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he city of Whitehorse has fired two of its most senior civil servants.

Robert Fendrick and Brian Crist were both fired on Wednesday, according to city manager Christine Smith.

The pair was dismissed without cause.

Smith said she could not provide the reason because it’s a “personnel matter.”

“These are always extremely difficult decisions,” she wrote in an email.

“They are both very good people.

I need to protect their privacy, this is an HR issue and therefore I cannot say any more.”

Smith said she shared her decision with city council behind closed doors. Not all councillors were present, she added.

Fendrick, the former director of corporate services, had worked with the city for 16 years.

Born in the Northwest Territories and raised in Whitehorse, Fendrick began his career with BC Hydro in 1982.

After several years he founded his own computer company, which employed 20 people.

He returned to Whitehorse in 1998 and was hired to work for the city the following year.

Brian Crist, the former director of infrastructure and operations, had worked with the city for 16 years.

He worked as a surveyor and technologist in British Columbia in the 1980s before moving to Inuvik, N.W.T. in 1988.

Crist was hired by the city of Whitehorse in 1998 as its manager of public works, a position he held until 2006.

That year, he became director of infrastructure and operations.

Crist became the interim city manager in April 2013 after Stan Westby went on medical leave.

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Yukon government replaces vide some fresh perspective and Peel watershed legal team objective re-canvassing of the The Yukon government has hired a new legal team for the Peel watershed case.

Toronto-based firm Torys LLP will replace John Hunter of Hunter Litigation Chambers through the appeal of the landuse planning dispute.

Hunter represented the Yukon government in July’s trial over the fate of the Peel watershed.

Mark Pindera, assistant deputy minister for Justice, said that Hunter’s performance to date is not at issue, and he continues to work with the department on other files.

“There are no concerns with what he brings, and his expertise continues to provide significant value to the legal team here at Justice,” he said.

“At any given stage in a case, whether in trial or appeal, win or lose, it’s not uncommon to change members of the legal team. And this is done to pro-

issues.”

The Torys team includes former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci.

“These are all fairly high-ranking lawyers in the legal sphere in Canada,” said Pindera.

John Terry, another team member, represented the government of Ontario in negotiations with the Asubpeeschoseewagong (or Grassy Narrows) First Nation on conflicts over forestry.

“The team at Torys was selected because of their expertise, first and foremost,” said Pindera.

“Clearly this particular counsel come with an exceptional reputation and track record.”

It’s unclear at this point if the change in legal team signals a change of course for the Yukon government.

“Torys is going to be reviewing the case and making recommendations to government,” said Pindera. “That’s something that we expect of them, and we’ll wait to see … what they have to say.”

Westby’s contract in September 2013 and Crist remained city manager until April 2014, when Smith took over the job.

Crist was praised for his work as city manager, receiving the Municipal Employee’s Award of Excellence from the Association of Yukon Communities.

He announced the city’s waste management plan in Aug. 2013, which outlines ways the city hopes to meet its goal of halving the amount of waste sent to the landfill by the end of this year.

The city won an award for its Solid Waste Action Plan from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in November 2014.

Val Anderson, the city’s manager of financial services, is now acting director of corporate services.

Operations Manager Dave Muir is acting director of corporate services.

Smith will undertake a competitive recruitment process in the coming months, she said.

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A date for the appeal hearing has not yet been set.

(Jacqueline Ronson)

Deputy minister of education resigns Valerie Royle unexpectedly resigned from her role as deputy minister of education this week.

She had held the post since a deputy minister shuffle in August, 2012. Before that, she was at the helm of the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board.

Judy Arnold will become the interim deputy minister of education on March 16.

She was a teacher, principal and district supervisor in Ontario for more than 20 years, according to a news release.

She worked in management with B.C.’s Ministry of Education from 2001 through 2009, and joined Yukon’s Department of Education as a senior manager in 2010.

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Territory unveils plans for new detox centre Ashley Joannou

in a separate bedroom in the main Sarah Steele building.

The new building will have a he Yukon government has completely separate area with four announced details about its beds for youth 13 to 19, where plans to build a new detox they won’t cross over to the adult and inpatient drug and alcohol population, he said. treatment centre in downtown “We’re seeing a number of Whitehorse. youth that are faced with the The $21 million building is challenge of drug and alcohol expected to open by July 2016. It addiction as well as mental health will replace the aging Sarah Steele issues,” Nixon said, adding that he’s Building on Sixth Avenue. familiar with the problem from his The new place, to be built on time as justice minister. the same property, will be bigger.

After that the youth will be able Currently Sarah Steele is about to transfer to one of four assess1,200 square metres, while the new ment beds, health spokesperson facility will be more than double Pat Living said. that, at about 2,800 square metres.

There staff will be able to work Inpatient beds for the 24-day with the youth and their families to adult inpatient treatment program assess what their needs are. will double from 10 to 20.

That could mean going home Having twice as many beds and returning for daily counselling, means inpatient programs for men or connecting them with other and women will run at the same community services. time in separate units.

It might even mean staying for Right now, the two programs a short time and completing some alternate. As a result, clients could modules of the adult in-treatment sometimes face a wait of several program. weeks before the next program beIn rare cases, youth could be gins. That’s far from ideal someone sent Outside for treatment, Living who has come out of detox and is said. seeking help to straighten out.

When it comes to having a full The new building will offer in-patient treatment option for continuous intake, meaning people youth in the Yukon, Living said can start whenever they are ready. there hasn’t been a huge number of “We will have the ability to requests for those services. transition people into the treat“We’ll look at things going ment program (from detox),” forward. We’re not shutting any Health Minister Mike Nixon said doors,” she said. on Thursday.

Vicki Durrant is very familFor now, there are no plans to iar with drug and alcohol issues expand the inpatient program among youth. The executive direcbeyond 24-days, Nixon said, but tor of the Youth of Today Society in some cases it could be made says that 90 per cent of the youth slightly longer if necessary, he said. her group sees at their drop-in The detox will have 18 beds, up centre have some form of drug or from the current 10. alcohol problem.

“We recognize that we need a “They don’t just start drinkbetter space for both men, women ing when they’re 19 or 18. If the and youth,” Nixon said. statistics are high for adults, they’re starting at 10, 11, 12,” she said.

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130 youth annually.

NDP MLA Kate White said while she’s glad the new building is being worked on, it’s important that the government not forget about the needs of the communities outside Whitehorse.

“We do have communities in the territory and those communities are sorely lacking in these services.”

During a recent tour of the communities, White said she met a man who went through the detox program and was doing well before he came home and fell off the wagon.

He had to hitchhike back to Joel Krahn/Yukon News Whitehorse to try again.

The aging Sarah Steele building is slated for demolition “I think the bigger communities once the government finishes a new detox facility on like Watson Lake and Dawson City the property. would definitely merit their own smaller programming, honestly,” And alcohol statistics are high in gramming was going to look like. she said. the Yukon. Statistics Canada tracks “They need to put as much “The old hospital hasn’t been the sales of beer, wine and spirits time and effort into designing the torn down, it’s still standing – across the country. program as they are in designing could that get renovated and Yukon has led the nation by a the building,” she said. turned into a detox centre with the wide margin ever since the statistic Treatment plans need to be started to be kept back in 1950. long-term, she said. That’s how you co-operation of the First Nation?”

Nixon said he’s aware that these Youth are not the easiest group deal with the underlying issues. to encourage to get help, Durrant “That could be huge. That’s a problems are also dealt with in the said. “That’s just the nature of belot. There’s abuse, there’s trauma, communities. ing a teenager.” there’s lots of stuff that has hap“Right now what we are focusThe Youth of Today centre is pened to kids and so it has to be ing on is the new facility here in aimed at high-risk youth from 15 long-term.”

Whitehorse,” he said. to 24.

Whatever’s created has to be “As far as community outreach, She estimates that three of the holistic, youth friendly and feel less that may be a portion of new proclients she sees on a regular basis like an institution, she said. gramming that’s involved within were saved this winter when RCMP Nixon said he doesn’t have a lot picked them up and brought them of details about what the program- the Sarah Steele building but that hasn’t been confirmed yet.” to the “drunk tank,” also known as ming will look like at this point.

As for the current building, prothe arrest processing unit.

All that will be worked on over gramming will continue as usual “They were intoxicated and they the next year, during construction, while the new one is being built. weren’t able to think straight,” she he said.

Once the new one is up and said. “They don’t think, ‘Oh, it’s Right now, between 600 and 700 cold out here.’ We’re fortunate that people use detox at the Sarah Steele running, the old building will be torn down to make room for a no youth this year froze.” building every year.

She said she wanted to give the On top of that the counselling parking lot and green space, minister a “pat on the back” for the program at Sarah Steele works Nixon said. work that is being done, but was with around 250 clients a year. The Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com most concerned about what proyouth program works with about

Feds push assessment changes ahead “The leaders, communities, and workers in the Yukon are concerned,” said Aboriginal Affairs ederal Bill S-6, which includes Minister Bernard Valcourt. controversial amendments to “They see that the regulatory Yukon’s environmental assess- regime in the Northwest Territories ment regime, passed second reading has been changed to be in line with in Parliament on Wednesday. the one south of 60, and this is exUnder protest from opposition actly what this would do for Yukon parties, the Conservative governand Nunavut. It is really important ment moved to limit debate on the and urgent that we pass this legislabill, forcing it to a vote before the tion so that Yukoners and the people end of the sitting day. in Nunavut can get the same benefits “We are seeing with the bill on as other jurisdictions in the North.” the Yukon a growing tide of reaction Yukon’s MP Ryan Leef was absent from people in the Yukon Territory from the House on Wednesday. who are saying that they are very Instead, he was in Washington concerned about the bill, that it D.C. for meetings of the Standing deserves appropriate scrutiny, and Committee on Parliamentarians of that there has not been appropriate the Arctic Region, of which he is a consultation,” said NDP MP Peter member.

Julian.

Those meetings are dealing with Conservative members pointed to “some very important stuff,” with Yukon’s fall in the Fraser Institute’s regards to economic development, ranking of mining jurisdictions – climate change and other issues that from first to ninth – as justification affect the Arctic, Leef said on the for the urgency of getting the bill phone from Ottawa Friday morning. through Parliament.

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S-6 back when it reached that stage in December, which would have prevented him from speaking to it further this week anyhow, he said.

Pushing the bill through second reading gives the time for amendments to be properly considered by committee, which is the stage at which the public has the most opportunity for input, said Leef.

“There really isn’t a lot of time left in the 41st Parliament.”

Yukon First Nations continue to oppose four controversial amendments in the legislation.

Those would give the federal minister new powers to give binding policy orders to the assessment board, give that minister powers to delegate responsibility to the territorial minister, allow a decision body to determine if a project needs to undergo a review in the event of a change to the project or licence renewal, and set overall assessment timelines for projects.

“We are disappointed that Bill S-6 has passed second reading and that

such a short time was allowed for discussion and debate in the House of Commons,” said Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Ruth Massie in a news release yesterday.

“And we were surprised to learn that our Yukon member of Parliament, Ryan Leef, was not present and did not vote on this bill that will so significantly impact all Yukoners.”

The First Nations have said they will sue the government if the controversial sections of the bill pass as they are written.

With the bill past second reading, it is now in the hands of the standing committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

That committee has committed to hold public meetings in the Yukon as part of its consideration of the bill. The hearing has been scheduled for March 30, said Leef.

After that, it will receive a final vote in Parliament.

Victor Kisoun, a young Yukoner who is seeking to run for the NDP in the next federal election, said he was

disturbed by the government’s move to limit debate on the bill.

“We’ve seen them do this many times, and it’s a political manoeuvre to prevent debate they deem harmful to them,” he said in an interview this week.

“Yukon First Nations know what’s in their best interests and they stated it unequivocally in terms of their opposition to their amendments,” said Kisoun, who is of Kaska Dena, Vuntut Gwitchin and Inuvialuit heritage.

The government needs to abandon these amendments and work towards reconciliation with First Nations, he said.

“To go in … and make these broad, sweeping amendments, that totally sets back the relationship another eight years.

“If we can have a better relationship with First Nations people, we can start to create certainty within our territories and our provinces for investment.”

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The program was developed by a group out of Ontario that has been running these sorts of mentorships for 30 years, said Strand.

On Saturday the whole group will be together for a variety of self-development and self-awareness activities, culminating in a speed-dating-style mentoring event.

Saturday will also feature Candy Palmater as a keynote speaker.

Palmater is a Mi’kmaq comedian and performer

On Sunday, the process of matching mentors to mentees will take place, said Strand. he Whitehorse AborigiAnd that’s just the beginnal Women’s Circle is ning. launching a new menThe symposium is just the torship program for aborigistart of a 10-month program nal women. that the participants will folThe Leading the Way prolow, meeting with each other gram kicks off at a weekendevery month. long symposium next week“The women are going to end, from March 20-22. get help through the next 10 “It’s going to be an amazmonths. They’re not going to ing event,” said co-ordinator just be hooked up and sent Diane Strand, gushing with off.” excited laughter.

They will have a program “It’s going to to follow, and be an incredible professional supweekend of really port as needed, looking at what it is said Strand. that you want out After six of your life, and months the then, what can you whole group do to help others, will meet back or inspire others to together again, move along in their and at the end life.” there will be a Up to 60 aborigisort-of graduanal women will tion ceremony. attend the event, There has either as mentors been a lot of or as mentees. interest in the The mentors will program so far, get a full day of said Strand. training on leadership and life who has her own national “We were really afraid, coach skills on the Friday, said TV show on the Aboriginal because it is the same time as Strand.

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he Energy, Mines and Resources library is where Yukoners can go to get books and reports on resources across the territory.

Now, alongside those supplies is a filing cabinet covered in bright pictures of vegetables and planets.

It’s home to the new seed library that has taken root on the third floor of the Elijah Smith Building.

As of Wednesday, Yukoners can pick up free seeds for vegetables, flowers and herbs to use in their personal gardens. “As librarians we’re trying to move away from just lending out books, which is of course important to our mandate, said resource and systems librarian Heather Sweeney. “But (we’re also) trying to find other ways to reach people through sharing resources.�

Borrowing something from the EMR seed library is not that different from borrowing a book. Any Yukoner with a valid ID can come and get a membership card and free seeds.

Of course, unlike the conventional library, you won’t be able to return the exact seeds you borrow.

The idea is that once something grows, seeds from that harvest will come back to the library.

Sweeney said the library’s gardening section is the most popular, so expanding into a seed library made

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Heather Sweeney displays the different vegetables seeds available from the newly-opened seed library at the Energy, Mines and Resources Library.

sense. A green thumb isn’t required – the idea is to get more people to give it a try. “Seeding is a great way to support our clients that already come in and get some new clients,� she said.

Opening up the filing cabinet evokes memories of old library card catalogues that predated computers.

Rows and rows of envelopes are divided up in alphabetical order by labelled cards.

There are about 40 different seeds you can choose from including different types of radishes, peas, carrots and arugula as well as

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some flowers and herbs.

They’re all plants that have shown themselves to be hearty in the Yukon’s not-sofriendly environment. “We’ve been working with (the) agriculture (branch) to find plants that have been planted up here. We know that they’ll yield. They do well in colder climates,�

Sweeney said.

The idea for a Yukon seed library sprouted after one of the librarians visited one Outside, Sweeney said.

It turns out they are pretty common.

Some, like the Canadian Seed Library, store rare seeds to preserve them for the future.

Others have a model more like the Yukon. The 14 branches of the Toronto seed library have handed out more than 50,000 seeds to gardeners of all skill levels in the last three years.

The beginnings of the Yukon collection came from local gardeners, a gift from a New York seed library and an online order, Sweeney said.

Yukon gardeners are welcome to drop off seeds of their own to add to the collection.

For those new to gardening in the North, each envelope comes with tips on what to do to give yourself the best shot at a harvest.

But don’t worry: if you strike out there are no late fees.

The EMR library is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Packets of seeds are available for borrowing at the library.

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hitehorse city council had a year to voice its concerns about a proposed sports complex in Whistle Bend – but it never did.

That’s according to Tony Gaw, who heads the Yukon Outdoors Sports Complex Association, a group he assembled to manage the day-to-day operations of the facility.

The brand new association is made up of six members – including Sports Yukon, Yukon Soccer Association and Athletics Yukon – and was created after the territorial government showed interest in Gaw’s original pitch for the project.

The Yukon government was so impressed, said Gaw, that it earmarked $250,000 for detailed engineering designs last year.

Now, the government is seeking the city’s permission to rezone a parcel of land in Whistle Bend, where it plans on building the $7 million outdoor sports complex.

The facility, leased to YOSCA, would feature three soccer fields, a rubber track, an office building, various courts and bleachers.

A three-metre high fence would be built around the perimeter of the facility.

It is anticipated that construction could begin this year and that the facility could be in use by 2016.

Council, however, would have to give its approval to rezone the land from residential to parks and recreation.

Gaw said he first presented a conceptual design for the 7.17-hectare facility to senior management in March of last year.

Mayor Dan Curtis was there, Gaw said, as well as Brian Crist, who was acting city manager at the time.

“They were given an opportunity to comment on our report, but didn’t,” Gaw said.

“Then we met again with the new city manager (Christine Smith) in May, along with the parks and recreation department. But they just gave us a flow chart about how to apply for land within the city.”

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Dissatisfied with the number and quality of soccer fields in Whitehorse, Tony Gaw has spearheaded a plan to build a new outdoor athletics facility in Whistle Bend.

Gaw said he met with the planning services department on four separate occasions last year.

He says he only heard about council’s concerns at a recent committee meeting held on Feb. 16.

That week, Mayor Dan Curtis told the News the project was moving along far too quickly, and there were no assurances the city wouldn’t be on the hook for operations and maintenance costs in the future.

He also questioned the need for such a large facility in Whitehorse.

Gaw said the association was asked to follow the lines of communication – meaning they had to deal exclusively with the planning department.

“I can’t control what happens internally with their communications,” Gaw said.

“There was some knowledge of what was going on. I also spoke to councillors about the project over the span of several months leading up to this February.

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There’s an overwhelming need for new soccer fields in Whitehorse, Gaw said, and other user groups will benefit from the facility as well.

In fact Whitehorse’s facilities have become so poor that they shouldn’t even be used anymore, he added.

“The sport (soccer) has grown considerably,” he said.

“And Whistle Bend is the perfect site for so many reasons. It has all the site servicing infrastructure there that we can use and the topography fits with what we’re trying to do.

“Plus, the economic spin-off will be massive for contractors, plumbers, carpenters, financial institutions, etc.”

The government has maintained that operation and maintenance costs for the complex would be generated from user groups and rental income from the building.

According to Gaw, there would

be very little maintenance involved. That means bookings and accounting duties, plus a part-time employee to open and close the facility and clean it up.

By charging users a fee, similar to the model being used at the Canada Games Centre, the association could generate funds, Gaw said.

Other options include advertising and having local businesses sell products there.

“The government said they’d look at covering any shortfalls in operation and maintenance costs,” he added.

And when the fields and track need to be replaced in 20-25 years, the association will have a plan in place to access funding from other sources, Gaw said.

The city passed first reading of the zoning amendment on Feb. 23, while a public hearing has been scheduled for March 23.

Second and third reading of the bylaw is scheduled for April 13.

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given judges the ability to order assessments for people who may suffer from the he president of the Ca- disorder. nadian Bar Association All three of those things are says she’s disappointed changes the Canadian Bar Asthat a private member’s bill sociation has been advocating

by Yukon MP Ryan Leef was for years. withdrawn.

The Canadian justice But Michele Hollins said system is based on two major she’s glad that at least the issue principles, Hollins said, deterof fetal alcohol spectrum dis- rence and rehabilitation. order in the criminal justice “Those objectives cannot be system is getting some attenachieved in the FASD population from the federal governtion with the system that we ment. have now, because it is preHollins was in Whitehorse mised on things that are not on Wednesday to meet with true for people suffering from Yukon’s justice minister and that brain injury,” she said. discuss issues that matter to FASD is caused when a the bar association. mother drinks during pregThat same day, local lawyer nancy. It limits healthy brain Fia Jampolsky was scheduled development, especially the to speak in front of the federal ability to understand cause standing committee on justice and effect. and human rights about Leef introduced his bill last FASD. Her presentation was April, but pulled it in Novemrescheduled when the comber in favour of a committee mittee ran out of time. report. Leef claimed there Leef ’s bill, C-583, would wasn’t enough time to make it have required courts to a law ahead of the election. consider FASD as a mitigatEven if the bill has been ing factor in sentencing if the pulled, the committee’s work condition contributed to the is still important because it offence. keeps the issue in the spotIt also would have defined light, Hollins said.

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we would characterize it that way.”

Following Leef ’s decision to yank his bill, Liberal Charlottetown MP Sean Casey introduced a near-identical bill of his own.

Hollins said she would also support that bill too.

Casey criticized Leef for not doing enough to make the original version law.

His private member’s bill, C-656, was introduced earlier this month.

If he wants to succeed where Leef did not, first he’s going to have to get his name near the top of the private member’s bill list.

The only way to do that is to swap spots with another MP with a prime location on the list.

Casey’s office said it’s too early to say whether he’ll be able to do that before the next election.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com Joel Krahn/Yukon News

Michele Hollins, president of the Canadian Bar Association, was in Whitehorse this week to talk about the prevalence of FASD in the Canadian justice system.

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n a way that seems characteristic of contemporary, affluent Whitehorse, both sides of the debate over whether to allow motorized vehicles on Rotary Centennial Bridge have succeeded in coming across as unreasonable and self-entitled.

The snowmobilers and quad riders who want access to the bridge speak of how it’s unfair that they don’t have ridable access to the trails west of the Yukon River. But the Riverdale residents doing this complaining have never had such access, so it remains puzzling why this is considered a matter of fairness. It’s sort of like saying that it’s unfair that Copper Ridge residents don’t have a free shuttle bus to Mount Sima, or Porter Creek residents don’t have a dedicated roller derby rink.

These things would all be nice, but nobody is entitled to them. Similarly, and contrary to what some may believe, Canada offers no constitutional right to ride snowmobiles and ATVs wherever you please.

On the other side of the debate, some of the shriller opponents of offroad riders within the city seem to believe that they possess a God-given right to not be subjected to the whine of snowmobiles from within earshot of their greenbelt properties. Such an attitude ignores the fact that, well, this is Whitehorse, and the popularity of offroad vehicles is part of the character of the place.

Naysayers say that allowing motorized vehicles on the

bridge will spoil the tranquility along one of the city’s most popular pedestrian trails. It’s probably true that the presence of these vehicles would make things a bit less pleasant for other users, but let’s keep some perspective. Motorized vehicles would only ride along a small section of the trail, so these encounters would be brief.

And let’s remember that the Millenium Trail is in urban Whitehorse, not the Peel watershed. A good chunk of the footpath runs alongside busy roads, so pedestrians along the path are already exposed to the din of motorized vehicles and whiffs of exhaust.

The bridge itself offers a great view of the Yukon River.

But much of the view up-river is of the Whitehorse hydroelectric dam and its accompanying infrastructure, so let’s not pretend the area is unsullied wilderness, and that the encroachment of motorized vehicles would utterly transform the experience.

The other big objection has to do with safety. Anyone who has witnessed a young snowmobiler recklessly speeding around a neighbourhood should be able to appreciate this concern isn’t totally baseless.

Yet riders rightfully point out that, outside the big city here, many rural residents get along just fine sharing trails between snowmobiles and skiers. Reasonable riders should be able to safely navigate the bridge and a short bit of the Millennium Trail before cutting off into the Publisher

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bush. Is it fair to assume some snowmobilers using the trail will be irresponsible?

Perhaps. There are principled grounds for city council to simply forbid offroad riders from using the bridge. Millenium Trail’s stated purpose is to encourage active living.

It is one of the city’s best-used pedestrian trails, particularly popular with elderly residents and families pushing baby strollers. Both the bridge and trail are narrow spaces with tight corners that never appear to have been designed with the intention of allowing motorized vehicles on them.

It would be a shame if some of these residents were deterred from using the trail for fear of being schmucked. And it would only take one elderly walker to be bowled over by a snowmobiler for everyone, in hindsight, to consider allowing vehicles on the bridge as being a dumb idea.

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stricted to certain time of the week, and clear rules could be posted to ensure vehicles stuck to one side and travelled at a slow speed. Bylaw officers could monitor the bridge area to enforce these rules during this period.

If there is havoc, they could quickly pull the plug on the experiment. Who knows?

Maybe everyone will get along, and in a few years we’ll all wonder what the big huff was about.

City council is bound to upset some residents no matter what they do. They’ll either be cast as officious, safety-crazed urbanites determined to spoil the fun of Riverdale residents with offroad vehicles, or as weak-kneed push-overs willing to sacri-

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fice one of the most popular walking trails to the operators of stinky, noisy, potentially dangerous motor vehicles.

No wonder councillors have punted the controversy to a committee for many months.

Yet eventually they will need to weigh in, with the matter scheduled to come up next month. When they do, hopefully residents remember that this is often what politics is all about: making difficult decisions that inevitably involve painful trade-offs. This law is sometimes suspended in the Yukon, thanks to generous in-flows of federal cash.

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More secret memos ULTRA SECRET – DO NOT PRINT OR FORWARD ACCIDENTALLY TO CBC up reading Minister Kent’s speech than ever would have heard it, if he gave it normally.

by Keith You remember how many Halliday people were awake when you last spoke at the chamber of commerce.

We should think about accidentally leaving your next campaign platform in the Dirty Northern pub.

Second, it smoked out To: Premier Pasloski Sandy Silver, the Liberal guy.

From: Premierbunker On Monday he was quoted in Special Ops Unit the paper sounding a lot like Re: Operation Frackalicious Liz and reminding everyone he is against the safe-carefulear Premier, ly-regulated-job-generatingEveryone bought it.

They are convinced the frack- tax-money-for-healthcare non-conventional energy ining documents we sent CBC dustry. Now we can lump the were genuine and released NDP and Liberals together in “accidentally.”

The operation went accord- the election campaign and say ing to plan, despite your wor- they hate jobs and we are the ries that no one would believe only party that is pro-job.

Best of all, we ruined the our caucus could sit through weekend of some of those a 12-page PowerPoint presCBC journalists who wrote entation with so many threesyllable words in it. mean stories about you last First, more people ended year. Surveillance teams re-

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port they spent the weekend at the office trying to upload the PDFs to their website’s clunky e-reader format.

Our agents report an unexpected bonus benefit: consultants love us! The fracking documents listed so many economic, environmental and public relations studies that they all can see dollar signs.

We have to get those projects underway before the election.

Then we can tell everyone that if Liz wins she will cancel their Liard Basin Red Squirrel Psychological Baseline contract.

We still don’t know if the final part of our plan will work: putting subliminal messages in the leaked documents. It took us forever to figure out the “watermark” feature in PowerPoint and to line up the first letter of every sentence to say “Join the Yukon Party. Resistance is Useless.”

I have high hopes that

A timely question If ISIS captures one of our fighter pilots, what will our response be if they decapitate or burn him to death?

change, for instance, are afraid themselves of what will become of our planet. They are honestly sharing their fear. That’s not fearChristian Torbik mongering.

Whitehorse The third word that is being used badly is “family.” What?

Be wary of the prime Family is a great word.

It is, but not the way Harper’s minister’s rhetoric Conservatives use it. They talk There are three words being ban- all the time about taking care of died about by Conservative politi- families. But all they’re saying is that people with children may be cians that are really bugging me. able to keep a little more money First and foremost is “terat tax time. rorist.” Bill C-51 could make it That’s all well and good. But possible to attach that label to what about the families of miscitizens practicing their constising and murdered aboriginal tutional right to demonstrate. women? What about the families Where’s the “terror” in that? of the men of Middle Eastern Terror is felt when death and origin being held in Canadian destruction happen on a large prisons without being charged? scale, in an unexpected way, to What about the Yukon family reunsuspecting people. Even a cently deported to Mexico despite person convicted of murder is not the youngest son being a Cancalled a terrorist. Why would a adian citizen and needing special Conservative politician accuse a medical care? Harper doesn’t care person peacefully carrying a sign, about those families apparently. even if they are blocking a road, Which means he’s just using of terrorism? words like “terrorist,” “fearWhich leads me to my second mongering,” and “family” to sway pet-peeve word – “fear-mongeremotions, to try and get votes. ing.”

Responsible citizens need to When a political figure refers listen beyond the words to the to activists as terrorists, part of intended meanings underneath. the motivation for doing so is to suggest that the public should be Dianne Homan afraid of demonstrators – to see Whitehorse them as crazy and bad.

Don’t fear fluoride The Conservatives are not afraid of demonstrators, so when I thank the editor of the News for they, nevertheless, attempt to incite fear among Canadians, they his excellent editorial of Feb 27.

He explained well that alare the ones who are, in fact, fearthough fluoride, like most other mongering. substances, is poisonous in sufAnd here’s a key difference. ficient amounts, when used in Activists warning about climate

water fluoridation it is a minute fraction of the necessary dosage to be a poison, as it is with chlorine used to sanitize water.

Compounds containing fluorine (fluorides) are naturally occurring worldwide in soil water and some foods. Occasionally they are found in such amounts that they cause mottling of the teeth, which is how the anti-decay effect was first discovered.

I have seen no evidence of a lowering of IQ in towns such as Colorado Springs, Colorado where the effects of fluoride were first observed in the early 1900s.

The level of fluoride there was 10 times the level advocated for todays water fluoridation (0.6 - 0.8 parts per million).

Anther argument that was put forward is the possible link to cancers. Proponents of removal quote a study from Japan that has suggested a “possible” link. They neglect to mention the 20-odd studies in the US National Cancer Institute’s library that refute any such connection. (One study of relevancy found that the postal code had more significance.)

The argument that carcinogenic materials such as pop and candy should be eliminated has much merit. However, this becomes a national issue and cannot be controlled effectively in a community. Fluoridation at 0.8 ppm has proven to be an effective (and cost-effective) means of significantly reducing dental decay.

Worldwide studies have shown double digit decreases in decay of children born after fluoridation.

The effects of fluoride are most significant when they are incor-

everyone at the Yukon Conservation Society will soon be wandering into the cabinet office with that zombie look in their eyes asking for membership forms.

Edna at the front desk has instructions to charge them double.

It was an especially nice touch, if I may say so myself, to send out an urgent government press release on the weekend saying the documents were released inadvertently. Sorry about that long word, but the focus group thought “by mistake” sounded bad.

The press release was great since it made us look panicky, which totally camouflages the rest of our operation. No one will ever guess the Chinese are already fracking in the Peel by drilling into the bottom of it from China. If we can figure out how to get all those yuan changed into dollars without the anti-money-laundering

killjoys at the bank figuring it out, our election war chest will be full. We can put homemade radio ads on CKRW around the clock!

In terms of future operations, we should do the accidental leak strategy again. It worked well.

Much better than the other way around. You know, when Brad accidentally killed that affordable housing plan, and we pretended it was on purpose. That made us look like a party that hated housing and the middle class. Whereas really we love housing as much as we love fracking. In fact, maybe our slogan could be “a well under every home!”

Note to the reader: this memo is fiction. Any resemblance to reality is entirely coincidental.

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

peting claims. Indigenous people were given permanent status on the council with a voice equivalent to porated into the developing teeth the states represented.

Ironically, from the perspective but surface application (whether of safe Arctic resource extraction through toothpaste or professionand the voice of indigenous peoples al application) does also help. in Arctic affairs, the changing chair If you think about it, why is a positive development. Rather would dentists, the Canadian than further Canada’s earlier dental medical associations and initiative in setting up the council, the World Health Organizathe current Canadian government tion plus numerous other health organizations back a measure that has sought to reduce the role of has a negative monetary effect on indigenous peoples and promote the dental profession if it wasn’t any resource extraction. in the public good?

This has been done by chamPeople should remember that pioning the establishment of a we dentists will drink the same second largely independent council, fluoridated water for which we an Arctic Economic Council, made advocate. up of mainly corporate interests.

The U.S., on the other hand, has Dr. Richard Smith expressed stronger support for President, indigenous voices at the table and Yukon Dental Association alternative models of development in the Arctic.

The Arctic Council matters All of this now seems far removed from the daily lives of In April the Arctic Council chair Yukoners. But with the Canadian will pass from Canada to the U.S. Arctic being part of the “last This is at a time when the econom- frontier,” we all have a stake in what ic stakes in the Arctic are rising and happens there. We must pay more many countries around the world attention to what our governments, want to lay their various claims. both federal and territorial, are doCanada, under Brian Mulroney, ing … and for whom. had the foresight in 1989 to propose the Arctic Council as a way of Stuart Clark dealing peacefully with these com- Whitehorse

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You can send submissions to editor@yukon-news.com. They can be faxed to 867-668-3755 or mailed to 211 Wood St., Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2E4.

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Quality over quantity: CRTC to lower quotas on Canadian content on the tube Andy Blatchford

content on TV, a significant shift it hopes will boost the quality of programming that OTTAWA originates north of the border. he country’s broadcast Under the changes, broadregulator is cutting casters will no longer be forced decades-old quotas that to air Canadian-made TV govern the volume of Canadian programs during the day, but Canadian Press

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they will still have to set aside at least half of their primetime schedules to Canuck content, the Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission announced Thursday.

The CRTC expects the

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The regulator also said it intends to take steps to ensure stations invest more cash into Canadian shows.

The goal, said CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais, is to help the industry enter into the brave new world – across multiple platforms – of on-demand programming, where the active viewer is “emperor.”

“Today there is a fundamental shift in the television landscape,” Blais said in prepared remarks of a speech he delivered Thursday in Ottawa.

“We’re tearing down barriers to innovation that have hampered broadcasters and producers.”

The measures will drop existing Canadian content requirements for daytime programming from 55 per cent to zero. The CRTC will continue to enforce the prime-time minimum of 50 per cent between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.

The changes will also require that at least 35 per cent of the programs aired on specialty channels are made in Canada.

Currently, specialty channels must broadcast between 15 and 85 per cent Canadian content.

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Blais said he believes removing some of the CRTC’s content shackles will free up Canadian creativity.

“Some may balk at the suggestion that Canadian programming can reach the same heights as shows created in the other major global markets,” his speech said.

“If it’s possible for Britons, Australians and Danes to create world-class television programs and films, why not us?”

Not everyone agrees that the changes will help improve the quality of Canadian television.

Unifor, a union that represents 13,000 workers in the media industry, warned that cutting the daytime, Canadiancontent minimums could kill the creation of new programming such as local news and entertainment.

In a statement, Unifor media council chair Randy Kitt also criticized the CRTC for failing to force the foreign-based, video-on-demand service Netflix to follow Canadian content rules.

“Netflix isn’t shy about collecting subscription fees in Canadian dollars and repatriating them to the U.S., so why do they continue to get a free pass?”

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facility needs: the lack of appropriate space (including the need for maximum-security space) and the poor condition of the Baffin Correctional Centre,� the auditor’s report says.

Ferguson’s team says the jail held an average of 82 inmates in 2013-14, even though it only has the capacity for 68.

Nunavut’s government has been bracing for the auditor’s report. Earlier this year, the territory’s deputy minister of justice warned her colleagues that the jail was a lawsuit waiting to happen. “In my opinion, the government of Nunavut is likely in significant breach of constitutional obligations towards remanded accused and inmates housed at the BCC facility and faces a high risk of civil liability towards inmates, staff and members of the public in tort law,� Elizabeth Sanderson wrote in a January memo obtained by The Canadian Press.

Justice Minister Paul Okalik – who also held that post between 1999 and 2008 – had not responded to a request for comment by deadline.

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Conservative mailer’s terrorism comments called ‘preposterous,’ mocked online The question prompted some acerbic parody on the social media site Reddit.

WINNIPEG One Reddit member asked: Conservative Member “Do you believe in mandaof Parliament is being tory sentencing? Yes! Justice is mocked online over questions important to me. No! I believe about terrorism contained in a that child molesters should be mailout to his constituents. allowed into preschools at will.”

The flyer from Lawrence Another asked about the Toet asks people in his Winproposed Keystone pipeline, nipeg riding to choose between with two options: “Yes! It will two statements – either they create thousands of jobs. No! I agree with him that Canada am an environmental terrorist needs more protection from and should be put in prison.” terrorism, or they disagree and Toet was not available for an feel “terrorists are victims too.” interview.

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A pollster who lives in Toet’s Elwood-Transcona riding and who received the mailer at his home called the MP’s question “preposterous.”

“As a market researcher, if I had a question like this on an omnibus survey … and then it was released to the public, I mean, people would just laugh and think it was a joke,” said Curtis Brown, vice-president of Probe Research Inc. Brown said the question was more about getting the Conservative message out about the federal government’s

proposed anti-terrorism law, which critics say puts the personal information of Canadians at risk.

“This is the issue that the Conservatives are hitting pretty hard right now,” Brown said.

Conservatives have pointed to the terrorism threat by a number of methods. They recently posted online images of an Islamist terrorist with quotations from a threat to attack the West Edmonton Mall.

Toet is far from alone in putting loaded questions in his constituency mailouts. One

from New Democrat MP Pat Martin last year asked people what they thought about “Stephen Harper’s unfair election law.”

Brown said the real aim of such mailouts is to identify supporters. People who respond are entered into a party database as a supporter or opponent, and will likely be asked for money or other support closer to election time, he said.

“If you say you disagree … or you write something nasty on there, you’re probably going to go on to the hostile list.”

Tentative deal reached in Nunavut lawsuit to begin last week. The trial has now been adjourned.

Contents of the settlement are IQALUIT, NUNAVUT not yet available. tentative settlement has been “Details of the settlement will be reached in a billion-dollar lawdisclosed once the agreement has suit that alleges the federal governbeen considered and approved by ment has never lived up to terms of NTI, the Government of Canada and the Nunavut land claim. the Government of Nunavut,” the Cathy Towtongie, president of land-claims group said in the release. the Nunavut land-claims group that No further comment was availfiled the lawsuit against Ottawa, able. made the announcement in a news Nunavut Tunngavik had been release. seeking $1 billion in damages, in adArguments in the lawsuit by Nu- dition to punitive damages. navut Tunngavik Inc. were scheduled The lawsuit dates from 2006. It Bob Weber

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The federal government says it has fulfilled its responsibilities and that the Nunavut government is responsible for education.

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Canadian imams issue fatwa on ISIL and supporters, calling them non-Muslims group and anyone supporting them, will no longer be considered to be Muslim.

CALGARY “They have been excommunigroup of Canadian imams is cated from the Muslim community condemning followers of the and those who will join them – they Islamic State as non-Muslims and should be excommunicated from the “outsiders” to the faith.

Muslim community and they cannot Imam Syed Soharwardy and 37 be considered as Muslims at all,” said other Muslim leaders from across Soharwardy. the country have issued an Islamic The imams and Islamic scholedict called a fatwa against the mili- ars are from Vancouver, Montreal, tant group currently trying to attract Edmonton and Toronto and include supporters to its war in Syria and representatives of the different sects Iraq. within the Muslim religion, he said Soharwardy, the founder of the “It’s significant for those individIslamic Supreme Council of Canada, uals who understand the opinions of said Wednesday the Islamic State is the scholars need to be followed and violating Muslim law. As a result, the because our fatwa is based on the Bill Graveland Canadian Press

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teachings of the holy Qur’an and the teachings of the Prophet,” said Soharwardy. “With evidence what kind of violations ISIL and ISIS has committed, that will put a lot of weight for people to be convinced that ISIL and ISIS is the wrong way to go.”

He cited several acts that violate Islamic law, including capturing opponents and beheading them, killing Muslims who disagree with their actions, destroying mosques, burning enemy soldiers alive and encouraging Muslim girls to join them.

Soharwardy hopes the message gets out to young people who are most at risk of being recruited.

“We strongly urge every Muslim, especially the youth, not to be influ-

enced by the speeches, songs and the literature available on the Internet or on social media produced by the impostors pretending to be Muslim,” he said. “This is a trap for young Muslims.”

Several Canadian youth have already gone to the Middle East to fight for the Islamic State. Ottawa’s national security report said at the start of 2014 there were more than 130 individuals abroad and suspected of terror activities.

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“These people use these words so loosely that it makes everybody push back to having sympathy for terrorist organizations,” he said.

“So one of the factors in the rise of terrorism is because of this Islamophobia and because of the misuse of … words by government officials.”

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How a satellite tag on Lydia the shark is teaching scientists about great whites nursery areas for white sharks?” he wonders. “We’re hoping that as the patterns emerge from sharks like Lydia, we’re able to tease out some of these aspects of the natural history of the animal that we just don’t know.”

It’s a marvel of technological progress in the last decade that such a far roaming creature can be traced so closely for so long, he said.

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“It has just exploded the science forward on these apex predators … which are essential to make sure we have a future ocean full of fish.”

Robert Hueter, director of the Center for Shark Research at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla., said Lydia’s vast range is instructive.

“If we want to understand these animals and even more importantly, protect them from extinction, then we’ve got to work with other countries.”

Lydia has travelled north when scientists would have expected her to be south. Another tracking tag indicated she dives more than 1,000 metres deep, Hueter said.

Anyone can follow Lydia online to see the latest data as researchers are getting it, he added.

“This is a very inclusive process of engaging not just fellow scientists but the public as we watch Lydia do her thing.”

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Lydia the great white shark is tagged off the coast off Jacksonville, Fla. Since that time two years ago, the shark has been tracked to Newfoundland waters and across the North Atlantic.

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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. ydia has her own Twitter account and a dorsal fin tracker that over the last two years has given scientists and the public first ever details about great white sharks.

Since she was tagged with a locator device off Jacksonville, Fla., on March 3, 2013, Lydia has travelled more than 56,000 kilometres over the mid-Atlantic ridge toward Europe and western Africa then back again.

She appears to be navigating an uncannily accurate pattern that had her making a beeline for the Florida coast almost exactly two years to the day she was tagged. In both years she swam from the southeastern United States up to the waters off Newfoundland before heading out into the open North Atlantic.

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Emerging is a long term view of one of the ocean’s top predators that is revamping what researchers thought they knew.

“What we previously considered to be a much smaller habitat scope, thanks to Lydia, is much larger,” Gregory Skomal, a senior scientist at the Massachusetts division of Marine Fisheries, said from Bedford, Mass.

“We’re talking about habitat that spans the entire North Atlantic ocean. That’s amazing, and we’re getting that from Lydia.”

It’s hoped that the battery on her fin device will hold out for another three years, allowing researchers to fill in gaps, such as where she might give birth.

Understanding Lydia’s habitat will help craft conservation plans to protect great whites as a vital part of ocean ecosystems, Skomal said.

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he war in Syria has plunged 80 per cent of its people into poverty, reduced life expectancy by 20 years, and led to massive economic losses estimated at over $200 billion since the conflict began in 2010, according to a U.N.-backed report circulated Wednesday.

The Syrian Center for Policy Research painted a devastating picture of the “systematic collapse and destruction� of Syria’s economic foundations in the report, saying the nation’s wealth, infrastructure, institutions and much of its workforce have been “obliterated.�

Almost three million Syrians lost their jobs during the conflict, which meant that more than 12 million people lost their primary source of income, it said, and unemployment surged from 14.9 per cent in 2011 to 57.7 per cent at the end of 2014. “As huge swatches of the community have lost the opportunity to work and earn an income, just over 4 in 5 Syrians now live in poverty,� the report said. “As it has become a country of poor people, 30 per cent of the population have descended into abject poverty where households struggle to meet the basic food needs to sustain bare life.�

The report said the four-yearold conflict coupled with the country’s economic disintegration and social fragmentation have resulted in a 15 per cent drop in Syria’s population – from 20.87 million in 2010 to just 17.65 million at the end of last year.

Syria now has the secondlargest refugee population in the world after the Palestinians, with 3.33 million people fleeing to other countries, it said. In addition, 1.55 million Syrians left the country to find work and a safer life elsewhere while 6.8 million fled their homes but remain in Syria, it said.

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As violence intensified, it said, the number of deaths in the conflicts rose dramatically to 210,000.

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Even before Thursday’s announcement that the elephants will be phased out of Ringling’s performances by 2018, company officials already said they were pulling out of certain cities because of newly enacted restrictions.

Feld executives said the decision to end the circus’s century-old tradition of showcasing elephants was difficult and debated at length.

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“All of the resources used to fight these things can be put toward the elephants,” Feld said during an interview at the conservation centre.

“We’re not reacting to our critics; we’re creating the greatest resource for the preservation of the Asian elephant.”

Carol Bradley, the author of the book Last Chain on Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top, which is about a nonRingling circus elephant, said she believes the Feld family “realized it was a losing PR battle.”

“This is an enormous, earthmoving decision,” she said. “When I heard the news, my jaw hit the floor.

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the United States, ending a 14-year legal battle over allegations that Ringling circus employees mistreated elephants.

The initial lawsuit was filed in 2000 by a former Ringling barn helper who was later found to have been paid at least $190,000 by the animal-rights groups that helped bring the lawsuit. The judge called him “essentially a paid plaintiff” who lacked credibility and standing to sue. The judge rejected the abuse claims following a 2009 trial.

The circus will continue to use tigers, dogs and goats, and a Mongolian troupe of camel stunt riders joined its Circus Xtreme show this year. More motorsports, daredevils and feats of human physical capabilities will likely be showcased as well.

Ringling’s popular Canadabased competitor, Cirque du Soleil, features human acts and doesn’t use wild animals.

And while Ringling is phasing out the elephants, other, smaller circuses in the U.S. – and in countries such as Russia, France and Thailand – still use elephants.

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ment, Ringling’s parent company, say it will take three years to build proper facilities for them on the POLK CITY, FLA. 200-acre (80-hectare) plot of land nimal rights activists were in central Florida that’s already stunned and pleased when being used as an elephant conservathe parent company of Ringling tion centre. They have repeatedly Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus denied that the elephants are misannounced it would eliminate treated in any way in the circuses. elephants from its circus perfor“Each elephant requires a certain mances by 2018. But activists soon amount of space and a certain focused on the timing, questioning amount of barn area,” said Stephen why it will take three years to phase Payne, Feld’s spokesman, adding out the elephants from the travelthat permits, drainage issues and ling circus shows. other logistics must be worked out.

“Many of the elephants are The company intends for the elepainfully arthritic, and many have phants to live out their years on the tuberculosis, so their retirement day property, and since one elephant is needs to come now,” wrote Ingrid 69, they must plan for the long haul E. Newkirk, president of People for to care for the crop of gentle giants. the Ethical Treatment of Animals, The decision to phase out in a statement. “If the decision is elephants from the Ringling Bros. serious, then the circus needs to do and Barnum & Bailey Circus comes it NOW.” at a time when cities across the United States are cracking down on Executives at Feld EntertainAssociated Press

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LIFE Yukon sasquatch investigator gathering tales for book ‘Only about 10 per cent of people will have enough guts to report a sighting, mostly for fear of ridicule.’

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all, hairy, grunting beasts are roaming the territory.

But make no mistake, they’re not your average scruffy Yukon men.

Several sasquatch sightings around the Whitehorse, Dawson City and Teslin areas were reported last year, according to Red Grossinger, the territory’s leading authority on sightings of the bipedal, ape-like creature.

And if you ask him, there’s no two ways about it: sasquatch lives here.

“There is no argument in my mind whatsoever, it’s 100 per cent guaranteed,” he said.

“I’m not a believer – I know it’s here.”

The 74-year-old retired Canadian Army officer has been collecting sasquatch stories for a book titled Wild Men of the Yukon, which he hopes to publish in the fall.

The most recent sightings – which he always investigates – were reported to him in November, he said.

A member of the Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation and fellow sasquatch enthusiast saw a creature walking near the Moosehide Slide in Dawson City on Nov. 5.

She described seeing it approximately 1.8 kilometres away and estimated its height at eight feet.

Someone else also reported seeing the same creature later that day, Grossinger said.

“Last summer at the Moosehide gathering her and I held what we called the sasquatch talks – I trust her,” he said.

The other sighting took place along the South Klondike Highway near the Robinson Roadhouse historic site.

Two women, returning to Carcross after a bingo game in Whitehorse, reported seeing a sasquatch walking in the ditch.

But they refused to share any more information, Grossinger said.

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Red Grossinger, Yukon’s sasquatch hunter, with two footprint casts of the elusive creature in 2009.

“Only about 10 per cent of people will have enough guts to report a sighting, mostly for fear of ridicule,” he said.

“I try to locate exactly where the sighting took place, and see if

whatever they told me jives with whatever I’m looking at. That gives me a good indication of whether people are lying or not.”

The Yukon has a rich history of sasquatch sightings.

The Canadian Sasquatch Research Organization, of which Grossinger is a former president, has reports of sasquatch phenomenon in the territory dating back to 1871.

Grossinger will spend the summer travelling around the territory, investigating the latest claims and taking pictures for his book.

He’s already published the Sasquatch Research Manual, a book designed to provide practical knowledge about procedures, protocols and techniques used to conduct sasquatch field research.

Squanga Lake, located halfway between Whitehorse and Teslin, is a hot spot for sightings, he said.

It’s where Grossinger had a sasquatch experience of his own back in 2010, when he was camping in the area.

“I got out of my tent in the morning and coughed a bit – and then I heard something out in the bush mimicking me,” he said.

“What the hell is going on, I thought? It freaked me out.

“I coughed once more and it copied me, it was scary. The more I stayed there the more I felt like something was watching me, I could feel the hair on my neck standing, so I got out of there.”

The most credible report he’s ever received was from a man who said he came within a few metres of a sasquatch in the Crestview subdivision back in 2011.

The man, who used to work for the city of Whitehorse, explained to Grossinger that he’d been driving along Azure Road when he suddenly saw the creature walking in the ditch.

He slowed down, pulled up alongside it and drove next to it for almost 100 metres.

“I’ve known him for years, he took me to the site and gave me a lot of details,” Grossinger said.

“There was no evidence, though. That’s the problem in the Yukon – the ground is so hard packed that you can’t see any footprints.”

Sasquatch sightings can be reported to sasquatchyukon@ hotmail.com.

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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The price of Winnipeg’s water: one reserve’s manmade misery and isolation Chinta Puxley Canadian Press

SHOAL LAKE, ONT. ore than 30 years have passed, but Janis Redsky can still see the flashing lights of the ambulance she desperately needed.

She was pregnant and crippled by searing abdominal pains, stranded on her reserve Shoal Lake 40 – an island carved off a century ago for construction of an aquaduct to provide water to the city of Winnipeg.

The ambulance sat on the opposite shore, less than a kilometre away, as Redsky and her husband tried to find a way across.

“All we could do was look at the ambulance – a physical view of help waiting across the water,” recalls her husband, Stewart, breaking down into tears.

After an hour, Redsky watched it turn around and drive away. It would be another two hours before Redsky made it to a hospital in Kenora, Ont. By then, she had lost the baby. She needed to be revived on the operating table and spent 10 days in hospital. She is unable to have any more children.

“I love children. We did lots of fostering but it’s not the same,” said Redsky, who is a daycare teacher.

“It still traumatizes me to this day,” says her husband. “I always wonder if we had help immediately, if those three hours would have made a difference.”

Redsky’s ancestors lived on the shores of Shoal Lake along the Manitoba-Ontario boundary at the turn of the last century when a delegation from Winnipeg came looking for a fresh-water source for the Manitoba capital some 140 kilometres away.

News reports from the time noted the delegation believed the spot was largely uninhabited, “with the exception of a few Indians.”

Heavy equipment moved in and Shoal Lake residents moved out, on to a peninsula across the bay. That land became an island when crews cut a channel to divert tannin-laden, boggy water coming from Falcon Lake away from the aquaduct intake for Winnipeg.

Using gravel carved out from Shoal Lake’s ancestral land, crews built a dam to ensure Winnipeg’s water remained untainted. On one side, contaminated water flows to the residents of Shoal Lake 40 reserve.

On the other side, clean water flows to Winnipeg.

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Stewart Redsky, former chief and current addictions counsellor of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, sits in the community’s water storage room.

the 1990s but it did not meet standards and there was a cryptosporidiosis outbreak in 1997.

For 17 years, its 270 residents have remained under a boil water advisory, the second longestrunning advisory of its type, according to Health Canada.

The band believes having an all-weather road is key to solving its water problems, as supplies could be trucked in to build a treatment plant at a resonable price.

“Having a road means a water treatment plant. It means an economy, it means survival as a community,” said Cuyler Cotton, a policy analyst with the First Nation.

But the problems with a lack of a road run deeper than clean water.

Every year, people in Shoal Lake 40 fall through the ice trying to get into the community.

In Redsky’s case, emergency medical help was delayed.

“People have died in that water,” Cotton says.

A century later, residents are still waiting for a historic wrong to be set right.

The community estimates an all-weather road would cost about $30 million. The federal government, Manitoba and the city of Winnipeg have all chipped in $1 million each for a feasibility study, but there are no firm commitments beyond that.

Residents have dubbed it Freedom Road. It’s already been carved out of the wilderness and is used, with caution, when frozen during the winter. In spring and summer, however, it is an impassable muddy mess.

Stewart Redsky says he has been lobbying for Freedom Road for so long that his family calls him a “broken record.”

“It’s tough with the community being in a state of hopelessness,” he says. “It’s a challenge to live and survive each and every

day.”

Next year, Linda Redsky’s foster son will have to leave the reserve to attend high school.

Without year-round access to the reserve, he will have to board in Kenora.

At least he will have access to clean water, she says. He suffers from severe eczema and other skin conditions. The reserve spends $100,000 a year on bottled water to drink, but people still bathe and do laundry in the untreated water. When she runs a bath, Redsky covers up the faucet with a facecloth so the tub doesn’t fill up with debris.

“You feel angry when you think about it,” says Redsky, who has fallen through the ice twice trying to get home.

“We’re living in these conditions because of something that we didn’t do.”

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt declined to be interviewed about Shoal Lake.

One of the first things Kevin Chief did when he was appointed Manitoba’s minister responsible for Winnipeg was visit Shoal Lake 40. The community has been through feasibility studies before but Chief, says it’s different this time.

“We would not commit $1 million if we were not serious and committed to getting this road completed,” says Chief. “It’s a priority for me, it’s a priority for my government.”

Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman says the city has committed $4 million to Shoal Lake 40’s Freedom Road but stopped short of committing cash. Winnipeg wants to be a “responsible partner” with the First Nation, he says.

“These are complex issues and it involves Winnipeg’s water supply,” Bowman said. “It’s also imperative that the government of Canada step up to contribute to the health and accessibility of the First Nation.”

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Edmonton group wants Kevin Bacon to party in Taber in protest of new law Bill Graveland

loose, they needed a hero. They needed Kevin Bacon in a tank top. Mr. Bacon, the people of CALGARY Taber, Alberta, need a hero now ctor Kevin Bacon is being more than ever.” touted as the hero that the Bloemen, Matthew Gresiuk town of Taber, Alta., needs to and Scott Winder say they have protest a new law targeting bad launched the campaign to make behaviour, including spitting, a point – that the bylaw was illswearing, yelling and too much thought out. noise from bars.

“Of course, we’re fans of A group of people in EdFootloose, ‘’ says Winder. “And monton have posted a video Kevin Bacon.” on Youtube asking Kickstarter The group has reached out to help raise $100,000 to pay to Bacon’s people but haven’t Bacon to attend a planned dance heard anything back yet. Winder says the star’s daily appearance party just outside the southern stipend is about $100,000 in Alberta community of 8,104.

American dollars, and they are “Hello, Kickstarter,” intones hoping to account for the cura silhouetted Jordan Bloemen rency exchange. in the video. “A small town in “Kickstarter, let’s take this too Alberta, Canada, recently passed far,” says Bloemen in the video. the law from the 1984 motion picture Footloose banning music “Help us host a raucous dance party-protest against an archaic, in public, public gatherings, swearing and instituting various vaguely worded law passed by an out-of-touch town council, curfews. held of course just outside of “We think that’s super silly Taber. mostly because it’s 2015 and “Help us bring a big-city kid Taber, Alberta, is a real place, to a small town who knows he not the setting of a charming 1980s dance-rock-themed coming-of-age story.”

CUSTOM VINYL FOLDERS Bloemen also said it’s likely the law violates the Canadian 207 Main Street Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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has to win. If we reach our goal we will have the money to reach out to Kevin Bacon and have his people even entertain the idea of him showing up. Can we guarantee he will attend? Legally, no, but maybe Kenny Loggins is available.”

Winder says it is a protest but they are serious about hosting a dance party. He notes that the campaign still hasn’t been approved by Kickstarter.

Reading like a page from the Old West, the bylaw includes a $75 fine for spitting in public and a $150 penalty for yelling, screaming or swearing in a public place. There are also limits on noise from bars.

The town’s “quiet hours” are between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

The bylaw was put in place to “regulate and prohibit certain activities in order to prevent and compel the abatement of noise, nuisances, graffiti and public disturbances and to provide for a curfew for minors.”

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A group of people in Edmonton have posted a video on Youtube asking Kickstarter to help raise $100,000 to pay actor Kevin Bacon to attend a planned dance party just outside the southern Alberta community.

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Alibaba faced controversy in January after a Chinese government agency accused the company of lax oversight and allowing vendors to sell counterfeit goods on Taobao. The two sides settled their dispute a few days later. The agency said its report had no legal force and Alibaba promised to tighten its oversight of vendors.

Apple, based in Cupertino, California, says buyers in China and Hong Kong can pre-order its watch beginning April 10, the same day it takes orders in the United States, Japan, Britain, France and Germany.

Most previous Apple products were released in China weeks or months after other markets.

That fueled a trade in iPhones that were smuggled in for sale to gadget fans who were willing to pay a premium.

Apple lookalikes also are on sale in markets in the southern city of Shenzhen, “the mainland’s best place to shop for ‌ hi-tech knockoffs,â€? according to the Hong Kong newspaper The South China Morning Post. “Shanzhai Apple Watches in Shenzhen Less Than 1 Day After Launch,â€? said a headline on Internet portal Sohu.com.

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Telling ourselves stories in order to live Gwaandak Theatre asks for a little help from its friends to tackle tough mental health issues in new play Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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our actors stand on stage. They move towards each other, and apart. They engage, and disengage. They spout mouthfuls of flowery verse, rich in imagery but poor in explanation. Nothing seems to make a whole lot of sense, yet.

It’s the opening scene of Yukon playwright Patti Flather’s latest, Paradise, as seen at rehearsal this week at the Yukon Arts Centre. Reporters and the public have been invited to sneak a peek and offer feedback as the artists prepare for opening night.

Over the coming scenes, the characters slowly reveal themselves.

Though they often exist in a separate time or place, we begin to learn of the relationships between them, and a plot starts to unfold.

An unemployed logger comes to his doctor for help. He needs to convince the bureaucratic powers-that-be that his physical and metal scars merit consideration for some sort of financial assistance.

The doctor is himself struggling with his wife’s request for a divorce.

His daughter, meanwhile, is travelling Central America searching for something.

And her childhood friend Khalil is abroad too, somewhere else, on some sort of volunteer mission, before he is captured and taken by soldiers.

It’s a play about how we’re there for each other –and how we’re not –through the hard times, said Flather in an interview this week.

“For me, places where we gather and share a story together and find our own meanings in it, and also explore other people’s meanings – to me that’s just part of being in a community,” she said.

“We all love stories, we all need stories. We need stories to define who we are, our identities, and also how we are in a community: where we’re excelling, and where we have work to do as human beings in terms of supporting each other and the planet that we live on.”

It’s a story she’s been working on telling for many years. It comes out of both personal experiences and gathered stories from the world we live in, said Flather.

“I grew up in a family with a lot of love and laughter, and also with parents dealing with addictions and mental health issues. That was part of my upbringing, and I think that’s not atypical. I think a lot of us live with those challenges in our lives.”

Her family was hit with a major trauma in 1992, when her father, a physician, was shot and killed outside his house by a former patient.

The accused was found not criminally responsible in the death for reasons of mental illness.

Flather learned, through the criminal proceedings and the inquest into the death, about the ways our society had failed that man, and by consequence her father and her family, she said.

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Actors with the Gwaandak Theatre rehearsal a portion of the upcoming play “Paradise”. The production tackles weighty issues such as addictions and sexual abuse, and runs March 25-28 at the Yukon Arts Centre, also with a show in Haines Junction on March 31.

“I really found that so many people had encountered, had meetings with this man. And it really seemed like nobody either knew what to do with him or didn’t want to deal with him, or didn’t even think he had a problem.

It was quite an eye-opener about how systems can really not help people when they’re really crying out for help.

“I was trying to explore that through theatre, the ways that we as individuals and as communities turn away when we really need to face people who are needing help.”

The production is a collaboration between Yukon’s Gwaandak Theatre and MT Space, a theatre company from Ontario.

Gwaandak has also partnered with the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition, the Second Opinion Society and the Mental Health Association of Yukon.

The idea is to make sure the play resonates with the community, said Flather.

That’s part of the reason that rehearsals have been opened up to members of those groups and the public at large.

“I don’t think this is a play that has any clear answers or recipes. I guess

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Director Majdi Bou-Matar and the actors of “Paradise” hold a discussion with the public after a rehearsal of the upcoming play.

I’m really hoping that people will embrace the opportunity to talk and explore and have a dialogue.”

There will be a opportunity for a facilitated discussion after every performance of the show.

There will also be a resource table with information about mental health and other services available in the Yukon.

The hope is that the play will

encourage people who need help to ask for it, and for others not to turn away from those doing the asking, said Flather.

“I think that would be an outcome that I would like, is that we don’t want to just say, ‘Oh, somebody’s going to be alright. That person, they don’t really mean that. They’re not doing that badly, they don’t really need help.

It’ll be OK, we don’t really need to deal

with that.’”

Paradise, directed by Majdi BouMatar, will be performed March 25-28 at the Yukon Arts Centre, as part of NorthwesTel’s Behind the Curtain series. There will be a pay-what-you-can performance on March 24.

The play will also show on March 31 at the St. Elias Convention Centre in Haines Junction.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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Canadian rapper Shad to replace Jian Ghomeshi as host of CBC’s ‘Q’ based alienation, gender inequality and even the Rwandan genocide (he was born in Kenya to Rwandan TORONTO parents). fter contemplating hundreds Since issuing his debut record of potential candidates, the When The Music’s Over in 2005, CBC is convinced that new “Q” he’s earned plaudits from Chicago host Shad can succeed with flying rap titan Kanye West and reeled in colours. three Juno nominations. Notably, The 32-year-old rapper will Shad upset Toronto’s Drake to soon take over the popular culwin the 2011 Juno trophy for rap tural affairs radio show, which was recording of the year for his ambihelmed by Jian Ghomeshi until he tious TSOL, memorably joking in was fired last year. acceptance: “This is like the Emmy “I’m a little surprised this going to Theo’s friend Cockroach morning when people have said or something.” this is a bold or courageous deciHis most recent record, 2013’s sion, because I’m just so confident Flying Colours, was his third about it,” said Cindy Witten, instraight to make the Polaris Music terim executive director of English- Prize short list. language CBC-Radio.

Shad was among a rotating cast “(Shad) is so extremely bright, of guest hosts who had been steera really curious guy, he’s clearly ing the show since Ghomeshi was passionate about arts and culture let go in October. in this country,” she added.

Those stints wound up being a “He’s going to be so charming. sort of audition, and Shad imI think he’s going to really resonate pressed. with … the core ‘Q’ listener, and I “He had the instincts to pull out actually think he’s going to bring those really special moments (in new audiences to ‘Q.”’ his interviews),” Witten pointed The announcement followed a out. cross-country search during which She suggested that Shad’s “Q” – Witten said the CBC assembled a he takes over April 20 – will have list of nearly 250 possible hosts. a more spontaneous, live feeling Raised in London, Ont., Shad is than before, with even more music. a cerebral, dexterous rapper whose Given the show’s sprawling scope, Shad will need to prepare to four albums have tackled raceNick Patch

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Rapper Shad is shown in an interview with The Canadian Press in Toronto on October 17, 2013. It’s likely many Canadians first heard the 32-year-old’s voice as he played guest host of CBC-Radio’s “Q”, which he will now host.

discuss almost any issue.

“What we had with Jian was someone who could interview artists, authors, actors and musicians with great ease,” said Marion Coomey, a professor in Ryerson University’s RTA School of Media.

“Shad is going to have to be someone who can interview everybody.”

A longtime “Q” listener, Coomey praised Shad’s “energetic” and “engaged” performance as guest host, though she noted that his lack of broadcast experience means there will be a “learning curve.”

Witten agreed.

“I wouldn’t say he’s a brilliant broadcaster or interviewer, and I don’t think Shad would say that either,” said the CBC executive.

“But what he does have is he’s curious. He has searing intellect and empathy. And to me, that’s a foundation on which to build.”

His peers are confident he can handle it.

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It’s time to end the grizzly trophy hunt By year’s end, several hundred will have died at the hands of humans,

by DAVID close to 90 per cent shot by trophy SUZUKI hunters – many of them foreign licence-holders, as the B.C. government plans to enact new regulations to allow hunters from outside B.C. to take 40 per cent of grizzlies slated for killing. The government also plans to allow foreign interests and atching grizzly bears catch corporations to buy and run guideoutfitting territories previously run and eat salmon as they swim upstream to spawn only by B.C. residents. Local hunting organizations say the new rules is an unforgettable experience. put them at a disadvantage.

Many people love to view the wild According to the Vancouver drama. Some record it with photos Observer, hunting guide associations or video. But a few want to kill the donated $84,800 to B.C. political iconic animals – not to eat, just to put their heads on a wall or coats on parties from 2005 to 2013, 84 per cent to the B.C. Liberals. a floor.

In the controversy over regulaThe spring grizzly kill starts April tory changes, we’ve lost touch with 1 and extends for several weeks, the fact that the grizzly trophy hunt followed by a second fall season.

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is horrific, regardless of whether bears are killed by resident hunters or big-game hunters who pay thousands of dollars for the chance to kill a bear here – often because it’s illegal in their home countries.

Grizzlies once roamed much of North America, from Mexico to the Yukon and from the West Coast through the prairies. Habitat loss and overhunting have since shrunk their range by more than half. In Canada, 16 subgroups are on the brink of extinction, including nine in south-central B.C. and Alberta’s entire grizzly population.

Just how many bears reside in B.C. is in dispute. The government claims more than 15,000 grizzlies live here, but Raincoast Conservation Foundation science director Chris Darimont, a University of Victoria conservation biologist, puts

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the number closer to the government’s earlier estimate of 6,600 – before it doubled that in 1990 based on a single study in southeastern B.C.’s Flathead area.

According to a Maclean’s article, in 2000, the government “suppressed the work of one of its own biologists, Dionys de Leeuw, for suggesting the hunt was excessive and could be pushing the bears to extinction. De Leeuw was later suspended without pay for having pursued the line of inquiry.”

The government then pursued a five-year legal battle with groups including Raincoast Conservation and Ecojustice to keep its grizzly kill data sealed.

Allan Thornton, president of the British Environmental Investigation Agency, which has studied B.C. grizzly management since the late 1990s, is blunt about the government’s justification. “The British Columbia wildlife department does not use rigorous science,” he told the Vancouver Observer. In 2004, the European Union banned imports of all B.C. grizzly parts into member countries after its analysis found the hunt to be unsustainable.

Even the economic case is shaky. Studies by the Centre for Responsible Travel and Raincoast Conservation conclude revenue from bear-viewing is far higher than revenue from grizzly hunting.

Grizzly population health is an indicator of overall ecosystem

health, and bears are important to functioning ecosystems. They help regulate prey such as deer and elk, maintain forest health by dispersing seeds and aerating soil as they dig for food, and fertilize coastal forests by dragging salmon carcasses into the woods. Hunting isn’t the only threat. Habitat loss, decreasing salmon runs, collisions with vehicles and other conflicts with humans also endanger grizzlies. Because they have low reproduction rates, they’re highly susceptible to population decline. Hunting is one threat we can easily control.

According to polls, almost 90 per cent of B.C. residents oppose hunting grizzlies for trophies, including many Frist Nations and food hunters. Scientists say it’s unsustainable.

The Coastal First Nations coalition has banned grizzly hunting in its territories, but the government doesn’t recognize the ban. The Raincoast Conservation Foundation has bought hunting licences in an attempt to reduce bear kills on the coast.

Simply put, most British Columbians – and Canadians – are against the grizzly trophy hunt. It’s time for the government to listen to the majority rather than industry donors and ban this barbaric and unsustainable practice.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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Bian saw copper and lead that she thinks is from Norilsk, Russia.

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Alaska the size of Vermont.

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A Mohawk in the Klondike HISTORY

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by Michael Gates

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ere is an interesting story that was recently brought to my attention by Donald Smith, professor emeritus of history at the University of Calgary. It is a story about a remarkable man who came to the Klondike like thousands of others and spent a decade in the North before heading for greener pastures.

It is a story of some remarkable firsts in Canadian history, but also a story that would undoubtedly have had a different ending – if he hadn’t been of Mohawk ancestry.

Thomas Daniel Green was born Dec. 21, 1857, near Brantford, Ontario to Mohawk parents, and grew up on 243 hectares of land near Brantford.

Green was an exceptional student who always ranked at or near the top of his class. Because he didn’t live on the Six Nations Reserve, he was able to attend school in Brantford. When he took the entrance examination to enter Brantford Collegiate Institute in 1875, he was the best of 41 applicants. At the end of his first year he won the prizes for English, Latin, mathematics, and general proficiency.

In 1878, his entrance examination resulted in the top score for any student seeking admission to the applied science program at McGill University. He worked his way through university by tutoring, but also received scholarship money toward his tuition because

of his excellent performance in high school.

Green graduated from McGill in 1882 with a bachelor of science degree. He was the top student in the graduating class.

He began studying for his certification as a land surveyor, qualifying in May of 1884. He was the first native person known to have achieved this status in Canada.

He sought permanent employment as a land surveyor with the federal government, even receiving support from Sir John A. Macdonald, who recommended him to then deputy minister of the Interior, A.M. Burgess. Burgess relegated Green’s application to the pile of temporary postings.

There was always an excuse for his rejection for full-time employment – no vacancies, others more deserving, being a poor draughtsman, or not a good surveyor.

When offered a series of temporary jobs, he received a third less pay than the going rate. The truth is, being of aboriginal descent blocked his career path in the public service.

One of Green’s fellow graduates from McGill, Andrew Low, also applied for a permanent job, was accepted, and gradually rose through the ranks to become the first deputy minister in the Department of Mines.

Green balanced his disappointing prospects in the civil service by excelling at sports. He was good at hockey, and joined the Ottawa Hockey Club, becoming the team captain in 1886. During this period, he was also sent as a delegate to form the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in December of 1886. He was then elected as the

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Thomas D. Green had just graduated from McGill University at the top of his class when this Nottman photograph was taken in 1882. Green went on to become the first president of the world’s first hockey league in 1886.

first president of what was the first hockey league in the world.

A few years after Green played with the Ottawa team, another young player named Weldon “Weldy” Young spent several seasons with the same team before heading to the Klondike. Young was later recruited to play with the Dawson Nuggets, the team sponsored by Joe Boyle to challenge the Ottawa Silver Seven for the Stanley The Yukon home of

Cup. In Dawson, Green operated in partnership with J.B. Tyrrell, a consulting geologist, from 1899 until at least 1900 in an office located on Harper Street, and then in his own business opposite St. Andrew’s Church on Church Street. According to one source, when a claim owned by Joe Boyle once came into question, he turned to Green’s survey of the claim to confirm that everything was in order.

Green left the Yukon in 1907 and toured Europe with his wife for six months. In 1908, he surveyed mining claims in the

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In 1910, he acquired a homestead south of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, where he and his wife lived until they both passed away in 1935.

I have done a quick search for Thomas Green to see if I could fill in some of the gaps during the period that he spent in the Klondike. How he reached the Klondike is not yet clear. From the mining records, we know he held a couple of mining claims.

From the newspapers, we can trace his business from 1899 to 1903 through advertisements – first, under the business name of Tyrrell and Green, and then later, under his own name.

The most interesting thing I have found about Green is a peculiar little article in the Yukon World for February 11, 1903 titled “Knockout in Two Rounds.” The evening before, Green and a mine concessionaire named Johnny Doyle stepped into the ring for a four round boxing match. By agreement, they determined before the match that there would be no declared winner.

“Curley” Monroe served as the referee for the match, which was held at the Burley Club. It was rumoured that if Monroe had stepped through the ropes, he would have been the recipient of their blows; for that reason, he officiated from outside the ropes in the “English” style.

The Yukon World noted: “The bout was a rattling exhibition, both men showing considerable science but being handicapped equally by shortness of breath… at the gong both men walked to their corners without assistance.

They looked tired and both were blowing. This was plainly Green’s round.”

They came out for the second round, both sparring for an opening. The spectators went wild when the two combatants laid a flurry of blows upon each other.

Doyle struck low, hitting Green in the ankle, but the referee refused to call a foul. Then Doyle delivered a right with everything he had, catching Green on the jaw.

Green went down, but the gong went when the referee reached seven. Technically, it was called a draw, and the approving audience cheered.

Why two middle-aged, men, in poor physical condition should choose to go into the ring in pugilistic combat remains a mystery. I could not find anything in preceding copies of the World to explain the purpose of the bout.

Green was clearly a man of firsts, and the deck was stacked against him because of his origins, yet he survived and enjoyed 77 years, having made a contribution to Canada’s national sport. There is more to the story if someone is willing to dig for it.

Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His latest book, Dalton’s Gold Rush Trail, is available in Yukon stores. You can contact him at msgates@northwestel.net

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and he says he would like them to attend so he wants to tell them that it is fine to bring the kids. I have disagreed because it will open up a big can of worms â&#x20AC;&#x201C; her brother will DEAR MISS MANNERS: My then want to bring his kids, as well boyfriend and I are having a disas other relatives wanting to bring agreement over whether to make an theirs. exception regarding children attendHe says we will not â&#x20AC;&#x153;announceâ&#x20AC;? ing a birthday party we are having at that his niece is bringing hers, and if a winery. her brother asks to bring his children We have sent invitations indicatas well, he again will make an exceping â&#x20AC;&#x153;no children allowed,â&#x20AC;? but a niece of his said that she and her husband tion.

When I asked if my sister could would not be able to attend because bring her child, his reply was no, as they could not find a baby sitter. my sister had already RSVPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d and The party is for my boyfriend, had not asked to bring her daughter.

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Toddlers in a winery are sure cause of headache their own safety â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or change the venue. Surely no one wants to experience the result of mixing angry friends with alcohol.

Who, if anyone, should have suggested that the parent remove the child? I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel it was my place.

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If you promise not to betray She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly howl, but she was your irritation, Miss Manners will very noisy. allow that you or a member of the It was difficult to appreciate the congregation could have asked if service and the memorials because the parent wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind stepping I was so irritated. Even during a out to attend to the babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs in regular church service, this would private. But if this was refused on the have been distracting, but I feel that grounds that they were entitled to a funeral is no place for a baby. their sorrow, then you must accept it.

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Vanier Crusaders win again

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Left: Vanier Crusaders co-captain Chris Carino goes up for two during the senior boys final of the Yukon Basketball Championships on Saturday at Vanier Catholic Secondary.

The Crusaders topped the Porter Creek Rams 95-68.

Above: A fan finds a new way in which to watch the senior boys final.

the third quarter up 69-56 before running away with the game in the fourth, scoring 26 points.

“It’s definitely a very humbling win,” said Crusaders co-captain Chris Carino.

“Throughout the season we were trying not to become complacent and keep our feet on the ground with big margin wins. And make the other team better and play to our standards.

At the end it’s all about how we play as team.”

Not only was it Vanier’s fourth straight senior boys title, the win over the Rams was the final touch on a perfect season.

The Crusaders went undefeated, also winning the Whitehorse high schools’ Super Hoops title.

Tom Patrick the Yukon Schools’ Athletics As- said Crusaders head coach Sean “The cohesiveness of the McCarron. “Three quarters (of sociation last weekend.

News Reporter team, people knowing their the team) are graduating, so we roles, knowing they have to The Crusaders won the anier Catholic Secondary junior boys and senior girls did want to win for a number of cheer, score, rebound,” said Cahas a surplus of chamreasons. Mainly because we put rino, when asked for the source titles, then finished the championship banners to be pionships by winning its fourth a lot of time and energy trying of the team’s success. “People hung in the gymnasium. The to be successful. To see it play consecutive senior boys title at embracing their roles on the athletics department has fallen out was pretty satisfying.”

Vanier on Saturday. team.” behind in hanging them and the The Crusaders won the se“I didn’t talk about it until The Crusaders secured the school just got three more. halftime, reminding them, other nior boys title with a 95-68 win title, and honours. Three of the The Vanier Crusaders won over the Porter Creek Rams in than going undefeated and five championship All-Stars three out of four titles at the Yu- finishing a successful season, front of a packed house. Vanier named were Crusaders, as well kon Basketball Championships, we were also going for our jumped out to a 7-0 lead and as the MVP. held it until half. They finished hosted by Basketball Yukon and fourth senior title in a row,” Ian New, RJ Siosan and Josh

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Tobias were named All-Stars and Carino MVP. Carino led the game in scoring with 42 points with seven three-pointers. Siosan put 25 on the board and Tobias 23.

All four Crusaders played on Yukon’s bronze-winning team at the 2014 Arctic Winter Games in Fairbanks, Alaska.

“Most of our guys have been playing for Basketball Yukon the last few years and that helped develop our game together, and knowing each other on and off the court,” said Carino, who graduates this spring. “It’s definitely nice to finish off on good note.”

Porter Creek’s Chris Neysoo, Brad Jacobson and Pierre Lafever each scored 13 points in the final.

The F.H. Collins Warriors took the bronze.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

All-Stars Hughie Fordyce-Fortune (Warriors) Chris Neysoo (Rams) Ian New (Crusaders) RJ Siosan (Crusaders) Josh Tobias (Crusaders) MVP Chris Carino (Crusaders)

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Crusader girls end decade-long drought Tom Patrick News Reporter

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he last time the Vanier Crusaders won the Yukon title in senior girls basketball, its current team was barely into their elementary school careers.

That is, up to this past Saturday, when the Crusaders captured the senior girls title for the first time since 2005 at the Yukon Basketball Championships at Vanier Catholic Secondary.

They ended the decade-long drought with a 48-26 win over the F.H. Collins Warriors in the final.

“Our team has a lot of brand new players and to see us come this far – and a lot of us have played together throughout high school every year – it’s really awesome to see us come out together and get our first win against F.H., probably ever,” said Crusaders captain Kelly Mahoney. “It’s awesome to finally have a good win against them.”

The Warriors were the favourites going into the final. Not only did they win Whitehorse’s high school Super Hoops title, they were the defending Yukon champs, having beaten the Crusaders in last year’s final.

“We were missing two players who were starters this year,” said Warriors coach Ann Jirousek. “It was a different game not having our usual starters out there.

“Vanier really improved this season … They hit every shot.”

The Crusaders finished the first half up 18-13 and the third quarter up 29-23. They really turned up the heat in the fourth. Following a free-throw from Emily Ross, Mahoney hit her second threepointer to take a 10-point lead.

She finished the game with nine points and was named championship MVP. “Kelly has put in so much work to get better and she’s been playing all summer, all fall, and playing with the boys, and just working to improve,” said Crusaders head coach Stefans Jackson.

“She deserves this MVP. She’s put in the work.”

The Crusaders piled in the baskets right till the end, scoring nine points in the final two minutes.

Jetta Bilsky pushed back an offensive rebound for two, Mel Moya stole and handed off to Kathryn Fortune for two and Bilsky tossed one in from the top of the key just before the buzzer.

As sharp as their offensive game was, it was their defensive game that won it for them, said Mahoney.

“Our defence, it was something new,” she said. “We thought it was something we would try … and

All-Stars Hannah Milner (Rams) Jacy Sam (Warriors) Kathryn Fortune (Crusaders) Hanna Wirth (Warriors) Jetta Bilsky (Crusaders) MVP Kelly Mahoney (Crusaders)

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Above: Vanier Crusaders’ Jetta Bilsky takes a shot during the senior girls final of the Yukon Basketball Championships on Saturday at Vanier Catholic Secondary. The Crusaders topped the F.H. Collins Warriors 48-26. Right: Vanier Crusaders’ Kelly Mahoney is tripped up as she takes a shot.

we put all our strength into our defence because Jackson told us at the start of the season we will win games with defence and not offence. That really helped us, that when we started to push and that gave the opportunities to get down the floor and have some fast-breaks.”

“I could not be happier with the way they played defence today, it was just phenomenal,” said Jackson. “I’m pleased with all the girls, including the ones who

didn’t play much.

“We had one girl with torn ligaments in her thumb and didn’t play, but she was the loudest one on the bench.”

With 11 points in the final, Fortune was named a championship All-Star, as was Bilsky, who double-doubled. Bilsky, who is only in Grade 9, finished the final with 20 points and 25 rebounds.

“She’s a huge part of our team and we’re so glad to have her play with us this year,” said Mahoney.

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Warriors Jacy Sam and Hanna Wirth, who scored nine and seven points, respectively, were also named All-Stars.

The Crusaders beat the bronzewinning Porter Creek Rams 55-41 in the semifinal.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Porter Creek junior girls complete undefeated season

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Championship MVP Thea Carey of the Porter Creek Rams watches her free-throw go in during the junior girls final at the Yukon Basketball Championships on Friday at Vanier Catholic Secondary. The Rams beat the F.H. Collins Warriors 60-57.

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he junior girls final of the Yukon Basketball Championships featured a hot-potato-lead neither team could hold for long.

Fairly comfortable leads were traded throughout the game, but the Porter Creek Rams had it when it mattered most.

The Rams came back in the final

minutes to defeat the F.H. Collins Warriors 60-57 at Vanier Catholic Secondary on Friday.

With the Yukon title, the Rams closed the books on an undefeated season.

“They’ve been together a couple years because they shuffled the age categories over the last couple years,” said Rams head coach Jenna Frerot. “We’ve played pretty much the same team over the last two

Spread your wings.

years.

“So they’ve grown quite a bit as a team and we have been able to work on their skills with the same group of girls, which has been great.”

The Rams finished the first period up, were tied at the end of the second, and fell behind by nine points in the third at 49-40 for the Warriors.

Down 51-47 midway through the fourth, the Rams took the lead on back-to-back steals and subsequent lay-ups by Thea Carey.

“They are a really good match for us, so it can easily go either way,” said Frerot. “In the fourth quarter we managed to slow things down,

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Players from the F.H. Collins Warriors and Porter Creek Rams reach for a loose ball.

and were able to make some smart passes and box-out on rebounds.”

Carey led her team with 16 points and was named championship MVP. She had two Basketball Yukon execs trying to convince her try out for Team Yukon following

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“She’s got quads of steel,” said Frerot. “Not only is she the only junior player to absolutely just stuff someone so amazingly, her fitness is amazingly good and her defence – no one defends like Thea.

“We know if there’s a press that needs to be broken or a basket that needs to be scored, Thea needs to be on the court.”

Also scoring for the Rams was Mia Greenough with 14 points.

Dannica Nelson had the biggest impact on the scoreboard for the Warriors, putting 14 up. Teammate Jen Mendelson had nine.

The Rams team, which has been playing together for a few years, lost to the Warriors the last two years in the final. “(We’re) ecstatic,” said Carey.

“We’re all just so close and we’re all friends in school and we just get along so well. There’s no problem with anyone between us.”

The hosting Vanier Crusaders took the bronze.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Fourth-quarter run gives Vanier junior boys title

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Left: Vanier Crusadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lorem Lumanog goes up for two during the junior boys final of the Yukon Basketball Championships on Friday at Vanier Catholic Secondary. The Crusaders defeated the Porter Creek Rams 66-61. Above: Porter Creek Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jarred Peterson, left, and Vanier Crusadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hines Viernes jump for a free ball.

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n the dying seconds of the third quarter, Vanier Crusadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lorem Lumanog drove to the net and let loose an underhanded shot that would tie the game at the buzzer.

That buzzer-beater was a spark that helped the team catch fire in the fourth quarter.

couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be any prouder of the boys. They did great.â&#x20AC;?

Lumanogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s buzzer basket was the first of an eight-point run that made the difference in the end.

He sunk two more to start the fourth and finished the game with 20 points.

The Crusaders then grew the lead to 57-49 on a three-pointer The Crusades out-scored the from Dave Mindanao, who was Porter Creek Rams in the fourth playing on a sprained ankle he to take a 66-61 win and the junior suffered in the semifinal. Minboys title at the Yukon Basketball danao led the game in scoring, Championships on Friday at finishing with 22 points, and was Vanier Catholic Secondary. named championship MVP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealing with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so great, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain it,â&#x20AC;? high school kids, if you can have said Mindanao. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to get something like that go off, it can it.â&#x20AC;? feel like thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six guys on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;We pushed ourselves in the floor,â&#x20AC;? said Mike Gallant, acting fourth quarter to win the game and we did it,â&#x20AC;? he added. head coach for the Crusaders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I

Robert Smallwood led the charge for the Rams, putting 19 points on the board. Teammate Jarred Peterson contributed 13 points and Darcy Larochelle 10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These teams battled hard all year and the better team won in the end, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not because we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try hard,â&#x20AC;? said Rams head coach Paul MacDonald. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always tell my players, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure Mike gives the same message, if at the end you can look your fellow teammates in the eyes and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I did my best,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter the score, you win. It sounds cliche, but we believe it at Porter Creek.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not always the most skilled basketball players, but our work ethic is there.â&#x20AC;?

A team from F.H. Collins Secondary beat another team from F.H. Collins to take the bronze.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

All-Stars Anshil Kumar (Warriors) Jowe Pagabo (Crusaders) Jarred Peterson (Rams) Lorem Lumanog (Crusaders) Robert Smallwood (Rams) MVP Dave Mindanao (Crusaders)

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Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction.

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Puzzle B CLUES ACROSS 1. Angry 4. Mr. Claus 9. Minerals 11. Gluten-free diet disease 12. Nickel-cadmium accumulator 14. Day or rest & worship 15. King of Magadha (273-232) 16. Satisfy an appetite 17. Stage signal 18. Durable aromatic wood 19. Something used to lure 20. Actress Basinger

21. A rare and exceptional person 24. Quick head movement 25. Yeddo 26. Mythological bird 27. Root mean square (abbr.)

28. Chart of the Earth’s surface 29. Fish eggs 30. Recto 37. The cry made by sheep 38. Pitcher 39. Supports climbing plants 40. Arbitrager

41. Winglike structures 42. Singer Ross 43. Belonging to Barney & Betty 45. “Promises” author Wendi 46. Swindles 47. In widespread existence 48. Those opposed to 49. Used to be U___

14. Ship’s canvas 16. Aformentioned 19. Big man on campus 20. English actress Stark 22. Malaria mosquitoes 23. Many subconsciousses 26. A scrap of cloth 27. Cry loudly 28. Actress Farrow 29. S. Korean Pres. Syngman (1948-65) 30. Rectangular grooved joint

31. “___ the night before Christmas” 32. Male parents 33. Earlier in time 34. Rampart of felled trees 35. Scoundrel (Yiddish) 36. Pencilmark remover 37. Danish ballet dancer Erik 40. Blood clams genus 41. Subsititutes (abbr.)

44. Spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan

CLUES DOWN 1. Grace’s Principality 2. No longer seated 3. Translate into ordinary language 4. Point that is one point E of SE 5. Linen vestment worn by priests 6. A B vitamin 7. Ryan O’Neal’s daughter 8. Dull steady pain 10. Seaport on Osaka Bay 11. Cowpunchers 13. Mend a sock

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DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT SERVICES The ideal candidate will have a relevant certificate or diploma in Civil Engineering, building technology, business management, project and property management or the equivalent in training and experience. The incumbent will have a broad knowledge of First Nations Government systems and an awareness of housing issues affecting First Nation people both locally and nationally. Knowledge of building construction codes and regulations, WCB regulations, and employment law is also a must. Candidates should also possess very strong communication, interpersonal and time management skills, as well as have extensive financial management experience.

THE JOB: This key senior management position is responsible for directing Government Services activities that include construction and renovation projects, building operations and maintenance, managing landlord and tenant relationships, and community infrastructure planning and operations. Supervising a variety of positions in the Government Services department, this position will direct the provision of day-to-day government services to the community and implement construction and capital projects, while also ensuring that strategic goals, work plans, policies & procedures are developed, implemented and evaluated on an ongoing basis.

A DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE AT: www.vgfn.ca/employment SALARY RANGE: $52.47 to $68.21 per hour (65 hours biweekly); plus benefits Please submit resumes by: March 23, 2015 @ 4p.m. to: Brenda Frost Manager, Human Resources Tel: (867)966-3261 ext. 256 Fax: (867)966-3800 Email: hrd@vgfn.net

Science, Trades, Technology & Munchkins Camps School of Continuing Education and Training Salary (Coordinator): $16.72 to $19.14 per hour Salary (Facilitators): $15.63 per hour Casual Hire from: May 11, 2015 to August 14, 2015 Competition No.: 15.33 Initial Review Date: March 20, 2015 Yukon College is looking for enthusiastic four Summer Camp Facilitators and a Munchkin Coordinator who enjoy working with youth in both an indoor & outdoor, experiential setting and travelling throughout the Yukon. Camp Coordinator and Camp Facilitators will work together as a team to provide safe quality camp experiences for the campers. In the camp structure the Summer Camp Coordinators are the coordinating team captains while the Summer Camp Facilitators are the team leaders working directly with the campers.

The successful candidates will help coordinate and facilitate weeklong Science, Trades, Technology & Munchkins summer camps, for ages 5-15, in Whitehorse and the communities.

Job Requirements: Post-secondary students in the following disciplines of Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Education, Computer science and/or candidates with teaching experience and previous experience in the trades/construction industry.

Candidates with an acceptable combination of education, training and experience may also be considered.

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For more information please contact: Kathryn Zrum, Manager Continuing Education and Training Email: kzrum@yukoncollege.yk.ca Phone: (867) 668-8740 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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COMMERCIAL FLEET MECHANIC North 60 Petro Ltd. is a home heating delivery and bulk fuel Transportation Company having a fleet of 16 plus truck and tractor combinations. We are currently looking to hire a Journeyman Heavy Duty mechanic to diagnose service and maintain our current fleet.

The ideal candidate will have a Commercial or Heavy Duty Journeyman Certification, experience with diagnosing electronic controls on Cummings and Caterpillar engines, experience with major driveline repairs and overhauls.

Class 1 driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with air endorsement and PMVI qualifications would be an asset.

Candidate must have the willingness to work overtime as required.

This is a full time position based in Whitehorse. Wages are based on our collective agreement. We also have an excellent benefit package with tool allowance.

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3-BDRM 2-BATH beautiful family home, Spruce Hill, 15 mins from town, mountain view, backs onto Cowley Creek, well water, hardwood/tile throughout, wood stove, storage shed, wood shed. $515,000. 334-8121

Yukon WomenĘźs Transition Home is seeking

Casual Workers Wage: $24.36 per hour plus shift premium Benefits as per collective agreement

As a member of the Transition Home staff, the Casual Worker will fill in for staff when on leave or training. Other opportunities may be available in the future.

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Help Wanted SKKY HOTEL IS HIRING Hotel Cleaner/Janitorial immediately.

Starting wage is $14.13/hr 40 hrs a week.

Submit resume to Front Desk or email decristofarop@rogers.com TAKHINI GAS STATION is looking for Gas Bar Attendant and Kitchen Help.

Please send resume by email. takhinigas@gmail.com GOLD MINE CAMP COOK May through September Sub-Contractor work Please send resume to: dodgemachining@msn.com or contact: 307-266-1241 for more details.

Miscellaneous for Sale WINDOOR RECYCLER We buy & sell: â&#x20AC;˘ Brand new/used double/triple pane vinyl/wood windows. â&#x20AC;˘Brand new steel/vinyl exterior doors with frames.

Now selling: â&#x20AC;˘Brand new unfinished oak kitchen cabinets.

333-0717 We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, rifles & ammo.

G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL YUKON WILDLIFE Conservation stamps, rare and unique collection of 13 stamps, from 1996-2008, beautiful artwork depicting Yukon birds and wildlife, $150. 633-3154 1965-66 TOPPS Hockey Cards, complete set, great shape, $1,500. Ross @ 633-3154

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Summer Camp Facilitator(s) x4 Summer Camp Munchkin Coordinator

Science, Trades, Technology & Munchkins Camps School of Continuing Education and Training Salary (Coordinator): $16.72 to $19.14 per hour Salary (Facilitators): $15.63 per hour Casual Hire from: May 11, 2015 to August 14, 2015 Competition No.: 15.33 Initial Review Date: March 20, 2015

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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.

Clinical/Lab Instructor Practical Nurse Program (PN)

School of Health, Education & Human Services Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Term position to March 31, 2016 Hourly Rate: $37.87 to $45.08 (Based on 37.5 hours bi-weekly) Competition No.: 15.24 Initial Review Date: March 16, 2015 Yukon College is seeking a Clinical/Lab Instructor to instruct in the Practical Nurse Program. This position is responsible for providing classroom teaching, instruction and supervision in the clinical setting, as well as facilitation of simulation experiences in the Nursing Lab and Human Patient Simulator Lab. The ideal candidate will have a Baccalaureate degree in nursing; registration or eligibility for registration with Yukon Registered Nurse Association, previous instructional experience, preferably in an adult education environment, and experience working in community settings, long-term care and acute care facilities, including hospitals.

4-DRAWER METAL filing cabinet, exc shape, $350. 332-6565 PIONEER FEATHER-LITE parka, menĘźs sz med, like new, $150, snowmobile suit, unisex down insulated, $75. 633-3053 MYSTERIES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; various authors. 40 paperbacks, $25. Ross 633-3154 GORGEOUS PERSIAN carpet, Habibian Nain, cream colour with blue trim, 600 knots psi, 5'X8', bought in Middle East, appraised + docs, $2,500 or offers. 204-880-7245 herbeeking@hotmail.com For Sale NATIVE BRAIN-TANNED HIDES and Tanned Beaver Pelts at reasonable prices Phone (780)335-3557 If no one is available please leave msg or call (780)461-9677 WOLF HIDE, large tanned timber wolf pelt, typical grey & white colour, $500. 668-3632 lv msg WEENIE WAGON, be your own boss, business is ready to re-open when the snow melts, 136A Industrial Rd, Whitehorse, serious inquiries only. 335-6163 12X14X3 CANVAS wall tent w/wood stove, $700. 332-1200 27â&#x20AC;?W X 12ĘźL aluminum loading ramp, will carry 1,500 lbs, as new, paid $750, asking $450. 332-6565 KING CANADA KC-1440/Birmingham CT-1440G metal lathe, like new, vg cond, low time/usage, incl floor stand & extras, $5,000 + tax. 667-7573 Mon-Fri or lv msg 8Ęź POLAR bear rug w/head mount, new cond, great investment/art, quick sale for $5,000. 334-6494 ROBERT BATEMANS Arctic cliff wolves, framed, signed & numbered, $1,000.

334-6494 PRO-SOURCE STEEL pressure tank from Berkeley, model PS42H-S00, used only a few years, yours to take away. Call 633-2479 evenings.

KENMORE CENTRAL vacuum from Sears, model S107, never installed, comes with all parts, $150. Call 633-2479 evenings.

WINE MAKING supplies, wine corker, hydrometer, thermometer, long mixing stir spoon, $50 obo. 667-4892 NEW MOTORCYCLE/ATV pants, nylon, 32â&#x20AC;? to 42â&#x20AC;? waist, 4X with 33â&#x20AC;? inseam, elastic cuffs with zippers, $50. 667-4540

Consideration may be given to those with an appropriate blend of education and experience.

ANTIQUE EMPIRE Aristocrat 1950's typewriter, still works, c/w case, check out prices on Internet, $80 US funds. 667-4892

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

APPROX 1500 DVD fairly recent movies including 125 Blue-ray and many series set, sold with 2 storage cabinets as a package, $3,000. 667-4409 USED TIN, beige & white from 60ĘźX70Ęź shop 20Ęź wall, wall & roof tin, exc cond, value $18,300 new, asking $7,500. 335-5192

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 MENĘźS MUSKOKA large winter coat, grey, red & white, paid $115, asking $50.

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.96 CARAT cushion cut diamond ring, white gold, just inspected, matched set avail, have appraisal, paid $3,500 US, asking $1,900.

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

CFL FOOTBALL cards, 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards. $1,400. Ross 633-3154

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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.

Coordinator, Summer Camps

School of Continuing Education and Training Casual Position Hourly rate: $25.49 per hour Dates: March 30th to September 11th, 2015 (Full-time) Competition #: 15.31 Initial Review Date: March 20, 2015 Yukon College is looking for an enthusiastic Coordinator for Summer Camps to provide program support to the YC Kids Camps.

The successful candidate will assist the school in considering camp curriculum and design for facilitating week long Science, Trades and Technology summer camps, for ages 5-15, throughout the Yukon.

Duties: â&#x20AC;˘ Coordinating the day to day and summer long activities of a team of 8-10. â&#x20AC;˘ Liaising with Community Campuses, First Nations, and partners to arrange, schedule and coordinate community camps. â&#x20AC;˘ Creating budgets for community camp delivery â&#x20AC;˘ Ensuring camp supplies and necessary materials are ordered and available. â&#x20AC;˘ Greeting and assisting and directs enquiries from students, staff and the public. â&#x20AC;˘ Supporting camp staff by preparing travel itineraries and logistics for the travelling facilitators. â&#x20AC;˘ Assisting with financial procedures and word-processing publications and various correspondences. â&#x20AC;˘ Building the framework for camp content.

We are looking for an individual who has completed courses at a post-secondary level preferably at a B.Ed, or Recreational degree with excellent customer service skills, and has related experience in a coordinator position. Applicants will have the ability to multi-task various office procedures including the following: basic bookkeeping, word-processing using Microsoft Word and Excel, and the ability to provide quality front-line customer service in a cross-cultural environment.

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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MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10, almost every card issued incl. 27 unopened paks from each year, over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. Ross 633-3154 THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. Ross 633-3154 MARCH INDOOR garage sale all month, everything from furniture, tools, electronics, clothing, houseware. To arrange viewing David @ 333-0772 WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154 NEW WHITE gold diamond ring, just inspected, never worn, matched set available, paid $1,200 US, asking $500. 336-0306 WORLD HOCKEY Association, 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. Ross 633-3154 GOLD WEDDING ring, diamond stone, size 7, 10K, good cond, best offer. 633-2837

MENĘźS XL Snowgoose parka, ski pants, down-filled parka, quilted vest, various lighter jackets. Will take offers. Call 667-7467 MENĘźS WESTERN-STYLE suits w/2 pairs dress pants & co-ordinating dress shirts, all custom made from Thailand, XL jackets, 34â&#x20AC;? waist, 28â&#x20AC;? length. Will take offers. Call 667-7467 XL T-SHIRTS & sweatshirts, souvenir items that have never been worn. Will take offers.

Call 667-7467 TREKK SLEEPING bags, (7 degrees C, -20 degrees C, -46 degrees C), 3-person dome tent, single sleeping mattress, hip waders.

Will take offers. Call 667-7467 INSIGNIA DIGITAL picture frame, asking $50. Call 667-7467 ELECTRIC â&#x20AC;&#x153;OPENâ&#x20AC;? sign, also flashes On & Off, ideal for new or existing business, asking $150. Call 667-7467

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SIMONIZ S1600 pressure washer, will take offers. Call 667-7467 4 INDUSTRIAL black sinks, will take offers.

Call 667-7467 BELMONT BARBER chairs, asking $300 each. Call 667-7467 COMPOUND ANGLE Dewalt ceramic saw, complete option package, has only done 3 projects, near new, $900. Al @ 633-3670 BLADEZ 5.9T treadmill, retailed for over $1,000, asking $300. Call 667-7467

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 HITACHI 52â&#x20AC;? LCD television w/stand, asking $1,000. Call 667-7467

PROFESSIONAL GUITAR stand, holds minimum 8 guitars, bought from professional guitar shop, $300 obo. 667-4892

Computers & Accessories

YAMAHA PORTABLE keyboard PSR-70, exc cond, c/w Ranger metal carrying case & stand, $175. 667-4409

IPOD TOUCH 3rd gen 32Gb, includes protective skin and earphones, $100. 668-4613

Store (867) 633-3276 PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com

APT-SIZE PORTABLE washing machine, new, never used, hooks up to kitchen sink, paid $294, asking $200. 633-2836

2 BELL satellite receivers w/remotes, exc cond, Model 3100, $60. 334-8318

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

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

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V-TECH CORDLESS phone system with Blue Tooth wireless technology, asking $100. Call 667-7467

LEARN HOW TO MAKE MUSIC! 6 week course - "Makin Music" At Green Needle Records recording studio.

Starts in April 2015 More info at http://greenneedlerecords.com Or call 867 335 0396

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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 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 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 DRY SPRUCE FIREWOOD Cut to length 16â&#x20AC;? and up From Haines Junction Local delivery $250 per cord 456-2035 DUKE'S FIREWOOD Round Firewood Multiples of 2 cords, $250/cord Round 6 cord load, $230/cord Cash sales only 334-8122 FRANKĘźS FIREWOOD Standing dead spruce cordwood â&#x20AC;˘$230/cord for stove length delivered in town â&#x20AC;˘$90/cord u-cut on the landing â&#x20AC;˘1/2 cord orders welcomed â&#x20AC;˘Special rates for cordwood resellers Phone 334-8960 ANDYĘźS FIREWOOD SERVICE End of season discounts Quality standing dry Haines Junction Full measured cords, stacked $230/cord Discount for large orders 335-0932, leave message DONĘźS FIREWOOD â&#x20AC;˘Daily deliveries â&#x20AC;˘Junction beetle-kill Spruce â&#x20AC;˘Kwanlin Dun & Social Services accepted â&#x20AC;˘$245/cord until seasonĘźs end Phone 393-4397 DIMOK TIMBER 6 cord or 22 cord loads of firewood logs You cut firewood @ $115/cord Call 634-2311 or email dimoktimber@gmail.com

Guns & Bows LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL 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 CANADIAN FIREARMS Safety Course Restricted PAL. Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Sunday March 29, 2015, cost $120. Contact 633-6202 for information or to register.

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YUKON NEWS 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 ANNUAL GENERAL Meeting, Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club, Sunday March 15, 2015.

Doors open at noon, meeting starts at 2pm.

CANADIAN FIREARMS Safety Course Non-restricted PAL. Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club March 21 & 22, 2015. Cost $120.00.

Contact 633-2488 for information or to register 2 FIREARMS, Ruger single six, stainless steel, 6 shot, .22 mag & .22 LR, $400 ea.

334-8086

2008 TAURUS LTD, 138,000kms, transferrable extended warranty, summer/winter tires on rims, blk ext/int, $9,800. 336-0995 2000 FORD Taurus sedan, 4-dr, P/W, P/D, cruise, V6 auto, 4 new snow tires, $1,950.

336-2029 1998 FORD Escort wagon, runs & drives well, needs a battery & brake work, $500 obo. Call/text 335-3631 1999 CADILLAC, 2-dr, winter/summer tires on rims, $2,800. 336-2029

1992 SUBARU Loyale, 4WD, $1,000.

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WANTED: COOEY 22 rifle. 334-7503

CHURCHILL GUNMAKERS sporting rifle, 303 British, on a No 4 Mk 1, Monte Carlo stock, 5-rd mag, T01 scope base, clean barrel, vg cond, $380, PAL reqĘźd. 667-2276 WANTED: WINCHESTER Model 94 lever action. 335-0043

USED VEHICLE SPECIALS!!

SOLD! PR 2012 Toyota Corolla #7569A / $19,7977............. .............

PROMO $13,995 2011 Toyota Tundra SR5 4.6L V8 #7501B / $39 $39,199 199 .......PROMO PR $25,795 2010 Toyota Tundra SR5 #7467A / $42,766 .......PROMO $29,800 2008 Jeep Wrangler Sahara #7479A / $34,060 ....PROMO $18,995 2009 Kia Sorento #7527A / $32,745.................. PROMO $14,790

WANTED: VOLUNTEER to teach beginner English to an adult. 393-2275 WERE YOU a squatter in Whiskey, Moccasin Flats, Sleepy Hollow or the Wye area?

Need your story. squatterstory@gmail.com or Pat 667-4141 WANTED: LOOKING for someone to bring a 6x12 tandem axle enclosed trailer from Prince George. Will compensate. Call 867-334-8669 WANTED: WHEELCHAIR accessible van in good running condition. Call 633-5211 or 334-3564 (cell)

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2012 Nissan Altima 2.5 S

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Trucks

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30,400

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2013 Toyota Tacoma Limited STOCK #1502

2012 TOYOTA Tacoma 4x4 quad cab, black, only 51,000km, Trd sport package, loaded except for leather, $29,600. 335-5428

PRICE: $42,126 $

33,995

WE BUY USED CARS

2009 VOLKSWAGEN City Golf, gas, 4-dr hatchback, heated seats, 49,000 kms, auto w/tiptronic shifter, great fuel economy, exc cond, c/w winter & summer tires, $12,500 obo. 335-1025

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2011 GMC 1500 Sierra Nevada Edition, 28,000km, white crew cab, 1 owner, stored indoors, mint cond, towing pkg, canopy available, $23,500. 336-0306 1984 FORD F350 4X4, regular cab, 10Ęź flat deck, new winter tires, $2,000. 334-8086

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2006 DODGE Ram 4x4 diesel, 220,000 km, towing transmission w/10k auto, intake & exhaust, newer rubber, soft tonneau cover, full synthetic Amsoil, solid clean truck, $19,000 obo. 335-6382 2006 F350 diesel, grey super crew truck, 5' mbrp exaust, 4 stage edge tuner, new tires, 2-12â&#x20AC;? subs w/1300 watt amp, 298,000km, all highway, runs great, powerful, $10,000 obo.

335-2172 2006 FORD F150, ext cab, 8Ęź box w/liner, 5.4L V8, locking canopy, running boards, clean unit, 153,000kms, $11,500. 334-9151 (cell) 2003 F-150 Lariat super-crew, fully loaded, heated leather seats, DVD, custom canopy, new summer/winter tires on rims, air bag suspension assist, camper tie-downs, well maintained, 210,000km, $11,000 obo.

456-7849 2002 DODGE Dakota SLT 4X4, 4-dr, matching colour cap, 169,000kms, loaded, blk leather interior, gold exterior, with mechanical, $8,900. 336-0995

1999 DODGE Caravan, lots of repairs done on it, 230,805 kms, $5,000 obo. 393-4630 more info 1997 DODGE Single cab, 2 WD, 5.9 gas, new paint, auto, 208,000 kms, $2,500 1996 DODGE Single cab, 2 WD, V6, 5 spd, new paint, 198,000 kms, $2,500 333-0717 1979 FORD 3/4 ton van, no rust, rebuilt 351 Windsor, $800. 456-4198 1977 CLUBWAGON Chateau van, 50,000 original mi, exc engine, 3/4 ton, $1,800.

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2008 CHEVY Tahoe, trailer hitch, power windows/doors, 2 batteries, running boards, rubber mat flooring, leather back seat, 177,000 kms. 333-3457

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2003 HONDA Accord sedan, very clean, runs great, fully loaded, heated leather seats & sunroof, studded winter tires installed, great on fuel, $4,500. 333-0747

2008 CHEVY Equinox 145,000km, well maintained/clean, P/W, P/L, roof rack, running boards, remote start, $9,500. 689-4658.

2009 KENWORTH T800, 815,000 kms, Cat C15. 500hp, 18-spd trans, new head, reconditioned injectors, engine heat, bunk heat, many options, $68,000 obo. 336-2327 for photos/info

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2013 HYUNDAI Genesis Coupe, 2.0T, fully loaded, 6-spd standard w/cargo tray, winter front mats, new winter tires/rims, oil pan heater, 13,000 kms, $26,500 obo. 334-9039

2011 TOYOTA Matrix, hatchback, command start, summer/winter tires, 67,000kms, exc cond, $14,000 obo. Gary or Falina 633-4873

2009 CHEV Colorado 4X4, ext cab, auto, V6, P/W, P/D, cruise, radio/CD, $5,950.

336-2029

1999 CHEVROLET Silverado, x-cab 4x4, V8 auto, c/w winch, headache rack & rails, storage bins, $5,950. 336-2029

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2013 Toyota Tundra SR5 TRD

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Wanted

1958 THUNDERBIRD, work in progress, $13,500. Al @ 633-3670 for info

1993 OLDS Cutlass Supreme, 3.1L, good transmission, offers. 456-4198

REMINGTON MODEL 700 in 30-06, exc shape, c/w Leopold 3x9, $800. Call/text Tyler, 334-7024

CHIAPPA LITTLE badger foldable .22, extremely compact, c/w backpack, new in box, perfect for backpacking, $350. 335-2034

1990 TOYOTA Camry, 5-spd standard, c/w winter & summer tires. 668-2253

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Pet of the Week!

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DODGE RAM 3500, crew cab, Cummins diesel, dually auto tran, mechanicĘźs deck c/w 1-ton crane, reduced to $15,000. 336-2029

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

WANTED: WHEELCHAIR accessible van in good running condition. Call 633-5211 or 334-3564 (cell)

WANTED: CANOPY for older Toyota Tundra pick-up, approx 68â&#x20AC;?W x 78â&#x20AC;?L. 456-3003

Auto Parts & Accessories

WANTED: TOWING mirrors with heat & power control for 2002 Dodge RAM 2500 Quad Cab. Need both driver and passenger sides. Richard @ 668-7963

TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100

Arrival: Jan 9, 2015 Sex: Female Spayed Breed: DSH DOB: ~2011

5 BRAND new Goodyear 245/75-17â&#x20AC;? 10ply mud/snow tires, $420 cost each, complete set of 5 for $1,350 obo, will not fit my truck.

Call 332-1374

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4"-&4 t #0%: 4)01 t 1"354 t 4&37*$& 2007 Ford Focus, 4 DOOR, SES, GREEN......................................................... $6,995 2003 Pontiac Montana Ext, 2-TONE GREEN........................................... $5,595 2005 Ford F350 Crewcab, 4X4, DIESEL ................................................. $11,995 1997 Dodge Quad Cab SLT.............................................................................. $2,995 1994 Ford Explorer, NEW TIRES ....................................................................... $1,995 2011 Polaris Rush 800, MINT!! ....................................................................... $8,595 IN-HOUSE FINANCING AVAILABLE!

2013 Chrysler 200 LX $

15,500

633-6019 FRIDAY, MARCH 13

Help control the pet overpopulation problem

2015

have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

633-6019

Fundraiser

PURE BRED registered black Pomeranians, fully grown should weigh approx 4-7 lbs. Application & home visits may be required.

Ready in April. $1,200, serious inquiries only. 333-0933

$

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles

Auto, Hemi, Silver, 20â&#x20AC;? Wheels

27,500

2010 Chev 2500 Crew 4x4 LT

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

Grey

$

27,900

2013 Ram 2500 Crew Cab 4x4 SLT Cummins Diesel, 66,000 Kms, Black

42,995

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For Quick Approval call: 668-5559

Saturday, March 21

WANTED: NEW home for spayed, 10-yr-old black tortoiseshell cat, very friendly, but shy around dogs. 668-2952

CANARY BIRD cages for sale, XL, $40; L, $30; M, $20; S, $10. Call 667-7467

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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

BU 5IF 'FFE 4UPSF 1FU +VODUJPO 10:00AM - 2:00PM If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382

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

DOGS t 4 yr. old, neutered male, beagleX, brown and black and white ( Dexter) t 2 yr. old, female, labx , black and white, ( Prancer) t 6 year old. female, husky X, white and black, ( Shylo) t 6 months old, male, husky x, black and brown, ( Max) t 14 weeks old, female, shepherd x collie, black and white, ( Astrid)

t 8 yr. old, female spayed, DSH, black, ( Forest) t 2 yr. old, female, DMH,black and white, ( Mika) t 6 yr. old, DMH, female spayed, brown tabby, ( Judy ) t 5 yr. old, DSH, female, black, ( Juanita)

SPECIAL t Homes needed for retired sled dogs. They would make excellent pets. Please contact 668-3647 or kennelmanager@muktuk.com If your lost animal has been inadvertently left off the pet report or for more info on any of these animals, call 633-6019 or stop by 126 Tlingit Street.

Pets will be posted on the Pet Report for two weeks. Please let us know after that time if you need them re-posted.

You can also check out our award winning website at:

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2011 YAMAHA FX6R motorcycle, showroom cond, very fast, $6,500 obo, will consider trade for different style street bike & cash. 334-6494 2004 YAMAHA Ttr 90, great cond, ridden only 5 times, $1,000 obo. 334-6494 2005 POLARIS 600 Switchback, ex cond, $3,500. 399-3904 GLACIER SNOW plow, fits Polaris ATV, $250. 334-4164 TRUCK BOSS sled deck & cargo tray, $3,500. 633-4643 2006 HONDA VTX 1300 w/windshield, saddlebags, back seat rest, new tires, low kms, $8,000 obo. 393-3211

SNOWMOBILE/ATV DECK, steel, w/ramp & lights for back of full-size pick-up, $600, in Atlin. 250-651-2195

sid@sidrock.com

1996 BEARCAT 550, reverse, long track, hitch, rebuilt motor & clutch, $2,500 obo.

335-4181

SALVAGE SALE

t 11 yr. old,DSH, male neutered, black (Mingus) t 1 yr. old, DLH, female, black, ( Luna)

CATS

1991 SKI Doo Alpine 2, double track series, 4800 km, runs excellent, tracks/transmission in great cond, new battery & windshield, good for trail making/bush logging. 633-3810

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t 14 weeks old, female, shepherd x collie, brindle grey, ( Rosie)

2008 YAMAHA Roadliner, 2,800 mi, 1,900 cc, windshield, red on black & chrome, $9,300. 336-0995

PULL-BEHIND SNOWMOBILE for snowmachine, ski or dog trail, Badger brand, excellent for trail grooming, $2,500 new, asking $1,700 obo. 633-6502

t 3 yr. old, neutered male,Argintino Dogo, white, ( Kale)

AT THE SHELTER

NEW SKIS for older model Skandic sled, ordered wrong model, $75 per ski, $100 for pair. 334-6494

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AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION DOGS

2002 POLARIS 550 Trail 2-up seat, reverse, runs great, 752 miles, $3,700. 1993 Polaris Indy 500 Trail deluxe, 2-up seat, runs good, 5,300 miles, $2,700. 333-0717

2010 ARCTIC Cat M8, 162â&#x20AC;? track, 2,500 mi, exc cond, $4,900. 336-0306

RUNNING AT LARGE...

IN FOSTER HOMES

2005 POLARIS 500 Ranger 4X4, tilt box, new tires, good shape, $5,000. 633-4643

Has your fur buddy slowed down?

Return 'spring' to your dogĘźs step.

Older or injured dogs benefit from Glucosamine and MSM. Tasty pharmaceutical grade powder.

Dosage based on weight.

332-7828

2012 Ram 1500 Quadcab 4x4 Outdoorsman

$

3rd Saturday of each month. Next Date:

2005 POLARIS 800 RMK, 159â&#x20AC;? track, rebuilt engine & clutch, Reeds & pipe reverse, $4,000. 633-4643

2005 SKANDIC 550 WT, engine & suspension rebuilt, $4,000. 633-4643

Pets

ST. BERNARD PUPPIES Ready March 20th First shots Both parents are registered purebred Only 1 female & 4 males left 668-7218 â&#x20AC;˘ 335-5192

4 Door, Blue, Low Kms

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

6-SPEED MANUAL trans for Dodge Ram, $800 obo. 633-6502

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

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg

3 MUGGINS, 3/4 Min-Pin & 1/4 Pug, 1 female, 2 males, 2.5 months old. Jackie @ 336-3368 for more info

633-6019 126 Tlingit Street

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015

MOTORCYCLE GEAR including leather jacket, chaps, heated rain gear, gloves, helmets, saddlebags, etc, will take offers. Call 667-7467

The following insurance salvage is up for bids. Salvage vehicles may have signiďŹ cant collision damages. Listed salvage is currently located at Irving Collision Repairs. GST will be added to all bids. It is offered on an â&#x20AC;&#x153;as is, where isâ&#x20AC;? basis. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

Bids close at 6:00 p.m. Monday, March 16, 2015. Contact Irving Collision Repairs (867-667-6315) for viewing appointment & information.

YEAR 2011 2003 2008 2013 2001

MAKE Kia GMC Toyota Chevrolet Toyota

MODEL Forte 5 Sierra Corolla Cruze Rav4

FILE NUMBER 842741 831886 852653 853659 868299

BRANDING Salvage Salvage Salvage Salvage Salvage

CELEBRATE! 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

1982 YAMAHA SS440, exc cond, $2,000; 1994 Arctic Cat Cougar 440 Mountain Cat, new ripsaw track & sliders, $1,500; 1997 Arctic Cat Powder Extreme, clean cond, $2,500. 250-651-7773

Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 18Ęź FIBREFORM boat, c/w tandem axle trailer, well built, 160hp inboard Merc Cruiser motor w/power train, leg redone, runs good, hull needs repainting, good shape, $1,200 obo. 456-4198

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Graduations! Anniversaries!

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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 21ʼ CAMPION, walk around with cuddy, marine radio, GPS, depth sounder, 2 downriggers, 2 live wells, 225 hp mercury on transom w/trailer, $6,900. Email ekositsin@hotmail.com

Heavy Equipment 3 8V71 Detroit engines w/pump drives & hydraulic pumps from 1900 Warner Swazey excavators, $1,800 ea; mid 70s Fiat Allis 945 loader, Euclid rock truck parts, equipment tires. 250-651-7773 BLU-CHIP FORKLIFT, 4x4, 18000 lb lift, with 8' extensions, $7,500, Cummins NT450 engine, under wraps, $6,500, Sunfire Waste Oil Burner with 2- 250 gal. storage tanks, $5,000. 334-2764 LOGGING TRAILER, trip bunks, good tires, current certification, $7,500 obo. 335-5400 1988 HIGH bed trailer, 48ʼ, tri axle, good tires, steel log bunks, current certification, $7,500 obo. 335-5400 WANTED: SMALL gold washplant (50 tph).

Call 780-660-2907 SKIDDER 550 Timberjack, fresh motor, has 4000L water tank, large winch, full blade, $20,000. 335-5192 WATER TRUCK, 1984 W900 and 4000 gal tank Bowie pump, fire hose manifold, new tires, certified, $27,500. 335-5192 OVERLOWE TM3A4DC light tower, 4-cyl Kubota Stamford gen set, $2,500. 456-4088

225 AMP, 17hp Kohler powered ARC welder, $1,500 obo. 633-6502 for details HEAVY EQUIPMENT FOR SALE IN ATLIN • 2004 JD330CLC Excavator •1995 JD992DLC Excavator •1990 White/GMC 10 Ton Tandem Hiab •1995 Western Star Tractor with Lowbed and 48' Tri-axle Hi-boy •Two Older Cat D7 Bulldozers •Large Diesel Dragline with 65' Stick •3 Car-Hauler Trailers •Assorted Fuel Tanks NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED Call 250-651-7531

Campers & Trailers

Great Deals on used RV’s!

Is SELLING OFF their

x-rentals Check out: klondikerv.com (867) 456 2729 TAITʼS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon

Porter & Sloan Martin are eager to share their toys (& Mom & Dad- Glenn & Chelsea Martin) with their NEW brother,

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CARCROSS WATER DELIVERY Project Description: This request for proposals is intended to procure a contract for water delivery to homes and businesses in the community of Carcross.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 24, 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 Steve Perrin at (867) 335-7374.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Selleck William Emery His birthday was Aug. 4th, 2014.

Nana and Poppa (Terry and Ruth Wilkinson) are ecstatic!!

Community Services

Kimberly Gill and Kyle Benjamin Would like to announce the birth of their baby boy

Kellan David Bobby Gill-Benjamin 9 lbs 1 oz, 50 cm long on February 25, 2015 at Whitehorse General Hospital.

Special thank you to Dr. Bendall & Dr. Urness & WGH staff and all the family & friends who were present at birth.

Red and Vel Hull

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are celebratingg their

Wedding Anniversary Family and friends are invited to join them at the

Golden Age Society Saturday, March 14 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS YUKON HOUSING CORPORATION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS: BYLAW MANUAL WHITEHORSE YUKON Project Description: Comprehensive review and re-write of the Yukon Housing Corporation Board of Directors’ bylaws.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 26, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Simone Dumbleton at 867-667-5760 .

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

PUBLIC TENDER CUSTODIAL SERVICES AND DECKS/STAIRS SNOW REMOVAL YUKON HOUSING CORPORATION – SENIORS COMPLEX HAINES JUNCTION, YUKON Project Description: Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 25, 2015.

Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Debbie Hotte at 867-634-2202.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

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

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

SUBSTATION PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING: STEWART KENO TRANSMISSION LINE

PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STEWART KENO TRANSMISSION LINE

Project Description: The Yukon Development Corporation is seeking engineering services for the preliminary design of substations as part of the Stewart Crossing to Elsa Transmission Line Project Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 9, 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 Matthew Sills at 867-393-5335.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Project Description: The Yukon Development Corporation is seeking engineering services for the preliminary design of a replacement transmission line from Stewart Crossing to Elsa.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 9, 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 Matthew Sills at 867-393-5335.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Project Description: The Yukon Development Corporation is seeking consulting services from qualified proponents to conduct project effects assessments and permitting in support of the proposed replacement transmission line from Stewart Crossing to Keno.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 9, 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 Matthew Sills at (867) 393-5335.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

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

Yukon Development Corporation

Yukon Development Corporation

Yukon Development Corporation

PROJECT EFFECTS ASSESSMENT & LICENCING: STEWART KENO TRANSMISSION LINE

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20ʼ GOOSENECK low boy equipment trailer, 2x7,000lb axles, new cond, great for putting camper on, $4,900. 336-0306

2005 20ʼ Frontier travel trailer, dbl bed, newer axle, no leaks, well maintained, everything works, $12,800. 393-3377

8ʼ CAMPER, older model, hunter special, propane heater, fridge, stove, oven, everything works, inside renoʼd, $700. 456-4198

2014 UNUSED Bison flat deck, 8'X9', $2,800. 456-4088

2006 TENT trailer, good cond, fridge & stove, furnace, can hook up to town water, $6,800. 250-233-8505 2010 COUGAR 24 RKS travel trailer, 1/2 ton series, polar pkg, $23,000. 660-5152

PUBLIC TENDER CUSTODIAL - YLC HEAD OFFICE 2015 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 31, 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 Jorn Meier at 867-667-8927.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Yukon Liquor Corporation

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL LABOUR MARKET PARTICIPANT SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Coming Events ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca

AL-ANON MEETINGS, 667-7142. Has your life been affected by someoneʼs drinking?

Wednesday 12Noon @ Anglican Church, 4th & Elliott, back door, Friday 7pm Lutheran Church, 4th & Strickland, beginnerʼs meeting, Friday 8pm Lutheran Church regular meeting 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 GALA GARAGE Sale April 11 at Whitehorse Elementary gym. Fundraiser for Little Footprints Big Steps work in Haiti. Donate/Help?

456-4434

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of

Ritchie Kim Beaupre of Whitehorse, Yukon, Deceased, who died on January 6, 2015,

are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Administrator at the address shown below, before the 27th day of March, 2015, after which date the Administrator will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which they have notice.

AND FURTHER, all persons who are indebted to the Estate are required to make payment to the Estate at the address below.

BY: Marie Behe c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, Y.T. Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 CRESTVIEW CROSS-COUNTRY ski group meets Sundays, 12Noon, 222 Squanga Ave, to ski Pine Forest Loop, 2-3 hours, free.

Franz @ 633-2455 WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE Bridge Club is holding advanced bridge lessons starting Mar 14. Noreen at 633-5352 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.com for more info DUNGEONS & Dragons, Hey teens, role-play & craft fantasy adventure with dungeon master Colin Prentice, Thurs Feb 19, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 14, 3:30– 5pm, Whitehorse Library. Info 667-5239 FREE DIGITAL Skills for the Work World Program, Mar 9–20th. Learn computer/workplace skills for finding and keeping employment. Yukon Learn, 668-6280.

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

PUBLIC TENDER SPRINKLER INSTALLATION YHC UNIT #300300 – 4050-4TH AVENUE WHITEHORSE, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 26, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Laura Vanderkley at 867-667-8114.

Site Visit: March 12, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

VIMY HERITAGE Housing Society AGM Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 7pm, Legion, 503 Steel St. Election of directors, annual reports

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS THE ESTATE OF MURDOCH CHARLES NICHOLSON All claims against the Estate of Murdoch Charles Nicholson, late of the City of Whitehorse, in the Yukon Territory who died on or about the 8th day of January 2015, must be made by filing a statutory declaration with the personal representative noted below on or before the 27th day of March 2015, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the Estate Trustee then shall have notice.

James R. Tucker, Executor c/o 102 - 205 Hawkins Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1X3 DATED at Whitehorse Yukon, this 13th day of March, 2015.

SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF CAMPGROUND FIREWOOD - NORTH REGION - YUKON PARKS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 1, 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 Lolita Hughes at (867) 993-6850.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Education

Environment

HABITAT-FOR-HUMANITY YUKON Annual General Meeting is Saturday, March 28th, from 1 pm to 3 pm at the Whitehorse library.

All are welcome. Building Homes and Building Hope since 2004. Info: 456-4349 LIFE DRAWING Open Studio, 4th Friday of every month @ Arts Underground (lower level of Hougen Centre). $10/session. Call 667-4080 or visit artsunderground.ca for more details.

YUKON SCIENCE Institute presents Transformations in Subarctic Prehistory: Ice Age Infants, Ancient Houses, and the Peopling of the New World, with Ben Potter, Sunday, March 15, 7:30pm, Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, multi-purpose room. Free 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 RESIDENTIAL Landlord Association Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, March 31, Whitehorse Public Library meeting room, 7pm. All landlords invited/encouraged to attend.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS meeting March 16th, 6:30pm, Second Opinion Society, 304 Hawkins St. Contact Kim Tucker 336-1416 MARCH 15, 11am, Maple Sugar Time Brunch, French-Canadian specialities served with pure maple syrup, 302 Strickland, tickets at the door, $15 adult, $35 for family of 4, 668-2663, ext.500 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Writing Circle meeting Tuesday, March 24, 7pm-9pm, Whitehorse United Church, upstairs, scent free. Writing letters to support human rights worldwide. www.amnesty.org VANCOUVER YUKONERS Association announces the Canucks & Hank Karr will be playing after dinner at the VYA 87th annual Reunion, River Rock Hotel & Casino, Saturday, April 11. www.vancouver-yukoners.com for details FLAMENCO AT Yukon Arts Centre, March 27-29, 2015. Amity Skala, flamenco teacher, choreographer and performer from Victoria BC will be teaching beginner and intermediate levels. Info: call/text Carole 250-734-3389 FREE TAX preparation for low income Seniors, March & April. Call Yukon Council on Aging for details. 668-3383 ECUMENICAL SOCIAL Justice Way of the Cross at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 4th and Steele, Friday, March 13, 7pm-7:45pm.

Lenten liturgical journey, all welcome. Info 633-6579 MEET & greet Green Party candidate Frank de Jong, High Country Inn deck, Wednesday, March 18, 5pm-7pm. FMI 660-5212

PUBLIC TENDER

Project Description: Yukon Department of Education - Labour Market Programs and Services is seeking proposals from nongovernment organizations (private or non-profit) to provide labour market services to job seekers with disabilities, including participant case management and referral and employer information services.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 27, 2015.

Please refer to the proposal documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Department of Education, 1000 Lewes Boulevard, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Technical questions may be directed to Heike Fraser at (867) 667-5131.

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

This project is being funded under the Canada Yukon Labour Market Development Agreement.

DAWSON CITY, Gospel Service, Tuesday March 17, Yukon College Open Learning Space, 7-8pm, sharing the story that brings meaning and purpose to life. Jenna LeFlar, Cheryl Lumley, 250-793-7248

PUBLIC TENDER

PUBLIC TENDER

MAINTENANCE & EMERGENCY REPAIRS YUKON HOUSING UNITS HAINES JUNCTION REGION, YUKON 2015/2016

CUSTODIAL SERVICES SENIORS 12 PLEX, (3) 4 PLEXES AND VACANT UNITS, WATSON LAKE, YUKON

REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL YUKON HOUSING CORPORATION CARCROSS, YUKON 2015

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 26, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 26, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 24, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Debbie Hotte at 867-634-2202.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Stacy Bauer at 867-536-7304.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Kathie Ravensdale at 867-821-4281.

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

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

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

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

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

PUBLIC TENDER

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Liquor Corporation

LIQUOR ACT TAKE NOTICE THAT, 45050 Yukon Inc. of 920 - 2nd Avenue, Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0, is making application for or change(s) to Liquor Primary All liquor licence(s), in respect of the premises known as Billy Goat Pub and Restaurant situated at 920 - 2nd Avenue in Dawson City, Yukon.

Any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should ďŹ le their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor Corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4P9 no later than 5:00pm on the 25th day of March, 2015 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The ďŹ rst time of publication of notice is March 6th, 2015.

The second time of publication of notice is March 13th, 2015.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

Ronald Dennis Itsi Deceased of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory who died on December 8, 2014.

All persons having claims against the above-mentioned Estate are requested to file a claim, supported by Statutory Declaration, with Bhreagh D. Dabbs, on or before April 3, 2015, after which date the Estate will be distributed having reference only to claims which have been so filed.

All persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment to: AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN Attention: Bhreagh D. Dabbs Barristers and Solicitors 3081 Third Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z7

The third time of publication of notice is March 20th, 2015.

Any questions concerning this speciďŹ c notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.

PUBLIC TENDER PAVEMENT RUBBLIZATION AND SURFACE RECLAMATION - WATSON LAKE AIRPORT, WATSON LAKE, YUKON

PUBLIC TENDER WARM MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENT OVERLAY KM 351.6 TO KM 359.1 AND TATCHUN BRIDGE APPROACHES KLONDIKE HIGHWAY #2 YUKON 2015 - 2016

Project Description: This project includes the rubblization, grading, and compacting of approximately 95,000m2 of existing asphalt on Taxiway F and Aprons I & II, hauling and blending of approximately 1,500m3 of existing stockpiles of asphalt millings, and seeding of a test plot of grass.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 8, 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 Fred Jay at 867-332-4480.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

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

Project Description: The work consists of, but is not limited to, supply and production of warm mix asphalt, including supply and production of aggregates, crack sealing, mill and fill asphalt repairs, remedial sub-excavations, supply and application of asphalt tack and prime coats, application of a warm mix asphalt correction lift, application of a warm mix asphalt pavement overlay, access preparation and paving, line painting pre-marking, environmental compliance and traffic control.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 2, 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 Kirn Dhillon at 867-633-7945.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

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

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

FIRE ALARM CERTIFICATION AND EMERGENCY LIGHT TESTING

TIMBER SUPPLY ANALYSIS

Project Description: Inspection, testing and certification services as per requirements of CAN ULC-S536 at Yukon Liquor Corporation Office, 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon 2015/16 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 31, 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 Jorn Meier at 867-667-8927.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Project Description: Timber Supply Analysis for the Dawson and Haines Junction Annual Allowable Cut Regions Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 19, 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 Kirk Price, Forestry Operations Manager at (867) 633-7914.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

SHERIFFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE

BY VIRTUE of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the SUPREME COURT OF YUKON against the GOODS, LANDS AND CHATTELS of Angelika Knapp and Eric Dufresne.

Namely, the land known as: LOT 1028, QUAD 105 K/03, PLAN # 2007-0016 Sealed bids will be received by the Sheriff of the Yukon Territory up to and including the 18th day of March, 2015 at 4 p.m. in the afternoon. Bids will be opened at 4 p.m. on March 18th, 2015.

The sale is, as is, where is, without warranty to title. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

Payment by successful bidder will be required within ďŹ ve working days from acceptance of bid.

Sheriff Law Court Building 2134-2nd Avenue Whitehorse YT Y1A 5H6

PUBLIC TENDER Energy, Mines and Resources

Yukon Liquor Corporation

PUBLIC TENDER

REHABILITATION OF WILLOW CREEK BRIDGE KM 2, GRAYLING CREEK BRIDGE KM 10 AND CARIBOU CREEK BRIDGE KM 29, PELLY RANCH ROAD #702, YUKON

Project Description: Supply Rest Stop Cleaning Maintenance Services for Yukon Government Rest Stops in Haines Junction and Blanchard Maintenance Sections, Yukon Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 26, 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 Mickey Parkin at (867) 667-5453.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Project Description: Transportation of liquor/goods from the main liquor warehouse in Whitehorse to various destinations within Yukon, including six (6) community liquor stores and licensed establishments enroute. The contract will also include the transportation of liquor/goods, empty beverage bottles, cans, and beer kegs from community liquor stores within Yukon to designated depots in Whitehorse.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 31, 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 Jorn Meier at 867-667-8927.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Project Description: The project includes demolition of the existing bridge abutments, supplying and installing new galvanized steel bin type abutments, supplying, installing and removing temporary detours, repairing bridge decks, installing new timber wing walls, reconstructing approaches, placing rip rap and other miscellaneous work.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 8, 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 Amin Abdullah at 867-633-7942.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

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

Highways and Public Works

Yukon Liquor Corporation

Highways and Public Works

PUBLIC TENDER SUPPLY OF REST STOP CLEANING MAINTENANCE SERVICES HAINES JUNCTION AND BLANCHARD MAINTENANCE SECTIONS YUKON, 2015-2016

TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUOR WITHIN YUKON

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A NIGHT of Africa, Friday March 13th @ Jarvis Street Saloon (202), Whitehorse, 8pm-1am, live music, dance, craft, presentations & buffet dinner. Entry fee $15. Leonard@theteliya.org EMPTY 14ʼ enclosed trailer leaving Whitehorse April 16 to Vancouver, willing to haul load and/or take passenger to help cover fuel costs. Dillon @ 335-3995

FILM FESTIVAL OF Japanese Canadian History, free Admission, Saturday March 14, 5pm, Old Fire Hall. ʼKiri's Piano and the Vancouver Asahiʼ, Japanese with English subtitles. Snacks served. More info: JCAY 393-2588

NORTHERN FIBRES Guild Workshop Saturday, March 14. Using wet and dry felting techniques to reproduce a picture onto fibre. $90.00 fee, $20.00 materials cost. Contact Susan Ross 633-4201 or lendrumross@northwestel.net

FREE DIGITAL Skills for the Work World Program, Mar 9–20. Learn computer/workplace skills for finding and keeping employment. Yukon Learn 668-6280, 2158 2nd Ave.

ARE YOU covered as an LPN? Do you have insurance? LPNs, we are holding our LPN AGM meeting on April 15, 7pm-9pm, at Copper Ridge Place BERTON HOUSE Writer in Residence Nicole Dixon: Reading & Talk, Thursday, March 26 at 7pm, Whitehorse Public Library.

Free.

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 RENCONTRES RADIO Show, 30th Anniversary Special, March 14th & 21st, 5:05 to 6pm, CBC North 94.5 FM and Radio-Canada 102.1 FM micro.afy.yk.ca CONCERT, MARCH 21, 8pm, Centre de la francophonie. Come enjoy a unique collaboration, the result of the four-day musical creation workshops. Presented in French. afy.yk.ca MUSICAL CREATION space: open house March 17-19, 7pm-9pm, Centre de la francophonie. Three workshops to explore and expand different aspects of music production. Held in French. afy.yk.ca

PUBLIC TENDER REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL VARIOUS YUKON HOUSING PROPERTIES WHITEHORSE, YUKON DESCRIPTION Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 31, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Janits at 867-667-8897.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

PUBLIC TENDER WHITEHORSE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE DENTAL SERVICES

PUBLIC TENDER REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL YUKON HOUSING UNITS HAINES JUNCTION, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 25, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Debbie Hotte at 867-634-2202.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

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PUBLIC TENDER

WINDOW WASHING WHITEHORSE HOUSING UNITS WHITEHORSE, YUKON

REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL YUKON HOUSING CORPORATION CARMACKS, YUKON

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 31, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Janits at 867-667-8897.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 24, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Marshal Burnham at 867-863-6411.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

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PUBLIC TENDER

Project Description: Provision of emergency dental services to inmates at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 8, 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 Phil Perrin at (867) 455-2933.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

SECURITY MONITORING SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES AND WHITEHORSE

BANK DEPOSIT BAG DELIVERY

Project Description: Security monitoring and maintenance for Head Office/Central Warehouse, Dawson, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Watson Lake and Whitehorse.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 31, 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 Jorn Meier at 867-667-8927.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Project Description: Picking up and returning bank deposit bag from the Main Liquor Warehouse and Whitehorse Liquor Store to designated bank in Whitehorse.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 31, 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 Jorn Meier at 867-667-8927.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

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Yukon Liquor Corporation

PUBLIC TENDER LIQUOR HAUL VANCOUVER (BC) - WHITEHORSE (YT) Liquor haul from Vancouver, British Columbia on a weekly basis to the Yukon Liquor Corporation Warehouse in Whitehorse, Yukon.

The contract will also include transportation of empty beer bottles and kegs from Whitehorse, Yukon to Vancouver, British Columbia Written submissions clearly marked with the above project title, will be received up to March 31, 2015, at Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 0M2.

Technical questions may be directed to Jorn Meier at 867-667-8927.

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

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

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

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KLUANE QUILTERS Guild meeting, Thursday April 30, Whitehorse Public Library, 5:15pm-6:30pm. Come join us. Memberships due for 2015. New members welcome.

335-0186 for more info

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 Pruning, Hauling, Chainsaw Work, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 ELECTRICIAN •Licensed •Residential & Commercial •All jobs, large or small •Free Estimates •10% Seniorʼs Discount 332-7879 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 SUBARU GURU Fix•Buy•Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585 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 TITAN DRYWALL Taping & Textured Ceilings 27 years experience Residential or Commercial No job too small Call Dave 336-3865 BURGESS BUILT CONSTRUCTION Journeyman Carpenter New Construction, Renovations Big or Small Frame to Finish Call Shawn 867-334-5190 shwn.burgess@gmail.com 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 MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles Kitchen, Bathroom, Doors, Cabinets, Windows, Framing, Board, Painting Drop Ceiling, Fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com JUDEʼS PAINTING & HOME RENOVATIONS •Kitchen/bathroom renovations •Hardwood & Laminate flooring •Tile •Window & door installation Additions, sheds & water rooms •Interior painting New Customers 10% off Call 867-689-1458 Email judewaldman@gmail.com FINISHING CARPENTRY & RENOVATIONS For Clean, Meticulous & Tasteful Quality Work INTERIOR •Kitchen & Bathrooms, Flooring, •Design & organization of walk-in closets, laundry & storage room, garage •Wood & Laminate, Stairs.

EXTERIOR •Decks, Fences, Insulation, Siding, Storage Shed DIDIER MOGGIA 633-2156 or cell 334-2156

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 EAGLE CONSTRUCTION All manner of construction services •Kitchens, bathrooms •New construction & renovations •Interior & exterior services •Free estimates In business since 1985 Call 335-2005 or 668-5814

QUALITY YUKON MEAT No hormones, steroids or additives Grass raised grain finished.

Hereford beef - $5/lb Domestic wild boar - $6/lb Order now for guaranteed spring or fall delivery.

Whole, half or custom order.

Samples available 668-7218 • 335-5192

SNOW CLEARING/REMOVAL Sidewalks, Driveways, Parking lots, Compounds Private and Commercial Properties Fast and reliable service Aurora Toolcat Services 867-334-7635

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

HORSE HAVEN HAY RANCH Irrigated Timothy/Brome mix No weeds or sticks Small squares 60 lbs plus 4 ft x 5 ft rounds 800 lb Free delivery for larger orders Straw square bales available 335-5192 • 668-7218

TRUE NORTH ELECTRIC Now serving the Communities Residential • Commercial New and Renovations Licensed • Bonded • Insured Over 30 years experience Lance 867-332-2623 tnorthel@gmail.com

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

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

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BROME HAY BALES 55 lb bales No rain, no weeds Nice leafy hay $12.00 each $10.00 per bale for orders over 100 bales 456-2035

Looking for NEW Business / Clients?

BROME HAY FOR SALE •Small square bales •Under cover •Delivery to your place Phone 334-8960

Lost & Found LOST: ON Alaska highway between Liard Hotpsrings and Whitehorse, spare tire & rim for F250, is aftermarket rim with Hankook Dynapro atm tire. $100 reward. 332-1999

Advertise in The Yukon News Classifieds!

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Sports Equipment 4 PAIRS of skis with bindings, all for $150.

332-6565

ROSIEʼS DAY HOME Opening May 1, 2015 We will have openings for children 18 months and older Owner has been running the day home for over 15 years Call 668-3448 FAMILY DAY HOME IN GRANGER has a F/T space for a child 18 mo. and up.

I also have space for a school age child after school and during summer break.

Government licensed and insured.

Please call 335-4520 for more info.

Furniture OFFICE FURNITURE, desks, filing cabinets, desk chairs, all in good condition. Stop by #101, 2131-2nd Ave between 1-5pm or call 456-3100 COFFEE TABLE rectangular with glass top 58L x 29W x 15H, side table to match, 27L x 22W x 19H, $100. 633-3332

Livestock 7-YEAR-OLD GELDING, 14'2, green broke.

Email kchambers.1@hotmail.com. Make an offer

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE YUKON HOUSING UNITS CARMACKS, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 24, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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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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SOLID OAK coat rack, 3ʼ wide, 2ʼ long, with shelf on top, asking $75. Call 667-7467

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Marshal Burnham at 867-863-6411.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Yukon Water Board – Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande

PM04-417-60 150 Day Renewal

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

Water Source Location Point d’eau/Lieu

John Alton

Bonanza Creek, O’Neil Gulch, McKay Gulch

Any person may submit comments or recommendations, in writing, by the deadline for notice.

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-456-3980.

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Deadline for Comments 4:00pm Date limite pour commentaires, avant 16 h

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2015 Dam Safety Review

Yukon Energy Corporation is seeking proposals to complete dam safety reviews for hydro generating stations at Mayo, Aishihik, and Whitehorse. The successful consultant must have considerable experience in dam design and construction, and in completing investigations into the safety of dams.

Sealed bids, clearly marked “RFP 2015-011 - 2015 Dam Safety Review” will be received up to 4:00 p.m. Yukon time Monday March 30th, 2015 at the Corporation’s main office building, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Whitehorse, Yukon.

To obtain a Request for Proposal package contact Lynda Harlow at 867-393-5302 or at lynda.harlow@yec.yk.ca.

Project Description: This proposal seeks to find a non-profit organization to provide transitional housing for people with mental health conditions. The housing will assist clients with both stabilization and skill development with the goal of integrating residents into a sustainable independent living situation.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 8, 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 Sherri Wright at (867) 667-5689.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

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Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations à l’Office avant la date limite indiquée sur le présent avis.

Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de l’Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrétariat de l’Office au 867-456-3980.

An account at Raven Recycling has been set up for Little Footprints, Big Steps. People may donate their refundable recycling to help continue Morgan’s work in Haiti.

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has been commissioned by YTG Department of Motor Vehicles to sell by sealed bids:

2011 FORD F-150 4x4 Crew Cab, Automatic, lift kit, after market rims/tires, showing 144,130km Sealed Bids will be accepted until Sunday, March 15th, 2015, 5:00pm

OTHER VEHICLES AVAILABLE FOR SALE: 45FT HIGHWAY VAN Great for storage .............................................................. $4,500 2002 DODGE 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4 Showing 140,000km.......................... $5,900 2002 CHEVROLET SINGLE CAB 4X4 Utility box, auto, new paint, ex-Yukon Electrical. Showing 218,000km .................................................................... $8,900

To view above vehicles contact Paul Heynen, auctioneer, at 333-0717

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