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The Kwanlin Dun First Nation’s new chief, Doris Bill, selects an eagle feather that will be hers throughout her tenure at a swearing in ceremony at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre on Wednesday night.

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of Skagway should call the Alaska Highway Marine System at 1-800-642-0066 for information he Skagway ferry terminal about alternate routes. is out of commission until Woodrow said the highway further notice. department is looking at the The terminal’s floating dock, possibility of using another which allows cars to board dock in the Skagway port. The Alaska Marine Highway Ferries, Skagway harbour has a nummysteriously sunk early Thursber of docks besides the ferry day morning in the seaside town, terminal used by cruise ships much to the surprise of the high- and other vessels, but Woodrow way service. was doubtful those would work Jeremy Woodrow, a spokesbecause they aren’t designed for man for Alaska’s transportation loading cars. department, said two marine Cruise ships will start arriving engineers and a diver were on in Skagway within the next week, scene yesterday to examine the but Woodrow said that service dock and find out why it sank. won’t be affected.

“Right now, we have no idea Right now the ferries are why this could have happened,” operating on their winter schedWoodrow said. ule, which sees three to four ves“This was a surprise to our sels per week running between department, so we’re up there Skagway, Haines and Juneau. But now trying to get to the root of that will ramp up in the coming the problem,” he said. weeks once the summer season The dock is made up of 24 hits, with six to seven ships per concrete air-filled compartweek. ments, which can be inspected Woodrow said the departboth inside and out, Woodrow ment is confident it will have said. All of the compartments a solution in place before that were inspected within the last happens. two years, he said, with no indiThe downed dock left at least cation of any damage. one Yukoner stuck in Juneau “We’re looking into alternate wondering what to do. means for continuing service Tlingit performing artist to Skagway, but right now it is Sharon Shorty, also known as cancelled until further notice,” Gramma Susie, was in the Alashe said. kan capital for a performance Anyone scheduled to sail out yesterday night. She got a call News Reporter

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yesterday from her husband telling her about the dock sinking.

“I called the 1-800 number and the woman on the line told me that all traffic is closed out of Skagway. I asked what the options were, and she said it’s still an option to go to Haines and then drive from Haines,” Shorty said.

She has to be back from Juneau on Monday for another gig at the Yukon Arts Centre on Tuesday, but she hadn’t counted on having to drive from Haines.

“I can’t imagine them rebuilding it in four days, so I’m assuming that driving is what’s going to happen,” she said.

The closure is also causing headaches for the Whitehorse invitational soccer tournament taking place in the city this weekend.

Organizer Geoff Woodhouse said he’s been in touch with a team that’s coming over from Juneau, and they, too, will have to drive over the Haines Pass today.

“They’ll be sitting in a car all day and then have to get out and immediately start playing,” he said.

The organizers have shuffled the schedule to give the Juneau team a little more time to stretch their legs after the long drive, Woodhouse said.

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Potential guardians face grave choices Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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hirley Chua-Tan knows that she is her son’s everything.

“I am his voice, I am his brain, I am his eyes, his mouth, everything,” she said.

At 24 years old, her son Ernest is legally an adult, but because of severe autism he doesn’t speak and struggles to understand some of the more complicated things in the world around him.

“He doesn’t know what’s going on. He just knows when he wants to eat, to sleep,” she said.

Chua-Tan recently completed the uncommon process of taking over full guardianship of her adult son.

That means the court has given her complete control over decisions in Ernest’s life.

That could mean anything from legal or financial decisions to questions around health care or what Ernest does in his day-to-day life.

Obtaining guardianship of an adult son, daughter, or other family member who becomes incapable of making his or her own decisions is a complicated and often daunting prospect, said Colette Acheson, Executive Director of the Yukon Association for Community Living.

The organization is hosting a public event to address the subject on Tuesday, April 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. at its offices in the Yukon Inn plaza.

It will feature experts to answer questions about what the various legal options are when it comes to taking away

Man missing for five years The RCMP is asking for the public’s help to find a man who has not been seen by his family for nearly five years.

Gregory Hrenyk was last seen in Watson Lake in approximately October 2009, hitchhiking south on the Alaska Highway.

Watson Lake detachment commander Sgt. Cam Lockwood says the 43-year-old Liard First Nation man said he was

a person’s chance to make decisions for themselves.

There are 46 adults in the territory who are under some form of guardianship.

That means a court ruled they’re not capable of making decisions when it comes to some or all aspects of their life.

The power of courtapproved guardians is wide reaching. They can take control of financial, legal or health matters.

The guardian can even have control over personal decisions like where you live, where you work or how you spend your time. The court decides the scope of every order.

Guardianships can be permanent, or temporary, like in cases when someone is incapacitated in the hospital.

Applying to be a guardian can be an emotional decision for families, Acheson said.

That’s especially true when it’s a parent looking to take control from their adult son or daughter.

“People are reluctant to go there because to them that’s basically saying that their adult son (or daughter) is not competent to care for themselves,” she said.

Aside from the emotional toll, the actual process and the mountain of paperwork that goes with it can also be overwhelming.

There are at least seven key documents that need to be completed. Some of the documents are as long as 26 pages.

“The forms take a long time,” Chua-Tan said. “Beleaving town to visit friends. His family hasn’t seen or heard from him since.

Lockwood said the family first approached the RCMP in 2010 to see if they could track Hrenyk down. Officers did not find him. Lockwood said the man has a history of disappearing for years and not contacting family.

Now the police have gone public, asking people come forward if they know anything.

If you have any information or have had any interaction with Hrenyk since 2009, contact the Watson Lake RCMP detachment at (867) 536-2677 or (867) 536-5555.

He is described as approximately 5-foot-3, 119 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

He may also go by the names: Gregg Hrenyk, Gregg Caesar, and Gregory Caesar.

Hrenyk is believed to have spent time in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia in the past, specifically in the downtown east side of Vancouver.

(Ashley Joannou)

The court also considers whether all other avenues have been explored before granting control to another person.

“For us it’s very much a last step. We want to preserve the autonomy of the person and their ability to make decisions to the greatest extent possible,” she said.

If there is a concern that the power is being abused, the Yukon’s adult protection services office can investigate.

“Taking somebody’s ability to make decisions away, that’s a really serious thing so it makes sense that it’s a court process and you have to go Ian Stewart/Yukon News through a lot of steps,” McShirley Chua-Tan is the legal guardian for her 24-year-old Cullough said. autistic son. The Yukon Association for Community Living is “The flip side of that is hosting a public discussion on navigating the guardianship that it can be intimidating process next Tuesday. for people who don’t usually do it more than once in their away,” she said. cause we really weren’t sure lifetime.”

Almost anyone can apply how to fill them all in. We Renwick said her staff is needed a lot of help from the to be a guardian. When no on hand to answer any quespublic guardian (and trustee) family member is able to take over, it’s Renwick’s office that tions families have about the office. We just kept running complex process. sometimes steps in. back and forth, back and Looking back, Chua-Tan “The public guardian forth.” said she knows she’s done the and trustee (office) takes on An assessment has to be right thing for her son. guardianship as a last resort. done by a court-approved “I think it’s good. It’s a If there’s family there willing professional. clear-cut thing now. When I to take it on, we don’t interThat step alone cost $900, go to the bank I can do the vene,” she said.

Chua-Tan said. Overall, the finances for him, when I go to There’s “a very high eviprocess took three to four the lawyer or the doctors or months, “and I’m a go-getter.” dentiary standard” before whatever.” the court will grant a full The Yukon’s acting public She said there is help out guardian and trustee acknowl- guardianship, according to there if people need it and Leslie McCullough, the Justice encouraged anyone interested edges that the process can be Department’s assistant deputy to come to next week’s event. complicated.

But Judy Renwick says that minister of court and regula“If they want to be a voice tory services. when you’re applying to take for their children they have “They are looking at it from to come. If you want to say away someone’s rights and not just a clinical view point, autonomy, things need to be something then come, on but really, under this legisladone right. behalf of your kids.” tion, is the person capable of “It infringes on a person’s Contact Ashley Joannou at decision-making?” she said. rights. It takes those rights ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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this motion for action to the floor of the assembly,” he said.

“This motion represents our high regard for the entire sport and Yukon pushes for culture community in our terrialternate 2016 AWG events tory. It also indicates the government’s total commitment to the The Yukon government plans to promotion and development of host a competition in Whitehorse sport and recreation among all as an alternative for those events Yukoners. The inclusion of at left out of the 2016 Arctic Winter least the six sports into an alterGames in Greenland. nate sporting games matters to Speedskating, figure skating, me and I know that it also matters curling, gymnastics, midget hock- to thousands of our territory’s ey and dog mushing will not be a citizens.” (Jacqueline Ronson) part of the official event because of lack of facilities in Greenland.

Dawson biomass In 2012 the Yukon Legislative facility fixed Assembly unanimously passed a motion to work with other Dawson’s new biomass plant is jurisdictions towards a solution so that those events could still be back up and running. The facility has seen some hiccups since it included in some way. came online in February, 2013.

This week the assembly again The $4.85 million plant prounanimously passed a motion, vides heating to Dawson’s new this time urging the government wastewater treatment facility and to move forward with plans to host an alternative event featuring to the reservoir pump house. It uses locally-produced wood chips those sports. from waste wood as fuel.

Darius Elias, MLA for Vuntut It was working until mid Gwitchin, tabled the motion.

“It’s an honour for me to bring March of this year, when the

main feed auger broke, said Doris Wurfbaum, spokesperson for Highways and Public Works.

The auger was temporarily repaired, pending a permanent solution to be provided by the boiler manufacturer, she said.

“The auger subsequently broke again, near the end of the month, and has been out of service since then.”

A new auger was installed this week, and the plant was operational as of 1 p.m. Thursday, said Wurfbaum.

There is no cost to the government for the repairs, since the plant is still under warranty, she said.

While the biomass plant was down, heat was provided to the facilities through the town’s diesel power generators.

Klondike MLA Sandy Silver mentioned the issues with the heating plant in the legislature earlier this month.

Community Services Minister Brad Cathers said he was unaware of any issues with the plant’s operation.

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The building they are currently housed in has been sold, and the programs must move by the end of May. It will be the fourth time they have lost their accommodations in two years.

So far the prenatal nutrition program has not found anything suitable, said Angela Van Nostrand, the program director. One place they are looking at would cost them almost $1,000 more per month in rent.

“If we’re going to pay the extra money, we’ll probably have to make cuts to our program in some way or another. So it’s looking a little grim,” said Van Nostrand.

The prenatal nutrition program offers various kinds of support to pre- and postnatal families.

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service,” said Van Nostrand.

And there are workshops and programming offered through the centre that focus on healthy eating and active living.

The program is very well used, said Van Nostrand. Right now there are 21 families signed up.

But the success of the program depends a lot on the space available, she said.

A kitchen is important for cooking workshops. Laundry and shower facilities are a big help to families who don’t have those things at home.

“Some of our families live in a cabin without running water.”

Living space means programs can take place at the centre. Last summer the centre was temporarily housed in an office space, which meant all programming had to take place off-site. That had a big effect on both what services could be offered and how well-used the program was, said Van Nostrand.

The current location is a standalone house shared with the Child Development Centre, and it’s the most suitable of the three locations Van Nostrand has worked at, she said.

But as rent rises, the program’s federal funding does not. Van Nostrand has seen rent double in under two years, she said.

All the resources spent on finding a new location, on moving and on increased rent

are resources taken away from programming.

It’s likely that, during this summer’s move, regular programming will be on hold for three weeks and family support care will pause for two weeks, she said.

Sandy Silver, the Liberal MLA for the Klondike, urged the Yukon government this week to help the programs find a new home.

Heath Minister Doug Graham responded that the government has looked at options to house the programs in the new hospital, the new McDonald Lodge and the old McDonald Lodge, but none of those options were found to be appropriate. The Yukon Housing Corporation has been asked to look at its stock to see if there is a space that might work.

Van Nostrand has hope that a permanent solution will come in a few years, she said.

The daycare in Dawson is working on a proposal to look at a new family resource centre that would house the daycare, the prenatal nutrition program and the child development centre, said Van Nostrand.

“If funding goes through and they are able to have some help with the building of the site, then it would really benefit our community in so many ways. So we’re really hoping that this housing problem sees an end in the next three to five years.”

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More police needed in Burwash Landing: residents ments is a big challenge in her community.

“We’ve been trying to encoureople in Burwash Landing age people who are experiencwant to see more RCMP ing violent situations to call the officers in their town. police,” Alatini said.

With the territorial governPolice investigations are often ment touting a $72.2 million hampered because it’s so difficult budget surplus and paying to to get a statement from victims or upgrade policing infrastructure in witnesses, especially after the fact, other Yukon communities, people Alatini said. in Burwash Landing are asking, “Having a permanent police “what about us?” presence in Burwash would be a Tosh Southwick grew up in the big improvement,” she said.

Kluane First Nation community Southwick said she’s taken her of about 100 people. She blames concerns to the territorial justice the lack of a permanent police minister, the RCMP and Yukon presence in the area for much of MP Ryan Leef, but her complaints the crime and violence that hapfall on deaf ears. pens in the community, and she “What you always hear from wants to see the territorial governthe Department of Justice is that ment commit to sending more there aren’t enough reported Mounties to her town. incidents to justify a detachment.

“We need some support, even Our response is that you don’t get just the basics that every Yukoner the phone calls because there is no has. Nobody in Haines Junction one to call,” Southwith said. is worried about whether the cops The Yukon government is are there or not,” she said.

Ian Stewart/Yukon News responsible for deciding what Southwick, who now lives in Tosh Southwick says violence in Burwash Landing could be decreased with a full-time RCMP level of police service the terriWhitehorse, said she is acting as a detachment. tory’s communities get. The Faro spokesperson for other residents detachment is being replaced in in Burwash, many of whom are Collin Johnson refused to call the the coming years, with a price tag accused of breaking into Derek’s a violent domestic dispute she fearful of speaking to media or house and attacked him in what a police. witnessed, and it took two weeks of roughly $5.56 million. the police.

Judge Karen Rudy noted Burbefore anyone came to investigate. Yukon court judge later called act Territoral justice minister Mike The detachment in Haines wash’s lack of a police detachment Nixon said that even with the In other cases, when the police of vigilante justice. It took police Junction is responsible for rein her judgement. do head out from Haines Junction more than an hour to respond. current budget, the government is sponding to calls from Burwash “It appeared to Mr. Danroth Two days earlier, Derek and on patrol, Burwash residents in not considering expanding policand Destruction Bay, but it can and others, perhaps, that certain that town often call ahead to warn former Kluane First Nation chief ing in Burwash. take hours or even days for them individuals had taken advantage Wilfred Sheldon had allegedly the community that the cops are “Budget surpluses are timeto arrive, depending on how busy on their way, she said. of the situation to engage in a attacked Collin Johnson, choked limited. Any increase in policing they are and how urgent the situcampaign of intimidation or him, and fired a bullet into the Burwash does have an officer operations and maintenance is ation. victimization of other residents,” stationed in the community dur- ground next to his head, accordpermanent, so we need to weigh “When (Haines Junction) has a ing the summer. Southwick said Ruddy said. ing to the RCMP. Both men were that very carefully,” Nixon said. big thing like the Kluane-Chilkat Southwick said that while these that helps, but she wants to see the charged with a string of violence Nixon said that by comparison, bike relay, in Burwash we know two incidents are the exception and weapons charges. Collin presence made permanent. Even Burwash has it better than many there’s no hope. Nobody will for her community, many emerhaving one officer working out of Johnson has since taken his own other remote fly-in communities gency situations go unreported come because they are busy in the First Nation’s offices would be life. in Canada. because no one believes the police Haines Junction,” she said.

Both attacks happened within an improvement, she says.

“For a community of its size, will show up in time, or even at days of the RCMP leaving town “Even if my son goes missing, Last summer things got parit seems to be well served from all. for the summer. or there’s a violent offender, we’re ticularly bad.

Haines Junction. The reports that In the wake of the two atWeldon Danroth was sentenced screwed. There’s nobody who will In early August, Gloria Johnson I hear … the policing presence has tacks, Kluane First Nation chief to 18 months in jail for Derek’s come out and help us. It’s exsaid she had to flee the commubeen well received by the commuMath’ieya Alatini said that getting nity,” Nixon said. tremely scary.” nity when her nephew Derek was beating. At Danroth’s trial in people to come forward, call the March, the court heard that the Southwick remembers one case hospitalized after being beaten Contact Jesse Winter at police and make official statejessew@yukon-news.com with a baseball bat. Two men were revenge beating happened after where she called the cops about Jesse Winter News Reporter

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he Department of Health and Social Services wants to reinvent the health-care system.

Towards that end, it has hired consultants to look at where we are now, and where we need to go.

The resulting 360-page report will be made public next week.

Department officials and members of the consulting team gave a technical briefing on the project to reporters on Thursday.

“The health system in particular is a complex, organic system – very dynamic, constantly changing. And to do any kind of change is a long journey, and that’s what today is about,” said deputy minister Paddy Meade.

The biggest change that the department hopes to work towards is having community hubs for health and social services based on a collaborative model.

That means that health services, mental health services and social services would be delivered out of the same location by a team of professionals. Increasingly, counselling and other services could be offered remotely through phone or video feed.

This sort of model is something that a lot of jurisdictions talk about, but few are able to do, said Meade.

“There’s lots of disadvantages in delivering health and social services in the Yukon – geography, limited numbers in communities. But there’s a great advantage.

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With this kind of data, we can actually be very leading-edge, and I think there are others that could learn a lot from us, because we’re just the right size to start to move the pieces.”

It will take a culture change to get there, said Meade.

“We’re trained in health and social services very much to be siloed.”

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“It became clear in our work that many people were concerned about palliative care. There’s about 250 people that die every year in Yukon territory. Not all of those people are candidates for palliative care, but many of the ones that are don’t feel they are having that choice of what can they do in their home or their community.”

All of the changes are about putting patient needs first, he said.

“The priority is the home and community care, and that’s where a lot of the energy has to go.”

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Some of the work has already started. For example, people in the communities who need to come to Whitehorse for surgery can now do their surgical consultation by telehealth, saving the extra trip, said Meade.

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Stockdale looks back at 30 years of public life Jesse Winter News Reporter

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hen Dave Stockdale was a schoolboy in England, he asked a question and his classmates sniggered.

The phys. ed. instructor had just told the boys that they would soon have to start showering after class. Elevenyear-old Stockdale asked what seemed a simple question: would he now have to start bringing his swimsuit to school?

Boys being boys, his classmates teased him for daring to ask such a thing. As Stockdale tells it, this was the very last time he ever cared what anyone thought of his questions, and he’s been asking whatever he pleases ever since.

The cantankerous city councillor immigrated to Canada in 1965 and originally ended up teaching in northern Alberta before coming to Whitehorse.

Call it cliche, but he came North looking for adventure and a challenge, much to his mother’s chagrin.

“I saw an ad for teachers in Northern Alberta. At the bottom of the ad, in black print, it said, ‘no weaklings need apply.’

Well, I mean I was 25 years old and I wanted to travel,” he said.

He’d originally planned to join the army, but when that didn’t work out Stockdale decided to take a gamble on Canada.

“My mother wasn’t pleased.

She started collecting all these photos of the worst aspects of Canada. She found one of a horse trailer hauling a huge block of ice, and said ‘Look.

That’s going to be your water supply,’” he said, chuckling.

Upon arriving in Whitehorse as a phys. ed. teacher, Stockdale immersed himself in city life working not only at school but also getting involved with city soccer and other sports. Prior to his first term on city council, in 1983, it was then-city councillor Conrad Boyce who suggested Stockdale should run, and agreed to be his campaign manager.

“I wasn’t sure I wanted to spend my Monday nights hearing about garbage and dogs, but he convinced me,” Stockdale said.

“It wasn’t so much a challenge or a vision I had for the city. I was just involved. I was interested in issues that related to the city. Once I got on I found it even more interesting,” he said.

Once ensconced at the council table, Stockdale has never left. He’s won 11 consecutive

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As usual, Stockdale was unfazed by the chuckles that followed.

“I ask questions because I genuinely want to know the answers,” Stockdale said.

Stockdale is also willing to risk being called “flip-flopper” because he’s willing to change his mind. It’s an important – if undervalued – characteristic, he said.

“When they moved to change council meetings to 5:30, I fought it tooth and nail,” he said. “But now I love it.”

After 30 years on council, Stockdale has weathered many Ian Stewart/Yukon News a political storm, from the Dave Stockdale celebrated 30 years as a Whitehorse city contentious decision to allow councillor recently. He hasn’t ruled out running in the next a WalMart in the city, to the election. city’s anti-smoking bans, to last terms. As of January this year, ers with his uncensored speech week’s four-to-three vote to sell properties along the Clay Cliffs. and questions. His unabashed he became the longest-serving He’s no stranger to contropolitician in the Yukon’s history, frankness is at times funny and versy, and isn’t afraid of conhaving completed 30 years of surprising, like the time he tinuing. Though he will be 74 public life. asked about why council wantfor the next election in 2015, ed to build condos for ducks.

During his first term, things he wouldn’t rule out running The question before council went a little more roughly than again. he’d expected, Stockdale said. was whether they should spend “I have a great title for a “It was a little overwhelming. money creating nesting boxes book I want to write one day. for ducks near the city sewage The media always seemed to Someone said I should have be so critical, and I always took lagoon. done it after I won my 10th “It seems funny that we things personally.” seat, but I hope it’s not too late. would have these little boxes for I could call it Ten Turns at the But, perhaps leaning on the lessons learned at school, Stock- ducks to winter in,” Stockdale Trough. Or, 11 now, I guess,” he dale soon started letting things said at the time. “What did they said, chuckling. do before, I mean when they roll off his back. He’s since Contact Jesse Winter at didn’t have the boxes?” come to endear many observjessew@yukon-news.com

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EDITORIAL The fight against measles isn’t over Yukon has an unused tool at its disposal: making vaccinations mandatory for children attending public schools

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easles was among a handful of new diseases that wreaked a terrible toll upon residents of northern Canada during the late 19th and early 20th century, contributing to the abandonment and depopulation of entire communities of First Nations people, who had no acquired immunity to the disease.

Long afterwards, Yukoners – mostly children – continued to be routinely infected by this highly infectious disease.

Some would suffer some of its more serious consequences, which include pneumonia, deafness, blindness and brain damage. And some would die.

If the ancestors who once inhabited our territory could know that a safe, effective and inexpensive vaccine would later be developed to prevent this serious disease, allowing our continent to declare itself measles-free by 2002, they would doubtless hail this as a godsend.

Were these same ancestors to learn that some of today’s Yukoners were allowing their children to run the risk of contracting this same disease that was once a scourge of the North, for no other reason than a mixture of indifference, superstition and plain old stupidity, they would be appalled and utterly baffled.

Yet here we are in 2014, with measles reappearing in frightening pockets throughout southern Canada. And

there’s no reason why the Yukon couldn’t be hit next.

This risk seems especially real when you consider that the Philippines is currently in the midst of a big measles outbreak, and the Yukon has a large and growing number of residents who hail from that country. Canada has so far seen six cases this year of measles being imported from overseas – all from the Philippines.

It could be worse. The Yukon isn’t home to any large religious community convinced that it’s against God’s will to vaccinate, as some nutters believe in British Columbia, who helped create a big outbreak.

But the problem is a lot bigger than the bizarre belief that God loves the spread of preventable diseases.

There’s a broad complacency about preventable diseases that has set into the Canadian mind, now that many of us aren’t old enough to recall the horror of having to watch small children die from preventable diseases like measles.

Another part of the problem are dangerous ideas being spread online by conspiracy theorists who maintain, against all credible evidence, that vaccines damage the immune system or cause autism.

This is, quite simply, bonkers.

These ideas have been exhaustively debunked, yet continue to be spread by those who have abandoned science in favour of New Age quackery.

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Doubts sewed by conspiracy-mongers may have helped to erode vaccination rates in Canada in recent years.

That would help explain why Canada has seen measles cases spike from six in 2006 to 750 in 2011.

Globally, measles was responsible for 2.6 million deaths in the years prior to 1980.

Then an inexpensive and effective vaccine was developed, and a concerted effort was made to vaccinate. It’s estimated that 13.8 million lives – mostly those of children – have been saved since 1990, thanks to the global push to eradicate the disease. That’s a remarkable achievement. It’s to our shame that we could now be seeing a roll-back against such progress.

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be mandatory for children attending public schools. In Canada, by comparison, only a handful of jurisdictions require children to be vaccinated to attend public school.

That may help explain why Canada is seeing outbreaks of preventable diseases so out of whack with what the United States has experienced.

The Yukon’s Department of Health and Social Services, meanwhile, has a stated goal to reach and maintain the national target of 99 per cent two-dose coverage with a measles vaccines at school entry. The most recent numbers from 2012 aren’t terribly

precise, saying only that upwards of 90 per cent of Grade 6 Yukon students are currently vaccinated against the disease.

But there appears to be a gap between our vaccination rates and our goal, so what’s the plan to close it, beyond the usual, sometimes ineffective, appeals to residents to do the right thing?

If the Yukon’s leaders were actually serious about keeping measles out of the Yukon, they would use the tools at their disposal. Making vaccinations mandatory for children who attend public school would be a good place to start.

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Sport school success to facilities will be an issue.

However, the new F.H. Collins plan also creates an opportunity.

by Keith Wrapped in a new layer of insulaHalliday tion and some fresh paint, the old F.H. gym could become a dedicated centre for the sport school.

This would give the school a large gym, climbing wall and weight room. The cafeteria and adjacent offices could be used for sports seminars and training. ord on the teenage The facility could be also street – well, Facebook be home base for other sports actually – says that the organizations that need consistent new F.H. Collins “sport school” access to gym or indoor competiprogram is a roaring success. tion space for regular programs Current students seem to be and sports camps. With a replaced very happy with the program, and track for Athletics Yukon on site, the reputation of the program it could really be another sporting among non-participating stucentre for our city. dents is strong. The inside news is There are in effect two competthat applications for next year are ing visions for the future of F.H. Ian Stewart/Yukon News surging.

Collins and the sport school. The The Yukon Sports School at F.H. Collins Secondary in Whitehorse.

The program is based on the announced government policy Canadian Sport School program is to tear down the existing F.H. high school in Quebec City, where addition to options for Yukon developed in B.C. Students spend level athletes, such as crossgym, eliminate the track, and have country skiing and swimming, as the students spent half the day in students, in addition to the music two blocks a day with the sport a smaller gym. This is the “think well as other sports.

F.H. Collins academic classes and half preparand drama, outdoor education program and two blocks in regusmall” vision. has also made sure the program is ing for careers in Cirque de Soleil and experiential science programs lar classes. In sport school, the The “think big” vision is or similar professions. already in existence at the Wood students do both athletic training open to students who are strugto build a strong sport school gling in regular school but are Kudos to the F.H. Collins staff Street Centre. and classroom learning about program with its own Wood athletically inclined, even if they who created the program and Unfortunately, the sport school nutrition, fitness, healthy trainStreet-style facility in the old F.H. are not in a high-performance stickhandled it through the many at F.H. Collins is not going to ing and sports psychology. Many Collins. sport programs outside school. government meetings required to be helped by the plan for the of these lectures are delivered by We shall see which one the The sport school program can get approval and funding. Their new F.H. Collins. This includes Yukon Olympians and other local government chooses. I think I can be a powerful draw for students initiative is now paying off for the destroying the Yukon’s only track sports experts. guess which one current and fuyoung people in the program. and one of the school’s two soccer Then they spend the other two thinking of dropping out. ture Yukon students would prefer.

This kind of program wasn’t The program is currently only fields.

The current F.H. also has blocks of the day nailing down Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist available when many Yukon News a pilot. Hopefully the government a climbing wall and weight room the academic courses they need and author of the MacBride Mureaders went to school, but it is will continue to fund it. A survey which will be lost when the old for graduation. seum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of part of a national trend towards of participants and their parents school is ripped down. If a new The program is open to both historical children’s adventure novels. high school programs that engage should be done and made public, francophone high school is also high-performance athletes in You can follow him on Channel 9’s students better and offer a variety so we can all see how successful disciplines where the Yukon has built on the site and also shares Yukonomist show or Twitter a history of producing national @hallidaykeith of life skills. I once visited a circus the program is. It makes a good the new, smaller gym, then access

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Let’s get serious about food security During recent climate change meetings held in Atlin, I brought up a number of concerns. I would like to share what I consider to be the most serious: our reliance on the south for a very large percentage of our food supplies.

I believe that it is in the neighbourhood of 99 per cent of our food is trucked in from Outside. More and more of it is being packaged overseas where labour rates are so much lower than ours.

What would happen to us if anything happened to the fuel supply for these trucks and ships? Or if our road systems became impassable for more than a few days? We are leaving ourselves very vulnerable.

What can we do to become more self-sustaining? A good start would be to grow a garden and if circumstances would allow, perhaps raise some food animals. There are many people out there with arable land not being used. They could advertise available garden or farm space in the agriculture section of the newspaper. If water supply is an issue, clean tanks or barrels could be put on site and filled by water delivery.

If growing your own food supply is out of the question, you can support stores or individuals who are working towards providing local produce. Locally and I believe organically raised buffalo and elk are quite tasty and in many respects healthier than animals raised on hormones and antibiotics.

If you do nothing else, you could see that your compostable household waste goes to someone who will put it to use. Raven Recycling and the Internet can provide plans for building composters. At the very least, you could grow tomatoes in your window. I hear that crushed eggshells and banana peels are healthy food for tomatoes.

Children should be introduced to the thrill of watching things grow and thrive. Schools, if they aren’t already doing it, could grow market gardens as a fundraiser for roadtrips.

One of the most important things we should teach a child is self-preservation. Are we doing that?

I would like to hear that by the end of 2014 we are im-

porting less than 95 per cent of our foodstuffs. It would be good to see more newspaper articles with gardening hints for different levels of effort.

If you have never grown anything, growing enough to provide for yourself and your family for a year would seem a formidable task. There are many natural forms of fertilizer out there to boost lethargic dirt.

Hopefully one day we will eliminate this reliance on Outside food sources and the huge amounts of fuel required to take care of this.

Lloyd Brown Atlin, B.C.

Trailer park blues As a former denizen of a trailer court, I deeply sympathize with the people living in the mobile home parks.

During my time there, the stall rent went up every year.

The trailer we lived in looked like a small Russian submarine but it had a nice little yard – which was taken away to squeeze another trailer in.

The roads were always full of potholes and you could smell broken sewer lines. But the kids were happy because of the beautiful hinterland behind the park. It was better than paying a slumlord and that trailer wound up being worth $2,000.

But, every year the stall rent rose, from $75 a month then to the present-day $450. If you slip on paying the rent in time, then a $50 late penalty kicks in.

Is that legal, I wonder?

The Yukon government should be ashamed for not paying attention to this matter.

Do you have no regard for the people who fix your tires, clean your offices at night, and serve your fine restaurant meals?

With today’s building codes and land prices, those trailer

park folks cannot afford to move out.

It is all part of a worldwide trend – that the rich get richer and the rest of us pay for it.

I leave you with a quote from William George Jordan, who wrote this in 1902: “The man who makes the acquisition of wealth the goal and ultimatum of his life, seeing it as an end rather than a means to an end, is not true. Why does the world usually make wealth the criterion of success, and riches the synonym of attainment? Real success in life means the individual’s conquest of himself; it means ‘how he has bettered himself,’ not ‘how he has bettered his fortune.’ The great question of life is not ‘What have I?’ but ‘What am I?’” Sam Holloway Marsh Lake

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Elections commissioner halts robocalls probe, says no evidence for charges Bruce Cheadle

an independent review by Louise Charron, a former Supreme Court justice who was paid by Elections OTTAWA Canada for her expert opinion. three-year probe into allegaThe release of the 32-page report tions of fraudulent federalcomes against the backdrop of a election robocalls in 2011 has bitter parliamentary battle over come up empty, with investigators contentious Conservative changes finding no proof of an orchestrated to federal elections law. scheme or intent to deceive voters Pierre Poilievre, the minister for beyond one pocket of southwestern democratic reform, said the findOntario. ings prove the Conservative party Thursday’s long-awaited report ran “an honest and ethical camfrom commissioner of elections paign” in 2011.

Yves Cote was immediately cited as “We followed all of the rules and vindication by the Harper govern- we won fair and square,” Poilievre ment, which has long been under said Thursday before an unflinchsuspicion amid reports of noning speech defending his proposed party supporters being directed to Fair Elections Act. the wrong polling stations in the “That is what we’ve been saying 2011 vote that vaulted the Conall along and those who’ve been servatives to majority power. making baseless smears ever since Opposition critics say the report have been once again proven wrong simply proves Elections Canada in the process.” needs greater investigative powers – Cote’s investigation was separa point Cote himself stressed in his ate from allegations of misleading executive summary. robocalls during the same election “Having carefully examined all in Guelph, Ont., where a young of the evidence, the commissioner Conservative campaign staffer, found no reasonable grounds to Michael Sona, faces Elections Act believe that an offence under the charges for his alleged role in voter (Elections) Act has been commitsuppression calls that impersonated ted,” Cote’s report flatly asserts.

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izen complaints after media reports surfaced regarding the investigation in 2012, the commissioner said it all boiled down to 1,726 complainants in 261 electoral districts.

Of those, Cote’s team was only able to track the incoming call numbers for 129 complainants due to a variety of investigative impediments.

From that limited sample, investigators found “overall, no discernible pattern of misdirection.”

And while some people did receive misleading phone calls, that alone is not sufficient to press charges, the report concludes.

“There must be evidence of intention to prevent the elector from voting, or by some pretence or contrivance, to induce the elector to vote or not vote for a particular candidate.

“No such evidence was found.”

Charlie Angus, the NDP ethics critic, said the message is clear: “If you’re obstinate enough, if you refuse to co-operate, if you drag things out – well, look what happens.”

Cote reported that at least one key witness simply refused to be interviewed, while a number of unnamed persons and “entities”

were slow and unwilling to assist investigators.

“Elections Canada said they didn’t have the tools, they said they needed to be able to compel witnesses – and we’re seeing a government that’s actually stripping Elections Canada’s ability even further” in the proposed elections bill, Angus said.

Liberal critic Stephane Dion sounded a similar note.

“Why we need to be concerned is because the current bill of Mr. Poilievre will not correct these shortcomings,” said Dion.

“It will do nothing to improve the capacity of the commissioner to succeed in the future.”

Cote’s report castigates the Conservative party for calling electors to inform them of their polling station after Elections Canada expressly told all parties not to do so.

Those calls went ahead “despite … their knowledge that a small percentage of electors would be given incorrect information,” Cote said.

Elsewhere in the report that party is identified as the Conservative Party of Canada.

Duff Conacher, a co-founder of the group Democracy Watch, likened the case to the recent RCMP

decision not to recommend charges for former Harper chief of staff Nigel Wright’s secret $90,000 payment to Sen. Mike Duffy.

“Allow the courts to draw the line,” Conacher said. That’s what they’re there for.“ The investigation was complicated by the amount of time it took for many people to report the suspicious calls, which caused memories to fade. Media coverage may also have also coloured recollections, said Cote. And the failure of major telecom companies to preserve call records meant it was impossible to check the source of calls for the vast majority of the 1,700-plus complainants.

Charron, in a four-page appendix to the report, cited these impediments as well as the “inordinate delays and at times inexplicable resistance to providing the requested information,” to investigators.

“I am unable to say if the result of this investigation might have been different in a world where none of these investigative challenges existed,” concluded the former Supreme Court justice.

“My overall sense is that it would not be.”

World’s most expensive plumbing job?

Military divers become plumbers in Arctic Dean Beeby

rine to survey the damage.

In the end, the crack diverplumber team was able to replace OTTAWA one broken pump, but not a xpensive house calls by second backup pump, the repair plumbers can be nerveof which will have to wait for racking for homeowners, but this warmer temperatures in the sumplumbing job in Canada’s high mer.

Arctic is one for the record books.

CFS Alert, near the North Pole, Broken water pumps at CFS draws its drinking water from Alert triggered an 11,000-kilome- nearby Upper Dumbell Lake to a tre house call this winter by an water-treatment plant serving the elite squad of navy divers from station’s 75 soldiers and workers.

Halifax.

The military facility has three The 10-day job in the frozen, water pumps, including two permanent darkness of an Arctic backups, and was left vulnerable winter required arduous drilling when both backups failed. The through ice more than a metre pumps also provide water for firefighting. thick, and then a robot submaCanadian Press

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Military spokesman Maj. James Simiana says the ninemember dive team was paid temporary duty costs of $6,900 for the Feb. 12-22 mission, in addition to their regular pay.

They also hitched rides on previously scheduled Hercules transport flights from Halifax to Trenton, Ont., and then the additional 4,300 kilometres from Trenton to Alert.

The team “flew on a routine resupply flight from Trenton to Alert, which means there’s no incremental cost … as we maximized the use of available space onboard the aircraft,” Simiana said. The divers found seating

space among the cargo.

Round trips on scheduled Hercules flights between Halifax, Trenton and Alert cost the military $85,000, but the amount had already been budgeted.

“Once diving operations commenced, the divers were able to remove and replace pump one without difficulty,” Simiana said.

“Several attempts were made to replace pump two, but it proved to be caught up inside the casing above the waterline.”

CFS Alert is the world’s northernmost permanently inhabited community. It’s located on the tip of Ellesmere Island, a military signals listening post and weather

station that’s closer to Moscow than Ottawa.

Now largely operated by Environment Canada, the hardship post housed more than 200 people at the height of the Cold War. The average daily temperature in February is minus 33 degrees C. As for the record books, the CFS Alert plumbing bill pales next to a case at the U.S. Pentagon.

In 2007, a plumbing-supply house charged the American military almost US$1 million for two 19-cent washers and US$446,000 for an elbow pipe worth about $8.75. The firm’s co-owner later pleaded guilty to fraud.

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6.7 earthquake rattles area off northern Vancouver Island; no tsunami expected “I’ve lived here 37 years and I’ve never felt anything like it.” hit off the northern coast of Vancouver Island on Wednesday night.

PORT HARDY, B.C. The U.S. Geological Survey lass rattled, buildings swayed, reported that the epicentre was but no damage was reported about 94 kilometres south of Port after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake Hardy and struck at a depth of 11 Canadian Press

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The agency also said three more earthquakes followed. The first was magnitude 5.0 and the next two both measured 4.2.

Emergency Management B.C. reported there was no tsunami warning for the West Coast, including B.C., and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami was not expected.

“We can confirm at this time that there is no reporting of any injuries or any significant damage, so all folks are safe,” said Pat Quealey, assistant deputy minister for Emergency Management BC. He said emergency-preparedness officials were contacted in communities on the Island’s north end.

He said those communities included Port Hardy, Port Alice, Zeballos, Gold River, Campbell River, Port McNeill, as well as the Strathcona Regional District and the Mount Waddington Regional District.

Port Hardy Mayor Bev Parnham said Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon was greeting seniors at the Quatse

Salmon Stewardship Centre, an interpretive centre and fish hatchery, when the earthquake hit.

“Somebody said, ‘oh earthquake,’ and of course we then all felt it, and you definitely knew you were in an earthquake,” said Parnham.

“I don’t think there was even enough time to really comprehend because it was very short, like it was strong but it was very short, short lived, and I think by the time it actually registered in your mind, this is what was happening, you know, it was over.”

She said there was no panic, people remained calm, and after the quake ended she left to ensure none of the community’s infrastructure was damaged. She said public-works officials even went out to check.

“I think that the honourable lieutenant-governor will remember Port Hardy,” said Parnham.

Pamela Shea was working the evening shift at the Airport Inn in Port Hardy and said she felt the quake hit at about 8:10 p.m. and the rolling motion caused by the quake was “pretty scary.”

“Oh goodness, yes. Oh goodness, yes,” she repeated when asked if she felt the quake. “My chair was rolling back and forth, the bottles were rattling.”

Shea said it only last about 10 to 12 seconds, “but it sure felt like it was a long time.”

“I’ve lived here 37 years and I’ve never felt anything like it.”

Ann Gray, the manager of the Glen Lyon Inn, said she barely felt it but knows people who did.

“I was sitting here, my chair moved abut two seconds, three seconds, the wall creaked a little bit, but it didn’t move us very much,” she said.

She said some of guests asked if they had to be evacuated.

Earthquakes are common off the B.C. coast, where the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate meets the Pacific tectonic plate, but few are large enough to be felt by humans.

The most recent large quake was in October 2012, when a magnitude 7.8 quake shook the northern B.C. Haida Gwaii Islands. There was little damage and no tsunami was generated in that quake.

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Replace temporary foreign workers program with immigration, incentives: critics Lee-Anne Goodman Canadian Press

OTTAWA ow to solve a problem like the federal government’s scandal-plagued temporary foreign workers program?

Economists and immigration experts say there are solutions at hand as the Conservatives grapple with yet another controversy involving temporary foreign workers.

“We have to figure out what we want as a labour market in the end,” David Green, an economics professor at the University of British Columbia who specializes in wage and employment issues, said in an interview Tuesday.

“Are these workers truly needed in some sectors? There’s a tendency for non-economists to think of an economy as a machine, where if you’re missing certain parts, the machine doesn’t work, and certainly businesses want us to regard it that way. But that’s not always the case.”

The government has been under fire for months amid reports from across Canada of employers – particularly fast-food franchises – abusing the program, which was originally intended to help address a shortage of skilled labour.

The latest scandal involves two long-serving Saskatchewan waitresses who were recently fired from a restaurant in Weyburn while their temporary foreign worker colleagues were spared.

Employment Minister Jason Kenney has vowed to lower the boom on any companies violating the program.

“One thing the minister has made clear recently is that if we

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catch employers lying on their application forms for temporary foreign workers, we will not hesitate to refer the matter to law enforcement agencies for criminal investigation,” Kenney spokeswoman Alexandra Fortier said in an email on Tuesday.

The program is also under further review, she said.

“The message is clear and unequivocal – abusive employers are going to face the most serious sanctions they have ever faced since this program was launched in 1973.”

But some say the entire program should simply be scrapped in favour of other, simpler ways to tackle supposed labour shortages in provinces and regions that are booming.

Allowing more low-skilled immigrants into Canada and requiring them to settle in regions of the country with labour shortages is one option, says Jeffrey Reitz, an immigration expert at the University of Toronto.

“That would certainly be a possibility since we haven’t been bringing people in on a permanent basis at low-skill levels,” Reitz said. “It may be that our economy hinges on having more unskilled workers coming in as permanent immigrants.”

Larry Hubich, head of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, is calling for something he calls “proactive immigration.”

“We built this country with the expertise and commitment of immigrant workers,” Hubich said.

“So let’s develop a number that’s reasonable and that encourages citizens from other countries to come to Canada to work and set up residence here by

providing the supports required to build communities. Often new immigrants end up in remote locations where they don’t have community and they’re isolated; we need to be pro-active in helping them settle here.”

As well, Hubich said, the government must do a better job ensuring there aren’t Canadian workers who would happily do the jobs filled by temporary foreign workers.

“I don’t know that the government or employers are doing an adequate job of canvassing the domestic work force,” he said.

“There is a good body of available labour in Saskatchewan, for example, particularly in First Nations communities.

The challenges become providing adequate training programs for those workers.”

Green said the free market must also be allowed to do its work without any government interference.

If a fast-food restaurant in booming Fort McMurray, Alta., refuses to improve wages, enhance working conditions and even boost prices in favour of offering a 99-cent burger, it will suffer the consequences, he said.

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“Life could certainly be grand if you’re a Tim Hortons operating in a boom town and you can continue to pay workers low wages, but that’s not the way markets work,” he said.

“Oil companies working nearby are willing to pay them so much more, so why would they stay? What the businesses are trying to do is completely rational – who wouldn’t prefer a docile workforce willing to work long hours for low pay and not legally allowed to work anywhere else?

But should the government be facilitating that?”

Dan Kelly, head of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, said the temporary foreign worker program should become part of a broader, economically focused immigration system.

“Some of the ways out of jail

here would be to allow all temporary foreign workers a pathway to permanent residency. Let them work here for two to four years, gain skills and experience, and then flip them to permanent residence.”

Kelly also called on the government to require that for every temporary foreign worker it employs, a company must hire a Canadian worker at the same wage level, demonstrating that their wages are truly attractive and they aren’t driving down income levels.

“But the only way you could scrap the program entirely would be to fix the permanent immigration system and allow employers access to immigrants of all skill levels,” he said.

“Unfortunately, that’s not on the table – even though we really need to fill low-skill jobs, too – because it would violate the socalled Canadian consensus that we only want to attract the best and the brightest to our shores.”

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Baloney Meter: Are Canada’s job numbers really the best in the G7?

Steve Rennie Canadian Press

OTTAWA “Since the worst of the recession in July 2009, our government has created over 1 million net new jobs. This is the strongest job growth over the recovery among G7 countries.”

– Finance Minister Joe Oliver, speaking in Halifax on Wednesday

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he Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper frequently claims Canada leads the G7 in the number of jobs created since the low point of the global recession.

But newly released figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development suggest Canada did not fare quite as well as many – indeed, most – of the world’s seven wealthiest economies.

Spoiler alert: The Canadian Press Baloney Meter is a dispassionate examination of political statements culminating in a ranking of accuracy on a scale of “no baloney” to “full of baloney” (complete methodology below).

This one earns a rating of “some baloney” – the statement is partly accurate but important details are missing. Here’s why.

The facts

The Paris-based OECD’s latest quarterly employment numbers show Canada’s employment rate between the second quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter of 2013 fell 1.3 percentage points.

By that measure, Canada’s performance is actually the fifthbest in the G7, trailing Germany (up 3.7 points), Japan (up 1.3 points), the United Kingdom and

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Jason Kenney, minister of employment, meets with Theresa Oswald, Manitoba’s minister of jobs, at a Canada Job Grant press conference in Winnipeg.

France (both down 0.6 points) but ahead of Italy (down 3.3 points) and the United States (down 3.8 points).

Many economists believe the employment rate is a better indicator of the health of the labour market than the raw number of new jobs.

That’s because the employ-

ment rate takes into account that in many countries, the population is constantly growing. It measures the proportion of the working-age population that actually has a job.

Now let’s look at the unemployment rate to see how Canada fares among the G7.

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rest of the G7 has reported their unemployment rates up to this past February, the most recent data available for the United Kingdom is from the final quarter of last year.

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2.9 per cent Canada edges out Germany to claim top spot in the G7 when it comes to the percentage change in the number of people with jobs between mid-2009 and the end of last year.

to put a better handle in terms of what’s happening with labour markets.”

The verdict

So which indicator best shows how Canada’s economy compares to the rest of the G7 – the What the experts say employment rate or straight job Straight job numbers don’t numbers? Both, say the experts. always provide the best reading “I actually don’t believe any of a country’s economic perforone figure can accurately capture mance, since they don’t account how an economy or even a job for population growth, said BMO market is performing,” Porter chief economist Doug Porter. said. “I think you have to basical“Canada tends to have some ly look at a number of measures.” of the strongest population Canada is first in the G7 if you growth in the G7,” he said. “You look at straight job numbers, but would expect Canada, over time, fifth in terms of the employment to have some of the better overall rate. employment growth figures, simThat’s why the government’s ply because we have the strongest claim contains “some baloney.” population growth.”

Paul Ferley, assistant chief Methodology economist at RBC Economics The Baloney Meter is a project Research, agreed straight job numbers are important, but they of The Canadian Press that examines the level of accuracy in don’t always tell the full story. statements made by politicians.

“There’s value in terms of Each claim is researched and quoting that number. I think it assigned a rating based on the does give an indication in terms following scale: of what direction the economy No baloney – the statement is is going in and how quickly, looking at monthly gains in em- completely accurate A little baloney – the stateployment relative to past performent is mostly accurate but more mance,” he said. information is required “So I think it does provide Some baloney – the statement a fairly good gauge in terms is partly accurate but important of what’s happening in labour details are missing markets.

A lot of baloney – the state“The employment rate does have the advantage that it’s trying ment is mostly inaccurate but to control for population growth, contains elements of truth as well, and sort of introduces a Full of baloney – the statefurther refinement to the data ment is completely inaccurate

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Canada’s unemployment rate ranks fourth in the G7, behind Japan, Germany and the United States.

The unemployment rate doesn’t provide a full picture, since it is based on the number of people actively looking for work and doesn’t account for discouraged workers – those who have given up the search.

What about the number of people with jobs? The Conservatives often say “more than 1 million net new jobs” have been created in Canada since the depths of the global recession. Is that true?

Yes, it is.

The latest Statistics Canada figures show 17,833,200 people had jobs in March, up from 16,743,800 in July 2009, the recession’s low point. That’s an increase of 1,089,400 jobs. So on that score, the million-job claim is accurate.

Based on the OECD’s data for employed people aged 15 and older, here’s how many jobs each country added or lost between the third quarter of 2009 and the fourth quarter of 2013: Canada: added 1,011,270 jobs, up six per cent Germany: added 2,258,420 jobs, up 5.9 per cent United Kingdom: added 1,244,250 jobs, up 4.3 per cent United States: added 4,767,600 jobs, up 3.4 per cent France: added 183,820 jobs, up 0.7 per cent Japan: added 440,000 jobs, up 0.7 per cent Italy: lost 672,460 jobs, down

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Canada’s middle class surpasses that in the U.S., says New York Times report Due to America’s jobless recovery, our median income is almost 10 per cent higher.

Julian Beltrame Canadian Press

OTTAWA here is a middle class crisis, but it’s happening south of the border, not in Canada, according to a New York Times report on incomes around the world.

The newspaper says an analysis it conducted with the LIS data centre shows that while Canadian median income per capita trailed the U.S. badly at the turn of the century, it had caught up by 2010 and now likely is ahead.

And overall, the study shows Canada tied with the U.S. for the highest per capita median income of the countries compared, including Germany, France and Britain.

The median income numbers represent the mid-point of income distribution so that one half the population will be above and one half below.

The levels are per person in a family, which includes nonearning children and in some cases spouses.

During the decade, the median per capita income in the Canada rose 20 per cent to reach the U.S. equivalent of US$18,700 after taxes (C$20,607) – or about US$75,000 for a family of four. At the same time, median income remained stagnant in the United States between 2000 to 2010.

The Times speculates that Canada’s middle class has likely surpassed the U.S. since 2010 as incomes have grown faster in Canada since then.

“The findings are striking because the most commonly cited economic statistics – such as per capita gross domestic product – continue to show that the United States has maintained its lead as the world’s richest large country,” the newspaper noted.

“But those numbers are averages, which do not capture

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the distribution of income.

With a big share of recent income gains in this country (the U.S.) flowing to a relatively small slice of high-earning households, most Americans are not keeping pace with their counterparts around the world.”

The middle class crisis has become a hot political issue in Canada. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has pressed the issue almost daily in question period, while NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has also pledged to work to reduce income disparities.

The Times report does not directly refute Canadian critics of income inequality since the catch up is mostly due to stagnant middle class incomes south of the border, more than robust growth here.

Still, Employment Minister Jason Kenney took to Twitter to trumpet the report.

“Canada is officially home to the richest middle class on the planet,” he retweeted, and, “If Justin Trudeau is interested in evidence-based policy on the middle class, he should read this,” among other messages.

In recent weeks, Kenney and other government ministers downplayed the income inequality problem by referencing a February Statistics Canada report showing that median net worth rose almost 80 per cent to $243,800 between 1999 and 2012, although much of that increase was due to home values.

Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC, call the study “interesting” but noted in a emailed comment that “due to their jobless recovery our median income is almost 10 per cent higher” even factoring in the impact of currency differences between the two countries.

“My point, however, is that it is not that we are doing great but that they (the Americans) are doing very badly when it

comes to a widening income gap,” he said in a note.

“When you look at Canada over the past 15 years what’s interesting is that the two groups that have seen the most significant growth in income were the bottom 20 and the top 20. The middle has seen its income growth lagging.…

So the bottom line is that the fact that we are doing better than the U.S. is no cause for a celebration.”

David Macdonald, an economist with the left-leaning Centre for Policy Alternatives, says the Times study used different methodology in order to compare a diverse range of countries and that Statistics Canada data show median incomes rising at a slower pace than reported by the newspaper.

“Picking the U.S. in 2010 also discounts the fact there was a major global recession whose epicentre was the U.S. and hurt a lot of the big European countries as well,” he said.

“This was at the worst times for the U.S. middle class.”

He adds that Canadian families are among the most indebted with a record high household debt of about 164 per cent of after-tax income.

The Times report does suggest that whatever income inequality exists, the gap has grown appreciably wider in the U.S. than in Canada.

While Canadian median income has caught up, at the 95th percentile Americans still

make 20 per cent more than their northern counterparts with annual after-tax income of US$58,600 per person, not including capital gains.

On the other hand, Canada and Western European countries do much better than Americans at the low-end of the income distribution.

The Times cites several factors in the recent trend, including that educational attainment has risen more

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“Finally, governments in Canada and Western Europe take more aggressive steps to raise the take-home pay of low and middle income households by redistributing income,” the paper states.

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Canada’s oil, gas catching Europe’s eye amid ongoing troubles in Ukraine “Canada is one of the only countries with substantial energy reserves that offers an open and transparent market and the backing of a stable democracy that respects the rule of law.”

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“Canada is one of the only countries with substantial OTTAWA energy reserves that offers he Russian invasion an open and transparent of Crimea is making market and the backing of Alberta’s oil and gas a stable democracy that remore attractive in European spects the rule of law.” capitals, says Poland’s amBaird wrapped a visit to bassador to Canada.

Slovakia on Wednesday after Poland supports the idea visiting the Czech Republic of importing Canadian oil a day earlier. After Poland, and gas, envoy Marcin BoBaird is bound for Latvia sacki said Wednesday prior and Estonia. to the start of a two-day visit Russia’s neighbours to his country by Foreign are worried what Russian Affairs Minister John Baird. President Vladimir Putin “This point of view is may do next. NATO troops being shared in a growing are also massing in Poland number of European capand neighbouring countries itals in the last two months for military exercises aimed since the Crimea invasion,” at showing the alliance’s Bosacki said. support for eastern Europe.

“Of course, we are absoMarcin Piatkowski, a lutely in favour of increasing senior Polish economist with the abilities of … western the World Bank, said Poland Canada oil and gas to be gets 60 per cent of its natural exported also to Europe.” gas from Russia. But other Earlier this week, Polcountries such as Lithuania, ish Prime Minister Donald Latvia, Estonia and Slovakia Tusk argued in an article are almost 100 per cent dein the Financial Times that pendent on Russian gas. the European Union should “Poland is a country that become less dependent on cares a lot about its energy Russian energy sources. independence,” said PiatBaird is touring several kowski, who stressed that he eastern European countries was speaking as a Polish nathis week to express Cantional and not a representaadian solidarity in the face tive of the World Bank. of Russia’s annexation of He said Tusk’s op-ed this Crimea and its subsequent week is significant because provocations in eastern he is arguing for a “EuroUkraine. pean wide energy security “The crisis in Eastern policy that would allow Europe underlines the imEurope to become more portance of moving ahead independent of its external responsibly on the export energy suppliers.” of our oil and natural gas,” Tusk and Prime Minister Stephen Harper have spoken Baird’s spokesman Adam numerous times by teleHodge told The Canadian Canadian Press

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The Harper government has been pushing for Canada to expand its ability to export energy products through new oil pipelines and facilities to liquefy natural gas for overseas tanker shipments.

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energy producers Encana and Talisman.

The issue of Canadian energy exports to Europe came up during Harper’s visit to Germany last month, but Chancellor Angela Merkel was less than enthusiastic because Canada lacks the infrastructure to actually move the products.

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Steady there bud: Uruguay to limit marijuana buyers to 10 grams a week in pharmacies Leonardo Haberkorn

dent Jose Mujica has asked that no details be released until the regulations are published Friday MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay or Monday.

But an official in Uruguay’s ruguay’s government is drug control office told The still writing the rules for Associated Press that the rules its legal marijuana market, two will limit consumers to buying weeks overdue now, and Presi10 grams of pot a month, rather than the maximum of 40 grams set by legislators. The official said that is aimed at reducing the illegal resale of marijuana that will be sold by pharmacies.

Registered buyers will get cards linked to an electronic database that will track each user’s purchases, but the cards won’t have names on them and the records won’t reveal identiNotice of Public ties to pharmacy staff, said the official, who agreed to discuss Hearing the shaping of the rules only if not quoted by name.

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in December. Officials are now developing a set of fees to avoid giving marijuana an unfair advantage over highly taxed alcohol and cigarette sales, he said.

Another problem has been figuring out how to trace marijuana plants from seed to smoke, which was a key promise made by the law’s promoters.

With opinion polls saying most Uruguayans opposed the move to legalize pot, the government pushed the law through Congress by arguing the best way to defeat drug trafficking is to create a regulated marketplace in which licensed and registered citizens can grow, buy, sell and use legal marijuana.

The law’s backers said government-approved marijuana plants would have genetic markers and be cloned so licensed products can be identified as legitimate. Growers, sellers and users would be subject to inspection and testing, and anyone

caught with illegal strains would be punished.

But exactly how to accomplish this through regulation has proved difficult, the official said.

Uruguay is the first country in the world to attempt to create a nationwide market regulating the cultivation, sale and use of legal marijuana. Once the system launches, registered users should be able to buy their weed in pharmacies, grow as much as six plants per family and harvest 480 grams a year at home, or join cultivation clubs that can have as many as 45 members and 99 plants.

The 10-gram weekly purchase limit is an arbitrary figure, “and no one knows very well where it comes from,” said Juan Andres Palese, a co-owner of Urugrow, the country’s first store selling tools for growing and using marijuana. “But it’s a start, and as such I support it. I think these numbers will get updated later.”

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Ukraine launches operation against insurgents in the east; Russia ramps up military exercises Yuras Karmanau Associated Press

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine krainian forces launched an operation Thursday to drive pro-Russia insurgents out of occupied buildings in the country’s tumultuous east, prompting new threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Within hours of the Ukrainian operation, which killed at least two pro-Russia militants, Russia’s defence minister announced new military exercises for troops massed near Ukraine’s border.

The statements by Putin and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu sharpened anxiety over the prospect of a new Russian military incursion into Ukraine. Russia’s foreign minister warned a day earlier that any attack on Russian citizens or interests in eastern Ukraine would bring a strong response.

In Kyiv, Ukraine’s acting president accused Russia of backing and supplying the separatists in the east and demanded that Moscow stop its intimidation campaign and leave his country alone.

Oleksandr Turchynov said in an address to the nation Thursday that Russia was “co-ordinating and openly supporting terrorist killers” in eastern Ukraine, where government buildings in at least 10 cities have been seized by pro-Russia gunmen.

Turchynov said Russia must pull back its troops from the Ukrainian border and “stop the constant threats and blackmail.”

In St. Petersburg, Putin decried what he described as Ukraine’s “punitive operation” and threatened Kyiv with unspecified consequences.

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the army against its own people this is clearly a grave crime,” Putin said.

Russia already has tens of thousands of troops stationed in regions along its border with Ukraine. The latest Russian military exercises will involve ground troops in the south and the west and the air forces patrolling the border, Shoigu said.

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eral Alexander Vershbow sharply criticized Russia for making “veiled threats” and said Russia should pull its troops back to their barracks.

The Ukrainian government and the West worry that Putin would welcome a pretext for a military intervention in eastern Ukraine.

Putin denies that any Russian agents are operating in Ukraine, but insists he has the right to inter-

vene to protect the ethnic Russians who make up a sizeable minority in eastern Ukraine.

Earlier in Tokyo, President Barack Obama accused Moscow of failing to live up to “the spirit or the letter” of a deal last week to ease tensions in eastern Ukraine. If that continues, Obama said, “there will be further consequences and we will ramp up further sanctions.”

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interim government has also not lived up to the Geneva deal by not making nationalists in Kyiv disarm and withdraw from their occupied buildings.

With no appetite in the U.S. for a military response, Obama is largely banking on Putin caving under a cascade of economic sanctions targeting his closest associates. But the success of that strategy also depends on European

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nations with closer financial ties to Moscow taking similar action, despite their concerns about a boomerang effect on their own economies.

“I understand that additional sanctions may not change Mr. Putin’s calculus,” Obama said while on a Tokyo visit. “How well they change his calculus in part depends on not only us applying sanctions but also the co-operation of other countries.”

Slovyansk, a city 160 kilometres west of the Russian border, has emerged as the focus of the armed insurgency in eastern Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said military and special police forces killed “up to five terrorists” while destroying three checkpoints north of Slovyansk on Thursday. One government member was wounded, it said.

Stella Khorosheva, a spokes-

woman for the Slovyansk insurgents, said two pro-Russia fighters were killed at a checkpoint in the village of Khrestyshche, 10 kilometres north of the city. She said checks were being made at hospitals to see if there were other casualties.

The situation was quiet in Slovyansk itself, but checkpoints inside the city were abandoned and it was unclear where the proRussia insurgents manning them had gone.

Khorosheva said the pro-Russia militia later regained control over the checkpoints where the clashes took place. By Thursday afternoon, an AP reporter confirmed that some of those checkpoints were back in the hands of insurgents.

Khorosheva declared that the fighters were ready to repel any attack by government troops.

“We will defend ourselves to

Avakov said his forces had cleared city hall of the pro-Russia protesters who had been occupying it for more than a week. He did not describe the operation. The Ukrainian city sits along the main road between Russia and Russia’s newly annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.

Yulia Lasazan, a spokeswoman for Mariupol’s police department, told The Associated Press about 30 masked men armed with baseball bats stormed the building in the dark early Thursday and started beating the pro-Russia protesters.

Five people were taken to a hospital, she said.

It was not clear why the protesters, some of whom are believed to be armed, did not resist but called local police instead. Lasazan said local police now controlled the perimeter of Mariupol city hall and were negotiating to get the

our last drop of blood. We are ready to repeat Stalingrad,” she told The Associated Press, invoking the memory of the Soviet army’s victory over German forces in 1942-43.

At least 10 Ukrainian government armoured vehicles were seen on the road north of Slovyansk and two helicopters circled over the area. Troops ordered residents in the area to keep away during the operation.

Near the town of Makatikha, several kilometres north of Slovyansk, pro-Russia militia set fire to rows of car tires in an apparent attempt to reduce the visibility from the air. An Associated Press reporter saw about two dozen militiamen manning checkpoints along the road earlier in the day.

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Man exonerated in murder struggles after 24 years behind bars Jennifer Peltz Associated Press

NEW YORK he day Jonathan Fleming was cleared of the murder that put him behind bars for almost 25 years, he strode out of a courthouse to congratulations from passers-by, a steak dinner with his family and the start of a new life.

The weeks since have been a mix of emotional highs and practical frustrations. He spent an evening as a VIP guest at a boxing match and slept that night on a cousin’s couch.

He marvelled at strangers donating thousands of dollars to help him, but doesn’t yet have a place of his own.

He had a first-ever meeting with a son he learned was his while in prison, even as he prepares to visit another son serving a prison term of his own.

“Coming back, you know, it’s been hard. … It’s a lot to have to catch up on,” Fleming says. But, he says, “I’m looking forward to it.

Because I’m just so happy to be out here.”

Fleming was cleared April 8 after prosecutors said they now believe what he had been saying all along: that he was on a family vacation in Disney World when a friend was shot dead in Brooklyn in 1989.

Defence investigators located witnesses who said Fleming wasn’t the gunman. And prosecutors found previously undisclosed documents in their own files that supported Fleming’s alibi, including a hotel phone bill he paid in Or-

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One legacy that haunts Fleming is regret over his 33-year-old son in prison, the one he left behind when he was arrested. The Disney World trip had been that son’s ninth birthday present.

“Sometimes I feel like I failed him because I really feel if I was out there, I don’t think he’d be in prison now,” says Fleming, who is planning a visit.

He’s also been reconnecting with his other three sons, including one born while he was in prison and a 32-year-old son he didn’t know he had until after he was behind bars.

Fleming visited him and his family in Pennsylvania.

Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo “They had a cookout,” he says.

Jonathan Fleming, who was exonerated of murder after almost 25 years behind bars, on his “Made me really feel at home.” way to get his first bank card, in New York. The weeks since his release have been a mix of ––– emotional highs and practical frustrations.

Fleming doesn’t want to talk about his life before his arrest. He’d lando, Fla., about five hours before opening the first bank account he’s Lawyers Taylor Koss and Anhad other brushes with the law; the shooting. had in his 51 years, learned to use thony Mayol plan to file false-con- prison system records show he had During his years in prison, his new iPhone, and got an email viction suits that could eventually served about a year in an auto-theft Fleming wrote letters to prosecuaddress set up by one of his lawyers. net substantial sums, and a stranger case. tors, meditated, took vocational It has a “14” in it, for the year he launched an online campaign that What he will say is: “I’m not courses, and logged disciplinary was freed. has raised more than $32,000 for going to pick up where I left off. It’s penalties for drug possession, “Should have said ‘24’ – the years Fleming so far. To get by in the a new day.” creating disturbances and other that I did,” he said, and laughed. meantime, Fleming has signed up “A New Day” is his working infractions. He says he gave up beFor all he had to celebrate, Flem- for food stamps and taken out a title for a book he started writing ing angry about his conviction but ing also was facing a struggle to loan against a potential lawsuit in prison and hopes to publish never lost hope he’d be freed. get on his feet. He left prison with settlement. someday. He also wants to go to When the word finally came, less than $100 and no permanent Fleming is among more than college, maybe law school, to help “the feeling – you have no idea,” he home. He’s getting divorced from 1,350 inmates exonerated nationother inmates challenge convictions says. “I just sat down on my bed, his second wife, and his ailing, wide in the last 25 years. Studies and to advise young people about and I cried.”

71-year-old mother in Brooklyn have found those exonerated often staying out of trouble.

––– can’t take him in because she is confront challenges finding jobs “I’m excited to move forward,” After dropping into 2014 from already accommodating other rela- and housing, rebuilding family Fleming says. “Because I know God 1989, Fleming spent a recent day tives. relationships and grappling with has a plan for me.”

35th Annual

Yukon Trade Show will be held at Canada Games Centre

Kluane Tourism Industry Summit

May 2, 3, 4th, 2014

Public Invitation

Book now as there are limited Booths still availaBle. visit www.lakelabergelions.com Yukon trade show, lake laberge lions on Facebook or call 867-668-7979 or email yts@lakelabergelions.com

The Honourable Mike Nixon, Minister of Tourism and Culture, invites you to participate in the Kluane Tourism Industry Summit to discuss the future of tourism in the Kluane Region.

trade show opens:

Where: The Grand Hall, St. Elias Convention Centre, Haines Junction, Yukon.

Friday, May 2nd: 2pm to 4pm for senior and handicapped.

4pm to 9pm for general public.

Saturday, May 3rd: 10am to 6pm Sunday, May 4th: 11am to 4pm.

When: Friday, May 2, 2014 from 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm, followed by an informal Business-After-Hours event from 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm.

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A ‘ghost town’ created in the U.S., with a little help from Canadian oil wealth Alexander Panetta

with 275 homes demolished and more demolitions scheduled for this year.

DETROIT But not everyone took t looks like a ghost town, and the money. Some refused for Canadian oil helped build it. sentimental reasons, others for The burned-out, abandoned financial ones. For Mary McKparcels of property in a westenzie, it was both. end Detroit neighbourhood The retired school secretary are the reverse image of an oil has 19 grandkids. They gather boom town – a ramshackle yin here for holiday dinners, she to the thriving yang of Fort says, reminiscing about one McMurray, Alta.

Christmas when they began For three-quarters of a centu- decorating the house with an ry, crude oil has arrived here at angel collection and lit statues. the Marathon refinery. Even as She also did some math and this once-bustling, blue-collar figured the $64,000 being ofarea became blighted by crime fered wouldn’t last very long. and neglect like so much of De- McKenzie concluded that once troit, the industry survived. she repaid some credits for So when neighbours started renovations, and the remaining complaining about smells and mortgage, and the loan to add a occasional explosions while the new roof, porch and windows, plant was planning a US$2.2she’d have lost the place with billion expansion to handle the the memories without much to influx of Alberta-type heavy show for it. crude, basic economics prof“I wouldn’t have had anyfered a solution. thing,” McKenzie said.

The business expanded, and “I kept thinking, ‘Where am I the people were paid to leave. gonna go? I’m not going to have Picture a block the size of any money to buy a house, I’m a football field, once crowded not going to have money to rent with old working-class homes. a house.”’

Then imagine it razed into But what about pollution? empty lots of grass and dirt, Her family wants to plant fruits with nothing left standing exand vegetables on the vacant cept for one home and a couple land next door, but they have more abandoned houses slated their doubts – a recent study for demolition. pegged this zip code as the dirtiThen imagine five- or sixest place in all of Michigan. dozen such fields. That’s what McKenzie shrugs off the happened in Oakwood Heights. risks.

The company offered an “I figure if Marathon hasn’t average of $65,000 a house in an killed me yet – I mean, I’m 71 area where the standard home years old,” she said. “Let’s face is pegged at $16,000 and some facts, I’m not gonna live forproperties can be had for less ever.” than $5,000. People jumped on She doesn’t really have any the deal. Ninety per cent of the complaints about the company, whose trucks help patrol what’s 100-acre area has been cleared, Canadian Press

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left of the neighbourhood. She simply says it would have to double its offer to get her to consider moving.

Her family figures the money’s out there.

A very rough calculation based on the average offer per house, excluding demolition costs, suggests the whole relocation program might have cost the Marathon Oil Corp. less than one per cent of the overall price tag for its $2.2-billion plant renovation.

But the company won’t reveal the total budget for its relocation program.

Nor will it disclose the volume of Canadian oil in its Michigan plant, saying only that its renovation was designed to handle heavy crude and that an unspecified amount of the new supply comes from Canada.

More than one-third of U.S. oil imports are from Canada, and that ratio is growing.

What the company will say is the relocation offer has expired.

“We recognized from the beginning that not everybody would find this an attractive offer, for whatever reason,” said Marathon spokesman Jamal Kheiry.

“And we are happy to remain neighbours with the folks who have chosen to stay, whatever their reasons might be.”

McKenzie acknowledged that the neighbourhood had deteriorated over her four decades there. When she moved in, it was a blue-collar Italian area.

When the former residents moved out, she said, slumlords moved in.

There were crack houses to her left, a couple more down the

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In this industrial heart of Detroit, on the footsteps of petroleum-coke storage facilities and the Marathon and Ford plants, there’s a bit of an innercity wildlife ecosystem developing – think Mad Max meets National Geographic.

“There’s foxes, possums, raccoons, groundhogs, rabbits.

I’m waiting for a deer to walk through here,” David McKenzie said.

“I had a hamburger the other day, and (a fox) was coming down, and I threw a hamburger to him, and he looked up at me and gave me a nod…. He looked at me like, ‘Where’s the rest of it?”’

Now the sound of gunshots is gone. Mary enjoys sitting on the porch, reading, and it’s quieter.

In some ways, she says, it’s a bit more like the old days.

“There was no place in the city of Detroit, I bet, as quiet as this was (last) New Year’s Eve,” the grandmother says with a chuckle.

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street to her right, and a few in the back.

Occasionally, a drug den would be sprayed with gunfire from a rival gang. There were also arsonists, and the neighbourhood was densely populated. So McKenzie said she used to worry around here – but not so much any more.

Her grandson, David McKenzie, has mixed feelings about his grandma staying.

He wishes she could move to a vibrant neighbourhood, if only the company would offer more. He says when her house was robbed a while back, the police didn’t even show up.

But the 32-year-old is attached to this place. Even in its roughest days, he says, nobody messed with his family. Anyone who tried would have come face-to-face with a grandson who’s a robust 6-foot-5, sporting a tattoo collection that’s about 1-foot-6.

He describes new and unexpected charms in the area.

Yukon Soccer Association is putting on the following coaching clinics

Female Coaching Clinic with Female Instructors

Open Coaching Clinic with Male/Female Instructors

No experience necessary but all are welcome.

Dates: Location: Times: Cost:

May 2-4th, 2014 Vanier School (classroom & field/gym) Friday 6:00pm to 10:00pm, Saturday 9:00am to 5:00pm (lunch provided) Sunday 9:00am-12:00pm (if necessary)

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Pre-register at Sport Yukon by noon on Wednesday, April 30th, 2014.

Forms Available at Sport Yukon & on YSA website – www.yukonsoccer.yk.ca Please be prepared for field or gym work If you have any questions please contact John MacPhail at jmac@sportyukon.com

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We have many things to be proud of in our community of Whitehorse. The amount of support that the Food Bank received in 2012 is just one of them. Listed below are people, businesses and community groups that gave to us this past year.

Since we have opened in April 2009 demand for our services have grown, and so has the community response. The board of directors, staff and volunteers are working hard towards ensuring that Whitehorse has a Food Bank that is not only sustainable but is a key component in addressing the issues related to hunger and poverty in our community. Join the caring community of people and organizations you see here, your help will be part of the solution.

2013 Businesses and Organizations ALX Exploration Services

Anilee Interiors

Annie Lake Trucking

AON Reed Stenhouse

Baldwin Schultz Counselling Inc

Barbara A Nimco & Associates Inc

Bean North Coffee

Boston Pizza

Business Development Bank of Canada

C&D Feeds

Carcross Tagish Management Corporation

Catholic Women’s League

Christ the King Elementary School

City of Whitehorse

Climate Clothing

Coast Mountain Sports

Dave’s Cleaning Service

Davis Legal Advisors

Denison Environmental Services

Denlin Holdings Ltd

EBA Engineering Consultants

Whitehorse Elementary School

Elijah Smith Secondary School

Energy Mines & Resources

F H Collins Secondary School

Fardella Bros Development

Fireweed Lions Club

Food Banks Canada

Health & Social Service Local Y017

Holy Family Elemenatary School

Home Hardware

Ibex Valley Environmental Consulting

Klondike Rib & Salmon BBQ

Kwanlin Dun First Nation

Ladies Auxiliary to the YOOP

Leaf Marketing & Coordination Solutions

MacDonald & Company

MacPherson Rentals

Maryhouse

Maximilian’s Corporation

Minto Explorations Ltd

Murdoch’s Gem Shop

Northerm Windows and Doors

Northern Cross (Yukon) Limited

Northwestel Inc

Northwestel Social Committee

NuWay Crushing Ltd

Orbis Engineering Field Services

Past Honored Royal Ladies Assn

Pelly Construction Ltd

Porter Creek Secondary School

RCMP Whitehorse Detachment

Riverdale Super A

Rotary Club of Whitehorse

Royal Canadian Legion

Ryanwood Exploration Inc

Sam N Andy’s

Scotiabank

Selkirk First Nation

Senior Services/Adult Protection

Stratford Hotel

Sundog Retreat

Superstore

Teddy Bear Catering

The Cooperators

Titan Gaming

Tr’ondek Gwech’in

Uniglobe Specialty Travel

Unity Clothing Inc

Vancity Community Foundation

Vancouver Foundation

Vanier Catholic Secondary

Warner Enterprises

Westmark Hotels

Whitehorse Baptist Church

Whitehorse Beverages

YESAB

YTG Environment Staff

YTG Health and Social Services

YTG Parks Staff

Yukon Electrical Company Limited

Yukon Employee’s Union Y010

Yukon Energy Corporation

Yukon Guitar Ensemble

Yukon River Marathon Paddling Assoc

2014 All Churches Spring Food Drive

April 29th and 30th, bags will be picked up from homes in the evening. Please leave bags outside. Bags will be dropped off this week.

This is our most important food drive and supplies are desperately low, we are counting on it to supply us for the summer.

Thank-you!

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To the donors and supporters of the Food Bank we extend a heartfelt 2013 Individual donors

Shirley Abercrombie Renee Alford Elizabeth Anderson Doris Aubin Elizabeth Baker Colin Beairsto Jacqueline Bedard Lise Bernier Barbara Bohne Selena Boothroyd Tim Brady Bernice Broder Stephanie Buchanan Rosemary Burns Luke Campbell Ruth Carroll Brenda Charles Elaine Gee Jennifer Gjertsen Claude Gosselin Darlene Griffis Rick Griffiths Elaine Gryba Nora Hajian Douglas Hamilton Brendan Hanley Samson Hartland Ruth Hedley Simone Herry Barbara Hogan Ketsia Houde John Hull Derek Hyde Hobart Irwin Bob Jickling Lois Johnston Maxine Kehoe Judith Kerr Jane Koepke Rob Kolla Pierre Lacasse Judy Laird Brian Larkin Raymond Leblanc Sylvie Leonard Michelle Lines Areyn Lyon Heather MacFadgen Anne MacLeod Lillian Maguire Shannon Mallory Mary Martin Jason McArthur Peter McCollum George McCutehean Kathleen McGovern Audrey McLaughlin Patricia McParland Mary Melnyk Thomas Mickey Brenda Mitchell Jennifer Moorlag Grace Mossop Katie Munroe Sharon Nehring-Willson Myles OBrien Susan Omura Julianne Ourom Ron Pearson Barbara Phillips Rosemary Plaskett Tim Preston Krista Prochazka Lina Radziunas Alison Reid Sylvia Riessner Stephen Robertson Sheila Rose Valerie Royle Laura Salmon Frank W Schwertner Judy Shannon Ralph Shopland Catherine Simpson

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Colette Acheson Roger Alfred Joyce Anderson Grace Ausiku Russell Baker Phaedra Beatty Elaine Beemish-Chalifoux Michel Bernier Christiane Boisjoly Ernest Bordynuk Pat Bratz Janice Brodie Greg Bull Bryna Cable Michele Campbell Somjing Carter Leo Chasse Michele Genest Mike Gladish Hugette Gosselin Mark Griffis Russel Griffiths Sharon Gryba Angela Hall Tammy Hamilton Sharon Hanley Neil Hartling David Hedmann Yann Herry Pat Hogan Wendy Howe Velma Hull Derrick Hynes Margarert Isaac Wendy Jickling Sandy Johnston Patrick Kehoe Paul Kishchuk Janice Koepke Juergen Korn Tina Lacasse Randy Lamb Mary Larkin Heather LeDuc Peeter Lepson Panya Lipovsky Shannon MacAulay Laura MacFeeters Mary MacMillan Karen Mahoney Darrell March Richard Martin Katharina McArthur Vicki McCollum John McDonald Bryony McIntyre Sean McLeish Tracy-Anne McPhee Julie Menard Miriam Miles Gayle Moffatt Susan Moorlag Paula Mowat Cheryl Mura Doug Neill Eleanor O’Donovan David Ordish Cathryn Paish Judy Pelshat Doug Phillips David Porter Joel Prestone Kim-Mia Pronovost Trevor Ratcliff Dan Reimer George Rix Sally Robinson Johanna Rosolen Karen Ruddy Deanna Sand Audrey Scobie Anita Sheardown Catherine Sikkes Duncan Sinclair

Charlene Ali Shirley Anderson Annie Avery Drew Ball Denise Beauchamp Helen Belanger Sydney Berriman Chris Boland Jean Bordynuk Dave Brekke Katrina Brogdon Collyne Bunn Ivan Cable Nancy Campbell Claude Chabot Esther Chasse Susan Gibbs Maura Glenn Louis Gosselin Christopher Griffiths Johan Groenenwegen John Gryba Janice Hall Stephanie Hammond Lidwina Hanrath Catherine Harwood Kathy Heinbigner Margaret Hicks Norman Holler Lorraine Hoyt Nicole Hulstein Amy Iles Mike Ivens Ellen Johnson Maureen Johnstone Betty Kelly Brian Kitchen Mark Koepke Edward Krahn Adele Lackowicz Frances Landreth Ann Larnder Nesta Leduc Breanne Leschert John Little Bonnie Macdonald Ryan MacGilivray Ron MacMillan Gisele Maisonneuve Kathleen March Sean Mather Sean McAskie Aileen McCorkell Marian McDonald Heather McIntyre Wayne McManaman Leslie McRae Mary Merchant Duncan Miller Rae Mombourquette Kelly Moote Garnet Muething Robert Mura Sandra Neill Diarmuid O’Donovan Molly ORiordan Mike Palamar Janine Peters Michael Phillips Beryl Potter Roxienne Prestone Lee Pugh Danette Readman Terice Reimer-Clarke Koreen Rix Clare Robson Corey Roussell Ivy Rudell Debbie Savage Candice Scott Diane Sheldon Ryan Sikkes

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Christina Aldrey Heather Alton Ruth Armson Bertha Ayers Karen Barnes Cathy Beaudin Helene Belanger Toni Blois Riley Boland Brian Bowen Irene Brekke Dianne Bruce Adeen Bunning KirkCameron Sandra Campbell Pauline Chalifour Richard Cherepak Doris Giffen Irma Gordon Marielle Gosselin Diana Griffiths Jennifer Groot Paul Gudaitis Pamela Hall Leslie Hamson Jennifer Hansen Beth Hawkings Nancy Heinbigner Robert Hinchey Wendy Holway Harry Hrebien Joshua Hunt Paul Inglis Beverly James Judy Carr Johnson Ellen Jones Mark Kelly Donald Knutson Tim Koepke Mike Kremer Paul Lackowicz Michael Lane Michelle Larouche Nesta Leduc Georgina Leslie Allan Loewen Cathy MacDonald Stu Mackay Barbara MacRae Kelly Malcomson George Marchewa Maxine Mattison Michael McBride Floyd McCormick Melanie McFadyen J McIntyre Karen McMillan Brian McWatters Philip Merchant Kathleen Miller Laurel Montrose Fran Morris Randi Mulder Peter Murtagh David Neufeld Kathy O’Donovan Ray Osborne Michael Pare David Petkovich Jean Paul Pinard Naresh Prasad Andy Preto Joie Quarton Heidi Reaume Bernadette Richardson Florence Roberts Shirley Rochicheau Helen Row Carl Rumscheidt Tamara Schaefer Cheri Seaman

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John Gilmour Ron Gorrell Barbara Gower Heather Griffiths Anthony Grottoli Brian Gudmundson Ruth Hall Beverley Hanbidge Janice Harper Earle Hayden Scott Henderson Tonja Hinchey Aileen Horler Charlotte Hrenchuk Birgitte Hunter Carmen Ingram Geraldine James Sandra Johnson Maria Jordan Elizabeth Kent Margaret Knutson Hannelore Kohler-Hoefs Arlene Kubica Evann Lacosse Meagan Lang Walter Latour Mia Lee Michael LHeureux Valerie Loewen Paul MacDonald William Mackay Sidney Maddison Louve Malle Heather Marks Sofie Maurice Barry McCauley Louise McCrae Jan McFadyen Elizabeth McKee Karen McMillan Katy Mead Sheila Merkley Stephen Mills Janet Moodie Robert Morris Margaret Mundell Bob Nardi Sarah Niman J A Ogilvy Wendie Osborne Sylvia Parry Brenda Petriw Glenn Piwowar Dorothy Pratt John Pringle Terry Quinn Rick Reaume Stefanie Richardson David Robertson Kim Rogers Shelagh Rowles Janet Rushant Andrea Schlupp Doug Seamon Sarah Sheppard Matthew Sills

Stuart Alexander Tom Amson Marilyn Aston Pamela Babala Sue Barth Jeanne Beaudoin Greig Bell Hillery Blower Brian Boorse Gordon Bradshaw Katherine Brent-Brakefield Bill Bruns Janet Burgess Alexandra Camm Rene Carlson Leigh Chalykoff Danielle Gavan Lucy Gilmour Truska Gorrell Leigh Gower Margaret Griffiths Cary Gryba Nijhar Gurminder Keith Halliday Tanya Handley Linda Harris-Cox Jerry Heal Eileen Henry Marjorie Hlady Marian Horne Leslie Hudson Paul Hunter Rob Ingram Sherrie Jean-Louis Sharon Johnson Danusia Kanachowski Gregory Kent Denny Kobayashi Michael Kokiw Lee Kubica Ella LaGresley Monique Lange Pamela Lattin Lisa Legere-Melanson Shannon Lheureux Myrna Lowe Susan MacDonald David MacKinnon Christine Mader Jan Malloch Sophia Marnik Jennifer Mauro Ruth McCauley Lesley McCullough Brian McGovern Wayne McKenna Deborah McNevin Stephen Mead MaryRose Metcalfe Jan Milner Norah Mooney Joe Morrison Robert Mundell Kenneth Nash Gurminder Nithar Eileen O’Hagan Maria Oswald Evelyn Pasichnyk Doug Petriw Kathryn Piwowar James Pratt David Pritchard Ken Quong Elizabeth Redlin Sharyn Riedl Mary Robertson Wayne Rogers Joseph Roy Ginny Saboe Jeaninne Schoenback Marilyn Seamon Katie Shewfelt Margot Simonot

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Monty Alford Carl Anderson Donald Aubin Derek Baker Deborah Bartlette Kathleen Beckett Valerie Benoit Marianne Blythe Loretta Boorse Nancy Brady Kevin Brewer Joyce Buchanan Andrea Burgoyne Hector Campbell Aaron Carroll Andrea Chapman Penelope Gawn Carol Ann Gingras Andre Gosselin Sheila Greer Richard Griffiths Conrad Gryba Corinne Gurtler Sylvie Hamel Petra Hankinson Glenn Hart Shari Heal Daniele Heon Manfred Hoefs Janet Horton Pamela Hudson Laura Hutchinson Betty Irwin Shannon Jensen Tamara Lee Johnson Robert Keenan Helen Kent Ruth Koenig Michelle Kolla Margaret Kuiack Dinah Laing Helene Lapensee Sharon Lazeo Lorie Lelievre Kenny Lindsay Kathleen Lundgaard Tracey MacEwan Douglas Maclean Matthew Magoffin Mal Malloch Cathryn Marshall Adrienne Mayes Mandy McClung Ruth McCullough Geraldine McGovern Ross McLachlan Chris McNutt Patricia Meikle Mary Mickey Arthur Mitchell Hank Moorlag Gordon Mosher Alida Munro Patricia Nash Carol Oberg Patrick O’Hagan Sarah Ouellette Janet Patterson Bengt Pettersson Julie Plaisance Joyce Pratt Phyllis Pritchard Mark Radke Elizabeth Reichenbach Alma Riehl Sheila Robertson Nerissa Rosati Mollie Roy Inder Saini Kerri Scholz Mike Setterington Donna Shopland Marguerite Simonot

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BUSINESS

ENVIRONMENT

Artifacts unearthed at Casino 13,000 years old have long cold winters and not a lot of biomass broken down by worms and insects.” hile preparing to eventually Everyone agrees there is still a lot extract minerals from the of work to be done. ground, crews at a Yukon The site is estimated to be about mine site came across something with 1,375 square metres. a different sort of value.

So far only about one per cent of Archeologists working at the the area has been looked at. proposed Casino Mine property “There is really good potential that northwest of Whitehorse have found there could be more sites of the same artifacts that are somewhere between age,” Zazula said.

13,000 and 14,000 years old.

Archeologists will likely be That makes the site one of the spending time there in the future to oldest to be unearthed in the Yukon continue the hunt, Gotthardt said. and one of only a few that date back “There will be more. It’s a matter of looking. That’s an area, where the to the ice age.

Casino mine is, that we just haven’t And so far only about one per done that much work.” cent of the identified area has been She pointed out that the mine site explored. itself has no road access.

Located about 250 metres back “When development comes, it from the Yukon River near Britannia opens up for the archeology too,” she Creek, the remnants of old tools and said. bone were found along what would The entire area has been cordoned have been the riverbank thousands off and is now protected under the of years ago, said Yukon archeologist Ruth Gotthardt.

Altamira Consulting photo Yukon’s Historic Resources Act. Mining company president Paul “This is the pioneering populaArtifacts discovered at the Casino mine site northwest of Whitehorse are at least 13,000 West-Sells said the area isn’t being tion, moving into the western hemiyears old, making the find one of the oldest in the territory. touched. sphere,” she said. “Though they didn’t West-Sells said the protected area know it at the time.” found in the younger layers closer to historic sites this old found in Alaska. River. doesn’t hamper the proposed mining As part of Casino’s $2.5-billion the surface.

Few other sites of this age have “These represent the first people project. project to extract copper, gold and “They’re finding certain tools – been found. Evidence at the Little that crossed the Bering land bridge “That isn’t where the mine is molybdenum from the ground, the there’s an arrowhead, some scrapers, from Siberia into North America,” he John site in Beaver Creek dates to located.

That isn’t where the main company is required to do a heritage said. some micro-blades,” said Tr’ondek about the same time period. access road is located. It’s an area that inventory of anything historically Hwech’in heritage officer Lee Whalen.

An unnamed site just past the “They migrated from Siberia into goes down from the mine to where significant in the area.

“So we are seeing different tools Alaska and then made their way into White River near the Alaska Highway we’ll be getting water,” he said.

The Britannia Creek site was first for different processes.

Whether that’s had 10,000-year-old artifacts. the Yukon.”

“So you make some mitigations. If flagged by an Edmonton company in hide scraping, food processing or In Old Crow, at the Blue Fish While Alaska’s sites are well we have to move a road a few meters 2009. But it wasn’t until late last year, known, evidence from this era in the Caves, the age of artifacts is somehabitation.” to the left or right, that’s what we when the radiocarbon dating came The find is within overlapping tratimes debated. The oldest estimate is Yukon is pretty thin, Zazula said. would do to avoid the area.” back on a small piece of bone, that ditional territories of the Selkirk and The oldest finds, like this one, rep- 24,000 years while more recent artiThe Casino open-pit mine is by far the company realized just how old its Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nations. facts have been dated to 13,000 years. resent a time when ancient animals the largest project ever considered by find was.

“You see some of these tools and It’s not just ice age-era bone that like wooly mammoths still roamed the Yukon Environmental and Socio“The fact that it had dateable bone they’re still being used. Hide scraphas history buffs excited about the the earth.

Economic Assessment Board. in there is what made it such a godpers, fleshers and things like that,” “There’s a lot of these ancient ani- new discovery.

If it’s approved, the plan is for send, because we could actually date Whalen said.

It turns out people used that site mals and that’s a time where they are Casino to produce 120,000 tonnes per the site,” Gotthardt said.

“We’re finding hide fleshers that for thousands of years. starting to go extinct,” Zazula said. day over a 22-year mine life.

It’s not clear what type of animal “You’ve got your big river flowing could be thousands of years old that “So finding archeological sites Whalen said finds like the one bone it is. Gotthardt said it’s from look like the ones that were found by which is a big attraction not only with bones of some of these ice-age at Casino can go beyond scientific some sort of ungulate, like caribou. right pre-gold rush.” for fish but animals in that neck of research and be a way for people to animals could help us understand During the last ice age the water Finding ancient artifacts in the the woods too,” Gotthardt said. connect with their history. how people were living back then. level of the oceans was lower. That Yukon doesn’t always require a lot of Altogether, three distinct layers “It allows people to reflect on their But also potentially their involvement created what’s known as the Bering digging. were found. connection with the place and this in the extinction of some of these land bridge and allowed people to About 5,000 years of human The top layer is about 100 years longstanding relationship with an animals.” walk their way from Siberia to the old, followed by layers of 5,000-year- history can be packed into about 20 area where people are still living, and The Casino site is the first intact Yukon. centimetres of soil. old artifacts. have lived for thousands and thouBeringian era find on the upper YuYukon paleontologist Grant “Our archeology is very accessiThe oldest layer contains mostly Zazula said there have been multiple kon River drainage above the Tanana chips and flakes of stone tools, along ble,” Gotthardt said with a laugh. “It’s sands of years,” he said.

“It’s quite incredible.” very typical of the North, we have with the all-important bone. More Contact Ashley Joannou at very poor soil development here. We easily identifiable things have been ashleyj@yukon-news.com Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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Left, a stone tool found at the Casino site. The most interesting thing about the artifacts is the presence of microblades. Top, a bone fragment found at the site.

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Scientists discover four new species of ‘killer’ sponges off Pacific coast

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VANCOUVER hey look like fuzzy fingers, waving gently from the depths of the ocean floor but make no mistake – they’re stone cold killers.

Scientists have discovered four new species of carnivorous sponge off the Pacific Coast, including one deadly variety found hanging from the deep-sea ridges off southern Vancouver Island.

Fortunately, these killers are about the size of a piece of spaghetti and they feed only on the tiny, shrimp-like amphipods and copepods that drift through the sea.

“Sponges characteristically feed on small particles, like bacteria, little tiny guys,” said Henry Reiswig, a retired professor of biology at McGill University, volunteer taxonomist at the University of Victoria and the Royal British Columbia Museum, and self-described “sponge guy.”

But these meat eaters feed on tiny crustaceans.

“It’s a snaring process involving spicules, pieces of glass on their surfaces that they use to snare,” said Reiswig, who is “77 or something like that.”

Two of the newly discovered species were collected by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute off the California coast and another from a hydrothermal vent field in the Gulf of California off Mexico. The fourth hails from a formation called the Endeavour Segment on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, off south Vancouver Island.

The Canadian beast, Cladorhiza caillieti, looks like a skinny bottle brush. The samples were five to seven centimetres long and only millimetres wide, found attached to the underside of overhanging ledges of basalt more than two thousand metres below sea level.

Reiswig and William Austin, of the Khoyatan Marine Laboratory on Vancouver Island, were enlisted by marine biologist Lonny Lundsten from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to help identify the sponges.

Carnivorous sponges were only discovered in 1995. Since then, only 137 species have been described, including these four.

Just 11 of them were found in the North Pacific.

They’ve been described as the Venus fly traps of the deep sea, a “truly extraordinary species,” wrote Lonny Lundsten, the lead author of an article published in the most recent edition of the scientific journal Zootaxa.

Lundsten said the samples were collected by remotely operated vehicles during other research,

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Asbestopluma monticola sponges grow on dead sponge at Davidson Seamount, off the central California coast.

most of it geological surveys of the sea floor.

Their meat-eating ways are believed to be an adaptation to the nutrient-poor environs of the deep sea, where most are found.

“Typical sponges must continually beat the flagella of choanocytes to create a current which flows through their bodies. From this current they strain single celled organisms and bacteria, which they eat,” Lundsten said in an email interview.

“But constantly beating these flagella is not efficient, energetically, when food is largely unavailable. Rather than creating a current, carnivores act more like spiders webs, with a matrix of tiny hooks waiting to catch any plankton that drift past them in the currents.”

They’re ancient. Specimens have been found in Jurassic sediment dating back 200 million years.

Reiswig believes a single mutation is responsible for the many descendants being discovered today.

“They’re all over the world: Sweden, Antarctic and throughout the equatorial zones,” he said. “But it only takes a million years or so for sponges to get around.”

So far, they’ve only been found in very deep water ranging from 600 to 3400 metres offshore. But we now know there are at least 11 species found in the northeast Pacific, he said.

It’s another small step in understanding the biodiversity of the

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“Each time we dive, we get a sense of what the early explorers must have felt exploring new worlds and seeing things no one had ever seen before. In that sense, we will continue exploring this last remaining wild frontier on planet earth.”

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B.C. environment minister warned about LNG greenhouse gas emissions Dene Moore

But emissions remain a hurdle for the provinces, which has legislated targets for reducVANCOUVER tions. Legislation dictates that ritish Columbia Environemissions are to be reduced ment Ministry staff have by at least a third below 2007 warned their minister that levels by 2020. the province’s dreamed-of Polak has also been told liquefied natural gas industry that while B.C. estimates that poses some big challenges with between 0.3 and three per cent greenhouse gas emissions. of natural gas extracted is lost Internal briefing notes preas fugitive methane emissions, pared for Environment Minis- other North American jurisdicter Mary Polak since she took tions and scientific literature office last year and obtained estimate that rate is between

by The Canadian Press, single seven and eight per cent. out methane emissions for The U.S. National Oceanic concern. and Atmospheric AdministraOn top of emissions from tion estimates between four combustion and flaring of and nine per cent is lost. natural gas, methane and However, in B.C. regulations carbon dioxide escape during are significantly different, the hydraulic fracturing process, or briefing notes pointed out. fracking, the documents said.

Because B.C. gas contains toxic “Methane emissions are a hydrogen sulfide, leaks are particular concern since they more tightly regulated. have a global warming impact The province’s Climate Ac21 times higher than carbon tion Secretariat and Natural dioxide,” said one July briefing Gas Development Ministry note. are working with the Cana“A small increase in the dian Association of Petroleum percentage of natural gas that Producers to test technology to escapes can have a significant curb emissions, said the interimpact on overall emissions.” nal documents.

At a meeting last November, “Though significant, this staff warned Polak that the fed- work does not address coneral government has updated cerns about potential frackingits formula for calculating related emissions from geologigreenhouse gas emissions and cal formations, poor cement that alone will increase methcasing or produced water ane values by 20 per cent. The storage tanks,” said the briefing province will need to follow prepared last July. suit, members of the Climate Polak declined a request for Action Secretariat told Polak. an interview.

Premier Christy Clark says “Based on academic research B.C. is poised to develop a and work in the United States, trillion-dollar LNG industry. there is concern that fugitive or unplanned emissions from oil and gas facilities are INDUSTRIAL higher than currently reported LAMICOIDS in B.C.,” the ministry said in 207 Main St. 668-3447 an emailed statement to The Canadian Press.

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The Climate Action Secretariat is working with the association and industry to find ways to reduce emissions and “ensure emissions levels are properly understood,” it said.

They’ve initiated a joint study of emissions levels and, as a result of updated information, the province has removed an outdated metering requirement, the statement said.

“International greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and measurement practices are changing as research and the understanding of science evolves,” the ministry said.

B.C. has been underestimating the impact of methane, said Tom Pedersen, executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, a collaboration between the University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia and the University of Northern British Columbia.

But provincial officials are very aware of the challenges, he said.

“This is not something that they are trying to sweep under the rug. They are concerned about it and they are trying to put in place appropriate regulations to deal with it,” Pedersen said.

That will require intensive monitoring and enforcement of regulations, he said.

“At the same time, one does have to be realistic about this, there is pushback from industry. They would prefer not to have regulations of course.”

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As Vermont moves toward labeling GMO foods, manufacturers worry about costs, confusion “I am proud of Vermont for being the first state in the nation to ensure that Vermonters will know what is in their food.”

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ganisms – often used in crop plants – have been changed Associated Press at their genetic roots to be resistant to insects, germs or MONTPELIER, Vt. herbicides. The development ermont lawmakers have in Vermont is important bepassed the country’s first cause it now puts the U.S. on state bill to require the labelthe map of governments taking of genetically modified ing a stance against a practice foods as such, setting up a war that has led to bountiful crops between powerful lobbyists and food production but has for the behemoth U.S. food stirred concerns about the industry and an American dominance of big agribusiness public that overwhelmingly and the potential for unforesays it approves of the idea. seen effects on the natural The Vermont House apenvironment. Some scientists proved the measure Wednesand activists worry about day evening, about a week after the state Senate, and Gov. potential effects on soil health and pollination of neighbourPeter Shumlin said he plans ing crops. to sign it. The requirements Twenty-nine other states would take effect July 1, 2016, giving food producers time to this year and last have proposed bills to require geneticomply. cally modified organism – or Shumlin praised the vote and said he looked forward to GMO – labeling, according to the National Conference signing the bill.

“I am proud of Vermont for of State Legislatures. Two other New England states have being the first state in the napassed laws to require GMO tion to ensure that Vermontlabeling, but the legislation ers will know what is in their takes effect only when neighfood,” he said in a statement.

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The European Union has already restricted the regulation, labeling and sale of GMO foods. Several credible polls have found that Americans overwhelmingly favour the notion of labeling genetically modified foods. Organic farmers and others are praising Vermont’s move, while the Washington, D.C.-based Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents food producers, called it a step in the wrong direction.

As farmers, Katie Spring and her husband are proud of how they grow their greens, carrots, potatoes, peppers and herbs and raise their chickens and pigs at their Worcester, Vt., farm and are willing to answer questions from customers. As eaters, Spring feels like she and her customers have the right to know what’s in their food, whether it’s saturated fat or genetically modified organisms, which they don’t use on their farm.

But the industry is stridently opposed.

“It sets the nation on a costly and misguided path toward a 50-state patchwork of GMO labeling policies that

will do nothing to advance the safety of consumers,” the grocers’ association said in a statement.

The association is disappointed that Vermont is going at it alone and had hoped for a regional approach. Trying to have 50 different state rules about what goes on food packaging “gets very costly, very confusing and very difficult for the entire food industry to comply with,” said the association’s president, Jim Harrison.

But others are praising Vermont as a leader, even though they expect the law to spark lawsuits. The bill includes a $1.5 million fund to be used to implement the law and provide legal defence against lawsuits expected to be brought by food and biotech industries.

“Every Vermonter has a right to know what is in their food,” said Shap Smith, speaker of the Vermont House.

“Genetically engineered foods potentially pose risks to human health and the environment. I am proud to be the first state in the nation to recognize that people deserve to know whether the food they consume is genetically modified or engineered.”

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The Vermont legislation says there is a lack of consensus among scientific studies on the safety of genetically modified foods, and no long-term epidemiological studies in the United States examining their effects. Genetically modified foods “potentially pose risks to health, safety, agriculture, and the environment,” the legislation says.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association is urging policymakers to support federal legislation that would require a label on foods containing such ingredients if the FDA finds there is a health or safety risk. But many farmers see it as a David-vs.-Goliath victory.

“This vote is a reflection of years of work from a strong grassroots base of Vermonters who take their food and food sovereignty seriously and do not take kindly to corporate bullies,” said Will Allen, manager of Cedar Circle Farm in Thetford, in a statement Wednesday after the House approved the bill.

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‘City folk just don’t get it:’ dating website for farmers sets sights on Canada Chris Purdy Canadian Press

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aniel Seitz was at home on his family’s farm in southeastern Saskatchewan, watching a TV agriculture report, when an ad popped up on the screen and tugged at his lonely heart.

An online dating site called FarmersOnly promised to steer him clear of city slicker singles and hook him up with potential partners looking for a man just like him, one comfortable in cowboy boots and living life on the land.

Two years later, the 27-year-old electrician and cattle farmer is newly married to a horse-riding farm girl who won him over with her smile, with a four-year-old step-daughter and a new baby on the way.

It’s an online love story that FarmersOnly founder, Jerry Miller, is hoping to see more of in Canada.

“There’s two different types of people,” Miller says from his office in Pepper Pike, Ohio.

“There’s people in the major cities in the corporate rat race.

And then there’s people who are just more down to earth and easy going and like to be outdoors more. It’s just a different lifestyle.”

Miller was doing agricultural marketing when he came up with the idea for the dating site in 2005.

A divorced, female friend was having trouble meeting men while working long hours on her farm, and found suitors on other dating websites didn’t have a clue about what her life was like.

Miller started promoting his new business with flyers at feed stores. At one point, he had to redesign the site when he realized

FarmersOnly counts 10 per cent of its members as Canadian, and boasts about 300 successful matches. In an effort to make more love and money north of the border, Miller says an advertising blitz is underway.

Some of the company’s corny and comedic ads have become popular on YouTube and created online spoofs. In one commercial, a lonely woman walks through a field as a talking horse discusses her dating dilemma. Another is a twist on the American Gothic painting, with an older couple on a farm holding a heart-shaped balloon tied to their pitchfork, and the slogan: “City folk just don’t get it.”

Chelsea Henderson, 29, had lived in every Western Canadian province and had enough of city boys before she headed home to her family’s ranch near Pierson, Man. After being an Internet dater for years, she tried FarmersOnly and even travelled to Kansas and Indiana to meet a few possible mates. Then she sent a message to Seitz and, after he was finished Chris Jones/The Canadian Press with haying season, he got back Chelsea and Daniel Seitz pose at their wedding in Pierson, Manitoba. An online dating site called FarmersOnly promised to her. He lived a three-hour drive to steer him clear of city slicker singles and hook him up with away in Montmarte, Sask.

On their first date, they met in potential partners. the middle in the town of Estevan, most farmers had dial-up modems.

The little dating site that grew now has about 1.5 million members. With more high-speed Internet available now in rural areas, Miller says many farmers look for love on the site with their cell phones while riding on their tractors.

It’s one of many niche dating sites that have popped up in

North America in recent years.

There are those for different religions and diets, widows and single parents, nudists and smokers, fans of Star Trek and vampires. Even big dating sites, such as Cupid. com and Plenty of Fish, have added speciality categories for people looking for that special someone with a common interest they don’t want to live without, including a love of farming.

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had supper at a local restaurant, then drove around and talked for hours in his pickup truck.

They were engaged five months later. He moved his cattle down to her horse ranch and became “Dad” to her little girl. They married last September, the weekend after her family’s annual horse sale. They cleaned the muck out of the riding arena and got hitched there in their cowboy boots.

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1 in 3 Canadians suffered some form of child abuse; linked to mental disorders ‘From a public health perspective these data alert us to the need to prevent all of these acts from happening on children today, which may also help to reduce the poor mental health in the next generations.’

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TORONTO ne in three adult Canadians suffered some form of child abuse in their past, experiences that put them at a higher risk of developing mental health disorders later in life, a new study reports.

The data paint the first nationwide picture of the prevalence of child abuse experienced by Canadian adults, lead author Tracie Afifi said of the study, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

She and her co-authors analyzed information collected from more than 23,000 adults 18 and older who took part in Statistics Canada’s 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey. Respondents were asked questions about whether they were hit or subjected to other forms of physical or sexual abuse in childhood, or whether they were exposed to violence between the adults in their homes.

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The researchers found a strong correlation between experiencing abuse in childhood and having mental health disorders in adulthood.

“Even when we looked at what’s most minor and what some people today would still argue is not abuse, those are still related right across the board with strong effects for all the mental conditions we looked at,” said Afifi, associate professor in the department of community health sciences at the University of Manitoba.

“As a Canadian, I find the number to be very large and alarming. As a child maltreatment researcher, that’s the number I expected to see.”

The findings didn’t surprise Dr. Suvercha Pasricha either.

The lead physician of the women’s inpatient unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Pasricha sees the effects of childhood abuse daily in the patients she treats.

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children learn as ways of coping with their distress when they grow up in traumatic environments,” she said, listing off the conditions – such as eating disorders – the study found are associated with childhood abuse.

“They turn into disorders as they get older.”

Afifi said previous estimates of child abuse rates in Canada were based on a nearly 25-yearold study from Ontario and more recent data from Quebec.

For this study, people were not asked directly if they were abused. Afifi said studies have shown that some people who have been abused don’t characterize their experiences as such.

Instead, the questions asked whether respondents were slapped on the face or head, spanked with a hard object or were pushed, grabbed, shoved or had something thrown at them to hurt them. For both those questions, respondents were asked to say yes only if the behaviour had happened a minimum of three times.

Another question asked if respondents were kicked, bit, punched, choked, burned or

physically attacked at least once.

Sexual abuse questions were designed to determine whether respondents were forced into unwanted sexual activity. And the questions related to having witnessed intimate partner violence asked whether as children they had seen their parents, step-parents or guardians hit each other or other adults in the home three or more times.

One in three adults reported experiences that met the criteria for at least one of the types of abuse, with physical abuse the most common of the three; 26 per cent of respondents said they had experienced physical abuse.

Ten per cent of respondents said they had experienced sexual abuse and nearly eight per cent witnessed intimate partner violence.

Men were more likely than women to have experienced physical abuse, 31 per cent versus 21 per cent. But women were more likely to have experienced sexual abuse, 14 per cent versus nearly six per cent. There was little difference in the rates of people who reported seeing intimate partner violence – nine

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When the researchers looked to see if people who had experienced abuse were more likely to suffer from mental health disorders in adulthood, they found strong evidence of a link. (This type of study cannot prove cause-and-effect; it can only point to possible associations.)

People who reported experiencing all three types of abuse were 27 times more likely to have attempted suicide, 17 times more likely to have posttraumatic stress disorder and nearly 11 per cent more likely to have a drug dependency or an eating disorder.

Even those who had experienced only one type of abuse were between nearly two and four times more likely to have one or some of the various disorders.

The authors said it is critical to raise awareness of the issue so that prevention strategies can be devised and implemented.

“From a public health perspective these data alert us to the need to prevent all of these acts from happening on children today, which may also help to reduce the poor mental health in the next generations,” Afifi said.

Pasricha agreed. She said just as salt intake affects the risk of high blood pressure, exposure to trauma raises the risk of mental health disorders.

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possible,” he added.

When actor Gary Coleman died in 2010 at age 42 after sufTORONTO fering a brain hemorrhage, the athen it comes to matters torney overseeing the estate of the of mortality, Bill Taylor late Diff ’rent Strokes star revealed says he is “in no hurry to go,” that Coleman’s 2005 will specified but there’s one thing he’s sure of: he wanted no funeral. The docuwhen the time comes, he wants ment trumped a 1990 will where no formal service held to mark Coleman said he wanted to be his passing. remembered in a wake conducted “It’s written into my will – no by people who had no financial funeral,” he said emphatically. ties to him and “can look each Self-described as being “totally other in the eyes and say they anti-religion,” the Toronto-based really cared personally for Gary journalist said the notion of Coleman.” having a funeral strikes him as Coleman’s remains were “entirely pointless” for a number cremated at a mortuary in the of reasons.

Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, “It’s a lot of expense for noth- a move that had been held up by ing,” said the candid Taylor, 66. legal wrangling for nearly three “You buy a casket and you take weeks after his death. it away and you either bury it or A glance at obituary notices you burn it. posted online from across Canada “You go through all of this rit- reveal many others who lived lives ual with hearses and limousines. outside of the public spotlight And I notice at funerals I’ve been and have outlined similar reto, unless the death has been requests for no funeral services. ally unexpected or (under) tragic “There are some, and not circumstances and then nobody large numbers with us – in fact, mourns, it’s a get-together, it’s a it would be a small percentage party. And that strikes me as well. – that would not want a funeral If you’re going to have a party, with us. And I’m totally respectful have a party. But don’t hang it on of that,” said Faye Doucette, who my death.” is owner of the Belvedere Funeral Both of Taylor’s parents died Home in Charlottetown and also in England a few years ago and president of the Funeral Service had pre-planned their funerals, Association of Canada. including the hymns they wanted “I guess I don’t see it much difincluded. Both opted to be creferent than if people don’t want mated, with each service timed a wedding or if they don’t want a precisely to 45 minutes. reception after something. To me, “My dad in particular chose a it’s just their choice.” long hymn. They could only have Doucette said it used to be three verses because they had to the case – particularly in Prince be in at a specific time and out at Edward Island – that the funeral the specific time. And as we were service was traditional with a specoming out, the next funeral was cific format. Today, that simply waiting to go in,” Taylor recalled. no longer applies.

“Often I hear people say “It was a conveyor belt. It had they’re not going to have visitano significance, it had no resotion or they’re not going to have nance, it meant nothing. And I viewing because they don’t want thought: ‘I want no part of this.’ to put the family through that.

“If you want to have a drink So if they do say that to me, I just in my memory, go and do it. But simply explain … why it might don’t waste your money putting be helpful to the family, and well, me away. Do it the cheapest way Canadian Press

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they just never thought of that.

“Really, the funeral is for the living,” Doucette added. “Whether it’s as simple as bringing the body to us and cremating, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a funeral service. But it’s for the living – it’s not for the person that’s gone.”

Taylor said his wife is in total agreement with his decision not to have a funeral and that his friends would also be understanding of his wishes, adding that he simply doesn’t want “any fuss.”

As a former longtime staff member at the Toronto Star, Taylor said most of the funerals he’s attended have been in a professional context and he found them depressing.

“I think we’re at a really interesting time where a lot of the rituals and rites and ceremonies that we’ve traditionally used aren’t necessarily working anymore,” said Barbara Densmore, a professional celebrant and wedding officiant on Vancouver Island who presides over celebrations of life and memorial services. “We’ve got a whole generation of people and a cultural change, a shift away from organized religion, and we don’t necessarily have anything to take its place.

“Whether it’s because of religion, because of the impersonality of a lot of ceremonies, a lot of people don’t necessarily see their value. They haven’t been to a ceremony that held value for

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ture the essence of Bob’s practical joker personality. With a straight face, Densmore told those gathered that “somebody’s going to get a big piece of Bob.” As it turns out, a raffle was held for one of his more unconventional possessions: a stuffed pheasant.

“The fellow who won it he was a new Canadian. He was probably the only person in the room that really thought it was a treasure, so it was amazing that he got it,” Densmore recalled. “The son walked over, handed the pheasant to him and deadpanned: ‘Congratulations, pheasant dreams.’

“Everybody fell over laughing. But the thing is, I think that’s the kind of ceremony people are longing for, but they don’t know how to get out of the box and into something that is more personal and more real.”

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them. And so therefore, they don’t necessarily see the process as one that they want for themselves,” she added.

Still, like Doucette, Densmore sees the funeral as a rite of passage moreso for those mourning the dead than those who have passed on. And for those seeking a twist on tradition, they can bring their unique approach to memorializing their loved ones.

She recalled a celebration of life ceremony she led in a hall honouring a man named Bob, complete with Mexican food, Tim Hortons coffee and doughnuts that he loved.

“He played accordion so we had accordion bands, we had bluegrass, and the whole thing just flowed beautifully, and it’s just like he was there.”

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To the people of the Yukon - your outpouring of love, prayers, and support in the sudden passing of ‘Joe’ helps make the unbelievable bearable.

His death was an unexpected turning point in the lives and plans of so many - like a well-tuned guitar that snaps a string as the next joyous verse begins.

There were many more journeys, many more singalongs, many more books to read and places to visit. Joe went home gently and quietly, embraced in love. All the possible help available was given to him but it was his time to go.

He has now seen the face of God and has been reunited with loved ones: Pat, his parents Jenny and Clifford, and his pals, the Holy Men of the Yukon, Bishop Thomas, Hoby, Joe Plain, Mickey, Fr. Dave, to name a few.

Thank you to everyone for being there and caring so deeply for us at this difficult time.

With sincere gratitude, The Cooper Family The Poelman Family Seana Prentice-Nesgaard and Family

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Stacking the deck with good designs Jesse Winter News Reporter

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n Ben Barrett-Forrest’s world, design is everywhere.

It’s in the shape of the pen your barista uses to jot down your morning coffee order. It’s in the colour of the Zero Waste coffee cup sleeve when she hands it to you, and it’s in the font on the posters that grab your eyes – or don’t – as you leave the coffee shop on the way to the office.

Design, either good or bad, influences our world in subtle yet sometimes profound ways. And now, thanks to Barrett-Forrest’s latest brainchild, you can hold all the tools of design in the palm of your hand – or up your sleeve, for that matter.

Barrett-Forrest’s graphic design chops made headlines across North America last year when he published his History of Typeface video on YouTube. The stop-motionanimated short explains in laymen’s terms the history of font and printing.

It was a huge hit and went viral almost immediately, racking up almost 800,000 views. As interest in the video rose, it got picked up by outlets like The Atlantic Magazine’s website and Internet design heavyweight Co.Design.

Now the Whitehorse design genius is back, this time with a project that isn’t just made up of bytes and audio clips.

The Design Deck is a pack of 52 playing cards, each with a tidbit of design history, a useful tip to remember or a witty inspirational quote. The project started as his final school project, but has since grown into its own small business.

“It started off as a thesis project.

I just graduated from my undergrad at McMaster University in multimedia. I wanted to do something that might actually be useful for the world,” he said.

So, why playing cards?

“Playing cards are big right now.

There’s kind of a renaissance of playing cards. On any design website or any Pinterest design feed, there are tons of playing cards,” BarrettForrest said.

“I think that’s because there’s just so much potential for design in them. Each of the cards is its own little design face, plus there’s the packaging of the pack itself,” he said.

Barrett-Forrest said he made the deck as a sort of pocket textbook for graphic design. It’s similar to musician Brian Eno’s well-known card deck Oblique Strategies, which offers suggestions for artists trying to break through blocks in the creative process.

“I figured if I was going to be putting in all this work, I thought I would see if anyone out there would actually want the deck, so I put it up on Kickstarter,” he said.

He set a target for the crowdfunding project of $600 with a

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Ben Barrett-Forrest has created a card deck with 52 different tips, tricks and suggestions for graphic design.

timeline of 30 days to reach that goal. A month later, he has now earned $27,200. The project broke its original goal within 20 hours.

“It’s amazing to witness virality,” he said.

After the initial excitement over the project, the pledges rolling in started to die down and there were days with no activity at all, BarrettForrest said.

Then, just days before the pledge period was set to end, design website Design Taxi picked it up and ran a short story about it.

After that, pledges exploded, Barrett-Forrest said.

The extra money has allowed Barrett-Forrest to print with a top of the line company: Bicycle Playing Cards, the Las Vegas standard.

“The catch is that you have to print at least 2,500 decks with them.

That’s the baseline. Setting out, that was just a pipe dream, but now it’s actually happening,” he said.

He has sold 1,230 decks so far.

The other advantage of printing with Bicycle is that Barrett-Forrest now has a huge variety of inks and typefaces and colours to choose from, “everything from metallic inks, to nice embossing and gold foiling on the cases.”

With Kickstarter, once the pledging period is over, that’s it. No one can pledge any more, but if people want to buy the cards they can head over to Barrett-Forrest’s personal website at ForrestGoods.com.

The deck retails for $22, and

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Barrett-Forrest has already sold 1,200 decks, and aims to double that.

already Barrett-Forrest has been getting orders from all over the world, including retailers that want to sell his cards.

As he sees it, design isn’t just about making pretty things. Creating something concrete that people can actually use is a great way to help spread messages and information, Barrett-Forrest said.

Design can even be used to make the world a better place.

“There is so much that could be improved in the way people read things, and even in the budgeting

and environmental impact of printing, just by changing something as simple as typeface,” he said.

Recently a teenager in the U.S. made headlines with a school project that showed the U.S. government could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year just by switching to a new typeface.

“The government could save almost $234 million simply by switching to that one font. That’s because the font is thinner, it’s lighter, it just simply uses less ink,” Suvir Mirchandani told CNN.

“Yeah, and Garamond is a nicer looking typeface, too,” Barrett-Forrest said, laughing.

Now that he’s finished his undergrad, Barrett-Forrest is headed straight into a four-month gig as The Globe and Mail’s design editor, and then onwards to a stint at a design firm in Sweden.

Now armed with his Design Deck, he’s got an ace in the hole and a unique set of calling cards.

Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com

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NFB’s Circa 1948 project shows Vancouver through app and installation Victoria Ahearn

gration and racial divides.”

Dao said the project started a couple of years ago, when TORONTO Douglas and Gemini Awardt’s 1948 and a mysterious winning screenwriter Chris woman checks into the Hotel Haddock approached the NFB Vancouver, telling the front with a feature script for a film desk she’s looking for her husnoir. band. Meanwhile, a local radio The film was beyond what newscast announces a housing they could program on several crisis for legions of homeless fronts, so they started discusswar vets, and a police constable ing other ideas for the story. confesses he’s at the hotel to Douglas is known for his place a bet with a bookie. non-linear storytelling apThe scenes are from the inproach, which Dao’s studio had novative National Film Board already tried with its Bear 71 of Canada-produced project interactive web documentary.

Circa 1948, which includes an “So the crux of Circa 1948 artistic 3-D app, a website and felt like a natural progression,” an interactive installation that said Dao. launched in competition at “When Stan first brought Tribeca Film Festival’s Storythe project to us, we talked a scapes program in New York bit about how history repeats on Tuesday. itself, and there are striking Renowned Vancouver-based parallels with obviously the visual artist Stan Douglas and housing crisis in the United the NFB Digital Studio co-creStates, the banking system ated the so-called storyworld, issues that we were all going which offers an immersive through globally and obviously experience that takes users the continued tension around directly into the sights, sounds The Canadian Press immigration and racial divide and headlines of the city back that has never really ended in A scene from the National Film Board of Canada-produced interactive app Circa 1948, which then. the United States, and there includes an artistic 3-D app, a website and an interactive installation, launched in competiThe free iPad and iPhone were obviously issues going on tion at the Tribeca Film Festival. app, which also launched Tuesin Europe.” day, allows users to navigate Dao and Douglas plan to do use their bodies as the interface locations that were vibrant at today: The ethnically diverse their own way through two that time but no longer exist Hogan’s Alley on the east side, to move through the 3-D world a live launch event at Tribeca, where the interactive installaand the old Hotel Vancouver in that’s projected around them.

The year the project is set in tion will be available for the west end. “was a seminal period because the public to use for free By touching, tapping and for four days.

World War II was ending, it tilting their device, users can Dao said they hope to bring was a time of hope, it was a move through both locations and soak in the stunning time where a lot of change was the installation to a few cities in Canada over the next year sights. Along the way, they hear in the air,” said Loc Dao, exas well. ecutive producer of the NFB’s a jazzy soundtrack featuring Douglas has also created a English Program Digital Studio Dizzy Gillespie as well as CBC sister project, the original stage in Vancouver. radio newscasts from the time play Helen Lawrence, which “But at the same time they and conversations between shares the graphics, story and were dealing with a banking characters (voiced by actors) characters from Circa 1948. It system that was in trouble, that form a story inspired by recently finished a run in Vanthere was a housing crisis. true events at the time.

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All the world’s a stage: Shakespeare’s Globe launches Hamlet tour to every nation on Earth

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Actors perform a scene from Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Globe theatre in London on Wednesday. Four centuries after his death, William Shakespeare is probably Britain’s bestknown export, his words and characters famous around the world.

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LONDON our centuries after his death, William Shakespeare is probably Britain’s bestknown export, his words and characters famous around the world.

It’s fitting they were first staged at a playhouse called the Globe.

Now the modern-day Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London is setting out to test the Bard’s maxim that “all the world’s a stage” by taking Hamlet to every country on Earth, more than 200 in all.

The company describes the plan as “insanely ambitious.”

Some suspect it’s impossible, and Amnesty International has weighed in to point out the “dark irony” of taking a play about power and regicide to authoritarian North Korea.

Hamlet opens Wednesday – on Shakespeare’s 450th birthday – with the first of three performances at the Globe, a reconstructed Elizabethan playhouse beside the River Thames.

Then the cast of 12 and its four-person crew will board a schooner for Amsterdam, beginning a journey that will take them to seven continents by plane, boat, train, bus and jeep.

Globe artistic director Dominic Dromgoole reeled off the first tour stops with an excited grin: “Amsterdam, Wittenberg, Arctic Circle – Tromso – drop down through Scandinavia, go to Moscow, go to Kyiv the night before the election.”

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two years, finishing back at the Globe on April 23, 2016 – the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

The itinerary is still a work in progress, but Ladi Emeruwa, one of two actors playing the lead role, said his schedule is blocked out through January, with performances across Europe followed by tours of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

“It feels like I’ve won the lottery,” said Nigeria-born Emeruwa, who trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. “Both are things I’ve always wanted to do – perform for this company and travel.”

The tour’s initial goal of visiting 205 nations and territories may vary, and exactly what constitutes a country is in some cases contested. The United Nations has 193 member states, while there were 204 teams in the London Olympics.

Dromgoole remains undaunted, though unspecific, when asked about war-devastated Syria or insular North Korea – both now listed on the tour’s website as “details to be confirmed.”

“Every country means every country,” he said. “It’s not easy to get into every country, for a variety of reasons. But we’re quite persistent.”

Amnesty International last month appeared to caution the troupe against visiting North Korea, a country where “the horrors inflicted on people who fall out of favour are worse than any fiction.”

Amnesty spokeswoman Harriet Garland said Wednesday

the group was not advocating a boycott, but felt the Globe “should be aware of what the situation is if they want to go to North Korea.”

Dromgoole said the tour’s aim was “to take culture to every country, to all the peoples of the world.”

He is confident Hamlet – the tragedy of a prince torn between indecision and revenge – will speak to audiences in many different cultures and political systems.

“It’s about somebody who is troubled by a sense of a new modernity within an age that doesn’t understand him,” Dromgoole said. “And I think in many different places and many different political situations and many different historical moments, the play will still be eloquent.”

The tour involves a strippeddown production with a portable set and a multicultural cast that includes Hong Kong-born actress Jennifer Leong and Maori actor Rawiri Paratene. London actor Naeem Hayat, a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, alternates with Emeruwa as Hamlet.

“Shakespeare wrote these plays to tour,” Dromgoole said, noting that the play travelled through northern Europe in the 17th century and was even performed aboard a ship off the coast of in Yemen in 1608, only five years after it was written.

“So these plays weren’t written to sit smug and proud in London. They were written to charge around the world,” he declared.

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez hailed as literary giant by global leaders, artists after death at 87 E. Eduardo Castillo And Frank Bajak

Associated Press MEXICO CITY is death mourned around the globe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is being hailed as a giant of modern literature, a writer of intoxicating novels and short stories that illuminated Latin America’s passions, superstition, violence and social inequality.

Widely considered the most popular Spanish-language writer since Miguel de Cervantes in the 17th century, the Colombian-born Nobel laureate achieved literary celebrity that spawned comparisons to Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. He died at his home in Mexico City on Thursday afternoon at age 87.

His flamboyant and melancholy fictional works – among them Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Love in the Time of Cholera and The Autumn of the Patriarch – outsold everything published in Spanish except the Bible. The epic 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude sold more than 50 million copies in more than 25 languages.

His stories made him literature’s best-known practitioner of magical realism, the fictional blending of the everyday with fantastical elements such as a boy born with a pig’s tail and a man trailed by a cloud of yellow butterflies.

“A thousand years of solitude and sadness because of the death of the greatest Colombian of all time!” Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Twitter.

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The first sentence of One Hundred Years of Solitude has become one of the most famous opening lines of all time: “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.”

Biographer Gerald Martin told The Associated Press that the novel was the first in which “Latin Americans recognized themselves, that defined them, celebrated their passion, their intensity, their spirituality and superstition, their grand propensity for failure.”

The writer’s family planned a private ceremony to mark his passing and said his body would be cremated. Mexico’s government scheduled a public memorial for Monday in the art deco Palace of Fine Arts in the capital’s historic centre.

“It’s a loss for all Spanishlanguage literature,” said Monica Hernandez, a 28-yearold fan who laid a bouquet of light-pink flowers on the doorstep of Garcia Marquez’s home.

When he accepted the Nobel prize for literature in 1982, Garcia Marquez described Latin America as a “source of insatiable creativity, full of sorrow and beauty, of which this roving and nostalgic Colombian is but one cipher more, singled out by fortune.”

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conventional means to render our lives believable,” he added.

Like many Latin American writers, he transcended the world of letters. Widely known as “Gabo,” he became a hero to the left as an early ally of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and a critic of Washington’s violent interventions from Vietnam to Chile.

Garcia Marquez, among writers such as Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe, was also an early practitioner of literary nonfiction now known as New Journalism. He became an elder statesman of Latin American journalism, with magisterial works of nonfiction that included the Story of A Shipwrecked Sailor, the tale of a seaman lost on a life raft for 10 days.

Other nonfiction pieces profiled Venezuela’s largerthan-life president, Hugo Chavez, and vividly portrayed how cocaine traffickers led

by Pablo Escobar shredded the social and moral fabric of the writer’s native Colombia. In 1994, he founded the Iberoamerican Foundation for New Journalism, which offers training and competitions to raise the standard of narrative and investigative journalism across Latin America.

“The world has lost one of its greatest visionary writers – and one of my favourites from the time I was young,” U.S. President Barack Obama said.

Garcia Marquez was born

in Aracataca, a small town near Colombia’s Caribbean coast, on March 6, 1927. He was the eldest of the 11 children of Luisa Santiaga Marquez and Gabriel Elijio Garcia, a telegraphist and a wandering homeopathic pharmacist.

Just after his birth, his parents left him with his maternal grandparents and moved to Barranquilla to open a pharmacy. He spent 10 years with his grandmother and his grandfather, a retired colonel who fought in the devastating 1,000-Day War that hastened Colombia’s loss of the Panamanian isthmus.

His grandparents’ tales provided grist for Garcia Marquez’s fiction and Aracataca became the model for “Macondo,” the village surrounded by banana plantations where One Hundred Years of Solitude is set.

“I have often been told by the family that I started recounting things, stories and so on, almost since I was born – ever since I could speak,” Garcia Marquez once told an interviewer.

Sent to a state-run boarding school just outside Bogota, he became a star student and voracious reader, favouring Hemingway, Faulkner, Dostoevsky and Kafka. He published his first piece of fiction as a student in 1947, mailing a short story to the newspaper El Espectador.

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His writing was constantly guided by his leftist political views, forged in large part by a 1928 military massacre near Aracataca of banana workers striking against United Fruit Co., which later became Chiquita. He was also greatly influenced by the assassination two decades later of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, a galvanizing leftist presidential candidate.

He lived several years in Europe, then returned to Colombia in 1958 to marry Mercedes Barcha, a neighbour from childhood days. They had two sons, Rodrigo, a film director, and Gonzalo, a graphic designer.

After a 1981 run-in with Colombia’s government in which he was accused of sympathizing with M-19 rebels and sending money to a Venezuelan guerrilla group, the writer moved to Mexico City, which was his main home for the rest of his life.

Garcia Marquez famously feuded with Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, who punched him in a 1976 fight outside a Mexico City movie theatre. Neither ever publicly discussed the reason for the altercation.

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Struggling with poverty through much of his adult life, Garcia Marquez was somewhat transformed by his later fame and wealth. A bon vivant with an impish personality, he was a gracious host who animatedly recounted long

stories to guests.

He spent more time in Colombia in his later years, founding the journalism institute in the walled colonial port city of Cartagena, where he kept a home.

Garcia Marquez turned down offers of diplomatic posts and spurned attempts to draft him to run for Colombia’s presidency, though he did get involved in peace mediation efforts between the government and leftist rebels.

In 1998, already in his 70s,

he fulfilled a lifelong dream by buying a majority interest in the Colombian newsmagazine Cambio with his Nobel prize money. Before falling ill with lymphatic cancer the next year, he contributed prodigiously to the magazine.

“I’m a journalist. I’ve always been a journalist,” he told the AP at the time. “My books couldn’t have been written if I weren’t a journalist because all the material was taken from reality.”

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Canadian authors remember Alistair MacLeod as a great writer and person Battleford, Sask., MacLeod moved with his family to Cape Breton Island when he was 10 and worked he Canadian literary world is as a logger, a miner and a fisherman remembering Alistair MacLeod to make money for his education. as not only a great writer but also He received his PhD in 1968 an amiable person and gifted acafrom the University of Notre Dame demic who inspired generations of and taught English at Indiana Unistudents and scribes. versity before accepting a post at News of the Saskatchewan the University of Windsor, where he native’s death came Sunday, with taught English and creative writing former publisher Doug Gibson for more than three decades. noting the 77-year-old had been in MacLeod was considered by a Windsor, Ont., hospital since suf- colleagues and students to be a “befering a stroke in January. loved family member” and “a truly “Very sorry to hear about gracious and generous-spirited Alistair MacLeod, a wonderful gentleman,” said Carol Davison, writer and a fine person,” author the head (on sabbatical) of the Margaret Atwood said in a stateDepartment of English Language, ment issued by publisher McClelLiterature & Creative Writing at the land and Stewart on Monday.

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“It’s a great loss for Canadians, “Anyone who ever met and and for Alistair’s many readers and spoke with Alistair, especially those many friends.” who worked with or were taught MacLeod was an acclaimed by him, simply cannot imagine a short story writer who won the world without him,” she said in prestigious International IMPAC a statement. “In that humble but Dublin Literary Award for his only powerful humanity that he shared novel, No Great Mischief, in 2001. with each of us through his words The novel also won several other and his life, we were brought to our honours, including the Trillium knees.

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The facility in Ann Arbor has degenerative eye disease been the site of all four such surslowly robbed Roger Pontz geries since FDA approval. A fifth of his vision. is scheduled for next month.

Diagnosed with retinitis pigRetinitis pigmentosa is an mentosa as a teenager, Pontz has inherited disease that causes slow been almost completely blind for but progressive vision loss due to years. Now, thanks to a high-tech a gradual loss of the light-sensiprocedure that involved the sur- tive retinal cells called rods and gical implantation of a “bionic cones. Patients experience loss of eye,” he’s regained enough of his side vision and night vision, then eyesight to catch small glimpses central vision, which can result of his wife, grandson and cat. in near blindness.

“It’s awesome. It’s exciting Not all of the 100,000 or so – seeing something new every people in the U.S. with retinitis day,” Pontz said during a recent pigmentosa can benefit from the appointment at the University bionic eye. An estimated 10,000 of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. have vision low enough, said Dr. The 55-year-old former comBrian Mech, an executive with petitive weightlifter and factory Second Sight Medical Products worker is one of four people in Inc., the Sylmar, Calif.-based the U.S. to receive an artificial company that makes the device.

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Dr. Thiran Jayasundera, left, looks at Roger Pontz’s left eye at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, in Ann Arbor, Mich. An implant housing a video camera currently resides in Pontz’s left eye.

Of those, about 7,500 are eligible for the surgery.

The artificial implant in Pontz’s left eye is part of a system developed by Second Sight that includes a small video camera and transmitter housed in a pair of glasses.

Images from the camera are converted into a series of electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes on the surface of the retina. The pulses stimulate the retina’s remaining healthy cells, causing them to relay the signal to the optic nerve.

The visual information then moves to the brain, where it is translated into patterns of light

that can be recognized and interpreted, allowing the patient to regain some visual function.

When wearing the glasses, which Pontz refers to as his “eyes,” he can identify and grab his cat and figure out that a flash of light is his grandson hightailing it to the kitchen.

The visual improvement is sometimes startling for Pontz and his wife, Terri, who is just as amazed at her husband’s progress as he is.

“I said something I never thought I’d say: ‘Stop staring at me while I’m eating,”’ Terri Pontz said.

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At the recent visit, Howson handed Pontz white and black plates, instructed him to move them back and forth in front of light and dark backgrounds and asked that he determine their colour.

Back home, Terri Pontz helps her husband practice the techniques he learns in Ann Arbor.

For them, the long hours on the road and the homework assignments are a blessing.

“What’s it worth to see again?

It’s worth everything,” Terri Pontz said.

The artificial retina procedure has been performed several-dozen times over the past few years in Europe, and the expectation is that it will find similar success in the U.S., where the University of Michigan is one of 12 centres accepting consultations for patients.

Candidates for the retinal prosthesis must be 25 or older with end-stage retinitis pigmentosa that has progressed to the point of having “bare light” or no light perception in both eyes.

Dr. Thiran Jayasundera, one of two physicians who performed the 4.5-hour surgery on Roger Pontz, is scheduled to discuss his experiences with the retinal prosthesis process during a meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery on Friday in Boston. He calls it a “game-changer.”

Pontz agrees: “I can walk through the house with ease.

If that’s all I get out of this, it’d be great.”

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Why cry? What makes winners like golfer Bubba Watson weep tears of joy?

Helen Branswell

changes over time. The older one gets, the less noise one makes while crying. hen golfer Bubba WatVingerhoets says regardless son won his first major of age, humans cry in response tournament – the 2012 Masters to powerlessness and to loss or – the shaggy-haired Floridseparation. But where children ian dropped his head on his and adolescents will cry in caddy’s shoulder and sobbed. response to pain, tears as a reAnd when Watson claimed action to physical pain are less his second green jacket at commonly seen with advancing Augusta National on April 13, age. his caddy’s shoulder was again Instead, adults cry about subjected to a drenching. things that move them, evoke Tiger Woods, one of the their empathy or sympathy, apfiercest competitors in sports, peal to their sense of morality wept profusely after winning or sentimentality. the 2006 British Open. Fellow Children don’t cry when golfer Fred Couples hid his face they hear about someone behind his visor when he lost losing their life to try to save complete control in a TV insomeone else, but an adult terview after winning the 2003 might. Similarly, a beautiful Shell Houston Open. piece of music might bring What’s this about? Why do tears to adult eyes but would be people cry tears of joy? unlikely to do so to a child’s.

It’s not just golfers, by the At the heart of that type way, and it’s not just athletes. of reaction may be a type of Weddings, graduations, even powerlessness, Vingerhoets sometimes sex – there are a suggests. People who are overvariety of joyous occasions whelmed with emotion – even that perplexingly turn on the positive emotions – can have tears, a physiological response trouble processing the flood of predominantly associated with feelings. Tears provide a release. pain, sorrow and loss.

“You don’t know how to Ad Vingerhoets has been express your emotions and studying crying for years, one you’re really overwhelmed,” he of few academics in the field. explains.

“It’s a lonely business,” adHe suggests that the athletes mits Vingerhoets, a professor of who cry after winning are often clinical psychology at Tilburg dealing with complex emoUniversity in the Netherlands. tions. For instance, they may He says the way humans cry have affected a career comeand the triggers that turn on back after overcoming adverthe waterworks differ greatly sity. depending on the stage of life a He points to a Dutch cyclist, person is in.

Leontien van Moorsel, who For helpless infants, crycried after she won a gold ing is a way to communicate medal at the Summer Olymdistress to parents. It is necespics in Athens in 2004. She had sarily loud, a characteristic that been a successful competitor Canadian Press

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but developed severe anorexia.

Her win in Athens came after she battled back from the eating disorder.

Some find their victories tinged with other complicating emotions. Couples won the 1992 Masters and several PGA events in the 1990s, but had gone several years without a victory. He admitted he had been afraid he’d never win again.

And Woods’ uncharacteristic collapse into tears came at the first major tournament he won following the death of his father, Earl. He said later his emotional response stemmed from the sadness he felt that his father, a dominant force in his golfing career, wasn’t there to see him win.

Watson, who famously said he never dreamed he could win an event like the Masters, claimed his first just two weeks after he and his wife adopted their son, Caleb. Angie Watson and the baby were not with

tears in the victors who expect to win. “The usual winners, I think it’s far less likely that they cry.”

Social bonding can also lead to tears in adults, Vingerhoets says – things like hearing one’s anthem played at the Olympics.

Canadian freestyle skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe was the picture of exuberance after winning gold at the Sochi Olympics. But after she received her medal and watched the Maple Leaf rise to the strains of O Canada, tears rolled down her cheeks.

him at Augusta for his first victory; on Sunday Watson quickly scooped Caleb, now a toddler, into his arms after winning, carrying him to the clubhouse where he recorded his winning score.

“Those people cry when they win who have had problems before,” says Vingerhoets.

“They had difficulties to qualify themselves for the Olympic Games. They were severely hurt or wounded and it was doubtful (they could compete again).”

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Apple unveils free recycling of all its devices, vows to increase reliance on renewable energy Michael Liedtke Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO pple is offering free recycling of all its used products and vowing to power all of its stores, offices and data centres with renewable energy to reduce the pollution caused by its devices and online services.

The iPhone and iPad maker is detailing its efforts to cultivate a greener Apple Inc. in an environmental section on the company’s website that debuted Monday. The site highlights the ways that the Cupertino, Calif., company is increasing its reliance on alternative power sources and sending less electronic junk to landfills.

Apple had already been distributing gift cards at some of its 420 worldwide stores in exchange for iPhones and iPods still in good enough condition to be resold.

Now, all of the company’s stores will recycle any Apple product at no charge. Gift cards won’t be handed out for recycled products deemed to have little or no resale value.

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Apple’s new initiative was timed to coincide with Tuesday’s celebration of Earth Day. It is offering free recycling of all its used products and vows to power all of its stores, offices and data centers with renewable energy.

be dumped in landfills because of the toxins in them. In the past seven years alone, Apple has sold more than 1 billion iPhones, iPods, iPads and Mac computers.

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Among the 19 companies covered in the report, Greenpeace described Apple as “the most innovative and most aggressive in pursuing its commitment to be 100 per cent renewably powered.”

Greenpeace also gave high marks to Apple rival, Google Inc., and Facebook Inc., which makes one of the most popular apps on the iPhone and iPad. All four of Apple’s data centres, which are located in North Carolina, Oregon, Nevada and California, already rely entirely on renewable energy, the company said. The electricity comes from a variety of alternative sources, including biogas, as well as wind, solar and hydro power.

That means whenever people are interacting with Apple’s iTunes store, sending messages or engaging in video chats, they “can feel comfortable that they are not adding any carbon pollution to the atmosphere,” Jackson said.

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Luxury pet business booms in Mexico with strong growth of middle class, smaller families Isaac Garrido

a country where a dog’s life has long meant days chained to the roof of the house. The 2000 film MEXICO CITY Amores Perros used the brutal amila celebrated her first treatment of dogs as a metaphor birthday in a blue-andfor the inhumanity of contemwhite striped dress with tulle ap- porary Mexican society. pliques, playing with her guests Mexico has an estimated 20 in a room decorated with pink million dogs or more, many balloons, lilacs and Hello Kitty of them roaming the streets posters. hunting for food in the trash or When the cake arrived she spending their days shut up in barked at the single flickerapartments by owners who see ing candle, provoking a similar them simply as living burglar reaction from the Chihuahuas, alarms.

French bulldogs and PomeraniLast year, the problem gained ans in the room. international attention when “We’ve never had a female authorities said five people had dog so we wanted to do somebeen killed by a pack of feral thing special with her,” said Val- dogs in the Cerro de Estrella ery Palma, a single 35-year-old park in Iztapalapa, a poor eastlawyer who owns Camila. ern neighbourhood of Mexico Over the last decade, the City. Authorities captured some growth of Mexico’s middle class 50 dogs near where the attacks has created a new market for took place and brought them to fancy goods and services for a pound, prompting demonstradogs including clothing and tions by animal rights activists accessory boutiques, spas and that pushed officials to put the restaurants with doggie snacks dogs up for adoption.

At the same time, a small and cooked by a pastry chef.

It’s a startling cultural shift in growing number of Mexicans Associated Press

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Honey, left, and other guests eat dog-friendly birthday cake at a party for one-year-old dachshund Camila in Mexico City, Mexico. Camila celebrated her first birthday in a blue and white striped dress with tulle appliques, in a room decorated with pink balloons, lilacs, and Hello Kitty posters.

are spending once unimaginable amounts on their canines.

Many of the estimated 40 million Mexicans considered to be middle class are having fewer children than their parents did and, therefore, also have more disposable income.

“People are no longer having children at a young age … because they can have a different lifestyle with luxuries they know they will no longer be able to afford once they have children,” said Zorayda Morales, an analyst with De La Riva Group, a market research agency.

Palma, who has two dogs, spent $300 on the birthday party for 11 canines and 16 people, complete with cake, presents and snacks, at a dog hotel featuring a gym and massage and aromatherapy services.

“Today people invest in their

dog,” said animal behaviourist Renan Medina, one of the founders of MEDICAN, Mexico’s first animal hospital with a hyperbaric chamber, used to accelerate the healing of wounds and infections.

“This goes beyond a trend,” he said. “People see their dog as part of the family.”

Since 2008, sales of pet-related products have grown an average of 13 per cent a year, to $2.2 billion last year, according to market research firm Euromonitor International.

“We’re seeing the growth of this idea in which a dog is an alternative to children,” said Raul Valadez Azua, a paleozoologist at the National Autonomous University in Mexico City. “On the one hand, they are people who feel that the economic obligations of having a family

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are too high. On the other hand, they have the resources to give a lot of care to a pet.”

Dogs have become more popular and pampered in working-class areas, too. Neighborhood street markets feature ever-greater quantities of dog products such as shampoos, brushes and elaborate leashes and collars.

“It doesn’t depend on class, it depends on commitment, said Medina, the animal hospital founder. ‘’People without a lot of money are sometimes better clients than the upper classes. Some show up and say, ‘I don’t have money, what can we do? I’m an upholsterer and I can reupholster your chairs in exchange for treatment.’“ At the other end of the income scale, owners of pure-bred dogs are being hit by robbery and kidnapping of animals worth thousands of dollars in some cases.

Nurse Karla Gutierrez’s dog walker was out with her 4-yearold golden retriever Hebe and several other dogs in February when two men held him up at gunpoint.

“They told him, ‘the dogs,’ and he let Hebe’s leash go so she could run away, but my girl just curled up into a ball and they grabbed her and another golden,” Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez has since plastered her neighbourhood with posters of Hebe, with the caption “Stolen.”

“I am still crying for her almost every night,” Gutierrez said. “I’m trying to live my normal life, playing soccer and riding my bike, but I can barely do it.”

Friday, April 25, 2014

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Faro’s 11th Annual Crane & Sheep Viewing Festival May 2 to 4, 2014

Friday May 2nd, 2014 2:00 pm Opening Celebration

Complimentary coffee, tea and cake is served Location: Campbell Region Interpretive Centre

2:00 pm Digital Photography Workshop hosted by the Yukon College Location: Faro Recreation Centre 4:00 pm Presentation about Faro Location: Campbell Region Interpretive Centre 5:00 - 8:00 pm Welcome Chili Dinner Location: Campbell Region Interpretive Centre 6:00 pm Opening of Kettle Café Location: Faro Recreation Concession Area 6:30 pm Bear Aware Presentation with Conservation Officer TJ Grantham Location: Faro Recreation Sportsman’s Lounge 8:00 pm Welcome to Faro Speech by Major Deborrah Carreau and Council Members. Coffee, Tea and Desserts (donated by Locals) will be served.

Location: Faro Recreation Gymnasium 8:30 pm Live Music by Yukon Stars Sarah MacDougall, “Blue Creek” and Brian & Elijah Bekk Location: Faro Recreation Gymnasium

Saturday May 3rd, 2014

7:00 - 10:00am Breakfast Enjoy a fundraising breakfast organized by Locals before a busy day of nature-watching Location: Faro Recreation Concession Area 9:00 - 10:30am - Walk to the Falls 1 - Raven Padmos Learn about plants on this guided hike to Van Gorder Falls with local herbalist. Caution: Steep Sections.

Location: Start at Interpretive Centre 10:30 - 11:30am - Bear Aware - TJ Grantham Learn about the bears in the Yukon, and how to stay safe around them.

Location: Faro Recreation Sportsman’s Lounge TOURS 12:00 - 4:00 pm - Crane & Sheep Viewing View cranes flying overhead and spot Faro’s unique Fannin sheep on the mountain slopes. Various wildlife experts will be available to answer all your questions.

Location: Sheep Viewing Cabin (Blind Creek Road)

12:30pm Faro Kettle Café is open 1:00 - 4:00pm Art Exhibition & Fair Anvil Range Arts Society and Whiskey Mountain Artisans are offering Art Workshops & Demonstrations. Opportunity to acquire some wonderful artwork.

Location: Faro Recreation Sportsman’s Lounge 2:00pm - Walk to the Falls 2 - Raven Padmos Location: Start at Interpretive Centre 3:00pm Cotton Candy for Kids at the Recreation Centre 4:30pm Bird Bingo hosted by Del Van Gorder School. Fundraiser for our Grad Students of 2014 Location: Faro Recreation Sportsman’s Lounge 5:30pm - Wild Meat BBQ (by donation) Taste moose, caribou and more…. All meat donated by local outfitter and residents.

Please bring a side dish if possible! Desserts are provided by Anvil Range Arts Society! Donations welcomed!

Location: Faro Recreation Parking Lot or Faro Recreation Gymnasium 5:30pm - Musical Interlude with Blue Creek & Morgan McDonald! Open Mic! Location: Faro Recreation Gymnasium 8:00 - 9:30pm - Keynote Presentation about Sheep & Goats - Jean Carey Location: Faro Recreation Gymnasium 8:00 - 9:30pm - Movie for Kids Supervision by Faro Youth Group will be present.

Location: Recreation Centre Youth Lounge

Sunday May 4th, 2014

8:00 - 9:30am - Breakfast & School Tour Enjoy a delicious breakfast and take a tour of the school, while supporting the Grad of 2014 Location: Del Van Gorder School (right beside the Recreation Centre) 9:30am - Presentation of Herbs & Plants - Raven Padmos Location: Campbell Region Interpretive Centre 10:00 - 12:00pm - Spring Birding Tour—Yukon Bird Club Guided birding excursion to the Lagoons!

Location: Start at the Interpretive Centre 10:30am - Thai Chi - Lucy Moreira Location: Campbell Region Interpretive Centre

This afternoon includes the following tours and talks: - Tours to the mineral lick at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 pm - Crane talks at the Cabin 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 pm Shuttle Service - Meet at the Recreation Centre/Del Van Gorder School Parking Lot. Start: 11:00 am every 1/2 hour

Info at the Town of Faro: Web: www.faroyukon.ca P.O. Box 580 Phone: 867-994-2728 Faro Yukon Fax: 867-994-3154 Y0B 1K0 Email: cao-faro@faroyukon.ca

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Close calls with crocodiles: UK man walking length of Nile River through 7 countries Ilya Gridneff

plan the walk from Rwanda to Egypt.

“I’ve always had a passion for JUBA, Africa since I was young. The Central Equatoria State river Nile has always interested lose calls with crocodiles, a me and I thought, what’s the bigbrutal civil war and even the gest expedition I could ever think death of a fellow traveller have of? And walking the Nile it was,” not deterred a British man from he told The Associated Press. attempting to walk the length of Though he faces many dangers the Nile River. on the walk from both man and The yearlong 4,250 mile journey along the world’s longest beast, Wood noted that past explorers didn’t have the luxury of river will see the former British army captain pass through seven a satellite phone or Google maps.

“We’ve had some close calls countries. with buffalo, elephants and very After four months trekking close call with a crocodile in through Rwanda, Tanzania and Murchison Falls,” a national park Uganda, Levison Wood is now in Uganda, he said Thursday. in South Sudan, a country with little infrastructure that has been “The toughest challenge I’m finding is to keep the momentum destabilized by four months of going and not get too dismayed fighting between pro- and antigovernment forces. The 31-year- when there are delays,” old said it took three years to On average Wood walks 20 Associated Press

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miles a day, but he is seldom alone. His guide from Congo, who goes by the name Boston, has been a long-time companion. In South Sudan three AK-47 wielding soldiers from the commando battalion flank him as security. Another South Sudanese man on a bike ferries supplies.

“South Sudan has been a challenge to say the least,” Wood said.

“And when I set off on Nov. 25 I obviously didn’t predict a civil war kicking off mid-December.”

Further complicating matters is the camera crew following Wood to shoot a four-part documentary series for U.K. and U.S. audiences on Britain’s Channel 4 and America’s Animal Planet. Wood and his crew were arrested while filming near the only bridge that crosses the Nile in South Sudan.

Weaving through the chaotic traffic in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, Wood and his crew set a blistering pace. Their South Sudanese guide occasionally barks orders to stop filming near a national memorial or military installation.

There are safety concerns for this leg of the trip. The Nile passes through Jonglei state, a region that has seen heavy fighting in recent months.

“As that’s the front line, I’ll have to make a decision when I get there whether I have to move away from the river,” he said.

Then, a well-known Juba curiosity strolls past: a lanky man who is totally naked.

The team laughs. “No comment,” Wood says to his probing cameraman.

While South Sudan appears to

be the toughest part of his trip, it was in Uganda where tragedy struck. Experienced American adventure journalist Matt Power, who was walking with Wood, died from heat exhaustion March 10. Wood said the death forced him to reconsider his plans.

“We took a week off just to contemplate what happened and have a think about, ‘Is this something we really want to be doing?,”’ he said.

After speaking with Power’s wife and family, Wood, with their blessing, decided to continue.

“It is one of those things that really brings home the reality that this is not an easy thing to do. It’s incredibly difficult and dangerous in parts and all I can do is be as prepared as I can be and hope the same doesn’t happen to me,” he said.

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160 hillcrest Drive 668-5689 Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.

Pre-Service Prayer 9:00 a.m.

Family Worship & K.I.D.S. Church

Grace Community Church

Church Of The Nazarene

601 Main Street 667-2989

8th & Wheeler Street

Pastor Dave & Jane Sager 668-2003 10:30 aM FaMILY WoRShIP WeeKLY CaRe GRoUP STUDIeS Because He Cares, We Care.

The Salvation Army

311-B Black Street • 668-2327

Sunday Church Services: 11 am & 7 pm eveRYoNe WeLCoMe

Our Lady of Victory (Roman Catholic)

1607 Birch St. 633-2647

Saturday Evening Mass: 7:00 p.m.

Confessions before Mass & by appointment.

Monday 7:00 PM Novena Prayers & adoration Tuesday through Friday: Mass 11:30 a.m.

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Call for Bible Study & Youth Group details

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First Pentecostal Church 149 Wilson Drive 668-5727

Sunday 10:00am Prayer / Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Wednesday Praise & Celebration 7:30 pm Pastor Roger Yadon

Whitehorse

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Baptist Church

668-4079 tlc@northwestel.net Sunday Worship at 10:00 aM Sunday School at 10:00 aM

Family Worship & Sunday School

4th Avenue & Strickland Street

Pastor Deborah Moroz pastor.tlc@northwestel.net

EVERYONE WELCOME!

Riverdale Baptist Church

15 Duke Road, Whse 667-6620 Sunday worship Service: 10:30am Rev. GReG aNDeRSoN

www.rbchurch.ca

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

For information, call 667-4615 email: whitehorse-contact@quaker.ca

website: quaker.ca

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Reader Service Sundays 10:30 am 332-4171 for information

www.orthodoxwhitehorse.org

www.vajranorth.org • 667-6951

Church of the Northern Apostles

Christ Church Cathedral Anglican

An Anglican/Episcopal Church Sunday Worship 10:00 aM

TAGISH Community Church

www.tagishcc.com

The Church of Jesus Christ of

(Roman Catholic)

4th Avenue & Steele Street • 667-2437 Masses: Weekdays: 12:10 pm.

Saturday 5 pm Sunday: 9 am - english; 10:10 am - French; 11:30 am english

Bethany Church

91806 alaska highway

The Temple of Set

The World’s Premier Left hand Path Religion

a not-for-prophet society. www.xeper.org

canadian affiliation information: northstarpylon@gmail.com

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For more information on monthly activities, call (867) 633-6594 or visit www.eckankar-yt.ca www.eckankar.org ALL ARE WELCOME.

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oFFICe hoURS: Mon-Fri 9:00 aM to 12 Noon

Pastor Mark Carroll

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Vajra North Buddhist Meditation Society

1609 Birch St. (Porter Creek) 633-5385 “We’re open Saturdays!”

Worship Service 11:00 am Wednesday 7:00 pm - Prayer Meeting All are welcome.

Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada early Service 9:00 - 10:00 am Family Service 10:30 am - Noon Filipino Service 4:00 - 5:00 pm Sunday School ages 0-12

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Sunday School during Service, Sept to May

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Services Sunday 8:30 aM & 10:00 aM Thursday Service 12:10 PM (with lunch)

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668-5530

Bahá’í Faith

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Meeting First Sunday each Month Details, map and information at:

Latter Day Saints

867-633-4903

Historic Worldwide Sisterhood Broadcast SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2014 5 PM Yukon Time LDS Chapel at 108 Wickstrom Rd. All women invited - 8 yrs. old to 88 yrs. old

Calvary Baptist

Northern Light Ministries

1301 FIR STReeT 633-2886

Dale & Rena Mae McDonald Word of Faith Ministers & Teachers. check out our website!

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m.

Pastor L.e. harrison 633-4089

www.northernlightministries.ca

St. Saviour’s

1154c 1st Ave • Entrance from Strickland

Regular Monthly Service: 1st and 3rd Sundays of the Month 11:00 AM • All are welcome.

Rev. David Pritchard 668-5530

For further information about, and to discover Islam, please contact: Javed Muhammad (867) 332-8116 or Adil Khalik (867) 633-4078 or send an e-mail to info@yukonmuslims.ca

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Not in the moat! Chinese tourists with no experience abroad irk locals in Thailand, elsewhere Denis D. Gray Associated Press

CHIANG MAI, Thailand he bucolic, once laid-back campus of one of Thailand’s top universities is under a security clampdown. Not against a terrorist threat, but against Chinese tourists.

Thousands have clambered aboard student buses at Chiang Mai University, made a mess in cafeterias and sneaked into classes to attend lectures. Someone even pitched a tent by a picturesque lake. The reason: Lost in Thailand, a 2012 slapstick comedy partly shot on campus that is China’s highest-grossing homegrown movie ever.

Now visitors are restricted to entering through a single gate manned by Mandarin-speaking volunteers who direct Chinese tourists to a line of vehicles for guided tours. Individual visitors are banned, and a sign in prominent Chinese characters requesting that passports be produced is posted by the gate.

With their economy surging, mainland Chinese have become the world’s most common world traveller, with more than 100 million expected to go abroad this year. In 2012, they overtook the Americans and Germans as the top international spenders, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

But in Chiang Mai and elsewhere, Chinese tourists have acquired the same sort of reputation for loud, uncouth, culturally unaware behaviour that inspired the term “Ugly Americans” decades ago.

Many in the tourism industry are delighted by the influx, but 80 per cent of 2,200 Chiang Mai residents polled by the university in February said they were highly displeased with Chinese behaviour. The survey and numerous comments on Thai social media blamed Chinese for spitting, littering, cutting into lines, flouting

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traffic laws and allowing their children to relieve themselves in public pools. Some restaurant owners complained of Chinese filling up doggy bags at buffets.

The low point in local-tourist relations here in Thailand’s second-largest city was likely a photograph widely seen on the Internet of a person, purportedly Chinese, defecating in the city’s ancient moat.

“Unfortunately, right now, the feeling is very anti-Chinese. In order to bring out such strong feelings in Chiang Mai people, it must be really bad. Generally, Chiang Mai people are quite tolerant of foreigners,” says Annette Kunigagon, Irish owner of the long-established Eagle Guesthouse.

But she and others point out that much of the inappropriate behaviour applies to tour groups rather than individual travellers who are generally younger, better educated and more attuned to local customs.

Some of the censure smacks of hypocrisy. The Thais themselves are champion litterers and have notched one of the highest traffic fatality rates in the world.

Residents of Chiang Mai, a 700-year-old city rich in cultural traditions, may be particularly sensitive to some Chinese ways, priding themselves on refined, gentle manners and soft speech.

Perhaps their most common complaint is how loud the visitors tend to talk. There is also anxiety, reflected in the university poll, that in tandem with the tourists an increasing number of Chinese are buying property, setting up businesses and taking jobs from locals.

Thais are far from the only people unhappy. Over the past few years, some hotels and restaurant buffets – where guests have filled doggy bags after eating – have made it clear that Chinese are not welcome. Hong Kong Airlines has trained crew members in kung fu to subdue drunken

passengers and a sign in Chinese at Paris’ Louvre requests that visitors not defecate or urinate on the museum grounds. Widely publicized was graffiti etched into Egypt’s ancient Luxor temple reading “Ding Jinhao was here.”

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang last year said negative conduct had “damaged the image of the Chinese people.” The government issued a tourism law mainly to regulate the domestic market but which urges travellers abroad to “abide by the norms of civilized tourist behaviour.” It also produced a 64-page “Guidebook for Civilized Tourism” with a long list of “do nots,” including nose-picking in public, stealing life jackets from airplanes and slurping down noodles.

One of the most virulent critics has been Wang Yunmei, who recently published Pigs on the Loose: Chinese Tour Groups after six years of travel abroad. While the book drew mostly “nasty” comments from fellow countrymen, Wang says some told her that the book should have come out years ago.

Some Chinese media commentators say improper behaviour is often an extension of domestic habits. Wang says many Chinese tourists are rural people who recently acquired money through land sales but have little education and speak only their own language. If public toilets don’t exist in their villages, she says, they may not know to look for them when the need arises. She also says education has also not kept pace with the rapid rise of the middle class and its growing wealth.

“It’s going to take some years before they behave better. There has been a campaign in China for some time, but these things are still going on,” she says.

Those who are making money off the influx are looking on the bright side.

“We have talked to many businesses and they are very happy,”

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says Wisoot Buachoom, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand in Chiang Mai. The gap between the city’s high and low tourist seasons has been narrowed because of the Chinese influx, he says.

Wisoot says several Chiang Mai agencies are working to regulate some of the Chinese behaviour, like insisting on international driving licenses for car rentals.

They have also enlisted movie stars to deliver messages about proper conduct while lauding Thailand’s attractions on Chinese television.

“In the past, we had some of the same problems with Westerners coming to Chiang Mai, but now we see very little of this,” he says.

Even on the campus overwhelmed with Chinese tourists, Chiang Mai University Vice-President Rome Chiranukrom calls it

“an opportunity, not a threat, a raid.” He says the experience has given his students a “reverse culture shock” that will teach them to behave appropriately in other societies.

“We live in a globalized world and need our students to see the differences with others – and these came right here for us to see,” he says.

Rome notes that 60 per cent of Chinese tourists to Thailand are first-time travellers abroad, coming wide-eyed and generally speaking no foreign language to a place where all signs are in Thai or English.

“We need to learn to communicate and provide information, and then I believe that many will listen, understand our culture and obey our laws and regulations,” he says.

Rome himself has just started Mandarin lessons.

SCHool CounCil SEaTS

Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) is seeking interested Citizens to sit on the following School Councils: • 3 seats at F.H. Collins Secondary High School • 1 seat at Tahkini Elementary School •1 seat at Porter Creek Secondary School •3 seats at Elijah Smith Elementary School Please submit a letter of interest by April 28th at 4:00 pm.

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Selected persons earn a professional development certificate in peace and conflict studies (3 months) or a master’s degree in international relations, sustainable development, peace studies or conflict resolution (up to 24 months) at select schools.

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SChOOl COunCil ElECtiOnS

Friday, April 25, 2014

ÉlECtiOnS DES COnSEilS SCOlairES

This is your Elections Yukon information page. If you can’t find the election information that you need, please call Elections Yukon at 667-8683 or toll free 1-866-668-8683.

Bienvenue à la page d’information d’Élections Yukon. Si vous ne trouvez pas l’information que vous cherchez ici, communiquez avec Élections Yukon au 667-8683 ou au 1-866-668-8683 sans frais.

Where is the office of Elections Yukon?

Elections Yukon is located in the main Yukon government administration building on Second Avenue in Whitehorse.

Où se trouve le Bureau des élections du Yukon?

Le Bureau des élections du Yukon est situé à l’étage inférieur de l’édifice principal du gouvernement du Yukon sur la 2e Avenue à Whitehorse.

Who is eligible to vote?

You must have lived in the school area for at least three months or be a parent of a child attending the school. You must be a Canadian citizen who is at least 18 years old.

Qui peut voter aux élections?

Pour voter, il faut avoir résidé dans la zone de l’école au moins trois mois avant le jour du scrutin ou avoir un enfant qui fréquente une école située dans la zone de fréquentation. Il faut en outre avoir la citoyenneté canadienne et être âgé(e) de 18 ans ou plus.

When is the election?

Polling stations are open in schools from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 5, 2014.

Can you vote if you can’t get to the polling station?

Yes. You can apply to vote by mail-in ballot. To apply for a mail-in ballot, call Elections Yukon or your school’s returning officer.

Quand doivent avoir lieu les élections?

Le bureau de scrutin dans les écoles seront ouverts entre 15 h et 20 h, le lundi 5 mai 2014.

Peut-on voter même si l’on ne peut se rendre au bureau de scrutin?

Oui. On peut demander un bulletin de vote par correspondance en s’adressant au Bureau des élections du Yukon ou à la directeur/directrice du scrutin.

Election period calendar • Calendrier de la période électorale Sunday Dimanche

Monday Lundi

Tuesday Mardi

Wednesday Mercredi

Thursday Jeudi

Friday Vendredi

Saturday Samedi

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Dinosaur on the move: Nearly complete T. rex arrives in DC for its new home at Smithsonian Brett Zongker

skeletons that have been uncovered. This specimen could become the most prominent WASHINGTON with its new home in one of the ore than 100 years after di- world’s most-visited museums. nosaurs were first displayed About 7 million people visit the on the National Mall, T. rex – the natural history museum each king – is joining the Smithsonian year, and it offers free admiscollection after a 3,200-kilometre sion. journey from Montana.

Kathy Wankel, a Montana Paleontologists and curarancher who discovered the tors unveiled parts of a nearly bones in 1998 during a campcomplete Tyrannosaurus rex ing trip, said she was proud to skeleton Tuesday, including its see the specimen in a national jaw with teeth as big as bamuseum. Initially, Wankel nanas, at the National Museum spotted about 3 inches of bone of Natural History. FedEx sticking out of the ground, and delivered the dinosaur bones in she and her husband dug out a a special truck carrying 16 care- small arm bone. fully packed crates that were “We were so thrilled we had kept at room temperature for found a bone; we called that the nearly four-day trip. a mega find,” she said at the A large leg bone and the T. museum. “But I think now this rex teeth drew “ahs” as Museum is a mega find.”

Director Kirk Johnson told a Paleontologists from the crowd that the skeleton ranks Museum of the Rockies in as one of the top five T. rex Bozeman, Mont., excavated skeletons discovered because the fossil, and it’s been housed it’s about 85 per cent complete. there for the past 25 years. At “It lay in the ground much the Smithsonian, the skeleton as it had died on the shores of will be mounted upright for the a stream in Montana just over first time.

66 million years ago,” Johnson Many people think of the T. said. rex as the ultimate dinosaur, The T. rex, discovered in and it’s the first thing they want to see, paleontology curator 1988 on federal land in MonHans Sues said. Its name is tana, is one of about half a a combination of Greek and dozen nearly complete T. rex Associated Press

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“In some ways, I think of it as the most American of all dinosaurs: this big, huge animal that was dominating its ecosystem,” Sues said.

Scientists want to learn more about how T. rex related to other animals and what its short arms were used for.

Visitors can get their first look over the next six months

as curators begin unpacking, examining and 3D scanning the skeleton. But it will take five years for the museum to overhaul its dinosaur hall, with the T. rex mounted as the centerpiece of a $48 million gallery devoted to the history of life on Earth. It’s slated to open in 2019.

While pieces of the exhibition have been updated over time, this will be the first comprehensive reimagining of the dinosaur hall to incorporate all

the latest science, Johnson said.

“There’s so many things that have happened in science in the last 100 years that this will be a great new hall,” he said.

The T. rex is on a 50-year loan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Smithsonian that could be extended.

Washington’s current 103-year-old dinosaur hall closes April 27 for renovations.

A temporary dinosaur exhibit will open later this year.

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Only with political will can we avoid the worst of climate change

by DAVID SUZUKI

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t’s fitting that the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report was released during Earth Month.

After all, the third chapter of its Fifth Assessment focuses on ways to keep our planet healthy and livable by warding off extreme climatic shifts and weather events caused by escalating atmospheric carbon.

Doing so will require substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions – 40 to 70 per cent by 2050 and to near-zero by the end

of the century. We must also protect carbon “sinks” such as forests and wetlands and find ways to store or bury carbon. The good news is that weaning ourselves off fossil fuels, conserving energy and shifting to cleaner sources comes with economic and quality-of-life benefits.

“There is a clear message from science: To avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, we need to move away from business as usual,” said economist Ottmar Edenhofer, co-chair of Working Group III, which produced the chapter.

Doing nothing isn’t an option.

That would lead to a significant increase in global average temperatures and extreme weatherrelated events such as storms, droughts and floods, wreaking havoc on our food systems, communities and the natural environment we depend on for

our health and survival. Technological measures and behavioural change could limit global mean temperatures to less than 2 C above pre-industrial levels, but only with “major institutional and technological change.”

Because we’ve stalled so long, thanks largely to deceptive campaigns run by a small but powerful group of entrenched fossil fuel industry interests and the intransigence of some shortsighted governments, we must also consider ways to adapt to climate change that’s already occurring and that we can’t stop.

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Putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions through carbon taxes or other methods is one critical way to shift investment from fossil fuels to renewables.

Carbon-intensive fossil fuel economies will suffer as renewable energy technologies mature – especially those relying heavily on coal and unconventional oil such as bitumen from tar sands.

Canada’s choice: take advantage of the growing worldwide demand for clean energy technology, transit infrastructure and sustainable building techniques or continue to focus on selling our non-renewable resources at bargain-basement prices until climate and food-system destabilization swamps global markets and the world rejects Canada’s high-carbon fuels.

The IPCC found responsibly addressing climate change by pricing carbon and making needed investments is affordable: ambitious mitigation would reduce economic growth by just .06 per cent a year. That’s not taking into account the many economic benefits of reducing climate change – from less spending on health and disease to reduced traffic congestion and increased activity in the clean-energy sector. Considering the costs and losses climate change and extreme weather impose on our cities, communities and food systems, we can’t afford not to act.

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already underway and, as the world comes to grips with the need to change, it will inevitably spread. As Canadians, we can choose to join or remain stuck in the past. Tackling global warming will require all nations to get on board. That’s because greenhouse gases accumulate and spill over national boundaries. And, according to the IPCC, “International cooperation can play a constructive role in the development, diffusion and transfer of knowledge and environmentally sound technologies.”

As a policy-neutral scientific and socioeconomic organization, the IPCC doesn’t make specific recommendations, but it reviews the available science and spells out in clear, albeit technical, terms that if we fail to act, the costs and losses to our homes, food systems and human security will only get worse.

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Summer comes early in the far north

Ned Rozell photo

A sun dog above the entrance to Toolik Field Station, 180 kilometres south of Prudhoe Bay.

by Ned Rozell

ALASKA

SCIENCE

TOOLIK FIELD STATION espite a wind that makes today’s minus 26 degrees Celsius feel like minus 39, a worker at this research camp in blue-white hills north of the Brooks Range has proclaimed this the first day of summer.

Today, the population of Toolik Field Station increases from nine – five people running the camp, three scientists and me – to 16.

Seven support staff members are making the 10-hour drive north from Fairbanks. Starting tomorrow, Toolik Field Station will be in summer mode until September. During the next few months people will sleep in dorm-style buildings, weatherports and tents as they study ground squirrels, permafrost, plants, fish and other far-north mysteries. At the peak of action here in mid-July, more than 100 scientists will clomp the gravel in rubber boots.

People have pondered things

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here on the treeless tundra since 1975, when the National Science Foundation funded research on nearby Toolik Lake, a splotch on the map that takes up more than 2.5 square kilometres. From a five-metre travel trailer that now rests behind a heated outhouse, the camp has expanded to a few dozen structures, including a comfortable new dining hall/office building. Toolik Field Camp is part of the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. A few UAF staff members and logistics contract workers have kept the camp open all winter, even when the sun didn’t pop above the Brooks Range from late November until mid-January.

The existence of this place with warm beds, wireless internet, spare ribs on the dinner menu and people who are happy to dig out your cached snowmachine sleds has made for a pleasant start to an expedition during which scientists are studying the ubiquitous arctic lake.

Ben Jones of the USGS Alaska Science Center in Anchorage invited me along on a round-trip snowmachine journey from Toolik Lake to Teshekpuk Lake. For the past few days, he and his partners – Chris Arp of UAF’s Water and Environmental Research Center

and Guido Grosse of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany and UAF’s Geophysical Institute – have used their impressive memories and navigational skills to motor out on near featureless tundra to the six lakes they are studying nearby, one of which is Toolik Lake.

They drilled soccerball-size holes in each of the lakes, recorded the thickness of the ice and were somewhat surprised at the splash of algae-speckled water in a few they thought would be frozen to the bottom. Discoveries like those are what the researchers wanted to find out as part of an Arctic-wide survey of lakes, which cover a good portion of the map up here.

With their work near done here at Toolik, the trio of scientists (and me) will soon pack up two sleds apiece and drive four ski doo Skandics down the frozen outlet stream from the lake. Jones will guide us over windblown bumps and smooth powder to a small encampment at Umiat on the Colville River, about 160 untracked kilometres away. There, we’ll continue the routine of gathering water and snow samples while measuring ice thickness and repairing equipment like lake buoys that the researchers deployed in

past Augusts, when they monitor these same lakes by float plane.

This is the third straight year the scientists have made this three-week, 1,300-km snowmachine traverse to sample the same few dozen lakes while another team does a similar science traverse from Barrow. Funders at the National Science Foundation are interested in the lakes because they cover so much of the Arctic and the lakes are changing so quickly after perhaps being stable for thousands of years.

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Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’s Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.

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Yukon bird observatories help people help birds

YOUR YUKON Erling Friis-Baastad

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ird monitoring tops the list when it comes to opportunities for “citizen scientists” and other laypersons to contribute to natural history research in the territory, says Ted Murphy-Kelly.

Murphy-Kelly is a Whitehorse health-care worker whose other life is devoted to birding, to the Society of Yukon Bird Observatories and to managing the Albert Creek Bird Banding Station near Watson Lake. While “at the end of the day” it’s about birds, the story of bird-banding in the Yukon is also very much a human story, he says.

Opportunities for amateurs to stalk and collar large furry creatures are limited, even in the North, but the need for more pairs of eyes to monitor the spring and fall songbird migrations is immense, says MurphyKelly. During the breeding season, birds make up about 80 per cent of all land vertebrates in the boreal forest, he says.

“That’s a pretty important piece of the ecosystem.”

Murphy-Kelly, who apprenticed as a bird bander in southern Ontario, came to appreciate the human dimension of bird banding in the Yukon early on.

After arriving here in 1999, he received generous guidance and encouragement from territorial birders and scientists, people like biologist Jan Adamczewski and ornithologists Pam Sinclair and Cameron Eckert. It was Eckert who alerted him to the wealth of feathered life migrating through the southern end of the Tintina Trench flyway corridor each spring. MurphyKelly launched the Albert Creek station there, 15 kilometres west of Watson Lake, in 2001.

“I kind of lucked out. The Yukon lucked out. I could have fiddled around in many other

John Meikle photo

Ted Murphy-Kelly greets a migrating western tanager near Watson Lake.

places if I hadn’t met Cameron,” he says.

That luck became a gift that keeps on giving. Volunteers and students hired through government programs were soon signing on the help out at Albert Creek. One of those students was Ben Schonewille, who was born and raised in Teslin. Schonewille joined Murphy-Kelly at Albert Creek in 2003 and was instrumental in launching the Teslin Lake Bird Observatory (which is only open in the fall) in 2005. “Ben caught the birding bug,” says his mentor.

Schonewille is now a biologist and the station manager of the McIntyre Marsh Bird Banding Demonstration Site in Whitehorse.

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levels,” says Schonewille. “We have a number of people who volunteer with us who came and started out and didn’t really know a lot about birds. Now, they are our go-to helpers who help us run the station.

“There’s a young guy in Grade 10, now; Nick Guenette has been helping me out at McIntyre Marsh station for the past three or four years. And we’ve essentially trained him so he can check nets and band birds … under my supervision, but it was from scratch.” The young birder can boast of having banded a Swainson’s thrush that was recovered in Veracruz, Mexico. (The Yukon observatories’ distance record is an alder flycatcher that was recovered in Colombia.) Schonewille and Murphy-Kelly praise their many other helpers, locals as well as graduate students from the U.S., birders from Mexico and other countries, and enthusiasts from across Canada.

Spring is when many a Yukoner’s fancy turns to birds.

The swans set down at Swan Haven. Rare raptors cruise the edge of our forests and colourful passerines drop by suburban feeders. The Albert Creek station opened for bird business on April 23 and runs for six hours each day until June 8. The McIntyre Marsh station is open weekends and holidays from April 26 to May 31, 7 a.m. to noon, as well as during special

prearranged hours for school field trips.

Schonewille is especially busy while the McIntyre season runs.

Typically, he’s out there by 5:30 a.m. First he opens the nets, which have all been closed for the night. Then, every 20 to 30 minutes, he’ll make the rounds.

“The nets are invisible. If you were walking around the marsh and didn’t know they were there, you would walk right into them,” he says. “It’s a fine, soft mesh. It doesn’t hurt the birds at all.”

Obviously, given the size of songbirds – which make up the majority of birds netted – extraction is a delicate operation.

Neophyte banders must qualify for the equivalent of a learner’s permit to band under the guidance of a fully certified bander.

Each extracted bird is carefully placed in its own sack, which helps calm them as they are carried to the banding table.

Each receives a small, numbered aluminum leg band. The birds are weighed and measured.

Their sex and overall condition are recorded. “Then maybe we take a quick photo. Then we let them go.” Birds banded and birds observed flying by are recorded in the daily estimated total.

“The Yukon’s stations are part of a nationwide network,” says Schonewille. The territory’s banding operations are the furthest north of stations reporting

to the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network, he adds.

“The work we’re doing ties in to what others are doing across the country.”

The recorded data becomes a resource for those charged with managing or monitoring species at risk, such as members of COSEWIC – Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.

The most important audience for all the action at Albert Creek and McIntyre Marsh is made up of non-professionals. “Something we’re really trying to do is make people more aware,” says Schonewille. “A lot of people just come and say, ‘Wow! I didn’t realize we had birds that looked like that here.’” The experienced birders hope to help others become more aware of the challenges faced by our annual avian visitors.

“We’re always putting the word out there that any layperson that happens to be interested in birds and wants to be active in research can come out and learn about what we’re doing,” says Murphy-Kelly. “Sometimes, those people become the most active volunteers.”

Check out the opportunities at www.yukonbirdobservatories.org.

This column is co-ordinated by the Yukon Research Centre at Yukon College with major financial support from Environment Yukon and Yukon College. The articles are archived at www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/research/ publications/newsletters_articles

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Yukon history – fact of fiction?

HISTORY

HUNTER

by Michael Gates

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recently shared a book about pioneer Yukon women with my wife, Kathy. The table of contents revealed all the usual suspects: Martha Black, Emilie Tremblay, Belinda Mulrooney and Kate Rockwell, derived from all the same sources that the numerous similar books of this generation have used.

I refer to them as derivative history. I don’t intend to disparage the efforts of this author, or of the others in this category, because they are very talented writers, but often the facts are the scaffolding upon which a narrative is built, and too often, the well-crafted narrative is loaded with factual errors.

It wasn’t long before I heard her exasperated sighs. “Martha Black was not the second woman to become Speaker of the House of Commons!” she snorted. Kathy has learned a lot about Martha Black as a consequence of gathering facts pertaining to Martha’s less well known husband, George.

I suggested that she underline anything in this particular chapter that was factually suspect. Soon, the pages were filled with notations.

The same applies to George Black. Though a successful lawyer and the most prominent politician in the Yukon for a half century, I have seldom seen references to him that aren’t riddled with errors of one sort or another.

He once defended a man charged with murder. The accused was someone who had served with him during World War I. According to a newspaper account published in the Dawson News not long after he was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, he had put on a gallant defense on behalf of his comradein-arms and as a consequence, the accused was acquitted. So how do we know this account is accurate?

I hunted for 18 months before I finally tracked down the trial records and newspaper coverage of the trial. In reality, George sat second chair for the defence, but his client was found guilty, and the poor fellow went to prison for 10 years. Yet the heroic version with the winning outcome was repeated in the Canadian Press bio for Black for the next 30 years.

Lesson learned: that the account most often repeated over the years is not necessarily the truthful or accurate one, and that you sometimes have to dig deeply to ferret out the real story. In order to do this, you have to seek out original source documents.

Murders are fertile ground for misinformation. Take the trial of Jack Dalton for shooting Dan McGinnis, a fish cannery employee near Haines, Alaska, in 1893. Over the years, I had read many renditions of the story of

Yukon Archives, Gillis Fonds, Photo 4533

Many sourdoughs recall rubbing shoulders with Robert Service on the Trail of ‘98. In fact, he didn’t arrive in the Klondike till a decade later. So how do we separate the fact from the fiction in historical accounts?

the shooting, all of which seem to have been derived from an alleged eye-witness account published in a book in 1947.

Typically, the scenario was a shoot-out similar to those depicted in movie westerns: Dalton’s honour was called into question; he confronted the accuser in the saloon, they drew, guns blazed, and Dalton shot him through the heart. One account places Dalton in Skagway; the facts vary from one account to another. In the end, it was the court transcript from the trial that provided the most reliable rendering of events.

The actual circumstances were not as romantic as the often repeated accounts of later years.

There are many reasons why the past becomes mythologized, especially when famous or infamous characters are included. Accounts written years after the fact either by the eye-witness, or by someone interviewing the witness, tend to become distorted by fanciful recollections of the events.

Even Judge James Wickersham, an American jurist renowned for his dedication to Alaskan history, fell victim to this sort of re-writing. In his book Old Yukon:

Tales Trails and Trials, when he visited Dawson City in 1900, he was introduced to a gentlemanly bank clerk named Robert Service.

Of course we know that Service wasn’t anywhere near Dawson City for another five years.

I have seen other memoirs written by men who claimed to have camped near Robert Service, or otherwise came in contact with him on the Trail of ’98. These accounts are also wrong. Other stampeders in later years recalled encounters they had with Jack London. Only by comparing details and timelines can we be sure that their paths even crossed.

Similarly, I imagine that if all the people who later claimed that they witnessed the shooting of Soapy Smith were on the dock at the time it occurred, the dock would surely have collapsed into the harbour under the weight!

Not all accounts from the past are riddled with distortions of fact. John W. Nordstrom, who established a business that later became one of the largest retail chains in America, wrote a small autobiography of his life, that included his Klondike experience.

I checked as many facts from his

book of his time in the Yukon as I could, and every document I examined verified the details of his account.

Many books and articles written by people who visited the Yukon in the early days were turned into fictional accounts by the editors and publishers in order to sell more books. Arthur Thompson’s book Gold Seeking on the Dalton Trail was turned into a story for young boys, yet most of the names, places and events can be verified from other sources.

Even the parts of the story that have been fictionalized, when compared with other historical documents, have been derived from verifiable events.

In this digital age, viewers often turn to Wikipedia to get their dose of historical fact. Despite the efforts of the likes of the Dawson Museum to place well-researched profiles of Klondike figures onto Wikipedia, the website generally cannot be relied upon for factual information. Kathy can attest to that fact. She corrected errors pertaining to George Black on the Wikipedia website, and someone has repeatedly restored the incorrect information. Citing a col-

umn I wrote about George Black, the webpage currently misquotes the content of the article!

When I prepare an article on an historical topic, how can I be sure that I get the facts right? Well, I can’t guarantee it, but I work very hard to do so. I will often spend hours checking facts related to something I say in my regular column. Often a kindly friend will point out a fractured date or an incorrect detail. It’s time-consuming work, but it is what makes history hunting so much fun.

Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His latest book, Dalton’s Gold Rush Trail, is available in Yukon stores. You can contact him at msgates@northwestel.net

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‘Yours truly’ is not an expression of love the opposite is true. “Yours truly” is the most businesslike sign-off, even when “very” is thrown in, and “Sincerely yours” is the formal closing for social correspondence when the

by Judith writer is not inspired to offer something in the range from Martin “Affectionately yours” to “Love and kisses.” Similarly, “Dear” is the conventional salutation, by no means indicating that the correspondent holds that person dear.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I These phrases, with variahave noticed that, in professional correspondence, it is common to tions, go back at least as far as sign a letter or email with “Yours the Renaissance, and seem to truly” or “Sincerely yours.” These have been intended both as reassurance that the writer is who sign-offs have always struck me he claims to be and is making as oddly intimate, even romanhonest statements, and as flattic, so I use “Best regards.” tery, that timeless way of getting Since those closings are used so commonly, I assume that I am someone’s attention.

Miss Manners understands probably misunderstanding the that conventions change over meaning of the phrases. What time. It would be startling, is the origin of these phrases, nowadays, to receive a letter and are they to be considered signed by “Your most humble intimate or formal? and obedient servant,” although GENTLE READER: How in its time, that suggested neiodd — Miss Manners has been ther humility nor obedience nor noticing the opposite. Even in servitude. business correspondence, she is But she regrets seeing the use now seeing breezy substitutions of widely understood phrases for the conventional salutation disappearing in favor of indi(“Hi!”) and closing (“Best,” sometimes with “wishes” or “re- vidual interpretations. They save so much time, worry, misundergards” but more often alone). standing and tedium.

In part, this comes from the Faux Friendliness phenomenon: DEAR MISS MANNERS: I the notion that the only polite work at a state hospital where we attitude is that of friendship, even in situations where friend- receive lots of prisoners from the ship does not exist or, in the case state Department of Corrections facilities. For this reason I, as of strangers, could not exist. well as other employees and visiBut it also arises, as in your tors, frequently run into prisoncase, from unfamiliarity with conventional phrases, and the re- ers as they are being escorted to sulting habit of guessing at their their varying destinations. meaning.

It has become a big debate in It is not unreasonable to my office on what is the approsuppose that declaring oneself priate way to handle this situa“yours” indicates an emotional tion. Do you ignore them as if attachment, but it happens that they were not there, or do you

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acknowledge their presence with a polite “Hi”? My office is split down the middle and needs your official opinion.

GENTLE READER: It is Miss Manners’ understanding that hospitals are dedicated to helping all people, without prioritizing them according to their moral worth. She hopes that you will apply this principle to the way you treat them as human beings.

If you customarily greet patients and visitors in the hallways, you should do so to them all.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a dear friend who is marrying for the third time and is going to do a bridal registry. Her future husband is 81 (she is 73) and very, very wealthy.

They will have two homes — a condo on the beach and the primary residence. She says that they need new pots and pans for the condo, as she thinks his are too old.

She has never been wealthy but has lived well. Also, any friends she invites will not be permitted to bring a spouse, fiance, etc. They are having a brunch.

This attitude doesn’t feel appropriate. Please let me know if I am seeing it wrong.

GENTLE READER: Do you really have any trouble seeing through it?

If so, Miss Manners is sorry to be the one to tell you that your dear friend is more interested in pots than people.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: In the elementary school where I work, our principal is a lovely woman. A fabricated recognition for bosses (Bosses Day) came and went without us teachers giving her a gift. (Can the shame be outlived?)

Well, one fellow teacher won’t

let it go. She wants us all to contribute to a card and a gift.

I think I remember you saying once that it is inappropriate for an employee to give a gift to the boss, lest it be interpreted as something akin to a bribe or something like that. I don’t want to give my boss a gift, but of course I’ll look like a malcontent. What say you, Miss Manners?

GENTLE READER: As a teacher, you are aware of the power of peer pressure. It is time to put that knowledge to work.

Miss Manners recommends that you explain to the other teachers why this is a bad idea: It will establish a bad precedent; it will look like toadying; it will cost everyone money; and it may well embarrass the boss. When others agree, the lone holdout will have to concede.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a frequent patron of casual dining and fast-food establishments, I often encounter a staff member who is cleaning, spraying or sweeping within inches of my table and my food.

I realize that these are not fine-dining restaurants, which offer ambience as well as a dining experience, and that their high customer turnover requires tables to be washed and spills to be cleaned. However, I find it extremely distasteful sharing my sandwich with a broom or spray rag.

Could Miss Manners suggest an appropriate comment that I may offer to the offending employee? Or would Miss Manners approve if I left an anonymous clipping of Miss Manners’ response for the establishment’s manager?

GENTLE READER: Please do not leave such a clipping.

Miss Manners fears the manager would exacerbate your problem by ordering its immediate disposal.

Instead, thank the broom wielder for his efforts, and then ask if there is a section that has already been cleaned, in which you might finish your meal. If this does not work with the employee, repeat with the manager.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my husband and I were invited to a friend’s dinner party, I replied that I did not think we could arrive in time for dinner, due to a work commitment with a specific end-time, but that we could arrive after dinner if that would be OK. The host then let me know she was frustrated that I seemed unwilling to accommodate her invitation by hurrying to get ready and getting on the road in order to arrive on time. (The travel time alone would be about 45 minutes, depending on traffic.)

Was I incorrect in replying that way? What would have been the most polite way to reply?

GENTLE READER: An invita-

tion is not an opening bid in a negotiation. You were invited to dinner, and the correct reply was that you are very sorry, but you are unable to attend due to a prior professional engagement.

Only then would you have Miss Manners’ permission to add that the conflicting engagement would prevent you from arriving before dessert. This gives your host the opportunity to amend her invitation to an after-dinner arrival, but without requiring her to do so. It would also avoid an unseemly discussion about whether your driving shows sufficient determination.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have been invited to a wedding and do not know the couple. We are unable to attend. Should we still send a gift or money? It is an awkward situation.

GENTLE READER: It is only awkward if you believe that strangers will be devastated to think that you don’t care enough about them. Even if you did know them, Miss Manners assures you that good wishes are all you are required to send with your prompt and polite response declining the invitation.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I like to give gifts that have meaning to me with the receiver in mind. What should be the purpose behind the type of gift that is given?

For example, this Christmas I mailed religious gifts to family and did not receive one thank-you, but did receive raves for the doghouse I built for my neighbor’s dog, aside from my neighbor.

What should be the motivation in choosing a gift? Need or want? Sharing an interest?

GENTLE READER: Building that doghouse was a spectacular present, and Miss Manners doesn’t wonder that it attracted admiration beyond that of the recipient. She trusts that the dog has been licking your hand in gratitude.

But unless your relatives are simply too rude to acknowledge presents, something must have gone wrong. With religious items, that can easily happen.

Even if you chose presents that you know to be in keeping with their beliefs and practices, the implication can arise that you have something in mind besides just pleasing them -- that you want to change or expand these in some way. It is an extremely sensitive area, and while your relatives were deeply remiss in failing to acknowledge your presents, Miss Manners supposes they were flummoxed about how to do so.

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www. missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.)

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Bell wins bronze as team climbs to second in national standings Tom Patrick

day in North Carolina, where SmartStop is based.

Bell placed 43rd as his team atson Lake cyclist Zach took three top-15 placings Bell can’t help but including Shane Kline in sixth chuckle a little when he talks and McCabe in 11th. Kline curabout his team’s progress so far rently ranked No. 1 in the USA this season. crit series.

“We’re beating teams that “The criterium was a smaller have significantly bigger event for us. We still wanted budgets than us,” said Bell. “At to be there because it was the the start of the year they were hometown of the sponsors and saying ‘good luck’ and now they of the team, so we wanted to are saying ‘How do we beat put on a good show,” said Bell. these guys?’”

“My job was to shake things up Team SmartStop has taken a in the middle and try to hurt sharp change in course this seasome of the bigger teams.” son and Bell is one of the riders SmartStop took third out of brought on board to help make 25 in the team event at the 30th it a success. annual Redlands Bicycle ClasSmartStop has changed its sic two weeks ago in Redlands, focus from short criterium California. races to distance and stageIn the first event of the races and the transition has season, Bell took second place been remarkable. in Stage 7 of the 35th annual “This team has been a smallVuelta Independencia Nacional er team focused primarily on in the Dominican Republic at criteriums for most of its histhe end of February. tory,” said Bell. “They took a big The SmartStop team is curstep this year with some of the rently in Arkansas for a stage hires they made – pretty much Jonathan Devich photo race and will be in New Mexico all the guys you see racing are Watson Lake’s Zach Bell leads a group up a climb during the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic in next week for another. from other clubs last year.”

North Carolina last Friday. Bell won a bronze in the 108-mile race.

“The front end of the season Former pro rider and new were both up there. Especially that includes North and South Bell, who was team captain, has been pretty heavy,” said Bell. team director Michael Creed for Travis, who won. I covered America. took bronze and teammate “Last year they eased me into it has “taken the team in a new “It was a course that whittled the guys who were chasing him and this year I hit the ground direction and it’s paying off for Travis McCabe won the 108over the last kilometre or two in running a bit more. out most of the field over the mile race. him pretty quickly. We want to case he came back. When it was course of the day,” said Bell of SmartStop is now ranked be a one-day and stage-racing “I’ve still been home quite a Friday’s race. “We put five guys obvious he wasn’t going to I second in the National Racing team and move away from bit. But there are two big pushin the group of 15 at the end. In jumped around him and swept es. There’s this one through to those crits, and so far so good.” Calendar team standings. McThe SmartStop team claimed Cabe is ranked first in the rider cycling terms, that’s pretty good up the last podium spot. It was the New Mexico trip and they’ll good team work for sure.” team play. standings and Bell seventh. five top-20 finishes and two be another long one involving a The team stuck around for “We put some guys to work The team is also ranked podium spots at the Winstonbunch of races in a few weeks.” the Winston-Salem Cycling to make sure things stayed fourth in the Union Cycliste Salem Cycling Classic last Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com Classic Criterium on SaturInternationale’s Americas Tour together for Travis and I, who Friday in North Carolina.

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Darryl Tait pumps up WCMX in Dallas Tom Patrick

events, like Life Rolls On, but this weekend we were all staying in the same hotel and got to hang out hitehorse’s Darryl Tait and got to know each other in a is helping the sport of personal level.” wheelchair motocross evolve as an WCMX is basically skateboard athlete and grow as a role model. and BMX style tricks performed The 24-year-old took part in in a wheelchair on ramps, bowls RISE Adaptive Sports’ third anand rails in a skatepark. nual Wheelchair Motocross event Joining Tait at the event over the weekend in Dallas, Texas. was 22-year-old pioneer Aaron About 40 young wheelchair Fotheringham, who was the first athletes got a taste of the sport person ever to perform both a as Tait and a handful of other backflip and a double backflip in experienced WCMXers put on a a wheelchair. demo, a clinic and a competition “It’s new, but it’s growing very at the RISE (Recover, Inspire, Suc- rapidly,” said Tait of WCMX. ceed and Empower) event.

“Soon there should be more and “The highlight for me was get- more events happening throughting all the kids into it and hang- out the world.” ing out with friends I never get to The RISE event, which also hang out with,” said Tait. “We all included demos of adaptive learn from each other and keep waterskiing and wheelchair rugby, progressing the sport. wrapped up with a small com“We’ve met at a few other petition. Tait did not make the News Reporter

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Darryl Tait, second from left, participates in the RISE wheelchair motocross in Dallas, Texas, over the weekend.

podium, but he was taking it a little easy after the day he had on Saturday.

“I had a bit of complications,” explained Tait. “The day before in the demo I under-rotated a back

flip and bent up my chair, so my chair wasn’t riding straight.

“And I stubbed my foot really hard, enough to break one of the bones in my foot. So I wanted to take it fairly easy, not hit it hard, and just enjoy it for what it is.”

Tait competed at two WCMX events in 2012. He placed second at Canada’s first-ever WCMX event, the 9Lives No Limits Adaptive Skate Comp in Burnaby, B.C., and then snagged seventh at the Shoe City Open hosted by Life Rolls On at Venice Beach in Los Angeles.

Tait became a paraplegic in a snowmobile accident during a qualification event for the X Games in October 2009. He went on to fulfill his X Games dream, competing in adaptive snocross at the Games last year in Aspen, Colo.

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Nishikawas to be the first recipients of keys to the city Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse’s Nishikawa siblings have won the keys to our hearts, and now they will soon have the key to the city.

Cross-country skiers Graham and Emily Nishikawa will receive the key to the city, it was decided in city council on Tuesday.

“That’s an incredible honour and I’m totally speechless,” said Graham, soon after hearing the news. “Emily and I had a great year. She went to the Olympics and I was at the Paralympics, helping Brian McKeever, and it was all such a whirlwind year and season.”

“I was super honoured,” said Emily. “I just heard about it today, so I didn’t have too much information on it, but it’s a huge honour …

“We’re so proud to be from such a great city.”

The Nishikawas, who were born in Whitehorse, will be the first recipients in Whitehorse history. City council had only created the city program a little over a week before Tuesday’s decision.

The motion to award the Nishikawas was tabled by deputy mayor Mike Gladish.

“The underline current he was thinking was that the Nishikawas have done so much to recognize what a great community and territory we live in that has received international exposure in a positive light, and they are real role models,” said Whitehorse mayor Dan Curtis. “We felt noth-

Cross Country Canada photo

Whitehorse’s Graham Nishikawa competes in the Haywood Ski Nationals in March. Whitehorse city council will award Nishikawa and sister Emily the key to the city.

ing we had in the city would be adequate to tell them and showcase how much pride our community feels towards their accomplishments.

“The keys to the city seemed like the most significant thing we could do … We felt anyone who does something so extraordinarily significant should be recognized.”

The Nishikawas have been

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doing Yukon proud for many years, but this past season was extra special.

Emily was the first Yukon skier to compete at the Olympics since 1992 when she represented Canada in Sochi earlier this year. She led the Canadian team in two races in Sochi, topping out with a 42nd place finish in the 15-kilometre skiathlon.

Graham wore Canada red and white as a guide for visually impaired skier Brian McKeever at the Paralypic Games in Sochi, helping McKeever win three gold medals. Graham was McKeever’s primary guide in the sprint and was back up for McKeever’s other The new Yukon home of

two races.

“We’re over the moon proud of them,” said Curtis.

“We’re just ecstatic they had this success and continue to enjoy the success. They are fantastic ambassadors to Canada and Yukon and in particular for Whitehorse.”

The two national developmental team members, who also competed at the world championships last year, capped the season with great performances at the Haywood Ski Nationals – the Canadian championships – in Corner Brook, NL. Emily won two gold and a silver and placed second in aggregate open women.

Graham won a gold, silver and bronze and placed second in the aggregate standings for open men.

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“It was an incredible nationals for the whole Whitehorse club,” said Emily. “To come away with a record amount of medals is really cool and to see so many of the up-and-comers doing so well is so inspiring.

“I had a pretty good week myself.”

At the nationals Graham showed even jetlag can’t slow him down much.

“I got off the plane at two in the morning and raced the following day at one in the afternoon, had a bunch of coffee, had no expectation, and ended up with a silver medal,” said Graham. “I was pretty happy with that. Two days later I ended up winning the sprint race and a national championship – I couldn’t really believe I did that.”

The Nishikawas will receive the key to the city in a ceremony tentatively planned for May 5 at Whitehorse’s city council chambers.

“Thank you to the city for awarding us with this, and thanks to everyone for making this season so special for both Graham and I,” said Emily.

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Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter

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WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: to corrupt the spirit of

CLUES ACROSS 1. Swiss river 4. A high mountain 7. Woman (French) 10. Bulla 12. Killer whales 14. Afrikaans 15. Picasso’s mistress 16. Father (Spanish) 17. Covered with frost 18. Makes joyful 20. A large fleet 22. Cannon 23. An informal debt instrument

24. Refrain from harming 26. Las ______: Canary port 29. Dekalitre 30. Checkered flower 34. ___ Lilly, drug company 35. E. central English river 36. Rip off 37. Retractable keel 43. Mandela’s party 44. The body’s immune 45. Douroucoulis genus 47. Longest division of geological time 48. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand

49. “Town Without Pity” singer 52. A salt or ester of boric acid 55. Dutch for Meuse 56. Codfish genus 58. Scientific workplaces 60. Highest point of something 61. 2 door Lotus model 62. Not what it seems 63. A small amount 64. Ethiopia 65. Transmits genetic information

21. A gangster’s girlfriend 24. Gross revenue 25. _____ the elder 26. Extra long staple cotton 27. Chilean pianist Claudio 28. Type of pigeons 29. 12th month 31. #1 down worldwide 32. Venetian nightclub 33. Easy as 38. Blood-sucking African fly 39. British School 40. Change mind 41. Branched

42. Portal 46. Afrikaans 49. Large burrowing rodent of S and C America 50. Metrical unit 51. A university in Connecticut 52. A large wilderness area 53. Himalayan shaggy goat 54. Israeli politician Abba 55. Angry 57. Telegraphic signal 59. Senior officer

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Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: to seize and hold by force or without right

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2-BDRM APT Riverdale, avail June 1, newly renoʼd, quiet, secure bldg, laundry, parking w/plug-in, N/S, $1,250/mon incl heat & hot water, refʼs reqʼd. 334-2269

For more information call Greg

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OFFICE/WORK STUDIO for rent/lease, downtown, 250 sq ft, water in studio, $365/mon. 633-3168

(Larger space faces Front Street)

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FURNISHED ROOM with access to rest of house, w/d, $550/mon incl utils. 336-1695

Two small retail spaces.

150 & 580 sq. ft.

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Downtown Vacation Suites 2 & 3 bedroom executive class furnished suites with well equipped kitchens, Cable TV, internet & utilities included Perfect for relocation, corporate, and for short or extended stay in mind Offering a less expensive alternative to hotel rooms A home away from home 667-2255 or www.midnightsunvr.com

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

Call 867-333-0144

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available for Lease starting June 1, 2014.

2 Suites available for lease. Suites can be leased separately or combined as 1. One suite is 1,248 square feet. The second suite is 1,380 square feet. Located in a professional building downtown Whitehorse, this space is ideal for accounting, legal or other professionals.

Move-in ready.

For more information, please contact:

336-0028

3-4 BDRM 2-bath spacious house, PC, wood stove, huge yard, N/S, $1,695/mon + utils, contact suites@auroramusic.ca LOOKING FOR roommate, male or female, $450/mon. 335-0729 RIVERDALE ROOMMATE wanted, utils inclʼd, $650/mon. Rick 332-6030 LOT 1057 Mile 5.1 Mayo Rd. 2-bdrm, 1-bath main floor available May. 1st, 15 mins from town. Kitchen & laundry appliances inclʼd.

Nice, clean, pet friendly. Weekdays: 668-6888 ext 21 PARADISE IN Cowley Creek, private and funky, 20 minutes from downtown, peaceful environment, responsible tenant, $1,600/mon + utils. 334-1234 PARTIALLY FURNISHED bdrm in Arkell.

Electrical/heat inclʼd. N/P, N/S. DD & refs reqʼd, $750/mon. 334-4307 1-BDRM UNFURNISHED basement suite, Copper Ridge, N/P, younger household all in 20's. $1,200/mon all inclusive. 335-8440 CABIN, BUILT in 2012, 1.5 storey, 16ʼx24ʼ w large upper deck, 1/2 acre fenced & gated, 30 mins north of Whitehorse, elec, well, animals welcome, 668-7012 daytime only 5-BDRM 2-BATH house in Watson Lake for sale or rent May 01, 2014, on 2 acres by airport and ski hill. Call Lelah 867-632-9618 UNFURNISHED ROOM&BOARD, access to inernet & satellite, share with older couple, $850/mon, contact Bev or Al. 668-4380 SPACIOUS 1 and 2 bedroom apartments available in downtown and Hillcrest, $900 to $1,200/mon. N/P. 668-2416 BRIGHT 1-BDRM suite, Riverdale, newer house, great location, spacious living areas with laundry, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd, avail June. $900/mon +. Email muller@northwestel.net 2-BDRM, 1-BATH, 3-storey house south of town on shared acreage, new appliances, N/S, pets welcome, looking for long term renter, avail May 1, $1,650 +. 335-6746 ROOMMATE WANTED, single person or couple, to share waterfront home at Marsh Lake, N/S, animals welcome, $500/mon, share electric. 660-4321 2-BDRM HOUSE off Hot Springs Road, semi-furnished, wood cook stove, power/internet/phone available, N/S, pets OK, avail Aug 1, email monika.broeckx@yahoo.ca or call/text 720-381-9956 FURNISHED COUNTRY house 5 mins south of town, N/S, no drinking, $650/mon.

633-3086 LOVELY FURNISHED Riverdale condo to share with responsible female tenant, N/D, N/S, N/P, avail now, long or short term, $850/mon all incl, 1st & last dd. 668-5288 3-BDRM 2-BATH condo, Mountain Air Estates, c/w SS appliances, 1 powered parking stall, N/P, N/S, no parties, $1,200/mon + utils. 667-7239

Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 RETIRED COUPLE looking for a furnished house or apt in Whse or vicinity from August 1st, 2014 until the summer of 2015. Refs available. Jean 456-2981 PROFESSIONAL HOUSESITTERS available from now to October. We have plenty of experience & references. (Yukon, California, Hawaii, Argentina, Costa-Rica, Spain, etc) We are trustworthy & reliable. 336-2848

NEEDED FOR May 1st, a quiet, clean, legal 2 bedroom for a single mother and 12 year old child, N/S, N/P, N/P, quiet tenants. Quietfamily123@gmail.com

Real Estate 5TH WHEEL, add-ons, new insulation, stove, windows, doors installed last fall, still lots of work needed, pad rent $275, $20,000 obo. Must sell, moving out, make reasonable offer. 336-2117 2 LOTS in Carcross with older trailer on it, next to White Pass Railway, $170,000.

867-821-2934

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Friday, April 25, 2014 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

Help Wanted KAL TIRE is looking for full-time team members in Shipping & Receiving & the Front Shop Pay depends on experience Contact: Rick Copes 633-4482 rick_copes@kaltire.com

CHEEKY MONKEYʼS DAYCARE is hiring a Toddler Teacher & a Supported Childcare Worker.

Looking for mature, responsible, fun-loving individuals to join our dynamic team.

Competitive wages & benefits.

Drop off resumes to: 95 Lewes Blvd cheekymonkeysdaycare@gmail.com 334-4665

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Icy Waters Ltd.

Labourers in Fish Processing (NOC 9618)

Processing and packing Arctic Charr; Reliable, punctual, heavy lifting, 6 months experience of fish plant work with Arctic Charr.

High School education required. $16.40 per hour, permanent, full time Mon-Fri with some overtime.

Apply by email with resume to jlucas@icywaters.com ClOSiNg dAte FOR APPliCAtiONS MAy 1St.

House Hunters 60 ACRE HORSE FARM; 4 BDRM HOME

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• 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

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Yukon Suspension Bridge is currently seeking Employees for the up-coming 2014 tourist season that operates from May to October.

Positions available are;

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Cook AssistAnt/DishwAsher restAurAnt server CAshier tour GuiDe

Yukon Suspension Bridge is a world class tourist attraction located between Whitehorse, Yukon and Skagway, Alaska along the Klondike Highway. We are looking for energetic and personable individual who can work well in our customer service business. Daily transportation to and from the Bridge is provided. Qualifications and duties very from each position, should you require more information please contact us. If you feel you have the experience and knowledge to be a part of our team please submit resume.

For more information of our business visit us at,

www.yukonsuspensionbridge.com Email: info@yukonsuspensionbridge.com Phone: 604-628-5660 Fax: 250-262-5123

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River’s Reach

When im in my condo I always feel like I’m somewhere extra special! :) Granite countertops, engineered hardwood and ceramic flooring, stainless steel appliances, solid-core fir doors and a full wall of windows with a view of the sunrise on the beautiful Yukon River and Millennium Trail, right below your feet. These are only a few of the many reasons that you will fall in love with this River’s Reach outstanding lifestyle!

This bright third-floor corner unit will literally blow your mind with two huge bedrooms, a den (with custom built-in office), two bathrooms and a killer view from all areas.

Master has huge ensuite with separate tub & glass shower and walk-in closet, openconcept kitchen, dining and living area with fireplace & doors that lead to the spacious BBQ deck with propane plumbed in. Heated underground parking, elevator and storage lockers.

Please call 867-334-1234 to book your appointment to view this exceptional space...priced at $549,000.

Disposal/Recycling Driver PNW Waste Removal is currently looking for a full time waste disposal/recycling driver to serve the Whitehorse area. If you are looking for a company to grow a career with and are proud to serve your customers, this position is for you!

Responsibilities: Operation of front end loader garbage trucks and roll-off garbage trucks for waste and recycle collection in Whitehorse and surrounding areas.

Qualifications: • Class 3 license (Class 1 license a definite asset) with clear abstract • Must be able to operate garbage trucks with both standard and automatic transmissions • Strong knowledge of Whitehorse and surrounding area • Minimum 3 years driving experience, actual garbage truck experience would be a definite asset • Able to work both in a team environment and unsupervised • Excellent logistical and organizational skills • Good communication skills We offer: • Team atmosphere where staff are valued and appreciated • Excellent well maintained equipment and facilities • Competitive industry wage rates with annual review • Group benefits plan • Opportunities for learning, advancement, personal growth, and challenge.

How to Apply: Our preferred method of application is to email resumes to sheldon@pnwgroup.ca We would like to thank all candidates in advance for their interest in this position, however only those being considered will be contacted.

Applications are being accepted until Friday, May 2, 2014.

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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

DAWSON CITY Looking for an experienced cook for exclusive Greek cuisine restaurant For more information contact Tony Dovas 867-993-5868

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Experienced Sales Staff Required for retail store.

Fashionable, computer skills, sewing experience an asset.

Apply in person to Andrea: 6098 6th Avenue with references.

Friday, April 25, 2014 LOOKING FOR Qualified Journeyman Electrician Wage dependent upon experience Email resume to IES@polarcom.com or drop off at 178 Industrial Road

Server

The Town and Mountain Hotel seeks an experienced Server for a busy, fast paced Lounge.

Please email or drop off résumé to Greg.

Town & MounTain HoTel 401 Main STreeT wHiTeHorSe, Yukon Des professionnels engagés Conseils en développement de carrière

Air Duct Cleaning Technician

Création, amélioration et traduction de CV Simulation d’entrevue

Air CAre Yukon is looking to hire motivated individuals to perform commercial and residential duct cleaning.

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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Extensive training will be provided by the company.

Applicants must be bondable, possess a valid driver’s license and use of a reliable vehicle. Experience is an asset, but we are willing to train the right candidates.

Please send your resume to: terry@aircareyukon.ca

Employment Opportunity

Employment Opportunity

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.

Class 1- Truck Driver(s) Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining (CNIM) Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Hours are as needed Initial Review Date: May 5, 2014 Competition No:. 14.44

Are you interested in delivering mobile training units throughout the Yukon on a part-time basis?

Qualifications: • Experienced Class 1 driver with excellent driving skills • Team-oriented, shows initiative, and is extremely customer-focused • Valid Class 1 Yukon Driver’s License • Clean driver’s abstract - to be provided at the time of offer • Ability and willingness to work in various temperature ranges • Ability and willingness to work weekends to meet delivery schedules Responsibilities: • Operating equipment in a safe and professional manner at all times • Performing pre/post- trip inspections • Completing all appropriate regulatory and College documentation as needed/required

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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.

Technology Innovation Project Officer

Cold Climate Innovation Centre (CCI) Yukon Research Centre Term position to: March 31, 2015 (Extension Possibilities) Salary: $33.82 to $40.26 per hour Based on 75 Hours Bi-Weekly Competition No.: 14.51 Initial Review Date: April 30, 2014 Cold Climate Innovation Cold Climate Innovation (CCI) is focused on the development, commercialization and export of sustainable cold climate and technology innovations and related solutions for subarctic regions around the world. CCI supports the partnership between applied scientific researchers, industry and government dedicated to addressing cold climate and technology issues affecting northerners.

As a member of the Yukon Research Centre Team you will be responsible for identifying and responding to Technology Innovation research projects, liaising with funders; generating funding proposals, preparing and managing budgets.

Key responsibilities include:

•Exploring and identifying technology innovation potential in the Yukon •Supporting Yukoners in moving their technology ideas to the next level •Staying on the leading edge of technology innovation •Developing and maintaining relationships with technology partners, and funders

CNIM’s comprehensive skills and trades training offers students access to training opportunities that are nationally recognized and uniquely customized for the North. In addition to training, the Centre facilitates access to applied research specific to the Northern minerals and mining industry.

You will have an understanding of Information Technology and business as demonstrated by a combination of education such as relevant university degree in engineering, computer science, business and related experience. Required skills include: developing technology projects; developing and overseeing project budgets; project management; technology research experience; academic writing; preparing final reports, briefing notes; and liaising with funding agencies.

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

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

SKY HIGH WILDERNESS RANCH is looking for an experienced horse guide.

4 years experience guiding/training and first aid is required.

(Wilderness first aid preferred) Very labour intensive position.

Trail rides and possible pack trips.

Call Trudy or Gary for more info.

667-4321

ACMG HikinG BACkpACkinG SnowSHoeinG Guide Duties: • Safe Outdoor guiding with interpretation, transporting, emergency procedure, cooking at camp. (NOC #6532) Wage: • $18.95 / hr, Permanent position • Full time position (min. of 35 hrs / week) • WCB, Staff Accommodation Job Location: • Whitehorse, Dawson City, Haines J. area 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. 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

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 3-WHEEL ELITE travel scooter, excellent for persons with mobility problems, open to offers. Richard, 667-7057 :) = full woodshed.

Super-dry straight-grained lodgepole pine, $190/cord delivered in Whitehorse. Text or call Doug Martens/Teslin @ 334-7364 JACQUES COUSTEAU Collection set of 4, #1 Life & Death in a Coral Sea, #2 Dolphins, #3 Sharks, #4 Whales, Collection of 4, $100.

633-3113 ROYAL WEDDING Album, $20, King Tutankhamenʼs Treasures, $20, Mandrell family album, signatured, $20, assorted novels, $5. 633-3113 HEAVY DUTY med woodstove for shop or garage (2 flat surfaces), lined with brick, $400. 667-2940 WEDDING DRESS, beautiful with lots of embellishments, size 16-18, $250 obo.

334-9932 20X64 CLEAR glass exterior door insert, new cond, $150. 393-8077 CHAMPION GENERATOR, 3,000-4000 watts, new, $200 obo. Hilti DX 351 nailer, $650 obo. 334-9932 ANTIQUE TIBETAN prayer bell with Thunderbolt, $900. 334-4392 HUSQVARNA CHAINSAW, 141 -16” bar, chain cover, $150. 668-4504 240ʼ OF 3.5” x 20ʼ Victaulic pipe w/clamps, $600. Also misc 2” to 4” valves, tees, unions.

Cost $1,100 new, asking $500. 332-6565 PROFESSIONALLY BUILT poker table, never been used, $500 firm. 336-1045 55-GALLON PLASTIC drums, 9 in total, $50/ea. 456-4755 CUSTOM MADE large steel job box. 4' wide x 30" deep x 2' high, gd cond & strong, $250.

633-4505 VERMONT CASTINGS red propane stove, lightly used, great cond, has a Sidrock granite floor pad, $2,700. 393-2125 PROPANE TANK heating pad. Government approved, $200. 633-4505 OLD CRAFTSMAN Radial Armsaw. Will run on 220 or 110. Needs a little TLC but works, $50. 633-4505

MCCLURE WOOD cook stove, cream colour w/water reservoir, gd shape. Has been stored for 30 years, $1,000 firm. Stainless steel, clip together style, 6" stove pipe, in 3' lengths, $200. 633-4505 5TH WHEEL equipment, flat deck trailer, 30ʼ long, tandem axles, elec brakes, 668-2332

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Friday, April 25, 2014 1 MENDABLE LEATHER COUCH, 1 PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRIC TREADMILL, 1 ROUND WOOD TABLE WITH 4 MATCHING CHAIRS. PICK UP ONLY. 403-891-4827 Rebecca Nelken

Electrical Appliances LARGE UPRIGHT freezer, white in colour, $200. 633-4505 DRYER, LIKE new, $275 obo. 668-4186

KENMORE KITCHEN oven, self cleaning, works good, can deliver in Whitehorse, $200 obo. 668-7403

GENTLY USED Riello 40F oil burner for furnace, $500 obo. 335-7504

GARLAND COMMERCIAL propane grill/ range, older unit, completely refurbished, cast iron grill top & oven, no stove top burners, open to offers. 867-634-2631

MAYTAG HEAVY duty washer & dryer, large capacity top load, washer & front load dryer, 3-yrs old, dryer only used in winter, $300 obo. 633-6303

GENERATOR SET, gas engine, hitch, for 3/4 ton truck, as new, 668-2332

JOB OPPORTUNITY

BACKCOUNTRY SKI boots, black diamond quadrants size 26-26.5 mondo 8-9 men's good condition $250, 667-4450

Champagne and Aishihik First Nations

Early Childhood Education Centre Manager

ONE OF a kind soft green stylized Tiffany hanging lamp, $100. 633-5009

Regular Full Time | Salary: $72,025.41 - $84,259.54 Location: Haines Junction

20 SHEETS 3/4” tongue in groove plywood, $500. 667-6998

DESIGNER

HARD-SIDED LEATHER briefcase with built-in combination lock, $30, feather pillows with protection covers, 5 for $50. 633-5009

Sequoia Kitchens & Design is seeking a motivated and creative designer to help us grow our niche in the market. We are a small company but with our hardworking team, we want to make a big impact.

PICTURE W I N D O W , 24”WX35”H, Doppel-Glas Argon, $40. Stihl chainsaw 024 for parts, $10. 633-4375 MAPS OF the Wind River, Topographic maps from McClusky Lake to Fort MacPherson, used once, well cared for, no damage, $40. 336-2108 PINE AND plywood with pine trim locally made coffins for sale, worth a look, for viewing or pricing call Mark at 668-4160 WOMEN'S LULU Lemon (size 6) & Bench hoodies, size x-small, small & medium, very good cond, $50 ea. 633-6484 SELF-CONTAINED HOTSY Trail Blazer pressure washer, 200 gallon water tank, 16 hp hot water washer, 2 reels on factory built trailer, 50 hrs. on machine, 336-0995, 668-2486 for info COMMERCIAL TANNED moose hide, $400.

Tim 667-7973 evenings or leave message NATIVE AMERICAN drum, 12" wide, hand made, leather strung, painted design from Curley Wolf Lodge, mallet included. $75.

668-3381

If you have proven kitchen design experience and a flair for sales, we want to talk to you.

The Opportunity: Your primary responsibility is to provide exceptional customer service as you assist our clients to translate their dream kitchens or bathrooms into reality. You will have the ability to visualize what is possible, develop the design using 20/20 software, provide quotations, close the sale and project manage the orders. You will be driven to succeed in this competitive environment and will be proactive in seeking out sales leads.

NORWOOD PORTABLE bandsaw mill, extra long bed, extra new blades, $4,000.

604-698-6645 SONY VX1000 MiniDV digital video camcorder w/Beachtek DXA-4 Dual XLR Adapter, 2 batteries, charger and hardshell aluminum case. $450. 667-2066 SIZE 10 Moccasins, moose, $100. Youth Gauntlets, rabbit fur suede, lining imitation shearling, $185. Baby slippers, beaver trim, $80. Beaver Hat by Bertha Doris, $400.

335-9934 SIZE 6 mukluks; leather, beads, canvas, shearling, $550. Size 8 mukluks; leather, rabbit, beads, canvas, shearling. $620.

335-9934 JOTUL F500 Oslo woodstove, non-catalytic, front, left side-loading, matte black, glass door, heats up to 2,000 sqft, exc cond, $1,600 obo. 536-4595 CD/DVD/VHS STAND, with 26 dividers.

60.5”H x 42.5”W, $100 firm. 668-4186 STAMP COLLECTION for sale, over 10,000 Canadian and international stamps, c/w accessories. 667-7128 3 FT high engineered tank stand for 250 gallon heating oil tank, 2-yrs old, $100.

335-7504 1 DOUBLE mattress, very good condition, $150. 667-2226 MEN'S HOODIES, Bench, Mexx, Volcom, Jack&Jones, sz med & large, good cond, $25-$50 obo. 633-6484 MOUNTAIN EQUIP Traunt Jet, womens XS, $150, Mec Kinetic pants, womenʼs sz 8 & 10, $30/pr. Mec Hydrofoil pants, womenʼs med, $80, Mec zip-off pants, sm, $25. 311B Hanson St, evenings CRAFTSMAN 26” riding lawnmower, new, $700. Snowblower, $600. 867-536-7500 MIDI-STILL WATER distiller, will distill one gal. per session, $150. 633-4505 LIONEL TRAIN set, a collectorʼs dream, + smaller HO gauge, Bob at 633-4781 or 334-2660 SHINGLEVENT II, black, 30 4-foot pieces, make me an offer, 668-7918 evenings RAFT BUILT on six 55-gallon plastic drums, 7ʼX10ʼ. 456-4755

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. An eligibility list will be created from this competition.

Application deadline: 4:30 p.m. on April 29th, 2014 Send Applications and/or resumes to: Human Resource Officer Fax: (867) 667-6202 | Phone: (867) 456-6879 | Email: kbrown@cafn.ca

The position is full-time and permanent and you manage your hours. A vehicle is required. A weekly base rate is augmented by a generous commission arrangement.

If being a key member of our team appeals to you, email your application to Tiffanie Tasane at sequoiakitchens@northwestel.net by May 5, 2014.

For more information, call Tiffanie at 867-456-4921. Only applicants with proven design experience will be contacted for an interview.

103-101 Titanium Way

in the Trades Centre Building on the corner of Titanium Way and Tungsten Road

(867) 456-4921

LADIES INUIT Parka manufactured by Inuvik Parka Enterprise, like new, size 12, brown with turquoise & dark blue trim, polar bear & fishing designs. $325. 668-3381 12ʼX55ʼ MOBILE home demolition sale, all contents must go, windows, cupboards, bathtub & sink, etc. 667-6770 after 6:00pm

POSTED APRIL 14, 2014

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Employment Opportunity

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.

Climate Change Research Project Coordinator Yukon Research Centre Yukon College Term position to: December 31st, 2015 (with a likely extension) Full time position based on 75 hours bi-weekly Salary: $33.82 to $40.26 per hour Competition# 14.59 Initial Review date: May 5th, 2014

The mission of the Northern Climate ExChange is to provide a credible independent source of information, develop shared understanding, promote action and coordinate research on climate change in Yukon and across northern Canada.

As a member of the NCE staff, the Climate Change Research Project Coordinator will be responsible for developing, coordinating and managing climate change research projects that will increase the knowledge, understanding and adaptive capacity in the Yukon.

You will have a university degree in a relevant discipline. Required skills include: excellent written and oral communications to a variety of audiences, strong analytical skills, proposal development, and project management. You will have experience in the following areas: northern and scientific research (ideally climate change related), academic writing, field season coordination, preparing project timelines and budgets, quantitative field research methodologies and their application in a northern, cross-cultural setting and familiarity with climate change funding programs.

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Employment Opportunity

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: Part-time and Casual Instructor(s) School of Continuing Education & Training Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Hourly rate: $30.00 to $36.33 Initial Review Date: May 16, 2014 Competition No.: 14.56

Yukon College, School of Continuing Education and Training is looking for ways to expand the educational opportunities we offer to the community. Opportunities and possibilities are endless for new classes. If you enjoy teaching and have a skill set that can be turned into a dynamic professional development or personal enrichment course, propose it to us.

We are seeking individuals for part-time casual opportunities who want to instruct individual courses, workshops or seminars. If you have a post-secondary degree/certification or possibly have a combination of related education and experience in these areas or others: • • • • • • • • • • •

Management and Supervisory training, Business & Professional training including Leadership, Human Resources, and soft skills Bookkeeping, Accounting, Payroll, and Supply Chain Management Computer use & Office Technologies (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, SharePoint), and Simply Accounting Culinary, Cooking, Food, and Beverage Photography, Lightroom, and Photoshop First Aid & Safety including Red Cross Instructors, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Worksafe BC Instructors and Wilderness First Aid Conversational Languages: French, Spanish or others Communications including Marketing, Business Strategic, and Technical Writing Resume writing and career planning Personal wellness programs Personal interest programs

Visit our website for detailed information: http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/research/programs/northern_ climate_exchange

For additional information please contact: Kathryn Zrum Manager, School of Continuing Education and Training Email: kzrum@yukoncollege.yk.ca

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

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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The Ross River Dena Council is seeking applications for a Full Time

Social Programs Director

JOB SUMMARY: The Social Programs Director is responsible for planning, developing, managing, controlling and implementing programs for the delivery of social services to RRDC members in Ross River in the areas of: Justice, Family Services, Social Assistance, Alcohol & Drug Counseling, Health and Education. The Social Programs Director provides administrative services which support this function such as maintaining files and writing reports and proposals.

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Completion of Grade 12 with post-secondary courses in Social Work or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

2. 2 years experience working in a relevant field. Knowledge of budgeting and financial systems, particularly in the context of First Nation Social Programs.

3. Counseling skills in the types of problems likely to be experienced by community members.

4. Ability to work in a Team Environment 5. Ability to demonstrate good interpersonal and oral communication skills in working effectively with RRDC staff and members.

6. Knowledge of various Government departments and funding agencies relevant to funding of Social Programs.

7. Valid Drivers License 8. Good conflict management skills 9. Regular contact with Chief and Council 10. Ability to complete Reports/Proposals in a timely manner 11. Criminal and Record Check.

MAINTAINING CONFIDENTIALITY IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION A MORE DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Deadline for Application: April 30, 2014 Job Applications available at the Ross River Dena Council Office.

Ross River Dena Council Ross River, Yukon Y0B 1S0 Phone: (867) 969-2278 Or 969-2279 Fax: (867) 969-2405

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Daylu Dena Council is seeking applications for the position of

exeCutive DireCtor Daylu Dena Council is currently recruiting a full time dynamic, energetic, self-motivated and professional Executive Director located at Lower Post B.C. on a full time basis. He/ she works under the support and supervision provided by the Chief and Council. The Executive Director will be involved in financial and strategic planning and implementation, overseeing daily operations of the band administration, and reporting to funding agencies.

Strong leadership and communication skills are required as the Executive Director will work with 11 Programs in developing and delivering services to ensure that needs of the Membership are met in a timely and efficient manner.

The Executive Director will ensure that the Band Programs meet all government legislation and Band policies. As well, must maintain a professional code of conduct, integrity and sound judgment and be knowledgeable about the socioeconomic issues facing First Nations.

Skills required: Minimum Qualifications: • Post Secondary education in administration, Aboriginal Governance or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Knowledge of First Nations Government and the delivery of programs. Be able to demonstrate a strong background in proposal and program development.

• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

• Proficiency in computer software programs and technology.

• Ability to plan, develop and manage programs.

• Experience in financial management, budgeting and reporting.

• Valid Driver’s Licence and Reliable Vehicle.

• Working knowledge of Financial Transfer Agreements.

• Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills.

Required Skills and Knowledge: • Strategic Planning skills and Time Management Skills • Thorough knowledge of all federal, provincial, and other funding sources and reporting requirements • General knowledge of the culture, values and traditions of the Kaska Dena is an asset.

Benefits and other information: Salary and remunerations: We offer a respectful, and progressive work environment, a competitive salary, and an above average benefits package.

Application Instructions: Please submit your application with a cover letter, updated resume, copy of certification and 3 current references to: Roma Walker | Email: romajwalker@hotmail.com Phone: 250-779-3161 | Fax: 250-779-3371 CLoSiNG DAte: APriL 30, 2014

Friday, April 25, 2014 WHIRLPOOL WHITE Fridge (20 cu ft), freezer on bottom, 4 years old, exc cond, $450 obo. 668-6103

TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics.

G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS SMALL TV stand & small TV, free. 668-4104

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

G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com 1 YEAR old Traben Chaos Core Bass with strap, hard case, amp & amp cord, great condition, plays very well, $900 obo.

335-5185 FULL-SIZE VIOLIN with case and bow, never used, $300. 668-7659 CHILDʼS 1/4 size violin, paid $500, asking $250. 334-3937 SEAGULL ACOUSTIC guitar, $400. Cort Acoustic guitar, $325. Squire Jam Master electric guitar, $350. All come with cases, all in good shape. 334-3009

Firewood

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

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

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Cheque, Cash S.A. vouchers accepted.

YOU WANT TO WORK HERE! Be part of one of Canada’s most dynamic environmental and socio-economic assessment processes; working with an energetic, progressive organization. We are committed to the well-being of our employees and encourage their personal and professional development.

Our commitment is to be an impartial, effective and efficient organization that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

Network Administrator Head Office, Whitehorse Full-time one-year term position

The Network Administrator position co-ordinates the implementation, management and technical support of YESABs IT network infrastructure.

The position handles the deployment and maintenance of YESABs software and hardware while providing user support services to YESAB staff and Board. This position performs systems and administration functions for YESAB and participates in the planning, development, analysis, evaluation, implementation and management of information systems and platforms such as SharePoint and Microsoft Server.

The annual salary range for this position is $68,252. – 78,749 based on 75 hours biweekly.

If you feel you have the qualifications and desire to meet the challenges of this position please forward a cover letter and resume outlining how your experience and qualifications relate directly to the position.

A job description is available at the YESAB Head Office, Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca.

Please submit applications to: Finance and Administration Manager, YESAB Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Toll free: 1.866.322.4040 Resumes must be received by April 30, 2014.

ConstruCtion Group The current full time jobs are now available. We invite resumes for the following positions: Finish Grader Operators • 14M Cat, 650 Komatsu (GPS experience an asset) Excavator Operators (slope and finish grading required) 320, 336, 345, CAT Articulating Rock Truck Drivers • 40ton. min. 3yrs experience Finish Dozer Operators • D-6, D-9 Fleet Mechanic/Service Man Supervisors • Required for road building, utility, mining and exploration projects underway HR/Safety Officer • Implement COR collect field reports, support supervisors with qualified staff. Min. 5 yrs experience required Project Managers • Control production, budgets, manpower, reporting daily to management and field supervisors Please send your resume to

info@norcope.com or fax 867-633-2620 Look us up on the web at www.norcope.com WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU THIS SEASON!

FIREWOOD 6-8 cords Stacked • Dry • Cut • Under Roof $100 per cord.

You come and get all.

633-4505 TEN TON Firewood Services $150/cord for 10-cord load - 30ʼ lengths $200/cord - 3-cord load 11' lengths $240/cord - bucked up, discounts on multiple-cord orders Call or text David 867-332-8327 DIMOK TIMBER 6 CORD OR 22 CORD LOADS OF FIREWOOD LOGS BUNDLED SLABS U-CUT FIREWOOD @ $105/CORD CALL 634-2311 OR EMAIL DIMOKTIMBER@GMAIL.COM 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 EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery • Dry accurate cords • Clean shavings available • VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise.

ORDER NOW 456-7432

Guns & Bows WHITEHORSE RIFLE & Pistol Club is holding a non-restrictive firearms safety course, April 26 & 27. For info call 633-2488 or 333-5640 RUGER .22 magnum rifle with scope, bolt action, older gun, exc cond, $500. 334-4392

RUGER M77 Mark II, all weather stainless, cal .223, new, $700. Norinco JW27 bolt action .22 long rifle with 2.5X scope, $160.

668-6716

SPRING TIME MEANS CLEAN UP TIME! WILL PAY CASH FOR UNWANTED ITEMS: Downsizing, de-junking, moving, estate dispersals Call Brenda @ 993-3689 in the Dawson City area for a free no obligation assessment.

WANTED: SCAFFOLDING tower, 12ʼ. New or used. 867-863-5404 WANTED: (WEATHER permitting) house requires painting outside and concrete steps replaced or repaired. 667-7756 WANTED: FOOT pedal for sewing machine, 3 prongs, 7A 125V. 335-9934 WANTED: DOG-SITTER in your home for 8 lb dog, no other pets, please, for June, July & Aug, Monday through Thursday overnight.

Will pay well. 335-0009 for info WANTED: ALL-AMERICAN Canner, with room for 7 quart glasses, 335-9934

2006 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta TDI, 130,000 kms, standard diesel, power locks/doors, heated leather seats, $11,000. 633-4531 2005 T O Y O T A Camry LE, 4-cyl, 206,000kms, mostly highway, 2 sets tires/rims, remote, new glass & clean, $5,500. 667-6326 2003 SUBARU Forester 2.5X Hatchback, gd cond, 177,000 kms, manual, auto-start/auto-lock, roof racks, summer & winter tires inclʼd, $6,150 obo. 335-3784 2002 CHEVROLET Cavalier 5-spd manual, cruise, tilt steering, a/c, remote locks, summer/winter tires on rims, 152,000kms, $4,000. 689-7339 2001 PONTIAC Grand Am, 160,000 km, new studded winter tires, command start, great on gas, must sell ASAP, $3,400 obo.

633-4025 or 335-4816 1999 MERCURY Mystique, V6, 5-sp, 4-dr, new Sony stereo, runs good, trades considered, $1,300. 867-689-6025 1998 HONDA Accord, 2-dr, 4-cyl VTech, 5-sp, body has no rust/damage, clean interior, no rips/wear marks, new tires/rims, Sony CD player, 220,000kms, $4,500.

867-689-6025

2010 CHEVROLET Impala, 90,000kms, new wheels/tires worth $2,300, exc cond, $9,500.

867-689-6025 2009 CAMRY LE, 4-cyl, 53,000kms, silver, exc cond, new glass, super clean, $14,500.

667-6326 2009 PONTIAC G5 SE, 66,800km, 5-spd manual FWD trans, Pioneer stereo, new tires, snow tires negotiable. $10,500.

334-1842 2009 TOYOTA Yaris, 61,000 km, sedan, good cond, no body/windshield damage, great on gas, $12,000. 668-4649 2008 MAZDA 5, std trans, really gd tires, clean cond, 80,000 kms. Cool minivan w/sturdy roof rack, $7,500. 667-4463 or 334-9436 2007 DODGE Calliber, remote start, heated seats, 6 CD stereo system w/tailgate boombox, 128,000kms, 2 sets of near new tires/ new starter, $9,500. 333-0236 or 456-4112 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 PONTIAC G5 sedan, 95,050kms. p/l, p/w, a/c, c/c, 18” Primax wheels/low profile tires & set of winter tires on rims. $7,000 obo. 334-7822

1992 BUICK Sable in good running shape, may need battery, $1,500 obo. 633-3303

1982 CHRYSLER Cordova slant 6, auto, good shape, make offer. 336-1695

the yukon’s best pre-owned vehicles!

1958 CADILLAC Sedan de Ville, 425 engine, auto trans, ready t drive, good rubber, fully auto, 668-2332

✔ 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

piece of mind dependable...

The ideal candidate brings: • Post secondary education in the Social/Human and/or Health Services field • A sound understanding of the social determinants of health and their relationship to HIV, HCV, and First Nations communities • A high degree of cultural competence in relation to First Nation, Inuit and Metis people • A proven record in case management & support experience with complex populations • Knowledge and/or experience in lay counselling in the areas of drug use, trauma, and depression • Ability to advocate on behalf of marginalized populations with complex health challenges • Experience in delivering Harm Reduction programs We offer a dynamic collaborative work environment, generous benefits, and 35 hour work week. Salary range $38,500 to $47,700 per annum.

Please submit cover letter and resume to Patricia Bacon, Executive Director: executivedirector@klondiker.com or mail to Blood Ties Four Directions Centre 307 Strickland St., Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 2J9 by Friday May 2, 2014.

Your cover letter and resume should highlight all relevant skills and experience.

Note: evening work one night per week and a valid Yukon driver’s license are conditions of employment for this position.

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2008 FORD Explorer, Eddie Bauer Edition 4X4, seats 7, 93,000kms, leather interior, power everything, remote start, heated seats, tow pkg, new tires, well maintained, exc cond, $16,800. 393-3389 or 334-2345

WANTED: NEWER station wagon, reliable, automatic, good on gas. 334-5032

Marsh Lake Solid Waste Management Society Is seeking

On-call/Casual Waste Facility Attendants

SFA certification / WHMIS training / CSR approved footwear required Wage: $17.00/hr. Hours Vary.

Priority will be given to Marsh Lake residents.

For further information please call: (867) 660-4660 and leave a message or you may email your Resume to: yukondundee@northwestel.net

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Position Overview: • The Harm Reduction & Wellness Counsellor is responsible for delivering care and support programs to individuals impacted by HIV, Hepatitis C, and those highly vulnerable to infection due to poverty, addiction, homelessness, and incarceration including, lay counselling, accompaniments, advocacy, systems navigation, prison outreach, treatment information, accessing health services, and other support activities.

• This position is also responsible for the delivery and coordination of the fixed site Harm Reduction program.

• The Harm Reduction & Wellness Counsellor connects with marginalized street involved at risk populations through work on the Outreach Van. • The development of community partnerships and collaborative relationships are critical components of the position.

We Sell Trucks!

1958 FORD Edsel, model Pacer, original good condition, 66,500 mi, has some rust, runs well, has inspection, c/w some parts & repair manual, $4,900 obo. 867-399-3920

Nervous about your credit?

No problem! call us!

(term position from June 2, 2014 until June 15, 2015)

Cars

2002 KIA Sedona LX, V6, new tires, clean, $3,400 obo. 393-4796 or 336-2146

Trucks

Harm reduction & Wellness counsellor

WOOD to dump? No charge.

2005 MAZDA 3 5-dr hatchback, 2.3L, 5-spd, P/S, P/B, P/W, A/C, 6-disk CD, non-smoking, remote locking, 106,000 kms, very good cond, 80,600kms on engine, $7,000.

633-4291

1990 TOYOTA Camry, runs but needs new tires, has new alternator, starter and battery worth over $500. $400 obo, can deliver.

335-4578 or 668-3733

Blood Ties Four Directions Centre is seeking a:

WANTED: GOLD miner wants to buy gold/silver jewelery-making equipment, bench, tools, supplies, manuals, etc, can pay in cash or gold. 332-5181 1:00pm to 5:pm, 7 days/week

1999 VW Golf Hatchback, WVWBA31J5XW438342 exc cond, well maintained, red, gas, auto, FWD, 250,000kms, c/w CD/MP3/USB deck, remote start, 2 sets of tires w/rims, $3,500.

335-0300

1994 OLDSMOBILE Achieva, 170,000 kms, $1000. 668-6631

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WANTED: KITCHEN Aid Artisan, 335-9934

WANTED: 667-7990

1956 FORD Victoria 2-dr hard top. Great restoration project! Body complete, have all chrome, new windshield, new rocker panels.

332-1400

1997 SUBARU, runs good, $800. 668-7829

2 COMPOUND bows 50 - 70 lbs, PSE. $150, each. 668-3381

Wanted

1990 CADILLAC Eldorado, 2 dr, no rust, good stereo, 17" tires, 75% restored, $5,000 obo. Older Crown Victorian, x-RCMP, runs good $600. 334-4027

1997 HONDA Civic CX, 2-dr, good tires, new battery, $2,000 firm. 393-4796 or 336-2146

Case cutlery, high quality hand-crafted pocket and hunting knives available at G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS

MARLIN .22LR, black synthetic stock, mint condition, almost brand new, 10rnd mag, $275 obo, need PAL, 334-5498

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Employment Opportunity

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.

Department Head/Chair Northern Campuses School of Community Education & Development (SCED) Research and Community Engagement Permanent Position from: July 1, 2014 Salary: $89,475 to $106,498 per annum (Based on 75.0 hours bi-weekly) Competition No.:14.55 Initial Review Date: May 5, 2014

Reporting to the Vice President, Research and Community Engagement, this position is responsible for supervision, management, and the successful delivery of Yukon College programs at seven northern community campuses (Old Crow, Dawson City, Pelly Crossing, Carmacks, Mayo, Ross River and Faro). This Chair along with the Southern Campuses Chair is a member of the SCED Leadership Team and together with the VP contributes to the overall direction and success of the School. This position provides the opportunity to see spectacular Yukon vistas as travel is an expected component of this position.

In cooperation with the College’s Deans, Chairs and Department Heads, this position supports and promotes a culture of research and educational excellence in Yukon communities and helps to ensure positive contributions to community social, cultural, educational, economic and environmental development.

The ideal candidate will have a relevant Degree, preferably at the graduate level; and experience in managing programs and people in a cross-cultural environment; teaching and working with adult learners; and working with First Nations and their organizations and agencies. A valid Yukon driver’s license is also required.

Consideration may be given to candidates with the appropriate blend of education and experience.

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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2011 CHEVY Silverado 1-ton diesel crew cab still under warranty, great condition, 43,000 kms, command start, 3 sets of tires, paid $65,000, asking $39,000. 456-7157

2008 GMC Acadia AWD SLT1,92,000km, blue-gold crystal metallic, fully loaded (no Nav), 7 seats-3rd row foldable, $18,000 obo.

333-0033

2010 RAM 1500 4X4 5.7L hemi, blue, 56K, quad cab, bench seats, air/tilt/cruise, PD, PL, PW, CD/DVD/sat radio touch screen, remote start, $22,000. 334-6362

2007 DODGE 2500 4x4, 4-dr, long box, auto 5.7L Hemi, black. Truck has 300 hwy kms. runs great, looks good, $6,800. 335-5428

2009 CHEVROLET Silverado 1/2 ton 4x4, 5.3 V-8, extra cab, maintenance up to date from dealership, 152,000kms, no off-road/towing use, $11,000 firm. 334-1006 2009 DODGE Grand Caravan with Stow “n” Go seating, 130,000km, new all season tires, exc cond, $11,500 obo. 333-0236 or 456-4112 2008 FORD F150 XLT 4x4 crew cab short box, loaded w/options, in very clean cond, gd tires, 130,000 kms, $11,000. 667-4463 or 334-9436 2008 FORD Ranger, automatic 4x4 XLT. Runs on synthetic. Hitch, boxliner, 120,000 kms, $9,500. 335-5993

2005 FORD Ranger Edge, immaculate condition, only 52,000kms, 668-7136 2007 DODGE 2500 power wagon, low kms, exc cond, loaded w/options, $25,000.

334-3009 2006 FORD F350 Lariat, lift kit, tow package, leather, power everything, 290k, diesel $16,000 obo. 335-1694 2005 F150 Super Crew, loaded, leather int, FX4, sun roof, 135,000kms, black, $16,500.

334-3160 or 633-3116 2005 F350 diesel Lariat, 4wd, long box, fully loaded, all engine updates, orig owner, exec cond, 160,000kms, $18,000. 334-9436 or 667-4463

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

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2014

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LOST/FOUND

LOST

• Dawson, bear dog X, neutered male, blonde, wearing a black collar answers to Hunter, contact Brittany @ 689-11744 (10/04/14) • Hillcrest area, pit bull, male, light brown with a white patch on his chest, no collar, answer to azim, contact Katilyn @ 335-0353,3340287 (12/04/14) • Porter creek near the highway, lab, neutered male, black, no collar answers to calypso contact Brent @633-5495 (16/04/14)

• Fish lake rd, husky X, neutered male, white and toffy, wearing a red collar answers to Burjon, contact tony @ 335-0941 (22/04/14)

FOUND

• none at this time.

RUNNING AT LARGE...

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

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

IN FOSTER HOMES DOGS

• 4 yr old, neutered male, husky, black and white (rikki) • 3yr old, neutered male, akita, grey and white (a.J.)

AT THE SHELTER

DOGS

• 3 yr old, neutered male, GSD/rottie, black and brown (tristan) • 1 yr old, spayed female, chihuahua bear dogX, (Pipper) • 1 yr old, neutered male, GSD/Husky, brown and black (teddy) • 9 yr old, neutered male, bear dogX, black and white (cheeba) • 8 yr old, neutered male, GSD/bear dogX, black and tan (mr. Bojangles) • 8 weeks old, female, husky/ GSD X, brindle (Belle) • 8 weeks old, female, husky /GSD X, brown ( Snow White) • 8 weeks old, female, husky/GSD X, brindle ( ariel)

FOR SALE

Friday, April 25, 2014 1992 GMC 2500, ext cab 4X4, very powerful, new motor, transfer case, exh system, well maintained, low kms, $4,200. 336-3666 1991 GMC 1500 diesel 4X4, good shape, make offer. 336-1695 1989 FORD 350 cube van, has blown head gasket, $2,000. 333-0943 for info

Dodge Ram 1 Ton Quad-Cab Dually Cummins Diesel, Auto Tran, Cruise A/c, Mechanic’s Deck, & Electric Crane, 227, 000km

$22,000 667-7777

2005 FORD F150 4x4 5.4 Triton v8, remote start, new rotors/brakes, tinted windows, box liner, side step rails, hitch, winter tires, 216,232 km, good cond, $12,500 obo.

660-4567 2005 GMC Sierra 3500 SLT Crew Cab dually, fully loaded, 4wd, 6.6 turbo duramax diesel, Allison transmission, original owner, 343,330 highway kms, 16,000. (250) 718-1167 2005 NISSAN Xterra S. 184,000 kms, towing package, driving lights and Kenwood stereo added, $11,500. 668-6631 2004 BUICK Rendezvous SUV Crossover, mint condition, leather interior, heated seats, park assist, rear music/heat control, 4WD, 130,000km, $8900 obo. 667-7733 2004 FORD F250 XLT auto, crew cab, white, short box with liner, 4x4, running boards, winter front, all engine updates, towing package, clean, no accidents. $11,900 obo.

456-4981 2004 GMC Sierra 1/2 ton 4x4 + canopy & set of rims + tires, $6,500 obo. 393-3100 2003 CHEVY Silverado 1500, exc work truck, c/w head-ache rack, flat deck, runs well, needs transmission work eventually, $3,200. 336-2606 2003 FORD F150 crew cab 4x4, $4,500 obo.

667-2820 2002 DODGE Ram 1500, 4x4,Quad, clean commercially maintained, new warranty tranny, tires & battery, tool box/racks, 364,000 km, $6,000. 335-5426 2002 FORD F150. Fully loaded, leather interior, new brakes, 170,000 km, $5,800 obo.

633-4025 2000 CHEVY Astro van 2wd, 4.3L, good cond,168,000 kms, runs well, $4,000 obo.

633-3371 or 335-1234 1998 DODGE 3500 dually & 2008 F250 4x4.

335-3243 1998 GMC Sierra p/u, 1500 extʼd cab, 2WD. Good cond, $3,500. 332-8186 1997 FORD F150, good runner, V6 auto trans, good tires, 668-2332 1997 INTERNATIONAL 4700 tow truck, wheel lift rebuilt, new tires, twin winches, good cond, $12,500. 667-6998 1994 DODGE 2500 trades van, 318 V8, winter tires, works great, $1,800. 867-689-6025

1988 FORD F-250, half gas/half propane, very good shape, a must see. 456-4755 1987 TOYOTA 4-Runner, 4 x 4, towing package, AC, 4-cyl, 5-spd, 160,000 mi, $2,900 obo. 633-4322 1985 TOYOTA Landcruiser station wagon.

4-cyl diesel, 385,994kms, $3,000 obo, Tim 667-7973 evenings or leave a message 1981 DODGE 1 ton Dually w/boxes & welding deck. Miller 400 amp air pack welder + 2 wire feeds. Approx 500 hrs on welder, $15,000. 633-4505 1963 1-TON International Classic wood truck with nice history, c/w spare parts & original repair manual, $2,650 obo. 867-399-3920 CHEV ASTRO van 1996 AWD, 250,000 km, 4.3L V6, AC, cruise, power everything, seats 8, remote start, some rust, good running condition, $1,900. 668-5810 DODGE GRAND Caravan 2005, front wheel drive, exc cond, 130,000km Royal blue $6,900 obo. 667-7733

Auto Parts & Accessories TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 1988 VAN, Vanamera, 302.ci, for parts or change water pump. 667-7990 CANOPY FOR Ford F150 flareside short box pick-up, blue, $50 obo. 334-3937 TIRES! TIRES! TIRES! Seasonal Changeover Good used tires–15”,16”,17”,18”,19” and 20”–lots to choose from. $25 to $150 a tire. $25 to mount and balance per tire.

Mechanical Services Call Art 334-4608 HEAVY DUTY aluminum truck topper w/4 locking cabinets, $600. 667-2940 TONNEAU COVER for GMC p/u, 5ʼ8” box, silver/grey, $1,000. 333-0914 5-SPEED STANDARD transmission to fit ʻ96-ʼ99 Volkswagen 1.8L engine. Make offer.

333-0788 CARGO BOX, Yakima Rocketbox 15, exc cond. Ideal for small SUV. I had it on my RAV4, $400 firm. 335-6817

• 1 yr old, neutered male, husky, brown ( Jonas)

1993 JEEP Wrangler, lots of extras, located in Watson Lake, $5,000. 867-536-6576

2 SETS of 4 tires, Michelin LTX LT 265/75 R15 & General Grabber P265/65 R17. Approx 80% on each set, $300/set obo. Josh 335-1250

cATS

1992 FORD F150 extʼd cab, runs, good tires, $1,000 obo, offers considered, call or text 867-335-2898

3-PERSON BENCH seat from 2005 Dodge Caravan, Never used, exc cond, kept in storage, $150 obo. 332-3040

• none at this time.

• 8 weeks old, female, husky/GSD X, brindle ( Jasmine) • 8 weeks old, male, husky / GSD X, brown ( aladdin) • 10 weeks old, female, husky / Golden retriever X, blonde ( marigold) • 10 weeks old, male, husky / Golden retriever X, blonde (Elvis) • 7 yr old, neutered male, great dane X, tan and white ( Spot)

cATS

• 3 yr old, DSH, white and black neutered male (Jax) • 2yr old, DSH, grey and white, neutered male (Sappy) • 2yr old, DlH, brown and white, neutered male (Gunner)

SPEcIAL

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

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

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

You can also check out our award winning website at:

www.Humanesocietyyukon.ca

Gently Used

Inventory

Atv’s:

‘09 Yamaha Big Bear 250 ......................................................$3,499 ‘09 Yamaha Wolverine 450 ...................................................$4,999

snowmobiles:

‘07 Yamaha Apex Gt 121" ........................................ $5,999 $4,999 ‘08 Yamaha Phazer Mtx 144" .................................. $6,499 $5,499 ‘09 Yamaha Nytro Rtx Se 121" ............................... $7,999 $6,999 ‘12 Yamaha Nytro Xtx 144" Speed Racer .............. $9,999 $8,999 ‘12 Yamaha Venture TF ........................................................ $9,799

motoRCYCles: ‘00 Yamaha 650 Vstar ............................................... $3,499 $2,999 ‘08 Yamaha Wr450 Offroad ..................................... $4,499 $3,999 ‘08 Honda Shadow 750..........................................................$4,999 ‘12 Yamaha Bw50 Scooter ................................................... $2,499 ‘04 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 (7800km). ......................................$5,999

YUKON

YAMAHA

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

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

WANTED: FRONT seat for pickup truck in excellent condition (no rips), split bench 40/20/40 with fold down console preferred, maximum 60 inches wide. 332-5214 4 STUDDED winter tires, Hakkapelita 7 SUV, radial, tubeless, 235 70 R16, 105 T, will fit Ford Escape 16", Explorer, Jeep Liberty, Sequoia, Tacoma, etc, $600 obo.

633-2363 4 225/70R15 Toyo all season tires, good for small truck/van, used 1 summer, about 75% tread left, $200 obo. 332-3040 6 TRUCK tires, BF Goodrich 225/75 R16, $200 ea or $1,000 for all 6. 333-0943 WESTIN WINCH Mount Grill Guard, new, and 8500lb winch for Toyota Tacoma truck, bolts to factory frame mounts, no drilling required, $1,000. 335-7504 SUMMER TIRES, Grand Tour SLI on rims, 205/70R15, car broke, offer. 633-3982

Pets LOOKING FOR a blue heeler female pup. If you have or are planning on having a litter of pups, could you please contact me.

456-7855 IT'S A DOG'S LIFE BOARDING KENNEL New, clean, safe, family friendly.

Heated indoor kennels with covered outdoor runs.

Large play area in natural setting, daily walks.

131 Empress Rd, Golden Horn Subdivision 333-9841 BIOLOGIST RELOCATING TO Whitehorse for summer work.

Wanted for monthly rental starting May 1st pet-friendly furnished cabin, apartment or basement suite.

Up to $900/month 334-7472 CANINES & COMPANY Dog Obedience School Training Programs Puppy Fundamentals: Apr 15/June 17/Aug 12 Reactive Dog Class: June 23/Sept 01 Canine Good Neighbour: June 30 caninesandcompany@northwestel.net (867)333-0505 www.facebook.com/ caninesandcompany (867)668-4368

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

by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com 2004 SUZUKI Bergman 400cc, low mileage, view at 42 Teslin Rd, Riverdale. 335-3952 2008 BAJA 250 Wilderness ATV, well maintained in ex. cond, low miles, c/w owner and shop manuals, $2,500.00. 633-4656 RONʼS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVʼs, Small industrial equipment.

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg 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 1993 YAMAHA Virago 1100 in exc cond, c/w cover, back rest, saddle bags, helmet, windshield & hwy pegs, 23,000 kms, $3,700 obo.

668-6911 1983 HONDA 1100cc V65 Magna, exc shape, new tires, windshield. Must see, $2,500 obo. 633-5236 or 333-0437 2012 POLARIS Ranger RZR Sport. Well Maintained, rarely used, like new cond, only 500kms, c/w winch & windshield, $10,500. ogrady@northwestel.net or 660-4407 2008 YAMAHA Phazer, gd shape, 500 cc, 3,200 kms, reliable, 144" track, 2" paddles, gd beginner sled, $3,500 obo. 335-3784 2001 HONDA Shadow (American Ace), 750cc, c/w windshield, 2 new tires, saddle bags, b/rack, low miles. 689-5968 or 336-0959 2011 ARCTIC Cat Quad, 425 cc engine w/snow plow attachment, $6,000 obo.

336-1045 2010 KAWASAKI KLX 140, 4 stroke, green dirt bike. Well maintained, 1,500 kms, gd cond & clean. A good starter bike. Son has outgrown it, $2,450. 333-0038 2009 HONDA ST1300, ABS brakes, PIA driving lights, 12,000km, removable saddlebags, adjustable electric windshield, manuals, exc shape, 1 owner, $11,499. 335-5943

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Friday, April 25, 2014 SUZUKI CARRY, 3" lift, wheel spacers, roll bar, receiver hitch front/back, skid plates, push bumper, snorkel, high exhaust, Pioneer stereo, quad tires, c/w Camoplast Tatou track system, $8,000. 335-3784

1988 VANGUARD camper motorhome c/w 7.3L diesel engine, auto trans, E-350, c/w solar panels, dual rear wheels, ready to go, 668-2332 1976 VAN Guard 8' camper, fridge/stove works, no leaks, furnace works but needs a servicing, clean & tidy, $1,500 obo.

334-3263

1996 POLARIS Transport 440, 2 up seat, ski skins, rack and hitch, 2200 miles, 136 x 1" track, works well, great for trails/bison hunting, $1,800 obo. 668-2262

12x54' houseboat w trailer, 14' extended deck, fully equipped, c/w depth sounder, fish finder, radio completely refurbished, engine tune-up, 1-yr moorage incl at Atlin Lake, $53,000. 250-651-7880.

1992 BRAVO Short Track, exc cond, new track, hard to find, exc sled for kids, works great, $2,200 obo. 668-2262 2012 YAMAHA Super Tenere XT 1200Z, 1200 cc, shaft drive adventure touring motorcycle, many after-market accessories, very good cond, 26,500kms, $13,000. 660-4711

32' BAYLINER project boat w/4 axle trailer.

Front & rear thrusters, 3 levels, king-size bed in separate bedroom. More at whiskeypapamike.com, $12,000. 335-1395

SKANDICS, REDUCING the fleet, 2004 550F SWT $4,800 obo, 1994 380 $1,800 obo, 1995 380 project or parts, obo, 1981 377 good $1,000. 867-634-2631 HJ

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

21ʼ CAMPION, walk around, cuddy, with anchor, fish finder, marine radio, GPS, 2 downriggers, 2 live wells, 225hp Mercury on transom, kicker bracket, $11,000. 333-0740 or 333-0745

1995 HD Dyna, 25,000km, new tires, customized wide glide, headlight, aqua marine paint, back fender, tanks & fender air brushed w/wart hog murals, xtra chrome, $7,000. 867-390-2773

Heavy Equipment

Marine

PLACER MINER with ZX 270 Hitachi excavator available for work for machine with operator.

Might consider leasing machine.

633-4309

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

CATERPILLAR D9N, D10N, and D11N dozers (all with u-dozers and rippers), Cat 345C excavator, and Cat D400D Rock trucks for sale, rent, or rental purchase.

All sitting in Dawson City, YK. Phone A1 Cats for questions or details at 780-538-1599 or view www.a1-cats.com for photos

14ʼ ALUMINUM boat, 6hp 4-stroke Yamaha motor w 30 hrs, boat $1,200 obo, motor $1,700 obo or $2,500 for both. 334-9932 16' VANGUARD Tri Hull open bow. Seats 6.

Evinrude 60HP + 9.9 Johnson on trailer, $5,000 obo. 393-3100

PORTABLE LINCOLN welder, Miller wire feed plus some supplies. Call 335-3243

2007 ROBINSON 18ft DLX, 115hp Yamaha 4 stroke, Lawrance sonar GPS, 2 electric Scotty downriggers, $19,000 obo. 335-7948

AIR ROTARY drill rig, everything needed for water wells & exploration, $45,000. atlinmech@outlook.com

OUTBOARD MOTOR, Suzuki, 15hp, 4 stroke, short shaft. Less than 10 hrs use, $1,995. 668-4504

Campers & Trailers

PROTAC BELLY boat, battle tested & approved, great for fishing or just being out on the lake, $100 obo. 336-1045 WANTED: 633-4152

FOR SALE

2007 NORTH SHORE TRAVEL TRAILER. Front full size queen bed, centre kitchen, dining/living room with 8 foot slide out and rear bathroom with full Shower. Less than 1500 miles.

Paid $37,000 asking $22,000.

Call 633-4615 or 334-8030

1988 24ʼ Honey motorhome, 460 engine, 69,600 miles, sleeps 6, 3-way fridge, propane furnace & stove w oven, A/C, bathroom with tub/shower, solar panel, roof storage pod, $12,500. 667-2667

12ʼ-14ʼ canoe or pack raft,

18FT AVON inflatable ridged v haul, ex coast guard, very safe boat, dual 35hp outboards with controls and tanks, $8,000 obo.

456-4926

2009 T@B trailer, exc cond, c/w fridge, stovetop, CD player, A/C, bike rack, large tent attachment, $11,750 obo. 335-0607 or 334-5190 for details/viewing UTILITY TRAILER, barely used, $500.

334-5268 2006 30ʼ Topaz trailer, oak cabinets, full winter pkg, huge slide outs, $28,000 obo.

334-9932 5TH WHEEL hitch. Slide style, $450.

633-4505 9.5ʼ BIGFOOT camper. Older style, gd cond.

Furnace, fridge, toilet working, $3,500.

633-4505 STARCRAFT TRAVEL trailer, 2003 model 25RKS. Great for camping, hunting or work camp. Nice interior, $10,400. 633-4796 1978 TRAVELAIRE 13ʼ6”, single axle camping trailer, exc cond, $2,800. 334-3009 MOVEABLE BUILDING on steel skids, 50ʼlx10ʼwx10ʼh, no leaks, 668-2332

2004 PIONEER travel trailer, overall length 28ʼ, large bath, queen bed, full kitchen, stereo, large awning, $12,500. 633-2580

CELEBRATE!

1999 COLEMAN tent trailer, sleeps 6, fridge, stove, furnace, $3,750, view at 42 Teslin Rd, Riverdale. 335-3952 1974 DODGE 100 raised roof camper van, 25 miles on rebuilt 318 engine, $2,500 obo.

Older 38ft 5th wheel, heavy but good for living in at camp/renting, price negotiable.

334-4027 20FT FLAT bed bumper hitch trailer, 7000 lb axles, excellent condition, $6,500 obo.

204-745-8050

Coming Events ATLIN GUEST HOUSE Deluxe Lakeview Suites Sauna, Hot Tub, BBQ, Internet, Satellite TV Kayak Rentals In House Art Gallery 1-800-651-8882 Email: atlinart@yahoo.ca www.atlinguesthouse.com ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca 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 CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-Motorized Weekends: Feb 28-March 2 & 21-23.

Other weekends & weekdays: Multi-Use. For info: 867-667-3910 HORAIRE PISTE Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage sauf du 28 fév au 2 mars et du 21 au 23 mars : activités non motorisées.

867-667-3910

HORSES!

Have you always wanted to ride?

Find a complete list of all the great horse activities in Yukon! www.HorsinAroundYukon.com

ACTIVE TRAILS Whitehorse Association, Annual General Meeting, Tuesday May 13, at 7:00pm, Sport Yukon boardroom, all members welcome. Info: www.activetwa.org PORTER CREEK Community Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) Tuesday, May 20th at 7:00 p.m., Guild Hall, Porter Creek. All Welcome. Come show and your support. Info 633-4829 FROSTBITE MUSIC Society AGM, April 29, 7:00pm, Frostbite House, all welcome. Email hzimmering@gmail.com for more info, or 336-0551 YUKON ORIENTEERING Association Learn to "O" Workshop Sat. May 3. Pre-register by April 28. Call Barbara 668-2306. Registration fee includes membership and coupon to one orienteering meet in 2014 THE WHITEHORSE Children's Wish Foundation is looking for volunteers for this year's walk being held in September. Please email whitehorsewishmakers@gmail.com if interested in volunteering GOSPEL SERVICE April 15, 22, 29 and May 6, Haines Junction School Library 7:308:30pm. Sharing the purpose of life from the scripture, quiet and reverent, no collection, everyone welcome WHITEHORSE COMMUNITY Choir presents Songs of Peace and Protest, Friday May 2nd & Saturday May 3rd, 8:00pm, Yukon Arts Centre. Tickets available at Yukon Arts Ctr and Arts Underground. Hippie attire encouraged YUKON TABLE Tennis championships, Saturday & Sunday, April 26 & 27, WES gym, Info: Dave 668-3358 or stockdale@yknet.ca GOSPEL SERVICE April 20 and 27 at Carcross Community Centre 3:30-4:30pm. Sharing the purpose of life from the scripture, quiet and reverent, no collection, everyone welcome

, Nomad! s l i a r T e f a S Best wishes to Ian Stewart as he journeys out into the big world.

You’ll be missed. From your pals at The News.

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YUKON CHURCH Heritage Society AGM, Wednesday, April 30, 7:00pm, Old Log Church Museum. 668-2555 for info

Gary David Martin October 8, 1958 - April 11, 2014

YUKON COUNCIL on Aging AGM Friday, April 25, Golden Age Society. Registration at 9:00am, meeting at 9:30am

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G

ary was unexpectedly taken from us and his passing will be deeply felt by his family and friends alike.

Gary was pre-deceased by his father Donald and sister Sheryl.

He is survived by his wife Marie, Daughter Deanna, granddaughters, Lexi, Katie & Sarah, his mother Beatrice,

KEITH DOLSEN Dec. 24th 1947 to Apr. 13th, 2014

There will be a celebration of life for Keith followed by stew and bannock, at the Nakwata’Ku potlatch house on Saturday April 26th, at 2:00 pm.

brother Donald, sisters Carolyn (Lloyd), Wendy & Kim as well as many nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life will be held on April 27, 2014 from 2:00pm-4:00pm at 600 College Drive in the basement common room.

Keith Dolsen was born in Nipawan Saskatchewan and grew up on his family farm.

His journeys brought him north to the Yukon in the early 70’s where he later met his soul mate Andria Dolsen.

They shared 22 loving years together. Keith was a simple man who told it like it was. He is survived by his wife Andria, his son Jim-Bob, grandchildren TJ and Grace and his brother Merlin and nieces Rachel and Kandace.

He is predeceased by his mother and father and two brothers.

The family would like to thank the Dr. and Nurses at Whitehorse general for their palliative care.

We would like to welcome friends of

Phyllis Rogers and her family to celebrate Phillis’ life this

Sunday afternoon april 27th at 17 Balsam Crescent.

LIVE WORDS: Apr 25: Yukon Writersʼ Festival, Charles Demers, Reading & Talk, Faro Library, 7:00 p.m, free LIVE WORDS: Apr 26: Yukon Writersʼ Festival, Charles Demers, Reading & Talk 1:30 p.m. Tagish Library, free LIVE WORDS: Readings & Music, Sat Apr 26 at 7 pm, St. Elias Convention Centre, Haines Junction, $10 adults, $5 youth COLLECTABLES BAZAAR, May 3, 2014 10:00am - 4:00pm, Gold Rush Inn, rent a table for $30 and sell unwanted books, china or whatever. Contact Sally at YHMA, 633-3896 or srobinson@northwestel.net

AMNESTY MONTH: April is amnesty month at Whitehorse Public Library. No charges for overdue books returned late! For info call 667-5239

Thank You

The family of Robert Wayne Curry would like to thank the staff of First Nation Health Program, Dr Huy Chau, the nurses at the Whitehorse General Hospital, Dr Bakri, the Pelly Health Centre, and Selkirk First Nation for their care and support of our beloved son Wayne during his illness. Thank you to the people of Pelly Crossing, and all the family and friends who gave us so much support.

Linch and BoB curry

Oh Lord You Are The Only One Who Knows YES LORD it has been 18 years, swiftly it has gone by and everyday we have all endured Mary-Ann’s absence.

February 27, 1953 - December 31, 2013

DAY OF MOURNING 2014 - Remembering Yukon workers injured or killed on the job.

Monday, April 28th, 12:30pm Main Foyer Yukon Government Administration Building.

LIVE WORDS: Young Authors Conference: Wed Apr 24 & Thurs Apr 25, 8:45 - 3:10, FH Collins

January 27th, 1979—April 28th, 1996

to be held Sunday, April 27th 2014 at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Service is at 2:00 pm Reception to Follow

HOSPICE OPEN House Wed, May 7 noon to 6pm, 409 Jarvis. Help celebrate 25 years of Hospice Care in Yukon. Refreshments will be served. 667-7429

LIVE WORDS: Yukon Writers Festival with writers Bruce Barwin, Alan Cumyn, Charles Demers, Lori Garrison & Charles Wilkins, Wed Apr 23 – Sat Apr 27

Mary-Ann Clarissa Grennan

Dale Flood

MARSH LAKE Solid Waste Management Society AGM. Wed, May 7, 7:00pm, Marsh Lake Community Centre. Please come out and support your solid waste facility.

AL-ANON MEETINGS, contact 667-7142.

Wednesday 12:00 noon, Hellaby Hall, 4th & Elliott, Friday 7:00pm, Lutheran Curch, 4th & Strickland, beginnerʼs meeting, 8:00pm Lutheran Church, 4th & Strickland, regular meeting

In Loving Memory

Celebration of Life for

Friday, April 25, 2014

YES LORD she was precious to all, more than silver or gold and the love and joy she gave will never leave our souls.

OH LORD may you keep watch between us while we are away from each other…

Until we meet again, Amen.

Patsy & Ed, your brothers, relatives and friends.

YUKON AGRICULTURAL Association AGM. Sat. May 3rd @ Coast High Country Inn. Doors open at 9am, meeting 9:30-12:30.

RSVP 668-6864. All members welcome. www.yukonag.ca ACTIVE TRAILS Whitehorse Association Annual General Meeting Tuesday May 13, 7:00pm, Sport Yukon boardroom. All members welcome. Info: www.activetwa.org SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014, 7:30pm, Bethany Pentecostal Church, Matt Falk, comedian from Winnepeg. Funds raised for Sonora Evangelical Ministries. Tickets, $25.

393-3143 or 633-4995 for more info MAY MUSIC Magic, May 5th 7:00pm, tickets $7. allcityband.com SATURDAY 26 April: Tagish – Early spring migrants along the 6-Mile River with Shyloh van Delft. Meet at the Tagish Bridge rest area at 1pm.

(2 hrs) yukonbirdcllub@gmaill.com SPRING FLING! at Whitehorse Flowers, 308 Wood St. April 26, 12pm - 4pm Door Prizes, Discounts, Special Offers, Cake Consultations & Samples Free Hand Massages Flower Demonstrations Photographer onsite Bridal • Grad • Motherʼs Day Everyone Welcome!

TUESDAY 29 April: Whitehorse – Rusty Blackbird Migration Blitz at local habitats with Pam Sinclair. Meet at the Porter Creek Super A at 6pm. (2 hrs) Carpooling from meeting points is encouraged. yukonbirdcllub@gmaill.com DOG WASH every third Saturday of the month at the Feed Store Pet Junction from 10 - 2. Small and medium dogs $20, large dogs $25. Proceeds to the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter.

YUKON HISTORICAL and Museums Association, 3rd Annual Collectables Bazaar on Saturday May 3, 10:00am-4:00pm, Gold Rush Inn, Town Hall. For table rentals contact Cathy at 633-3574 HOLISTIC HEALTH Practitioners Open House Tues, Apr 29, 5:30-7:30pm, Rah Rah Gallery, $5 includes refreshments.

Info/RSVP 668-5180 or ywhn99@yahoo.ca.

See our website at ywhn.org KLONDIKE HIGHLAND Dance Club Recital, Sunday April 27th at 1:00pm at Christ the King Elementary School. The event will include a Silent Auction and Gift Basket draw HOSPICE OPEN House Wed May 7 12:00 to 6pm, 409 Jarvis. Help celebrate 25 years of Hospice Care in Yukon. Live music/refreshments at noon. 667-7429 www.hospiceyukon.net HOSPICE AGM Wed May 21 7:30pm at the Golden Age Society, 4061A 4th Ave. To RSVP call 667-7429 or email info@hospiceyukon.net

LOSS, GRIEF and Healing in the Workplace.

Practical tools for frontline workers, May 28 & 29 offered by Hospice Yukon and Northern Institure of Social Justice. For infor 667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net

Darrell

Beattie

HOSPICE YUKON: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. Visit our lending library @ 409 Jarvis, M-F 11:30-3:00, 667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net GOLDEN AGE Society potluck dinner for age 55+, April 28. Doors open at 5:00pm.

Please bring a dish HOSPICE WALKING Group Tuesdays May 6 to June 10, 6-7:30pm. A healthy way to receive and give grief support. To register: 667-7429 or info@hospiceyukon.net MUSIC ON a Sunday Afternoon, Whitehorse String Ensemble with Suzuki Strings Sunday April 27 2:00pm, Christ Church Cathedral 4th and Elliott, $10 at the door, $5 students & seniors, 393-2588 for info THE YUKON Trappers Association AGM Saturday, May 10, 11:00am, at Whitehorse Public Library. Everyone welcome GOSPEL SERVICE April 27 at Carcross Community Centre 3:30pm-4:30pm, sharing the purpose of life from the scripture, quiet and reverent, no collection, everyone welcome

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Friday, April 25, 2014

1941-2004

Just ten years ago today Since our sad sorrows fell But in our hearts we mourn the loss Of him we loved so well.

The world may change from year to year And our friends from day to day, But never shall the one we love From memory fade away.

Ian Alan Vaughan, September 16, 1981 (Yellowknife, NT) ~ April 21, 2014 (Whitehorse, YT.) Loving husband to Karla Taylor Vaughan, he leaves behind his three children - Quinn, Claire and Maya.

Son of Alan and Betty Vaughan, and brother to Helen Vaughan Barrieau, Ian will be deeply missed by family, friends and colleagues.

Service of Life to be held on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 1:00PM at the Mt McIntyre Rec Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon.

A special thank you to the staff at the Whitehorse General Hospital, especially the emergency, trauma and Intensive Care units, Dr. Avery and all the nurses and staff who tended to Ian and his family.

In lieu of flowers, donations to an education fund for the children are welcomed and can be made online here: www.gofundme.com/8jpqi0

Dearly Remembered; Shirley, Delores & Neil, Duke & Erika, Klint and Sheldon Darrell Beattie

Lionel Stokes Lionel completed his life’s journey on Thursday April 17th

H

e was born December 17, 1939 – the youngest of ten children born to Joseph and Minnie Stokes of High Prairie, Alberta.

It was here Lionel first took an interest in curling, competing in the 1959 Alberta high school championships that developed into a lifelong passion for the sport. Lionel continued curling after moving north, winning the Yukon championship numerous times. At the 1975 Brier in Fredericton, NB Lionel and his mates finished the competition tied for second place – no playoffs in those days! Their record two years later at the 1977 Brier in Montreal, PQ was not quite as outstanding however Lionel was named All-Star Second. Lionel was also honoured to be a fifth for the Chuck Haines rink at the 1981 and 1991 Briers. In 1982 Lionel & his wife Debra represented the Territories at the Seagram Mixed curling championships in Timmons, Ont. Lifelong friendships were forged along the way as Lionel’s calm and gentle demeanor endeared him to everyone he met.

Lionel brought a sense of loyalty, strong values, sound ethics and integrity to his long career in business. Lionel and the Edgewater were synonymous. He started pouring draft in the pub in 1969 and by 1982 was sole owner of the hotel. Most days he could be seen either at the front desk, in the lounge or the Cellar Dining Room. Lionel was respected and cherished by all those who worked for him during his 40 years at the “Edge.” Suffice it to say that after Lionel sold the business in 2009, the “Edge” was never the same.

Loving and wise, he quietly led his family, teaching them and many others by example.

Lionel is survived by his wife Debra, sons Brent (Kathy and Joseph), Brad (Heidi, Kyla and Luke) and daughter Sue (Chris, Brendan and Brody).

Also mourning his loss are his brothers Donald (Kathleen) of Rancho Santa Fe, California, Jim (Anna) of High Prairie AB, Wally (Betty) of Grande Prairie AB, Jack of Kinuso AB, and sisters Dora Szusko of Edmonton AB, and June (Nori) Nishio of Nanaimo, BC as well as extended family in the UK and Australia.

Our deepest thanks to Dr. Owen Avrill, Dr. Allison O’Hearn, Dr. Danusia Kanachowski, the entire medical ward and home care team involved for the attentive and compassionate care shown Lionel and his family.

All the special people in Lionel’s life are too numerous to mention - and you know who you are - know that he leaves you with a smile and a glass of wine that is more than half full – so enjoy the memories and have “just the one.”

In accordance with Lionel’s wishes there will be a private family burial. In lieu of flowers Lionel’s family invite you to consider a donation in his memory to a charity of your choice.

Anyone wishing to offer a condolence or share a memory are invited to do so at www. heritagenorth.ca on the obituary page. Also cards can be mailed to Heritage North Funeral Home 412 Cook Street, Whitehorse, Y.T. Y1A 2R1 and they will be forwarded to the family.

Archie Donald (Bud) McKay July 1st, 1931 - April 20th, 2014 Bud lost his long battle with Parkinson’s Disease and Macular Degeneration, passing peacefully in his sleep in the presence of family.

Bud was born July 1st, 1931 in Radville Saskatchewan, and as a baby his parents undertook a covered wagon trip to Belbutte Saskatchewan where he spent part of his youth. From there, they returned to Regina, and Bud grew up there, spending his youth honing his considerable handyman skills in a variety of vocations. In 1973, he packed up his family and moved to the new mining town of Faro Yukon, and quickly became a household name in Faro.

If anyone needed anything they were told with confidence to “just call Bud”.

People marvelled at his tirelessness and dedication to the tasks he undertook.

Many years as a volunteer firefighter, Bylaw Enforcement Officer and Town Foreman made Faro a better place to live for all Faroites.

He was recognized for this on his birthday, July 1st 2006, when he was awarded the Commissioner’s Award for Public Service by then Commissioner Geraldine van Bibber. He was never a proud or boastful person, and his passion for helping people earned him hundreds of friends all over the Yukon over his 40 years here.

Bud loved the outdoors all his life, and was an accomplished fisherman and hunter, and shared that passion with many people over the years, starting one of the Yukon’s first archery clubs, and spending many years fishing and hunting at every opportunity. His obvious knowledge and expertise of wildlife and the outdoors was noticed, and for many years he was an important resource for Yukon Conservation officers as an Auxiliary Conservation Officer, and often called upon by the RCMP as well.

Bud is survived by his wife Delores of Whitehorse Yukon, and his three children; Shelly Thierman (Greg) of Kelowna B.C, Derrick McKay (Cheryl) of Whitehorse, Tracy McKay of Osoyoos B.C., brother Ron McKay of Prince George B.C., sister Ellen McKay of Edmonton, aunt Jean Buckle of Powell River B.C, 6 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents Archie and Marg McKay of Regina Sask., and sister Faye Ross of Prince Albert Sask.

As requested by Bud, there will be no service, but a celebration of his life will take place during the summer, and will be announced at a future time.

The entire family wishes to thank Dr. Avery, the staff and nurses of the Whitehorse Hospital, and the Yukon Government Social and Homecare Workers that have been an invaluable help and support for the family for the past 7 years.

In lieu of flowers, Bud’s family invites you to make a donation in Bud’s name to either the Macular Degeneration Foundation (eyesight.org), or the Parkinson’s Society of Canada (Parkinson.ca).

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS

PORTER CREEK Community Association Annual General Meeting Tuesday, May 20, 7:00 pm, Guild Hall, Porter Creek. All Welcome. Come and show your support. Info 633-4829

Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.

Beaver Creek

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS

Y.T.

Carcross

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

Library Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

in Whitehorse

Carmacks

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

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

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

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

Health Centre

Dawson City

Y.T. Thursday - 8:00 p.m.

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

Health Centre Saturday 7:00 p.m.

Community Support Centre 1233 2nd Ave.

Destruction Bay Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Y.T.

Faro

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

Health Centre

Haines Junction Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Y.T.

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

Health Centre Old Crow

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

Health Centre

Pelly Crossing

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Y.T.

Ross River

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

Health Centre

Tagish Y.T. Monday 7:30pm Lightwalkers Group Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek

B.C. Tuesday - 8:00 p.m.

Soaring Eagles Sewing Centre

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

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

Health Centre

www.aa.org

Watson Lake

bcyukonaa.org

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

Health Centre

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AA 867-668-5878 24 HRS A DAY

LOW COST MINI STORAGE

Now 2 locations: Porter Creek & Kulan.

Onsite & offsite steel containers available for rent or sale.

Phone 633-2594 Fax 633-3915

OFFICE LOCATED BESIDE KLONDIKE WELDING, 15 MacDONALD RD., PORTER CREEK, info@lowcostministorage.ca

THE TRUNK Show and Sale, Sunday May 4, 10:00am-4:00pm, Chocolate Claim, 305 Strickland St, arts and crafts and vintage finds, 393-3301 for info MARSH LAKE Solid Waste Management Society AGM Wed. May 7, 7:00pm, Marsh Lake Community Centre. Please come out and support your Solid Waste Facility MONDAY MAY 05, 11:45am - 1:00pm, Caribou Legs Peel Rally starting at Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre, run or walk with Brad to the Legislative Assembly for noon GOSPEL SERVICE May 6, Haines Junction School Library 7:30pm to 8:30pm Sharing the purpose of life from the scripture, quiet and reverent, no collection, everyone welcome 2014 GRAD Hair Show, PC School May 8, 7:00pm. Tickets $10 at Goodyʼs Gas Bar, PC School, and the door. Show includes Ellen show, celebrity skits AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Action Circle, letter writing to protect and promote human rights worldwide, Tuesday, May 27, Whitehorse United Church (upstairs) 7:00pm-9:00pm. www.amnesty.ca Info call 667-2389 ELIJAH SMITH School Council, regular council meeting, May 6, 2014 at 6:30pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome JACK HULLAND School Council, regular council meeting, May 7, 2014 at 7:00pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome AUTISM YUKON is hosting its AGM and coffee house at Baked Café, Whitehorse, Friday, May 23rd. Doors open at 6:00 with AGM starting at 6:20

Light Welding Repairs Available

Friendly Service at Affordable Rates Please call ahead for appointments

PHONE: (867) 332-2333 • FAX: (867) 633-6830

Authorized dealer for Sun & Snow Parts & Accessories for Snowmobiles & ATVs. Authorized dealer for Laser Sales small engine parts supplier.

NOTICE OF A REZONING APPLICATION Carcross General Development Regulations

Land Planning Branch of the Yukon government has received an application for a rezoning in the Carcross General Development Area (C.O. 1976/231) as follows: 1. Rezone CTFN C85-FS (Montana Services) from Commercial (C1) to Highway Commercial (C3) The purpose of the rezoning is to allow the construction of a building to provide staff accommodation on the property.

This use is not permitted in the C1 zone.

If you have any comments or concerns, please submit your comments in writing before May 30, 2014 to Land Planning Branch K320LP, Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Box 2703 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6, fax 393-6340 or by email to judy.linton@gov.yk.ca.

MCY INFORMATION Session for Immigrants, Mortgages and Loans, Monday, April 28th 6:00-9:00pm. All welcome. Multicultural Centre of the Yukon 202 Strickland Street, Classroom A 3rd Level. 667-4733 YUKON AVALANCHE Association Annual General Meeting Tuesday May 13, 2014, Whitehorse Pubic Library 5:30-7:00pm. Information session and AGM with election of new board members. Refreshments provided. www.yukonavalanche.ca CARIBOU LEGS Run for the Peel Feast and Dance, Friday May 2nd, 6:00pm @ the Kwanlin Dun Potlatch House on McIntyre Rd

INVITATION TO TENDER

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

At corner of 6th & Strickland.

667-2988 BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Chainsaw Work, Yard Cleaning and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 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 Licensed and Professional Automotive Repairs 20-year Journeyman Mechanic Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm Call Brian Berg 867-633-6597 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

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REPAIRS TO: SNOWMOBILES, CHAINSAWS , LAWNMOWERS, ATVS, SMALL INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT ETC.

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2014 SOLID WASTE FACILITY RECYCLING OPERATIONS TENDERS will be received at the office of the Manager of Financial Services at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 before 4:00:00 pm local time, Thursday, May 1, 2014.

Tenders must have the seal of the Tenderer affixed and must be submitted in a sealed opaque envelope clearly marked "TENDER FOR THE 2014 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL RECYCLING OPERATIONS, ATTENTION: MANAGER FINANCIAL SERVICES." This tender is to receive, manage, and process recyclable material being brought to the Son of War Eagle Waste Management Facility by members of the public. The work will also include supply, management, and operation of containers at the Son of War Eagle transfer station for a recycling program including the collection, removal and processing of batteries and electronic waste.

Tender documents may be obtained by qualified Tenderers who are or will be authorized to conduct business in the City of Whitehorse, from the office of the Manager of Financial Services at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon on or after 12:00 PM local time Friday, April 11, 2014.

A $50.00 nonrefundable tender deposit, payable to the City of Whitehorse, will be required to obtain Tender documents.

Each Tender must be accompanied by the Tender Security as specified in the tender documents. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Tenders, or to accept the Tender which the City deems to be in its own best interest. Tenders submitted

by Fax will not be accepted nor considered.

All enquiries to: Dave Albisser Manager, Water & Waste Services City of Whitehorse 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse Phone: (867) 668-8351 Fax: (867) 668-8653

www.whitehorse.ca

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

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

HOUSECLEANING, Spring Cleaning, Detailing!

Safe, reliable, bondable RCMP check available on request For into call 334-7405

- INSULATION Upgrade your insulation & reduce your heating bills

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

Liquor Corporation

LiQUoR acT Take noTice ThaT, Robbyn’s Street Grill Inc. of Canada of 4-1506 Centennial Street, Whitehorse, in Yukon, is making application for a Food Primary-All Liquor Licence, in respect of the premises known as Robbyn’s Street Grill situated at Unit 260-4201 Fourth Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon. any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should file their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1a 4P9 no later than 4:30 pm on the 7th day of May, 2014 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The first time of publication of notice is April 18, 2014.

The second time of publication of notice is April 25, 2014.

The third time of publication of notice is May 2, 2014.

Energy North Construction Inc. (1994) for all your insulation & coating needs Cellulose & polyurethane spray foam Free estimate: 667-7414

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

Project Description: A high level feasibility study examining the potential for attracting clients from outside the territory to a data centre located in Yukon.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 15, 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 Geoff Woodhouse at 867-6678078.

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

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

REqUEST fOR PROPOSaL ENERGY SOLUTIONS CENTRE WIND PROSPECTING SERVICE

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 8, 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) 6675385. Technical questions may be directed to Rob Kelly at 667-8980.

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

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

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

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

Project Description: The contractor will monitor, assess and report on the wind speed, wind direction and temperature at two locations in support of the Energy Solutions Centre’s Wind Prospecting Service.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 29, 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 Cathy Cottrell at 393-7148.

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

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

Highways and Public Works

Energy, Mines and Resources

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

867-332-7879 CUTTING EDGE BOBCAT SERVICES •Experienced operator •Insured & WCB certified •Concrete driveways •Site preparation •Landscaping •Backfills •Asphalt prep work •Clean up & haul away More Info & Free Estimates 333-9560

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any questions concerning this specific noTice are to be directed to Licensing & Social Responsibility at 867-667-5245 or 1-800-661-0408, local 5245.

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INVITATION TO TENDER -

SHINGLE ROOF REPLACEMENT UNIT 080200 - 13 KETZA ROAD WHITEHORSE, YUKON

2014 Porter Creek Connector Phase 1

Project Description: Project includes removal and replacement of existing shingles

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Manager Financial Services at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 before 4:00:00 PM local time on Thursday, May 8, 2014.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 15, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Tenders must have the seal of the Tenderer affixed and submitted in an envelope clearly marked "TENDER FOR THE 2014 PORTER CREEK CONNECTOR – PHASE 1."

The tender form will detail the actual estimated quantities.

However, for general information the project consists of: Clearing & Grubbing 550m2 Granular Base Course 1320m2 Granular Sub-Base 250m3 Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete 1056m2 Tender documents may be obtained at City Hall, on or after 12:00 PM local time Monday, April 28, 2014 A $50.00 tender deposit in of cash or certified cheque will be required. Deposit will be returned if the documents are returned unmarked.

Each Tender must be accompanied by Tender Security. In 2014, all tenders must include a valid or Temporary CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION (C.O.R.) as issued by the Northern Safety Network Yukon.

The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Tenders, or to accept the Tender which the City deems to be in its own best interest.

Tenders submitted by Fax will not be considered.

All enquiries to: Brian Boorse, City Engineering 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 1C2 Tel: 867-668-8308 Fax: 867-668-8386 E: brian.boorse@whitehorse. ca

www.whitehorse.ca

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Raymond Mikkelsen at 867-667-5718.

Site Visit: May 1, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

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

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

CSA Group is pleased to announce that the third of four new standards to help address the impact of climate change in Northern Canada, as part of the Standards Council of Canada’s Northern Infrastructure Standardization Initiative, is now available for a 60day public review online.

The standard Managing Changing Snow Load Risks for Buildings in Canada’s North provides procedures to reduce snow overload risk on existing buildings through maintenance, monitoring, detection and assessment, as well as procedures for snow removal. The draft standard is available for public and stakeholder feedback by visiting: http://publicreview.csa.ca.

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

PUbLIC TENDER SHINGLE ROOF REPLACEMENT UNIT 010000 – 107 MCDADE CARMACKS YUKON Project Description: Project includes removal and replacement of existing shingles Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 15, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at 867-667-5795.

Site Visit: May 2, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.

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

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

PubLIC TENDER PIPING AND ELECTRICAL WORKS FOR INTERIM WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AT FARO MINE COMPLEX Project Description: Government of Yukon is soliciting bids for the installation of HDPE piping and the installation of a transformer, power poles and power lines at the Faro Mine Complex.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 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 Carenn Kormos at 867-393-7429.

A MANDATORY SITE VISIT is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7, 2014.

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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Mining Claims For Sale in the Mayo Mining District Placer Claims • Good no. 1 P509005 • June 1 P15858 • June 2 P48144

YUKON GAZETTE

PRINTED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE QUEEN’S PRINTER, YUKON

Quartz Claim • Try Again 1 YB65553

NOTICE

SEALED bids plainly marked “Mining Claim # ___” will be received up until 3:00 pm on May 9, 2014.

Highest, or any bid, not necessarily accepted.

Sold as is- where is, no guarantees.

The following Orders-inCouncil were issued during the period April 1 to 15, 2014: 2014/57

2014/58

2014/59

2014/60

2014/61

2014/62

Appoints a member of the Apprentice Advisory Board Apprentice Training Act Appoints marriage commissioners Marriage Act Appoints marriage commissioners Marriage Act Appoints marriage commissioners Marriage Act

Authorizes the Minister of Community Services to negotiate and sign an agreement an Administrative Agreement with Canada Intergovernmental Agreements Act and Financial Administration Act

2014/06

2014/07

Establishes a permitted use in the Whitehorse Periphery Development Area Development Act Amends the Carcross General Development Regulations) Area Development Act Establishes a permitted use in the Whitehorse Periphery Development Area Area Development Act

The following Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board Order was issued during the period April 1 to 15, 2014: 2014/01

Establishes periods of service for parttime and volunteer firefighters in respect of listed diseases Workers’ Compensation Act

Dated at Whitehorse, Yukon April 15, 2014.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

2014 City of Whitehorse Approved Contractors’ List to Conduct Utility Service Installations within City Right of Ways Sewer & Storm Utility Bylaw 2013-56 and Water Utility Bylaw 2013-57 allow utility service installations within City right of ways

by City approved contractors.

All contractors wishing to be included on the 2014 City approved contractor list are requested to submit an application. Application documents may be obtained by contractors who presently are or wish to be authorized to conduct business in the City of Whitehorse, from the Water & Waste Services Administration Assistant at the Municipal Services Building, 4210 Fourth Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon.

The application documents will detail the actual submission requirements. However, for general information purposes, submissions shall include the following information: Scope of work performed by contractor, i.e. trenching & backfilling, placement of pipe, water main live tapping, asphalt, concrete and landscape restoration; -

Previous local project experience;

Letter from Yukon Workers’ Compensation, Health and Safety Board stating contractor’s account status; and -

Copy of contractor’s third party liability insurance.

FOUND: WOMANʼS glasses with silver and brown frame, found on pavement at 3rd and Main. Call 633-4501 FOUND: FISHING tackle, call 668-2971 to identify LOST: REWARD offered for return of man's gold nugget ring. Lost near BMO, YG main bldg, or Super A in PC. Contact Dave Austin 332-8004 FOUND: CAR key (Chevy) on gold-coloured metal ring, on trail between Granger and Hillcrest (toboggan run). Claim it at Bigway store office. 668-4437

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667-4450 BOWFLEX, EXC cond, c/w tower lat pull-down, leg extension/leg curl, large floor mat, manual, users guide, spare parts, $650 obo. 633-2363 2011 GIANT Anthem XW2 18" medium frame, great x-country bike perfect for the Whitehorse trails, well maintained, like new, $1,800. 335-0342 TREADMILL, WESLO Cadence DX10, works great, not much use, $150 obo.

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Sports Equipment BURTON SPLITBOARD & bindings. Well used but functional. Better for a taller person, $200. 335-3784

Liquor Corporation

LiQUoR acT Take noTice ThaT, Aurora Inn Holdings Ltd. of Canada, of 817-6th Avenue, Dawson City, in Yukon, is making application for a Food Primary-All Liquor Licence, in respect of the premises known as the Aurora Inn Restaurant situated at 5th and Harper, Dawson City, Yukon. any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should file their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1a 4P9 not later than 4:30 pm on the 30th day of April, 2014 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The first time of publication of notice is April 11, 2014.

The second time of publication of notice is April 18, 2014.

The third time of publication of notice is April 25, 2014. any questions concerning this specific noTice are to be directed to Licensing & Social Responsibility at 867-667-5245 or 1-800-661-0408, local 5245.

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 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 WEANER PIGS Available May 3 Taking orders on finished pigs for fall 393-1955 LEIGHTON MACH 1 leather sewing machine. Will sew up to 3 layers of harness leather w/stand, 1/2 HP motor, foot treadle, spare bobbins & needles, $1,200. treebrand@gmail.com or 633-2398

NOTICE To Brenda DesBarres:

Take notice that a Small Claims Action between Realty 6000 Ltd. And Brenda DesBarres was filed on 25 February, 2014, with the Small Claims Court of Yukon.

File No. 13-S0154.

You have twenty days to reply to: Small Claims Court at 2134 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5H6

Copy of COR (Certificate of Recognition) or temporary letter of certification which is jointly issued by the Yukon Construction Safety Association (YCSA) and the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health & Safety Board (YWCHSB).

Applications must be received at the City of Whitehorse, Municipal Services Building by 4:00 p.m. local time on May 16th, 2014.

It is recommended contractors obtain a copy of the City of Whitehorse 2007 Servicing Standards Manual from the City of Whitehorse website at www.whitehorse.ca/engineering.

Any inquiries may be directed to Dave Albisser, Manager Water & Waste Services at 867-668-8350.

www.whitehorse.ca Government

Lost & Found

T: 667-6285 • F: 668-3755 E: wordads@yukon-news.com

Establishes the Special Remuneration Order Coroners Act

The following Ministerial Orders were issued during the period April 1 to 15, 2014: 2014/05

Sealed bids can be placed in person at: Public Guardian and Trustee 3rd Floor , Andrew Philipsen Law Centre Whitehorse, Yukon Or by mail to: Public Guardian and Trustee PO Box 2703 (J2B) Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6 or for more information, please contact 867-667-5366 or toll free at 1-800-661-0408 (extension 5366)

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Request for Qualification (RFQ) The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) conducts assessments of projects within Yukon, some of which may require technical assistance. YESAB is requesting qualifications from companies interested in providing technical assistance during our assessments. This RFQ will help us to develop our source list which is a compilation of qualified technical experts.

Please visit the Employment & Contracts page of our website (www.yesab.ca) for complete details on how to become part of our source list.

FOR SALE 25 lbs assorted beef and/or elk Locally produced Elk is on special this month Call for details Barbara or Bill Drury, 668-1045

Furniture DECOR-REST DOUBLE bed chesterfield, like new, dark green, $600. 633-3113 SOLID WOOD half louvered bifold closet door 35 5/8x79 1/8 $75, Sslid wood half-louvered bifold closet door 25 5/8x79 1/8, $60.

633-2493 OLDER STYLE hide- a- bed, new double mattress. Makes a good bed, $125.

633-4505

Baby & Child Items

CUSTOM MADE queen size oak bed, 3-drawers each side, with new memory foam mattress, $1,500. 633-4505

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

2 FILE cabinets, 2-drawer, black, $45 ea, 1 file cabinet, 4-drawer letter size, beige, Commodore brand, $95. 668-3381

2 ELFE Supergate III baby gates, new cond, bought last November, can be pressure fit to opening/ fixed in place w/incl hardware as swing open gate, $25 ea/$45 both.

456-2946 CHICCO KEYFIT car seat, Chicco Trevi stroller. Seat snaps into stroller and stroller folds for easy transport. Used for one child, great condition. $145 obo. 633-4322.

BLACK SOLID wood crib w/quality mattress for boy/girl, converts to toddler bed, non-smoking home, good cond, $150.

668-7659

Childcare ROSIEʼS DAY HOME Opening May 1, 2014 Day/Night/Weekend Spots available Call 668-3448 BUSY BEE DAYHOME, Riverdale, has openings.

18 months - 5 years.

Hot lunch, snacks provided.

Learning through play, planned activities, caring environment.

20 yearsʼ experience.

References available. Kim 633-2177 kmbryer@gmail.com

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

Puzzle Page Puzzle Page Answer Answer GuideGuide Sudoku:

WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB April 22, 2014 1st: Chic Callas & Wayne Tuck 2nd (tied): Mark Davey & Chris Bookless Lynn Daffe & Bruce Beaton We play every Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the Golden Age Society.

New players welcome.

For more information call 633-5352 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.com

RENOVATION AND ADDITION Kakuro:

Tender documents are available now and offers will be received up to and including 4:00 pm, local time, Monday, May 26th at the St. Christopher’s Church, Haines Junction, Yukon.

PINE BED with head/footboard, dresser and wardrobe, good cond, boxspring/mattress 1 yr old, $1200. Tim 667-7973 evenings or leave a message Crossword:

3 BOOKCASES, 5 shelves each, light oak, 24"X70, 2 for $49, 1 with doors, $59.

668-3381

ATTENTION Lynn De Brabandere, P.O. Box 5321, Haines Junction, Yukon Y0B 1L0 Phone: 867-634-2360.

FREE, GREEN plastic garden dining table & 3 chairs with umbrella & stand. 668-7654 QUEEN SIZE box spring, mattress & frame, orthopedic, mint cond, $150. 633-2837 LARGE WOODEN desk, 3ʼx5ʼ, $50, metal office desk, $75, drafting desk & table, $200, all in good cond. 668-4104

Personals ARE YOU MÉTIS? Are you registered?

Would you like to be involved?

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

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

Info: RCMP 867-667-5555

Garage

SALeS

INVITATION TO TENDER 2014 Well Drilling Program - Water Well #10 TENDERS will be received at the office of the Manager Financial Services at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 before 4:00:00 PM local time on Wednesday, May 28, 2014.

Tenders must have the seal of the Tenderer affixed and submitted in an envelope clearly marked "TENDER FOR THE 2014 WELL DRILLING PROGRAM WATER WELL #10."

PUBLIC TENDER ST. CHRISTOPHER’S CHURCH IN HAINES JUNCTION

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

Word Scramble A: Filial B: Canker C: Usurp

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Hay & Straw For Sale Excellent quality hay Alfalfa mix 60-65lb $14.50 Timothy/grass mix 60-65 lb $14.50 Brome hay 50-55 lbs $12 Straw bales $7 Nielsen Farms Maureen 333-0615 or yukonfarm@gmail.com

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scheduled for

INVITATION TO TENDER

2014 SOLID WASTE FACILITY TRANSFER STATION OPERATIONS TENDERS will be received at the office of the Manager of Financial Services at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 before 4:00:00 pm local time, Thursday, May 1, 2014.

The tender form will detail the actual estimated quantities.

However, for general information the project consists of:

Tenders must have the seal of the Tenderer affixed and must be submitted in a sealed opaque envelope clearly marked "TENDER FOR THE 2014 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL TRANSFER STATION OPERATIONS, ATTENTION: MANAGER FINANCIAL SERVICES." This tender is to supply bins to the City’s transfer station at the Son of War Eagle Waste Management Facility for the purpose of collecting wastes that will be deposited by the public. The contract will also include the operation, maintenance and the transfer of bins containing the wastes to the various disposal sites located within the Facility.

mcintyre

1 – Drilling of a 406 mm diameter (16 inch) production well to an approximate depth of up to 70 meters, c/w collection of samples, installation of well casing, stainless steel screen, and well development.

porter creek

Tender documents may be obtained at City Hall, on or after 1:00 PM local time Monday, May 5, 2014

saturday, april 26 copper ridge

M 111 PUEBLO CrEsCEnt, Copper Ridge, Saturday, April 26, 9:00am-Noon

hidden valley

M 26 MACPHErsOn rOAd, Hidden Valley, Saturday April 26, 10:00am-3:00pm, outdoor toys, baby clothes/gear, tons of kid’s stuff, sports, furniture, kitchen/ household, Tupperware, tools, auto stuff, etc

M 10 MCCAndLEss, McIntyre subdivision, Saturday, April 26, 9:30am to 1:00pm, household, womens clothing, lamps, CD’s, Tarot cards, older RCA TV includes TV stand/VCR DVD, many items, good prices

M 56 tAMArACK, Porter Creek, Saturday April 26, 9:00am to 1:00pm, rain or shine, household items, women’s clothing, boy’s clothing size 10, children’s toys, boys bike M 51 BArAnOFF trAiLEr PArK, Porter Creek, Saturday & Sunday, April 26 & 27, 9:00am-4:00pm both days, moving out sale, furnishings, household items, vehicle, everything must go. 334-0244 M #3 MAPLE strEEt, Porter Creek, Saturday April 26, 10:00am to 2:00pm

sunday, april 27 porter creek

M 20B MACdOnALd rOAd, Porter Creek, Sunday April 27, 9:00am-3:00pm, women clothing, perfumes, fitness equipment, home decor, furniture, TV, etc M 51 BArAnOFF trAiLEr PArK, Porter Creek, Saturday & Sunday, April 26 & 27, 9:00am-4:00pm both days, moving out sale, furnishings, household items, vehicle, everything must go. 334-0244

remember....

WHEN placing your Garage Sale Ad through The Yukon News Website TO INCLUDE:

• ADDRESS • AREA • DATE(S) • TIME OF YOURGARAGE SALE 30 words or less FREE!

Classifieds/Reception wordads@yukon-news.com or 667-6285

A nonrefundable $50.00 tender deposit will be required for this Tender.

The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Tenders, or to accept the Tender, which the City deems to be in its own best interest.

Tenders submitted by Fax will not be considered.

All enquiries to: Larry Shipman City of Whitehorse 2121 - 2nd Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2A7 Tel (867) 668-8304 Fax (867) 668-8398

www.whitehorse.ca

Tender documents may be obtained by qualified Tenderers who are or will be authorized to conduct business in the City of Whitehorse, from the office of the Manager of Financial Services at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon on or after 12:00 PM local time Friday, April 11, 2014.

A $50.00 nonrefundable tender deposit, payable to the City of Whitehorse, will be required to obtain Tender documents.

Each Tender must be accompanied by the Tender Security as specified in the tender documents. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Tenders, or to accept the Tender which the City deems to be in its own best interest. Tenders submitted

by Fax will not be accepted nor considered.

All enquiries to: Dave Albisser Manager Water & Waste Services City of Whitehorse 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse Phone: (867) 668-8351 Fax: (867) 668-8653

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