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NorthwesTel must commit to investments: CRTC

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A Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission report requires Northwestel to modernize its infrastructure.

Jacqueline Ronson

investments it has promised, and has asked that NorthwesTel resubmit the modernization plan by March 31, orthwesTel must make infra2014, to reflect that expectation. structure upgrades regardless of The new plan should also be its financial position, the Canadian modified to allow for a greater Radio-television Telecommunications emphasis on the need for improved Commission ruled today. backbone infrastructure, especially in The decision is in response to communities served by satellite.

NorthwesTel’s $233 million, five-year NorthwesTel must submit regular modernization plan. The commission progress reports to the CRTC on the first ordered the modernization plan modernization plan. in 2011, when it found that the telco But the commission has also softhad not been making appropriate in- ened an earlier decision on how much vestments, given its aging infrastruc- NorthwesTel can charge competitors ture and the relative lack of services to access its network. available to people in the North.

Earlier this year the CRTC slashed The commission found that the the wholesale rates that the telco is modernization plan, which promises allowed to charge by 70 per cent.

4G wireless and faster Internet across It ruled the NorthwesTel had most of the North, will improve exaggerated the cost of laying fibre service to customers. optic cable and that the telco can only But it doesn’t do enough to charge a 30 per cent markup over the improve the backbone infrastructure lower, adjusted cost. that allows communities to connect In reply, NorthwesTel argued that with the world, according to the deci- it should be able to charge a markup sion. of at least 60 per cent.

NorthwesTel has also indicated In today’s decision, the CRTC that its investment is dependant on agreed that the telco can charge a 40 meeting expected revenues as well as, per cent markup on wholesale rates. in some cases, government subsidies.

That rate will “more appropriThe commission ruled that the ately balance the need to ensure that NorthwesTel is reasonably compentelco must commit to making the News Reporter

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sated for its costs and continues to invest in its fibre networks with the need to ensure that competitors provide competitive alternatives in the marketplace.”

The commission’s ruling also found that NorthwesTel alone should not be responsible for ensuring that northern communities have equal access to Internet and telecommunication services.

“The commission finds that the plan will not be successful in delivering services to Canadians across all of NorthwesTel’s operating territory that are comparable to services available to consumers in southern Canada.”

Accordingly, it has promised to launch two inquiries in 2014. The first will investigate satellite data services in Canada. Old Crow is Yukon’s only community served by satellite.

The second proceeding will aim to establish a mechanism for subsidizing telecommunications infrastructure across the North.

This new subsidy “would complement other investments from the private sector and governments, including public-private partnerships,” according to the decision.

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Lawyers push for more support for FASD Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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he Yukon branch of the Canadian Bar Association wants the territory to become the first jurisdiction in the country to write human rights language directly into the Corrections Act. The group is calling for an amendment stating explicitly there is a “duty to accommodate” people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder within the correctional system.

“What’s legally required is to accommodate. That means just on a case-by-case basis to look at what the needs are of the person you are providing a service to,” explained local branch president Heather McFadgen “You meet those needs if they are related to disability to the point of undue hardship.”

The national bar association passed a resolution earlier this year calling on the Canadian government to make similar changes to federal laws.

The duty to accommodate people with disabilities already exists in current human rights laws, said McFadgen, who is also executive director of the Yukon Human Rights Commission.

She argued it’s helpful to repeat the language in other legislation.

“The benefit is that it had education value and that incorporating human rights principles and terms into other acts is useful. The people that are governed by that act are reading that act and not necessarily the human rights act.”

FASD describes a range of permanent disabilities caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy Talk of changes to the

University of British Columbia has been hired. Now the project needs to go through the university’s ethics committee at the end of January, said Justice spokesperson Dan Cable. The research will begin after that.

Nixon said he had a productive meeting with Headon and McFadgen. As for whether or not he would support amending the Corrections Act, the minister said he is still collecting information on exactly what is being proposed.

Headon said the justice system has changed and so have the expectations of judges.

“There’s now an expectation that the legal system is going to deal with a whole range of problems that it never dealt with before and is pretty poorly equipped to deal with.”

That includes things like Ian Stewart/Yukon News FASD or mental health issues.

Canadian Bar Association president Fred Headon praised the Yukon’s approach to inmates He criticized mandatory with FASD, but said there much work to be done. minimum sentences recently introduced by the federal lead in other aspects of dealstaff have a basis to go and Yukon’s legislation first came ing with people with FASD in government, saying this took find the money, to get the up in September when the away power from judges to the justice system. government opened the act to resources, to bring in those address situations like an ofEarlier this year, the termake other, unrelated amend- other people who can help fender with FASD. them ensure this is a fair expe- ritory agreed to study how ments.

He also called on the govmuch of the jail population rience.”

No changes related to the ernment to provide other suphas FASD. Headon said the definition duty to accommodate were ports to residents with mental Headon applauded the efmade at that time, but McFad- of what it means to accomhealth issues. modate is usually handled on forts, pointing out that there gen said she is hopeful they “Make sure the health syshas been very little work done a case-by-case basis. can happen in the future. tem is properly resourced, the to quantify exactly how seri“That could mean makDiscussions were reignited social service system is propous FASD is in the corrections erty resourced, to help keep when the national president of ing sure that they have the system. the bar association paid a visit proper supports while they these people out of the legal “I think that will be a very are there, making sure there to Whitehorse this week. system in the first place. are resources available to them helpful piece of informaFred Headon was in town “Because that just becomes while they’re in custody. It can tion in terms of being able to and met with Yukon Justice a revolving door. They come articulate for policymakers the out of the courtroom and into also mean things like, when Minister Mike Nixon and extent of the problem and the prison. Well the prison is no the prison discipline system other politicians.

He said making the change is being invoked, making sure range of the problem, because better equipped and when of course it doesn’t present their condition is accounted to the Yukon Corrections Act that term’s done and they itself in the same way with for when discipline is being would help those working in come out the other end there’s every individual,” he said. handed out and they’re getthe system get the resources a high likelihood they’re goAccording to the Yukon’s ting fairly treated at that stage they need. ing to start this cycle all over Department of Justice, plans “If we can get a recognition as well.” again.”

Headon said the Yukon gov- for the study are underway. A that the tools are required, Contact Ashley Joannou at principal investigator from the ernment is already taking the then at least the correctional ashleyj@yukon-news.com

Morgan may appeal LFN election results Jesse Winter

“I spent the first half of the election campaigning to get Outside votes in, but the ballots didn’t he runner up in Monday’s make it,” Morgan said. election for chief of the Liard Morgan said he heard directly First Nation says he may go to from a number of voters as far Federal Court to overturn the away as Calgary who said their results. entire families were prevented Former LFN chief Daniel from casting ballots.

Morris won the right to reclaim “I would argue quite a few the title Monday night, with 125 individuals were affected,” he said. votes. George Morgan finished A second fax machine was used second, with 103 votes, but he in some cases, Morgan said, but says that result shouldn’t stand it was controlled by a member of because some absentee voters the elections committee, which he were denied the chance to cast a says was stacked against him from ballot. the start, a claim the elections Under the election rules, committee itself has disputed. eligible voters living Outside were “The election committee is supposed to send in ballot apsuspect, the fax machine wasn’t plications to a fax machine at the working. These are big issues,” First Nation’s main office, but that Morgan said. machine was broken throughout The other candidates in the the entire election, Morgan said. election race were Susan Magun News Reporter

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with 73 votes, Georgina LutzMcKay with 26 votes and Jim Wolftail with 24 votes.

All told, 351 people cast ballots out of a potential total of approximately 880 eligible voters.

“Morris was the beneficiary of significant vote splitting. There is a long history here of alienating out-of-Yukon members,” Morgan said.

Morgan said he will make a decision in the next few days, after getting legal advice.

“Our election regulations are very suspect,” Morgan said. “They don’t have any appeals mechanism so the only option is Federal Court.”

Morris, who has not responded to numerous interview requests by the News, was removed from power in disgrace in 2004 after pleading guilty to brutally as-

saulting his estranged wife and threatening her and another man with a loaded rifle. He was first sentenced to two years probation, but on appeal was later handed a 12-month prison term.

Court records show that after searching for his wife in Lower Post, B.C., one evening in 2003, he forced her to drive to a secluded gravel pit where he beat her for approximately two hours.

She pleaded with him to stop, and agreed to have sex with him if he would stop hitting her. He did, but afterwards the beating continued.

Morris circulated a letter of apology in Watson Lake during this election saying, “I admit and do blame myself for hurting my family. I do blame myself for hurting people, and the anger I caused in our community.” He

regrets his actions and has taken anger management courses and counseling, the letter said.

Morris’s name also remains under a cloud of suspicion after an internal review of the First Nations finances found that he took nearly $250,000 in loans and personal cheques to himself while in power.

Former chief Liard McMillan tried to get the RCMP and Aboriginal Affairs to investigate, but they declined because it couldn’t be proven that it was federal money Morris took.

In his letter, Morris wrote that he didn’t steal the money, and that he was made the scapegoat for people who took advantage of a loan system the First Nation set up for its members.

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a round of public feedback, said Michael Noseworthy, a spokesman for the Department of Community Services.

Premier Darrell Pasloski did not The major changes under the new our economy by putting income in attend a meeting of provincial and act have to do with setting minimum retirees’ pockets. Expanding the CPP territorial finance ministers this week could be done through modest and rental standards and creating a new to discuss the future of the Canada dispute settlement process outside affordable increased contributions Pension Plan. and would be phased to allow workers the courts in the soon-to-be-created Ontario and Prince Edward Island and businesses time to adjust,” said residential tenancy office. are leading a charge to increase CPP Right now, Noseworthy explained, Hanson. (Jacqueline Ronson) contributions to ensure that middleif tenants have complaints with landincome Canadians are able to retire Deadline looms on lords, or vice versa, they have to apply comfortably in decades to come.

Ross River case to the courts to make a ruling. The Finance ministers from those provnew office would give the Department The Yukon government insists it inces have said there was some conof Community Services the power to can make a December 27 deadline sensus among officials at the meetings make decisions and issue orders to to meet the requirements of a Yukon in Meech Lake, Quebec, that reform Court of Appeal decision that will af- settle disputes. is necessary, but that federal Finance The regulations to be included in fect mining across the territory.

Minister Jim Flaherty shut down the the act are being developed right now, The government is dealing with conversation.

Noseworthy said, and input from the ruling through amendments to the Pasloski declined an interview Yukoners will help balance the rights Quartz Mining Act and Placer Mining request, but Elaine Schiman, cabinet of tenants with those of landlords.

Act and the associated regulations. spokesperson, answered some quesThe feedback period will last until It is also consulting with the Ross tions on his behalf.

March 11, and anyone interested in River Dena Council on which area “The premier and ministers always commenting can go to the Yukon of its traditional territory might be need to balance any need for trips removed from staking. The court deci- government website or visit any of the away from Yukon with the work that sion related explicitly to the land of the community libraries in the territory. need to be done here,” said Schiman.

Once the feedback is collected, the Ross River Dena, although its implicaPasloski missed four days of the tions stretch through the Yukon and government will use it to help craft the legislative sitting last week because he beyond. act’s regulations. Noseworthy said the was in South Africa for Nelson ManAmendments to the mining acts whole thing should be in force by the dela’s funeral. are currently before the Yukon Legislaend of 2014. (Jesse Winter) David Hrycan, deputy minister of tive Assembly. finance, attended the finance minisIllegal-weapons maker While all the other bills tabled ters’ meeting on Yukon’s behalf, said this sitting, except for the secondary gets 16 months Schiman.

In the legislature this week, Pasloski budget, have already been passed, the A man who helped make illegal mining amendments were debated in explained that his government is not firearms in Whitehorse was sentenced committee of the whole only yesterday. interested in any changes to the pento 16 months in jail last Wednesday.

With tomorrow being the last day sion plan at this time that will reduce Steven Troy Rathburn, 40, pleaded of the sitting, the amendments will the take-home pay of Yukoners. guilty to the possession of stolen prop“A lot of people will say that this is likely be passed though Yukon’s soerty and to possessing prohibited and really another tax by a different name,” called guillotine clause, which allows restricted weapons. a final vote to be called on the last day said Pasloski.

On July 20, RCMP searched of sitting on bills that have not yet seen Opposition NDP Leader Liz HanRathburn’s home and seized two rifles, son said that increasing CPP contribu- full debate. one 9-mm handgun and a cache of The changes to the regulations, too, tions will not hurt the economy, as 12 other prohibited and restricted have yet to be finalized.

Pasloski and Flaherty say it will. weapons. They also found weapons Mines Minister Scott Kent con“The federal Finance Departschematics, a “substantial” amount firmed in the legislature yesterday that ment’s own research shows that of ammunition, pistol and rifle asofficials are still working on those.

Canada Pension Plan expansion will semblies, body armour plates, an Stakeholders were given “plain bring long-term economic benefits to armoured face mask, silencers, flash language” regulations on November suppressors and other weapons’ parts, ursd 13, less than three weeks before the Wed, Dec 18 & according to court records. deadline for feedback. Some pages of Thurs, Dec 19 In the investigation, police dethat document indicated that it was a Whitehorse Yukon Cinema termined that Rathburn had been “very rough draft.”

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Rathburn only assisted in the (PG) NO PASSES Violence, Frightening Scenes Government seeks input manufacturing. The roommate is also Nightly in HFR 3D at 6:30 & 10:15 PM on rental regulations facing charges.

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Christmas lights faulted for Friday fire Overheated Christmas lights are being blamed for a fire at Clippers Barber Shop in Whitehorse on Friday night.

Whitehorse firefighters responded to an alarm ringing in the multi-unit building on 4th Ave. just before 8 p.m. Friday evening, according to deputy fire chief Kevin Lyslo.

No one was hurt, and the damage was mostly due to smoke, not flames, Lyslo said.

While relatively minor, the close call is the latest in a busy month for the Whitehorse fire department.

Lyslo said the cause of Friday’s fire was an electrical short in Christmas lights that had been left on after closing time.

With so many families setting up festive lights for the holidays, Lyslo said people need to be extra careful not to leave things turned on when they aren’t around to keep an eye on them.

“When you leave home, turn your lights off, don’t let them run for hours. The new LED lights are much better (than older style incandescent bulbs), but things can still get hot,” Lyslo said.

“Common sense still has a role,” he said.

Jesse Winter/ Yukon News

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Chihong commits $56M to Selwyn project in 2014 Jacqueline Ronson

said Albert.

For example, the company plans to spend $12-13 million elwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. to upgrade the Howard’s Pass plans to spend $56 million access road, constructed in the in 2014 towards developing the 1970s, which has since fallen Selwyn lead-zinc project in the into disrepair.

Howard’s Pass region in eastern The plan is to build five Yukon. bridges this winter, and to repair The company bought the the road itself in the summer project from Selwyn Resources and fall.

Ltd. in June.

That route has been used on Because the new owners are occasion as a winter road to such a big company, they can bring in heavy equipment, but take a long-term view and invest other than that all of the access despite the current downturn has been by air, said Albert. in the mining industry, said It’s hard for smaller comMaurice Albert, Selwyn Chipanies to drum up the capital hong’s vice-president of external required for that sort of work, affairs. he said.

The previous owners, all “That’s a lot of money for a junior mining companies, were junior mining company that’s “entirely dependent on the going to go to the open market whims of markets to be able to and say, ‘Hey, we want to build a road to the project, would you raise money for the project,” News Reporter

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lend us $13 million?’”

But with deeper pockets, Selwyn Chihong can make the investments now that will make the project more attractive down the road.

Chihong has over 60 years of experience in exploration, mining and smelting.

The billion-dollar company’s major shareholder is China Yunnan Metallurgical Group, which is itself majority owned by the Yunnan provincial government.

The company has set its sights on a much bigger project than had previously been envisioned.

There are 15 identified deposits on the site, but the company only has good geological information for about two of them, said Albert.

So a drilling program has been planned for this summer

to prove up some of those reserves, showing to investors that a bigger mine is warranted.

“The resources are quite considerable, on the site. So we know that it’s just a matter of drilling to locate the resources on the site. It’s one of the richest undeveloped deposits in the world.”

The exploration will use four to six drills beginning in March, with work continuing through the summer.

Up to 70 people will be hired for that work, to be housed at the existing camps on the property.

The company has all of its permits in place for both the road upgrades and the exploration program, said Albert.

The company will also start work on a bankable feasibility study for the mine.

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That won’t be ready until 2015, said Albert.

The goal for 2014 is to identify the best options for power for the operations, a port to get the ore to market, and transportation get the ore to port, he said.

Selwyn Chihong is also working hard to implement agreements it has signed with the First Nations in the area.

The project lies on the traditional territory of the Kaska, as well as the Sahtu and the Dehcho in the Northwest Territories.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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COMMENTARY Can foreign aid help this girl? gests that aid fuels corruption without improving economic by growth. Referring to aid workNICHOLAS ers, he concludes: “Dedicated D. KRISTOF and ethical people are doing harm.”

I disagree, but this is an important argument to have because so much rides on it. And a PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti starting point is to acknowledge lmost four years after the that aid sometimes wasn’t efearthquake that devastated fective because it was intended Haiti, Darline St. Luc, 13, is one mostly to prop up allies, or to of the hundreds of thousands of support American businesses. people who are still homeless.

Deaton says that some 70 per She and her family get by in a cent of aid from the United leaky, rat-infested shack made States may never reach the out of old USAID grain sacks, recipient country, at least in and she says that she sometimes cash – so it’s not surprising that goes days without eating. it doesn’t always bolster the lives It has been months since of Haitians like Darline.

Darline had a bite of meat, More broadly, whether or not and she says she doesn’t quite aid boosts economic growth, remember what an egg tastes it unquestionably saves lives. like. Her dad died this year, and Haiti’s infant mortality rate has she had to drop out of school in been nearly halved since the September because she couldn’t 1990s. Worldwide as well, aid afford the $200 needed for a has dramatically reduced child school uniform, shoes, books deaths and, after a lag, brought and supplies. down birthrates, too. Here in Yet, this month Darline is Haiti, women average 3.3 babies back in school because of an today, down from around six in extraordinary Haitian woman the 1980s. who has turned a torture chamAid’s impact on economic ber into a school – backed by growth is more complicated. high school students from Los But there is reason to think Altos, Calif., who raised money that as people become educated for it. and better nourished they will Let’s acknowledge that Haiti become more productive and is Exhibit A for many people demand better economic govwho think that foreign aid is, in ernance, laying the foundation the words of the late Sen. Jesse for improved growth rates.

Helms, “money down a rathole.”

And if Haiti is Exhibit A for Billions of dollars have poured skeptics, it’s worth noting that into this country and countless Haiti may be on the move again. aid workers drive around in The economy is growing faster white SUVs, yet Haiti remains than America’s, kidnappings are the poorest country in the down and new garment factorhemisphere. ies are reviving the manufacturAngus Deaton, a developing sector. And Haitians themment economist at Princeton selves are stepping up to build University, says that he began their own aid networks for girls his career believing in foreign like Darline – because they see aid but gradually came to conthat the right kind of aid can clude that it is unhelpful and achieve remarkable returns. even harmful. In a new book, The school that Darline atThe Great Escape, Deaton sugtends was founded by Rea Dol,

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46, who grew up impoverished in the Haitian countryside. Dol dropped out of school in Grade 8, and then returned to school in fits and starts. Eventually Dol started a literacy program and then a school housed in a former secret police base with a torture chamber.

This school, called the SOPUDEP school after a local community organization that supports it, now serves 835 low-income children from prekindergarten through Grade 12. Dol asks for school fees from those who can pay, but, when there’s no money, she sometimes waives the fee and even provides a free uniform and books.

The school is an exemplary marriage of local leadership and foreign donors. A Canadian foundation has been very supportive, and Dol once ran into Seth Donnelly, a Los Altos High School teacher, in a Haiti guesthouse. That led Los Altos students to raise $200,000, allowing Dol to take over two other schools in Haiti and start building a big new one.

Helping people is harder than it looks, whether for Dol or for international aid groups.

After the earthquake, Canadian supporters sent her a 20-foot shipping container of books and clothing, but Haitian customs officials seized it, held the container for a year, and then charged $15,000 for duty and storage fees – a sum that donors had to make up.

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Yet Dol soldiers on and works closely with a network of other Haitians also trying to build a better Haiti. She delivered some of the books to support a new library for Sakala, a program that promotes education in a notorious slum called Cite Soleil.

Daniel Tillias, a Haitian who leads Sakala, says that the library shows that local people can solve their own problems and overcome an aid-driven culture of dependency and passivity.

“People say, ‘Why should we build a library? UNICEF should do it for us,’” Tillias said.

“People need to understand that the only person who can build a better life for you is yourself.”

Darline still faces enormous challenges. She has never seen a doctor or a dentist in her life.

Rats scurry around her home and the public outhouses. And now that she is 13, men harass her; she worries that in the insecurity of the crime-ridden makeshift encampment where she lives, she may be raped, as two of her sisters were.

“When I go to the toilet, men are scarier than the rats,” Darline said. “I can kill the rats, but I can’t kill the men.”

In this bleak environment, school offers a ray of hope for a better future. Darline eats a free meal every day at school, so her nutrition improves and she’s less anemic.

I was there in her hut when Dol handed Darline a school uniform and told the family that she could return to school.

The family lit up with joy, and Darline is now dreaming of graduating from high school, maybe even going to college through a university fund that Dol has established at SOPUDEP.org.

Now five other children living near Darline have trooped to the school to see if they, too, can get a free education. Dol is scrambling to find the money to make that happen – because anyone in this slum sees that the right kind of aid can, indeed, transform a child’s life.

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INSIGHT A good balance sheet most recent audited statements available. have to admit that, goby Keith ingI in, I suspected our city Halliday council of having certain pro-flummery tendencies. So I was surprised, as so many are, when I got to Note 2 of the document.

I had already learned that tax revenues went up $2.1 million, or eight per cent, in n exchange between Mr. 2012. This was not a surprise, Fox, leader of the opposi- since more than a few proption, and Prime Minister Pitt erty owners complained to from The Madness of King me at the time about their tax George: bills going up.

Fox: Do you enjoy all this The surprise in Note 2, for flummery, Mr. Pitt? readers still with me, is that Pitt: No, Mr. Fox. the city contributed $1.7 milFox: Do you enjoy anylion to its reserves in 2012. thing, Mr. Pitt?

This means that city council Pitt: A balance sheet, Mr. had a choice to be popular Fox. I enjoy a good balance and hold the line on taxes, but sheet. instead chose to strengthen The sober burghers of our municipal balance sheet.

Whitehorse will be pleased to Over $435,000 was added learn that our city appears to to the Building Replacement be run by stolid Pitt-ites.

Reserve, which is where the With the city budget debate city stores money to rebuild coming up next month, and non-recreational, non-sewer having a certain affection of buildings that need rebuildmy own for balance sheets, ing. Over $350,000 of revenue I decided to read the City of was shunted into the Parking Whitehorse’s 2012 financial Development Reserve, which is for “parking related capital statements. These are the

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projects,” while $457,113 went into our general contingency reserve. Various other Pittfriendly reserves were also topped up.

The citizens of bankrupt Detroit probably wish their city council was more like Whitehorse’s, and hadn’t been run by flummery extremists for the last 50 years.

The city’s reserves were $24 million at the end of 2012, up 63 per cent from just two years previously. Meanwhile the debt (Note 4, if you’re reading along) was around $11 million, up 10 per cent over the same period.

Mr. Pitt would probably approve of all this. I don’t know if city council takes advice via Ouija board like Prime Minister Mackenzie King used to do in Ottawa, but Mr. Pitt would probably recommend more of the same in the coming budget.

He would not be swayed by business owners and residents complaining about tax hikes as the Yukon economy slows down.

Nor would he be swayed by those (including yours truly) who argued last year against

the city’s proposal to cut the property tax exemptions given to non-profits like the Guild, Biathlon Yukon or the MacBride Museum.

The balance sheet’s needs are paramount, he would say.

If Mr. Pitt were to criticize our civic leaders, he would probably say that they have not been loud enough about their pro-balance sheet policies. I don’t recall them saying that subsidies for Mount Sima couldn’t be afforded because that would require the reserves to be augmented more slowly.

Others have criticized the city for not being transparent about how the money moves back and forth between the operating budget, capital budget and the reserves. Some have gone so far as to claim that the reserves are being built up so the city government can afford to build itself a new headquarters building.

I hope this is not true. The current building on Fourth Avenue is perfect on the primary criterion for being a good administrative centre: it is already paid for. Mr. Pitt would be very wary of

schemes for new headquarters buildings, especially if they involve elaborate financial partnerships with third parties.

On the transparency point, I did a word-search in the “Complete Budget Package” for the current spending year.

There is no mention of the Building Replacement Reserve. And the chart “Where Does Your Tax Dollar Go?” does not have a slice showing reserve accumulation despite the fact that – clearly – lots of our tax dollars have ended up in reserves.

I hope that the city improves the information in the budget package it debates in January. We should see operations, capital and reserves all in one easy-to-understand package. If there is a tax increase coming, citizens deserve to know in advance how much will be used for flummery and how much for the balance sheet.

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

The stem and the flower by DAVID BROOKS

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n an act of amazing public service, I have not written a column in three months. In the course of that time, I’ve stepped back from politics, a bit, and thought about other things. That naturally raises the question: How much emotional and psychic space should politics take up in a normal healthy brain?

Let’s use one of President Barack Obama’s favourite rhetorical devices and frame the issue with the two extremes.

On the one hand, there are those who are completely cynical about politics. But, as the columnist Michael Gerson has put it, this sort of cynicism is the luxury of privileged people. If you live in a functioning society, you can say politicians are just a bunch of crooks. But, if you live in a place without rule of law, where a walk down a nighttime street can be terrifying, where tribalism leads to murder, you know that politics is a vital concern.

On the other hand, there are those

who form their identity around politics and look to it to complete their natures. These overpoliticized people come in two forms: the aspirational and the tribal. The aspirational hope that politics can transform society and provide meaning. They were inspired by the lofty rhetoric of John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. The possibilities, he argued, were limitless: “Man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty.”

The problem with this lofty rhetoric is that politics can rarely deliver, so there is a cynical backlash when the limited realities of government reassert themselves. This inevitable letdown is happening to a lot of Obama’s supporters right now.

Then there are those who look to politics for identity. They treat their partisan affiliation as a form of ethnicity. These people drive a lot of talk radio and television. Not long ago, most intelligent television talk was not about politics. Shows would put interesting people together, like Woody Allen with Billy Graham (check it out on YouTube), and they’d discuss anything under the sun.

Now most TV and radio talk is minute political analysis, while talk of culture has shriveled. This change is driven by people who, absent other attachments, have fallen upon partisanship to give them a sense of righteousness and belonging.

This emotional addiction can lead to auto-hysteria.

So if politics should not be nothing in life, but not everything, what should it be? We should start by acknowledging that except for a few rare occasions – the Civil War, the Depression – government is a slow trudge, oriented around essential but mundane tasks.

Imagine you are going to a picnic.

Government is properly in charge of maintaining the essential background order: making sure there is a park, that it is reasonably clean and safe, arranging public transportation so as many people as possible can get to it. But if you remember the picnic afterward, these things won’t be what you remember. You’ll remember the creative food, the interesting conversations and the fun activities.

Government is the hard work of creating a background order, but it is not the main substance of life. As Samuel Johnson famously put it, “How small, of all that human hearts endure,/That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.” Government can set the stage, but it can’t be the play.

It is just too balky an instrument. As we’re seeing even with the Obamacare implementation, government is good at check-writing, like Social Security, but it is not nimble in the face of complexity. It doesn’t adapt to failure well. There’s a lot of passive-aggressive behaviour. In any federal action, one

administrator will think one thing; another administrator will misunderstand and do something else; a political operative will have a different agenda; a disgruntled fourth party will leak and sabotage. You can’t fire anybody or close anything down. It’s hard to use economic incentives to get people moving in one direction. Governing is the noble but hard job of trying to get anything done under a permanent condition of Murphy’s Law. So one’s attitude toward politics should be a passionate devotion to a mundane and limited thing. Government is essential, but, to switch metaphors ridiculously, it’s the stem of the flower, not the bloom. The best government is boring, gradual and orderly. It’s steady reform, not exciting transformation. It’s keeping the peace and promoting justice and creating a background setting for mobility, but it doesn’t deliver meaning.

I figure that unless you are in the business of politics, covering it or columnizing about it, politics should take up maybe a tenth corner of a good citizen’s mind. The rest should be philosophy, friendship, romance, family, culture and fun. I wish our talk-show culture reflected that balance, and that the emotional register around politics were more in keeping with its low but steady nature.

David Brooks writes about politics and society for the New York Times.

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he city’s plan to consolidate all of its services into one municipal building has been fractured.

Interim city manager Brian Crist explained that, while the original plans had called for having one building to run all of the city’s business from – everything from snow removal and heavy equipment to processing dog licences – it now calls to have things split between “hard” and “soft” services in two separate buildings.

“The operations are more the hard services, the trucks and equipment and people. The soft services are more of those where you’d walk of the street to get a building permit, or taxation services or any of your permits like a dog licence,” Crist said. “Anything where you basically park our car and walk in.”

The decision comes from a Kobayashi and Zedda Architects report that the city commissioned to help plan for the consolidation.

“Early in the report they came back and said we should have a look at our operations and our service components,” Crist said.

Making people drive out to an industrial area to do their daily city paperwork is inconvenient, but having heavy equipment being run out of a yard in the downtown core is also a problem, Crist said.

“The next step is a business case

report that looks at the financial pros and cons of each option.

“It’s taken a bit longer because the last thing you want is a report that, when it’s done, says a lot of things but doesn’t say enough to let you go forward, and ends up sitting on the shelf,” he said.

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enovation work has stalled at the historic Canadian Bank of Commerce in Dawson because of asbestos found in the building.

The town purchased the building earlier this year for $170,000 from Michele Palma in an out-of-court settlement.

The bank dates back to the gold

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It was designated a heritage site in 1988.

Dawson resident Palma bought the building from the bank decades ago.

However, he only purchased the structure itself, and not the land it sits on.

The land was owned by the federal government at the time of the purchase, and it was subsequently transferred to the Yukon and finally to Dawson.

At some point foundation work was done, which in effect physically makes the building part of the land it sits on.

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A year ago the city started planning for the consolidation project, figuring it would cost about $10 million. The money was pulled out of the 2013

capital budget. But this year’s capital budget, released a month ago, and which Mayor Dan Curtis referred to as “bare bones,” includes no plans for any major infrastructure projects.

The KZA report, which began in 2012, cost $250,000.

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over who is the rightful owner of the property.

Now that the town is the outright owner, the plan is to restore the building to its former glory.

“Our first goal is getting it back to looking the way that it should,” said Jeff Renaud, Dawson’s chief administrative officer. “It warrants to be a centrepiece of our community.”

But those plans are on hold because of asbestos found in the building, which makes it unsafe for renovations to continue.

The town looked into getting the hazardous material removed and disposed of, said Renaud.

“Unfortunately the estimates for that work are well beyond our financial capabilities right now.”

Estimates were close to a quarter of a million dollars for that work, he said.

Instead, the town hopes to make the building safe again through an encapsulation method, which means

that the asbestos would be sealed up so that it is no longer a hazard.

The town has hired a consultant to figure out how much that will cost, said Renaud.

He doesn’t expect to have the answer until late January or early February, he said.

In the meantime, crews will continue to do the work that they can off-site, so they are ready to go when the building can again be accessed, said Renaud.

The town has not yet decided on the eventual purpose of the building.

The first goal is to protect it from further degradation and restore the exterior, said Renaud.

After that, depending on how much interior renovation is possible, the town may come up with a plan to use the building, he said.

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he Yukon government and the Carcross/Tagish First Nation plan to develop a number of cottage lots in the Southern Lakes region over the next year.

That is just one of the areas of development the governments agreed to co-operate on in a memorandum of understanding signed Monday.

Carcross/Tagish First Nation Chief Danny Cresswell said the goal is to create a sustainable economy for the Carcross area.

“There is no real economy there.

There’s a little boom and bust for summertime with tourism; we need to look at year-round. We need to look at something that’s a lot more sustainable and something that creates full-time jobs.”

The governments are looking at developing cottage lots on both public land and First Nation settlement land.

The lots will be remote access, meaning that they’ll be accessible by

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Danny Cresswell, chief of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, left, and Premier Darrell Pasloski signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday for a number of development plans, including cottage lots and tourism development in the Carcross area.

boat, or over ice in the winter.

The plan is to identify the lots on public land by January 31, and release them to the public by lottery in August, 2014.

The governments also agreed to collaborate to find private-sector partners for the proposed Millhaven Bay wilderness tourism development

on Bennett Lake.

The First Nation would like to see a $20-30 million, world-class resort on that site, said Cresswell.

It’s a development that the First Nation has been talking about for a long time.

An information pamphlet from February 2010 said that the resort

would be open to guests in 2013.

The Yukon government has also agreed to facilitate development along Bennett Beach.

The First Nation plans to build a residential subdivision on that parcel of land, and the project is currently before the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board.

That plan has drawn criticism from some local residents, who say the development will disrupt the area’s sensitive ecology and local ski trails.

The Yukon government has agreed to make “best efforts” to make a decision on required zoning amendments by February 28, 2014, according to the agreement.

The agreement also indicates that the governments will work on a feasibility study for a public marina in Carcross, and explore the potential of a new campground at the Conrad historic site.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

Man found after extensive search Ashley Joannou

but was not there when the family returned three hours later.

After searching the home and im78-year-old man with dementia mediate neighbourhood, the family was found and treated for hycalled police. pothermia after an extensive search “They searched their residences, Friday evening. they called neighbours to help and More than a dozen officers, along then, realizing they couldn’t do it with concerned neighbours and on their own, they called us,” said friends, searched for hours before Whitehorse RCMP Const. Christine the man was found lying in the snow Grant. by a police service dog.

Officers from the police services The senior, whose name is not dog unit, traffic services and anyone being released, was last seen in his else who was on watch that day came to help along with neighbours, Porter Creek home around 2 p.m.

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family and friends.

Whitehorse Search and Rescue were advised but never called into service.

Temperatures that evening dropped to around -16. The man was wearing a leather jacket and light boots.

At about 7:30 p.m., Crash, a three-year-old German Shepherd police service dog, and his handler Cpl. Cam Long found the man lying in two feet of snow. He was near a power utility building a few blocks from his home, Grant said.

“When they found him he was able to make eye contact but was not verbally responsive and he was shivering,” she said.

It’s not clear how long the man had been outdoors.

He was treated at Whitehorse General Hospital for hypothermia and released.

Grant said the family did the right thing by calling police.

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Sad about the bulbs It’s too bad that the incandescent light bulb is on its way out.

Yes, they’re inefficient, but all of the energy that they use which isn’t turned into light is turned into heat. So it means you’re heating your home with electricity, which a lot of people do for a lot of the year anyway.

The cost of manufacture and disposal should also be considered with these other types of bulbs. Also, I just like the yellow glow of an old-fashioned bulb. I’ll be hoarding some before that ban kicks in.

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Canada’s elite lack honour On November 27 the nation of Latvia suffered a tragedy when 54 people died when the roof of the Maxima Supermarket collapsed.

The prime minister of Latvia, Valdis Dombrovskis, resigned.

New elections are to be held October 2014. He is quoted: “I call on all who look to the future to assess their responsibility and act accordingly.” It seems to me that an old democracy, Canada, could take some lessons from one of the new democracies of Eastern

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Europe.

Canada had its own tragedy when, on July 6, a train derailment at Lac Megantic left 47 dead and the heart of the town destroyed. This, and the ongoing tragic comic farce of Mayor Rob Ford and the Senate scandal, has resulted in no one accepting responsibility.

Those elected and unelected political leaders and the “captains of industry” seem to be too busy passing the puck, ducking the issue, shifting blame to others or in some cases outright lying. The last thing on their mind is to go down with the ship. It is way past the time for some in this country to accept their responsibility and act accordingly.

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I was unable to take advantage of this service in the past because there was no evening service.

With the adoption of the new loop route system and the expansion of the system to include evening service, I have been able to take the bus to work several times a week.

I began by riding the bus two days a week and have found it so convenient that I now ride four and sometimes five days a week.

Mayor Dan Curtis, city councillors and Whitehorse Transit staff, our transit system is enjoyable and it works!

In the months that I have been riding the bus I have observed ridership increasing. As more

people use the system, it becomes more cost effective to offer expanded service and increase service loops.

We all have an opportunity and a challenge to tackle increasing costs of traffic and parking congestion while at the same

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Japan to boost defence spending, shift troops to south amid concerns about China’s rise Mari Yamaguchi

defence, Japan also should seek increased security co-operation with South Korea, Australia, Southeast TOKYO Asia and India, the guidelines say. apan on Tuesday approved a plan “Up until now, Japan focused to increase defence spending by too much on the Japan-U.S. five per cent over the next five years security alliance,” Isozaki said. “I to purchase its first surveillance don’t think that alone is enough to drones, more jet fighters and naval protect the peace in this region.” destroyers in the face of China’s In Beijing, Chinese Foreign military expansion.

Ministry spokeswoman Hua The revised five-year defence Chunying said Japan’s aggression in plan was adopted by the Cabinet World War II raises questions about along with a new national security Tokyo’s latest intentions. “We hope strategy that reflects Prime Minister Japan will not just pay lip service to Shinzo Abe’s drive to raise the peace, but can make that a concrete profile of Japan’s military and have reality and play a constructive role the country participate more in inin preserving peace and stability in ternational diplomacy and security.

Experts say the strategy and the region,” she said. defence plan is in line with ongoing U.S. Secretary of State John global power shifts, but Japan’s Kerry, in Manila for talks with neighbours – and some Japanese Philippine officials, said the guidecitizens – worry the new strategies lines reflect the “joint vision of push the country away from its Japan-U.S. co-operation in terms of pacifist constitution adopted after Junji Kurokawa/AP Photo security for the region and elseWorld War II. where.” He said Japan is making Japanese maritime self-defence force sailors at work during an exercise in the Sagami Bay. “Many people worry inside greater humanitarian and peace Japan will increase defence spending by five per cent over the next five years in the face of Japan and outside that maybe Abe efforts, and is capable of playing a China’s military expansion. hasn’t really learned the lesson “more modern and engaged role” from the wartime history of Japan ain are doing.” buy three drones, as well as 28 Ftution, the country has been too in the region. and that there’s a danger that a The previous five-year defence 35A fighters, 17 Osprey aircraft and biased in that direction.

“This is not a sudden response greater role played by Japan actuplan adopted in 2010 by the nowfive destroyers, including two with to something or anything that any“We are only trying to shift ally means the rise of militarism in opposition Democratic Party of Aegis anti-ballistic-missile systems. body should get particularly upset the long term,” said Koichi Nakano, closer to a normal country, and we Japan cut military spending by 750 The purchases will cost 24.7 trillion about,” Kerry said. have no intention whatsoever to an international politics professor billion yen, or three per cent. yen ($247 billion), up 5 per cent become a military power,” Isozaki Narushige Michishita, a national at Sophia University in Tokyo.

The latest plans reflect a shift in from the previous plan. said.

“Peace policy is Japan’s most security expert at the National Yousuke Isozaki, a ruling party Japan’s defence priorities from its Broader defence program important value, and I think we Graduate Institute for Policy Studlawmaker who is a special adviser northern reaches to the East China guidelines also adopted Tuesday should keep that.

But parts that ies, said the strategy and defence to Abe on security affairs, described Sea, where Tokyo and Beijing dissay Japan is “gravely concerned” the new strategy as progress toward have been too restrictive should be plans set the stage for Japan to pute each other’s claim to some about China’s growing maritime modified so that Japan can make Japan becoming a more “normal” come out of its postwar isolationuninhabited islands. and military presence in the East international contributions. But country. He said that while Japan They call for setting up an amChina Sea, and its lack of transpar- ism. again, we are not thinking about should preserve the principle of “Isolationism was very convephibious unit similar to the ency and “high-handed” approach. matching what America and Britpacifism enshrined in its constinient and comfortable, but now U.S. Marines to respond quickly Late last month, China said all China is rising rapidly and the U.S. to a possible foreign invasion of aircraft entering a vast zone over Northern Cultural Expressions Society commitment to Asia is not growthose islands. Japan will also deploy the East China Seat must identify ing, so maybe we should be a little an early warning system, submathemselves and follow Chinese more proactive,” said Michishita, rines and anti-missile defences in instructions. who helped develop the previous the area.

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ARTS The Grand Ole Northern Opry returns Elaine Corden Special for the News

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t’s a long way between Nashville and Whitehorse. The two capital cities are separated by 5,354 kilometres of Rockies, Great Plains and Appalachians – a geographical distance that means a difference of four hours of daylight on the winter solstice, Dec. 21.

However, organizers of the Second Annual Grand Ole Northern Opry, taking place over two nights at the Yukon Arts Centre this weekend, are hoping that attendees will feel, at least for a moment, like they’re in the front row of the country music capital’s most prestigious institution.

Featuring some 48 musicians, dancers, and visual artists from across the North, the Grand Ole Northern Opry is the brainchild of musician Kim Beggs and chef Dale Harnish, two Whitehorse-based dreamers who cooked up a vision of a Yukon variety show almost two years ago.

“We were sitting around over coffee, solving the problems of the universe, as we always do,” says Beggs, who acts as producer and artistic director for the event. “The idea of the Opry came up, I think partly because both of us have been involved in music festivals and events and as performers and volunteers. I decided I was going to apply to the Yukon Arts Fund, and when I was creating the application, I started thinking about creating something that really benefits people – not just a performance, but a real opportunity for artists.”

The resulting event turned out to resemble the original but also something more musically ambitious. While the Grand Ole Northern Opry will have many aspects of its Nashville counterpart, including a multi-act country music revue, elaborate stage, two-stepping dancers, a house band, and a whimsical MC, it will also have original songs created just for the event by Yukon songwriters paired up in teams of two.

“When I was in Nashville I was going out to see songwriter showcases, and I saw this performer that I’d never heard of performing one song that really hit me and struck me as really powerful,” says Beggs, explaining her reverence for the tradition of passing on songs in country music. “A few days later I was at the Opry, and the headlining act did the same song. They don’t explain that it’s by another songwriter

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Top, Brian Ladue and Amelia Rose perform with the Opry band ensemble during the inaugural Grand Ole Northern Opry in December 2012. Bottom, Natalie Edelson, Kim Beggs, Kim Barlow and Helene Beaulieu perform.

or anything, they just played it. And I thought, ‘How cool is that?’”

The five songs commissioned by Grand Ole Northern Opry, including Let the River Give Back, which Beggs co-wrote with Whitehorse’s Michael Brooks, will not be performed by their authors, but rather assigned to another Yukon performer who will interpret the work for the audience.

“We wanted to include as many artists as possible, and also to have new faces on the stage, especially faces from the communities who aren’t seen as often,” says Beggs, who adds that the evening will see performers taking on both well-known country favourites and lesser-known tunes. “(It’s) something old, something new, something borrowed (and) something blue.”

In addition to the shared songwriting experience, performers will also have a chance to collaborate and network at a two-day camp happening in the days leading up to event. There, they’ll rehearse, exchange ideas, attend workshops and hopefully strengthen their ties as a community of northern musicians.

“Part of being an artist is

building your community, beyond just your physical community,” says Beggs. “When artists are well connected to each other, it can help them set new standards for each other.”

By the time the audience is in its seats, Beggs is hopeful her performers will have gelled as a group, making for a magical two nights’ of music.

As with last year, the evening will be emceed by author Jerome Stueart, who is making a special trip from a writing retreat in Ohio just for the occasion. Stueart will be joined throughout the evening by comic performer Sharon Shorty, who is reportedly cooking up a “First Nations version” of Minnie Pearl, the original Grand Ole Opry’s iconic comic reporter.

Performers include Nadine Landry, Margaret Freeland, Ryan McCord, Gordie Tentrees, Steve Slade, Noosa, Diyet Van Lieshout and dozens more. Yukon legend Hank Karr will headline the event, marking his first performance after a long illness. The show begins at 7 p.m. both nights. Tickets are available at the Yukon Arts Centre or yukontickets.com.

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Major renovation to give Stonehenge ancient grandeur and modern facilities Jill Lawless The Associated Press

STONEHENGE, England fter thousands of years, Stonehenge has had a makeover. But visitors may initially feel something is missing: the prehistoric monument itself.

Tourists now arrive at a gleaming new timber-andglass visitor centre some 2.4 kilometres from Stonehenge.

The famous stone circle tucked into the rolling green landscape is nowhere to be seen.

It’s a teasing introduction to the site, where new facilities and landscaping are designed to “restore the dignity” of Stonehenge, and transform the way more than 1 million visitors a year see it.

Simon Thurley, who heads governing body English Heritage, said visitors will now be able to see the stones “free from the clutter and rubbish” that have been built up around them.

On Tuesday, journalists and English Heritage members were given a preview of the new centre, which houses a 360-degree Cinerama-style “virtual tour” of the monument, along with an extensive exhibition about the Neolithic Britons who built Stonehenge starting 5,000 years ago.

When the building opens to the public on Wednesday, workers will dismantle the old ticket office and other nondescript buildings clustered beside the monument. A busy road that ferried thousands of cars a day past the stones is being closed and grassed over.

The idea is to return Stonehenge, 80 miles (130 kilometres) southwest of London, to its rural landscape. Visitors will be bussed to the stones on a special shuttle. Or they can walk, exploring paths and an ancient processional approach route that for years has been cut in half by asphalt.

Even the new visitor building – two single-story blocks, one of glass and one of timber, under an undulating roof – is

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Evidence suggests large crowds gathered at Stonehenge for the summer and winter solstices, a tradition that continues today. Thousands of self-styled Druids, pagans and New Age revelers are due to gather for the winter solstice on Saturday, the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.

Senior curator Sara Lunt said that there are still major discoveries to be made – more than half the site remains unexcavated. But the original purpose of Stonehenge may remain a mystery.

“We know there was a big idea” behind Stonehenge and other stone circles built across Alastair Grant/AP Photo the British Isles in the NeolithBritain’s ancient Stonehenge monument was due for a makeover, including a new building ic period, she said. But “what near the site where a million visitors a year can watch an exhibition about Neolithic life. the spiritual dimension of this designed to fit unobtrusively jam, chocolate, baseball caps, remains of dozens of cremated idea is – that is the key, and that is what we can’t get.” into the landscape. bodies from about 3000 B.C. mouse pads and fridge mag“We still have no way of “If people don’t remember whose location was marked by nets, as well as “Stonehenge replicating a Neolithic mind. it when they go home, but they Rocks” T-shirts. bluestones. remember the monument, Stones for the second Stone- We don’t have the Neolithic The commercialism is voice in our ear. that won’t be a bad thing,” said isolated from the monument, henge, much of which still “We don’t know the heart architect Stephen Quinlan. stands, were brought from up which retains its eternal mysof it – and that’s a good thing.

Inside, the exhibition seeks to 175 miles (280 kilometres) tery. to show the monument’s preaway. Construction continued That gives people work to do.”

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The little town of Mayo makes a big difference overseas That year, and every year since, Mayo’s J.V. Clark School’s Kids Helping Kids Club has been holding spaghetti, pizza or lasagna dinners, bake sales, Christmas craft fairs, picking up garbage and collecting coins, cans and bottles. They have knocked on doors and checked out the back alleys and sides of the street of a town of 400, looking for treasures to turn into cash.

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he rats running rampant and damp penetrating cold helped us decide. How could a five-year old child sleep soundly?

The blankets were thin and ragged and the windows were glassless, letting in blasts of wind propelling mosquitoes, dust or rain. And then, there was the keenness for knowledge in a school without books.

That year we returned from India and Nepal, our minds whirling, but determined. We had immersed ourselves in the country, not viewed it from holiday tour.

It was 2006, and we’d both done a volunteering stint in India and Nepal.

Then, we bought story books in Kathmandu, loaded them into public transport for Lumbini – a mere 12 hours by bumpy bus careening down hairpin slopes, dodging cattle, motorbikes and other impediments.

But it couldn’t stop there. Word was out. Sipping tea by candle and moonlight, I heard the steel door clank open into where we were staying. Then, a slender man wheeling a bicycle drew near. “Namaste,” he said, bowing his head, putting his hands together. Then he was silent, struggling for the right words.

Finally, they came. “Would you,” he asked, “have one book for my school?” Could you say no?

That was the beginning of Hands of Hope – Books and Basics for Kids in India and Nepal. It was also the beginning of the Kids Helping Kids Club in Mayo.

That year, and every year since, Mayo’s J.V. Clark School’s Kids Helping Kids Club has been holding spaghetti, pizza or lasagna dinners, bake sales, Christmas craft fairs, picking up garbage and collecting coins, cans and bottles.

They have knocked on doors and checked out the back alleys and sides of the street of a town of 400, looking for treasures to turn into cash.

How much cash? More cash than you think.

Many of the 62 school students became totally engaged in fundraising for Nepali kids across the ocean. They became ambassadors of change, converting cookies into cash so kids could keep warm, read books and envision a future.

A future for the girls was to not marry by age 13 and have babies by age 15, instead remaining in school.

And the boys dreamed of attaining

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Nepali students reading books provided by Hands of Hope, purchased with money raised by the students at J.V. Clark School in Mayo.

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This two-classroom unit was built at a school in Lumbini, Nepal. Money raised by Mayo students will build a similar unit.

a career, and studied hard for scholarships.

An orphan boy, Busha, said to me that first year, “Maybe if I work

hard, someone will want me.” He’d had a difficult early life during the war in Nepal and together with his siblings became homeless. Now in

an orphanage, the future he knew, only too well, was bleak.

Age 18 would mean leaving the precarious safety of the children’s

home. A home for two dozen kids who had to face food shortages, cold, sexual predators, and future economic uncertainty was not a place of security.

Mayo school’s Kids Helping Kids Club cogitated on pictures, PowerPoint presentations and stories, then determined they could be of benefit. Together with three pivotal people in the school, they set to work and have continued to do so since that first year. Michael McGinnis, Maggie Leary and Rosemary Popadynec were and are the powers that be who have helped to guide and motivate the kids, plus cook spaghetti, drive the truck for garbage cleanup, and oversee bake sales and craft fairs. And the community of Mayo fell right in with the plans and donated items, showed up for dinners, and generally supported the initiative.

Between 2006 and 2013 the J.V. Clark Kids Helping Kids Club has raised just over $12,000. This last batch of raised money – $5,000 – will build two classrooms in Lumbini for the several-hundredstrong Gyan Prabha school. Hands of Hope has already built two classrooms there and more classroom space has been crucial as the kids have had classes in a rice field, sitting on sacks.

The little town of Mayo – seniors, elders, parents and kids, the school and the Kids Helping Kids Club – has made an enormous difference in the lives of two dozen kids and given them the gift of allowing them to dream of a future, plus giving other kids the “luxury” of attending school in a classroom away from the heat, bugs, wind and rain.

Presently, Busha and his two brothers are attending postsecondary education in Nepal.

Busha is completing his bachelor of science, while one brother, Rohit, has a scholarship to study medicine and Santosh is completing Grade 12. Four other orphans are also studying. Of the two girls, Nipa is a singer and studies office administration and Meena is enrolled in a nursing program.

This would not have happened without the people of Mayo’s optimism, hard work and belief that the kids in Nepal should have a future.

For more information on Hands of Hope projects, please go to www. hands-of-hope.ca. At this time, Rosemarie Briggs is in Nepal. She has just completed setting up a new library in India and approved the second classroom construction project.

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Teach your kids to cook Helen Branswell The Canadian Press

TORONTO t’s a family ritual. Every weekend, David Collins takes his four-yearold son Samuel grocery shopping.

It’s bonding time for the duo, for sure. But their zig-zag through the aisles of their Vancouver grocery store is part of Collins’ effort to teach his little boy how to cook.

“When we go down the produce aisle, I try to get him to name all the vegetables,” says Collins, who used to own a restaurant and spent years in the food preparation business.

“I want to get across to him that vegetables and fruits, they’re very tasty if they’re done properly.”

Back at home, Samuel will pull up a chair to watch his father cook.

When the task at hand is suitable for four-year-old sous-chef, Samuel pitches in.

“He likes to help doing pancakes,” says Collins, 48.

“It brings him into the kitchen.

And he sees something being created from little bits of this and that.

Something very yummy. You know, it’s a start.”

Nutritional experts say this is exactly the type of thing you ought be doing if you want your children to develop an appreciation for a healthy diet – and to learn how to plan, shop for and cook meals so they can feed themselves when they eventually leave home.

The occasional lucky person takes to cooking like a duck to water. But for most of us, it’s a skill that needs to be taught. And the sooner children start to learn, the easier things tend to go.

“It has implications down the road,” says Kate Comeau, a registered dietitian and spokesperson for Dietitians of Canada, the professional body that represents roughly 6,000 dietitians in this country.

“You can learn to cook as an adult ... but if we can start kids earli-

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Samuel Collins, 4, demonstrates how he makes pancakes with some help from his father David Collins in Vancouver, B.C.

er, we tend to see healthier adults.”

Tasks need to be geared to the child’s age and abilities. Tearing lettuce is something a really young child can help with. Once they are able, getting children to read a recipe aloud provides opportunities to explain measurements and cooking terms.

“As soon as they can follow directions, most definitely – have them in the kitchen helping out,” urges Kristi King, a registered dietitian at Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.

The endeavour can take patience, the experts admit.

“Mistakes and messes will happen.... The flour is going to spill,” warns Susan Moores, a registered dietitian in Saint Paul, Minn., who says it is important to show children that those kinds of mishaps aren’t a catastrophe so they aren’t frightened off.

But if you want to help your children avoid obesity and teach them that meals don’t just come out of take-out bags or freezer cartons, you have to put in that work.

The alternative is best avoided.

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King says people in her field too commonly see young adults who cannot cook and don’t know how to shop for groceries when they move out on their own.

King works in the department of pediatric gastroenterology, helping care for children who have conditions like Crohn’s disease or colitis.

Some of her patients remain on her roster after they head off to university. She encourages them to email her if they have questions about what they can eat, and they do.

“I got one not too long ago that was like ‘How do I cook an egg?”’

King says, adding that the sender told her “I’m too embarrassed to ask my mom.”

That isn’t likely to happen to Samuel Collins. He loves poached eggs on toast and likes to watch his dad prepare them. With the boiling water, he’s still too young to make them himself. But he is learning the steps, his father says.

For Yoni Freedhoff, all of this a no-brainer. And the Ottawa-based weight loss expert frankly finds it puzzling that more parents don’t grasp how important it is to teach their children how to plan and prepare meals from scratch.

“What’s amazing is that many parents nowadays will feel it’s extremely important to ensure their children know how to play soccer, yet those same parents aren’t providing their children with the life skill of cooking from fresh, whole ingredients,” says Freedhoff, director of the Bariatric Medical Institute.

He’s not anti-exercise – far from it. But Freedhoff is concerned that when families cram all sorts of after-school and weekend activities into a schedule, what often suffers is meal preparation.

When hockey practice, gymnastics or ballet is done, the easiest thing seems to be swinging by a drive-through to pick up some fast food, or popping something frozen – pizza, chicken strips and french fries – into the oven or microwave.

Freedhoff says a few years back Canadian researchers actually looked at the impact of after-school sports programs on the utilization of fast food. “Go figure: People who do after-school sports use more fast food than the people who don’t – because they’re in a rush.”

Even families that forgo fast foods after activities may find themselves shooing the kids out of the kitchen when they get home. When time is tight, it’s just faster not to have children under foot.

“I think it’s a habit that a lot of parents get into,” says Comeau, who is based in Montreal.

“Either they’re worried about safety, they’re worried about that their child can’t do it, they can’t help, or they’re just so crunched for time that they see it as a burden to show their children. They’d rather give them the iPad (and say) ‘Watch a movie and let me get supper on the table.”’

Freedhoff says parents trying to teach their kids to cook don’t have to involve them in the preparation of every meal, especially when the children are young. He suggests setting one night a week as the time when the kids help make supper.

“If we ensured that every single child graduated from high school knowing how to cook 10 healthy, from-whole-ingredient meals that were nutritious and inexpensive ... that would go a long way and might re-start some home cooking in our actual homes again.”

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Yukon skiers head into holidays with strong results, medals Tom Patrick News Reporter

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he Olympic and world championship trials are just three weeks away and Yukon skiers look ready for the challenge.

The territory’s top crosscountry skiers collected six medals in the Haywood NorAm at Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club in Rossland, B.C., over the weekend.

“The whole Yukon team had a good weekend. There were some impressive results from the younger skiers today, which is great to see,” said Whitehorse’s Emily Nishikawa. “It was a great weekend for all of us.”

Nishikawa and her brother Graham, as well as Whitehorse’s Dahria Beatty, won hardware for the second NorAm event in a row in Rossland.

Emily won her first NorAm gold of the season in the senior women’s 1.4-kilometre free sprint on Saturday. She then won silver, and was the top Canadian, in the open women’s 10-kilometre classic on Sunday.

“I’m really happy with how I performed this weekend,” said Emily. “I’m feeling better with each race but there’s still room for improvement. I’m right where I want to be.”

Emily won a bronze in a sprint and placed fifth in a distance race at the season opening NorAm the previous weekend in Vernon, B.C. “I feel stronger than last weekend for sure,” said Emily. “We have a little rest right now and I look forward to trials after Christmas.”

Beatty climbed the podium both days in Rossland.

She won silver in the junior women’s sprint on Saturday and bronze in junior women for the 10-kilometre classic Sunday, finishing 12th overall in open.

Yukon’s Annah Hanthorn, who moved to Whitehorse from Fort McPherson, N.W.T., during the offseason, was close behind.

She took ninth in the junior women sprint and was fourth – one spot behind Beatty – in Sunday’s junior division.

Graham Nishikawa won his second and third NorAm

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Whitehorse’s Emily Nishikawa, right, races in the sprint event at the Haywood NorAm in Rossland, B.C. on Saturday. Yukon skiers won six medals at the NorAm.

bronzes of the season. He won bronze in the open men’s 15-kilometre classic Sunday, but was the second Canadian, and won bronze in the senior men’s 1.6-kilometre sprint on Saturday as the top Canadian.

Yukon Elite Squad’s Knute Johnsgaard darted to sixth in Sunday’s sprint. He placed fourth in the sprint the weekend before.

“I was sixth place but only a little over one second out of first,” said Johnsgaard.

“That sucked to be that close again. Graham and I were the only two Canadians in the final against a bunch of Americans. We were laughing that it was kind of like Yukon versus U.S.A.” Johnsgaard and Elite Squad teammate Colin Abbott skied to 14th and 11th respectively in Sunday’s distance race. Abbott placed 14th in the sprint.

“I didn’t have an ideal start to the season this year as I was sick going into the season opener last weekend,” said Abbott. “I’ve felt better and better over the course of the first three races and

posted one of my best distance results – 11th overall and sixth Canadian in (Sunday’s) race.”

The Yukon Ski Team also had three junior men compete in Rossland.

Caelan McLean took 24th, Marcus Deuling 25th and Hudson Lucier 36th in the junior men’s 1.6-kilometre free sprint on Saturday.

McLean then skied to 30th overall, second for junior men, in the open men’s 15-kilometre classic while Deuling came 55th overall, 12th for junior men, and Lucier 75th overall, 25th Knute Johnsgaard races in the sprint. for junior men.

The Olympic Games next month. With his Games and World Junior/ strong sprint finishes the last U23 Championships trials two weekends, Johnsgaard will take place Jan. 8-12 in is also aiming for Olympic Canmore, Alta. The Nishikglory. awas, who competed at the “U23 is my main focus world championships last but with my sprint results season, are hoping to qualthe past two weeks it looks ify for their first Olympic like I have about as good of a

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chance as anyone to grab that one of those Olympic spots,” said the 21-year-old. “A lot of guys are going for them though. There’s going to be a lot of shattered dreams.

Luckily I’m still young.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Tennis Yukon testing the waters for indoor facility Tom Patrick

Games.

Kamloops, which hosted the last Westerns in 2011, built two oes the sport of tennis courts to bring their number have enough support in up to the minimum of six for Yukon for an indoor facility? the Games.

Would there be enough players “You can see that with willing to pay for memberships the softball: if you have a big at a year-round facility? enough facility, you can have Tennis Yukon has begun the a successful bid,” said Lewis. process of finding the answers (Whitehorse is schedule to host to those questions. The associatwo world softball championtion recently received a $20,000 ships over the next two sumgrant from the Yukon governmers and has hosted two in the ment’s Community Developpast.) ment Fund to conduct a feasTennis Yukon is also open to ibility study for indoor courts sharing the facility with other Submitted photo/Yukon News in Whitehorse. sport groups to lower costs. The Members of Tennis Yukon dig out the courts in April 2012.

The association is looking at the Tennis Yukon plans to hire facility could even have a rockfeasibility of an indoor facility in Whitehorse. a consultant with expertise in climbing wall, said Lewis. such matters to determine the The idea has not fallen on the ground. Tennis Yukon has said Lewis. “This fall and winter play in the summer than just practicality of an indoor facildeaf ears. Whitehorse’s Mounwith shoe-tags because people found it increasingly difficult to we have only been able to get ity. tain View Golf Course has 10 hours a week, and we don’t come and pay the drop-in “The idea from our perspec- rent time at the Yukon College spoken to Tennis Yukon about even get that much some weeks (fee),” said Lewis. “We’ve defgym during the winter.

Availtive is that somebody would providing land for an indoor because of getting bumped initely seen an increase in that ability at the Canada Games take four of five months during facility. The two organizations for special events.

It’s barely over the last couple summers Centre is also slim. In both the winter looking at other began tennis-golf summer enough to sustain year-round to the point that last summer cases, players are on gymnamodels, and at the end of camps last summer. programming. every weeknight between 5-9 all sium floors that are far from an getting the report ready they The exact location at the golf “A few years ago, we had 22 four courts were in use.” would count all the players who ideal surface to play on. hours per week and filled it no Tennis Yukon has considered course, if it were to go forward, “A big factor in our interest are using the outdoor courts,” problem. purchasing a fabric or “bubwould be part of the assessin the possibility of an indoor said Tennis Yukon president “The good news is that ble” structure for the Mount ment. facility is that we continue to Stacy Lewis. drop-in at the (games centre) is McIntyre courts, but there are “The exact location hasn’t struggle to get sufficient rental It’s tough to keep the sport drawing more people. But it’s problems with the idea. been completely nailed down,” going when there’s snow on hours at Yukon College gym,” Tuesday (and) Thursday 10-2, A bubble structure is cheaper said club secretary John Spicer. so school-age kids or most to purchase, but is expensive to “We have an older clubhouse working adults cannot partici- heat. Such structures also refacility that isn’t in much use pate.” quire a fan-system to maintain these days. Who knows what’s Tennis Yukon currently has enough air-pressure to keep the going to happen there, but about 135 members. This past bubble inflated. maybe in that vicinity or over year’s participation was beA permanent steel structure on the other side (of the parktween 450-500 adult and youth would be cheaper to heat, but ing lot). players, including those from would cost more to build.

“There’s the possibility of the association’s school pro“That’s the number crunch- more year-round activity at that gram. ing we need to do,” said Lewis. location, which I think is beneThis past summer the associAnother consideration is ficial to the golf side of things.” ation sold about 100 shoe-tags that a separate facility with And as the nearby Whistle for the four courts at Mount two courts, for example, would Bend subdivision grows, said McIntyre – the only courts in bring the number of courts in Spicer, “it’s probably a good Whitehorse – that Tennis Yukon Whitehorse to six, the minlocation to have those two faacquired stewardship of two imum for hosting a major event cilities together up there.” seasons ago. such as a B.C. championship Contact Tom Patrick at “There are more people that or a Western Canada Summer tomp@yukon-news.com News Reporter

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Brendan Irish, Timber SchroffStinson, Kieran Stacey, Chris Torgerson and Mark played for the ntense training and preparation for juvenile team at the 2012 Arctics taklast summer’s Canada Games will ing fifth ahead of Nunavut. carry over into this March’s Arctic Five also played at the 2011 Winter Games for Yukon’s junior male Western Canada Summer Games in soccer team, says head coach Arnold Kamloops.

Hedstrom.

“They’ve all been playing with The junior male roster was anthe (Yukon) Strikers (rep team), nounced last week and eight of the certainly over the last year for sure,” nine players on it competed for Yukon said Hedstrom. “We’re working on at the Canada Games this past August how to adapt the game to the small in Quebec. size, indoor field we’ll be playing on “When I started thinking about in Fairbanks. But we’re doing it with the goals of this team and put a few a bunch of players who really know thoughts down on paper, the title what they’re doing technically.” came to mind: Going for Gold,” said Though stricken with injury, Hedstrom. “I think there’s no reason Yukon men’s soccer team still manthis set of players with the depth that aged to defeat the Northwest Terthey have, the amount of time they’ve ritories 2-0 to avoid last place at the spent playing soccer together, that Canada Summer Games. Yukon they shouldn’t be a really solid team. also defeated N.W.T. to avert last at “The individual skill levels are the 2011 Western Canada Summer really high because we’ve just come Games. off a full year of training for Canada The 2014 Arctic Winter Games will Summer Games. The goal for that take place March 15-22 in Fairbanks, team was to solidify our technical Alaska. skills. That technical base that we’ve “There’s a really good team atmosbeen building over the whole year phere around this group of boys,” said has allowed us to approach the game Hedstrom. “They’ve got everything more tactically.” they need to take that ‘going for gold’ Not only did all but forward Allan goal to heart. They’ve got technical Mark play at the Canada Games, all skills, they’ve got leadership, they are but forward Brendyn Gendron have all good athletes and in time we will experienced playing indoor soccer at get our fitness levels up to tournament the Arctic Winter Games. standards, and we’ll come up with Dominic Korn, Jonathan Runion some tactical plans to compete in the and Andrew Scoffin played for Yukon’s venue.” bronze-winning junior male team at Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com the 2012 Arctics in Whitehorse.

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Baldwin wins curling title, heading to Yellowknife with Koltun Tom Patrick

“We definitely weren’t playing as well as we could have and that resulted in the two losses,” said eam Baldwin and Team Koltun skip Sarah Koltun. “We Koltun will take on N.W.T.’s went into it knowing we were best at the start of next month for going to make it to Yellowknife a spot at the Scotties Tournament either way, so it took a little bit of Hearts. of the pressure off. But we still The two Whitehorse teams would have liked to perform a bit were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 gobetter.” ing into January’s Yukon/N.W.T. Team Koltun, which consists of playdowns after the Yukon skip Koltun, third Chelsea DunWomen’s Curling Championship can, second Patty Wallingham at the Whitehorse Curling Club and lead Andrea Sinclair, took the on the weekend. first game 6-4 Saturday morning Team Baldwin regained the before dropping the second game Yukon title and will be Yukon 1 at 9-3 in the afternoon. next month’s playdown and Team “In the second game our team Koltun will be Yukon 2. They wasn’t as sharp as we were in the were the only teams entered in morning,” said Koltun. this year’s championship.

The Baldwin rink has had “I’m really pleased with the other success so far this season. way we were curling and I’m glad Team Baldwin and Whitehorse’s we’ll have two great representaTeam Paslawski became the first tives for the Yukon in the terriTom Patrick/Yukon News Yukon rinks to reach the semitorial (playdowns) this year,” said Team Koltun sweepers Andrea Sinclair, left, and Patty Wallingham compete during the final at the Dominion Curling skip Nicole Baldwin.

Club Championships last month Yukon Women’s Curling Championships on Saturday in Whitehorse. Koltun lost to Team N.W.T. also held their women’s Baldwin in a three-game series. in Thunder Bay, Ont. championships over the weekend “We set out some goals and territories’ one spot at the Scotwith three teams competing. we did fantastic when we were at ties five of the last six years.

Baldwin and Koltun will face Dominions and we thought we’d If Baldwin or Koltun can pull Yellowknife’s Kerry Galusha as go for the Yukons and territoroff a win in Yellowknife, either N.W.T. 1, and Inuvik’s Melba ials,” said Baldwin. “The team is team will be the first from Yukon Mitchell as N.W.T. 2., at the feeling good, we’re doing good.” to play at the Scotties – the naYukon/N.W.T. playdowns to be Baldwin last won the Yukon tional women’s championship – held January 3-6 in Yellowknife. championships in 2011 on a team since Whitehorse’s Team Hatton Galusha has claimed the two with Shaw. Baldwin went to the Scotties as an alternate for Galusha in 2007, the same year she Introduction to took a Yukon team to the mixed curling nationals.

Underground Mining Baldwin has skipped a team Operations Program to win the women’s A division at Whitehorse’s International Bonspiel eight times.

Koltun will be back in acTom Patrick/Yukon News tion at the Yukon Junior Curling Skip Nicole Baldwin shouts instructions during the champion- Championships this weekend in Whitehorse. She will be playing ships. Both Baldwin and Koltun teams will head to Yellowwith her junior rink that includes knife next month for the Yukon/N.W.T. playdowns.

Sinclair as third, Wallingham remaining as second, and Jenna in 2000. game series against Koltun.

Duncan – Chelsea’s little sister – Team Baldwin, which includes Tied one game each, Baldwin third Ladene Shaw, second Helen stormed out to a 4-0 lead Sunday as lead.

If successful, it will be Koltun’s Strong and lead Rhonda Horte, morning and held on for a 6-3 eighth straight junior title and took the Yukon title in a threewin. conversely will send her to her Student Application Form eighth consecutive Canadian The program fee is $1,500.00. It is up to the applicant to apply Junior Curling Championship.

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he Lindsay sisters and the Bakica brothers were leading the way for their Whitehorse Glacier Bears teammates recently.

Three of them cracked the top-10 and one set club records at the 2013 PCS Xmas Cracker Meet in Victoria, B.C., Dec. 6-8.

Whitehorse’s Rennes Lindsay set AAA times in every event she swam, with seven in total in the girls 12-and-under division.

The 11-year-old came the closest on her team to winning a medal, taking fourth in the 400-metre individual medley with a time of 5:43.17. She also swam to sixth in the 200-metre butterfly (2:49.24) and ninth in the 200-metre freestyle (2:20.97).

Sister Cassis set five AAA times and two AA times in girls 13-14. The 13-year-old claimed fifth in the 100-metre backstroke (1:09.36), seventh in the 50-metre freestyle (28.77) and eighth in the 100-metre freestyle (1:02.20).

Luke Bakica broke into the top-10 with ninth in the 50-metre breast (38.98) for boys 13-14. The 13-year-old also raced to 12th in the 200 breast (3:00.78).

Younger brother Thomas

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Whitehorse Glacier Bears swimmer Rennes Lindsay swims in November. Lindsay set AAA times in every event at the Xmas Cracker meet in Victoria earlier this month.

didn’t reach single digits, but did set two short-course club records for boys 10-and-under.

The 10-year-old finished the 100 fly at 1:37.59 and the 200 breast at 3:32.79 for his fifth and sixth club records set this season.

Thomas also placed 15th in the 200 breast (3:22.79) and

17th in the 50 breast (46.54) in the boys 12-and-under division in Victoria.

Every Whitehorse swimmer set at least one personal best time and the majority posted AA and AAA times at the meet.

“All of them swam really well,” said Glacier Bears head coach Malwina Bukszowana.

“With no exception, every swimmer looked better in the water than they used to in September or even the time trial (last month). They showed big improvements.”

Other top results include Matthew Blakesley taking 12th in the 50-metre breast (40.53) and the 50 fly (32.94) in boys

13-14.

Aidan Harvey took 15th in the 200 back (2:54.59) in boys 12-and-under.

Alexander Petriw reached 15th in the 50 back (43.93) in boys 12-and-under.

“He swam well – big best times,” said Bukszowana.

Dannica Nelson took 16th in the 50 free (30.28) and 18th in 50 breast (38.60) for girls 13-14.

Hannah Kingscote placed 17th in 50 back (39.61) in girls 12-and-under.

Brooklyn Massie finished 21st in the 800 free (11:33.37) in the same division.

Emily Crist snagged 23rd in the 200 back (2:41.08) in girls 15-and-over.

Best individual results also included Taylor Harvey 28th in the 100 fly; Cassidy Cairns 34th in the 50 breast; Meghan Pennington 39th in 50 back; Rebecca Koser 42nd in the 50 back; Caelon Workman 41st in the 200 breast; Madison Ramsay 48th in the 50 fly.

“As a team they did really well,” said Bukszowana.

“They were all beating times … They’ve been working on technique a lot and you could see it. But we still have plenty of work.”

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1. Currently fashionable 5. Free from gloss 10. Licenses TV stations 13. Pop 14. Wakes a sleeper 15. Not light 17. 13-19 18. Sets of statistics 19. Ultimate image 20. Rescued by payment of money 22. Vowel sound 23. River in Florence 24. European money 26. Electronic data processing CLUES DOWN 1. Time in the central U.S. 2. Garden digger 3. The content of cognition 4. Indian shot lily 5. Pop star Ciccone 6. “l836 siege” of U.S. 7. Murdered by Manson 8. An equal exchange 9. M M M 10. Insures bank’s depositors 11. Indication of superior status 12. Large groups 16. Chip stone with sharp blows 21. ___ Lanka 22. Fat for birds

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1-BDRM APT downtown, N/P, N/S, avail immed, $950/mon all incl. 633-3940 after 3pm

1-BDRM BSMT suite, Porter Creek, full bath, w/d, N/S, N/P, avail immed or Jan. 1, $1,000/mon + dd, heat/light incl. 456-7729

2-BDRM APT Riverdale, N/S, no dogs, daycare in building, avail Jan. 1, $950/mon + dd all included. 633-3940 after 3pm

RENDEZVOUS PLAZA on Lewes Blvd, Riverdale Lots of parking 1,100 sq ft (previously flower shop, studio) 7,000 sq ft (previously Frazerʼs) Call 667-7370

2-BDRM BSMT suite, Granger, clean & bright, new renos, private ent, laundry room, N/S, N/P, avail immed, $1,100/mon + utils & dd. 667-4463

Office Space fOr LeaSe

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

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

1-BDRM BSMNT suite, PC, avail January 1st, w/d, N/S, N/P, $1,250/mon incl power & heat. Stephanie 335-2090 2-BDRM HOUSE D/T, avail January 1, ample parking, newer appliances, N/S, small dog considered, dd&refs reqʼd, $1,500/mon + utils. 667-7170 FURNISHED ROOM in D/T house, responsible female, incl cable, elec, kitchen&laundry facilities, avail immed, $600/mon. 668-5185 days or 667-7840 eves & weekends 4-BDRM 1-BATH house D/T, furnished, avail Jan. 1, $1,500/mon + utils. 456-9575 3-BDRM, 1.5-BATH condo, Riverdale, newly renovated kitchen/bathroom/LR, small fenced yard, shed, lots of parking, dog friendly, N/S, L/T, avail Jan. 1, refs reqʼd. $1,450/mon. 334-4215 4-BDRM HOUSE, Riverdale, N/S, N/P, call Ben 780-367-2215 3-BDRMCOUNTRY RESIDENTIAL suite, pets ok, wood heat, well, W/D, storage space, 45km south of Whitehorse. $1,000/mon. 334-3053 2-BDRM HOUSE D/T, avail immed, laundry, parking, fenced yard, N/S, no parties, pet considered, $1,200/mon + utils. 667-6403 ROOM IN Copper Ridge, private bathroom, shared common areas, no partying, no drinking, no drugs, avail January 1st, must like animals. 334-4430 2-BDRM BSMT suite, bright, clean, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail immed, $1,050/mon.

633-2046 2-BDRM MOBILE home, new renos, new bathroom, 10" thick walls, elec baseboard heat, oil stove, fenced yard, shed, $1,200 + utils & dd. 332-0726

MOBILE HOME, electric baseboard/oil furnace, renoʼd in last 4 years, new flooring, drywall, paint, vinyl windows, bathroom, stacking washer/dryer, furnished if need be, $1,200 + utils. 334-7664 ONE BEDROOM in a house, Riverdale, fully finished upper level, close to bus, N/P N/S $480 utils & dd, avail Jan 1, 334-3280 after 4 pm BRIGHT ROOM in Hillcrest available Jan 1st, clean home on green space, share kitchen/ bath/laundry, clean/tidy person, $650/mo. all incl. 456-7140 3-BDRM, 2-BATH Riverdale upper suite, dishwasher, shared laundry, garage, workshop, avail now, N/S, refs reqʼd, $1,500/mon plus utilis.604-614-4418 or www.riverdalerental.com

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

for rent for rent Approx. 900 sq ft

of high-end office space with fantastic views available immediately.

Elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, large windows, lots of natural light.

Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.

Approx. 1650 sq ft

of high-end office space available immediately.

Independent HVAC system, elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, move-in ready.

Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.

FOR LEASE

1 & 2 bdrm units for rent at Cedar Apts & Terra Suites. Call 667-7772 or 668-2416

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

1 OR 2 bdrms in family home, private bath, shared kitchen/laundry, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd.

667-6579

SMALL 1-BDRM apt. D/T, lower level in quiet, secure building, new floors, paint, good light, N/S, N/P, refs&dd reqʼd.

334-2269

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

Competitive lease rates offered.

Sandor@yukon.net or C: 333.9966

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

This historic building is the first L.E.E.D. certified green building in Yukon. It features state of the art heat and ventilation, LAN rooms, elevator, bike storage, shower, accessibility and more.

Call 867-333-0144

1140 sq.ft.

Corner of 4th & Olgilvie

4198 Fourth Avenue

For more details call: 403-861-4748

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www.yukon-news.com • 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2E4 • Phone: (867) 667-6285 • Fax: (867) 668-3755 For Rent 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 $575, $775, $900, ROOMS. BACHELORS. 1-BDRMS. Clean, bright, furnished, all utilities incl, laundry facilities. Close to college & downtown. Bus stop, security doors. Live-in manager. 667-4576 or Email: barracksapt@hotmail.com ARE YOU New to Whitehorse? Pick up a free Welcome to Whitehorse package at The Smith House, 3128-3rd Ave. Information on transit, recreation programs, waste collection & diversion. 668-8629 WEEKEND GET AWAY Rustic Cabin-45 minutes from town Hiking Trails in the summer Skiing in the winter Includes sauna. Reasonable rates.

Rent out by the week or for a weekend.

867-821-4443 HOBAH APARTMENTS: Clean, spacious, walking distance downtown, security entrance, laundry room, plug-ins, rent includes heat & hot water, no pets. References required. 668-2005 SKYLINE APTS: 2-bdrm apartments, Riverdale. Parking & laundry facilities. 667-6958 1-BDRM APT in Copper Ridge, full bath, big L/R, shared laundry, avail Jan 1, $1,050/mon + util. 456-7099 1-2 BDRM legal bsmt suite, Riverdale, newly painted, N/S, N/D, no parties, pet considered, refs&dd reqʼd, avail Jan 1, 667-6219 for info, lv msg 2-BDRM TRAILER in Porter Creek, oil furnace, N/S, no pets, rent to own also available, $1,100/mon + fuel & power. 336-0336 2 EASY going professionals looking for 3rd roommate in Mountain View townhouse, Clean and spacious. $540/mon + 1/3 utils Available Jan 1. 335-6462 RIVERDALE: FURNISHED room, N/S, N/P, no drinking, clean, quiet home, serious inquiries only, $600/mon. 667-2452 3-BDRM APT in a house, 2 full baths, dbl garage, shared laundry, N/S, pets negotiable. Refs & DD reqʼd, avail immed, $1,700/mon + utils. 334-1907 1-BDRM NEW apt in Riverdale, avail immed, N/S, N/P, no parties, includes heat, hot water, lights, responsible tenant, $1,200/mon.

668-5558

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

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

660-5545 WEEKEND GETAWAY Great, cozy cabin for your next getaway Soak in the wonderful scenery and lose yourself in serenity Completely furnished and equipped Located 40 minutes from Whitehorse Beautiful trails at your door for hiking, skiing, bicycling Good lake for fishing Accommodates 2-6 people Call for rate, 633-2156 ROOM FOR rent, N/S, N/P, avail. Dec. 1. $750/mon. all incl. 393-2275 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 LARGE ROOM in PC, private ent, recent reno, shared accom, avail immed, heat & utils incl, $750/mon + dd. 668-7213 NEW CABIN 20 min. n. of city, wood heat, propane cookstove & lights, private, quiet, great view, avail immed, $600/mon.

333-5174 1-BDRM 1-BATH beautiful fully furnished lower floor suite in CR, bright, new, clean, quiet, sep entry, N/S, N/P, avail immed. $1,250/mon incl all util. 335-2288 1-BDRM HOUSE, avail immed, 40 min south of Whitehorse, $800/mon. 821-3739 UPPER FLR, 3-bdrm PC house, 5 appl, stor. shed, extra prkg, on bus route, recent reno, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail Dec. 15, $1,600/mon. heat incl, dd&refs req'd 668-3120 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 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, large deck/yard, responsible tenant, avail Dec 15, $1,100/mon. 867-634-3887 FULLY FURNISHED home for January, February & March, 2014. 668-4835

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 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 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-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 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 3-BDRM CONDO D/T, N/S, no pets, avail Jan. 1. $1,600/mon + utils. 667-2255 3-BDRM 2-BATH townhouse, PC, N/S, N/P, avail Dec. 1. $1,700/mon + utils & dd.

334-8088 3-BDRM DUPLEX in Hillcrest, wood/oil heat, w/d, avail immed, $1,100/mon + utils.

668-5558 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 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 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

1-BDRM APT downtown, N/P, N/S, avail immed, $950/mon all incl. 633-3940 after 3pm

1-BDRM BSMT suite, Porter Creek, full bath, w/d, N/S, N/P, avail immed or Jan. 1, $1,000/mon + dd, heat/light incl. 456-7729

2-BDRM APT Riverdale, N/S, no dogs, daycare in building, avail Jan. 1, $950/mon + dd all included. 633-3940 after 3pm

RENDEZVOUS PLAZA on Lewes Blvd, Riverdale Lots of parking 1,100 sq ft (previously flower shop, studio) 7,000 sq ft (previously Frazerʼs) Call 667-7370

2-BDRM BSMT suite, Granger, clean & bright, new renos, private ent, laundry room, N/S, N/P, avail immed, $1,100/mon + utils & dd. 667-4463

Office Space fOr LeaSe

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

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

1-BDRM BSMNT suite, PC, avail January 1st, w/d, N/S, N/P, $1,250/mon incl power & heat. Stephanie 335-2090 2-BDRM HOUSE D/T, avail January 1, ample parking, newer appliances, N/S, small dog considered, dd&refs reqʼd, $1,500/mon + utils. 667-7170 FURNISHED ROOM in D/T house, responsible female, incl cable, elec, kitchen&laundry facilities, avail immed, $600/mon. 668-5185 days or 667-7840 eves & weekends 4-BDRM 1-BATH house D/T, furnished, avail Jan. 1, $1,500/mon + utils. 456-9575 3-BDRM, 1.5-BATH condo, Riverdale, newly renovated kitchen/bathroom/LR, small fenced yard, shed, lots of parking, dog friendly, N/S, L/T, avail Jan. 1, refs reqʼd. $1,450/mon. 334-4215 4-BDRM HOUSE, Riverdale, N/S, N/P, call Ben 780-367-2215 3-BDRMCOUNTRY RESIDENTIAL suite, pets ok, wood heat, well, W/D, storage space, 45km south of Whitehorse. $1,000/mon. 334-3053 2-BDRM HOUSE D/T, avail immed, laundry, parking, fenced yard, N/S, no parties, pet considered, $1,200/mon + utils. 667-6403 ROOM IN Copper Ridge, private bathroom, shared common areas, no partying, no drinking, no drugs, avail January 1st, must like animals. 334-4430 2-BDRM BSMT suite, bright, clean, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail immed, $1,050/mon.

633-2046 2-BDRM MOBILE home, new renos, new bathroom, 10" thick walls, elec baseboard heat, oil stove, fenced yard, shed, $1,200 + utils & dd. 332-0726

MOBILE HOME, electric baseboard/oil furnace, renoʼd in last 4 years, new flooring, drywall, paint, vinyl windows, bathroom, stacking washer/dryer, furnished if need be, $1,200 + utils. 334-7664 ONE BEDROOM in a house, Riverdale, fully finished upper level, close to bus, N/P N/S $480 utils & dd, avail Jan 1, 334-3280 after 4 pm BRIGHT ROOM in Hillcrest available Jan 1st, clean home on green space, share kitchen/ bath/laundry, clean/tidy person, $650/mo. all incl. 456-7140 3-BDRM, 2-BATH Riverdale upper suite, dishwasher, shared laundry, garage, workshop, avail now, N/S, refs reqʼd, $1,500/mon plus utilis.604-614-4418 or www.riverdalerental.com

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

for rent for rent Approx. 900 sq ft

of high-end office space with fantastic views available immediately.

Elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, large windows, lots of natural light.

Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.

Approx. 1650 sq ft

of high-end office space available immediately.

Independent HVAC system, elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, move-in ready.

Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.

FOR LEASE

1 & 2 bdrm units for rent at Cedar Apts & Terra Suites. Call 667-7772 or 668-2416

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

1 OR 2 bdrms in family home, private bath, shared kitchen/laundry, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd.

667-6579

SMALL 1-BDRM apt. D/T, lower level in quiet, secure building, new floors, paint, good light, N/S, N/P, refs&dd reqʼd.

334-2269

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

Competitive lease rates offered.

Sandor@yukon.net or C: 333.9966

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

This historic building is the first L.E.E.D. certified green building in Yukon. It features state of the art heat and ventilation, LAN rooms, elevator, bike storage, shower, accessibility and more.

Call 867-333-0144

1140 sq.ft.

Corner of 4th & Olgilvie

4198 Fourth Avenue

For more details call: 403-861-4748

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www.yukon-news.com • 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2E4 • Phone: (867) 667-6285 • Fax: (867) 668-3755 For Rent 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 $575, $775, $900, ROOMS. BACHELORS. 1-BDRMS. Clean, bright, furnished, all utilities incl, laundry facilities. Close to college & downtown. Bus stop, security doors. Live-in manager. 667-4576 or Email: barracksapt@hotmail.com ARE YOU New to Whitehorse? Pick up a free Welcome to Whitehorse package at The Smith House, 3128-3rd Ave. Information on transit, recreation programs, waste collection & diversion. 668-8629 WEEKEND GET AWAY Rustic Cabin-45 minutes from town Hiking Trails in the summer Skiing in the winter Includes sauna. Reasonable rates.

Rent out by the week or for a weekend.

867-821-4443 HOBAH APARTMENTS: Clean, spacious, walking distance downtown, security entrance, laundry room, plug-ins, rent includes heat & hot water, no pets. References required. 668-2005 SKYLINE APTS: 2-bdrm apartments, Riverdale. Parking & laundry facilities. 667-6958 1-BDRM APT in Copper Ridge, full bath, big L/R, shared laundry, avail Jan 1, $1,050/mon + util. 456-7099 1-2 BDRM legal bsmt suite, Riverdale, newly painted, N/S, N/D, no parties, pet considered, refs&dd reqʼd, avail Jan 1, 667-6219 for info, lv msg 2-BDRM TRAILER in Porter Creek, oil furnace, N/S, no pets, rent to own also available, $1,100/mon + fuel & power. 336-0336 2 EASY going professionals looking for 3rd roommate in Mountain View townhouse, Clean and spacious. $540/mon + 1/3 utils Available Jan 1. 335-6462 RIVERDALE: FURNISHED room, N/S, N/P, no drinking, clean, quiet home, serious inquiries only, $600/mon. 667-2452 3-BDRM APT in a house, 2 full baths, dbl garage, shared laundry, N/S, pets negotiable. Refs & DD reqʼd, avail immed, $1,700/mon + utils. 334-1907 1-BDRM NEW apt in Riverdale, avail immed, N/S, N/P, no parties, includes heat, hot water, lights, responsible tenant, $1,200/mon.

668-5558

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

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

660-5545 WEEKEND GETAWAY Great, cozy cabin for your next getaway Soak in the wonderful scenery and lose yourself in serenity Completely furnished and equipped Located 40 minutes from Whitehorse Beautiful trails at your door for hiking, skiing, bicycling Good lake for fishing Accommodates 2-6 people Call for rate, 633-2156 ROOM FOR rent, N/S, N/P, avail. Dec. 1. $750/mon. all incl. 393-2275 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 LARGE ROOM in PC, private ent, recent reno, shared accom, avail immed, heat & utils incl, $750/mon + dd. 668-7213 NEW CABIN 20 min. n. of city, wood heat, propane cookstove & lights, private, quiet, great view, avail immed, $600/mon.

333-5174 1-BDRM 1-BATH beautiful fully furnished lower floor suite in CR, bright, new, clean, quiet, sep entry, N/S, N/P, avail immed. $1,250/mon incl all util. 335-2288 1-BDRM HOUSE, avail immed, 40 min south of Whitehorse, $800/mon. 821-3739 UPPER FLR, 3-bdrm PC house, 5 appl, stor. shed, extra prkg, on bus route, recent reno, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail Dec. 15, $1,600/mon. heat incl, dd&refs req'd 668-3120 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 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, large deck/yard, responsible tenant, avail Dec 15, $1,100/mon. 867-634-3887 FULLY FURNISHED home for January, February & March, 2014. 668-4835

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 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 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-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 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 3-BDRM CONDO D/T, N/S, no pets, avail Jan. 1. $1,600/mon + utils. 667-2255 3-BDRM 2-BATH townhouse, PC, N/S, N/P, avail Dec. 1. $1,700/mon + utils & dd.

334-8088 3-BDRM DUPLEX in Hillcrest, wood/oil heat, w/d, avail immed, $1,100/mon + utils.

668-5558 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 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 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

1-BDRM APT downtown, N/P, N/S, avail immed, $950/mon all incl. 633-3940 after 3pm

1-BDRM BSMT suite, Porter Creek, full bath, w/d, N/S, N/P, avail immed or Jan. 1, $1,000/mon + dd, heat/light incl. 456-7729

2-BDRM APT Riverdale, N/S, no dogs, daycare in building, avail Jan. 1, $950/mon + dd all included. 633-3940 after 3pm

RENDEZVOUS PLAZA on Lewes Blvd, Riverdale Lots of parking 1,100 sq ft (previously flower shop, studio) 7,000 sq ft (previously Frazerʼs) Call 667-7370

2-BDRM BSMT suite, Granger, clean & bright, new renos, private ent, laundry room, N/S, N/P, avail immed, $1,100/mon + utils & dd. 667-4463

Office Space fOr LeaSe

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

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

1-BDRM BSMNT suite, PC, avail January 1st, w/d, N/S, N/P, $1,250/mon incl power & heat. Stephanie 335-2090 2-BDRM HOUSE D/T, avail January 1, ample parking, newer appliances, N/S, small dog considered, dd&refs reqʼd, $1,500/mon + utils. 667-7170 FURNISHED ROOM in D/T house, responsible female, incl cable, elec, kitchen&laundry facilities, avail immed, $600/mon. 668-5185 days or 667-7840 eves & weekends 4-BDRM 1-BATH house D/T, furnished, avail Jan. 1, $1,500/mon + utils. 456-9575 3-BDRM, 1.5-BATH condo, Riverdale, newly renovated kitchen/bathroom/LR, small fenced yard, shed, lots of parking, dog friendly, N/S, L/T, avail Jan. 1, refs reqʼd. $1,450/mon. 334-4215 4-BDRM HOUSE, Riverdale, N/S, N/P, call Ben 780-367-2215 3-BDRMCOUNTRY RESIDENTIAL suite, pets ok, wood heat, well, W/D, storage space, 45km south of Whitehorse. $1,000/mon. 334-3053 2-BDRM HOUSE D/T, avail immed, laundry, parking, fenced yard, N/S, no parties, pet considered, $1,200/mon + utils. 667-6403 ROOM IN Copper Ridge, private bathroom, shared common areas, no partying, no drinking, no drugs, avail January 1st, must like animals. 334-4430 2-BDRM BSMT suite, bright, clean, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail immed, $1,050/mon.

633-2046 2-BDRM MOBILE home, new renos, new bathroom, 10" thick walls, elec baseboard heat, oil stove, fenced yard, shed, $1,200 + utils & dd. 332-0726

MOBILE HOME, electric baseboard/oil furnace, renoʼd in last 4 years, new flooring, drywall, paint, vinyl windows, bathroom, stacking washer/dryer, furnished if need be, $1,200 + utils. 334-7664 ONE BEDROOM in a house, Riverdale, fully finished upper level, close to bus, N/P N/S $480 utils & dd, avail Jan 1, 334-3280 after 4 pm BRIGHT ROOM in Hillcrest available Jan 1st, clean home on green space, share kitchen/ bath/laundry, clean/tidy person, $650/mo. all incl. 456-7140 3-BDRM, 2-BATH Riverdale upper suite, dishwasher, shared laundry, garage, workshop, avail now, N/S, refs reqʼd, $1,500/mon plus utilis.604-614-4418 or www.riverdalerental.com

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

for rent for rent Approx. 900 sq ft

of high-end office space with fantastic views available immediately.

Elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, large windows, lots of natural light.

Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.

Approx. 1650 sq ft

of high-end office space available immediately.

Independent HVAC system, elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, move-in ready.

Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.

FOR LEASE

1 & 2 bdrm units for rent at Cedar Apts & Terra Suites. Call 667-7772 or 668-2416

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

1 OR 2 bdrms in family home, private bath, shared kitchen/laundry, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd.

667-6579

SMALL 1-BDRM apt. D/T, lower level in quiet, secure building, new floors, paint, good light, N/S, N/P, refs&dd reqʼd.

334-2269

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

Competitive lease rates offered.

Sandor@yukon.net or C: 333.9966

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

This historic building is the first L.E.E.D. certified green building in Yukon. It features state of the art heat and ventilation, LAN rooms, elevator, bike storage, shower, accessibility and more.

Call 867-333-0144

1140 sq.ft.

Corner of 4th & Olgilvie

4198 Fourth Avenue

For more details call: 403-861-4748

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www.yukon-news.com • 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2E4 • Phone: (867) 667-6285 • Fax: (867) 668-3755 For Rent 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 $575, $775, $900, ROOMS. BACHELORS. 1-BDRMS. Clean, bright, furnished, all utilities incl, laundry facilities. Close to college & downtown. Bus stop, security doors. Live-in manager. 667-4576 or Email: barracksapt@hotmail.com ARE YOU New to Whitehorse? Pick up a free Welcome to Whitehorse package at The Smith House, 3128-3rd Ave. Information on transit, recreation programs, waste collection & diversion. 668-8629 WEEKEND GET AWAY Rustic Cabin-45 minutes from town Hiking Trails in the summer Skiing in the winter Includes sauna. Reasonable rates.

Rent out by the week or for a weekend.

867-821-4443 HOBAH APARTMENTS: Clean, spacious, walking distance downtown, security entrance, laundry room, plug-ins, rent includes heat & hot water, no pets. References required. 668-2005 SKYLINE APTS: 2-bdrm apartments, Riverdale. Parking & laundry facilities. 667-6958 1-BDRM APT in Copper Ridge, full bath, big L/R, shared laundry, avail Jan 1, $1,050/mon + util. 456-7099 1-2 BDRM legal bsmt suite, Riverdale, newly painted, N/S, N/D, no parties, pet considered, refs&dd reqʼd, avail Jan 1, 667-6219 for info, lv msg 2-BDRM TRAILER in Porter Creek, oil furnace, N/S, no pets, rent to own also available, $1,100/mon + fuel & power. 336-0336 2 EASY going professionals looking for 3rd roommate in Mountain View townhouse, Clean and spacious. $540/mon + 1/3 utils Available Jan 1. 335-6462 RIVERDALE: FURNISHED room, N/S, N/P, no drinking, clean, quiet home, serious inquiries only, $600/mon. 667-2452 3-BDRM APT in a house, 2 full baths, dbl garage, shared laundry, N/S, pets negotiable. Refs & DD reqʼd, avail immed, $1,700/mon + utils. 334-1907 1-BDRM NEW apt in Riverdale, avail immed, N/S, N/P, no parties, includes heat, hot water, lights, responsible tenant, $1,200/mon.

668-5558

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

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

660-5545 WEEKEND GETAWAY Great, cozy cabin for your next getaway Soak in the wonderful scenery and lose yourself in serenity Completely furnished and equipped Located 40 minutes from Whitehorse Beautiful trails at your door for hiking, skiing, bicycling Good lake for fishing Accommodates 2-6 people Call for rate, 633-2156 ROOM FOR rent, N/S, N/P, avail. Dec. 1. $750/mon. all incl. 393-2275 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 LARGE ROOM in PC, private ent, recent reno, shared accom, avail immed, heat & utils incl, $750/mon + dd. 668-7213 NEW CABIN 20 min. n. of city, wood heat, propane cookstove & lights, private, quiet, great view, avail immed, $600/mon.

333-5174 1-BDRM 1-BATH beautiful fully furnished lower floor suite in CR, bright, new, clean, quiet, sep entry, N/S, N/P, avail immed. $1,250/mon incl all util. 335-2288 1-BDRM HOUSE, avail immed, 40 min south of Whitehorse, $800/mon. 821-3739 UPPER FLR, 3-bdrm PC house, 5 appl, stor. shed, extra prkg, on bus route, recent reno, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail Dec. 15, $1,600/mon. heat incl, dd&refs req'd 668-3120 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 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, large deck/yard, responsible tenant, avail Dec 15, $1,100/mon. 867-634-3887 FULLY FURNISHED home for January, February & March, 2014. 668-4835

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 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 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-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 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 3-BDRM CONDO D/T, N/S, no pets, avail Jan. 1. $1,600/mon + utils. 667-2255 3-BDRM 2-BATH townhouse, PC, N/S, N/P, avail Dec. 1. $1,700/mon + utils & dd.

334-8088 3-BDRM DUPLEX in Hillcrest, wood/oil heat, w/d, avail immed, $1,100/mon + utils.

668-5558 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 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 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

1-BDRM APT downtown, N/P, N/S, avail immed, $950/mon all incl. 633-3940 after 3pm

1-BDRM BSMT suite, Porter Creek, full bath, w/d, N/S, N/P, avail immed or Jan. 1, $1,000/mon + dd, heat/light incl. 456-7729

2-BDRM APT Riverdale, N/S, no dogs, daycare in building, avail Jan. 1, $950/mon + dd all included. 633-3940 after 3pm

RENDEZVOUS PLAZA on Lewes Blvd, Riverdale Lots of parking 1,100 sq ft (previously flower shop, studio) 7,000 sq ft (previously Frazerʼs) Call 667-7370

2-BDRM BSMT suite, Granger, clean & bright, new renos, private ent, laundry room, N/S, N/P, avail immed, $1,100/mon + utils & dd. 667-4463

Office Space fOr LeaSe

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

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

1-BDRM BSMNT suite, PC, avail January 1st, w/d, N/S, N/P, $1,250/mon incl power & heat. Stephanie 335-2090 2-BDRM HOUSE D/T, avail January 1, ample parking, newer appliances, N/S, small dog considered, dd&refs reqʼd, $1,500/mon + utils. 667-7170 FURNISHED ROOM in D/T house, responsible female, incl cable, elec, kitchen&laundry facilities, avail immed, $600/mon. 668-5185 days or 667-7840 eves & weekends 4-BDRM 1-BATH house D/T, furnished, avail Jan. 1, $1,500/mon + utils. 456-9575 3-BDRM, 1.5-BATH condo, Riverdale, newly renovated kitchen/bathroom/LR, small fenced yard, shed, lots of parking, dog friendly, N/S, L/T, avail Jan. 1, refs reqʼd. $1,450/mon. 334-4215 4-BDRM HOUSE, Riverdale, N/S, N/P, call Ben 780-367-2215 3-BDRMCOUNTRY RESIDENTIAL suite, pets ok, wood heat, well, W/D, storage space, 45km south of Whitehorse. $1,000/mon. 334-3053 2-BDRM HOUSE D/T, avail immed, laundry, parking, fenced yard, N/S, no parties, pet considered, $1,200/mon + utils. 667-6403 ROOM IN Copper Ridge, private bathroom, shared common areas, no partying, no drinking, no drugs, avail January 1st, must like animals. 334-4430 2-BDRM BSMT suite, bright, clean, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail immed, $1,050/mon.

633-2046 2-BDRM MOBILE home, new renos, new bathroom, 10" thick walls, elec baseboard heat, oil stove, fenced yard, shed, $1,200 + utils & dd. 332-0726

MOBILE HOME, electric baseboard/oil furnace, renoʼd in last 4 years, new flooring, drywall, paint, vinyl windows, bathroom, stacking washer/dryer, furnished if need be, $1,200 + utils. 334-7664 ONE BEDROOM in a house, Riverdale, fully finished upper level, close to bus, N/P N/S $480 utils & dd, avail Jan 1, 334-3280 after 4 pm BRIGHT ROOM in Hillcrest available Jan 1st, clean home on green space, share kitchen/ bath/laundry, clean/tidy person, $650/mo. all incl. 456-7140 3-BDRM, 2-BATH Riverdale upper suite, dishwasher, shared laundry, garage, workshop, avail now, N/S, refs reqʼd, $1,500/mon plus utilis.604-614-4418 or www.riverdalerental.com

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

for rent for rent Approx. 900 sq ft

of high-end office space with fantastic views available immediately.

Elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, large windows, lots of natural light.

Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.

Approx. 1650 sq ft

of high-end office space available immediately.

Independent HVAC system, elevator accessible, excellent soundproofing, move-in ready.

Please call Kevin at 334-6575 for more information.

FOR LEASE

1 & 2 bdrm units for rent at Cedar Apts & Terra Suites. Call 667-7772 or 668-2416

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

1 OR 2 bdrms in family home, private bath, shared kitchen/laundry, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd.

667-6579

SMALL 1-BDRM apt. D/T, lower level in quiet, secure building, new floors, paint, good light, N/S, N/P, refs&dd reqʼd.

334-2269

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

Competitive lease rates offered.

Sandor@yukon.net or C: 333.9966

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

This historic building is the first L.E.E.D. certified green building in Yukon. It features state of the art heat and ventilation, LAN rooms, elevator, bike storage, shower, accessibility and more.

Call 867-333-0144

1140 sq.ft.

Corner of 4th & Olgilvie

4198 Fourth Avenue

For more details call: 403-861-4748

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 2005 CHEV 1500 4x4, ext cab, 258,000 km, cruise, PW, PL, clean, minor things wrong, $6,250. 867-634-5275

2001 TOYOTA Tundra 4x4, good work truck, runs good, new parts, 380,000kms, $4,000.

336-3922 1999 DODGE Dakota Sport, 2wd, $1,700.

334-7658 1999 GMC Jimmy, 4-dr, fully loaded, 4-wd, auto, $3,800 obo. 399-3014 or 332-7921

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

Auto Parts & Accessories

2005 DODGE Ram 3500 5.9 diesel auto 4x4, 4-dr SLT long box, loaded, 265,000 highway kms, running boards, camper tie-downs, well maintained, $18,500.

667-7276, 335-4568

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

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

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

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

2003 CHEV HD 2500 - 4x4, ext cab, recent transmission, V8, 280,000 km, tow package $6,900. (867) 634-5275

1995 CHEV 1/2 Ton, extended cab, Z71 package, exc cond, fully loaded, call for price if interested, serious inquiries only, 668-2486

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

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

2005 DODGE 1/2 ton 4x4 quad cab 4-dr, long box, auto, V8, P/S, P/B, cruise, a/c, radio/CD, $6,550. 336-2029

2003 FORD Explorer SportTrac 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 2003 FORD F350 Superduty dually crewcab 7.3l turåbo diesel, 143000km, $17,900.

660-5660 2002 F250 Lariat 4x4 ext cab long box new factory trans, 143,000 miles, $8,500 668-5882 2002 SIERRA X-Cab, approx. 200,000km. $2,000 obo. 334-9432 2001 CHEV Tahoe 4x4, 160,000 km, clean, leather seats, no damage, CD, PW, PL. $5,200. 867-634-5275 2001 DODGE Dakota Sport RT, 5.9L, auto, loaded, runs exc, $7,500. 633-2740 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

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

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

660-4806

TURBO, INTERCOOLER, pipes connectors and cold air intake for 2003 Dodge Cummins. 333-9790

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

Pets

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 SPORTRACK EXPEDITION cargo box, full size, $300. 334-1252 TRUCK BOX, black, for full size truck, 70” long, 660-4321 WANTED: CANOPY in good shape for GMC Silv. short box (82'' x 67''), email: g.burges@gmx.de or phone 250-651-7654

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

250-651-8250 after 6pm.

2 PET carriers, small and med-small for cat or dog, plastic hard shell, $15 ea. 660-4806 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 11-MON OLD Lab X, white female, protective, energetic, loves to run, has been indoor dog, imagesyukon@hotmail.com, 456-4137 REMINGTON X-LARGE dog kennel, new condition, $65. 667-2607

1994 FORD F250 Econoline van, runs & insulated, and 1994 Ford Aerostar, runs, both need windshields & TLC to get running. Info 333-9358 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 CENTENNIALMOTORS.COM 867-393-8100 We are now The Yukonʼs Distributor for TRUCKBOSS. TRUCKBOSS is simply the best truck deck on the market today.

TRUCKBOSS provides users unequalled quality and flexibility in hauling snowmobiles, ATV's, UTV's, and motorcycles along with industry exclusive winch loading & sealed under deck storage.

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

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

City of Whitehorse is looking for volunteers for its

Family First Night event Calling all super amazing volunteers –The City of Whitehorse is revving up for a super exciting Family First Night event on Tuesday December 31 from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Here’s your special opportunity to come as your favourite super hero or, come as you are. Look below for details on the different options you have to volunteer.

Why volunteer? The benefits: · Receive a Canada Games Centre day pass · Small snack provided during your volunteer time Please choose your top three areas to volunteer in: Most positions are for a maximum of 3 hours, from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. We ask that everyone come at 5:30 pm to get ready.

Food servers (7) – we provide light snacks such as fruit, vegetables and dip, cheese, crackers and desserts Greeters (2) – usually reserved for mayor and council Directing traffic (3 – 4) – usually directing traffic up the stairs, answering questions about what’s going on…

Crazy Hair Station (3) – we provide you with coloured hair spray, combs and gel – you jazz up children’s hair – very popular station!

Face Painting Station (3) – we provide you with good quality face paint and pictures for ideas – it has to be fast and simple.

Games Stations (8) – facilitate really fun super hero themed games for the children. They are prepared in advance for you and take place in the Fieldhouse.

Security for Fireworks (behind Takhini Arena) – we need one or two people to stand at the barricaded entrance to Takhini Arena (no parking allowed in the parking lot during the fireworks display) and one or two people standing by the trail behind the Takhini Arena building. This is usually 1 ½ hours total from 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Take Down – if you would prefer to bypass the actual event or enjoy it with your family but would still like to help, clean up and take down is for you! 8:45 pm – 9:45 pm are the approximate times We look forward to having your join us as part of our team for this great event. Please RSVP as soon as you can. We will be in touch in the near future to confirm your choice and provide more information on what to expect. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thanks very much!

Contact: Mia Lee Volunteer Coordinator 867-668-8327

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

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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 18

2013

Help control the pet overpopulation problem

have your pets spayed or neutered.

For iNFormatioN call

633-6019

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

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles

FUNDOGS DOG TRAINING January 2014 Classes

TUNDRA II skidoo, has reverse, $2,000.

867-536-7610

Positive, gentle, force-free

RONʼS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVʼs, Small industrial equipment.

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg

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.

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

★ ★ plEAsE notE ★ ★

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

lost

• mountain view, male, malamute alaskan X, Brown, wearing a brown and white collar with no tags. if found contact Donnie Williams @ 335-9501 (12/13/13) • riverdale, lab x, black, male, answers to Duddley contact lynn @ 633-4889 (12/14/13) • Hot Springs rd, female, under a year old, border collie, black and white answers to Dublin wearing a chokechain for a collar. if found contact linda @ 393-4104.

(17/12/13).

found

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

(20/11/13) • South Klondike HWY cc rd, male small to medium dog, black with white stripe down his head contact ross or ann @ 393-2767 (12/12/13)

RunninG At lARGE...

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

AVAilABlE foR Adoption in fostER HoMEs

doGs

• 14 weeks old, female, havanese, black, ( Sadie) • 8 yr old, neutered male, hound GSDX, black and grey and white ( Ed)

CAts

• None at this time.

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, husky X, white and brown (chance) • 11 week old, male, husky bear dog X, black and tan (lance) • 6 months old, male, collie X, black ( Elf) • 12 week old, female, husky X, blonde (Bianca)

• 3mos old, female, havaneseX, black (Sadie)

BEAUTIFUL, MATURE male cat to give away to good home, neutered, good health, very affectionate. 668-5751 Canines & Company Puppy & Obedience Level 1 January 7 Private Lessons Behaviour Modification FCI/WUSV/MEDE certified Bronze Master Trainer Serving the Yukon since 1992 www.facebook.com/ caninesandcompany 333-0505 or 668-4368 caninesandcompany@northwestel.net

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

spECiAl • Homes needed for retired sled dogs. they would make excellent pets.

Please contact 668-3647 or kennelmanager@muktuk.com 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

1986 YAMAHA Ovation, rebuilt engine, lenthened tunnel, new windshield, very snappy sled, $1,100 obo. 335-2005 2006 ARCTIC Cat Panther 660 4 stroke, 2 up seat, rear rack, 2000 miles, exc cond, factory cover, $5,300. 333-0866

SNOWMOBILE TRAILER, homemade tilt deck, new tires, great for one sled, wide enough for two. $500. 336-0556

1999 SUMMIT X 670 136x2" track, Jaws pipes & stocks, pro taper bars, 4" risers, runs great, small rip in seat, small crack in hood, $3,000 obo. 334-6776

2006 RMK 700, needs new top end, $800 obo. 336-0556 2007 SUMMIT 800 HO Hill Climb Edition, 153" track, new factory engine 2010, MBRP exhaust, $5,800 obo. 334-6857 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 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 2010 GTX Sport 550 cc with reverse, electric start, fan cooled (2up). Barely used only 850 km's. Asking $6,000 obo. 332-1200 2003 POLARIS Trail 550, reliable & good starter, $2,000 obo. 334-2647

snowmobiles:

2001 Polaris 120cc Youth Snowmobile ......................................$1,699 sold 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 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

Pet of the Week! adie

Hi! I’m Sadie! I’m a bit of a crybaby but my foster mom said that I am a great dog, squeaky toys and red peppers normally help to keep me distracted.

I love sleeping under beds cuddled up to my bone or a fuzzy toy.

Come on down and say hi soon!

1988 YAMAHA Enticer long track trapper special, reverse, 3800 kms, very good cond, $1,800.00. 333-0866

1998 YAMAHA 600, vg shape, c/w elec/pull start, hand/thumb warmers, reverse, 2-up seat, lots of power, $2,300 obo. 633-4018

2009 Yamaha Big Bear 250 ..........................................................$3,499 2009 Yamaha Wolverine 450 .......................................................$4,999 2012 Polaris Sportsman 550 EFI 200km .....................................$5,999 sold

S

2004 POLARIS 800 Escape, good shape, 144 track, new power valves, clutch redone & general tune-up ($800 spent), $4,600 obo.

335-2005

2012 KX-450 motocross bike, approx 50 hrs, exc cond, paid $9,500, asking $5,500.

393-3496

Inventory Atv’s:

CAts

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

2009 BEARCAT 570 XT Wide Track, $6,300, 2010 BearCat 570 XT Wide Track $7,350. Call 393-2111

Gently Used

YUKON

2009 800 Polaris Dragon, 1,700 mi, caned, 155 track, great shape, c/w extra trac, $7,200 obo. 335-2005

2004 MXZ rev rebuilt 800 cc motor, c/w carbs & extra parts, $1,500 obo. 336-3922

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

• 8 yr old, DSH, female spayed, calico (mao) • 1.5yr old, DSH, grey and white, neutered male (Sappy) • 11 yr old, Siamese, seal, neutered male ( Boris) • 4 yr old, DSH, tabby white, female (tigs) • 4 yr old, DSH, black, neutered male (tinsel)

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.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

1991 POLARIS INDY 488, engine rebuilt, short track, $1,500. 633-4643 2001 700 RMK, needs work, runs good, new 2" paddle 152" track, riser handle bars, bent tie rods, cracked tunnel, great fixer-upper, $900. (867) 634-5275 2006 ARCTIC Cat Bear Cat 570 longtrack, like new cond, c/w electric start, reverse,hand/ thumb warmers, approx 1,350 miles, $5,300. 867-634-2350 2012 POLARIS Pro RMK 800 163" 1050 miles good cond, c/w Bikeman Exhaust, oem exhaust, rear tunnel bag, HMK shovel kit, Polaris custom fit cover. $10,000. 667-7276 or 335-4568 1997 YAMAHA Venture, 600 long track with hitch, $1,500 obo. 336-2081 1996 POLARIS Indy 500, 136" Track, EFI, runs great, needs clutch/belt adjustment, 2 owners, $2,200. (867) 634-5275

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

Heavy Equipment 2003 Dodge Single Cab 4x4 Service box, $7,900 2003 Dodge Crew Cab 4x4 service box, $9,800 2003 Chev Super Cab 4x4 service box, $6,900 Ex-Yukon Electrical trucks 333-0717 CATERPILLAR 950F & 950F Series II manuals for service, parts, operation, maintenance, assembly & disassembly, $50.

668-4497 HYDRAULIC POWER unit, 3 phase 30 horse electric motor. Has hoses for rig up and 20 gallon tank. $3,000 obo. 335-1486 DIESEL GENERATORS, Listers, Deutz's, various sizes from 4.5 kw to 25kw. For more info 633-4822

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 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

633-6019

126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

SINGLE AXLE cargo trailer 12ʼx6ʼ, barn doors, man door, 2” ball, spare tire, cargo hooks, 2 yrs. old, 2,000 kms, $4,200.

393-2249

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

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

CRESTVIEW CROSS-COUNTRY ski group meets Sundays, 11am, at 222 Squanga Ave, to ski Pine Forest Loop, 2 to 3 hours, free THE YUKON Orienteering Association AGM will be held Jan. 29, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sport Yukon boardroom. Members are welcome.

MENTAL HEALTH Caregivers Support Group meets the third Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m., #4 Hospital Rd., main floor resource room, in Whitehorse. 667-8346

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

SANTA STORY Time, Sat Dec 21, 11am–12 pm, holiday stories, songs, craft & Santa. For kids 4–7 yrs. Registration necessary, space limited. Free! Call Whitehorse Public Library 667-5239

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

HAMLET OF Mount Lorne Advisory Council next meeting Tuesday January 7th. 7pm at the LMCC. All welcome.

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 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 CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-Motorized Weekends: Dec 6-8 & 27-29. Other weekends & weekdays: Multi-Use. For info: 867-667-3910

SUPPORT GROUP for People who have had a diagnosis of cancer. First Monday of each month, Copper Ridge Place, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Next meeting January 6, 2014. Info: yukonsupport@hotmail.com YUKON WIG Bank lends wigs, hats, head coverings to cancer patients for free. Email yukonsupport@hotmail.com to make an appointment or for more info

Services - INSULATION Upgrade your insulation & reduce your heating bills Energy North Construction Inc. (1994) for all your insulation & coating needs Cellulose & polyurethane spray foam Free estimate: 667-7414 BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta.

Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc.

Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050 SHARPENING SERVICES. For all your sharpening needs - quality sharpening, fair price & good service.

At corner of 6th & Strickland.

667-2988 MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles Kitchen, Bathroom, Doors, Windows Framing, Board, Drywall, Painting Drop Ceiling, Fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com

Steven and Jessica Boyd are pleased to announce the birth of

Levi Bennett Boyd

On November

13, 2013 • Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs.

Thanks to Dr. Gudapati, and all the wonderful nurses at Whitehorse General Hospital.

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 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.

Donna Dornian and Reta Hanlin are pleased to announce the marriage of their children

YUKON HANDGUN Association, annual general meeting. Call Dave 334-5977, Len 633-6094 or Dan 633-3170

Brenda Joy Dornian

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

and

Christopher Raymond Hanlin

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

on the 18th day

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

of October 2013 at Our Lady of Sorrows, Slocan St., Vancouver with reception at the Diamond

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 YUKON ANTI-POVERTY Coalition Christmas meeting and potluck, Thursday, December 19, 5pm-7pm, CYO Hall, corner of 4th and Steele. Everyone welcome. 334-9317 for info CAROL SINGING. Come sing your favourites! Sunday, December 22 at 7:00pm, Whitehorse United Church, 6th & Main, elevator access. All welcome.

do you have a problem with food?

Alumni Centre, SFU

mondays 7:30 p.m.

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

Narcotics

Anonymous

MEETINGS:

Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. <BYTE> Fridays 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 4071 - 4th Ave. <Many Rivers>

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS in Whitehorse

MONDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm New Beginnings Group (OM,NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. TUESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 7:00 pm Juste Pour Aujourd’hui 4141B - 4th Avenue.

8:00 pm Ugly Duckling Group (CM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. WEDNESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St..

8:00 pm Porter Crk Step Meeting (CM) Our Lady of Victory, 1607 Birch St. 8:00 pm No Puffin (CM,NS) Big Book Study Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. THURSDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Grapevine Discussion Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 6:00 pm Young People’s Meeting BYTE Office, 2-407 Ogilvie Street 7:30 pm Polar Group (OM) Seventh Day Adventist Church 1609 Birch Street (Porter Creek) FRIDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Big Book Discussion Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 1:30 pm #4 Hospital Rd. (Resource Room) 9:00 pm Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. SATURDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 2:30 pm Women’s Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital (room across from Emergency) 7:00 pm Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS) SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 7:00 pm Marble Group Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS)

NS - No Smoking OM - open mixed, includes anyone CM - closed mixed, includes anyone with a desire to stop drinking

AL-ANON MEETINGS

www.aa.org

bcyukonaa.org

AA 867-668-5878 24 HRS A DAY

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

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

Health Centre

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

Library Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre Carmacks Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Dawson City Y.T.

Thursday - 8:00 p.m.

New Beginners Group Richard Martin Chapel Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre Saturday 7:00 p.m.

Community Support Centre 1233 2nd Ave.

Destruction Bay Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Faro Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre Haines Junction Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Mayo Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre Old Crow Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Pelly Crossing Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Ross River Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Tagish Y.T. Monday 7:30pm Lightwalkers Group Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek B.C. Tuesday - 8:00 p.m.

Soaring Eagles Sewing Centre

Teslin Y.T. Wednesday - 7:00pm Wellness Centre #4 McLeary Friday - 1:30p.m.

Health Centre Watson Lake Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

contact 667-7142

Has your life been affected by

meetings

DRUG PROBLEM?

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

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

someone’s drinking ???

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

CLOSED DEC. 25TH FOR CHRISTMAS

FRIDAY

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

60 Below Snow Management Commercial & Residential

Snow Removal (867) 336-3570

Parking Lots, Sidewalks, Rooftops and Sanding

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THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY • construction • renovation • finishing • cabinets • tiling • flooring • repairs • specialty woodwork • custom kitchens 867-633-3878 or cell 867-332-5531 thomasfinecarpentry@northwestel.net ANGYʼS MASSAGE Mobile Service.

Therapeutic Massage & Reflexology.

Angelica Ramirez Licensed Massage Therapist.

867-335-3592 or 867-668-7724 angysmassage@hotmail.com 200-26 Azure Rd Whitehorse YT, Y1A 6E1

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

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

BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755

S.V.P. CARPENTRY Journey Woman Carpenter Interior/Exterior Finishing/Framing Small & Medium Jobs “Make it work and look good.”

Call Susana (867) 335-5957 susanavalerap@live.com

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

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.

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

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DESIGN BUILD REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CCTV & PANIC ALARM UPGRADE ANDREW A. PHILIPSEN LAW CENTRE - BLDG.#1262 WHITHEORSE, YUKON 2014

REqUEST fOR PROPOSAlS MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS YUKON HOUSING UNITS CARCROSS, YUKON

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is January 16, 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 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, YT (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Anton Pertschy at (867) 6673651.

Site Visit: Thursday, January 9, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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

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

Project Description: Perform regular preventative maintenance and emergency repairs on approximately 10 housing units in Carcross.

PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368 KLASSIC HANDYMAN SERVICES “HOME RENOVATION SPECIALIST”

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.

Technical questions may be directed to Kathie Ravensdale at 867-821-4281.

“SPECIALIZING IN BATHROOMS” Start to Finish • FLOORING • TILE • CARPENTRY • PAINTING • FENCING • DECKS “ONE CALL DOES IT ALL!!

DON: 334-2699 don.brook@hotmail.com GET RESULTS! Post a classified in 125 newspapers in just a few clicks. Reach more than 2 million people for only $395 a week for 25-word text ad or $995 for small display ad. Choose your province or all across Canada. Best value. Save over 85% compared to booking individually. www.communityclassifieds.ca or 1-866-669-9222.

Documents are available at Yukon Housing 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse or Carcross Housing Association, Carcross The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

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

Highways and Public Works

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

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

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

Yukon Water Board – Application Notice Yukon Water Board – Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande

Office des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande Application Number Numéro de la demande

MN00-035-2

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

Water Source Location Point d’eau/Lieu

Type of Undertaking Type d’entreprise

Deadline for Comments 4:00pm Date limite pour commentaires, avant 16 h

Department of National Defence

Wolf Creek

Municipal

January 6, 2014

Any person may submit comments or recommendations, in writing, by the deadline for notice.

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-456-3980.

Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations à l’Office avant la date limite indiquée sur le présent avis.

Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de l’Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrétariat de l’Office au 867-456-3980.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 BOBCAT AND BACKHOE SERVICES in Whitehorse, Marsh Lake, Tagish area Call Andreas 660-4813 SUBARU GURU Fix•Buy•Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585 ELECTRICIAN FOR all your jobs Large or small Licensed Electrician Call MACK N MACK ELECTRIC for a competitive quote!

867-332-7879 SNOW CLEARING Sidewalks, Driveways, Commercial, Residential Call Francis at Speedy Sparkle 668-6481 or cell 334-8480 WANTED: PLUMBING JOBS! Journeyman plumber can help you with your plumbing and heating projects.

Contact Frank by phone or text at 403-827-5643 or email frank.herbrig@gmx.net Employer wanted!

Plumbing and heating technician (Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter B, Red Seal) is looking for full-time employment in Whitehorse, available immediately.

Call or text Frank at 403-827-5643 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 CONDO MANAGEMENT SERVICES Including reserve studies.

North of 56 Property Management.

332-7444 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 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 MAY-MAY'S FAMILY Day Home in Cowley Creek has two (18 months & up) spaces available M-F 7:30-3:30pm.

Hot meals and diapers included.

Day Home is closed on all school holidays (Christmas/Spring breaks & summers from July to mid-August) Please call Mary @ 668-3348 for more info ANNACIS ISLAND PAWNBROKERS open 'till midnight 7 days a week. 604-540-1122.

Cash loans for Jewellery, Computers, Smartphones, Games, Tools etc. #104-1628 Fosters Way at Cliveden. annacisislandpawnbrokers.com.

Lost & Found 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.

FOUND: ONE key on the sidewalk in front of the Department of Education building by the bridge, Tues. night. Call 667-4394 to identify

Want to get involved with the Humane Society?

Become a volunteer and join the Board, walk dogs or help with a fundraiser; it all helps!

Call 633-6019 today to find out how you can become involved!

LOST: BLACK “Brownline” Daytimer downtown week of Nov. 25, if found pls call Judy 333-0432 FOUND IN alley in Riverdale, carrying case with menʼs clothing. 667-4378 LOST: CROSS-COUNTRY ski between Porter Creek & Kopper King on the highway.

Thanks. 633-6603

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Sports Equipment RIGHT-HAND HOCKEY stick, Easton Ultra-Extreme, never used, $15. 660-4806 SIX OLYMPIC weight plates, 10 lbs each.

Buy all 6 for $50. 667-6472 BOWFLEX EXTREME, approx 10 yrs old, needs new rods (extra $230), first $40 takes it. 393-3638 SCOTT BIKE Classic Transport Bag, black , mint condition. 335-1093 E-Z CURL bar + 60 lb, 2 dumbbells 20 lb, 2 dumbbells 25 lbs, $75. 393-3754 or 334-4787 4 PAIRS of skis with harness, Rossignol Berma Shorts Volkl-Salomon head, $300.

332-6565 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 BAUER UNISEX ice skates sz 9 US, 8 UK, 42 Euro, like new, very light, $45. 334-1252 MADSHUS X-COUNTRY/BACK country ski boots, sz 9 US, 210 cm. metal edge, like new, $400 new, asking $300. 334-1252 GRAF 370 skates, sz 2.5 exc cond, $50.00, 141 Salomon Skis & poles with Salomon ski boots sz 4, $45.00. 456-7758 2013 SALSA Spearfish, 1 frame has never been ridden, rest of the bike has light wear.

Call for specs and more info, $2,500 obo.

334-8287 GIRLʼS BIKE, 16” Illusion Supercycle, purple/pink, white tires, age 4-6, good cond, $30. 667-6472 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIS, new, Salomon X-Adventure, 198cm, suits 60-75kg person. $175 obo 335-0233 SPLITBOARD PACKAGE, c/w Voile split board 160, Voile mounting hardware, Ride Preston bindings, Voile cliimbing skins, bonus splitboard crampon, good cond, $399.

660-4043 WANTED: BOWFLEX or Soloflex home gym. Must be in good condition. Virginia @633-3388

Livestock WANTED, 16 to 20 foot electric hay elevator or conveyor in working condition. 633-4249

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 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 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 LOCAL FREE Range pork, no hormones, no antibiotics. Professionally cut and wrapped.

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

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

Childcare CHEEKY MONKEYʼS DAYCARE Leisure on Lewes Complex A fun, educational program for your children.

All food provided.

Accepting enrollment in all age groups 6 months to 12 years.

334-4665

Furniture CREAM-COLOR OVERSTUFFED couch, good cond, $250, 633-4707

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

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 6 MATCHING dining room chairs (holiday dinners), 1 computer armoire, very reasonable, for details call 667-7908 3-PIECE ALL reclining microsuede loveseat, couch and chair, $800 obo. 334-8553 BEDFRAME, FITS twin or double, $30.

633-6004

Personals CITIZENS ON PATROL. Do you have concerns in your neighborhood & community?

Be part of the solution! Volunteer valuable time to the C.O.P.S. program. With your eyes & ears we can help stomp out crime.

Info: RCMP 867-667-5555 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 DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office Lake Lebarge Lions would like to thank everybody for buying Christmas cakes & cookies.

Thanks to A&W for their contribution in helping the Seniors have a joyous Christmas

It’s good for you.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is January 17, 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 Jim Newnham at (867) 667-5109.

Site Visit: January 9, 2014 at 2:00 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

Energy, Mines & Resources

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TWIN OR double bed frame, new $83, sell for $50. 633-6004

VENTILATION UPGRADE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING - BLDG.#1344 461 RANGE ROAD WHITEHORSE, YUKON

COMMUNITY ENERGY PLANNING FOR OLD CROW, YT Project Description: The project will calculate the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of the community of Old Crow and, in collaboration with the Government of Yukon and Vuntut Gwitchin Government, develop an action plan that emphasizes demand and supply side solutions for reducing energy consumption and emissions.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is January 17, 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 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, YT (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Ryan Hennessey at (867) 393-7075.

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

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

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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

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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. 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