 obo. 334-5032 1990 FORD Aerostar, runs good, $300 obo.

Jared, 780-267-8719 1990 TOYOTA 3L V6 RWD, some rust and is a bit loud, runs great, never let me down, $2,500 obo. 334-8287 1990 TOYOTA Hiace, 4wd, 4-cyl diesel, auto, excellent fuel consumption, seats 8, middle seats swivel, 128,000 kms. 333-9020 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

lost/found

lost

• mendenhall Subdivision, large Greenland/ Siberian Husky, brown and white, wearing red collar, shy but friendly, answers to Browny contact cindy @ 4567596.(29/11/13) • Porter creek red wood, Shepherd x lab, f/s, black and brown answers to Kahlua contact caitten @ 334-4343. ( 29/11/13)

found

• Hillcrest area, male Husky white and tan, wearing a large Harley Davidson collar, contact christina @604-990-9944.

(20/11/13)

RunninG At lARGE...

If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382 AVAilABlE foR Adoption in fostER HoMEs

doGs

CAts

• None at this time.

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

At tHE sHEltER

doGs

• 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 and tan (Nitro) • 11 week old, male, Bear Dog X, black and brown (Ernie) • 11 week old, male, Husky X, white and brown (chance) • 11 week old, female, Husky/ Bear Dog X, black (chris) • 13 week old, male, Husky/ Bear Dog X, blonde (Justin)

• 11 week old, male, Husky Bear Dog X, black and tan (lance) • 11 weeks old, male, GSDX, black and tan (Boo) • 6 months old, male, collie X, black ( Elf) • 8 yr old, neutered male, Husky GSDX, black and grey and white ( Ed) • 1 yr old, spayed female, lab x Bear Dog, blonde, ( Halo) • 14 weeks old, female, Havanese, black, ( Sadie)

CAts

• 8 yr old, DSH, female spayed, calico (mao)

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

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

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 older Toyota p/u, $200. 660-4806 TRUCK CANOPY, 92”x60”, high rise, white, lots of windows, originally on S-10 p/u, $200.

660-4806

4 MAG wheel for Toyota Tundra 2007 and up, $100. Martin 334-4787 or 393-3754

FUNDOGS DOG TRAINING January 2014 Classes

2004 GMC 1500 parts (112,000kms), 2wd trans, $500, 4.8L motor $500, rims and tires $500 and much more, info 334 6776

Positive, gentle, force-free

KENWOOD EXCELON car stereo, new (still in box), CD-Receiver with USB Interface, iPod, iPone, Pandora, Bluetooth, Sirius XM ready and more, $250. 668-4497 FIBREGLASS CANOPY, size 61” x 84”, 660-4321 TRUCK BOX, black, for full size truck, 70” long, 660-4321 SPORTRACK EXPEDITION cargo box, full size, $300. 334-1252

Pets

MAZDA B2300 2.3L 4-cyl RWD, runs great, new timing chain and set, regular maintenance, c/w studded winter tires & canopy, $4,500 obo. 334-8287

BEWE SPRINT sled (dog sled), new cond, $1,200. 335-2103

2 PET carriers, small and med-small for cat or dog, plastic hard shell, $15 ea. 660-4806

Gently Used

Inventory Atv’s:

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 2011 Yamaha Bravo 250cc 600km .............................................$5,999 2012 Yamaha Nytro Xtx 144" Speed Racer Edition ...................$9,999 2012 Yamaha Nytro Mtx 162" 270hp Turbo ..............................$15,999

YAMAHA

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

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

Pet of the Week!

Puppy Kindergarten Jan14 Small Dog Play Jan20 Growly Dog Class Jan14 K9 NoseWork® I + II Jan16 Good Manners I + II Jan20 667-6668 FunDogsTraining.com FRENCH BULLDOG puppies, $2,500. For more info/to view call 633-4952.

REMINGTON X-LARGE dog kennel, new condition, $65. 667-2607 11-MON OLD Lab X, white female, protective, energetic, loves to run, has been indoor dog, imagesyukon@hotmail.com, 456-4137 3 SHIH Tzu pups, $200. 668-2910, lv msg.

LARGE CARRIER/KENNEL, $30. Large dog pillow, $50. Dishes and stand, $10.

Food, $10. 668-6721 QUALITY GERMAN Shepherd puppies, CKC reg. World Champion working bloodlines, approved homes only, not ideal for green owners, ready to go, serious inquires only 668-6118 BEAUTIFUL, MATURE male cat to give away to good home, neutered, good health, very affectionate. 668-5751

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

by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com PLOW KIT for Polaris Ranger, hydraulic, like new, $850. 633-4375 RONʼS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVʼs, Small industrial equipment.

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg SNOWMOBILE SKIMMER, all metal, 6" long, tie down. $145 obo. 633-4322 2004 MXZ rev rebuilt 800 cc motor, c/w carbs & extra parts, $1,500 obo. 336-3922 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 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 2011 POLARIS Pro-Rush 800, low kms, exc shape, still under warranty. 333-0656

igs

Hi my name is Tigs!

I’m new here to the shelter and I’m in isolation right now.

Once I’m out I would love to meet new people and get some attention.

I’m afraid of children and other cats.

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 WANTED: KITTEN, orange in color preferred, will pay up to $50 for the right one.

668-2437

4 SHIH-TZU puppies, 9 weeks, $300.

250-651-8250 after 6pm.

T

2 BORDER Collie/Lab cross puppies free to a good home ASAP, 6-month old females, for more info, 334-0911 after 6pm

NEW DODGE floor mats, black in color, 2 single front, 1 full length for back, out of 2010 Ram 1500, asking $100 obo. 456-4422

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

YUKON

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

2010 SKI-DOO GTX sport 550 with 850 kms on it, 2 up, runs very well. $6,500. 332-1200 2004 SKIDOO Skandic 600, liquid cooled sled, near new, asking $4,000. 335-2103 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.

2004 MOUNTAIN Cat 800 snowmobile, 1,000 miles, exc cond, $3,700, 333-0192 2005 POLARIS 900 RMK 151 in good working order, $4,000. 336-4947

633-6019

126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

2008 SKIDOO Summit X 154 track c/w Skidoo cover, tank & belt, exc cond, $6,900 obo. 332-8801 2012 KX-450 motocross bike, approx 50 hrs, exc cond, paid $9,500, asking $5,500.

393-3496 2006 RMK 700, needs new top end, $800 obo. 336-0556

SNOWMOBILE TRAILER, homemade tilt deck, new tires, great for one sled, wide enough for two. $500. 336-0556 2004 POLARIS 800 Escape, good shape, 144 track, new power valves, clutch redone & general tune-up ($800 spent), $4,600 obo.

335-2005 2009 800 Polaris Dragon, 1,700 mi, caned, 155 track, great shape, c/w extra trac, $7,200 obo. 335-2005 2003 POLARIS Trail 550, reliable & good starter, $2,000 obo. 334-2647 2010 RMK 800, low miles, lots of extras low compresion in one cyl cheap to rebuild top end. good cond, make an offer. 334-2712 2009 SUMMIT XP Hillclimb edition 154", spare jerry can MBRP can Enzo suspension sled, mint condition, well cared for, $8,200 obo. 334-1859 or 334-1222 2006 ARCTIC Cat Panther 660 4 stroke, 2 up seat, rear rack, 2000 miles, exc cond, factory cover, $5,300. 333-0866 1988 YAMAHA Enticer long track trapper special, reverse, 3800 kms, very good cond, $1,800.00. 333-0866 2010 GTX Sport 550 cc with reverse, electric start, fan cooled (2up). Barely used only 850 km's. Asking $6,000 obo. 332-1200 2007 SUMMIT 800 HO Hill Climb Edition, 153" track, new factory engine 2010, MBRP exhaust, $5,800 obo. 334-6857 1986 YAMAHA Ovation, rebuilt engine, lenthened tunnel, new windshield, very snappy sled, $1,100 obo. 335-2005 2007 YAMAHA Phazer MTX/MP hybrid, 159”x16”x2”, Challenger Track, Simmons Gen 2 10” powder skis, Skinz airframe running boards, lefty throttle, exc cond, $6,500 obo, view at Yukon Yamaha, 660-4711

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

Heavy Equipment

Campers & Trailers 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 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 2009 T@B trailer, fridge, stovetop, sink, dining table which folds down to large bed, CD player, large tent which attaches, $12,000.

335-0607 or 334-5190 TRAILER 5ʼX10ʼ, HD construction, 3 new tires, stake pockets allow more width, 5km on trailer toys/wood, $700, imagesyukon@hotmail.com, 456-4137 after 4pm TRAILER FOR ATV 4ʼw x 5ʼ3”l, haul out/pull behind, stake pockets for more width, light for use as big wheel barrow, $600, obo, imagesyukon@hotmail.com or 456-4137

Coming Events ATLIN GUEST HOUSE Deluxe Lakeview Suites Sauna, Hot Tub, BBQ, Internet, Satellite TV Kayak Rentals In House Art Gallery 1-800-651-8882 Email: atlinart@yahoo.ca www.atlinguesthouse.com ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca 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 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

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

FOOD BANK Society of Whitehorse annual general meeting, Wednesday December 11th at 6:00pm, 306 Alexander Street, Whitehorse. For info call 393-2265

HOBART 225 AMP, Kohler gas powered, arc welder/genset sitting on a rubber wheeled steel wagon, exc cond, $2,500 obo.

633-6502

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

CATERPILLAR 950F & 950F Series II manuals for service, parts, operation, maintenance, assembly & disassembly, $50.

668-4497

YUKON PUBLIC Legal Education Association annual general meeting, December 18 @ 5:15pm, Java Connection boardroom

HYDRAULIC POWER unit, 3 phase 30 horse electric motor. Has hoses for rig up and 20 gallon tank. $3,000 obo. 335-1486

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HORAIRE PISTE Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage tous les jours sauf du 6 au 8 et du 27 au 29 décembre : activités non motorisées. 867-667-3910

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

COFFEE HOUSE, Sat. Jan.4, 2014, featuring Doug Thorseth + the Open Stage! Help set up 6pm, 7pm, open stage sign-up, 730pm show! $5 United Church bsmt, 6th+Main, 633-4255

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

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN Gala, celebrating Nelson Mandelaʼs life with video, silence and music, Thursday, December 12th, 5pm-8pm, Yukon Francophone Centre 302 Strickland St. Whitehorse YACA@YACA.YK.NET

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 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 HOLISTIC HEALTH Practitioners Reconnection Open House, December 18, 5:30-7:30pm at RahRah Gallery on 6th Ave. Refreshments provided. To RSVP or more info call Tegan, 668-5180 or email ywhn99@yahoo.ca MUSIC FOR a Winter's Eve Dec 16 & 17, 7:00 pm, Yukon Arts Centre. Tickets $7. allcityband.com RIVERDALE BAPTIST Church, celebrate Advent and Christmas, Dec. 8th: Children's program @ 10:30 a.m., Dec. 15th: Choir presentation @ 10:30 a.m., Dec. 24th Christmas Eve services @ 6:00 and 8:00 p.m.

CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-Motorized Weekends: Dec 6-8 & 27-29. Other weekends & weekdays: Multi-Use. For info: 867-667-3910 YRTA (YUKON Retired Teachers) Christmas Luncheon, Thurs. Dec. 12th, 11:30 a.m. at Westmark Whitehorse. Info: Jean @ 668-3483 DEC. 14TH, Senior's Christmas Party, Tagish Community Centre, for anyone 50 or over in Tagish and TCA members. Appetizers and cash bar at 6 PM, dinner at 7pm.

Live music DECEMBER 12TH, 7 - 9 PM. Tagish Community Centre. Fraser Canyon performance and jam! A coffee house style event for both musicians and non-musicians. Audience members wanted. Free GOLDEN AGE SOCIETY Seniorsʼ Christmas Tea. Tuesday, December 17, 1:30-3:30pm. 4061A 4th Ave. in the Sport Yukon Buildng.

YUKON HANDGUN Association, annual general meeting. Call Dave 334-5977, Len 633-6094 or Dan 633-3170 LATIN DANCE Classes, New 8 week sessions starts January 10, 2014, Beginner Salsa and Merengue or Intermediate - Salsa.

336-0255 or salsayukon@gmail.com to register 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, www.hospiceyukon.net, 667-7429 JOIN THE Community Choir to sing memorable peace and protest songs from 60's and 70's. Registration Tuesday, Jan 7 6:307:30pm, Whitehorse United Church. Rehearsals begin week of Jan 13

He passed away on Dec 2, 2013 at the age of 96. His remarkable dedication and enthusiasm for cross-country skiing in the North has left a mark on the entire region. The history of cross country skiing in the Yukon owes much to the vision, strength, character and wisdom of Father Mouchet.

Father Mouchet was born in France in 1917 and moved to Yukon in 1945 as an Oblate priest in his missionary. With him he brought his passion for skiing and started the Territorial Experimental Ski Training (T.E.S.T) Program in Old Crow to develop character in children through skiing. The TEST program was then brought to Whitehorse and introduced into the elementary school system.

From modest beginnings - with seven pairs of skis at Takhini Elementary -the cross-country ski training program became one of the most popular participation sports in the territory. Hundreds of Yukon skiers trained under the tutelage of Father Mouchet. A number of the skiers that he brought into the sport became members of Canada’s national ski team and went on to compete at Olympics.

Father Mouchet has been recognized locally, nationally and internationally. He was inducted in the Yukon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980, awarded the Yukon Commissioner’s Award in 1981, awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National due Merite in 1987 from the French Government, and was awarded the Order of Canada in 1993.

Father Mouchet will be remembered as an inspiration. Father Mouchet continued to ski right up until the end of his life throughout the Yukon.

Vigil and Prayers @Sacred Heart Cathedral Mon. Dec 9 @7:30pm Funeral Mass @Sacred Heart Cathedral Tues. Dec. 10 @1:30pm Reception @Mt. McIntyre Recreation Centre following the Funeral Mass

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

- 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 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

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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

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

do you have a problem with food? meetings

mondays 7:30 p.m.

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS 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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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 LOG CABINS & LOG HOMES Quality custom craftsmanship Using only standing dead local timber For free estimate & consultation contact: Eldorado Log Builders Inc. phone: 867.393.2452 website: www.ykloghomes.com S.V.P. CARPENTRY Journey Woman Carpenter Interior/Exterior Finishing/Framing Small & Medium Jobs “Make it work and look good.”

Call Susana (867) 335-5957 susanavalerap@live.com IBEX BOBCAT SERVICES “Country Residential Snow Plowing” •Post hole augering •Light landscaping •Preps & Backfills Honest & Prompt Service Amy Iles Call 667-4981 or 334-6369 TCM MAID SERVICE Reliable, Thorough & Professional Reasonable Rates References available 335-4421or 393-3868

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368 IF YOU own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It's That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

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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

LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632

BOBCAT AND BACKHOE SERVICES in Whitehorse, Marsh Lake, Tagish area Call Andreas 660-4813

ELECTRICIAN FOR all your jobs Large or small Licensed Electrician Call MACK N MACK ELECTRIC for a competitive quote!

867-332-7879

SUBARU GURU Fix•Buy•Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585

60 Below Snow Management Commercial & Residential

Snow Removal (867) 336-3570

Parking Lots, Sidewalks, Rooftops and Sanding

AL-ANON MEETINGS contact 667-7142

Has your life been affected by someone’s drinking ???

WEDNESDAY 12:00 noon Hellaby Hall, 4th & Elliott

FRIDAY

7:00 pm Lutheran Church Basement Beginners Mtg ( 4th & Strickland ) 8:00 pm Lutheran Church Basment Regular Mtg ( 4th & Strickland )

SNOW CLEARING Sidewalks, Driveways, Commercial, Residential Call Francis at Speedy Sparkle 668-6481 or cell 334-8480 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 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 Acorn Building Construction *Bathrooms *Kitchens *Renovations Call Roland at 633-5324 or 334-1198 SNOW CLEARING/REMOVAL Sidewalks, Driveways, Parking lots, Compounds Private and Commercial Properties Fast and reliable service Aurora Toolcat Services 867-334-8447 CATHWAY WATER RESOURCES We buy used hot tubs and take trade ins! come visit us today at 101B Copper Rd., Whitehorse or call 668-7208 CONDO MANAGEMENT SERVICES Including reserve studies.

North of 56 Property Management.

332-7444 Tired of the snow in your driveway?

Let Redʼs Helping Hands shovel it for you each time it snows Reasonable rates 668-2866 (h) - 333-9958 (c) HEATHER MJOLSNESS, RMT Relaxing and therapeutic Swedish massage Gift certificates available!

689-5908

Lost & Found FOUND: SET of car keys with tab that says “Moosejaw Ford”. 667-7138 LOST: GRAY purse with Philippine passport, greatly appreciated if found and drop it off at RCMP or call 336-3519 or 668-2035.

Reward offered.

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Sports Equipment RIGHT-HAND HOCKEY stick, Easton Ultra-Extreme, never used, $15. 660-4806 WANTED: SOLOFLEX gym set, must be in good condition & complete. Virginia, 633-3388 TUBBS SOJOURN 25 snowshoes. Good condition. $75 obo. 633-4322 MENʼS BAUER skates Supreme Pro, sz 10 1/2, asking $45. 456-2051 XC SKIS, 167/190/195, $25 pr. XC boots, menʼs 7/10/46, $25. XC poles 140/150, $15 pr. 311B Hanson St. eves.

BOWFLEX EXTREME, approx 10 yrs old, needs new rods (extra $230), first $150 takes it. 393-3638 OSPREY LUNA 60L hiking pack, women's size SM, lightweight, minimalist pack, hardly used, too small for owner. $275 new, asking $100, 336-2226

15M OZONE Manta snow kite, $700, 12m Ozone Manta snow kite $600, both good cond. 336-0556

SMALL DESK for sale, 2 drawers, w: 45" d:23.5" h:26.5", good condition, $20, pick up downtown. 335-1093

4-BIKE HITCH bike pack, used, great shape, soft ride element 4, swings back to open trunk doorm $100. 335-1093

DESK, HAS drawers, shelf and file cabinet, good condition, some wear in mouse area, $50. 335-1093

SCOTT BIKE Classic Transport Bag, black , mint condition. 335-1093

SOLID WOOD table with 4 chairs, extendable, great cond, $250, 393-3754 or 334-4787.

4 PAIRS of skis with harness, Rossignol Berma Shorts Volkl-Salomon head, $300.

332-6565 E-Z CURL bar + 60 lb, 2 dumbbells 20 lb, 2 dumbbells 25 lbs, $75. 393-3754 or 334-4787 3 HUNTING knives, Kershaw 1098 w/3 field dress blades/sheath, Buck 728 w/nylon case, custom-made hunting model w/antler handle/custom leather sheath, like new, $50 ea. 334-2365 GRAF 370 skates, sz 2.5 exc cond, $50.00, 141 Salomon Skis & poles with Salomon ski boots sz 4, $45.00. 456-7758 MADSHUS X-COUNTRY/BACK country ski boots, sz 9 US, 210 cm. metal edge, like new, $400 new, asking $300. 334-1252 BAUER UNISEX ice skates sz 9 US, 8 UK, 42 Euro, like new, very light, $45. 334-1252

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 GRASS-FED BEEF No hormones/antibiotics $4.50/lb hanging weight Sold by quarter, half or whole YUKON VALLEY FARM 335-4431 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

TWIN OR double bed frame, new $83, sell for $50. 633-6004 FRIDGE, $100, table w/leaf & 6 chairs, $275, ceiling fan, new, $45. 334-7771 ANTIQUE DINING room chairs, exc cond, recently reupholstered, $75 ea. 334-1043

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

Advertising It’s good for you.

Craft Fairs 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, 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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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SPECIFIED PROCEDURES REPORT MOUNT SIMA The City is inviting proposals from interested individuals or firms for the development of a Specified Procedures Report - Mount Sima.

Respondents should submit bids in writing, enclosed in an sealed envelope clearly marked "RFP 2013-00384/2 Specified Procedures Report - Mount Sima" addressed to

Kakuro:

Manager, Financial Services City of Whitehorse 2121 Second Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 Proposals will be accepted before 4:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Monday, December 16, 2013.

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

Crossword:

Proposal documents may be picked up from the office of the Manager of Financial Services, City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, after 12:00 noon Pacific Standard Time on Monday, December 2, 2013.

Proposals will be "EVALUATED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE."

BEDFRAME ONLY, $100. 393-2275 FREE - old a loveseat to give away, missing back cushions, Naali 336-2226 SELLING TERRACOTTA look dresser/cabinet, good cond, very heavy, pick up downtown, $30, 335-1093

Proposals submitted by facsimile will not be accepted or considered.

OVAL KITCHEN table, 60 x 36, with four spindle chairs, $60. 668-5972 CURIO DISPLAY cabinet with 3 open shelves and built in clock, walnut veneer, 14 x 9 x 60h, $30. 668-5972

SMALL DESK, 3 side drawers, 30" x 16", walnut veneer, $20, office chair, blue fabric, $15, 5-shelf bookcase, 24" x 10" x 66h, walnut veneer, $20. 668-5972

156 FALAISE Road, Takhini, Sat 14th & Sun 15th, 9am - 3pm, household items, tools, books, ice skates, plants, etc. Everything must go

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

WILL SEW doll clothes for your doll. phone 660-5922

TV STAND with swivel top, shelf and cupboard below, walnut veneer, 29 x 16 x 21h, $30, small wicker chair with cushion, 25 x 30h $25. 668-5972

Garage Sales

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

Baby & Child Items

Furniture

4TH ANNUAL Barking Dog Art craft Sale, 10am-4pm Saturday 15th, 142 Mt. Sima Road, 9 artists, paint, wool, tye dye, glass ceramics, metal, wood, jewellery, and treats to eat

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

LOCAL FREE Range pork, no hormones, no antibiotics. Professionally cut and wrapped.

20lbs or more, $6/lb. 393-1939

CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903

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

www.whitehorse.ca

REqUEST FOR PROPOSAL STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG SERVICES

Project Description: Required to conduct an evidence-based literature review for the development of evidence-based standards, write the standards, and develop accompanying evidence-based support documents for the standards. Completion of this work is to provide support for standards implementation at the Detoxification and Treatment Services at Alcohol and Drug Services.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is January 2, 2014. 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 Jocyline Gauthier at (867) 6675780.

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

PUBLIc TENDER VENTILATION UPGRADE YUKON TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM - BLDG.#1448 WHITEHORSE, YUKON

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is January 7, 2014. 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 Rob Kelly at (867) 667-8980.

Site Visit December 18, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

REqUEST FOR PROPOSAl WOOD PROCESSING AT VARIOUS SITES Project Description: For the processing of wood materials at various solid waste sites throughout the Yukon Territory on an as-required basis.

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 Darrin Fredrickson at (867) 667-5195.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

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

Government Community Services

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DESIGN/BUILD REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WATSON LAKE ENVIRONMENT DISTRICT OFFICE WATSON LAKE, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is January 7, 2014. 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 Anwar Rizvi at 667-3533.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

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*Offer available only to qualifying retail customers on the purchase or lease of a new 2014 Versa Note//2013/2014 Sentra//2013/2014 Altima Sedan//2013/2014 Juke//2013 Rogue models when registered and delivered between Dec. 3, 2013 – Jan. 2, 2014. First six (6) bi-weekly finance/semi-monthly lease payments (including all taxes) will be waived, up to a maximum of $500 (inclusive of taxes) per month. Consumer is responsible for any and all amounts in excess of $500 (inclusive of taxes) per month. After six (6) bi-weekly finance/semi-monthly lease payments, consumer will be required to make all remaining regularly scheduled payments over the remaining term of the contract. Offers available only through Nissan Finance on approved credit. Offers available on special low rate lease/finance contracts, as well as Nissan Finance standard rate programs. If Nissan Finance qualified lease/finance customers choose to forego the 6 bi-weekly finance/semi-monthly lease payments waiver option, customer receives 1 payment of $500//$500//$1,000//$1,000//$1,000, applied before taxes and will be deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes on 2014 Versa Note//2013/2014 Sentra//2013/2014 Altima Sedan//2013/2014 Juke//2013 Rogue. The 6 bi-weekly finance/semi monthly lease Payment Waiver cannot be combined with the NF Cash Support, only one option can be selected. This is a limited time offer. Not combinable with fleet discounts. First time buyers are not eligible for the program. Conditions apply. ≠^Finance offers are now available on new 2014 Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Rogue S FWD (W6RG13 AA00), CVT transmission. Selling Price is $13,165/$15,415/$25,728 financed at 0.9%/0%/0% APR equals 182/182/182 bi-weekly of $69/$79/$128 for an 84/84/84 month term. $999/$999/$2,500 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $392/$0/$0 for a total obligation of $13,557/$15,415/$25,728. $1,250/$500 NF Finance Cash included in advertised price, applicable only on Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00/B5RG14 AE00)/all 2013 Sentra models on finance purchases through subvented loan contracts only through Nissan Finance. $500/$500 dealer participation included and available only on 2014 Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00), manual transmission. This offer is only available on finance offers of an 84 month term only and cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. ‡$2,500/‡13,000 cash discount is valid on all 2013 Nissan Sentra models except Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00), manual transmission/all 2013 Titan models/‡$5,000 Cash Purchaser’s Discount is based on non-stackable trading dollars and is applicable to all 2013 Nissan Rogue models except 2013 Rogue S FWD (W6RG13 AA00), CVT transmission when registered and delivered between December 3, 2013 and January 2, 2014. The cash discount is only available on the cash purchase, and will be deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes and cannot be combined with special lease or finance rates. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. ◆ $13,165/$ 15,415/$25,728/$25,128 Selling Price for a new 2014 Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00), manual transmission/2013 Rogue S FWD (W6RG13 AA00), CVT transmission/2014 Rogue S FWD (Y6RG14 AA00), CVT transmission. $1,250/$500 NF Finance Cash included in advertised price, applicable only on Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00/B5RG14 AE00)/all 2013 Sentra models on finance purchases through subvented loan contracts only through Nissan Finance. $500/$500 dealer participation included in advertised selling price and available only on 2013 Sentra 1.8 S (C4LG53 AA00), manual transmission/2014 Versa Note 1.6 S (B5RG54 AA00), manual transmission. This offer is only available on finance offers of an 84 month term only and cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. sModels shown $20,585/$21,515/$36,148/$34,728 Selling Price for a new 2014 Versa Note 1.6 S SL (B5TG14 NA00), Xtronic CVT® transmission/2013 Sentra 1.8 SR (C4RG13 RT00), CVT transmission/2013 Rogue SL AWD (Y6TG13 AA00), CVT transmission/ Rogue SL AWD Premium model (Y6DG14 BK00), CVT transmission. *≠‡◆sFreight and PDE charges ($1,567/$1,567/$1,750/$1,630), certain fees, manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Finance and lease offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Offers valid between December 3, 2013 and January 2, 2014. ∞Fuel economy from competitive intermediate/compact 2013 internal combustion engine models sourced from Autodata on 13-12-2012. Hybrids and diesels excluded. 2013 Altima fuel economy tested by Nissan Motor Company Limited. Altima: 2.5L engine (7.4L/100 KM CITY/5.0L/100 KM HWY), 3.5L (9.3L/100 KM CITY/6.4L/100 KM HWY). 3.5L shown. Actual mileage will vary with driving conditions. Use for comparison purposes only. Offers subject to change, continuation or cancellation without notice. Offers have no cash alternative value. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©1998-2013 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc.

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