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occur before a plan can be approved according to the rules set out in the First Nation final agreements, the he trial over the fate of the Peel plaintiffs argue. watershed is back in court this Therefore to simply declare the week. recommended plan to be binding on Yukon Supreme Court Justice the Yukon government will not do, Ron Veale has requested that both the document says. sides submit further arguments as to Instead, the plaintiffs will ask the what remedy the court might make court to declare that the Yukon govon the case. ernment’s final round of consultaThe plaintiffs will no longer be tion was not legal. asking the judge to declare the Peel They will ask the court to quash commission’s final recommended the government’s plan for the waterplan for the watershed to be the apshed, which protects just 29 per cent proved plan, according to documents from new mineral staking. filed in court earlier this month.

And they will ask the court to That plan would see 80 per cent send the final recommended plan of the watershed protected from back to the government for reconnew mineral staking and oil and gas sideration. development.

At that point, the government The First Nation of Nacho Nyak must go back out to consultation, Dun, the Tr’ondek Hwech’in, the but it may only consult on modificaYukon Conservation Society and tions to the final recommended plan Yukon’s chapter of the Canadian that the government had proposed at Parks and Wilderness Society are an earlier stage in the process. plaintiffs in the case.

The final plan must flow only Although lawyer Thomas Berger argued back in July that the final rec- from that strictly limited consultaommended plan must be considered tion, according to the plaintiffs’ the only approved plan, that remedy submission.

The Yukon government maintains will no longer be sought, according to the plaintiffs’ written submissions its position that the court should dismiss the plaintiff’s action against it, to the court on the question.

Final consultation with First Na- according to its written submission.

The plain language meaning of tions and affected communities did not occur in a legal way, and must the First Nation agreements are clear Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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Delegation of authority was only one of the areas of concern raised by he Senate of Canada has the First Nations. unanimously passed a bill They also raised the issue of that will amend the Yukon decision bodies (usually the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic government) being able to decide Assessment Act. if a project requires an assessment, Bill S-6 includes a plethora of rather than spelling out clear threshchanges to Yukon’s environmental olds through regulation. assessment regime, including many The amendments would give the amendments agreed to by federal, federal minister the power to give territorial and First Nation governpolicy direction to the board, which ments during a mandated review of has to this point been an indepenthe act. dent body.

But some changes came as a And time limits proposed in the surprise to First Nations, prompting new rules could hurt the ability of them to threaten legal action if the First Nations to participate meanbill proceeds unamended.

Representatives of the Council of ingfully in the process, according to Yukon First Nations presented to the the First Nations’ presentation to the committee.

Senate committee responsible for In his speech for the bill’s third reviewing the bill last month. reading, Yukon Senator Dan Lang They outlined several areas that said these amendments will streamthey say would be inconsistent with line the process for the mining First Nation final agreements if industry and others. passed. “One of the issues that was raised In response to those concerns, with me in regards to the challenges the committee added an observation with the existing regulatory regime to Bill S-6 for the consideration of is that mining projects already Parliament. granted approval and permits are “The committee notes the often subject to new environmental concerns raised around the issue of assessments for only minor changes delegation of authority and urges to projects. the government to ensure that any “Several projects that have been delegation of authority to the terput on hold or even or abandoned ritorial government be in keeping with the Umbrella Final Agreement altogether due to this requirement – signed with Yukon First Nations,� it resulting in lost jobs and economic News Reporter

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that “on non-settlement land the government has the final word,� the document says.

The remedy called on by the plaintiffs “seeks to tie the hands of Yukon government� in a way that would in effect force them to approve the final recommended plan, or something nearly like it.

Although defence counsel maintains that no remedy is required besides dismissal of the case, it recommended alternatives in case the judge finds that the process fell outside of legal boundaries at some point.

If the court finds that the Yukon government was not specific enough when it gave feedback to the Peel commission, it should allow the government to return to that point in the process and make new recommended modifications.

If the court finds that the commission did not properly deal with the Yukon government’s proposed modifications, it should resurrect the commission and instruct them to try again.

The outcome of the plan should not be bound by the court, the defendant argues. “The proper remedy is reconsideration without tying the hands of the decision-maker.�

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board disputes that projects are being reassessed for minor changes.

Only new activities are assessed, and they are assessed only if they meet thresholds set out in the regulations, according to the board.

A hearing intended for the board to present directly to the committee was cancelled just a few days before the scheduled meeting.

The bill must now go through the parliamentary review process before it can be signed into law.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

Corrections A story in last Friday’s newspaper about the cancellation of programs at Many Rivers misidentified the president of United Way Yukon as John Whiteside. His name is Dave Whiteside. We’re sorry about the mistake.

As well, an article in Friday’s newspaper mistakenly stated that Alaska’s Mount McKinley had been officially renamed to its ancient title of Denali. In fact, efforts to rename the mountain have so far been unsuccessful.

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A Safe Place is in danger Aitken with the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre.

The fundraising drive raised $6,000, enough to keep the ukon’s only after-hours program going till now, she support centre for said. women and children is A funding application has asking Yukoners again to help been submitted to Yukon’s them keep the doors open.

Community Development A Safe Place, run out of the Fund, but no response is exVictoria Faulkner Women’s pected till the end of NovemCentre, provides a hot meal ber, said Aiken. and a place to be on Friday, They need $3,500 more to Saturday and Sunday evenings. get them through till then, she The program is targeted said. at women who have mental The bare-bones cost of the health issues, don’t have stable program is $600 a weekend. housing or have a hard time That covers wages for two keeping themselves and their counsellors for three evening children well fed. plus the cost of a little bit of It has operated since December of last year, run by two food, said Aiken.

An average night might facilitators who are trained as see eight to 10 women and a counsellors. handful of kids show up, said The program was initially Charlotte Hrenchuk. funded as a pilot project. The The program has been very idea came from a research project that identified a need for a successful so far, she said.

“Some people say things like, women-only space after-hours if they weren’t here, they’d be and on the weekends.

That funding ran out in July. at home drinking. Some people say they really appreciate At that point, program cobringing their kids. Especially ordinators asked Yukoners to single parents that are at their chip in to keep it going. wits’ end. It’s kind of a safety “There was a really great valve for them to get out of the response to that,” said Hillary Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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for support with issues, they’re not going to have that support.

And as we know, crises don’t just happen on the weekdays during office hours.”

For those who have a hard time feeding themselves and their children, it will mean losing three nights without a free, nutritious hot meal.

“For families, women and children, that’s a big deal,” said Hrenchuk.

Building trust with the women is important, and shutting down even for a short time would be a step backwards, said Aitken.

Alistair Maitland/Yukon News “That’s what we’re really tryThe Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre’s A Safe Place program ing to avoid, because we want requires additional funding to keep running. to build trust and continuity for these women who might house, bring their kids to a safe the past.” not have that in other areas of place where they know they Losing the program would their lives. We want to be able to be there and to have a place can get some support. be a blow to the women who have come to depend on it, she for them to count on. If we “Because it’s a gendered have to shut down, then it’s just environment, it’s women only, said. sending another message that “For the women coming they really like that. They don’t there’s another hole in the net have to worry about somebody here for safety, it means that that you’re falling through.” they’re going to be unsafe. hitting on them or somebody Contributions to the proFor the women coming here stalking them or somebody gram can be made at http:// instead of drinking, it means behaving in an inappropriate www.gofundme.com/bps2yo. way or running into somebody they’re going to be drinking.

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Graham accuses NDP of ‘playing silly political games’ Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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ealth Minister Doug Graham says that the NDP Opposition’s demand for the Yukon Hospital Corporation to appear before the legislative assembly during the fall sitting is “ridiculous.”

Graham says he told the NDP’s health critic, Jan Stick, two weeks ago that the corporation’s officials would “definitely” appear before the legislature this coming sitting.

“For her then to say that the NDP continues to call on me to have the hospital corporation appear before the legislative assembly is just silly because she knew in advance it was going to happen,” he said in an interview yesterday.

“I believe the NDP are playing silly political games with the whole process. I think it’s a horrible thing to do when you consider that people died here,” said Graham, referring to recent inquests into the death of two Yukoners who died after treatment at the Watson Lake Hospital.

“To use these deaths to further their own political interests is ridiculous.”

The NDP is also calling on the government to adopt all the recommendations made by the coroner’s inquest into the death of Mary Johnny. Graham said he will leave that up to the Yukon Hospital Corporation.

On Friday, jurors ruled that

Johnny’s death was a homicide.

That means the death was caused by a human, but it doesn’t lay the blame on anyone specific.

Johnny died two years ago after receiving treatment at the Watson Lake Hospital for six days. She was medevaced to Whitehorse General Hospital on Aug. 8, 2012 but died the next day. Several health professionals told the inquest they believed Johnny should have be sent to Whitehorse sooner.

NDP health critic Jan Stick said it’s time for the hospital corporation and the government to be accountable to Yukoners.

“They must explain which steps are being taken to improve the worrying and systemic problems at Watson Lake’s hospital – and to ensure that they won’t ever happen again,” she said in a release on Monday.

That day the Yukon Hospital Corporation also issued a statement saying it would look closely at the jury’s recommendations.

“There will be a role for Yukon’s hospitals, physicians and other system partners as we undertake a review and work together to make improvements,” said CEO Jason Bilsky.

Graham said he was pleased to see the corporation taking this situation seriously and wanting to make improvements within its own system. But he said it’s important not to interfere with the process that is already in place.

“There’s legislation set specifi-

cally so that political interference is not a part of the process. The NDP seem to think that political interference in the process of the coroner’s office is perfectly alright, and it’s not.”

Another avenue to address issues with medical services is the Yukon Medical Council, Graham said.

“We don’t interfere with that process,” he said.

“Doctors are self-regulating in this territory and if there are problems we’d like to see them handled by the Yukon Medical Council. I’m sure they could handle it adequately.”

During last week’s four-day inquest the jury heard testimony from 20 witnesses.

They included several nurses, physicians, relatives, members of the medevac team that flew Johnny to Whitehorse and other medical experts.

Some witnesses testified that Johnny should have been medevaced much earlier, when signs appeared that her health began deteriorating.

They used blood test results and progress reports to determine Johnny’s health early on in her stay at the Watson Lake Hospital.

Dr. Said Secerbegovic, Johnny’s physician for 35 years, testified he delayed the decision to medevac until the 8th because he believed her health would stabilize.

He also said he was severely overworked and didn’t always fill out the necessary paperwork.

According to the coroner’s report, Johnny died of a bowel obstruction after being originally diagnosed as having alcohol withdrawal.

The jury listed the cause of death as hypovolemic shock secondary to intravascular volume depletion and multi-organ failure.

Hypovolemic shock is a situation where severe blood loss makes the heart unable to pump enough blood to the body.

Intravascular volume depletion refers to extreme vomiting or diarrhea.

The jury made four recommendations directed at the Yukon Hospital Corporation.

The first is to carry out routine audits to “ensure standards for adequate and timely documentation of patient care are adhered to.”

The second is to review policies and procedures for the transfer of patients from rural medical centres to regional care centres.

The third is to develop a standardized process to address do-not-resuscitate orders.

The fourth is to mandate physicians working in rural hospitals to complete Advanced Trauma Life Support, as well as Advanced Cardiac Life Support courses.

Dr. Secerbegovic admitted he hadn’t completed either course in the past 15 years.

Liberal leader Sandy Silver said he asked Premier Darrell Pasloski several weeks ago to have

the hospital corporation appear before the legislative assembly this sitting. He has yet to receive a response, he said.

“Of course the hospital corporation should appear to answer questions about how they intend to resolve this specific incident,” he said.

“It doesn’t have to be the president who comes to talk to us. The hospital corporation can call whoever they deem necessary to actually give the answers to the public that are needed.

“As long as we’re asking the right people these questions.”

Johnny’s death also shines a light on alcohol abuse in Yukon communities and reminds us that more needs to be done, Silver added.

Eva Johnny, Mary’s mother, spoke through her lawyer this week and shared her thoughts on the inquest.

“She is happy that it is public information now, and hopes that the verdict will instigate urgently required changes to the healthcare system so that community members are treated with the care and respect that they deserve,” wrote Jennifer Cunningham, counsel for the Johnny family, in an email.

“Mary Johnny lived with her difficult past and she experienced a tragic and preventable death.

She was deeply loved and she is deeply missed.”

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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lawfully confining Collin Johnson. Their sentencing has been tentatively scheduled for January. pair of brothers from BurThe courtroom was packed wash Landing have been Tuesday as Justice Colleen Kenny found guilty of unlawful confine- delivered her verdict. Some ment as part of an ongoing feud people gasped, some applauded between two families in the small and others began to cry. community.

It may never be 100 per cent Derek Johnson and former clear what happened that night Kluane First Nation chief Wilfred in August of last year. Collin Johnson committed suicide five Sheldon were convicted of unNews Reporter

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The teen’s death has weighed heavily on the situation.

One man, Weldon Danroth, is already serving an 18-month sentence for beating up Derek Johnson as a form of vigilante justice.

According to court documents in that case, Collin had told Danroth he had been attacked by Johnson and Sheldon.

“Mr. Danroth felt that Collin would not report what had happened to the police and nothing would be done,” the judge said at Danroth’s sentencing in January.

Both Sheldon and Johnson were originally facing a string of other charges including aggravated assault. After a preliminary hearing following Collin’s death only the unlawful confinement charge went to court.

Tension got so bad in the community of less than 100 that the Sheldon and Johnson’s defence lawyer successfully applied to have the trial moved from Burwash Landing to Whitehorse.

He argued that there was a real risk of violence if the trial was allowed to take place in the community. The judge agreed.

“I accept that there is a real risk of violence after court closes.

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Both Sheldon and Johnson are under a court order to stay away from Burwash Landing.

Monday’s trial heard from only two witnesses.

Austin Dickson described going to a party with Collin Johnson on the night of Aug. 8, 2013.

He said he and Collin left the party but turned around to pick up a forgotten pair of sunglasses.

Dickson claimed the two men grabbed Collin and held him against the wall, preventing him from leaving even when he asked to be let go.

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Dickson didn’t say anything about the incident until January.

The defence’s only witness was Claudia Bob, Wilfred Sheldon’s common-law partner.

She testified that she came to pick up Sheldon the next day and saw no evidence of a confrontation.

Later that day she saw the same group together again and testified they appeared to all be getting along.

In her decision, Kenny said the two testimonies do not necessarily contradict each other.

There’s no way to know what happened after Dickson left the house, she said.

The issue is that Collin asked to leave and was prevented from doing so.

While this might not be the most serious of cases, it still qualifies as unlawful confinement, she said.

Prosecutor Keith Parkkari said he expects the family will want to file victim impact statements before the men are sentenced.

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Yukon College embraces philanthropic facial hair can mean monthly trips Outside,” Vernon said.

Since about May or June the t’s that time of year again: faces charity already awarded 12 grants of around the world are prepping to $1,000 each, Vernon said. grow their annual crumb catcher.

Last year in Canada about Their yearly lip sweater. Their recur173,000 people participated in rent flavour saver.

Movember nationally and raised $33 November is also Movember, million. the month where men shave their That campaign took on a special faces clean and grow a mustache to meaning for Vernon. raise money for programs around Last year during Movember he prostate cancer, testicular cancer and got a call from his dad living in the men’s mental health issues.

U.K. Of course, a walk down Main He had been diagnosed with Street in the winter shows Yukonesophageal cancer – cancer of the ers knew all about impressive facial throat. hair long before the mo’ became a “He had had trouble eating, he symbol of philanthropy. had had trouble for some time, For that reason, the organizers of and now it was getting to the point this year’s Movember campaign at where he couldn’t keep food down Yukon College have decided to shake or get food down.” things up a little.

He said he was surprised that his “We’re changing the rules this father hadn’t gone for help sooner. year. We’re going rogue,” said the “It shocked me, in a way, that he college’s Michael Vernon. had known for almost a year that If someone wants to follow the Alistair Maitland/Yukon News something was wrong and yet had conventional rules and grow a mus- Micheal Vernon, communications coordinator for Yukon College, is part of a movement to done nothing about it.” tache from scratch for the month, change the face of November in Yukon.

His dad went through chemo and they can. But Yukoners already in had a tumor removed and is doing the midst of growing any form of The college is considering supFoundation’s MRI fund.

“It’s like wearing a hairy ribbon. facial hair can just keep going. porting a local charity this year, but much better, Vernon said.

There are still questions about We’ve seen the white ribbon cam“It really brought it home to me Do something to draw attention paign, the pink ribbon campaign, where the money will go this year. no official decisions have been made. why I should get involved and stay to your facial hair – mustache, beard the blue ribbon campaign, the red Supporting the national campaign One name that has been bounced or otherwise – Vernon said, while around is the Yukoners Cancer Care involved with Movember.” ribbon campaign or the purple rib- comes with certain benefits, like sporting a purple goatee. Maybe that bon campaign,” he said.

There are sign-up sheets around a specially designed app, a team Fund. The charity was started last means dying it or styling it differscorekeeping system and the ability year by Geraldine Van Bibber, who is the college to join this year’s “This is like one of those camently. also the college’s chancellor. paigns. It’s just that it’s on your face.” to donate online. But there are also Movember team. Events are being “Do something that makes you downsides.

It assists Yukoners who need to Last year at Yukon College eight planned for throughout the month a little more unique and stand out.

“All the money goes to Toronto go Outside for treatment or those in of November. More information students and six staff raised $3,721 Then people will ask you, ‘What’s and, as of yet, there is not a men’s the communities who need to come will go up on the college’s Facebook for the national Movember camgoing on with your face?’” health project in the Yukon that is to Whitehorse. paign. page.

It’s that conversation that is the accessing Movember funding. So “One thing I learned this week A year earlier, $2,900 was raised Contact Ashley Joannou at none of it comes back,” Vernon said. is that prostate cancer treatment and went to the Yukon Hospital most important, he said. ashleyj@yukon-news.com Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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he Haines Junction volunteer ambulance service needs some help.

In July of this year, only two shifts had full coverage, and two-thirds of the shifts had no coverage at all.

That left residents depending on service from Whitehorse in the event of an emergency.

“When we don’t have coverage in Haines Junction, they serve us out of Whitehorse, either by air or by ground, and that has a significant difference potentially for patient outcome,” said Dave Weir, a member of the volunteer EMS service.

“It also puts the nurses in a bit of a position, because they get the call, they know what’s going on but they don’t have a way to transport patients and to help the patients get the care they need.”

Getting shifts covered has been an issue for three or four years, especially on weekends and in the summer, said Weir.

This year the problem is creeping into the fall, too, he said.

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Steve Smith was elected to the position after receiving 346 of 507 total votes.

Smith beat incumbent chief James Allen, who received 160 votes.

Rose Kushniruk, Shadelle Chambers, Kathleen VanBibber and Leslie Walker were elected to council.

Carol Buzzell won the elder councillor position while Nicole Nicholas-Workman won the youth councillor spot, according to chief returning officer Georgina Leslie.

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$3.50 an hour for being on call, said Weir.

If there is a call out, that jumps to between $20 and $29 per hour, depending on training level.

Payment is not the issue in Haines Junction, and neither is the size of the pool of volunteers, said Weir.

“As a crew, we pondered the idea of, ‘Would increasing the oncall pay or the call-out pay help?’

We’ve come to a conclusion as a crew that that really isn’t it. We don’t want more money. That has got nothing to do with it.

“So far, a lot of what we’ve heard from YG has been, ‘You need to find more volunteers. You need to find more volunteers.’ To me that’s an answer that’s indicative of the fact that I don’t think they understand the problem. We actually have the largest volunteer base in the Yukon. We have 14 people on our crew.”

The heart of the issue, he said, is that the way the system is set up makes it difficult for volunteers to juggle their EMS work with other responsibilities, he said.

Shifts last 12 hours, from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. or vice versa.

But if there’s a call at the end of the shift, you could end up on duty for another seven hours, said Weir.

“If you get a call at 7:45 in the morning, you could be gone till three in the afternoon.”

That’s tough to commit to if you have a job, a family and other responsibilities, he said.

And with about 130 calls in Haines Junction per year, if you sign up for a shift, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll be busy.

Only conversation and creative solutions will solve the issue, said Weir.

“The solution is essentially going to come from getting the stakeholders to sit around the kitchen table and hammer through some ideas and figure out what’s going to work for different stakeholders.”

That meeting should include Community Services, Health and Social Services, the Village of Haines Junction, Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, the nurses and the EMS volunteers, he said.

The trick will be to establish common goals and hammer out some ideas, said Weir.

“Can we use some of the graduates from the Yukon College primary care paramedic program over the summers in Haines Junction, to help them gain some experience? Could we create a full-time EMR position in Haines Junction that also helps nurses out, because I know they’re overworked as well? These are the kinds of things we need to brainstorm, and see what is going to work for the different stakeholders.”

Community Services Minister Brad Cathers said in an interview this week that the department is open to talk about what a solution might look like.

“We have reiterated through the supervisor for the area that we’re committed to having staff talk to them about what next steps should be to improve the coverage situation in Haines Junction.”

Steps were taken earlier this year to recruit more volunteers and make more radios available, he said.

“We recognize that the steps that were taken by department staff in 2014 in an attempt to reduce gaps in coverage in Haines Junction haven’t worked as well as we had hoped.”

But it’s unlikely that the Haines Junction crew will be offered support that cannot be made available to all of the volunteer EMS crews across the Yukon.

“While we recognize the specific challenges in Haines Junction and need to come up with a solution that works for them, we also have to have a solution that’s mindful of and consistent with the types of solutions we consider for other rural EMS areas because that fairness and consistency is something that needs to be kept in mind,” said Cathers.

year term.

The board oversees investment funds to the First Nation and makes recommendations to council on investment policy matters.

He’s taken a master’s degree in business administration and has 16 years of experience in economic development.

He also represented the First Nation at the Yukon Indian Development Corporation, where he was secretary and treasurer.

(Myles Dolphin)

the four facilities in the Yukon are put through the paces with a mock emergency.

This year they practised what would happen if a major water main leak in the upper floor caused the ceiling to cave in on one of the care units on the lower level.

In any one day about 50 staff are working at Copper Ridge Place, said Nancy Kidd, the Health Department’s director of safety and clinical excellence with continuing care.

The scenario was a drill for others as well. Whitehorse firefighters were on the scene as well as paramedics and representatives from the Yukon government’s emergency measures department.

“It was amazingly successful,” Kidd said. “We were really happy with the outcome.”

Twelve residents were moved from the adult and children’s unit

to a seniors unit, she said. Copper Ridge Place is a 96-bed facility.

Kidd said plans are in place for all types of emergencies, but it is important to practise them.

Along with the yearly mock drills, staff also go through less complex training once a month.

(Ashley Joannou)

Mock emergency drill held at Copper Ridge Place Emergency officials and staff at Copper Ridge Place got a chance yesterday to practise what they would do in the event of a major emergency at the continuing care home.

Once a year, staff at one of

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Vuntut Gwitchin call election for next month The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow has called an election for Monday, Nov. 17.

The First Nation will elect one chief and four council members, according to returning officer Renee Charlie.

In 2012, Chief Joe Linklater was acclaimed to the position again after a one-year hiatus.

He was the chief for 12 years before resigning in late 2010.

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Grizzly mauls Teslin woman to death

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42-year-old Teslin woman is dead after a fatal bear attack over the weekend.

An adult male grizzly came onto Claudia Huber’s South Canol Road property near Johnson’s Crossing Saturday morning, according to a release from Yukon’s chief coroner.

Huber’s husband left the home to calm their dog and saw a grizzly approaching. He then returned to the house to get a rifle.

The grizzly then entered the home through a window, according to the release.

Huber and her husband ran from the home and the grizzly followed them.

The grizzly mauled Huber. Her husband shot the bear dead.

He drove his wife to the Teslin Medical centre, where 25 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation failed to revive her. She was pronounced dead at 12:10 p.m.

The Yukon Coroner’s Service has ordered an autopsy, scheduled to be performed this week.

Conservation officers have completed a necropsy on the bear.

He was a very old grizzly bear, probably more than 25 years, said Ryan Hennings with Environment Yukon.

The bear was underweight, at about 375 pounds, but not starving.

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Claudia Huber, right, was attacked on Saturday morning by a male grizzly bear on her South Canol Road property near Johnson’s Crossing. Huber later died of her injuries at the Teslin Medical Centre.

“With the size of the frame of this bear, it should have weighed about 450 to 500 pounds, to have the energy reserves to hibernate,” said Hennings.

“He was hungry and he was looking for food, and that’s why he was out and about still.”

The bear had no collar, ear tag or lip tattoo, he said.

There was no evidence that the bear had encountered wildlife officials before, or had gotten into any previous trouble.

“We have no information that it broke into other residences or caused any issues previously,” said Hennings.

“At this point, it seems to be a random event, a random encounter.”

Fatal bear maulings are quite rare in the Yukon, said Hennings.

The last occurred in 2006, when exploration worker Jean-Francois Page stumbled on a grizzly den with two cubs inside. The mother bear attacked and killed Page.

“That was a defensive bear attack that resulted in the death of that worker,” said Hennings.

Hennings reminded Yukoners that bears can still be out and about this time of year, and they may be hungry.

“It is late in the season, so at this time of year it’s usually bears that are less than prime condition, maybe in poor condition like this bear.”

Keeping food sources out of the reach of animals and taking precautions when in the wilderness are important steps, he said.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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ith expectations of a surplus in next year’s federal budget, plans are beginning in earnest on how to spend it.

The NDP recently announced its plan for a universal national daycare program for families. Under the NDP plan, parents would pay only $15 a day for daycare under a system that seeks to emulate the popular program currently in place in Quebec.

I can certainly appreciate the underlying goal of universal daycare. Childcare is pricey and it is not uncommon to pay $700 to a $1,000 a month for the service. The financial pressures that these costs impose on single parents and low-income families seem unimaginable. Even with existing government subsidies, the cost of having even a small family of two or three children in daycare puts incredible strain on the family budget.

The average income for a Canadian single parent household in 2012 was $39,350 (about $2,700 a month after taxes) which doesn’t leave much money for rent, food or anything else once you’ve paid between $1,400 to $2,000 to put a couple kids in day care.

It is easy to see how a plan that aims to get the family’s monthly daycare bill down to around $300 per child is an

appealing policy.

Certainly in our culture the care of children is seen as primarily the obligation of the parents, but there is also a broader public interest in ensuring there is a labour force of the future. Without children who will pay for the care of tomorrow’s elderly?

The baby boomers have created a demographic time bomb that is scheduled to go off right at a time when today’s parents are already being squeezed between the twin pressures of student loan debt and rising housing prices.

The ratio of working Canadians to retirees is forecasted to drop from 4:1 to 2:1 over the next two decades. At the same time we face a future of rising health care costs, unfunded public sector pensions, a lack of retirement savings for other employees, a woefully inadequate Canada Pension Plan, and a retirement age that was set back when people lived to average age of 70. It seems likely – seniors being the consistent voters that they are – that the workers of tomorrow will be expected to pick up the tab for the care of retirees. As such, this is not the time to make having a child prohibitively expensive.

Having said all that, it is one thing to acknowledge that there is a problem, and another to agree on a solution. The NDP plan is certainly bold, ambitious and well-intentioned. There are more arguments in support of universal daycare than I can acknowledge within the limited scope of this column.

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ironically named “universal” programs fairly consistently suffer from a lack of supply, with many people left on the outside looking in. This is certainly the case in Quebec where parents face a shortage of spots and long wait lists.

Universal daycare is also a very blunt instrument and doesn’t make any effort to target those who truly need the help. Politicians like to appeal to “working families,” but the reality is that not all “working families” are the same. Certainly those families that are paying a crippling portion of their family income towards childcare should be given a financial break in one form or another.

But universal daycare also stands to benefit many families who simply do not need government help. There are many working families higher up the income scale with more than sufficient incomes to pay for their own daycare.

In fact in Quebec, spaces are disproportionately secured by middle and high income families anyway.

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– many of whom are dealing with various financial challenges of their own – be forced to subsidize the childcare of the well-to-do.

There is also the nagging issue of choice around which much of the political debate about childcare centres. The reality is that some parents want to care for their children at home and the NDP plan has nothing in it for them other than a continuation of the Conservative party’s inadequate $100 Universal Childcare Benefit. It is understandable that the NDP wants to give parents the choice of staying in the workforce, but at the same time should not pressure them into doing so.

Parents counting on seeing $15 daycare anytime soon probably should not get ahead of themselves. The NDP plan

assumes that the provinces will cough up approximately 40 per cent of the cost of the program. The NDP is certainly not the first federal political party to promise big ticket items on the assumption that provincial governments will pitch in some cash, but they should also realize that most of the provinces are not anticipating surpluses in the way that the federal government is.

There is also the fact that after a month-long stock market correction and falling oil prices there is a distinct possibility that the surplus will not exist by the time the next election rolls around anyway.

This may force parties like the NDP to dial back their spending plans.

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

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Why is plastic-to-oil a good thing?

Andy Lera

contaminated loads to China for processing. After all, how can we hen we throw our effectively sort our waste when plastic into the recywe are paying workers $18 an cling bin, we believe hour instead of $18 a month? it will make its way into a new This practice resulted in China product. That’s what the chasing implementing the “green fence arrows symbol indicates, right? policy” in 2013, effectively slamFor some materials this is ming the door on the world’s true. Pop bottles can be made face and halting shipments of low-value and contaminated into new bottles or fabric, milk plastics. Most recycling brokers jugs can be made into plastic lumber or pipe. We are diverting are now either refusing to accept mixed plastic or are charging a plastic away from landfills and making new, useful products out fee for handling it.

Recyclers here ship to reputof it, right? That’s what recycling able brokers in B.C. or Washingis all about, right? ton State. These brokers then try This is an action that makes to sell plastic through various us feel good. But this has come buyers. Some is going to prodwith blinders that made us not ucts like plastic lumber. A good see the whole picture. product, but largely unrecyclable The worldwide plastics reat the end of it’s life. Some is gocycling industry has seen major changes in the past year. For over ing to Waste to Energy plants to be incinerated. After all, plastic 20 years the world sent a large has nearly the same calorific majority of its low-value mixed plastics to China to be processed value as fuel oil and WTE plants derive 1/3 of by low-paid workers who often picked through the materials by their energy from plastics. Some of it is going to other Asian hand in former farmers’ fields. countries with lower environThe workers were looking mental standards to be sorted for the high-value resins and and shipped to China. throwing aside the trash to be Does recycling still feel good? landfilled or regularly lit on fire If this plastic had a value to in open piles, creating health make a good product, recyclers hazards for area residents. The would have no problem selling plastics were soaked in water it. With several hundred tonnes mixed with sulphuric acid or stockpiled in Whitehorse and caustic soda to clean it before millions of tonnes stockpiled at making new products. The residual solution was commonly recycling centres word wide, we dumped into ditches to soak into can see this value has dropped through the floor. the ground water and find its However, plastic is still a way into rivers. (Read about it hydrocarbon and we can make here: tinyurl.com/burnplastic) Does recycling feel good now? use of this low-value plastic right here with plastic-to-oil These practices allowed machines. These machines, even reputable North Amerdesigned in Japan and soon to ican brokers to ship unsorted,

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A machine being tested at P&M Recycling in Whitehorse is able to turn certain plastics into heating oil. Whether this technology is financially and environmentally better than recycling is hotly contested. We’ve asked both sides to make their case.

be built in U.S., convert plastics into either light crude oil, which can be used as heating fuel, or refined into gasoline, diesel and kerosene.

All this can be done with very high efficiency: one kilogram of plastic + one kilowatt hour of electricity = one litre of oil.

That’s about $0.14/litre.

Emissions are miniscule: a catalytic converter decomposes the emissions to less carbon dioxide than what three people emit. In fact, the United Nations Environment Program recognizes the machines as a carbon reducing technology. Calculate in the displacement of fossil fuel imports to Yukon, and the plastic-to-oil process is in fact better for the environment than recycling.

Critics say this practice is

waste-to-energy – incinerating waste and recovering a small percentage of the energy – and should not be done. That’s misleading. In fact, plastic-to-oil produces a product that is of a higher value than the original plastic and generates 12 times the amount of energy as it uses, so this is not waste-to-energy.

What is it then? We have all had the 3 Rs drilled into us, but that is an outdated concept that needs to be changed.

Plastic-to-oil could be called up-cycling, as defined

by Wikipedia as: “the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value.”

Recycling, meanwhile, is down-cycling, as defined by

Wikipedia is “the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of lesser quality and reduced functionality.” The entry goes on to say that “a clear example of down-cycling is plastic recycling, which turns the material into lower-grade plastics.”

Clearly, up-cycling is better than down-cycling (or recycling). So instead of the 3 Rs we all know, maybe it should be Reduce, Reuse, Up-cycle, Downcycle.

We have critics stating we should not do plastic-to-oil as we need to subsidize recycling of all the plastic into new plastic.

But it is not ethical to have this plastic shipped to poor countries for processing. It is not environmentally desirable to have it incinerated in a waste-to-energy plant. We have a landfill that is reaching maximum capacity.

Worldwide markets have crashed for mixed plastic. We are still using millions of litres of oil.

So what will it be? Local processing of plastic creating local jobs, displacing fossil fuel imports and lowering CO2 emissions? Or do we continue to ship plastics out to a broken system and keep our blinders on because we think it feels good to recycle?

Andy Lera is an innovator who strives to find the most environmentally sustainable solutions to our world’s problems. He has built a Passive House, designed a highly efficient heat recovery ventilation system and currently is project manager for his latest passion: plastic-to-oil. He lives in Mount Lorne.

Why is plastic to oil not a good thing?

Steve Parker

policy of rejecting shipments of recyclables deemed too contaminhen we throw our plastic ated. It allowed China to develop into the recycling bin, we better environmental standards in the expect it to be converted industry. into reusable material that can enter It also means that the North the marketplace. That’s what recyAmerican market is sending China cling means, and that’s what happens. better product. Christina Seidel, of Plastic is melted down, separated the Recycling Council of Alberta, and made into new plastic products says sorting plastics is very importwhich can in turn be recycled into ant because it increases the value and new plastic products and so on. lowers the contamination rates. In The No. 1 plastic in your water B.C., the non-profit Multi Material or pop bottle can be made into a BC is building a large plant with new bottle or similar container by technology to sort the plastics easily companies able to make food-grade and effectively. This plant will help recycled plastic. It can also be turned ensure that Yukon products move to into fleece jackets and other items of environmentally-friendly marketplaces. clothing. The important thing here There are reputable processors in is that the material returns to the places such as China and Vietnam. marketplace. The fact is that plastic, with the addition of a small amount Many plastic items that are bought in North America are made in China of new plastic, can be recycled inand other Pacific Rim countries. If definitely.

It’s actually good news that China people want their cheap plastic items, then they have to allow the feedstock implemented their “green fence”

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to be sent to the countries that make the products.

The question of transportation often gets raised when talking about recycling in a northern town.

Having to ship plastics Outside for recycling does cost energy and emit carbon dioxide, but transportation and recycling of that product is only about 10 per cent of the energy used in creating a new product.

A plastic-to-oil machine almost seems too good to be true. And it is. A plastic-to-oil machine cannot take all plastics and sorting is also required. No. 1 and No. 3 plastics cannot be used in the machine, while No. 6 plastic will not produce oil. No. 7 plastic is often a mix and so may contain a plastic that cannot be used in the machine.

That leaves us with a number of plastic items that have to be dealt with by other means. No. 2 plastic can be used for plastic-to-oil, but it is a plastic that is has value on the mar-

ket and can be easily recycled into new plastic containers. Why would we turn that into oil? Let’s face it, a lot of the plastics we have here can’t actually be used or are not worth being used for plastic-to-oil.

Fans of plastic-to-oil like to trumpet the fact that the process produces little carbon dioxide. However, they like to talk less about the emissions resulting from the burning of the oil.

And what about all that oil we bring into the Yukon? Yes, we do import oil to run our vehicles and heat our homes. We also don’t have enough of the right kind of plastic to replace most of that oil. So the best way to reduce oil imports is to reduce our use of oil. We can increase insulation, turn down our thermostats and start taking the bus. Converting plastic to oil will do little to decrease our carbon footprint.

Finally, there are still lots of questions about the process used with plastic-to-oil. Does the price

quoted include the costs of a chipping machine, a washer, collection of feedstock and the employee wages to do all this work? What about dyes and other chemicals used in plastic manufacture? Are they still in the oil, ready to be released when it’s burned as fuel in your furnace?

Recycling plastics and other materials is a loop. Plastics to plastics, paper to paper: that’s how we save Earth’s resources. Plastic-to-oil is not upcycling, downcycling, bicycling or any other kind of cycling. It’s an open-ended system where we are unable to recover and reuse the material.

All in all, recycling is a better option. Plastics are kept in a loop and can circle around many times. Reuse and recycling is better than releasing heat and carbon dioxide into the air – two things this planet needs less of.

Steve Parker is the office coordinator for Raven Recycling.

He lives in Whitehorse.

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Gunman storms Parliament Hill; at least two hurt, including a soldier Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press

OTTAWA olice are expanding a security perimeter in the heart of the national capital after a gunman opened fire, targeting a soldier at the National War Memorial before injuring a security guard on Parliament Hill, where he was reportedly shot dead by Parliament’s sergeantat-arms.

Security staff on the Hill have told some MPs offices they believe there may be three shooters, and police were searching rooftops in the immediate parliamentary precinct.

Police say they are investigating “several shooting incidents in downtown Ottawa.”

Tony Zobl, 35, witnessed the soldier being gunned down at the War Memorial from his fourth-floor office window directly above the monument.

“I looked out the window and saw a shooter, a man dressed all in black with a kerchief over his nose and mouth and something over his head as well, holding a rifle and shooting an honour guard in front of the Cenotaph point blank, twice,” Zobl told The Canadian Press.

“The honour guard dropped to the ground and the shooter kind of raised his arms in triumph holding the rifle.”

Zobl said the shooter then ran up the street toward Parliament Hill.

The Ottawa Hospital says it has received three patients, two of whom are listed in stable condition. The hospital would not comment on the status of the wounded soldier.

The Langevin Block, home of the Prime Minister’s Office across the street from Parliament Hill, has been evacuated. All three party leaders are confirmed to be in safe locations, party officials say.

Darren Parsons, a Conservative strategist in the Yukon, spoke Wednesday morning with officials who confirmed that both MP Ryan Leef and Senator Daniel Lang are safe.

Police herded bystanders off the street into a major office building and

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warned people to stay away from the windows. They have told people in the precinct that if they cannot lock their doors, they should barricade them.

The U.S. embassy, adjacent to Parliament Hill, has also been locked down, and U.S. President Barack Obama has been briefed on the ongoing incident.

Conservative MP Bob Zimmer has tweeted that a gunman was shot and killed, a report repeated by several other MPs’ offices but unconfirmed by police.

Two sources told The Canadian Press that Kevin Vickers, the sergeantat-arms for the House of Commons, shot an assailant inside the Hall of Honour, the main entrance to the Centre Block beneath the Peace Tower.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was rushed away from the building to an undisclosed location.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who were attacked,” Harper’s communications director Jason MacDonald said in a statement.

“The prime minister is safe and not on Parliament Hill and being briefed by security officials.”

Ottawa police confirmed they had a call at 9:52 a.m. with a report of shots fired.

Scott Walsh says he was working in a manhole near the East Block building, between the memorial and the Centre Block, when he heard two gunshots echo down the street.

Walsh says in the ensuing panic people around him started screaming, including a woman pushing a child in a stroller.

He said she started to run, so he went to help her.

That’s when he saw man with long black hair, his face covered by a white scarf with decals on it and wearing a black jacket.

“He had a double-barrelled shotgun, he was about five feet from me, and he ran right beside us, ran past the woman with the stroller and child,” he said.

The gunman then hijacked a dark car at gunpoint, he said, and drove it

up towards the Peace Tower.

A second vehicle, with no rear licence plate, was parked directly in front of the Langevin Block in a no-parking zone. Sources say the vehicle remains a source of concern to authorities.

Bomb-detecting robots have been deployed in the area.

Cabinet minister Tony Clement tweeted that at least 30 shots were heard inside the building, where Conservative and Liberal MPs were holding their weekly caucus meetings.

Karl Belanger, a senior aide to NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, says security told them to remain locked in the Opposition leader’s office as there may be two or three gunmen.

Witnesses said shots were fired in several different corridors inside the Centre Block, the central parliamentary building that includes the Peace Tower and the House of Commons.

Some people fled the building by scrambling down scaffolding erected for renovations.

Chuck Bronley of Ottawa said he was near the memorial when he heard four shots and saw a man running away carrying what he said was a rifle.

Jan Lugtenborg, a tourist from the Netherlands, described the shooter as having very long, black hair.

“We heard four shots,” said Lugtenborg. “You don’t expect that when you’re on holiday in Canada.”

Police were yelling at bystanders, shouting that there was still a shooter on the loose.

“DND member is down,” one officer was overheard saying.

Bronley and Lugtenborg said the victim appeared to be one of the ceremonial guards at the War Memorial.

Two people vigorously pumped the victim’s chest on the stairs of the War Memorial, until the victim was finally placed on a stretcher and ushered into an ambulance shortly after 10 a.m.

The incident comes just two days after two Canadian soldiers were run over – and one of them killed – in Quebec by a man with jihadist sympathies.

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CSIS canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cover â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;all the basesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; when monitoring radicals: senior spy official mining which individuals â&#x20AC;&#x153;are more radical than others,â&#x20AC;? Yaworski said.

The service also uses court-apOTTAWA proved warrants to monitor people t would be foolish to say the of concern.

Canadian Security Intelligence Liberal Sen. Colin Kenny exService has â&#x20AC;&#x153;all the bases coveredâ&#x20AC;? pressed reservations about CSISâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when it comes to monitoring ability to keep tabs on possible radicalized Canadians who have re- extremists in Canada, given its turned home, a senior CSIS official current personnel levels and the acknowledges. labour-intensive nature of monitorJeff Yaworski, CSIS deputy direc- ing a suspect. tor of operations, told the Senate Yaworski said the serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sucnational security and defence com- cess rate had been â&#x20AC;&#x153;quite good,â&#x20AC;? but mittee Monday that the spy service added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be foolhardy to say we must prioritize efforts to keep its eye have all the bases covered. We do on dozens of returnees. what we can with the budget that we CSIS says between 130 to 145 have.â&#x20AC;?

Canadians are overseas taking part The federal Conservatives are in guerrilla-style battles waged by poised to introduce legislation to the Islamic State of Iraq and the make it easier for CSIS to track susLevant and other groups, as well pected Canadian extremists abroad as supporting extremists through and add another layer to the protecfund-raising and propaganda. tions that shield the identities of the Canada and other western naserviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s human sources. tions fear that radicalized young CSIS has not been asked to take people who travel abroad could part in Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s combat role in come home with intent to do harm. Syria intended to diminish the capaâ&#x20AC;&#x153;It is something that concerns us bility of ISILâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forces, Yaworski said. greatly and it is our No. 1 priority,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we are, we certainly will be Yaworski told the senators. there,â&#x20AC;? he told the senators.

The RCMP recently said it has â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re focused on now are about 63 active investigations on areas outside of the immediate con90 suspected extremists who intend flict zone, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re covering what to join fights abroad or who have we can through the deployment of returned to Canada. human sources into the area.â&#x20AC;?

Yaworski says while CSIS knows However, Yaworski indicated it where the returnees are, the spy service must undertake monitoring AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1-31 in line with its budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to prioritize these investigations. We have to dedicate our limited resources to those that we think are the greatest threat,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What does keep me up at nights is those who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come across our radar screen.â&#x20AC;?

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One of the challenges the RCMP faces at home is the burden of proving an alleged jihadiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intention to commit a violent act or join an extremist group, Yaworski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These individuals, when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to leave the country, will not advertise where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going. They will travel to other parts of the world. So they obfuscate their routes. They borrow or steal passports of other individuals to facilitate their travel. They engage in activities to hide their trails and to make it difficult to prevent their departure.â&#x20AC;?

When they return, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing for CSIS to tell the RCMP a Canadian has fought overseas with a terrorist group, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something else for them to be able to prove that in a court of law.â&#x20AC;?

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A year in, a year to go: promises made in the last speech from the throne Stephanie Levitz

heritage by unveiling a new Nathe Senate. tional Conservation Plan to further â&#x20AC;˘ Legislation to â&#x20AC;&#x153;enshrine the increase protected areasâ&#x20AC;?: It was polluter-pay system into lawâ&#x20AC;?: Bill OTTAWA C-22 includes the notion of polluter launched in May, though is one of hen Stephen Harper was first pay in a broader reset of how much many promises the opposition New elected prime minister in Democrats say is hardly an achieveoffshore oil and gas operations 2006, he laid out five key priorities ment. In an analysis, they noted that would be required to pay in the for his first term. â&#x20AC;&#x153;the plan does nothing to explain event of a spill. The bill has cleared Fast forward seven years: in the the House of Commons but has not how the government will meet its speech from the throne given in stated international goal of protectyet come before the Senate.

October 2013, the Conservative â&#x20AC;˘ Legislation which would create ing at least 17 per cent of our land government listed over 100 things and 10 per cent of our oceans by the requirement for one regulation they wanted to achieve.

2020.â&#x20AC;? to be removed for every one that is Some are clearly measurable, like added: introduced in January, still â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Government will introthe pledge to balance the budget by duce a new model to select immibefore the House of Commons.

2015. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nearly certain there will be â&#x20AC;˘ Victims Bill of Rights to â&#x20AC;&#x153;restore grants based on the skills Canadian a checkmark next to that one by the victims to their rightful place at the employers need.â&#x20AC;?: A system called time the next election rolls around, â&#x20AC;&#x153;express entryâ&#x20AC;? is being promised for heart of our justice systemâ&#x20AC;?: introexactly one year from now. duced in April, still before the House next year which would see would-be A spokesman for the prime immigrants who meet the criteria of Commons. ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office said to date, they for open jobs in Canada get their â&#x20AC;˘ Quantoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s law, which increases consider their most significant acapplications approved faster. penalties for harming police dogs: complishment their record on taxes. introduced in May, still before the â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Government will release â&#x20AC;&#x153;We committed to keeping taxes House of Commons. an updated Science, Technology and low in the throne speech and that Innovation Strategyâ&#x20AC;?: public consulâ&#x20AC;˘ The throne speech also promis exactly what our Government ised several new measures related to tations were held earlier this year but has done, and will continue to do nothing has been published. criminal law, including legislation for Canadian families,â&#x20AC;? said Jason Promises that havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite on cyber bullying and new regulaMacDonald in an e-mail. worked out: tions for sentencing. All are in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canadians work hard for their â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our government will vigorworks. money.â&#x20AC;? ously defend the constitutionality Promises for new or expanded Defining success on some of the of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prostitution laws.â&#x20AC;?: programs: others is a matter of perspective. For â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Expand its National Anti-Drug At the time, the government was example, the government pledged its Strategy to address the growfighting for those laws before the efforts would be renewed to address ing problem of prescription drug Supreme Court. They lost, with the the issue of missing and murdered top court ruling that existing laws abuseâ&#x20AC;?: The 2014 budget allocated aboriginal women. $44.9 million over five years towards do violate the constitution. A new To what extent has been a point law is currently being considered by this plan. of contention between the ConserParliament, but some critics have â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Government will launch vatives and the aboriginal commusuggested it too wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass constitua comprehensive new plan to assist nity ever since.

Canadian businesses as they expand tional muster.

Some pledges were event specific, abroadâ&#x20AC;?: The Global Markets action â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Senate must be reformed, like celebrations for the 200th birth- plan was launched in August. or, as with its provincial counterdays of Sir George-Etienne Cartier parts vanish. The Government will â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Protect Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich natural and Sir John A. Macdonald. Harper celebrated the former at an event in Quebec City and plans are ongoing for Macdonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday next year.

Others were far more ephemeral. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our government,â&#x20AC;? the throne speech said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;will not hesitate to uphold the fundamental rights of all Canadians wherever they are threatened.â&#x20AC;?

In what way wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made clear.

And then there were the pocketbook promises: seemingly simple Thursday, October 23, 2014 items directed at consumers that in some cases have turned out to 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm be far more complicated, and from Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre, the Oppositionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Democrats Whitehorse perspective, stolen right from their Canadian Press

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With exactly a year to go until the next election, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look at some of the more specific promises made last fall and whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become of them.

Promises of specific new legislation: â&#x20AC;˘ An act to require balanced budgets in normal economic times: not yet introduced. â&#x20AC;˘ Amendments to the Importation of Intoxication Liquors Act which would allow Canadians to take beer and spirits across provincial borders: became law in June 2014. â&#x20AC;˘ Re-introducing of the Safeguarding Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seas and Skies Act, which deals with oil tanker safety and insurance for airlines: introduced last fall, currently before

proceed upon receiving the advice of the Supreme Court.â&#x20AC;?: the government is unlikely to take further action on Senate reform following the decision by the Supreme Court that they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t act unilaterally to make many of the changes the Conservatives were seeking. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Our government) will continue working with First Nations to develop stronger, more effective, and more accountable on-reserve education systems.â&#x20AC;?: A retooled First Nations education plan fell apart this spring after division within the aboriginal community.

MacDonald, the PMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokesman, acknowledged that there were some clear challenges, saying that needing the consent of the provinces for Senate reform and that of the Assembly of First Nations on education were the reason those were on hold. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But overall, our focus has not changed: jobs and the economy, safer communities and standing up for Canada,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Pocketbook and personal projects: â&#x20AC;˘ Finding the Franklin: A committed history buff, the prime minister included solving the mystery of Sir John Franklinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lost Arctic expedition in the section of the speech about Arctic sovereignty.

The government announced just last month one of the ships has been found. â&#x20AC;˘ Why pay more?: The speech suggested the government was going to figure out a way for Canadians to stop paying more than Americans for the same goods. The government lifted tariffs on some items, and have also suggested theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll introduced an amendment to the Competition Act that would help more, but havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet done so. â&#x20AC;˘ Ending â&#x20AC;&#x153;pay to payâ&#x20AC;? policies: in the throne speech, in the 2014 budget and again this past August, the government has pledged to introduced legislation that would prevent companies from charging for paper bills. The NDP have been advocating for this since 2012. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throne speech, the Conservatives stole a number of NDP initiatives to woo Canadian consumers,â&#x20AC;? said Glenn Thibeault, the NDPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caucus chair in an e-mail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But a year later, they failed to deliver on many of the key promises in the speech, such as ending the Canada-US price gap, cracking down on pay day lenders and ending pay-to-pay fees. Worse still, they cut home postal delivery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; something that they had not warned about in the throne speech. Canadians deserve better than broken promises.â&#x20AC;?

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Harper cites spectre of long-dead gun registry, fears ‘back door’ resurrection Bruce Cheadle

“bureaucratic initiatives that we think are effectively trying to put the long gun registry SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. back in through the back door.” e says he doesn’t want to “This is not something we sound paranoid, but Prime can tolerate.”

Minister Stephen Harper is conHe said the government cerned his own federal bureauwould ensure, in future, that cracy is trying to bring back the such measures “can’t be done long gun registry “through the without some degree of politiback door.” cal oversight.”

Harper courted gun ownHowever, documents obers and anglers on Friday tained by the CBC through in northern Ontario with a the Access to Information Act carefully stage-managed ques- show the RCMP notified the tion and answer session with public safety minister well in invited representatives of the advance about – and sought Ontario Federation of Anglers input on – its deliberations and Hunters. over banning the Swiss Arms Killing the long gun registry Classic Green and the CZ858 was a long-standing Conserva- rifles last winter. Harper tive government promise – and himself was briefed in May fundraising cash cow. Now that 2013 on issues surrounding it’s dead and buried, a govern- the reclassification of firearms, ing party in election mode is according to a heavily censored reviving alleged threats of its document obtained by The resurrection in repeated dona- Canadian Press. tion appeals to Conservative Still, resurrecting the ghost faithful. of the gun registry is good polThe government introduced itics for a Conservative governnew legislation last month to ment that already appears to be simplify gun licensing, and in full flight toward a date with also has loudly denounced voters in 2015. and reversed an RCMP move At a late afternoon speech to prohibit a couple of guns to a packed room of about police say can too easily be 250 Conservative supporters converted into fully automatic and MPs, Harper repeated his weapons. charge against the civil service, “I don’t want to feed parathis time without any cavenoia, but as prime minister I ats about fanning conspiracy can tell you I share the frustra- theories. tions of our caucus members,” “We are taking all actions said Harper, before alluding to necessary to ensure that the Canadian Press

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper adjusts his glasses as he delivers a speech to supporters at an event last Friday in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

bureaucrats – or the Liberals or NDP for that matter – cannot bring back the long gun registry through the back door!”

Harper told the crowd.

The stump-style speech, 35 minutes in length, was also notable for its repeated shots at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in a riding that has been strongly NDP in recent years.

Frank Fata, a Sault city councillor who was among 100 or so invited guests at Harper’s question-and-answer session, said the Conservative stand against the gun registry was a decisive factor in northern ridings such as Sault Ste. Marie, where the Tories reclaimed the seat in 2011 – by just under 1,200 votes over the second-

place New Democrat incumbent – for the first time since 1988.

“Looking back to the last federal election, that did play a very important part in people’s minds,” said Fata, not a gun owner himself.

“Us being from northern Ontario, we tend to see it a little more personal and closer to home.”

Harper noted to the audience that conservation, hunting and fishing aren’t simply rural or northern preoccupations, citing statistics that 40 per cent of the fishing licences in Ontario belong to people in the Greater Toronto Area.

He said the issues “unite a wide range of Canadians from

all backgrounds.”

Still, members of the crowd listening in the hotel ballroom were predominantly male, white and in suit jackets.

Dave McKinney, a local member of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, stood out in his camouflage jacket and magnificent white mullet haircut.

He said he received an invitation to the event less than 24 hours in advance and showed up expecting to see the prime minister on a video link, not in the flesh.

“I was shocked that he was here,” said McKinney. “That’s pretty cool that he showed up in this little town of Sault Ste. Marie.”

He said the Conservative gun platform “absolutely” moved votes in the 2011 election.

“For northern Ontario votes, for sure. People have hunted and fished all their lives – I have – and all of a sudden there was all this red tape and more expense and hassles and police looking for you to be a bad guy.”

Current Conservative fundraising appeals are peppered with talk of alleged Liberal and NDP plans to revive the registry, although Trudeau is on record saying that now that the data has been destroyed he won’t try to recreate the old Liberal program.

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Federal Conservatives under fire after ‘blind luck’ keeps drifting ship afloat and let go 300 personnel.

A Canadian Coast Guard vessel that first reached the Simushir OTTAWA had its tow line break three times .C.’s northern coast dodged in stormy seas, but did manage to a bullet this week when a move the disabled ship away from disabled cargo ship drifted danger- the marine sanctuary off the Haida ously close to the shores of Haida Gwaii islands.

Gwaii, opposition critics charged The Fisheries minister repeatMonday in the House of Comedly stressed that the Simushir had mons. become disabled in international The Russian-flagged Simushir waters. has been safely towed to Prince Ru“The private sector provides pert by a commercial U.S. tug but towing service to the marine inNew Democrats and Liberals say dustry but we are grateful that the the incident doesn’t bode well for a Canadian Coast Guard was able to dramatic increase in supertankers keep the situation under control, plying the same waters. which was in very difficult condiNDP finance critic Nathan Cul- tions, until the (U.S.) tug arrived len demanded in the Commons from Prince Rupert,” said Shea. to know whether the Conservative According to the U.S. company, government is comfortable with a the tug Barbara Foss usually tows a marine safety plan he said is based cargo barge between Prince Rupert on “blind luck” and American and Whittier, Alaska, and was intervention. arriving back in Rupert when the Fisheries Minister Gail Shea Simushir call came in. It dropped responded that “luck had nothing its barge and headed out to aid the to do with the situation.” stricken vessel, a trip that took it Shea thanked the Canadian almost two days.

Coast Guard, which took just under “Foss left soon after getting the 14 hours to reach the disabled ship, call and travelled as fast and as and noted the Conservatives have safely as they could in poor weather promised a $6.8 billion shipbuildconditions,” company spokeswoming program for the future. an Megan Aukema said in an email.

Cullen says a truly grateful Mary Polak, B.C.’s environment government wouldn’t have cut the minister, was less reassuring about coast guard budget by $20 million how the incident played out than Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press

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A person stands on the bow of a Russian container ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of fuel that was drifting without power in rough seas off British Columbia’s northern coast on Friday.

her federal counterpart in Ottawa.

“We’ve said that there is more that needs to be done on our West Coast, we know that, we’ve said that from the beginning and it’s been a consistent position of ours, we continue to hold that view,” Polak said at the B.C. legislature in Victoria.

“This incident underlines the

fact that we need to do more on our West Coast to be prepared.”

The Conservatives have conditionally approved a plan by Enbridge to build the Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat, B.C., which will send hundreds of supertankers annually down the same storm-tossed coast. Kinder

Morgan’s proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline to Vancouver, and a proposed LNG plant in the province, would further increase marine traffic.

Cullen, who represents a northern B.C. riding, demanded to know how anyone can back a “government plan to put hundreds of oil supertankers off the B.C. coast when we don’t even have the capacity to protect ourselves right now?”

Liberal MP Joyce Murray said the lesson from the incident is that “we cannot ever say that a major oil spill will not occur on the coast of British Columbia.”

The Vancouver MP called it “pathetic” that Shea repeatedly cited future ship building, given the government’s record on major military and naval procurement projects.

Cullen maintains that only good fortune prevented a disaster before help could arrive. Local fishermen say the usual wind patterns following storms in the region are westerlies.

“If that had happened like it normally does, that ship would have run aground and we’d be having a very different conversation this morning,” said Cullen.

“If dodging a bullet doesn’t wake you up, I don’t know what will. It’s important for Canadians to understand how close this was.”

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Lifted by the blues Yukon’s first Klondike Blues and Roots festival is a hit

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he 4,000 block of Fourth Avenue oozed the blues this past weekend with the two-day Klondike Blues and Roots Festival.

Friday night leaned towards the softer side with acoustic sets in the Coast High Country Inn ballroom with Tim Williams, the Silver Screen Scoundrels, a well appreciated Bill Bourne and the eclectically dressed Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne.

Performances moved to the Yukon Convention Centre on Saturday night, giving a boost to both the

venue and volume of the performances. Yukon’s own Blues Cargo started off the night and the dancing reached a fevered pitch driven by the harmonica playing and articulate guitar solos of Edmonton’s Boogie Patrol.

Cannery Row followed and the “Blues Boss” reappeared, equipped with enough soul for everybody and suit to match. Cousin Harley, no stranger to the Yukon, closed the festival, assisted by the infamous Keith Picot on standup bass.

Top: Edmonton’s Boogie Patrol brings the crowd to its feet on Saturday night at the Yukon Convention Centre.

Left: Cousin Harley’s Paul Pigat closes the show on Saturday night. Centre right: Brandon Isaak, right, and Keith Picot of the Silver Screen Scoundrels perform Friday night in the Coast High Country Inn ballroom. Isaak helped organize the festival. Bottom: Cannery Row plays an eclectic fusion of roots, folk, latin, jazz and blues.

Story and photos by Alistair Maitland

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Alan Doyle’s memoir focuses on upbringing rather than Great Big Sea what to do with it.

“I can just remember going home from a meeting one time TORONTO – after having been paid $250 a o matter how far Alan Doyle week all year – with a cheque for strayed from his uniquely $40,000,” he said. “’What am I goenchanting hometown of Petty ing to do with $40,000?’

Harbour, N.L., he had his book to “Even when I had no money I whisk him back. had more money than I needed,” The Great Big Sea frontman he added. “Good times – that’s spent years working on his memwhat I use all my money for. I oir Where I Belong, scribbling drive a 2006 (Toyota) Matrix. … I during long road trips, sluggish don’t have any watches. But I’ll fly sound checks or airport lounges my buddy down if there’s going to the world over. Ultimately, a book be a hockey game next week.” that was originally intended to Doyle put out his first solo encompass the entirety of the album back in 2012, but says that 45-year-old’s life instead focuses this memoir represents the most almost exclusively on his pre-20s vulnerable offering of his career. upbringing in the small fishing Public readings have proven town. particularly daunting, Doyle laHe just found that he couldn’t ments. stop talking about Petty Harbour.

“Freaks me out, man. I’d rather “I assumed when we started sing a thousand songs to a thouthat we would eventually make sand people. ‘This is why I like my our way to present day, but the mom.’ It’s weird,” he said. “All my time I got finished adding up other performances in life, you all the stories I wanted to tell …

Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press always have something to hide beI mostly told the stories about hind, right? … You’re not hiding Alan Doyle speaks during an interview in Toronto in 2012. Doyle’s first memoir, Where I growing up in Petty Harbour,” behind anything here. ‘Here’s my Belong, focuses on his unique upbringing in Petty Harbour, N.L., rather than his more than said Doyle this week during a (guts) on a plate. Enjoy.”’ two decades fronting Great Big Sea. promotional trip to Toronto.

So he’ll wait to see how this “The most pleasing thing book does before committing to (considered a delicacy in parts short of judging whether the deci- when Great Big Sea finally started about it is that it made what doing another one – perhaps a of the world) then hawking the to generate an income. sion was the right one. would have been lost time very book exploring Great Big Sea’s bounty to various vendors around He’d been playing in bands “What do I know about marine useful: airplane rides; on the bus; run. town. (Doyle’s book helpfully biology?” he said. “I play the man- since he was a teen thrashing away sitting in a movie trailer on set. …

And yet, while Where I Belong includes a step-by-step guide to with his uncle Leonard. Later, dolin for a living.”

For most people, that’s probably isn’t a traditional rock memoir, extracting a cod’s tongue, though As much as Doyle cherished his he performed hundreds of gigs the most daunting thing about Doyle says it ties into his music he also admits that the practice in bars around Newfoundland hometown, as a teen he itched to starting a book – they worry career to a greater extent than it in a variety of bands (including about how much time it will take. once gave him “odd nightmares.”) reach beyond its borders. At 18, might initially seem.

As a 10-year-old, hanging out he hopped on a plane for the first a comedy duo called Staggering I was just like, thank God it’s go“Without being aware of it, with rough-and-tumble guys in Home, whose lyrically “heinous” time and finally saw a city bigger ing to take a long time. I have to my young life almost perfectly their 20s all day was “intoxicatparodies would put Doyle “out of prepared me for the greatest job than St. John’s: London. Visitfly to Sydney, Australia twice this ing,” Doyle said. This was the time ing his brother Bernie at school, the job” if video ever surfaced, he anyone could have ever been ofyear so I’ll write seven books.” before the Canadian government’s Doyle remembers being lost in swears).

Well, he started with this one: fered,” he said.

1992 moratorium on the NorthHe formed Great Big Sea with the blur of Trafalgar Square on an ode to a happy adolescence “All the stuff that happened to ern Cod fishery, and Doyle’s town a weekday, bobbing through an Sean McCann, Darrell Power and me in my little tiny fishing town spent in an environment quite was “booming.” For half of every Bob Hallett in the early ‘90s, and “ocean of people,” never farther unlike any other. and my little altar boy life, all of a year, the fish plants were full of Doyle’s cheerful childhood it wasn’t long before the sunny from home. sudden, it’s like, man, I’m perfect people and the towns along Newcertainly wasn’t rooted in any Celtic-rock trio found an audi“It was like Narnia. It was like for this job. Every question that foundland’s coast bustled with financial prosperity. One of four ence: their eponymous debut an acid trip. I’ve never been so was asked of me I said, yes, of movement at all hours of night. kids, Doyle was born into a tiny freaked out in my life,” he recalled. went gold while 1995’s “Up” and course I know how to do that. Of Much of the book is devoted home on the eastern-most coast “I’ve been a sucker for travel ever 1997’s “Play” were both multicourse I can do that. of Newfoundland. The house had to Doyle’s wistful recollections of since.” platinum. “’This is going to be really hard growing up in that environment no bathroom and no plumbing.

For the first time in Doyle’s life, on the road.’ What? We have a Given his modest childhood His parents would bathe the fam- – and its many opportunities for he had money, and he wasn’t sure toilet. This is easy.” lifestyle, it was strange for Doyle ily with river water, collected in a innocent hijinks – but he notes looking back that it might be a plastic bucket and heated on the bygone era for a reason. stove.

“I’m sure it was constantly In the book and person, Doyle dangerous,” he said, laughing. “I recalls his austere surroundings was 10 going around with a sharp with nostalgic fondness.

“I had somewhere to pee,” he knife and a bucket on the wharf. I pointed out, laughing. “We had wouldn’t let my son do it now for water – in a bucket, but so what? all the millions in the world.”

That whole part of it was a revelaThough he calls the day of the tion in my adult life. In retrospect, cod ban “the darkest in modern we had less than perhaps North Newfoundland history,” he stops Americans my age had but I never spent any time thinking about what we didn’t have. We had more than enough for me.

“I found that a lot of the families in Petty Harbour lived like that,” he added. “It wasn’t a welloff place, but we were all content enough.”

Still, Doyle went to work young. At 10 he was already immersed in the wharf, rising early each summer day and heading to the harbour to cut cod tongues Nick Patch

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Changing rainfall common problem for entire globe, says UN-sponsored book world can no longer afford to ignore the effects of climate change on rainfall patterns and iberian wildfires so intense their consequences for human they melted the permafrost security. beneath them. Flooding in “There’s a nexus between Alberta that paralyzed a major water security, food security city. Toxic algae blooms in Lake and energy security,” said ediWinnipeg that have grown tor Zafar Adeel. “We’re beyond 1,000 per cent since 1990. the point where you can deal They’re all linked, say the with these three areas as sepaauthors of a new United Narate silos.” tions-sponsored book entitled Just look at what happened “Water, Energy and the Arab in 2013, said Robert Sandford, Awakening,” being released one of Canada’s leading water Monday. In it, 16 authors – in- scientists and one of the concluding former prime minister tributing authors.

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Meanwhile, the Global Nature Fund declared Lake Winnipeg the “Threatened Lake of 2013” as longer, heavier rains have been flushing so much runoff into it that efforts to reduce the resulting amount of fertilizers and animal waste aren’t keeping up.

And in northern Siberia, an outbreak of hundreds of wildfires was followed by rainfall so intense it flooded more than a million square kilometres.

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“Many of our recent floods were similar in a number of ways,” wrote Sandford.

Storms seem to get stuck in place instead of moving along.

Their internal dynamics look more like tropical storms than those from temperate regions.

Recent research suggests declining Arctic sea ice may be behind those effects. Although that theory remains controversial, Sandford said some sort of thread runs between a warmer Arctic, a weaker jet stream and extreme weather events.

Those effects are compounded by so-called atmospheric rivers, the great, highaltitude air currents that carry moisture around the globe such as the Pineapple Express that dampens North America’s west coast. As the atmosphere gets warmer, those rivers can carry more water – seven per cent more for every degree Celsius.

It was the collision of three such rivers that led to the flooding in Russia.

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“In the Arab region, we’ve seen a confluence of population impacts, social challenges, combined with water scarcity, combined with impacts on food security. When you have a confluence of all these factors coming together, that’s really where the explosive situations occur.”

The book proposes that a 180-kilometre pipeline bringing water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea would improve the region’s environmental, energy and peace prospects.

“Canadians may not think this matters,” said Sandford.

“It should matter to Canadians that our hydrology’s changing, but we should also be really concerned that the hydrology of the entire northern hemisphere that we know is changing.

“It’s going to affect the Middle East, it’s going to affect places far from us, and that’s going to have a huge impact on us also.”

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Despite stalling some oil projects, falling prices not good for environment Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press

OTTAWA alling global oil prices have sparked a frisson of excitement among opponents of Canadian oilsands developments and major pipeline projects.

The argument, which bounced through social media circles over the past week, is that $80-a-barrel oil makes it a losing venture to develop unconventional crude – and the infrastructure to transport it to market.

“The good news is that lower oil prices will put a damper on the breakneck pace of expansion in the tarsands, creating time and space for the alternatives to take root,” Keith Stewart, a climate researcher with Greenpeace Canada, said in an email.

Major oilsands developments and the multiple pipeline plans currently in the works to get that oil to market are long-term infrastructure projects that Stewart and other environmentalists worry will lock in high carbon emissions for decades.

“At the very least, the recent drop in oil prices highlights the recklessness of the Harper government putting all of our economic eggs in the tarsands basket,” said Stewart.

Clare Demerse of the advocacy group Clean Energy Canada says cheap oil and gas do not necessarily halt investment in alternative energies, noting solar panel costs have fallen more than 80 per cent in the last five years.

Oil and gas volatility highlights the dangers of government reliance on the resource sector and prove the value of renewables, she said.

“It’s less risky, it’s safer for Canada’s economy if we are also making investments in clean energy. That gives us more (economic) resilience,” said Demerse.

But while the rapidly changing global energy market may be shaving the sharp edges off Alberta’s economic triumphalism while kicking the pro-resourceextraction federal Conservative government in its budgetary shins, climate change campaigners might want to curb their enthusiasm.

Economist Mark Jaccard, a professor in the energy and materials research group at Simon Fraser University, said current market conditions may give environmentalists “small victories here and there.”

“It may help some battles to stop some pipelines and some expansion,” Jaccard said in an interview. “Even the industry will say maybe we should delay this a little bit. We’re finding this in British Columbia as the natural gas prices in East Asia start to fall.”

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Oil pumps work at sunset in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain last Tuesday. The price of oil suffered its biggest drop in nearly two years after the International Energy Agency reduced its forecast for demand for this year and next.

Malaysia’s Petronas is threatening to delay for years a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas investment in B.C., while France’s Total and Norway’s Statoil have recently put on hold two planned oilsands projects in Alberta.

But while specific projects will be squeezed, falling global prices can only spur consumption in growing markets such as South and East Asia, Africa and South America.

“It is not good news for the environment,” Jaccard said.

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Jaccard said the only upside for the environmentally minded is that the price drop “reminds everyone that fossil fuels will continually keep getting cheap.”

Current global market conditions are another nail in the coffin of “peak oil” alarmists, he said.

“You can’t just say we’re going

to make renewables really cheap – because fossil fuel prices will fall. There’s a whole bunch of ways to make it way cheaper.

“That’s why you have to have global agreements, or quasi agreements, on greenhouse gas emissions. You have to have strong policies. That’s what you need to keep lobbying for – and I know the environmentalists know that.”

The paradox is that as oil

prices fall, illustrating the necessity of regulatory efforts to curb emissions, those market conditions are used to argue against regulation.

New Alberta Premier Jim Prentice did just that last week, telling the Globe and Mail that low oil prices reinforce the need for caution on imposing longdelayed regulations on Canada’s oil and gas sector “because we need to remain competitive.”

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B.C.’s LNG emissions’ law greenest, cleanest in the world: environment minister Dirk Meissner Canadian Press

VICTORIA ew legislation introduced in British Columbia requires liquefied-naturalgas plants to meet emission standards or face penalties and makes the industry the cleanest in the world, says Environment Minister Mary Polak.

Polak tabled the Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act Monday, saying it will set the province’s emission benchmark at 0.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide for each tonne of LNG produced, which is lower than any other LNG facility in the world.

She said it will test legislated GHG emission targets, which have been set at one-third below 2007 levels by 2020, and the province will also consider cutting emissions in sectors, such as transportation and construction.

“It is going to be a challenge, no question,” she said. “Sure, it’s going to be really difficult but it means we’re going to have to be drilling down more and more on the everyday things that we can do to reduce GHG emissions.”

Reaction to the legislation from industry and environmental groups was lukewarm, and Opposition politicians labelled the proposed law an attempt to hoodwink British Columbians about the amount of pollution the plants will emit.

“Saying one thing and doing another, where they claim that day is night and night is day, where they claim that brown is green and that standing up for the environment is what they’re doing,” said Opposition New Democrat environment critic Chandra Herbert.

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver called legislation a wild west law that will be a laughing stock in environmental circles worldwide because the num-

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bers don’t add up.

“It’s like playing World Cup soccer and B.C. has a qualifying process that actually doesn’t listen to FIFA rules,” he said.

Polak said the government estimates five B.C. LNG plants will create 13-million tonnes of GHG emissions, adding to B.C.’s current annual GHG emissions of 62 million tonnes.

LNG industry spokesman David Keane said the benchmarks bring clarity to environmental questions companies may have, but many are still not ready to make final investment decisions.

He said the industry is waiting for Tuesday’s expected introduction of the government’s LNG income tax legislation.

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“In terms of looking at all of the costs that we incur, our industry is going to be paying the LNG tax, the carbon tax, purchasing carbon offsets, paying royalties, PST, GST, payroll taxes, municipal taxes and corporate income taxes at both the federal and provincial levels,” he said.

Merran Smith, director of Clean Energy Canada, said the B.C. legislation is a good start but won’t, on its own, lead to the “cleanest LNG in the world” as promised by the Liberals.

Polak said LNG facilities with emissions below the set benchmark will receive credits

they can sell. Companies can purchase carbon offsets or invest in a technology fund to meet their target. Those that don’t meet their targets could face fines of up to $1.5 million and up to two years in jail.

The B.C. benchmark includes all GHG emissions from the time gas is extracted from the ground until it is exported and is lower than any comparable marker in Norway, Australia and the United States.

“The 0.16 benchmark sets a new, recognized global standard for LNG facilities,” said an Environment Ministry statement.

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Finance Minister Mike de Jong will introduce legislation Tuesday that outlines the government’s plans to tax the LNG industry.

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LIFE Young Tlingit woman called to the Yukon bar “This feels like a cycle of regeneration because I feel like I get to come back to the place where I’m from.”

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tanding before a courtroom packed with proud friends and relatives, Claire Anderson raised her arms chest high and turned her palms up, a sign of respect and gratitude.

The 29-year-old member of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation, called to the Yukon bar yesterday, made the gesture towards a group of singers who came all the way from Atlin, B.C. to celebrate the achievement with her.

Wearing a black-and-red button blanket and colourful cedar hat, Anderson said it felt like a homecoming ceremony.

Raised in Whitehorse, she graduated from F.H. Collins Secondary School in 2003.

“When the fishing season starts, we have a feast after we catch the first fish and bring the bones back to the river,” she said.

“We pray and make an offering and we thank the fish for giving us its life. We hope the bones serve as a reminder so the fish are able to find their way back to the ocean to spawn and complete their life cycle by coming back to the place where we deposited the bones.

“This feels like a cycle of regeneration because I feel like I get to come back to the place where I’m from.”

Anderson said she wants to help her First Nation achieve a degree of economic independence so it can distance itself from government.

“I want to start working on our own policies and create an economy so that we can really focus our energy into thriving socially and culturally, without having to worry on the finances.”

Born in Smithers, B.C., Anderson and her family moved to Whitehorse in 1990.

She graduated with a B.A. in psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2009 and finished law school there last year.

She articled with the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs in Toronto for more than a year.

She’s worked with the First Nation since 2010 in various capacities, first in the lands and resources department and then as a reconciliation project officer.

Paul Lackowicz, a partner at Lackowicz & Hoffman, gave the commencement speech yesterday.

He talked about Claire’s accomplishments, the impact she’s had on her community through her volunteer work and became slightly emotional when talking about the importance of education.

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Claire Anderson, a member of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation in northern B.C., was called to the Yukon bar on Monday afternoon. She was given permission to wear her button blanket for the ceremony by Justice Leigh Gower.

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Anderson gives a traditional gesture of gratitude to singers of her First Nation as they perform a celebratory song in her honour.

“That’s something that can never be taken away from you,” he said, his voice breaking.

“As a lawyer you’ll be a guardian and a gatekeeper. You’ll be a leader in your community, a role model.

“You will be judged as a lawyer based on the quality of your judgment.”

Anderson was also called to the bar in Ontario last month.

She sits on the board of the T’akhu A Tlen Conservancy, which works to protect the traditional territory of the Taku River Tlingit Nation, and volunteers with traditional dance groups.

Justice Leigh Gower told Anderson he’d allowed her to attend the ceremony in traditional clothing because he understood the significance.

He also spoke about the importance of the black robe she would normally wear inside a Yukon courtroom.

“I hope you wear it with pride, dignity and a certain level of reverence,” he said.

“It does not distract the eye. It draws attention to a lawyer’s words as he attempts to persuade – and a lawyer’s business is all about the art of persuasion.”

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Anderson gives her grandmother, Mary, a hug following the end of the proceedings.

Anderson prefaced her speech by acknowledging her mother, Judy, her grandmother, Mary, and many aunts and uncles.

She said she was grateful for their presence and delighted to be able to start practising law.

“I think they even had to shut down the band office to come here,” she said with a laugh.

“Part of our responsibility as indigenous lawyers is to start bringing our laws back to the courtroom. It wasn’t that long ago that the potlatch was illegal. Now,

here we are the Tlingit becoming lawyers. Our laws aren’t illegal anymore.”

The potlatch is a gift-giving feast among indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest that was deemed illegal by the Canadian government in 1884 and de-criminalized in 1951.

Following the ceremony Anderson’s mother, beaming with pride, kept her thoughts brief.

“My heart is so full,” she said.

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A glimpse behind the public health scenes, should Ebola virus arrive in Canada Steve Rennie Canadian Press

OTTAWA man who recently travelled to Sierra Leone walked into a southern Ontario hospital last week, feeling unwell. Four minutes later, he was in quarantine and being tested for the Ebola virus. Those tests on the patient in Belleville proved negative.

Should a similar test ever prove positive, according to sources familiar with the procedure who agreed to speak to The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity, this is what would happen next.

It would start with a technician at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, where the testing takes place, who would notify Dr. Gary Kobinger, the lab’s chief of special pathogens, of the results.

Kobinger would doublecheck the sample. Once satisfied it was indeed positive, he would advise Steven Guercio, acting head of the laboratory.

Guercio would then notify four key people: Canada’s new chief public health officer, Dr. Gregory Taylor; Krista Duthwaite, associate deputy minister of the Public Health Agency of Canada; Judith Bosse, assistant deputy minister of the agency’s infectious disease prevention and control branch; and Theresa Tam, head of the agency’s health security infrastructure branch.

Finally, Taylor and Outhwaite would notify federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose that Canada had its first confirmed case of Ebola.

The phone in Dr. David Mowat’s office, meanwhile, would be ringing off the hook.

Mowat, Ontario’s interim chief medical officer of health, would get calls from everywhere: the local medical officer of health, the laboratory, Public Health Ontario, the hospital and the infectious disease doctor.

“If it’s two o’clock in the morning, they will test it at two o’clock in the morning,” Mowat said in an interview. “They’ll have the results at three o’clock in the morning. They will call right then. For Ebola, that’s exactly how it works.

“We’ve had results in the middle of the night before now.

Mercifully, they’ve been negative results, but we get them.”

Those phone calls would set off a chain of events shaped by Canada’s past experiences with infectious-disease outbreaks: SARS in 2003 and the swine-flu pandemic of 2009.

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Health Minister Rona Ambrose (left) listens to Chief Public Health Officer Gregory Taylor respond to a question during an update on current actions on the Ebola outbreak on Monday.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has two teams of public health experts and epidemiologists on standby in case a patient tests positive for Ebola – one in Winnipeg and another in Ottawa.

Since Ottawa is closer to Belleville, that team would race to the hospital. They’d bring laboratory expertise to quickly confirm the diagnosis, and any needed supplies, such as masks, gloves and face shields.

They’d be responsible for the hands-on treatment of the patient, who would remain in quarantine.

Back in Ottawa, the agency would alert the World Health Organization. And Ambrose and Taylor would hold a news conference to notify Canadians and allay public fears. The hospital might also hold a news conference of its own.

After that, the agency would send out daily updates, much like it did in 2009.

The plan reflects preparations that have been underway for some time.

Last week, Ontario designated 10 hospitals across the province as referral centres to treat potential cases of Ebola because they already have sophisticated infection-control systems in place.

On Sunday, the federal

government announced it had started a joint exercise with Nova Scotia public health officials to ensure Canada is ready in the event of its first case of the disease.

One of Ottawa’s Ebola rapid response teams deployed to Halifax to practise working with provincial and local public health officials.

The Sunday drill followed a smaller one that took place on Friday in Ottawa to test the teams’ ability to quickly assemble the proper gear and equip one of the four dedicated Transport Canada aircraft currently on standby in the capital and Winnipeg.

Behind the scenes, Ambrose has been busy. She held a conference call last week with her provincial and territorial counterparts to ensure they are fully prepared to deal with the disease should it make an appearance in Canada.

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Meanwhile, in addition to $35 million already pledged to the World Health Organization, the UN and humanitarian aid groups working in the affected region, Ambrose announced another $30 million Friday for the containment effort. Canada has also donated up to $2.5 million worth of personal protective equipment.

PHAC has also sent two mobile labs to Sierra Leone.

One of the lab teams is working with Medecins Sans Frontieres to provide rapid diagnosis; the other is helping to improve infection prevention and control procedures.

Those teams check in every day with officials in Canada to update them on the situation on the ground.

Canada has also offered to donate a Canadian-developed experimental vaccine, currently undergoing clinical trials, to the WHO.

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Let your guests know beforehand when dinner will be served

by Judith Martin

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MANNERS DEAR MISS MANNERS: My mother was from the South, and accordingly she impressed upon me the fine art of entertaining guests in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home. I love to cook, and I truly prefer to cook dinner for friends over meeting at a restaurant.

My problem is that, invariably, every guest feels that an invitation for 6:30 can mean

6:45 or 7 p.m. This literally happens over and over again.

What I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand is that people never do this to a restaurant.

Right now I am sitting at my computer at 6:47 waiting for a guest who was supposed to be here at 6:30; she texted me at 6:25 saying she was just leaving her home, and from her latest message, she is still another 12 to 15 minutes away. Needless to say, the dinner is completely overcooked.

What should I say when inviting guests to dinner? Should I ask people to call an hour in advance if they know they will be late? Should I only cook food that can sit in the oven for an additional hour without being ruined? Give up inviting people to our home?

I would think it was a notso-subtle commentary on the quality of my cooking if I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get besieged with requests for my recipes.

GENTLE READER: Miss Manners is loath to question the hopes of Southern mothers, good cooks and hospitable hosts, and she lacks sympathy with tardy guests.

But you sound in need of a drink.

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be alcohol, and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have to drink it yourself. But you could save yourself angst by providing the usual half-hour in which those who arrive on time are served drinks and small nibbles.

Now please stop tearing your hair out; it might get into your beautifully cooked food. Miss Manners is not absolving the

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latecomers; she is going to teach you to retrain them.

When you issue invitations for 6:30, you should add, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be sitting down to dinner promptly at 7.â&#x20AC;? Not only will this warn the stragglers, but it will relieve those who time their arrivals to avoid the endless cocktail hours to which other hosts have subjected them.

You will have timed your food accordingly and should serve it at the announced time.

Guests who arrive later should be seated then, and told graciously, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew you would want us to go ahead.â&#x20AC;?

Lest you feel rude about doing this, Miss Manners assures you that there is distinguished precedent for this. That Southern gentleman George Washington insisted that official dinners

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over which he presided would be served at the announced time, explaining that delay would upset the cook. In your case, you know that to be true.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My mother passed away recently, and my brother, my sister and I miss her terribly. It is amazing to me the number of people who ask me if she â&#x20AC;&#x153;left us anythingâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; referring to any inheritance. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a polite response that will let people know they are out of line?

GENTLE READER: â&#x20AC;&#x153;She left us orphaned.â&#x20AC;?

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www. missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.)

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Yukon orienteerers gather six medals at North Americans Tom Patrick News Reporter

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ukoners had their mapreading skills put to the test at the 2014 North American Orienteering Championship recently.

Competitors had to keep a keen eye on the subtle contours on the maps at the international competition held in Arnprior, Ont., just outside of Ottawa, ending on Oct. 13.

“It was really, really technical,” said Whitehorse’s Brent Langbakk. “Anybody from Ontario knows Canadian Shield …

It had really low relief, so really intricate contour detail. That made it really challenging for navigation. So technical ability counted for a lot.”

Thirteen members of the Yukon Orienteering Association competed at the championship, navigating to six medals and a number of top-10 results.

Langbakk, who was recently named director of Orienteering Canada’s high performance teams, was responsible for two of Yukon’s medals.

Langbakk won gold in the middle distance race – with a slim margin of three seconds over the silver medalist – and gold in the long in the men’s 35+ division. He then finished seventh in the sprint.

“On some courses, those who are really fit get an advantage. In the forest terrain there, it was a real advantage to be strong technically,” said Langbakk. “Hence my good results, because I’m not very fit at the moment.”

Yukon’s Nesta Leduc won three medals in the two-person 80+ female division. She raced to gold in the long and sprint distances and claimed silver in the middle. Leduc won two bronze medals at the 2013 World Masters Orienteering Championships in Italy.

Trevor Bray took in Yukon’s sixth medal, in the highly competitive 17-20 elite males division.

The 19-year-old, who has competed for Canada at the Junior World Orienteering Championships the last three years, won bronze in the middle distance. He then placed 13th in the long and 10th in the sprint, held in an urban setting.

“It was a fairly good race, I had,” said Bray of the middle.

“It was very flat terrain … So you had to be super careful because once you’re lost, it’s really hard to relocate on that terrain.”

“I was really focused on the orienteering, not worrying about my physical fitness level

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Yukon’s Leif Blake navigates through the woods during the North American Orienteering Championships in the Ottawa area just over a week ago. Yukoners won six medals at the championships.

at that point. That’s what the middle is all about. It’s not a runners’ race, it’s about being calm, using all your skills correctly. So I think that’s what helped me succeed in the middle.”

Whitehorse’s Leif Blake was close behind Bray in the middle for the same division. Blake placed fourth out of 24 racers in the race, just a minute and 16 seconds behind Bray on the 4.3-kilometre course.

“I’d say Leif Blake coming fourth in the middle distance is a massive result,” said Langbakk. “That’s really good because he’s quite young in the 17-20 age category and that’s by far his best result at a major competition.”

Blake also scored 16th in the long and sprint in Arnprior.

Yukon’s Barbara Scheck really picked up her game after the middle. After placing 16th in the middle for the 55+ female division, Scheck took fifth in the long and fourth in the sprint.

Forest Pearson split his time between divisions and placed 24th in the long for 21-34 elite males before taking ninth in the sprint for 35+ males.

Kerstin Burnett was in the teens across the board for the 21-34 elite females. She took

14th in the long, 15th in the sprint and 17th in the middle.

Caelan McLean twice cracked the top 20 in the tough 17-20 elite males with 15th in the middle and 11th in the sprint.

Colin Abbott navigated to 15th in the sprint and 21st in the long for 21-34 elite males.

Sabine Schweiger squeezed into single digits with ninth in the long for 45+ females.

She also picked up 12th in the middle and 15th in the sprint.

Other top Yukon results include Ross Burnett 12th in the middle for 35+ males, Erik Blake 19th in the long for 45+ males and Bruce McLean 43rd in the long for 55+ males.

It was another successful season for the Yukon Orienteering Association. Yukon had two athletes – Bray and Pia Blake – compete at the junior worlds in Bulgaria, both producing top finishes for the Canadian team.

Yukoners also collected 20 medals at the Canadian Orienteering Championships and then nine at the western championships in August.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Yukon’s Kerstin Burnett heads into the finish chute.

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Squash players get the rust out at Early Bird tourney

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Ivan Johnson plays in the junior final.

stopped.” defeated Andre Benoit 3-0 in Cameron fought back from a the mixed C final.

Tom Patrick/Yukon News game down to beat Ivan JohnAndrew Bielz claimed third Runner-up Jim Gilpin winds up a forehand during the B final at the Early Bird Squash Tourson 3-1 in the final. He also with a 3-0 win over Sana Syed. nament at Better Bodies Whitehorse on Saturday. Over 40 players took part in the seasondefeated third place’s Dylan Mattaeus Geisler topped opening tournament.

Massie 3-1 in the semifinal.

Brett Walchuk 3-0 in the mixed “It feels really awesome, D final for the title. makes me feel like I can get Tom Patrick who lost to Syed in the semi, especially since I’m going down Kennedy Cairns took third News Reporter back into it quickly.” placed third with a 3-1 win over to Vancouver next weekend for and Ava Cairns won the conSyed, who also won the Early third seed Peter Mather. a tournament,” said Cameron. solation. n ankle injury from last Bird in 2012, won the tournaKevin Daffe squeaked out a Michel Gelinas lived up to Contact Tom Patrick at season didn’t create an ment without dropping a game 3-2 win over Dylan Letang in his top seed in the mixed B tomp@yukon-news.com Achilles heel for Whitehorse’s in three matches. He defeated the division A consolation final. division, beating Jim Gilpin 3-1 Mustafa Syed. second seed Tyler Nesgaard 3-0 Whitehorse’s Mackenzie in the final.

The 17-year-old lived up in the A final on Saturday.

Cameron is seeing his hard The Yukon home of Terri Cairns downed Lori to his No. 1 seed and cruised Syed went 2-2 in U17 boys work pay off. The 13-year-old Muir 3-1 for third in mixed B. through the A division draw at at the 2014 Canadian Junior put in the hours on the practice Omid Zargaran, playing in the Early Bird Squash TournaSquash Championships in court and topped the junior his first squash tournament, ment, hosted by Squash Yukon April. He is currently ranked division on Saturday. on Friday and Saturday at Bet- 54th in Canada for U19 boys.

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Whitehorse, Yellowknife hockey teams to face off this weekend

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Whitehorse Bantam Mustangs captain Joe Stokes puts a shot on net during the Seafair International Ice Breaker Rep Tournament a week and a half ago in Richmond, B.C. Six Whitehorse teams and six Yellowknife teams will take part in the Air North Hockey Challenge this weekend.

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pan-territorial hockey rival will ignite once again this weekend.

The Whitehorse Mustangs and the Yellowknife Wolfpack rep hockey clubs will face off in both capital cities at the second annual Air North Hockey Challenge, beginning Friday.

“It’s bringing the associations together, so we’re really happy with it,” said Carl Burgess, president of the Whitehorse Minor Hockey Association. “Lots of friendships were made last year. I know players are looking forward to meeting up with their buddies in Yellowknife and the kids are texting and calling each other already.”

This weekend will feature 24 games with 12 in Whitehorse and 12 in Yellowknife as three Yellowknife teams travel to Whitehorse and three Whitehorse teams head over to Yellowknife.

The two territorial hockey associations came together to create the Air North Hockey Challenge after Yukon’s airline of the same name began direct flights between the two capitals.

“Air North is awesome again,” said Burgess. “I think we’ll have 120 players in the air between Whitehorse and Yellowknife going back and forth.

We’re not sure of the number of parents going as well, but it’s a really big operation.”

“We’re hoping to match the teams up again later in the New Year,” he added.

The peewee, female and midget Mustangs will face their Wolfpack counterparts in Whitehorse.

Atom and Bantam Mustangs, as well as a Whitehorse novice team, will head over to Yellowknife to compete.

“The novice team, we put together for this,” said Burgess. “Yellowknife does their rep development program right down into novice, so they asked if we could do that. So we put a novice team together that might be up to the challenge. It’s just a one-off novice team (with) novice house league players.”

The weekend’s action in Whitehorse kicks off Friday at 5:30 p.m. with a match-up between the Peewee Wolfpack and the Peewee Mustangs, followed by female and midget games.

A ceremonial puck-drop will take place Saturday at 12:30 p.m. following three morning games and before three afternoon games.

Whitehorse Minor has really stepped things up this season at home.

Seven outside teams are set to travel to Whitehorse for a joint

peewee and bantam tournament in November.

The Atom Jr. Mustangs will again be the hometown favourites as they host a second annual Atom tournament early December.

Whitehorse has also been selected to host the Tier 3 midget division of the B.C. Hockey Championships this March.

“Travelling hockey associations – especially northern ones – are always looking for opportunities to compete against peers,” said Burgess. “Getting enough games in during the year before provincials is a priority.

“It’s always challenging. So having Air North as an official airline is a huge advantage for us these days.”

All games in Whitehorse this weekend will be held at Takhini Arena and attendance is free. See the Whitehorse Minor Hockey Association website for more details.

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Mountain View golf instructor named Teacher of the Year Tom Patrick News Reporter

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s the saying goes: do what you love and the money will follow.

Occasionally, so do prestigious awards. Just ask Graham Frey.

Frey was recently recognized by the Professional Golfers’ Association of British Columbia for his work as a club pro at Whitehorse’s Mountain View Golf Club.

He has been named Teacher of the Year for the Kootenays/ Northern B.C./Yukon region, the largest of the association’s four regions in B.C. “I was obviously happy and excited,” said Frey. “It was a bit of a surprise because you don’t really know. You’re nominated by one of your peers and they submit things on your behalf.

So until it’s announced, no one really knows they’re in the running. It is a nice surprise.”

Frey received his award at a PGA of B.C. end of season ceremony in Richmond, B.C., last Wednesday. The 37-yearold was in the running for the overall provincial award but it went to an instructor from the Okanagan.

“It’s really nice to be recognized, but I couldn’t have achieved this on my own without the help of a lot of people,” said Frey. “Number one was support from home.

My wife Jennifer and I have three kids … and in the golf season you’re working 40 hours in the shop and teaching 20 to 40 hours a week, that’s a lot of time away from home.

With a family of three it can really busy and she does a lot of the work while I’m doing what I love to do and it makes it easier to do that…

“Our staff at Mountain View is really good, our membership is fantastic and the people of Whitehorse support me – they’re interested in learning about golf and improving their games. So I’m really fortunate to have the opportunity to work with all these people.

“I just kept busy, didn’t pay much attention, didn’t even think about it. The thought of winning an award never really crossed my mind. I just enjoy spending time with those people and I just did what I normally do. It’s nice to be recognized by my peers for doing something well.”

Frey, who is originally from Winnipeg, is finishing his third season with the 18-hole championships course in Whitehorse. He was a club pro at Mountain View for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, winning the One Club Wonder Invitational in 2011 shortly before returning to Winnipeg for

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Mountain View club pro Graham Frey plays in the Skookum Asphalt Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament this past July. Frey has been named Teacher of the Year for the northern B.C. region by the province’s PGA.

two years. He then returned to Whitehorse and Mountain View for this past season.

Frey became a member of the PGA of Canada in 2005 and has worked at a number of premier courses in Manitoba.

Before coming to Whitehorse in 2010, Frey spent two season at the Harvest Golf Club in Kelowna, B.C., where he carded a personal best 68 over 18 holes.

“I got into the PGA in 2005 and in my second year I found teaching is going to be my avenue,” said Frey. “I’ve been lucky to work for guys who always encouraged me and provided opportunity to teach and were also very good teachers. So I’ve had good people to learn from.

“What brought me to the Yukon was the opportunity to teach more.”

“It was nice for him to get some recognition,” said Jeff Wiggins, director of golf at Mountain View. “He did two good years of teaching when

he was up here previous. This was his first year back and again he does a good job. His passion is there and he’s one of the few guys that does an allaround good job with instruction.

“He’s one of those wellrounded golf professionals and he deserves to be recognized for it. I don’t have the luxury

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Frey oversees a number of programs for Mountain View and the Yukon Golf Association, including an in-school program and a developmental program for Special Olympics Yukon.

He also conducts junior programs, ladies programs, corporate programs and, of course, gives plenty of private instruction.

“Jeff is busy with the daily operations of the facility, so all the teaching falls on to me, and it’s up to me, I can be as busy or not-busy as I want to be,” said Frey. “It’s my own business; it’s not in my duties under my contract of employment with Mountain View Golf Club. I do it all on my own time and I just like to provide opportunities to learn to play golf.

“I focus a lot on kids and junior development and that’s a big part of it. And beginner golfers, introducing people to the game of golf … Getting more people playing is our major goal. I just love spending time with people, helping people and that just comes across in what I do.”

Following some well-deserved time off, Frey will turn his attention to the winter golf program from January to March at Mountain View.

The program provides local golfers the opportunity to receive instruction, or simply get some practice, during the snowy months using a hightech golf simulator.

Summer or winter, Frey tries his best to make his lessons relaxed and stress free, he said.

“I try to make it fun and very relaxed,” said Frey. “For someone to really learn and absorb something, it has to be in a comfortable environment.

You have to build relationships quickly and establish some trust. No matter what it is, a golf lesson or something else you’re trying to learn, when you first show up you can be nervous and have the feeling of being judged, you have to be able to wash that away from people quickly and have them feel relaxed and at ease. That’s when people do their best.

“So I like to think I do things a little differently than the next guy.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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ENTER YOUR COLOURING FOR A CHANCE TO WIN! ENTER YOUR DRAWING FOR A CHANCE TO WIN!

WINNERS...

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Jayla Epp Six to eight years

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Name: _____________________________ Address: ____________________________ __________________________________ Phone: _____________________________ Age Up to five Six to eight Nine to twelve years years years Group:

Trustin Boulanger Nine to twelve years

Entries for both contests should be dropped off or mailed to:

211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2E4.

Open to kids up to age 12. Entries for this week’s contests must be received by 12 pm next Monday in order to appear in next week’s paper. If your entry arrives late (which may happen with out-of-town entries), it will be judged along with the contestants from the following week. Please limit entries to ONE PER CHILD PER WEEK. The contests are divided into three age groups: Up to five years, Six to eight years, Nine to twelve years. Drawings for the drawing contest must be on a separate piece of paper and reproducible on a photocopier to win. (Black and white drawings on white paper are easier to reproduce.)

Winners will receive their prizes by mail so be sure to include your complete address!

Please note that only winning entries will be returned. WINNERS RECEIVE GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR “SECOND SHOW”.

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Expanding selection of Melissa and Doug.

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Rent out by the week or for a weekend.

867-821-4443 SKYLINE APTS: 2-bdrm apartments, Riverdale. Parking & laundry facilities. 667-6958 HOBAH APARTMENTS: Clean, spacious, walking distance downtown, security entrance, laundry room, plug-ins, rent includes heat & hot water, no pets. References required. 668-2005 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 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

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.

Call 867-333-0144 OFFICE SPACE-NEWLY RENOVATED 936 sqft, 3 attractive offices plus large reception Minutes from Law Centre & City Hall $24 per sq ft includes Janitorial, heat, a/c & electricity 335-3123 or 667-2063 1-BDRM SUITE, Crestview, N/S, responsible tenants, reduced rent for helping w/chores, firewood/snow etc. 633-2455 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

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

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t plenty of on street parking for clients/ residents right at the building; t very quiet; t 2nd ďŹ&#x201A;oor of building is all residential

2-BDRM 1-BATH upper suite, Riverdale, on bus route, N/S, N/P, DD reqĘźd, avail now, 1-yr lease, $1,500/mon + utils, 332-2370 or 667-8773 3-BDRM 2-BATH duplex, Riverdale, 5 appliances, N/S, $1,400/mon + utils & dd.

668-2006 or 335-8505 1-BDRM APT, downtown, w/laundry, avail Nov. 1, refs reqĘźd, N/P, N/S, $1,000/mon + $500 dd. 668-3448 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 NEW CABIN, wood heat, propane appliances. Located 35 mins north of Whse.

Available immediately, $450/mon. 667-2568 lv msg 3-BDRM HOUSE with office/den, 1.5 bath, Porter Creek, large fenced yard, refs reqĘźd, $1,500/mon + utils. 604-971-3884 3-4 BDRM 2-bath house, Porter Creek, spacious, wood stove, huge yard, N/S, $1,695/mon + utils. suites@auroramusic.ca.

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 AFFORDABLE DOWNTOWN office space for lease, $14 ft 2 + cam, 1,800 sqft, 202 Strickland Street on the 2nd floor. Available November 1st. Contact Stephan (867) 332-4082 or stephane@asprinting.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 1-BATH house, 1,000 sq ft, 800 sq ft shop/carport, fenced backyard, pets welcome, acreage 12 min south of Whitehorse, heat/elec incl, $2,000/mon + dd. 335-3253 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

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

3-BDRM UPPER floor, Riverdale, greenbelt access, close to bus and trails, 2 decks, utilities included, $1,725/mon. 335-6291

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

ROOM, PORTER Creek, avail November 1, cable, utilities, internet included, N/S, refs reqĘźd, $650/mon. 335-8883

NEW 2-BDRM condo, N/S, N/P, $1,300/mon + utils. 633-5224 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 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 FURNISHED ROOM in large 5 bedroom home, c/w TV, wifi Internet & all utils, laundry facilities & parking available, full kitchen, $650/mon. 667-7733 3-BDRM 2-BATH house, Copper Ridge, avail Nov 1, garage, stainless steel appliances, living/dining/family/rec room, year lease, refĘźs reqĘźd, $2,100/mon incl heat.

393-8048 BACHELOR SUITE, Riverdale, heat & cable included, no parties, $800/mon. 667-4626 BACHELOR CABIN, elec & monitor oil heat included, propane cook stove, outside plumbing, 25 min. from city center, N/P, N/S, available Oct 31. 668-7082 for info CABIN, ARMY Beach, Marsh Lake, electric, wood heat, propane stove, no running water, avail Nov 1, $500/mon. 660-5020 ROOM FOR rent, N/S, N/P, avail immed, $750/mon all incl. 393-2275 CABIN, GOLDEN Horn 688sf, elect/WiFi incl, cell serv, oil monitor & EPA wood stove, propane range, 1000-L water tank, hot water on demand, shower, outhouse, N/S, N/P, dd &refs reqĘźd, $965/mon, dimensionals@hotmail.com FEMALE ROOMMATE for downtown house, clean & responsible, N/S, N/P, furnished room, heat, cable, laundry & kitchen facilities included. 668-5185 days & 667-7840 eves & weekends

55 SEAT RESTAURANT FOR LEASE JANUARY 15, 2015 Good location in Porter Creek.

Owner motivated to ďŹ nd the right operators.

Will provide some renovations.

Exceptional lease rate to the right party.

Provide proposals to casaloma@northwestel.net

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1-BDRM CABIN, Judas Creek, lake view, fully modern, oil heat, septic system, pets negotiable, avail immed, refs, dd & 1st mon rent reqĘźd, $850/mon + utils. 633-5033 1-BDRM SUITE, 1,200 sq ft, wheelchair friendly throughout, fantastic view, 10 mins from downtown, N/S, N/P, refs reqĘźd.

667-6579 SINGLE ROOM, Riverdale bsmt suite, N/S, N/P, private parking, w/d, oven, fridge etc, $590/mon, all utils incl. 335-6830 3-BDRM HOUSE w/den, Copper Ridge, avail Nov 1, yard, carport, deck, washer/dryer, N/S, N/P, refs reqĘźd, $1,800/mon includes heat. 667-4463 ROOM, PORTER Creek, own L/R with 46â&#x20AC;?

TV, satellite TV, WiFi Internet, own bathroom, shared kitchen, laundry facilities, avail Nov 1, $600/mon. 867-689-0307 2-BDRM 1-BATH house 15 mins north of Whitehorse, oil heat, deck, on acreage, approved pets okay, avail immed, $1,350/mon.

334-1195 1-BDRM BSMT apt, bright, everything incl, 11 kms from town, N/S, N/P, refs reqĘźd.

393-2349

Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 WANTED FOR Nov 1st, 2-3 bedroom pet friendly rental for working professional with 3 kids and 2 well behaved, housetrained dogs (not barkers). Reliable and referenced.

332-0819 SENIOR NEEDS 1 clean bachelor or room with bathtub, downtown, by December 1.

633-6677

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

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Show Home Open Daily 1-85 Aksala Dr. Visit www.homesbyevergreen.ca for more details or call Maggie 335-7029 1974 PREMIER Trailer 12x68 with 8x10 Arctic entry, no dogs allowed in park, must sell, $35,000. shilver3000@msn.com 3-BDRM 2-BATH mobile home on 2 acres, Ibex Valley 20 mins from Whitehorse, garden beds, new fuel tank, Quonset hut, workshop, check MLS listing 9214 or call 393-2234

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Help Wanted

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.

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

HELP WANTED Hotel Front Desk Clerk NOC #6525 Permanent Full-time 35-40 hrs/week, $13.00 per hr Duties include: â&#x20AC;˘maintaining inventory of vacancies, reservations and room assignments â&#x20AC;˘register guests, answer inquiries regarding hotel services and registration by mail, phone and in person â&#x20AC;˘present statements of charges & receive payment Contact: Joyce Yukon202@gmail.com Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. 206 Jarvis St Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H1

Email resume to: ofďŹ ce@hpoint.ca

RFP2014442

AUTOBODY PAINTER Well established collision repair shop is seeking an additional qualified Autobody Painter.

Top straight time wages and benefits, based on qualifications journeyman level experience required.

Tender speciďŹ cations for design/build â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lower residence renovation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; north side

of the lower residence â&#x20AC;&#x201C; north side.

Complete packages are available by emailing Procurement and Contracts at purchasing@yukoncollege.yk.ca

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

Teslin Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce Permanent, Part-Ć&#x;me 45 hours biweekly

This posi on oďŹ&#x20AC;ers a salary of $26.32 per hour.

Located in Teslin, this posi on reports to the Manager, Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce and is responsible for providing recep on and administra ve support to the staďŹ&#x20AC; of the Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to work independently in a confiden al environment, with frequent interrup ons, and their ability to mul task and priori ze their workload while maintaining a posi ve a tude with both co-workers and the public. Applicants must have experience with Microso Outlook, Word, Excel and Access.

If you feel you have the qualifica ons and desire to meet the challenges of this posi on please forward a cover le er and resume outlining how your experience and qualifica ons relate directly to the posi on.

A job descrip on is available at the Teslin Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce, 8 McLeary Street, Teslin YESAB Head OďŹ&#x192;ce, Suite 200 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca.

Please submit applica ons to: Finance and Administra on Manager, YESAB Suite 200 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Toll free: 1.866.322.4040

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

ready speciďŹ cations for a design/build renovation

(867-668-8864).

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

KITCHEN HELPER/ PREP COOK

The College requires the development of tender

Phone days 867-667-6315 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax 867-668-6977 Email: irving@northwestel.net

Our commitment is to be an impar al, eďŹ&#x20AC;ec ve and eďŹ&#x192;cient organiza on that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

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.

Closes: Noon PST, October 29, 2014

Must have current experience.

Be a part of one of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most dynamic environmental and socio-economic assessment processes; working with an energe c, progressive organiza on.

We are commi ed to the well-being of our employees and encourage their personal and professional development.

GPRC, FAIRVIEW CAMPUS needs a Power Engineering Instructor! Please contact Brian Carreau at 780-835-6631 and/or visit our website at www.gprc.ab.ca/careers.

Yukon Learn is looking for Instructor, computer basics Yukon Learn is looking for volunteers who can teach basic computer courses. These courses run for 4 half-days, Tuesday to Friday, have up to 8 learners, and may be mornings or afternoons depending on preference.

Ted Ackerman, (867) 668-6280 ext. 223, www.yukonlearn.com, community@ yukonlearn.com Gwaandak is looking for awesome volunteers to help with its fundraising event Gwaandak is looking for awesome volunteers to help with its fundraising event on Oct. 25 at the Old Fire Hall.

Positions available: (1) Front of house - 2 people - 6:30 to 8pm; (2) Bar - 2 people 7-10pm; (3) Silent Auction table - 1 person - 7-9pm; (4) Cooking/set-up & logistics - 1 person - 1-7pm; (5) Strike - 2 people - 9:30 - 10:30pm You will get to assist to Gwaandak Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yukonersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tall Tales (from when we were short) and hear great and funny stories from different Yukonners about the childhood or first step into the territory!

Let us know if you need more info on volunteers positions!

Marjolène Gauthier, General Manager,

867 393-2676, gwaandakgm@gmail.com, www.gwaandaktheatre.com/

Copper Ridge Place: Friendly Visitor Task description: Spend one-on-one time with residents living in a long-term care facility; primarily seniors and elders with the possibility of youth and adults.

Time spent includes reading, playing cards, walking, engaging for the goal of enhancing the quality of life.

Skills needed: Ability to engage with others, friendly attitude, comfortable engaging with seniors and elders. Criminal record check required.

Responsibilities: One-to-one engaging with seniors and elders, provide support in selected activities.

Time commitment: 1 to 2 hours a week, any day or time of the week. Minimum 6-month commitment required.

Incentive for the volunteer: Increased knowledge of long-term care needs, dementia training opportunities, annual volunteer appreciation event.

Contact: Nataschaa Chatterton, (867) 3937508, Nataschaa.Chatterton@gov.yk.ca

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

Resumes must be received by November 12, 2014.

Community Services

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014 LOOKING FOR a Driving Miss Daisy service for elderly woman needing assistance going to and from the vehicle. Hours flexible and pay is negotiable. Please respond by email.

Kbcharlton@shaw.ca 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 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.

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

Specializing in estate clean-up & buy-outs.

The best way to deal with your concerns.

Free, no obligation consultation.

333-0717 FIREPLACE, WALL mount, new, remote, still in box, $100 obo. 668-6033 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.

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 KERR OIL furnace, 74,000 BTU, serviced every year, very good cond, $450 obo.

667-6365 YUKON WILDLIFE Conservation stamps, rare and unique collection of 13 stamps, from 1996-2008, beautiful artwork depicting Yukon birds and wildlife, $150. 633-3154

MOTOMASTER AIR compressor, less than 10 hrs use, exc cond, $200 obo. 456-4766 METAL HEAT shield for under corner wood stove. Made of fireproof material with metal covering & safety edge by Griffith's heating.

Fits corner 41x50”, $80. 336-1412 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 300 GALLON round fuel oil tank w/stand, made by Cord Dunn Enterprises in Calgary, $250 obo. Dan 336-1412 COLEMAN TWO burner gas stove, $40.

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

TIMBER FRAME picnic shelter, 12ʼx14ʼ, 3 king post trusses with lean-to side. 6x6 beam construction, $5,500. Dan 336-1412

WORLD HOCKEY Association, 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154 THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. 633-3154 COLLECTION OF 1,000 vinyl records, $2,000 obo. 334-4568 WHITE ENAMELED antique wood cook stove made by Fawcett/Beaverbrook w/warming oven & copper water jacket, $700. Dan 336-1412 CEDAR, 2 lifts of 1x6x12'-5', good one side and rounded edge, 900 sq ft in each lift, $750 per lift. 335-1088 for details 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

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 STEEL B U I L D I N G S “GIFT-CARD GIVE-AWAY!” 20X22 $4,358. 25X24 $4,895.

30X30 $6,446. 32X32 $7,599. 40X46 $12,662. 47X72 $18,498. One End wall Included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca 35 PAPERBACK mysteries, various authors, $20. 633-3154

METAL HEAT shield for under wood stove.

Fireproof pad w/metal covering & rolled safety edges. 36x50”, made by Griffith's heating, $80. Dan 336-1412 TO GIVE away, exterior metal door with window, insulated, door jamb, exterior motion light, both in good cond, Brian or Jeanne, 668-2506 VHF ANTENNA, high gain double hoop antron base station antenna, $750. 333-9857

VANITY COUNTER top, black, new, 24'' x 32'' $100. 335-6886 after 6pm USED RIELLO burner & furnace blower, make an offer. 334-2695

WALLHANGING, WOOL, 29”X48”, woven in Poland, motif: old Warsaw, $100. 633-2236

BRUCE HARDWOOD floor, approx 200 sq ft area, new in box, paid over $1,000, asking $500. 335-6886 after 6pm

200 GALLON oval oil tank with stand, $400 obo. 633-6502 BOSCH HOT water heater, on demand, never used, still in box, $1,200. 334-8335

APARTMENT SIZE Sears stove/oven, exc shape, hardly used, $250. 668-2972

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

MR HEATER, good for construction site/indoor/outdoor, no exhaust to outside, diesel fuel, used few hours, 85,000 BTU, still in box, good to -30, paid $500, asking $400.

335-6886

WALL TENT, 14X16X6, 12 oz canvas, new, never used. 334-8335

SOREL PINK boots, size 9, $25. 633-4117

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

MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10. Almost every card issued minus some short prints, incl. 27 unopened paks/yr. Over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. 633-3154.

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

OIL STOVE, gravity fed, 32,000BTU, perfect for wall tent, shop, greenhouse, new, $1,000 with fuel line. 334-8335

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

CFL FOOTBALL cards, 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards, serious inquiries. $1,500.

633-3154

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

FREE, 21” Toshiba TV, Panasonic microwave oven & microwave stand, computer desk & chair, must pick up. 660-4725

TORIN AUTO floor jack, 2 1/2 ton, good cond, $20. 334-8318

TRADING CARDS, binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $50. 633-3154

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APPROX 7'X6' front door with double pane windows on either side, one unit glass cracked a little in one corner, $75. 335-1088 SOLID WOOD pool table with pearl inlays, 1" slate, leather pockets, c/w cues & 2 sets of balls, $4,000 new, asking $1,500 firm, will deliver in Whse. 334-9903 FLOORING, 3300 SF, new in box, light commercial/residential glue-down vinyl plank, lighter warm colour, retails for $9,000, asking $4,500 or will sell smaller job lots. 334-9903 7” CHIMNEY sections, 2 insulated, bunch of flashing pieces for roof, lightly used, $100.

Call or text 334-7391 or email casson@live.ca

NATURAL STONE, easy, DIY project, good for fire place, new, still in box, approximately 100 sq ft, $5/sq ft. 335-6886 after 6pm JOTUL F500 WOODSTOVE, non-catalytic, front and side-loading, matte black, up to 24" logs, heats up to 2,000 sq ft, exc cond, $1,600 obo. 633-2091

HILLCREST

Airport Chalet Airport Snacks & Gifts

GRANGER

Bernie’s Race-Trac Gas Bigway Foods

RIVERDALE

30ʼW X 50ʼL x 17ʼH uninsulated Coverall quonset, 12ʼH x 14ʼW bay door & man door included, available spring of 2015, photos available by email, $6,000. 667-4981

PORTER CREEK

MOUNTAIN EQUIP womenʼs down coat sz XS, $75, MEC pile-lined jacket, wms large, $60. 311B Hanson St.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Located in Whitehorse, YT

OVERVIEW Kluane First Nation is one of the Yukon self-governing First Nations.

We are searching for a Director of Finance who will be located in Whitehorse and will manage our Finance Department remotely.

Overnight visits to Burwash Landing will be required on a regular basis. Burwash Landing is approximately 2½ hour drive north of Whitehorse on the paved Alaska Highway.

Reporting to and partnering with the Executive Director, the Finance Director will play a critical role in developing and implementing the financial strategy of Kluane First Nation.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing organization with a healthy balance sheet.

REQUIREMENTS Must be an accredited accountant (CGA, CA, CMA or CPA) in good standing with a provincial or territorial association.

ACCOUNTABILITIES Overseeing all aspects of KFN’s financial functions; forecasting, accounting, budgeting and reporting.

Designing and coordinating a wide variety of accounting and statistical data and reports.

Management of KFN’s finance team.

QUALIFICATIONS • • • • • •

Accredited accountant 2 to 5 years’ experience in a senior level finance or accounting position Strategic planning experience, knowledge of contracting & negotiating Ability to work effectively with Simply Accounting and Excel Experience in budgeting, internal controls, and asset & change management Knowledge and management of Federal and Territorial financial regulations and experience in managing contribution agreement requirements • Knowledge of Docushare and the ADP payroll system is desireable The starting salary is in the range of $93,184 - $104,832 per annum. This is a management position and does not accrue overtime. To compensate there is an additional 10 days of annual leave.

100% benefits paid by employer for health and dental coverage and a 5% matching private pension plan.

This area is in a northern prescribed zone for tax purposes.

LG 5.4 cu ft slide-in stainless steel glass top range, exc shape, paid over $2,400 2 years ago, $1,300 obo. 633-6855 100 GALLON hot water tank $150.

335-1088 GE ELECTRIC range, black glass door, good cond, $30. 334-8318

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Coyote Video Goody’s Gas Green Garden Restaurant Heather’s Haven Super A Porter Creek Trails North

Klondike Inn Mac’s Fireweed Books Ricky’s Restaurant Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall Superstore

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Kopper King Hi-Country RV Park McCrae Petro Takhini Gas Yukon College Bookstore

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Superstore Gas Bar Tags Walmart Well-Read Books Westmark Whitehorse Yukon Inn Yukon News Yukon Tire

THE YUKON NEWS IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE IN ALL YUKON COMMUNITIES AND ATLIN, B.C.

70 CHRISTIAN books by Laucado, Yancey, Chan, McCarthur, Swindol, etc, some hard cover, all in good shape, $100. 456-4507

Kluane First Nation

Electrical Appliances

The Yukon News is available at these wonderful stores in Whitehorse:

38 Famous Video Super A Riverdale Tempo Gas Bar

PACIFIC ENERGY Super Series woodstove, 1990 6" 2X walled stove pipe, $750.

668-6631

FLAT BED scanner, Epson 1260, comes with 35 mm slide scanner, works on Windows Vista and XP, maybe 7, NOT on 8, $50. 633-4796

WHERE DO I GET THE NEWS?

FRAMED AND signed Jim Robb, 1979 Trapperʼs Home, number 1 out of 100, $100.

456-4507

OLDER PART oak bathroom vanity, 68” long, incl countertop, good cond for cabin or similar, $100. 668-5148

WINE BOTTLE corker $40, small generator $35, lots of board games. 668-6534 after 5pm

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Costume Dinnerfundraiser & Dance Saturday, October 25th Mt. McIntyre Rec. Centre See Website for more info:

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014

WASHER AND dryer stand up style, $250 firm. 335-1088 MAYTAG PORTABLE dishwasher, $100.

456-7030 STOVE, ALMOND w/black oven door, works well, $75 obo. 393-2926

Guns & Bows

TVs & Stereos 2 BELL satellite receivers w/remotes, exc cond, Model 3100, $60. 334-8318 FREE, CITIZEN TV, silver colour about 32â&#x20AC;? wide, good cond. 668-5185

Musical Instruments

SATURDAY GUITAR CLASSES at Dean's Strings Beginner & intermediate levels For more information or to register contact Krista at kristaaustad@gmail.com

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

2014

have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

633-6019

Store (867) 633-3276 Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

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

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

Paid over $700. Asking $400. 332-2020 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 WINCHESTER 35 Whelen, 2.5-1 Weaver scope with 40 rounds plus 270 Winchester barrel, $850. 633-3728 MARLIN 725, 7 shot clip bolt action .22 with scope, laminate stock, new (less than 50rnds) $200, PAL reqĘźd. 333-9313

2004 DODGE SX 2.0, 117,000 kms, light body damage, $2,200. 667-6616 2002 CAVALIER, std, CD, winter tires, clean, vg cond, 15,9750 kms, always regular oil change. No airbags, $2,100 obo.

333-9313 2001 INFINITY Qx4 green 4x4 auto, loaded, heated leather seats, exc cond, body very good, safe, clean in/out, service done, $7,500. 778-683-6237 2001 LEXUS LS430, white, 4-dr sedan, 70,000 miles, loaded, heated front/back leather seats, new brakes/tires, clean, safe, email for details binhbmw@yahoo.com 2000 TOYOTA Corolla, 5-spd, 178,000 kms, vg cond, great gas mileage, winter/summer tires both on rims, recent mechanical inspection, $3,500 firm. 633-2981 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 1995 DODGE Neon, running order, no dents, new paint, exc glass, 2 extra tires, has mechanical inspection, $900 obo. Richard 667-7057 1992 CHEV Corsica 4-dr sedan, was running well, needs body work, offers. 633-3030 1978 CADILLAC 4-dr sedan, good all around cond. 668-2332 1978 CAMARO, 454 LS6/7, 4-spd with positraction and 3â&#x20AC;? dual exhaust, very fast, $4,000 obo. 667-6641 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

GUN CABINET for 8 guns, $130; Weaver scope 2.5-1, $50. 633-3728 MARLIN 795 semi-auto, nickel plated 7 shot clip with 4X Bushnell scope, new, never fired, $200, PAL reqĘźd. 333-9313 BEEMAN .177 air rifle with scope, rarely used, been in storage for last 10 months, 3-9X32 scope, not a scratch on it, $150.

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WANTED: METAL folding dog kennel 1.5Ęź by 3Ęź long or slightly larger, reasonable price for a senior. 667-4526

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WANTED: WOOD stove for greenhouse.

393-3777

Wanted

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LOST

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 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 Arkell, 1 year old, male neuterd, DSH, tabby orange, no collar, answers to Chase, Contact Andrew @ 6337934 (w), 633-5316 (h) ( 09/10/14) t Porter Creek, 2yrs old, neutered male, Himalayan, seal colouring, no collar, answer to Freemoose, Contact Max @ 333-0524 (14/10/14)

FOUND

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)

RUNNING AT LARGE...

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

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

IN FOSTER HOMES DOGS

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

CATS

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

AT THE SHELTER

DOGS

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC.

HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE SHELTER: 5VFT 'SJ QN QN t 4BU BN QN $-04&% 4VOEBZT .POEBZT Help control the pet overpopulation problem

LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL 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

Firewood

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22

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

PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com

GUITARS FOR sale, electric & acoustic, some high end & some low end. 332-1360 for info

633-6019

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

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) t 3 yr old, neutered male, beardog X, black, (Seth) t 2 yr old, female, labx, blonde, (Julie) t 2 yr old, male, collie X, black,(Spooky) t 7 weeks old, female, labX, brown and tan, (Gertie)

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7 weeks old, female, lab X, black (Haggis) 7 weeks old, male, labX, blonde, (Troy) 7 weeks old, male, lab X, brown (Ranger) 7 weeks old, male, lab X, black, (Bentley) 7 weeks old, female, lab X, blonde, ( Broo) 7 weeks old, male, lab X, blonde, ( Cedric) 7 weeks old, male, lab X, black, ( Bert)

CATS

t 9yr old, female spayed, calico, tortie and white,(Mao) t 3 yr old, neutered male, DSH, black and white ( Stewart) t 9 month old, DSH, female, brown (Boo) t 9 month old, DSH, neutered male, brown (Stinker) t 2yr old, DLH, female spayed, tabby, ( Lindy) t 2 yr old, Siamese. male, white. ( Epprit)

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

Cheque, Cash S.A. vouchers accepted.

FIREWOOD FOR SALE $175 per cord 20 ft. lengths, 5 cord loads.

Small delivery charge.

867-668-6564 Leave message 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 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

Little Footprints, Big Steps was founded to provide ongoing care and protection for the children of Haiti. We welcome and greatly appreciate your support.

Please check our website to donate, fundraise or to get involved.

FIREARMS. ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer.1.866.960.0045, www.dollars4guns.com WANTED: 668-5644

WOOD stove for garage.

WANTED TO buy: X-large walking boot air cast, need by end of November. Maggie 332-4377 WANTED: VW camper van, good condition, 1979 and up. 334-4576

Cars

Trucks

2011 C H E V R O L E T Aveo LT, 5-dr, 13,300km, 4-spd auto, P/W, P/L, A/C, 4 stud tires installed, 4 season tires, remote keyless entry w/alarm, $9,500. 332-9457

We Sell Trucks!

2009 TOYOTA Venza, AWD, 40,000km, fully loaded, dual sun roof, dealer serviced, exc cond, winter & summer tires, $17,500.

334-9903

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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

2011 FORD Ranger, auto, 2 sets of tires including new studded winter tires, $1,000 value, 78,000km, 4L, V6, 4x4. 334-0972 2009 CHEVROLET Silverado 1500 LT 4x4 extended cab truck, 4 doors, silver exterior, black interior, new tires, all receipts since new, warranty, $13,800. 333-9020 2007 GMC Sierra 2500HD Classic V-8, 6L gas, crew cab, 8Ęź box, recent frontend overhaul, new rubber, 161,000 kms, $15,000.

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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

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014 2006 FORD Escape, quality SUV for the North, reliable, great for camping trips/getting around town, lots of room for gear, 215,000kms, $4,000 obo. 335-0891 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/10ʼ ramp, pull out cargo box. 456-2870 2005 BUICK Terraza minivan, approx 220,000km, new winter tires, $3,500 obo.

633-2218 2005 DODGE SLT diesel, 298,000kms, exc shape, new Toyo tires, Edge, box liner, recent Southbend clutch, $15,000. 334-9990 2003 5.9 Cummins turbo, intercooler, air intake, chip, call for prices. 633-6502 2003 DODGE Caravan, FWD, exc cond, 102,000 kms, power windows & doors, $5,900 obo. 667-7733 or 334-3456 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 2003 SUBARU Legacy AWD, 187,000, reliable, clean, 4 Hakkepollita studded w/rims, PIAA lights, hitch, air, P/S, good glass, block & pan heater, new battery, $5,900. 667-6563 or 334-3555 2002 TOYOTA Tundra 4X4, loaded, great truck, 250,000kms, $12,000. 335-0038 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 2000 GMC 1 ton, 4 door, 4x4 long box, air, tilt, cruise, P/W, P/L, matching canopy, 300,000 km, runs good, great work or wood truck, $3,300 obo. 334-9903 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 1997 CHEVROLET Tahoe, exc cond, 4X4, captains chairs, fold down back seat for extra storage, $3,500. 667-7733 or 334-3456 1995 NISSAN Pathfinder 4WD, clutch needs work, c/w winter tires & 4 extra tires on rims, great custom roofrack, $600. 633-2479 1994 CHEV 1/2 ton, 4WD w/5th wheel, $1,400 obo. 322-1514 1994 CHEV Diesel 3/4 ton, exc shape, $5,000 obo. Call for details 668-2972.

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 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 FORD F250 4-spd manual, comes with canopy, $1,000. 456-4567 1984 FORD F350 4X4, c/w winter tires & 2 spares on rims, reg cab, 10ʼ box, 4X4 works, diesel, $2,500. 334-8086

Auto Parts & Accessories TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box

COATS 10:10 nomatic tire changing machine, old school, works good, $250.

333-9857

2002 BOMBARDIER Scandic 500F skidoo, 6,334kms, great shape, $4,900 obo.

334-3456 or 667-7733

TRAILER FOR up to 2 snow machines or ATVs, just serviced & wired, really nice cond, $500. 333-9020

ENGINE HOIST & stand, $200. 333-9857

1992 POLARIS ATV 2-stroke 4X4, $550 in new tires, works great, $1,500. 334-8086

ENCLOSED LARGE motorcycle trailer.

668-2332

2003 ARCTIC Cat 700 Firecat sled, awesome running machine, ready for winter lots, of recent work done. 390-2313

2008 SPORTSMEN KZ-LE 24ʼ 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

4 BRIDGESTONE Blizzak 195/65R16 winter tires on steel rims from 2002 Pontiac Sunfire or similar, exc shape, $500 obo. 667-2917 BLIZZAK WINTER tires, 175/70 R13 from 1992 Plymouth Colt 100 E, set of 4 tires on rims, $200 obo. 660-4012

HYDRAULIC LIFT table for motorcycles & snowmobiles, $600. 668-6716

Pets

2009 POLARIS Assault 800 slp pipe, intake, programmer with LCD display, heads and reeds low miles, $7,000 obo. 334-7131

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.

2009 POLARIS Razr 800 atv, roof, 4500lb Warn winch, upgraded wheel/rims/spare tire/shoulder harness/seatbelts & vplow, $7,200. 333-9020

PUPPIES TO give away to good homes, lab/husky cross, raised outdoors, born September 2. 393-1953

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

Yukon Kennel Club Fall 2014 Course Line-up!

Puppy Kindergarten – Oct 21 Novice OB 1 – Oct 21 Precision OB – Oct 21 Agility Level 1 – Oct 25 *FCI Certified Training Director – Niomi Smith To register please contact Wendi Arcand – 633-4952 www.Facebook.com/YukonKennelClub CKC REGISTERED female Pomeranian, orange sable, 5 months old, will be 3.5 lbs full grown, non-breeding contract required. Perfect companion or could be shown as a hobby, absolutely gorgeous girl, $2,500.

333-9770

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

by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com RONʼS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVʼs, Small industrial equipment.

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg

Marine

21ʼ JET boat, wood fibreglass deep V design, older boat, 350 Chevrolet V8 with SmithMarine Jet, tandem axle trailer incl, $1,500 firm. 667-6641

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 1998 DRESSER TD 25G crawler tractor with semi-u, cab & ripper (320 HP), view at Mercer Contracting, Whitehorse, $83,000, Wayne @ 250-392-7755 or Ross 867-332-3293

2008 POLARIS Dragon 800 155, slp stage 4 kit except porting, aftermarket clutch weights & plug wires, springs, 2009 front end narrowing kit, slp cold air vent kit, $6,500 obo.

334-7670

Campers & Trailers

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

TAITʼS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon

2003 ARCTIC Cat 900 Mountain Cat snow machine, 151” track, low mileage, exc cond, trailer available etc, $3,750. 333-9020

2004 PIONEER travel trailer, overall length 28ʼ, large bath, queen bed, full kitchen, stereo, large awning, $9,800. 633-2580

2009 POLARIS IQ 2-person touring snow machine, 4-stroke electric start, block heater, reverse, driver/passenger hand/thumb warmers, exc cond, $7,500. 333-9020

1988 VANGUARD motorhome, solar panel equipped, no lite plant required, 4-person, duals on rear, diesel motor, auto trans, ready to go. 668-2332

2010 KTM 150 SX, fair condition, $2,900; 2007 KTM 200 XC, exc condition, $4,500.

689-2437

BUILDING, 10ʼWX10ʼHX50ʼL, steel skids, very moveable. 668-2332

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

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

FOY SPA RV Resort has More Winter Fun for less! Hot mineral springs, events, activities, fitness, entertainment, Canadian friends in southern California foyspa.com, or 888-800-0772.

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

We sell used Class C RV’s!

4 STUDDED winter tires with rims, P215/65 R16, Nokian Hakkapeliitta, like new, $500 obo. 333-9900 FIBREGLASS CANOPY, $55. 660-4321 5 BRAND new Goodyear 245/75-17” 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 ʻ03 CHEV 2500 ex cab, newer tires, new battery, $3,500. 633-2740 or 334-1131 3 LITRE Ford drop in, new alt starter from Ranger, $200. 633-2740 or 334-1131 ʻ07 DODGE 3500 diesel, Mega B inj problem, $12,000. 633-2740 or 334-1131 CAR TOP carrier, new, never used, Thule brand. 336-4333 17” TIRE & rim, never used, $150. 633-5967 4 WINTER tires on rims, Goodyear Nordic size 235/60 R18 on 5-post hole rims.

456-7030

HEAVY DUTY 3/4 ton utility truck box trailer, 16” tires, $750 obo. 334-4568

2013 SKANDIC WT with 600 ACE 4-stroke engine, exc cond, only 3,200km, $10,000 firm. 399-3791

2014 CARGO trailer, 7'x14', 3500lb tandem axles, 2 5/16" ball hitch, 15" radial tires, cargo doors, man door, vent. 335-0879 or 633-6434 evenings

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

5TH WHEEL hitch, Reese 16K, all hardware included, fits most pick-up truck boxes, $200.

633-4796

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

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 “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. A group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info and register call Cathy 334-1548 or Joanne 668-7713 CONTAGIOUS MOUNTAIN Bike Club AGM. L'AFY at 302 Strickland Street, 6pm on October 25.

POLARETTES GYMNASTICS club AGM, Oct 23 at 6pm at the gymnastics gym in Riverdale.

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.

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 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 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

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 METAL-STONE-CLAY MULTIMEDIA art by Leslie Leong, Yukon Artists @ Work, Oct. 17-Nov 17, 120 Industrial Road, Whitehorse 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 WHITEHORSE EDUCATION, Career and Volunteer Expo. Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. Thursday, November 27th- 10:30-4pm.

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

YUKONSTRUCT WORKSHOPS Thursday nights at 6pm at 135 Industrial Rd. Sign up online at Yukonstruct.com

klondikerv.com or call us to view (867) 456-2729 2010 COUGAR 24 RKS travel trailer, 1/2 ton series, polar pkg, $22,000. 660-5152 WANTED: VW Westfalia camper van with pop top, 1979 and up. 334-4576

Stan Milos

of Haines, Alaska formerly of Atlin, BC and Marsh Lake, Yukon passed away Saturday, October 4th, 2014.

There will be an outdoor celebration of life at 3:00pm on Saturday, October 25th at Ian & Judy McIntyre’s residence, Lot 39, corner of Bluebird & Armstrong Road, New Constabulary, Marsh Lake.

Contact 660-4663 for details.

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

Check it out here

1987 HONDA 4-trx ATV, good cond, runs well, c/w winch & plow, $2,500 obo. Phone or text 867-334-5859 1998 POLARIS Venture snowmobile, touring, runs well, new battery, $1,000 firm.

Claude 399-4002

UTILITY TRAILER made from 1/2 ton box, high-top canopy windows all around, 15” wheels, spare lights, 1 9/16 ball, $350.

333-9857

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

16ʼ WELDED aluminum lake boat, lots of recent work done, great lake boat, windshield, ready for next season, c/w Ezload trailer, $3,000. 390-2313

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

SLED/ATV TRAILER, 2 unit, $1,400 obo.

668-2972

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

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

THE WHITEHORSE Photography Club's Wildlife Photography Workshop Oct 24 to 26 will be led by Yukoner Peter Mather. Details at www.whitehorsephotoclub.ca

Coming Events

WANTED: YAMAHA Big Bear 350 for parts from 1996-2001. 335-0293 lv msg

4 TOYO winter tires mounted on rims & balanced, ready to mount, like new, 185/65R15, $600 obo. 633-2980

HEAVY DUTY flat deck trailer, 9X12 deck, good tires, two spares, $600. Call or text 334-7391

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

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

1 MICHELIN tire mounted on rim, balanced, P185/65R, $100 obo. 633-2980

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Headstone Potlatch for

Kathleen Bakonyi (Shorty) Hosted by Crow Clan, Wolf party

November 1, 2014 at 3:00PMÊUÊ > Ü>Ì>Ê ÕÊ* Ì >ÌV Ê ÕÃi More information please call 456-7023 Viewing of Headstone 1:00 PM at Grey Mountain Cemetery

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WHITEHORSE ELEMENTARY School Council Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, October 28, 6:15 pm, in WES staff room 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

BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Chainsaw Work, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta.

Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc.

Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

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

OKANAGAN PEARS & apples, premium fall fruit from Davison Orchards. Order and support Yukon athletes and performers participating in this year's fundraiser. Various varieties. Call 633-6373, 334-8764 or 334-7441

ELECTRICIAN â&#x20AC;˘Licensed â&#x20AC;˘Residential & Commercial â&#x20AC;˘All jobs, large or small â&#x20AC;˘Free Estimates â&#x20AC;˘10% SeniorĘźs Discount 332-7879

YUKONSTRUCT, THE YukonĘźs maker space. Come check us out Tuesdays 7-9pm at 135 Industrial Rd and see what weĘźre about. Memberships are welcome BSP IS opening a new Chapter in Whitehorse for ages 20 to 40. Would you be interested in joining a women's social community service oriented group. Chantal at 334-4134 or www.betasigmaphi.org

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

YUKONERS' TALL Tales (from when we were short!), Oct. 25, 7pm, Old Fire Hall, storytellers, appetizers, drinks, silent auction, lots of fun! $20-25. Ages 19+. Gwaandak TheatreĘźs Fundraiser. info@gwaandaktheatre.com HOLISTIC HEALTH Practitioners Network Evening, October 29, 5:30-7:30 pm at Whitehorse United Church. Speakers on Yoga Nidra and Energy Healing. Call 667-6030 for info PĂ&#x2C6;RE POULE maman gâteau ActivitĂŠs en français pour enfants de 0 Ă 5 ans et leurs parents, Gratuit, mardi, 10h30, du 21 octobre au 16 dĂŠcembre, Bibliothèque Whitehorse.

Rens. 867-668-2663, 500 YUKON RIVER Trail Marathon (BARA) Annual General Meeting Wednesday November 19, 5pm, Sport Yukon. New board members welcome. Pizza provided. Info: Ken 668-7592 or yukonmarathon@gmail.com YUKON SCIENCE Institute presents Ptarmigan and Gyrfalcon tell us about a changing Tundra with Dave Mossop, Sunday, October 26th, 7:30pm, Beringia Centre, Whitehorse.

Free.

INTRO TO Conscious Aging, Aging with Intention and Passion. 1-day workshop at Vista Outdoor Learning Centre on Sunday, Nov 9. Larry at 336-0370 for registration/info HILLCREST COMMUNITY Association AGM Wednesday November 5, 7pm, at Yukon Transportation Museum. For info call Kat at 334-1547 BODY FOCUS Repetitive Behaviour Peer Support Group (hair pulling/skin picking/nail biting) Monday November 3rd, 7pm at the Family Literacy Centre in the CGC. For more info email: bfrbyukon@gmail.com

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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 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 ANGYĘźS MASSAGE Mobile Service.

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MOUNT LORNE Local Advisory Council will meet Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the Mount Lorne Community Centre at 7pm.

Agenda is available on the Mount Lorne website

S.V.P. CARPENTRY Journey Woman Carpenter Interior/Exterior Finishing/Framing Small & Medium Jobs â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make it work and look good.â&#x20AC;?

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DOG POWERED Sports Association Yukon, Friday, October 24, 5:30pm, Town & Mountain Hotel. Meet, chat, become a member or renew, get in the draw for great prizes

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

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

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Carcross

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Health Centre

Carmacks

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

Health Centre

Dawson City

Y.T. 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

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

Health Centre Haines Junction

Y.T.

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Mayo

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

Health Centre

Old Crow

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

Health Centre

Pelly Crossing

Y.T.

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Ross River

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

Health Centre

Telegraph Creek

B.C.

Tuesday - 8:00 p.m.

Soaring Eagles Sewing Centre

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

Health Centre Watson Lake

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

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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 Aujourdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 PufďŹ n (CM,NS) Big Book Study Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. THURSDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Grapevine Discussion Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 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 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Meeting Whitehorse General Hospital (Board Room) 7:00 pm Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS) SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 7:00 pm Hospital Meeting Boardroom (OM, NS) NS - No Smoking OM - open mixed, includes anyone CM - closed mixed, includes anyone with a desire to stop drinking

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Lost & Found LOST: OUR son's security blanket, Friday October 17, he is heartbroken, possibly at WGH or Walmart, blue washcloth size blanket with brown puppy head attached. Please call 334-7360

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Sports Equipment INDOOR BIKE trainer. 336-4333 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 SKI BOOTS, alpine touring black diamond quadrant, size 26.5, tech compatible, good shape, $230. Ken 667-4450 OLYMPIC-STYLE BENCH w/high and low pulley system, also 300 lbs Olympic weight set, $300 for both. 668-2791 EXERCISE BIKE $50, womens soccer shoes sz 8, umbra $10. 668-6534

Livestock QUALITY YUKON MEAT Dev & Louise Hurlburt Grain-finished Hereford beef Domestic wild boar Order now for guaranteed delivery Payment plan available Samples on request 668-7218 335-5192 HORSE HAVEN HAY RANCH Dev & Louise Hurlburt Irrigated Timothy/Brome mix Small square & round bales Discounts for field pick up or delivery Straw bales also for sale 335-5192 â&#x20AC;˘ 668-7218 HAY FOR SALE Dry bales kept under a shelter Great quality, $12/bale.

633-4496 or astra@northwestel.net TIMOTHY/BROME HAY â&#x20AC;˘No rain â&#x20AC;˘Quality horse and livestock mix â&#x20AC;˘Square and round bales â&#x20AC;˘Delivery available For more information call 668-6742 or 334-4589 OAT BUNDLES FOR SALE â&#x20AC;˘Great horse feed â&#x20AC;˘On field price $1.00/bundle â&#x20AC;˘Two bundles/day/horse â&#x20AC;˘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 SILVER LACE Wyandotte rooster, 6 months old, very pretty, $20 firm. 867-537-3458 GREEN BROKE quarter horse, $800.

867-536-2633

Baby & Child Items ONE-PIECE SNOWSUIT, size 3T, Molehill brand, $60. 393-2630

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014 CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 2-SEATER BIKE trailer, new, CCM brand, $150. 393-2630 TODDLERʼS CLOTHES, 3T & up, make me an offer. 393-2630 SIMPLICITY BABY basinette, Fisher Price baby swing, $50 ea obo. 633-5298

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 FAMILY DAY HOME available now in Porter creek.

Accepting 18 months and older .

We provide snacks and lunch.

Contact 867-336-3769 CHEEKY MONKEYʼS DAYCARE Leisure on Lewes Complex A fun, caring environment for your children.

Hot meal program included.

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

334-4665

Furniture AREA CARPET, 4ʼX6ʼ, shades of rust & dark orange, $500 633-5009 ANTIQUE 4-DRAWER dresser with mirror, 1930ʼs style, original mirror/hardware, exc cond, $400 obo. 334-5683 DINING ROOM table, 58”, 2 leaves, 6 chairs, natural wood finish, $250 obo, 2 white chests of drawers, $30 ea obo. 660-4725 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 9-DRAWER DRESSER and matching upright dresser, worn but are still solid dark walnut, $75 for the pair. call or text 334-7391

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

Craft Fairs CKES CHRISTMAS Craft Fair Saturday, November 8, 10am-3pm, Christ The King Elementary School, 20 Nisutlin Drive, Riverdale.

Call Paula at 633-2724 to book a table or for more information

CRAFT FAIR, Hullandʼs Haunts & Holly, Saturday October 25, 10am-3pm, Jack Hulland Elementary School Gym, open to seniors at 9:30am

ARE YOU MÉTIS? Are you registered?

Would you like to be involved?

There is a Yukon Metis Nation that needs your support Contact 668-6845

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

PUBLIC TENDER

PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF A 24 PASSENGER STUDENT TRANSPORT VEHICLE

SUPPLY OF FIRE RESISTANT CLOTHING Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 13, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to 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

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 6, 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 Shannon Trott at (867) 667-3483.

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

HIDE-A-BED COUCH, matching swivel easy chair & coffee table, floral rust colour, country design, can deliver, $200. 633-2236 MATCHING LOVE seat & chair $50, sofa table $50, round end table $35, large area rug $250, small area rug $5. 668-6534 after 5pm

Highways and Public Works

Personals CANADA BENEFIT GROUP - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability?

Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canadabenefit.ca

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Funded by the Law Foundation of BC

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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

Margaret Emily Baker Deceased of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory who died on September 30, 2014.

All persons having claims against the above-mentioned Estate are requested to file a claim, supported by Statutory Declaration, with Bhreagh D. Dabbs, on or before November 5, 2014, after which date the Estate will be distributed having reference only to claims which have been so filed.

All persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment to: Bhreagh D. Dabbs AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN Barristers and Solicitors 3081 Third Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z7

Katharine Johanna Morrison, also known as Jan Morrison Deceased of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory who died on September 15, 2014.

All persons having claims against the above-mentioned Estate are requested to file a claim, supported by Statutory Declaration, with Bhreagh D. Dabbs, on or before November 5, 2014, after which date the Estate will be distributed having reference only to claims which have been so filed.

All persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment to: Bhreagh D. Dabbs AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN Barristers and Solicitors 3081 Third Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z7

PUBLIC NOTICE Rezoning Application Carcross General Development Regulations The EMR Land Planning Branch has received an application for rezoning in the Carcross General Development Area (C.O. 1976/231) as follows: Rezone CTFN C61-FS from Hinterland (H) to Mixed Residential Commercial (RMX) The purpose of the rezoning is to allow for development of a small residential subdivision of approximately 18 lots on Carcross/Tagish First Nation Settlement Parcel C61-FSD. Please submit any comments before November 17, 2014 by fax 393-6340, or by email to judy.linton@gov.yk.ca or in writing to: Land Planning Branch (K320LP), Energy Mines and Resources, Box 2703 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6.

Education

SURVEY NOTICE Section 87(1) Quartz Mining Act

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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.

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

CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES Deadline for Submission: October 31st, 2014 at 12:00 p.m.

Location: Whitehorse Time Frame: Start asap and project completion by March 31st, 2014

Dated at Whitehorse, Yukon this 6th day of October, 2014.

Gabriel Aucoin Underhill Geomatics Ltd. Agent for Yukon Jade Ltd.

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

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’.

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LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE 30-min consultation for $25+tax.

1.800.663.1919 604.687.3221 DIAL-A-LAW Access free legal info on BC laws.

1.800.565.5297 604.687.4680

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Grant No. YE85932 Y64835 Y64836 YA00241 YE85780 YE85779 YE85931 YA68812 YA69220 YA69221 YA68811 Y93771 YA69222 YE85781 YE85782

The CYFN Education Department has the following Contracting Opportunities: 1. YFN Education Achievement, Policy & Protocol Coordinator (Minimum of 20 weeks beginning as soon as possible) 2. YFN Parent Engagement Coordinator (Minimum of 20 weeks beginning as soon as possible) Please submit a covering letter indicating the contract you are applying for, a resume, portfolio of relevant work, three work references, the number of hours you are available to work each week and your hourly rate. Only those candidates who provide all requested information; demonstrate the ability to perform the work requested within strict timelines and budget parameters will be contacted.

For further information and speci ications, please contact Tina Jules at 867-393-9243 or by email at tina.jules@cyfn.net.

YFN Preferential Hiring Policy is applicable and must be clearly identi ied on application.

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