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A convoy of trucks prepare leave Old Crow via the winter road on the Porcupine River last weekend. Building supplies brought in on the road will help the town with new developments.

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I think, but especially for a small community like Old Crow.”

Others are taking advantage of he winter road to Old Crow the land link as well. will generate economic activThe RCMP had two new ity in the community and in the trucks and two new snowmobiles Yukon for years to come, says Vun- shipped in, while sending out tut Gwitchin Chief Joe Linklater. older equipment.

The first winter road to Old Yukon Electrical Company Crow in a decade opened last Ltd. is bringing in new generating week. equipment.

The road will be open through Residents have ordered perlate March, bringing approxisonal vehicles and larger items mately 50 truckloads of goods to that would cost a small fortune to the community while hauling out bring in by air. waste and broken down equipOne of the big ticket items that ment. the First Nation has ordered is The Vuntut Gwitchin First Na- supplies to build a new store. tion and the Yukon government The store will be managed in agreed to split the $1.4 million partnership with Arctic Co-opcost of building and maintaining eratives Limited and overseen by the road. a board made up of community But the First Nation has also members from Old Crow. spent about $5 million bringing in The First Nation is paying for construction materials and other the construction of the store, but supplies to the community, said the board will pay back the cost Linklater. over time, with the eventual goal “It’s a fairly significant comof having the store entirely owned mitment on behalf of a small First by the community.

Nation, and we still have to main“That gives a great deal of tain our day-to-day activities, pro- control to the community,” said viding services to the community. Linklater. “In the past we’ve had Over a three-week period, spend- concerns about the types of foods ing $5 million is fairly significant. that are brought in – they’re not It would be for any community, always the healthiest foods.”

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Mulcair to visit Whitehorse Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair will be in Whitehorse next week for a series of events, including a public talk with former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page.

The duo will be at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre March 11 at 7 p.m. for a talk titled, “The State of Public Finance and Democracy in Canada.”

The events are being hosted by the Yukon chapter of the NDP, but there was some confusion over who exactly was paying for

it.

The flyers advertising the event had originally carried the logo of the Yukon NDP Official Opposition, meaning it was sanctioned and paid for by the legislature, not the party.

Normally, the cost of hosting political events must be paid for by the political parties themselves, rather than with public dollars.

Opposition chief of staff Francois Picard said he had applied to

Currently, the only store in the community is the Northern Store.

That company brings in managers from Outside, and they don’t always stay, said Linklater.

Peter Frost is one of members of the newly formed board that will manage the co-operative.

“This is a good idea,” he said.

“People will own their own co-op, it will be a big benefit to the community down the road.”

Having the winter road to bring in building materials makes a huge difference, he said.

“It’s a real bonus, bringing in all this freight. It’s a lot cheaper than flying material in.”

The First Nation is also bringing in materials for new housing.

“We have adult children that are unable to move out of their parents’ home,” said Linklater.

“Everybody is working, but because there is no place to rent or anything, they’re having to stay with their parents. So you have some very serious overcrowding in some of the houses. So we would like to try to bring in some single unit housing on the winter road just to alleviate some of the more critical situations that we have in the community.”

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

the legislature before publicizing the flyers, and when he didn’t hear back, he thought the request had been approved.

After the flyers were printed, however, the legislature told him that the evening was considered a political event and the legislature wouldn’t cover any costs.

The flyers have since been amended, with the words “Official Opposition” whited-out to read only “Yukon NDP.” Picard said the party itself is covering all the costs of the events.

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Negotiations never end under land claims: Coates Jesse Winter News Reporter

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hen it comes to negotiating with First Nations, the “honour of the Crown” is just as important as the letter of final agreements, according to an expert on aboriginal law.

“You don’t do away with things like the honour of the Crown,” said Ken Coates, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan.

Coates offered this in response to an opinion piece written by one of Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski’s political advisors that appeared in the National Post last week, raising the eyebrows of the territory’s opposition leaders.

Yule Schmidt, who says the piece reflects her own views and not those of her employer, argues that land claim agreements were supposed to produce legal certainty, but have instead led to a deluge of lawsuits in the territory. She suggests recent court interpretations of the “honour of the Crown” have created unwieldy responsibilities for the Yukon government. She declined to be interviewed for this story.

Coates explained that, as he sees it, land claim agreements are complex living documents that require interpretation by an independent third party in order to settle disputes.

“What happens is that the legal environment changes as people bring cases forward,” he said.

“If aboriginal people win,

Nations against the Yukon government over plans for the Peel watershed and the proposed Atlin Like campground, is to find a way to bring aggrieved parties back to the table.

“You will always need courts to resolve those tricky little situations where people always disagree,” said Coates.

“But you also get to the point where the level of trust and confidence between levels of government basically gets sufficiently high that the conflict stops.”

While that may seem a long way off, given the current gulf between the First Nations and the Yukon government right now, it has been done before.

A look back through the decades reveals that Canada’s history is essentially one of various levels of government Ian Stewart/Yukon News suing each other until the Ken Coates, an expert in aboriginal and northern issues, says that court precedents are just courts have built up enough as important as the original agreements when it comes to land claims. precedents that the powers of each are well defined, Coates then in fact the landscape of decisions are an important body of precedent begins said. changes. If a First Nation part of land claims. to emerge. But, until it is “The wins First Nations takes a case to court and they “You can’t expect these complete, the government’s have had are quite substanlose, then it changes in a dif- very complicated legal arduties can seem like a moving tial. The increased wins are ferent direction. It’s the very rangements to unfold withtarget, he said. getting smaller and smaller nature of the legal process.” out having debates and conBut that doesn’t mean the because the big questions One commonly cited extroversy,” and it’s the courts’ government can ignore court have already been decided,” ample is a 2004 case between job to interpret them, he said. decisions it doesn’t like, he Coates said. the B.C. government and the “Governments tend to said.

“At a certain point, you Haida Nation over logging think, if you sign a land “You don’t get the right have to start weighing the rights. The Supreme Court claims deal, everything will to sort of pick and choose costs of a court battle against ruled that the honour of the be resolved once and for all the parts of the law that you the possible benefits and it Crown includes the requiretime. First Nations were very want, even though it’s very ceases to be financially viable ment for governments to upset by that idea because frustrating for a government to go forward with a court consult and accommodate they see treaties historically as to have to sort of adjust and case. At that point, the court affected First Nations, even if more fluid, sort of on-going adapt.” battles stop and real negotiaa land claims agreement has partnerships,” Coates said.

The only way to avoid tion begins.” been settled for the area.

As more court decisions costly court cases, like the Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com But Coates said those kinds are piled on past ones, a ones recently levelled by First

Atlin First Nation launches second lawsuit Jacqueline Ronson

by the Taku River Tlingit against the Yukon government for failing to consult adequately on a he Taku River Tlingit First proposed campground on Atlin Nation is suing the federal Lake and on mining exploration government for failing to work within Yukon portions of the First towards a land claims settlement Nation’s territory. in its traditional territory.

The more recent statement of The honour of the Crown is at claim, filed February 24, details stake if Canada fails to intervene the history of federal policy on and prevent further alienation of land claims agreements since the the First Nation from its lands at 1970s. the hands of the Yukon governIn 1973, then-Prime Minister ment, according to the statement Jean Chretien “announced that of claim.

Canada was prepared to negoti“We just felt that they blindly ate comprehensive land claim sat by and watched the territorial agreements with the authorized government chew us to pieces representatives of those aboriginal without doing the proper deep peoples who could establish to the consultation,” said John Ward, Government of Canada’s satisfacspokesperson for the Taku River tion that their interests in land in Tlingit. “And we feel strongly they certain parts of Canada … had have an obligation towards our not been dealt with by treaty or unsettled land.” superseded by law,” according to This latest lawsuit follows on the statement of claim. the heels of another case launched That land claims policy was News Reporter

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reaffirmed in 1981 and 1986, the document notes.

The Taku River Tlingit First Nation’s comprehensive land claim was formally accepted by the federal government for negotiation in 1983.

That claim encompasses territory in Northern B.C. as well as Yukon.

The lawsuit is only seeking the court’s intervention in Yukon portions of the traditional territory, according to the document.

The Taku River Tlingit was not consulted before control over lands and resources devolved to the Yukon government in 2003, the lawsuit says.

Since then, the government has been “alienating interests in lands and resources in the tract of land in question.”

The First Nation had asked the federal government to force the hand of the territorial govern-

ment to begin a land claims negotiation in Yukon portions of its asserted land claim.

That process must begin before the government makes decisions that affect the land, such as recording mining claims or building a campground, the First Nation argues.

“The Atlin Lake campground decision exacerbates a series of land decisions undertaken unilaterally by YG in TRTFN traditional territory,” according to a release related to the earlier lawsuit.

“YG has been recording mineral claims, granting land, creating parks, settling land claims and is now trying to create a campground in our unsurrendered traditional territory without meaningfully consulting or accommodating the TRTFN. These are substantial, cumulative alienations of our land that pre-empt the honourable settlement of the

TRTFN’s transboundary claim in the Yukon.”

Canada has refused or failed to start negotiating with the First Nation over its claims to that land and has refused or failed to protect the Taku River Tlingit’s rights and interests to that land, according to the recent lawsuit.

This failure “is inconsistent with the honour of the Crown and constitutes a breach of Canada’s constitutional obligations to the TRTFN.” As a result, the First Nation has asked the court to declare that Canada must participate in land claims negotiations, protect the Taku River Tlingit’s rights to its territory and pay the costs of legal action.

The Canadian government has not yet filed a statement of defence.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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Anti-poverty group urges feedback on housing regs Jesse Winter News Reporter

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he deadline for public feedback on the territory’s proposed new Residential Landlord and Tenant Act is looming, and the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition wants to make sure that vulnerable Yukoners’ voices are heard.

In December, the government posed as a series of questions to gauge what the public wants to see in the finished regulations.

The deadline to comment is March 11.

But the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition is worried that, without more help from the public, the concerns of vulnerable Yukoners might go unheard.

“It’s not a very friendly process for people who have low literacy skills or don’t have access to a computer. It can also take a long time to fill out, even if you’re using the library,” said Charlotte Hrenchuk, one of the coalition’s co-chairs. “We’ve been encouraging our members to make a submission or help their clients make submissions.

It is possible to make a group submission as well.

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Charlotte Hrenchuk, left, of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition urges the public to weigh-in on the proposed Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.

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From the coalition’s perspective, there are a number of important questions that need answering about the regulations.

Chief among them are proposed fees for filing an official dispute resolution request and to review decisions and orders made under the new legislation.

The government says that fees – $50 for dispute resolution and $75 for decision appeals – will help dissuade Yukoners from filing frivolous requests.

“We believe there should not be any fees at all. It could be concerning for some landlords, too. Say you have some senior citizens who are renting a suite in their basement. They may be on a fairly tight budget as well, and might not be able to afford the fees,” Hrenchuk said.

There is a provision that allows the fees to be waived in certain situations, but Hrenchuk said she’s also worried about the vague wording in the proposal.

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Cost is unclear for First Nation court fights Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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here’s no question that court battles between the Yukon government and aggrieved First Nations can get expensive. But how much have recent cases cost, exactly?

Territorial officials say they don’t know.

The Yukon government is gearing up for the latest round of lawsuits. Two cases involve the territory’s plans for the Peel watershed, while the third centres on the possible Atlin Lake campground.

This raises the question of how much some of the prominent, recently completed court battles with First Nations have cost.

One case pitted the Ross River Dena Council against the government.

It was first ruled on in 2011 and focused on the government’s duty to consult with the First Nation when it comes to exploration work in the Ross River area.

The Yukon Court of Appeal later ruled consultation was required before a mining claim is granted or any work begins.

The government attempted to have its appeal heard by the Supreme Court of Canada, but that was denied in September 2013.

Another prominent case involved the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation and the government. That one went all the way to Canada’s top court, and it also dealt with the duty to consult.

The final decision came out in 2010, but the case dates back years earlier.

A third important case was fought between the White River First Nation and the government.

Last year, a Yukon Supreme

areas such as legislative counsel where there is a greater need within a specific group,” Cable said in an email yesterday.

The current, $6.18 million budget for legal services includes $147,000 for the aboriginal law group, he said. That group has the lowest funding of the five specializations.

A more clear cost is known for the territory’s court battle with the French language school board.

The Department of Education has spent $2.6 million on its case so far. The board has said it plans to apply to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.

The department used Outside Francophone lawyers from the beginning, said Cable.

He said it’s unfair to suggest that, just because the government can’t provide a specific amount spent on specific cases, it is not Ian Stewart/Yukon News being accountable.

The budget is debated in the The Yukon government doesn’t know how much it spends fighting First Nations in court. legislature, and there are audited public accounts, he said. the process.

For the Ross River case, $9,322 Court judge threw out a govern“In addition, staff are accountIn an interview this week, ment decision approving a mining was spent on an Ottawa law firm able to their supervisor through aboriginal expert Ken Coates estispecializing in Supreme Court of project south of Beaver Creek. their performance reviews. Furmated it costs about $1 million to Canada applications.

For each of these three cases, ther, all lawyers are accountable to take a case to the Supreme Court The amount of legal costs the the News asked the government for the law society for their standards of Canada. two sums – the amount of money government owes the First Nation of practice,” he said.

Government lawyers work in has not been worked out yet. it spent and the amount it was Questions about whether or not For the White River case, all the one of five areas of specialization ordered to pay in legal costs for the internal staffing has increased as a – litigation, solicitors, legislative work was done in-house, so the other side. result of the lawsuits in question counsel, aboriginal law, and natuBut, as it turns out, the govern- government had no cost estimate could not be answered in time for ral resources and environmental for legal representation. ment doesn’t track the time or today’s deadline. law. As you’d suspect, most of the The government was ordered resources spent on individual cases The budget over the last three court battles with First Nations when its in-house lawyers and staff to pay $29,769 in legal costs. years has not changed significantly, are covered by the aboriginal law Additional costs are still being do the work.

Cable noted. group. discussed.

“It’s not like a law firm where Justice Minister Mike Nixon There are 29 lawyer positions In the final case, which went all you’re billing,” said Dan Cable, a had nothing to add to the departwithin legal services. Currently spokesperson for the Department the way to the Supreme Court of ment’s comments, he said through Canada, $215,631.32 was spent on there are two vacancies, said Cable. a spokesperson. of Justice.

There are 13 support staff.

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Numbers were only available With files from Jesse Winter “Some positions may be left vaThe government was ordered to when the government hired OutContact Ashley Joannou at cant to allow for positions in other pay $29,800 in legal costs during side legal help. ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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The Ross River suspension bridge is coming down this month.

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and hunting grounds on the far side of the river.

“I’m calling for a stop to the deritics are urging the Yukon molition at this point. I don’t believe government to reverse its deciand the people of Ross River don’t sion to take down the Ross River believe that they’ve been consulted to footbridge this month. the various options. It’s just another An engineering report from Sep- example of the Yukon Party governtember found that the 70-year-old ment not listening to the people, footbridge over the Pelly River is at doing what they want.” risk of imminent collapse and poses An engineering report from Noa threat to human safety. vember looked at the possibility of As a result the Yukon governdoing repairs to extend the life of the ment has expedited efforts to take bridge, but found that taking it down the bridge down this winter, while was the best option both from a cost the ice is thick enough, and to ensure and a public safety point of view. that operation of the nearby ferry is The Yukon government had a not affected this summer. second engineering firm confirm But NDP MLA Kevin Barr says those findings. the government has not consulted But one local engineer, Robert the community of Ross River Wills, says the footbridge could be enough on alternatives to tearing made safe with only minor repairs. down the bridge.

And a group called Friends of the The community has used the Ross River Foot Bridge has sprung bridge for decades to access camps up on Facebook, earning 684 likes as News Reporter

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of Friday morning.

Even CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi has weighed in, arguing on his national program Q that the bridge should be saved.

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

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

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

In September the government also removed the stairs leading up to the walkway and blocked it with plywood.

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has no intention of reversing the decision to take down the bridge.

“We have an obligation in this type of situation to err on the side of public safety and put human life over preservation of heritage resources.”

The government is open to consulting with Ross River and Yukon on the possibility of replacing the bridge and options for access to the north side of the river, but has made no commitments, he said.

“We’re prepared to talk to them about potential options, but at this point in time our short-term focus has had to be on acting on this risk that has been identified.”

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based on the number of “likes” and “shares” each has received.

Then, the most popular ones will Yukon man now has a be offered to cable companies as government-approved TV shows highlighting the best plan to sell user-generhome videos from their region ated videos to cable companies, or the top-ranked videos from including everything from cat across the country. videos to pornography.

It is essentially Americas FunRob Hopkins, who runs the niest Home Videos for Canada, CJUC radio station in Whitebut built on the back of free horse and operates his Opencontent that is already floating Broadcaster business from around on the web.

Tagish, was recently granted two “It’s like how the newspapers licences by the Canadian Radio have comments sections with and Telecommunications Com- people contributing stuff for mission, which regulates the free, which draws other people broadcast industry. there to read those comments.

The licenses allow Hopkins The newspapers make some to collect user-generated videos extra money from this content from the Internet, package and that’s contributed for free. That’s rate them based on region and what I want to do with videos,” popularity, and sell that package Hopkins said. to cable TV companies. One covHopkins said he expects to see ers regular videos and the other everything from funny cat vidcovers porn. eos, to family graduations and “My target market will be ma- weddings shared easily through jor centres, places like downtown his program.

Toronto condos or Vancouver,” “I know what you’re going to Hopkins said. say next. You’re going to say I’m Hopkins has developed softdescribing YouTube,” he says, ware to comb the web for videos laughing. people have shot on their smartAnd that’s true, sort of. phones or other devices. His Hopkins said his program will program will then collect those function much like some of the videos and sort them by region. more popular YouTube channels, which already offer the same They will also be ranked

There is a second, more serious reason behind Hopkins’ dual applications to the CRTC, however. He said he included the porn channel as a second application because he was worried the regulator might kibosh his whole plan if they thought he hadn’t considered the possibility of users uploading porn.

So he split the application in two, in part to show that he had a plan in place to make sure adult content didn’t accidentally end up on daytime TV, and also to protect his family-rated programming application from getting scuppered along with the Ian Stewart/Yukon News porn if the regulator decided it Rob Hopkins wants to turn user-generated online videos, was too risky. including homemade porn, into money-making television “I was as shocked as anyone shows. that they said I could do both,” Hopkins said. curation and ranking that he And then there’s also the He said consumers needn’t plans to. But, under his plan, you homemade porn. wouldn’t need an Internet conHopkins said the idea for that worry about the porn ending up on family TV sets. He would use nection to see all of it. came when he was at a broadthe same sorts of safeguards that There are lots of places in the casters convention years ago, sites like Facebook and Flickr use North that don’t have reliable sitting around with some other to ensure that adult content isn’t Internet service, and bandwidth guys from the business having displayed where it shouldn’t be. is expensive, he says. Having a a few drinks and brainstorming With the licences now channel that allows people to sit ideas. granted, Hopkins has two years down on their couch, flick on “We were just kind of joking to get his scheme into action and the TV, and watch a cat ridabout user-generated videos, and convince cable companies to pay ing a Roomba wearing a shark someone said, ‘What if you made for it. costume chasing a duck could be a user-generated porn channel?”

Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com a marketable idea. he said.

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Commentary raises many questions If Yule Schmidt’s political masters didn’t broadly agree with her views, odds are they wouldn’t pay her to provide them

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bit of a tizzy has been produced over the past week by an opinion piece in the National Post that offers a jaundiced view of Yukon’s land-claim agreements.

The controversy has as much to do with who wrote the piece as its contents. The author, Yule Schmidt, spends her days working as a special advisor to the premier.

Both Schmidt and cabinet’s head spin doctor maintain that the article was written on her own time, and that it never received her employer’s blessing.

Skeptics wonder otherwise. After all, as a cabinet employee, Schmidt serves at the premier’s pleasure, and could be fired at the drop of a hat. From her standpoint, it would be brash to submit such a piece, which has the potential to make the relationship between the Yukon government and First Nations all the more rocky, without somehow clearing it first.

Yet it wouldn’t serve the interests of Yukon’s cabinet to admit the piece had been approved by them.

They would want to maintain the plausible deniability that the premier knew nothing of the article’s production, otherwise the piece would be seen as receiving his tacit agreement.

However, maybe this scenario gives cabinet’s managers more credit than they deserve. After all, why craft such a plan, when the end result probably harms the government? The piece’s timing, published during the big national mining convention in Toronto, couldn’t have helped officials trying to persuade the crowds that the Yukon is a legally stable place to do business.

Then again, you could say the piece’s publication fits into the government’s pattern of behavior of unnecessarily antagonizing First Nations.

In any case, we think the piece

is revealing. After all, if Schmidt’s political masters didn’t broadly agree with her views, odds are they wouldn’t pay her to provide them.

And it’s hard to not see a certain alignment in how our government claims to respect land claim agreements, but it tends to behave as if they are a nuisance – a view that fits with Schmidt’s arguments.

It’s also refreshing to see such views expressed in a clear, forceful manner, when our government often behaves as if it were allergic to candor.

Given all this, we think our readers deserve a chance to see what the fuss is about and draw their own conclusions. Schmidt initially didn’t want us to reprint it whole, but she’s since come around, so we’ve done so on page 11.

At the risk of overkill, we’ve also published her response to Liberal MLA Sandy Silver’s criticisms on page 9. And, for a more complete picture that includes the pieces of the puzzle that Schmidt leaves out, you’ll also want to see our interview with historian Ken Coates on page 3.

Schmidt is particularly uncharitable to suggest, however humorously, that Liberal MLA Sandy Silver was motivated by sexism in his attack on her article’s publication. It’s perfectly legitimate for him to ask whether it was ill-advised political strategy for cabinet to allow Schmidt to publish her piece. Similarly, nobody should be shocked that Silver hopes to seek political gain. What business did she think he was in?

There’s also something odd with Schmidt’s reframing of the issue around freedom of speech. The reality is that it’s not unusual for territorial public servants to fear reprisal for publicly expressing views at odds with the Yukon Party.

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Schmidt accurately observes that Yukon’s land claim agreements were supposed to bring legal certainty to the territory, yet the Yukon government now finds itself deluged with lawsuits launched by irate First Nations. She further notes that judges continue to redefine what counts as adequate consultation with First Nations, and concludes that these agreements have become a recipe for never-ending litigation.

What Schmidt ignores is how the Yukon government has often failed to live up to its side of the bargain struck when land claim agreements are signed. Chiefs frequently complain that the territory treats consultation with them as an item to be ticked off after a decision has already been made, rather than engaging in genuine negotiations as equals.

As Coates explains, land claim agreements only work when all parties involved are committed to sitting down at the table and treating one another as adults. Too often, our territorial leaders have failed at this task. That’s why we’ve seen the government hit with three lawsuits by aggrieved First Nations over the course of three weeks. (JT) Reporters

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We welcome your assistant, Darren Parsons, to join us when our group meets. It is heartening to know one of your staff is interested in learning more about electoral reform. Many of the problems that we see in the

world today can be linked directly to the lack of representative democracy.

We look forward to meeting early April to discuss what the government response has been to our petition on electoral reform. We would also like to discuss Bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act at that time.

We will contact your chief of staff to schedule this meeting well in advance so we can let our supporters know of your continuing commitment to this issue, which is pivotal to creating a true representative democracy – fair, transparent and accountable.

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A triumph for Canadian Olympics Inc. put $107 million into the London summer games athletes.

It works out to $3.2 milby Keith lion per Sochi medal, and that Halliday doesn’t even count money spent by athletes, their sponsors, individual sports organizations or other Olympic groups like B2ten, which provides targeted support for Canada’s top dozen or two medal prospects.

Some decry the Olymanada won a grand total pics’ departure from the old of zero gold medals at “amateur” ideal. It was indeed the 1988 winter Olymcharming back in 1952 that the pics in Calgary, tying for tenth boys on the Edmonton Meroverall with just five medals. At curys hockey club could go to Sochi, we came in fourth with the Olympics and win the gold 25 medals, including 10 gold. medal.

This is a major success for But, like it or not, those days the people that run the Olym- are over. pics business in Canada.

The competition faced by Don’t be fooled by the feelCanadian Olympics Inc., if good human interest stories I can call it that, was tough. you saw on television about The Kremlin threw absurd small town Canadians helping trainloads of cash at the Rustheir young local star make it sian program. The Americans to the top. The athletes and partnered with an impressive their communities were no less range of high-tech companies committed in 1988. to help them with their bobWhat has changed is that sled aerodynamics, blade edges Canada got serious about the and low-friction bodysuits.

Olympics as an enterprise.

The Germans, Chinese and “Own the Podium,” just one South Koreans weren’t napping of the many organizations either. involved, spent $81 million on Just as we are proud of our elite winter athletics in the four athletes being among the best years prior to Sochi. They also in the world, we should also

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be proud that our governments, corporations and sports bureaucracies can organize such a strong team performance. With Nortel history and Blackberry on the ropes, Canada doesn’t have too many business success stories to feel good about (except, depending on your point of view, our world-beating oil and gas industry).

In the old days, the Olympics sports business in Canada was run in the traditional way.

That means on a shoestring by committees of well-meaning volunteers.

It is interesting to observe that the new Olympic sports model borrows some important elements from successful businesses. Besides the big cash mentioned above, it looks like Canadian Olympics Inc. likes a rigorous operational plan and isn’t shy about making tough and sometimes ruthless decisions.

By rigorous operational plan, I mean recognizing that success in sports needs three things to come together: talent, coaching and facilities.

For many winter sports, these three things come together in Calgary or Canmore where the 1988 Games were located.

Instead of spreading resources

around the country, sports bosses have invested in centres of excellence.

According to a report done for the 2010 Olympics, the legacy of the 1988 games and these centres of excellence is quite impressive. At the 2006 Torino winter games, more than a quarter of Team Canada was from Calgary or nearby.

Nearly three out of four Canadian medallists were either Albertan or trained there.

It’s not impossible to make Team Canada if you train somewhere else, but it is probably harder.

Sports bosses don’t like to advertise it, but they also look to be as cold and calculating as any executive of a big multinational corporation deciding to close a factory that isn’t profitable enough.

Take the private foundation B2ten mentioned above. Their exact budget isn’t public, but the media reports that 15 rich donors put $20 million into it before the Vancouver games.

They don’t help all Canadian athletes. Instead, they choose 15-20 athletes who can win, are receptive to coaching and support, and who have specific needs. Then the group pays for targeted support, which could include new

equipment, coaching or access to top sports psychologists.

Prior to Sochi, the group invited 16 potential medallists to an exclusive retreat in Mont Tremblant to help them prepare to be their best at the Olympics.

Of course, if you’ve invited 16 winter Olympians that also means that you didn’t invite more than 150 others. If you want to get invited, you need to prove your potential and your receptiveness to their support.

“Socialist athletics is just not optimal,” is how J.D. Miller, one of B2ten’s founders, put it to the media.

The risk for Canadian Olympics Inc. is that they make everything too businesslike, which might put off the viewers that generate the advertising revenue and the vote-seeking politicians who fund elite sports programs.

With the record-setting Sochi medal count, however, our sports bosses look safe. Until the next Olympics anyway.

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

Tough questions about land claims should be welcomed, not condemned Yule Schmidt

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t was with interest that I read Liberal Leader Sandy Silver’s comments on the opinion piece about land claims which I wrote for the National Post on Feb. 25.

Normally I do not respond to comments on my articles. My intent in writing is to advance debate, not to push my own views as the right ones. As such, I welcome informed counterarguments, for as the discussion moves back and forth it also moves forward.

But I do not welcome poorly veiled attempts to snag political points at the expense of such debate.

I am mildly offended that Mr. Silver decided to address his rebuttal to the government as opposed to me. Perhaps it was a decision borne of misplaced chivalry, namely the hesitation to insult a lady. Or perhaps it was borne of untimely chauvinism, namely the disbelief that a lady such as myself could conjure up such opinions on her own.

Yet on either count, I assure Mr. Silver that I possess

the mental acuity to not only generate but to defend my own opinions.

Perhaps it surprises the Liberal leader that I was able to freely express my thoughts without having them politically vetted, but last time I checked, that chunk of the Constitution that protects freedom of speech had not been deleted.

In fact, rather than be troubled by it, I should think Mr. Silver and others in the opposition would find it comforting to know that a political staffer retains the independence to publish articles as I did. Is that not something we should commend as a society?

If it is not common practice, it is not because it is “denied” by the government, but because of reactions such as Mr. Silver’s: if by sharing my thoughts, the best I can expect in terms of debate is the opportunistic conflation of my opinion with my position, then what’s the point?

As for the content of my article, Mr. Silver either did not read it or did not understand it. I pointed out a historical discrepancy between the initial, stated goal of land claims – cer-

tainty – and the current reality of uncertainty with respect to their interpretation.

I pinpointed a significant jump in this uncertainty resulting from the precedentsetting court cases which confirmed that the “honour of the Crown” supersedes the letter of the claims, even on issues which the agreements purported to “settle.” While we take it for granted today, it was not inherent from the beginning that the honour of the Crown would trump the letter of land claims.

After all, the Little Salmon court case was launched to ask just that question.

In an interview last week, the renowned aboriginal affairs expert Ken Coates essentially said the same thing: “every paragraph [of the land claims] is contestable,” and prophesized that the Yukon government and First Nations would continue to dispute land claims in court.

It’s rather ironic that the Aboriginal Affairs website itself celebrates that comprehensive agreements “provide aboriginal groups with an alternative to going to court to resolve their claims.”

The article was thus primarily an articulation of facts. The only real “opinion” in it was that the first-among-equals status that the honour of the Crown bestows upon First Nations is neither necessary nor desirable in a relationship of equals.

First Nations have proven that they do not need government (or opposition) paternalism, yet paternalism – misguidedly called a “fiduciary obligation” to First Nations – is what the honour of the Crown inherently promotes.

It goes without saying that dealings with First Nations, as with all citizens, should be conducted with integrity, but achieving that should not require special legal provisions.

Isn’t it troubling to think that it does?

We should not shy away from debating these kinds of questions, as politically charged as they may be; it is precisely what we should be doing with our time (and our newspaper space). I chose to write on the topic of land claims disputes because it is an important issue facing Yukon, the resolution of

which is vital to our social and economic development.

Were there sides of the debate which I did not address?

Of course. The issues we face as a territory, much less as a civilization, are far too complex to be distilled into a 700 word article.

But the value of such an article is in triggering more such articles, written from different perspectives on different aspects of the issue. That is how debate advances. That is how society advances.

I would have been glad to see Mr. Silver join the debate by producing a contradictory opinion, but I have yet to hear one from him. Simply decrying a viewpoint without offering an alternative does not qualify as debate. It is an immature tactic that has no place in a politician’s playbook and is certainly not worthy of Yukoners.

Debate is a good thing. It would serve Mr. Silver well to demonstrate he is capable of it.

Yule Schmidt is based in Whitehorse, where she serves as a special advisor to the Yukon government. This article reflects her personal views and not those of her employer.

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COMMENTARY When ‘final land claims’ aren’t actually ‘final’ Yule Schmidt

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he Yukon government can’t seem to escape costly lawsuits when it comes to issues involving First Nations. It has been served with three lawsuits in the past month alone. This, despite the conclusion of land-claims agreements with 11 of its 14 First Nations – almost half of the total agreements in Canada.

Land claims were supposed to provide legal certainty. The 1993 Umbrella Final Agreement between Canada, Yukon, and Yukon First Nations (the precursory framework to individual agreements) confirmed the parties’ “wish to achieve certainty with respect to the ownership and use of lands and other resources in Yukon” and “with respect to their relationships with each other.”

In other words, the goal was to define the parties’ respective rights and obligations and then ratify them in legally binding agreements. In addition, land claims were accompanied by a self-government agreement, which gave each settled First Nation autonomy over its own affairs and lands, and reset the relationship between the three signatories on equal, government-togovernment footing.

Land claims were seen as the concluding fulfillment of government’s fiduciary responsibility to First Nations, severing the umbilical cord that had long bound them to

territorial and federal administrations. But this finality has proved elusive.

Specifically, the agreements’ legal certainty has been subordinated to “the honour of the Crown” – a historical concept that was resurrected by the courts in the mid-1980s.

Initially, it referred simply to the opposite of “sharp dealing” (i.e., unethical action) with First Nations.

But its definition has broadened over time. In Haida v. British Columbia (2004), the Supreme Court of Canada determined that the honour of the Crown includes the duty to consult and accommodate. Accordingly, treaties must be “understood generously” with regard to First Nations in order to “achieve the reconciliation of the pre-existence of aboriginal societies with the sovereignty of the Crown.”

Haida had a significant impact on Yukon land claims.

In 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada invoked it as the basis for Beckman v. Little Salmon. Despite the existence of a settled land claim, the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation sued the Yukon government for allowing an agricultural lease, arguing that the government still had an obligation to consult on Crown land within its traditional territory.

The government countered that the land claim annulled the consultation requirement.

By settling, the First Nation had ceded territory to the

Crown, and the Crown was entitled to use it. In essence, the land claim negotiating process had been a protracted consultation period that needn’t be repeated.

But the court concluded that land claims did not, in fact, preclude the duty to consult. The honour of the Crown applied independently of, and in addition to, legal agreements.

The consequence of this decision has been to remove the “final” from Yukon’s final agreements, swapping agreedupon legal provisions for a rather malleable concept of the Crown’s honour.

In addition to the danger of judicial activism that this new approach unleashes, it undermines the very goal of land claims – to end government paternalism and achieve socio-economic equality for Yukon First Nations through a conclusive settlement of grievances.

The assumption that Yukon First Nations require special treatment is the exact attitude their leaders sought to counteract through land claims The two dissenting judges in Beckman recognized this objective: “To give full effect to the provisions of a treaty such as the Final Agreement is to renounce a paternalistic

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approach to relations with aboriginal peoples.” In short, “fiduciary” is just a synonym for paternalistic. By mandating the government to “generously” consult beyond the legal requirements of a land claim, the court inherently refuted First Nations’ ability to function within ungenerous (i.e., normal) legal bounds.

The assumption that Yukon First Nations require special treatment is the exact attitude their leaders sought to counteract through land claims. According to Together Today for Our Children Tomorrow, the 1973 document compiled by Yukon First Nations leaders that effectively sparked land claims negotiations: “The purpose of this settlement is to enable the Indian people in the Yukon

to live and work together on equal terms with the Whiteman.”

Since then, the courts have replaced the government’s paternalism with a form of their own. And its enshrinement in statutory law will make it particularly difficult to undo.

As long as the honour of the Crown trumps the legal provisions of land claims, the Yukon government and its settled First Nations will continue disputing the meaning of their final agreements in court. The territory’s experience should serve as a warning to other jurisdictions considering a similar path.

Yule Schmidt is based in Whitehorse, where she serves as a special advisor to the Yukon government. This article, originally published in the National Post, reflects her personal views and not those of her employer.

Minimum Wage Increase A reminder for all Yukon employers that effective April 1, 2014, the minimum wage will increase from $10.54 to $10.72 per hour.

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The Whitehorse meeting is on March 13 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel. Short presentations will take place at 3, 5 and 7 p.m.

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“The government needs to be explaining what they’re going to do to assure Albertans that there aren’t 20 other companies out there that have been in non-compliance with safety standards.”

On Tuesday, the Alberta Energy Regulator released results from its investigation into the leak of about 470,000 litres of oil into the river just downstream of the community of Sundre.

The oil tainted a long stretch of the river and flowed into Gleniffer Lake, a reservoir used for boating, fishing and swimming.

Drinking water had to be trucked in for the residents of 750 permanent and recreational homes at the lake. The marina was closed. Rafting, fishing and guiding businesses were affected.

Notley points out that the regulator’s report concludes the U.S.-based company knew as early as 2008 that the affected section of pipe, which crosses the river, was exposed and in danger of cracking. That information came from consultants hired by Plains and the company’s own internal assessment, the report says.

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It found Plains didn’t inspect the line once between November 2008 and September 2011, despite company policies requiring annual examination.s That’s what happens when you leave safety up to industry, said Notley.

“Here you had a company whose internal professionals were repeatedly telling it to do something different, which it just ignored,” she said. “They were also failing to meet government standards around the inspection frequency and nobody noticed – for four years.”

The province has until June to lay charges or impose fines.

“It is still too early to speculate about charges as the investigation is still ongoing,” said Alberta Environment spokeswoman Nikki Booth.

“We continue to monitor the biodiversity of the watershed,” she said. “There has also been water sampling that has taken place.”

That data is not yet public.

The case would seem strong, said environmental lawyer Barry Robinson. Federal legislation forbids introducing a “deleterious substance” into fish-bearing

waters.

“It seems you have a deleterious substance,” said Robinson.

“Definitely you’ve got fish-bearing waters.

“It would be difficult for Plains Midstream to say they’ve done everything that’s required to prevent this from happening. All the pieces are there for a charge. If there wasn’t a charge, you would have to ask why.”

Robinson said his firm, Ecojustice, will be writing federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq to ask about the department’s intentions.

Federal officials were not immediately able to say if charges are being considered.

Meanwhile, fishing guide Garry Pierce said oil was still visible along riverbanks late last summer, when he was last on the river.

“There was a lot of oil on those shorelines in the upper Red Deer,” he said. “The damage in the ecosystem – in the forest and the banks – was, to me, pretty thick.”

Still, mature fish seemed healthy, although he didn’t see many juveniles, Pierce said.

Catch-and-release fishing restrictions are in place to help rebuild fish stocks, said Booth.

Samples of fish from an adjacent trout pond haven’t shown any human health threats.

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Quaker Worship Group ReLIGIoUS SoCIeTY oF FRIeNDS Meets regularly for Silent Worship.

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Looser pot laws may be on horizon after input from police chiefs, MacKay hints Lee-Anne Goodman Canadian Press

OTTAWA he Conservative government is seriously considering more lenient marijuana laws that would allow police to ticket anyone caught with small amounts of pot instead of laying charges, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Wednesday.

“We’re not talking about decriminalization or legalization,” MacKay said following the weekly Conservative caucus meeting on Parliament Hill.

“The Criminal Code would still be available to police, but we would look at options that would … allow police to ticket those types of offences.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is open to such an approach, he added.

MacKay has hinted in the past that such a move was under consideration. The country’s police chiefs –as well as some Tory caucus members – have long called for ticketing people for

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grossly inappropriate,” MacKay said in a statement at the time.

“He’s directly delivering a message to children now that recreational drug use is OK.” In fact, Trudeau had responded to the question in Sioux Valley by saying that marijuana was dangerous for young people. He added that he believed that regulating pot would help keep it out of the hands of children.

The Liberal leader called on MacKay to retract the comments, calling them “shameful.”

Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Trudeau wasn’t in the House Minister of Justice Peter MacKay speaks during question of Commons on Wednesday, but period in Ottawa on Wednesday.

Liberal MP Sean Casey said the Conservative shift “is almost surelementary schoolchildren last fall prising, but it really isn’t because pot possession instead of laying after Trudeau answered a quescriminal charges. this government will do or say tion about his marijuana policies anything to win” as a 2015 federal But MacKay has also been among the Conservatives’ fiercest from First Nations high school election looms. students in Sioux Valley, Man. critics of Liberal Leader Justin “It’s laughable how vicious There were elementary school Trudeau’s stance on the issue. and fact-free the attacks have kids in the audience at the time.

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As recently as last Friday, a Tory backbencher railed against Trudeau’s marijuana stance as he mocked NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair’s suggestion that he’d be open to forming a coalition with the Liberals.

“Canadians know what a Liberal-led NDP high-tax coalition would mean: a soft-on-crime agenda; repealing mandatory prison sentences for violent offenders; a reckless plan to legalize marijuana, making it easier for children to smoke,” David Anderson said in a member’s statement in the Commons.

“When will the anti-trade leader of the official opposition stop passing the pipe in an effort to close a deal with the pro-drug trade, high on smiles, low on substance, leader of the third party?”

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Fighting pollution rises on China’s agenda, but closing factories also leads to lost jobs for industries to reduce excess capacity that had built up during China’s years of booming growth, PINGSHAN COUNTY, China but they were resisted by local ofuge chunks of concrete and ficials whose performances were broken machinery are all judged more on their region’s that is left of a cement plant that economic growth than the cleanonce spewed clouds of polluliness of their skies. tion over China’s most polluted Pressure has increased on local province, Hebei. Demolished in governments since September, December, the factory was one when China’s Cabinet released of 35 closed or torn down in an action plan to control and Pingshan county as part of the prevent air pollution through government’s drive to clear up 2017. Since then, more than half China’s notoriously smoggy skies. the country’s provinces have Combatting pollution has released their own plans, includshot up the agenda of the ruling ing new restrictions on coal and Communist Party, which for heavy industry. The Cabinet also years pushed for rapid economic announced a $1.6 billion fund Andy Wong/AP Photo development with little concern last month to reward the prevenabout the environmental impact. A Chinese woman wears a mask as she walks past the capital tion and control of air pollution city skylines shrouded by pollution haze in Beijing on Monday.

Under public pressure to reduce in key areas. the air pollution that blankets And in December, the party media reports. industry has added impetus to Beijing and cities across China, required local governments to “I do want the government to revise the criteria used to evaluate the government’s campaign over the country’s leaders are rebaldo something to improve the air the past several years to reduce ancing their priorities. their officials away from economquality. If the air gets better, it excess production capacity in That was evident during this ic growth to their “overall work,” is good for everyone,” said Guo the polluting steel and cement including “ecological civilization.” week’s ceremonial National Quanquan, 52, one of those laid industries.

The quality of the environment People’s Congress. Premier Li But shutting plants has taken a off. “But my life has gotten worse is now among the main criteria Keqiang said Wednesday the used to assess officials’ perforgovernment would “declare war” human and economic toll in lost after the closure.”

He hasn’t been able to find jobs and income. The demolimances in Shijiazhuang city, on pollution in the same way China had fought poverty. Smog, tion or closure of the 35 plants in another job and now lives off the which oversees Pingshan county, earnings of his two 20-something according to a report in the Hebei Hebei’s Pingshan county, about he said, was “nature’s red-light sons.

Daily in December. warning against the model of in- a four-hour drive southwest of Another resident in Guo’s vil“What’s very important when efficient and blind development.” Beijing, resulted in layoffs of assessing how likely it is for lo3,780 workers, according to state lage, Jia Shufang, said that most The drive to clean up China’s of its 200 households had decal officials to implement these pended directly or indirectly on policies is what are their incenthe cement industry, with worktives,” said Brian Jackson, a China ers earning an average monthly economist at IHS Economics. wage of 3,000 yuan ($490).

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The overall impact of these moves on China’s economy is hard to judge at this point and no official estimates have been released.

“We may suffer slow economic growth in the short term, but this will work in upgrading the economic structure and result in a good living environment for our people, so it is worthwhile,” the China Daily newspaper quoted Sun Ruibin, Shijiazhuang’s Communist Party chief, as saying.

Across the city, the local government is organizing job fairs for thousands of laid-off workers and encouraging them to work in farming and food processing, according to its website.

After years of break-neck growth, China’s battle against pollution isn’t going to bear results quickly.

Despite the plant closings in Pingshan, the air quality doesn’t seem to have improved much.

The area was whitened by a seven-day stretch of hazardous thick smog, prompting authorities to order 200 factories to suspend operations, 550 others to halve production and a fifth of private vehicles to stay off the roads.

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Climate change puts ancestral farming indicators under stress in Bolivia’s highlands Carlos Valdez

their nests about 40 centimetres (1.3 feet) above the water level.

Then they dismantled them,” CUTUSUMA, Bolivia Condori says. Twice, in fact, did or centuries, farmers in the the birds dismantle nests before fragile ecosystems of the finally reweaving them at nearly high Andes have looked to the twice their original height. behaviour of plants and animals “We knew it was going to rain to figure out what crops to grow a lot,” he says. and when.

And so it did, so much so that If reeds dried up in the late rivers in the Amazon basin have summer, rainless weather lay flooded their banks, submergahead, they believed. If the ing thousands of homes. That Andean fox made a howling ap- rain augured well, by contrast, pearance, abundant rains were for this Aymara community’s thought sure to come. potato crop.

But increasingly erratic Landlocked and poor, Bolivia weather that scientists attribute relies on a weak meteorological to global warming is rendering reporting system – with just 50 their age-old methods less reliweather stations nationwide. able, endangering harvests in a Farming is also decidedly low region where life is hard in the tech in the mountainous part of best of times. the country. Ox-driven plows Experts may scoff at such overwhelmingly outnumber folk science, but the men and tractors, a far cry from the women who till the high moun- eastern lowlands, where highly tain soil continue to swear by mechanized rice and soy farmthe traditional indicators, and ing yields the bulk of Bolivian Bolivia’s government has even agricultural exports. incorporated them into climate Condori says the “bio-indireports provided to farmers cators” he follows most closely when it lacked modern data have helped reduce agricultural from meteorological stations. losses 40 per cent in Cutusuma “They work for me,” assures and surrounding communities.

Francisco Condori, 45, after Scientists, however, stress there checking the previous night’s are no empirical data to support precipitation on a homemade the beliefs. rain gauge on Lake Titicaca’s The indicators are catalogued southern shore, the hills around in what are known as Pachahim shining purple with flower- grama, registries whose name ing potato plants. derives from “Pachamama,” the Condori is a well-heeded native Andean word for “Mother font of ancestral knowledge for Earth.” Communities compile fellow farmers in these treeless and share the registry informaclimes frequently punished by tion, which is especially crucial frosts, hailstorms and drought. from September to November In the reeds on Titicaca’s when the dry season ends and shore, he points out the height farmers need to know how soon of the nests built by birds to plant, when the rains will beknown as quilli quilli, a diminu- gin and how long they will last. tive species similar to humIt’s in that season they look mingbirds. Farmers have long for guidance to the southern used the locations of those nests lapwing, a long-legged plover that likes grasslands. If the as measures of how much the lake will rise and the amount of female drops her eggs on the crest of a furrow, a lot of rain is rainfall to come.

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ed from the hilltops in August or September. That’s a typical indicator of abundant rain, said Jose Luis Quiruchi, a Quechua community leader in the Potosi region, Bolivia’s poorest.

Reeds also dried up at that time of year, another traditional indicator of drier weather ahead.

“We expected little rain, but instead the opposite happened,” Quiruchi said. Anticipating drier conditions, farmers planted potatoes in low-lying areas.

Now, they fear the tubers will become water-logged and rot.

Agronomist Nelson Tapia of Juan Karita/AP Photo the Universidad Mayor de San Farmer and traditional meteorologist Francisco Condori Simon in Cochabamba says measures rain water with a flow meter in Cutusuma, on climate change offers some benLake Titicaca’s southern shore in Bolivia. efits for high-altitude farmers.

They can grow certain fruits potatoes rather than quinoa, degrees (Celsius),” or 1.4 degrees and vegetables at higher altiwhich requires less water. But Fahrenheit, since pre-industrial tudes, with apricots and corn as if she deposits them inside the times, said Dirk Hoffmann, a well as citrus fruits now growfurrow, it supposedly will be a German who heads the noning as high up as 3,000 metres dry year. profit Bolivian Mountain (9,800 feet) in the Cochabamba The size of the spots on the Institute. valley. eggs is another indicator of Indeed, the observations of However, the negative effects whether to plant potatoes or local indigenous coincide with are greater, he said, with highquinoa. scientific data that show the land farmers losing crop variety “If the spots are big, it’s rainy season is both less predict- and planting in shorter cycles. potatoes. If they are small, it’s able and begins later, Hoffman The director of the governquinoa,” Condori says. Lately, said. “Previously, the rainy ment’s risk management agency, however, the birds have been period lasted four months. Now Lucio Tito, insists the traditional erratic in where they lay their it’s shorter but the amount of indicators still have their value eggs. rain has not decreased,” he said. despite the changing climate.

Other indicators Condori folIn Bolivia’s drier southern “They should not be dislows such as wind direction and high plains, farmers who follow missed,” he said. “They should cloud movement traditionally one popular traditional indicabe combined with scientific have told farmers whether frosts tor say they were misled this knowledge to form a strategy are imminent. A strong easterly year when the Andean fox did against climate change. That’s breeze on March 13 indicates as not appear and howl full-throat- what we’re doing.” much, he says.

Reading those signs has become more difficult as climate change alters everything from animal behaviour to the weather. There are no scientific studies A new Premier as yet on how climate change may modify animal behaviour who is willing to listen to the people he was elected to serve, used as indicators. able to understand the definition of democracy and “Yet it is also certain that who won’t sell out to big corporate values. these meteorological phenomena are occurring in an atmoThe Following is a paid advertisement. sphere that has warmed by 0.8

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Burl poachers: the bane of Redwood parks Jeff Barnard

ers have been stalking the remote reaches of the park with their chain saws and ATVs for decades, but uthorities say unemploylately the size and frequency of ment and drug addiction thefts have been on the rise. have spurred an increase in the “When I interview suspects, that destructive practice of cutting off is the (reason) they say: their adthe knobby growths at the base diction to drugs and they can’t find of ancient redwood trees to make jobs,” she said. decorative pieces like lacey-grained Her husband, park district incoffee tables and wall clocks. terpretation supervisor Jeff Denny, The practice – known as burl said it is comparable to poor people poaching – has become so prevalent poaching rare rhinos in Africa to along the Northern California coast sell their horns. Jobs are hard to that Redwood National and State come by since the timber and comParks on Saturday started closing mercial fishing industries went into the popular Newton B. Drury Scedecline.

Laura Denny/AP Photo nic Parkway at night in a desperate “Originally there were 2 million Biologist Terry Hines stands next to a massive scar on an old attempt to deter thieves. acres of old growth forest that Law enforcement Ranger Laura spanned the coast of Northern Cali- growth redwood tree in the Redwood National and State Parks near Klamath, California, where poachers cut off a burl Denny said Tuesday that poachfornia from Oregon to Monterey,” to sell for decorative wood.

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he said. “Over the past 150 years, 95 per cent of that original forest has been cut. The only remaining old growth forest in existence now is almost entirely within the Redwood national park” and some state parks.

A redwood tree can survive the practice, but the legacy of the organism that could be 1,000 years old is threatened, because the burl is where it sprouts a clone before dying. Sprouting from burls is the prevalent method of redwood propagation, and the source of the Latin name for coast redwood, Sequoia semper vierens, or forever

living, he added.

Lorin Sandberg is a burl dealer in Scio, Ore. He occasionally goes to Northern California to buy burl, but it is tough to find any more, with almost all of the old growth that makes the best burls protected on public land. The good stuff with a lacey grain full of eyes will go for $2 to $3 a pound, unseasoned.

Finished dining room tables are being offered for $13,000 on eBay. “I don’t buy them unless they have proof of where they got it,” he said. “I’ve got to have a paper trail.

If there’s not a paper trail, it can stay in their yard.”

With few law enforcement rangers – and 133,000 acres of park stretching south from the headquarters in Crescent City, Calif. – to patrol, arrests are rare, Laura Denny said. She can recall two or three over the past 12 years. While charges can be felonies carrying prison time, convictions usually end up as misdemeanours carrying fines.

She is currently chasing a bunch that cut a massive burl from a redwood just south of the mouth of the Klamath River that was discovered by a bear researcher tramping the woods in April. The cut left a scar measuring 8 feet by 10 feet.

Over the course of weeks, the thieves cut the burl into slabs weighing more than 100 pounds each that they dragged behind ATVs through the woods several hundred yards to a road.

She found the slabs in a burl dealer’s yard. After matching the wood to pieces left behind at the scarred tree, she seized the slabs.

The dealer had paid $1,600 for eight slabs that he was going to sell for $700 apiece, for a total of $5,600.

“They are very difficult to catch because they move site to site,” operate in remote areas far from roads, and even the sound of a chain saw doesn’t travel far in the woods, she said of poachers.

She hopes that the road closure will raise awareness among park visitors so they question the source of slabs offered for sale at burl shops.

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Healthy food for busy families Darrell Hookey Special for The News

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t looks like a normal kitchen. But it isn’t.

And it is not because it is located within Downtown Days Daycare, and so is filled with a cacophony of joyful, young voices.

This is an organic kitchen. Just look over the shoulders of Echo Johnson, as she makes fruit cups, and you will see the proof.

First of all, of course, they are organic fruits. And there are three different fruits in today’s cups.

“Contrasting colours, too,” says Johnson. “It makes it look pretty.”

She is chopping away with a knife while her mother, Lynda Peters, who co-owns It’s Lunch Time! with her, is in the other corner of the kitchen making croutons.

The two are making organic bagged lunches to be dropped off at Whitehorse schools in just three more hours.

Parents place their orders a la carte style through their website – www.itslunchtimewhitehorse.com – and then look forward to at least one morning a week that they do not have to bag a lunch for their children.

So, that is a lot of fruit cups that need to be prepared … and a lot of chopping.

Isn’t there a machine that can do that for you?

Peters answers for her: “There is an artisan factor to this.”

“It’s nice to know someone made your lunch,” Johnson adds. “It’s home made.”

She stresses the word, “home,” to underscore her meaning.

The fruits were bought the day before for freshness. But some fruits keep for a while, so they can still shop for bargains.

“The mangoes cost $4 each,” says Johnson. “But they look so good.”

But none are from Mexico, says Peters.

“Mexico has some of the leastregulated produce out there,” Johnson explains. “But we do get organic tomatoes from Mexico this time of the year.

“I just trust the higher powers that it’s good.”

That is the frustration faced by anyone wanting to eat organic: Are some manufacturers just jumping on the bandwagon? Can government inspectors be everywhere? Is an organic option even available sometimes?

This is why It’s Lunch Time! promises parents that they will provide organic or “the most natural and/or local ingredients of the highest quality.”

For instance, says Johnson, “it is hard to find organic cheese in the quantity we need, and the price is outrageous, so our cheese is Canadian and no modified milk ingredients and no colouring.

“It is the best you can get without going organic.”

This is important, according to a $25-million study by Britain’s Newcastle University, sponsored by the European Union. Researchers found that organic food has up to 40 percent

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Lynda Peters builds chicken caesar salads at the It’s Lunch Time! kitchen in Takhini on Thursday morning. The family business has found a niche serving organic school lunches in Whitehorse.

more cancer-fighting and heart-beneficial antioxidants – 60 percent more in organic dairy products.

And organic foods are more nutritional, equaling an extra serving of fruit and vegetables each day.

This study contradicts some other studies, including one by Stanford University, that shows organic and non-organic foods have identical nutritional value. When it comes to pesticide, which has been linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, researchers found organic foods have only 30 percent less detectable pesticide levels.

Still, for Johnson and Peters, organic meals are the best they can offer: “I am a firm believer that nutrition is a behavioural modifier for all of us,” says Peters.

“The better we eat, and the more thoughtfully we eat, the healthier we are.”

This devotion to healthy food means grocery shopping in all of the city’s stores.

Peters holds up a small container of pumpkin and sunflower seeds: “The only place you can get them is Riverside Grocery. We roast them in organic canola oil and put on some chili powder and salt.

“One child always orders a couple of them to bring home to his mother.”

Meanwhile, the croutons are almost ready for the oven. Peters has finished cubing the ends of the homemade organic bread loafs, lightly peppered them and is now pouring on butter – “real butter,” she points out.

“It smells really, really great; and all of the kids line up to get one,” says Peters.

“We brag about having the

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Echo Johnson and Lynda Peters work to fill their Thursday orders for school lunches.

best-smelling daycare in town,” adds Johnson.

“The Safety Network, upstairs,” says Peters, looking up toward their upstairs neighbours, “eat your hearts out.”

Johnson laughs, and then admits, “We just turn on the air exchanger and the smell goes straight up.”

For those who are keeping track,

you can count the number of ingredients in those croutons on one hand.

“The food is so basic,” says Johnson. “To people, that tastes so good; it is real stuff; it seems to make all the difference.

“The teachers who buy it (at the schools they deliver bagged lunches to) just rave about it and give us really good feedback.”

Besides school lunches, they offer catering services – birthdays, weddings, funerals – with the same philosophy of good, simple foods.

“We did Mardi Bras,” says Peters.

“It was awesome.”

“There were 300 people there,” adds Johnson. “They had called us because they were looking for healthy options.”

Johnson and Peters pick up their coffees – organic blends from Bean North – and ponder the bigger questions.

“I keep wondering what is so special about this,” says Johnson.

“We are foodies,” answers her mother.

“Yeah, we cook like this at home all of the time. This is not special to us.”

The two of them hope that parents will educate themselves about nutrition because it is so important to the development of their children.

Johnson is close to finishing her diploma in advanced nutrition. She hopes she can then speak with more authority when she says things like, “Don’t feed your child a Nutri-Grain Bar and think it is healthy because it says ‘Nutri-’ on the package.

“Read the label; see what’s in there.

You might as well give them a chocolate bar.”

“Unless it’s dark chocolate,” chimes in Peters, adding, “We have one of the highest ratios of two-job families here, and fast food restaurants thrive on them picking something up on their way to another activity.”

“Look at me,” says Johnson, “I have a job, three kids who are uberinvolved, a husband, and I work out.

“I can do it.”

Darrell Hookey is a freelance writer living in Whitehorse.

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Give Obama room on environment, urges Wall Canadian Press

OTTAWA he Harper government needs to bring in long-delayed regulations on the oil and gas industry to burnish Canada’s environmental credentials and help win pipeline approvals, says Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.

Or maybe not. It depends on which response to the same question one takes from the same Wall scrum with reporters.

Wall joins a chorus of voices, including some in Canada’s oil patch, who have suggested regulatory foot-dragging by the Conservative government has not been strategically beneficial for the energy sector.

The popular Saskatchewan premier, considered a potential future federal Conservative leadership contender, stoutly defended Canada’s oil and gas export aspirations in a speech to the conservative Manning Centre’s annual conference.

“This is a good thing for our country, for yours,” said Wall. “We ought to be proud of it. We ought never to be ashamed we have these things the world wants.”

But speaking with reporters afterwards, Wall said more emphasis on environmental issues is required to win the needed political and social licence to transport oil to market.

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Wall said Ottawa and the provinces have based their arguments in favour of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline on the project’s economic merits – an argument that Wall believes Canada has won.

Yet approval of Alberta-to-Texas pipeline is mired in U.S. domestic politics and awaits a decision from President Barack Obama.

“This is not second-guessing what any of us did,” said Wall.

“What we now need to do, though, is pivot to the environment.”

“I think we all should have been giving the administration in the United States more environmental elbow room in our recent trips to Washington.”

Wall’s comments were followed at the Manning conference by a speech from Jim Prentice, the CIBC executive who previously served as Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s environment minister.

“As conservatives we must believe in and establish and enforce world-class regulatory and monitoring standards,” Prentice told the gathering.

He added that “any country’s environmental ambition will only ever be as good as the regulations that support it.”

The federal Conservatives have said since 2007 that they would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by imposing regulations on industrial sectors.

But the federal government has so far avoided the fastest-growing

“I’m not disputing the importance of oil and gas regulations, but I’m saying we can give our American friends the environmental licence and encouragement on Keystone without them, just based on our record and based on the fact that if we’re harmonizing our emissions targets with them,” he said.

The same policy uncertainty seems to be seizing the oil and gas industry itself.

Last spring, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers privately lobbied the Harper government in a memo to delay implementing regulations because the “social licence benefits are uncertain.”

However in a speech in Ottawa in December, Shell Canada presiAlex Panetta/The Canadian Press dent Lorraine Mitchelmore urged Saskatchewan Premier Brad wall listens during a meeting in the government to spur industry Washington, D.C., Wednesday. Wall says he’s ready to iminnovation by introducing the longpose a modest levy on the oil-and-gas sector if it helps buy delayed regulations. some goodwill in Washington.

“Federal regulations will add pressure to innovate. It is a great was emphatic. and most contentious sector, oil policy tool for innovation and it “We need those regulations to and gas. will signal to the world that Canada This despite an unusually direct come forward,” said the premier. is stepping up to do its part.”

“We need to make sure we’ve public appeal by the then-U.S. Harper’s previous environment struck the balance in terms of the ambassador to Canada last Februminister said about this time last economy and the environment, but year that the oil and gas regulations ary after Obama’s state-of-theunion speech urged swift action on that’s not the only environmental would be coming by summer 2013. leeway or licence we can offer or climate change.

Peter Kent was replaced last July by “We all need to do as much as we promote to our American friends.” Leona Aglukkaq.

He noted Saskatchewan is investcan. And that is true in your counHarper, in a December interview ing heavily in a clean coal project. try and in mine,” David Jacobson with Global TV, punted the regulaYet Wall, at another point in the tions off the political agenda by saysaid at the time. same scrum Friday, contradicted Asked Friday about the longing new rules would be introduced delayed oil and gas regulations, Wall himself. “over the next couple of years.”

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Coal company to pay millions for violating water pollution limits, will cut toxic discharges Dina Cappiello Associated Press

WASHINGTON ne of the nation’s largest coal producers will pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce illegal toxic discharges into hundreds of waterways across five Appalachian states, according to a proposed settlement Wednesday.

The agreement includes the largest fine ever for violations of water pollution permits. The Associated Press obtained details about the settlement before it was filed Wednesday in federal court in West Virginia.

The discharges occurred in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, “This is the largest one, period,” Cynthia Giles, head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement office, told the AP. “It’s the biggest case for permit violations for numbers of violations and size of the penalty, which reflects the seriousness of violations.”

The government says that between 2006 and 2013, Alpha Natural Resources Inc. and dozens of subsidiaries violated water pollution limits in state-issued permits more than 6,000 times. They discharged heavy metals and other contaminants harmful to fish and other wildlife from nearly 800 outfall pipes directly into rivers, streams and tributaries, according to the government.

Monitoring records attached to the complaint show that in some cases, the releases exceeded permit limits by 35 times.

Under the agreement, the mine operators will install wastewater treatment systems and take other measures aimed at reducing discharges from 79 active coal mines and 25 coal-processing plants in

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those five states.

Bristol, Va.-based Alpha, the nation’s third largest coal supplier, estimates those steps will cost about $200 million.

Gene Kitts, Alpha’s vice-president for environmental affairs, said the company, which has 700 state water permits and 5,000 different discharge points, is in compliance with the Clean Water Act 99.8 per cent of the time.

“That’s a strong record of compliance,” Kitts said in a statement.

“But our goal is to do even better, and the consent decree provides an opportunity to proactively focus on improving the less than 1 per cent of the time that permits are exceeded.”

Half of the $27.5 million fine will go to the federal government; the other half will be divided among West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.

“Today’s agreement is good news for communities across Appalachia, who have too often been vulnerable to polluters who disregard the law,” said Robert G. Dreher, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

The settlement comes nearly two months after the water supply for 300,000 people in and around Charleston, W. Va., was temporarily undrinkable after the spill of a coalcleaning chemical on the banks of the Elk River.

Last month, a ruptured pipe underneath a coal ash impoundment at a Duke Energy power plant polluted the waters of the Dan River in North Carolina. State environmental officials in that case have cited Duke for not obtaining the proper permits for discharges into waterways.

The settlement with Alpha covers a different source of water pollution from coal – from mines and from the processing plants were the coal is

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Still, for the Obama administration, the settlement is likely to generate more criticism from the coal industry, their lobbyists and supporters in Congress. They have said that this administration is going after coal with new regulations aimed at reducing mercury and other toxic air pollutants from power plant smokestacks, as well as the first-ever proposal to reduce carbon from yet-to-be-built coal-fired power plants.

But when it comes to water and coal, the administration mostly has played catch-up.

The EPA says coal mining and the burning of coal for electricity are some of the largest sources of water pollution in the country. But the agency has struggled to get a hold on the problem.

Efforts by the EPA to address pollution from mountaintop coal mines have been vacated by a federal court. That decision is under appeal.

There are no federal limits on the vast majority of chemicals that power plants pipe directly into rivers, streams and reservoirs. The EPA last year proposed setting limits on a few of the compounds, in what would be the first update since 1982.

Also, more than five years after a spill from a coal ash pond in Tennessee covered 300 acres, the EPA has not issued rules governing the disposal of coal ash.

Before Wednesday’s settlement, Alpha already was hurting. Last year, the company lost $1.1 billion on total revenues of $4.9 billion.

The company acquired Massey Energy in 2011, and more than half of the violations covered by the new settlement stemmed from that company’s operations. Massey was fined $20 million in 2008 by the federal government for similar violations of water pollution laws.

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Failed Alberta bitcoin bank blames technical flaw for digital currency heist Bill Graveland

bitcoin’s current trading value.

“Flexcoin was attacked and robbed of all coins in the hot wallet,” the CALGARY company reported on its website. “As n Alberta-based online “bank” Flexcoin does not have the resources, specializing in bitcoins is blaming assets, or otherwise to come back from a technical flaw for the theft of its this loss, we are closing our doors imdigital currency that forced it to close mediately.” its doors this week.

An email to the company requestIn a statement on its website, ing comment was not immediately Flexcoin says 896 bitcoins were stolen returned. But the website did provide from its online vault. That translates into a loss of about $600,000, based on details on how the company thinks the Canadian Press

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theft happened.

“The attacker successfully exploited a flaw in the code which allows transfers between Flexcoin users,” it said.

Flexcoin said by sending thousands of simultaneous requests, the attacker was able to move coins from one user account to another until the sending account was overdrawn.

“This was then repeated through multiple accounts, snowballing the amount, until the attacker withdrew the coins.”

A line in the company’s terms of service says it doesn’t insure any of the bitcoins stored on its system nor is it “liable for any lost bitcoins.”

Flexcoin said it had made every attempt to keep its servers secure and in its three years of existence has repelled thousands of attacks.

“But in the end, this was simply not enough. Having this be the demise of our small company, after the endless hours of work we’ve put in, was never our intent. We’ve failed our customers, our business and, ultimately, the bitcoin community.”

Since its creation in 2009, bitcoin has become popular among tech enthusiasts and risk-seeking investors because it allows people to make one-

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the collapse of Mt. Gox, a major bitcoin exchange, but Sick doesn’t see the latest setback as fatal to bitcoin.

“If (users) are nervous about it, they’ll try to take their bitcoins out and cash them in,” he said.

“If everybody takes a run on the bitcoin bank, essentially the exchange rate will go against them and they’ll get almost nothing. Even though they’ll get all their bitcoins out when they translate them into dollars, they’ll be almost worthless.”

Word of Flexcoin’s demise generated little sympathy on social media.

“The house of cards is tumbling down … two shutdown in two weeks,” wrote one person on Twitter under the handle Dump Harper 2015.

“To all the fools who both believe in bitcoins and have lost gobs of money, don’t worry, there’s always Monopoly and Canadian Tire money to feed your silly habit,” added another with the handle We Have Liftoff.

There was only one post on Flexcoin Facebook page that appeared to come from someone who lost bitcoins in the theft.

“Plyz i beg u return my hard earned btc. dats my hard earned money”, said a post by Nikhil Kumar Mansinghka.

to-one transactions, buy goods and services and exchange money across borders without involving banks, credit card issuers or other third parties. Criminals like bitcoin for the same reasons.

It’s hard to know just how many people worldwide own bitcoins, but the currency attracted media attention and the fascination of millions as an increasing number of large retailers such as Overstock.com began to accept it.

A professor from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary said it’s probable the heist was the work of organized crime.

“I think a lot of the hackers with an intent to take commercial advantage seem to be in Russia and China and, I would imagine, a fair number of them are in the Middle East,” said Gordon Sick.

“It’s perhaps already being spent to buy some arms or drugs.”

Registered in Alberta, Flexcoin billed itself as the first bitcoin bank that allowed users to store their bitcoins in a centralized location so that they could be accessed from any web-connected device.

The closure came just a week after

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WHO urging people to limit sugar calories to below 10% or below 5% if possible Canadian Press

TORONTO he World Health Organization is again urging people to lower the amount of sugar they eat, suggesting there are health benefits to restricting so-called free sugars to less than five per cent of one’s dietary intake.

For the average adult, that would be about six teaspoons (30 millilitres) of sugar a day – less than the sugar contained in a single can of sugar-sweetened soda.

For children, it could be as low as three teaspoons (15 ml) of sugar a day, said Dr. Francesco Branca, director of the WHO’s department of nutrition for health and development.

In draft recommendations issued Wednesday, the Geneva-based global health agency said people should limit their intake of sugar to no more than 10 per cent of their daily calorie intake, but if they could get to five per cent, that would be better.

“The five per cent would probably be the ideal one and the 10 per cent is the more realistic one,” Branca said in a teleconference for journalists.

Both would likely be a stretch for many Canadians.

Statistics Canada does not have data that teases out what proportion of Canadians’ calorie intake comes from free sugars versus intrinsic sugars.

Free sugars are sugars added to foods by manufacturers, cooks or the people eating the food – brown sugar on oatmeal, for example – as well as natural sugars found in fruit juices, honey, syrups and molasses. Intrinsic sugars are the sugars in whole foods like fruit;

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intrinsic sugars are not included in the WHO intake limit recommendations.

The sugar in an orange is intrinsic. The sugar in orange juice – freshly squeezed or from concentrate – is free sugar.

The most recent Canadian data, from the 2004 Canadian Consumer Health Survey, shows that on average Canadians consumed 110 grams of sugar a day that year – the equivalent of 26 teaspoons (130 ml) of sugar. Sugar calories made up 21.4 per cent of the average Canadian’s total calorie intake.

Didier Garriguet, a senior analyst with Statistics Canada, said because of the way the data were collected, there is no way to break out the free sugar intake from the total sugar intake. Garriguet said a nutritional survey planned for 2015 should provide a clearer picture of the breakdown of sugars in Canadians’ diets.

The WHO draft recommendations differ from earlier iterations in setting the target of less than five per cent. The less than 10 per cent recommendation has been WHO policy since the late 1980s.

The draft recommendations will be open for public comment for the rest of March, after which the WHO and scientific advisers will finalize the guidance.

The recommendations are likely to be contentious. And nutrition experts who have been waiting for the recommendations expect pushback from the food industry, which would need to dramatically reformulate products if consumers were to be able to meet the targets and still eat prepared and packaged foods.

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Branca said he doesn’t anticipate the same degree of opposition this time.

But in an interview before the release of the draft guidance,

Canadian obesity expert Dr. Yoni Freedhoff predicted the recommendations would lead to heated debate.

“There’s going to be fierce lobbying. Fierce, fierce, fierce.”

Sugars are added to many foods – things like breakfast cereals, sauces, baked goods and condiments. A tablespoon of ketchup, for instance, contains about one teaspoon (five ml) of sugar.

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added sugars have many names – molasses, sucrose, fructose, anhydrous dextrose, malt syrup and honey, to name just some. So spotting exactly how much added sugar there is in prepared foods is no easy thing.

The recommendations look at limiting sugar intake in relation to lowering the risk of obesity and tooth decay, two conditions scientific studies suggest are linked to excess sugar consumption.

The report said consideration was also given to looking at the evidence related to sugar intake and two other conditions – heart disease and diabetes. But in the end the focus remained on obesity and tooth decay.

In Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation began a consultation process this week to determine if it should recommend that Canadians restrict the portion of their daily calories that come from sugar.

It is considering following the lead of the American Heart Association, which suggests that added sugars make up no more than half of one’s daily discretionary caloric allowance, which it says would be no more than 100 calories or six teaspoons (30 ml) a day for most American women and 150 calories a day or about nine teaspoons (45 ml) of sugar for men.

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Marten Berkman tests his 3-D interactive collaboration with designer Baptiste Bohelay, projection interieure projection, at his studio in Golden Horn on Monday. The installation opens tonight at Arts Underground.

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out on the landscape.”

A beautiful image of a pristine wilderness, devoid of humans or their arten Berkman has spent a activity, doesn’t tell enough of a story good part of his life phototo satisfy Berkman. “We have this idea graphing majestic landscapes of pristine nature and I am challenged in far flung places, like Ellesmere by that, because if we leave ourselves Island, Baffin Island, Ivvavik National out of the picture, are we saying that Park and the Nahanni River. we don’t belong there?”

In the past, he brought those landBerkman found stereography, or scapes back to the urban world for a 3-D photography, to be a good way to viewing audience. get closer to immersion, which lends That model has its limitations for itself to exploring these ideas. the artist.

Video installation was another “Its been wonderful to bring what I step in that direction, providing more find joyful in landscape, to share that, sensory material to hint towards and photography is great for that,” said human-nature relationships.

Berkman. “But I’ve also been chal“I really wanted to push it into a lenged by the fact that the photograph quasi-sculptural realm, tactile – for me doesn’t reflect the tensions that are oc- there’s something very sensual about curring in that place, and often doesn’t that. We’re not passive viewers of the include people.” landscape, because, in a sense, that Berkman wanted to explore ideas perpetuates the very issues we have about humanity’s relationship to the with the land.” landscape, in all its permutations.

Now, in his latest evolution, he “The tensions are over values that wants to bring the viewer directly into occur in the same geography. Those the landscape with him. who view it for its beauty, those who The plan is to do just that, digitally view it for its spiritual value. Those speaking. who view it for it’s mineral potential.

Starting today at Arts UnderThose who view it for it’s tourism and ground, projection interieure projection is Berkman’s first experiment with economic potential. Since I moved here 23 years ago, I’ve seen how those interactive digital installation, and also his first collaboration with tech design aspects of our nature play themselves News Staff

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“Something I definitely did not want was a literal reflection. I played with the idea of using thermal cameras, to pick up just the low wavelengths off of people in a gallery space. I might still do that, I didn’t want a mirror of ourselves,” said Berkman. “That, for me, can speak more, and allow the viewer to interpret it themselves. It leaves it open. What part of ourselves is reflected in landscape?

What part belongs there? What part connects with it?”

“The concept came naturally, projecting people into the space was the natural way to work together,” said Bohelay. “I was really amazed how easily things matched together, and how Ian Stewart/Yukon News Baptiste Bohelay fine tunes the interactive programming for we collaborate in such a smooth way.”

It doesn’t hurt that they’re neighthe installation. bours as well. They often conducted their collaborations by skijoring back man. “As soon as I learned about his wizard Baptiste Bohelay. and forth between their respective cabwork, I introduced myself and it’s Bohelay, originally from Paris, has ins in Golden Horn. been a blast. He’s incredibly talented a background in sound design and “It was this beautiful thing, outmusic, but he found his niche in inter- in programming and design, and very doors, close to the land, and low tech,” playful as well.” activity and programming. said Berkman.

“And on the other hand, Bohelay designed a program, using When Bohelay recommended we’re working with media that is the the Kinect sensor, to bring the viewer investing in a Kinect sensor to the other end of the spectrum, it is very Yukon Film Society, Berkman’s interest into Berkman’s 3-D photos and videos. technologically intensive, and I just The viewer won’t actually see themwas piqued. love that combination of those two selves in the landscape, but an ghostly worlds.”

“This was the first time I’d heard animated textural avatar that corresanybody in the Yukon talking about Contact Ian Stewart at ponds to their shape and movements. sensors and interactivity,” said Berkistewart@yukon-news.com

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Sponsored by Yukon Yamaha Derek Charlton Kris Schneider

COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Sponsored by Yukon College Coordinator: Chelsea Best Ross Spencer Stewart Morrissette Natasha Mewett Umeka Naidoo Nichole Asprey GRAD CHALLENGE Sponsored by Canadian Tire & TD Bank Coordinator: Reba Parris-Beckett Erin Dewar Joe Beckett Craig Mitchell Dominique Ryan Megan Stonehouse

FAMILY WILDERNESS CHALLENGE

Sponsored by Yukon College Coordinator: Todd Pilgrim Tom Beach Fred Lauk

AX THROW

Sponsored by Solid Gold Communications Coordinator: Cindy Roulston Board Champion: Bonita Tarr Shawn Roulston Rastus Maxfield Scott Westerlaken Sandy Reynolds Michele Roulston Susan Green Mark Berscheid Buddie Lynn Maxfield Sharleen Patterson Francis Wainwright

THE FLOUR PACKING

Sponsored by Yukon Electric Ltd. Coordinator: Ed Lockington Board Champions: Lee Stevens & Marj Eschak Darren Murphy Nick Ball Amir Dembner Shawn MacLellan Orion Wanner

TRUCK PULL

Sponsored by Matco Coordinators & Board Champions: Bonita Tarr & Bud McCue Cheryl Carey Harold Cowx

Debbie Kelly Steve Colp Josh Tarr Jenny Roberts Doug Wilkinson Carrie Wilkinson

ARM WRESTLING Sponsored by Jarvis Street Saloon Coordinator: Todd Pilgrim Fred Lauk Kate McConnell

THE BABE SOUTHWICK MEMORIAL DOG SLED RACES Sponsored by RBC Royal Bank & RBC Dominion Securities Coordinator: Mandy Johnson Board Champion: Marj Eschak Chey Louefi Ron Pearson Armin Johnson Spencer Montgomery Daniel Hall Martine Leleviere Jessica Simon Lene Rupp Cole Pearson Crystal Olito Heather Desmarois Kim Pearson Al Pope Jim Hyash Heather Robb Dider Moggia

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE

Coordinator & Board Champion: Fay Jensen Fae Jamieson Barb Zaccarelli Debbie Paquette Sean Lee Dan Hall Val Fromme FrancisTaylor April Williams Nick Wozneiwski Nathalie Cabal Lidwein Hanrath Jessie Ponto Larissa Ferland Sheila Sellers Joanne Organ Juliette Bastide Joanne Gueho

Sponsored by Capital Towing & Back Country Construction Produced by: Warren Zakus and Kiara Adams Music by: Keith Todd, Tristan Fox & The All City Band, mixed by Jim Holland Allan Koprowsky Dan Nickason Graema Campbell Oliver Halickman Cindy Roulston Casey Durette Bob Atkinson Ken Speiss Dana Journeay CKRW, 96.1 The Rush Jim Haggerty Paul Gray Mike Ennis Paul Harach

PARTNER PACK Sponsored by Better Bodies Coordinator: Jon Solberg Board Champion: Marj Eshak Adam Kovas Bud McCue Derek Charlton Dale Best Harold Cowx Felix Roy Bruce McKay

HAIRY LEG, BEARD, MUSTACHE & TATTOO

Sponsored by Murdoch’s Gem Shoppe Coordinator: Marjorie Cowell Marjorie Klein Kate White Sourdough Mario

AIR SHOW

Sponsored by Westmark Whitehorse Coordinator & Board Champion: Darren Bartsch Frank Curlew Jack Kinscote Rebecca LaForge Trevor Juby Sirius Security Westmark Whitehorse Jen Stanyer Stephan Burdess Alex Bourgeois Tony Lowther Whitehorse Beverages Air North Capital Helicopters JTFN Whitehorse International Airport Staff 2014 Can-Can Line

AIR SHOW MEET & GREET Sponsored by Westmark Whitehorse Coordinator & Board Champion: Darren Bartsch Janine Arey Jessica Garstin Harmony Hunter Amanda Janssens Darren Bartsch Jacquie VanMarck Derek Hyde Keir Hyde Bailey Staffen Westmark Whitehorse Cathy Henke Jennifer Peterson Snowshoe Shufflers 2014 Can-Can Line

PUB CRAWL

Sponsored by Yukon Brewing Coordinator: Edward Peart Board Champion: Darren Bartsch Stephen McGovern Yukon Alaska Tourist Tours

ALL AGES CONCERT

Sponsored by Castle Rock Enterprises & TD Bank Coordinator: Reba Parris-Beckett Erin Dewar Stephanie Gies Derek & Cara Brown Tyler Dewar Jim Dewar Joe Beckett Megan Stonehouse

LICENCE TO THRILL

Sponsored by Premier Cabs Coordinators: Linda Brandvold & Claire Beach Justin Peterson Brendan Fitzpatrick Dona Novecosky Dean Philpot Francis Wainwright Sandy Reynolds Jessica Ferland Larissa Ponto Joelle Hodgins Jasmine Kaytor Cindy Roulston Cheryl Carey Daniel Adamson Justine McKay June Brandvold Duane Brandvold Bonita Tarr Joanne Gueho George Maratos Stuart Blackie Josh Baretto Mike Tiglik Colin Fenerty Tana Tarr Tom Beach Polly Beach John Streicker Alicia Lesniak Mia Lee Phoenix Hair Salon Better Bodies Adult Temptations Sportees Boston Pizza G&P’s Steak House Youth at Risk Program

PARTY ON THE WATERFRONT

Sponsored by Lotteries Yukon, YTG Tourism & Culture, and Canadian Heritage Derek Charlton Jon Solberg Claire Beach Harold Cowx

Lana Laviolette Owen Laviolette Jenna Paton Dona Novecosky Vikki Quocksister Linda Brandvold Colin Fenerty Araica McPhee Glenn McPhee Micah McPhee Klaus Berthold Carla Weber Jessica Ponto Sebastien Bernier Marianna Lahais Sean & Wendy Springford Denali Ducharme Joel Gaetz Kris Schneider Bruce McKay Val Bumstead

2014 CAN-CAN LINE

Sponsored by Air North Choreographers & Managers: Kate Fitzgerald, Rebecca Reynolds Co-manager: Miscal Avano-Nesgaard Drivers: Duncan Johnstone, Chris Pinkerton, Dave Blottner & Dave Pharand

Can-Can Dancers Brianne Bremmer Karen Wienberg Katie Hill Katrina Wohlfarth Mollie Lang Stephanie Macklon Erin Lynn Rich Alex Hill Carolina Perez Jennifer Dagg Lyndsey Hamilton Iris Binger Monica Nordling Rachel Edelman Shannon L’Heureux Shannon Stocksill McGill

CAN-CAN SUPPORTERS

Air North Peak Fitness Salon Centre Rose Stuckless Boston Pizza Earls Restaurant GBP Creative Shoppers Drug Mart Sportees Active Wear Tony’s Pizza Sam n Andy’s Westmark Whitehorse Guild Hall Northern Lights School of Dance Adult Temptations Driving Force Marj Eschak Shirley Andrews & Sandra Pryor

CHARICATURIST Sponsored by Stantec Coordinator: Derek Charlton Mark Siermaczeski Tracey Anderson Alicia Lesniak Colin Fenerty Suzanne Kasper

TENT & PARK SETUP/TEAR DOWN Coordinator: Jon Solberg Harold Cowx Adam Kovas Bud McCue Jessica Ponto James Wiedow Bruce McKay Landon Kulych

Ed Tritscher Joe DeGraff Arctic Backhoe Dale Best Daniel Adamson William Obertos Vikki Quocksister Darren Braun Marc Boulerice Dexter Kotylak Parks & Recreation Staff Public Works Staff Daniel Hall Ryan Kola Felix Roy Rose Webster Cam Webber Keith Forsgren Bill Hodgkinson Derek Johnston Jim West Gordon Smith

TENT ENTERTAINMENT Coordinators: Jon Solberg & Vicki Quocksister Mary Seeley Joan Wilson Dale Best John Streiker Sharon Shorty Larry Bagnell Amy Law Marjie Cowell

QUEENS 2014

“Elizabeth Foubister (Miss Thaw Di Gras) Samantha Darling (Miss Molotov & Bricks) Melanie Brais (Miss North of Ordinary) Kimberly Graw (Miss Shay-Per) Katy Kasper (Miss Jarvis Street Saloon) Paula Dupuis (Miss Back County Construction) Cyndi White (Hougen’s Ltd,) Melanie Brais (Miss North of Ordinary) Nadia Casselman (Miss Arctic Backhoe) Fleuressa Smith (Miss Whitehorse Motors) Kelsea Whittaker (Miss Brewery Bay Chalet) Megan Fuller (Miss Home Hardware) Janelle Hagar (Miss Yukon College)”

QUEENS COURT 2014

2014 Queen: Elizabeth Foubister (Miss Thaw Di Gras) 1st Princess: Samantha Darling (Miss Molotov & Bricks) 2nd Princess: Melanie Brais (Miss North of Ordinary) Miss Congeniality: Kimberly Graw (Miss Shay-Per)

QUEENS REUNION MEET & GREET Sibell Hackney Debbie Winston Patsy Birmingham Reba Parris-Beckett

QUEEN REUNION GRAND BALL & DINNER

Coordinators: Reba Parris-Beckett & Sibell Hackney Katherine Traplin Dominique Ryan Sheila & Dennis Senger Norma Risby Carrie Jackson Patsy Birmingham

Joe Beckett Chris Webb Stephanie Gies

QUEENS FASHION SHOW

Sponsored by The Yukon Inn Coordinator: Reba Parris-Beckett Stephanie Gies Dominique Ryan Becky Burton Amy Hotte Marjie Cowell Carrie Jackson Carrie Wilkinson Joe Beckett Anthony Trombetta Kate McConnell

QUEENS LUNCHEON

Sponsored by Yukon College Board Champion: Fabi Naves Frances Wainwright Sandy Raynolds Roxanne Paul Lee Bowers Cayla Stevenson Jessica Diakow Teagan Lee Telek Strauss Tamara Fischer Carrie Wilkinson Josh Regnier Marco Paquet Anand Raotadepelli Megan Russell Amy Hotte Girl Guides

QUEENS TEA & SOCIAL

Coordinator: Myrna Kingscote Marcella Brown Rena Fendrick Girl Guides of Canada Joyce Fuller Angie Dornan Linda Cox Marion Thomsen Tom Thomsen Jack Kingscote Brooke VanKoughnett Rowan Nehring Sara Griffiths Felicia L’Heureux Erin Cross Pat Kohler Shirley Jarvis Barb Zaccarelli Rosalie Rodgers Kim Solonick Amelia Swizdaryk Ron Swizdaryk Sybil Hackney Katrina Josie Hailey Rough Jericka Loiselle Kristina Rough Mary Bradshaw 2014 Queen Candidates Ann Dibbs Moira Glenn Arla Repka Merton Friesen Pat Dawe Liz Nemeth Jenessa Tlen Norma Armstrong Wynne Anderson-Lindsay Hannah Cross Ed Isaac Lana Rae Cathy Miller

QUEENS CROWING

Sponsored by Superior Propane Board Champion: Fabi Naves Frances Wainwright Sandy Raynolds Roxanne Paul Lee Bowers

Cayla Stevenson Billie Shipman Vannessa Fischer Jessica Diakow Teagan Lee Telek Strauss Tamara Fischer Carrie Wilkinson Kate McConnell Norine Vankoughnett Josh Regnier Marco Paquet Anand Raotadepelli Megan Russell Amy Hotte Fay Jensen

QUEENS SUPPORTERS

Taits Trailer Sales Debbie Winston Brewery Bay Chalet Klondike Cakes Adult Temptations Extra Foods Super “A” Porter Creek Yukon Women in Trades Stacey’s Butcher Block Sportees Boston Pizza Yukon Brewing Yukon Inn Wines by Design M&M Meat Shop Shoes R US Macs Fireweed Book Store Warehouse One-The Jean Store Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters Shay’Per Personal Care Studio Great Canadian Dollar Store Marsh Lake Tents & Events Myrna’s Best Friend Costumes Klondike Travel

SAM EVENTS 2014 SAMS/SAM ALUM Sam 2014 Musha Luva Stefan Saunders Sourtoe Mario Nathan Brown Karate Kid Dustin Neufeld Jacques ”Lecoq” Grande Terence Tait Old Miner Joe MacLellan Paul Davy Joe Beaudoin Kevin Fisher Jeff Brewster (MC) Gerry “Pappy Sam” Wiens Mitch Meda Sam 2013 Josh Carr Jonathan Leger Stu Campbell

SAM SPONSORS Wines By Design Whitehorse Motors (Tina Woodland) P&M Recycling Yukon Meat & Sausage (Ralph & Sandra Wohlfarth) Kutters Hairstyling (Melanie Graham) Remax Jarvis Street Saloon Ramada Hotel

Northern Vision Station 141 Carpet Clean C&D Foods UBrew Yukon Inland Kenworth The Source A&W Total Fire Protection Tony’s Pizzeria Bocelli’s Pizza Griffith’s Heating Head To Toe (Meaghan & Kaci) The Color Bar (Devon) Alexis Delege Jon Schmidt Ian Stallabrass Mary Lumbers Kate McConnell Keeley Davignon Kimberly Hunter

2014 SNOWSHOE SHUFFLERS Lake Laberge Marj Eschak Gold Claim Lorraine Heynen Gold Dust Darlene Morgan Mystical Melanie Graham Calamity Sam Witham Lucky Strike Lindsay Agar Blackjack Jane Haydock Aurora Laurialis McCrory Tricky Vicky Stallabrass Musical Marjie Cowell Jefferson Mwakireti Downright Dirty Denise Homenchuk Stephan Burgess Kayla Dewdney Sylvia Savage Sharon Kelly Chantelle Morcombe Kala Fuder Kim Lelievre Kim Hunter Erin Ewing Kerri Thompson Kendra Kulych Samantha Best Dale Best Chelsea Best Robin Wallace Maria Moore Theresa Beaudoin Lee Stevens Karina Watson Fred Farkvam Mary Jane Hazel Allison Nicole Asprey Brenda Buren Darlene Paquet Paul Buren Michelle Lines Kylie Budzinski Jasmine Kaytor Elizabeth Richards Carrie Wilkinson Kris Hildebrand Cindy Emke Nika Young Darcy Laliberty Bob Collins Emerald Gillespie Mike Bellon Richard Graham Doug Graham

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2014 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival

2014 YSR Board of Directors President: Marj Eschak VP of eVents: Tracy Anderson VP of deVeloPment: Reba Parris-Beckett VP of Public relations: Lee Stevens secretary: Miriam Smith treasurer: Fabi Naves

OFFICE STAFF & VOLUNTEERS Executive Director: Jon Solberg Assistant Manager: Claire Beach Office Administrator: Linda Brandvold Connie Dublenko Miriam Smith Jean Webster Derek Charlton Jasmine Kaytor Jennessa Tlen Vicky Stallabrass Selena Kaytor

GENERAL VOLUNTEERS Jasmine Kaytor Selena Kaytor Adam Sernoskie Harold Cox Nancy Deasty Bruce McKay JJ Simpson Adam Morrison

INFO BOOTH/ REGISTRATION Coordinator: Derek Charlton Tracey Anderson Miriam Smith Lidwien Hanrath Catherine Wood Lee Stevens Cheryl McCormick

CONCESSION/ VOLUNTEER MEALS

Sponsored by Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous & Whitehorse Beverages Coordinator: Brenda Buren Darlene Paquet Elvina Charlton Colin Fenerty Joanne VanderMeulen Sylvie Bellefontaine Miranda Amos Rory Scott Michelle Lines Derek Charlton

MERCHANDISE SALES (MAIN TENT) Coordinator: Derek Charlton Colin Fenerty Suzanne Kasper Jean Webster Rose Webster Gail Rushton Tracey Anderson

GARTER MAKERS Connie Dublenko Gail Rushton

YSR MASCOT & HANDLER Jeff Thistle Bonita Tarr Polly Beach Josh Tarr Joanne Gueho Jennifer Jay

directors: Bonita Tarr, Joanne Gueho, Fay Jensen, Darren Bartsch, Val Bumstead, Kate McConnell, Bud McCue, Norine Vankoughnett, Cindy Roulston.

VOLUNTEER LOUNGE

Sponsored by Whitehorse Beverages & Coca Cola Coordinator: Joanne Gueho Jasmine Kaytor Miriam Smith Tracey Anderson Polly Beach Josh Tarr Norine Vankoughnett Catherine Wood Mike Tiglik

BARRICADES Russ Ackland Adam Kovas Bud McCue Mark Berscheid Harold Cowx Daniel Hall Felix Roy Julian Richards

STREETFEST & PARTY ON MAIN

Sponsored by Outside the Cube Coordinator: Derek Charlton Board Champion: Darren Bartsch Araica McPhee Glenn McPhee Denali Ducharme Joel Gaetz Colin Fenerty Tracey Anderson Miriam Smith Vicky Stallabrass Jon Solberg Jessica Ponto Linda Brandvold Claire Beach Harold Cowx Bonita Tarr Val Bumstead Sabine Morehouse Crew from Frostbite Yukon Don Watt Benjamin Geisler Ron Servatious Steve Hare Dayne Benn Wesley Frewin Conor Quigley Michael States Rose Webster Chad Milford Gavin Storey Bud McCue Dale Best Adam Kovacs James Wiedow Joanne Gueho Alicia Lesniak Sebastien Bernier Alain Labries Helen Mui Melissa Chalmers Jeff Gartshore Joanne VanderMeulen Frank Turner Everyone from Muktuk Kennels Suzanne Kasper Deanna Cornfield Entire Snowcarving Crew Bruce McKay Steve Gardner Lindsay Agar Joseph Bannon Sylvie Bellefontain Alfred Au Charles Munro

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Dee Dee Adams David Ducharme Chane Carpenter Barbara Geroux Elder Weber Elder Bains Brenda Buren Michele Liens Darlene Paquette Elvina Charlton Selena Kaytor Jasmine Kaytor Lana Laviolette Owen Laviolette Angie Lane Rex Javar Neil Scheffer Mark Cowcill Bill Charron Jerry Sudchak Megan Llorente

SUPERSTAR!

Sponsored by Yukon Energy Coordinator: Derek Charlton Araica McPhee Glenn McPhee Colin Fenerty Sabine Morehouse Fawn Fritzen Janet Patterson Sebastien Bernier Angela Quinn Rob “Roxx” Hunter Gillian Campbell Brenda Buren Darlene Paquette Marj Eschak Yukon Arts Centre Staff & Volunteers

SHUFFLER SOIREE

Brought to you by Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Coordinators: Derek Charlton & Jon Solberg Lorraine Heynen Darlene Morgan Doris Wurfbaum Jane Haydock Dale Best Tamara Dawn Bruce McKay Bill Charron Victoria Taylor Sylvia Savage Sharon Kelly Rob “Roxx” Hunter Laurie McCrory Melanie Graham Leanne Brassard Sam Hadley Samantha Best Judy Brown Amy Law Adam Cripps Kerri Thompson Brenda Buren Marj Eschak Gillian Campbell & Band Vicky Stallabrass Lindsay Agar Carla Weber Deanna Cornfield Denali Ducharme Harold Cowx Chantelle Morcombe

DOREEN HILDEBRAND BUSINESS DÉCOR CONTEST Sponsored by Total Fire Protection Artists: Diana Mulloy, Carrie Jackson, Juliann Fraser, Naomi Wedge Derek Charlton John Streiker Karen Rhebergen Vicky Stallabrass Laurie McCrory Lindsay Agar Miriam Smith

LAKE LABERGE MARJ WIND-UP SOIREE

Sponsored by Marj Eschak Coordinator: Reba Parris-Beckett Stephanie Gies Becky Buton Marjie Cowell Darren Bartsch Joe Beckett

MINI GIANT BINGO

Coordinator: Bonita Tarr Jon Solberg Cindy Roulston Debbie Kelly Judy Brown Vicki Quocksister Cheryl Carey

NORTHWESTEL SPELLING BEE Sponsored by Northwestel Coordinator: Kris Hildebrand Board Champion: Marj Eschak Patrick Rouble John Streicker Leah Wittrock Angie Lane

RENDEZVOUS WRAP-UP PARADE Coordinator: Val Bumstead Greg Meredith Keystone Kops

PET PARADE & DOG HOWLING Sponsored by The Feed Store Coordinator: Miriam Smith Shaylene Pluck Albert Bill Amanda Holland Jennifer Moorlag Lynne LeBarge Carrie Dillabough Hoby Irwin Megan Chokan-Bradley Heather Gordon Betty Irwin Cris Guppy

ONE DOG PULL Sponsored by Arctic Range Adventure Ltd. Coordinator: Lauren Muir Duncan Stannard Al Stannard Jamie Bowie

KIDSFEST

Sponsored by; Boston Pizza, TD Bank, Eyewerx, Inkspirationz, Castle Rock Enterprises, Coldwell Banker, Superior Courier, Premier Cabs, Canadian Tire, RBC Dominion Securities, RBC Bank &

Angellina’s Toy Boutique Coordinators: Natalie Taylor, Michelle Christensen & Jenny Bonny Girl Guides, Chickadees of Canada & Scouts Camille Luks Nikki Regan Joel Macht Sarah Woods Abbie Turner Christina McGillvray Atlin Shopland Martin Kitchen Ellen Johnson Meagan Yakiwchuk Corrine Gurtler Land Pearson Joanna Plecke Kiera Servatius Sarah Griffiths Brendan Shopland Jordan Shopland Ronan Hopkins Louise Marshall Victoria Ryan Monica Garcia Michelle Boleen Erin Campbell Kelly Mahoney Andrew Lefebvre Garrett Stagg

PRINCE & PRINCESS EXTRAVAGANZA Coordinator: Marjorie Cowell Carl Cowell Karen Barnes Megan Russell Larry Bagnell Tamara Fischer Gillian Campbell Marjorie Klein 2014 Can-Can Line 2014 Queen Candidates

HUMAN BOWLING Sponsored by TELUS Coordinator: Denali Ducharme Joel Gaetz Derek Charlton Colin Fenerty Conor Quigley Wesley Frewin Araica McPhee Glenn McPhee Emilie Joslin Jerry Sudchak Alfred Au Megan Llorente Michael States Dayne Benn Joseph Bannon

HARD WATER CANOE RACES Sponsored by Kanoe People Coordinator: Claire Beach Scott McDougall Joanne McDougall Tom Beach Polly Beach Emily McDougall Whitehorse Elders

CHAINSAW CHUCK

Sponsored by Total Trac (2012) Yukon Inc. Coordinator: Sebastien Bernier Derek Charlton Kris Schneider John Streicker Julie Dery Karine Jalbert

SWEDE SAW Sponsored by Builders Supplyland Lee Stevens Harold Cowx Cindy Roulston

Volunteer Thank You Joann Vander Meulen FIDDLE SHOW Brought to you by MIC MAC Toyota Coordinators: Ken & Sandy Mason Joanne Gueho Rose Webster Sharon Shorty Penny Crosby Jasmine Kaytor Monique Hunkeler Jon Solberg

FIRE DANCERS

Board Champion: Kate McConnell Noli Eastmure Josee Fortin Mark Peschke Simon D’Amours

LOG TOSS Sponsored by Arctic Star Printing Coordinator: Todd Pilgrim Fred Lauk

FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA

MAD/MADAM TRAPPER

Sponsored by Yukon Yamaha Derek Charlton Kris Schneider

COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Sponsored by Yukon College Coordinator: Chelsea Best Ross Spencer Stewart Morrissette Natasha Mewett Umeka Naidoo Nichole Asprey GRAD CHALLENGE Sponsored by Canadian Tire & TD Bank Coordinator: Reba Parris-Beckett Erin Dewar Joe Beckett Craig Mitchell Dominique Ryan Megan Stonehouse

FAMILY WILDERNESS CHALLENGE

Sponsored by Yukon College Coordinator: Todd Pilgrim Tom Beach Fred Lauk

AX THROW

Sponsored by Solid Gold Communications Coordinator: Cindy Roulston Board Champion: Bonita Tarr Shawn Roulston Rastus Maxfield Scott Westerlaken Sandy Reynolds Michele Roulston Susan Green Mark Berscheid Buddie Lynn Maxfield Sharleen Patterson Francis Wainwright

THE FLOUR PACKING

Sponsored by Yukon Electric Ltd. Coordinator: Ed Lockington Board Champions: Lee Stevens & Marj Eschak Darren Murphy Nick Ball Amir Dembner Shawn MacLellan Orion Wanner

TRUCK PULL

Sponsored by Matco Coordinators & Board Champions: Bonita Tarr & Bud McCue Cheryl Carey Harold Cowx

Debbie Kelly Steve Colp Josh Tarr Jenny Roberts Doug Wilkinson Carrie Wilkinson

ARM WRESTLING Sponsored by Jarvis Street Saloon Coordinator: Todd Pilgrim Fred Lauk Kate McConnell

THE BABE SOUTHWICK MEMORIAL DOG SLED RACES Sponsored by RBC Royal Bank & RBC Dominion Securities Coordinator: Mandy Johnson Board Champion: Marj Eschak Chey Louefi Ron Pearson Armin Johnson Spencer Montgomery Daniel Hall Martine Leleviere Jessica Simon Lene Rupp Cole Pearson Crystal Olito Heather Desmarois Kim Pearson Al Pope Jim Hyash Heather Robb Dider Moggia

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE

Coordinator & Board Champion: Fay Jensen Fae Jamieson Barb Zaccarelli Debbie Paquette Sean Lee Dan Hall Val Fromme FrancisTaylor April Williams Nick Wozneiwski Nathalie Cabal Lidwein Hanrath Jessie Ponto Larissa Ferland Sheila Sellers Joanne Organ Juliette Bastide Joanne Gueho

Sponsored by Capital Towing & Back Country Construction Produced by: Warren Zakus and Kiara Adams Music by: Keith Todd, Tristan Fox & The All City Band, mixed by Jim Holland Allan Koprowsky Dan Nickason Graema Campbell Oliver Halickman Cindy Roulston Casey Durette Bob Atkinson Ken Speiss Dana Journeay CKRW, 96.1 The Rush Jim Haggerty Paul Gray Mike Ennis Paul Harach

PARTNER PACK Sponsored by Better Bodies Coordinator: Jon Solberg Board Champion: Marj Eshak Adam Kovas Bud McCue Derek Charlton Dale Best Harold Cowx Felix Roy Bruce McKay

HAIRY LEG, BEARD, MUSTACHE & TATTOO

Sponsored by Murdoch’s Gem Shoppe Coordinator: Marjorie Cowell Marjorie Klein Kate White Sourdough Mario

AIR SHOW

Sponsored by Westmark Whitehorse Coordinator & Board Champion: Darren Bartsch Frank Curlew Jack Kinscote Rebecca LaForge Trevor Juby Sirius Security Westmark Whitehorse Jen Stanyer Stephan Burdess Alex Bourgeois Tony Lowther Whitehorse Beverages Air North Capital Helicopters JTFN Whitehorse International Airport Staff 2014 Can-Can Line

AIR SHOW MEET & GREET Sponsored by Westmark Whitehorse Coordinator & Board Champion: Darren Bartsch Janine Arey Jessica Garstin Harmony Hunter Amanda Janssens Darren Bartsch Jacquie VanMarck Derek Hyde Keir Hyde Bailey Staffen Westmark Whitehorse Cathy Henke Jennifer Peterson Snowshoe Shufflers 2014 Can-Can Line

PUB CRAWL

Sponsored by Yukon Brewing Coordinator: Edward Peart Board Champion: Darren Bartsch Stephen McGovern Yukon Alaska Tourist Tours

ALL AGES CONCERT

Sponsored by Castle Rock Enterprises & TD Bank Coordinator: Reba Parris-Beckett Erin Dewar Stephanie Gies Derek & Cara Brown Tyler Dewar Jim Dewar Joe Beckett Megan Stonehouse

LICENCE TO THRILL

Sponsored by Premier Cabs Coordinators: Linda Brandvold & Claire Beach Justin Peterson Brendan Fitzpatrick Dona Novecosky Dean Philpot Francis Wainwright Sandy Reynolds Jessica Ferland Larissa Ponto Joelle Hodgins Jasmine Kaytor Cindy Roulston Cheryl Carey Daniel Adamson Justine McKay June Brandvold Duane Brandvold Bonita Tarr Joanne Gueho George Maratos Stuart Blackie Josh Baretto Mike Tiglik Colin Fenerty Tana Tarr Tom Beach Polly Beach John Streicker Alicia Lesniak Mia Lee Phoenix Hair Salon Better Bodies Adult Temptations Sportees Boston Pizza G&P’s Steak House Youth at Risk Program

PARTY ON THE WATERFRONT

Sponsored by Lotteries Yukon, YTG Tourism & Culture, and Canadian Heritage Derek Charlton Jon Solberg Claire Beach Harold Cowx

Lana Laviolette Owen Laviolette Jenna Paton Dona Novecosky Vikki Quocksister Linda Brandvold Colin Fenerty Araica McPhee Glenn McPhee Micah McPhee Klaus Berthold Carla Weber Jessica Ponto Sebastien Bernier Marianna Lahais Sean & Wendy Springford Denali Ducharme Joel Gaetz Kris Schneider Bruce McKay Val Bumstead

2014 CAN-CAN LINE

Sponsored by Air North Choreographers & Managers: Kate Fitzgerald, Rebecca Reynolds Co-manager: Miscal Avano-Nesgaard Drivers: Duncan Johnstone, Chris Pinkerton, Dave Blottner & Dave Pharand

Can-Can Dancers Brianne Bremmer Karen Wienberg Katie Hill Katrina Wohlfarth Mollie Lang Stephanie Macklon Erin Lynn Rich Alex Hill Carolina Perez Jennifer Dagg Lyndsey Hamilton Iris Binger Monica Nordling Rachel Edelman Shannon L’Heureux Shannon Stocksill McGill

CAN-CAN SUPPORTERS

Air North Peak Fitness Salon Centre Rose Stuckless Boston Pizza Earls Restaurant GBP Creative Shoppers Drug Mart Sportees Active Wear Tony’s Pizza Sam n Andy’s Westmark Whitehorse Guild Hall Northern Lights School of Dance Adult Temptations Driving Force Marj Eschak Shirley Andrews & Sandra Pryor

CHARICATURIST Sponsored by Stantec Coordinator: Derek Charlton Mark Siermaczeski Tracey Anderson Alicia Lesniak Colin Fenerty Suzanne Kasper

TENT & PARK SETUP/TEAR DOWN Coordinator: Jon Solberg Harold Cowx Adam Kovas Bud McCue Jessica Ponto James Wiedow Bruce McKay Landon Kulych

Ed Tritscher Joe DeGraff Arctic Backhoe Dale Best Daniel Adamson William Obertos Vikki Quocksister Darren Braun Marc Boulerice Dexter Kotylak Parks & Recreation Staff Public Works Staff Daniel Hall Ryan Kola Felix Roy Rose Webster Cam Webber Keith Forsgren Bill Hodgkinson Derek Johnston Jim West Gordon Smith

TENT ENTERTAINMENT Coordinators: Jon Solberg & Vicki Quocksister Mary Seeley Joan Wilson Dale Best John Streiker Sharon Shorty Larry Bagnell Amy Law Marjie Cowell

QUEENS 2014

“Elizabeth Foubister (Miss Thaw Di Gras) Samantha Darling (Miss Molotov & Bricks) Melanie Brais (Miss North of Ordinary) Kimberly Graw (Miss Shay-Per) Katy Kasper (Miss Jarvis Street Saloon) Paula Dupuis (Miss Back County Construction) Cyndi White (Hougen’s Ltd,) Melanie Brais (Miss North of Ordinary) Nadia Casselman (Miss Arctic Backhoe) Fleuressa Smith (Miss Whitehorse Motors) Kelsea Whittaker (Miss Brewery Bay Chalet) Megan Fuller (Miss Home Hardware) Janelle Hagar (Miss Yukon College)”

QUEENS COURT 2014

2014 Queen: Elizabeth Foubister (Miss Thaw Di Gras) 1st Princess: Samantha Darling (Miss Molotov & Bricks) 2nd Princess: Melanie Brais (Miss North of Ordinary) Miss Congeniality: Kimberly Graw (Miss Shay-Per)

QUEENS REUNION MEET & GREET Sibell Hackney Debbie Winston Patsy Birmingham Reba Parris-Beckett

QUEEN REUNION GRAND BALL & DINNER

Coordinators: Reba Parris-Beckett & Sibell Hackney Katherine Traplin Dominique Ryan Sheila & Dennis Senger Norma Risby Carrie Jackson Patsy Birmingham

Joe Beckett Chris Webb Stephanie Gies

QUEENS FASHION SHOW

Sponsored by The Yukon Inn Coordinator: Reba Parris-Beckett Stephanie Gies Dominique Ryan Becky Burton Amy Hotte Marjie Cowell Carrie Jackson Carrie Wilkinson Joe Beckett Anthony Trombetta Kate McConnell

QUEENS LUNCHEON

Sponsored by Yukon College Board Champion: Fabi Naves Frances Wainwright Sandy Raynolds Roxanne Paul Lee Bowers Cayla Stevenson Jessica Diakow Teagan Lee Telek Strauss Tamara Fischer Carrie Wilkinson Josh Regnier Marco Paquet Anand Raotadepelli Megan Russell Amy Hotte Girl Guides

QUEENS TEA & SOCIAL

Coordinator: Myrna Kingscote Marcella Brown Rena Fendrick Girl Guides of Canada Joyce Fuller Angie Dornan Linda Cox Marion Thomsen Tom Thomsen Jack Kingscote Brooke VanKoughnett Rowan Nehring Sara Griffiths Felicia L’Heureux Erin Cross Pat Kohler Shirley Jarvis Barb Zaccarelli Rosalie Rodgers Kim Solonick Amelia Swizdaryk Ron Swizdaryk Sybil Hackney Katrina Josie Hailey Rough Jericka Loiselle Kristina Rough Mary Bradshaw 2014 Queen Candidates Ann Dibbs Moira Glenn Arla Repka Merton Friesen Pat Dawe Liz Nemeth Jenessa Tlen Norma Armstrong Wynne Anderson-Lindsay Hannah Cross Ed Isaac Lana Rae Cathy Miller

QUEENS CROWING

Sponsored by Superior Propane Board Champion: Fabi Naves Frances Wainwright Sandy Raynolds Roxanne Paul Lee Bowers

Cayla Stevenson Billie Shipman Vannessa Fischer Jessica Diakow Teagan Lee Telek Strauss Tamara Fischer Carrie Wilkinson Kate McConnell Norine Vankoughnett Josh Regnier Marco Paquet Anand Raotadepelli Megan Russell Amy Hotte Fay Jensen

QUEENS SUPPORTERS

Taits Trailer Sales Debbie Winston Brewery Bay Chalet Klondike Cakes Adult Temptations Extra Foods Super “A” Porter Creek Yukon Women in Trades Stacey’s Butcher Block Sportees Boston Pizza Yukon Brewing Yukon Inn Wines by Design M&M Meat Shop Shoes R US Macs Fireweed Book Store Warehouse One-The Jean Store Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters Shay’Per Personal Care Studio Great Canadian Dollar Store Marsh Lake Tents & Events Myrna’s Best Friend Costumes Klondike Travel

SAM EVENTS 2014 SAMS/SAM ALUM Sam 2014 Musha Luva Stefan Saunders Sourtoe Mario Nathan Brown Karate Kid Dustin Neufeld Jacques ”Lecoq” Grande Terence Tait Old Miner Joe MacLellan Paul Davy Joe Beaudoin Kevin Fisher Jeff Brewster (MC) Gerry “Pappy Sam” Wiens Mitch Meda Sam 2013 Josh Carr Jonathan Leger Stu Campbell

SAM SPONSORS Wines By Design Whitehorse Motors (Tina Woodland) P&M Recycling Yukon Meat & Sausage (Ralph & Sandra Wohlfarth) Kutters Hairstyling (Melanie Graham) Remax Jarvis Street Saloon Ramada Hotel

Northern Vision Station 141 Carpet Clean C&D Foods UBrew Yukon Inland Kenworth The Source A&W Total Fire Protection Tony’s Pizzeria Bocelli’s Pizza Griffith’s Heating Head To Toe (Meaghan & Kaci) The Color Bar (Devon) Alexis Delege Jon Schmidt Ian Stallabrass Mary Lumbers Kate McConnell Keeley Davignon Kimberly Hunter

2014 SNOWSHOE SHUFFLERS Lake Laberge Marj Eschak Gold Claim Lorraine Heynen Gold Dust Darlene Morgan Mystical Melanie Graham Calamity Sam Witham Lucky Strike Lindsay Agar Blackjack Jane Haydock Aurora Laurialis McCrory Tricky Vicky Stallabrass Musical Marjie Cowell Jefferson Mwakireti Downright Dirty Denise Homenchuk Stephan Burgess Kayla Dewdney Sylvia Savage Sharon Kelly Chantelle Morcombe Kala Fuder Kim Lelievre Kim Hunter Erin Ewing Kerri Thompson Kendra Kulych Samantha Best Dale Best Chelsea Best Robin Wallace Maria Moore Theresa Beaudoin Lee Stevens Karina Watson Fred Farkvam Mary Jane Hazel Allison Nicole Asprey Brenda Buren Darlene Paquet Paul Buren Michelle Lines Kylie Budzinski Jasmine Kaytor Elizabeth Richards Carrie Wilkinson Kris Hildebrand Cindy Emke Nika Young Darcy Laliberty Bob Collins Emerald Gillespie Mike Bellon Richard Graham Doug Graham

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Sculptor who uses car parts wins G.G. prize Victoria Ahearn Canadian Press

TORONTO dmonton native Kim Adams’ late parents were top of mind for the renowned contemporary sculptor on Tuesday as he won a $25,000 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.

After all, it was their transient lifestyle that inspired his love of cars and travel, which he parlayed into an acclaimed career building fantastical large-and small-scale worlds with automobile parts as well as toys and model kits.

“I’ve gotten other awards this year. This one is just extra, extra important to me,” the 62-year-old Toronto resident, whose works explore the notion of a mobile society as well as soci-economic and environmental issues, said in an interview.

“I know it’s one of those things I think my mother would say that she was proud of, and it was always hard for her to say that because we weren’t allowed to get full of ourselves. But it’s an important award.”

Adams was one of eight laureates who received this year’s Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, which recognize career achievements and are funded and administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

A peer assessment committee sorts through the nominations to choose the winners.

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Other esteemed recipients included Vancouver-raised multidisciplinary visual artist Max Dean as well as Ottawa-based painter Carol Wainio and curator Brydon Smith.

The list of laureates also includes two Montrealers: Performance and installation artist Raymond Gervais and photographer/ visual artist Angela Grauerholz.

Rounding out the list is Vancouver media artist Jayce Salloum and weaver/notebook keeper Sandra Brownlee of Dartmouth, N.S. Adams is known for creating surreal sculptures using a so-called kitbashing technique to either reinvent a car or create one from scratch using various vehicle parts as well as other items.

One of his most famous pieces “Bruegel-Bosch Bus,” an orange, 1960 Volkswagen bus that’s been sliced open to reveal a post-industrial universe Adams continues to build upon. It’s been a permanent installation at the Hamilton Art Gallery since 1996.

Adams, whose works have also been exhibited around Canada and abroad, said his automobile adoration began as a child when engineer father built cars and his family was often on the road either travelling or moving.

His parents started their family in Peace River, Alta., then relocated to Edmonton, followed by Australia.

When Adams was about 14,

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Edmonton native Kim Adams’ late parents were top of mind for the renowned contemporary sculptor on Tuesday as he won a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.

they returned to Edmonton and then moved to Victoria, where his love of vehicles got him into trouble.

“I won’t say what happened with cars,” Adams said with a laugh. “I was borrowing cars, let’s put it that way.”

Adams also wanted to race cars, but his folks “were very, very convincing of talking” him out of it, he said.

Still, he couldn’t let the passion go, and when he went to art school he found a way to mesh the worlds of cars and art.

“When I graduated, my last art project was I made a car, just a small miniature,” said Adams, whose first car for personal use was a Nash Metropolitan.

“I was graduating as a painter but then I realized the car was still important to me.”

For Dean, 64, the relationship between the audience and art has been his passion, and he’s often inserted himself into his works to explore it.

“My work is very much about that notion of risk, about taking a personal risk or an artistic risk to evaluate or find out where we are in our own lives,” said the English-born artist, who grew up in Vancouver and is based in Toronto.

Among Dean’s most famous pieces was a 1992 storefront installation with a wooden horse amid 7,000 pop cans in the shape of a wave.

Then there was the 1981 installation in which he placed a functioning bathtub, a Polaroid camera and other items on the fourth floor of a Montreal medical dental building. Visitors were

encouraged to use the tub and necessary accoutrements to bathe as the camera took photos.

“I’ve always been interested in this notion of the public,” said Dean, who has exhibited internationally and is also a performer.

“Of where the public space begins and where the private space begins or the gallery space begins.”

Like Adams, Salloum has also been engaged socially and politically.

He’s worked in conflict-and post-conflict zones and as well as with “indigenous peoples … about issues that still haven’t been reconciled or resolved about colonization,” said Salloum, whose art includes installation, photography, drawing, performance, text and video.

“These are issues that eat at the heart of Canada, and still we’re struggling with reconciliation and truth and these issues that people haven’t come to terms with.”

In his acceptance speech, Salloum said he was “doubly appreciative” of the award and dedicated it “to the displaced, to the dispossessed, to indigenous people here and elsewhere fighting in a multitude of ways for many of the same things: Their rights, self-determination, their land and the protection of our land and lives.”

Gov. Gen. David Johnston will present the awards at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on March 26.

An exhibition featuring selected works by this year’s winners will run at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa from March 28 to July 6.

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Digitized by the University of Pennsylvania, the unusual, full-colour illustrations recently caught the attention of an Australian book blog and then found their way to Penn researcher Mitch Fraas, who set out to unravel the mystery.

“I really didn’t know what to make of it,” said Fraas, a historian and digital humanities expert at the Penn library. “It clearly looks like there’s some sort of jet of fire coming out of a device strapped to these animals.”

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File under failed weaponry schemes: Rocket cats thinks to hide itself where it ends up in barn hay or straw it will be ignited.”

In other words, capture a cat from enemy territory, attach a bomb to its back, light the fuse and then hope it runs back home and starts a raging fire.

Fraas said he could find no evidence that cats and birds were used in early modern warfare in the way prescribed by Helm.

A good thing, too.

“Sort of a harebrained scheme,” Fraas said. “It seems like a really terrible idea, and very unlikely the animals would run back to where they came from.

More likely they’d set your own camp on fire.”

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Aboriginals took 10,000 year break before heading to North America: paper Bob Weber Canadian Press

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boriginal people may have become who they are today during a

10,000-year stopover in a land that no longer exists, says a provocative essay in a major scientific journal.

“It was a substantial population, if only because it clearly persisted

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for 10,000 years or so,” said Dennis O’Rourke, a University of Utah geneticist and co-author of an article published Thursday in Science magazine.

“The people would have been very adept at extracting resources. They were a very successful population or they would not have survived.”

Scientists have long believed that the ancestors of North American aboriginals came from Siberia during the Ice Age, when massive glaciers covering most of the continent lowered sea levels enough to expose a vast stretch of land now called Beringia. Conventional wisdom has it that sometime between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago, the ancestors crossed Beringia, trekked an ice-free corridor down the West Coast and settled in various spots on a fresh new continent.

But a few things have never quite added up.

The genetic markers that make North America’s aboriginals distinct from Siberians are up to 25,000 years old. But those markers didn’t spread through the continent until about 15,000 years ago – a gap of 10,000 years.

Those ancient hunters and gather-

ers had to have spent those missing millennia somewhere that would both support them and isolate them from the Siberian genetic pool they were leaving behind.

O’Rourke and his two co-authors believe they may have found the answer in the seemingly unrelated field of paleoecology, the study of ancient environmental systems. Sea-floor cores from beneath today’s Bering Sea show that Beringia – which stretched from Siberia to Canada’s Mackenzie River – was not the barren, treeless tundra it was assumed to have been.

“There were these areas in Beringia that weren’t steppe tundra, but were shrub tundra, where trees and shrubs and a variety of other plants and the animals that subsisted on them occurred,” O’Rourke said.

“These (pockets) would have included a whole host of plant communities, small mammals, large mammals from mammoth to moose and elk.

There would have been lots of animals to hunt.”

Summer temperatures would have been about what they are today, although winters were colder.

O’Rourke suggests anywhere from

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a few hundred to a few thousand people lived in those more hospitable areas of Beringia as they drifted further and further from their genetic roots in Siberia over 10,000 years.

When they finally resumed their eastward migration, they had become the ancestors of all modern North and South American aboriginals.

Archeologists haven’t found any traces of those ancient people, but paleoecology has provided O’Rourke with an answer for that as well.

Evidence suggests the livable bits of Beringia were low-lying – exactly the areas that would have been submerged first during the post-Ice-Age melt.

Present-day Alaska and Yukon are the uplands where humans would have hunted, but probably not lived.

“The paleoecology helps explain why there isn’t an archeological record that reflects the genetic data,” O’Rourke said. “That population was concentrated in refugia areas, which we now have reason to think were in the lowlands, the areas now under water.

“If we happen to be right about this, some coastal underwater archeology might not be untoward.”

Quite apart from whether he’s right, O’Rourke said he hopes his paper will encourage fellow scientists to think outside their disciplinary box.

“I was just not adequately familiar with the paleoenvironmental data and the implications of it,” he said.

“It’s my hope, and my co-authors as well, to get (scientists) to be more familiar with research that’s coming out in different research streams, so that we do much more cross-disciplinary communication.

“I think that is going to lead us to some creative thinking.”

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Wildlife win in court, lose on the ground the only slow-moving part of the species-at-risk process. Just getting

by DAVID status assessments for species may take up to five years.

SUZUKI Five more years could be required for government to decide whether to accept these scientific assessments and give species protection.

Then, legal timelines kick in, followed by recovery strategies – many delayed – and still more f 345 species at risk in years for action plans, which have Canada, more than 160 no timelines, to take effect. have waited far too long For killer whales, whose overfor recovery strategies. due action plan was just released, Thanks to a recent federal the process has taken about 13 court decision, four luckier ones years and a court challenge from are finally getting overdue plans the David Suzuki Foundation and detailing steps needed to save and others, which concluded governprotect them, including identifying ment was failing to protect the habitat they need to survive. whale’s critical habitat. Many speBut to make it happen, environcies have been waiting even longer. mental groups including the David The Species at Risk Act was Suzuki Foundation, with the help adopted in 2002 to protect Canof Ecojustice lawyers, had to take ada’s plants and animals. Although the federal government to court. It the act itself is sound, implemenwasn’t the first time we’ve gone to tation leaves much to be desired. court to protect wildlife.

Some species that need help, In what the judge called “the such as the porbeagle shark, are tip of the iceberg,” the court found excluded from the list, along with an enormous systemic problem in other fish that have high economic the two ministries responsible for value. Despite a 90 per cent decline protecting endangered and threatin population, the shark was deened wildlife. Both the environnied protection because of possible ment and fisheries ministers broke impacts on the fishing industry. the law for the species in question The act only automatically by allowing multi-year delays in applies to a small fraction of meeting deadlines required under species at risk, since most are not the Species at Risk Act. guaranteed protection on provinThis legal win is good news cial lands, and allows the federal for Pacific humpback whales, government to step in if a province marbled murrelets, Nechako white is failing to protect a species. sturgeon and southern mountain But this has only happened caribou. But their fate and that of once, for the greater sage grouse. many other federally recognized Despite a recent federal emergency endangered and threatened speorder to improve protection for cies remains in jeopardy. Court the bird and its prairie habitat, victories are just a start. It will take concerns remain around conpolitical will to ensure species and tinued delays on recovery actions. their habitats get the protection The main threat to more than they need.

85 per cent of species at risk is The yellow-breasted chat, habitat loss and degradation. northern goshawk and spotted Recovery plans identify habitat, turtle are just some of the endanwhich can then be protected and gered species that continue to wait restored to help wildlife survive.

– some for as long as seven years Strategies are now required for now. The eastern whip-poor-will 192 species. Successful court chal– known for its distinct nocturlenges – such as our 2009 Nooknal cries – struggles to survive sack dace case involving a small pollution, pesticides and climate minnow on the brink of extinction change, while the grey fox and – helped enforce the act’s requireprairie loggerhead shrike confront ment that the federal government agricultural and pesticide threats identify critical habitat. Governas they contend with recovery ment can speed the process by strategy delays. following a precautionary apWhen plans come this late, proach in the absence of scientific impacts of large development certainty. projects such as the Northern Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t Gateway pipeline aren’t adequately have to resort to court challenges considered before projects are to protect threatened wildlife? approved. We’ll never know if the Endangered species caught in long joint review panel’s recommendelays are like emergency patients dation to support the Enbridge denied life support. If we really project would have been different care about them, we need to do a had it considered recovery impacts better job of supporting them. on threatened species such as the With contributions from David humpback whale.

Suzuki Foundation Communications Recovery strategies are not Specialist Theresa Beer.

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Information and application forms will be available for: Grade 9 OPES — Outdoor Pursuits and Experiential Science Grade 9 PASE — Plein Air et Sciences Experientielles Grade 9 CHAOS – Community Heritage Adventure Outdoor Skills Grade 10 ACES — Achievement Challenge Environment Service Grade 10 FACES – (French) Achievement Challenge Environment Service Grade 10 CHAOS - Community Heritage Adventure Outdoor Skills Grade 11 ES — Experiential Science Grade 9 to 12 MAD — Music, Art and Drama

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2013 Heritage Awards Call for Nominations Do you know someone who has made significant contributions to conserve and celebrate Yukon’s heritage?

The Yukon Historical & Museums Association is seeking nominations for the 2013 Heritage Awards. Awards will be announced on April 4 and presented in conjunction with a celebration of World Heritage Day on April 17th.

Nominations are accepted in the following categories: Annual Heritage Award: Awarded to an individual, group or organization for an outstanding contribution to Yukon heritage.

Volunteer of the Year Award: Awarded to an individual who has performed extensive volunteerism for a Yukon heritage organization or event.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Awarded to an individual, group or organization for outstanding contributions to Yukon Heritage over a period of many years.

The Historic Places Initiative Heritage Conservation Project of the Year Award: Awarded by the Yukon Historic Sites Unit to the individual or organization who has best conserved a historic property using the principles and practise outlined in the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada.

For more information about the Awards, including the nomination package and list of past recipients, visit http://heritageyukon.ca, email yhma@northwestel.net or call 867-667-4704.

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Mystery of the South Fork wolf learned the biologists wanted to retrieve the wolf and have a veterinarian determine how it

by Ned died.

Rozell “You guys can have it then,” the trapper said. “I’ll tell you right now that it was shot – there’s blood on the trail underneath it.”

At the carcass, Tom Paragi levers the wolf – its stiff legs he wolf is no longer stuck reaching like a dog in full stretch – out of the snowbank to the trail, as it was and back onto the trail. The when the dog musher body squeaks like Styrofoam drove her reluctant team over and falls with the thud of frozen it. Now covered with snow, the meat. frozen animal is a few steps Paragi is a biologist for the away, beneath small spruce Alaska Department of Fish and trees near the South Fork of the Game.

Before inspecting the Chena River. The only exposed part of its body – a bushy tail – wolf, his first thought is similar to the trapper’s. points to the sky.

“I’m suspecting it was high Since the musher discovered velocity lead poisoning,” Paragi the dead wolf a few days ago, says. someone moved the carcass – “But if they shot it in the maybe the trapper who passed trail, would they just leave it the biologists on his snowmathere?” says Paragi’s friend Cam chine as they skied here. He Leonard, along for the recovery. discovered the wolf yesterday “This is odd for somebody and was returning today to to shoot it and not salvage it,” cut off its head, he said. When Paragi says. “It’s perfectly legal the trapper paused to chat, he (to shoot it) … but even in self-

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spring sunshine of a Saturday afternoon to wonder aloud what might have killed the wolf.

Leonard says when he shoots a moose, the ribs splinter; the wolf ’s rib ends are rounded.

Taras wonders why there was only a spot of blood on the trail rather than a rich, deep stain.

“It’s looking less like a bullet wound all the time,” Leonard says.

Upon hearing from Taras that a pack of wolves had bedded nearby, Paragi suggests that the fist-size hole in the wolf could have come from where the moose it was trying to kill Ned Rozell photo kicked it, causing a fatal wound.

Biologist Tom Paragi pulls a dead wolf on his sled, followed Other creatures like marten

by Mike Taras. They were recovering the animal from a trail could have expanded any slight east of Fairbanks where a dog musher discovered it. tear in the hide.

“There’s more questions than defence you’ve got to skin it out A hole the size of a cannonanswers right now,” Taras says. and bring it in (to the Departball opens at the wolf ’s lower Answers may be available ment of Fish and Game).” ribcage. At first glance it looks in a few days, when Paragi will With the cream-colour, lifelike the exit wound from the deliver the frozen carcass to less wolf in the centre of the shock of a mushroomed bullet. the Alaska Department of Fish trail, Paragi and Leonard take Paragi and Leonard load and Game Office in Fairbanks. a closer look. Mike Taras, an the wolf to a sled. Because the There, wildlife veterinarexpert tracker and education animal has frozen in an inian Kimberlee Beckmen will specialist for the Department convenient position, Paragi sets examine it and perhaps find the of Fish and Game, heads down the wolf on its back and ties it cause of death. the trail to look for clues to the into place.

Anxious to move because wolf ’s demise. The seven-mile As Paragi skis back toward he has stripped to his t-shirt trail leads to a rental cabin his truck with the wolf, a family and a slight breeze is blowing, here in the Chena River State dog along for the trip jumps Paragi again shoulders his sled Recreation Area, about 35 miles into the woods near where the harness.

To steady the wolf, east of Fairbanks. wolf lay. The dog trots on a hidLeonard skis alongside with his Stretched out on the snow as den path of packed snow. Taras left hand on crossed rear paws it was when the musher came follows. that reach as high as his hip. As upon it five days earlier, the “This trail is strong enough white-winged crossbills chitter wolf has feet pads as large as a to hold me,” he says. overhead, the wolf ’s tail waves man’s hand. Its extended legs On the south-facing hillside, on the trail behind the sled, are surprisingly long. The wolf Taras finds a half dozen hard, brushing a delicate pattern into has perfect toenails the size of rounded indentations the size the snow. an eagle’s talons. of pillows.

Next week: the wildlife veterWith blue latex gloves on his “This was a place where inarian solves the mystery. hands, Paragi fingers a footwolves were hanging out,” he Since the late 1970s, the University of long gash through the wolf ’s says.

Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Instirear haunch. Something ripped One half hour later, Taras tute has provided this column free in into the carcass and mined the catches up to Paragi and Leoncooperation with the UAF research wolf ’s internal organs. Paragi ard on the trail back to the community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute. suspects a marten. truck. The men pause in the

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Ancient volcano blew winds of change HISTORY

square kilometres. You will see its effect even today as you drive to Dawson City. In the cutbanks along the Klondike highway north of Carmacks,

by Michael Gates you will observe the ash as a distinctive white layer a few centimetres cientists have determined that below the ground surface. Samples of a large volcano on the Yukon/ White River ash have been found in Alaska border, known as Mount Germany and in peat bogs in Ireland.

Churchill, exploded approximately The sound of the initial explosion 1,200 years ago. would have been heard hundreds of Mount Churchill is one of the tall- kilometres away. The ash cloud would est volcanic peaks in North America, have been so dense as to darken the even though its top is missing. It is skies for several days. Similar explothought to be the most traumatic sions have been accompanied by lightvolcanic episode in North America in ning, thunder and heavy precipitation. the past 2,000 years.

It is believed that Churchill exploded Between 25 and 50 cubic kiloin the winter, so this precipitation metres of ash were spewed into the probably came down as snow. air, making it 10 times greater than Ash would have been deposited the explosion of Mt. St. Helens, and thickly over the entire landscape. The greater in magnitude than either air would have been filled with microKrakatoa or Mount Pinatubo. scopic fragments of volcanic glass and In fact, it was an explosion almost made noxious by sulfuric acid, sulfur a third of the size of Mount Tamdioxide, fluorine and chlorine. Any bora, which blew its top in Indonesia animal within this toxic rain would in April of 1815. Tambora was the suffer from respiratory distress. Pools deadliest volcanic explosion of the of carbon dioxide in low-lying areas 19th century. More than 70,000 would be lethal to any animal that people died when it exploded and sent ventured into them. a plume of dust and ash 40 kilometres Plant life would have been covered into the atmosphere. The fallout had a in a thick layer of ash, inhibiting devastating effect upon the agriculture photosynthesis. Acid rain that folin the surrounding area. lowed would strip trees and plants As Tambora’s cloud of dust spread of their foliage. The heavy load of around the globe, it had a significant microscopic volcanic glass particles impact on global temperatures, caus- that ended up in lakes and streams ing crop failures, famine and disease would have been deadly for the as far away as North America and fish inhabiting those waters. These Europe. The following year was so phenomena have been observed at the cold that 1816 was known as “the year locations of other volcanic explosions, without summer.” so it is speculated that similar events Carol Geddes, an award-winning occurred here 1,200 years ago.

Yukon filmmaker, interpreted the Many authorities believe that impact of this event in her animated this toxic environment forced local film, Two Winters: Tales from Above inhabitants to leave the area. Oral the Earth, a story of how indigenous traditions of Athapascan-speaking peoples in northern Canada fought to people in the Northwest Territories contain accounts of volcanic events survive a year with no summer. and the discovery of copper that are When Mount Churchill blew, believed to be derived from first-hand the event must have been nearly as experience of the explosion of Mount spectacular. The cloud of ash drifted eastward, covering an area of 250,000 Churchill and its after-effects, hun-

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caribou population here at the time of the explosion either left the area entirely, or died off from the effects of the ash fall, and were later replaced by a new population.

Other research focussed upon Chironomids, tiny insects that are abundant in the Yukon lakes. Chironomids are a major source of food for Yukon fish stocks. This research determined that for a period of 60 to 100 years around the time of the volcanic event, Chironomid populations disappeared in lakes where the ash fall was greatest.

If there was no food, then fish populations would have suffered.

Given the catastrophic events during and after the eruption, and the impact on major food sources in the ensuing decades, the Yukon would not have been the most desirable place to live.

The archaeological record reveals Michael Gates/Yukon News some dramatic changes occurring The stone tools on the left are typical of the technology around the same time as the deposfound in the southwest Yukon before the eruption of Mount ition of the White River ash. It was at Churchill 1200 years ago. The bone tools on the right apthis interface that the millennia-old peared after the fall of the White River ash. traditional use of the atlatl, or throwing dart, was replaced in the Yukon by gist for the territorial government, dreds of kilometres to the west. This the bow and arrow. Bone and antler oral history has been passed down about the impact of Mount Churchill technology appear, and copper artithrough succeeding generations for upon Yukon prehistory. Hare has been facts are found for the first time. more than 1,200 years. working with archaeological material Fire-cracked rock, which results By comparison, scholars suggest recovered from the ice patches located when rocks heated in a fire are repeatthat oral traditions in the Yukon con- in the southwestern Yukon since the edly placed in a container in order tain stories about the origin of copper, 1990s. to bring water to a boil, is found in but not of any volcanic event. This abundance after the ash.

The artifacts and other remnants would be expected if new Athapascan- preserved in these natural, higherWas this the result of new people speaking people moved into the in the southwest Yukon, or just the elevation deep freezes have helped region after the volcanic explosion. introduction of new technology? researchers gain a clearer perspective A remarkable similarity between Combined, the geological, bioof what happened in the Yukon 12 linguistic features of the Navaho in the centuries ago. He believes that the im- logical, linguistic, oral historical and American southwest and Athapascan pact of the eruption was catastrophic archaeological evidence suggest that speakers from the Yukon and N.W.T. some significant changes occurred on the plants, animals and humans suggest a common origin over a thou- living in the ash zone. when the White River Ash fell upon sand years ago. This has led experts to Study of DNA from caribou dung the Yukon. Refining the picture of this significant event should keep speculate that the modern-day Navrecovered from the ice patches has researchers busy for years to come. aho are descended from people who revealed that the pre-ash caribou Michael Gates is a Yukon historian fled the Yukon in the aftermath of the population was replaced by a geneticand sometimes adventurer based in Mount Churchill explosion. ally different population after the ash Whitehorse. His latest book, DalBefore Christmas, I spoke with fell. There may be a gap of as much as ton’s Gold Rush Trail, is available in Greg Hare, senior projects archaeolo- 100 years separating the two populaYukon stores. You can contact him at tions. This suggests that the local msgates@northwestel.net

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Woman wants to rain on possible baby shower IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

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Also, my family will be showering me, as well as a group of friends. Is there any way I may use the “embarrassment of riches” excuse? Or is the only correct thing to do to allow my co-workers to express their (willing or unwilling) delight at my pregnan-

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Zach Bell speeds into new cycling season ‘For me it was stretching the legs out and getting things moving again.’

Tom Patrick News Reporter

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t’s a new season and he’s on a new team, but Zach Bell is still fast fast fast.

The Watson Lake native has already climbed podium steps with just one event under his belt.

Bell took second place in Stage 7 of the 35th annual Vuelta Independencia Nacional in the Dominican Republic last week.

“I think the whole team performed pretty well,” said Bell. “For me it was stretching the legs out and getting things moving again. We got a bunch of podiums, so that was good. Everyone came to race and came away with something.”

Bell’s silver came in the event’s longest stage, a 162-kilometre race from San Cristobal to San Juan.

The three top finishers, including Bell, crossed the finish line within a bike’s length of each other.

“Zach got jumped from behind and had he had another 10 metres he would have had him,” said Bell’s team director, Michael Creed, in a news release.

“But that’s why we have a finish line. Zach was coming so quick, at the 150-metre mark he was three bike lengths behind the first two guys, we weren’t sure if he was going to catch them but he has a good sprint on him.”

Bell is now cycling for the SmartStop professional cycling team based out of North Carolina.

SmartStop collected a total of four podium finishes in the Domincan, including Bell’s silver. He raced for Hong Kong’s Champion System Pro Cycling Team last season.

“It’s like a lot of the teams I’ve been on, there are some Canadian ownership in there,” said Bell. “It’s on paper as in North Carolina, but really it’s all across the country.

“The team I was with last year closed up shop and they

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Watson Lake cyclist Zach Bell will compete for the SmartStop pro cycling team this season. Bell placed second in a stage at the Vuelta Independencia Nacional last week in the Dominican Republic.

did it pretty late in the year, so I had to scramble a little to find a place.

“The director, Mike

Creed, is up to very recently a pro – he raced last year – and it’s his first directing gig.

I raced with him a bit and I

have a lot of respect for him and I when I heard he was taking over the program, I knew it was going in a direc-

tion I’d want to be a part of.

“It’s been more of a criterium team, so we wouldn’t have done a race like the Dominican, but we’ll be doing races like that all year.”

With his second-place finish Bell placed 39th overall out of 81 riders at the Vuelta event. He was the second Canadian behind SmartStop teammate Rob Britton, who placed second overall.

Bell’s strongest results came in the longest and shortest stages in the Domincan. The day before his silver, the 32-year-old took seventh in the 10-kilometre Stage 6 time trial in Mirador del Sur. “My team has asked me to focus a bit on the time trial efforts a bit this year and that was kind of a tester,” said Bell. “We didn’t have all our equipment down there so I think there were a couple of us who were right up there in the top 10 and the difference was guys who had all their equipment and guys who didn’t.

It was a preparation race, so the intention wasn’t to have everything anyway.

“That was a good result.

And then to back it up with a good race the next day was good too.”

Bell, who resides in North Vancouver, had arguably his best season to date last year.

The two-time Olympian became a national champion on the road with a first-place finish in the 2013 Canadian Road Championships in StGeorges, Que. Bell also took fourth place in the time trial and eighth in the criterium at the national championship.

Just two months after winning the national title in road racing, Bell returned to the velodrome to win gold in the omnium at the 2013 Canadian Track Championships in Dieppe, N.B. He is currently unsure whether his schedule will allow him to defend those titles this summer.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Yukon soccer teams collect hardware at Slush Cup Tom Patrick News Reporter

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eam Yukon’s juvenile soccer squads are primed and ready to go come the Arctic Winter Games in a little over a week.

Both squads – which were registered as the Yukon Strikers – won hardware at the Slush Cup indoor soccer tournament in Edmonton over the weekend.

Yukon’s juvenile females won silver and the juvenile males took bronze in Tier 2 under-16 divisions.

“The girls played really well,” said juvenile females head coach Jacob Hanson. “Going down I was unsure how we’d be able to manage, considering the maximum roster size for the tournament is 20. I knew, going in, we’d be playing teams of at least 15 players. In Alberta they tend to play more like hockey where they’ll roll three lines. And we were travelling with one less line; we had 10 girls travelling. So I was concerned about our ability to manage the minutes and maintain the tempo, but I thought our girls did a good job of keeping shape and managing games well.”

The female squad took silver with two wins and a loss. They defeated Edmonton’s Victoria SC 5-4 to open the tournament, holding on for the win after finishing the first half up 4-1. Putting Yukon on the board were Mikaela Ponsioen, Aimee Parker, Jamie Joe-Hudson, Jamie McLeish with the game-winner from Malorie Hanson.

Yukon then topped Calgary Villains Magic FC 4-0. Malorie scored twice while Ponsioen and Aleyxandra Smith put in individual goals.

Goalkeeper Sandy Dubois logged the shutout.

“That was an interesting game because the girls had watched that team play earlier in the day in a close game against the team (Yukon) ended up losing against in the final,” said Jacob.

“Our girls expected a closer game, but our girls had control from start to finish. They played quite a strong game and the other team never really threatened.”

Yukon lost 2-1 to Calgary’s Blizzard Dynamo in the gold medal match. Yukon’s Smith scored with eight minutes left to narrow the gap to one goal.

“We out-chanced the other team, but we didn’t finish,” said Jacob. “We had a lot of really good scoring chances. Sandy Dubois made good saves on our end of the field, but on the other end there were some chances we should have finished but didn’t.”

After dropping their first match, Yukon’s juvenile males won two straight for the bronze.

They pocketed the medal with a 4-1 win over the Sherwood Park Phoenix. Callum Ryan, Mackenzie Shaw, Skyler Bryant and Tristan Rentmeister each scored for Yukon.

“We built the team together,” said Yukon head coach Victor Lavanderos.

“We don’t have one player doing the job, everybody was doing the job.

That’s what I’m happy about. We

Submitted photo

The Yukon Strikers pose at the Slush Cup tournament in Edmonton last weekend. The Strikers won bronze in the under-16 division.

played like a team.”

Yukon advanced into the bronze medal match with a 6-1 win over the Wolves Black from Grande Prairie, Alta. Ryan, Shaw and Justin WishartMacDougall each scored and Rentmeister bagged a hat trick.

“We controlled the second game, started going forward when we needed,” said Lavanderos. “We scored three goals in four minutes right away in the first half.”

Yukon opened with a 5-1 loss to Mill Woods Selects. The Strikers avoided the shutout with a goal from Malcolm Muir.

“The team played really well,” said Lavanderos. “In the first game we tried to play a little too much with the ball. Over there the game is very physical and very fast. And there were lots of penalties – we took too long on a free kick and that was a penalty.

“We took a lot of penalties in that

game.”

Stars of Arctic Games to come also took to the pitch in Edmonton with Yukon’s Junior Selects competing in the under-12 Tier 2 division.

The Junior Selects placed fifth with an 8-1 thumping of the Edmonton Victoria SC. Joseph Hanson scored four goals, Ben Kishchuk had two, while Ashton Bryant and Chad Williams also found the back of the net.

The Junior Selects opened with a 7-3 loss to Calgary EMFC United before a 6-4 loss to Lethbridge’s Coaldale Thunder.

“Generally speaking, it was a really good event,” said Jacob. “Not too often over the years have our teams got out to indoor tournaments. Most of our travel is during the summer time at outdoor events.

“This event, they advertise it as the largest indoor soccer tournament in the world. It runs all over Edmonton, we played in Leduc, Sherwood Park, East Centre, South Centre … The kids just had an absolute blast.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

UMBRELLA FINAL AGREEMENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Are you interested in being a federal nominee?

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Yukon Region, is seeking Yukon residents who wish to be considered for nomination as the federal nominee to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) as required under the Umbrella Final Agreement (UFA).

Applicants must have knowledge or experience in the YESAB’s areas of interest/focus.

Appointments will be made for a three-year term. Remuneration will be provided. Board members carry out the mandate of the Board as set out in the UFA and relevant legislation.

A Canada-Yukon initiative providing funding to Yukon’s agriculture, agri-food and agri-products industry Growing Forward 2 offers programs in the areas of business risk management, business development, food safety training and development, marketing, research and the environment.

Take a look at the Growing Forward 2 Programming Guide on our website at www.agriculture.gov.yk.ca for funding opportunities. You can also contact the Agriculture Branch for more information or to request a hard copy of the programming guide.

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Climbers hit the wall at bouldering championship Tom Patrick News Reporter

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ock climbers had more than enough problem solving to do on Wednesday.

About 40 climbers faced 25 problems at the Yukon Open bouldering championship hosted by Climb Yukon at F.H. Collins Secondary. Three problems went unclimbed at the end-of-season championship.

“It’s fun, I’m happy about it,” said Amaya Cherain-Hall. “I’m here more to have fun than to win.”

Cherain-Hall was the event’s only double winner. The 17-year-old member of the Yukon Youth Climbing Team won the open and the junior female categories.

She completed problem No. 20 and “I got really close on 22, but not quite,” said CherainHall.

Cherian-Hall, who has been climbing for four years, delivered her team’s first gold medal at the Tour de Bloc junior bouldering competition in Vancouver three weeks ago.

Youth teammate Pelly Vincent-Braun almost pulled off a double win. The 14-yearold placed first in youth male and second in open male.

“I was pretty surprised,” said Vincent-Braun. “I had an injury in my shoulder in December and I’m just getting back to normal now. I came here to have fun and there were some sweet problems – it’s a good time.”

Vincent-Braun completed

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Finn Matrishon takes on a problem.

at work, you can straighten out your back and get some muscles working, get your forearms moving.”

Bevington, who topped out with problem 22, has been climbing off and on for about seven years.

“I’ve been climbing pretty solid for the last few months,” said Bevington. “There are a Tom Patrick/Yukon News Pelly Vincent-Braun climbs to a first-place finish at the Yukon whole bunch of hidden walls in Whitehorse. There’s the wall Open bouldering championship at F.H. Collins Secondary on at Yukon College that was just Wednesday. reopened. Apparently there’s a wall at (Ecole) Emilie TremThe Yukon Open marked problem 22 to win the youth blay, which is a full wall with division a third year in a row.

Alexander Bevington’s very first harnesses and everything, but Tynan Leong-Best and Henry competition, but one wouldn’t nobody knows about it … I Beairsto gave him a run for his know from the results. mostly climb at the college.” money. Organizers had to do Bevington placed first in In addition to Cherain-Hall’s a count-back to determine the open male. gold at Tour de Bloc in Vancouwinner after finding a three“It’s pretty sweet,” said Bevver, youth team’s Fin Matrisway tie for first in the youth ington. “I don’t get out to F.H. hon placed second and Cassie male division. too often, but I always like to Wright third in their respective climb. It’s good after a long day divisions. The team also pro-

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Glacier Bear swims to bronze at B.C. AAs Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse Glacier Bears swimmer Alex Petriw has the best kind of souvenir from his first B.C. championship: a medal.

Petriw won a bronze in the 800-metre freestyle at the 2014 Swim B.C. Short Course AA Championships over the weekend in Chilliwack.

“I thought it was a good experience to go and I’m really glad that I went,” said Petriw. “I thought I did really well in the 800 free and was really happy to get that bronze medal. I thought that I deserved it.”

Petriw, who was competing in boys 11-and-under, took the bronze with a time of 12:22.97, shaving 38.09 seconds off his previous best.

“I made a mistake the first time that I had done it, so it was a big improvement because I didn’t do it this time and I got all the way through,” he said.

Petriw, who turned 11 in December, also claimed sixth in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 2:45.40, slicing 1.17 second off his personal best.

In fact, the freestyle specialist set personal best times in every event he swam.

He also came 12th in the 50 free, 15th in the 100 free and 17th in the 400 free.

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Glacier Bears swimmer Cassidy Cairns races in Whitehorse in October. Cairns swam at the B.C. Short Course AA Championships in Chilliwack last weekend.

“It was a great time and I’m glad I went,” said Petriw. “It was really fun to go with my coach and one of my swim buddies.”

Buddy and Glacier Bears teammate Cassidy Cairns competed in the girls 11-andunder in Chilliwack.

Cairns raced to seventh in the 200-metre freestyle in a time of 2:44.47, cutting 2.94 seconds off her previous best.

“Alex and Cassidy swam very well on each day, improving their times in every race, but what’s more important is that they look better in the water with every meet we go to,” said Glacier Bears head coach Malwina Bukszowana in a news release.

Cairns also took 11th in the 200-metre individual medley, missing a final by just one second, but shaving off a huge

20.55 seconds from her previous best time.

The 11-year-old also came 10th in the 50 free and 13th in the 100 free.

“This was a weekend with few good lessons for both of them,” said Bukszowana. “Alex and Cassidy spend a lot of time together working on our small team-building spirit.

“They both were very well organized, and always ready for their races. Never complained, remembered their warm ups, their steps before each swim, and even were able to analyze some of their own races after they got out and they knew what we needed to work on. This is a great step and change in their young lives, preparing them for not an easy future, where they will need to think and care about themselves.”

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Scott Janssen, an Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska undertaker known as the Mushing n Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Mortician, was back home early musher was flown to a hospital Wednesday after getting a cast for after a harrowing ordeal that inthe broken bone he suffered on Tin cluded crashing his sled, hitting his Creek, about 40 miles from Nikolai. head on a stump and later falling According to Janssen’s Facebook Associated Press

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Janssen is among about a dozen mushers who dropped out amid a grueling run through snowless, treacherous conditions in the first part of the race. Another participant was withdrawn by officials because of an injury.

Veteran musher Sonny Lindner was in the lead Wednesday and was first to leave the checkpoint at Ophir, 623 miles from the finish line in Nome on Alaska’s western coast. Lindner won the inaugural 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race in 1984.

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Also scratching from the race was Jake Berkowitz, who finished eighth last year. Berkowitz left the race Tuesday after he damaged his sled beyond repair between the Rohn and Nikolai checkpoints.

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Janssen fixed his sled and continued on the trail.

But one of his dogs, Hooper, then got loose from the line and took off.

Janssen anchored his sled and tried to catch the animal. But he fell through the ice shortly before Hooper returned to him.

Janssen’s boots then froze, and he slipped on the ice, breaking his ankle. He couldn’t get back to his sled and ended up sitting on the ice and water until the next musher came along 45 minutes later.

Newton Marshall, from St. Anne, Jamaica, stayed with Janssen until an Alaska Air National Guard helicopter arrived to take him to Anchorage.

Besides the broken ankle, Janssen suffered a slight concussion.

All his dogs are in great shape, according to the website. They were to be returned to Anchorage later Wednesday.

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$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 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

Horwood’s Mall Main Street at First Avenue Coming Available Soon!

WEEKEND GET AWAY Rustic Cabin-45 minutes from town Hiking Trails in the summer Skiing in the winter Includes sauna. Reasonable rates.

Rent out by the week or for a weekend.

867-821-4443 HOBAH APARTMENTS: Clean, spacious, walking distance downtown, security entrance, laundry room, plug-ins, rent includes heat & hot water, no pets. References required. 668-2005 ARE YOU New to Whitehorse? Pick up a free Welcome to Whitehorse package at The Smith House, 3128-3rd Ave. Information on transit, recreation programs, waste collection & diversion. 668-8629 SMALL 1-BDRM furnished suite in Copper Ridge, laundry & util incl, wifi avail, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd, avail Apr 1. $850/mon.

456-2553

Two small retail spaces.

150 & 580 sq. ft.

1-BDRM APT in Copper Ridge, full bath, storage area, sep ent, shared laundry, avail Apr 1, refs&dd reqʼd, heat incl, $900/mon + elec. 456-7099

For more information call Greg

ROOM IN 3-bdrm condo in Ingram, heat & TV incl, $800/mon. 333-9987

(Larger space faces Front Street)

334-5553

1/2 DUPLEX, 2-bdrm, wood/oil heat, new carpet, pets ok, $1,350/mon. 334-1816

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Home Inspections Buying or Selling?

Good information ensures a smooth transaction.

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

No SurpriSeS = peace of MiNd

• Pre-Sale or Purchase visual inspections of structure and systems • Commercial Maintenance Inventory Inspections • W.E.T.T. Inspections of Wood and Pellet burning stoves / fireplaces

Call Kevin Neufeld, Inspector at

867-667-7674 • 867-334-8106 KevinNeufeld@hotmail.com

www.InsIteHomeInspectIons.ca

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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

55 Judas Creek Dr, Marsh Lake Whitehorse 867-660-4817

Mobile & Modular Homes Serving Yukon, NWT & Alaska

ROOM FOR rent, Riverdale, furnished, N/P, N/S, no parties, $650/mon incl utils & internet, avail immed. 335-5248

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

1-BDRM SUITE D/T, responsible tenant, N/P, N/S, avail Mar 1, $850/mon, utils incl.

456-3003, lv msg

1 BDRM in shared PC home, c/w phone, cable, internet, heat & electric inclʼd, N/S, no parties, serious inquiries only, $650/mon.

334-1179

FEMALE ROOMMATE for downtown house for March and April, 2014, refs reqʼd, $600/mon incl elec, heat, kitchen/laundry facilities, 668-5185

1-BDRM NEW apt in Riverdale, avail immed, N/S, N/P, no parties, includes heat, hot water, lights, responsible tenant, $1,200/mon.

668-5558

3-BDRM, 1.5 bath condo, Takhini, close to bus, school, N/S, N/P, $1,500/mon + utils & dd. 334-7987

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.

1-BDRM APT 20 mins south of Whitehorse, N/S, $750/mon + utils. 456-2135 after 7:00pm 3-BDRM DUPLEX in Crestview, attached garage, large kitchen, N/S, N/P, $1,400/mon + utils & DD. 393-3117 FURNISHED ROOM in large home incl all utils, TV with cable, wifi internet, phone, laundry/parking available, on bus route, $650/mon, no dd. 667-7733

ROOM FOR rent, N/S, N/P, immed, $750/mon. all incl. 393-2275

VALLEYVIEW, 3-BDRM, country kitchen, d/room, 5 appliances, basement, oil heat, N/S, N/P, refs&dd reqʼd, $1,600/mon + utils.

668-6147

MARSH LAKE, 3-bdrm 2-bath house, washer/dryer, N/S, avail immed, $1,100/mon + elec & dd. 864-4499

SMALL HOUSE/STUDIO, downtown, furnished, refs reqʼd, $900/mon incl utils, $450 dd. 668-4321

3-BDRM 1.5 bath condo, Riverdale, newly renoʼd, new kitchen, avail immed, N/S, N/P, dd&refs reqʼd, $1,400/mon + utils. 332-8686

WALK IN basement suite, Porter Creek, N/S, no dogs, laundry & cable incl, $800/mon incl utils. 633-3155

LARGE ROOM in Northland, everything included, avail April 1, $750/mon. 668-4776 NEW 2-BDRM mobile home in Barnoff, N/S, N/P, $1,550/mon incl utils. 334-4187

NEW BACHELOR suite, bright, new appliances, fixtures, kitchen, bathroom, private ent, deck, green belt, laundry access, N/S, no parties, $950/mon incl heat, hydro, wifi, cable. 335-4446

Approx. 1650 sq ft

Approx. 750 sq ft

for rent for rent 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.

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.

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YEU Staff Positions Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) Yukon Employees’ Union occasionally invites YEU members to backfill YEU staff positions on a temporary basis. These positions can include:

Membership Services Officer Executive Assistant Financial Officer Union Advisor Intake Advisor Communications Officer Executive Director

If you believe you have the qualifications to fulfill any of the roles above and would like to be added to an eligibility list, please submit your resume to contact@yeu.ca , send it through the mail or drop it off in person to: Yukon Employees’ Union 201-2285 2nd Avenue Whitehorse Yukon, Y1A 1C9

Friday, March 7 ,2014

3-BDRM TRAILER, Crestview, fully furnished, w/d, N/P, avail early March, $1,100/mon incl utils, $550 dd required.

335-5310 ROOM FOR rent, everything included, $600/mon. 336-1695 1-BDRM BASEMENT suite, Porter Creek, bright, clean, N/S, N/P, no parties, $950/mon, responsible tenants, avail March.

667-2046

Primary First Aid / Site Support Anticipated Start Date: March 19, 2014 Position Term: Approximately 6 Months Location: Keno Hill Project, Elsa, Yukon

Duties anD Responsibilities: • Provide First Aid support to employees and contractors • Conduct safety orientations for employees, contractors and visitors and maintain and develop digital safety records • Foster and demonstrate safe work practices at our Keno Hill site • Provide after hours On Call first aid duties as required • Provide Site Support work on a variety of special projects dependent on experience.

• Other related duties Qualifications anD expeRience: • Valid EMR Certification or St. John’s Ambulance Advanced First Aid (or Equivalent) is Mandatory • Valid driver’s license for Class 4 vehicle (ambulance) • 2+ years experience working as a Primary First Aid Attendant • Experience working in a camp setting will be considered an asset • Experience operating equipment (D7, grader, lowboy, loaders) will be considered an asset • Proficient working with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook • Ability to take direction and then act independently • Comfortable speaking in front of groups • Flexible, adaptable, and able to multi-task • Mature, reliable and dependable • Physically fit and must be able to lift 25 kg location anD HouRs of WoRk: • Alexco - Keno Hill Mining Corp. Camp in Elsa, Y.T. • Rotation – 14 days on-site and 14 days off-site (or other depending on site requirements) • 10 hour working day • On-call to respond to First Aid at all times on site pay anD RemuneRation: • Wages will be commensurate with experience apply WitH coVeR letteR, Resume, ceRtification anD RefeRences to: Alexco Resource Corp.

Attention: Human Resources Re: “First Aid & Site Support” Position Unit 2 Calcite Centre, 151 Industrial Road, Whitehorse, Y.T. Y1A 2V3

By Fax # 867-633-4882

By E-Mail: hr@alexcoresource.com HiRinG pRefeRence Will be GiVen to QualifieD local applicants. pRe-employment DRuG anD alcoHol scReeninG Will be a conDition of employment.

closing Date: march 14, 2014

www.alexcoresource.com

Amber Enterprises is looking for: CAMPGROUND ACCOMMODATION ATTENDANTS, NOC #6435 May till Nov, full time, shift work.

Requirements: Front desk customer service, accommodation registration, barista, and office staff Must speak English with a second language preferred (German, French, Spanish) Contact: rsc@klondiker.com Apply with cover letter, resume, and references.

SOLD

1-BDRM BASEMENT suite, Granger, bright & spacious, own parking, no laundry, N/P, N/S, no parties, dd&refs reqʼd, avail April 1st, $1,000/mon incl heat, hydro. 335-5890 CABIN FOR rent, Riverside, rustic, cozy, blue jug, outhouse, propane stove, woodstove, greenhouse, water/showers nearby, 30 minutes from town in Mt. Lorne, prefer long term, $550/mon. 633-4322

vivianetessier@remax.net ®

Action ReAlty

1-BDRM SUITE, furnished, large/bright, sep ent, w/d, BBQ deck, new renos, dd&refs reqʼd, N/S, N/P, no parties, $1,300/mon incl utils, heat, 668-4966

3-BDRM 2-BATH mobile home, country living, clean, bright, newer, large garage, avail immed, 15 mins north of town, N/S, pets negotiable, $1,650/mon + utils. 334-6941

3-BDRM 2-BATH condo, PC, avail May 1, large living/dining area, deck, private laundry, lots of storage. N/S, pets considered, 1-yr lease & refs, $1,750/mon +. 335-9674 FURNISHED BACHELOR apt 15 mins from downtown, private entry, small deck, N/S, N/P, dd&refs reqʼd. $1,000/mon incl.

322-3116

Duties: • Safe Outdoor guiding with interpretation, transporting, emergency procedure, cooking at camp.

867.334.1111

1-BDRM APT located right downtown near Main St, avail Apr. 1, $900/mon incl utils.

334-4741

ROOM FOR rent, PC, avail Apr 1, N/P, $700/mon all incl & dd. 335-3136 after 4:30pm

ACMG HikinG BACkpACkinG SnowSHoeinG Guide

A Professional at Your Side

DOWNTOWN BRIGHT spacious 2-bdrm apt, top floor, views, shared yard/greenhouse, avail Apr. 1, N/P. $1700/mon incl. heat/elec, 334-8001

SMALL BACHELOR suite in 1-yr old modern duplex, 1509B Dogwood St, Porter Creek, fully furnished, N/S, N/P. $900/mon all incl. Contact: joshrwiebe@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

ELECTRICIAN WANTED Journeyman, commercial work Email resume to jaytech@klondiker.com

LAND FOR sale, 7.5 acres, no building deadlines, accessible gravel road on one side, power,phone available nearby, gently sloped and treed, $159,900. 633-4822

5-BDRM 1.5-BATH house, Riverdale, fenced yard, N/S, avail Mar. 15, $1,800/mon + utils. 668-5530

2-3 BDRM (or 2-bdrm with den), 1 bath house, Riverdale, large fenced backyard, avail immed, $1,700/mon incl City bill.

334-4588

Only members of Yukon Employees’ Union will be considered for the eligibility list.

DOWNTOWN 2-BDRM condo for sale, 3rd floor, good views, approx 1,040 sqft, in-floor heating, elevator, no shared walls, available March 16, 2014, $334,900. Call or text 332-1400

667-2514

Wage: • $18.95 / hr, Permanent position • Full time position (min. of 35 hrs / week) • WCB, Staff Accommodation

Whitehorse, yukon

Each Office Independently Owned & Operated

Job Location: • Whitehorse, Dawson City, Haines J. area

Help Wanted

requirements: Skills and certification requirements: • Must speak and write in English • ACMG Hiking certification • Valid wilderness First Aid (80 hrs) • Previous guiding experience 1 yr to less than 2 yrs.

Amber Enterprises is looking for: SEASONAL LIVE-IN ONSITE CAMPGROUND OFFICE MANAGER NOC #0632 $12.50 per hour.

May till Oct, full time, shift work.

Requirements: Accommodation Registration Management, Payroll, Scheduling, Staffing, Customer Service Must speak English and also have one of the following: German, Spanish or French Contact: rsc@klondiker.com Apply with cover letter, resume, and references.

consiDer as an asset: • Japanese speaking skill.

• Local guiding knowledge / Good fitness level YM Tours LTd o/A Yamnuska Mountain Tours Box 31112 Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A5P7 job2@yamnuskaguides.com

TAGS

Why are you reading this ad?

food & gas 24 hrs/7

Wanted to Rent

Requires

HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 PROF. SEEKING 1-bdrm apartment/suite in Riverdale, downtown or Granger area for April 1st. 336-8194 HOUSE-SITTER AVAILABLE in Whitehorse area, May to Sept, many references, good with animals, gardens, etc. jgraf5@yahoo.ca or 335-2300

Real Estate 2-BDRM CABIN, Tagish, Sidney Str, Lot 12, blue siding. Electric ready to hook up. Gd location, 5 minutes to bridge for fishing. Serious Inquiries only. Tony 780-926-1966 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 LARGE 5-BDRM home in Watson Lake, for rent or sale, $229,000. 780-632-9618 MOBILE HOME, Takhini Trailer Park, new siding, flooring, 12ʼx22ʼ addition, bathroom, upgraded windows & electrical, new water & sewer pipes, $55,000 obo. 332-8258

It is not in colour.

It is not very big.

It has no artwork.

It is also inexpensive.

The point is: you are reading it right now in The Yukon News.

You didn’t miss it.

Food Counter Attendant $12/hr

Open 24/7.

This position requires you to work from 12 pm - 8 am mainly.

NOC: 6641

Put your message in this newspaper each week where it will get read, and re-read.

Mail or Drop off Resume to:

Tags Food & Gas

4221-4th Ave. Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1K2 6 VAcAnT pOsiTiOns Opening date: March 1st, 2014 Closing date: March 31st, 2014

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Asphalt and Lab Coordinator – Whitehorse (Permanent) Department of Highways & Public Works Salary: $65,073 to $75,023 per annum

Closing Date: March 18, 2014 Requisition: #4807

For viewing all jobs, please go to

www.employment.gov.yk.ca “Committed to employment equity” Public Service Commission (867) 667-5834

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 Fax resume to: 867-993-2336 CANADIAN LYNDEN TRANSPORT Looking for Class 1 drivers with superb experience Please e-mail resume to abjork@lynden.com or Fax 867-668-3196 Phone: 668-3198 CLARK BUILDERS Now Hiring in Whitehorse and Yellowknife Project Managers Project Coordinators Estimators Superintendents Apply at www.clarkbuilders.com

Miscellaneous for Sale 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 DIRT DEVIL vacuum cleaner, nearly new, $40. 668-6007 THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. 633-3154 TRADING CARDS, binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $50. 633-3154 CFL FOOTBALL cards, 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards, serious inquiries. $1,500.

633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association – 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. 633-3154

Native Brain-Tanned

Moose Hides AT REASONABLE PRICES Tanned beaver & other furs also available.

Ph (780) 355-3557 or (780) 461-9677

or write Lodge Fur and Hides, Box 87, Faust AB, T0G 0X0 ARCTIC SPA HOT tub cover, 1 yr. old, fits 88”x88” tub, $1,000 new, asking $500.

667-4910 MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10. Almost every card issued minus some short prints, incl. 27 unopened paks/yr. Over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. 633-3154.

FIBREGLASS WALL & tub combo, 2 pcs, minor damaged edges, color snow white, retail $950, asking $450. 647-996-7531 20 IAN Rankin paperback novels (John Rebus detective), all in good cond, $25.

633-3154 SPIRIT MASK, “Blind Fisherman”, painted cedar carved by Calvin Morberg, $350.

335-9934 SIZE 10 Canvas Tops, moose + #10canvas,

by Daisy OʼBrian, $150. 335-9934 YOUTH GAUNTLETS, rabbit fur suede, imitation shearling lining, $185, baby slippers, beaver trim, $80. 335-9934 LEATHER TEDDYBEAR, mooseskin and beads, $100. 335-9934 3 GRANITE counter tops, 8ʼ sections, radius edges, light rose color, open to offers.

821-2938 MOVING OUT, home furniture, area rugs, camping gear, fishing net 100ʼ, new, lots of other stuff. 393-3113 for info.

DE-HUMIDIFIER, BARELY used, $40 obo.

633-6244

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Friday, March 7 ,2014 ENVIROLET COMPOST toilet, new, never used, electric, waterless, c/w venting pipe, $2,400 obo. 633-6502 FIREPLACE, PROPANE, cast iron, gray, $1,195. 332-6116 MOCCASINS, 335-9934

SZ 10,

moose, $100.

KRENOL 425 All Fiber insulating machine, 200ʼ of 2 1/2” hose, used twice, paid $7,000, asking $5,000. 335-2005 or 668-5814 MYSTERY AND detective novels, 35 cents each, 668-6007 MICROWAVE OVEN, 19x9, near new, used once, paid $84, selling at $70. 668-6007 MENʼS GOLD chain, 26”L, 10k yellow gold, appraised at $450 in 2007, $300 obo.

633-2837

CONTACT ME if you are interested in ordering bulk, organic food from Horizon Foods.

334-3978 MAKITA 12” planer, 6” joiner combination machine, 220 volt carbide joiner blades, 3 sets HSS planer blades, exc shape, $900.

633-2916 after 6pm.

CARPET AND underlay, used, approx. 200 sq ft, brown/earth tones, excellent for cabin or basement, $200 obo. 668-5644 RED WOOL coat, sz 16, exc cond, $100 obo; Black wool coat, sz 20, exc cond, $100 obo. 633-2751 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY: Two Air North shares, Class C convertible to Class D, for sale. 334-7441

SMALL SLOW cooker, gently used, $15; black canvas travel bag w wheels, $10; scales, in good shape, $8. 668-6007 OIL FURNACE, 3 yrs old, just serviced professionally. Olsen BML80B, 59,000-97,000, BTU/hr. EnergyGuide 83, $1,000. 335-8153

SPRING IS THE TIME to get your firewood in place $225/cord for fire-killed pine 5 cord minimum Credit cards accepted Doug Martens, 334-7364

JOB OPPORTU N ITY

Tu Lidlini Petroleum Inc. General Delivery, Ross River, Yukon Y0B 1S0

Truck Drivers Needed

Required Qualifications: • Clean Drivers Abstract – must supply an updated copy with resume • Class 3 Drivers Licence with an air ticket • Must be physically fit • Must be willing to work long hours • Some travel is necessary Please submit your resume attention: Kim Redies at Tu-Lidlini Petroleum or by email: tulidlini.kim@gmail.com

Deadline to apply: March 14, 2014 at 3:00 PM

Blood Ties Four Directions Centre is seeking to fill the full-time term position of

RuRal PaRtneRshiP CooRdinatoR The Rural Partnership Coordinator • delivers interactive culturally relevant workshops in rural Yukon communities designed to address HIV and Hepatitis C risk, harm reduction and addiction • supports individuals and families impacted by HIV/AIDS and/or Hepatitis C in rural communities • works strategically and collaboratively with Yukon First Nation community stakeholders to reduce stigma associated with HIV, Hepatitis C, and addiction in rural communities • coordinates the Community Workshop Series: Addressing the needs of rural Yukon First Nations The ideal candidate has: • some post-secondary education in the field of education, social services, or health.

• experience coordinating & delivering educational projects in a variety of settings • experience in providing advocacy to vulnerable populations • excellent communication skills both oral and written • knowledge of Yukon First Nations history and culture This position involves extensive travel throughout the Yukon. Candidates must be willing and able to travel several days per month throughout the project period.

Electrical Appliances KENMORE DRYER, front loader, works great, $300. Also nw pump out of Kenmore washer, $40. 332-7797 CLOTHES DRYER, good working cond, heavy duty, $50. 633-2837

KENMORE CERAMIC top range, convection, self-clean, delay cook, top end several years ago, one burner is slower, $200, can deliver in Whse area. 667-2276

ELECTRIC KITCHEN range, top line GE Profile, glass top with bridge burner, triple surface unit, warming zone, convection oven, $400 obo. 633-5419

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.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

COMMERCIAL FLEET MECHANIC

North 60 Petro Ltd. is a home heating delivery and bulk fuel Transportation Company having a fleet of 16 plus truck and tractor combinations. We are currently looking to hire a journeyman mechanic to diagnose, service and maintain our current fleet.

The ideal candidate will have a commercial or heavy duty journeyman certification, experience with diagnosing electronic controls on Cummings and Caterpillar engines, experience with major driveline repairs and overhauls.

Class 1 driver’s with air endorsement and PMVI qualifications would be an asset.

Candidate must have the willingness to work overtime as required.

This is a full time position based in Whitehorse. Wages are based on our collective agreement. We also have an excellent benefit package with tool allowance.

PLEAsE subMIT yOuR APPLICATION by: MARCH 14, 2014 North 60 Petro Ltd. Attention: sharon Ness 146 Industrial Road Whitehorse, y.T. y1A 2V1 Phone: 867-633-8822 or Fax: 867-633-8841 sness@north60petro.com

À LA RECHERCHE D’UN EMPLOI?

Des professionnels engagés Conseils en développement de carrière Création, amélioration et traduction de CV Simulation d’entrevue

This rewarding and challenging position is a full-time 10-month position from approx.

April 22, 2014 to March 31, 2015.

Salary: $41,000 to $44,000 per annum (35 hours per week), plus benefits and all travel related costs while working in Yukon rural communities (accommodations, meals, vehicle/fuel, etc.).

Please send your resume and cover letter via email to: Patricia Bacon, Executive Director Blood Ties Four Directions Centre executivedirector@klondiker.com APPlICATIoN DEADlINE: MArch 21, 2014

Des services personnalisés et des ressources utiles.

Éducation

Direction de l’enseignement postsecondaire

CENTRE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE 302, rue Strickland, Whitehorse (Yukon) 867.668.2663 poste 223 www.sofa-yukon.ca

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Paying cash for good quality modern electronics.

G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS

Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Governance Council - Youth Representative JOB DESCRIPTION: The Kwanlin Dün Cultural Society’s (KDCS) Governance Council is placing a call for a youth delegate. The youth delegate will sit on the KDCS’s Governance Council and take part in key strategic decisions and planning discussions for the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. This is an opportunity for a young individual to learn and take part in community planning with a focus on local First Nations culture.

Applicants up to 30 years of age are welcome to apply.

ClOSING DaTE fOR SuBmISSIONS: Sunday, March 23rd 2014. fuRThER INfORmaTION: can be obtained at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, 1171 Front Street,Whitehorse YT. For questions regarding the position, please contact Amanda Buffalo at (867) 633-7805.

Documents and full job description can be obtained from the KDCC website (www.kdcc.ca).

FENDER SUPER Champ X2 HD guitar amplifier, mint, $350. Thomas @ 867-660-4826, lv. msg

TVs & Stereos

YOuTh DElEGaTE POSITION

Friday, March 7 ,2014

SANYO TV, 32” screen, excellent picture and sound, am upgrading. $160 obo.

633-6355

Computers & Accessories

FENDER SQUIER Vintage modified precision bass, exc cond, c/w gig bag, $385. Thomas at 867-660-4826, lv msg

Firewood

Duke’s Firewood standing dry beetle Killed spruce

avoid the Fall rush & prices! spring Wood prices:

EPSON PHOTO R1800 color printer, free.

633-3154

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

6 cord load $210/cord $230 for multiples of 2 cords Approx 8 cord loads of 20ft dry logs $1300 cash and debit accepted

334-8122 DONʼS FIREWOOD 100+-cord bucked firewood always available No-charge emergency delivery Kwanlin Dun/Social Services Why wait? Prompt delivery $240/cord City limits No excuses 393-4397

PIANO WITH Bench, Mason & Risch, full keyboard, 39 & 3/4“ high, motivated to sell, $800 obo. 633-6355 TENOR RECORDER, Clarinet size, nickel flaps on lower notes, c/w case & beginner book, beautiful sound. $55.00 obo. 633-6355

Champagne and Aishihik First Nations

Senior Advisor to Chief & Council

Term Full Time Salary: $70,821.44 - $82,851.07 Location: Haines Junction Under the direction of the Chief, this position provides a wide range of administrative and analytical self-governance support to the Chief that includes strategic thinking on new directions for the organization; project design and project analysis including financial review. As well this position will assist in fostering good public relations with citizens, staff and other governments.

This position works in Haines Junction in a normal office setting and requires occasional overtime. Position is regularly required to meet regular and ad hoc deadlines in the production of materials and information. A high level of concentration is required while conducting research. Frequent travel can be expected, including accompanying the Chief or Council members to meetings as required. The incumbent will frequently interact with people of different culture and values. Stress may be encountered when responding to inquiries or interacting with people of different values We offer a competitive benefits package with RRSP plan, group health with Sun Life, and a travel benefit.

Education and Experience: Successful completion of a Degree in Public Administration, Political Science or a directly related field combined with Human Resource & Financial experience at a senior level with Self Governing First Nation governments. Executive level experience working with First Nations governments in a political and administrative capacity. Fluent in English is a requirement.

Condition of Employment: Criminal Record Check Possess a valid Yukon Class 5 Driver’s License CAFN’s Human Resources Policy will apply. For complete job description please check the CAFN website at http://www.cafn.ca/jobs.html or contact below.

We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Application deadline: 4:30 p.m. on March 20th, 2014 Send Applications and/or resumes to: Kathy Brown Champagne and Aishihik First Nations 304 Jarvis Street Whitehorse Yukon Territory, Y1A 2H2 Fax: (867) 667-6202 Phone: (867) 456-6879 Cell: (867) 332-5247 Email: kbrown@cafn.ca

Stringed instrument repair and fine furniture restoration

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

Erica Heyligers * luthier 104 Tungsten Rd., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6T9

867-668-3408 erica@northwestel.net PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com ELECTRIC GUITAR: Fender Bullet Strat (Squier), Arctic white, excellent for beginner/students or casual players, $100.

335-9875

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

FIREWOOD FOR SALE Beetle killed Approximately 20-cord logging truck loads $150 per cord Delivered to Whitehorse Call Clayton @ 867-335-0894 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 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 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.

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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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Guns & Bows Case cutlery, high quality hand-crafted pocket and hunting knives available at G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS WHITEHORSE RIFLE and Pistol Club, firearms safety course (class size limited) Mar. 15 & 16, 2014. Info 633-2488, 333-5640

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Executive Director

The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR) Society is a not for profit Society with the main mandate of producing the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival, which just celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society is accepting resumes for the position of Executive Director.

This position requires an individual that is reliable, committed, and focused on providing leadership for the Society. The Executive Director, reporting directly to the society’s President and Board of Directors, will be able to take direction from the Board of Directors, while being self-directed in the day to day operations of the society.

Working with a Board of 15, and a volunteer base of over 250 individuals, the Executive Director must be approachable, have excellent time management and conflict resolution skills, as well as project the brand of the society and its festival through their interactions and communications. Strong computer skills are essential. Marketing experience and education will be considered an important asset.

Please submit your resume and cover letter to the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society highlighting your experience and education in:

Leadership • • • • • •

Implementing board policy and decisions Monitoring and overseeing financial management Managing staff and large groups of volunteers Maintaining, acquiring and disposal of physical assets Developing, planning and delivering programs and services Establishing, maintaining and advancing business and community relations through marketing and proposal preparation/reporting.

All resumes and cover letters are due to the society by

MArch 14, 2014 ThosE bEing consiDErED will ThEn bE conTAcTED by ThE hiring coMMiTTEE. PlEAsE subMiT rEsuMEs/covEr lETTErs viA EMAil To: yukon.sourDough.rEnDEzvous@gMAil.coM

BRAZILIAN MAUSER in 8mm Mauser, hand made hardwood stock, bedded and floated, recent refinish of whole rifle, $300 firm, PAL req'd, 667-2276 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 MARTIN SABRE compound bow, lots of accessories, target block, Pelican case, complete kit, $400, will consider trade for equivalent value rifle/shotgun. 335-6008 text or call WINCHESTER MODEL 1906, .22 pump action rifle, mfg in 1913, PAL required, $500 firm. 333-9056 BENELLI NOVA 12ga shotgun, 3 1/2” chamber, 28" barrel, 3 interchangeable chokes, camo pattern, exc cond, $500. 634-2559 HARRINGTON & Richards 12 Gauge Magnum single shot shotgun w/hammer, 32” barrel, with removable recoil pad and shell holder, $100. 332-2501 or 668-2522 J STEVENS Arms Co. Little Scout .22 rifle circa 1920s. $200. Joe 668-4344 PENTAX PF ED 60 spotting scope with 60X zoom eye piece, $500. 668-4634 HUSQVARNA VAPENFABRIKS AB .30-06 US Model 9000. Redfield 2x-7x scope, great hunting rifle. $550. Joe 668-4344 TIKKA 300 WSM Stainlees steel lite, exc cond, less than 100 rounds put through, glass fibre polymer stock, muzzle break, bi-pod attached, scope unmounted, limbsaver, FAC reqʼd, $1,400. 633-2449

Wanted WANTED: ALL-AMERICAN canner with room for 7 quart glasses, 335-9934 WANTED: FOOT pedal for sewing machine, 3 prongs, 7A 125V, 335-9934

WANTED: GOOD used breadmaker, reasonable price. 633-2751 ANYONE INTERESTED in forming a calligraphy group, could meet afternoons, to include simple lessons & displays. Pat @ 667-4141

the yukon’s best pre-owned vehicles!

WANTED: USED bricks for outside landscaping project. Happy to pick them up.

660-5844 WANTED: WITNESSES to accident Sunday Feb 23 2014 approx 0945 hrs at lights at 2 Mile Hill and Chilkoot Way, involving beige Kia Sorrento and black Dodge Ram truck.

Contact 667-7830 WANTED: 335-9934

KITCHEN Aid Artisan, call

WANTED: OLD-FASHIONED typewriter in good working order, reasonable price.

668-6871 WANTED: TRUNK in good condition, good locks and very clean inside, 668-6007 WANTED: PICK up truck. Prefer 4 x 4, late 80's or 90's Toyota, Nissan, but will consider what you have. 633-4322 WANTED: PLAYMOBILE figurines, big pieces, suitable for 8-yr old boy. 667-6616

Cars

✔ I50 point comprehensive vehicle inspection ✔ 3 month or 5000 km limited powertrain warranty ✔ 10 day or 1000 km Vehicle Exchange Privilege ✔ Car Proof verified report ✔ Complimentary Roadside Assistance ✔ Nitrogen inflated tires ✔ Full tank of fuel ✔ First two oil changes FREE

1999 DODGE Ram 1500 SLT 1/2 ton, 4X4, ext cab, 4-dr, V8 auto, c/w canopy, new Michelin tires, all power equipped, $4,299.

667-7777 or 336-2029 1998 YUKON Navigator, low average miles, V8, 7-passenger, fully loaded, $3,900.

333-9899 1995 CHEVROLET 1500 4X4 c/w box liner, canopy, tow hitch, truck rack, new winter tires, two spare rims, well maintained. $4,500. 668-5701 1995 FORD F250 Econoline van, runs, needs windshield/battery, insulated, and 1994 Ford Aerostar, runs, needs TLC, must go, info 333-9358

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SALES • BODY SHOP • PARTS • SERVICE 2008 GMC Envoy SLE, GREY ..........................................................................$16,500 2005 Honda Pilot EX, black ..........................................................................$13,900 2008 Arctic Cat M1000 Snowmobile ................................................... $7,500 2007 Pontiac Torrent, aWD, RED..................................................................$12,995 2005 Ford F350 Crewcab, 4X4, DiEsEl .................................................$10,500 $ SOLD! 2007 Kia Spectra 5, 5-spEED, RED.................................................................

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2011 DODGE 1500 quad cab, short box, 4X4, fully loaded, sunroof, trailer pkg, box cover, factory warranty, offers or will consider older mini-van as part trade. 456-2043 or 333-0403

IN-HOUSE FINANCING AVAILABLE!

2008 Toyota Corolla SE 4 door, Auto, White

2010 DODGE 3500 dually, all options incl DVD entertainment centre, rear heated seats, B&M gooseneck hitch, only 29,000kms, replacement cost $88,000 + GST, asking $57,750. 334-4206

2011 CHEVY Aveo hatchback, auto, 27,000kms, summer/winter tires on rims, great gas mileage, must sell, $8,500 obo.

334-1006 2009 VOLVO V-50 2.4i, 5-door estate wagon, 5-spd manual, red, FWD, winter/summer tires, convertible child seats, alloy wheels, roof load carrier/rack, $18,500.

334-7441 2007 HONDA Civic, 4-dr, auto, new windshield, all power options, good tires, lots of service records, clean, runs great, 200,000km. 667-4463 2007 TOYOTA Highlander SUV, winter & all season tires, tow hitch, approx 128,000kms, $14,000 obo. 332-4143 2006 FORD Focus Hatchback Coupe, under 90,000km, new winter tires, set of all seasons, new battery/alternator, dealer maintained, $7,500 obo. 335-8203 2004 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta TDI, fully loaded, heated leather seats, sunroof, good cond, well maintained, $7,500. 667-7741 or 336-8383 2002 C H R Y S L E R Concorde LX, 117,000kms, super clean, body/glass spotless, well maintained, $3,800. 335-3868 2002 HONDA Civic 4-dr standard, new clutch, new windshield, winter/summer tires, 170,000kms, good clean car, $4,500.

334-9436 or 667-4463 FREE, 1992 Ford Festiva, fixable. 633-4391 2002 NISSAN Sentra SER Spec-V, manual, 197,500 kms, power all, sunroof, cold air intake, headers, 8" factory subwoofer, command start, etc. 668-7382 1997 H Y U N D A I Tiburon, green, 220,000kms, nice little car but needs trans work, $850. 334-5209 1997 INTREPID Sport, 114,000kms, great shape, inspection done, runs & drives exc, $2,500. 335-3868 1994 FORD Tempo in running/driving condition, will need some work on front end, $300.

667-2876 leave msg 1994 MITSUBISHI Gallant, new trans, P/W, P/L, sunroof, Alpine stereo, winter/summer tires on rims, good cond, $1,800 obo.

336-3570 1992 SENTRA classic, selling for parts, good motor, trans, new tires, good battery, interior in exc cond, will deliver, $300.

821-2938 1989 TOYOTA Corolla, runs, $1,000 obo.

668-7987 JEEP WRANGLER Unlimited 4DR 2007, manual, 76000km, good cond, ike new Goodrich 10ply all-terrain tires, all weather rubber mats, $13,500 obo. Daniel 335-6503

10,550

$

2014 Dodge Dart SXT Black, Auto

2009 KIA Borrego, 4WD, 7 passenger, auto, new AT tires, tow hitch 5,000lb, full winter package, heated front seats, cruise, CD/MP3/USB/AUX/SAT, 4 wheel ABS, ESC, DBC, $17,500 obo. 333-9242

5 HUSKY puppies, 8 weeks old, 2 male, 3 female, $100 ea. 332-8945 WANTED: 668-7659

EXTRA-LARGE dog crate.

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SkillS Canada Yukon

Program Coordinator Description: Under the direction of the Executive Director and the Board of Directors, the Program Coordinator will manage the logistics required to successfully coordinate Skills Canada Yukon programming for high school and post secondary students. The Project Coordinator has two main responsibilities: 1. To act as Competition Coordinator and work with volunteers to design scopes, projects, judging criteria and to secure judges, materials, equipment etc to run a successful Territorial Competition. The project coordinator is responsible for ensuring that all committees and volunteers are working effectively together and meeting established guidelines and deadlines to ensure the integrity of the competition.

2. To assist the Executive Director in delivering in-school programs and attend career fairs / community events to promote Skilled Trades and Technology Careers as first-choice career options for Yukon youth.

Auto, White,

Education Government Éducation

20,595

$

2014 Jeep Cherokee North Edition 4x4 Auto, Black

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

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OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK In-House Financing Available

2006 CHEV Equinox AWD, 168,000kms, fully loaded, AC, pwr windows, locks, seats, sunroof, 6 CD changer, new windshield, great cond, $8,400 obo. 334-7842

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Employment Opportunity

For Quick Approval call: 668-5559 #4 Fraser Road, McCrae, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S8 EMAIL: woloshyn@northwestel.net

2004 F250 Ford super duty 4door 4x4 XLT short box with bed liner gets 19 miles/gal ready for trailer hauling with electric brake, $11,900 obo. 456-4981

Auto Parts & Accessories

2004 GMC 7 passenger Safari van, blue, 170,000km, well maintained, $5,800 obo, 334-5491 for info

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

2003 CHEV Silverado 2500HD, Duramax diesel, crew cab 4X4, fully loaded, leather interior, heated leather seats & mirrors, exc cond, $13,900 obo. 332-8801

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

2003 FORD Excursion XLT, V10 gas, exc running cond, seats 8, removable rear seat, rear split doors with hatchback, incl tow pkg, $8,500 obo. 667-7733

FULL SIZE truck bed liner, fits 1974-1996 Ford, $200. 633-2580 TRUCK TOPPER/CANOPY, heavy duty, side sliding windows with screens, front sliding window, back window with lock, 98"x72"x22", dark red, $650 obo. 660-4646

2002 F250 Lariat, ext cab long box 4x4, 225,000km, tow package, camper package, leather, $7,900 obo. 668-5882

4 M O T O M A S T E R all terrain tires, 225/75R16, studded, 3,000km, 4 steel wheels (rims), 5 lug bolt pattern, 4.5" or 114.3mm, fits on Jeeps and many others, $650. 660-4646

2001 GMC Jimmy SLS, 4.3L, V6 auto 4X4, auto start, overall great cond, low kms, $3,000 obo. 668-4315

2 SETS summer tires, Goodyear Wrangler, P275/65R18, 1 set new, other set used 1 season, $700 & $500. Pat 332-3438

salvage sale The following insurance salvage is up for bids. Salvage vehicles may have significant collision damages. Listed salvage is currently located at Irving Collision Repairs. GST will be added to all bids. It is offered on an “as is, where is” basis. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

Bids close at 6:00 p.m. March 10, 2014 Contact Irving Collision Repairs (867-667-6315) for viewing appointment & information.

MAKE Ford Pontiac Kia Toyota Pontiac Nissan Ford Dodge

TO GOOD home, hamster & accessories, $15. 633-4391

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

2014 Chrysler 200 LX LEASED

2007 3500 Dodge Laramie diesel, low mileage, 2 sets tires on rims, winter studded and summer, $38,000 obo. 336-1701

YEAR 2003 2007 2007 2008 2009 2006 1999 2001

FLEMISH GIANT/ANGORA cross rabbits for sale. Ready to go to new homes. $65 ea.

333-0915

Full job description available online at www.skillsyukon.com

23,595

$

2008 FORD Superduty diesel quad cab, XLT, headache rack, driving lights, 169,000 km., good cond, $21,000 obo. 335-9596

2002 CHEV Silverado 4x4 ext cab, 4-dr, V8 auto, cruise, new Wrangler tires, $5,999.

667-7777 or 336-2029

Pets

PLOW TRUCK 1989 Dodge Power Ram 4x4 short box single cab truck, Meyer hydraulic plow, $4,500. 334-1006

Trucks

2012 CHEVROLET cruze great on gas, c/w heated steats, summer/winter tires, $19,000 obo. 336-4886

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MODEL Focus Wave Rondo Tacoma Montana Altima F250 Ram Wagon B3500

FILE NUMBER 675834 682718 697618 694825 707948 703964 714291 713343

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Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon’s capacity through education and training.

Expression of Interest for: Curriculum Developer(s) School of Academic & Skill Development Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Hourly Rate: $32.30 to $36.33 Competition No.: 14.17 Initial Review Date: March 10, 2014 Yukon College is looking for interested, qualified candidates with relevant education, experience to develop curriculum in the following subject areas: Office Administration for First Nation Governments Automotive Maintenance – Skills for Employment The ideal candidate(s) will have a post-secondary degree preferably at the graduate level with experience delivering adult educational programming.

For additional position information please contact: Gabriel Ellis, Instructor/Coordinator, School of Academic and Skill Development Email: gellis@yukoncollege.yk.ca Phone: (867) 456-8641 Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca

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Motorcycles & Snowmobiles 2010 POLARIS 800, 155 track, all stock, 30 hrs on unit, c/w cover, wheel dollies, $6,500 obo. 334-5182

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Custom-cut Stone Products

2010 HARLEY Davidson Sportster 883L, red, beautiful bike, 11,000 kms, c/w windshield, locking saddlebags, engine guard, luggage rack, $8,000 obo. 334-4364

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

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg

KTM OWNERS: new WP rear PDS shock spring, #69N/mm, $100. 334-4477 2007 BRP 400 Outlander quad, $4,000 obo.

336-1701 2001 POLARIS 800 RMK 151” track, black, low miles, exc cond, $2,700 obo. 334-4477 WANTED: LATE 60s or early 70s snowmobile, any condition, seeking Elan parts.

633-5480

2010 KAWASAKI KLR 650 cc, 1,850 kms, on/off road, XL pants, jacket, helmet, saddle bags, exc cond, $5,400. 334-8912 lv msg TAITʼS CUSTOM TRAILER SALES 2-3-4- place snowmobile & ATV trailers Drive on Drive off 3500 lb axles

by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com

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Loved & Remembered

Joyce Sandra H ay d e n 1931 ~ 2009

Close in our hearts you will always stay, Loved and remembered every day, Your Family

FUNERAL SERVICE will be held at the

Brenda Lea Sam

C armaCks r eCreation C entre on

s aturday , m arCh 8, 2014 at 2 p . m .

Out of respect for the family, please no alcohol or drugs.

In Loving memory of

Larry Joe December 20, 1948 March 7, 2013

Geraldine Davies March 25th,1954 - March 5th,2013

Every day in some small way Memories of you come our way; Though absent, you are ever near, Still missed, loved, always dear.

So you who have a loved one Cherish them with care, For you’ll never know the heartache Till you see that vacant chair.

What we’d give if we could say Hello, Larry in the same “Ol” way; To hear your voice, see your smile, To sit with you and chat awhile.

An understanding heart, An intelligent mind We miss you Higgins, You were one of a kind.

We miss you so in many ways, We miss the things you used to say, And when “Ol” times we do recall It’s when we miss you most of all.

You can shed tears that she is gone, or you can smile because she has lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back, or you can open your eyes and see all she has left.

You can remember her only that she is gone, or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back.

Or you can do what she’d want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on…

As it dawns on a year, In our lonely hours of thinking, Thoughts of you are ever near.

Forever remembered, forever missed

‘Til we meet again Kookum!

We will love you forever Larry We who love you sadly miss you,

Loved & Missed by your family...

Dwayne (Lorraine), Darwin & Desmond, and your Grandchildren.

Arnold (Jr.)

Johnson March 13, 1956 – January 27, 2014 The Johnson, Smith & allinger family would like to send out a heartfelt thank you to everyone who assisted us during the tragic and sudden loss of arnold

We would especially like to thank: EMS, Dr. Chau and the nurses in Emergency and the Intensive Care Unit and the First Nation Health Care staff at Whitehorse General Hospital, Heritage North Funeral Home, Kwanlin Dün, Champagne & Aishihik and Kluane First Nations, YG Land Management Branch & Agricultural Branch, C & D Feeds Store David Johnson, Stirling Young & Mark Caroll, Rose Kushniruk, Darlene Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Cameron & Jerimiah Jim, Dwayne Smith, Douglas Twiss & Billy Huebschwerlen Also the numerous people that brought food, donated money, sent flowers & cards and came to visit during this difficult time; it was very much appreciated We sincerely apologize if we have missed anybody

Thank you All!!

Til we meet again your loving family and friends.

It is with heavy hearts that the Caron Family announce the passing of

Antoine (Tony) Eugene Joseph Caron

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March 27, 1940 – March 6, 2014

ony was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario to Mary Louise and Eugene Caron on March 27, 1940. His Father Eugene was a diamond driller and they often moved to where he could work. They lived throughout Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Always independent and full of life Tony headed out on his own at a young age working in road construction and eventually met his first wife Betty. They lived in Montreal and this is where their first daughter Ann was born in 1964. After moving to the Yukon, they welcomed Sharon in 1974.

Tony agreed to come to the Yukon in 1966 to work on a short term drilling job with his father. That job led to another and another job and the whole family moved to the Yukon and formed E. Caron Diamond Drilling.

Tony was the driving force behind the company and took over the main role when his father passed away in 1978. He worked closely with his nephew Konn and after Konn and Maureen were married in 1989, she joined the Company to work with them.

Tony was often considered a workaholic and was often called out in the middle of the night to take care of any problems. He was the go to guy when anyone needed

anything and was a larger than life figure in the mining industry. He was often available to catch up and have a coffee with anyone that stopped by the shop.

Tony was well respected by his staff and enjoyed spending time with the youngsters that grew up around the company.

Always having time to take them on “loader rides”; he enjoyed making them part of his beloved Company.

Being a lover of life he was always at the center of a party; Tony loved Hockey and played until his knees would no longer go!

Tony was never afraid of a fight and was known to mix it up if needed. He encouraged his daughters to be strong and independent and stand on their own two feet.

This at times led them to have strained relationships. In recent years he enjoyed spending time with his girls and made up for lost time. He became a fixture at Sam N Andy’s often getting to hang out with the staff and catching up with old friends when they would come by.

Tony enjoyed spending time with his grandson Justin Magill and was proud that Justin was following in his footsteps and working in the mining industry.

Tony thought of Konn as a son and took pride in spending time with Konn and

Maureen’s children Kevin and Teneil.

Tony is predeceased by his father Eugene Caron and is survived by his mother Mary Louise Caron, his daughter Ann Caron and grandson Justin Magill, his youngest daughter Sharon Caron, his nephew and niece Konn and Maureen Caron and grand niece and nephew Kevin Caron, Teneil Caron (Michael Fisher) The Caron Family would like to offer there sincerest appreciation to Andy Hureau who was a great friend of Tony’s. He was able to accompany on his final journey and ensured that he could rest peacefully.

The Caron Family will be holding a Celebration of Life for Tony on March 11 , 2014 at 2pm at the Yukon Transportation Museum.

QUAD TIRES, 2 tires 25x8-12, 2 tires 25x12-10, $350 for all. 633-6502 KIDʼS SNOWMOBILE Arctic Cat Snowpro 120, bought new 14 months ago, $2,200.

334-1006 2012 POLARIS assault 800, 155" track, good shape, well maintained, low miles, C&A pro skis, extra belts, $9,000 obo. 334-6032 2009 RHINO/CHINO UTV side by side for sale for parts only, $1,800 obo. email: hendrik@mountsima.com or call (867) 332-4174 SKIMMER, STAND behind style, box is l:65”; w:21"; h:19", exc cond, $300. 821-6011

SWS TRAILER, 2 axles, 7000lbs, enclosed cargo mate, 20ʼlx81/2ʼwx7ʼh, barn doors, $10,895. 332-6116 20ʼ SPRAY foam insulated car hauler/cargo trailer, would double as great tool trailer, $7,500. 334-4206 14ʼ SPRAY foam insulated cargo trailer, great tool trailer, has ramp door, $6,500.

334-4206 10ʼ SLUMBER Queen camper, like new, no damage or leaks, rear bathroom, one owner, $3,500. 456-2130

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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

PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 21ʼ CAMPION Fishing Machine 210, walk around with cuddy, 225 Merc outboard on transom, GPS, fish finder, marine radio, 2 live wells, trailer, $11,000. 333-0740 or 333-0745

NAUTILUS 2-CYCLE marine engine oil, 334-4477 2000 15HP Mariner outboard, long shaft, exc cond, electric charging system, day tank, spare prop, $1,500 obo. 668-5644 eves

Heavy Equipment 5KW DEUTZ genset , top end done, $4,500, ST2 Lister, 4.5 kw, top end done, good fuel economy, 1200rpm, $5,500, SR3 Lister, 6kw-1200rpm, $5,000. Ph 633-4822 1995 FREIGHTLINER, 350 CAT engine, 10-speed, $10,000 obo. 335-1088 2003 VOLVO A35D articulated truck, 9500 total hours, new trans @ 5,000 hours, tires are approx 65%, FOB Dawson City, $135,000. jonathanganter@hotmail.com, 780-289-4989

Campers & Trailers

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

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

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

HABITAT FOR Humanity Yukon will be holding its AGM March 29, 2014, at the Whitehorse Public Library at 1:00 p.m. Everyone welcome!

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

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Action Circle.

Letter writing to protect and promote human rights worldwide, Tuesday, March 25, Whitehorse United Church (upstairs) 7:00pm-9:00pm. www.amnesty.ca Call 667-2389

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

WHITEHORSE: AN illustrated history. Slide Show & Talk with authors Monday, March 10, 7:00pm, Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre, Multipurpose room, free! KDCC & Yukon Public Libraries

YUKON CONSERVATION Society AGM, Wednesday March 19, 2014 at 5:30pm. 302 Hawkins St. 668-5678 for more info

ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca

18ʼ FREIGHTER canoe & trailer, 20 hp Johnson, exc cond, $3,200. 334-8912 lv msg 2002 16.25ʼ Harbour Craft boat & trailer, 50 HP Johnson & 9.9 hp Yamaha, down rig, new winch, life jackets, exc cond, $14,000.

334-8912 lv msg

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THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. A group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info and register 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 FALUN GONG, an advanced practice of Buddha school self-cultivation. Fa study Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Wood Street School from 6 p.m. No charge. For an introduction to the practice call 633-6157 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 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

FREE WIGS, hats and head coverings for people who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments. For more information email: yukonsupport@hotmail.com 12TH ANNUAL Disability Expo, March 12, 2014, from 10:00am to 4:00pm at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Center JAZZ ON the Wing with Diana Panton & Canadian Jazz Masters. Sun, Mar 9, 7:30 pm cabaret. Arts Centre. Tix yukontickets.com.

YAC Box Office, Arts Underground or door YK-AK COFFEE House, Sat. Apr. 19, 2014.

Open Stage By Invitation, bring potluck 4:30PM, help set-up 5:30PM, 7:00PM show! $5 United Church Bsmt, 6th+Main, 633-4255 EVEREST NIGHT, dinner and slideshows of Himalayas, April 10, United Church basement 6:00pm, tickets for sale March 10 at Well-Read Books, Fundraising Event for Hands of Hope, www.hands-of-hope.ca 668-7082 THE HOURS That Remain, by Keith Barker, inspired by The Highway of Tears, directed

by David Storch, March 5-8, YAC, 393-2676, www.gwaandaktheatre.com DOCUMENTARY FILM Yukon Parle Français, March 5, Old Fire Hall, 7:30 pm.

This tells the story of Francophones who fell in love with Yukon and decided to settle. In French, free CRESTVIEW CROSS-COUNTRY ski group meets Sundays at 12:00 noon at 222 Squanga Ave to ski Pine Forest Loop, 2-3 hours, free

TAGISH MUSIC Jam, March 8th, 2:00pm, Tagish Community Centre. Patrick Brown of Tagish will host this month's jam. Musicians and non-musicians wanted! Everyone welcome to jam or listen. Free.

TAGISH COMMUNITY Centre, Vanier Jazz Combo Performance, March 5th, 1:00pm. 8 members of grade 9-11 students performing a variety of styles of jazz music, lots of improvisation and fun

HAMLET OF Mt Lorne LAC monthly meeting, Tuesday March 11th LMCC 7:00pm, all welcome FRI, MAR 7, 5-8, Sat, Mar 8, 10-4 JustUs viewin, arts-based activist approach to early child care inequity in YT, Old Fire Hall, inspired by info collected anonymously from early childhood community YUKON GUILD of Needlearts Meet Thurs.

Mar 13th 7:00pm, Whse. Public Library.

Bring or meet a friend, start or finish a project, preserving the art of hand embroidery.

Info 633-4026 GOLDEN AGE Society is holding it's Annual General meeting Monday March 17th 2014 at 1:00pm at the Golden Age Center, Sport Yukon Building, 4th Ave. For info call 668-5538 MARCH 16TH, 11:00am, Maple Sugar Time Brunch, French-Canadian specialities served with pure maple syrup, 302 Strickland, tickets at the door, all details at afy.yk.ca/fondation HOMEGROWN THEATRE Festival still taking registrations! We encourage as many genres of live performance as you can imagine. For registration details www.nakaitheatre.com Registration closes Mar 17

request for ProPosAls

Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre National Aboriginal Day 2014 Coordinator ProjeCt DesCriPtioN: The NAD Coordinator will be responsible for the planning and implementation of the NAD events and main stage performances on June 21st, 2014 at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. In collaboration with the KDCC team, the Coordinator will work with the programming partners to ensure the successful execution of activities at KDCC on June 21st. the ClosiNg DAte for submissioNs is Sunday March 23rd, 2014.

Applications should include a cover letter, resume, and relevant background in event coordination. As well as references, work plan and proposed fee of service. further iNformAtioN can be obtained at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre, 1171 Front Street, Whitehorse YT. For questions regarding the contract please contact Elise Bousquet at (867) 456-5320. Documents and full job description may be obtained from the KDCC website (www.kdcc.ca)

requeSt FOr PrOPOSalS

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

Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Five-Year Strategic Plan and a Business Model Options Paper

8ʼX12ʼ DOUBLE wide quad trailer, seldom used, $2,800 obo. 336-1701 2002 10 1/2ʼ Frontier camper, $6,500 obo.

336-1701

PrOject DeScriPtiOn: This request for proposals has two parts: a Strategic Plan and a Business Model Options Paper. Please note that applicants can submit a proposal for either one or both parts of the RFP. The KDCS (Kwanlin Dun Cultural Society) requires a strategic plan that establishes immediate and long-term programming, operational and developmental priorities that ensure organizational continuity and mechanisms for long-term, sustainable growth.

The KDCS requires an Options Paper on business models for KDCC that will ensure inclusion of stakeholders and community members.

2007 30ʼ gooseneck tri-axle trailer, 7,000lb axles, trailer racks all around, trailer brakes, $10,500 obo. 334-9054 COLEMAN TENT trailer, spacious, bright, sleeps 7-8, king bed, queen bed, table to bed, couch to bed, 2 awnings, outdoor shower, indoor/outdoor cooking, toilet, $7,900 obo. 334-7842

the clOSing Date FOr SuBMiSSiOnS is March 14th, 2014 .

4' X 8' utility trailer, 2" hitch receiver, small heavy duty trailer, $250 obo. 660-4646

Further inFOrMatiOn can be obtained at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre, 1171 Front Street, Whitehorse YT. For questions regarding the contract please contact Amanda Buffalo at (867) 633-7805. Documents and full job description may be obtained from the KDCC website (www.kdcc.ca)

2006 STARLITE enlosed cargo trailer, 14ʼ inside, 6ʼ wide, man door & side, exc cond, $4,700. 334-8912 lv msg SNOWBEAR UTILITY trailer, 4' x 8' deck, 2,090 lb axle, weighs 450 lbs, $1,150 obo.

660-4646

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

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

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

PM13-056

Wayne Gaven

PM14-005

J. Paul Rivest

Water Source Location Point d’eau/Lieu

Goring Creek and Tributaries Davidson Creek

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

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

Type of Undertaking Type d’entreprise

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

Placer Mining

April 1, 2014

Placer Mining

April 1, 2014

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

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

Public Meeting

Fox lake local Area Plan Energy, Mines and Resources Land Planning Branch, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, and Kwanlin Dün First Nation are holding a public meeting on the Fox Lake local area planning process.

The meeting provides an opportunity for area residents, First Nation citizens, and the general public to meet the planning steering committee and consultant who will be assisting with the development of the plan; and to provide input into the next steps of the project which will include the collection of information and identification of land use issues.

Where: Hootalinqua Fire Hall When: 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 11, 2014 For more information, please visit: www.emr.gov.yk.ca/lands/fox_lake_local_area_plan.html or contact: energy, Mines and Resources land Planning branch tomoko Hagio (867) 667-3179, or Toll free: 1-800-661-0408 ext. 3179 Tomoko.hagio@gov.yk.ca ta’an Kwach’än council natalie leclerc • (867) 668-3613 ext. 285 NLeclerc@taan.ca Kwanlin Dün First nation John Meikle • (867) 633-7859 • jmeikle@kwanlindun.com

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WHITEHORSE G E N E R A L Hospital Women's Auxiliary, Mon. March 10th, 7:30 p.m. at WGH. New members welcome! Info: Barb @ 667-2087 STREAMS IN the Desert, world day of prayer by women of Egypt, Friday, Mar 14, 7:00pm at Whitehorse United Church. Free, all welcome. 667-2989

Services 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

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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS in the matter of the estate of

Sandra Gleason

Deceased, late of Whitehorse, in the Yukon territory, who died on

December 24, 2013.

INVITATION TO TENDER 2014 - VACTOR 2100 PLUS EDUCATOR TRUCK The City of Whitehorse (the “City”) is inviting tenders in writing from bona fide proponents for the supply and delivery of one (1) each: 2014 - Vactor 2100 Plus Educator Truck and or equivalent.

Interested bidders must submit tenders in writing enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Tender for the Supply of 2014 - Vactor 2100 Plus Educator Truck and or Equivalent" and addressed to the City of Whitehorse, Manager Financial Services, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 before 3:00:00 PM Local Time, Friday, March 21, 2014.

Tender documents with complete specifications may be obtained by Proponents who are or will be authorized to conduct business in the City of Whitehorse, from the Office of the Manager of Finance at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon on or after 12:00:00 PM local time Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

Tenders will be "EVALUATED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE.” Tenders by facsimile WILL NOT be accepted and / or considered.

All inquiries regarding this Invitation to Tender may be directed to the City’s Equipment Maintenance Supervisor at 867-668-8356 or 867-334-4256 between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Thursday.

www.whitehorse.ca

all persons having claims against the above mentioned estate are requested to file a claim, supported by Statutory Declaration, with Bhreagh D. Dabbs, on or before March 24, 2014, after which date the said estate will be distributed, having reference only to claims which have been so filed. all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to:

Bhreagh D. Dabbs AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN

Barristers & solicitors 3081 third avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1a 4Z7

REqUEST fOR PROPOSAL AAM-13-009: PROJECT EXECUTION AND PROCUREMENT ADVISORY SERVICES RELATED TO YUKON MINE REMEDIATION PROJECTS AND YUKON GOVERNMENT CONTAMINATED SITES Project Description: Government of Yukon is soliciting proposals for the provision of advisory services and support related to the Project Execution and Procurement of mine remediation projects for the Assessment and Abandoned Mines branch of Energy, Mines and Resources and related to the Procurement of assessment and remediation projects for Yukon Government contaminated sites for the Site Assessment and Remediation Unit of Environment.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 9, 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 Monique Raitchey at (867) 633-7966.

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

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

Energy, Mines and Resources

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

At corner of 6th & Strickland.

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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS in the matter of the estate of

JOSEPH PRENTICE

deceased, late of Whitehorse, in the Yukon territory, who died on

February 10, 2014.

all persons having claims against the above-mentioned estate are requested to file the same, supported by Statutory Declaration, with the undersigned on or before march 28, 2014 after which date the said estate will be distributed having reference only to claims which have been so filed.

all persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the Estate in care of the undersigned.

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

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 S.V.P. CARPENTRY Journey Woman Carpenter Interior/Exterior Finishing/Framing Small & Medium Jobs “Make it work and look good.”

Call Susana (867) 335-5957 susanavalerap@live.com www.svpcarpentry.com Licensed and Professional Automotive Repairs 20-year Journeyman Mechanic Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm Call Brian Berg 867-633-6597

DRUG PROBLEM?

YRTA BREAKFAST (Yukon Retired Teachers), Tues. March 11th, 9:30 a.m. at Ricky's.

All welcome! Info: 667-2644

Friday, March 7 ,2014

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>

By shannon Poelman C/o Lamarche Pearson attn: Christine hakim 505 Lambert street Whitehorse, Yt Y1a 1Z8 Phone: (867) 456-3300 fax: (867) 667-7665

Project Description: Supply and installation of modular building.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 14, 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 Otto at (867) 667-3004.

Site visit March 12, 2014 at 10:00 AM 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

Highways and Public Works

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

867-332-7879 SNOW CLEARING/REMOVAL Sidewalks, Driveways, Parking lots, Compounds Private and Commercial Properties Fast and reliable service Aurora Toolcat Services 867-334-8447 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

The Handy Woman home repairs & renovations drywall • weatherstripping carpentry • bathrooms Affordable, Prompt Service SPECIALIZING IN SMALL JOBS MARILYN ASTON 867 . 333 . 5786

60 Below Snow Management Commercial & Residential

PUBLIC TENDER DAWSON AIRPORT CBSA EXPANSION DAWSON AIRPORT - BLDG. #2544 DAWSON CITY, YUKON 2014

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

Snow Removal (867) 336-3570

Parking Lots, Sidewalks, Rooftops and Sanding

PUbLIC TENDER

PUbLIC TENDER

MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS YUKON HOUSING UNITS TESLIN, YUKON

MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS YUKON HOUSING UNITS FARO, YUKON

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 25, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 25, 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 Gerri Thomas at 867-390-2024.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Leithe Minder at 867-994-3113.

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

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

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

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

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 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 HOUSEKEEPING/HOME BAKING PREPARATORY COOKING Do you need more time to relax at home?

If you need extra hands to vacuum, bake cookies or peel potatoes, call 668-6835 Over 10 years experience Journeyman Plumber Available for residential and commercial repair, service and installation Prompt, professional, and guaranteed workmanship $50/hour until May 1st Call 335-6982 ELEMENTAL FARM Eat organic, fresh & local this summer!

15-week veggie box program (CSA) Free-range chickens & turkeys Must pre-order by April 1st Email elementalfarm@riseup.net for more information Recreational Powersports and Marine (RPM) Repairs Service, repair and installations for snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, chainsaws, marine and more Qualified and experienced mechanic Great rates 335-4181

BALANCED BOOKKEEPING Full range of services from data entry to year end financials and everything in between including payroll, GST, and remittances.

20+ years experience.

Call today, 332-8489 or 633-8489

Lost & Found

Interested parties are invited to submit expressions of interest relating to the delivery of current generation wireless/cellular services in Yukon communities.

Written submissions clearly marked with the above project title, will be received up to March 31, 2014, at Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 0M2.

Technical questions may be directed to Geoff Woodhouse at (867) 6678078.

The responses will not be ranked or used to pre-qualify or assess the respondent’s ability to provide goods or services.

Interested parties may obtain the information package from www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html or by contacting the Procurement Support Centre.

Economic Development

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

Childcare

LOST: TWO gold rings, Monday, February 14. Reward offered, sentimental value. Call 456-7428

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

FOUND AT the start of the Dawson trail, small axe, identify to claim. Ryan 334-7664

Furniture

LOST: BLACK menʼs wallet at Supertore or Bigway Feb.22-23rd. Call 456-4246

OFFICE CHAIR, brown, adjustable arms, back & seat, $100. 667-7107

Sports Equipment

ANTIQUE LIGHT oak hutch, newly refinished, new glass doors on upper half, 6ʼ wide, will sell top separately for $200 or entire unit for $1,200 obo. 633-6244

JIFFY 30 cc ice auger, two holes drilled, $350 obo. 633-6502 TIPI, CANVAS, 10ʼ diameter, 8ʼ peak, stove pipe hole, similar to wall tent but goes up with one pole, weighs about 25 lbs. $175 obo. 633-4322

BEDROOM 667-7107

HUTCH & end table, $75.

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 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 HAY FOR SALE Square bales kept under a shelter Great quality, $12/bale.

633-4496

HORSES!

Have you always wanted to ride?

Find a complete list of all the great horse activities in Yukon! www.HorsinAroundYukon.com

PuBLIC TENDER WHITEHORSE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE TRANSPORTATION BY TAXI Project Description: Transportation of persons released from the Whitehorse Correctional Centre or the attached Arrest Processing Unit to designated locations / neighbourhoods within Whitehorse.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 28, 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 Valerie Mosser at (867) 455-2906.

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

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

Justice

FREE: TEMPUR-PEDIC queen size box spring 633-6787 COMPLETE QUEEN-SIZE bedroom set, bed frame, head/foot board, mattress, box spring, dresser mirror, high boy dresser, 2 side tables, all solid wood, exc cond, 335-5388 2 BEIGE wingback recliners, stylish/cozy, $300 obo; never-used microstereo system $50 obo. Pick up only. Granger. 335-9693 or e-mail: lodgician@gmail.com KINGSIZE WOODEN bed frame in good cond, $20. 633-2837

Personals

PUBLIC TENDER BANK DEPOSIT AND DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICES FOR YUKON HOUSING CORPORATION WHITEHORSE, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 25, 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 Sharon McCreadie at 867-667-5796.

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

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

PUbLIC TEnDER PURCHASE HELICOPTER HELMETS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 27, 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.

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

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

Garage Sales 4121-4TH AVENUE, LaPatrona Restaurant * Bar, Saturday March 8 10:00am to 5:00pm.

Authentic Mexican memorabilia, kitchen utensils, chairs & tables, etc. 336-1473

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

COUCH & chair, brown w/wood trim, $300.

667-7107

Livestock

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST EXPANSION OF 4G CELLULAR SERVICES IN YUKON COMMUNITIES

Baby & Child Items

PUBlIC TENDER MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS YUKON HOUSING UNITS CARMACKS, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 25, 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 Marshal Burnham at 867-863-6411.

PUbLIC TENDER UPPER LIARD SOLID WASTE FACILITY MAINTENANCE Project Description: Operation and maintenance of the Upper Liard Solid Waste Facility.

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 Rob Anderson at (867) 456-6542.

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

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

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

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REqUEST FOR PROPOSAL SUPPLY OF ELEVATOR INSPECTION SERVICES Project Description: Provision of Qualified inspection services related to the Yukon Elevator and Fixed Conveyances Act & Regulation Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 26, 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 Doug Badry at (867) 456-6596.

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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