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Chief Joe Linklater said the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation will not contest the Yukon government’s Peel land use plan.

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lawsuits against the government, said Linklater.

The three other First Nations he Vuntut Gwitchin First with traditional territory in the Nation will not pursue legal watershed have all said they will action against the Yukon govern- sue over the government’s plan, ment over its new plan for the which opens up 71 per cent of the Peel watershed, Chief Joe Linarea to new mineral staking. klater confirmed Tuesday.

But the Vuntut Gwitchin’s About 40 people showed up to traditional territory only accounts a special general assembly in Old for a small part of the watershed, Crow Saturday, he said. mostly along northern portions The primary purpose was to of the Dempster corridor. update the government’s constituLinklater estimated that Vuntut tion, said Linklater. But it was also Gwitchin territory makes up less a chance to update the commuthan three per cent of the whole nity on the Peel. watershed.

While other affected First And in those areas, the governNations have come forward with ment’s new plan looks pretty lawsuits against the government much the same as what was in the over its new plan for the Peel, in the plan recommended by the there had been little word from planning commission.

Vuntut Gwitchin leadership.

“We’ve gotten, substantially, More than a dozen commueverything that was in the recomnity members participated in a mended plan,” said Linklater. “So solidarity walk earlier this month, legal counsel had said there really carrying signs expressing support is no legal fight for the Vuntut for protection of the Peel.

Gwitchin as far as the Peel.”

But the First Nation and the But it was not in Vuntut Gwitchin’s best interest to join the community still support the final News Reporter

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Trucker killed in weekend crash

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A 61-year-old Alberta tractortrailer driver died this weekend in a crash that sent two others to hospital.

Watson Lake RCMP were called to the scene on the Alaska Highway near the junction of Highway 37 on Saturday around 4:30 a.m.

Investigators say the man’s vehicle hit a second tractor trailer that was broken down on the side

of the highway.

A mechanic was working on the broken down vehicle in the eastbound lane when it was hit by the second tractor trailer, also heading eastbound.

A service truck parked beside the broken down vehicle was also struck.

A 21-year-old man from Manitoba, who was working on the broken down vehicle, and a 70-year-old passenger in the

recommended plan and the legal action launched by the other First Nations, said Linklater.

“We explained to our members, this doesn’t stop anybody from supporting the protection of the Peel, but from strictly our government’s perspective there is no fight there. And when you look at the cost of going to court, the benefit that we would get out of it – there’s nothing more for us to benefit as far as our traditional territory goes.”

Many at the meeting said they would like to see the First Nation do more, but they understood why legal action was not the right way, said Linklater.

Community members asked chief and council to reach out to the other three First Nations and express support for their action, he said.

“We said we would definitely do that, that we do support them in their efforts to protect the Peel.”

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

other truck were sent to hospital in Watson Lake.

They were both later airlifted to larger hospitals, one in Vancouver and the other in Whitehorse.

Police are not releasing names or anyone’s condition at this time.

A portion of the highway was closed for 12 hours while police investigated.

In a statement, RCMP said alcohol, speed and road conditions are not considered factors in the crash.

(Ashley Joannou)

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Yukon child welfare must do better: auditor general Jacqueline Ronson

not use it because it is so slow, according to the report.

Because the software is used he Yukon government is failinconsistently, the department ing to fulfill some of its key does not have reliable data for responsibilities for the protection reporting purposes. of at-risk children and families, Child and Family Services has according to a new auditor genagreed to all of the auditor genereral’s report. al’s recommendations, including Child and Family Services upgrading its case management failed in most cases to regularly software. update the individual plans that “We realize we have some guide social workers when workproblems and we’re going to ing with a child or a family, as is work on those right away,” said required by policy and legislaDoug Graham, minister of health tion, the report found. and social services.

“The department developed The next step will be for the case plans for families and plans department to come up with of care for children, but it did not an action plan and timelines to review and update most of these achieve those goals, he said. plans,” said Ronnie Campbell, as“It’s going to take an effort on sistant auditor general of Canada, the department’s behalf. We’re at a news conference Tuesday.” going to have to work on imple“Without updated plans, mentation of a new computerthe department does not know ized system in some form, that’s whether plans are being impleIan Stewart/Yukon News for sure. We’re going to have to mented as intended or whether Ronnie Campbell, assistant Auditor General of Canada, delivers a report on Yukon’s child and work on reviewing and updatplans are addressing children’s ing case plans because obviously family services on Tuesday. The report found two-thirds of cases were not followed-up on. and families’ needs. These that’s something we have to do.” documents are one of the departThe department should be had been to the dentist.

The department also failed to ties went at least a year without a ment’s main means of ensuring able to achieve those goals at exChild and Family Services also conduct annual reviews of foster permanent social worker. that it is looking after the best isting staffing and budget levels, homes in most cases.

Another challenge is the outinterests of the children, a matter failed in most cases to develop a he said. transitional plan for youth ages Staff from Child and Famof-date software the department of paramount importance.”

“We have adequate resources 16 to 19 to ease them into their ily Services identified two main uses to track cases.

The department also is not to get the job done.” challenges in completing their The DOS-based Client Index doing enough to ensure children adult lives.

Overall the staff do a great “This is cause for concern, duties, said Campbell.

System has been in use since in care have access to annual job and work hard to meet the particularly since studies show The first is recruiting and 1999. medical and dental check-ups, department’s goals, he said. that many youth who leave foster keeping social workers in Yukon Staff said that in rural comaccording to the report.

“I have a great deal of faith care have difficulties as they make communities. munities it can take up to 20 Of the cases reviewed, 63 per in them.”

Between March 2010 and minutes for the system to accept cent had received a medical exam the transition to adult life,” said Contact Jacqueline Ronson at in the past year and 52 per cent Campbell.

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French school board applies to Supreme Court of Canada Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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he French school board plans to ask the Supreme Court of Canada to hear its case against the government.

Last week the Yukon Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for the case involving French language rights in the territory.

The Yukon Court of Appeal ruled the judge, who ordered a new French high school be built in Whitehorse, showed a “reasonable apprehension of bias.”

That was enough to order a new trial, without examining many of the legal questions brought up in the case.

“It is unfortunate that the judges of the Court of Appeal have chosen not to examine the essential and fundamental issues in the trial,” said Ludovic Gouaillier, president of the school board, in a statement.

“Consequently we now find ourselves 23 months later with a decision that sends both parties to square one on fundamental issues. Therefore, we will be asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review the Yukon Court of Appeal’s decision.”

The francophone school

board brought the case against the Yukon government, alleging it had not met its obligations under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects minority language rights.

The original judge, Vital Ouellette, ordered the government to build a new French high school and pay the board nearly $2 million that the school board alleged had been diverted from it to French immersion programs.

At the time of the original trial, Ouellette was a governor of the Alberta group Fondation franco-albertaine. The appeal judges ruled that was cause for concern.

Going back to square one “does not constitute a viable option,” the school board said.

“We must consider the human and financial resources already invested in this process as well as those that would be spent through a new trial.

Therefore, the trustees have chosen to call upon the Supreme Court of Canada which has the final authority to decide on these matters,” Gouaillier said.

“Only this will allow CSFY to continue its quest to provide the

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Yukon’s francophone school board has taken their case for French language education rights to the Supreme Court of Canada.

members of the Yukon francophone community with educational services of a quality which conforms with Article 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.”

Elaine Taylor, the minister responsible for the French Language Services Directorate, said she met with the school board’s president last week.

“It’s well within the school board’s right to continue the court proceeding and we

certainly respect their decision to seek clarity on those questions as they pertain to charter language rights in this country,” she said.

Taylor said the government is continuing to work with the school board even as the case is ongoing.

Both sides point to two new portables at Ecole Emilie-Tremblay, and the funding of a study to look into a new French high school, as signs of that work.

The study looks at a number of options, including a separate French high school on the same site as the new F.H. Collins secondary school.

“There haven’t been any decisions made on that front, and those discussions will continue,” said Taylor.

Government officials estimate they’ve spent $2.6 million on the case from the beginning.

Not every case that applies to the country’s top court is heard.

The country’s Supreme Court Act says that a case is chosen by the court “by reason of its public importance.”

Judges are not required to provide reasons for why they choose to hear one case and not another.

In 2012 the Supreme Court of Canada only granted a hearing to about 12 per cent of the cases that applied.

The French school board has until April 14 to submit its application.

According to the most recently available statistics, it takes on average 4.4 months for the court to decide if it will hear a case.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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You should put your name forward to be on the planning committee that will develop a local area plan for tagish if you have: • an interest in the future use of the area and in public planning processes; • a willingness to make time to participate in the 2-year planning process; and • a familiarity with the land use issues and interests affecting the area.

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he Yukon government is consulting on proposed landlord tenant regulations and minimum rental standards.

Kate White, the NDP Opposition housing critic, wants to see protections extended to long-term hotel clients.

“We know examples where they have gotten one warning for noise, and then they have gotten evicted the next day, and then the money hasn’t been returned for the part of the month they weren’t able to stay in the hotel. So then what does someone do who has paid $1,200 a month to stay in a hotel and now they’ve been evicted?”

A desk clerk at a Whitehorse hotel, who asked not to be identified, said there are currently no protections and no clear rules for people living in hotels.

“It’s frustrating, because they essentially have no rights,” he said.

Most of their long-term clients have their rent paid for through social assistance, Aboriginal Affairs or a First Nation government, he said.

When someone is evicted, some rent may be refunded, but it isn’t always, he said.

“Essentially it’s just a government subsidy for the hotel industry.”

And the rules for eviction are basically up to the discretion of whoever happens to be working that day.

“People were just getting kicked out left and right, basically. One guy had been there a week. It was three o’clock in the afternoon and he had a couple friends over.”

The friends were smoking, but it was a smoking room, he said.

A staff member saw them, didn’t like what he saw and the tenant was gone the next day, he said.

One of the regulations out for consultation has to do with when long-term hotel clients would be considered residential tenants.

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Yukon’s retooled Residential Landlord and Tenant Act has not addressed some serious issues, according to NDP housing critic Kate White.

document also suggests considering long-term hotel guests on a case-bybase basis.

White says that people living in hotels should be afforded more protection.

“We all know that in the winter time particularly there will be people who will live in the hotel for two or three or four months at a time, and that’s out of necessity, and I believe that they should have a certain level of protection. I don’t think that they should be able to be evicted within 24 hours.”

If considered under the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, hotel residents would have to be given 14 days notice of eviction.

White is also concerned that the new legislation does not protect tenants from unfair rent increases or evictions without cause.

But that battle was lost back in 2012 when the new law was passed by the legislative assembly.

Under the act landlords may only increase rental rates once a year, but there is no cap on increases.

Landlords are allowed to end tenancy agreements with no cause so long as they give two months notice.

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The purpose of the act and regulations is to set standards and efficiently deal with conflicts as they come up, said Micheal Noseworthy, Yukon’s director of residential tenancies.

The government will accept comments on the proposed regulations and minimum rental standards until March 11.

“It’s designed to take the dispute resolution out of the courts and make it more accessible to the public and still retain that ability to have the orders become court orders.”

The act allows for a residential tenancies office to be set up that would receive, investigate and mediate complaints between landlords and tenants.

It will have the power to hold hearing and issue binding decisions that could be enforced by Yukon Supreme Court.

The act will not come into force until the associated regulations and minimum rental standards have been finalized, which should happen by the end of the year, said Noseworthy.

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New housing opens for people with FASD Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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ou can still smell the paint on the walls, but the advocates responsible for a new supportive living building in Whitehorse are not wasting any time getting started.

They’re celebrating the new apartment building that opened yesterday to help people living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Known as Dun Kenji Ku – The People’s Place – the new apartment building on 4th Avenue has 14 units to house 16 people. It will provide a chance to live independently, with staff on duty to help out if necessary.

People start moving in next week.

Volunteers along with politicians from every level of government crammed themselves into one of the apartments for the official unveiling on Tuesday afternoon.

Both the territorial and federal governments funded the $3-million building. The City of Whitehorse waived the development fees and property taxes.

The new building will be run by Whitehorse’s Options for Independence Society.

The society’s president, Sharon Hickey, said the building and the program are designed to be a part of the community, not a standalone facility.

“This is meant to be housing. The tenants who come

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Sharon Hickey, president of the Options for Independence Society, speaks at the grand opening of the Dun Kenji Ku, or The People’s Place, a supportive living residence in downtown Whitehorse on Tuesday.

bring their services with them.

So if they’re already working at Challenge or going there, they’ll still do that. If they work at Wal-Mart, they’ll do that,” she said.

Brad Cathers, the minister responsible for Yukon Housing Corporation, told the crowd the government recognizes the importance of housing.

“Housing is an important building block for improving the quality of life for people living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder,” he said.

“With a foundation of safe

and affordable housing, the Options for Independence Society is better able to address residents’ complex needs by providing support services and connecting people to local community resources.”

Hickey said she hopes the housing will mean more stability, a better quality of life and less use of emergency services for residents.

A committee chose the residents based on referrals from the community.

Eight people who were living in a six-plex next door are

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moving in, along with eight new residents.

“Some of them are couch surfing, some of them live with their parents, some of them are in different rented spaces that Health and Social Services pays for,” Hickey said.

Either their First Nation or Health and Social Services will pay the social assistance rate for rent in the new building.

The Health Department will contribute $553,000 annually to the building’s operation and maintenance.

There’s been no decision

on what will happen to the six-plex once it is empty. It will go back into Yukon Housing’s stock of buildings.

Years ago, a program like this would not have been on anyone’s mind.

“Myself, and people like (Health and Social Services) Minister (Doug) Graham were in the legislature in the 70s and in the 80s, and that’s when we recognized the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome,” said Yukon’s senator, Dan Lang.

“We were the first jurisdiction to do that. Over time we’ve been able to respond to a very serious social situation in our community.”

Hickey told the group about arriving in the territory in May 1998 and finding a group of government and NGO representatives designing a half-way house for offenders leaving the Whitehorse Correctional Centre who were believed to have FASD. “One day the question was, ‘Why do we have to wait until they’re in trouble? Why do we have to wait until they’re offenders?’” she said.

That’s when the idea for the Options for Independence Society was born.

“Fifteen years ago, no one could have foreseen that not only would we be around, we’d have our own custom-designed building and will have more than doubled our capacity to provide supportive housing for people believed to have FASD,” she said.

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Let’s ban fracking in the Yukon Don Roberts and Rick Griffiths

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ukoners Concerned about Oil and Gas Development believes that the majority of presentations recently made to the Select Committee hearings about the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing justify, indeed, make necessary, an outright ban on fracking in Yukon.

The prospect of producing our own oil and gas may seem inviting, but the hydraulic fracturing that is needed to extract those non-renewable fossil fuels from Yukon’s shale comes with impacts to our water, land, air, wildlife and human health that we will bear during development and that will live on long after the last extractable drop is fracked out of the ground.

Since water is the basis of all hydraulic fracturing, hydrologist Gilles Wendling spoke of the “intimate connection” between surface and groundwater and the importance of understanding water’s movement. When Wendling said, “We are extremely ignorant about groundwater in the Yukon,” Currie Dixon, minister of the environment and a committee member, nodded in agreement. (Yukon monitors groundwater in seven locations, only one of which is in northern Yukon.)

Wendling said, “We must know the story of water around every drill site” if we wish to understand the impacts of drilling, the possible leakage of well casings, the removal of water from groundwater sources and the disposal of “produced” water (permanently contaminated

by fracking chemicals) will have on the area.

Wendling made clear that damages to water systems may be permanent and irreversible. When Wendling asked, “Can we have shale gas wells disconnected from nature?” the answer is obvious. Finally, he reminded us that it is “important for us and future generations” that we “be stewards of water.”

Bernhard Mayer, professor of geoscience at the University of Calgary, and Rick Chalaturnyk, professor of geotechnical engineering at the University of Alberta, tried to reassure that successful exploitation of oil and gas was all about managing risk, making sure, in Mayer’s words, that “good baseline data must happen before development” and, from Chalaturnyk, that there must be “an appropriate regulatory framework“ in place.

On the other hand, referring to industry’s claims to be able to absolutely seal wells and casings, Mayer said there is “considerable uncertainty” about these claims. Statistics from Alberta’s regulator of oil and gas also refute industry’s claims.

From 2005-2010, 15-20 per cent of wells inspected were not in compliance. Mayer also said there was “an astounding lack of information” about the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing.

That begs the question, “Why would you risk allowing hydraulic fracturing when there are so many unknowns?”

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have enough information” to answer the question. He described how rapid technological change has created gaps in knowledge.

He also emphasized the need to understand the hydrology of an area before any development takes place and he warned of the “ecological threshold” where “a small change in external conditions causes rapid change in an ecosystem which may no longer be able to return to its original state.”

As expected, industry people from EFLO and Northern Cross spoke about the royalties, the possibility of jobs and the possibility of supplying Yukon with oil and gas. Refined where? Risks to the environment were minimized.

It was left to the Fort Nelson First Nations’ representatives, Chief Sharleen Gale and Lands and Resources Director Lana Lowe, to put a human face to the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on a community, the environment and a way of life. For them, fracking has been a nightmare.

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river levels), health, wildlife, air quality and vegetation.

Gale stated several times that the First Nations still haven’t agreed to natural gas development in their territory, but it is proceeding regardless. She pleaded for the First Nations to be allowed to retain nine per cent of their territory in a pristine state.

In the United States where, yes, hydraulic fracturing is proceeding apace, the Environmental Protection Agency (the senior body overseeing the environment in the U.S.) is at last conducting a study “to understand any potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water and groundwater.” It is expected to release this report late in 2014.

The EPA readily admits that “further research is needed”

into potential impacts on air, ecosystems, occupational risks, etc. Their website also states that there are “welldocumented impacts in areas with natural gas development, with increases in emissions of methane, volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants.”

Yukon, do we really want to go down this path? Why the great haste to embrace this harmful technology?

Yukon communities should demand visits by the Select Committee on the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing, so that you can express your concerns.

We demand an outright ban on fracking in the Yukon.

Don Roberts and Rick Griffiths are both members of Yukoners Concerned about Oil and Gas Development. They’ve both lived in Whitehorse for over 40 years.

Quote of the Day “We’ve gotten, substantially, everything that was in the recommended plan. So legal counsel had said there really is no legal fight for the Vuntut Gwitchin as far as the Peel.”

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he Yukon will be getting an additional $38 million from Ottawa for the fiscal year starting April 1, according to the federal Department of Finance. That’s an extra thousand bucks each approximately.

Those nice people in Ottawa!

You gotta love ‘em.

Of course, the feds aren’t sending you a cheque. They launder the money through the Yukon government, which will decide who gets the money and who doesn’t.

These Yukon sweepstakes are

an annual ritual. Since 2005-6, the annual transfer payment has been increased a whopping $365 million.

One of the remarkable things about public life in the Yukon is how restrained the lobbying is.

If you put this much money on the table every year in New Jersey or Louisiana, there would be blood in the streets as mayors, big business, union bosses and every interest group in the phone book fought over the money.

I guess that’s why the political drama House of Cards is not set in Whitehorse.

It’s too bad, since it would be fun to see Kevin Spacey play a Yukon MLA. Even more remarkable than the muted lobbying is the way some organizations seem more focused on raising money from citizens than in tapping into Ottawa’s largesse. While the government is figuring out how to spend its windfall every year, the hospital foundation runs a well-organized

LETTERS

Do not frack I am one of the thousands who stand together in the pursuit to stop fracking.

Leave the fossil fuel in the ground until there is certainty industry will create true economic benefits to Yukoners and others without the degradation of air, water, land, and the social harmony of the people within Yukon.

If we focused the same amount of energy and funds on renewable energy as we are on the extraction of fossil fuels, these past years, we would now have an economic engine in Yukon and the renewable energy sources to support our modern needs and new mining ventures.

I was present at the oil and gas hearings Jan. 31, and again on Feb. 1.

Regulations are moot if the will of industry does not follow them. All the cases of violation of regulations are treated after the fact, not before, hence the destruction is now a living crisis for the area where the incident happened. Note: the National Energy Board was unable to answer most questions – very revealing and there are cases where they sat on important information – an injustice to society.

When I was within the mining district in Yukon, many years ago, there was a miner whom each night went out and diverted the creek for his gain. He would then return it to the channel before morning. The majority of miners are very respectful of what is correct and it only takes a few to negate the care of many.

This was a very small enterprise, while the current business ventures in pursuit of fossil fuels are huge, from somewhere else, and answer to shareholders and the markets, not Yukoners.

Then, there is the China-

and successful fundraising campaign.

I went to the dinner this year and had a very nice time. But while my wife and I were bidding enthusiastically in the silent auction for the power washer, it crossed my mind to get out my smartphone and Google the upcoming transfer payment raise.

Never mind, the car will look very nice with a weekly powerwash.

Then there are the municipalities. Whitehorse city councils have raised taxes every year for almost a decade without screaming “fiscal imbalance” and leading a protest march up Second Avenue to YTG headquarters.

And also the First Nations.

While First Nations reps are suffering through long meetings with territorial negotiators about self-government implantation funding, Yukon finance officials are in a different room whipping out their box knives and cutting open bales of cash from Ottawa.

Canada trade deal to consider.

Do we sell our soul for 30 years of degradation, believing we are creating an economic engine for Yukon? Where is the economic benefit when we, at a later date, now experienced and sunk in the plight of our lands becoming a wasteland, realize we are trapped, owned, directed by foreign interests whom have no interest in our well-being and/or preserving what we hold dear and near?

Many have written, given testimonials, researched, tested, done the science, and some have presented at hearings – the body of evidence is present – we do not know enough about fracking to be swimming in this pool – currently there is no life-jacket capable of keeping us safe.

Fracking will eventually gut the tourist industry, our lands, our rivers, our children. Let’s “mine” people – give them a once-ina-lifetime experience no longer available in the rest of the world.

And in the meantime, let’s get to work on reducing our consumption of energy and finding solutions of renewables for future demand.

the right to vote, one of the most cherished and fundamental principles of democracy, would it not be reasonable and “fair” to move with caution and take the time necessary to hold a conversation with Canadians?

By tightening up voter identification rules and eliminating the practice of “vouching” for other voters who lack proper identification at polling stations, Bill C-23 will make it more difficult to vote for an entire class of marginalized citizens – those most vulnerable due to homelessness, challenges associated with mental health concerns or addictions, those differently abled, elderly and infirm, residing in rural areas, youth or members of indigenous communities.

The bill also proposes to water down the role of the watchdog, the chief electoral officer of Canada.

As citizens of Canada, we cannot sit idly by while the underpinnings of our democracy are being eroded and undermined. It is time to take action before it is too late, and time is running out.

Phone your member of Parliament, Ryan Leef, at 668-6565 or Davina Harker send him an email at ryan.leef@ Whitehorse parl.gc.ca and let him know that you want to have an opportunity Bill would exclude voters to express yourself on any changes proposed to your rights as a voter, This week, the Conservatives were before these are brought into law. ramming Bill C-23, the so called “Fair Elections Act,” through the Jean-Francois Des Lauriers House of Commons.

Whitehorse They have limited debate on Keep vehicles off the massive 252-page document to three days, after which it will Rotary Centennial Bridge have to come to a vote. Given the majority enjoyed by the ConservOpen letter to Whitehorse’s mayor atives, this bill could become law and council: by the end of this month.

There is an idea revving up to For a piece of legislation that motorize the Rotary Centennial will have such broad impacts on

Plenty of charities and other non-governmental organizations in the Yukon do not have a formal lobbying strategy, with well-defined funding objectives and lists of decision-makers to be cultivated. In House of Cards, this is practically all Kevin Spacey’s wife ever does besides go jogging.

She’s the executive director of an environmental organization.

This also explains why quite a few organizations in Whitehorse have seen their government grants lag inflation for years.

Government ministers will quibble that lots of the increase gets eaten up by inflation, cost-ofliving increases for government staff, topping up the MLA pension fund and so on.

While there is some truth to this, there is still a lot of cash up for grabs. It reminds me of a dinner I once attended with the minister of foreign affairs in a dining room on the minister’s floor. As we chewed our filet mignon and enjoyed a nice Burgundy, the

foreign aid agency official across the table from me was whispering things like, “They’re cutting the public service to the bone. There’s nothing left to squeeze.”

I think life is too easy for our politicians. Yukoners don’t ask them for enough.

The Yukon has many worthy community organizations. You probably belong to several. I suggest you get your board together, come up with a compelling “ask,” put it on paper and start setting up meetings with MLAs. Don’t forget to remind them how many voters – I mean members – are in your organization.

You might not be successful, at least the first year. But the $38 million will go to someone else if you don’t even try.

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 Channel 9’s Yukonomist show or Twitter @hallidaykeith

a new pedestrian and cycling bridge across the Yukon River as an attractive and additional access to downtown for pedestrians and cyclists of the city’s Riverdale community [was seen as a way to] reduce greenhouse gases in the transportation sector,” [and to aid in the elimination of] barriers to active transportation,” states the city report Whitehorse Moves 2004-7.

A partnership consisting of Transport Canada’s Urban Transportation Showcase Program, Yukon Energy Corporation and the Rotary Clubs of Whitehorse, along with other sponsors, funded the construction of the bridge.

Letters of support from the major funding bodies all mention that the pedestrian bridge would both help to promote active forms of recreation and reduce greenhouse gases.

The bridge is a place where people stop to view the scenery, watch birds, and listen to the river. In summer one of the treats is to watch kayakers play in the waters directly beneath the bridge. How will non-motorized users, including tourists, react to having dirt bikes, ATVs, (and in the winter, snowmobiles) pass by, especially in such a confined area?

Our association respectfully asks our mayor and city council to ensure that the Rotary Centennial Bridge remains nonmotorized both in summer and in winter. We also ask that the illegal trails west of the Millennium Trail be effectively blocked as soon as weather permits in the spring.

In addition, we ask that the option of installing a wheelchair accessible gate on the west side of the Millennium Trail (but not on the bridge itself) should be explored further.

Bridge.

Two illegal trails (and a third in the works) run through the greenbelt on the west side of the Millennium Trail and give off road vehicles (ORVs) illegal access to both Robert Service Way and the Riverdale area via the pedestrian bridge. City bylaws prohibit ORVs from using the Millennium Trail and its pedestrian footbridge both in summer and in winter.

At a Jan. 7 council meeting, administration listed four options presented to council in a December briefing note: status quo, new gates, camera, or “designate Centennial Bridge as [a] MMU (motorized multi-use) route (with triggered flashing lights to aid non-motorized traffic).”

The latter option would “require [that] additional trail [be built] adjacent to YEC property on [the] west side to connect to MMU trails.” In other words, make the illegal trails legal.

Active Trails Whitehorse Association believes that rewarding vandalism and the illegal use of the bridge by legalizing these trails and opening the pedestrian bridge to ORVs is the worst possible kind of message to send to the community.

Beyond the impacts to the associated greenbelts, there are quality of life and safety issues associated with motorizing the bridge.

The bridge has close to 315,000 user visits each year. It is a city icon, and is much used by tourists in the summer and winter. The Millennium Trail is marketed as a pedestrian non-motorized trail, and it helps to promote our city’s image as an active recreation mecca.

The bridge was built by the city Keith Lay Active Trails as part of its Urban TransportaWhitehorse Association tion Showcase Project. “Building

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“People want access into regions like the Peel, they want access into regions like Kluane National Park, because not everybody can hike in there, not everybody wants to ride a canoe down a river,” he told CBC reporter Max Leighton in an interview last week.

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ing access then they can be $200,000 a year. We don’t know, but these are some of the opportunities we need to look at.”

But the Yukon government’s new plan for the Peel does not allow for public roads in the wilderness areas.

In the 71 per cent of the watershed covered by protected and restricted use wilderness areas, roads may only be built when needed for resource extraction, may not be open to the public, and must be reclaimed once no longer in use.

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The Yukon government has met all obligations to First Nations through the Peel planning process, according to a statement of defence filed in Yukon Supreme Court this week.

The document is in response to a lawsuit filed by the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun and the Tr’ondek Hwech’in over the Yukon’s new plan for the Peel watershed, which opens up 71 per cent of the area to new mineral staking.

in claims for three officers whose moves were listed as going from a spartan military camp in AfghanOTTAWA istan to Ottawa, Kingston, Ont., military family that took and Halifax. a $77,000 loss selling their Requests for comment or clariEdmonton-area home fication were unanswered Tuesday. because of a forced transfer is The Harper Conservatives also challenging the Conservative gov- remained silent Tuesday after two ernment in Federal Court. days’ of political attacks on former Maj. Marcus Brauer is prolieutenant-general and star Liberal testing a federal Treasury Board candidate Andrew Leslie’s $72,000 decision that denied him full com- moving bill. pensation for lost equity under a Brauer said he could not comlong-standing Defence Department on the expense claims of flag ment policy. officers and noted that the nuts The resurrection of his case and bolts of moving outlays are comes amid lingering questions handled under a separate benefits about moving expenses claimed by program. military brass.

But he did say he’s been scramThe government has yet to bling to make ends meet following explain why it covered the nearly a $77,000 equity hit in his move $40,000 bill to move a courtto Halifax, and has been appealing martialed and disgraced former for donations to cover the estibrigadier-general to the United mated $20,000 needed to keep the Arab Emirates. Nor has there been Federal Court challenge going.

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The plan recommended by the planning commission called for only 20 per cent of the area to be opened for industrial development.

But the Yukon government was within its rights to change that plan, according to the statement of defence.

That is in part because the planning commission failed to deliver the balance between land-use interests that the government had asked for, it asserts.

“The commission abandoned its attempt to find balance between competing land-use interests and instead adopted an approach that favoured conservation over all other uses, including resource development.”

The government also says that the affected First Na-

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tions were not open to consultations on its proposed changes to the plan.

“Efforts to consult with the four affected First Nations were largely rebuffed,” according to the statement of claim.

The government argues that changes made in the final plan flow from instructions given to the commission earlier in the process that asked for a better balance between interests and more options for access.

It has asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed with costs awarded to the Yukon government.

The government is in the process of retaining John Hunter, a B.C. lawyer with experience defending against First Nations in land disputes, according to a press release.

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going through is not acceptable for any family,” he said Tuesday in an interview with The Canadian Press. “After 25 years of service I don’t think I should have to go through this.”

Military members almost never have a choice about when or where they are moved.

Reimbursement is supposed to be available when a transfer requires the soldier to sell a home in a depressed housing market, but the Defence Department and the Treasury Board disagree over the definition of market.

That has last left at least 146 military families with only a fraction of their losses covered, according to internal records released last year. In some cases, almost $100,000 has been lost because homes had to be sold quickly in conditions following the 2008 economic downturn.

The Treasury Board, which controls federal purse-strings, had

been flexible in its interpretation of the market definition until about 2009 when it started cracking down and rejecting more applications, the documents show.

Military officials have been arguing for years without success for the policy to be changed. The chief of defence staff, the military grievance board and the Canadian Forces ombudsman have all said the Treasury Board position is unfair and unjust.

Brauer said a decision from the Federal Court is expected in the spring, but in the meantime he’s been left fighting federal lawyers who’ve put up roadblocks to his request, under access-to-information legislation, for Treasury Board documents explaining the rationale for the rejection.

Depending on how the court rules, he said, he’s considering a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the dozens of other families who’ve contacted him.

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Federal government opens up prostitution law rewrite to public input Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press

OTTAWA he Conservative government wants to hear from the public about how to rewrite the prostitution laws that were struck down by the Supreme Court late last year.

A month-long, online consultation period on the Justice Canada website began Monday and runs to March 17.

“Our government is concerned about the significant harms that flow from prostitution to communities, those engaged in prostitution and other vulnerable persons,” Justice Minister Peter MacKay said in a release.

“Doing nothing is not an option. We are therefore asking Canadians right across the country to provide their input through an online consultation to ensure a legislative response to prostitution that reflects our country’s values.”

In a Dec. 20 ruling, the high court unanimously struck down laws against street soliciting, living on the avails of prostitution and keeping a brothel.

The Supreme Court ruled the laws endangered sex workers and were violations of the constitutional guarantee to life, liberty and security of the person. It gave the government one year to come up with new legislation before the current Criminal Code provisions lapse.

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related offences and that in some cases existing charges are being thrown out, drawing the ire of the federal justice minister.

NDP justice critic Francoise Boivin expressed deep skepticism of the government’s track record on public input.

“You’ve got a minister that’s almost announced the law that he’s going to present,” she said in an interview.

“He didn’t leave much room for changing his mind, but we’ll see.”

MacKay said earlier this month that the government had already started drafting

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new prostitution legislation and planned to consult police and provincial governments.

Adding online public input to the mix is not unprecedented for the Conservative government, although it tends to pick its spots.

The government held consultations on a new victims’ bill of rights last year, and in that case, the public comment period ran for almost five months, from May 1 to Sept.

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The Department of Justice also consulted the public in 2010 on drunk-driving laws and family law reforms, while

a 2008 effort to harmonize federal law with Quebec civil law was also opened to public input.

“I think it makes perfect sense,” Liberal justice critic Sean Casey said of the consultations on prostitution law.

“They have a year to do this and to get it right. There’s a better chance of getting it right if they listen to the public.”

Casey called it “a little out of character (for the Harper government) when you look at what they’re doing with the Fair Elections Act and with some other legislation they

brought in in the past.”

The government is stiffly resisting public hearings on its current, sweeping overhaul of the Elections Act. Pierre Poilievre, the minister in charge of electoral reform, dismissed an NDP proposal for travelling committee hearings as a “costly circus.”

His parliamentary secretary predicted a “gong show.”

A discussion paper on the Department of Justice’s website lists three international approaches to prostitution: decriminalization or legalization, as practised in countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and Australia; prohibition, as practised in most American states; and abolition, or the so-called Nordic Model, which targets johns and other third parties but not prostitutes.

Boivin said she’d like to see a truly national consultation, including televised government ads informing citizens how to make their views known. “’Please voice your opinion on prostitution, a message from your government of Canada’ – during the Olympics!” said the New Democrat, laughing.

“You might have a lot of people answer, but I doubt very much they’ll promote that.”

Those who wish to comment can do so through the website at http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/ cons/curr-cours/prosconsconspros/index.html#2014– 02–17 or by emailing

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Last August, four lawsuits were filed over 29 chemicals, all nvironmentalists are of which Ecojustice said were declaring victory over a banned in Europe. The federal federal government angovernment is obliged by law to nouncement that it will conduct review chemicals that are banned a health review of 23 pesticides, in any country belonging to the including a weed killer found Organization for Economic Coeverywhere from wheat fields to operation and Development. suburban lawns.

Health Canada had originally But they point out the decideclined to do any studies. It said sion comes only after several law- some of the chemicals had been suits were filed last summer and recently examined and found suggest it shouldn’t take legal to present acceptable risks. The action to get Ottawa to follow agency added that it wanted to the law. consider reasons for the Euro“It is a victory in that sense, pean bans before conducting that we’re getting them to do studies on the others. something they’ve never done The Pest Management Regulabefore,” said Elaine MacDonald tory Agency quietly reversed that of the environmental law group decision in a website posting Ecojustice. “But we shouldn’t dated Dec. 30.

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mined that this subsection’s criteria have been met, namely that a member country of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development prohibits all uses of this active ingredient for health or environmental reasons.”

Four of the six chemicals Canada won’t review were found to be still in limited European use – restricted to functions such as anti-flea dog collars. The final two are not used in Canada.

The pesticides that will be studied are found in 360 different products widely available for consumer and industrial use in Canada. They include 2,4-D – an active ingredient in 140 different products.

“2,4-D is one of the most common herbicides out there,” said MacDonald. “It’s in many

household products. 2,4-D is what I would characterize as ubiquitous.”

Norway banned the chemical in 2000 over concerns about its links to cancer and its ability to migrate into groundwater.

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Limits on ravens, owls could save sage grouse from extinction grouse.

Moehrenschlager said reducCALGARY ing numbers doesn’t mean a cull is onservation experts are maknecessary. ing five main recommenda“One of the things that the tions to protect one of Canada’s provincial government is looking at most highly endangered birds from is, for instance, limiting the number extinction. of roosting sites that raptors can One suggestion is to protect the use,” he said. sage grouse by potentially reducing “There are some old abandoned the number of predators, such as buildings that raptors are using, ravens. such as owls are using, to hatch The ideas come from a worktheir young. And so basically makshop by the Calgary Zoo that ing those buildings inaccessible, brought together biologists, so that they have fewer chances to ranchers, government and energy breed in that landscape and as such industry representatives. have a lower impact on the greater Axel Moehrenschlager, head of sage grouse as well.” the zoo’s Centre for Conservation Moehrenschlager says other Research, says what’s surprising options include fencing off areas is that many of the predators are where there are sage grouse nests so other birds. predators can’t get to them.

“There’s expansions by ravens, Other recommendations include if you can believe, into the Prairie setting up a captive breeding centre landscape and as such Alberta Fish for sage grouse and establishing a and Wildlife is looking at ways of group to help guide recovery efforts reducing the raven numbers, for of the northern silver sagebrush example, so that predation on eggs ecosystem. or even young chicks goes down,” The sage grouse population has said Moehrenschlager. dropped by 98 per cent over the last Moehrenschlager said great 25 to 45 years; there are fewer than horned owls are also affecting sage 138 birds remaining in Canada.

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And the Calgary Zoo says models suggest current reproduction and survival rates are too low to sustain the wild population and extinction is likely within two to five years if action isn’t taken immediately.

The federal government issued an emergency order to protect the bird across 1,700 square kilometres of Crown land in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Moehrenschlager said the workshop’s recommendations could help save the species from extinction if they’re implemented immediately.

“The trajectory has been downwards for a long time. The numbers are critically low. And the numbers of birds that are presently on the ground are not all in the same place, they’re spread over a larger landscape,” he said.

“I think that the recommendations that came out of the workshop from all the experts, both in Canada and the United States, are comprehensive and if they’re all acted on, as we intend that they will be, I think the species really does stand a good chance of still making a comeback in Canada.”

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In a Jan. 9 letter to Ecojustice, a federal lawyer points to the government’s review plans and asks the group to drop its lawsuit.

“In our view, the usefulness of that exercise is seriously undermined by the consultation document,” wrote Elizabeth Kikuchi.

Ecojustice lawyer Laura Tessoro said the court action has only been placed on hold and remains on the books.

“The agency doesn’t have a great track record of committing to doing special reviews under the act,” she said. “This is basically the first time it’s ever agreed to do them.

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NATIONAL Experts say Conservatives have plenty of alternatives to income splitting Roughly 85 per cent of households would gain nothing from the proposal.

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Critics of the controversial, three-year-old proposal – and there are many – say allowing OTTAWA spouses with children under 18 hen the Conservative brain to share up to $50,000 of their trust sits down to hash out income for tax purposes does lita crowd-pleasing alternative to income splitting, hoping to undo tle for low-income families and encourages one of the parents to the damage from backing off stay out of the workforce. a key 2011 campaign promise, The C.D. Howe Institute and experts say there will be plenty the Canadian Centre for Policy of options on the table.

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and this provision, you actually create a lot of equality between families of different types,” Mintz says. “Because to me, this whole issue is how to treat families of different types.”

If the Tories were to lower the $50,000 transfer limit on the original proposal – $25,000, for example – they’d not only save on the cost of income splitting, it would also help middle-income families, says Mintz. Or it could also be clawed back from higherincome earners.

David Macdonald, the chief economist with the Centre for Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Policy Alternatives, says the Tories should abandon the incomeFinance Minister Jim Flaherty needs to hash out a crowdsplitting proposal entirely pleasing alternative to income splitting, a key 2011 campaign promise. because it only helps wealthy, single-earner families.

“It’s sort of like a poison,” Alternatives alike say roughly 85 ance provision for parental leave Macdonald says. “If you take too per cent of households would would give parents to spend much poison, it’s going to kill gain nothing from the proposal, more time with their children, you. If you take a little less poiparticularly single parents.

Laurin says. son, maybe you’re just going to Some 40 per cent of the benBut his personal preference get a sore stomach for a couple efits would go to families earning would be an across-the-board of days, and then if you take even more than $125,000, for whom tax cut and, as Finance Minisless poison, maybe you’ll only get the change could be worth ter Jim Flaherty has suggested, a headache.” $6,400 a year, the institute calcu- paying down the $619-billion If the Tories want to help famlates. That would likely include federal debt. ilies with children, they could Prime Minister Stephen Harper, “The more you lower the tax who makes $320,400 a year and rate, the less the need for income look at existing child-based benefits, such as the national child has two teenage children. splitting, if the intention was to If the Conservatives want equalize the tax burden between benefit supplement, he suggests.

It provides monthly payments to provide tax relief for more two types of families,” he says. to low-income families with families with children, there are “It’s just simple arithmetic.” children, no matter if it’s one or some alternatives, said Alexandre University of Calgary econotwo parents, and reduces them as Laurin, who co-authored the mist Jack Mintz argues it’s time they earn more income.

2011 study. Increase the univerto change the tax system so The working income tax sal child care benefit, which gives single-income families aren’t facbenefit, meanwhile, helps single $100 a month to families with ing a higher tax rate than other parents in particular by giving children under six, he offers. households. The income-splitKevin Milligan, an economting proposal can be tweaked so them an extra boost to join the workforce. “If you’re looking at ics professor at the University different families can share the helping families with children, of British Columbia, suggests benefits, he argues. it’s quite clear that these other extending the age range to older Right now, one spouse can measures are ones that are more children, to the benefit of both transfer the unused portion of effective.” low and high-income families. the basic personal tax exempFinally, says Macdonald, a Another example, the Canada tion to the other spouse. One national child-care program child tax benefit for families with alternative would be to make would cost about the same as children under 18, provides a that personal exemption noncertain amount per child and is transferable if they decide to take the income-splitting plan, which is estimated at upwards of $2.5 phased out by income level. And advantage of income splitting. billion a year. widening the employment insur“Between income splitting

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Ottawa broke law by failing to enforce Species at Risk Act

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again in testimony. evidence – “although they do Yet the Conservative governdeny that recovery strategies ment counsel, she wrote, “advised have been intentionally delayed OTTAWA in order to facilitate industrial the court that he had been speFederal Court judge has cifically instructed not to raise a development.” ruled that the environment lack of resources as a justification Stewart Elgie, a professor of minister and the fisheries minis- environmental law at the Univer- for the delay in posting proposed ter both broke the law by failing sity of Ottawa, characterized the recovery strategies for the four to enforce the Species at Risk Act. judgment as “a stern wake-up call species.”

In a case covering four species to the government.”

Mactavish ruled “there is that Justice Anne Mactavish calls clearly an enormous systemic In an interview, Elgie likened “the tip of the iceberg,” the court species on the list to critical-care problem within the relevant found there’s a major systemic ministries.” patients at a hospital emergency problem in the two ministries There is no penalty for the ward. charged with protecting endan“If we don’t act quickly, some government missing its deadlines gered and threatened wildlife. under the Species at Risk Act, of them face real risk of extincThe 47-page ruling released but the court did award costs of tion, so this kind of delay – five Friday states that “public officials years or more – threatens the $22,500 to the five groups that are not above the law. If an offibrought the suit. very survival of some Canadian cial acts contrary to a statute, the The groups that challenged wildlife species.” courts are entitled to so declare.” the government include the DaHe said when the legislation At issue was a challenge vid Suzuki Foundation, Greencame into force in 2003, some brought by five environmental peace Canada, the Sierra Club of 200 threatened species required organizations, who asked the British Columbia, the Western protection plans and created an court to enforce provisions under Canada Wilderness Committee immediate backlog.

A one-time the Species at Risk Act. and Wildsight. injection of serious funding The groups cited four particuThey issued a statement on could help Environment Canada lar species: the nechako white Friday declaring victory and exand Fisheries and Oceans catch sturgeon, the pacific humpback pressed hope the federal governwhale, the marbled murrelet and up, and Elgie argues it would be ment would act to protect at risk money well spent. the southern mountain woodspecies.

“The cost of doing that is land caribou.

“The Canadian government In every case, the government cheap compared to the cost of now needs to ramp up its efforts what it will take to bring these had failed to propose recovery species back if we let them get to to finalize recovery strategies for strategies after the species were the brink of extinction,” he said. the more than 160 other species formally identified, missing at risk that need protection,” In her judgment, Mactavstatutory deadlines by up to six Gwen Barlee, a spokesperson for ish pointedly noted that lack of and half years. the Wilderness committee, said resources for the government “It is simply not acceptable in the statement. departments came up time and for the responsible ministers to continue to miss the mandatory deadlines that have been established by Parliament,” Mactavish wrote.

FIRST NATION A spokeswoman for Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq responded to the judgment by Notice to Selkirk acknowledging that recovery FirSt NatioN electorS strategies or management plans are currently required for 192 call For a GeNeral electioN species, of which 163 are overdue.

The Selkirk First Nation Election Committee has received notification to call “Environment Canada has sigthe Selkirk First Nation General Election according to the Selkirk First Nation’s nificantly accelerated its progress Election Act adopted at the General Assembly in November 2013. in recent years and has published 85 strategies and plans in the last We are hereby announcing the call for the Selkirk First Nation General three years,” Jennifer Kennedy Election for the following positions: said in an email.

1 Chief “It is also finalizing a posting 2 Crow Councillors 2 Wolf Councillors plan to ensure transparency with 1 Elder Councillor 1 Youth Councillor respect to upcoming recovery The dates of the Election process are as follows: documents and progress in reducing the number of overdue February 14, 2014 Call for Election recovery documents over the next few years.”

February 20, 2014 Nomination Day – 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Pelly Crossing at the Old Community Hall.

The judgment cited evidence those recovery plans could have March 20, 2014 All Candidates Meeting an impact on the approval of in Pelly Crossing at the LINK Building – 7:00 p.m. the Northern Gateway pipeline, March 22, 2014 All Candidates Meeting in Whitehorse. which will affect all four of the Location to be determined - 1:00 p.m. species cited in the case.

March 24, 2014 Advance Poll in Pelly Crossing at As Mactavish ruled, “the abthe LINK Building – 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. sence of posted recovery strateMarch 24, 2014 Advance Poll in Whitehorse. gies deprives the ministers of Location to be determined – 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. considerable leverage in dealing April 2, 2014 Polling Day in Pelly Crossing with the impact of industrial at the LINK Building – 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. development on species at risk.”

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VATICAN CITY eetings this week between Pope Francis and his cardinals will deal with some of the thorniest issues facing the church, including the rejection by most Catholics of some of its core teaching on premarital sex, contraception, gays and divorce.

German Cardinal Walter Kasper, who has called for “changes and openings” in the church’s treatment of divorced and remarried Catholics, will give the keynote speech Thursday Claudio Peri/AP Photo to the pope and cardinals attend- Pope Francis faces the most critical week of his year-old ing a preparatory meeting for an papacy, a summit on family issues that will deal with October summit on family issues. church teaching on contraception, divorce and gay unions.

The cardinals are in town for Saturday’s ceremony to formally relations, on homosexuality, the faith and acted with laudable install 19 new “princes of the motivation – they could receive on those divorced and remarchurch,” the first batch named Communion and other sacraried and on birth control ... are

by Francis to join the group of ments of the church. virtually never accepted, or are churchmen who will elect his The Vatican’s chief doctrinal expressly rejected in the vast successor. Saturday’s ceremony czar immediately shot down the majority of cases.” is the high point of an intensive initiative, insisting there is no The Swiss bishops went week of meetings presided over way around the rule. Cardinalfurther, saying the church’s very

by Francis that include the first mission was being threatened by elect Gerhard Mueller, like proposals to put the Vatican’s Kasper a German theologian, its insistence on such directives. financial house in order. cited documents from popes Kasper, who retired in 2010 Ahead of Saturday’s consisto- after a decade as the Vatican’s past and his own office, the ry, cardinals will meet for Congregation for the two days behind closed Doctrine of the Faith, in “The church’s statements on doors to begin prepararejecting arguments that tions for the October premarital sexual relations, mercy should prevail summit on family issues. church rules or that on homosexuality, on those over Francis scheduled the people should follow their summit last year and own consciences to decide divorced and remarried took the unusual step of if their first marriage was sending bishops around valid or not. and on birth control ... are the world a questionnaire “It is not for the for ordinary Catholics to virtually never accepted, or individuals concerned to fill out about how they on its validity, but are expressly rejected in the decide understand and practice rather for the church,” church teaching on marhe wrote in the Vatican vast majority of cases.” riage, sex and other issues newspaper L’Osservatore related to the family.

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The results, at least But Kasper has said the issue chief ecumenical officer, has those reported by bishops in can and should be reviewed on a for years held out hope that the Europe and the United States, case-by-case basis. Francis himVatican might accommodate have been eye-opening. Bishops self has made clear he wants to these remarried Catholics who themselves reported that the are forbidden from participating help these Catholics and that the church’s core teachings on sexual fully in the church’s sacraments annulment process itself must morals, birth control, homobe reviewed because the church’s unless they get an annulment. sexuality, marriage and divorce tribunals currently are not able “What is possible with God – are rejected as unrealistic and to deal with their caseload. He namely forgiveness – we should outdated by the vast majority of has said now was a “season of be able to succeed within the Catholics, who nevertheless said church, too,” he told Germany’s mercy.” they were active in parish life Francis is a big fan of Kasper.

Die Zeit in December. and considered their faith vitally During his first Sunday noon Church teaching holds that important. blessing as pope, Francis praised unless that first marriage is an“On the matter of artificial nulled, or declared null and void Kasper by name, saying he was a contraception the responses terrific theologian who had just by a church tribunal, Catholics might be characterized by the written a great book on mercy. who remarry cannot receive saying, ‘That train left the staAmerican canon lawyer Communion because they are tion long ago,”’ Bishop Robert essentially living in sin and com- Edward Peters, who has writLynch of St. Petersburg, Florida, mitting adultery. Such annulten extensively on the American recently wrote on his blog, sum- ments are often impossible to annulment process, said Monday marizing his survey’s findings. get or can take years to process, a that compromise is not possible “Catholics have made up their problem that has left generations on annulments themselves since minds and the sensus fidelium that is the only way baptized of Catholics feeling shunned (sense of the faithful) suggests Catholics can remarry. But in from their church. the rejection of church teaching a blog post, he said the Vatican Last year, the German dioon this subject.” might consider some “processcese of Freiburg issued a set of German and Swiss bishops smoothing provisions” that were guidelines explaining how such released similar survey results approved for the U.S. church remarried Catholics could get earlier this month. German bish- around the rule. It said if certain back in the 1970s, including the ops reported this: “The church’s elimination of the mandatory criteria are met – if the spouses statements on premarital sexual appeal to Rome. were trying to live according to

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World’s largest thermal solar power plant rises in west US Mojave Desert, but comes with cost Michael R. Blood and Brian Skoloff

California Energy Commission concluded that while the solar plant would impose “significant impacts on the environment ... the benefits the project would provide override those impacts.”

Such disputes are likely to continue for years as more companies seek to develop solar, wind and geothermal plants on land treasured by environmentalists who also support the growth of renewable energy. At issue is what is worth preserving and at what cost, as California pushes to Chris Carlson/AP Photo generate more electricity from The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, sprawling renewable sources. across roughly 13 square kilometres of federal land near the In 2012, the federal governCalifornia-Nevada border, will be opened formally ment established 17 “solar Thursday after years of regulatory and legal tangles. energy zones” in an attempt to direct development to land it for the solar association, said familiar with rooftop solar, has identified as having fewer in a statement that solar sysor photovoltaic panels, “these wildlife and natural-resource tems have seen “dramatic price are a little bit different. This obstacles. The zones comprise declines” in the last few years. takes the sun’s rays and reflects about 450 square miles (1,165 That’s good for utilities in them onto towers,” said NRG sq. kilometres)in six states – California, which must obtain spokesman Jeff Holland.

California, Nevada, Arizona, a third of their electricity from The plant can be a starUtah, Colorado and New solar and other renewable tling sight for drivers heading Mexico. sources by 2020. toward Las Vegas along busy Government documents The Ivanpah site, about 45 Interstate 15. Amid miles of show dozens of dead birds miles (75 kilometres) southrock and scrub, its vast array of from sparrows to hawks have west of Las Vegas, has virtually mirrors creates the image of an been found on the site, some unbroken sunshine most of ethereal lake shimmering atop with melted feathers. The susthe year and is near transmisthe desert floor. In fact, it’s pected causes of death include sion lines that carry power to built on a dry lakebed. collisions with mirrors and consumers.

Google announced in 2011 scorching. In November alone, Using technology known as that it would invest $168 mil11 dead birds were found, insolar-thermal, nearly 350,000 lion in the project. As part of cluding two, a blackbird and a computer-controlled mirrors its financing, BrightSource also warbler, with singed feathers.

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Industries Association, a trade The Ivanpah Solar Electric group.

Generating System, sprawling The plant’s dedication across roughly 5 square miles comes as government contin(13 sq. kilometres) of federal ues to push for development of land near the California-Negreener, cleaner power. vada border, formally opened President Barack Obama has Thursday after years of regula- mounted a second-term drive tory and legal tangles ranging to combat climate change, from relocating protected tor- proposing first-ever limits on toises to assessing the impact carbon pollution from new on Mojave milkweed and other and existing power plants. His plants. plan aims to help move the “The Ivanpah project is U.S. from a coal-dependent a shining example of how past into a future fired by America is becoming a world wind and solar power, nuclear leader in solar energy,” U.S. energy and natural gas.

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Melting summer ice is turning Arctic darker, which makes Earth warmer Seth Borenstein Associated Press

WASHINGTON he Arctic isn’t nearly as bright and white as it used to be because of more ice melting in the ocean, and that’s turning out to be a global problem, a new study says.

With more dark, open water in the summer, less of the sun’s heat is reflected back into space. So the entire Earth is absorbing more heat than expected, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

That extra absorbed energy is so big that it measures about onequarter of the entire heat-trapping effect of carbon dioxide, said the study’s lead author, Ian Eisenman, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California.

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“Basically, it means more warming,” Eisenman said in an interview.

The North Pole region is an ocean that mostly is crusted at the top with ice that shrinks in the summer and grows back in the fall.

At its peak melt in September, the ice has shrunk on average by nearly 35,000 square miles – about the size of Maine – per year since 1979.

Snow-covered ice reflects several times more heat than dark, open ocean, which replaces the ice when it melts, Eisenman said.

As more summer sunlight dumps into the ocean, the water gets warmer, and it takes longer for ice to form again in the fall, Jason Box of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said in an email. He was not part of the study.

While earlier studies used computer models, Eisenman said his is the first to use satellite measurements to gauge sunlight reflection and to take into account cloud cover. The results show the

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The Arctic isn’t nearly as bright and white as sea ice melts. With more dark, open water in the summer, less of the sun’s heat is reflected back into space.

darkening is as much as two to three times bigger than previous estimates, he said.

Box and University of Colorado ice scientist Waleed Abdalati, who was not part of the research, called

the work important in understanding how much heat is getting trapped on Earth.

Cleanup of Yellowknife’s toxic Giant Mine moves ahead with community changes Bob Weber Canadian Press

YELLOWKNIFE lans to clean up what may be Canada’s worst toxic site are moving ahead with changes suggested by those who live beside Yellowknife’s Giant Mine.

Last summer, a northern environmental regulator told the federal cabinet that it wasn’t entirely happy with Ottawa’s plans for the mine, which holds millions of tonnes of arsenic-contaminated waste on the shores of Great Slave Lake.

The Mackenzie Valley Review Board agreed freezing the underground arsenic in place is probably the best solution.

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The board recommended a 100-year limit on the time the arsenic can be kept frozen underground. It also said the plan must be reviewed every 20 years.

All those suggestions have survived a consultation process with federal bureaucrats, and have made it into the final draft of the board’s recommendations,

submitted this week.

“The board carefully weighed what it got from those parties,” said board manager Alan Ehrlich.

“We believe that their underlying interests remain in the recommended measures.”

The recommendations now go before Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt.

That document is the result of consultations that began in

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There are also 13.5 million tonnes of arsenic-contaminated tailings on the land above. The 95-hectare site contains many structures that are further con-

taminated with arsenic and other poisons, from asbestos to dioxins.

Some of the structures are in such bad shape the government was forced to apply for emergency permits to take them down last summer before toxins were released.

The latest cost estimate for the entire project is $903 million – all which will be paid by taxpayers.

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Big gold miners post billions in losses as lower gold price takes a bite “We have been intensely focussed on managing the things we can control and, during 2013, we made significant progress in reducing costs.”

Craig Wong Canadian Press

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anada’s big gold miners posted billions in losses for their most recent quarter as a lower price of gold took a bite out of the bottom line and their reserves.

Barrick Gold chief executive Jamie Sokalsky called 2013 a year of recalibration for the company – one of the world’s largest gold miners.

“We have been intensely focussed on managing the things we can control and, during 2013, we made significant progress in reduc-

ing costs,” Sokalsky told a conference call with financial analysts Thursday.

“I believe we are transforming into a leaner, more agile organization, one that is focussed on assets that hold longer term shareholder value and getting higher returns on our investments.”

Toronto-based Barrick, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, reported a loss of US$2.83 billion or $2.61 per share in the fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $3 billion or $3.01 per share a year ago.

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The quarter included some $2.82 billion in impairment charges, primarily related to its Pascua-Lama, Porgera, Veladero and the Australia Pacific gold operations, as well as $176 million in other costs at Pascua-Lama in the Andes.

Excluding the one-time costs, the gold miner said it earned an adjusted profit of $410 million or 37 cents per share compared with an adjusted profit of $1.16 billion or $1.16 a year ago.

The average analyst estimate compiled by Thomson Reuters had predicted a profit of 41 cents per share.

Meanwhile, Vancouverbased Goldcorp, which also keeps its books in U.S. dollars, said it lost $1.1 billion or $1.34 per share compared with a profit of $504 million or 62 cents per share a year ago. Revenue fell to $1.2 billion, down from $1.4 billion.

During the fourth quarter, Goldcorp took $763 million in tax charges due primarily to changes to Mexico’s income tax laws. The company also took $443 million in other impairment charges.

Excluding the one-time items, Goldcorp said it earned an adjusted profit of $74 million or nine cents per share compared with $465 million or 57 cents per share a year ago.

Analysts had expected a profit of 23 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters.

“Most mines in our portfolio ended the year with significantly lower all-in sustaining

costs than when the year began, while meeting or exceeding production guidance,” Goldcorp president and chief executive Chuck Jeannes said.

“Initiatives under our operating for excellence program have taken root, resulting in significant efficiency and productivity gains and a culture that continues to place a premium on safe, profitable production growth despite lower gold prices during the year.”

Gold started out last year close to the US$1,700 level, but the price started to fall rapidly in early May to end the year at about US$1,200, taking the stocks of the gold miners down with it.

However, gold stocks have started out 2014 on a strong note.

Shares in Barrick which fell 40 per cent in 2013 are up more than 15 per cent so far this year. Goldcorp, which fell about 35 per cent last year is up more than 25 per cent since the start of January.

Barrick shares closed up C$1.27 at C$22.08 on Thursday, while Goldcorp shares ended the trading day up $1.02 at C$29.64 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Barrick, which has been has been paring down its assets in recent months as it has moved to focus its operations, also said Thursday that it expected to produce between six million and 6.5 million ounces of gold this year.

That compared with nearly 7.2 million ounces produced in 2013.

Sokalsky said many of the decisions made by the com-

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pany last year, including a cut to its dividend and the temporary suspension of its massive Pascua-Lama project in South America, were difficult, but necessary.

“With our high quality assets and a cost structure that is among the lowest in the industry, we are much better protected against further price downside and importantly more strongly positioned to take advantage of opportunities and benefit when metal prices recover,” he said.

All-in sustaining production costs are also expected to rise to between $920 and $980 per ounce compared with $915 for 2013.

The lower expected production comes as Barrick slashed its gold reserves to 104.1 million ounces at the end of 2013 from 140.2 million ounces at the end of 2012.

The new reserve estimate is based on a $1,100 per ounce price for gold compared with $1,500 per ounce used in the earlier estimate.

Goldcorp reported Thursday probable gold mineral reserves of 54 million ounces for Dec. 31, 2013, down from 63.9 million ounces at the start of last year, due to mining and a lower gold price assumption.

The decrease came as Goldcorp produced 768,900 ounces of gold in the fourth quarter compared with 700,400 a year ago. Production for the year totalled 2.7 million ounces.

All-in sustaining cash costs totalled $810 per ounce in the fourth quarter, down from $915 a year ago.

Goldcorp has made a C$2.6-billion hostile takeover bid for Osisko Mining Corp., however analysts have suggested it will have to raise its offer if it wants to close the deal.

Osisko’s main asset is the Canadian Malartic gold mine in northern Quebec where it has been ramping up operations since its first commercial production in May 2011.

Jeannes has said Canadian Malartic would rank among his companies’ best operations if the takeover is successful.

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A case of art imitating politics “We have basically been sold to industry and corporations. I’m not even sure we are a democracy anymore. We are an oligarchy like Russia, or China, or Alberta.”

Jesse Winter News Reporter

T

he Average Hardworking Canadian stands waist-deep in pamphlets, donut and coffee in hand, with a great big bull’s-eye for a head.

Carved out of wood and about two feet tall, he is Linda Leon’s artistic rendering of how she thinks the Conservative government sees Canadians.

“Now we are an oligarchy of people who are discouraged from thinking. Everything is dumbed down, leadership is dumbed down.

We have basically been sold to industry and corporations. I’m not even sure we are a democracy anymore. We are an oligarchy like Russia, or China, or Alberta,” she said.

The Average Hardworking Canadian is part of Leon’s new art show, PROUD, The Rebranding of Canada. It opened at the Guild Hall last week.

“I was always going to have a show about the rebranding of Canada,” said the Whitehorse artist.

“The government’s Economic Action Plan logo getting plastered everywhere, the Ten Percenters, I think it’s terrible abuse,” she said.

So-called Ten Percenters form a key part of Leon’s work. They are flyers that MPs are allowed to mail, at no cost to themselves, to up to 10 per cent of the households in their riding.

All the political parties use them. But Leon takes particular issue with Yukon MP Ryan Leef ’s use of the flyers, which she says is excessive.

Beginning last year, she started collecting Ten Percenters from people around Whitehorse. She compiled a veritable mountain of them, and collaged them into cartoonish commentaries on the Tories’ evils as she sees them.

In one image, Leef scampers up a mountain hollowed out by hydraulic fracturing. He’s being chased by menacing winged monkeys.

In another, Leef is seen sporting a tutu made of Economic Action Plan arrows and balancing on a high-wire.

“I wanted to have this show about the re-branding of Canada, and at the time we hadn’t been receiving Ten Percenters. But then we started getting a lot, about two or three a month from Ryan. He only did it for about four months, and then he stopped,” said Leon.

“I don’t know if he stopped because the Conservative propagandists are retooling in the wake of the Senate spending scandal, or if it was because he knew I was going

Ian Stewart/Yukon News

The High Performer, by Linda Leon.

Toronto Star’s Theo Moudakis or Ian Stewart/Yukon News the Globe and Mail’s Brian Gable.

As for Leef, he says he’s happy to Linda Leon recycled Conservative Party of Canada mailers have someone using art to express into protest art for her show, PROUD, The Re-branding of their feelings, but he also said Canada, on display at the Guild Hall in Porter Creek.

Leon’s interpretations are off-base.

“Absolutely, I enjoy political Leef ’s attempt to brand himself to do this art show.” cartoons,” Leef said. as a “new kind of Canadian MP.” Under the rules, the flyers “When there’s satire or analogy Most of the pieces in her art show must be designed by and contain around those, I do appreciate original material from each of the feature cutouts of Leef, who hapMPs, but Leon said Leef doesn’t do pens to be a long-distance runner, those. I don’t necessarily agree with what she has to say, and there are with a cut-out head atop a carthat. times where the record needs to be toonish body running hither and “This material originates with corrected because her arguments the Conservative spin doctors. We yon, sporting a yellow Conservamay be truncated or not accurate. tive running jersey. know this because of the hoopla “But if she’s creating a conversa“I think he’s just running. He’s over the fake Braille flyers. They were the same all across the coun- running for attention, he’s running tion, there’s nothing wrong with that. It gives me an opportunity to for re-election, he’s running to try,” she says. have a public discussion,” he said. achieve approval from the ConThose flyers, which trumpeted Leef is no stranger to Leon’s servative Party and Mr. Harper. the Tories’ work to expand accriticisms. She writes him at least cessibility for disabled Canadians, There’s a little bit of trying to once a month expressing her brand himself as this new kind of drew flak from many critics frustration and anger with the Canadian politician. But I’m not because they included pictures of Conservatives and with him. really seeing it. I think he’s just an Braille dots that couldn’t actually “She originally started writing empty post,” she said. be read by a blind person.

“I think I’ve been a little gentle. to me suggesting that Ten PercentBut Leon isn’t just angry about ers were banned and the laws were I could have been a little rougher the flyers. She’s upset at what she being broken, but that’s not true,” sees as the “rebranding” of Canada, with him,” Leon said, laughing.

Leef said.

Stephen Harper’s disembodeverything from the prime minis“We actually eliminated the ter’s insistence that his government ied head features prominently ability for members to send Ten in the pieces as well, floating like be called the “Harper GovernPercenters into other members’ a spectre glaring down on the ment” to Foreign Affairs Minisridings. Under the old rules, opmasses. The works are dark, with ter John Baird’s gold-embossed a sinister feeling, and unapologet- posing parties would flood somegovernment business cards that body else’s ridings with literature,” ically political. They could easily dropped the word “Canada.” he said. exist alongside cartoons by the She’s also not pleased with

Leef disputes Leon’s assertion that the government is “rebranding” the country.

“The Canadian flag hasn’t changed, our national anthem hasn’t changed. This is still the people of Canada’s government,” he said.

He also defended the pamphleting practice, saying that the flyers allow him the ability to reach his most remote constituents, even when he is thousands of kilometres away in Ottawa. And, since the flyers are free to mail, constituents can fill out comment forms on them and send them back, Leef said.

“They’re exceptionally costeffective. Last Ten Percenter was celebrating the arts and culture funding for the territory, and it included quotes of the CEO of the Yukon Arts Centre,” Leef said.

Leon, of course, sees things differently.

“It’s a small form of stealing,” she said.

“If the Conservatives want to put trash in our mailboxes, they should damn well pay for it,” she said.

Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com

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Clockwise starts on the left. Hundreds of ping pong balls are dropped from a lift while kids scramble to collect them for prizes. A splattered participant uses her teeth to open a paint pouch during the Aurora paint war. Julian Porter eats his way to victory during a pie-eating contest at the Elijah Smith building. Frozen turkey bowling. Sourdough Sam hands out lollipops.

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Best friend forever may not be that for long DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have recently been confronted by a serious and most unsettling situation within our extended family. A relative (first cousin) was sentenced to death years ago

by Judith for a crime he committed. He will likely be executed soon.

Martin I am very close to his grandparents who raised him. They are my aunt and uncle. What is the appropriate action to take in this unusual situation as far as DEAR MISS MANNERS: I an expression of sympathy? Are introduced a very close young flowers and/or a card appropriate, friend of mine to my sometime or should no mention of the situboyfriend (too long a story for ation be made? I understand that here) some months ago. I had her there will be a small funeral. go on a ship’s tour in my place, as GENTLE READER: Please treat this as you would any I was in the hospital recovering family funeral, attending, if you from surgery. can, sending flowers, writing This was July 2012. Last to express your sympathy. Miss Christmas I was invited by my “boyfriend” to his company party, Manners suspects that your aunt and he also invited my young BFF. and uncle will receive little such support, making yours all the He asked me, and I said it would be a nice invitation for her. Then I more necessary. went out of town for the holidays.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I He contacted my BFF and invited her to a Christmas Eve din- work at a radiology imaging clinic. My supervisor has instructner at a couple’s home (his close friend) with other people. (I knew ed all employees to be courteous the husband and just met the wife with our patients and to try to encourage them to return for future prior.) I was fine with this.

Then, he invited her this week testing.

I agree with him completely, to a casual dinner at the same but disagree with his method. couple’s home. They had invited my “boyfriend” and the lady who He is sort of a folksy person who says to patients, “Come back and baby-sits for them and her adult see us again” or “Hope to see you son. But he didn’t invite me. My again” as they are leaving.

BFF had to decline because she I told him I feel that sort of had to work in her dress shop greeting is inappropriate, as many that evening. He told her that he of our patients are seriously ill, understood and would continue and it seems like we are wishing to invite her when he could. them to have a future illness so we Is it proper etiquette to invite can get their business. someone who was introduced to I prefer to say to them, “I hope the host/hostess and my someyou feel better” or “Have a nice time boyfriend (grown man, by the way) by me, knowing that the day” as they leave. He says that will not encourage patients to invitee is my BFF, without inviting me? Or even mentioning it to return. Who is right?

GENTLE READER: Neither me? of you. “Have a nice day” isn’t GENTLE READER: Are you charming, either, to someone writing a country music song laden with bad news. about this?

Miss Manners always cautions That strikes Miss Manners as against interpreting conventional the most suitable way of eluphrases literally, but even she cidating what it means to be a sometime boyfriend, and what he once reached her limit. It was and a best friend forever owe the when she was departing from a funeral, walking toward the not-infrequently absent person church’s open doors where she who puts them together. could see her friend’s casket being But you have asked only a far lifted into a hearse, and one of the tamer question about the social church volunteers cheerily wished obligation to include you at a her a nice day. dinner subsequent to the one to Please issue a straightforward which you authorized sending reminder (“Have you scheduled your friend as a substitute. There a checkup appointment?”), and is a rule that people who are inthen say a pleasant goodbye. troduced at a social event should include their hosts if they decide DEAR MISS MANNERS: I atto meet again. But that doesn’t tended a luncheon/fashion show quite apply to your case, as you put on by a local charity orgasent them to functions together nization. The invitation stated over several months. In addition, socializing at 11 a.m., luncheon the gentleman might argue that at 12:00. he was merely reissuing an invitaAt the appointed hour, we all tion that you approved but your found our assigned seats and friend was unable to accept. waited for the luncheon service None of this addresses the to begin. Instead, the emcee took emotional undercurrents that are to the dais and made her opensloshing about beneath the social ing remarks. She introduced the surface. Miss Manners is waiting dignitaries in attendance, thanked for the song before she can do all the donors for their generous that. contributions and described the

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fashions that would be shown.

This took about 30 minutes.

At last, thought my table companions and I, the food would arrive. But no, the next items on the agenda were testimonials from individuals who had been helped by the charities, followed by a presentation of the donated items to be raffled during the meal.

The food service finally began at 1:30. Since the invitation had indicated lunch at 12:00, was I wrong to expect it to be served at or near that time? Is it acceptable for the meal service to begin an hour and a half after guests are seated?

GENTLE READER: Only to those who are not rattled when they find themselves talking to an audience of hungry people who are gnawing on their napkins.

Planners of such events are always afraid that people will leave after they have been fed, so schedule the obligatory announcements before the food. In addition, many people find public speaking nerve-wracking, which can make them focus on their own performances to the exclusion of considering how to treat the audience.

Any lengthy announcements could have been made during the social hour, when the guests would be able to fortify themselves with drinks and to look forward to a prompt lunch.

prior.) I was fine with this.

Then, he invited her this week to a casual dinner at the same couple’s home. They had invited my “boyfriend” and the lady who baby-sits for them and her adult son. But he didn’t invite me. My BFF had to decline because she had to work in her dress shop that evening. He told her that he understood and would continue to invite her when he could.

Is it proper etiquette to invite someone who was introduced to the host/hostess and my sometime boyfriend (grown man, by the way) by me, knowing that the invitee is my BFF, without inviting me? Or even mentioning it to me?

GENTLE READER: Are you writing a country music song about this?

That strikes Miss Manners as the most suitable way of elucidating what it means to be a sometime boyfriend, and what he and a best friend forever owe the not-infrequently absent person who puts them together.

But you have asked only a far tamer question about the social obligation to include you at a dinner subsequent to the one to which you authorized sending your friend as a substitute. There is a rule that people who are introduced at a social event should include their hosts if they decide to meet again. But that doesn’t quite apply to your case, as you DEAR MISS MANNERS: I sent them to functions together introduced a very close young over several months. In addition, friend of mine to my sometime the gentleman might argue that boyfriend (too long a story for he was merely reissuing an invitahere) some months ago. I had her tion that you approved but your go on a ship’s tour in my place, as friend was unable to accept.

I was in the hospital recovering None of this addresses the from surgery. emotional undercurrents that are This was July 2012. Last sloshing about beneath the social Christmas I was invited by my surface. Miss Manners is waiting “boyfriend” to his company party, for the song before she can do and he also invited my young BFF. that.

He asked me, and I said it would be a nice invitation for her. Then I DEAR MISS MANNERS: We went out of town for the holidays. have recently been confronted He contacted my BFF and inby a serious and most unsettling vited her to a Christmas Eve din- situation within our extended ner at a couple’s home (his close family. A relative (first cousin) friend) with other people. (I knew was sentenced to death years ago the husband and just met the wife for a crime he committed. He will

likely be executed soon.

I am very close to his grandparents who raised him. They are my aunt and uncle. What is the appropriate action to take in this unusual situation as far as an expression of sympathy? Are flowers and/or a card appropriate, or should no mention of the situation be made? I understand that there will be a small funeral.

GENTLE READER: Please treat this as you would any family funeral, attending, if you can, sending flowers, writing to express your sympathy. Miss Manners suspects that your aunt and uncle will receive little such support, making yours all the more necessary.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a lady who must use a cane when walking due to a medical issue.

Many times at social or other gatherings, well-meaning friends will walk alongside me to “assist” me.

This kind gesture often leads them to accidentally and unknowingly kick my cane, which sends me reeling. My friends usually exclaim, “You MUST be more careful!”

I do not wish to be rude, but how do I let them know that they are the ones who must be more careful?

GENTLE READER: This is a version of the scout who kindly helps someone across a street she didn’t want to cross. It is unfortunate that the tender-hearted are often tender-headed enough to think that they know more about the logistics of handling a disability than those who have one.

Miss Manners hears of such would-be helpers taking command of wheelchairs to the annoyance and possible endangerment of their owners. Intended as an act of kindness, that is actually an act of arrogance. And your friends are compounding their error by scolding you.

You will have to assert your authority by saying firmly, “Thank you, I can manage,” or, “Please walk on the other side.”

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Skiers, snowshoers share the trails at biathlon championships Tom Patrick News Reporter

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n even-numbered years the Yukon Biathlon Championships end with ski tracks and snowshoe prints in the snow. Those are the years of the Arctic Winter Games.

Ski and snowshoe biathletes, many of whom will represent Yukon at the upcoming Games, hit the trails and range for the championships Sunday at the Biathlon Yukon Range on Grey Mountain Road.

For at least the last three Arctic Games years snowshoe biathletes participated alongside skiers at the championships as they prepare for the Games.

Snowshoe biathletes, who compete in a sport endemic to the Arctic Games, helped produce the largest turnout at the championships in years.

Forty-one biathletes, including seven on snowshoe, competed on Sunday, up from 24 last year.

“We have 41 competitors today, so obviously numbers are increasing slowly but steadily,” said Biathlon Yukon president Bill Curtis. “It is putting pressure on the club in terms of capacity for coaching and rifles, but it’s exciting.

“It’s so exciting to see all these people out here, all the parents, snowshoers and skiers.”

Yukon’s Arctic Games biathlon teams have grown since the 2012 Games in Whitehorse. They went from six ski and five snowshoe in 2012 to eight ski and seven snowshoe this year.

On the teams are six returners including skier Nadia Moser, who won four medals at the 2012 Arctic Games.

The 16-year-old outpaced Games teammate Maria Peters for first in the youth women division on Sunday.

Both skiers shot clean in one of their trips to the range.

“It wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be considering it was my first time skiing with my rifle,” said Moser. “It does make a difference.”

Yukon teammate Chris Holmes, who will compete in snowshoe biathlon at the Games, took gold in junior male on Sunday. Holmes just recently got back into the sport after four years away from it.

“I just got back into it two months ago and I’ve been training really hard,” said Holmes. “The training is working out.

“I don’t find the five-K that hard any more. It used to be a big challenge, but now I could go do it again and again after that. My shooting wasn’t great today, but I’ve been running hard.”

Joining Moser and Peters in ski biathlon at the Games are Liam Adel, Jake Draper, Micah Hildes, Dana Sellars, Tristan Sparks and Pelly VincentBraun.

On board with Holmes are Clodagh Berg, Bruce Wilson, Tima Johnson, Marika Kitchen, Francis Reid and Daniel Sennett.

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From left: Daniel Sennett, Frances Reid and Jake Draper race at the Yukon Biathlon Championships on Sunday at the Biathlon Yukon Range. All three will represent Yukon at the Arctic Winter Games next month.

Next month will be Holmes’ first Arctics.

“I think it’s going to be pretty cool,” said Holmes. “I’ve never been to it, I don’t know what’s going to go down, but I think it’s going to be fun. I can’t wait to go.”

Both Yukon squads – ski and snowshoe – won seven medals at the 2012 Arctic Games.

Biathlon Yukon is in the midst of another strong season. Draper and Hildes both won bronze at the Western Canadian Biathlon Championships at the start of the month. Adel captured a bronze at the Calforex Cup in Canmore, Alta., at the start of the season.

5th Aiden Hupe (1,5,2) – 23:23 6th Isla Hupe (2,2,2) – 24:52 7th Emma Marnik (3,3,4) – 26:57 DNF Noah Marnik Black Bears (3km) 1st Victor Thibeault (1,2,1) – 20:44 2nd Amelia Latour (2,1,1) – 22:01 3rd Solon MacDougall (3,0,2) – 25:22 4th Graham MacDonald (1,1,2) – 27:23 5th Lucas Taggart-Cox (4,2,5) – 31:01 6th Kassua Dreyer (5,3,3) – 31:38 7th Ayla McDonald (5,4,2) – 37:20 8th Cole Byers (3,1,4) – 38:44 9th Brenna Byers (5,4,5) – 44:46

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

Ski results

Masters men (7.5km) 1st Brian Healy (3,2,2,1) – 38:22 2nd Grant Redfern (2,3,4,3) – 50:09 3rd Bernard Johnson (4,2,2,4) – 51:57 Senior boys (7.5km) 1st Liam Adel (3,1,5,5) – 47:04 2nd Brendan Curteanu (4,4,1,1) – 1:01:38 3rd Gordon Taylor (3,4,3,4) – 1:05:31 Youth men (7.5km) DNF Tristan Sparks Youth women (7.5km) 1st Nadia Moser (1,1,0,3) – 37:07 2nd Maria Peters (1,2,0,3) – 40:29 Junior boys (5km) 1st Jake Draper (2,2,2) – 23:31

Snowshoe results

Junior male (5km) 1st Chris Holmes (4,3,4,3) – 43:16 2nd Bruce Wilson (2,4,4,3) – 43:41 Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Biathletes take aim at the range.

2nd Pelly Vincent-Braun (2,2,1) – 25:12

5th Eden Rodrigue (5,5,1) – 50:14

Junior girls (5km) 1st Micah Hildes (1,3,5) – 33:04 2nd Dana Sellars (4,2,3) – 35:12 3rd Bronwyn Goodwin-Williams (3,3,3) – 37:40 4th Alexandria Duchaine (4,2,3) – 40:24

Polar Bears (3km) 1st Romeo Champagne (1,1,2) – 17:44 2nd Caius Taggart-Cox (1,0,2) – 19:43 3rd Micah Taggart-Cox (2,2,2) – 20:00 4th Ross Sennett (1,0,0) – 20:01

Junior female (5km) 1st Tima Johnson (2,5,4,3) – 47:22 Juvenile male (3km) 1st Daniel Sennett (0,2,1) – 21:15 2nd Francis Reid (4,5,3) – 30:07 Juvenile female (3km) 1st Clodagh Berg (3,1,3) – 29:48 2nd Marika Kitchen (3,3,2) – 29:48

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Nishikawa the fastest on Canada’s relay team in Sochi Tom Patrick News Reporter

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ven when she’s under the weather, Whitehorse’s Emily Nishikawa is leading Canada’s cross-country ski team at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.

Nishikawa produced the fastest lap for Canada in the women’s 4x5-kilometre relay on Saturday.

Unfortunately, Nishikawa’s speed didn’t help the team’s placing, finishing 14th at the bottom of the field.

“The relay was lots of fun. It is such a hard event, but I am happy with my race,” said Nishikawa in an email to the News.

“I am proud of how hard I was able to push myself even though I wasn’t feeling 100 per cent that day.”

Sweden took the gold in the event for the first time in 54 years. Finland followed with silver and Germany won bronze.

Canada’s Perianne Jones finished Leg 1 with a time of 15:50.9 before Daria Gaiazova finished her lap in 15:09.5.

Nishikawa then completed Leg 3 in 13:27.3 before anchor Brittany Webster finished in 14:45.9.

Though now on the mend, Nishikawa missed the women’s 10-kilometre classic on Thursday because of a flu-bug. Not only is the 10-kilometre classic her best event, it is the event that landed her on a spot on Canada’s Olympic team.

She took first place in the event at the Olympic trials last month in Canmore, Alta.

Saturday wasn’t the first time of the Games that Nishikawa was at the vanguard for the women’s team.

She led the Canadian team in the 15-kilometre skiathlon on Feb. 8 in her first Olympic race of her career.

The 24-year-old came 42nd, ahead of Webster and Amanda Ammar, who placed 51st and 55th, respectively.

Nishikawa will finish her Olympic competition with the 30-kilometre skate this Saturday.

“I am starting to feel much better, looking forward to the 30-kilometre on Saturday,” she said.

Emily won’t be the only Nishikawa to ski in Sochi. Brother Graham was named to Canada’s team for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Cross Country Canada announced last week.

Graham will be a guide for famed Paralympian Brian McKeever of Canmore, Alta.

“It’s a totally new and exciting event and I’m very honoured that they wanted me to come along,” said Nishikawa. “It is very

Bob Nishikawa photo

Whitehorse’s Emily Nishikawa, left, skis in the women’s 4x5-kilometre relay on Saturday at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The Canadian team finished last in the event.

Team Canada following the Olympic Trials last month.

He will be one of three guides on the Paralympic team that includes 11 para-Nordic skiers and biathletes.

Graham will be McKeever’s secondary guide after his main guide, Erik Carleton of Canmore.

The Sochi 2014 Paralympic We made a good situation work Winter Games will take place where I joined their training group and we trained together all March 7-16 following the Olympic Games. summer.”

Contact Tom Patrick at Graham didn’t have his best tomp@yukon-news.com races and was not selected for rewarding helping other people out. It’s a nice change taking the focus off myself.

“Brian and I have been really good friends the past 10 years.

“I am proud of how hard I was able to push myself even though I wasn’t feeling 100 per cent that day.”

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so it was fun reconnecting out on the trail.”

“This one was really nice technical glitch caused because Amil was running the loss of seconds on the Lee Kirkpatrick’s Drag N’ Fly timing device, leaving just Kennel (dogs) and I’ve been the hours and minutes, at the chasing them for seven years,” Yukon Brewing Twister at said Lucas. “So it was nice to Stardog Kennel on Sunday. at least draw with them.”

It led to the first tie at a It was the first Twister race Twister race in at least a few wins for the mushers since years, if not ever. the 2011/12 race season, Two friends got to share both of which were in skijor the top spot in the 15-mile events. sled dog race. Mushers Amil “It’s been a few years since Dupuis-Rossi and Jon Lucas I ran a dog sled in a race,” both finished with a time of said Dupuis-Rossi. “I train one hour and six minutes. with a dog sled all the time, Lucas left a couple minutes this winter anyway, because in front of Dupuis-Rossi and I’m running for Drag ‘N’ returned a couple minutes Fly Kennels. So they were all ahead too in the race hosted Drag ‘N’ Fly kennel dogs.

by Dog Powered Sports As“You can take more dogs sociation of the Yukon. out with a sled rather than “Jon and I were running a skijor, and I’ve really been together out there, were liking that.” leapfrogging and passing each “The reason I’m sledding other, which was tons of fun,” is I have 15 dogs and to get said Dupuis-Rossi. “I remem- them trained, it’s got to be a ber turning to him on the sled,” said Lucas. trail when I passed him and Lucas placed second in the I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m sled division of the Twister having so much fun!’ season opener and was “I’ve known Jon for years, second in the 30-mile sled News Reporter

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division of the Carbon Hill Sled Dog Race last month.

Dupuis-Rossi finished second in the six-mile skijor division of the Carbon Hill race last month.

“At one point I came down a hill and there was a sharp left turn onto overflow and two of my dogs stepped off the trail and disappeared into water,” added Lucas. “They got dragged out again by the momentum.”

Katherine Sheepway won the long-distance skijor race for a third time this Twister season with a time of 1:08.

Sheepway had the fastest overall time, for sled and skijor, at the first two Twister races this year.

Janet Keller won the recreation division, and Lori Tweddell won the youth division ahead of twin sister Louve.

The Tweddells will represent Yukon in mushing at the Arctic Winter Games next month in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Jon Lucas mushes his team 15-mile sled division in the Yukon Brewing Twister races on Sunday in Mount Lorne.

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Katherine Sheepway skijors to first place in the 15-mile event.

Results Dog sled (15-miles) 1st Jon Lucas – 1:06 1st Amil Dupuis-Rossi – 1:06 3rd Marine Gastard – 1:07 4th Luc Tweddell – 1:09 5th Darryl Sheepway – 1:21 6th Martin Haefele – 1:31

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Juniors prosper at Victoria squash tourney ‘It went good. It was fairly easy for me, I think I should have been in a little higher group. I thought people would be a little harder to play, but it went well overall.’

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hitehorse junior squash players had victories in Victoria over the weekend.

The team of eight returned with two B division titles and a fourth-place finish in the main draw at the Jester’s Pacific Northwest Junior Squash Championships in B.C. Whitehorse’s Ehsan Idrees cruised through the draw to win the boys under-17 B division. It was his first time playing at a tournament outside of Yukon.

“It went good. It was fairly easy for me, I think I should have been in a little higher group,” said the 16-year-old.

“I thought people would be a little harder to play, but it went well overall.

“There are some tournaments coming up and I might go play A since I won my B now.”

Idrees won four straight matches for the title, dropping only one game along the way. He defeated fellow Whitehorse player Graydon McDonell 3-0 in the final.

“I hadn’t played him in a while, so that was an interesting match to play,” said Idrees.

Sana Syed also flew her draw with little difficulty.

Syed won five back-to-back matches without dropping a game to capture the girls under-15 B division title, beating Elise McKinnon of Cobble Hill, B.C., 3-0 in the final.

Syed defeated fellow Yukoner Ava Cairns-Locke in the semifinal. Cairns-

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Whitehorse junior Ehsan Idrees won the boys under-17 B division at the Jester’s Squash Championship in Victoria last weekend.

Locke went on to beat a Shawnigan Lake, B.C. player for third place.

Mustafa Syed took a pair of wins before a pair of losses to place fourth in the A division Got of boys under 17. any Mustafa, who was the Sports runner-up in the Tips? men’s A division of the Yukon Open last year, is currently ranked 44th in Canada for his age group.

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winless in the same division.

Kennedy Cairns-Locke, who was a finalist in the junior division of the Yukon Open last year, won her last two matches for bronze in the girls U-19B consolation.

Mustafa, Knorr and Idrees are eyeing a trip to the Canadian Junior Squash Championships in Markham, Ont., this April.

Mustafa and Knorr competed at last year’s junior nationals but were held to one win between them.

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Arctic Edge skater Bronwyn Hays competes at the 2014 B.C. Coast Region Championships in Chilliwack on Feb. 8. Whitehorse skaters won four medals at the championships.

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“It gives them an idea of where they are, where they need to go, what they excelled at and what igure skaters from Whitethey need to work on to meet the horse’s Arctic Edge club were goals of the next competition.” in the B.C. coast region – and in Whitehorse’s Rachel Pettitt, the winners’ circle – recently. who was the oldest on the team Whitehorse skaters won four at the competition at 14, had two medals, including three gold, medals up for grabs in novice at the 2014 B.C. Coast Region women and she didn’t disappoint.

Championships WinterSkate in Pettitt captured gold in the Chilliwack, B.C., Feb. 7-9. short program and free skate.

“They all skated their best,” Teammates Jamie Nickel and said Arctic Edge coach Trish PetAlissa Russell won gold and silver, titt. “They skated above what they respectively, in pre-introductory normally do at a competition, and interpretive while teammate you don’t always get that.

Bronwyn Hays took fifth.

“Being down there, getting Russell then took fifth in the introduced to a competition like that, gives them an idea of all the STAR 4 girls competition. Nickel and Hays both placed eighth in other skaters in their region – we’re in the B.C. coast region. different flights of STAR 4.

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Rachel Pettitt placed sixth overall in novice women at the Skate Canada’s BC/YT Sectional Championships this past November. In 2012 she became the first Yukon skater to win Skate B.C.’s Pond to Podium Super Series and the first Yukoner to win gold at the B.C. Sectional Championships.

Up next for Arctic Edge are the Arctic Winter Games next month in Fairbanks, Alaska. Set to represent Yukon are Landyn Blisner, Tessa Moore and Meghan Birmingham in Level 1; Jenelle Clethero and Kayla Armstrong in Level 2; and Kelcy Armstrong, Mikayla Kramer and Morgan Madden in Level 3.

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867-821-4443 $600, $800, $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 1-BDRM APT in Copper Ridge, full bath, big L/R, shared laundry, avail Jan 1, $1,000/mon + util. 456-7099 1-BDRM APT in Porter Creek home, bright/non-basement, sep ent, bath, kitchen, L/R, shared laundry, N/P, N/S, $950/mon incl utils. 668-2773 RIVERDALE: FURNISHED room, N/S, N/P, no drinking, clean, quiet home, serious inquiries only, $600/mon. 667-2452 3-BDRM DUPLEX, CR, garage, greenbelt, fenced yard, lg patio, avail immed, refs&dd req. $1,700/mon + utils. 334-1907 Available Now Newly renovated OFFICE SPACE & RETAIL SPACE Close to Library & City Hall A short walk to Main Street Phone 633-6396

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

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 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.

LARGE 1-BDRM suite, furnished, sep ent, w/d, utils incl, dd&refs reqʼd, responsible tenant, N/S, no parties, $1,300/mon. 668-4966 ROOM AT KK, $500/mon all inclusive.

336-1695

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LARGE ROOM in PC, newly renoʼd, shared accom, avail Mar 1, $750/mon all incl.

668-7213

LARGE HOME in Watson Lake, 2 acres near airport, wood boiler/oil backup heat, $1,000/mon + utils, Lelah 1-780-632-9618

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

1-BDRM SUITE, PC, newly renoʼd, large bedroom, close to bus, quiet, drug/alcohol free, $850/mon w lease, $900/mon without.

334-2490, www.79-12.com for more info

3-BDRM 2-BATH new townhouse Porter Creek, avail immed, $1,600/mon + utils & dd.

334-8088

ROOM IN bright 2-bdrm apt, Riverdale, top floor, fully furnished, laundry, N/S, N/P, near Super A & bus, $600/mon incl utils. Andrea 335-6789

1-BDRM SUITE, Porter Creek, avail Mar 1, nice upstairs unit, own laundry, bbq deck, big windows, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd, $900/mon + elec (heat), 335-5232

MCCRAE SUBDIVISION, large heated workshop with small office, $1,500/mon.

332-3100

FULLY FURNISHED room for rent with single bed, avail Apr 1 or earlier, $600/mon incl utils, cable, wi-fi, 456-7855

ROOM IN Northland, smokerʼs home, everything included, avail Mar. 1, $750/mon.

668-4776

ROOM IN Copper Ridge, clean, good neighbourhood, $649/mon incl hydro+heat, email if interested: sarah_g_d@outlook.com

MT LORNE Community Centre, 1-bdrm apt, 25 min south of Whitehorse, avail early March, N/S, N/P, $850/mon incl utils, for info check www.mountlorne.yk.net. or call 667-7083

FOUND A Ford car key on Chadburn ski trails, attached to a binder clip Julie 335-9396

2 BEDROOMS in Riverdale house beside park, fully furnished, close to bus, DD, N/P N/S, $480/room/mon + utils, avail immed, 336-0368

WANTED: FEMALE roommate, prefer over 50, to share 2-bdrm apt beside Riverdale Super A, basic cable & utils incl, $450/mon + $450 dd. 335-8915

Office Space for Rent 550 sq. ft., ground floor Wheelchair access Close to Law Centre, City Hall $25/sq. ft. includes heat, power, taxes, Basic janitorial, free off-street parking with plug-in 335-3123 1-BDRM SUITE D/T, responsible tenant, N/P, N/S, avail Mar 1, $850/mon, utils incl.

456-3003, lv msg 2-BDRM APT, P/C, avail Mar. 1, new utils, in-suite laundry, $1,400/mon + utils.

333-0005 OFFICE S P A C E , new, 256 sq ft, beautiful/bright, phone/internet ready, energy efficient, electric & wood heat, composting toilet, $1,000/mon + utilities, Chris @ 335-4729 or 456-7148 FURNISHED ROOM in condo, Riverdale, to share with 2 others and a dog, N/S, N/P, parking limited, DD&refs reqʼd, avail mid-Feb, $550/mon all incl. 333-9492 3-BDRM 1.5 bath condo, Takhini, close to bus, school, N/S, N/P, $1,500/mon + utils & dd. 334-7987 FEMALE ROOMMATE for downtown house, clean, responsible tenant, refs reqʼd, rent includes heat, cable TV, laundry/kitchen facilities, avail Mar 1, $600/mon. 668-5185 3-BDRM 2-BATH condo, Falcon Ridge, recent renos, energy efficient, plenty of storage, laundry, modern appliances, close to schools/bus, $1,500/mon + utils + dd.

334-8183 1-BDRM APT 20 mins south of Whitehorse, kitchen/living room, partly furnished, N/S, $750/mon + utils & DD. 456-2135 after 7:00pm TAKE BACK your power! Renters, reduce electricity, heat & water costs with Quick Start Home Energy Kit, 393-7063 or energy@gov.yk.ca for free kit. Being energy efficient is quick & easy!

3-BDRM 1 bath house, Granger, main floor on 2nd storey, huge beautiful deck off kitchen, large yard, private paved driveway. avail Mar 1, $1,500/mon + utils. 633-4778 1-BDRM HOUSE, small, clean, Carcross Cutoff, office, big kitchen, livingroom, laundry, large deck, big yard, N/S, N/P, $1,100/mon + utils, 456-2634 3-BDRM BSMT suite, c/w washer, dryer, fridge, stove, private driveway/entrance, storage shed, N/P, N/S, avail Feb. 15, responsible tenants, $1,800/mon incl heat, elec, satellite TV. 336-2996 4-BDRM, 2-BATH house, Riverdale, 1,200 sqft on pocket park, large fenced yard, car port, all appliances, large deck, avail Mar 1, $1,600/mon + utils. 393-2739 4-BDRM, 2.5 baths, newly renoʼd, 2 car garage, fully fenced backyard, storage shed, N/S, N/P, avail Apr. 1. $1,600/mon + utils.

633-3719 1-BDRM, FULL bath in CR, bright, fully furnished. sep entry, green belt, N/S, N/P, $1,250/mon incl heat/hydro/wifi. 335-2288 NEW 2-BDRM mobile home in Barnoff, N/S, N/P, $1,550/mon incl utils. 334-4187 3-BDRM 3 bath condo in Copperidge, avail immed, 1,550 sq ft, laundry, stainless appliances, 2 masters, N/S, no parties, pets negotiable, $1,900/mon + utils (elec) 334-1184 6-BDRM HOUSE, Riverdale, close to bus, N/S, N/P, no drinking, avail Mar 15, $2,100/mon + utils + dd. 334-1704 1-BDRM LAKEFRONT suite on beautiful MʼCLintock bay, 30 minutes from Whitehorse, great recreational area, furnished, $1,200/mon incl utils, 334-5055 or 333-0050

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.

1 & 2 bdrm units available, DT & Hillcrest, heat & hot water incl, $900 to $1,200, N/P. 668-2416

1-BDRM BSMT suite, Porter Creek, newly painted, w/d, basic cable, electric & water incl, N/P, no parties. $1,050/mon. 335-1154 1-BDRM BSMT suite, private ent, small office, shared laundry, newly renoʼd, N/S, N/P, responsible tenant, dd&refs reqʼd, $1,200/mon. 668-7418

Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 2 PERSONS require place to call home around Whitehorse, something a little out of town, must be pet-friendly, contact 587-340-0695 1-BDRM 335-0164

BACHELOR suite or cabin.

MARRIED, PROFESSIONAL couple (age 27) seeks furnished room/ suite in Whitehorse May 1 to August 31, both working full time for Yukon Govt, clean, responsible, N/S, N/P. Refs avail, 350-360-7693

Real Estate HAINES JUNCTION, 2-storey 2-bdrm house, contemporary design, open concept, 10-acre lot, cul-de-sac, fire-smarted around house, 85% completed, 1,350 sq ft, $275,000 as is. 634-2240 3-BDRM 2 BATH house, suite in bsmt, large corner, 2 driveways, treed lot, close to bus/schools, 49 Redwood Street, s/w corner of Redwood/Larch, open to reasonable offers. 633-6553

NEW LG bach suite in Cpr Rdge, sep entry, 4 appliances incl w/d, N/P, N/S, refs reqʼd, $1,000/mon + utils, 335-7633

45ʼ HIGHWAY trailer converted to house, bathtub, toilet, kitchen, woodstove, reinsulated, c/w motorhome converted to water tank, nicely done, moveable, wherever you want, $17,900. 333-0717

1-BDRM SUITE, Porter Creek, newly renovated, large bedroom, close to bus, clean, quiet, drug/alcohol free, $850 with lease, $900 without, 334-2490.

See www.79-12.com for info

MARSH LAKE, .86 acres level lot high overlooking lake, well treed, small cabin weather-clad, 9 Raven Crescent, New Constabulary, $75,000.00 obo. 333-9976 or 633-3537

for rent for rent Approx. 1650 sq ft

16X24 CABIN on acreage, outhouse, blue jug water, wood stove heat, 45 min from Whitehorse, power included, mushers welcome, $700/mon. 336-3383

Approx. 750 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.

4-BDRM 4-BATH executive style home, nearly 4,000 sq ft on 1 acre Watson Lake shore, many custom features, approx 1,200 sq ft shop, finished 320 sq ft cabin, extensive landscaping, $499,000 furnished, 536-7636 2-BDRM 1-BATH half-duplex in Hillcrest, beautifully renovated, expanded, greenbelt, 1,600 sq ft. hardwood throughout, finished basement, quiet, $319,000. 335-6802 TUMBLEWEED, TINY house on trailer, 162 sq.ft. main, 72 sq.ft. dormered loft, spacious.

R-30, propane F/P, modern kitchen, window seat, table, Incinolet toilet, Bosch on-demand hot water, more. $75,000 wallymaltz@mac.com

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21 McQuesten, quiet street, close to trails. $169,900. wallymaltz@mac.com. Build in Riverdale!

First nation of

nacho nyäk Dun First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun is seeking 3-4 interested individuals to serve as Trustees to the NND Investment Trust for terms of 3 years.

Please send your resume and cover letter with attention to: Executive Director, Brenda Jackson First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Box 220, Mayo, Yukon Y0B 1M0 Or email to: execdirector@nndfn.com

Closing date for applications is March 31, 2014 by 4:00 PM.

Tucker & Company has a full time position available for a

Receptionist/Runner

Duties include reception, filing, preparation of correspondence, daily banking and rounds, maintenance of office supplies and other tasks assigned by Lawyers and legal assistants.

Candidate must be comfortable working on computers, organized, reliable and able to multi-task. Experience is not required; however administrative skills will be an asset.

For more information please contact Kelly McGill at Tucker & Company, 667-2099. You may submit your resume directly to kmcgill@tuckerandcompany.ca.

Please provide resume and cover letter by Monday, February 24, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.

102-205 Hawkins St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1X3 Ph 867-667-2099, fax 867-667-2109

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

Call for Visual Arts Facilitators!

The Boys and Girls Club of Yukon (BGCY) is currently looking for facilitators in the following areas: • Print Making • Ceramics • Drawing/Painting • Fiber Arts The BGCY runs the Weekday Warrior program at four different elementary schools as well as the Teen-Drop in Center. The students are preparing for an art show for the month of June. The purpose of these facilitators is to introduce the students to the professional art world and to reach them new artistic mediums. The facilitator will be required to attend a general meeting with all facilitators and facilitate a project day. Our program runs between 3 and 6, Monday to Friday. Facilitation must be presented with this frame.

In order to facilitate and with BGCY one must: • Complete a Criminal Reference Check, or • Have a Character Reference on their resume.

New mining operation located in the Dawson City mining area is currently seeking:

• Cook • Cooks Helper/Cleaner • experienCed dozer operators • 40 ton roCk truCk operators • pa rt time Camp maintenanCe person Competitive wages, all operating experience is an asset. operating season is approximately from april to mid-october. please send resume to: dean.russell@telus.net

3-BDRM 2-BATH home, Copper Ridge, mahogany wood/tiled floors upstairs, open concept living/dining, master has walk-in closet, new appliances, large fenced back yard. $439,900. Lisa 335-1572

Help Wanted TRAIN TO BE AN Apartment/Condominium Manager ONLINE! Graduates get access to all jobs posted with us. 33 years of success!

Government certified. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-665-8339, 604-681-5456.

Gold Village Chinese Restaurant Looking for experienced full-time kitchen helper and server Apply with resume to 401 Craig Street, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 867-993-2368 NOC: 6435 Wanted: Hotel Front Desk Clerk Full time, 40 hours per week, permanent Wage: $13.00 per hour Main Duties: Register guests, Answer Inquiries Follow Safety and Emergency Procedures Clerical duties (faxing, photocopying) Apply by email to yukon202@gmail.com Employer: Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. BRANCH MANAGER & Counter Parts Person required for automotive parts, HD parts and body shop supply business in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Parts experience required.

Email: radirect@telus.net.

ELECTRICIAN WANTED Journeyman, commercial work Email resume to jaytech@klondiker.com UP TO $400 CASH daily. FT & PT Outdoors, Spring/Summer work. Seeking honest, hard-working staff. PropertyStarsJobs.com.å

Honorariums may be discussed on case by case basis.

Email applications to artpal@bgcyukon.com no later than Feb. 20th with the subject line: Facilitator Application. The BGCY arts program area leader will contact successful applicants.

Contact: Kaylee Lishner Boys and Girls Club of (867)667-2110 You work for a non-profit organization and you would like to add your volunteer opportunities? Please click on http://www.volunteeryukon.ca/.

Community Services

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

Specializing in estate clean-up & buy-outs.

The best way to deal with your concerns.

Free, no obligation consultation.

333-0717 We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, cameras, furniture, antiques, artwork, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, vehicles & ATVs. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS PRINTS ALL framed, with glass and signed by artists: Jim Robb, Moon Over The KLondyke and Caribou Crossing. Robert Bateman, End of Season Grizzley. 633-6553 RESTLESS LEG Syndrome & Leg Cramps?

Fast Relief In One Hour. Sleep At Night.

Proven For Over 32 Years. www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.

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

WANTED: OPERATIONS FORESTER required to lead team in Alberta. Permanent full-time opportunity for qualified experienced forester with supervisory experience. Email resume to: njb_ins@telus.net

DISCONNECTED PHONE? National Teleconnect Home Phone Service. No One Refused! Low Monthly Rate! Calling Features and Unlimited Long Distance Available. Call National Teleconnect Today!

1-866-443-4408. www.nationalteleconnect.com.

Miscellaneous for Sale

3 TON chain hoist, new, 30,000 BTU propane forced air heater, new. 633-6553

2 WATER pumps, 1 1/2” Homelite, 2 1/2” Briggs and Stratton trash pump. 633-6553

MOULINEX MASTERCHEF 850 food processor, makes juice, slices, chops, $100 obo.

667-6752 ELECTRIC FIREPLACE, new, still in box, cost $300, asking $150. 668-6033

Optometric Assistant/ Licensed Optician Are you a motivated, organized and energetic team player committed to personal growth with an active interest in vision, fashion and health?

Do you enjoy helping people with your excellent communication skills?

Then this exciting and challenging job is for you!

Experience with computers, cash and excellent customer service will be an asset. Training will be provided as needed.

Extended health and dental benefits are available.

Closing DATE: MonDAy FEb 24, 2014 Probation period: 6 months Hours: 40.0 hrs/week Apply in person to Reception, email or fax with resume and cover letter: 2093 second Avenue, Whitehorse, yT y1A 1b5 Fax: 867-667-6526 Email: eyes@northernlightsoptometry.ca no PHonE CAlls PlEAsE.

Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

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

REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS

To apply please provide the following: • A short paragraph explaining your intended project and how the facilitation of your project will look • A current resume or CV. It would also be appreciated if artists could send one or two images of their work, but is not required.

MONDAY • WEDNESDAY • FRIDAY

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Minute Recorder Ta’an Kwäch’än Council requires a Minute Recorder for Council Meetings, the Elders’ Council Meetings and other meetings as may occur from to time. Council meets at least twice a month in the evenings usually from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.; Elders Council meets at least once a month usually for the entire day from 9:30 – 4:00 p.m.

The ideal contractor will possess excellent written communication skills. Must be flexible, extremely well organized and have experience working in a cross-cultural environment.

If you are interested, please submit a proposal including previous minute recording experience, a sample of your minute-taking style and your expected fee.

RENDEZVOUS DRESS, blue velvet/gold trim, evening gown, size 8, c/w feather hat, purse, pic at Sequels, $200. 667-6752 SAWMILLS FROM only $4,897 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT. RENDEZVOUS CAN-CAN outfits, various colors, variety of sizes, call for info.

633-4415 POLAR BEAR rug, all dressed, claws, teeth, head, 333-9986 FOUR ADIRONDAK chairs, two are folding $25 ea, 336-1990 AUTHENTIC CANADA Goose parkas, coyote fur trim, menʼs lg, red, never worn $550, women's size med, worn a few times, new cond, $500. 336-1990 YELLOW CLIPPER Tripper canoe, used twice, paid $2,400 asking $1,750. 336-1990 WILDERNESS SYSTEMS, Cape Horn 21' Kayak, padded seat, c/w paddle, paddle float, pump. 336-1990 LADIES SIZE medium Xenon 85 Osprey hiking pack, purchased in 2013, used once, $200. 336-1990 CHIMINEA OUTDOOR fireplace, cast iron made, chimney & cap, large screen log door, 24”x24”x55”high, $75. 334-8520 SOFT TUB approx 12 yrs old, pump, hard articulated lid, liner, ground fault switch replace, some chemicals incl, $1,600 obo, 660-5703, 333-0763 GORILLA GRIPPER, save your back, great for packinåg drywall of other sheeted goods, like new condition, retailed at $57 ea, asking $50 for the pair, 335-0177 MINK STOLE in mint condition, 668-2461 for details TWO TOPOGRAPHIC Yukon River map books printed on waterproof paper, Whitehorse to Carmacks/Carmacks to Dawson City, retail $27.50 ea, both for $30. 633-3113 BLACK LEATHER Granny boots, sz 10, never worn. 667-6587 2 8ʼ metal posts, new, $85 new ea, asking $60 ea. 668-2659 WORK ROOM full of miscellaneous mechanics tools, carpentry tools, hand saws, power tools, electric sanders, electric drills, paint dryer, new spray painter etc.

633-6553 ELECTRIC BARBEQUE, used once, great for balcony, $75. 667-7705 5ʼ X 8ʼ area rug, off white, $25. 667-7705

The TKC Preferential Hiring policy will apply.

PANASONIC FAX with phone and copier, 633-6553

SUBMIT PROPOSALS BY FEBRUARY 24, 2014 by email to:

TED HARRISON print, “Carcross Church”, professionally framed, $300. 660-4806

Legislation and Policy Analyst: bbergmann@taan.ca

MOVING OUT sale, construction tools, home furniture, truck rims, lots of other stuff, make an offer. 336-1318

2000 HONDA generator, low hours, $1,000 obo. 335-0164 ELECTRIC TRAINS, 0 gauge, engines, rolling stock & accessories. 633-6310 YELLOW ROSE china 8-place setting incl dinner plate, side plate, bowl, cup/saucer, no chips or cracks, crazing on 1 saucer, $95.

821-6011 KENMORE HUMIDIFIER, gently used, 700sqft coverage, c/w extra filter, paid $140, asking $40. 821-6011 365 HUSQVARNA chain saw, $600 obo.

335-0164 SINGER CONFIDENCE quilter sewing machine, 99 stitches, instruction book included.

668-5786 QUEEN SIZE air mattress, new, still in box, c/w air pump. 668-5786 PORTABLE MEDICAL O2 set up, comes with 2 tanks, very clean, $200 obo. 633-3392 RACING-TYPE DOG sled made entirely from birch, suitable for 1 or more dogs, QCR rails with plastic runner inserts, weight appox 25lb, $1,000 obo. 668-4876 CRAFTSMAN 37” snowblower, like new, used only 10 hrs, still under warranty to Oct, 2015. $550. 667-6562

Electrical Appliances KENMORE DRYER, front loader, works great, $300. Also nw pump out of Kenmore washer, $40. 332-7797 HOTPOINT (GE) washer & dryer, 8 years old, works great (we upgraded) $300 obo for both. 334-5323 KENMORE FRIDGE, sidexside, 18 cuʼ, ice/water dispenser, Kenmore stove, glasstop, self-cleaning convection, Whirlpool dishwasher, quiet auto, extra features, all white in color, $1,100 obo. 335-3123 DRYER, ELECTRIC top loading standard size in good working order, $50 or $75 delivered in Whitehorse city limits. Phone # 633-5552

TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics.

G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS STEREO SYSTEM incl JVC AM/FM computer-controlled receiver w 5-band equalizer, JVC double cassette-deck, audiotape selection, continuous play, Yamaha 5-CD players, 2 BSM speakers, $200 obo. 821-6011 PANASONIC DVD Surround sound system, like new, $50. 668-5882

Computers & Accessories WIFI + Cellular iPad Mini, White, 16GB, bought May 2013, MD537C/A, dual core A5, exc cond, save $100 buying new, $375 obo. jameslwood@gmail.com APPLE MACBOOK, 13” laptop, $1,000 new, asking $325. 633-3053

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

G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com CORT X2-SA Limited Edition electric guitar with new Spyder IV 30 amp, great cond, $300. 335-8844 OLDER VIOLIN with case for sale, $350 obo. 334-2418 DRUM KIT, bass, floor tom, 2 hanging toms, snare, hi-hat, cymbals, stool, $425.

336-2075 YAMAHA PORTABLE keyboard, model type PSR-E323, 61 keys, used twice, c/w stand, mint cond, asking $350. 335-5085 ACOUSTIC GUITAR, good condition with case & strap, $100 firm. Text anytime or call after 7:00pm. 335-0233

Firewood 036 STIHL 2ʼ bar & chain, new, $75.

336-0460 FIREWOOD FOR SALE Beetle killed $3,000 per logging truck load Delivered to Whitehorse Approximately 20 cord loads Also community deliveries Call Clayton @ 867-335-0894

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014 DRY SPRUCE FIREWOOD $250/cord Call David 335-3616 DONʼS FIREWOOD customer appreciation.

One lucky person who takes delivery of our seasonʼs 750th cord of firewood receives that cord free of charge. Thanks! Don at 393-4397 FIREWOOD for sale $200/cord for 8 foot lengths $250/cord for stove length Text or Call 334-8960 FIREWOOD FOR SALE Standing dry from Haines Junction $250/cord cut and delivered Prompt delivery Steelwater Contracting Phone: 334-9867 Cheapest wood from Haines Junction!!

CGFJ WOODCUTTING SERVICE Delivered $220 - 16” lengths $200 - 4ʼ lengths Prompt, friendly service Dry timber, money-back guarantee Prices vary for Communities 689-1727 FIREWOOD Clean, beetle-kill, dry Ready for pick-up, $210/cord or Local delivery, $250/cord 1/2 cords also available for pick-up only Career Industries @668-4360 TEN TON Firewood Services $150/cord for 10-cord load - 30ʼ lengths $200/cord - 3-cord load 11' lengths $240/cord - bucked up, discounts on multiple-cord orders Call or text David 867-332-8327 DIMOK TIMBER 6 CORD OR 22 CORD LOADS OF FIREWOOD LOGS BUNDLED SLABS U-CUT FIREWOOD @ $105/CORD CALL 634-2311 OR EMAIL DIMOKTIMBER@GMAIL.COM

The Patty Maker We process wild meat.

We offer: Cut, grind, cut & wrap Fresh sausages 1/4 lb patties All natural casing Werner Fischer 7 Locust Place (off Ponderosa) 633-2346 BRAND NEW bushnell scope (banner) 3-9x 40mm including mounting rings, all-around big game scope, great for muzzleloaders or centerfire rifles, $90. 335-0177 RENDEZVOUS SHOOTING Sport & Memorabilia Show, Saturday, February 22 10:00am-4:00pm, Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Clubhouse, for tables/info call Len 633-6094 PELICAN 2- rifle hardshell case, used once, water and dust proof, one of the best cases made, over $300 new, $150 firm. 335-0176 SAVAGE 338 Mag, c/w Bushnell scope, black Syn stock, $1,000; 303 w scope, $250; BND 303, $200; Ranger single shot 22, $125; Stevens 410 bolt action, $125. Exc cond. 332-7321 LONG GUNS for sale, 303 British, 30-06; 223 Rem; 35 Rem, c/w scopes and reloading dies; also 12/20 shotgun. Call 668-5268 to view and for prices, PAL required BLACK WIDOW recurve bow RH and 2 sets limbs 45 and 50 @28. Excellent condition.

Call 668-5268 to view and for price.

Wanted

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

ORDER NOW 456-7432

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC. Store (867) 633-3276 Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

✔ Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed ✔ Everything over 8" split ✔ $250 per cord (2 cords or more) ✔ Single and emergency half cord deliveries ✔ You-cut and you-haul available ✔ Scheduled or next day delivery

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Cheque, Cash S.A. vouchers accepted.

Guns & Bows GRIZZLY BEAR hide, tanned, dark brown, 7ʼ. 633-2346 Case cutlery, high quality hand-crafted pocket and hunting knives available at G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS

Trucks

We Sell Trucks!

2004 GMC Sierra 4.8L 1500 parts, 112,000 kms on all parts, 2wd trans, complete motor, diff, fuel tank & pump, rims, tires and more, reasonable offers. 334-6776

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

2003 CHEV Silverado 2500HD, Duramax diesel, crew cab 4X4, fully loaded, leather interior, heated leather seats & mirrors, exc cond, $13,900 obo. 332-880

2012 4X4 Toyota Tacoma, access cab, 4-cyl standard, new snow tires, good cond, $23,000 obo. 633-3347 2010 DODGE 3500 dually, 4X4, 29,000kms, all options incl DVD ent centre, B&M gooseneck hitch, beautiful truck, mint, cond, $59,995. 668-4206 2009 F350 Lariat 4x4, 80,000 kms, full warranty (2015), fully loaded, exc cond, heated leather seats, 8ʼ box, tow package, camper ready, $24,900. 336-0405 2009 KIA Borrego, 4WD, 7 passenger, auto, new tires, tow hitch 5,000lb, full winter package, heated front seats, cruise, 4-wheel ABS, many extras, $18,500 obo. Bob @ 333-9242 2009 TOYOTA Tacoma club cab, 4-cyl, RWD, auto, c/w canopy, $14,000 obo.

399-3332 2008 FORD F150 4x4 quad cab 5.4 l, c/w P/S, P/L, P/W, cruise, back-up camera, tow package w/brake controller, 3-pc. Tonneau, CD, keyless entry, etc., 120,000 km. $17,500. 660-4806

WANTED: IGNITION coil/system for Rotax 377 for C1995 Skandic 380 in good working condition, Stefan at 867-456-7505 or 867-335-5969

2007 FORD Ranger Sport supercab, 145,000 km mostly highway, runs great, 2 sets of tires incl studded winter, $9,500 obo.

335-7640

WANTED: LIONEL, MTH, Marx, American Flyer, O gauge electric trains. 633-6310

2007 GMC Sierra 2500HD diesel, 6" lift, 35" tires on 20" rockstar rims, leather, heated seats, edge programmer, cold air intake, many extras, must sell, 336-1541

Cars

2007 TOYOTA Tundra 4X4 crew cab, V8, auto, loaded, dealer serviced, matching canopy, 2 sets wheels/tires, 150,000kms, exc cond, $25,000. 334-8912 lv msg 2006 FORD F-250 supercab 4X4, 5.4L, auto, 147,000 kms, 8' box w/liner, fiberglass cap w/rack, electric brake, tow package, summer/winter tires on rims, new windshield, clean truck, $14,900. 335-0277 2005 GMC Sierra, crew cab, leather, Bose stereo, lots of miles, regularly serviced, runs good, $6,500. 334-5739

2012 CHEVROLET Sonic LT, blue, new condition, great on fuel, full warranty, 17,470 kms, 668-6639 2009 DODGE Caliber SXT, auto, factorycommand start, new mud/snow tires, 57,000kms, mint shape, great car, $11,500.

668-4206 2009 NISSAN Sentra 4-cyl, fuel efficient, 49,000km, auto, $9,000. 336-2607 2007 CHEVROLET Cobalt LS, manual everything, 5-spd, 120,000 km, silver, 4-dr, FWD, summer/winter tires, $5,000 obo.

633-3529 lv msg 2007 NISSAN Sentra, 2L auto, $4,800.

336-2607 2007 PONTIAC G5 4-dr sedan, manual locks/windows, auto, 116,626km, summer /winter tires, $6,500 obo. 333-0274 2007 TOYOTA Matrix, std trans, exc running cond, $7,500. 633-2740 2004 HONDA Civic Lx, 88,000 km, c/w 17" Maxxim Ferris rims on general altimax Hp tires, original wheel set included, $7,200 obo. 335-5036 2002 MUSTANG GT, 8-cyl standard, low kms, great cond, $8,500. 633-2740 2001 WHITE PT Cruiser, summer/winter tires on rims, command start, well kept.

668-7418 1998 PLYMOUTH Breeze, auto, 4-cyl, 4-dr, 186,000kms, new battery, wheel bearings, CD, winter/summer tires, remote start, great basic commuter, $1,800. 336-1684 1997 CAVALIER 4-dr auto, 2.2L 4-cyl, 244,000kms, good on fuel, newer cylinder head, brakes, winter tires, $1,700. 333-0564 1997 CHEVY Cavalier red coupe, nice cond, recently safetied, 2.2L 5-spd manual, sunroof, perfect glass, no rust, economical, 39 mpg, reliable, $1,800 firm. 334-8083 1990 HONDA CRX Si, manual, new all season tires/rims, motor swapped, 120,000 on newer motor, aftermarket headlights/taillights, dents/chips on the hood, minor rust, $4,500. 335-8883 1989 TOYOTA Corolla, runs good, $1,000 obo. 668-7987

2004 CHEV cube van 16ʼ, 143,000km, $9,800, 2000 F-450 cube van, 285,000km, 23” box, $10,900, 1989 E-350 cube van, 16ʼ box, $3,900. 333-0717 2004 DODGE 1500 4x4 Laramie, fully loaded with extras, 185,000km, $12,500, call or text 867-334-2846

MOTHERS OF 6-10 YEAR OLDS needed for internet study about parenting. Receive $15. Call the UBC Parenting Lab, Psychology Department toll-free: 1-866-558-5581

ANDYʼS FIREWOOD SERVICE February 1st Price Drop!

Limited time quantity offer Haines Junction Standing Dry Fully stacked, measured cords $220/cord - 7-cord loads $230/cord - small orders Stock up now!

667-6429 DONʼS FIREWOOD 100+-cord bucked firewood always available No-charge emergency delivery Kwanlin Dun/Social Services Wy wait? Prompt delivery $240/cord City limits No excuses 393-4397

TOYOTA RAV4 97, well-maintained, non-smoking, 5-spd manual, have all receipts, winter tires, AWD, cruise, roof rack, hidden hitch, 262,353 km, uses 10L/100 km (highway). $4,000. 332-4919

2003 CHEV Silverado, runs good, needs minor work, 2-wheel drive, open to reasonable offers or trades, 390-2313 2003 CHEVY Silverado ext cab 1500 4x4, V8, new trans, new tires w rims, heated leather seats, Bose speakers, box liner, tonneau cover, extra tires, $8,000 obo.

334-4878 2003 FORD Explorer SportTrac XLT, 4x4, 4L.V6, 4-door, heated leather seats, remote start, sunroof, c/w 4 winter tires, pickup box cover/extension rack, $7,500. 667-6951 eves 2002 DODGE Ram 2500 4X4, short box, 4-dr, 5.9L gas, custom stereo/alarm, sunroof, many extras, $10,000. 867-536-2307 2002 DODGE short box quad cab 4x4 1500 lifted, awesome truck, 200,000 kms, $7,000 obo, 390-2313 2002 FORD F150 7700 edition, 194,000 km mechanical A1, good winter tires, good cond, lots extra parts, $6,000 obo. 336-1318 2001 CHEVY Ventura van, power sliding door, 4 individual seats & rear bench, 144,000kms, $3,500. 633-2346 2001 DODGE Dakota Sport RT, 5.9L, auto, new tires/windshield, low kms, exc cond, $6,500. 633-2740 2001 GMC Jimmy SLS, 4.3L V6 w/auto shift-on-the-fly 4X4, auto start, overall great cond, $3,000 obo. 668-4315 2000 FORD Excursion SUV, 130,000kms, seats 8, very clean inside & out, $8,900.

334-1006 2000 INTERNATIONAL 4700 deck truck, ready to go to work, lots of new parts, mechanic owned and operated, Beaver tail.

335-7510 2000 TOYOTA Tundra SR5, 2wd, 4.7L V8 auto, canopy, tow pkg, new windshield/winter tires, clean in & out, 117,000 miles, $6,000 obo. 334-8604 lv msg

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Pet of the Week!

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Hi! I’m Cece! If you’re looking for someone to love I am it! At the moment I have a bad hair cut but hopefully when I get some of this weight off, I won’t need them anymore. I would do well in a single cat household, the staff aren’t too sure about dogs just yet. How about coming down to visit? I really like to meet new people!

633-6019 WeDneSDay, FeBruary 19

1995 HUMMER H1 green convertible, 43,000 original miles, 37” Super Swamper tires, 15,000lb winch, versatile off road vehicle, must sell, $25,000 obo. 335-8600 1986 CHEVY flat deck, new tires, alternator, battery, power steering hose, tranny kit, exc cond, $2.400 obo. 334-6103 PLOW TRUCK, 1989 Dodge Power Ram 4x4, short box single cab truck, Meyer hydraulic plow, $4,500. 334-1006

Auto Parts & Accessories

633-6019 126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

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

Pets

Saturday, Februaryain 22 Tent

- Pet Junction Sponsored by The Feed Store

3/4 PUG & 1/4 chug pups 8-wks old, 4 males 1 female, have their first shots, call 633-5362 for appt. to view

LOST/FOUND

LOST

• Downtown area, 2 yr old, grey and white, female DSH very fluffy answers to Jewels, if found contact Patty @667-6994. (18/02/14)

FOUND

• Granger, small grey/white female cat, DSH, no collar contact Hauff or Holly @ 668-3372 (10/02/2014)

633-6019

3:30 - 4:30pm • Shipyards Park - M Register online or the day of event.

FISH TANK, large size complete with light, rocks, cabinet, etc, $100. 336-2075

• cowley creek, medium, black and white akita and Husky, wearing a blue harness contact rebecca @ 403-891-4827 (14/02/14)

RUNNING AT LARGE... if you have lost a pet, remember to check with city Bylaw: 668-8382

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

AT THE SHELTER

DOGS

• 1 yr old, neutered male, Pekingese, white and brown (christmas) • 5 months old, male, husky, white (cupid) • 3 yr old, neutered male, GSD/ rottweiler, black and brown ( trouble) • 8 months old, neutered male, StaffordshireX, black ( tank) • 3yr old, neutered male, akita, grey and white (a.J.)

• 2 yr old, neutered male, black and white, husky X (D.o.G)

CATS

• 6 months old,DSH, grey and white, neutered male (moss) • 2yr old, DSH, grey and white, neutered male (Sappy)

• 11 month old, neutered male, DlH, grey (Deegan)

• 4 mos old, female, husky X, blonde (Bianca) • 2 yr old, spayed female, blue heeler, black and white (mc) • 10 weeks old, female, golden retriever X, blonde(tig) • 10 weeks old, male, golden retriever X, blonde (Kozik) • 4 yr old, neutered male, husky, black and white (rikki) • 10 weeks old, female, golden retriever X, blonde (clay) • 10 weeks old, female, golden

retriever X, black and tan, (Bobbi)

CATS

• 2 yr old, DSH, white and black, neutered male (tom) • 3 yr old, DmH, black and white, spayed female (cece) • 4 yr old, DSH, grey, neutered male (mack) • 3 yr old, DSH, white and black neutered male (Jax)

SPECIAL

• Homes needed for retired sled dogs. they would make excellent pets. Please contact 668-3647 or kennelmanager@muktuk.com

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

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

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2013 RMK Pro 800 153' mbrp cann , shovel bag, extra belt, 2 jugs oil, low kms hardly used, $9,500. 334-2384 2004 MOUNTAINCAT, 800 long track snow machine, great cond, 1,000 miles, $3,600.

333-0192 2010 TUNDRA Sport snowmobile, 550F, exc cond, low kms, $5,900. 334-8854 2005 ARCTIC Cat M7 for parts or need new engine, rest in good shape, want to sell asap $1,800 obo. 336-1318 2008 POLARIS Dragon 800, 155” track, fresh rebuild, many extras, $7,500 obo.

334-7670 1999 SUMMIT X 670 HO, Twin Jaws pipes, 4" block, Pro taper bars, all very good cond except 1cyl low compression, not seized, $1,250 obo. 334-6776 PROJECT SLED, 1998 Formula Z chassis with GPZ 1100 street bike engine, (motor mounts, drive train, hood, complete) 334-6776 2013 550 F Expedition, 2,000 miles, $7,000 obo. 335-0164 2001 MOUNTAIN Cat 800, 3,100 miles, very good cond, $2,100. 333-0564

GORGEOUS RED brindle/bluenose Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppies for sale, serious inquiries only. 667-6019 for more info SIBERIAN HUSKY to give away, 4-yrs old, great dog, well-trained, very good with people, serious inquiries only. 336-1318

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

by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com 2006 VESPA LX motor scooter, red, 298,000kms, as new, $2,900. 335-4768 RONʼS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVʼs, Small industrial equipment.

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg 2001 POLARIS 800 RMK 151” track, black, low miles, exc cond, $3,000 obo. 334-4477 2003 RXI Yamaha 1000 turbo sled, for parts or rebuild, low miles, $1,500. 334-5739 1997 YAMAHA Venture 600 twin, 2-up, great cond, $2,000 obo. 334-1006 2009 SUMMIT Hill Climb, upgraded suspension, 154" track, no missing paddles, 800 powertek, aftermarket can, reverse, +extras, low kms, rode once this year, no trades, $7,800 obo. 668-7115 or 334-1222 1996 POLARIS XCR 600 Triple, new track, heated handlebars & seats, runs great, $1,500 obo. 867-536-2307 2008 POLARIS Dragon low windshield, new, $4, Polaris Dragon windshield bag, $40, Polaris Hi Fax XL slides (new), $40, 1 pr. Simmons Flexi skis (blue/black, $150. 334-8520 2007 SUMMIT XP 800 Hillclimb, adjustable suspension all around, 154" track, aftermarket can, mint shape, $7,500 obo. 334-1859 or 668-7115 2009 RMK 700, 155-track, fox shocks, lots of extras, clean sled, $6,000 obo. 332-9002 SMALL PULL-BEHIND snowmobile trailer, good for ice-fishing, $100. 456-2218

2003 SKI-DOO Summit 550 fan w/reverse, $3,500. 660-5660 WANTED: LATE 60s or early 70s snowmobile, any condition, seeking Elan parts.

633-5480 2003 ARCTIC Cat Mountain Cat 600, $1,900. 633-2346 1980 SKI-DOO Citation, runs well, good cloth on seat & rack, $500 obo. 393-3638

Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 WANTED: 9-11ʼ inflatable, pref clip-in floor, motor mount, oar locks, must be in good shape, well-done patches OK; also 4-7hp outboard motor in good cond w inflatable or sep. deal. 667-2607 1980 24ʼ Sea Ray cabin cruiser, dual 170hp Mercruiser 470s, lots of recent work, 44 mph, very fun, $7,000. 333-0564

WANTED: OLD double-track skidoos, running or not, phone 668-2332

Heavy Equipment

KINGCAT 900, lots of extras, lots of power, fox shocks all around, low kms, ready to rock, $4,500. 390-2313

1970S KOEHRING hoe, 22 tons, 28ʼ reach, 1 1/3 yard bucket, 3304 Cat engine, $7,000.

333-0564

GOODYEAR NORDIC 4 non-studded 15” winter tires/steel wheels, Chev/Buick 5-bolt pattern, approx 70% tread remains, $375.

821-6011

Canines & Company Puppy & Obedience Level 1 Feb 25, April 15 Private Lessons Behaviour Modification FCI/WUSV/MEOE certified Bronze Master Trainer Serving the Yukon since 1992 www.facebook.com/ caninesandcompany 333-0505 or 668-4368 caninesandcompany@northwestel.net

For inFormation call

Pet Parade & Pet Howling

5 year old, spayed female, lab/Pit Bull X, black (Gaia) • 6 months old, female, Husky / labX, blonde ( Winnie) • 1 yr old, female, blonde, husky/ lab X (lucky)

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

Pet Report have your pets spayed or neutered.

IN FOSTER HOMES

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

FULL SIZE truck bed liner, fits 1974-1996 Ford, $200. 633-2580

Help control the pet overpopulation problem

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1999 JEEP Grand Cherokee Limited, 4.7L PowerTech V8, Quadra-trac ll 4x4, fully loaded, heated leather seats, exc cond, recent engine rebuild, $4,800. 336-1684 1998 DODGE 3500 diesel 5.9L, under 240,000kms, flat deck, many extras, $12,500 obo. 336-0460

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DOGS

1999 GMC 3500 HD flat deck, 6.5l diesel, a/ trans, 2wd, new tires, brakes, shocks, front end, steel deck, trailer hitch, wired for tr brakes, $5,700. 633 5578 or 335-7454

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

John Richard Cletheroe February 24, 1941 February 12, 2014

We announce with great sadness the passing of our brother, John Cletheroe from a massive heart attack, in the Philippines.

John’s ashes will be brought back to the Yukon in the spring at which time he will be laid to rest beside his mother, Amy, at Lake Laberge, as was his wishes. An announcement will be made for the date of interment and for the gathering of family and friends in the spring.

He leaves behind his loving partner Edna and her family in the Philippines, his children, Dean & Tanya, his sisters Frances, Alice and Violet. His sisters in-laws Luoise and Elsie, brothers in-law, Dean and Ronald and many nieces, nephews and the many, many friends he made while working for years in North America and overseas.

Contract for further information 867-668-2216.

A Memorial Service for

David Mierau January 4, 1943 – February 13, 2014

Service will be held for the late David Mierau at Tr’ondek Hwech’in Community Hall, Dawson City

Saturday, February 22, at 2:00 pm All are welcome to a Reception at the Y.O.O.P Hall at 3:30 pm Thank you to the Yukon Order of Pioneers, Women of Pioneers, McDonald Lodge, Dawson Hospital Staff, Dr. Scheer, Grenon Enterprises and Arctic Inland.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2007 HM 400 Komatsu 6X6 rock truck in Whitehorse, $130,000, can finance to right person on rental purchase, lots of mining equipment, Wes at brmining@hushmail.com, or 250-235-3333 MINING PROCESSOR for sale, c/w 10-yard hopper, auto feeder, 16ʼ long x 6ʼ diameter trammel, 3/4” screen, New Zealand-type sluice box 8ʼx12ʼ, $62,000. Call Al, 456-4905

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 TRUCK/CAMPER MID-WINTER sale, 1988 Ford Crew Cab 1-ton w 1984 camper, well maintained, many upgrades, $5,000 obo.

668-3243 WANTED: CAMPER van. 456-2130 ATV TRAILER, 4ʼ long, 38” wide, $450 obo.

336-0460 1999 25ʼ Espre travel trailer, great cond, little use, new batteries/flooring, $8,500 obo.

334-7713 PJ TRAILER 2008, 20ʼ tandem axle flat deck, 13,800 gvwr, 16" rubber, 2 5/16 ball, brakes on all 4 wheels replaced 2012, bearings done 2012, $4,500. 633-5470 2009 JAYCO JayFlight BH27' trailer, exc cond, & 2009 Ford Super Duty Long Box 6.4L diesel truck, exc cond, 128,682kms, mostly hwy, 334-6724 for details/viewing CARHAULER, 16', tandem axle, electric brakes, $2, 500. 335 9934 2007 LANCE truck camper, 1181, largest in class truck camper (dually preferable), TV, generator, awning, electric jacks, queen bed, 30lbs propane bottles, AC/furnace, slide out, full washroom, $19,900. 780-986-4674 2010 CARGO max 6x10 V nose, exc cond, spare tire, aluminum ladder rack, $3,500 obo. 336-1318 9 1/2ʼ fully loaded camper, $750 obo.

334-3822

Coming Events ATLIN GUEST HOUSE Deluxe Lakeview Suites Sauna, Hot Tub, BBQ, Internet, Satellite TV Kayak Rentals In House Art Gallery 1-800-651-8882 Email: atlinart@yahoo.ca www.atlinguesthouse.com GRANDPARENTS AND extended family: Having problems with access or custody?

Contact Grandparents Rights Assoc. of Yukon, meetings as needed. 821-3821 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 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 CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-Motorized Weekends: Feb 7-9 & Feb 28-Mar 2.

Other weekends & weekdays: Multi-Use. For info: 867-667-3910 HORAIRE PISTE Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage sauf du 7 au 9 février et du 28 fév. au 2 mars : activités non motorisées.

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 February 3, 2014. Info: yukonsupport@hotmail.com FALUN GONG, an advanced practice of Buddha school self-cultivation. Fa study Monday, Wednesday, Friday at Wood Street Annex from 6 p.m. No charge. For an introduction to the practice call 633-6157 QUALITY ASSURANCE Course for Health Canada's COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM. February 22 & 23 Best Western Hotel, Kelowna, BC. Tickets: www.greenlineacademy.com or 1-855-860-8611 or 250-870-1882 PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, March 3rd, 5:15 pm at the Guild Hall. More information 633-4829. Everyone Welcome. Come show your support COME TO the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition's monthly meeting on Thursday, February 20, 5:00pm to 7:00pm at CYO Hall. Everyone welcome. Call 334-9317 YUKON CONSERVATION Society AGM, Wednesday March 19, 2014 at 5:30pm. 302 Hawkins St. 668-5678 for more info

SAVATE IS an empty handed fighting form using the feet, the hands, and other body parts Come try at Aikido Dojo on Baxter St. Thursday, 6:00pm to 7:30pm. savateyukon.weebly.com

SCULPT WINGED creatures with Sandra Storey or make silver jewellery with special guest instructor Mathew Nuqingaq @ Arts Underground, March 1 weekend. For information/ registration call 667-4080

YUKON WHOLISTIC Health Network Annual General Meeting, 7:00pm, Wednesday, March 5, Whitehorse Public Library. Everyone welcome! 667-6030 for more info

SALSA YUKON February Latin Fiesta, come dance to great Salsa, Bachata, Reggaeton and Merengue music, February 22 8:30pm -12am, Antoinette's restaurant, 4021-4th Ave, salsayukon@gmail.com for info

Aurora Bridal Faire March 8th, 2014, Kwanlin Dun Centre.

Are you getting married soon?

Or are you a friend or mother of the Bride to be?

Register the Bride for the Aurora Bridal Faire at "Hello Gorgeous" and receive special gifts and the chance to win fantastic prizes. wildernessweddings@sheiladodd.com or facebook/Aurora Bridal Faire AURORA BRIDAL FAIRE is searching the community looking for musicians who perform at weddings.

If you're a professional musician or band that loves to do weddings and would like to do more, join us at the Aurora Bridal Faire.

Call 633-5656 or email wildernessweddings@sheiladodd.com BRING ON THE BRIDE and her many fun friends.

A special day with Bridal dresses, photographers, caters, venues, tent rentals, party planners, decorations. Facebook/Aurora Bridal Faire March 8th, Kwanlin Dun WHITEHORSE G E N E R A L Hospital Women's Auxiliary monthly meeting: Mon. Feb. 10th, 7:30 p.m. at WGH, new members welcome! Info: Barb @ 667-2087 HOSPICE WORKSHOP "LIVING with Loss" Thurs Feb 27, 6:30-8:30pm for anyone living with personal loss or supporting others who are grieving. Register: 667-7429, administrator@hospiceyukon.net THOMSON CENTRE requires a volunteer for our small, in-house store. An enjoyable, social, rewarding experience! Wednesdays 12:00–2:30. Previous experience not required. Call Kathy at 393-8629 F .H. C O L L I N S Secondary School Parent/Teacher/Student conference Thursday March 13, 5:00pm-7:00pm, Friday March 14 10:00am-1:00pm. No classes for students on March 14, but students may attend either session, no appt required BARN DANCE Sat. Feb 22, Old Fire Hall.

Gordon Stobbe, master fiddler and caller, Barndance Band & Fiddleheads, adults $10, youth $5, families $25, tickets at the door.

633-4501

FEB. 26, Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre 7:00 pm, Sharon MacKenzie, BC educator “Intergenerational learning,-engaging youth & elders together in awareness of senior/elder abuse”. Free, L'AFY & YPLEA sponsored 393-2044 PEER FACILITATED Support Group for People diagnnosed with cancer, first Monday of each month, Copper Ridge Place, 7:00pm-9:00pm, next meeting March 3, 2014. Info: yukonsupport@hotmail.com

SHARPENING SERVICES. For all your sharpening needs - quality sharpening, fair price & good service.

At corner of 6th & Strickland.

667-2988 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.

PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368

QUEER YUKON: upcoming events for the LGBT community and allies. Feb. 21st Rendezvous Drag Dance at the T&M, tickets $15 at Baked Cafe. www.queeryukon.com

SUBARU GURU Fix•Buy•Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585 Licensed and Professional Automotive Repairs 20-year Journeyman Mechanic Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm Call Brian Berg 867-633-6597 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 SNOW CLEARING/REMOVAL Sidewalks, Driveways, Parking lots, Compounds Private and Commercial Properties Fast and reliable service Aurora Toolcat Services 867-334-8447 TITAN DRYWALL Taping & Textured Ceilings 27 years experience Residential or Commercial No job too small Call Dave 336-3865

Commercial & Residential

Snow Removal (867) 336-3570

Parking Lots, Sidewalks, Rooftops and Sanding

AL-ANON MEETINGS

THE HOURS That Remain, by Keith Barker, inspired by The Highway of Tears, directed

by David Storch, March 5-8, YAC, 867 393-2676, www.gwaandaktheatre.com

SUGAR SHACK at Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous February 21-22-23, Shipyards Park.

Come treat yourself to maple taffy on snow, maple baked beans and other maple products. Information: www.afy.yk.ca

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

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

60 Below Snow Management

INSCRIPTION À la maternelle 4 ans en français langue première. Jardin dʼÉmilie à lʼécole Émilie-Tremblay, jusquʼà la fin février 2014. Visitez www.csfy.ca ou 667-8150 pour tous les détails

RISE & Shine Story Time: Wednesdays, February 5-March 12, 10:30am–11:15am, stories, music, finger plays & crafts for children 3-6 years & caregivers, registration necessary, space limited. 667-5239

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

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

Rise & Shine Story Time: Wednesdays, February 5-March 12, 10:30am–11:15am, stories, music, finger plays & crafts for children 3-6 years & caregivers, registration necessary, space limited. 667-5239

PADDLERS ABREAST Recreational Paddling: register till March 2nd by email: paddlersabreastwhitehorse@gmail.com or telephone: Claire 393-1949 or Karin 393-4726 For breast cancer survivors and supporters.

4 sessions at the Canada Games Centre, weekly paddles May and June

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Services

LEARN ENGLISH free! Classes every Friday at 7.00pm. Call 335-5443 for info

THE HOURS That Remain by Keith Barker, inspired by The Highway of Tears, directed

by David Storch, Feb 28 & March 1, Danoja Zho (Dawson City) www.gwaandaktheatre.com

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.

FREE WIGS, hats and head coverings for people who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments. For more information email: yukonsupport@hotmail.com

TAGISH PANCAKE Breakfast! February 23rd, 9:30am-12:00pm, Tagish Community Centre. $8.00 per adult, $3.00 per child. Everyone is welcome to attend

HOOTALINQUA FIRE Protection Society AGM and open house, Tuesday, March 4, 6:00pm, Hootalinqua community hall and firehall (across from Takhini Gas). Everyone welcome. Refreshments and door prize

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contact 667-7142

Has your life been affected by 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 )

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

867-332-7879 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 NORTHRIDGE BOBCAT SERVICES • Snow Plowing • Site Prep & Backfills • Driveways • Post Hole Augering • Light Land Clearing • General Bobcat Work Fast, Friendly Service 867-335-1106 - 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 FINISHING CARPENTRY & RENOVATIONS For Clean, Meticulous & Tasteful Quality Work INTERIOR Design & organization of walk-in closets, laundry & storage room, garage Kitchen & Bathrooms, Flooring, Wood & Laminate, Stairs.

EXTERIOR Decks, Fences, Insulation, Siding, Storage Shed DIDIER MOGGIA 633-2156 or cell 334-2156

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) 8:00 pm Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. SATURDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 2:30 pm Women’s Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital (room across from Emergency) 7:00 pm Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS) SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 7:00 pm Marble Group Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS)

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

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T.E.A.M. HEATING Oil Burner Services Certified Journeyman O.B.M. Light commercial & residential Installation/Repairs and Service Licensed and Insured 867-334-1680

DRUG PROBLEM?

VEHICLE LOANS Bear Country Pawn is offering vehicle loans up to $10,000 Must have stable employment and chequing account Call 335-5500

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 Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.

Beaver Creek

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Y.T.

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

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.

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Y.T.

Faro

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

Health Centre

Haines Junction Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Y.T.

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

Health Centre Old Crow

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

Health Centre

Pelly Crossing

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Y.T.

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

Budo-Taijutsu-Ninjutsu Private, semi-private & group classes Esoteric lessons for the modern warrior More than self defence, This is a lifeʼs journey Sensei Jason Wyatt, Moku Senshi 334-3480

REQUEST fOR PROPOSAL PROJECT INSPECTION AND QUANTITY CONTROL - ENWIA APRON PANEL REHABILITATION Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 12, 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, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Kyle Jansson at (867) 633-7922.

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.

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

Property Management for Condos Accounting, Contractors, Reserve studies.

North of 56 Property Mgmt Call 332-7444 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 www.svpcarpentry.com

PUBLIC TENDER STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPPLY OF 3M SIGN FABRICATION PRODUCTS FOR GOVERNMENT OF YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 12, 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, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Jenny Richards at 393-6387.

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

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

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

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

Health Centre

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 KLASSIC HANDYMAN SERVICES “HOME RENOVATION SPECIALIST” “SPECIALIZING IN BATHROOMS” Start to Finish • FLOORING • TILE • CARPENTRY • PAINTING • FENCING • DECKS “ONE CALL DOES IT ALL!!

DON: 334-2699 don.brook@hotmail.com

PubLIC TEndEr IPAC CHEMICALS TEST KITS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 11, 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, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Germaine George at 867-667-5139.

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

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

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

Highways and Public Works Highways and Public Works

Dawson City

Destruction Bay

Bookkeeper Taking new clients 393-3201

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

PUBlIc TENDER TAKING DOWN THE ROSS RIVER SUSPENSION BRIDGE

rEqUEST FOr PrOPOSAL DESIGN BUILD OF TESLIN SEWAGE LIFT STATIONS

Highways and Public Works

REqUEST FOR PROPOSAL CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR GOLDEN HORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YUKON, 2014

Lost & Found LOST: BLACKBERRY phone, Bob Marley sticker on back, weekend of Aug 10th/2013.

Accidentally left on rocks in pullout near Brookʼs Brook on southeast shore, Tagish Lake, reward offered, need contact #s & photos. If found call 336-4245 LOST: GLASSES in brown case, transition round lenses, Harley logo on arm, text 778-652-8307 or email ethercell@gmail.com or drop off LOST: DARK leather dog leash 6' with brass clip on Sunday February 9 on dog walk in bush near Mountain View Drive/ Whistle Bend roundabout. Call 335-2006 FOUND: PAIR of prescription glasses near Subway (Liquor Store parking lot), purplish lenses, damaged arm. Contact Yukon News at 667-6285

Business Opportunities START NOW! Complete Ministry approved Diplomas in months! Business, Health Care and more! Contact Academy of Learning College: 1-855-354-JOBS (5627) or www.academyoflearning.com. We Change Lives!

PUbLIC TENDER SERVICING OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS YUKON HOUSING UNITS VARIOUS LOCATIONS, YUKON Project Description: Provide annual maintenance and inspections.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 12, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Ted James at 867-334-4401.

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: Taking down the Ross River Suspension Bridge framework and decking, including suspension, bracing cables and supports. The north and south towers are to be protected and left intact.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is February 20, 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, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Jack Bowers at (867) 667-8992.

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

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

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

Project Description: Replacement of three sewage lift stations in Teslin, Yukon.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 11, 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, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Mike O’Connor at (867) 6673553.

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.

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

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

Project Description: Provide custodial services, cleaning supplies and equipment at Golden Horn Elementary School, as per specifications, standards, and task schedule.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 13, 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, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Ross Lindley at (867) 667-3175.

Mandatory Site Visit on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 3:30 p.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

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 11, 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, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to David Knight at 867 667 3114.

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

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

Community Services

Community Services

Highways and Public Works

Highways and Public Works

PUblIC TEnDER PURCHASE 4X4 TRUCK WITH SERVICE DECK

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LOLAʼS DAYHOME Located downtown Has spaces available for children 6 months & up ECE with more than 12 years of experience Fully licensed Call 668-5185 days or 667-7840 evenings

KROEHLER LOVESEAT, high quality construction, smoke/pet free home, factory Scotchguarded, 65.5”l, 35”w, 35.5”h, antique pattern jade/salmon/cream, $300. 821-6011

Livestock

Furniture

QUALITY YUKON MEAT Dev & Louise Hurlburt Grain-finished Hereford beef Domestic wild boar Order now for guaranteed delivery Payment plan available Samples on request 668-7218 335-5192

LARGE WOOD office desk and matching credenza, two large metal filing cabinets.

633-6553

MAHOGANY STORAGE cabinet, mahogany veneer on plywood (not particle board), 3 adjustable shelves per side, 48”w, 16.5”d, 41.75”h, $145. 821-6011

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

OAK CHINA cabinet with matching table and chairs, new condition, $250. 667-7705

SWEET JUICY Yukon-grown free range pork for sale. No hormones, no antibiotics.

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

DINING TABLE 46X72 or 46X92 w self storing butterfly leaf, solid red birch framing w American Cherry veneer over lumber core, Italian rustic finish, $950. 660-5152

GRAPHITE RACING kayak paddle and a canoe paddle, used twice, $200 ea.

336-1990 MENʼS SNOWBOARD boots, Firefly, sz 11.5, exc cond, still in box, $50. 456-2218 FRABIL ICE tent, new, $100. 335-0164

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T: 667-6285 • F: 668-3755 E: wordads@yukon-news.com GET FREE VENDING MACHINES Can Earn $100,000.00 + Per Year. All Cash-Retire in Just 3 Years. Protected Territories. Full Details CALL NOW 1-866-668-6629. Website WWW.TCVEND.COM. VILLAGE BAKERY Haines Junction Lease or Sale for 2014 season Email for details villagebakery@hotmail.ca

Sports Equipment MSR FURY four season, 2-person tent, used 3 times, mint cond, $450. 336-1990 TREADMILL, HEAVY duty, up to 12 mph, 10 degree incline, 6 preset programs, 2 heart rate programs, 3 user programs, Polar HR strap incl, great cond, $375. 633-3824 SOLE F80 treadmill, heavy duty gym quality, folds up, less than 100 kms, paid $2,500 asking $1,400. 336-1990

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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

KELLY CARRIER, adjustable for babies/kids up to 50lb, c/w rain shield/backpack style diaper bag, zippers onto system, great for hiking, $350 new, asking $150. 334-5323 GRACO SNUGRIDE 35 infant car seat with base, used 1 year, never been in accident, $300 new, asking $150. 334-5323

Childcare

FISHER CROSS country skis, Swix poles, Solomon boots ladies size 8, carrying bag, waxes etc, used 4-5 times, new cond, $350 obo. 336-1990

ROSIEʼS DAY HOME Opening May 1, 2014 Day/Night/Weekend Spots available Call 668-3448

PAK CANOE, exc cond, used once, c/w custom made reinforced knee boards, folds up to lg duffel bag size, $1,850. 821-6011

Kitchen or Restaurant for Lease Town and Mountain Hotel 401 Main Street Apply to Kayle Tel: 668-7644 Fax: 668-5822 Email: info@townmountain.com

SOLID OAK carved dining hutch w shelf, dark brown, $1,000, matching round table w twist legs, fixable damage to the table, $275 or $1,225 for both. 336-1990

LEATHER COUCH (7ʼ) & love seat (5ʼ), dark brown, and ottoman table, all in good shape, paid over $2,000, asking $1,000 for the set.

334-5323

SKLAR PEPLAR dining room suite, oak veneer/ash, 63”x42” pedestal table, 2 extensions, 6 chairs, hutch upper, 4 doors/glass shelves, hutch bottom, 3 drawers, 2 cupboards, $1,900 obo. 821-6011

BORNBRED RED: Please meet me at Timmyʼs on Main on Saturday, 10:00am or Sunday, 12:00 noon. Alex

KITCHEN STORAGE unit, 2 drawers, bottom lg drawer w pull-out shelf, good for counter extension, 23.5”w, 24”d, 35”h, $50 obo. 821-6011

Personals ARE YOU MÉTIS? Are you registered?

Would you like to be involved?

There is a Yukon Metis Nation that needs your support Contact 668-6845 CITIZENS ON PATROL. Do you have concerns in your neighborhood & community?

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

Info: RCMP 867-667-5555 DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST The Yukon government has recently received an expression of interest (EOI) for the development of an eco-wilderness resort at Stoney Mountain on Millhaven Bay near Carcross.

As part of the process, the Yukon government is required to determine if there are other private interests that may wish to submit a competitive proposal.

Information on the size, scope and vision of the proposed project can be found at: http://inecdevcorp.com/2014/ project-proposals/the-lodge-at-stoney-mountainproposal/ Interested parties are requested to advise the Energy, Mines and Resources Land Management Branch, in writing by 4:00 p.m. February 28, 2014 to: Director, Land Management Branch (K320), P.O. Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6 For further information please contact the EMR Land Management Branch at 667-3150 or call toll free 1-800-661-0408.

PUbLIC TENDER ANNUAL SPRINKLER MAINTENANCE SERVICE TEST AND INSPECTION YUKON HOUSING UNITS VARIOUS LOCATIONS, YUKON Project Description: Provide testing, inspection and maintenance services to sprinkler and backflow systems Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 12, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Ted James at 867-334-4401.

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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BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS MAYO SENIORS 6 PLEX MAYO, YUKON

EMERGENCY LIGHTING, HEAT DETECTORS & FIRE ALARM TEST, INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION VARIOUS LOCATIONS, YUKON

Project Description: Provide building design and construction specifications for an unrestricted design for Yukon Housing Corporations current and future projects Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 3, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at 867-667-5795.

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: To provide testing, inspection and certification services to Fire Alarm Systems and Emergency Lighting Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 12, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Ted James at 867-334-4401.

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

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

Teslin Tlingit Council REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Heritage Centre Landscape Design Teslin Tlingit Council is seeking the services of a qualified consultant to develop a Landscape Design for a portion of the site of its Heritage Centre in Teslin, Yukon.

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For more information, or to request an electronic copy of the R.F.P., please contact: Adam Grinde, Director, Capital and Infrastructure Ph: 867-390-2532, ext. 388 E-mail: adam.grinde@ttc-teslin.com

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Price for a new 2014 Versa Note 1.6 SL Tech (B5TG14 NA00), Xtronic CVT® transmission/Sentra 1.8 SR (C4SG14 AA00), CVT/Rogue SL AWD Premium model (Y6DG14 BK00), CVT transmission. ≠s Freight and PDE charges ($1,567/$1,567/$1,630), certain fees, manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where

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payments of $69/$79/$138 with $0/$0/$1,850 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First semi-monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Prices include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation

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