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ability to study our own stories by people who have built it and our implementing it, is starting here, ukon College has announced and that’s really exciting.” its first degree program The college’s first post-graduate and post-degree certificate, certificate will be in climate change expected to begin in 2017. and public policy.

Currently, the degrees offered It will build on continuing at the college are administered education courses currently offered in partnership with an Outside through Cold Climate Innovation university, and it is that partner at the Yukon Research Centre in the institution that grants the degree. area of policy and climate change.

The first Yukon College bach“Those courses are over-subelor’s degree program will be scribed,” said Karen Barnes, presiin policy studies in indigenous dent of Yukon College. “We can’t governance, Education Minister keep up with the demand for those Elaine Taylor announced to a courses. And in fact governments packed audience in the college’s Pit of Norway and Sweden have asked yesterday. us if we could deliver those courses It will build on the First Nations in Norway and Sweden. There’s governance and public administra- such a need across the North for tion certificate program currently that understanding of what climate offered at the college. change is going to mean for policy.”

It was designed to help build These two new programs are capacity for First Nations governpart of an effort to move Yukon ments in the Yukon, and grew from College closer to being a university, a partnership with the Champagne a promise made by the Yukon Party and Aishihik First Nations. leading up to the 2011 election.

The courses related to indigBut it’s not clear yet if those first enous governance have attracted degrees will say Yukon College, 122 students since 2011, said Tosh Yukon University, Yukon College Southwick, the college’s director of University or something else on First Nations initiatives. them.

“These are courses that are There are many steps ahead practical, useful, and allow students before the college might consider to apply their knowledge right away a name change, said Paul Flaherty, in their own communities.” chair of the Yukon College board.

As the degree program begins, “There are a number of milestudents will have an opportunity stones for the college to reach to develop that knowledge further, in partnership with the Yukon she said. government before we’ll actually “From an indigenous perspecchange our name.” tive, students will learn to analyze Getting these new programs set indigenous self-determination and up is one of them, he said. self-government in Canada and inIn order to do that, the college ternationally, and they’ll do it from will have to go through some sort their own community, where the of quality assurance program, so story is unfolding,” said Southwick. that its degree will be recognized by “The days of leaving this terother institutions. ritory in order to further one’s The college must also make a education, as I and many of us had master land use plan, do a new to do, is coming to an end. The economic impact study, go through Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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The program is aimed at reducing the risk of forest fire. This will involve clearing flammable ground debris, removing ground cover, thinning and pruning, including the removal of standing dead and blown-down materials.

Interested contractors may submit a Firesmart treatment bid form, signed and returned, to the Town Office by 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 17, 2014.

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a multi-year budget process and work with the Yukon government to make legislative changes, said Flaherty.

Over the past few years board members, faculty and staff have been visiting colleges and universities across the country and beyond to help guide the direction for Yukon college, he said.

“We found that one of the important things to do is not to set our goal to be what some other university is. We’re not about being the next UBC or University of Victoria, we’re about trying to do what makes sense for Yukoners, or Northern Canada.”

That means building on existing expertise in adult education and the trades, rather than replacing those programs.

The board has determined three areas of priority for the college, said Flaherty.

They are climate change, First Nations governance, and industrial training for work in resource extraction, he said.

Those first two will be bolstered with the new programs announces yesterday.

And ground has recently broken on the college’s new Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining, designed to train Yukoners to work in Yukon’s mines.

“It’s been a wonderful journey, coming to this vision, and I think that we have finally come to a place where we truly understand what this new generation of university is going to look like,” said Barnes.

“We’re not going to leave things behind, we’re just going to add new and wonderful things to what we already do so well.”

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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The business of recycling As Raven shutters its drop-off bins, the non-profit makes the case that recycling is cheaper in the end for everyone Jacqueline Ronson

less than new materials, despite lower energy costs, is because of subsidies in resource extraction aven Recycling’s free public industries, said Snyder. recycling drop off service is no Governments fund exploration more. programs, help pay for new roads, The drop-off windows for tin, subsidize training and offer tax plastic, paper, cardboard, glass, incentives to companies looking Tetra Paks and styrofoam were for minerals, oil or timber. shuttered this morning.

The recycling industry is not The society says the territory’s propped up in the same way. If it recycling system is broken, and it were on equal footing, recycling cannot hold on any longer. would always cost less, according The bottle depot, free store and to Snyder and her colleagues. other services will continue to “We’d have to ship them all the operate. way to the moon and back before It costs about $330 a tonne to it wouldn’t be practical,” said process and ship out recyclables, Danny Lewis, the society’s educaand the society brings in $150 a tion co-ordinator. tonne in diversion credits from the He’s in charge of knowing Yukon government and City of all about what happens to your Whitehorse combined. recycling, and telling Yukoners Revenue from the sale of the about it. materials, low since commodity Glass is the only product they prices crashed in 2008, do not take in that ends up in the landfill, come close to making up the difhe said. ference, according to the society.

“We’ve been trying to find It has been pushing governan alternative for glass, but it’s ments for a sustainable funding extremely heavy, so it’s extremely arrangement since 2008. expensive to ship, and the manuPlanned changes to the terrifacturing companies down south tory’s beverage container regulaneed a huge volume of it to really tions will not come soon enough, make it worth their while,” said according to Raven.

Lewis.

But what really happens to Some beer bottles go to Yukon Yukon’s recyclable materials after Brewing, others can be shipped they get dropped off at Raven? south to be refilled.

And how much should we But pretty much everything else be willing to spend on recycling gets ground up into glass pellets them? or sand.

In terms of energy, recycling a Some people take the glass product is always more efficient pebbles for their gardens, he said. than making something new from “It sparkles in the sunshine. It scratch, said Joy Snyder, executive looks great and helps aerate the director of the Raven Recycling soil.”

Society.

Sand can be used in sand bags, The energy to truck plastics or for the roads in the winter, he to recycling centres on backhaul routes is minuscule compares with said.

But the society takes in way the energy it takes to find new oil, more glass than it can find uses for pump it out of the ground and locally, he said. process it, she said.

It’s not ideal to have it filling up The reason why recycled matethe landfill, but it’s a clean product rial doesn’t always appear to cost News Reporter

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cycled very efficiently, said Lewis.

Aluminium in particular can be recycled into the same product, with no new injection of material, indefinitely.

“It really doesn’t make sense to dig more metals out of the ground and create more aluminium to make more cans because we’ve already created the cans. We can simply recycle them.”

The United States throws enough cans in landfills each month to rebuild every commercial airplane in that country, he said.

Here in the Yukon, costs of landfilling are increasing.

Alistair Maitland/Yukon News The closer the current landfill is Joy Snyder, foreground, executive director of the Raven to the end of its life, the more valuRecycling Society, looks out at the deposited recyclables able the remaining space becomes. while Danny Lewis and Byron Beaudry board up the drop When it closes, the government off area. As of today, Raven Recycling is no longer will have to find a way to pay for providing free public recycling. the closure and the environmental cleanup as well as for a new said Lewis. and it’s basically just taking up landfill with stricter environmental “We have done our best to space. standards than what had been in make sure all of our brokers are Glass is also the product that place before. costs the most to recycle relative to reputable and that all of the places Snyder said she is hopeful that making it from scratch. The energy they send it to, they understand the Yukon government and City of what we’re doing and why we do it. Whitehorse will step in to support savings are marginal.

“It’s not just about getting it Plastics that are dropped off at recycling in the territory. out of the territory, and then who Raven are sorted and then comThey are waiting on a report, pressed into cube bales of about a cares where it goes. We can’t trace due in November, that will show every bale and everywhere that it tonne each. some of the options, she said.

They’re shipped south and can goes to but we have done our re“I don’t think it will be long for search enough to know that most end up in recycling centres as far the government to step up and do of the places things are going are away as India. something.”

There’s a logic to sending plas- certainly a more environmentally Yukon’s recycling can still be responsible location.” tics to India or China, where new dropped off at P&M Recycling, Paper can be recycled about plastic gadgets are often made. the dump, or through the Blue Bin The plastics you recycle can end seven times before the fibres deRecycling Society. up as fleece clothing, food contain- grade to the point where they are The community has been very ers, garbage bins, lawn chairs, car- less valuable, said Lewis. supportive, said Snyder.

Then, they can used in lowerpets, plastic lumber or any number “Since we announced the grade products like newsprint and closing, people have been great. of other products, said Lewis.

Plastic is recyclable indefinitely, egg cartons.

They’ve come upstairs and said Eventually the fibres will be too how much recycling means to although it always requires an injection of new plastics or chemi- short to make even those things, them. They have written letter and but then the material is comcals, he said. sent emails. I really appreciate the postable, he said.

Raven does its best to make show of support.”

Metal products like aluminium, sure its plastics are recycled in an Contact Jacqueline Ronson at steel, copper and brass can be rejronson@yukon-news.com environmentally responsible way,

Nehass’s fitness for trial remains up in the air Ashley Joannou

ens found Nehass mentally unfit to stand trial last May. The Yukon Review Board fter spending nearly three found him fit a few months later. years in custody waiting But according to prosecufor his cases to be handled, tor Leo Lane, the finding of the Michael Nehass is pleading with review board does not replace the court to come to some sort of a judge’s order. It simply sends conclusion. things back to court. Then it’s “I just want to plead guilty to up to a judge to rule on Nehass’s the territorial court matters,” he mental health again. told a judge Friday, later adding, At this point the only verdict “I just want to get out of jail.”

The 30-year-old, whose mental that stands is the one of “unfit,” Lane told judge Donald Luther. health and treatment in the Until a judge says that Nehass Whitehorse Correctional Centre have been the focus of much pub- is fit, no guilty pleas should be lic attention, made an appearance entered.

Nehass is facing a growing pile in court Friday. of charges in both territorial and The Crown says Nehass needs to have his mental fitness assessed Supreme Court. Some are from Watson Lake and others have by a court for a second time.

Territorial judge Michael Coz- accumulated while he’s been in News Reporter

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custody. They include multiple counts of assaulting a peace officer and uttering threats.

On Friday more charges were added: two counts of uttering threats while in jail and one count for threatening to burn down the Masonic Hall in Whitehorse.

Those charges date back to June.

Nehass is adamant that deeprooted corruption is all around him. He believes his criminal proceedings are an effort to keep him from revealing the truth.

“The whole YTG government is dirty,” he told Luther, a visiting judge from Newfoundland.

At past court appearances he has accused jail staff of forcibly sterilizing him.

“Mr. Nehass is passionate in his beliefs about the roles of certain

individuals, entities and governments. These beliefs, however, simply overwhelm his ability to participate in the criminal law process in a meaningful way,” Cozens said in his original decision.

Earlier this year, Nehass was brought naked to a video court appearance shackled and pinned to the floor by jail guards in full riot gear.

His father has since filed a human rights complaint, alleging that his son has been kept in solitary confinement for 28 months.

The Department of Justice denies that claim.

Nehass’s court-appointed lawyer Bibhas Vaze originally appeared Friday to ask the judge to remove him from the case.

He said he was not able to receive instructions from his client. Vaze noted that Nehass had “fired” him on more than one occasion.

When a clearly frustrated Nehass said he wanted to plead guilty, Vaze agreed to stay on. He warned Nehass that this was his last chance or Vaze would leave for good.

The judge agreed. Luther told Nehass that his ability to communicate with his lawyer would go a long way in proving he was mentally fit.

Both sides will be back in court at the end of the week to set a date for the next hearing. So far no guilty pleas have been officially entered.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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Inquest begins into death of Watson Lake woman Mary Johnny was initially diagnosed with alcohol withdrawal.

She died from a bowel obstruction that had gone unnoticed.

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he inquest into the death of a 60-year-old Watson Lake woman began yesterday in Whitehorse.

Mary Johnny died of a bowel obstruction on Aug. 9, 2012 after originally being diagnosed as having alcohol withdrawal.

She was admitted to the Watson Lake Hospital on Aug. 3 and medevaced to the Whitehorse General Hospital on Aug. 8, where she died the following day.

It’s the second coroner’s inquest this year into the death of someone following treatment at the Watson Lake Hospital.

Teresa Ann Scheunert died less than two months before Johnny did in 2012.

Scheunert went to the hospital with severe back pain and later died from a toxic mix of medications. The

death was ruled accidental.

The inquest into Scheunert’s death was held in June.

The inquests were originally called in Nov. 2013 by the Yukon’s chief coroner, Kirsten Macdonald.

Yesterday, six jury members heard testimony from Johnny’s mother, Eva Johnny, and her son, George Morgan.

They also heard from several nurses who worked shifts during Johnny’s final days at the Watson Lake Hospital.

Eva Johnny said she visited her daughter at the hospital and heard her complain about stomach pain.

Johnny said she tried to convince her daughter to seek treatment in Vancouver or Edmonton, but she didn’t want to leave. “She got mad at me,� she said.

Johnny’s son, George Morgan, took the stand and told the court his mother was a “raging alcoholic.� “She started the day reach-

ing for the bottle,� he said. “She was a heavy drinker for many years. Mom would run herself down and then go to the hospital once a year for respite.�

In early Aug. 2012, Morgan said he visited his mother at the hospital.

He’d just started a job in Whitehorse and was commuting between both towns.

After Johnny was medevaced to Whitehorse General, Morgan visited her there, too.

He said he had been shocked to discover her health had deteriorated so much in so little time, believing she was just going through another respite visit.

Lawyers also questioned Morgan about his relationship with doctor Said Secerbegovic, his father-in-law. Morgan is married to Dr. Tanis Secerbegovic, who also works at the hospital.

Morgan spoke highly of Dr. Said Secerbegovic and said his mother had known him for 35

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When asked if he believed racial discrimination had played a role in his mother’s treatment at Watson Lake Hospital, or her death, Morgan said no.

When asked if his mother had mentioned she was receiving lesser care at the hospital, Morgan said no.

He was also questioned about his time spent in Watson Lake.

He answered he’s only been living there full-time since Sept. 2013, but had lived there on several occasions in the past.

Because of his time spent away from the community, he was asked how he knew about his mother’s daily drinking habits. “I’d visit her almost every day,� he said, referring to when he lived in Watson Lake.

According to nurses’ notes, Johnny described herself as a binge drinker, and not a daily drinker.

Several nurses were contacted via telephone or video link for their testimony.

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She said she knew Johnny well and worked three shifts at the hospital that week.

She explained how a tube had been inserted into Johnny’s mouth in order to help decompress the air in her stomach.

The tube drained a thick, brown substance from Johnny’s stomach but her vital signs remained stable, she said.

McFall said symptoms from alcohol withdrawal could be similar to those of bowel obstruction.

She also said she was aware that Johnny had previously been admitted to the hospital for alcohol withdrawal.

Nurse Tracey Nolan testified Johnny wasn’t pleased with having the tube down her throat and wanted it removed. “I’m going to pull it out,�

Nolan quoted Johnny as saying in her notes that week. “I’m 60 years old and you won’t tell me what do to.�

B.C. coroner Norm Leibel has been appointed to preside over the inquest.

It’s his job to rule on things like witnesses and evidence, as well as gather recommendations to prevent similar deaths in the future.

The inquest continues until Friday. – With files from Ashley Joannou Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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parents worried. “For me it was such a comfort to actually be around other ong-running programs moms that could relate to similar aimed at new parents and issues and struggles,� said Joanne children have been dropped Heyes, who was part of the last

by Many Rivers Counselling and mothering in the first year group Support Services. which was made up of six twoThe non-profit organization hour group sessions. insists it just can’t afford to offer “Whether that’s sleep deprivathem anymore. tion, or struggling feeling like The Yukon government has you were doing an OK job, or already stepped in to save one how to cope. Just that sense of program. The fate of the others is community and connection.� still up in the air.

Heyes said the group was The three free groups – Mothcapped at 15 and there was a wait ering your Baby... the First Year, list.

Parent-Child Mother Goose, and “That’s really common.

Nobody’s Perfect – all deal with There’s always huge wait list for Alistair Maitland/Yukon News issues after a baby is born. They these groups,� said Jo Lukawitski, Eight-month-old Akeelah Hannig plays while her mother stopped running in June. who took the Mother Goose Claudia, not pictured, Jo Lukawitski, background left, and Paying for them was never program with her son Oliver in Joanne Heyes, background right, discuss the impact of part of the organization’s fund2010.

Many Rivers’ cutting three long running post-natal group ing agreement with the Yukon Lukawitski works as a doula programs. and said she would often regovernment, said Many Rivers fer women to the Many Rivers executive director Brent Ramsay. the family education groups to general counselling, the outgroups.

That meant they never had guar- depended on grants from other reach van and youth outreach, “It can be a really isolating anteed core funding. the department said. organizations to function. time right after having a baby,â€? “We just simply carried the Many Rivers will continue to “The past practice was that she said. “There’s long nights, program as long as we could. offer post-partum counselling, there was almost an expectamassive sleep disruption, your But there really wasn’t sufficient Ramsay said. Just not the group tion for the family education to world is turned upside down‌ funding for it, there never was.â€? programs. almost function in isolation, to just trying to get a shower can be Nobody’s Perfect has been He said Many Rivers recogseek their own funding to stay running since 1994. It helps nizes the value of these programs a challenge.â€? afloat,â€? she said.

Programs like these are key parents with children up to five and hopes someone else will “That’s not fair to any one when caring for a new child years old deal with stress and choose to step in. staff member, that’s not how we seems all-consuming, the parents Marcelle Dube, a spokeswant to operate as a team.� learn about their child. say. person for the Department of As for whether or not a Both the Parent-Child Mother Getting supports from the Health and Social Services, said particular source of funding fell Goose group and the Motherher department will be continu- professional facilitator who ran ing your Baby... the First Year are through recently, again, Ramsay the programs is important when ing the mothering in the first deferred to previous manageplay-style programs where parit comes to spotting things like year program out of the Whitement. ents get a chance to bond with post-partum depression, Luhorse Health Centre. “What we know is that this baby through games and songs.

That’s the same location where kawitski said. year we did an analysis and Those programs have been found out that we don’t have the it used to run, facilitated by the “Often the mothers that are running since 1999 and 2004, Many Rivers staff member and a experiencing it, they can’t actufunds for it,� he said. respectively. local nurse. “I can’t speak for previous ally tell that’s what’s happening They were all managed by Specific details of how that folks, whatever their analysis was with them. They think, ‘Oh, I’m a single staff member who has program will be funded, when in the past, but for us, we knew it just tired,’ things like that.� since been let go by Many Rivers. just wasn’t achievable within the it will start up, and who will be Heyes said she was worried Ramsay has only been at the facilitating it, were not available funds.� that the programs were just going helm of the organization for Ramsay estimates Many Rivers in time for this story. to disappear and not be noticed. about a year. Questions about The Mother Goose program is was about $40,000 short. “I don’t feel like people underhow the programs were kept offered at the Heart of Riverdale “It’s great to be able to get stand how valuable these are, and afloat before then should be community centre. That prosome grants, but there’s just not if they did, they wouldn’t be cut.� answered by “previous managegram is still up and running. enough there to be able to cover A petition has been started on ment,� he said.

That leaves the Nobody’s Per- the website Change.org calling it,� he said.

Leah Ryckman, Many Rivfect program.

The financial analysis was for the programs to be restored. ers’ manager of programs, is “There are several, I would done after the organization had “We just see a glaring gap, a also new to the organization. dare say dozens, of trained facili- hole in the community. These already signed a new funding She explained that unlike other tators throughout the territory agreement with the Yukon govservices were essential to people programs being offered there, that have the capacity to deliver ernment. It came into effect in so if somebody could pick it up, that programming. It could be April 2014, he said. that would be great,� Lukawitski a First Nation, it could be a That money – slightly less CRESTS said. than $2 million a year – is locked daycare, it could be an agency,�

The petition had received 64 Ryckman said. in for the next three years and 207 Main Street signatures as of this morning.

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Let’s rethink charity to feed hungry bellies to the rich and poor alike: the Right to Food can organically be fulfilled as everyone is empown a soggy, chill Vancouered to take greater responsibility ver night 13 years ago, in securing their own food.

I carefully threaded I was delighted to discover I my way through a confusion wasn’t alone on my journey. For of beat up bicycles and grocery instance, burgeoning consumer carts piled high with scavenged interest in healthy food is mercast-offs and squeezed into the ging on one hand with a resurbasement hallway of a small ingence of “urban homesteading” ner city church. crafts like canning and foraging The long corridor was imand backyard chicken pens. As passably full of people standing well, there are social enterprises and sitting in puddles that had that employ marginalized people dripped from their clothing as in organic farms (on vacant they waited a turn to get a free city lots) selling to fashionhot dinner up in the hall, which able restaurants or in catering sat 100 people at a time. I was operations that serve lunch to the co-ordinator of this weekly downtown businesses and dincharity meal. Even through my ner to the homeless. fogged glasses, nothing could be Municipalities wanting to clearer to me: this was degrading. promote environmental susWe were doing more harm tainability and neighbourliness than good. Our best intentions are finding allies and methods had become victim of their own among academics and practisuccess. We had structured the tioners who are pointing out the program to be an alternative pitfalls of traditional charity verto typical soup kitchens. Now, sus, say, the benefits of communa community event that had ity kitchens designed into social been beautifully human was too housing complexes or market popular, too needed, to be susgardens cultivated on elementary tainable. We were critically short school grounds. on volunteers, money, space.

These convergences began to Above all, we were short on time achieve critical mass eight to 10 to spend with people we’d come years ago. They can be summed to think of as friends. up in the concepts of “food seThat night I began a journey curity” and “food sovereignty.” that continues to this day. I set The UN Food & Agriculout to find ways to connect the ture Organization provides the ethic of mutuality that informed most widely used definition of our charitable impulse with a food security: it “exists when more systemic approach to the all people, at all times, have root causes of hunger and isola- physical and economic access to tion that are driving ever more sufficient, safe, nutritious food people to rely on the charitable to meet their dietary needs and impulses of others. food preferences for an active We need to link food charity and healthy life.” to food justice, but specifically Food security recognizes the in a manner that underscores common threat of malnutriaspirations and desires common tion faced by people as diverse Jonathan Bird

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as an aboriginal street youth, an elderly widow living far from a supermarket, a single mother who must decide whether to pay the rent or buy groceries, and a new immigrant completely unfamiliar with North American produce or unsure if any food products meet the dietary laws of her religion.

Food security encompasses the challenges of welfare policy, sketchy winter supply lines, rapidly rising costs of production and transportation, climate change, pestilence, war, natural catastrophes, conversion of cropland, soil degradation due to over-intensive cultivation and irrigation, and the loss of 75 per cent of the world’s diverse heritage seed stock to the demands of industrial farming. I could go on.

Year by year, food insecurity is becoming more real for all of us.

Food sovereignty emphasizes that food security is impossible without attention to justice. Hear the First Nations Health Council: “‘Food sovereignty’ is the right of peoples, communities, and countries to define their own agricultural, labour, fishing, food and land policies, which are ecologically, socially, spiritually, economically, and culturally appropriate to their unique circumstances. ‘Indigenous food sovereignty’ also includes the Reporters

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elements of sacredness and selfdetermination. As indigenous people we understand that food is a gift and that we have a sacred responsibility to nurture healthy, interdependent relationships with the land, water, plants, and animals that provide us food.”

Here justice is rooted in gratitude and yields loving concern for all our relations. This is the original meaning of “charity,” Latin caritas: love for all.

The threats to our food security are multiplying. So is

the number of people accessing charitable food programs. We need more charity, not less. What we need most of all is better charity.

Jonathan Bird is a lead partner at Planted: A Community Food Network, based in Vancouver. He will be in Whitehorse during Poverty and Homelessness Action Week, which runs from Oct. 16 to 22.

Join the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition for his public talk: Rooted: Cultivating a Resilient Community on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Westmark Whitehorse.

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Give the gun registry a rest next election to be emotionally attached to the idea (or the appearance) of “doing something” about gun crime

by Kyle Carruthers while failing to demonstrate the registry’s effectiveness or justify its cost. Supporters offer up Marc Lepine and the massacre at Ecole Polytechnique as conclusive proof that we need a gun registry, without showing how the registry improved public safety.

For many Canadians, the gun f Ryan Leef ’s Facebook page registry was just too expensive is a gauge of anything, it looks and its merits have never been like Leef intends to make the proven. I can be counted among now-defunct gun registry a major this group. issue in the next election. Leef It is not enough to say that a (or his handlers) posted firearms policy like the gun registry will related content on no fewer than accomplish a social objective of five separate occasions in the last some importance. Governments week. also need to ask itself how much I have never supported the a policy will cost, and what other gun registry but find the passion policies we must forego to pay it evokes on both ends of the for it. spectrum overwrought and out Unfortunately, the gun registry of proportion to the impact the failed on both sides of the costpolicy has on our lives. I think it benefit equation. It wasn’t just would be misguided for Yukonexorbitantly expensive – with a er’s to base their decision in the price tag of more than a billion next election on this tired issue. dollars – it was also ineffective, or The registry’s supporters seem at least has never been proven to

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be effective.

Despite having years to do so, registry boosters haven’t been able to draw a clear line between the information contained in the registry and the solving of crime.

Crimes committed by long guns were on the decline long before the registry came into place and continued doing so after it was created.

Yes, the police regularly accessed the registry for information, but it is hard to imagine that competent officers would let their guard down just because they received a negative search of the database – unregistered weapons being ubiquitous as they are. In any event, gun owners themselves must be licensed, giving police another way to assess whether a resident may have a firearm.

There is another line of argument against the gun registry. I am referring to the overstated libertarian view that sees the possession of unregistered guns as a right of fundamental importance, in case some future King of England decides to quarter

redcoats in our home. From this perspective, even without the cost overruns, the gun registry is a threat to individual liberty.

I do not find this view terribly compelling. The idea of armed resistance against 21st century Canadian state is obsolete. In this era of a big government and modern weaponry, a rationale along the lines of the American second amendment isn’t very persuasive.

What’s more, requiring people to register their guns is really a minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of things and a trivial infringement on our rights. While the government should always attempt to minimize inconvenience and streamline processes, I cannot accept that our rights are significantly infringed by requiring that we register our firearms. But, for whatever reason, we accept the requirement that we register our cars and our dogs with far less resistance and exaggeration.

Returning to the issue of cost effectiveness, as I have said, I am

Prepared to pay for waste disposal I agree with Marlon Davis in her letter of last week in which she said that we as a society and individuals need to take responsibility for our waste, and not complain so much about paying fees to cover the expense.

I don’t like paying more for things any more than the next person, but we need to curb our consumerism and learn to reuse and recycle instead of always buy new.

Paying a fair fee for disposal seems one way of encouraging people to think about what we all contribute to landfills and the waste problem in general.

of journalists is unnecessary? Or would he agree with the Conservative government, and the majority of Canadians, including former Liberal colleagues and friends of his?

Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister and a globally recognized human rights defender, abstained from the vote.

Former Liberal Leader Stephane Dion and former Liberal cabinet ministers Lawrence MacAulay and Mauril Belanger were also absent from last Tuesday night’s vote.

Influential Liberals like former interim leader Bob Rae, former Liberal cabinet ministers Lloyd Axworthy and Ujjal Dosanjh, and Barbara Drury retired general and former Liberal Whitehorse senator Romeo Dallaire all argued Where does Bagnell stand for a combat mission in Iraq.

Bryon Wilfert, a former Liberal on the fight against ISIL? MP, tweeted, “As a former Liberal Foreign Affairs/Defence Critic, I Last week the House of Commons believe the case has been made for supported Canada’s involvement Canada to support the fight (in to degrade the capabilities of the Iraq). ” Michelle Simson, another ISIL threat in Iraq. Unfortunately, former Liberal MP, also posted the Liberal leader refused to take a tweet saying, “If I was still in this mission seriously in public or the House of Commons, I would in the vote direction of his caucus. vote with the government on this Of course not all Liberal Party issue.” members and supporters concur Larry has been quick to critiwith Justin’s decision to sit and cize the Conservative government ignore Canada’s international and our MP, but he has yet to responsibility. Now that Larry offer Yukon residents any clear Bagnell has been elected as the path or plan. Time to state your Liberal candidate in the Yukon, position on where you stand with it’s time he answers questions this important mission and global about where he stands on Canthreat, Mr. Bagnell. Are you with ada’s mission to Iraq in the fight the two-thirds of all Canadians against the barbaric ISIL group. who support the Conservative Does Larry agree with Justin? effort to stop ISIL, or are you That military intervention, to once again whipped by your party save enslaved women, murdered leader? children, mass genocide, human displacement of millions of civil- Cathy Ward ians and to stop the beheading Whitehorse

Sad to say goodbye to Raven I understand that Raven Recycling is not a charitable organization or a government agency. Rather, it is a business and businesses that cannot sustain themselves are not businesses for long.

However, having said that, I do feel sad and concerned that we are losing that particular business’s services. I have loved (and have oft been heard bragging to our southern relatives and friends) that here in our middle-of-nowhere little city we had such a good recycling and composting service that we could, even as a family of four, produce virtually no garbage. And we aren’t even what one would call “careful” consumers.

It was just so easy to recycle or compost all our waste that our garbage can was usually almost empty.

I am sorry that the service will be so drastically reduced just as we are getting so well trained to use it. I am concerned about the pressure this will put on our landfill with unnecessary waste. But I am quietly hopeful that some solution will present itself that will allow the continuation of the recycling program in some form.

If it cannot function as a viable business, then perhaps there can be a way that the government can take it over and keep it going. We are going to have to pay for it one way or another – either as landfill or as recycling costs. Personally, I’d be happy to see my tax dollars going to supporting the recycling rather than developing more landfill capacity.

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no fan of the now-defunct long gun registry. It was ineffective policy and Canadians were justifiably angry at the price tag. But we do need to keep it in perspective. It was a boondoggle like so many others that we have seen from governments of all stripes.

Bear in mind that Stephen Harper unapologetically spent a comparable amount of money – $1.1 billion – on security at the 2010 G8 and G20 summits in Toronto. The only Canadian whose security was enhanced by that particular expenditure was Stephen Harper himself.

There is never any excuse to waste government money, but we should not lose sight of what was wrong with the gun registry – it was a waste of money. For most of us, this is not a fundamental issue of rights, and with so many problems in the world we shouldn’t make a ballot box issue out of a requirement that gun owners fill out a form.

Kyle Carruthers is born and raised Yukoner who lives and practises law in Whitehorse.

More disconcerting, however, is the huge potential (demonstrated so clearly last week) for a major disaster. We are so fortunate that the rolled over tanker at Dawson did not start spewing methane gas, since there was a power line overhead, another fuel source very close by (the gas station), and a whole community of unsuspecting citizens who were in imminent danger, whether they knew it or not. We also now have the potential for a serious LNG tanker accident in Whitehorse, because of the decision to install LNG generators at Yukon Energy and the resultant tanker traffic within the city, which will be required to supply them.

This safety issue should be of concern for communities from Delta, B.C. to Inuvik, as the LNG tankers will be hauling the potentially lethal gas through each of them, many times a day. We know that accidents happen, and we know that Transport Canada is letting the carriers make their own regulations.

We didn’t wake up to the loss of life in Lac Megantic, and we have had another reminder in Clair, Sask., in the last few days.

What is it going to take to wake the people of the Yukon up to this clear and present danger?

Instead of taking these obvious chances with our lives, and costing the Yukon taxpayers millions of dollars in repairs and reinforcement to infrastructure, our government should be investing, now, in renewable energy.

Development and maintenance of renewable energy strategies would create long-term and sustainable jobs, and would provide a safe and economically viable future for Yukoners.

The LNG tanker rollover on Sept.

30, very close to Dawson City, should be a wake up call to us all about the inherent dangers of increased LNG tanker traffic on our roads, as proposed by this government.

The increase in LNG tanker traffic will be the result of the installation of LNG generators at Yukon Energy, the proposed use of LNG by the mining industry, the government’s interest in it for home heating, and anything else that the premier has announced so prematurely to the world, about our supposed welldeveloped LNG industry here in the Yukon.

The 10 or more LNG tanker trucks that would be on our highways, and passing through Whitehorse each day, in order to supply all of these initiatives, would cause our roads and bridges to be stressed to the limit.

We, as citizens, would foot the bill for increased maintenance, new bridges, etc. We are already on the hook now, for the cost of reinforcing the shoulders on the road where the Dawson accident happened. Apparently, our roads were not built for trucks of this size.

The statements about LNG being a less expensive fuel source are incorrect, as has been shown by the cost analysis of purchasing the gas, cooling and compressing it, and trucking it up here, still burning diesel all the way. We need to remember that the production of fracked gas, whether it is here or elsewhere, carries a much higher environmental footprint than does the production of convenGordon Gilgan tional gas.

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Air North and union reach a possible deal Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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fter a week of renewed negotiations, Air North and its flight attendants have reached a tentative contract agreement.

Details of the deal are not being released until the approximately 30 flight attendants vote whether or not to ratify it.

“It has taken commitment from both bargaining teams to arrive at this deal. We appreciate the amount of work that has gone into the tentative contract. There was a lot of ground to cover in a short time,” said

Yukon Employees Union president Steve Geick in a statement.

If the deal is approved by the flight attendants, it will be the first union contract at the locally-owned airline.

Both sides are confident the agreement will be ratified in the next few weeks, the airline said in a statement of its own.

“We’ll streamline our costs in staffing, scheduling and compensation – and in the process our flight attendants will have the opportunity to earn more and find a better work/ life balance,” president Joe Sparling wrote.

“This process presented a tremendous learning curve for the company, and we’d like to take the opportunity to thank the efforts of our management team and our negotiator. Although the negotiations took longer than either party had hoped, we feel the result was worth it.”

Not long ago, any sort of deal appeared far off.

Tensions between the two sides reached a peak at the end of September when the flight attendants began a work to rule. On some flights they refused to do more than the basics to keep the planes safe. That meant no food or beverages for passengers.

Some protesting flight attendants who refused to wear their full uniforms were sent home. Tempers flared, but after 48 hours the two sides agreed to go back to the table to continue negotiations.

Both sides then maintained a media blackout until Friday, when the tentative deal was announced.

The two sides have been negotiating since October 2013.

When the job action was announced, Geick said 85 per cent of the flight attendants approved it.

The union said employees were frustrated with the slow speed of negotiations.

The union insists that Air North flight attendants are paid lower than those in similar-sized airlines.

No one has said exactly how much of a pay bump the flight attendants are looking for.

Aside from a salary increase, other stumbling blocks to the negotiations were the company’s pay grid, guaranteed work hours and vacation pay.

Sparling has said many of the issues are tied to the company’s desire to keep full time employees and avoid laying people off in the off-season.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

Study finds Canadians are still paying too much for generic drugs Lee-Anne Goodman

higher in Canada than they are elsewhere.

While Canadians are saving OTTAWA some money under the bulkanada is still paying far more purchasing scheme, they’re still than other industrialized spending much more than people countries for generic drugs, despite in the U.K., Germany, New Zealand, recent efforts by the provinces and Sweden and the United States, the territories to cuts costs by bulkreport concludes. buying six particularly costly mediIn April 2013, the provinces and cations, a new study has found. territories reached an agreement at The study by the University of a Council of the Federations meetOttawa and the Bruyere Research ing to pay significantly lower prices Institute says the price tags on the for the six drugs – amlodipine, atorsix drugs – which include medicavastatin, omeprazole, rabeprazole, tions for high blood pressure and ramipril, and venlafaxine – by joinhigh cholesterol – remain much Canadian Press

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ing forces to buy them in bulk.

Those medications account for about 20 per cent of publicly funded spending on drugs.

They expected the lower price they paid for the generics – just 18 per cent of the cost for the brandname drug – would save up to $100 million.

The study, published Tuesday on openmedicine.ca, found that the bulk-buying plan “saves some money compared with prices paid in the past.”

But it faults the provinces and territories for establishing a set price ceiling for generics at 18 per The Yukon home of

cent of the cost of brand-name drugs, saying they could drive much harder bargains with a national competitive bidding process of the type that thrives in other countries.

The bulk-buying efforts remain “grossly deficient when one considers the opportunity costs that Canada sustains annually by refraining from adopting one of the alternative systems proven to be more effective in its peer countries,” the study says.

“Why the Council has decided against taking one of these or a similar approach at this time is unknown.”

One of the study’s authors said Canadian prices for some of the medications are more than double those of peer countries.

Jason Nickerson, a clinical investigator at Bruyere, also noted

that some of those countries were buying the medications from a Canadian company, Apotex, at substantially lower prices than Canadians are paying.

New Zealanders pay 87 per cent less for the blood pressure medication amlodipine, for example, while veterans in the U.S. pay 94 per cent less for the anti-depressant venlafaxine.

High generic drug prices in Canada have prompted calls for a national pharmacare program.

Under pharmacare, prescription drugs would be covered through a publicly funded system rather than out-of-pocket.

Canada, with its aging population, is the only industrialized nation with universal health insurance but no public coverage of prescription drug costs.

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Lax climate policy hasn’t resulted in ‘energy super power’ status for Canada • Three years after Harper called the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf OTTAWA Coast a “no-brainer,” the White hen the federal environHouse has yet to approve the ment commissioner project amid massive environreported last week that Canada mental protests. would not meet its 2020 in• The proposed Northern ternational commitment on Gateway pipeline to Kitimat, greenhouse gas emission cuts, B.C., remains beset by public no one was surprised. antipathy and threats of First The Conservative govNations lawsuits despite condiernment of Prime Minister tional approval by the National Stephen Harper has been sayEnergy Board. ing for years that it would not • A Quebec court has temsacrifice economic competitive- porarily suspended exploratory ness – particularly in the oil drilling for an oil terminal in and gas sector – for environeastern Quebec that is key to mental gains.

TransCanada’s proposed EnBut eight years after trumergy East pipeline project. peting to the world Canada’s • Malaysian oil and gas giant “emerging energy super power” Petronas is currently threatenaspirations, the phrase appears ing to pull out of its promised to have fallen out of fashion multibillion-dollar liquefied with the Harper government. natural gas project in British Columbia, while Norway’s Despite current record numbers in the oil sector, there Statoil put a major oil sands investment on hold last month. are troubling clouds on the • Total and Suncor Energy horizon that could rain on Inc. put their $11-billion Joslyn the Conservatives’ pro-growth North oilsands project on hold energy policies. indefinitely earlier this year.

Michael Cleland, the Nexen In June, the Canadian Asexecutive-in-residence at the sociation of Petroleum ProducCanada West Foundation, ers predicted rising costs would wrote in 2007 that the governslow the previously anticipated ment’s “energy super power” terminology was – as he puts it growth in oilsands production growth, while a glut of Amerinow – “kind of stupid.” can shale oil and gas combined Events, he said in an interwith moderating global deview, have borne that out. mand is causing analysts to First, the good economic predict flat or declining prices news. for years.

Last week, Canada hit three Last week, the benchmark million barrels a day of oil exports to the United States for price for Brent crude oil fell below $90 a barrel, continuing the first time ever, while also a three-month slide. shipping out its first tanker of “In fairness to the governAlberta bitumen to Europe. ment,” said Cleland, the former Crude oil exports climbed CEO of the Canadian Gas from 1.77 million barrels per Association, “I don’t think they day in 2006 to 2.59 millions could have anticipated all of barrels per day in 2013, ac(the impediments to energy cording to Natural Resources Canada, and some $19.6 billion growth), whether it’s on the demand side or the public supwas invested in Canada’s oil port side or dealing with cliand gas producers in the first mate change, or just the normal eight months of 2014, putting the country on track to surpass vicissitudes of energy markets.”

But Cleland says those exthe record $25.5 billion investternal factors have been exaced in 2007. erbated by Conservative policy “Money is being shovelled decisions they should have into the Canadian oil and gas anticipated would cause major industry like coal into a furnace,” according to a report last public blow-back, especially on the pipeline front. month from ARC Financial Natural Resources Minister Corp., a private equity firm Greg Rickford was not available specializing in the sector. for an interview but his office Yet not all is well on the oil and gas front: Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press

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provided a slew of data to bolster its contention that Canada’s energy sector is booming.

“We have no reason to moderate expectations for growth and see huge potential in emerging markets,” spokesman Chris McCluskey said in an email.

Andrew Leach, the Enbridge Professor of Energy at the University of Alberta, said current oil production is not the issue.

“The impact that this government is having is not on production today,” said the energy economist.

“This is a longterm industry.

So things the government has done in the last two and a half years have created more uncertainly and have stoked some of the opposition. That leads to long-run impacts.”

Cleland argues public suspicions were raised needlessly by burying controversial environmental changes in omnibus budget bills and curtailing debate, which silenced a full airing of the pros and cons of the moves.

Cleland was also sharply critical of the government’s decision to politicize the National Energy Board by giving the cabinet final approval.

“The loss of public support, I think it borders on being crippling,” said the industry executive.

Leach also contends the government should have served as a “broker” between energy project proponents and objectors.

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In fact, Canadian oil exports to the United States have increased 59 per cent over the past decade, according to data compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

As the Keystone XL pipeline delay illustrates, that leaves Canada’s energy sector vulnerable to American domestic politics and public opinion.

Leach argues there was an “opportunity for the government to show some serious progress, not just on (reducing) GHGs, but on the environment and the oil sands in general.”

The irony is that by failing to aggressively address Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, the government may have actually hobbled the longterm economic prospects of the oil sands while trying to protect them.

Cleland lays much of the blame at the feet of the previous Liberal government, which wildly over-promised on GHG cuts in the Kyoto Accord and then failed to deliver.

“We managed to make ourselves the poster child for not doing the right thing on climate,” said Cleland.

“That’s made a big differ-

ence in terms of international perspective.”

The oil sands, meanwhile, will have difficulty attracting investment if projections of flat or falling oil prices continue.

As Cleland puts it, if the future price per barrel is projected as closer to $80 than $100, “a lot of these projects are pretty dubious at that price.”

“Those are all things out in the world over which Canada has no control. Never did, never will.”

Leach also notes the Harper government cancelled the accelerated capital cost allowance on oil sands projects, altered the ground rules with China on foreign investment and changed the tax treatment of income trusts – which affected many mid-size oil and gas production and processing companies.

Add it all up and that goal of becoming an energy super power remains elusive.

“If this were a Liberal government, or an NDP government, and this were the outcome, I don’t think (Conservatives) would be cheering from the opposition benches,” Leach concluded.

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Ghosts of the Libyan campaign likely to haunt new war against ISIL Murray Brewster

Gadhafi.

The mission – to bomb targets in support of local ground forces – as OTTAWA part of a multi-national effort is also he ghosts of Canada’s last air war eerily similar. are likely to haunt its participaBut there are some critical differtion in the new campaign against the ences that have the potential to make Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. the fight against ISIL more messy The bombing campaign in Libya and politically painful. three years ago, hailed as a triumph The last time the mission was on Parliament Hill, looks very much carried out under the defined like the deployment that will unfold structure and legal cover of NATO over the next few weeks in the Perand a United Nations resolution; sian Gulf. this time it is under the auspices of a The force – six CF-18 jetfighters, U.S.-led coalition that is still working two CP-140 Aurora patrol planes and out its command and accountability a CP-150 refuelling jet – is almost structure. identical to the one that helped In Libya, pro-Gadhafi – or regime forces – were readily distinguished, NATO unseat dictator Moammar Canadian Press

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even when they tried to hide themselves. Islamic State fighters however, have the potential to be much more ghostly and indistinguishable from the civilian population, much the same way the Taliban blended in with Afghan villagers.

The uncertainty is being recognized in Canadian military planning and the possibility of opting out of some missions exists.

A spokeswoman for Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said late last week that Canadian commanders will take their day-to-day tactical direction from the coalition in terms of what targets to hit.

But, Johanna Quinney said, “the final decision to participate in missions will be retained by Canada.�

The legal authority to drop bombs on suspected Islamic State targets is not covered in a status of forces agreement, she added, but in “diplomatic notes� to the government in Baghdad, which “has given Canada the authorization to conduct those activities on the territory of Iraq.�

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The human rights scrutiny is intense and – in the age of social media – immediate.

Following Libya, a special commission of the United Nations and the international group Human Right Watch conducted separate, detailed investigations into allegations that the NATO-led bombing campaign in Libya led to civilian deaths.

The International Commission of Inquiry on Libya resoundingly condemned both the pro-and-antiGadhafi forces for atrocities, but it didn’t entirely let the western military alliance, nor its member countries, off the hook.

Similarly, the New York Citybased Human Rights Watch wrote in 2012 to NATO and each of the countries that conducted bombing missions –including Canada –asking

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A trail of internal briefings among several departments show both Defence and Foreign Affairs paid extremely close attention not only to the human rights investigations, but to the political fallout of the campaign in allied countries.

In particular they watched Britain, where a parliamentary committee openly debated the fuzzy transition between the UN-mandated protection of civilians and what eventually morphed into deposing Gadhafi. “The committee criticized the UK government’s communication of the mission objectives – i.e. regime change vs. protection of civilians – it found that the international community was justified in its response to the situation in Libya,� said a detailed Feb. 8, 2012 analysis prepared for both the Defence and Foreign Affairs ministers.

Unlike the U.K., there was no such formal reflection in Canada and the war Parliament opted last week to join in Iraq – and by default Syria – is even more hazy in its objectives.

When NATO went into the Libya campaign, it did so with “zero expectation� of death or injury to civilians, said a March 13, 2012 briefing for then defence minister Peter MacKay, one of several that year which tracked the human rights inquiries.

UN human rights investigators examined 20 air strikes and questioned five of them where there was a total of 60 civilians killed and 55 injured.

Separately, two other attacks where “no military targets could be identified� were examined, said the UN commission’s final report.

The alliance “conducted a highly precise campaign with demonstrable determination to avoid civilian casualties,� concluded the report, tabled on March 9, 2012 in Geneva.

But it urged further investigation, saying it was “unable to draw conclusions� whether the raids in question violated international law. The alliance refused to disclose which nation conducted the attacks.

Whether Canadians reviewed their own strike records remains a mystery. National Defence did not answer questions last week about either human rights review.

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Conservatives proposing plan to allow use of journalistic work in political ads Jennifer Ditchburn Canadian Press

OTTAWA he Conservative government readied for combat on another front last week – taking on the nation’s media outlets and the intellectual property rights of journalists.

It’s a long simmering battle, set to boil now with the leak of a secret cabinet presentation. It laid out a proposal by Heritage Minister Shelly Glover to change the Copyright Act to give a politician, party or the people who work for them the power to use video, audio, photographs from news outlets without permission or compensation.

The document, which does not indicate whether the proposal was accepted or even presented, sent waves through the Canadian journalistic sector Thursday. A senior media source said meetings that Glover had set up with the major networks had been abruptly cancelled.

But the issue has been brewing for years, and not just with the Conservatives.

The Liberal Party, back in 1988, won an injunction forcing the broadcasters to carry campaign advertising that included relatively short clips from the federal debates.

The networks fired a shot in May warning all provincial and federal parties that they would not carry any advertising that included content that was used without permission. There are no legal requirements on the broadcasters to carry political ads outside of writ periods. “As news organizations, the use of our content in political

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advertisements without our express consent may compromise our journalistic independence and call into question our journalistic ethics, standards and objectivity,� reads the letters signed by executives at the CBC, Radio-Canada, Bell Media, Shaw Media and Rogers.

Glover suggested in the Commons Thursday that the copyright proposal was the government’s own shot across the bow. “Major television networks should not have the ability to censor what can and cannot be broadcast to Canadians,� Glover said. “We believe this has always been protected under the fair dealing provisions of the law, and if greater certainty is necessary, we will provide it.�

The content would include clips from radio and television news, footage from debate or events, newspaper and magazine articles, and could be used by political types from any level of government. “It’s expropriation, without compensation, it degrades integrity and freedom of the press.

Why does this government behave like such a tinpot banana republic?� deputy Liberal Leader Ralph Goodale said during question period Thursday.

The Copyright Act was last amended in late 2012, after decades of debate and delays.

One of the central issues around the changes to the Act was the idea of “fair dealing,� and who can use copyrighted work without permission.

Currently, there are exceptions for research, private study, education, parody or satire, news reporting, criticism or

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Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages Shelly Glover responds to a question in the House of Commons last Thursday.

review. The amount of the work used must also be “substantial� to even be covered by the act.

The Supreme Court has also laid out a long list of criteria for evaluating whether the use of the copyrighted material is indeed fair, including the amount of the work being used.

David Lametti, a law professor and intellectual property expert at McGill University, said the government may well have an argument about the necessity of an exception for political discourse. “Political discourse is to be valued above all other kinds of discourse, and it’s up to political parties to make their claims and they use whatever elements they can use legally. And if this helps to foster political debate in Canada, then that’s good,� said Lametti, who is hoping to run for the federal Liberals next year in a Montreal riding.

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Knopf said the issue should also be seen in the context of freedom of speech. “The irony is that news organizations of all people should recognize this–yes, they want to protect their own work, but how do they find out about the news? They all stand on each other’s shoulders,� said Knopf, a lawyer with Ottawa’s Macera & Jarzyna LLP. In the United States, there is a similar set of “fair use� tests that can be considered before

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Ken Paulson, president of the First Amendment Center, said it is common to see excerpts from news articles used in American ads, but not video clips – a practice that “will raise Cain� with the networks. “They’re not upset so much because of the property value, but because it aligns them with a political party when they’re striving to be as independent as possible. It’s damaging to their brand to be too closely affiliated to a political candidate,� said Paulson, also dean of the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University. “If you’re a smart politician you do not tick off the press, and using their broadcasts without their permission will irritate the press.�

Hugo Rodrigues, president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, said the proposal subverts the goals of journalists in Canada. “Journalists gather coverage for what they share with their audience, they’re not gathering images, audio clips, video clips for political purposes.�

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U.S. midterms: Stage may be set for a big vote on Keystone XL pipeline counsel on the Republican-controlled House energy committee, told a gathering last week at the WASHINGTON Wilson Center think-tank. certain Canadian pipeline Of course, lawmakers have appears poised to spring attempted to ram Keystone legback to the top of the islation onto the president’s desk American political agenda, with before. Such efforts stalled in the the upcoming congressional elec- Senate, where the Democratic tions setting the stage for a vote leadership prevented a vote. on the long-delayed Keystone XL What would be different now, project.

Lieberman said, is that the SenRepublicans have all but deate calendar would no longer be clared that they would try to use controlled by Democrat leader their new dominance in ConHarry Reid – who was detergress to push through a Keystone mined not to allow a Keystone bill, should they win the Senate vote onto the floor lest it cause in three weeks as many predict. divisions in his caucus, alienate The pipeline issue had been a his party base and donors, and little more dormant in Washing- create a painful dilemma for the ton since the spring, as foreign president. crises came to dominate the poEven if Keystone backers fall litical agenda while the Keystone short of a filibuster-proof 60 per process was mired in a regulatory cent of Senate votes, Lieberman delay. said, the legislative game will That period of relative calm have changed. appears poised to end.

He said there would be all “It’s very, very likely that there sorts of new strategic possiwill be a Keystone bill fairly early bilities. One would be to stick a on in 2015,” Ben Lieberman, a Keystone provision into a mustpass spending bill, something President Barack Obama be loath LAPEL PINS to veto, and force him and his congressional allies into one of 207 Main Street two options: Approve Keystone, Tel: 633-4842 or scrap the whole thing.

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Lieberman said, “What would President Obama do if a Keystone bill reaches him?”

That very quandary lies at the heart of a piece published by Karl Rove, the prominent Republican strategist and fundraiser.

As he described a possible agenda for a Republicancontrolled Senate in an Oct. 9 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Keystone was one of the very first things he mentioned.

“Will (Obama) spend two more years polarizing Washington, attacking Republicans’ motives, complaining about GOP obstructionism, and circumventing Congress in lawless, even unconstitutional, ways?” Rove wrote.

“Or will Mr. Obama try to salvage his presidency by doing what other presidents – Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and the two Bushes – did after electoral setbacks, which was working with the opposition party?…

“Right out of the box, Republicans should move quickly on proposals where they and the administration agree, such as giving the president (fast-track) authority to negotiate trade deals that receive an up-or-down congressional vote, or on issues that have significant support from

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Virtually every published election-prediction model predicts the Republicans winning the Senate. The likelihood of a GOP takeover ranges from 58 per cent according to statistician Nate Silver, to 94 per cent according to the political scientists at the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog.

A Keystone bill could be just an early example of the new dynamic that would bedevil the president in his final two years in office, with bills getting to his desk that he might rather veto than pass.

Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. doesn’t want to pick sides.

In an interview, Gary Doer went out of his way to avoid describing the pipeline dynamic as Republican-versus-Democrat.

He points to West Virginia as one example where the Senate candidates for both parties have expressed support for Keystone.

One of them will replace the soon-to-retire Jay Rockefeller, who sided against the pipeline.

“West Virginia’s interesting,” Doer said, “because it goes from a No vote to a Yes vote no matter who wins.”

In a similarly non-partisan vein, Doer points out that a task force of people with varying political affiliations, led by former CIA boss David Petraeus and ex-World Bank boss Robert Zoellick, strongly endorsed the pipeline in a just-released report for the Council on Foreign Relations.

But pipeline opponents say all these names, and all these bills, are just hot air.

“When it comes right down to

it, the only person who matters (here) is Barack Obama,” said Jason Kowalski, the U.S. policy director at the group 350.org.

“President Obama will decide whether this thing is built or not…. Surely the election will change the political dynamic in the U.S., and it’s definitely a big factor, but at the end of the day it’s still the president’s decision.”

The president pushed back, aggressively, when congressional Republicans tried to force a decision on Keystone before the 2012 election. Arguing that it couldn’t comply in time, the White House essentially rebooted the regulatory process.

Since then it has repeatedly pointed out that, legally speaking, this issue belongs to the executive branch, which must conduct a review of public and inter-agency comments through the U.S. State Department.

Another delay this year came when the State Department said it couldn’t pass judgment, as the route was under dispute in the Nebraska court system.

None of that has changed. A verdict from a Nebraska court appeal might still be months away.

A spokesman for environmentalist mega-donor Tom Steyer predicted that court fights, and market pressures, and politics would continue to stall the pipeline.

“Senate backers of the Keystone Export Pipeline won’t be able to deliver on these hot air promises, and they know it,” Mike Casey wrote in an email.

“Local fights in Nebraska and South Dakota could tie up the project for another 18 months plus.”

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Black masks and violent clashes: Signs of sympathy for Islamic State group rattle Istanbul Raphael Satter and Isil Sariyuce Associated Press

ISTANBUL, TURKEY stanbul University student Aysegul Korkut is outraged by the images coming out of Syria. But these days the Islamic State group’s horrors seem closer to home: She recently faced off against masked supporters of the brutal militants on her own campus.

“I couldn’t understand what was happening at first,” the 21-year-old said of the moment she first spotted baton-wielding youths striding across the Department of Literature, shouting: “Allahu Akbar!”

Within minutes, she and other leftist students had been sucked into a fight, with both sides hurling glass bottles at each other and trashing a science fair set up in the main hall.

“I was shocked,” she said.

The Sept. 26 clash, described to The Associated Press by Korkut and a half a dozen other university students, was the first in a series of fights at Istanbul University’s Beyazit campus. There has been repeated violence since, and Turkish media have reported scores of arrests. On Monday alone 42 students were detained when police broke up a fight in a courtyard adjoining the department, the state-run Anadolou Agency reported. Several sticks – and a meat cleaver – were recovered from the scene.

Police and university officials did not return messages seeking comment.

The fights are one of many signs of support for the Islamic State which have popped up across Istanbul, a cosmopolitan metropolis better known to tourists for its vibrant nightlife and Ottoman-era glories.

Pins bearing the militants’ black-and-white flag are on sale at a jihad-themed bookstore just a few blocks from the Istanbul University campus. Inside, magazines bear the face of Osama bin Laden and the memoirs of the Chechen jihadist Ibn Khattab. Global Books’ owner, Osman Akyildiz, says students and

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alumni are his biggest customers.

Local media have reported seeing other signs of Islamic State group support across the capital: A black flag hanging from a second story window, for example, or a sticker on the rear windshield of a car. Others still have written about an “IS gift shop” – a now-empty store reported to have sold T-shirts and sportswear emblazoned with the Islamic State group emblem. A recent video showing a youth wearing one such T-shirt on Istanbul’s tram sent a shiver of concern across social media.

A few scattered sightings of Islamic State group paraphernalia in a sprawling city of 14 million people do not necessarily indicate significant support. It’s not clear, for example, to what degree the youth on the tram or the masked rioters at Istanbul University are committed supporters or just provocatively dressed sympathizers.

But Turkish academic Ahmet Kasim Han says there’s still cause for concern.

“Sociologically speaking, it all starts with those signs,” he said in a recent interview at his office at Istanbul’s Kadir Has University.

“Some of those people who are declaring sympathy … might easily get radicalized.”

The fights at Istanbul University suggest Islamic State group sympathizers aren’t afraid of making their presence known.

The brazenness is in part down to lack of a robust condemnation at the official level, said Han. Although the Islamic State group was designated a terror organization last year, Turkish officials are still reluctant to use the term publicly. Back at the bookstore, Akyildiz spoke for some religiously conservative Turks when he said jihadists didn’t deserve to be called terrorists.

“For everyone the definition of terrorist is different,” he said. “According to us they are heroes.”

The Sept. 26 clash at the university started after a left-wing group put up a poster in the main hall of

in Syria. In a statement recently published by the religiously conservative Haksoz magazine, the group claiming responsibility for the skirmishes shrugged off the threat of arrest.

“If anyone will be called to account, it will not be those who wage jihad,” the statement said. “It will be the collaborators and the so-called imperialists who find refuge behind NATO, the UN, and the U.S.” The group did not return an email from AP seeking further comment.

When reporters visited the university on Sept. 30, there was an undercurrent of tension. About 20 Emrah Gurel/AP Photo riot police, a few carrying submaDemonstrators protesting against Turkey’s policy in Syria try chine guns and several wearing to protect themselves from tear gas and water cannons used body armour, loitered outside the

by Turkish riot police last Tuesday. Kurdish protesters clashed Literature Department. Inside, all with police in Turkey leaving at least a dozen people dead appeared calm. Students smoked, and scores injured. drank tea and played ping pong.

Students from the university’s in Bagcilar, which was in the press the Department of Literature dewomen’s society were busy hand nouncing the killings carried out by earlier this year, is now empty save painting an anti-Islamic State group “IS gangs,” said Korkut and others. for a few bare mannequins and a sign.

In the early afternoon, masked men religious inscription above the door.

Many were defiant but some came to deliver an ultimatum: Take Landlord Koksal Coskun says the were clearly worried. Left-wing stuthe poster down, or else. occupants left after attracting nega- dents now go to and from campus What happened next was filmed tive attention from neighbours and in one large group, citing safety in by students who recorded the police. numbers. confrontation from the balconies The masked attackers at Istanbul “Of course we’re stressed,” said overlooking the hall. Islamic State University, by contrast, show no Ulas Suder, a 20-year-old archaeolgroup supporters, dressed casually sign of going underground, even ogy major. “What can you feel when and with black masks and baseball as Turkey inches closer to joining an organization that terrorizes the caps pulled over their faces, milled the U.S.-led military intervention Middle East enters your school?” around on one side, separated from a group of left-wing students by a barricade of folding tables grabbed from the science fair. The two groups shouted at each other before hurling projectiles across the vast room.

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Christina Battle stands with her exhibit, the space between here and there, currently on display at the ODD Gallery in Dawson City until Nov. 1. Based in Denver, Colorado, Battle shot her piece while she was an artist in residence at the Klondike Institute for Art and Culture in March 2013 in Dawson City.

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he video installation the space between here and there (the yukon river) is the work of an artist hungry for the outdoors after 10 productive years of making short film and video work in Toronto.

Christina Battle came to Dawson City in March 2013 for an artist residency at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), and footage she shot during that visit became the basis for the work currently on at the ODD Gallery.

“When I left Toronto I really realized how the geography had dictated the way I worked – in a dark basement by myself,” Battle says. “Moving out west again I suddenly was out in the landscape shooting the real world, instead of solely appropriating or generating images by hand. I got excited by sunlight again. Something I began with when I first started making work but which I felt like I had lost being trapped in such an overwhelming urban environment.”

The afternoon Battle chose to walk the Yukon River with her camera was sunny and vivid, frigid at -42 degrees. The landscape was new to the multimedia artist. She took a steady shot of the hillside across from Dawson City and worked with the footage when she was back in her current home of Denver, Colorado.

The installation is made of two videos streaming against the gallery wall, stretching almost to the ceiling. Battle has cut her hillside view into rectangles and wedges, and the film moves the geometric shapes against each other atop copies of their own surfaces. Two treelines melt into a thin horizon between gorgeous blue sky at one moment, and the next moment a triangular spike of snow-covered stone dives across the white river.

The movements are playful, and clearly manipulated by hand.

In the early 2000s, Battle was working with film. She would emphasize the surfaces of the celluloid by exposing, scratching, layering and processing it all by hand. When HD video came along, she switched. “I wanted

to quicken my process in a way, to really be able to hone in on the conceptual – something I felt wasn’t always fully considered since I’d get so bogged down with process,” she says. “I think not having to rely on a darkroom and all that it implies really freed me up in a lot of ways.”

The movements in “the space between” are about the geometry of the image instead of its surface, but the similarity is the artist’s decision to leave evidence of hands at work, not machines.

On one level, the installation is a complement to Battle’s ongoing series Mapping the Prairies Through Disaster (started in 2012). In both, she replaces the rapid pace of the 24/7 news cycle with landscape images that are deliberately slowed down to allow individual perspectives to emerge.

For example, in “The people in this picture are standing on all that remained of a handsome residence” (2014), Battle looks back to the deadly 1987 tornado that bashed through her thenhometown of Edmonton, destroying more than 300 homes and

killing 27 people. She uses archival photos, but instead of showing distraught faces – a visual cue for assumptions that the images reveal “what it was really like” – she presents a disorienting swell of colours. After all, a familiar, stable image would not be the view that appears after a home is flattened beyond recognition.

Another work, “dearfield, colorado” (2012) is visually calm, but its sunlit rural buildings and lush greenery hold the history of natural disaster. Dearfield was an African-American settlement founded in Colorado in 1910, but as drought expanded in the 1930s, dust storms ravaged the area’s agriculture.

As the video progresses, Battle layers the view with quotes from former residents who suffered the effects of the Dust Bowl. The site of “dearfield, colorado” appears neutral now, but experiences from other times remain in the survivors’ relationships with the land.

In Battle’s hands, documentary comes from combinations of many first-hand accounts, not from one source alone. The third

presence in the ODD Gallery work is a smaller video monitor running a subtly animated Google Maps image of the same hillside.

The contrast is clear. Battle is not creating maps for landscapes, but locations where experiences can be told. the space between here and there (the yukon river) expresses one person’s immersion in fingernumbing Klondike beauty as a voice in a conversation, a contribution rather than a guide.

Battle travels frequently to make art and gather footage. At a home base, she co-curates a monthly contemporary art series called “Nothing To See Here” with artist Adán de la Garza. She has a robust creative life, making work, promoting and enjoying timebased art (video, performance, sound art), teaching on occasion and working as a digital technician in the Art Department at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. The ODD Gallery hosts her work until Nov. 1, and after that it’s back to the Internet for discovering what Christina Battle will do next.

Meg Walker is a writer and visual artist based in Dawson City.

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On average, Cheung found the fish are slowly moving toward the South and North poles at a rate of between 15 and 26 kilometres a decade. The effect is more pronounced in the Arctic, where warming is happening the quickest.

He checked his conclusions by using the same method to model the past movements of fish. When Cheung compared the modelling results with actual fisheries data, the two matched up. “We found that, overall, our projections are consistent with the observations in the last 30 years.�

Cheung warns that the finding means challenges as well as opportunity.

How the invasive species will interact with existing species and ecosystems is unknown. Their movements are also likely to create problems for international fisheries management, as stocks shift across different jurisdictions. “They could destabilize existing management agreements between countries.�

That’s already happening in some parts of the ocean, he said. Scandinavian countries are negotiating how they’ll deal with changes in the location of Atlantic mackerel stocks. “Norwegian fisheries are already changing noticeably.�

Cheung cautioned northern countries not to rush to exploit new fish stocks until scientists have a chance to learn what’s happening with them and how they’ll interact with existing populations.

He praises a U.S. decision to enact a moratorium on new commercial fishing in the Arctic.

Canada has enacted no such fishing ban. “We know from our previous experience that if we don’t manage the fisheries well, it will collapse quite easily. It would be much better to be conservative and careful at first.�

Cheung said his study points to the need for governments to start thinking now about how climate change will affect natural resources such as fisheries in the future. “Things are much more easy to manage when there’s not a vested interest already there,� he said. “We really need to look into these long-term projections and scenarios and start to think about how the fisheries should be managed now.�

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LIFE The day Denali turned deadly

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Author Andy Hall poses for a photo in Chugiak, Alaska.

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mit of Denali was in 1913 by an Athabaskan native named Walter Harper, who was the lead climber n July 1967, 12 young mounin a group of four led by Harry tain climbers, nine from the Karstens, a veteran of the Klondike coastal mountains of Oregon Gold Rush, Archdeacon Hudson and Washington and three from the Stuck, the organizer, and Robert Colorado Rockies, set out to climb Tatum. the tallest peak in North America, Between the Karstens and known as Mt. McKinley at the time Wilcox expeditions, 420 mountainbut which is now officially called by eers attempted to reach the peak its ancient name, Denali, a native and 213 succeeded with only four word meaning Big One, High One, fatalities, three of whom fell into Mighty One, Hidden One or Shy crevasses and one off a ridge.

One, depending on which tribe’s So there was nothing historical translation you want to quote. or notable about the Wilcox atTheir average age was 24 and tempt and no reason to anticipate they were called The Wilcox Exped- problems, since all 12 climbers ition after the leader, Joe Wilcox, were experienced mountaineers – 24, from Provo, Utah who was a although none had ever climbed graduate student in mathematics. over 15,000 feet and Denali is He survived.

20,320 but not considered a tough Of the 12 who went up the technical climb. mountain, 11 made the summit It is, however, grueling, because but only five came down alive. It 18,000 feet of it is mountain, was, at the time and remains, the compared to Everest, which is over biggest mountaineering tragedy in 29,000 at the top but 17,000 at the Alaskan history. base so there is 33 per cent more The first successful summountain to climb on Denali than Special for the News

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the world’s tallest peak. It takes seven camps, or steps, to reach the top of Denali, with the last two at 15,000 and 17,900 before the final five-hour climb to the summit, and that is where all the trouble occurred during the second half of July 1967.

While Wilcox led the first group of five to the summit on July 15 under sunny skies with a big 360 view, there was an Arctic high developing to the north over the Beaufort Sea at the same time a southern low was developing over the Aleutians. The high was swirling counter-clockwise, the low clockwise and both were heading directly towards Denali where 12 men were above 18,000 feet and vulnerable to the extreme with no idea what was about to hit them.

On the day of the 18th when the second group successfully made the summit and the first group, led by Wilcox, descended to the camp at 15,000, the two huge weather systems met and Denali howled. Later computer graphics estimated the

Howl, which is what Alaskans call blizzards, was the biggest storm to hit Alaska in 100 years and it raged from the 19th to the 25th.

The seven men who were on top when it hit never had a chance and were literally blown off the mountain, either into deep crevasses or under the drifting snow. All five who were at 15,000 or lower made it out but they were never even able to find the bodies of the unlucky seven and they are still up there today, 47 years later.

Andy Hall’s terrific account of this mountaineering nightmare has a lot of details about the failed search and rescue operations after the weather cleared but no one is to blame for the deaths of these young men. They were doomed as soon as those two weather systems came together and were probably dead before the second day, although no one really knows that for certain since Denali basically ate them up and covered the bones.

It’s a great read about a grisly historical tragedy. I devoured it in

one sitting, because Hall’s writing style is clear and flowing, and I was surprised to discover a local angle to this regional tale.

Atlin’s Wayne Merry was the ranger at Wonder Lake and was the last man to see the Wilcox expedition alive and intact when they began their assault. He also played a big role in trying to co-ordinate a rescue effort against overwhelming odds, but there was nothing anyone could have done to save them. Those poor climbers were the Titanic, and Denali was their iceberg.

This is a story about bad weather, bad timing and bad luck, period.

You should be able to find Denali’s Howl in the “New Books’” section of the Whitehorse public library.

Doug Sack was the first sports editor of the Yukon News and later a longtime sports editor of the Whistler Question and a columnist and features writer for Ski Canada magazine. He is currently semi-retired in Whitehorse.

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Nobel for Indian man and Pakistani girl highlights message of peace between rival nations countries together, though he cautioned that the impact of the award should not be overestimated.

NEW DELHI “You can see that there is a lot of ne is Muslim, the other Hindu. extremism coming from this part of One a Pakistani, the other the world. It is partly coming from Indian. One a school girl just startthe fact that young people don’t have ing out in life, the other a man with a future. They don’t have education. decades of experience.

They don’t have a job,” Jagland told Despite their many differences, The Associated Press. “We want to 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai and show that people in all religions can 60-year-old Kailash Satyarthi will be come together in a common cause.” forever linked – co-winners of the The Indian winner immediately 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, honoured spoke about the potential to bridge for risking their lives for the rights of old divides. children to education and to lives free About Malala, Satyarthi said: “I of abuse. Their selection was widely will invite her in a new fight for peace acclaimed, their heroism undeniable. in our region.” He also said this year’s But something more was at work choice to award one person from each here: In awarding the prize Friday, of the nuclear-armed neighbours in the Nobel Committee also sent a South Asia made “a great statement blunt message to the rival nations of from the Nobel committee looking at India and Pakistan that if two of their the present scenarios between India citizens can work for a common goal, and Pakistan.” their governments too could do better This would not be the first time in finding common ground. the Peace Prize has apparently The two nations have almost engaged in this kind of political engidefined themselves by their staunch neering. opposition to one another. They In 2009, the committee awarded became enemies almost instantly Barack Obama after the U.S. presiupon gaining independence in 1947 dent visited Middle Eastern nations from imperial Britain, and have since estranged during the previous Bush fought three full-scale wars over administration. Fifteen years earlier, various issues, including competing the award went to the trio of Yitzhak claims to the Himalayan region of Rabin, Yasser Arafat and Shimon Kashmir that sits between them. Just Peres after an apparent breakthrough this week, their troops have hurled in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, mortar shells and firing guns at one though it never led to a deal. another across the Kashmir border, And in 1996, the committee with civilian casualties in double awarded Timorese Carlos Filipe digits.

Ximenes Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta, The Nobel Committee’s chairman, which many believe was critical in the Thorbjoern Jagland, acknowledged peaceful cessation of East Timor from his panel gave the prize to Yousafzai Indonesia in 2001.

“Often the committee tries to and Satyarthi partly to nudge the two Katy Daigle Associated Press

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slavery and exploitative child labour since 1980, and has led the rescue of tens of thousands of child slaves and developed a successful model for their education and rehabilitation. He has also survived several attempts on his life.

Malala, who now lives with her family in the British city of Birmingham, was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan for insisting Rui Vieira, Bernat Armangue/AP Photo that girls as well as boys have the right Malala Yousafzai, left, and Kailash Satyarthi, co-winners of to an education. Surviving several the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, address the media last Friday. operations with the help of British Despite their many differences, 17-year-old Yousafzai and medical care, she continued both her 60-year-old Satyarthi will be forever linked, honoured for activism and her studies. risking their lives for the rights of children to education and “The nature of the work is quiet, to lives free of abuse. because it doesn’t involve any violence, any strident protests or noisy bring people in conflict together and deeply rooted that “I don’t see any demonstrations,” said Ashis Nandy see how they can build new bridges,” positive impact of the award on two political psychologist and social said Oslo-based Nobel historian societies,” especially while battles con- theorist with the Delhi-based Center Oeivind Stenersen. tinued along the Kashmiri border. for the Study of Developing Society.

It “tries to find people seeking Still, the two countries have much “These children don’t have any vote, new ways and solutions in difficult in common – and much of what they so it’s very difficult to politicize this conflicts,” he said. This year’s choice have in common is not good. issue.” “makes sense because the commitBoth India and Pakistan today In its early days, the peace prize tee has been able to combine a lot of face serious challenges in lifting their was given for efforts to end or prevent themes, including a brotherhood be- people out of poverty, though each is armed conflicts. Swedish industrialtween India and Pakistan. They have beset by its own challenges in doing ist Alfred Nobel said it should go to done this in a very clever way.” so. India, a bubbling democracy with “the person who shall have done the But others said it wasn’t likely to a fast-growing economy, has been most or the best work for fraternity work. overwhelmed by the scale by which it between nations, for the abolition or “It is tempting to see the Nobel needs to improve people’s lives, with reduction of standing armies and for Peace Prize announcement as a nua 1.2 billion population that is still the holding and promotion of peace anced message to Pakistan and India growing. Pakistan, with a gross docongresses.” to stop shelling each other across the mestic product equal to just a quarter The committee has interpreted border and start protecting children,” India’s stock exchange daily trade, those instructions differently over said London-based writer and human is much further behind in generattime, widening the concept of peace rights activist Salil Tripathi. “Whether ing power, building infrastructure work to include efforts to improve that will sway the hardliners on both and establishing security. It is also human rights, fight poverty, clean up sides is of course a different question.” widely seen as being controlled by an the environment – and, this year, to Independent Pakistani political entrenched and opaque military espromote children’s rights. With the analyst Hasan Askari Rizvi in Lahore tablishment often accused of cozying subtext, as well, of bringing India and said the nations’ animosity was so up to militant jihadists.

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And as was underscored by Fri“The Nobel Committee has shown day’s award, child labour and abuse a lot of imagination,” Nandy said. “I are widespread, and largely ignored, hope both sides see this as an opporin both India and Pakistan. tunity to open up, though I’m afraid Satyarthi has been at the forefront it will turn into the usual nationalist clap-trap.” of a global movement to end child

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Canadian-made Ebola vaccine to start clinical trials in healthy humans Will Campbell Canadian Press

TORONTO uman testing of an experimental Canadian-made Ebola vaccine began Monday, with federal officials saying the drug could be shipped to West Africa within months if it proves successful.

Health Minister Rona Ambrose said the launch of the vaccine’s first clinical trial marks a promising step in the global campaign to contain the virus, which the World Health Organization says has killed more than 4,000 people.

“This provides hope because if the Canadian vaccine is shown to be safe and effective, it will stop this devastating outbreak,” Ambrose said in a conference call from Calgary.

Twenty vials of the vaccine have been sent to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Maryland for testing on about 40 healthy volunteers, she said.

The Phase 1 trial will determine if the vaccine created by Public Health Agency of Canada and known as VSV-EBOV is safe for human use. It will also determine the proper dosage level and test for possible side effects, Ambrose said.

Studies have shown the vaccine works in primates both to prevent infection when given before exposure and to increase survival chances when given quickly after exposure.

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“The health-care workers on the ground are the most likely target to do the next step,” which could begin by the end of the year or early 2015, Dr. Gregory Taylor said in a news conference in Toronto.

“Clearly if those studies show that it’s effective in health-care workers, the world would go into mass production.”

A small U.S. company called NewLink Genetics holds the licence for the vaccine and will be arranging the trials at the U.S. military lab.

NewLink said earlier this month that at least five clinical trials involving the vaccine would soon be underway in the United States, Germany, Switzerland and in an unnamed African country which is not battling Ebola. The Canadian government has also said it wants to conduct a trial in this country.

The aim of these early trials is to see if the vaccine is safe for human use and how much vaccine is needed to generate what is hoped to be a protective response in people.

Another leading Ebola vaccine candidate, created in the laboratories of the U.S. National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been licensed to pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (now known as GSK). The first clinical trial with that vaccine, called cAd3, began in early September.

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Health Minister Rona Ambrose responds to a question in the House of Commons last Thursday. An experimental Canadian-made Ebola vaccine will begin a clinical trial today in what officials are calling a promising development in the fight against the deadly disease.

officials maintain the risk of Ebola emerging remains very low.

It was a message that officials in two Ontario cities stressed again on Monday as they announced that two patients – one in Ottawa, the other in Belleville – were placed in isolation as a precaution because they showed Ebola-like symptoms.

Later Monday, Ottawa public health tweeted that Ebola had been ruled out in the case it was watching.

The patient in Belleville was in Sierra Leone recently but doctors considered it unlikely the symptoms would turn out to be Ebola, said Dr. Richard Schabas, the medical health officer responsible for Belleville.

‘’You’re going to see many instances like this over the next few weeks as health care workers and others return from the area (West Africa),” Schabas told a news conference in the eastern Ontario city. ‘’We’re going to become very used to it.”

Preliminary test results in the Belleville case were expected Tuesday.

Stricter screening measures, including the posting of quarantine officers at airports

in Toronto and Montreal, are nonetheless being implemented after the first case of human-to-human transmission in the United States, Ambrose said.

One man died from Ebola in Texas after contracting it in Liberia, and it was announced Sunday that a nurse at the man’s hospital has also become infected with the virus despite wearing protective equipment.

While there are no direct flights to Canada from West Africa, about 30 people a week arrive on connecting flights from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia – the three African countries devastated by Ebola, Ambrose said.

“We’re not talking about a great deal of people. We’re also talking about a situation where Canadian border service agents are alerted, or should be alerted, about whether travellers are originating in any of the affected countries.”

Ottawa is urging the 216 Canadians known to be living in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to come home immediately, but Ambrose said a travel ban is not currently being considered.

Taylor said he would be meeting with provincial and territorial public health officials on Tuesday to review existing guidelines on how frontline health workers would handle an Ebola patient.

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Restaurant wait staff are there to serve, not embrace

MANNERS DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my husband and I dine at a restaurant, if the waiter does not give us his name upon greeting us, my husband will ask for it. My husband then proceeds to introduce us to the waiter, saying, “I’m Joe, and this is Jane.�

I find this to be incredibly awkward and even patronizing.

It seems unnecessary for the waiter to know our names, as we are not trying to make friends.

We’re always friendly to wait staff and we tip well, but we’re ultimately just at the restaurant to enjoy a meal.

Am I wrong – is this introduction proper or appropriate?

GENTLE READER: Not unless your husband intends to invite the waiter to share your meal, in which case Miss Manners wonders who will bring the food.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I (female, professional) volunteered as a coat-check person for an auction fundraiser for a not-for-profit group. Was it appropriate for me to offer to help people put their coats on after I retrieved them?

When my “customers� were a couple (man and woman), I’d offer the obviously feminine coat to the man to allow him to help the lady with her coat.

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They have reciprocated by inviting us over to their place,

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Bantam Mustangs win Tier 2 gold in Richmond Tom Patrick News Reporter

RICHMOND, B.C. he Bantam Mustangs punched above their weight – and won – over the weekend.

The Tier 3 team from the Whitehorse rec hockey club went undefeated to capture gold in the Tier 2 division of the 12th annual Seafair International Ice Breaker Rep Tournament on Monday in B.C. “It’s really exciting because we’re a Tier 3 team and we competed really well in a Tier 2 tournament,” said Mustangs captain Joe Stokes. “I really feel we came together good, we faced some adversity in that last game, and our forecheck really did well for us.”

The Mustangs won gold with a 3-2 win over the Saanich Braves, from Vancouver Island, in the final.

Down 2-0 late in the second period, Mustangs forward Dylan Cozens dispatched a screaming slapper from top of the circle to score with 43.8 seconds left.

Midway through the third Cozens found daylight between Braves goalie Cam St. Pierre and the post, sniping a wrist shot in to tie the game 2-2.

In a mad scramble behind the Braves net, Mustangs Johnny Elias and Bryce Anderson got the puck out to Stokes alone in front, burying the game-winner with 6:42 left.

With his two goals, Cozens was named the game’s MVP for his team.

“He’s a pretty good player, I’ve played with him for a while now,” said Stokes. “It’s awesome watching him go down the ice and scoring those goals.”

“After they got that first goal, we weren’t too nervous on the bench, but it was getting a little scary,” said Cozens. “As soon as I got that second goal, we were like: we got to get this back right away. Then we scored right after that – it was a pretty exciting game.”

“We were struggling in our defensive end at the start of the game, but our forecheck in the third period was really good,” he added. “That really helped a lot.”

To the Braves goalie’s credit, he saw a lot of shots that third period.

At the other end of the ice, Mustangs goalie Cole Smith was more of a spectator, as the Braves failed to put a shot on net.

“It was a nice way to finish, it was the best game we’ve played at the tournament for sure,” said Bantam head coach Martin Lawrie. “It was the first time the kids faced some real adversity in a game. Going into the third period down 2-1, they cranked it up.

“When we went onto the ice at the end of the game, in our end to talk to the players, both (assistant coach) Carl (Burgess) and I almost fell because the ice was clean in our end.

We played the entire third period in Saanich’s end.”

The Mustangs won five straight games en route to gold. They opened with a 4-1 win over Vancouver

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Bantam Mustangs goalie Cole Smith covers the puck against the Nanaimo Clippers at the Seafair International Ice Breaker Rep Tournament in Richmond, B.C., on Saturday. The Mustangs went undefeated in five games for gold in Tier 2.

Island’s Juan de Fuca Grizzlies, with two goals from Stokes and others from Elias and Cozens.

“In the first game we handily beat a team that was a Tier 2 team – we really had no idea what the teams would be like going in,” said Stokes.

“We thought to ourselves, we can handle this.”

Whitehorse then downed the Phoenix Coyotes from Arizona 5-2 in their second game. Cozens posted a hat trick while Niall Lawrie and Stokes contributed with individual goals.

The Mustangs then galloped over the Nanaimo Clippers 5-2 in their first really physical game of the tournament. Elias had a three-point game with a goal, while Stokes, Dylan Kindervater, Jarod McCulloch and – who else but – Cozens also scored.

Sunday’s semifinal was the Mustangs’ most lopsided of the tourney. They sent the hosting Seafair Islanders packing with a 6-2 win.

Elias got the ball rolling with the first two goals, before Cozens knocked in two and Stokes put in one. Anderson racked up two assists and a goal in the game.

“Bryce was setting up a lot of nice plays for us and Joe was putting them in the back of the net,” said Cozens.

Before Cozens’ MVP nod in the final, Anderson, Stokes, Elias and Niall Lawrie each had the honour in the games leading up to gold.

“I was happy with a number of the first-years, this is a really big jump from peewee to bantam, especially now that there’s no contact in peewee hockey,” said Martin. “To come in and play against some of the big kids who are coming after them, they

Whitehorse’s Peewee Mustangs and Atom Mustangs also competed at the Seafair tournament this past weekend. (See coverage on page 25.)

It was the first time in recent history – or maybe ever – in which three Mustangs team travelled to and competed in the same tournament.

It is the result of an ongoing relationship between the Whitehorse Minor Hockey Association and Yukon airline Air North, which added two flights to their regular schedule – one down to Vancouver on Friday and one back on Monday – to accommodate the three Mustangs teams.

“This is the third season where we’ve had that relationship,” said Carl Burgess, president of the Whitehorse Minor Hockey Association. “They’re proud to be our official airline and we’re proud to say that. There’s a 100plus tickets coming down to this one and everyone is happy to buy them.

“Air North has been incredibly accommodating, recognizing what we bring to the company and we definitely really appreciate it and recognize what they bring to the association.

They’re a huge partner in this and the word is getting out.

Tom Patrick/Yukon News “Other teams in B.C. know now Mustangs defenceman Kailem Letto gets slammed into the we have this relationship with Air boards by the Nanaimo Clippers captain during Whitehorse’s North and it’s helping us attract 5-2 win. teams and interest in events.”

Whitehorse Minor teamswill take Peewee Mustangs first-year goalie handled it really well. part in the second annual Air North Dawson Smith (no relation) did dress “It’s a legitimate Tier 2 tournaChallenge with three Whitehorse ment and to come away winning it, it for the games. teams travelling to Yellowknife and “Cole played very well,” said looks good for the season.” three Yellowknife teams coming to Stokes. “He was our only goalie beIt was a long, busy weekend for Whitehorse, novice to midget, the cause our other one (Ethan VanderSmith. The Mustangs goalie played weekend of October 25. kley) wasn’t present, but he played all 15 periods as his team’s only netContact Tom Patrick at minder at the tournament. However, good and was solid in net for us.” tomp@yukon-news.com

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Atom and Peewee Mustangs gather experience at Seafair tourney

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Peewee Mustangs winger Wyatt Sheardown-Waugh skates away from a pile-up with the Semiahmoo team during his team’s 2-0 loss on Friday.

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Atom Mustangs Jonathan Timmons watches the puck trickle into the net during his team’s 6-3 loss to the Juan de Fuca Grizzlies at the Seafair International Ice Breaker Rep Tournament in Richmond, B.C., on Monday.

Tom Patrick News Reporter

RICHMOND, B.C. he Peewee Mustangs and the Atom Mustangs were in tough this past weekend.

With only a few hours of ice-time under their belts, the two Tier 3 Whitehorse rec teams took on Tier 2 squads at the 12th annual Seafair International Ice Breaker Rep Tournament.

Both came away winless but picked up experience that will serve them well over the season, said the teams’ head coaches.

“When you pick a new team every year you’re always trying to build on systems and develop their skills and you only have so much time before you get to this first tournament,” said Peewee Mustangs head coach Elgin Schwantz. “That’s not an excuse, it’s reality.

“What I’ve seen by the time we finished this weekend is a lot of improvement in all areas, in all kids, so that’s great – even though we lost.”

“With an early tournament like this, it’s hard for our kids who haven’t really touched the ice,” said Atom Mustangs head coach Trevor Matthews. “Our atom kids coming out here have had one game and four practices. They are playing teams who it’s their third tournament, so they’ve had a chance to practise on structure and all that, and our kids haven’t. To come out here and keep the games close with the limited ice-time we’ve had is phenomenal for these kids.

“From Game 1 to Game 4, the kids improved on man-toman coverage. Especially coming from novice ... where you have groups of five kids follow-

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ing the puck.”

The Peewee Mustangs dropped one-goal leads in their last two games, falling 3-1 to the Nanaimo Clippers and 2-1 to the Seattle T-Birds from Washington.

They also lost 2-0 to Surrey’s Semiahmoo to open the tournament, 7-2 to the Campbell River Tyees and 6-1 to the Langley Eagles.

“The last two games were exactly the same: we were winning at the beginning and it seemed as the game went on out kids had a mental lapse of their positioning and their second gear started to fade,” said Schwantz, an assistant coach who took over as head coach for Kirk Gale, who couldn’t make the trip.

Peewee Mustangs’ Saul Gale had two goals, Eric Potvin a goal and an assist and Liam Hudson had two assists at the tournament. Kyle Bierlmeier and Marco Harwood also scored for the Mustangs in the road trip.

“In most of the games we did play good, but we could have been better,” said Mustangs defenceman Kyle Schwantz.

“We could have won at least one of those games. We were winning two of them and then we lost momentum and lost the game.”

“Some are more angry than others,” said Mustangs winger Wyatt Sheardown-Waugh.

“There’s one side of the team who take it too rough on themselves, say it’s all their fault.

And then there are some who are just laid back and are just like, ‘whatever,’ and accept the loss. Some of us find it easier to go from one game to the next game.”

The Atom Mustangs also took five straight losses – a couple with rather lopsided scores – but they weren’t shut out in any of them.

The Atoms lost 5-2 to the Juan de Fuca Grizzlies, 10-2 to the hosting Seafair Islanders and 16-1 to the North Shore Winter Club in the round robin. They then improved to 9-2 against the Winter Club in the playoffs before a 6-3 loss against the Grizzlies in a rematch to finish the tournament.

“A couple of (teammates) are pretty disappointed, but I think it’s the beginning of the year,” said Mustangs defenceman Nolan Matthews. “With the games we played, I think by the end of the year we’ll be great.

“For a lot of them this is the first tournament outside the territory, so a lot of them are really happy to be here.

“We really worked hard as a

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Leading the way for the Atoms were Ty Beacon and Seth Sheardown-Waugh, each with two goals and an assist. Nolan had a goal and two assists and Jonathan Timmons and Joshua Schenk also scored.

The icebreaker tourney was a different story for the Bantam Mustangs, who went undefeated in five games to win gold in Tier 2.

Derek Klassen, the new head coach for the Whitehorse Minor Hockey Association and the Mustangs program, was pleased

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by what he saw from all three Whitehorse teams.

“I thought it was a great weekend overall for all three teams,” said Klassen. “What matters in hockey is where you are in March, not where you’re at in October. I thought all the teams competed hard, some better than others as far as wins and losses are concerned. All the kids got a different taste of competition than they’re used to, which is really positive for Whitehorse minor hockey.

“I couldn’t be happier with how the weekend went.”

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Atom Mustangs’ Seth Sheardown-Waugh puts a shot on net against the Juan de Fuca Grizzlies.

Mustangs take Richmond Three teams from the Whitehorse Mustangs rep hockey club faced tough competition at the 12th annual Seafair International Ice Breaker Rep Tournament over the weekend in Richmond, B.C. Of the three Whitehorse teams, the Bantams Mustangs fared the best with five consecutive wins for gold in the Tier 2 tournament.

Photos by Tom Patrick

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Top, Atom Mustangs’ Zeb Blower skates away with the puck in a game against the Juan de Fuca Grizzlies. Bottom, Peewee Mustangs celebrate a goal against the Campbell River Tyees.

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Atom Mustangs’ Erik Breithaupt fights off a player from the Seafair Islanders.

Peewee Mustangs forward Cole McCulloch, bottom, collides with a player from the Campbell River Tyees.

Bantam Mustangs forward Johnny Elias chases the puck in front of a Juan de Fuca Grizzlies player.

Bantam Mustangs forward Bryce Anderson handles the puck against the Seafair Islanders.

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For Rent HOBAH APARTMENTS: Clean, spacious, walking distance downtown, security entrance, laundry room, plug-ins, rent includes heat & hot water, no pets. References required. 668-2005 SKYLINE APTS: 2-bdrm apartments, Riverdale. Parking & laundry facilities. 667-6958 WEEKEND GET AWAY Rustic Cabin-45 minutes from town Hiking Trails in the summer Skiing in the winter Includes sauna. Reasonable rates.

Rent out by the week or for a weekend.

867-821-4443

SHOP/OFFICE/STUDIO Multi-Use Building with space available to rent Shop/Office/Studio Various sizes, will modify to suit Washroom on site, friendly environment whserentals@hotmail.com Phone 667-6805 LOOKING FOR female roommate, downtown house, furnished room, must be clean, responsible, quiet, heat, electricity, kitchen/laundry facilities & cable included, N/S, refs & dd reqĘźd, $700/mon. 668-5185 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 2nd floor of building on Gold Road in Marwell Sizes 180 sqft & 340 sqft Quiet spaces with reasonable rent 667-2917 or 334-7000 3-BDRM 2-BATH duplex, Riverdale, 5 appliances, N/S, $1,400/mon + utils & dd.

668-2006 or 335-8505 WHY SETTLE for dingy room or empty apartment? Share whole house with other professionals, Porter Creek, everything incl. $850/month. http://timmit.ca/share, tollfree 1-855-628-7138x99

Beautifully ďŹ nished ofďŹ ce space is available in the Taku Building at 309 Main Street.

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

ROOMMATE WANTED to share waterfront home at Marsh Lake, close to ski trails & community centre, animals welcome, N/S, $500/mon + shared utils. 660-4321 YUKON APARTMENTS, 28 Lewes Blvd, now avail 2-bdrm apts, heat & elec incl, refĘźs reqĘźd. 667-4076 NEW CABIN, wood heat, propane appliances. Located 35 mins north of Whse.

Available immediately, $450/mon. 667-2568 lv msg DOWNTOWN 1 bdrm self-contained suite, heat incl, N/S, N/P, responsible tenant, $900/mon + dd. 667-2631

Call 867-333-0144 COMMERCIAL BUILDING

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Unit 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 500 sq. ft. $750 all incl.

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HOUSESITTER NEEDED for January to April, 2015 at Marsh Lake. Reliable couple or single person with references, N/S, animals welcome. 660-4321 GORGEOUS CONDO-CRESTVIEW â&#x20AC;˘Mountain views from large wrap-around deck â&#x20AC;˘2 bedrooms, 2 full baths â&#x20AC;˘Wood and bamboo floors and cabinets â&#x20AC;˘Wood burning stove â&#x20AC;˘High efficiency heat â&#x20AC;˘RV parking area Looking for long term responsible tenants, no pets/no smoking. $1,700 mth plus utilities 1 month rent damage deposit.

Available October 15 gregochef@yahoo.ca 1-403-437-4734

3-4 BDRM 2-bath house, Porter Creek, spacious, wood stove, huge yard, N/S, $1,795/mon + utils. suites@auroramusic.ca.

2-BDRM EXECUTIVE country cottage, wood/oil heat, all amenities, beautiful river/mountain view, 1/2 hr north of downtown, avail Nov 1, $1,500/mon + utils.

393-2684 3-BDRM + bsmt, Hillcrest, furnished, bsmt storage, N/S, avail immed, refs, $1,700/mon. 867-332-6000.

CABIN 15 min south, elec & wireless Internet incl, cell service, oil monitor/wood stove, water delivery, hot water on demand, outhouse, N/S, N/P, $975/mon + dd & refs. dimensionals@hotmail.com

PROFESSIONAL COUPLE available for house-sitting in or on bus line to Whitehorse, beginning in December, responsible, mature, clean, can care for pets/plants, handyman.

References. 867-334-0339 or 778-267-6645

Real Estate CONDO SUITE NANAIMO, B.C. Quality construction+materials, partially furnished, w/kitchen appliances, well organized 300 sq ft.

Quiet residential area near transit, shopping, & park.

Low condo fees+utilities.

Asking $85,000.

Call: 867-660-4516.

2-BDRM HOUSE, downtown, fridge/stove, hook-up for w/d, refs reqĘźd, avail immediately, $950/mon + utils + first & last monthĘźs rent. 667-4380

ROOM, 10 mins south of Whitehorse, upstairs, beautiful & well-lit, utils & laundry incl, N/S, quiet, responsible tenants, refs reqĘźd, $750/mon. 587-434-9834

1-BDRM STUDIO suite, bright & modern, responsible, quiet tenant, kitchenette, completely furnished, cable internet, Sat tv, N/S, N/P, no parties, $750/mon + utils. 668-6808

TAKHINI TOWNHOUSE, 3 bdrms, 1.5 bath, 2 parking stalls at your door, well-maintained older development, $1,500/mon + utils, references & dd required. 334-5464

3-BDRM 2-BATH house, 33 Wilson Dr, $1,350/mon + utils. To view phone 668-6884 or csuley@northwestel.net

STONERIDGE, 3-BDRM 2-bath condo, full laundry, 2 parking stalls, avail Nov 1, N/S, N/P, refs required, $1,500/mon + utils + first/last mon rent. 333-9551

Brand New Single Family Homes starting at $349,900.

Certified Green.

Show Home Open Daily 1-85 Aksala Dr. Visit www.homesbyevergreen.ca for more details or call Maggie 335-7029

PRIVATE BEDROOM/BATH, Dawson City, shared entrance/kitchen/laundry, avail now, heat, power & Sat TV incl, 8kms from Dawson carpool, responsible tenant, $500/mon + 1/2 water & sewer. 867-993-5636

ACREAGE 18 kms west of Whse. 20 acres set up for horses. Excellent well. 2-bdrm house + rental cabin. Can subdivide lot, $399,000. 667-7578

2-BDRM BSMT legal suite, open concept, shed, close to schools & hospital, laundry facilities, N/S, N/P, responsible tenants, $1,100/mon + utils + $1,100 dd. 335-9732 or 633-2158 1-BDRM GROUND floor suite, Porter Creek, clean, bright, private, N/S, N/P, avail Nov 1, $900/mon + utils & dd. bellis@klondiker.com 2-BDRM 1-BATH, Whistlebend, modern, new, avail Nov 1, large windows, 2-storey, private laundry, small yard, pets negotiable, N/S, $1,400/mon + utils. Jackie 336-1496 3-BDRM HOUSE with office/den, 1.5 bath, Porter Creek, large fenced yard, refs reqĘźd, $1,500/mon + utils. 604-971-3884 3-BDRM 2-BATH trailer, Carmacks, propane furnace & oil burning toyo stove in living room, large kitchen, wooded yard, dog okay, no cats, $950/mon. email: info@cdcproperties.ca LARGE 1-BDRM trailer, Carmacks, newly renoĘźd, new furnace, large private property, N/S, N/P, $850/mon. Email info@cdcproperties.ca AFFORDABLE DOWNTOWN office space for lease, $16 ft 2 + cam, 1,800 sq ft, 202 Strickland Street on the 2nd floor, available November 1st. Contact Stephan 332-4082 or stephane@asprinting.ca 3-BDRM 1-BATH 1,000 sq ft rancher, Pine Ridge, acreage, shop & carport, $2,000/mon incl heat & hydro, + $1,000 dd & refs.

335-3253 2-BDRM MOBILE home, 20 mins north on Mayo Rd, wood/oil heat, well, laminate flooring, new carpet, clean & quiet, pets ok on approval, room for horses, $1,200/mon + dd. 334-9733

2-BDRM SUITE downtown, clean, bright & private, close to all amenities, laundry avail, includes heat & elec, N/P, N/S, avail Nov. 1, responsible tenants, $1,400/mon. 336-0444 2-BDRM APT, downtown, new floor/paint, dd & refs reqĘźd, available Oct 15, N/S, N/P, $1,150/mon + elec. Text or call 334-9087 DOWNTOWN FULLY-FURNISHED open concept suite available monthly thru Apr 30th. Incls heat, electric, cable & wireless.

Fully-equipped kitchen, 2 queen beds, bathroom, TV sitting area, private entrance, $1,400/mon. 668-3907 NEW 2-BDRM condo, N/S, N/P, $1,300/mon + utils. 633-5224 2-BDRM 1-BATH cottage, KM 6.5 Hot Springs Rd, avail Nov 1, power, monitor oil heat, water delivery, septic, phone & Internet, refs reqĘźd, $1,000/mon + utils. 633-6178 BSMT SUITE, newly renoĘźd, partially furnished, private ent, new appliances, w/d, propane fireplace, N/S, N/P, avail Nov. 1, refs reqĘźd, $1,100/mon incl utils. 689-7848

Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871

2,628 SQUARE FEET OF PRIME OFFICE SPACE Available for Lease NOW!

2-BDRM 1-BATH condo, downtown end of Main, elevator, mountain view, floor heating, no shared walls, 2 units per floor, deck, wheelchair access, bsmt storage, pets ok, $312,000. 250-716-6190, email hanasaly.czca@gmail.com

ESTATE SALE, 7253 Watch Lake Rd, Lone Butte, BC, 3,074 sq ft rancher home, 3-bdrm 3-bath, full basement, 2-car garage, 25 acres, shop, sheds, $399,000. 250-695-6670

Help Wanted MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program.

Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT to start training for your work-at-home career today!

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS WANTED Training Provided Apply in person to: TAKHINI TRANSPORT #9 Lindeman Road, Whitehorse, Yukon 867-456-2745

KITCHEN HELPER/ PREP COOK (NOC6711)

DUTIES: WASH, PEEL AND CUT VEGGIES AND FRUITS. RECEIVE SUPPLIES. BAKING. 35-40 hours/week, $12/hour

Two Suites available for lease. Suites can be leased separately or combined as one.

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

Apply via email: mitsue@bakedcafe.ca

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 PARTS PERSON required for a growing progressive auto/industrial supplier. Experienced applicant will receive top wages; full benefits and RRSP bonuses working 5-day work week, plus moving allowances. See our community at LacLaBicheRegion.com.

Send resume to: Sapphire Auto & Industrial, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: hr@sapphireinc.net

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

HELP WANTED Hotel Front Desk Clerk NOC #6525 Permanent Full-time 35-40 hrs/week, $13.00 per hr Duties include: •maintaining inventory of vacancies, reservations and room assignments •register guests, answer inquiries regarding hotel services and registration by mail, phone and in person •present statements of charges & receive payment Contact: Joyce Yukon202@gmail.com Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. 206 Jarvis St Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H1

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

SPECTRUM SECURITY-SOUND LTD is looking for a reliable, self motivated, full-time technician for installation and programming of a variety of communication systems including phone and alarm systems.

Requirements: Telephone system programming, basic electrical, construction, security clearance check.

Apply in person at 133 Industrial Rd. FRONT ST. CLOTHING CO. is looking for two energetic and mature sales people for the beginning of November •One full time position with basic managerial duties, Mon-Fri 10am - 4:30pm.

•One part time and on-call position with flexible schedule Wage dependent on experience.

Please submit resume with references to frontstreetclothing@hotmail.com.

SERVICE DEPARTMENT Personnel required. Busy expanding Chrysler dealership 40 minutes from Edmonton looking for individuals to fill the following position: Journeyman Automotive Service Technicians. Flat rate system. Wages commensurate with training level and experience. Chrysler experience preferred but not essential, apprentices considered. Apply in person or by writing to: Brown's Chrysler Ltd., 10447 - 104 Ave., Westlock, AB, T7P 2E4.

1-888-349-5566. Fax: 1-780-349-6493. Attention: Dale Marshall or email: dfm@brownschrysler.com.

MENʼS BASQUE hiking boots, size 10, $50, button Levi jeans, new & used, Beta VCR & tapes, craft supplies, older cash register for garage sales, $50. 667-7144 SPILSBURY TINDALL SBX-11 2-way radio w/antenna, $450. 332-6565 GARRET ELECTRONICS, 4-coil metal locator w/case, exc shape, $600. 332-6565 WHITE ENAMELED antique wood cook stove made by Fawcett/Beaverbrook w/warming oven & copper water jacket, $700. Dan 336-1412 MERIT KITCHEN cabinets and bathroom vanity, almond with oak trim, double Jenn-air oven and Whirlpool cooktop. 667-4970 400 BOARD ft of 3/4” cedar boards, $700, 35 gallon electric water heater, $60.

633-4018 WOOD SHAVINGS FROM MILL 1 ton feed bag Clean & dry Excellent bedding, mulch, landscaping, insulation etc. $50/bag plus $25 bag deposit Delivery available 633-5192 or 335-5192 HOUSEPLANTS, 4ʼ long orange bloom, large Chinese evergreen, large spider plant, etc, $10 to $35. 660-4321 We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, cameras, furniture, antiques, artwork, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, rifles & ammo.

G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL LADIES ITEMS, JEANS, tops, dress slacks, extra lg, 16, 18, great cond, some new with tags, been in storage, $1 per item, shoes/dress boots size 7.5-8 $2 or $3.

867-689-5907

Native Brain-Tanned

Moose Hides AT REASONABLE PRICES Tanned beaver & other furs also available.

Ph (780) 355-3557 or (780) 461-9677 or write Lodge Fur and Hides, Box 87, Faust AB, T0G 0X0 2 GLASS display cases, 38”HX24”WX42”L, 334-4568 KERR OIL furnace, 74,000 BTU, serviced every year, very good cond, $450 obo.

667-6365 REXON 10" commercial table saw with extension, has Rexon RM-425, 115/ 230 volt single phase motor, exc cond, $500 obo.

667-7222 THE CAT Who books, first 30, $20; complete works of Scott Peck, $30. 633-5009 TIFFANY HANGING lamp, green, one of a kind, $100; double air mattress with accordion frame, $40. 633-5009 SELLING 2 Air North shares, come with this yearʼs flight benefits, $10,000 ea. 668-4082 31” CIRCULAR saw blade great shape, no chips in teeth, if youʼre brave enough to use a saw that big or would make a great decoration, $100. 633-3392 BARBECUE TABLE, $35. 660-4321 4-DRAWER METAL filing cabinet; Vision Fitness R2200 bike w/heart monitor, hardly used, $300. 633-5362 59 ANTIQUE Royal Doulton airline dishes, offers. 332-6565 KIDS WOODEN 3 in 1 starter bike, grows with your child, Wishbone brand, very eco-friendly, $250. 633-3392 SCHOOL BUS, no engine, drive train ok, seats removed, good glass, would have to be towed from current location an hour from town, use for cabin/shed/homeless shelter, $500. 633-3392 TRAPLINE FOR lease, #301 Tagish, 867-399-3001 for info YARD WORKS 30'' snow blower, extreme auger, remote chute control, electric start, $300. 660-5942

Meat Cutter

Full-time opportunities with a long standing local company located in Salmon Arm, BC, on the beautiful Shuswap Lake. Candidates should be experienced Meat Cutters who would like to grow and advance their careers oal` 9kc]o k >gg\k& Visit our website at Askewsfoods.com for details on this position.

Sphinx Orthodontics is seeking a friendly,

PART-TIME

Receptionist Please bring a resume to Klondyke Dental Clinic, #4-3089 3rd Avenue, Whitehorse.

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

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Administrative Assistant WAGE RANGE: $18.00/hour – $22.00/hour (Based on 35 hours per week) + Chambers of Commerce Benefits Package DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Reporting to the Executive Director the Administrative Assistant is the primary administrative support and first-line engagement for the public and Chamber members. The position requires the incumbent to be self-motivated and able to work in a demanding fast-paced environment with a wide range of people. This position is responsible for providing a full range of administrative support services. s Answering, screening, forwarding and/or taking messages for incoming correspondence, and face-to-face inquiries; s Maintaining and ensuring that administration filing is done routinely and organized, including maintaining of financial records, board and board committees records, membership information, material and directories; s Typing and preparing memos, letters and outgoing correspondence, proof reading all documents before distribution; s Procurement of office and kitchen supplies, inventory and pamphlets; s Ensuring that the common office areas are kept tidy and uncluttered; s Facilitate travel arrangements for staff, directors and special guests; s Booking, preparing, and attending a wide range of meetings, providing secretarial support including taking meeting minutes; s Assist in the coordination of yearly events and special projects; s Contribute to a team atmosphere and provide additional duties as required; QUALIFICATIONS The ideal qualifications are a Diploma of Office Administration or equivalent, a valid Class 5 Driver’s license, and 3-5 years experience working in a fast paced office environment. The employee should have a good ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with staff, chamber members, directors, consultants and other agencies.

If interested, please submit your resume and covering letter by 4:00 PM on October 17th, 2014 to the attention of: Samson Hartland, Executive Director Yukon Chamber of Mines 3151B – 3rd Avenue, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1G1 Fax: (867)-668-7127 e-Mail: ed@yukonminers.ca

Service Advisor, Permanent Full Time Location: 191 Range Road, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3E5 Klondike Motors is seeking an enthusiastic Service Advisor to join our team in Whitehorse. Service Advisors treat our customers with integrity and respect, show passion and pride in the work they do and share our commitment to exceeding our customer’s expectations.

As a Service Advisor, you will enjoy: Three weeks of annual vacation Full benefits including extended health, vision, dental and matching RRSP Competitive compensation Opportunity to work with a progressive and growing company Scheduling customer appointments, estimating repairs Being the go-to person between the customer and the technician Processing work orders and warranties, coding invoices To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to: Human Resources E-Mail: hr@klondikemotors.com Fax (780) 638-4867 Or drop off a resume in person at our Whitehorse location; Ask to speak with Cathy Chipman, Service Manager.

We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

Canadian Parents for French is Looking for a Treasurer Board Member The treasurer is a volunteer board member of Canadian Parents for French - Yukon (CPF). CPF is a Whitehorse based non-profit group of over 50 members that supports children and youth learning French as a Second Language through communitybased activities. Annual operating budget is approximately $6,000.

Task: t CBTJD CPPLLFFQJOH SFDPODJMF CBOL statements, maintain trial balance sheet; produce financial statements) t USBDL SFWFOVF BOE FYQFOTFT SFJNCVSTF volunteers for expenses, deposit cheques) t USBDL GVOEJOH DPOUSJCVUJPO BHSFFNFOUT (application and reporting) Skills needed: t USBJOJOH PS FYQFSJFODF JO CPPLLFFQJOH t EFUBJMFE PSJFOUFE t BQQSFDJBUJPO GPS $1' NBOEBUF BOE activities Time commitment: approximately 6 hours/ month, on-going The Treasurer works closely with the CPF President. Other members of the Board

will also assist and provide advice as required.

Contact information: Kristina Craig at 336-0303, yukoncpf@gmail.com

Volunteer Opportunity: Ski Patroller Task description: Provide first aid rescue services at Mount Sima or Mount McIntyre Skills needed: Canadian Ski Patrol Advanced First Aid certification, skiing/ snowboarding abilities.

Responsibilities: Complete first aid and onsnow training, and conduct regular patrols during the winter. Registration with Canadian Ski Patrol required ($155 fee).

Time commitment: Mount Sima: 12 patrol days. or, Mount McIntyre: 10 hours/month Incentive : Free seasons pass, advanced first aid training, CPR, demo deals, ski improvement sessions.

Staff position that will supervise the volunteer : Patrol leader Contact Information: Tim Sellars, Zone President, Canadian Ski Patrol - Yukon Zone, tim.sellars@gmail.com, (867) 668-6095.

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

We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Learn more at www.yukonminers.ca

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MENĘźS COWICHAN sweater, sz L, $75, menĘźs mucklucks sz 11 snowshoes, handmade, with bindings, $300, hipwaders, sz 11, $50, chestwaders, sz 11, $50. 660-5942

CANADA GOOSE Resolute Parka, hardly worn, perfect cond, black, men's large, $500.

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WHITE MICROWAVE, $25, small white bar fridge $25, small 4Ęź Christmas tree with sparkly lights, $10. 668-5882

GII ATHLETIC knee brace, left knee, size medium, use for ligament damage or to stabilize knee, worn only a few times, perfect condition, paid $550, asking $275. 336-8737

CASH REGISTER, $50. 667-7144 CRAFT SUPPLIES. 667-7144 RIELLO BURNER with furnace blower, make an offer. 334-2695 GLASS/METAL FRAME door, free; pressure step exerciser, $30. 667-7144 NSA COUNTERTOP water filter, new, never used, removes chlorine, bad taste and bacteria from tap water, easy to install, $100.

336-8737 WR DOWN vest, sm, $25; Marmot ultralight down jacket, sm, $40; MEC lined jacket, lg, $60; MEC down coat, xs, $75. 311B Hanson St

GED BOOKS for high school equivalency exam at Yukon College, includes science, math, social studies, literature, language.

660-4321

PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com SATURDAY GUITAR CLASSES at Dean's Strings Beginner & intermediate levels For more information or to register contact Krista at kristaaustad@gmail.com

SOREL PINK boots, size 9, $25. 633-4117 FREE, 21â&#x20AC;? Toshiba TV, Panasonic microwave oven & microwave stand, computer desk & chair, must pick up. 660-4725

MOTOMASTER AIR compressor, less than 10 hrs use, exc cond, $200 obo. 456-4766

2014 HONDA EU2001 generator, new, less than 50 hrs run time, quiet & efficient, $1,300. 334-8273

METAL HEAT shield for under wood stove.

Fireproof pad w/metal covering & rolled safety edges. 36x50â&#x20AC;?, made by Griffith's heating, $80. Dan 336-1412

GUITARS FOR sale, electric & acoustic, some high end & some low end. 332-1360 for info FULL SIZE violin with bow, case and shoulder rest, good cond, $175; 1/8 size violin with bow, shoulder rest and case, good cond, $125. 667-4151

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TIMBER FRAME picnic shelter, 12Ęźx14Ęź, 3 king post trusses with lean-to side. 6x6 beam construction, $5,500. Dan 336-1412

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Executive Director Operations Manager Human Resources Manager Finance Officer (Title subject to change) Social Manager

300 GALLON round fuel oil tank w/stand, made by Cord Dunn Enterprises in Calgary, $250 obo. Dan 336-1412

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC.

MEDIUM-SIZED SEWING table for standard or free-arm sewing machine, $35. 393-3682

Store (867) 633-3276

ANTIQUE FRANKLIN wood stove, small, used to heat small greenhouse, $15 obo.

393-3682

â&#x153;&#x201D; Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed â&#x153;&#x201D; Everything over 8" split â&#x153;&#x201D; $250 per cord (6 cords or more) â&#x153;&#x201D; Single and emergency half cord deliveries â&#x153;&#x201D; You-cut and you-haul available â&#x153;&#x201D; Scheduled or next day delivery

VIKING CLASS 1 chainsaw boots, caulked, insulated, size 15, bought as a gift, never used. $100. Climbing spurs & utility belt for climbing trees & utility poles, $400. Dan 336-1412 COLEMAN TWO burner gas stove, $40.

Coleman single mantel lantern, $40. Globe cracked. Dan 336-1412

Application deadline: October 20, 2014. Job descriptions upon request.

METAL HEAT shield for under corner wood stove. Made of fireproof material with metal covering & safety edge by Griffith's heating.

Fits corner 41x50â&#x20AC;?, $80. 336-1412

Please submit your resume to the Executive Assistant at execassist@nndfn.com or the Implementation manager at intergovmanager@nndfn.com

TO GIVE away, exterior metal door with window, insulated, door jamb, exterior motion light, both in good cond, Brian or Jeanne, 668-2506

Qualimed applicants are invited to submit their rĂŠsumĂŠ quoting reference number PSSR-12115-100214 and position title to: Email bcjobs@smsequip.com Fax (604) 888-9699

Musical Instruments

INTERNET SATELLITE dish, bracket, and 28+ ft of cable, $50 obo. 456-4926

ORBITAL JIGSAW, new, $35. 311B Hanson St

Reporting to the Surrey Parts Manager, this position will maintain & grow the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s customer base, product sales & promtability through the sale of OEM & after-market products & the sale of support services in a specimc territory. â&#x20AC;˘ Promote & market SMS Equipmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s products, services, & support programs to new & existing clients within the Yukon Territory. â&#x20AC;˘ Develop new accounts & service current accounts. â&#x20AC;˘ Daily partsperson duties taking orders by phone & email with warehouse & facility maintenance â&#x20AC;˘ Build & maintain strong relationships with clients, manufacturers, & internal departments. â&#x20AC;˘ Maintain documentation & record keeping such as call reports, machine population listings & quotations. â&#x20AC;˘ Assist in solving technical problems & improving product performance to best meet client needs. â&#x20AC;˘ Prepare monthly sales reports. â&#x20AC;˘ Attends sales meetings via web-ex with Management Team in Surrey. â&#x20AC;˘ Successful candidate will be required to reside in the Whitehorse area.

Qualimcations â&#x20AC;˘ Three to mve years parts experience in an industrial, construction or mining environment â&#x20AC;˘ Strong organizational, interpersonal & communication skills (oral & written) â&#x20AC;˘ Strong computer skills & the ability to demonstrate promciency in software applications â&#x20AC;˘ bility to operate in a diverse environment requiring signimcant focus on branch & customer relations â&#x20AC;˘ Parts background with previous sales experience is an asset â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to travel & work independently

FRIDGE, 18 cu ft, and electric stove, Sears brand, $150 ea. 334-1212

SIRIUS SATELLITE radio including vehicle kit, $50. 668-3986

LIGHT PLANTS & gen sets, various sizes for sale. 668-2332

- Whitehorse, YK

Electrical Appliances

NEW IN box, soft side Canadian Tire spa, $400. 393-1992

WOULD THE lady from Faro who wanted the Merit kitchen cabinets please call 667-4970

PSSR/ PARTS PERSON

MONSTER 60 steam cleaner w/accessories, used once, $75, lg Tibetan floor length vest for taller person, $100; size 7 Sorels, like new, $20. 633-5967

Recruiting highly talented and dedicated personnel.

This is a very exciting time to be a part of SMS Equipment.

We are one of the largest Komatsu dealers in the world and believe our continued growth is a result of our highly skilled and engaged employees who deliver excellence in the workplace.

If you are interested in working for a very dynamic company where your input, your ideas and your participation is valued, apply today.

LG STAINED glass table lamp, $75; 6 hand-painted dessert dishes made in Germany, $60. 633-5967

Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

MasterCard

Cheque, Cash S.A. vouchers accepted.

FIREWOOD FOR SALE Beetle killed Approximately 20-cord logging truck loads $150 per cord Also offering approx 8-cord orders Delivered to Whitehorse Call Clayton @ 867-335-0894

ELECTRICIANS

Needed Immediately!

Electrical Experience to include: t $POEVJU #9 BOE EJTUSJCVUJPO XPSL ďŹ xture installation, bending EMT t $PNNFSDJBM BOE MJHIU JOEVTUSJBM t IBWF UIF BCJMJUZ UP XPSL BMPOF PS BT QBSU PG B UFBN t IBWF ZPVS PXO WFIJDMF UPPMT BOE TBGFUZ HFBS t BCMF UP XPSL EBZ OJHIU TIJGU PWFSUJNF t IBWF B WBMJE ESJWFS T MJDFOTF

A well-established electrical contracting company since 1992, High Point Electric Ltd. requires experienced Journeymen and Apprentice Electricians for a commercial project in Whitehorse.

Email resume to: ofďŹ ce@hpoint.ca

Our growth means your success.

ENTRY-LEVEL WAREHOUSE

SHIPPER/RECEIVER Competitive starting wages plus regular increases

HOURS: M-F 7:30 AM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:30 PM Excellent beneďŹ ts package Opportunities to advance Must be dependable, hardworking and seeking a long-term career APPLY IN PERSON, FAX OR EMAIL TO: 9034 Quartz Road Fax: 867-633-7710 julsrudhm@eecol.com

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 FIREWOOD FOR SALE $175 per cord 20 ft. lengths, 5 cord loads.

Small delivery charge.

867-668-6564 Leave message

WANTED: 668-5644

WOOD stove for garage.

Cars

DONĘźS FIREWOOD Scheduled daily deliveries HJ Beetle kill Spruce $260 per cord, City limits Phone 393-4397

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FIREWOOD Clean, beetle-kill, dry Ready for pick-up, $230/cord or Local delivery, $250/cord Prices include GST 1/2 cords also available for pick-up only Career Industries @ 668-4360 or 668-4363 EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery â&#x20AC;˘ Dry accurate cords â&#x20AC;˘ Clean shavings available â&#x20AC;˘ VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise.

ORDER NOW 456-7432

Guns & Bows LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL SAVAGE 22-250 12fvss with Accutrigger, stainless 26â&#x20AC;? heavy barrel, 100 new Lapua cases, 700-800 bullets, 24 factory rounds, very accurate, dies available, negotiable.

668-6066

2011 T O Y O T A Matrix hatchback, 65,000kms, command start, summer/winter tires, $16,550 obo. Salina or Gerry at 334-6338

2009 CHEV Cobalt SL Tudor, metallic grey, 32,690km, standard, clean, exc cond, $7,500. 667-7222

2008 TOYOTA Corolla, red, exc cond, 95,000 km, c/w 4 winter tires on rims, clean/well cared for, $9,500. 336-2694 2007 KIA Spectra 5, 5-spd manual, fully maintained highway commuter, loaded, extra studded tires on rims, 153,000 km, $6,000.

667-2276 2006 INFINITI G35x, AWD luxury sedan.

Loaded w/amenities, comfort & performance.

Great vehicle, great price. No accidents in great shape. 165,000 kms, $8,900. Alan 668-5790 2005 HONDA Civic Sport, 147,000 km, sunroof, new stereo w/Bluetooth, c/w summer tires, nice rims & new studded winter tires, $5,500 obo. Text/call 332-2555 anytime

SAVAGE 93R17 GV Bolt Action (HMR .17cal), new w/o scope, shot twice, $280 obo. Ray at 335-4179

2004 TOYOTA Echo, manual, 2-dr hatchback, 312,400 kms, highway mileage, set of winter/summer tires with rims, vg cond.

334-5607 2004 TOYOTA Echo, manual, 312,400km highway mileage, 2 doors hatchback, set of winter/summer tires with rims, good cond.

334-5607

2008 MERCEDES Benz B200 Turbo, power everything, luxury hatchback with sunroof, heated seats, satellite radio, etc, well taken care of, 105,000 km, $11,500. 332-5689

NON-RESTRICTED FIREARMS course presented by Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Oct 18 & 19. For more info call 334-1688 or 667-6728

MERLIN MOD 1895CB, cal. 45/70Govt, Octagon barrel 28", lever action, mint cond, 50 shells, photos available, $400.

250-483-1276, lv msg, or email: heidiwirth47@gmail.com

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2009 DODGE Ram 3500 Q cab, 9'6" deck, Cummins turbo diesel, P/W, P/L, remote start, keyless entry, r. window, Tow-Haul/Exh brake, 72,000km, inspec Sept 2014. Email cgr-37@hotmail.com 2008 GMC Sierra SLT, black, 4-dr crew cab, fully loaded, leather seats, new tires, 136,000 kms, $17,000 firm. 633-6667 or 335-8038 for more info 2007 CHEV 2500HD, crew cab 4X4, great unit, many options, trailer tow, fully serviced, new brakes & battery, must sell, $15,000 obo. 633-4311 2006 CHEV LT 4X4, white, immaculate, 1 owner, non-smoker, 188,000 highway kms, 4.8L, good gas mileage, must be seen, vg buy, $11,500. 250-651-7880 2006 FORD F350 XL crew cab long box, 4x4, 6.7L V10, tow pkg, camper tie downs, trailer break, A/C, pwr windows/drs, canopy, quad/sled deck w/10Ęź ramp, pull out cargo box. 456-2870

MARLIN .22LR bolt action, black syn stock, w/ variable scope, like new, $250. 334-5498

1992 CHEV Corsica 4-dr sedan, was running well, needs body work, offers. 633-3030

2005 BUICK Terraza minivan, approx 220,000km, new winter tires, $4,500 obo.

633-2218

RCBS S/S press RCBS powder measure, 5lbs powder, 800 pistol primers, 1000rd brass, 800rds 200 gr SWC, 2 die sets all for 45 ACP, $500 firm. 456-9608

2002 CAVALIER, std, CD, winter tires, clean, vg cond, 15,9750 kms, always regular oil change. No airbags, $2,100 obo.

333-9313

2005 FORD Explorer, fully loaded, heated leather seats, remote starters, 7 passenger seating, 147,000 km, motivated to sell, $9,000 obo. 336-6410

LLAMA 1XB, 45 ACP, Norinco 45 ACP, $300 ea or both for $550, incl extra mags, RPAL reqĘźd. 456-9608

1999 TOYOTA Tercel, auto, 235,000 km, great working cond, exhaust, R&F breaks, power steering, new filters, oil change done, struts to be changed, $1,000. 581-888-1287

2004 GMC 2500 HD 4x4 Xcab long box, great unit, remote start, trailer tow, aluminum liner & toolbox, fully serviced, new battery & tires. 633-4311

COMPOUND BOW PSE. Little use, c/w case, trigger, arm protector & a few arrows.

Paid over $700. Asking $400. 332-2020

1978 CADILLAC 4-dr sedan, good all around cond. 668-2332

2004 TOYOTA Tundra double cab, 123,000km, TRD package, grey, exc cond, matching SnugTop canopy, Toyo AT tires, running boards, incl Toyo WLT winter tires/steel rims. 334-8273

WINCHESTER 3 0 . 0 6 model 70 stainless/synthetic stock, w/telescope (2.5-10). Exc cond, pkg worth close to $1,800. Asking $900. 332-2020

1977 CHEVY Camaro, runs & drives well, good sound, many add ons and is a head turner, moving so must sell, $5,500 or best offer. 335-4269

Trucks

2003 F-250 XLT 7.3 diesel 4x4 SuperCab auto, power windows/mirrors, remote start, trailer brakes, new injector cups/o-rings/batteries/alternator/rear springs/brakes, very clean, good cond, $8,990. 668-7295

WANTED: USE of small milling machine to drill dowel along central axis, needs to be exact, willing to pay for service. 633-2300

We Sell Trucks!

2002 TOYOTA Tundra 4X4, loaded, great truck, 250,000kms, $12,000. 335-0038

WANTED: COUCH and twin bed in decent shape. 668-2972

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Wanted

WANTED: TYPEWRITER in good working order for senior citizen. 335-4066 WANTED: WE are looking for women/girls over 16 and a goalie to play on our broomball team this season. It is like hockey but no skates. Call Sharon at 334-3972 WANTED: VW dune buggy with fiberglass body. 604-883-9768.

2010 F-150 Lariat, pearl white on black leather, 4-dr, 6.5' box, pwr everything with all options, 130,000km, auto, 4x4, over $65,000 new, asking $26,000. 250-254-1945 2009 CHEVROLET Silverado 1500 LT 4X4 extĘźd cab, 4-dr, silver exterior, black interior, new tires, all receipts since new, warranty, tonneau cover extra, $13,800. 333-9020

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2000 46-PAX Thomas Saf-T-Liner Bus. Large windows. Cloth covered high-back seats, overhead luggage racks, pass through under floor storage, PA system, AM/FM radio, 110K mi. CAT 3126 Diesel rear-pusher.

907-314-3006 1999 CHEV Tahoe LS 4X4, 179,000kms, power group, BFG tires, hitch, privacy glass, 5.7 litre, solid vehicle, $5,500 obo. 668-2262 1999 TOYOTA Rav 4, 4X4 standard, $4,890 obo. 667-6726

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Coyote Video Goodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gas Green Garden Restaurant Heatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Haven Super A Porter Creek Trails North Home Hardware Klondike Inn Macâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fireweed Books Rickyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall

1998 INFINITY QX-4 SUV, 250,000kms, loaded, heated leather seats, 6 speaker Bose stereo, towing package, sunroof, roof rack, running boards, certified mechanical inspection, $3,100. 633-6720

1992 MITSUBISHI Delica, 4WD, 7 passenger van, right-hand drive, 2.5L diesel auto, 240,000kms, limited slip rear axle, cloth interior, $3,500 obo. Steve 333-0100 1990 TOYOTA Hiace, 8-passenger, camping or handicap minivan, 4wd, 4-cyl diesel, auto, 133,000 kms, offers or trades, 333-9020

1997 TAHOE 4X4, great for winter, comfortable interior, captains chairs, lots of storage, good tires, $3,500. 667-7733 or 333-3456

1984 FORD F350 4X4, c/w winter tires & 2 spares on rims, reg cab, 10Ęź box, 4X4 works, diesel, $2,500. 334-8086

1995 NISSAN Pathfinder 4WD, clutch needs work, c/w winter tires & 4 extra tires on rims, great custom roofrack, $600. 633-2479

Auto Parts & Accessories

1992 F150 4X4, long box, ext cab, captains chairs, auto, studded winter tires, fibreglass canopy, box liner, running boards, 131,000 mi, $3,250 obo. 633-3030

13â&#x20AC;? TIRES, 4 summer & 4 winter, $100 takes all. Phil @ 335-5707

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 5 BRAND new Goodyear 245/75-17â&#x20AC;? 10ply mud/snow tires, $420 cost each, will sell for $350 each, only sold as a complete set, will not fit my truck. Call 332-1374

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

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Help control the pet overpopulation problem

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15

2014

have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

633-6019

Ęť07 DODGE 3500 diesel, Mega B inj problem, $12,000. 633-2740 or 334-1131

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

CAR TOP carrier, new, never used, Thule brand. 336-4333

TOYOTA ALLOY wheels, fits Tacoma or Tundra, 16X7, retail $490 ea, asking $125 ea or all for $400. 633-3053

Ęť03 CHEV 2500 ex cab, newer tires, new battery, $3,500. 633-2740 or 334-1131

HD HEADACHE RACK for 2nd generation Dodge pickup with full-size 8 ft box.

Rack is 64 3/4" wide, tapers to 63" at back.

Black in color. $300.

Call 660-4516

Pets

3X MICHELIN LT265/70 R17, great tread, $300 obo. 633-4311

Dog Wash Fundraiser 3rd Saturday of each month. Next Date:

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at The Feed Store Pet Junction 10:00AM - 2:00PM

17â&#x20AC;? TIRE & rim, never used, $150. 633-5967

FOUR 15â&#x20AC;? aluminium rims, 6 bolts, no tires, like new. Have been on a Nissan Pathfinder, $380 obo. 335-6696 AT TRUCK tires 235/75/R15 mounted on six bolt 15" rims, fits older model Toyota 4X4 or similar truck, $250 obo. 336-8737 4 STUDDED winter tires with rims, P215/65 R16, Nokian Hakkapeliitta, like new, $500 obo. 333-9900 FIBREGLASS CANOPY, $55. 660-4321 3 LITRE Ford drop in, new alt starter from Ranger, $200. 633-2740 or 334-1131

ADAR/SPCA is offering Boarding Services for your dogs.

Book early.

5 acres of secure land.

References provided upon request.

Email adarspca@gmail.com for rates.

Yukon Kennel Club Fall 2014 Course Line-up!

Puppy Kindergarten â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oct 21 Novice OB 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oct 21 Precision OB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oct 21 Agility Level 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oct 25 *FCI Certified Training Director â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Niomi Smith To register please contact Wendi Arcand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 633-4952 www.Facebook.com/YukonKennelClub

Funeral service for the late

Monica Barr

LOST/FOUND

October 8, 1953 - October 10, 2014

LOST

t Falcon, male neutered, Siamese, black and white with blue eyes, and black patch on the front left paw, wearing no collar, answers to Whiskers, Contact Suzanne @ 334-1464 (02/10/14) t Mayo rd, 5 yr old, spayed female, DSH, grey with white paws, no collar, answers to Angel, Contact Chris @ 633-5164 (09/10/14) t 12th Ave Porter Creek, male neutered, DSH, tabby brown, no collar, answers to Jerry, Contact Sandra @ 667-6192 (02/10/14) t Ponderosa, male, border collie X, black with white paws and white on the tipof the tail, wearing a collar with tags, he is very friendly answers to Jasper, Contact Brenda @ 336-4416 (04/10/14) t Fish lake rd, 2 alaska huskys both wearing collars, Contact Tony @ 335-0941 (07/10/14) t Carcross, 4 yr old, male, beardog x, black with white on the feet, no collar, answers to Rover, Contact Colleen @ 821-4821 (07/10/14) t Baranoff trailer park, 12-13 week old, female, pitbull, redish brown, she is mirochip, wearing a pink collar, anwser to Scarlet, Contact Bill @ 334-1835 or Kelly @ 633-4194. (07/10/14)

t Arkell, 1 year old, male neuterd, DSH, tabby orange, no collar, answers to Chase, Contact Andrew @ 633-7934 (w), 633-5316 (h) ( 09/10/14) t Wolf Creek, 6 yr old, lab x, black with white on the face and paws, wearing a blue collar no tags, answers to Remy, Contact Elinore @ 667-7901 (14/10/14) t Porter Creek, 2yrs old, neutered male, Himalayan, seal colouring, no collar, answer to Freemoose, Contact Max @ 333-0524 (14/10/14)

will be at the United Church Thursday, October 16 at 4:00PM. Reception to follow downstairs.

In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers please make a donation to a charity of your choice in honor of her.

FOUND

Thank you Y.A.C. for your time, care and love.

t Mt. Sima Copper hall rd, large, male husky, no collar, very friendly, Contact Cathie @ 335-7260 ( 13/09/14) t Cowley creek, husky X, female, black and white, wearing a collar no tags, Contact Megan @ 335-4776, 393-4404 (20/09/14) t Airport Chalet, pug X, male wearing a black collar, has red paint on the left leg, and a cherryeye in the right eye, Contact Evghenii @ 416-834-8596 (27/09/14) t Copper Ridge, Golden Retriever, Wearing a red collar. Kristen Contact 334-8622 (08/10/14)

Timothy Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family and friends

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

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION DOGS

CATS

t 2 yr old, spayed female, cream, husky (Darby) t 3 yr old, neutered male, GSD/Rottie, black and brown (Tristan)

t 11 yr old, male neutered, DSH, black (Mingus)

t 13 weeks old, male, husky x GSD, black and blonde ( Bobo) t 13 weeks old, male, husky x GSD, black and white ( Cavin) t 7 weeks old, female, husky, black and brown, (Cerry) t 7 weeks old, male, husky, blonde, ( Stephan) t 7 yr old, female spayed, rottie X, brindle (Daphne) t 2 yr old, female spayed, husky, brown, ( Foxy) t 9 month old, male, beardog X, blonde (Snoosh) t 3yr old, neutered male, landseer, white and black, ( Zeus)

1 year old, house trained male.

Loves dogs, people and playing. Great addition to an active family.

Vaccinations up to date. $200 includes dishes, and toys.

Call or text 867-335-7997 PUPPIES TO give away to good homes, lab/husky cross, raised outdoors, born September 2. 393-1953 15-HOLE DOG box, boxes big enough to double load, c/w hot water heated box for thawing frozen meat while traveling, 2-level w/storage space in middle & end, $800 obo.

633-6502

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles TAITĘźS 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 RONĘźS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVĘźs, 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!

Call Patrick at 335-4181 2009 POLARIS Razr 800 ATV, added accessories including roof, 4,500lb Warn winch, snorkel intake, upgraded wheels & rims, spare tire carrier, shoulder harness/seat belts, $6,950. 333-9020 POLARIS 333-9020

V-PLOW with mount, $500.

2 ARGO Conquests, $6,500 and $5,500, or $10,000 for both. 867-863-5715 2004 MOUNTAIN Cat 800, 800 mi, $3,600, 2001 RMK 600, piped, new clutch, not pretty but runs great, $1,900, buy both with simple 1 place trailer $5,300. 250-254-1945

2003 PITSTER Pro 160X 4 stroke motocross-style bike, good cond, deal at $600.

668-2262 UTILITY TRAILER to tow behind ATV, flat deck, 4x8Ęź 2'' coupler, $250, 334-5498 2009 SKI-DOO summit 800 50th anniversary edition, has c and a skis, low and tall windshield, matching cover, 1,800 miles, $7,000 obo. 333-0484 2010 KTM 150 SX, fair condition, $2,900; 2007 KTM 200 XC, exc condition, $4,500.

689-2437

AT THE SHELTER

DOGS

Great home for a wonderful, fun, energetic Blue Heeler.

2007 HONDA 500 Foreman, great cond, low hours, $5,500 obo. Gary 334-6338

RUNNING AT LARGE...

IN FOSTER HOMES

WANTED:

t 3yr old, female, saint bernard, brown and white, ( Zani) t 4 month old, female spayed, saint bernard X, white and black, ( Tisha) t 3 yr old, neutered male, beardog X, black, (Seth) t CATS t 9yr old, female spayed, calico, tortie and white,(Mao) t 3 yr old, female, DMH, tabby, ( Hobbes) t 3 yr old, neutered male, DSH, black and white ( Stewart)

SPECIAL t 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

Pet of the Week!

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WANTED: YAMAHA Big Bear 350 for parts from 1996-2001. 335-0293 lv msg 1987 HONDA 4-trx ATV, good cond, runs well, c/w winch & plow, $2,500 obo. Phone or text 867-334-5859

OBBES

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Hobbes. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the queen bee here at the shelter. I just got back from a foster home where I taught the humans to treat me as such. I like to snuggle up in bed for bed time, but give me time, I need time to get used to being in your home. I prefer wet food over that crunchy dry stuff, but I need to be on a diet so I would prefer to be in a home that would help me lose weight. Come on down and say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; soon!

2012 ARCTIC Cat Special Edition quad, under 10 hrs on machine, many extras, $7,000 obo. 332-1360 for info

1985 POLARIS 488 Indy Trail, approx 200 miles on rebuilt engine, $1200 obo; 1997 Polaris 700, good cond, $2,500 obo. Phone or text 867-334-5859 1998 POLARIS Venture snowmobile, touring, runs well, new battery, $1,000 firm.

Claude 399-4002

Marine

633-6019 126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 NEW FOLDING boat seat. Blue, never installed, $25. Dan 336-1412 FORCE 10 Stainless Steel Propane BBQ for sailboat. Rarely used, c/w mounting brackets for rail, $100. 336-1412

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 SANGSTER CRAFT cabin cruiser, c/w 4 cyl inboard motor (Marine), good all around cond, seats 4, c/w trailer. 668-2332

Fashion Pay it Forward!

Heavy Equipment BUCYRUS ERIE 22W drilling rig on tandem GMC 7000 truck. Powered by 4 cyl Ford industrial engine powered w/propane. New 3/4 inch main drill line, new bushings, $20,000 obo. 336-1412 TECH ARMORED electrical cable, 4 wire, 000, 867-863-5715

Aircraft FOR SALE or lease, half interest in Cessna 180. Wheels, wheel-skis & floats, 7130 TT, 615 SMOH. 867-335-5787

Campers & Trailers TAITĘźS 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 2004 PIONEER travel trailer, overall length 28Ęź, large bath, queen bed, full kitchen, stereo, large awning, $9,800. 633-2580 1988 VANGUARD motorhome, solar panel equipped, no lite plant required, 4-person, duals on rear, diesel motor, auto trans, ready to go. 668-2332 1991 31Ęź school bus, 366 gas engine, seats removed, Allison 3-spd auto, good running order, suitable for storage, camping, moving, or shed. 633-5155 BUILDING, 10ĘźWX10ĘźHX50ĘźL, steel skids, very moveable. 668-2332 2014 RAINBOW 19Ęź tilt deck trailer, car hauler, tandem 3,500lb axles, electric brakes, $5,250 obo. 334-0578 DOUBLE AXLE trailer, c/w racks & ramps, rated for 4,000kg, 14Ęź bed, $2,850 obo.

633-4018

We sell used Class C RVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s!

Check it out here

klondikerv.com or call us to view (867) 456-2729 WANTED: 668-6716

13Ęź Trillium travel trailer.

TRAILER FOR up to 2 snow machines or ATVs, just serviced & wired, really nice cond, $500. 333-9020 PJ TANDEM axle, 30Ęź, two 10,000 lb tandem axles with dual wheels, beaver tail with drop down ramps, good rubber, good shape, $15,000 new, asking $10,000 obo. 633-6502 2011 WILDWOOD Xlite 26BH trailer, perfect cond, 5,400 lbs, 1/2 ton towable, separate queen/ bunk beds in rear. 334-8273 ENCLOSED LARGE motorcycle trailer.

668-2332 WANTED: VW Westfalia camper van with pop top, 1979 and up. 334-4576 2008 SPORTSMEN KZ-LE 24Ęź travel trailer, exc cond, dual axle, full kitchen/bathroom, queen bed, draw curtains, lots of cupboards, stereo, satellite/cable, sleeps 4, A/C furnace & awning, $15,500 obo. 667-2040

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 FHCOLLINS 60S Reunion, July 10th to 12th, 2015. Go to: FHCollins60sReunion for details or Pat @ 633-5155 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 ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS â&#x20AC;&#x153;your quiet get awayâ&#x20AC;?

Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca POLARETTES GYMNASTICS club AGM, Oct 23 at 6pm at the gymnastics gym in Riverdale.

CONTAGIOUS MOUNTAIN Bike Club AGM. L'AFY at 302 Strickland Street, 6pm on October 25.

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Quantum-Touch Energy Healing Level 1 Workshop Come learn simple and effective healing techniques to reduce pain and heal physical, mental and emotional issues in this fun and interactive, 2-day workshop.

Quantum-Touch, The Power to Heal!

Where & When: Whitehorse, October 18 and 19, 2014 Cost: $345.00.

Contact: Alison at 867-335-0078 or elementalholistictherapies@live.com

WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE Bridge Club is holding beginner Bridge lessons starting Oct 25. Contact Bruce at 660-5101 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.com for more information GOLDEN AGE Society: If anyone over 55 is interested in playing pool or shuffleboard, call Deborah at 668-5538

THE WHITEHORSE Photography Club's Wildlife Photography Workshop with John Marriott Oct 24 to 26. Details at http://whitehorsephotoclub.ca

THE FREE monthly Kids Kreate art class, Yukon Arts Centre, Sunday October 19, 1pm-4pm. Dress for a mess! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is not required.

ATLIN ANNUAL Fireman's Masquerade Ball October 25, 8pm, Rec Centre. Dance to Roxx Hunter and Friends. Cash bar, $15 ticket with snack bar, costume prizes. Info: 250-651-7454

JOIN US at the Old Fire Hall Thursday, October 23, 5:30pm for the second free Public Talk of the season called 'The History of Advertising and Marketing in Yukon', 5:30pm.

SALSA YUKON Latin Dance Classes, beginner Rueda de Casino starting October 16, beginner Salsa and beginner Bachata starting October 17. salsayukon@gmail.com for info

YUKON COUNCIL on Aging bi-annual meeting on Friday, October 17, Golden Age Centre, registration at 9am BRAEBURN LAKE Christian Camp Association AGM Tuesday Oct 28, 5:15pm, Whitehorse United Church. Looking for new members to share ideas for future successful camping season. Info: Stella 668-4629

COFFEE HOUSE! Sat. Nov.1, 2014. Featuring: Erin Evangeline + the Open Stage. Help set up 6PM, open stage sign-up 7PM, 730PM show! $5 United Church Bsmt, 6th+Main, 633-4255

AGM FOR Pan-Territorial Air Cadet Committee, Air Cadet League of Canada, will be on Saturday, October 18, 10am, 309 Lambert St. All are welcome. Ken 456-7297 for info DANCE GATHERING, first Saturday of every month 8-9pm at Leaping Feats. Adults and mature teens, a place to be yourself, connect with community and dance the way y o u w a n t ! whitehorsedancegathering@gmail.com FIDDLEHEADS YUKON Annual General Meeting October 20, 6pm, Selkirk Elementary School, 5 Selkirk Street, Whitehorse.

For info 867-821-4344

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Writing Circle meeting Tuesday, October 28 from 7pm-9pm at Whitehorse United Church (upstairs). Writing letters to support human rights worldwide. www.amnesty.org

Births! Birthdays!

Weddings! Graduations!

Anniversaries!

Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.

FESTIVAL DE films francophones October 16-17, Yukon Arts Centre. The best of French-Language films on big screen. In French with English subtitles. Schedule, synopsis and trailers: www.fff.afy.yk.ca

Beaver Creek Y.T.

AGM WHITEHORSE String Ensemble (String Ensemble Society) will be held Thursday, October 30 at 7 pm at Hellaby Hall 4th Ave and Elliott St. Everyone welcome.

667-4630 for more info.

MCINTYRE CREEK Eco Forum, Thursday October 23, 6:30pm-9:30pm, Mt. McIntyre Rec Centre, History & Geology, Wetlands & Biology in McIntyre Creek watershed. Everyone welcome

Phone: 867-667-6285

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...............................Wed - $ s &RI $93.60

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

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

Health Centre

Dawson City Y.T. Thursday - 6pm (summer only) New Beginners Group Rm 2160 @ Hospital Friday - 1:30pm Unity Group Rm 2160 @ Hospital Saturday - 7pm North Star Group Community Support Centre 1233-2nd Ave.

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

Health Centre

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

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

Health Centre

BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Chainsaw Work, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 - INSULATION Upgrade your insulation & reduce your heating bills Energy North Construction Inc. (1994) for all your insulation & coating needs Cellulose & polyurethane spray foam Free estimate: 667-7414

DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FOOD? Meetings

Mondays 7:30 p.m.

...............................Wed - $ s &RI $70.20

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

Health Centre

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

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

Health Centre

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

Health Centre

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

Health Centre

Telegraph Creek B.C. Tuesday - 8:00 p.m.

Soaring Eagles Sewing Centre

...............................Wed - $ s &RI $35.10 ...............................Wed - $ s &RI $46.80

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

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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

WHITEHORSE EDUCATION, Career and Volunteer Expo. Kwanlin DĂźn Cultural Centre. Thursday, November 27th- 10:30-4pm.

Public welcome, free entry. Full list of exhibitors at www.volunteeryukon.ca

PINE TREE Quilters Annual Tea, Friday October 17, 7pm-9pm, Whitehorse United Church basement, display of quilted items, door prizes, viewers' choice, tea & snacks.

Free admission

CELEBRATE!

THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY â&#x20AC;˘ Construction â&#x20AC;˘ Renovation â&#x20AC;˘ Finishing â&#x20AC;˘ Cabinets â&#x20AC;˘ Tiling â&#x20AC;˘ Flooring â&#x20AC;˘ Repairs â&#x20AC;˘ Specialty woodwork â&#x20AC;˘ Custom kitchens 867-633-3878 or cell 867-332-5531 thomasfinecarpentry@northwestel.net

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS

ANYONE 55+ interested in playing shuffleboard join us at the Golden Age Society Monday afternoons from 1pm-4pm

METAL-STONE-CLAY MULTIMEDIA art by Leslie Leong, Yukon Artists @ Work, Oct. 17-Nov 17, 120 Industrial Road, Whitehorse

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

FALUN GONG, an advanced practice of Buddha school self-cultivation. Meeting Mondays and Wednesdays, Wood Street School, 6pm. No charge. Call or come by for an introduction to the practice. 667-6336

YUKON INDIAN Hockey Association AGM Thursday, October 23, 2014, Sport Yukon brdrm 6:30-8:30pm. If you want to be on the board or just want to volunteer, attend the meeting. Everyone welcome

HOME ROUTE Concert in Marshlake with Manitoba Hal October 19th @ 7pm. Contact Eva or Beat @ 660- 4014 for reservations and directions

POTLUCK AND community meal on World Food Day, Thursday, October 16th hosted by the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition, 5pm-7pm at CYO Hall. Info: 334-9317

CANADA GAMES Table Tennis trial, Sunday October 19, 9:30am registration, 10am trial, open to players 18 yrs & under, Whitehorse Elementary School, back door, entry fee, $10. Dave Stockdale 668-3358 stockdate@yknet.ca, Kevin Murphy 668-2018 themurf@northwestel.net

ATTEND THE First Annual Yukon Beer Festival, Friday October 17th, 6-10pm, Saturday October 18th, 1-5pm and 6-10pm. Tickets are still available for Friday evening and Saturday afternoon! Go to yukontickets.com

INTRO TO Silversmithing New SLVR 001.

Join instructor Shelley MacDonald for a hands-on workshop designed to introduce you to silversmithing, October 24-26, Yukon College

FREE SENIORS/ELDERS Conference, October 27/28 on protecting senior's benefits, wills, enduring power of attorney, advance directives, preventing abuse, mental health issues, etc. Rural travel subsidies. See www.yplea.com/conference or phone 867-633-5269

SNOWBOARD YUKON 2014 AGM Thursday November 13, 7pm at Sport Yukon.

Come be a part of our family for the upcoming season, board postions available

PORTER CREEK Secondary School Council is holding a regular council meeting on October 15, 2014, at 6:30pm in the school library.

Everyone is welcome

WE ARE looking for seniors 55+ interested in quilting, knitting, crocheting & crafts to join us on Tuesday afternoons at the Golden Age Society.

FREE DROP-IN computer lab, self directed computer studies, Mondays from 12pm-2pm, tutor/Instructor on site to assist. Yukon Learn Society 2158 - 2nd Ave, Suite B

THE COMPASSIONATE Friends for bereaved parents is coming to Whitehorse looking for members and professionals for support and to serve on the advisory board.

Contact Kim 336-1416

MAE BACHUR Animal Shelter monthly dog wash at the Feed Store/Pet Junction on Saturday Oct. 18, 2014, 10 - 2. Thanks to the Feed Store and all the volunteers for their generous support

ANYONE 55+ interested in playing pool, join us at the Golden Age Society Monday mornings from 10am-Noon or call about a different time.

FH COLLINS Parent-Teacher-Student Conference, parent-teacher meeting Thursday Oct. 23, 5pm-7pm, & Friday Oct. 24 10am-1pm. No student classes Oct. 24, but they may attend either conference session, no appointment necessary

WHITEHORSE CONCERTS presents award winning Dover Quartet, Saturday, October 18, Yukon Arts Centre, at 8om. Please contact: steve@whitehorseconcerts.com for more information

211 Wood Street, Whitehorse

www.yukon-news.com

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

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

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

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

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

in Whitehorse

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

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

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

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

www.aa.org

bcyukonaa.org

AA 867-668-5878 24 HRS A DAY

ANGYʼS MASSAGE Mobile Service.

Therapeutic Massage & Reflexology.

Angelica Ramirez Licensed Massage Therapist.

867-335-3592 angysmassage@hotmail.com 8 Versluce Place Whitehorse YT, Y1A 5M1 ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY •Custom Braces •Prosthesis •Custom Orthotics •Custom Compression Garments •Shoe Modification •Shoe repair Call Ursula or Stefan Angerer for Appointment (Former Owner of Northern Hospital Supplies) 867-399-3671

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DRUG PROBLEM?

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS

RETIRED PRACTICAL NURSE 23 years working with Whitehorse General Hospital Seeking to do private duty nursing and/or housecleaning Available anywhere in the Yukon Phone 334-3043

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Sports Equipment COMPLETE SET of Spalding womenʼs golf clubs, c/w cart, $60. 633-4018

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

WEDNESDAY 12:00 Noon

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FRIDAY

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

TIMOTHY/BROME HAY •No rain •Quality horse and livestock mix •Square and round bales •Delivery available For more information call 668-6742 or 334-4589 LAMB Locally grown.

Order now.

Phone (867) 821-4613 Leave Message OAT BUNDLES FOR SALE •Great horse feed •On field price $1.00/bundle •Two bundles/day/horse •Feed alone or good hay supplement Call 668-6742 ANGUS BEEF for sale Born and Bred in the Yukon No hormones or drugs Delivered to your butcher or your home horses@exploreyukon.com 667-6376

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CARCROSS MARINA FEASIBILITY STUDY Project Description: Feasibility study for the development of a marina in Carcross.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is October 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 Judy Linton at (867) 667-3531.

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

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

INDOOR BIKE trainer. 336-4333

HORIZON 333-0916

Anglican Church on 4th & Elliott Back Door Entrance

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Business Opportunities

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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

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ELECTRICIAN •Licensed •Residential & Commercial •All jobs, large or small •Free Estimates •10% Seniorʼs Discount 332-7879

SALOMON SNOWSCAPE 7 waxless cross-country skis with SNS Profil bindings, used one season, great cond, with free pair of Fischer size 10 (mens) boots, $180. Text: 335-0233

AL-ANON Has your

SERVICES FOR mending and darning available.

Professional housekeeping, affordable prices 335-6042

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014

Energy, Mines and Resources

ELLIPTICAL EX59, $400.

WAVE S P O R T Fuse, used, river running/play boat, run the river like a pro, $500. 633-5617 PYRANHA EVEREST whitewater kayak, fast, stable, predictable, similar to Pyranha Burn with more volume to carry more gear on expeditions, $650. 633-5617 XC SKI poles, 140/146/150, $15 pr, Fisher SC SNS Profil boots, EU47, Salomon SR401 boots, sz 38, $25 pr. 311B Hanson St BLACK DIAMOND AT skis with Diamir bindings and Garmont size 10 boots, great shape, small repair required on one binding, $1,000 for everything. 336-2606 MOTORCYCLE LEATHERS, sz 42, $200.

633-5009 GOALIE SKATES, 2 pair Bauer Supreme, size 3.5D, exc skates, $150. Size 5 gd cond, $100. Alan 668-5790

Livestock HORSE HAVEN HAY RANCH Dev & Louise Hurlburt Irrigated Timothy/Brome mix Small square & round bales Discounts for field pick up or delivery Straw bales also for sale 335-5192 • 668-7218 HAY FOR SALE Dry bales kept under a shelter Great quality, $12/bale.

633-4496 or astra@northwestel.net FOX LAKE HERITAGE FARM For Sale •Turkeys, chickens, eggs •Free range & grass fed *Pastured pork, grass fed beef & goat meat •Brome hay in 55lb bales •Chicken plucker for rent Phone 334-8960 or yukonheritagefarm@gmail.com

EIGHT LAYING hens for sale, 1 1/2 years old, $100. 668-5644 SILVER LACE Wyandotte rooster, 6 months old, very pretty, $20 firm. 867-537-3458 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

Baby & Child Items CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 CANADA GOOSE snow suit, size 4T, fits 3-4 year olds, $200. 336-3383 MEC WINTER jacket, youth 16, $30. 311B Hanson St DOUBLE STROLLER, c/w removable seats & car seat attachment, folds up, only used 3 times, exc cond, $250. 393-4630

Childcare ANJU & MEENAʼS FAMILY DAYHOME Has childcare spaces available Located in Riverdale Hot meals provided Extended care available Located near school Low & Affordable Rates More info 668-5243 or 3341979 KOSS FDH available now in Porter creek.

Accepting 18 months and older .

We provide snacks and lunch.

Contact 867-336-3769

Furniture OFFICE DESK dark brown wood, 6 drawers and matching credenza, both in vg cond, 49 Redwood Street, Porter Creek. 633-6553 2 LARGE metal filing cabinets, one drawer type, one with doors & shelves, 49 Redwood Street, Porter Creek. 633-6553

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR TECHNICAL REVIEWS

Project Description: Purchase vehicles for Fleet Vehicle Agency Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 5, 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 Wayne Beauchemin at (867) 667-8039.

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

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

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

Yukon government’s Environmental Programs Branch (the “Branch”) is seeking information through this Request for Expression of Interest (RFEI) for the purpose of developing uniform service rates for the review of technical information. The service rates generated through this RFEI will be used as the basis for a subsequent publicly advertised Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide technical review services to the Branch.

It is anticipated that the Branch will establish six separate service categories in the RFP: air, contaminated sites, hydrogeology, pesticides, solid waste, and special waste.

Responses to this RFEI will be considered up to November 5, 2014.

Technical questions may be directed to Aletta Leitch at (867) 667-8848.

Please submit expressions of interest directly to the Environmental Programs Branch.

The responses will not be ranked or used to pre-qualify or assess the respondent’s ability to provide goods or services.

Interested parties may obtain the information package from www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html or by contacting the Procurement Support Centre.

Highways and Public Works

Highways and Public Works

PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE VEHICLES

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 KITCHEN TABLE w/4 chairs, 40” across, round, walnut, best offer. 633-5155 AREA CARPET, 4ʼX6ʼ, shades of rust & dark orange, $500 633-5009 QUEEN SIZE box spring, wood frame, coffee table, fur coat. 336-3721 ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, 335-6042 to inquire, lv msg CHAISE LOUNGE leopard print, exc shape, $175. 633-6484 ROUND DINING room table & 4 chairs, dark mahogany, includes insert, great shape, $475. 633-6484

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

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

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

SMALL 4-DRAWER chest, $25, unique stool, $25, maple rocking chair, $80, 311B Hanson St DINING ROOM table, 58”, 2 leaves, 6 chairs, natural wood finish, $250 obo, 2 white chests of drawers, $30 ea obo. 660-4725

PUBLIC TENDER

DOUBLE AIR mattress with accordion frame, $40. 633-5009 ANTIQUE DINING table w/6 chairs & buffet, needs some work, $650 obo; lg Country House coffee table w/glass top & lower shelf, $150. 633-5967

PARKING LOT SNOW REMOVAL YUKON HOUSING UNITS AND OFFICE BUILDING, WHITEHORSE, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is October 24, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Ted James at 867-667-5751.

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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Craft Fairs A CHRISTMAS Bazaar at the Best Western Gold Rush Inn, Saturday November 1, 10am-4pm, for crafters/home businesses.

For info, Jean @ 667-6772 or Shelly @ 667-7629 YUKON INN Christmas Craft Sale Saturday November 1, 9am-3pm, hosted by Ladies Auxiliary to Legion, First Nations & Yukon-made arts & crafts, bake tables, raffles, etc. 633-4583 to book table

CHILD DEVELOPMENT Centre Christmas Craft Fair November 22, 10am-3pm, Child Development Centre. Door prizes, silent auction, pictures with Santa betweeen 11-12 & 1-2. For tables call Rhonda 456-8182

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LOADING AND TRANSPORTING OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES PERIPHERAL AND RURAL SITES Project Description: Provide transportation services for recycling material from periphery and rural depots, solid waste facilities and transfer stations in the Yukon Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is October 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 Darrin Fredrickson at (867) 667-5195.

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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Champagne and Aishihik First Nations

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ,. "MBTLB )JHIXBZ r )BJOFT +VODUJPO RESIDENTIAL REPAIRS & RENOVATIONS TENDERS are available and will be received at the Haines Junction office of Champagne Aishihik First Nations located at #1 Allen Place, Haines Junction, Yukon; or by mail at Box 5310, Haines Junction, Yukon Y0B-1L0 until:

Tenders must be submitted in a sealed opaque envelope clearly marked: “KM 1642 Alaska Highway” in accordance with the instructions within the tender documents.

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

Section 87(1) Quartz Mining Act

Closes: Noon PST, October 29, 2014 The College requires the development of tender ready specifications for a design/build renovation of the lower residence – north side.

Complete packages are available by emailing Procurement and Contracts at purchasing@yukoncollege.yk.ca (867-668-8864).

House Hunters Advertise your Home in 3 issues (3 consecutive weeks)

for only $60+GST PHONE: 867-667-6283

S O N D E

Patricia Anne Parker,

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of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Deceased, who died on August 14, 2014,

A N T E S S K E E

are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Administrator at the address shown below, before the 24th day of October, 2014, after which date the Administrator will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which they have notice.

AND FURTHER, all persons who are indebted to the Estate are required to make payment to the Estate at the address below.

BY: Shayne D. Parker c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251

Situated in the Watson Lake Mining District in Quad 105 H/3 west of Robert Campbell Highway at approximate Latitude 61°07’, Longitude 129°26’.

Take notice that a survey has been made of the following mineral claims shown in Schedule A under Instructions from the Surveyor General, and that at the termination of sixty days from the date of this notice the said survey shall be accepted as defining absolutely the boundaries of the said claims, unless in the meantime it is protested, as provided in Section 75 of the Quartz Mining Act. The plan of survey can be viewed at the office of the Mining Recorder, Watson Lake, Yukon.

Dated at Whitehorse, Yukon this 6th day of October, 2014.

Gabriel Aucoin Underhill Geomatics Ltd. Agent for Yukon Jade Ltd. SCHEDULE A Lot 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017

Quad 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3

Name Nevada 2 King 5 King 6 Arctic 3 Nevada 5 Nevada 4F Nevada 1 King 4 Rose 1 Rose 2 King 3 Arctic 2 Rose 3 Nevada 7F Nevada 6F

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SITE OPERATIONS (CARE & MAINTENANCE) - MOUNT NANSEN SITE

All enquiries to: George Van Sickle Property Manager , Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (867) 334-5333 | gvansickle@cafn.ca

SURVEY NOTICE

Tender specifications for design/build – lower residence renovation – north side

NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of

4:00 PM LOCAL TIME ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014 Download RFP: www.cafn.ca

Community Services

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

Grant No. YE85932 Y64835 Y64836 YA00241 YE85780 YE85779 YE85931 YA68812 YA69220 YA69221 YA68811 Y93771 YA69222 YE85781 YE85782

Project Description: The Mount Nansen Mine Site is a former gold and silver mine and is currently under government care. Government of Yukon is soliciting proposals for the provision of services for the on-going operation, maintenance, repairs, inspections and monitoring of the Mount Nansen Mine Site to protect persons, property and the environment.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 26, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Monique Raitchey at 867-6337966.

Mandatory Site Visit is scheduled for Thursday, October 30, 2014.

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

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

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

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

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