Yukon News, January 02, 2015

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ukoners love a good culinary experience, but when it comes to finding out the sanitary state of their favourite establishments, it’s no piece of cake.

Yukon is one of only two jurisdictions in Canada where health inspection reports are not posted online, with Nunavut being the other.

It took the News more than four months in the access-toinformation request system to receive copies of seven months worth of inspection reports from 2014.

But the Yukon government has promised to do better.

In August, it announced that starting next fall those reports will be available on the Health and Social Services website.

The reports are carried out by Environmental Health officers, who inspect facilities to verify that safe food-handling practices are being followed.

Instead of going out with pads and paper, officers are now equipped with tablets and easyto-fill forms.

Until the website goes live, however, the only way to get your hands on those reports is through Access to Information and Protection of Privacy requests.

The News made a request on Aug. 20 to access the health inspection reports completed by the

department between Jan. 1 and Aug. 1 of this year.

On Sept. 16, the government requested a time extension to complete the request. The first documents were sent to the News on Oct. 7.

On Dec. 23, the last batch of documents was received. In total, there were 243 pages from 115 different establishments around the territory.

Food aficionados can rest easy knowing that many of the reports begin with “premises are clean and well maintained.�

A large majority of the reports were a single page, which indicates no or few issues on the premises. “General cleanliness and sanitation is much improved,� said one report.

But some reports stretched as long as eight pages, with more issues needing attention.

Generally cleanliness was a problem in some restaurants. “Kitchen is a disaster,� said one report. “Entire kitchen needs cleaning.�

Other issues popped up occasionally, such as storing food a certain distance from the ground, sanitizing food preparation areas and keeping washrooms clean.

Follow up inspections were usually carried out within one to three days.

Benton Foster, manager of Environmental Health Services, told the News in August that the department is still working out

the kinks of the new system. “The system is built to allow access immediately, but we need to work with it for a while to make sure the settings are correct and the right information is being posted,� he said. “That’s why we’re delaying it a bit, because we’d like to get a whole set of canned comments that would work for all the different permutations for what we expect to find in terms of compliance issues.�

Starting last summer, the reports were being completed electronically using software called Hedgehog.Net. Foster said a fair amount of field training, using the new software, had already been completed.

One of the department’s four officers had already made about 100 inspections with it by August.

By now all four officers have switched to the new system.

Comprehensive lists are being provided to business owners, making it easier for them to keep track of what is being inspected.

They can also request electronic copies of the report, if they want one.

The Public Health Agency of Canada estimates that each year one in eight Canadians get sick due to food-borne diseases acquired within the country.

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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Yukon government to appeal Peel ruling time as everyone else – on Tuesday on the radio.

“Yukon government is basing he Yukon government has their decision on the authority announced it will appeal they have for a democratic govthe Peel River watershed ernment. I feel that democracy is decision. not one-sided. It’s about honourIn December, Yukon Supreme ing agreements and partnerships,” Court Justice Ron Veale struck Joseph said. down the Yukon government’s “I feel that there is no real trust land use plan for the Peel. in this government in regards to He ruled the government having any sort of partnerships in overstepped when it introduced any matters.” its own plan after the lengthy NDP MLA Kate White and land use planning process had Liberal Leader Sandy Silver critiwrapped up. cized the government for saying Energy, Mines and Resources the appeal upholds democracy.

Minister Scott Kent said the Both pointed out that prior to appeal will focus on the part of the last election, the Yukon Party Veale’s decision that deals with was tight lipped on its preferred how to remedy the situation. plan for the Peel region.

“We can accept the court’s “All through 2011 and 2012, interpretation that the process any time this has been going should have worked differently. on, we’ve asked direct questions The appeal won’t challenge that.

Mike Thomas/Yukon News about what their plan was for It’s focused on the remedy that’s the Peel,” said White. “There was Duo Lakes in the Peel watershed area, near the Snake River. set out in the decision,” he said. no answer. There never was an Veale said the government had tioned, we felt that the process secret that we don’t support the “The plain reading interpreta- answer. to go back to consult with Yukonthat we followed was the process final recommended plan.” tion endorsed by the government “So it’s interesting to me now ers and First Nations again on set out in the Umbrella Final Kent said the appeal is about does not enhance the goal of that this is the route that they’re the planning commission’s final more than this particular land use Agreement, and that was done to reconciliation and is inconsistent taking, the justification that recommended plan. After that a tee.” planning process. with the honour and integrity of they’re taking, because they didn’t it can only make modifications In 2011 a planning commis“It’s really the ability of future the Crown.” answer questions when people that were proposed in detail at an governments to make decisions sion recommended that 80 per The chiefs for both First Naasked them prior to putting the earlier stage. cent of the Peel watershed be with respect to future land use tions involved in case say they are vote in.”

The judge specifically excluded plans on what happens on public protected from new roads and deprepared to continue fi ghting.

“This undercuts their entire the possibility that the governvelopment and 20 per cent should lands.

We feel that that’s the criti“It’s unfortunate that Yukon rationale for an appeal – it holds ment revisit the questions of cal issue in our appeal – is that be open for resource industries. government continues to create no water,” Silver said. “The real balance between protection and we need to make those decisions In January 2014 the Yukon uncertainty for industry in Yukon story is the Yukon Party’s inability development, and options for about public land on behalf of all government released its own plan by extending this process even to admit it is wrong.” building new roads or other surYukoners, as we’re the ones that for the Peel, which opened up 71 further, but we are ready and willMeanwhile, there will be a face access into the area. per cent of the area to new mining to continue for as long as it is staking ban in the Peel during On these questions the govern- were elected to represent them.”

He would not say what type of eral staking. necessary to protect the integrity court proceedings. This also ment never provided the commisremedy the government will be of our final agreements,” said That led to the lawsuit means existing claim holders sion with any detailed proposal Chief Ed Champion of Nacho won’t be required to work claims. so that it could consider what the suggesting instead. That informa- launched by the First Nation of tion will come out as more docu- Nacho Nyak Dun, the Tr’ondek Nyak Dun. According to the department government wanted, and why, ments are filed with the court, he Hwech’in and conservation “We trust that the public and of Energy, Mines and Resources, Veale ruled. said. other First Nation governments groups. there are about 9,000 claims in Kent said that part of the rulThe Yukon government is not will continue to stand with us to The Yukon government has the area. There have been no new ing restricts the government’s appealing Veale’s finding that the always insisted it followed the let- protect the Peel watershed.” claims since 2010, when the first ability to make decisions about government ran afoul of the pro- ter of the law. But that’s not good Chief Roberta Joseph of the staking ban in the region was public land on behalf of Yukoncess. But that doesn’t mean there Tr’ondek Hwech’in said she found ordered. enough when it comes to agreeers and “ties us too closely to the out about the Yukon governments that involve aboriginal Contact Ashley Joannou at commission’s final recommended are any regrets, Kent said.

“No, I don’t think so. As I men- rights, said Veale in his decision. ment’s plan to appeal at the same plan that – I don’t think it’s any ashleyj@yukon-news.com Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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nvironment Yukon is warning residents in the Judas Creek subdivision of Marsh Lake to keep a closer eye on their pets.

In the past two weeks, a pack of wolves has killed at least two dogs in the area.

Conservation Officer Dave Bakica said, in his experience, where there are two wolves there are often six or seven.

Dogs should be tied up or kept indoors for their safety, he added.

“The dogs were running free on the properties, which back onto the wilds of the Yukon. It’s not unusual to have wolves right there.”

The dogs may have gotten too close to a larger food source for

the wolves, he said.

“Moose will hang out in those creek bottoms, so there may have been a moose kill there.”

“The wolves would likely be on that for about five days. So if a dog happens to be wandering around they’ll think about taking the dog, too.

“It’s a pretty easy food source compared to a moose.”

Conservation officers could set up a snare site to bait the wolves, he added, but that won’t happen unless the wolves start crossing fences or other barriers to get at dogs on people’s property.

“We may even go out and try to shoot some wolves but it’s very difficult because they become nocturnal,” he said.

“You can’t be running around a subdivision shooting at night.”

NDP to request audit of golf course deal Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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he Yukon NDP plans to write to the Auditor General of Canada to request an investigation into the Yukon government’s $750,000 bailout of the Mountain View Golf Club in 2011.

The Official Opposition will write a formal letter to the auditor general in January, confirmed Francois Picard, the party’s chief of staff.

Back in 2011, the Yukon Party government hid the deal with the golf course from the public by making it look like a land purchase.

The details of the transaction came out only about a month ago, after documents were released through an access to

information request.

Premier Darrell Pasloski was on the golf club’s board at the time, just a few months before his successful run for party leader.

It’s not unprecedented for the auditor general to launch an investigation at the request of opposition politicians, said Picard.

The review of Nutrition North, for example, was prompted by a letter from six NDP members of Parliament, he said.

On the last day of the Yukon Legislative Assembly’s fall sitting, NDP MLA Jim Tredger asked the Yukon Party to support an investigation of the golf club deal by the auditor general.

“Will this government support a call to have the office of

the Auditor General of Canada look into this transaction so Yukoners can finally know the truth about this backroom deal?” he said on December 18.

Community Services Minister Brad Cathers responded that the government does not feel an audit is necessary, but would not thwart such an investigation.

“While we do not see it necessary for the auditor general to look into it, we also have absolutely no objection to the auditor general looking into that. If the auditor general deems that it’s appropriate to review, government will happily provide the auditor general with all information and assistance, just as we do on each and every matter the auditor general chooses to look into.”

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Yukoners support Haitian health care Alistair Maitland News Reporter

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ukon nurse Kate Bradshaw is grateful for the many ways her life has been blessed, and wants to give something back. “I feel like I won the life lottery being born in Canada, you know – born to two parents that love me and wanted the best for me and were able to provide for me.�

This April, Bradshaw will join seven other nurses, three doctors and three support staff on a volunteer mission to a rural Haitian village to assist health-care providers there with their work. “Living in Canada, especially in the North, I guess I feel like that we have so much to offer and we’re in such a position of being able to do that,� said Bradshaw.

The 14-person team will volunteer their time and expertise through Haiti Village Health, a non-profit organization that

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supports public health in the Bas Limbe region in northern Haiti.

They are currently fundraising to bring medical supplies with them.

The potential for international work was part of the reason Bradshaw got into nursing, she said. “I always was interested in giving back in that way.�

This opportunity is a perfect fit, she said.

For the past two years, she has been working as a public health care nurse in Yukon’s communities, as well as working in the emergency room. Her job has taken her to Ross River, Faro, Pelly Crossing, Haines Junction, Beaver Creek and Teslin. “The clinics in the communities are run by the nurses. You’re meeting everybody’s needs from a chronic care program to a public Alistair Maitland/Yukon News health program to acute injury From left to right: Stephanie Hebert, Kate Bradshaw, Katerina Henry, Abbey Dekok, Pascale type stuff. It’s a crazy job. Lots of Rousseau and Yvonne Dekok are part of the 14-person team heading to Haiti this spring to props to those people, the nurses volunteer with Haiti Village Health. that do it all the time. what’s best, this is what we want “I wanted to spend more time the mid-2000s with a goal to assist in the provision of health care to do’. I want it to be something in the communities getting to ENTERPRISES INC. know what it’s like to really live by supporting the local health- that they want. That’s what I like about this organization – it is a in the Yukon, because Whitehorse care professionals to become Canadian physician that started self-sufficient. isn’t the end-all and be-all of it and the programs are run by “I want it to be things that Yukon. There’s so much to offer Haitians in that region and they this community, the Bas Limbe from the communities. know what their people need.� “I wanted to get in touch with region, needs,� said Bradshaw.

The Yukon team wants to raise “A lot of foreign aid isn’t really what being a true Yukoner really aid. A lot of money gets funneled $5,000 to bring down medical meant. I felt that I could do that supplies to the Bas Limbe clinic. into things that people don’t in the communities and learn a actually need, want or find useful, They have been bagging groceries lot from them.�

That desire to learn from oth- you know? So, if what this region at Superstore and plan on having needs is us to come in and just do a live music pub night fundraiser ers and be outside her comfort the outreach stuff, if that’s what’s sometime in January. Donations zone drew Bradshaw to the idea can be made online at www. going to be most helpful, then of working with Haiti Village gofundme.com/jj6cgc. that’s what I want to do.

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Newcomer seeks federal ballot’s NDP spot Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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ictor Kisoun grew up around politics.

His grandmother, Bertha Allen, was a Vuntut Gwitchin elder from Old Crow who ran in the 1984 federal election for the NDP in the Northwest Territories.

Kisoun calls his grandmother a “force of nature within my family.”

“Any time a political discussion or any kind of dialogue about the conditions of our world came up, my grandma always made it a point of fact to say if you want to complain or criticize the world around you, you need to be able to stand up, speak out and take action,” he said.

Kisoun is taking that advice to heart now. He has announced that he will be seeking the NDP nomination for the next federal election.

Kisoun is the first candidate to put his name forward. The federal NDP hasn’t set a date yet to vote on who will represent them in the Yukon on the next ballot.

As a performer with the Kaska Dena drummers, community organizer and former vice chair of the Kaska Dena Council, Kisoun calls himself a “Berger baby.”

His father, Dave Porter, who would go on to be politically active with the Kaska, got his first job in journalism travelling with famed lawyer Thomas Berger in the ‘70s to record testimonies during the Berger inquiries.

That’s where he met Kisoun’s mother.

“I see my political aspirations as an extension of that generation. They’ve laid that foundation down for us. Not just my father and First Nations, but people like Audrey McLaughlin as well,” he said.

“They’ve laid that foundation

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Victor Kisoun, seen here in Whitehorse, is running for the federal NDP nomination.

for my generation to build the walls on.”

It’s time for the younger generation to step up in politics, the 33-year-old said.

“We’ve inherited a lot of stresses and a lot of problems, but we’ve also inherited a great opportunity. If we can work together I think we can do a lot of change.”

Getting young people to vote will also be key in the next election, he said.

In 2011, about 7,000 eligible voters did not cast a ballot.

“The vast majority of those are going to be young people. So if you can get those young people out and voting you’re going to make a big change.”

If he earns a spot on the federal ballot, Kisoun said there are multiple issues he hopes will become election topics, including affordable housing, childcare and the minimum wage.

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“I think if we can start to repair some of the damage that has been done, we can start to move forward on a lot of issues. I think sustainable development will occur because what you’re doing is making certainty for investment to happen.”

He points to ongoing battles like the changes to the Yukon’s environmental assessment process that are part of the federal Bill S-6.

First Nations argue that the amendments are at odds with their final agreements with Yukon and Canada, and have threatened to sue if they move ahead as proposed.

This week the territorial government announced it will be appealing a Yukon Supreme

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“When you’re tied up in court cases and you have First Nations people that are unwilling to work with you because of your treatment and your disrespect that

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Kisoun was born in Whitehorse but grew up all over the North.

He jokes that he’s related to pretty much everybody in Old Crow, Watson Lake and Lower Post.

“Pretty much the western Arctic I consider my family.”

Kisoun will take on two veteran Yukon politicians if he wins the NDP slot.

Both former Liberal MP Larry Bagnell and current Conservative MP Ryan Leef have been chosen by their parties to be on the ballot.

But Kisoun said being new could be an advantage.

“I think I also don’t have some of the baggage that these two candidates carry with them. Some of it is really heavy baggage.”

The federal Green Party hasn’t picked a candidate for the Yukon yet.

The next election campaign should get under way by the fall.

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o nobody’s surprise, the Yukon government has decided to appeal the court decision over the fate of the Peel watershed. After all, to do otherwise would risk conceding that the Yukon Party had hopelessly botched its handling of the planning talks and betrayed the spirit of the treaties signed with Yukon First Nations.

This all happens to be true. But it would have taken uncharacteristic bigness of our political leaders to admit as much.

Resources Minister Scott Kent instead insists that the appeal is being fought to seek clarity on the question of whether democratically elected governments have final say over public lands covered by regional planning talks. This is hooey. The Yukon government would have had final say over its share of the Peel – which is to say, nearly all of the vast region – had it participated in good faith during planning talks. It did not.

Instead, the Yukon Party ministers of the day, over nearly seven years of planning talks, refused to spell out in concrete detail what they sought in the Peel plan. They wouldn’t say how much of the area should be open to development, or which parts, despite being repeatedly pressed on these crucial points.

Only once the planning commission’s work was wrapped up did our current government see it fit to explain it disliked the commission’s plan so much, and it intended to turn it on its head, nearly inverting the ratio between protected areas and space open to development.

As Justice Ron Veale surmised, to allow the government to dream up its own plans from scratch at the end of the planning process makes a mockery of the idea that First Nations should have a meaningful say in such plans.

This conclusion should surprise nobody. The courts have long been clear that when a conflict emerges between the spirit and letter of the law, the spirit prevails on matters of aboriginal rights.

Yet our government can’t bear to admit it made a mistake, and so it continues to fight a hopeless court battle that it is sure to ultimately lose. In doing so, the Yukon Party may reinforce the growing

sense that its inflexible dealings with First Nations are doing the territory’s business interests more harm than good. That’s bad news, because it undercuts the Yukon Party’s self-image as the defenders of the economy.

As with the case of the botched efforts to ram through controversial changes to Yukon’s regulatory regime, with the Peel, the Yukon government has managed to create uncertainty where none needed to exist. What are potential investors in the Yukon to make of a territorial government that continues to fight court battles with aggrieved First Nations over resource development, and continues to lose?

We have lately heard a succession of prominent businesspeople publicly expressing this very concern. Shaken investor confidence could impact not only the highly speculative mining plays in the far-flung Peel watershed, but also ones far closer to existing transportation routes and power supplies that could conceivably be developed in the near future.

This elevation of fantasy over pragmatism has been characteristic of Premier Darrell Pasloski’s handling of the Peel mess. Early on, he promised to deliver a plan that would please all involved – as if such a thing were possible, when both wilderness paddlers and First Nation residents seek to keep the same spots pristine that miners want to dig up in search of shiny metal.

Similarly, rather than acknowledge that the territory’s northern First Nations have a deep attachment to the region and profound reasons for wanting to keep it undeveloped, our premier has accused those dastardly, meddling conservationists from Outside of trying to sabotage our economy.

Enough people were willing to tolerate this hokum while the territory’s economy was booming, thanks to high metal prices. But now the economy has tanked, and First Nation legal fights suddenly look like an unwelcome drag on any recovery.

Some governments are able to adjust to new circumstances and change course accordingly. Others just keep doing what they’ve always done. We all know which sort we have. (JT) Publisher

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an obscene gesture to the millions waste more money on an apwho have died at the hands of peal.

Nazi thuggery and all those who I have an idea: Given the fought to defeat it nearly 70 years huge costs covered by taxpayago. The ugly head of Nazism is ers, would the boys agree to My government has voted against rising in Eastern Europe, and my absorb the costs of the appeal? a United Nations general assem- government is not doing a damn They can reduce their salaries to bly resolution condemning the thing about it. In fact they are giv- $1 each until the full costs are glorification of Nazism. ing this evilness life when it needs recovered.

Only three countries voted to be stamped out.

Come on Darrell and Scott, against it: Canada, the U.S. and show Yukoners that you really Ukraine. The gutless E.U. nations Neil Rollinson believe in the appeal and put abstained.

Whitehorse your money where your mouth Little on this can be found is.

I bet no Vancouver lawyer in major western media outlets.

Yukon Party ministers would agree to wait and be paid It seems they have their walkshould pay for Peel appeal only if the government wins the ing papers from those in charge. appeal.

This should be a major embarSo Resource Minister Scott Kent, rassment to the government for Premier Darrell Pasloski and the Stella Mcpherson taking this outrageous position.

Yukon cabinet have decided to Whitehorse How can they square their support for Israel and not support this resolution?

They have not only abandoned veterans who are suffering a multitude of prob“I feel like I won the life lottery being born in Canada, you lems but are abandoning those know – born to two parents that love me and wanted the who fought against Nazism in best for me and were able to provide for me.”

WWII. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Yukon nurse Kate Bradshaw, who is planning a trip to Haiti to The position of my governsupport health-care workers there. Page 4 ment makes a mockery of the values of a civil society. This is

Canada’s vote against condemning Nazism is shameful

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What to look out for in 2015 trillion – yes, trillion – from oil companies to consumers’ wallets. good news for consumers

by Keith That’s from the Yangtze to the Yukon.

Halliday But it’s bad news for people in Alberta and B.C. looking for work and Canadians with energy shares or broad-based mutual funds in their retirement funds.

It’s also bad news for the federal government and some provinces.

Saskatchewan says a C$10 drop fresh New Year is ahead costs it about C$200 million. The of us, but I’ll avoid the federal fiscal update in November temptation to make bold forecasts. Pundits and economists estimated the impact could be $2.5 billion a year for the federal should probably show some treasury if oil prices stay low. humility after practically no one Low energy prices could sigpredicted something as big as nifi cantly affect economic activity 2014’s massive collapse in oil in Western Canada, especially if a prices. few megaprojects in Fort McInstead, here are a few things Murray or Prince Rupert get put to keep on your radar screen for on hold.

2015. They will all have implicaMineral prices will also be tions for Yukoners, whether you in the news. The International are a businessperson, taxpayer, Monetary Fund’s metals index homeowner or all of the above. has been sliding pretty steadily, Oil prices are likely to stay in from around 250 at the beginning the headlines. Remarkably for of 2011 to about 160 just before a commodity that is so critical Christmas. That’s still above to the global economy, we really don’t know what is going to hap- where it was in 2005, when it was just 100. But mining companies, pen next. West Texas Intermediworkers and industry consultants ate was trading over US$100 per in the Yukon will be watching barrel in June, and fell to below US$60 before Christmas. A slow- what happens closely in 2015. ing global economy and sustained And a key factor will be China.

China’s economy has been fracking in the U.S. could drive it generating stories with an increaseven lower. Some are even talkingly worried tone across the ing about US$30 oil. Or a new crisis or OPEC deal could send it financial press. The politburo is struggling with keeping growth skyrocketing. going. The Wall Street Journal The Economist magazine tells us that a US$40 fall in the price of recently cited a number of economists who think China could oil transfers a whopping US$1.3

miss its 2014 growth target, which would be the first time that’s happened since the Asian financial crisis way back in the 20th century. China’s banks are also dealing with a growing amount of bad loans. Worryingly, it is very difficult for outside observers to tell how bad the loan problem really is.

One thing is for certain, however; if China has a banking crisis, it would have huge implications for all of us. Commodity prices would almost certainly plummet, which would be more bad news for the mining and energy industries. Global stock markets would likely take a nose-dive as they digested the implications for Western companies with operations in China. There would be broader economic contagion as companies and workers exporting to China were affected.

Closer to home, it’s worth watching the Canadian housing market and the closely related topic of Canadian personal debt.

Killjoys at the Bank of Canada recently said their analysis suggests Canadian housing prices could be over-valued by as much as 30 per cent. If you look at a chart of household-debt-to-income ratios, it shows the Americans reducing their debt over the last few years while Canadians surge past them.

The Bank of Canada estimates 12 per cent of Canadian households are “heavily indebted” in the bank’s opinion, double the level in 2000. A big international financial crisis hitting interest

rates, or some other shock, could hit these households and the rest of the economy hard.

Geopolitical risk will also be on the tip of market-watchers’ tongues in 2015. Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy, recently flagged some global flashpoints that could make 2015 a little too interesting for most of us.

Russia’s belligerent foreign policy in and around Ukraine, as well as with its other neighbours, could turn even uglier. This could involve oil price volatility, trade and finance embargoes, cyber attacks and so on.

ISIS and the conflict in the Middle East could get worse.

Remember, this is not a small band of terrorists setting off a few bombs. We are talking about a major war that straddles Syria and Iraq, and continues to draw in Iran, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Western countries.

China’s foreign policy is also on Eurasia’s list. Tensions have been bubbling for years over territorial and other disputes with Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, India and the Philippines. Any of these flashpoints could get hotter, especially if Chinese leaders feel the need to take a page from President Putin and distract citizens from a worsening economy with some patriotic adventures abroad.

Those are the big threats to keep on your radar screen. But don’t be entirely distracted by the negative. As these issues fill the headlines there are also some big

months at a district office, 16 months at executive committee level and 18 months for a panel decision.

Keep in mind that these proposed timelines are for hard rock operations, as placer operations should only take a few months to make it through YESAA. I remember attending a YESAA presentation about 10 years ago with the president of the Mining Association of Canada in which YESAA officials in attendance predicted a twoyear timeline for the largest of projects. With this in mind, the president of MAC said he would recommend to his members to invest in the Yukon.

Unfortunately, without the proposed changes to improve YESAA timelines, it will continue to take much longer to permit here, and thus investment will go elsewhere.

Presently, getting YESAA approval plus quartz and water licences can take as many as five years.

The second recommended change relates to the need for reassessments on non-significant modifications to a project. For example, a mine has already gone through the environmental as-

sessment process and everything remains the same except they want to mine a different vein, a few metres over from original activities applied for. Currently, a proponent would have to go through the YESAA process all over again. This proposed amendment would allow YESAA officials the discretion to waive this requirement for a full blown assessment, when the original activities remain the same.

And finally, the delegation of federal authority to Yukon is also a good thing. Home grown decision making is what devolution was all about.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act went through a revamping in 2012 that left YESAA behind. When YESAA is touted as the leading edge of all environmental assessments in Canada, it stands to benefit from improvements and changes to its efficiency that bring it in line with CEAA. Once we can make the Yukon a competitive regulatory regime that is welcoming to investment, we all stand to benefit as Yukoners and Canadians.

Remember that during the Great Depression of the 1930’s, Yukoners, with our gold resource economy, did not suffer along

with the rest of the world.

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Environmental assessment rule changes will benefit Yukon The recently proposed amendments to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act, now before Parliament, will be of great benefit for everyone in Yukon.

The negative responses gracing the pages of the media regarding the proposed YESAA changes are full of misinformation and political grandstanding.

The proposed changes do not, in any way, advocate for diminished environmental protections.

Initially YESAA was working quite well due to the will to succeed and efficiency of the YESAA employees and Yukon government. However, recently it has turned into a time consuming, bureaucratic nightmare. The end result is a regulatory process which has become a strong deterrent to investment.

Unfortunately, the only way to get YESAA back on track is to mandate efficiency through legislative changes.

There is a proposed change to create a fixed beginning-toend timeline, not to exceed nine

Gary Lee Whitehorse

world-changing things going on; many of them emanating from here on the West Coast (admittedly, more on the Seattle and Silicon Valley end rather than the Skagway part of the coast).

Companies like Google, Apple, Tesla, Facebook, Paypal and Amazon continue to invent things that will transform human life in coming decades. Keep an eye on those too. Having a few shares that go up by 1,000 per cent helps ease the pain of reading all those bad-news stories in the paper.

Correction In my Dec. 5 column on fracking, I incorrectly stated U.S. oil production went from 4 million barrels a day in oil equivalent in 2010 to 12 million by September 2014. The numbers are correct, but refer only to the Bakken, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Marcellus, Niobrara, Permian and Utica shale formations; not to all U.S. production. Thanks to a reader for pointing that out.

A question was also raised about future exports of tracked gas from North America. Interested readers may wish to look at the Office of Energy Projects report from Dec. 3, 2014 which shows 15 proposed LNG export terminals in the U.S. and also three Canadian proposals.

Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist and author of the MacBride Museum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of historical children’s adventure novels.

You can follow him on Channel 9’s Yukonomist show or Twitter @hallidaykeith

City should pay dump pickers to promote recycling

This proposal is intended to encourage some brainstorming on how recycling enhancements Local retailers excelled could benefit the community. over holiday season Ideas make the world go round and money comes for the ride, I purchased all of my gifts loconceivably. Business needs to cally this year. There were lots of build and recycling will be a bigchoices, many helpful staff, fair ger part of business as time passes. prices and fun extras.

This proposal more specifically The shops were busy but aims at expanding the recycle store at the dump, including hirnot lacking. And the follow-up ing a manager to tend the store. experience post wrapping and opening was just as pleasant when Conceivably that manager could I ventured back out to make a few manage all the dump operations, for example directing traffic returns. between machine operators and Even months after the initial pickers. purchase and with no receipts, Pickers would be employed Yukon businesses displayed refreshing examples of true service. to gather recyclables from the Thank you for your efforts this dump and dumpsters there to be showcased in the store under a festive season to bring goods and manager directing picker traffic services to the people of Yukon. and supporting volunteer help in Thank you for the no-questionsthe store. asked approach and going above People keen on seeing recycling the minimum requirements. systems grow and improve should Thank you for excellent customer be interested in this. People keen service this festive season and on maturing recycling business throughout the year. I will grateinto profits working together fully continue to shop locally. could make great things happen.

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Bill to change Indian Act passes progress in developing a replacement for the Indian Act. The Indian Act itself is exOTTAWA tremely unpopular, but crafting an alternative has been a political here are a couple of nachallenge. The prime minister’s tional discussions that few own attempt to reform funding for governments want to risk political capital to wade into – one First Nations education evaporis the Constitution, the other is the ated this year as talks between the federal government and aboriginal Indian Act. leaders came to a standstill.

Conservative MP Rob Clarke Many First Nations voices critidecided he’d dip his toe into the latter three years ago with a private cized Clarke’s bill as a piecemeal attempt to address the problem, member’s bill, after hearing for years from aboriginal leaders how without the proper consultation required under the Constitution. reviled the Indian Act was.

“While it may be difficult to Last month, his Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act speak to every First Nation in the became law. Clarke – a member of country, there is a need to ensure Saskatchewan’s Muskeg Lake First that First Nations’ voices are heard and that every effort is made to Nation – says he’s proud to be the speak with those First Nations who first aboriginal person to record hold the rights and will be imsuch a legislative achievement. pacted,” Assembly of First Nations “I thought well, let’s start a dialogue nobody’s actually taken… B.C. regional chief and now Liberal candidate Jody Wilson-Raybould on, head on,” Clarke said in an told a Commons committee. interview.

Clarke says it’s unreasonable to “I thought it would be better for a First Nations person to stake this think an MP would have the reforward and create some substan- sources to do widespread national tial change, but also to create some consultations. He said he did travel dialogue between government and across the country and wrote to all First Nations.”

First Nations reserves looking for The legislation repeals longtheir input. outdated references to residential “Yeah, I received a lot of critischools in the Indian Act, and cism, however there was also a lot removes a reference to restricting of people who said, it’s about time certain people on reserves from something was done, and actually trade. somebody taking charge and tryThe bill also give bands the ing to make effective change,” responsibility to manage the Clarke said. publication of their bylaws on the Saskatchewan Sen. Lillian Dyck Internet, in the Canada Gazette, or used stronger language recently other venues. when she said Clarke was “behavThe bylaw issue recently came ing like a white man” by pushing up in Saskatchewan, when home the bill. She later said she recmoving companies complained ognized the comment could be that they were being charged by hurtful. a band for driving on their roads, Others have suggested that the but were not able to view the rule impetus for overhauling the Indian in print.

Act should come from First NaA complicated element that tions themselves – a position that dealt with overhauling how wills Clarke bristles at. and estates are dealt with was “When (NDP MP) Jean amended out when the bill was Crowder stands up in the House studied in committee. and says this has to be aboriginally But the central feature of led, from aboriginal to aboriginal, I Clarke’s bill is the requirement that the aboriginal affairs minister say, hold on there – I’m native, I’m First Nations, why can’t I do this?” appear at a Commons committee said Clarke. every year to report on his or her

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Walker issued an order last “The state’s fiscal situation deweek putting the new spendmands a critical look and people ing on hold. He cited the state’s should be prepared for several of $3.5 billion budget deficit, which these projects to be delayed and/ has increased as oil prices have or stopped,” Walker’s budget dirdropped sharply. ector Pat Pitney said in an email.

With oil prices now around a According to Walker’s order, five-year low, officials in Alaska the hold on spending is pending and about a half-dozen other further review. The administrastates already have begun paring tion intends to decide on project back projections for a continued priorities near the start of Alaska’s gusher of revenues. Spending cuts legislative session Jan. 20, and no have started in some places, and later than a Feb. 18 legal budgetmore could be necessary if oil ing deadline, Pitney said. prices stay at lower levels.

State lawmakers have final How well the oil-rich states authority to decide whether the survive the downturn may hinge projects should continue to be on how much they saved during funded, Pitney said. the good times, and how much Contractually required spendthey depend on oil revenues. ing and employee salaries will Some states, such as Texas, have continue. diversified their economies since Walker’s order asks each oil prices crashed in the midagency working on the projects to 1980s. Others, such as Alaska, stop hiring new employees, signremain heavily dependent on oil ing new contracts and commitand will have to tap into sizeable ting any new funding from other sources, including the federal savings to get by. government.

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Placer Mine – Dominion Creek, Granville Property

Dawson City (Dawson City)

Mining – Placer

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January 7, 2015

Solid Waste Disposal Facility (SWDF) – Old Crow

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January 12, 2015

January 19, 2015

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LIFE Laments of a ‘semi-skilled labourer’ The Yukon has been home to some of the world’s greatest bulldozer drivers, or catskinners, says Doug Sack, who thinks it’s time to give this skill the respect it deserves.

Y.A.C. Tidd Collection, #7096/Yukon News

Mary Tidd drove a Caterpillar tractor to the top of the Midnight Dome in Dawson City in September 1925. A road was build from the graveyards to the Dome to accommodate the steamboat passengers who arrived on a one-day sightseeing tour. Tidd was part of the work crew.

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his autumn, during my recent six-month transition from a retired oilpatch catskinner to a born-again Yukon cheechako, I did a pretty good job keeping my yap shut about the astounding changes, attitudes and people I was encountering after an absence of almost exactly 30 years.

From my perspective, everything that took place in the Yukon Territory from 1984 to 2014 had to be observed, analyzed, categorized, pasteurized and sympathized in those six short months spent alternating between playing with my three grandchildren in Whitehorse and travelling all over the territory and Alaska in my pickup and travel trailer to get intimately reacquainted with my old stomping grounds where I “hurled my youth into a grave,” as the bard of the Yukon, Robert Service, so accurately described it over 100 years ago.

Oh, it was a thoughtful summer of observation, nostalgia and education as I revisited all the old places and slowly made the transition. I changed my mailing address immediately upon arrival, had to wait 90 days to get on Yukon medical and completed the osmosis near the autumn equinox by finally dumping my B.C. plates and insurance for the symbolic

one-plate freedom of “The Man With the Pan” and some freeenterprise insurance.

Everything went fine at the motor vehicles branch until the very end of the ordeal when the nice young lady asked my occupation, not for anything to do with vehicle registration but for statistical analysis by the Yukon government which, I suppose, likes to keep track of new arrivals.

Now, this question has always stumped me because I have forever been half-catskinner/ half-writer and there are no such categories as “literary catskinner” or “dirt-pushing writer.” So I just said catskinner when she asked because I did very little writing for publication during my decade in the oilpatch and a whole lot of catskinning, mostly building roads and leases for those kind, gentle giants of the lubrication industry who work so diligently and selflessly to keep your gasguzzling SUV moving effortlessly from mall to school or work and back home again. I didn’t mention writing as there seemed no reason to.

However, when she handed me the questionnaire for signature, I wished I had, because I learned the population of the Yukon had just swelled with the addition of one more “semi-skilled labourer.”

My first reaction was a combination of mirth and astonish-

ment and I said something like this to the young lady who was laminating my shiny new driver’s licence: “The Yukon has changed so much that the operation of massive, million-dollar bulldozers is now considered semi-skilled labour?” She answered with a confused look and I walked out the door laughing with the pan-man in my han’, because the only “semi-skilled” catskinners I have ever encountered are the dead ones, the ones who died young because they weren’t smart enough, or lucky enough, or skilled enough to become old catskinners.

The Yukon Territory was the birthplace of Canadian catskinning and the greatest catskinners in the history of human endeavour on the planet Earth were the old Yukon cable-Cat-gear-jammers who pioneered the profession in the last century, and I’m not talking about the Yanks who showed up to build the Alaska Highway.

The road to the top of the Midnight Dome above Dawson City was built in one day by a Yukon catskinner in 1927, and I’ve heard stories the dredging companies were using dozers as early as 1921 right about the time they were invented.

As a matter of fact, every road, parking lot, building site, airport, ball field, golf course, dam, ditch

and dump in the Yukon was built by a Yukon catskinner, none of whom were semi-skilled.

You want names? I’ve got plenty because many of them were still alive when I got here as a young man and these are just the ones who pop into my mind as I’m ticked off: Bobby Caley, Kenny Mullins, Ole Medby, Hector Lang, Gordon Yardley, Can’t Cut ‘Er Kelly, Guy Moon, Billy Krotty, Mike Braga, Art Fry, Basil Bryant, Les Hakonson, Eddie Overshoes, Benny Warnsby, Mike Stutter, Roy Smith, senior and junior, Sean McMahon, Patty Kane, Al LeBlanc, Frenchy Lavoie and so many more it’s like a parade of legendary all-stars, not one of whom was semi-skilled.

Do they actually think a semiskilled person could drive a D-7G across White Pass and Yukon train trestles when the Cat pads were wider then the railroad ties and a mistake of even two inches could result in a thousand foot plunge onto rocks and river far below? I did that one myself for a winter and, the first time, it was scarier than anything I did in Vietnam.

Yukon catskinners are artistes, earth-sculptors, mountain Mozarts and there isn’t a tougher climate on the planet or a tougher material than Yukon permafrost, which is so hard we used to wear out a ripper tooth every shift building the Dempster where

running a D-8H was like riding a Brahman bull for 10 hours.

No, young lady, the only difference between Michelangelo and a Yukon catskinner was the quality of pizza after work, except in Keno City, of course.

Then again, maybe they’re right. In my travels this summer, I read every signboard and tourist info display I saw in Alaska and the Yukon and never found a single one which mentioned the men and women who actually built the North. Not a peep anywhere.

I used to tell my co-workers down in the oilpatch, who I called “Peace Country clay-pushers,” that I was lucky to learn my bulldozing from the greatest catskinners who ever lived. Then I came back to discover they are largely forgotten and lumped in with semi-skilled labourers, as if they spent their long, hard-working lives cleaning chicken coops.

That’s not right.

Somebody should build a solid gold monument to the memory of all Yukon catskinners and erect it somewhere prominent downtown, where all the semi-skilled government employees can gaze at it on their coffee breaks.

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

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Pepe the autism support dog dramatically improves life for girl and family She’s a completely different dog – straight ahead, eyes fixed, by her girl.”

Pepe and Nicole have to pass a test every year to maintain public access.

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her what an autism support dog does. She can only answer that it’s unique to each child because autism is a spectrum, so the dog’s job is on a spectrum.

“The agency is so well-versed in placing the right dogs with

the right children and the right families that it ends up being not just a lovely relationship for the family,” she said. “But it’s an essential tool for families to live with dignity and as fully as possible. It’s been a great gift for us.”

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Maya Kaler, 13, who has autism, sits with her service dog Pepe at her home in Surrey, B.C.

the blind and visually impaired had been the organization’s main work.

WHITE ROCK, B.C. “We use Labrador retrievepe, a chocolate Labrador ers, golden retrievers, lab-golden retriever, pays very close crosses and this new breed of attention when her 13-year- a golden-border-collie cross,” old owner Maya doles out dog said puppy obedience trainer goodies.

Linda Thornton. “We need a big Treat time is one of the few dog, obviously. They’re peoplecommon dog-owner interactions oriented. They’re willing to work. between Maya and her autismThey’re friendly and they’re calm. support dog in what is an uncom- After basic obedience, they go into mon relationship. That bond has advanced training at about 15 not only dramatically improved months.” the girl’s life, but has enhanced Puppies board in volunteer the outlook for her entire family. households. “We’re like a foster Maya’s mother, Nicole Kaler, family,” said puppy-raiser Brenda explained that Maya is severely Wagner. “And we take them affected by autism. through basic obedience training.”

The girl is non-verbal, and at Training takes about 100 hours about two years old, she began over 20 weeks and advanced bolting, frequently running away, trainer Nick Toni said the regisometimes in dangerous situamen is a combination of navigattions. Keeping the family together ing busy urban centres and using outside of the house became inpublic transit. creasingly difficult as Maya grew.

The dogs must also develop a “It became really difficult to spatial sense to ensure their evenjust be out and about and make tual owners aren’t endangered by sure that she was safe,” Kaler said obstacles that the dogs could pass in a recent interview in her White under but a person would collide Rock, B.C., home. “I knew supwith, such as branches or lowport dogs were trained to keep hanging signs. children safe. I knew it would be Knowing the difference bea good fit for us if we could be tween working while wearing the accepted into the program.” harness and taking a break when Five years ago, Pepe joined the it’s off is another key element.

Kalers. Suddenly, things were posAbout 60 per cent of the dogs sible that weren’t options before are placed as guide or as autism she arrived. support dogs. Dogs that are found “One day we couldn’t go for to be too nervous or are easily a walk up the block and the next distracted are adopted as pets. day we could,” Kaler said of the Thornton said there’s a waiting dramatic transformation the dog list for the washouts. made in her family’s life.

“The last month of training is “Pepe knew how to do her job. finding a client for a particular We could just go out as a family dog. Matching a dog with a perand know everybody was going to son is probably the most importbe safe.” ant part of the procedure,” Toni The family went on vacation said. “Then the dog is working in to Disneyland that year. This year, the home where they’ll be living they went to Palm Desert. and the person is being trained in When Kaler started working how to handle the dog. They train with Maya in 2009, Pepe was one as a team for three weeks.” of the first few support dogs in Kaler said her training was the province. rigorous and complete.

She was bred, raised and “And it was outside the realm trained by British Columbia of what I’d ever done before Guide Dogs, which started placing because I’d never had a dog – big autism support dogs one year change. When Pepe’s in jacket, earlier. Before that, guide dogs for she is working. And she knows it.

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Portraits of a beloved pooch

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Nicole Bauberger working a piece during the Plein Air festival this past summer. Bauberger created several oil portraits and clay sculptures in honour of her deceased pet, above.

“Even the people who didn’t know her, I hope it makes them think about their own relationship with dogs. Grief is the other side of love, we’re mortal and we love mortals.”

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rom an early age, it was clear that Frances would never fulfill her destiny of becoming a guard dog for the Cadence Cycle bike shop.

“As a puppy she’d be lying under the kitchen table and she’d keep sleeping when someone came into the house,” said the dog’s owner, Nicole Bauberger, whose partner Dean Eyre runs the shop.

“Dean said, ‘I don’t think we have a guard dog on our hands.’ I’d like to say her future was clearly more in sales than in security, because she was so friendly.”

What Frances did become, however, was a loyal and inspirational companion to Bauberger.

The black dog had such a profound impact on the artist that Bauberger is presenting an exhibit on the canine in January.

A show called Frances will feature several oil portraits, including a three-part triptych and three clay sculptures, all inspired by the dog.

Frances died in early May after unsuccessfully chasing an errant squirrel across the Alaska Highway.

Bauberger had adopted her from the Mae Bachur animal shelter four years ago, after her father passed away.

Their symbiotic relationship grew quickly.

“She inspired me to start painting my friends and their dogs,” Bauberger said.

“Then I started painting my own dog. I felt like this dog-woman relationship was a pretty important part of the cultural fabric in the Yukon.”

Bauberger said she remembers Canadian musician Fred Eaglesmith talking about the unique relationship during one of his performances in the territory.

“He said that whenever you see a woman walking by herself she’ll be with a dog,” Bauberger said.

“It seems like quite a few women in the Yukon have dogs who play important roles in their lives.”

Frances, who looked like a cross between a collie and a husky, had a “joie de vivre” that was expressed in running, Bauberger said.

The pair would often go running in the Hillcrest subdivision and also take long walks together.

The week before Frances passed away, they walked more than 30 kilometres from Miles Canyon all the way to the Marsh Lake bridge in a single day.

“A good day for a dog,” Bauberger said.

Frances was mischievous, too.

Bauberger recalled a story about her friend Mary who once tried to capture the escaped dog.

“She chased Frances all the way past Ogilvie, Frances staying just ahead of her, laughing. She didn’t catch her but Frances came back eventually.”

The idea of making a show about a dog can come across as narcissistic, Bauberger said, but she thinks a lot of people will be able to relate to it.

“I hope that people who knew Frances will remember her, and whatever she was able to add to their lives,” she said.

“Even the people who didn’t know her, I hope it makes them think about their own relationship with dogs. Grief is the other side of love, we’re mortal and we love mortals.

“There is going to be grief but if there are ways of sharing it, maybe that’s a part of what it’s for.”

The show will be on display from Jan. 8-31 at the community gallery of the Yukon Arts Centre.

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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Ottawa singer Kira Isabella being praised for date rape tale ‘Quarterback’ Nick Patch Canadian Press

TORONTO ttawa country singer Kira Isabella keeps meeting fans who deeply relate to her breakthrough single “Quarterback” – and it’s heart-breaking.

The song tells the story of a “no-name girl from the freshman class” who has drinks poured down her throat by the star quarterback and wakes up groggily the next morning to find pictures of her first sexual experience smeared across the Internet.

And while the song is providing the 21-year-old Isabella with a new level of critical regard, she’s a little troubled by the degree to which it’s resonated with her fans.

“It’s very unfortunate in my opinion how many people can really relate to the subject matter,” she said this week in a telephone interview. “I just got to tour all across Canada and I met too many young girls who had tears in their eyes and a story to tell.

“Either (they) connected to this story or it had happened to their best friend, or something along the lines of what happens in the story.

“It’s very, very sad.”

The potential audience for Isabella’s song – the first single from October’s “Caffeine & Big Dreams” – is only growing after being hailed as best-of-2014 material by several major outlets.

NPR and the Guardian both included the song on lists of the best tracks of the year, while Spin magazine declared “Quarterback” unequivocally the top country song of 2014, writing: “More people need to hear this song than there are country fans.”

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Kira Isabella performs during the Canadian Country Music Awards in Edmonton in 2013.

of Rivers Rutherford, Bobby Hamrick and Marti Dodson and partially inspired by the Steubenville High School rape case, “Quarterback” was originally pitched to Carrie Underwood, but one of her reps decided the song would be inappropriate due to the “American Idol” winner’s romantic history with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. Other artists were reportedly similarly unwilling to take on a song about date rape and cyberbullying.

Isabella had a connection to the songwriters – Dodson sang backup vocals on her first album

(2012’s “Love Me Like That”) and they’d written together in the past. So eventually Isabella got her shot at the tune, and she too concedes some fretting about its subject matter.

“Myself and my team – we were of course a little bit apprehensive,” said Isabella, clarifying that her “team” refers to her parents, her management and her record labels. “We would be lying

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“Ultimately it came down to the fact that this message needed to come out,” she added.

“Quarterback,” she said, “came to me like a gift.”

She did make changes to the song, most notably shifting the perspective from first- to thirdperson.

In its demo form the song was perhaps harder-hitting musically.

In Isabella’s interpretation, the string-based instrumentation is spare and her voice is carefully restrained. It’s with a sense of quiet resignation that she sings: “Monday morning when the word got out, everybody picked a side/ He had the school and the whole town too, and she had nothing but the truth inside.”

That feeling of helplessness, Isabella figures, is universal.

“I keep saying it doesn’t have to be a young girl even,” she reflected. “No matter who you are, you have probably at some point in your life been made to feel like you’re less powerful or less of a person … by another person.

“I think everybody can relate to that and that’s what ‘Quarterback’ is about. I think that’s why people connect so well to that young girl in the freshman class in the marching band.”

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We visited places that lack access to clean water in a country that boasts having an abundance of the cleanest water in the world.

We met people trying to protect their communities, wildlife and habitat from fossil fuel development and pipeline projects. We joined more than 1,000 people in Toronto for a celebration of local food, music and nature during the Homegrown Park Crawl. We took part in nature-themed scavenger hunts with schoolchildren.

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included many serious discussions, but it was also inspiring and fun. It’s empowering to know that so many people share the understanding that our health, well-being and survival depend on clean air, fresh water, healthy food and the natural diversity that makes it all possible. More than 460 volunteers joined us on the tour and tens of thousands of people attended events and signed postcards and a pledge of support for the right to a healthy environment.

It’s also been empowering to see people of all ages and backgrounds on Burnaby Mountain near Vancouver standing against pipeline development and oil sands expansion, the Tahltan Nation and allies protecting the Sacred Headwaters in Northern B.C. from Imperial Metals’ proposed Red Chris mine, and hundreds of thousands taking to the streets around the world for events like the Peoples’ Climate March.

But we can’t go on stamping out small fires when they keep igniting again and again, and when an inferno threatens us all.

When I look back, I see many battles we thought we had won rearing up again – including stopping major dam projects in Brazil and Canada, keeping oil exploration and tankers from threatening fragile West Coast ecosystems and

preventing clear-cut logging in old-growth forests.

We’ve been so focused on individual projects that we’ve failed to realize these battles reflect fundamentally different ways of seeing our place in the world. And it is our deep, underlying worldview that determines the way we treat our surroundings.

That’s why I embarked on the Blue Dot Tour with the foundation and Ecojustice. To resolve the serious environmental issues we face in Canada and beyond, we need people from across the country and all walks of life to join together to make protecting the people and places we love a priority. We’ve been asking people to advocate in their communities for recognition of the right to clean air, water and food by all levels of government – and, ultimately, in the Constitution’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Local-level organizing has already been incredibly successful. Municipal declarations of the right to a healthy environment have now been adopted by Richmond and Vancouver, B.C., The Pas, Manitoba, Montreal (preceded by its borough of RosemontLa Petite-Patrie), Quebec, and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories – all thanks to citizens of those communities working together.

More than 11,000 volunteers have signed up and similar efforts are

now underway in 30 communities.

More than half the world’s nations, about 110, have constitutional rights to a healthy environment. It’s time for Canada to join them. Research shows the benefits go beyond protecting the environment and human health to strengthening the economy by stimulating innovation, diversification and competitiveness, and reducing health-care costs.

It’s not about slowing progress or stopping development; it’s about ensuring those occur in the best ways possible, reducing environmental degradation and ensuring that the long-term needs of citizens are prioritized over short-term corporate profits and political ambitions.

The tour may be over, but the movement is just getting started. Together, we’re beginning a national conversation about the future of Canada and the importance of caring for each other and the things that keep us alive and healthy: clean air, fresh water, nutritious food and diverse ecosystems.

You can join by signing the pledge or by getting involved where you live to take this movement to the next level. Visit bluedot.ca/join-us/ for tools to help you bring this initiative to your community.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation’s senior editor Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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FLAG RAISING s Minister Elaine Taylor s Mayor Dan Curtis s Councillor John Streicker s Councillor Jocelyn Curteanu s Councillor Kirk Cameron HONORARY CAMPAIGN CHAIR s Larry Bagnell MEDIA AND PROMOTION SUPPORT s Mike Thomas - Yukon News s Tammy Beese - What’s Up Yukon s Eva Birdman - CKRW

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And our top Workplaces by donations total: s Energy Mines and Resources s Yukon College A BIG thank you to the Corporate Sponsors who helped make this year’s Curling Bonspiel a success.

Rick Massie Liz Gilbert Elijah Buffalo Melissa Madden RDG Office - AANDC Yukon Yamaha Fisheries and Oceans Canada Christine Aikens Governance Directorate - AANDC

UNITED WAY OF YUKON BOARD OF DIRECTORS s President Dave Whiteside s Leslie McRae s Erin Nicolardi s Laurie Parris s Joanne Oberg s Peter Woodfruff s Brian Bonia UNITED WAY OF YUKON – CAMPAIGN CABINET s Chair Brian Bonia s Co-Chair Cheryl Hobbs s Lawrence Ignace s Colleen Madore s Larry Bagnell s Arlene Francis

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Far-north changes pondered in San Francisco the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union is the state of changes in the Far North.

by Ned Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some highlights from Rozell that and a few of thousands of science bites offered at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The meeting is held every December in San Francisco.

The dark waters of the entire SAN FRANCISCO Arctic Ocean have absorbed the sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rays at a rate that has t this annual gathering of increased five percent since more than 20,000 Earth and space scientists, press 2000, detectors on satellites have conferences offered by the orgashown. No other place on Earth nizers feature scientists discussis showing a similar increase in ing everything from Mars rovers absorbing solar radiation, said whiffing methane to Christmas Norman Loeb of NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Langley lights visible from space. One Research Center. press conference that has for a The Beaufort Sea north of few years had a recurring slot at Alaska and western Canada has

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A revelation that surprised reporters: in 2014 the Greenland ice sheet showed no overall loss of ice mass. The island retained its bulk because of more snow accumulation in some areas and less melt in others, said Marco Tedesco of the National Science Ned Rozell photo/Yukon News Foundation. This news came a An Arctic landscape north of the Brooks Range in Alaska. day after scientists revealed they Many scientists talked about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arctic amplificationâ&#x20AC;? of warm- found lakes buried by snow on ing signals at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Greenland and an â&#x20AC;&#x153;aquiferâ&#x20AC;? of Union in San Francisco. free water beneath the ice lining the southeast and northwest absorbed heat at a much greater the Gulf of Alaska were warmer rate than the Arctic Ocean as a than any his team had measured coasts. All that water may be ripening Greenland for extreme whole. Sea ice melting in greater in the previous 16 years. melting. amounts in June, July and August Since 2000, the Arctic Ocean Some changes in the Arctic, allows the ocean to capture has lost 541,000 square miles of such as Greenland ice remaining heat that would have otherwise what scientists call multi-year stable, were not dramatic in 2014, bounced off ice. ice that has survived more than but scientists said the overall Scientists also found ocean one summer and is more than temperatures near the surface are nine feet thick. Newer, thinner ice warming trend is unmistakable.

Martin Jeffries, a sea-ice expert increasing one degree Fahrenheit has re-filled that space in winper decade in the Chukchi Sea ter. Because the younger ice will who worked at UAFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Geophysicnorthwest of Alaska. That is one melt more quickly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re set up al Institute before taking his of the fastest rates measured on to lose a lot more ice now,â&#x20AC;? said diplomatic skills to Washington, the planet.

Walt Meier, a sea ice expert with D.C. said he hopes people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Recent short-term measureNASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Goddard Space Flight need yearly catastrophes to realments are even more extreme.

Center. At its peak coverage in ize a long-term shift is underway.

In Bering Strait west of Wales, September 2014, sea ice coverage Jeffries, now Arctic Science the sea-surface temperature in on top of the globe was the sixth Advisor for the Office of Naval August 2014 was more than 7 lowest since satellite observations Research, said he hopes one thing degrees warmer than the averbecame possible in 1979. comes out of the U.S.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-year age for the last 30 years. This fall, Tied to a lack of sea ice and assignment in 2015 leading the UAF researcher Russell Hoscroft warmer temperatures, the weight Arctic Council, a political entity reported ocean temperatures in of tundra vegetation increased focusing on the Arctic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe we can raise awareness that we are an Arctic nation and the Arctic does matter to what people in Alaska call the Lower 48.â&#x20AC;?

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Beware the invitation with hidden agenda acceptance, are issued hosting responsibilities, such as bringing the food or paying a restaurant bill.

If frankly offered, these opportunities might be welcomed.

But prior warning -- like highway

by Judith signage announcing falling rocks -- offers the opportunity to take Martin another road. Or at least to close the sunroof.

Miss Manners believes that a guest’s commitment to an invitation, once accepted, is generally raud on the social scene! It binding. But she leaps to protect has come to Miss Manners’ guests who discover that a pertiattention that invitations nent -- and perhaps unpleasant that are deliberately and shock-- fact was omitted when the inviingly misleading are being issued tation was issued and accepted. to unsuspecting people.

There are ways to rescind an She does not mean to justify acceptance once such a hidimperious guests who are outden purpose is revealed. One raged if the hosts fail to cede them may firmly state a refusal to end control over the menu, the time, mourning and to “move on” by the dress code and the remainder considering a new romance. One of the guest list. Nor does she may claim sudden indisposiblame hosts who are unaware of tion without specifying that the their guests’ legitimate restricindisposition came on at the tions, although it is prudent, these prospect of home theatricals. One days, to ask if such exist. can explain that one’s disposable Rather, she is thinking of dinincome already goes to charities ners that turn out, upon arrival, or candidates of one’s own choice. to be fundraisers; outings whose One may plead to be excused secret purpose is unauthorized because of an inability to comply matchmaking; and parties with with the shopping and cooking unannounced amateur entertain- assignment. ment programs, even if those do But when there has been no not star resident children. Most warning at all, compliance cannot outrageous are the total baitalways be avoided. The correct and-switch invitations by which response will vary depending hospitality has been apparently upon whether one is being pelted extended to those who, upon with pebbles or boulders. It may

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be possible to demur when asked for a donation at an unexpected fundraising party.

But when an invitation to a restaurant party turns out to be pay-for-yourself (and perhaps even chip in for the purported host), Miss Manners will not allow a fuss that ruins whatever good feelings may have accumulated before the nasty surprise finish. The hapless non-guest should pay the bill and consider the relationship paid off, with no further obligations. At least it will be clear what lies down the road when the next invitation arrives.

verse affect on either your social calendar or what you generously call a friendship.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a small, intimate funeral service for the elderly mother of a close friend, held in a chapel at the cemetery, I noticed the woman next to me reading something on her cellphone, after which she began texting.

I looked at her as she was doing this, and she stopped typing and, I thought, put the device away.

As the service progressed, however, she continually pulled the device out again and started DEAR MISS MANNERS: I texting. This happened throughhave a friend who calls or comes by only when she has no one else out the service. Beyond the fact that it was unbelievably rude to to hang out with.

We’ve known each other for 13 do this in a church setting, let years and have gone out together alone a funeral service, it was very distracting. only two times that I can recall.

I was tempted to do a number She asks me to do things with of things, including asking her her, then makes plans with other to put the device away or even people and doesn’t even let me know that she changed her plans, changing seats, but I just kept quiet and endured her rudeness. so I get stuck sitting around trying to come up with something to What should one do in these situations? When is using such a do all day. device considered bad manners?

I want to say something, but I GENTLE READER: Suggestdon’t know how to say it without ing that “You might find it less sounding hurtful or resentful. distracting to text outside” has the What do you suggest? advantage of ambiguity: If said GENTLE READER: “I’m so sorry, I’m busy.” If you have gone politely, it might seem to offer sympathy over annoyance caused out only twice in 13 years, Miss by trying to read and write while Manners assures you that this surrounded by mourners. answer is unlikely to have an ad-

Miss Manners prefers this to drawing attention to the fact that this person’s dinner plans are more important to her than a friend’s mother’s death and the grief of the bereaved.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My son’s girlfriend’s mother asked my son if he wanted to “come over for Thanksgiving dinner.” I am amazed that she would invite him away from his own family on a day that has traditionally been reserved for family, although I understand that this holiday does include friends as well. However, I would like to know the proper way to handle this.

GENTLE READER: Handle what? As Miss Manners understands it, you were not invited.

The only thing you have to handle is your son, if you are not happy with his decision.

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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Former Yukon ski champ returns to win Sima rail jam

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Graydon Keenan catches air off the canon at the 2014 Yukon Freestyle Ski Rail Jam at Mount Sima on Saturday. Thirty skiers and snowboarders took part in the annual event. Inset, third place open male Kyran Allen rides the rail.

Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse’s Miguel Rodden has been wowing crowds in Whistler, B.C., as of late. But he was back on old stomping grounds to regain a title last weekend.

The multi-time Yukon champ took first place in the open men’s division at the 2014 Yukon Freestyle Ski Rail Jam, hosted by the Yukon Freestyle Ski Association on Saturday at Mount Sima.

The 21-year-old won the masters division of the rail jam at the end of 2012.

“It was really fun. It’s good to shred with the Yukon homies,” said Rodden. “It’s good to see them, they are getting a lot better. It was a good competition – everyone killed it.”

This ski season Rodden has been performing in the Whistler resort’s Fire and Ice Show, a

weekly show for tourists in which snowboarders and skiers – including Rodden – jump through a ring of fire.

He took first on Saturday with a nose butter 450 onto the rail and a pretzel 270 off.

“I’ve done it before, but not many times,” said Rodden.

Judges had their work cut out for them. Rodden finished just one point over second place’s Ettienne Geoffroy, the rail jam’s defending champ. Geoffroy won Yukon’s first-ever gold medal – and three gold in total – at the Canadian Junior Freestyle Skiing Championships last March.

Anna Smith made it two in a row on Saturday. Smith, who won silver and bronze at the 2010 B.C. championships, defended her title from last year with a 270 out of the double barrel set up.

“I’ve never seen her do it before, and she was landing perfect,” said Stu Robinson, head coach

of the Yukon Freestyle Ski Team.

“She even went for a 450 as well.”

Snowboarders were back in the mix after being absent from last year’s rail jam.

Tim Schirmer, 16, rode the rails to a first place finish in open male with a back 360 on to 180 out on the rail.

“I don’t have much to say about it, it was just a fun competition,” said Schirmer. “There were a lot of good guys out there, a good vibe.

“I’m excited I won. There were a lot of hard tricks out there.”

Schirmer has been named to Yukon’s snowboard team for the Canada Winter Games this February in Prince George, B.C., along with third place’s Adam Waddington and fifth place’s Esa Suominen.

Schirmer won a silver and two bronze in juvenile male at the 2014 Arctic Winter Games last March.

Yukon’s freestyle ski team hasn’t been named yet, but Robinson is confident it’ll be a strong one.

“There were some really technical tricks out there today,” said Robinson. “It was difficult to judge because it was really close.”

Results Under-12 ski 1st Louis Mouchet 2nd Cole Beaman 3rd Bjorn Boone 4th Axel Anderson Under-15 ski 1st Evyn Dinn 2nd Argus Huggard 3rd Milan Lapres 4th Logan Kruse 5th Jacob Finton 6th Isaac Pumprey 7th Anthony Barteaux Open female ski 1st Anna Smith

2nd Lyndsey Boorse Open male ski 1st Miguel Rodden 2nd Etienne Geoffroy 3rd Kyran Allen 4th Aidan Allen 5th Josh Harlow 5th Dylan Reed 7th Niko Rodden 8th Sam Schirmer Masters male ski 1st Steven Harlow Open male snowboard 1st Tim Schirmer 2nd Graydon Keenan 3rd Adam Waddington 4th Tyler Koenen 5th Esa Suominen Mixed youth snowboard 1st Sam Mather 2nd Crystal Legoffe 3rd Ethan Davy Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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“It was really fun. It’s good to shred with the Yukon homies. It’s good to see them, they are getting a lot better. It was a good competition – everyone killed it.”

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Niko Rodden shows his stuff as competitors look on. Left, second place’s Etienne Geoffroy goes off the barrels.

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Tyler Koenen launches off the canon.

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Female Mustangs faceoff against alumni

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Mustangs alumni Adrianne Dewhurst handles the puck as Shania Hogan defends.

swap their Mustangs jerseys for Team Yukon ones come the Canada Winter Games this February in Prince George, B.C. Many of the visiting alumni Tom Patrick/Yukon News played for Yukon at the 2007 and Female Mustangs goalie Maya Oakley attempts a save during an alumni game at the Canada 2011 Canada Games. Hearing Games Centre on Monday. The Whitehorse team played three games against former their stories about those Games Mustangs players. has helped prepare current play(Tamara) Greek, (Linsey) Eby, About a dozen alumni, many Tom Patrick ers for the task next month, said News Reporter (Ashtyn) Sandulak – are playing Mustangs defenceman Sophie of whom went on to play at the junior hockey. (Lynsey) Keaton, Janke. post-secondary and junior level he Female Mustangs got (Chantal) Rivest played university “Some of them went to the after the Mustangs, took part in some holiday game time with hockey. So it was fast hockey and Canada Winter Games in 2007 the games. sisterly guidance thanks to some and 2011, so some of them told it was good for us getting ready “It was fun to see the older visiting players home for the for Canada Games. Hopefully we us their stories,” said Janke. “We girls play and it was good to see Christmas break. see how they play and they’re our girls elevate their games to be can do this every year.”

The Whitehorse rep team Saturday’s game went 5-1 in fa- really good to compare ourselves able to play them in a tight game,” took part in three alumni games vour of the alumni squad. Sunday to because our competition at the against past Mustangs players on said Mustangs head coach Louis Canada Winter Games will be the finished at 9-4 for the Mustangs Saturday, Sunday and Monday, at Bouchard. same thing.” with four goals from captain “Some of these girls – the Canada Games Centre.

Before joining the Whitehorse Sierra Oakley. Monday’s game rep organization in 2011, the ended 3-1 for the alumni.

Mustangs were the Northern “It went well. The first two Avalanche. games, I thought we had a better Bouchard’s daughter Alex, who series; we played better,” said Bouplayed in the alumni games, was chard. “Today, I don’t think we instrumental in creating the team. came out with our best game.”

“I went to the Canada Winter As for Sunday’s win, “If they played like that the whole season, Games in 2007 and after 2007 my team kind of split up and nobody we’d kill every team we play,” he wanted to play any more, so I added. decided to start with the younger In addition to representing Message to all girls,” said Alex. “Some of the Whitehorse, the rep team will

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girls who were on the ice today, I taught how to skate and got them started. When I went to university my dad took over.”

“We loved it,” she added about the weekend. “It was really nice to come back and play the girls most of us have played with or watched growing up. They have our colours, are repping for the girls, and playing against the guys and winning.”

Of course, with more experience under their belts, many of the alumni had pearls of wisdom to pass down to the current Mustangs players, even if it meant being a little rougher around the boards.

“It was funny. We’d be in the boards and we’d tell them to push us harder, or to take a shot. It was really fun,” said Alex. “We’ve talked to them and they know what to expect for Canada Games, so I think they’ll do really well.”

“I think we started communicating better on the ice,” said Janke. “One thing they do a lot is talk all the time. Our players are more shy, but when we saw that they were talking and yelling on the ice, we started doing that too.”

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Scoregasms win Xmas tourney in OT thriller

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Multiple Scoregasms’ Travis Olynyk is chased by a pair of Team Lars players at the Christmas Soccer Tournament at Vanier Catholic Secondary on Sunday. The Scoregasms took first with an overtime win.

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he Multiple Scoregasms had a fantastic (gulp) climax to the 11th annual Christmas Soccer Tournament on Sunday.

The team won the men’s division with a thrilling 4-3 overtime win over Team Lars in front of a packed house at Vanier Catholic Secondary School.

“It was just a great tournament,” said Scoregasms captain Kurtis Hills. “The boys played great. There wasn’t really one standout player. We played as a team and it was awesome to see.

“Our first game was a little

shaky, but in our second and third game we started to come together and work well. Our defence played great, our forwards played great. Our keeper (Dominic Korn) had two shutouts this tournament. I couldn’t ask for a better performance from them.

“The reffing, the organization – everything was just great this weekend.”

It took two overtimes to decide the final. Four minutes into the second five-minute overtime, Scoregasms’ Robin Smith took a cross-field pass in front of the Lars net and sent home the gamewinner.

The Scoregasms went un-

defeated in the tournament with a tie in the round robin.

Team Lars, who were the defending champs at the tournament, went 1-1-1 in the round robin before a win in the semi and the loss in the final.

“We’re not very disappointed.

I’m always happy to make it to the final,” said captain Lars Jessup.

“They were a strong team. We played our game, but just couldn’t get one in overtime. It would have been our advantage to go to a shoot out.”

“A bad line change in overtime, that’s what killed us,” he added.

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Fallowing the final, Boris Hoefs was named tournament MVP, Sam Lindsay was named top goal scorer and Michael Hare top goalkeeper, none of whom played for the champion Scoregasms.

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Team Lars drew first blood in the final with Nick Locke scoring two minutes in on a free-kick.

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Yukon Selects’ Kurtis Hills winds up as Academy’s Owen Hedstrom-Langford attempts to block during the men’s match at the Selects Annual Christmas Soccer Showcase on Dec. 22. Above, Academy’s Camille Galloway, and Selects’ Katie Lowey vie for the ball in the women’s match.

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petition week in, week out,” said Selects men’s coach Spencer Rich.

“It’s so hard to have that in the hitehorse soccer fans Yukon, but if we could get this received an early present going once a month, once every of high-octane soccer action just six months, it would be really before Christmas. beneficial to all the players.”

The Canada Games Centre’s The showcase kicked off with Fieldhouse stands were packed as a women’s match between the Yukon’s top soccer players took Yukon Selects and the younger part in the 2014 Selects Annual U20 Academy Girls.

Christmas Soccer Showcase on After the Academy jumped out Dec. 22. to a 3-1 lead, the Selects caught The main feature of the evenup with a pair of goals, ending it ing was a pair of short matches in a 3-3 tie. between the Yukon Selects and “We like to do the Selects Total Soccer Excellence Academy against the younger girls,” said players with former and current Selects goalkeeper Emily Hoefs.

Canada Games players, post“It’s great training for the younger secondary players and national girls and it’s a great way for the team players – a real who’s who of older girls to still have opportunYukon’s elite. ities to play.”

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goal from Amy Vermeulen – her second of the match – in extra time. Selects forward Laura Whitty also scored.

Putting the Academy on the board was Thea Carey with two goals and Sam Wintemute with one.

“The comeback was really good,” said Selects’ Megan Lanigan. “We fought to the end having no subs. We had two or three subs and they had an army.

“When I’m in Victoria (at university), I always look forward to playing in these tournaments.

Seeing all these girls and hearing about what they did at university – I love it.”

Following some short U10 Strikers half-time show matches, the Yukon Selects men took on the U20 Boys Academy team.

With four goals in the final eight minutes, the Selects ran away with a 5-0 win over the Academy.

“It took them 15 minutes for the Selects to gel and once they gelled, we figured out what (the Academy) was doing: they were pushing three up, so they were trying to compress us in. Once we rotated our defender to make the runs down the left, it created opportunities and we managed to get odd-man opportunities and score some goals,” said Rich.

“Their goalie (Timber Schroff) kept them in it. He made some good saves.”

Scoring for the Selects was Stephen Dynes with two, plus goals from Harrison Kwok, Caleb Kelly and Dom Pehar.

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It runs year-round for male and female players ages 8 to 20.

“Three years ago Victor (Lavanderos) and I started an academy, Total Soccer Excellence Academy,” said showcase organizer Jake Hanson. “We started with kids training twice a week pretty much year round. Last year it was three times and this year it’s four times a week.

“So the kids come up here after school, or at Porter Creek outdoor in the summer time, and it’s primarily kids who are in the Strikers club or who are playing for the Yukon rep teams that want more soccer, more development.”

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Academy’s Callum Wood-Ryan, bottom, lines up a header as Selects’ Dom Pehar looks on.

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Academy goalkepper Timber Schroff makes a save.

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U10 Strikers play a short half-time match.

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Charlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angels repeat at holiday soccer tournament to put in an older girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team every year and we typically meet Charlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angels in the final,â&#x20AC;? his past holiday season there said Oldies captain Emily Hoefs. were angels at the tops of trees â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are friendly old grudges, and at the top of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a team weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy to division in the Christmas Soccer lose to, tie with or win â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whatever Tournament in Whitehorse. the outcome is. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always fun to Charlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angels defended their play in this tournament together.â&#x20AC;? title at the 11th annual event at Emilyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Team defeated Charlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vanier Catholic Secondary School Angels 5-1 in the round robin on Sunday. and jumped out to a 3-0 lead in â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was so much fun. This the final with goals from Laura tournament is always a highlight Whitty, Susan Whitty and Sam coming back from university,â&#x20AC;?

Wintemute. Angelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lanigan said Angelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Megan Lanigan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The and Camille Galloway found the Christmas tournament is always back of the net before the end of excellent.â&#x20AC;? the half and Galloway scored a Charlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angels, named for coach Charly Kelly, took first place minute into the second to tie it 3-3. with a 6-4 come-from-behind â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the second half we decided win over the Golden Oldies (a.k.a. to pull it together, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get a win Emilyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Team) in the final. out of this, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go out on a high The Angels, which included note,â&#x20AC;? said Lanigan. many players from a long-time Galloway, who finished the rep team that competed at the game with three goals, was 2013 Canada Summer Games, the tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top scorer in defeated Emilyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Team 9-2 in last the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s division. Lanigan yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final. finished the final with two goals â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Whitty sisters and I like Tom Patrick News Reporter

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2 PS2, $90 ea, PS1 portable, $75, 2 Game Boy colours, $45 & $50, Wii controller $10.

334-8873 PIONEER FEATHER-LITE parka, menʼs sz med, like new, $175, snowmobile suit, unisex down insulated, $75. 633-3053 PERSIAN CARPET, Habibian Nain, creme/blue, tan, red trim, 600 knots psi, 5'X8', bought mid-east, appraised, documented, offers, great in L/R, dining rm, home, cabin, 867-456-4109. herbeeking@hotmail.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Heavy Equipment Operator II

Department of Highways & Public Works Salary: $32.15 per hour

Closing Date: January 9, 2015 RequisiƟon: #6838

For viewing all jobs, please go to

www.employment.gov.yk.ca “CommiƩed to employment equity” Public Service Commission (867) 667-5834

#201A-1191 FRONT STREET, WHITEHORSE, YUKON, CANADA Y1A 0K5 TEL: 867-633-8972 FAX: 867-456-7139 EMAIL: INFO@VUNTUT.COM

Executive Administrator JOB SUMMARY: Reporting to the Vuntut Gwitchin Limited Partnership (VGLP) CEO, this position is responsible for providing a broad range of analytical and administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer and the Property Manager positions. This position shall be responsible for the supervision of general accounting, accounts receivable, collection and payroll of VGLP. The Administrative Officer will also ensure the legal and regulatory compliance for all VGLP accounting and financial reporting functions. As well this position will assist in fostering good public relations with citizens, staff and other governments, industries and organizations with whom VGLP conducts business.

MAIN DUTIES: s Maintain office clerical, filing and record keeping systems s Assist the CEO, as directed, with the background research and drafting of funding proposals s Preparation for yearend audit s Bill payments and/or invoicing to associated companies s Conduct seasonal/term recruitments on behalf of VGLP s Makes logistical arrangements for Board meetings including the preparation and distribution of agendas, related reference materials and meeting minutes set for approval s Preparation of a wide range of reports, correspondence, discussion papers, written recommendations and other relevant documentation pertaining to Board Activities. s Maintain filing systems (hard copy and electronic) ensuring all records and documentation is fully accessible and properly stored. s Preparation and publication of VGLP communications s Other related duties as reasonably required EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: BA or equivalent undergraduate degree in field related to Finance, Public Administration and Business or equivalent experience with accounting systems, budgets, internal controls, business planning, and asset management. Minimum of 3 years’ experience within a medium to large organization at a senior level.

FOR A COMPLETE JOB DESCRIPTION & PAYSCALE PLEASE CONTACT: BRENDA BINGHAM, at info@vuntut.com CLOSES JANUARY 15, 2015

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GAS POWERED 225 amp Hobart arc welder, 17hp Kohler engine, mounted on 4-wheeled wagon, $1,200 obo. 633-6502 IBEX VALLEY GREENHOUSE AND GIFTS 800 thread count Egyptian cotton sheet sets King, Queen, Double, Twin, 12 colours Purses and Fairy Garden Decor Free delivery to Whitehorse 335-2210 or 633-4415

33 CC ice auger, as new, $225 obo.

633-6502 IPHONE 4S, good condition, Bell or Virgin mobile free of contract, $225. 334-6087 WOODWORKING TOOLS, Porter Cable 890Z combi router, accessories & bits $295, Dewalt laminate trimmer, $70, Makita power planer, $90, Veritas hand planes/scrapers, 2 for $120. 668-7361

Skookum Jim Friendship Centre WE ARE HIRING TWO STAFF

Facilitators for Drop-in Art Space We are hiring staff to participate in facilitating a drop-in art space for youth ages 15-25. The positions are full-time term positions and will run from date of hire to March 31. The starting wage is $20.50/hr. The purpose of this project is to provide participants with support, space, materials and time to explore, learn and create within an encouraging and safe atmosphere.

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t ,OPXMFEHF PG DPNNVOJUZ TFSWJDFT t "CJMJUZ UP LFFQ PSHBOJ[FE SFDPSET BOE XSJUF SFQPSUT t &OUIVTJBTUJD BCPVU ZPVUI FOHBHFNFOU BOE FNQPXFSNFOU 104*5*0/4 "3& 01&/ 6/5*- '*--&% #: 46*5"#-& $"/%*%"5& Please send resumĂŠ and letter of interest to Marney Paradis, Executive Director. sjfcexecutive@northwestel.net or in person at 3159 3rd Avenue.

Skookum Jim Friendship Centre 3159-3rd Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1G1 Phone: 867-633-7680 | Fax: 867-668-4460 www.skookumjim.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015

CRAFT, HOBBY, ribbon supplies, dinosaur diarama, resist step exerciser, pocket charts, 36X30 Levi jeans, new & used, HO starter set tracks. 667-7144 STERLING SILVER spoon collection from different parts of the world in 4 beautiful wood display cases w/glass sliding doors.

333-9020 5-DRAWER PLASTIC tower on wheels, $12, Brita water filter pitchers, 2 & 4 L, $12 & $7, 18â&#x20AC;? men's silver necklace, 3-chain braided design in box, $80. 334-3698 GENERATORS, VARIOUS, prices negotiable, compressor, $200 obo. 334-6043 DISABLED ELECTRIC wheelchair, completely redone, new tires as well as spares, $2,500 obo. 334-6043 BEAVER MITTENS, all hand-crafted, warm, $500 obo. 334-6043 HPI MICRO RSY Mustang, like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bullitâ&#x20AC;?, drift or on road tires, has no charger, good cond, $200 obo. 334-6519 16 X 24 steel garage, Future Building, in Whitehorse, new, still in box, $11,000.

333-5247

TVs & Stereos BLU RAY movies, $5 ea, XBox, older model, hardly used, $200 obo. 334-6043

Computers & Accessories

STAINLESS STEEL mesh chandelier, very modern, beautiful, was $450 + shipping new, asking $300. 633-4139 TV HBO series Rome, seasons 1 & 2, $45 per season, asking $65 for both, Season 2 still in wrapper. 333-0915 MEN'S QUALITY down jacket, like new, black, size 3X, $45. 393-3682

Electrical Appliances PROPANE CLOTHES dryer, heavy duty, Kenwood, brand new, $1,200. 334-8335

Store (867) 633-3276

Musical Instruments FENDER SQUIRE, amp & guitar, new strings, good cond, almost new, $350 obo.

334-6519

The Recreation and Parks Association of the Yukon (RPAY): is a not for proďŹ t organization that works to empower communities to support Yukoners to lead an active, healthy lifestyle through recreation and parks.

Job Posting: RPAY is hiring a Projects Coordinator in a full time term position that will end on March 31st, 2019.

This four-year position requires a 37.5 hour workweek and will commence in late January / early February 2015. The starting salary is $23.70 per hour and includes 8% vacation pay and sick days pro-rated at a rate of 1 day per month.

Position Responsibilities: include the coordination and management of speciďŹ c projects and the provision of administrative/ofďŹ ce tasks.

Other related duties include providing support for RPAY staff and contractors and maintaining the RPAY website.

QualiďŹ cations: applicants should have excellent writing skills in English, be able to work well with people, have a valid Yukon Drivers License and a willingness and availability to travel to rural Yukon communities.

A degree, diploma or equivalent experience in a ďŹ eld related to parks and recreation, two years of related ofďŹ ce coordination/ receptionist work, excellent computer skills, event planning and management, good interpersonal and customer service skills, and the ability to manage and maintain a client or membership database are also desired.

Applications: please submit a letter of interest and current resume to the Recreation and Parks Association of the Yukon (RPAY).

Applications should be dropped off or mailed to RPAY at 4061 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1H1.

Deadline: Applications must be received by 4:00 pm on Friday, January 16th, 2015. Successful applicants will be invited to participate in an interview.

Information: Copies of the Job Descriptions are available for pick up at Sport Yukon. For more information please contact Anne Morgan at 668-2389 after January 5th, 2015.

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; Scheduled or next day delivery

MasterCard

Cheque, Cash

Stringed instrument repair and fine furniture restoration

Erica Heyligers * luthier 104 Tungsten Rd., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6T9

867-668-3408 erica@northwestel.net PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com YAMAHA CLAVINOVA piano model CVP509, check wonderful features on Internet, perfect for beginners or advanced players, over $9,000 in stores, asking $6,200.

Serge 667-2196 after 5pm WANTED: OLD Fender guitar amplifiers that do not work. Steve at 867-393-4744 or fourmusic@northwestel.net

www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

Job Posting

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC.

WII GAME console with multiple controllers, approx. 20 games & Wiifit board, $125 obo.

633-6711 after 4:30

Employment Opportunity

Projects Coordinator

Firewood

EPSON POWERLITE HomeCinema 720p projector + 120" screen, new lamp, 10,000:1 contrast ratio for great colours, exc cond, $795 obo. 336-4168

AIR NORTH plane tickets for last-minute travelers, $500 return + airport improvement fees. For details 668-6257 or janjes@northwestel.net

HANDMADE CULTURED brick, rustic manner, 1/2" thick, 2 boxes of flats & 1 box of corners, $250 takes all, $150 per box.

633-4139

CLARINET, $300. 334-8873

WHITE IPAD Mini 2 Retina 16GB 3G + WiFi, new in box, unused, selling for $75 cheaper than AppleStore, c/w aluminum bumper case worth $50. 336-4168

SINGER PROFINISH serger, perfect for finishing and hemming your sewing projects, $400 obo. 633-6085

HAND-CRAFTED LOG bed, new, can be seen in Tagish, $350. 867-399-3904 aft 6pm

Guitar/Bass and Music Theory Lessons with Jim Holland in the Takhini Hot Springs area starting in January 2015.

Beginners to intermediate Call for times and prices 867-335-0396

Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capacity through education and training.

Integrated Business Manager Student & Infrastructure Support Ayamdigut(Whitehorse) Campus Permanent Position Based on75 hours bi-weekly Salary: $62,200 to $74,057 per annum Initial Review Date: January 6, 2015 Competition No.: 14.137

As the Integrated Business Manager you will be a key member of the Student & Infrastructure Support (SIS) Departmental OHDGHUVKLS WHDP <RX ZLOO VXSSRUW WKH HIĂ&#x20AC;FLHQW DQG VPRRWK delivery of all SIS services by providing a wide range of senior OHYHO DGPLQLVWUDWLYH Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO DQG VWXGHQW VXSSRUW IRU WKH department, and by providing leadership and supervision to the Welcome Centre and Telecom services.

We are seeking a self-motivated individual with strong customer service, problem solving and business management skills.

The successful candidate will have a relevant bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GHJUHH LQ D UHODWHG Ă&#x20AC;HOG FRPELQHG ZLWK FRPSOHWLRQ RI administrative post secondary coursework. Previous experience supervising staff and providing senior level DGPLQLVWUDWLYH DQG Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO VXSSRUW LV UHTXLUHG Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca

S.A. vouchers accepted.

DONĘźS FIREWOOD SERVICE â&#x20AC;˘Single cord specialist â&#x20AC;˘Wood stockpiled in Whitehorse for quick daily deliveries â&#x20AC;˘Social Services accepted 393-4397 CB FIREWOOD $250/cord $240/cord for multiple cords of 4 or more 335-4065 or 633-3086 QUALITY DRY FIREWOOD $250 per cord Leave message for David 332-1300 DUKE'S FIREWOOD Round Firewood Multiples of 2 cords, $250/cord Round 6 cord load, $230/cord Cash sales only 334-8122 DRY SPRUCE FIREWOOD Cut to length 16â&#x20AC;? and up From Haines Junction Local delivery $250 per cord 456-2035 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 DJG CONTRACTING Delivering single/multiple cord orders cut to length 20 cords in tree length Pick up in Whitehorse or Haines Junction Call or text David at 332-8327 EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery â&#x20AC;˘ Dry accurate cords â&#x20AC;˘ Clean shavings available â&#x20AC;˘ VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise.

ORDER NOW 456-7432

Guns & Bows LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL 2011 SAKO Model 75 stainless synthetic 30-06 with Sako Optilock rings and bases, Limbsaver recoil pad, shoots 1'' groups, 7 3/8lbs, new $2,050 asking $1,500 obo.

336-0007 LEE ENFIELD No4 Mk1, professional conversion to .308 win, new .308 bbl, no finish, new bolt parts, new synthetic stock, scope mount, no sights, no magazine, $500, PAL req'd. 667-2276 LEE ENFIELD No1 Mk III* SMLE, sporterized wood, aftermarket Lyman sight, full length bbl, new camo finish with clearcoat, good cond, $340, PAL req'd. 667-2276

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015 COMPOUND BOW, hardly used, need to sell, $350 obo. 334-6043 HUSQVARNA RIFLE, 1980 Carl Gustaf 270 Winchester Nitro w/Leupold M8-4X scope, Monte Carlo oiled walnut stock w/shoulder strap, exc cond, $1,195 obo. 334-2418

Wanted NORTHERN LITE truck camper to fit Nissan short box, will consider other campers to fit same. 633-2272 eves WANTED: BOTTLES and Cans. Twas the weeks around Christmas, and a reminder though short, as you empty those bottles, bring them to Raven and help support

2011 C H E V R O L E T Aveo LT, 5-dr, 14,500km, 4-spd auto, P/W, P/L, A/C, 4 stud tires installed, 4 season tires, remote keyless entry w/alarm, still under warranty, $9,500.

332-9457 1997 CHRYSLER Cirrus LX(I), auto, good running cond, 2 studded winter tires/4 summer tires on rims, clean leather interior, new alternator, 205,000km, $1,900 obo.

660-4646 2013 HYUNDAI Genesis Coupe, 2.0T, fully loaded, 6-spd standard w/cargo tray, winter front mats, new winter tires/rims, oil pan heater, 12,000 kms, $27,500 obo. 334-9039 2003 ACURA MDX, fully loaded, all wheel drive, $5,800 obo. 333-0049

2007 KIA Spectra 5, 5-spd manual, fully maintained highway commuter, loaded, extra studded tires on rims, 153,000 km, $5,000.

667-2276 2003 CHEV Cavalier, 4-cyl, 5-spd standard, exc running cond, $800 obo. Wayne @ 456-7707

WANTED: DOUBLE doors, interior & exterior. 334-6868 or 668-3011

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25,995

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2014 Nissan 4x4 PathďŹ nder SL STOCK # 7388A PRICE: $41,940 PROMO:

$

36,900

2008 Toyota Rav4 Limited STOCK # 7561A PRICE: $31,300

1993 DODGE Neon, 4-cyl, auto, runs but needs fuel filter, $500. 335-9796 1993 SUNBIRD, 4-cyl, auto, runs but needs coil, $250. 335-9796

Teslin Tlingit Council INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR

Aboriginal Rights & Title Researcher

19,495

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2011 Toyota Tundra SR5 STOCK # 7501B PRICE: $39,199 PROMO:

27,795

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1979 LINCOLN Mark V, black w/red interior, new Michelins, $1,500; parts car also available, 1975 Cadillac hearse, 501 engine, runs great, $1,000; 1960 Falcon wagon, good glass/interior. 250-651-7773

Trucks 1997 FORD F-350, 4x4, DRW, auto, diesel 7.3L, regular cab flat deck w/jockey box, flip up hitch for goose neck, low miles, clean good work truck, $7,500 obo. 334-5182

In.Business Project Manager â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Yukon

Reference # INB1501 The Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies at CBU invites applications for the position of In.Business Project Manager - Yukon. This position will commence February 2015 and end in November 2017 with the possibility of renewal (subject to budgetary approval). CBU will entertain the possibility of a secondment arrangement.

This position will be based at Yukon College and will work with and represent the Purdy Crawford Chair team in the Yukon. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and delivery of the In.Business Program - a business network for Indigenous youth - in the Yukon program. Please visit our website to view the full job description â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.cbu.ca/employment.

THIS IS A 12-MONTH TERM POSITION The Aboriginal Rights & Title Researcher will report directly to the Implementation & Negotiations Director, and work closely with TTCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal advisers, Executive Director, Dakhlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;awèdi Executive Councillor, Lands & Resources Department and the Heritage Department as well as with TTC Elders and Citizens.

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PROMO:

1993 VOLVO 750, 4-cyl, auto, runs good, $1,200. 335-9796

2003 HONDA Accord, 4 dr, auto, fully loaded, sunroof, leather seats, power everything, studded winter tires, higher mileage but well maintained, $4,900. 333-0747

WANTED: FRENCH speaker to practice with for 2-3 hours between Jan 1-6, 2015. I will buy the coffee, pay $25-50 (DOE) for the lessons. I am an absolute beginner. Email katherine.annelise@gmail.com.

WANTED: TO do housesitting from February 9 until May 15, 2015 during tax season, preferably in Whitehorse, 63-year-old. 335-0107

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To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to: HR & Staff Development OfďŹ cer Workforce Development Teslin Tlingit Council Box 133, Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 f. 867.390.2176 humanresources@ttc-teslin.com Closing Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 **NO LATER THAN 4:00PM** TTC HIRING POLICY WILL BE IN EFFECT.

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Human Resources Department Tel: (902) 563-1158 Fax: (902) 563-1458 E-mail: humanresources@ns.aliantzinc.ca P.O. Box 5300, 1250 Grand Lake Road Sydney, NS Canada B1P 6L2

Please visit our website to view the full posting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.cbu.ca/employment.

www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

Employment Opportunity

Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capacity through education and training.

Instructor/Coordinator

Alice Frost (Old Crow) Community Campus School of Community Education and Development Term position from: January 26, 2015 to June 30, 2015 Salary: $74,096 to $88,204 per annum Based on 75 hours bi-weekly Initial Review Date: January 5, 2015 Competition No.: 14.141 The School of Community Education and Development (SCED) is looking for a multi-skilled individual who takes a community minded, active and engaged approach to working with and meeting community goals for its Alice Frost Community Campus.

The position requires the successful candidate to take a selfreliant, independent approach to living in our most northerly community.

Embracing their traditional lifestyle, Old Crow Is home to the Vuntut Gwitchin and is located above the Arctic Circle, 770 km north of Whitehorse and is only accessible by air. The community of 300 is situated on the banks of the Porcupine River and is accessible only by air. It supports a traditional lifestyle through gathering what nature provides. It has a strong culture with rich traditions which provides an active and engaging community for its residents.

The campus works in partnership with the Vuntut Gwitchin to offer programs, accredited courses, and workshops to meet community needs. As an Instructor/Coordinator, you will work ZLWK WKH FRPPXQLW\ WR KHOS GHĂ&#x20AC;QH FRRUGLQDWH DQG LPSOHPHQW community training needs. This will include assessing community needs, developing programming with the assistance of the SCED, providing instruction in a variety of adult basic education courses, student support and program advising, administrative support, and developing community relations.

The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree in a related discipline, experience teaching adults, working with First Nation organizations, and community development. Candidates with an acceptable combination of education and community development experience may also be considered.

Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca

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2010 FORD Escape, red, lots of extras, 89,000kms, exc cond, great SUV, 3-yr extended warranty incl, $14,700. 867-536-2227 2010 NISSAN X-trail, black, 67,000 km, vg shape, call or text 867-689-1279 2008 TOYOTA Tundra, 99,000km, extended warranty, remote start, air gags, and belly bars, great tires, regularly serviced at dealership, have records. 335-1713 or kmarchuk@hotmail.com

LOST

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t Granger, neutered male, DMH, brown tabby with white patch under chin, no collar, answers to Moo, Contact Kim @ 336-1416 t Alsek, Riverdale area, female siamese, very petite, answers to Rachel. Black paw, black face. Very skittish. Please contact Richard @689-2535 (16/12/14) t Alaska HWY, 7 yrs old, female spayed, Karelian beardogX, black and white, wearing a blue collar no tags, answers to Tawnie, Contact Dayle @ 332-0997 ( 19/12/14)

t Cowley Creek, 1 yrs old, male, shepherd X husky, wearing a black collar no tags on it, Contact Cheryl @ 456-2332 ( 06/12/14)

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 3 yr old, neutered male, GSD/Rottie, black and brown (Tristan) t 7 yr old, female spayed, rottie X, brindle (Daphne) t 5 yr old, female, border collie, brown, ( Annie) t 4 yr old, neutered male, coonhound, reddish, ( Watson)

t 4 yr old, neutered male, Pit bull terrier X, brindle ( Tux)

CATS

t 11 yr old,DSH, male neutered, black (Mingus) t 11 yr old, DLH female spayed, yellow and grey ( Kizzie) t 6 yr old, DMH, female spayed, brown tabby, ( Judy )

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t 4 yr old, neutered male, beagleX, brown and black and white ( Dexter) t 9 weeks old, female, husky X, brown, ( Abby) t 9 weeks old, female, husky X, black and tan, (Tori) t 4 month old, female, border collie X, black and tan (Lily) t 4 yr old, neutered male, huskyX, white, ( Marcus)

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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:

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1985 FORD truck, dually in rear, new tires, manual, ideal wood truck, $6,000. 333-5247

2009 POLARIS Razr 800 atv with V-plow, lots of accessories, trades considered.

333-9020

1971 TOYOTA FJ40, winch, spare parts. 78 Toyota auto, 81 Toyota utility van, needs clutch. 82 Toyota 4x4 p/u, 85 GMC 1-ton 4X4, steel flatdeck. 250-651-7773

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

1970 FORD Bronco, 1978 IHC Scout, 1965 Landrover, misc 4X4 frames & parts.

250-651-7773

2008 YAMAHA MP 4-stroke, 144â&#x20AC;? track, good fuel economy, $4,000. John 399-3911

We Sell Trucks!

2009 POLARIS IQ touring 2-person snow machine, 4-stroke, reverse, elec start, block heater, hand/thumb warmers for driver/passenger, 500 mi, $6,750, trades considered.

333-9020

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

by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com

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

RONĘźS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVĘźs, Small industrial equipment.

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg

Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 TOYOTA ALLOY wheels, fits Tacoma or Tundra, 16X7, retail $490 ea, asking $125 ea or all for $400. 633-3053

2003 ARCTIC Cat 900 Mountain Cat snow machine, powerful & fast, 151â&#x20AC;? track, 450 kms, exc cond, reduced to $3,500. 333-9020

5 BRAND new Goodyear 245/75-17â&#x20AC;? 10ply mud/snow tires, $420 cost each, complete set of 4 for $1,500 obo, will not fit my truck.

Call 332-1374

Pets CANINES & COMPANY Dog Obedience School Puppy fundamentals January 20 Private Lessons Reactive dog rehabilitation Professional, high quality certified trainers Phone 333-0505 caninesandcompany@northwestel.net www.facebook.com/caninesandcompany

Births! Birthdays!

Weddings! Graduations!

Anniversaries!

1 column x 3 inches ....................Wed - $ s &RI $35.10 2 columns x 2 inches ..................Wed - $ s &RI $46.80 2 columns x 3 inches ..................Wed - $ s &RI $70.20 2 columns x 4 inches ..................Wed - $ s &RI $93.60

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1999 TOYOTA 4Runner Limited, extremely clean, well maintained, 176,500 kms, $9,800. 335-3747

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AT THE SHELTER DOGS

LOOKING TO buy a large airline dog kennel/crate. Must be fully enclosed and suitable for 90 - 120 pound adult dog.

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2000 CHEV Suburban 4X4, loaded, new windshield, extra rear seat, auto, P/S, P/W/B, a/c, good tires, $3,800. 334-4210

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So come on down and meet me today.

I am currently in 633-6019 foster, contact the shelter for info on 126 Tlingit Street how to meet me. www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015 1998 POLARIS Indy 488 trail, c/w rear rack/cover, $2,450; 1995 Polaris Indy 340 Lite deluxe, c/w electric start/cover, $1,850; Snowmobile trailer, 1,500lb axle, $850; package deal $4,950. 334-4687 lv msg 1999 ARCTIC Cat Powder Special, 2,500kms, 136X2â&#x20AC;? paddle track, exc mechanical condition, recently serviced, $2,500 obo. 336-3874 2010 POLARIS RMK 800, 155" track, all stock, very low hrs, good suspension, c/w cover and dollies, $6,000 obo. 334-5182 1991 POLARIS Indy Lite 500, liquid cooled, 133â&#x20AC;? track w/cleats, runs good, $1,600 obo.

John 399-3911 2013 BEARCAT snowmobile long track, $7,200 obo. 633-4115 or 334-0254 1995 ARCTIC Cat, 580 EXT, 136â&#x20AC;? track, fuel injection, reverse, new battery, 970 mi, like new cond, $2,800 obo. John 399-3911 2009 MODEL 125 cc Yamaha Grizzly ATV, well maintained, regular oil change, handle bar & thumb warmers, cargo box, always stored indoors, exc cond, $2,500 obo.

456-7758 2006 POLARIS Ranger 6x6 sxs, full can, heater, gun scabbard, new winch, tires, fuel tank, pump, front end, runs well, $8,700 obo, will consider trade for street bike/quad.

334-6494 2009 SKI-DOO Tundra, ROTAX 300, yellow, great cond, very low mileage, c/w Pelican utility tow bogan, $5,500 obo. 336-0105 WANTED: TRACK, hood & other parts for 1980 Moto Ski Mirage II/Skidoo Citation.

Mark @ 393-2962 2009 SKI-DOO Summit 800 154" track, 1800 miles, C&A skis, ceramic coated can, includes extra a arms, Ski-doo cover, great shape, $6,500 obo. 333-0484

Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 22Ęź CARVER, glass hull, teak/mahoghany woodwork, 260hp Alpha I Mercruiser inboard, 9.9 4-stroke longshaft Suzuki kicker, trailer, $6,500; 125 Merc outboard w/jet leg, $800; 115 Johnson outboard, $600.

250-651-7773

Heavy Equipment

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

Great Deals on used RVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s!

YUKON SUMMER Music Camp AGM, January 9, 2015, 6:30pm at Well Read Books.

Snacks, refreshments, music camp talk, join our board, become a friend of YMCS. See you there

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 YUKON LEARN Society, free drop-in computer lab for your self-directed computer studies Mondays 10amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;2pm. Tutor/instructor on site to assist you. Yukon Learn Society, 2158-2nd Ave 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 PADDLERS ABREAST Open House/AGM and General Meeting Jan 15th, Whitehorse Public Library. Breast cancer survivors interested in paddling in the YRQ or recreational paddling are encouraged to attend. www.paddlersabreast.org AL-ANON MEETINGS, 667-7142. Has your life been affected by someoneĘźs drinking?

Wednesday 12Noon @ Anglican Church, 4th & Elliott, back door, Friday 7pm Lutheran Church, 4th & Strickland, beginnerĘźs meeting, Friday 8pm Lutheran Church regular meeting THE MEANING of Life, Documentary on alternative prison system in BC, Whitehorse Library, Tuesday Jan. 13, 6:30pm-8:45 pm.

Introduction by Marian Horne. Sponsored by SOS and YCLC. Information call 667-2037 CONGRATULATIONS! Planning a 2015 Wedding?

Contact Glenn King, Yukon Marriage Commissioner to perform your ceremony. Experience with: Vows, Timelines, Processions, Elopement, Outside, Simple home, Formal Events. herbeeking@hotmail.com 867-456-4109 or 204-880-7245

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

Check out: klondikerv.com (867) 456 2729 1982 22Ęź Vanguard motorhome, sleeps 6, bathroom, 4-burner stove, oven, good tires, great shape, $5,500. 334-4210 TAITĘźS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon TANDEM AXLE flat bed trailer, 16Ęź w/beaver tail, home made, used for hauling TD-6 bulldozer, suitable for Bobcat etc, lights work, hitch needs some work, $600. 336-1876 12 X 14 wall tent, 2 windows, c/w fly and frame, $800. 333-5247 18' RAINBOW equipment hauler, 14,000lb gvrw, tandem 7,000lb axles, fold-down ramps, sidewinder jack, new in 2014, $5,900 obo. 668-5882

OLD FIRE Hall, January 7, 2015, 7-9pm, evening of experimental music in conjunction with Joyce MajiskiĘźs exhibition North of Myth, featuring John Godfrey, Daniel Janke, Karen Power, Gordie Walker. Admission by donation TRADITIONAL UKRANIAN Christmas Eve Dinner, Sviata Vecheria, Marsh Lake Community Centre, January 6, 2015, 5:00pm, $25 per person. Call 660-5152 or 660-4999.

Proceeds go towards new stove at Community Centre kitchen

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Writing Circle meeting Tuesday, January 27 from 7:00pm 9:00pm at Whitehorse United Church (upstairs). Writing letters to support human rights worldwide. www.amnesty.org YUKON ARTS Centre Public Art Gallery, January 10, 2015, 1-3pm, North of Myth Artist Talk featuring Joyce Majiski & Karen Power, presentation on Arctic Circle artist residency and a walkthrough. Free

YUKON LIBERAL Party AGM, January 10, 2015, MacBride Museum, 10:00am. This is formal notice of the meeting and that there will be constitutional motions. Visit ylp.ca for more info PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, January 12th, 5:15 pm, Guild Hall, all welcome, come show your support. 633-4829 for info DEADLINE FOR breast cancer survivors wishing to paddle on the Paddlers Abreast 2015 Yukon River Quest team is Jan 31, 2015. www.paddlersabreast.org for more information and application form.

SECOND OPINION Society General Membership Meeting, Jan. 10, 1pm-4pm, Many Rivers Boardroom, Hawkins & 4th, to review, evaluate and revise the Mission, Vision, Values Statement. Information call 667-2037

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TESOL YUKON dissolution meeting. All former members and interested parties are welcome, Monday, January 19 @ 7:30pm, Whitehorse Public Library. For more information: ML @660-4053 SWING DANCE lessons with Erica & Bruce, January 14 to February 18, 2015, at Leaping Feats, 7:45pm to 9:15pm. 6 classes, $120.

To register or for info email Erica@northwestel.net or 668-3408

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YUKON ARTS Centre, January 29, 2015, 7-9pm, North of Myth Poetry Night featuring Erling Friis-Baastad, Joanna Lilley, Michael Eden Reynolds and Clea Roberts with host Ellen Bielawski. Free

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AGM/YUKON SCHUTZHUND Association, Sunday, January 25, 2015, 10am-12Noon, Whitehorse Public Library. Dog enthusiasts welcome.

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Celebration of Life for the late, respected LSCFN Wolf Councilor and Elder, Darlene Mary Johnson will be held at the Carmacks Rec Centre on Sunday, January 4th at 1pm.

Potlatch to follow service.

In respect for the family this is a sober event, no alcohol or drugs.

Always loved Always remembered

Blair Pigeon

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MOUNT LORNE Local Advisory Council monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at the Mount Lorne Community Centre at 7pm

YUKON ORIENTEERING Association Annual General Meeting at 7:00 pm on January 28, 2015 at Sport Yukon building. AGM is open to all members

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WHITEHORSE COMMUNITY Choir and Neptunes registration, Jan 12th and 19th, beginning at 6:00 pm, Whitehorse United Church. Persephone and Chamber Choir registration, Jan 14th and 21st, Whitehorse Baptist Church

In Memoriam

Aircraft

HEAVY DUTY 3/4 ton utility truck box trailer made from Chevy truck box, blue & white, no rust, 16â&#x20AC;? wheels, $750 obo. 334-4568

COFFEE HOUSE Sat. Jan. 3, 2015, featuring Because IĘźm A Girl + the Open Stage, help set up 6pm + open stage sign-up, 7:30pm show, $5, United Church Bsmt, 6th+Main, 633-4255

ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS â&#x20AC;&#x153;your quiet get awayâ&#x20AC;?

Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca

3 8V71 Detroit engines w/pump drives & hydraulic pumps, $1,800 ea; Fiat Allis 945 loader & Euclid rock truck parts, assorted loader & truck tires. 250-651-7773

Campers & Trailers

HOSPICE YUKON: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to all those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. Visit our lending library @ 409 Jarvis, M-F 11:30-3PM. 667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net

Coming Events

LT 40 Woodmizer band saw, just over 300 hrs, includes 4 boxes blades, auto sharpener, setter, new 24' extension , cuts 45' log, located in Telegraph Cr, $22,000. Wes 250-235-3333

1974 BELLANCA Scout on wheels, Lycoming Engine TSO 470, Mcauley Prop TSN:109.7, skis, float fittings. Reduced price $50,000. Email Justin at rogers@northwestel.net or call 667-7573

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Funeral services to be held in Dawson City, Yukon at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church at 2:00 pm.

Burial to follow at Dawson City cemetery.

Dinner will be served at 5:00 pm at Chief Isaac Inc. Heritage Center Hall on January 3rd, 2015.

Everyone is welcome to wear your favourite hat; Because Steve loved to wear his hats.

Georgina Hamm G

ina passed away peacefully on Christmas day in the presence of her loving husband of 46 years, Len and their son Ray. Throughout her illness and even in her ďŹ nal days, she showed grace, humour, love, generosity and cheerfulness that exempliďŹ ed how she lived her life.

She is survived by husband, Len; children: Yvette Hamm (Tory Thompson) and Ray Hamm; grandsons: Spencer Kelly and Rhys Hamm and siblings: Gordon, Alvin (Christine) and Denise Brochu (Arlena Dodd) and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Ginaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life will be held at SpringďŹ eld Funeral Home, 2020 SpringďŹ eld Road, Kelowna on March 29, 2015 at 1:00 pm. Gina was a very compassionate person who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to see others in need. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t uncommon for her to give all her cash on hand to a homeless person. In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers, please consider making donations in Ginaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name to The Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.ca/ or Kelowna Gospel Mission, kelownagospelmission.ca/ Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springďŹ eldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.

38 DANCE GATHERING Jan 3rd@ 8-9pm at Leaping Feats. Adults and mature teens. A place to be yourself, connect with community and dance the way you want. whitehorsedancegathering@gmail.com YUKON SCIENCE Institute presents Barrow's Goldeneye: tracking for conservation with Sean Boyd, Wednesday, January 7, 7:30pm, Beringia Centre, Whitehorse. Free.

Services BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta.

Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc.

Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050 BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Chainsaw Work, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY • Construction • Renovation • Finishing • Cabinets • Tiling • Flooring • Repairs • Specialty woodwork • Custom kitchens 867-633-3878 or cell 867-332-5531 thomasfinecarpentry@northwestel.net - 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 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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS in Whitehorse

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

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

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

www.aa.org bcyukonaa.org AA 867-668-5878 24 HRS A DAY

DRUG PROBLEM?

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Narcotics

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.

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

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Small drywall repair Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368 IBEX BOBCAT SERVICES “Country Residential Snow Plowing” All Subdivisions & acreages off Mayo Rd, MacPherson, Hidden Valley, Pilot Mountain & Hot Springs Rd. Honest & Prompt Service Amy Iles Call 667-4981 or 334-6369 SNOW CLEARING/REMOVAL Sidewalks, Driveways, Parking lots, Compounds Private and Commercial Properties Fast and reliable service Aurora Toolcat Services 867-334-8447

Carcross 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

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Expressions of interest are invited for the provision of Adjudicator Services.

Inquiries to: Director of Community and Recreation Services, Monday to Friday between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm at (867) 668-8329.

Electronic copies available at: john.mercier@whitehorse.ca Deadline: January 15, 2015 at 4:00 pm.

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

Health Centre

www.whitehorse.ca

Haines Junction Y.T.

PUBLIC TENDER

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

SUPPLY OF FIRE FIGHTER CLOTHING Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is January 27, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

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

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

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

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

HOUSECLEANING SERVICES *Kitchens & Bathrooms *Floors & Walls *Laundry *Basic Yard Work •Errands, Prep Cooking & More See how I can help make your life easier!

LACEY @ 867-689-5223 COMPUTER NERDS 4 HIRE for Seniors We do house calls.

668-2230 HOUSE CLEANING SERVICE •Low rates.

•Great service.

•Honest and trustworthy.

•Six years experience.

Phone (867) 332-8996

LOST: WALLET, green with bright trim, on December 15. 633-6313

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The Yukon Outfitters Association is accepting proposals to develop a

STRATEGIC MARKETING AND PROMOTION PLAN FOR MEMBERSHIP COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 30th, 2015.

Please refer to the complete document package for closing time and location.

Complete document package may be obtained by contacting the Yukon Outfitters Association, Executive Director, Darren Parsons, by phone (867) 6684118 or email info@yukonoutfitters.net.

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

Call for Proposals-2 Year Projects Homelessness Partnering Strategy: Designated, Aboriginal and Rural and Remote funding streams April 1, 2015 – March 31, 2017 Closing Date: February 13, 2015– 4:00 pm

HPS Background: The Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) aims to prevent and end homelessness across Canada. It does so by developing partnerships that contribute to a sustainable and wide range of supports to help those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness move towards self-suf iciency through three separate funding streams.

1. Designated Funding Stream (Whitehorse only): Designated funds are targeted to local priorities identi ied in the 2014-2019 Community Plan, and must be cost-matched (directly or in-kind) by other funding partners.

Proposals will be assessed according to whether the projects are meeting or working towards the HPS Community Plan priorities, which are as follows: 1. To reduce homelessness through a Housing First approach.

2. To improve the self-suf iciency of homeless individuals/families and those at imminent risk of homelessness through individualized services.

3. To preserve/increase the capacity of facilities used to address the needs of people who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.

2. Aboriginal Funding Stream (Whitehorse only): This stream funds projects delivered primarily by Aboriginal service providers and is also guided by the 2014-2019 Community Plan priorities outlined above. It includes activities that promote inclusion within the Aboriginal community and that are congruent with Aboriginal identity and practices to ensure services are integrated and culturally-appropriate.

3. Rural and Remote Funding Stream (Rural communities only): Projects that address prevention and reduction of homelessness in communities outside of Whitehorse are eligible for funding. This funding stream does not require funding from other sources, although partnerships are strongly encouraged.

In order to receive an application package including the Proposal Guide please contact: Candice Menzi, Homelessness Partnering Strategy Coordinator Council of Yukon First Nations – HPS Community Entity 2166-2nd Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 4P1 Phone: (867) 393-9222 E-mail: Candice.Menzi@cyfn.net

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

Health Centre

RED SEAL CARPENTER FOR HIRE •Crestview and Porter Creek area.

•All aspects of building and renovation.

•Contract or hourly.

Phone 335-5310

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

NEED MATH HELP? Math tutoring, homework help, exam prep for grades 6 - 12.

Contact Kathleen at 336-2071.

Rate is negotiable.

FOUND: REMOTE control key in Riverdale.

667-7253 to claim

Beaver Creek Y.T.

Carmacks Y.T.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015

Highways and Public Works

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015 TURNKEY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY & Separate Residence in one building!

•Located in Faro, Yukon •Currently operating as 'The Valley Bed & Breakfast' •Totally renovated •Quiet, comfortable, amazing views •Established clientele with great yearly income •8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms •All furniture included $259,000 obo For more information: www.thevalleybandb.ca or call 867-994-2122 Have your own private residence and a great income too

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THE PERFECT Chair 300, high quality forest green leather, zero gravity, raises legs above your heart, restful for the back, retail $1,999, asking $1,000. 633-3709

ANTIQUE SINGER sewing table, metal pedestal base, good shape, 4 side drawers, 1 horizontal front drawer, $300. 633-3709

STAPLES DESK chair, blue, like new, $10.

668-5882

LARGE FUTON couch, makes into bed, wooden, exc cond, $200. 334-6043

Personals

4 SOLID wood dining room chairs, darker stain, $125. 336-4168

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

Childcare BUSY BEE DAYHOME, Riverdale has openings.

18 months - 5 years.

Hot lunch, snacks provided.

Learning through play, planned activities, caring environment.

20 years’ experience.

References available. Kim 633-2177 kmbryer@gmail.com

WOODEN SINGLE bed frame with mattress, $40. 456-7758

SNOWBOARD, GNV Park Pickle, 147 width, 2 sets of bindings, $350 obo. 334-6519

CCM GIRLS figure skate, size 6, $20, Graf hockey skates, size 2.5, $15, CCM Vector hockey helmet/cage, size small, $15.

456-7758 TEETER BRAND inversion table/vibration cushion, great for chronic back pain, relieves pressure by gently stretching spine, $325.

336-4168 SKI BOOTS, Salomon SNS Profil 511, blue, size 47, $45. 660-4321 WOMAN'S BURTON snowboard boots, size 7.5, used three times, new condition, were $350, asking $200 obo. 333-0915

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 • 668-7218 HAY FOR SALE Dry bales kept under a shelter Great quality, $12/bale.

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TITANIUM BIKE w/Race Face cranks, meticulously maintained, many new parts including headset, drive train (SRAM X.7Shifters PG970Cassette PC951 Chain), cables & housing, captain tires, front/back brake pads.

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There is a Yukon Metis Nation that needs your support Contact 668-6845

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RFP2014459 Design Build – Lower residence renovation – north side – Yukon College Closes: NOON PST, January 19, 2015 The College requires a Design Build Contractor to design and complete a renovation project in accordance with specifications.

The renovation is to be completed by July 31, 2015, with a portion completed by March 31 to match funding cash flows.

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

The College will be closed December 24th (noon) reopening on January 2, 2015.

RFP2014454 Evaluation Plan – Northern Institute of Social Justice (NISJ) – Yukon College Closes: Noon PST, January 15, 2015 The College requires consulting services to prepare an Evaluation Plan for NISJ that will be used as a guide for the ongoing evaluation of the Institute. The Plan is required

by March 31, 2015. NISJ was created to deliver training that meets the short-term needs of social justice-related organizations for qualified entry-level staff and to provide accredited education that meets the longer-term needs of social justice-related agencies for senior staff.

Complete packages are available by emailing Procurement and Contracts at purchasing@ yukoncollege.yk.ca (867-6688864).

The College will be closed from December 24 (noon) and reopening on January 2, 2015.

RFP2014460 Evaluation Plan – Yukon Research Centre (YRC) – Yukon College Closes: Noon PST, January 15, 2015 The College requires consulting services to prepare an Evaluation Plan for YRC that will be used as a guide for the ongoing evaluation of the Centre. The preferred consultant will have experience in preparing Plans for entities conducting applied research, and those involved in the commercialization of research projects. The Plan is required by March 31, 2015.

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

DAY CARE PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL/ COGNITIVE DISABILITIES Project Description: The Department of Health and Social Services is accepting proposals for a program design narrative for the operation of a day care program for clients with developmental/cognitive disabilities.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is January 15, 2015. 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 Lise May at (867) 667-3626.

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

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

The College will be closed from December 24 (noon) and reopening on January 2, 2015.

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BROME HAY BALES 55 lb bales No rain, no weeds Nice leafy hay $12.00 each 456-2035

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Baby & Child Items CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903

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