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hitehorse has no dedicated soccer fields because they’re too costly to maintain, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Highways and Public Works.

This explanation may seem a little odd, given the Yukon government’s willingness to splurge on a new $7 million outdoor sports complex for the city. The project has been justified, in part, by the poor condition of existing fields.

As it stands, local soccer players have been playing on what the department calls “multi-sport fields,” said Doris Wurfbaum.

“A dedicated soccer field uses more resources because it’s held to a higher standard than a multisport field,” she said.

“Soccer fields need to be cut more often, fertilized more often and top-dressed more often.”

Tenders were recently issued for the annual maintenance of 16 multi-sport fields in the city.

That includes picking up litter, power raking, removing dead grass, aerating, watering, weeding and edging.

Work is anticipated to begin at the end of May, Wurfbaum said, to allow the grounds to thaw properly.

And for the past three years, at the end of every summer, the Department of Education allocates $25,000 towards repairs to the most damaged fields, she added.

But that’s not nearly enough

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to make the fields adequate for soccer, according to Whitehorse Minor Soccer Association President Grant Zazula.

“From what I know … only about eight of the fields are actually usable for soccer,” he wrote in an email.

“To actually repair the fields properly – deal with gopher holes, pot holes, the huge bare patches that have been worn down – would be impossible with the allocated funds. The soccer and other user organizations try to rotate the fields so that some of them are allowed to sit and ‘heal’ for a year, but that doesn’t do anything to fix them.”

The holes, along with sprinkler heads, have caused serious injuries to players of all ages over the years, he added.

He knows adults who have blown their knees out and torn ankle ligaments by playing on “hazardous field conditions.”

Artificial turf is crucial because it requires little maintenance and doesn’t get torn up in the spring season, when it’s most at risk of damage, he said.

Last week, council members voted against a zoning amendment bylaw that would have given the Yukon government permission to build two artificial turf fields, a rubberized track and bleachers on a four-hectare parcel of land in Whistle Bend.

Members of the soccer association have argued in the past that players who travel south for tournaments aren’t prepared to play on turf fields.

They also say the current state of the fields is preventing youth from developing into better soccer players.

Based on information submitted by the city’s department of recreation, the poor condition of fields has been a regular issue at annual user group meetings.

In 2013, the property management division of Highways and Public Works asked user groups to identify one major issue that needs addressing.

The groups said it was general overuse of the fields, resulting in large bare spots.

A year later the groups said gopher holes, tunnels and irrigation were also problems.

A suggestion was made to identify four “premium” fields and to focus the efforts to maintain them. But last year, the property management division noted there were too many fields and “too few maintenance dollars.”

Zazula said that in the end, it’s a losing battle.

“If the problem fields were to be repaired properly, they would need to sit basically all of the spring and most of the summer, taking them out of commission for a year,” he wrote.

“And, with so many soccer players and teams, and so few usable fields, this would effectively make the season impossible for many Whitehorse minor soccer teams.”

made a brief appearance in court yesterday.

The teen, who cannot be identified because of his age, was scheduled for a possible bail hearing. It was adjourned until May 21.

Vittrekwa’s body was discovered on Dec. 8 on a walking trail in the McIntyre subdivision of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation community in Whitehorse. She was 17.

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Most Yukoners take a dim view of mining industry: survey Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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Yukon Chamber of Mines executive director Samson Hartland says negative perceptions of the mining industry can be addressed by better communication.

from, I would say, toilet paper to lettuce to whatever, comes in on big trucks, on pallets, from Outside, and nothing is sourced locally.”

In fact, Capstone spent $78.1 million in 2013 and $58.2 million in 2014 in the Yukon, according to the most up-to-date numbers from the company.

“We do, operating mines, put money into the Yukon. Very much so. And those numbers are excluding wages paid,” said Light.

Mines Minister Scott Kent said in the legislature that Hanson’s comments show a flawed understanding of the impact of mining on the territory.

The mining, quarrying and oil-and-gas industries accounted

for 19 per cent of Yukon’s gross domestic product in 2013, up from six per cent in 2007.

A lack of understanding is common among Yukoners, said Samson Hartland, executive director of the chamber of mines.

He said he was not at all surprised by the results of the survey.

“A lot of it’s legacy, obviously – history. The legacy of the industry, pre-devolution and pre-regulatory and pre-environmental assessment, is not that great, of course.

We’ve got Faro and we’ve got Mount Nansen, let alone the Klondike Gold Rush. People’s perceptions of those, rightfully so, are not that favourable. Add to that reality television programming today and what we see on TV …

of course they have a negative perception.”

It’s up to the industry to do a better job to communicate its impacts to the general public, Hartland said.

People who aren’t directly involved with the industry are blinded to how it affects their lives, he said.

One of the groups with the worst perceptions of the industry in the study was people ages 35-49, living in Whitehorse and working for the government. They don’t see the benefits of mining because their paycheck comes from Ottawa, said Samson.

“That’s the elephant in the room. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But that’s the

reality. We need to do a better job communicating and we certainly endeavour to do that.”

The chamber plans to create and deliver media campaigns to spread information about the industry and the people affected by it, he said.

It is also working on an upto-date study of the economic impacts of mining.

“We need to hear from people.

And there’s plenty of them. Our neighbours, kids who’ve gone to school, that are now trying to get into the field, we need to hear from all of these folks what the industry means to them.”

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Stewart Muir from B.C. think tank Resource Works presented some findings of a survey of Yukoners’ perceptions of the mining industry, and they were not flattering.

While most Yukoners agree that a balance between mining and the environment is possible, they mostly disagree that mining in the Yukon is carried out with great concern for the environment.

On the whole Yukoners disagree that the government should open up more land for mining in the territory, and agree that the focus should be on promoting other industries.

The territory is split on the questions of whether mining contributes to services available to Yukon residents and whether only a small percentage of Yukoners benefit from the industry.

Most people disagree that the industry significantly improves the quality of life for all Yukon residents.

That was tough to hear for Ron Light, general manager of Capstone’s Minto mine.

“I guess I’m pretty appalled at some of the polls that were taken on the Yukon,” he said following the presentation, calling into doubt the accuracy of the results.

“I just think the numbers look a little bit skewed and I had to get up and say something because it doesn’t sit well with me when I see that there’s a lot of negatives, when I think there should be more positives.”

The study was commissioned by the chamber of mines and conducted by Datapath. It polled a sample of 300 Yukoners using an online survey.

Light also responded to comments made by Opposition NDP Leader Liz Hanson in the legislature this week.

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The board reconvened around the same time that a teacher from Takhini rash of hiring embarrassments Elementary School was let go because over at the Department of his past of professional misconduct Education followed a five-year was revealed to the Department of dormancy of the certification board Education. that was supposed to look into the The man, who worked as a partcredentials of new hires. time learning assistant, is accused of A former longtime educator lying on his application for teaching and current member of the Yukon certification.

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Porter Creek Secondary School since She said the board should be 2009, had once been found guilty of reviewing applicants who apply for theft under $5,000 when he was workteacher certification in the territory, ing in a small Ontario community. “and it (HR) should have nothing to The money was used towards do with the people who hire and fire a personal real estate transaction, at the department.” according to the website of a radio As it stands, the human resources station in Dryden, Ont. branch of the Department of EducaKelly received a conditional distion fulfills all three capacities. charge, was ordered to write a letter of Henderson, who taught for 52 apology and had to report to a probayears and holds teaching licences from tion officer for nine months.

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Liberal Leader Sandy Silver, a former teacher, said that “less than scrupulous” teachers have been allowed to work in the territory because the teacher certification board didn’t meet for so long.

“They’re having more of a chance of getting through to the classrooms,” he said.

“With board meetings, and the opportunity to review the lies on these applications, that is an automatic call for dismission,” he said. “Without that board, that mechanism doesn’t happen.”

Silver also said he was “extremely troubled” to find out that teacher certification board members were not given the minutes of its previous meeting, as it requested. The former chair of the board, Albert Trask, argued he had to get a legal opinion before he could make those minutes available.

Trask, the former assistant deputy minister of education, whose questionable credentials caused a firestorm last year, is no longer working for the department.

In November, the department claimed that his religious credentials – a PhD in biblical studies from an online school – had no bearing on his hiring for the position.

But documents obtained by the News through an access to information request show the department considered his PhD as a qualification during the hiring process.

The screening board’s report for Trask mentioned “Ph.D. Philosophy” in addition to a Master of Education under the heading “Masters degree or doctorate degree in an educationrelated field.”

NDP education critic Jim Tredger said he wants to see more decentralization when it comes to hiring and staff allocation.

School administrators need to work in conjunction with the HR department, he added.

“We end up with people hired for positions they’re not qualified for,” he said.

“It sends a message to teachers, students and parents that their safety, their concerns and their best interests aren’t being looked after.”

It would also give administrators the opportunity to choose staff that better meet the needs of the school, he said.

In March, when the News first inquired about the former Takhini Elementary School teacher’s past, it was told that any teacher who has a valid teaching certificate from another jurisdiction – in good standing – would be granted a certificate of qualification to teach in the Yukon.

“Any past disciplinary action would usually consider to have been dealt with by that previous jurisdiction that issued the teaching certificate,” said Lake Apted, both the registrar for Yukon teacher certification and the director of human resources.

Graham said the teacher certification board is scheduled to meet later this month.

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Yukon government passes on enshrining transgender rights Jacqueline Ronson

than his lived experience.

He was once marched out of a hospital by a security guard when he he Yukon government has came in with a complaint related to no plans to explicitly protect a menstrual cycle. transgendered people from “If I were travelling, or even if I discrimination under its Human was in a rural community up here Rights Act. and I got an infection in my uterus, I have to try and find somebody that That’s disappointing news for I can explain why I’m a man with a Chase Blodgett, who helped write uterus too. And that’s not necessarily and collect signatures for a petition easy conversations to have.� to make the legislative change.

To apply for a job as a teacher, Blodgett is a transgendered man, he had to first get his credentials rewhich means he was assigned the issued in his legal name. female gender at birth but identifies That involved an online applicawith the male gender and lives his tion system that would allow him to life as a man. update all of his personal informaThe government’s lack of action tion with the sole exception of his is just another example of how our first name – the only detail he actusociety erases the experiences of ally needed to change. trans people, he said. “There’s so many ways that you “A lot of trans people choose to face barriers that people may not stay invisible exactly for this reason. think about, and so many people It’s almost considered an act of that you have to talk to, like my car revolution to exist openly and visibly mechanic, Aeroplan, credit card as a trans person because we live in companies, your bank, electric bill, a world that tries to make it so we Joel Krahn/Yukon News rental. As soon as you start transidon’t exist. You go into places and Chase Blodgett is disappointed by the Yukon government’s decision to not explicitly protect tioning, you have a million people it’s male or female, and nothing transgendered people. to inform, and you don’t know what else.� their belief systems are, what their The government formally reprotection against discrimination nation, harassment, hatred and even make this their home.� backgrounds are. And when you are sponded to Blodgett’s petition last based on gender identity. violence. People who are in the proHe received a standing ovain a community like ours right now week.

Although the Yukon Human cess of transitioning are particularly tion from members of the Yukon where there is no explicit protection, Justice Minister Brad Cathers said Rights Commission currently acvulnerable. Many of the issues they Legislative Assembly when the NDP it leaves you in a very vulnerable that, based on legal precedents set in cepts complaints based on gender experience go to the core of human introduced him and the petition last position. other jurisdictions, gender identity identity, it is important to make this dignity and should be explicitly year. “It’s incredibly exhausting, at is already covered under the human protection explicit, said Al Hubley, protected in our act.� “Lois Moorcroft did just a beauti- best. That would be my best descriprights legislation, under the umbrel- the commission’s chair, in a stateDespite the government’s lack of ful introduction.� tor of that experience.� la of “sex� and “sexual orientation.� ment. action, Blodgett says his experience Liberal leader Sandy Silver led the Having explicit protection under He said for that reason the Yukon “The experiences of individutransitioning in the Yukon has been standing ovation, and Wade Istchthe act would make navigating those government does not see it necesals who identify as transgender are overwhelmingly positive. enko was the first on his feet on the systems feel a little bit safer, said sary to include explicit protection, unique,� he wrote. “A lack of change “I’ve been totally amazed by the Yukon Party side, Blodgett said.

Blodgett. although it may consider doing so rooms at public recreational facilisupport I’ve received on every level. “It was really overwhelming. I left “It’s about access to services the next time the act is up for review. ties is but one example of a barrier I’ve hardly had – have I had any? pretty quick after that, because I was and the ability to not get buried in A spokesperson with Justice con- transgender individuals may experi- No, I really haven’t had any negative choking back tears.� a bunch of case law, and dragging firmed there is currently schedule ence in participating in activities in experiences.

Still, if you listen to Blodgett’s things out when you’re trying to acfor a future review of the Human our community. “I know that that is not typical struggles navigating bureaucratic cess those services, and you’re trying Rights Act. “Trans people are one of the most of transgendered people, but I think systems as a transgendered person, to be included in the community.�

Seven Canadian provinces and disadvantaged groups in society. it’s really reflective of the Yukon and you may feel his positivity has more Contact Jacqueline Ronson at territories currently have explicit They regularly experience discrimi- the quality of people who choose to to do with his sunny outlook on life jronson@yukon-news.com News Reporter

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rant Dowdell woke up at 6 a.m. Saturday morning to find his greenhouse – and livelihood – ablaze.

Six days later, instead of lamenting his losses, he’s marvelling at the generosity of the community where he’s been selling vegetables for decades.

Dowdell says he’s “flabbergasted” at the way people have jumped in to help after the fire took out half of the farm’s greenhouse.

An online fundraiser is nearing $10,000.

Dowdell and Karen Digby run Dowdell and Digby Farms, about 13 kilometres upstream of Dawson City on a small island in the Yukon River.

For the last 37 years the farm has been growing flowers and produce and shipping it all by boat to the mainland.

The three-acre property is off the grid. When Dowdell woke up Saturday morning to stoke the fire that keeps the 2,000-square-foot greenhouse warm, he found the structure in flames.

Fire extinguishers put out most of it. They knocked down the rest using rakes.

The bones of the greenhouse are galvanized steel, so that survived, but the shell around it is plastic.

The north half of the structure is gone.

The fire took with it the beginnings of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, cabbages, cauliflower and broccoli, among other vegetables that would have gone on to be planted in the fields.

“What it looked like to me was that we lost probably about half of our income for the season,” Dowdell said Thursday.

But the pair are not throwing in the towel.

They’ve started replanting in the half of the greenhouse that survived.

Planting in the greenhouse always goes until late June to maintain a harvest throughout the season.

They’ll replant what vegetables they can, but customers will get their produce about four weeks

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A fire at Dowell and Digby Farms near Dawson City on Saturday destroyed a large portion of the greenhouse and the vegetables inside it.

late.

“I won’t have much for my wholesale customers until just about the beginning of August,” he said.

“Then we’ll have four to six weeks to sell after that.”

They’ll also probably be late to the farmer’s market that runs every summer in Dawson.

The bedding flowers are gone for the year though. There just isn’t enough time left in the season to re-grow them, he said.

Dowdell is pretty sure he knows what started the fire.

The greenhouse has two barrel heaters, one at each end.

He stacks wood next to the heaters so that at night he can come out and re-stoke it.

“That’s what I was up at 6 o’clock for. I was going to check the temperature and probably add more wood to the barrel heater,” he said.

“What caused the fire, pretty obviously, was that I had my stack of firewood stacked just too close to the barrel heater. It ignited that stack of firewood and that got the whole thing going.”

Dowdell spoke about the loss on a cellphone from the island. He took a tractor out 300 feet south of the house to the one spot that gets any reception.

The community in Dawson has rallied around the low-tech couple

in a more high-tech way.

An online fundraising campaign was started on the website gofundme.com. Dawson Fire Chief Jim Regimbal, on behalf of the Dawson City Firefighters Association, created the page Tuesday.

As of this morning, 94 people had raised more than $9,800. “(They’re) just two amazing people that have been providing the service and the produce to the community for 30-plus years,” Regimbal said. “Not only the farmers’ market and the locals but local businesses which also spreads out to various businesses throughout the Yukon,” In 2009, Dowdell and Digby were named Yukon Farmers of the Year.

“Grant Dowdell and Karen Digby have made a tremendous contribution to Yukon’s agriculture sector and to the everyday lives of those in Dawson City,” thenKlondike MLA Steve Nordick said at the time.

With a shaky Internet connection at home, Digby said she hasn’t quite figured out how to go online to the website to thank everyone.

“Grant and I know a lot more about cabbages than we do about computers,” she said in an email last night.

Digby said the couple has seen donations and words of encouragement come in online from

people they haven’t been in touch with for years.

She said she wants everyone to know how appreciative they are.

“We will get it figured out! I am currently asking around for a techsavvy person to explain this to me.”

Dowdell called the community response “overwhelming,” especially considering how far away they are from town.

“It just makes you feel really part of a community even though you’re not really apparently in it all the time. But there’s a tremendous amount of support.”

The greenhouse wasn’t insured.

“I don’t think you can get insurance out here. I mean, we’re eight miles from Dawson and no fire truck is going to come up the river,” he said.

Any money raised will help cover their lost income and replace equipment burned in the fire.

As for whether the greenhouse will be rebuilt back to its original size, Dowdell says they haven’t decided yet.

“I’m 65, and I thought well, maybe it’s time to downsize a bit.

So our greenhouse is now half-size and maybe we’ll just keep it that way. We’ll see.”

The fundraiser is online at: www.gofundme.com/dowdelldigbyfarm Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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group’s work, she said. “I think it’s a really big step, that this has happened, he Community AsI think it’s really positive. sociation of Midwives It’s such a change from the Yukon is thrilled that last time we heard from the the Yukon government has government.� committed to study the issue The Yukon government of regulating midwifery in has been talking about writthe territory. ing midwifery legislation “This is the most positive since at least 1996. feedback that I’ve received,�

The Liberal government said midwife Kathleen Cranof the early 2000s promised field, the group’s president. regulation, but never brought Health Minister Mike it forward.

Nixon presented a motion In December then-Health to the legislature this week minister Doug Graham said about the creation of a workthat further study of the issue ing group. was not high on his departIt will involve midwives, ment’s priority list. He said doctors, nurses, the Yukon that process might start in government and other stakelate 2015 or early 2016. holders, and they will study “There are other prioriregulations across Canada ties that are much higher, in Joel Krahn/Yukon News and determine the path terms of the medical proKathleen Cranfield, president of the Community Association of forward for the Yukon. fessions in the Yukon, than Midwives Yukon, is excited with the steps the Yukon government The fact that Yukon does midwifery.� is taking towards regulating midwifery. not have midwife legislaToday, by contrast, there tion makes it very hard for seems to be some real moIn jurisdictions where the tors.� midwives to do their jobs, and for mentum, said Cranfield. practice is regulated, midwives can It can also save the government women to access their services, Two ministers and a deputy order medical tests for their clients money, since midwife care allows Cranfield said. and easily access doctor and nurse women to avoid expensive hospital minister showed up for the asCranfield has worked as a regissociation’s celebration of the care when necessary. and doctor visits. tered midwife in Ontario and B.C. International Day of the Midwife Clients can choose to have their The Community Association She returned to the Yukon on Tuesday, she said. birth at home or in the hospital, of Midwives Yukon’s mission is to about two years ago to work as “The physicians seem to be supervised by their midwife. a midwife and push for midwife see midwifery regulation for the ready and supportive. All the If a home birth becomes comregulation. stakeholders seem to be supportive territory, including public funding plicated, the midwife can admit “I think it’s really important so that the service is accessible for – it just seems to be a really good their client to the hospital and that people have that choice to time.� continue to lead the birth, with the all, Cranfield said. get that specialized care from a Contact Jacqueline Ronson at How and when that happens assistance of doctors as required. jronson@yukon-news.com midwife.�

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OPINION Hiring loopholes make a mockery of our schools

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xciting news! Yukon’s Department of Education, always on the cutting edge of things, may improve its hiring policies by using a newfangled technology called the Internet.

Officials believe that a one-year period may be a sufficient time for them to type a new hire’s name into something called Google to see if anything scary pops up. Because this process is so wildly time-consuming and terrifyingly complicated – heck, it could only be performed by your typical elementary student in only a moment – it has not been common practice until now.

And it shows. Consider the string of recent hiring embarrassments, now out in the open for all to see.

Most recently, it has come to light that Brendan Kelly, who was until recently principal of Porter Creek High School, had previously been convicted of theft while working as a school principal at Sioux Mountain in northwestern Ontario. He used the school’s credit card for a personal real-estate transaction, among other unauthorized purposes.

You would think this would be important to consider by the officials who were hiring the guy who would run Whitehorse’s largest high school.

Department staff won’t actually say whether they were aware of Kelly’s theft conviction, citing privacy rules in the gormless way that bureaucrats tend to do when they want to duck something embarrassing. But surely this detail would have weighed heavily against an applicant competing for a job that entails so much responsibility. And departmental officials admit that checking for information that is readily available online is not part of the usual hiring process.

At this point it’s worth giving a hat tip to Christopher Reynolds, the Whitehorse Star reporter who dug this and several related stories.

Porter Creek’s school council hasn’t spoken to us, but they told Reynolds

they had spent some time trying to oust Kelly, for reasons unrelated to the theft charge, and are in the process of hiring a new principal.

Kelly, who served as principal for five years up until this fall, is presently on leave.

Kelly’s past comes to light shortly after the dismissal of a man who briefly taught at Takhini Elementary School, who had previously been fired from a school in Ontario over a professional misconduct case involving him inviting adolescent boys over for a sleep-over and offering one alcoholic drinks. This case, as well, is easily found online by searching the teacher’s name.

Department staff, presumably with a shrug, say they depend on other jurisdictions to enforce their teaching credentials. In other words, it seems neither Kelly nor this teacher lost their Ontario teaching certifications, so Yukon officials didn’t bother to look any further.

Of course, these two cases bring to mind another recent story, involving an assistant deputy minister of education who not long ago insisted upon being referred to as a “Dr.”, despite having received this degree from an unaccredited U.S. bible college that bears many of the telltale signs of being a degree mill.

When the flimsy nature of Albert Trask’s PhD came to light, the Department of Education noted, rightfully, that the senior bureaucrat also had real degrees, from real universities. Less truthfully, the department made it sound as if it never considered Trask’s PhD as being relevant to his job when he was hired.

An access-to-information request by the News shows otherwise. Papers from the hiring committee do, in fact, list Trasks’ PhD as if it were a credential relevant to his position.

Similarly, an introductory email the deputy minister sent to staff sent also mentions the degree as if it were relevant to the job.

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lege that granted Trask’s doctorate before hiring him, a warning light probably would have gone off upon seeing the institution’s home page declares it is “One of America’s Best Seminary Bible Colleges!” – which does not exactly strike the sober, restrained tone expected from credible post-secondary institutions.

Further reading of the website would show that to complete a Newburgh course, you are simply expected to read a single book and summarize its contents – or, for an additional fee, in some cases you may simply watch a videotaped lecture and write an even shorter paper.

Needless to say, these standards fall far short of what you would expect while completing a real doctorate program. Yet, incredibly, the Education Department’s top bureaucrat long insisted that it was no concern that Trask used the “Dr.” honorific while at work.

It appears some positive changes are underway, after Premier Darrell Pasloski hit the panic button earlier this year and shuffled all his ministers, putting Doug Graham in charge of the Education Department.

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to review the credentials of recent hires, had not met in five years, up until this March. Well, maybe that explains a few things. Graham, to his credit, has ordered the board back to work. But the Yukon Party still hasn’t provided an explanation why the board was not meeting for such a long time, under the leadership of Elaine Taylor and Scott Kent.

The public deserves answers about this, and so far we aren’t getting them. Is this the kind of behaviour we should expect from people who claim to be acting in the best interests of students?

Some senior staff have also abruptly departed since Graham took charge, including Trask and the deputy minister who defended him.

And it seems the department is overhauling its hiring practices, although departmental officials have noted some complications involving Internet searches. Are you aware that not everything on the Internet is true? Or that search results may not present an accurate portrayal of someone’s personal and professional life?

Why, to navigate such minefields, you would need to possess some sort of critical reasoning. You know, the sort of skills that our education system is supposed to be inculcating in our youth, but are not necessarily being practised by those running the show.

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Arctic Council: useful, but maybe in a different way than you think

by Keith Halliday

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t’s easy to make fun of the Arctic Council and the industry of academics and pundits that has grown up around it. But is it really just a pointless jawflapping exercise, sort of like the Commonwealth or the Union for the Mediterranean, but with snowier photo opportunities?

Some criticize the Arctic Council for being toothless. It’s true it can’t force countries to do things they didn’t want to do already. Canadians are keen on asserting our sovereignty in the Arctic and not letting anyone boss us around. So is everyone else.

But as Winston Churchill said, “to jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” The council does help member-state governments understand each other better, share knowledge and talk about solutions to shared problems.

This may sound vague, but having regular meetings where top officials like US Secretary of State John Kerry are involved can give a lot of bureaucratic momentum to previously neglected issues.

This is important, given how many big issues are on the Arctic agenda. There is climate change, which is affecting local people and the environment, as well as opening up the Arctic Ocean to tourism, shipping and oil drilling.

There is also the huge land grab currently underway through the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, in which Arctic states can claim vast tracts of “extended continental shelf.” Canada’s claim isn’t final yet but, to put this in perspective, Denmark has claimed nearly a million square kilometres around Greenland.

The need for action and agreement in the Arctic is highlighted by the growing involvement of non-Arctic powers in the region.

China and four other Asian countries became observers of the Arctic Council in 2013. The Financial Times, after describing the Arctic Council as a “formerly sleepy organisation,” suggested China was interested in climate change, shipping lanes to Europe and resources.

At its recent ministerial meeting in Iqaluit, the eight Arctic Council member states agreed to do 47 things. Some were just classic government-meeting talk, in which various issues were “noted” and reports “welcomed.” Some were politely hopeful. Probably no one who signed the statement really thought the Russians were planning to rigorously apply the new Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Guidelines: Systems Safety Management and Safety Culture

report.

But a bunch of the things agreed will push forward further useful inter-governmental work, often with close involvement of local indigenous peoples (not a usual feature of international diplomacy). For example, there will be new progress on the Arctic Economic Council, an Arctic telecommunications infrastructure expert group, further study on “black carbon” and its pernicious impact in the Arctic, and more study on a range of scientific and social issues. The group also “welcomed” a new report on Arctic marine tourism.

In addition to building relationships and increasing awareness, what concrete things has the council actually implemented?

Here, the cliche about whether the glass is half-full or half-empty applies. Greenpeace, for example, has lauded council members for commissioning excellent scientific work and then criticized them for ignoring it.

One example is the Project Support Instrument, which was launched in 2014 to finance pollution projects. This sounds good, except that the Arctic Council established the PSI in 2005 and its website says its current balance is only 16 million pounds ($21 million). PSI is a worthy initiative, but probably too small to make a big difference.

Another example is the first binding treaty among members, which covered search and rescue and was signed in 2011. Again,

this is a good thing. But, as Canadians who have run into trouble in the North can attest, just because we have a search-andrescue treaty with the Russians and Danes doesn’t mean Canada’s antiquated rescue aircraft will get to you any faster from their bases in far away Trenton, Ontario or Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Our main search-and-rescue problem is not with the Danes, it is with the Canadian government.

It’s as if the Norwegians ran rescue missions in the Barents Sea from an airbase in Paris, which is about the same distance from the Arctic as Winnipeg.

One reason the Arctic Council’s existence is a good thing for the people of the North is that it may end up shaming Ottawa into doing things it should have been doing already. Hopefully search and rescue will someday fall into this category, not least for Canada’s highly skilled rescue teams who have to risk their lives in ancient equipment thousands of kilometres from base.

When people criticize the Arctic Council for being ineffectual, what they need to remember it is really just an intergovernmental organization. It is the governments behind it who have the power and money to really take action.

Going through the Arctic Council’s 47 points, I was struck by how many are firmly in national jurisdiction. In many of these areas, Canada has a history of talking a big game but not

following up with real money to make it happen.

Remember the sorry saga of our Arctic icebreakers (years late) or the Nanisivik naval base (now downgraded to basically a gas tank with a shed)?

Does Canada have a university North of 60 in the same class as University of Alaska Fairbanks or the University of Tromso in Norway? If a shipping barge gets loose in the Beaufort or Barents Seas, which country has a coast guard base to get it back? (In case you’ve been following the Tuk barge, GPS signals indicate it has wandered all the way to Russia.) Is it Iqaluit or Nuuk that is getting a new undersea fibre optic cable for modern Internet service? If a cruise ship went aground or leaked oil off Barrow, Alaska or Baffin Island, which situation would get cleaned up first?

Canadian politicians often position the Arctic Council as a diplomatic tool for Canada to encourage other countries to address Arctic issues. In reality, the Arctic Council’s most useful feature may be that it puts a spotlight on Ottawa’s neglect of the Arctic and shames it into putting money where its press releases are.

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

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Spence Hill belongs. The user groups that considering the state of disrepair Health care, including the Whitehorse Such advertising turns a public access the very affordable sports the city has allowed the site where equipment necessary to deliver it, of skateboarding, BMXing, and the current park (which was never is a commitment we have made to scootering are often overlapped completed) to fall into. each other. We have decided colwith a group of young people A skate park does not need to lectively that health care should be who would fall under the labels look like this. Picture beautifully financed from our pot of money The Yukon News welcomes letters from its readers. of “at-risk,” “disadvantaged” and curving lines of smooth concalled “taxes.”

Letters should be no longer than 500 words and must be signed “marginalized.” crete covered with spray-painted By running fundraising camwith your full name and place of residence. A daytime phone This group of children and works of art, integrated public paigns, you are undermining our number is also required for verification purposes only. We reserve youth are drawn to the downtown art sculptures (that happen to be collective commitment to take the right to edit letters for clarity, length, accuracy and legality. area as that’s “where the action ride-able), landscaped lawns sur- care of each other. You are sugYou can send submissions to editor@yukon-news.com. They can is,” and, in the absence of a skate rounding the bowls and ledges. gesting that taxes and government be faxed to 867-668-3755 or mailed to 211 Wood St., Whitehorse, park downtown, will likely seek And the most beautiful feature decision-making are not the way Yukon Y1A 2E4. we should take care of each other. out and find other, less productive of all: happy children, and their

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INTERNATIONAL Cameron’s Conservative Party wins surprise majority that remakes UK political landscape Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka

tell Queen Elizabeth II that he has enough support to form a governAssociated Press ment.

That brings the election to a LONDON much-quicker-than-expected he Conservative Party swept conclusion. Polls ahead of Electo power Friday in Britain’s tion Day had shown Conservatives parliamentary elections, locked in a tight race with the winning an unexpected majority opposition Labour Party, raising that returns Prime Minister David the possibility of days or weeks Cameron to 10 Downing Street in of negotiations to form a governa stronger position than before. ment.

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With the Conservatives winning an outright majority in the 650seat House of Commons, the election result looked to be far better for him than even his own party had foreseen. With 643 constituencies counted, the Conservatives had 326 seats to Labour’s 230.

The prime minister beamed early Friday as he was announced the winner of his Witney constituency in southern England. “This is clearly a very strong night for the Conservative Party,� he said.

Cameron, who would be the first Conservative prime minister to win a second term since Margaret Thatcher, vowed to counter the rise of Scottish nationalism with more powers for Scotland and Wales. “I want my party, and I hope a government that I would like to lead, to reclaim a mantle that we should never have lost – the mantle of one nation, one United Kingdom,� he said.

Labour was routed in Scotland by the Scottish National Party, which took almost all of the 59 seats. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon

told the BBC that the vote represented “a clear voice for an end to austerity, better public services and more progressive politics at Westminster.� “The Scottish lion has roared this morning across the country,� said former SNP leader Alex Salmond, who was elected in the seat of Gordon.

Cameron’s coalition partner, the Liberal Democrat party, faced electoral disaster, losing most of its seats as punishment for supporting a Conservative-led agenda since 2010. Leader Nick Clegg held onto his seat but resigned as party leader Friday.

Almost 50 million people were registered to vote in Thursday’s election. Votes in each constituency were counted by hand and the results followed a familiar ritual. Candidates, each wearing a bright rosette in the colour of their party, line up onstage like boxers as a returning officer reads out the results.

But if the form was familiar, the results were often shocking.

Among the early Scottish National Party winners was 20-year-old student Mhairi Black, who defeated Douglas Alexander, Labour’s 47-year-old foreign policy spokesman and one of its most senior figures. Black is the youngest U.K. lawmaker since 13-year-old Christopher Monck entered Parliament in 1667.

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One of the big losers of the day was U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, who resigned after losing his race. His party ran third in opinion polls, but by early Friday had won only one seat because its support is spread out geographically.

Britain’s economy – recovering after years of turmoil that followed the 2008 financial crisis – was at the core of many voters’ concerns.

The results suggest that many heeded Cameron’s entreaties to back the Conservatives as the party of financial stability.

Public questions at television debates made plain that many voters distrusted politicians’ promises to safeguard the economy, protect the National Health Service from severe cutbacks and control the number of immigrants from eastern Europe.

British voters reacted with surprise as they awoke to the news.

Polls had shown a virtual dead heat in the race, and many expected weeks of wrangling over who would be in power. “I thought it would be closer,� said account manager Nicky KellyLord, 38.

But some, like project manager Jonathan Heeley, 42, thought it inevitable that a country struggling to rebuild in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis would be anxious to keep the economic recovery going. “The country’s rebuilding itself and people want to stay with that,� he said.

The pound surged as much as 2 per cent after exit poll results were released, as investors took that as reassurance that the country will not see days or weeks of uncertainty over the formation of a new government. The currency held onto most of those gains on Friday, trading at $1.5440. Stocks also surged, with the main FTSE 100 up 1.6 per cent.

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Federal Tories contemplate political mortality in wake of NDP victory Stephanie Levitz Canadian Press

OTTAWA he Conservative caucus room was described as a morgue Wednesday as federal MPs grappled with political mortality after the New Democrats broke the conservative movement’s four-decade grip on Alberta politics.

While they sought to downplay the notion that the NDP upset in Alberta is an omen for this fall’s federal election, many also acknowledged the playing field for that campaign has changed.

So-called safe seats just can’t be considered safe anymore, said Deepak Obhrai, who has sat in the House of Commons as a Calgary Conservative since 1997 and was re-elected in 2011 with 67 per cent of the vote.

In the last six elections, he didn’t face a serious challenge from the NDP, but with all four provincial seats within his riding now held by that party, he expects the next campaign will be different. “More, stronger candidates will look at the results, so we expect stronger (NDP) candidates with stronger credentials coming after us,� he said. “The NDP have become a player, indeed.�

The Tories hold 26 of the 28 federal seats in Alberta, though redistribution means there will be 34 up for grabs this fall.

The Conservative Party says it has candidates nominated in all but one riding.

Polling suggests the New Democrats and Liberals are nearly tied for second place in the province, with support for the federal Conservatives at 41 per cent.

In the final weeks of the provincial campaign, many Conservative MPs fiercely and publicly warned about the perceived dangers of an NDP government, but they dropped the subject on Wednesday.

Though the NDP led many of their statements in question period with gleeful references to the provincial victory, the Conservatives instead focused on Liberal

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leader Justin Trudeau’s recent economic policy announcements. “It was more like a morgue,� was Justice Minister Peter MacKay’s description of the mood among Tories on Wednesday in contrast with the guitarplaying party that was the NDP caucus meeting.

But many Conservatives took solace in the fact that the provincial election results suggest their base is secure – taken together, the Progressive Conservatives and Wild Rose Alliance secured 52 per cent of the popular vote. “The NDP will be reinvigorated. So they will be even more of a force on the ground,� said Leon Benoit, the Conservative MP for Vegreville-Wainwright. “Are Albertans, you know, changing their thinking towards left-wing thinking? No.�

Ontario’s David Tilson compared it to the 1990 provincial election in his province in which David Peterson and the Liberals were ousted by the NDP under Bob Rae. Tilson attributed that result to anger against then-prime minister Brian Mulroney. “I don’t think that the same feeling against the Conservatives in Ottawa is the same as the feeling against Mr Mulroney in 1990,� he said. “It is not even close.�

Jim Prentice, the Alberta Tory leader, resigned his job and his seat Tuesday night. He was once considered a potential future leader for the federal Conservatives but that’s likely in doubt.

What happens with the conservative movement in Alberta could be divined by the by-election to replace him, some suggested.

It was the aftermath of an Ontario by-election in 2003 that convinced then-Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper to merge with the federal Progressive Conservatives when the Alliance candidate lost despite intense efforts.

MacKay was at the helm of the Jeff McIntosh/CP PCs during the merger and said Alberta PC Party leader Jim Prentice speaks to party faithful there are lessons for provincial in Calgary, Alta. following Tuesday’s election. Prentice has Tories to consider. resigned as leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives. “I think that there is tremendous goodwill and recognition that the longer they’re divided, the longer they’re going to find themselves in opposition,� he said. “We certainly lived that experience here in Ottawa.�

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Tale of two NDPs: Alberta New Democrats cut from a slightly different cloth ties, however, didn’t stop the federal NDP on Wednesday from inviting news cameras into its OTTAWA caucus chamber, where chanting leeful federal New DemoMPs celebrated the Alberta win in crats seized the coattails of the name of all New Democrats. their victorious Alberta cousins Federal NDP Leader Tom on Wednesday, but while the two Mulcair tried to blur any lines of parties share the same family tree, separation. the Prairie and Ottawa branches In a short speech to his caucus, have fundamental differences. a grinning Mulcair said doubtFor one, experts point to the ers never thought the NDP could roots of the Prairie New Demowin in Alberta or Quebec, where crats, which they say come from the federal party captured more the anti-centralist mindset that than 50 seats in 2011. dominated Canadian politics for Mulcair also attempted to much of the 20th century. paint Tuesday’s NDP victory The Alberta NDP also hails led by Rachel Notley, Alberta’s from a province where the new premier-designate, as a sign economy is dominated by the change is afoot across Canada. pollution-heavy oil industry, “We’ve all got a spring in our which has been a bull’s-eye for step today and it’s understandcriticism from federal New Dem- able,” he told reporters in Ottawa. ocrats, said a political scientist The federal NDP also wasted who has studied Alberta politics little time in trying to capitalfor decades. ize on Notley’s momentum. The “The areas of difficulty party distributed a fund-raising (between the two NDP parties) email with the subject line: “Alwould not be huge, but … there berta made history last night.” could well be some,” said Allan During the campaign, howevTupper of the University of Brit- er, Notley appeared to take pains ish Columbia. to distance herself from Mulcair.

Potential family feuds, he When Progressive Conservaadded, could arise when it comes tive rival Jim Prentice mentioned to climate change and the taxaMulcair’s opposition to pipelines, tion of the energy industry.

Notley insisted she had not spoken with him for “months Differences between the parAndy Blatchford Canadian Press

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and months.”

Mulcair, who has said he opposes lines that ship raw product for refining abroad, has been a polarizing figure on pipelines in Alberta.

On Wednesday, Notley was asked again about her connection to Mulcair and the federal party.

“I have a great deal of respect for Tom Mulcair,” Notley told a news conference.

“I think he’s a great national

leader, but my job is going to be to focus on being the premier of Alberta and representing the interests of Albertans.”

Robin Sears, a former NDP strategist, said New Democrats from Alberta share “common DNA” with their Prairie counterparts rather than with those from B.C., Ontario and Ottawa.

He described them as proud in the traditions of Prairie protest against big railways, big

banks and Central Canada. Sears believes they would likely take inspiration as well as ideological and operational cues from Saskatchewan’s NDP legacy.

Notley said she spoke to former NDP Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow after the election and looked to him for advice on the government’s transition.

A federal NDP spokesman sent out an email highlighting where the parties share common ground. He wrote that both believe in new relationships with First Nations, that resource development should be conducted in an environmentally sound way and that corporations “should pay their fair share.”

Sears thinks the federal NDP does have something to celebrate following Notley’s win. He predicts it will boost morale, fundraising and probably candidate recruitment ahead of the October federal election.

But Tupper said he doubts the win will translate into party gains at the federal level.

“I don’t say it won’t happen, but I don’t see it obviously happening because of the separation of the parties, the differences between them and the general different rhythms of provincial and national politics.”

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Pollsters relieved at getting it right in Alberta’s unlikely swing to the left Bruce Cheadle

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“If you’re going to weigh in OTTAWA and kind of subsidize this stuff, orporate Alberta may be you want to make sure you wringing its hands, but actually get it right because you Canada’s market research end up with egg on your face.” industry is breathing a collecAlbertans themselves contive sigh of relief following the tinued to believe there would NDP’s remarkable majority be a Progressive Conservative victory in Tuesday’s Alberta victory late into the campaign, election. which further raised the polling Despite the fact a variety of stakes. polls consistently showed strong Bruce Cameron, the presisupport for Rachel Notley’s dent of Calgary-based polling New Democrats in the last firm Return on Insight, was weeks of the campaign, many casting doubt on an NDP vicpundits were reluctant to betory in a published op-ed as lieve the public opinion surveys recently as Sunday even though would prove out on election he had survey results showing day. otherwise.

“The industry as a whole “A lot depended on the needs to redeem itself, and turnout rate,” Cameron said I think they did here,” said Wednesday. pollster Frank Graves of Ekos The solid NDP trend line of Research. support throughout the camA series of errant predictions paign made Tuesday night’s on provincial votes over the victory a certainty when 57 past few years has bruised the per cent of eligible voters – the polling profession; rock-ribbed highest in Alberta since 1993 – Alberta’s counter-intuitive cast ballots, said Cameron. swing to the left was seen as a Darrell Bricker, the CEO of test of polling’s predictive pow- Ipsos Public Affairs, noted all ers. the different polling methodMost pollsters misread B.C.’s ologies appeared to work well election swing from the NDP in this Alberta election, with to the Liberals in the final days of the 2013 provincial election.

Alberta’s Tories rose from the dead to win a majority in 2012, and last year’s provincial Liberal majorities in Quebec and Ontario stunned many. Even the scale of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s hefty Conservative majority in 2011 went undetected by many polling companies.

The misfires in previous elections even spawned some social media poetry Tuesday from someone using the handle bLymericking.

“Canadian pollsters, congrats / On turning out credible stats / Which ought to dilute / The dodgy repute / You earned in preceding at-bats.”

Graves said the perception of the industry was definitely hurt by those past election misses.

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“The trends started early and just persisted through the campaign,” Bricker said.

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Even at that, Cameron said it took some interesting threeway splits in rural ridings to make Wildrose party the official Opposition and drive the incumbent Conservatives to third place.

New Democrats won 53 of the legislature’s 87 seats, having never won more than 16 ridings

in any previous Alberta election.

Wildrose came second with 21 seats, while the incumbent Tories – holders of 70 seats when they called the election – were reduced to a 10-seat rump.

If pollsters more or less agreed this time on the election outcome, they remain divided in the aftermath about whether Alberta has moved ideologically.

Graves and Bricker both said they believe there’s been a shift in the province.

Bricker pointed to the 2010 election of Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi as a “precursor” to Notley’s NDP victory.

“The Alberta we keep talking about – which is an Alberta that’s 20 or 30 years in the rearview mirror – isn’t Alberta anymore,” said Bricker, noting almost 40 per cent of the population was born outside Canada.

Cameron, however, isn’t so sure.

“I think it’s primarily a vote for Rachel,” he said of the new premier-in-waiting.

“It was a classic Jack-Laytonin-Quebec kind of scenario.

She captivated people in a way I haven’t seen in polling in any election I can remember recently.”

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Trudeau: Hike taxes on rich, cut taxes, boost child benefits for middle class rant in nearby Aylmer, Que. “ According to the Liberals, all families with kids under 18 OTTAWA and an annual income below ustin Trudeau has unveiled $150,000, or 90 per cent of the Liberal alternative to families, would receive more the Harper government’s under Trudeau’s plan than economic plan: hike taxes for they do under Harper’s. the wealthiest one per cent to Monday’s announcement pay for more generous child puts in place a central pillar of benefits and an across-thethe Liberals’ eventual platboard income tax cut for the form for the fall election. And middle class. it is a reply to last month’s Under the Liberal proposal Conservative pre-election announced this week: budget, which pivots around • The 22-per-cent tax rate twin measures to allow parfor anyone with a taxable an- ents with children under 18 nual income between $44,701 to split their income for tax and $89,401 would be cut to purposes and to expand and 20.5 per cent. enrich the universal child care • A new tax bracket of 33 benefit. per cent would be imposed on “Canada has always done those with taxable incomes well when most Canadians are over $200,000 a year. The doing well – when we have a current top bracket of 29 per strong and successful middle cent would continue to apclass,â€? Trudeau told the crowd. ply to those earning between “The fact is, over the past 10 $138,586 and $200,000. years, Mr. Harper’s plan has A Trudeau government failed. We are not getting the would also scrap Prime Mineconomic growth, and we’re ister Stephen Harper’s newly not getting fairness and sucenriched universal child care cess for the middle class.â€? benefit and roll together two Trudeau has previously other existing child benefits promised to scrap the $2 bilinto a single, more generous, lion parental income-splitting monthly, tax-free “Canada scheme, which numerous child benefit.â€? economists and think tanks “We can do more for the have said will benefit less than people who need it, by doing 15 per cent of Canadian familess for the people who don’t,â€? lies, primarily the wealthiest.

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Pope stokes flames on environment, death penalty ahead of trip to America Nicole Winfield

running a genocidal machine that tortured indigenous converts and spread disease. Francis VATICAN CITY will celebrate a Mass in Serra’s hen Pope Francis visits honour at the main U.S. semithe United States this nary in Rome. fall, he can expect the same While Francis’ popularity rock-star adulation that greets ratings in the United States rival him wherever he goes. But his those of St. John Paul II, he is positions on hot-button issues not without his detractors. Consuch as the death penalty and servative Republicans privately climate change could quickly set grumble about his views on the stage for conflict. That may global warming and immigraexplain why Francis has been tion, and his vehement opposiclearing the decks on a host tion to the death penalty. of less high-profile matters of Here is a look at how Francis contention that could also have has recently stoked flames on marred the visit. some key issues and resolved In a matter of a few short others. weeks, Francis abruptly ended the Vatican’s deeply contested Climate change investigation of U.S. nuns and Francis got a big thumbs-up engineered the removal of an this week for his green agenda American bishop who failed to from U.N. Secretary-General report a suspected sex abuser.

Had he left those issues to fester, Ban Ki-Moon, who said his upcoming environment encyclical they would certainly have cast could be a game-changer in the a cloud over the historic trip – which will include the first papal run-up to climate change talks in Paris at the end of the year. address to the U.S. Congress.

Ban was the keynote speaker On Saturday Francis will try at a Vatican conference bringing to address another controversy together Nobel Prize-winning over his planned canonization scientists, Francis’ key environof an 18th century Franciscan mental advisers and faith leadmissionary, Junipero Serra, acers. They were unanimous in cused by Native Americans of agreeing that climate change is real, mostly man-made, hardest The Yukon home of on the poorest, and a problem that only collective action can solve.

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Death penalty Francis has gone well beyond his predecessors – and Catholic Church teaching – in saying there is simply no justification for the death penalty today. “Inadmissible,” he calls it, “regardless of how grave the crime.”

He has called life prison terms a “hidden death penalty” and solitary confinement a “form of torture” – and said both should be abolished.

The pope’s advocacy won him an award this week from the Hands Off Cain anti-capital punishment advocacy group.

The United States is in the Top 10 list of countries that still execute people, along with China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Andrew Medichini/AP Sudan and North Korea.

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A little-noticed Vatican law issued in November may have had something to do with it: The law included the novelty that higher church authorities could ask a bishop to step down in certain circumstances.

Another potential problem issue that could have marred the papal visit concerned Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City, Missouri, who remained in office for nearly three years after being convicted of failing to report a Controversial missionary suspected child abuser.

The Vatican and the archdioVictims and advocacy groups cese of Los Angeles are on an had held up Finn as Exhibit A of how Francis still doesn’t get it on all-out effort to establish more positive vision of Junipero Serra sex abuse. That’s something no before Francis canonizes the pope would want to answer to Franciscan missionary at Washon a trip to a country where the Nun crackdown ington’s Natinal Shrine on the The Vatican removed a major Catholic Church has paid more first day he arrives in the U.S. than $3 billion in settlements headache awaiting Francis by Native Americans say Serra and fees related to the sex abuse cutting short a controversial tortured converts and was part of crackdown on the main umbrella scandal. a genocidal missionary machine On April 22, Francis accepted group of American sisters that that wiped out indigenous popuFinn’s resignation following a had begun under Francis’ doctrilations. naire predecessor, Benedict XVI. Vatican investigation. It’s unclear On Thursday, in the shadow if the resignation was offered Earlier this month, the Vatican of St. Peter’s Square, the Los freely or if the Vatican pressured and the Leadership Conference him into it.

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Robert Senkewicz, history professor at Santa Clara University in California, said the historical record is clear that there was “significant mistreatment of native populations” in the missions – and that Serra himself supported flogging natives as punishment.

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“Serra has been treated in binary way: either as totally blameless or a total villain,” Senkewicz said. “What we tried to do was fill in that middle ground and talk about Serra as a complicated and real human being with his strengths and weaknesses.”

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Canadian doctor describes daring migrant rescue on Mediterranean Sea Mike Blanchfield Canadian Press

OTTAWA hey first laid eyes on Europe when the distant lights of Malta came into view, around sunset on Monday, brightening their mood and setting off a weary smattering of applause.

They were 369 men, women – eight of them pregnant – and children who had fled the forgotten carnage of war-torn Eritrea on the Horn of Africa.

They’d made it all the way to the Libyan coast, where many had been jailed and robbed before human smugglers set them adrift into the calm waters of the Mediterranean Sea along with thousands of others on the weekend.

They were the lucky ones compared with the 800 migrants who drowned last month when their boat capsized off Libya – hundreds of them locked down by smugglers – or the 400 who drowned a few days earlier.

On Sunday afternoon, the Eritrean group’s overloaded fishing boat was intercepted by a specially outfitted search-andrescue vessel operated by the aid agency, Doctors Without

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Crew members transferred the migrants over to the rescue vessel. And there they met Dr. Simon Bryant, of Canmore, Alta., one of the physicians on the boat.

He helped treat their dehydration, sea sickness, skin infections and the various injuries inflicted by severe beatings. Bryant and his 20 fellow crew members, medics and rescue professionals watched with misty eyes as the migrants’ much coveted continent came into view.

“When they could see the lights, and they realized these were not the lights of fishing vessels, but these were lights of solid land in Europe – passing Malta on our way to Sicily – they just started clapping.”

The Phoenix rescue vessel launched Saturday from Malta on a six-month mission to bring aid directly to the record number of fleeing migrants taking to the Mediterranean in what has sparked a major crisis for the European Union. It is jointly operated by the group Migrant Offshore Aid Station, or MOAS. The Phoenix is a 40-me-

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Bryant said Europe needs to provide more search-andrescue assets, and it needs to find a safe way to grant asylum seekers refugee status so they’re not compelled to make a lifeand-death sea crossing in order to gain it.

“Europe is using the Mediterranean Sea as a border fence, and they’re failing to meet their obligations,” Bryant said bluntly, over a crackling Skype connection as the Phoenix made its way back to the Libyan coast after dropping off its Eritrean passengers in Sicily.

The Eritreans slept on the deck of the Phoenix overnight Sunday, bundled in warm blanAntonio Calanni/AP kets, after being fed, medically Migrants are helped disembark from the Iceland Coast Guard examined and, when necessary, treated. The vessel was met by vessel Tyr, at the Messina harbor in Sicily, southern Italy on Italian doctors in the Sicilian Wednesday. port of Pozzallo, who immediately took over care of the most room physician who has made tre ship with a fully equipped several sea voyages in the Arctic serious cases, while the remainmedical clinic, and a large ing passengers were led off and drone “cam-copter” bearing an and Antarctic. processed.

He said he joined this misinfrared camera that transmits Bryant said he was moved by sion because not enough is beimages back to the doctors’ the reaction of the Phoenix’s boat. The Phoenix project esti- ing done to help the thousands youngest passenger – a twomates it will come to the aid of of desperate migrants currently and-a-half-year-old toddler making the dangerous voyage to thousands of fleeing migrants whose gender he won’t reveal and it is already off to an auspi- Europe from North Africa. because he feels bound by his “For me the bottom line is: cious start. oath of patient confidentiality – migration is a reality based on The Phoenix also helped when the ship reached Sicily. rescue another 104 migrants on untenable living conditions be“What I remember about cause of war, because of famine that person is a picture that one Monday from a long inflatable or inhuman economic situaraft, helping transfer them to a of my colleagues took – this tions,” he said. passing oil tanker, because the little person giving a high-five “By the time they get to that when they left the ship,” he Phoenix was already full to capacity with Eritrean passengers. point, all they want to do is live said. “That’s really quite moving to see.” in a decent way, or die.”

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Cobain doc Montage of Heck provides new perspective on Courtney Love: director subject, the film also reveals much about his widow, Courtney Love.

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And oh, the footage Morgen saw – provided to the Oscarnominated director not by Love, by the way, but her daughter, Frances Cobain.

He ultimately devoted nearly eight years to stitching together the film.

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John Krakauer, author of Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, speaks with University of Montana Journalism Dean Larry Abrams Wednesday evening in Missoula, Mont.

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MISSOULA, MONT. Missoula audience gave the bestselling author of a book about the city’s mishandling of rape cases a standing ovation and then booed a heckler who had elbowed his way to the stage and called Jon Krakauer a liar.

Krakauer is the author of the new book Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, which is No. 4 on the New York Times’ hardcover nonfiction bestseller list.

The book uses the stories of several women from the University of Montana to illustrate the problems faced by rape victims nationwide in persuading police and prosecutors to pursue their cases.

Krakauer previously said he wasn’t planning a tour or any other public appearances to promote the book, but he wanted to give critics in Missoula the chance to confront him. Instead, he received an enthusiastic welcome and applause throughout his interview Wednesday night with University of Montana Journalism School Dean Larry Abramson before a standingroom only crowd of more than 550 people.

That warmth was shattered when a man who identified himself as Missoula attorney Thomas Dove made his way to the front of the room just as the interview ended, called Krakauer a liar, accused him of bias and of breaking the law by citing confidential documents in his book.

The crowd tried to shout down Dove, while a few others disappointed that Krakauer did not take questions from the audience demanded that Dove have his say. Krakauer started to answer Dove’s questions, but eventually became exasperated and walked out of the room as the crowd became more hostile toward Dove.

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Earlier, the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air said rape is a serious crime that is not taken seriously, and he called on universities to step up their pursuit of rapists on campus.

The criminal justice system has a high legal burden to convict a rapist, and as a result, many offenders end up walking away, he said. Universities have a lower legal threshold to discipline sexual offenders, but they don’t do enough to hold rapists accountable, he said. “I think the university system across the nation is terrible,� he said.

Missoula focuses on several University of Montana women who were assaulted between 2010 and 2012, the same period covered in a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into whether Missoula and university officials mishandled rape reports. The federal inquiry led to reforms in how the university and city respond to sexual assaults.

Critics have denounced Krakauer for turning the spotlight on Missoula and accuse him of reopening wounds inflicted by the Justice Department investigation. Others criticize the book as a one-sided account that doesn’t include the voices of the prosecutors he depicts as failing the rape victims.

Krakauer previously told The Associated Press that he did not know what kind of reception to expect in Missoula but that he hoped the forum would “clear the air.�

His focus on the town came after he started following rape cases across the nation, the author said.

He decided that the subject could be turned into a book after travelling to Montana to hear the impressive testimony of one of the victims he profiles, he said.

He said he did not expect that the title of the book would create a backlash in Missoula. “It didn’t seem like this town would be so defensive,� he said. “I don’t regret it. I’m sorry it caused so much turmoil.�

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Americana Music Triangle creates road map for cradle of US music in southern states Adrian Sainz

Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.

Preston hopes the triangle CLARKSDALE, MISS. gives travelling music lovers, both lues. Jazz. Country. Rock n’ foreign and domestic, a multiroll. Gospel. Southern Gospel. state, Internet-based, interactive Cajun-zydeco. Soul/ R&B. Blueguide of the cradle of America’s grass. music, while also spurring Nine of America’s most wellenough interest for community known music genres now have leaders to preserve these spots for their own road map. future educational and tourism Led by Nashville preservation- opportunities. State and local ist Aubrey Preston, a group of tourism officials hope muchhistorians and music lovers have needed dollars flow into their come up with the “Americana towns from travellers with cash Music Triangle.” to spend on restaurants, music Stretching from Nashville to shows, shops, and even gas staMemphis to New Orleans – and tions and car washes. encompassing points in between “We’re giving an anchor, a – the triangle includes locations cloud of information … that’s in the South that contributed to easily accessible and connects the birth of the musical genres, places, stories, people and music from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the to information that people can home of blues masters Muddy get from any place in the world,” Waters and John Lee Hooker, to said Preston, whose last-minute Muscle Shoals, Alabama, site of purchase of Nashville’s legendary the famed music studio where RCA Studio A in October 2014 Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and many others recorded saved it from being torn down.

Events scheduled on Monday songs. and throughout next week in six Destinations are connected by cities will launch the Americana the so-called “Gold Record Road,” Music Triangle. a 1,500-mile stretch of highway Historian Colin Escott says made up of Interstate 40 from the triangle accurately spotlights Nashville to Memphis, Highlocations that will draw people to way 61 –the Blues Trail – from the South: The jazz halls of New Memphis to New Orleans, and Orleans, the rock n’ roll and soul the Natchez Trace Parkway from Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi. studios of Memphis, the cotton plantations of the Mississippi Travelers planning road trips Delta. can use a flashy website, or web “People do seem to want to “guide,” pinpointing destinations touch something that’s real,” said in the triangle and describing Escott, co-writer of the book and points of interest in more than musical “Million Dollar Quartet” 30 communities in Tennessee, Associated Press

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puts money in this economy that wasn’t here before.”

Luckett says promoting tourism does not exploit the city’s more disadvantaged residents, some of whom may resent that so much attention is being paid to tourists while they struggle.

“There are some people who are going to express some resentment. I read it, I hear it,” Luckett said. “Frankly, it’s unfair and untrue.”

Tourism and civic leaders in each location are encouraged to direct tourists to other spots on the trail, even if they are in another state. This sets the project apart from government-run Adrian Sainz/AP initiatives that won’t promote Roger Stolle, owner of Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, tourism experiences outside their purview. talks about how a new project called the “Americana Music The project’s supporters hope Triangle” will help attract tourists and spur music-related that, as more people are drawn preservation efforts on April 30 in Clarksdale, Miss. to these locations, governments, and contributor to the triangle and the sales taxes it generates. philanthropists and nonprofits project. “They love this music Downtown has seen an increase will move to preserve the sites throughout the world, and it is in restaurants and accommodaand increase opportunities for like a universal currency.” tions like loft apartments, and musicians.

A city of about 17,200 about 1 population appears to be growing.

“If you have more regular 1/2 hours’ drive south of MemTourists from overseas are making (visitor) traffic, then you can start phis, Clarksdale has seen its more frequent treks to Clarksdale, to have more music,” said Roger share of population loss, poverty, according to Mayor Bill Luckett Stolle, owner of the Cat Head troubled schools and blight, like and co-owner of Ground Zero Delta Blues & Folk Art store in other small towns in the triangle. Blues Club.

Clarksdale. “It not only means But, in recent years, the city has “Pulling this project off will that venue is going to be there for tried to boost its agriculture-driv- be a tremendous help to this a long time, but it gives a reason for musicians to be there.” en economy with tourist spending whole region,” Luckett said. “It

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A new twist on an old favourite Yukon entrepreneur bets fancy grilled cheese will bring home the cheddar

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Alison Pakula is opening a new food trailer in downtown Whitehorse next week specializing in gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches.

said ‘Man, you should really do grilled cheese.’”

The trailer had previously his summer, Alison belonged to food vendors in Pakula is taking an iconic Whitehorse, so it was already childhood staple and fully equipped and ready to go, putting her own cheesy, stringy, she said. gooey twist on it.

Now she’s putting the finishThe 28-year-old is opening ing touches on the outside, a gourmet grilled cheese trailer which will feature decals of her down by Whitehorse’s waterlogo. front wharf next week, called A few months ago, Pakula Alligator’s. started doing research into the Pakula, who grew up in a idea of selling gourmet grilled family that owned a restaurant cheese sandwiches and quickly in northern B.C., said she was found that others were doing it partly inspired by the resurin bigger Canadian cities, too. gence in popularity the sandHer boyfriend served as the wich has had in recent years. initial guinea pig.

“When we moved from An“We tried over a dozen difnie Lake Road to the city last ferent ones, where basically year, we bought a trailer withwe’d look at what we had in the out really knowing what we’d fridge and threw it together,” do with it,” she said. she said.

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close to 40 friends at her Porter Creek home in February.

The guests even filled out forms to rate their favourites – one of which is called the Ukrainian.

It features homemade sauerkraut, kielbasa sausage, basil aoli, goat cheese, extra-aged cheddar and whole-grain Dijon mustard on homemade white or whole wheat bread.

Another one, tentatively called the Pink Lady, is made up of thinly sliced beets marinated in apple cider vinegar, chopped fresh mint, and goat cheese.

“Of course I’ll always have the plain grilled cheese, too,” she said, “but I want to be known for my creative fillings.”

Meat lovers can choose from bacon, ham and prosciutto, too.

Last weekend, Pakula took the Ukrainian on a trial run

as part of the Yukon UpStarts Youth Entrepreneurship Conference, where participants were given one-day business licences and health permits.

“It was all very short notice but it went really well,” she said.

“The trial run was great to realize that trying to offer eight different sandwiches at once would be crazy. So I’ll be offering two different kinds each day and rotating through them.”

Pakula will also serve two different breakfast sandwiches: your typical egg and bacon sandwich and another that features a mouth-watering combination of brie, stewed apple with Saskatoon jam and egg-dipped bread.

“Like a stuffed French toast,” she explained.

And people can order soups and salads as sides, too.

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on Pakula’s homemade recipe: whole tomatoes, roasted in an oven for an hour, coupled with roasted garlic, vegetable stock and seasoning.

There might also be plans to order cheese in bulk from a cheese shop that will soon be opening in Horwood’s Mall, she said.

“I’m super excited, I think it’ll be a fun time,” she said.

“I love food, experimenting with it and being creative with it. And I like interacting with people and doing something that’s active.”

The grand opening of Alligator’s is Friday, May 15.

It’ll be open six days a week all summer long, Mondays through Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Shipping container housing could be stacked up in communities across Canada Cara McKenna Canadian Press

VANCOUVER hey were once rusting hulks relegated to junkyards.

Now shipping containers are being repurposed into stylish homes that developers plan to roll out in housing-crunched communities across Canada.

A three-storey development in Vancouver’s poorest neighbourhood uses just 12 of the millions of containers decommissioned after a life on the sea of five to 10 years.

What started as a pilot project on the Downtown Eastside is expanding in the city – and the same model is set to be stacked up in aboriginal communities in British Columbia, Alberta and Nunavut.

Marnie Crassweller lives in a “studio” container. A 285-squarefoot suite home with an ocean view, in-suite washer-dryer, kitchen and private bathroom.

“I find it to be a beautiful suite,” she said, gesturing to her home.

She said she often has to dispel misconceptions with people who ask questions like: “Isn’t it cold?

Isn’t is like a dungeon?”

“And as you can see, it’s not.”

Janice Abbott, the CEO of social housing agency Atira Property Management Inc., described the container construction as “building with Lego blocks,” saying it’s a fast, environmentally-friendly and – presumably – a cheaper way to build homes.

“You have to think of them as exoskeletons or substructures,” said Abbott.

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plumbing and wiring and is insulated and drywalled.

Abbott said the containers are built with high-grade steel that is much stronger than wood, and more than one can be fused together to create multi-bedroom suites.

Her agency has studied the cost of container housing and believes it to be a cheaper.

From the front, the narrow three-storey container development is a modern complex with large windows, but from the side, you can see the ridged steel of what was once a shipping container.

The project, completed in 2013, was Canada’s first development of recycled shipping containers and the spaces are so in-demand that a second complex is being planned a few blocks away.

The concept is quintessentially Vancouver, where the overheated real estate market has forced creative housing solutions in small spaces.

But Abbott said the idea is catching on in communities across Canada where suitable housing is direly needed.

Her agency is looking at building container developments on six or seven reserves across the country, with help from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Abbott said the next development will likely be on First Nations land near Tofino, on Vancouver Island, and she is working on choosing the next site in Alberta, from a number of interested First Nations.

She is also in discussions with leaders of an Inuit settlement in Baker Lake, Nunavut, which gets

almost all of its supplies shipped with containers that are never returned, because it’s cheaper to build new in China than return them.

“The goal is to try and demonstrate that this kind of building technology works in all these different climate zones.”

Abbott said Atira is looking at reserves, because there are ongoing issues of housing shortages on many reserves.

She said there are many other reasons to use containers.

“They can be recycled, obviously, but the higher or best use is to repurpose them and reuse them.”

Gordon Price, a civic issues expert and former Vancouver councillor who now directs the City Program at Simon Fraser University, said he’s skeptical of the benefits.

He said he can’t see the savings being significant enough to make it worthwhile, because there are many other key expenses, particularly land costs.

“It’s certainly not a revolutionary solution,” he said.

For Crassweller, a recovering alcoholic who was homeless for fives years, said the suite is a “sanctuary.”

As part of her agreement to live in the building, she mentors at-risk women under 24 who are being housed in single-room accommodation next to her building.

“I was pretty destructive for too many years,” she said.

“Now I’m here, just trying to step up to the plate, trying to move towards working and being selfsupportive.”

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Tesla’s billionaire CEO vows to jolt electricity market with expansion into home batteries Michael Liedtke and Jonathan Fahey Associated Press

FOSTER CITY, CALIF. ever lacking daring ideas, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is determined to jolt the electricity market.

The CEO of electric car maker Tesla Motors hopes to park hundreds of millions of large, solar panel-connected batteries in homes and businesses so the world can disconnect from power plants – and he can profit. One evening last week, before an adoring crowd and a party-like atmosphere, Musk unveiled how he intends to do it.

Musk took the stage at Tesla’s design studio near Los Angeles International Airport, an audience of drink-toting enthusiasts cheering him on, in a scene fitting for an audacious dreamer renowned for pursuing far-out projects. Colonizing Mars is one of Musk’s goals at Space X, a rocket maker that he also runs.

Now, he is setting out on another ambitious mission. “Our goal here is to fundamentally change the way the world uses energy,” Musk told reporters gathered in Hawthorne, California.

Although Tesla will make the battery called “Powerwall,” it will be sold by a variety of other companies. The list of partners includes SolarCity, a solar installer founded

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That could discourage widespread adoption, especially for a product that may only have limited use.

“I don’t believe this product in its first incarnation will be interesting to the average person,” conceded Peter Rive, SolarCity’s chief technology officer. Rive, though, still expects there to be enough demand to substantially increase the number of batteries in homes.

Musk is so encouraged by the initial demand that he believes Tesla and other future entrants in the market will be able to sell 2 billion battery packs around the world – roughly the same number of vehicles already on roads. Although that may sound like a “super crazy” goal, Musk insisted it “is within the power of humanity to do.”

It will take a long time to get there. Tesla hopes to begin shipping a limited number of Powerwall batteries this summer in the U.S. before expanding internationally next year.

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tions. That way, the software that controls the solar and battery system will allow customers to use their home-generated power – and not expensive grid power – when grid prices spike.

Many commercial customers already buy power this way, and Tesla also announced battery systems designed for them, along with bigger battery packs that utilities can use to manage their grids. Analysts say these utility and commercial markets will probably be more promising for Tesla during the next few years than residential customers.

Several businesses, including Amazon.com and Target, plan to use Tesla’s battery storage system on a limited basis. Southern California Edison is already using Tesla batteries to store energy.

Tesla is building a giant factory in Nevada that will begin churning out batteries in 2017, so Musk needs to begin drumming up customers now. The spotlight may Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP help Musk push policy makers and utilities to consider reshaping reguElon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., unveils the company’s newest product, Powerpack, in Hawthorne, Calif. on April 30. lations so solar and battery storage could be more easily incorporated system during blackouts for cus77, said. “I consider it to be a whole into the larger electric system, Kann said. tomers like David Cunningham, power system right here in my Tesla’s ambitions already have an aerospace engineer from Foster home.” intrigued homeowners like Mike City, California. He installed a Tesla Cunningham took advantage Thielen, who installed one of the battery late last year to pair with of state incentives that sharply rehis solar panels as part of a pilot duced the battery’s $18,300 sticker prototype batteries with SolarCity program run by the California price under the pilot program. He panels on his Redondo Beach, California, home last year. Although he Public Utilities Commission to test still paid $7,500. hasn’t needed the backup power home battery performance.

“The value proposition now is Although Cunningham’s home around reliability and backup pow- yet, he has embraced the concept.

“I think it’s brilliant,” he said. has not endured a blackout in the er more than it is around savings, “I would consider upgrading to six months that he has had the bat- but over time that may change,” a more powerful home battery if tery, it’s capable of running critical said Shayle Kann, an analyst at they could figure out a way to get home appliances like lights and GTM Research. me totally off the grid.” refrigeration and can be recharged The batteries are likely to beInvestors seemed unmoved by by solar panels during the day. come more useful if, as expected, “As long as a person has solar more utilities and regulators allow Musk’s latest vision. Tesla’s stock panels, it’s just a natural fit for the power prices to change throughout dipped 2 cents the following day to two to go together,” Cunningham, the day based on market condiclose at $226.03.

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Billion dollar LNG deal pitched to B.C. First Nation for its project support

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PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. $1.15-billion benefitsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; package is being offered to a First Nation on British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s northwest coast in a bid to win support for a proposed liquefiednatural-gas terminal and pipeline.

Details of the offer to the Lax Kwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;alaams from the provincial government and project owners, including Malaysiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Petronas, were published on the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

The deal is not the only one being pursued with aboriginals in advance of regulatory approval.

One week ago, TransCanada, the company that plans to build the 950-kilometre pipeline from near Hudsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hope in northeastern B.C. to Prince Rupert on the coast, announced a deal with the Kitselas First Nation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our government has been very clear that for too long First Nations have been excluded from economic development and that needs to change,â&#x20AC;? said the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation in an email on Friday.

An information bulletin published on the Lax Kwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;alaamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; website notes the proposal includes $27.8 million for signing and preliminary agreements, construction and startup projects.

Annual payments would start at nearly $13 million and end with $50.5 million in year 40, for a total of just over $1 billion, it adds.

The band would receive 2,200 hectares of land, worth about $108 million, in the Prince Rupert harbour area, as well as â&#x20AC;&#x153;additional lands of interest.â&#x20AC;?

Targeted funds of nearly $29 million would cover road paving, compensation for fisheries, scholarships and training programs.

The deal also promises vacant jobs in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;commercial operations phaseâ&#x20AC;? to every Tsimshian person who has completed a training program, meets â&#x20AC;&#x153;ordinary job requirements,â&#x20AC;? and is â&#x20AC;&#x153;otherwise qualified for the job.â&#x20AC;?

Band leaders will ask members to support the projects during upcoming votes in Lax Kwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;alaams, Prince Rupert and Vancouver. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The province is working with more than 40 First Nations to discuss benefits, concerns and the engagement process on proposed natural-gas pipelines and LNGrelated infrastructure within their traditional territory,â&#x20AC;? said the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Proponents are also engaging with First Nations through similar discussions.â&#x20AC;?

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Russ Girling, president and CEO of TransCanada Corporation, addresses the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual meeting in Calgary, Friday, May 1. TransCanada plans on constructing a 950-kilometre pipeline through B.C.

First Nations on 54 agreements on natural gas pipelines, and it expects more, although the details will vary.

Pacific NorthWest LNG, a majority of which is owned by Petronas, plans to build an export terminal on Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the project is constructed, Lelu Island will be effectively off bounds to Lax Kwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;alaamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; members as the island will be largely cleared,â&#x20AC;? states a community backgrounder.

Community members wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to harvest traditional plants and medicines, and as many as 431 culturally modified trees

could be destroyed, the document adds.

About 120 kilometres of the pipeline would rest on the seabed, which, the document states, could negatively impact fish and their habitat, alter access to traditional fishing grounds and contaminate seafood through dredging.

TransCanada said Friday it expects B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil and gas commission to decide soon on two pipeline projects the company wants to build.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada reports the Lax Kwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;alaams have a total population of 3,351 people, of which 817 live on reserve.

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derground to free deposits of oil and gas. Energy-rich states are rushing to quash some of the local activism. Following is a summary of state debates.

In Texas, which leads the nation in oil and natural gas production, a measure to limit local regulations to

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those deemed â&#x20AC;&#x153;commercially reasonableâ&#x20AC;? has passed the Legislature and is expected to be signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

Cities would be allowed to regulate surface activities such as noise, lights and traffic but not drilling itself. No less than 11 bills have been introduced to the Texas Legislature this session to put limits on local control.

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proved a wide-reaching bill last month that prohibits cities and towns from banning oil and natural gas drilling, or implementing restrictions that are not â&#x20AC;&#x153;reasonable.â&#x20AC;?

On the other side of the issue, New York state banned fracking statewide in December.

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After some Ohio cities passed municipal bans, that stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Supreme Court recently ruled the opposite, finding that the state had exclusive authority over all aspects of oil and natural gas drilling, including fracking.

Colorado state law prohibits local ordinances that ban energy exploration such as fracking, but some towns have imposed them anyway, sparking lawsuits.

Fracking opponents last year attempted to put a measure on the election ballot stating that cities and counties could impose limits. The stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Democratic governor got the opponents to drop the measures with the promise of a task force to look at the question.

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LIFE 50 years of changing lives Jennifer Ellis

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mall choices often have big implications down the road.

Such was the case on March 23, 1964 when a group of concerned citizens founded the Yukon Association for Retarded Children in response to a presentation about a school for “retarded” children in Edmonton.

At the time the Yukon had no such school but, after six months of intensive fundraising and organizing, the new organization opened the first Yukon “special needs” school, initially with four students.

Over the next five decades this group changed its name three times.

Its first change was in 1973 when it became the Yukon Association for the Mentally Retarded to reflect a growing interest in supporting adults as well as children.

The next change came when YAMR joined forces with the Yukon Association for Children with Learning Disabilities and Yukon Special Olympics to create the umbrella organization, the Yukon Association for Special Needs People.

In 1988, when Special Needs separated into three distinct groups again, the last name change occurred.

The new name, Yukon Association for Community Living, reflected the view gaining strength across the country that people with intellectual disabilities should be included in all aspects of community life.

Regardless of name, over the five decades since that founding meeting this organization has helped seed the development and growth of a number of groups that continue to serve Yukoners today For example, a meeting hosted by the Yukon Association for Retarded Children sparked the development of the Yukon Association for Children with Learning Disabilities in 1973.

Then, in the mid 1970s, work by these two groups, along with the Yukon Social Services Society, led to the creation of the Yukon Rehabilitation Centre Society and the opening of the Yukon’s first centre where adults with intellectual disabilities could find work and training. This centre is now commonly known as Challenge.

The Child Development Centre opened in 1979 as a result of the diligent work of a core team of parents who were supported by the Yukon Association for the Mentally Retarded and the Yukon As-

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Hayley Halushka performs a song during a 2010 Ynklude show at the Yukon Association for Community Living offices.

sociation for Children with Learning Disabilities.

Shortly after its last name change, YACL worked with government and other community partners to create Teegatha’Oh Zheh, a group established in 1989 initially to help Yukoners who were returning to their communities from Woodlands, a large institution for people with disabilities in B.C. The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society of Yukon was born in 1996 when YACL’s hardworking Alcohol Related Birth Defects Committee set out on its own.

A few years later, the Yukon chapter of People First, a group run for and by people with intellectual disabilities, was established with the encouragement and support of YACL. And the latest organization to grow out of YACL’s work is the Ynklude Art Society, a society of artists and performers, with and without disabilities, who develop and perform unique works of art.

Ynklude’s new executive director, Julie Robinson, was the

YACL inclusion coordinator for many years. “The disability movement is a civil rights movement just like any other, just like the women’s movement,” she says. “There are so many issues to work on that we need a diversity of groups. Collectively, we have made a lot of progress in so many ways, but there is still a lot of discrimination. We still have a lot of work to do.”

The breadth of organizations that support people with disabilities reflects the breadth of issues the disability movement needs to address.

“Groups in the disability community work on issues related to every aspect of a person’s life,” notes Colette Acheson, executive director for YACL. “Although YACL started in the ‘60s with a focus on education, our efforts have spanned a range of issues which affect people from birth to death.”

Over the years, YACL and other community partners have advocated for and collaborated with the Yukon government to ensure legisla-

tion such as the Education Act, the Human Rights Act, the Decision Making, Support and Protection for Adults Act, and the Child and Family Services Act includes the perspective of families and individuals affected by disability.

The impact of this advocacy has been transformative.

The disability community has also influenced the City of Whitehorse’s recreation policies, lobbied for changes to federal legislation on voting and on immigration, and had a significant role in improving Yukon services and support to families with children with disabilities.

Groups have also provided input on a things like disability pensions, health services, family violence policies and employment equity.

“Work on issues like these are so important and require constant work behind the scenes,” says Robinson, who also has a child with an intellectual disability. “But it is the support for families that has been critical to me and other parents. Groups like YACL and

Autism Yukon provide a safe space to be together with other parents. Those moments when I can look into the eyes of others, when I know our lives are the same, are so important.”

Some organizations, like Teegatha’Oh Zheh or the Child Development Centre were established to deliver specific programs and services for people with disabilities, while others like YACL or Autism Yukon focus on providing support to families and individuals, raising public awareness and advocating for change.

“YACL celebrates the diverse contributions of the many people with intellectual disabilities, their families, volunteers, and organizations and others in the disability community where for over 50 years we have tried to build a community where everyone is welcome,” Acheson adds. “We have proven that together, as a community, we can change lives.”

This is the first in a series of articles written by the Yukon Association for Community Living about the changes in the disability community in the Yukon in the last 50+ years.

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Western Red Cedar 1 x 4" x 14' S1S2E ............................................................................$7.32 1 x 6" x 14' S1S2E..............................................................................13.07 1 x 8" x 14' S1S2E..............................................................................17.28 5/4 x 6" x 12' RADIUS EDGE SELECT DECKING.............15.71 5/4 x 6" x 16' RADIUS EDGE SELECT DECKING.............23.91 5/4 x 6" x 20' RADIUS EDGE SELECT DECKING.............24.52 2 x 4" x 16' S4S NO HOLE STANDARD & BETTER..........21.86 2 x 6" x 16' S4S NO HOLE STANDARD & BETTER..........34.40 2 x 2" x 42" CEDAR BALUSTER....................................................2.30

Rigid expanded polystyrene Insulation R5/inch 1" x 24" x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40..................$10.05 EA 1. 5" x 2 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40.................... 15.08 EA 2" x 2 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40.................... 20.11 EA 2" x 4 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40......................41.33 EA 3" x 4 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40.................... 62.31 EA 4" x 4 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40.................... 80.19 EA

Foil-faced Rigid Insulation R6/inch

¾" x 4 x 8' ENERGYSHIELD.............................$23.20 EA 1" x 4 x 8' ENERGYSHIELD................................. 26.60 EA 1½" x 4 x 8' ENERGYSHIELD............................ 38.20 EA 2" x 4 x 8' ENERGYSHIELD................................. 49.16 EA 3" x 4 x 8' ENERGY SHIELD................................ 77.29 EA

Knauf Glasswool Insulation

R8 x 15" ECOBATT 215.42 Sq Ft BAG................ $35.35 R12 x 15" ECOBATT 127.29 Sq Ft BAG................ 30.44 R12 x 23" ECOBATT 195.18 Sq Ft BAG................ 45.51 R20 x 15" ECOBATT 88.13 Sq Ft BAG................... 36.60 R20 x 23" ECOBATT 135.13 Sq Ft BAG................ 56.02 R28 x 15" ECOBATT 55 Sq Ft BAG......................... 29.11 R28 x 23" ECOBATT 84.33 Sq Ft BAG................... 46.65 R40 x 24" ECOBATT 64 Sq Ft BAG......................... 53.60

Roxul Mineralwool Insulation

Bostitch Tools BT1855 18-Gauge FINISH NAILER.........................$119.58 FN1664K 16-Gauge FINISH NAILER....................... 167.12 F28WW 28 INDUST. FRAME NAILER...................... 265.72 N66C COIL SIDING NAILER ....................................... 425.18 RN46-1 ROOFING NAILER ....................................... 270.76 750S4 STAPLER ½" CROWN ....................................... 530.59

Paslode Tools P18-200 18-Gauge BRAD NAILER..........................$166.25 16-Gauge STRAIGHT NAILER..................................... 248.94 IM250 CORDLESS 16-Gauge FINISH NAILER...... 451.05 IM200 CORDLESS 18-Gauge BRAD NAILER......... 469.21 F350 PNEUMATIC NAILER ....................................... 358.70 Paslode IMPULSE NAILER ....................................... 548.26

Stiletto Hammers & Nail Pullers 15 oz. TIBONE TITANIUM........................... $293.83 16 oz. TITANIUM HICKORY........................... 147.23 10 oz. CURVED HICKORY HANDLE........... 135.10 16 oz. MILLED CURVED FIBREGLASS..... 181.96 10 oz. FINISH CURVED FIBREGLASS....... 141.99 12" STAINLESS STEEL CLAWBAR................ 46.85 15" STAINLESS STEEL FLATBAR.................. 59.42

OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE JUST GOT BETTER!" Now Stocking: TIMBERTECH Composite Decking.

Special Introductory pricing, Sales Rep on Hand, Installation Demonstration, and free give aways. Free Hot dogs and beverages from 11-3.

COMFORTBATT R10 x 15.25" 79.6 sq.ft.........$40.48 EA COMFORTBATT R14 x 15.25" 59.7 sq.ft........... 49.68 EA COMFORTBATT R14 x 23" 60.1 sq.ft................. 49.83 EA COMFORTBATT R22 x 15.25" 39.8 sq.ft........... 51.31 EA COMFORTBATT R22 x 23" 37.5 sq.ft................. 48.83 EA COMFORTBATT R28 x 15.25" 29.9 sq.ft........... 48.58 EA SAFE ‘n' SOUND 3 x 15.25" 59.7 sq.ft................ 56.04 EA SAFE ‘n' SOUND 3 x 23" 60.1 sq.ft...................... 56.12 EA

30 Denver Road

in the McCrae Industrial Area

PROFESSIONAL CONTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TOOLS

Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM | Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Note: Quantities are limited. Prices do not include GST. We accept cash,VISA, Mastercard and Interac.

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38 Years IN SERVICE 1977-2015 37th Annual Spring Sale May 1 - 16

Kiln Dried Spruce Lumber 1 x 4" x 8'.............................................................................................................. $2.05 EA 1 x 4" x 10' .............................................................................................................2.52 EA 1 x 4" x 12' .............................................................................................................2.93 EA 1 x 4" x 14' .............................................................................................................3.65 EA 1 x 4" x 16' .............................................................................................................4.05 EA 1 x 6" x 8' ................................................................................................................2.72 EA 1 x 6" x 10' .............................................................................................................3.60 EA 1 x 6" x 12' .............................................................................................................4.22 EA 1 x 6" x 14' .............................................................................................................5.32 EA 1 x 6" x 16' ............................................................................................................ 6.63 EA 2 x 4 x 92-5/8" Pre-cut Stud........................................................................... 3.38 EA 2 x 4 x 104-5/8" Pre-cut Stud........................................................................ 4.33 EA 2 x 4" x 08'............................................................................................................. 3.11 EA 2 x 4" x 10'.............................................................................................................. 3.86 EA 2 x 4" x 12'.............................................................................................................. 4.78 EA 2 x 4" x 14'.............................................................................................................. 5.73 EA 2 x 4" x 16' ............................................................................................................ 6.40 EA 2 x 6 x 92-5/8" Pre-cut Stud........................................................................... 5.22 EA 2 x 6 x 104-5/8" Pre-cut Stud........................................................................ 6.55 EA 2 x 6" x 08'.............................................................................................................. 5.12 EA 2 x 6" x 10'.............................................................................................................. 6.73 EA 2 x 6" x 12'.............................................................................................................. 8.15 EA 2 x 6" x 14'.............................................................................................................. 9.42 EA 2 x 6" x 16'........................................................................................................... 10.46 EA 2 x 6" x 18'........................................................................................................... 11.92 EA 2 x 6" x 20'........................................................................................................... 12.99 EA 2 x 8" x 08'.............................................................................................................. 6.68 EA 2 x 8" x 10'.............................................................................................................. 8.36 EA 2 x 8" x 12'........................................................................................................... 10.49 EA 2 x 8" x 14'........................................................................................................... 12.39 EA 2 x 8" x 16'........................................................................................................... 14.17 EA 2 x 8" x 18'........................................................................................................... 16.61 EA 2 x 8" x 20'........................................................................................................... 18.17 EA 2 x 10" x 08'........................................................................................................... 9.19 EA 2 x 10" x 10'........................................................................................................ 11.57 EA 2 x 10" x 12'........................................................................................................ 13.87 EA 2 x 10" x 14'........................................................................................................ 16.07 EA 2 x 10" x 16'........................................................................................................ 18.56 EA 2 x 10" x 18'........................................................................................................ 20.71 EA 2 x 10" x 20'........................................................................................................ 22.81 EA

10% ORDFERFSIDING

2 x 12" x 10'........................................................................................................ 16.13 EA 2 x 12" x 12'........................................................................................................ 22.96 EA 2 x 12" x 14'........................................................................................................ 24.07 EA 2 x 12" x 16'........................................................................................................ 29.38 EA 2 x 12" x 18'........................................................................................................ 35.43 EA 2 x 12" x 20'........................................................................................................ 37.09 EA

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Kiln Dried Elite Pine Lumber 1" x 4" X 12' ........................................................$4.21 EA 1 x 6 X 6' Pine Fence...........................................2.84 EA 1 x 6 X 12' ...............................................................6.85 EA 1 x 6 X 16' ...............................................................9.13 EA 1 x 8 x16' .............................................................12.58 EA 1 x 10 x16' . .........................................................15.03 EA

Purchase a Bulk of your project materials from Kilrich and receive a Net

20% Discount on Roof or Floor Trusses manufactured by The Truss Plant!

Plywood 4 x 8' x 3/8" (9.5mm) STD SPRUCE PLY........ $17.74 EA 4 x 8' x 1/2" (12.5mm) STD FIR PLY..................22.63 EA 4 x 8' x 5/8" (15.5mm) STD SPRUCE PLY........28.62 EA 4 x 8' x 3/4" (18.55mm) STD SPRUCE PLY.....33.97 EA 4 x 8' x 5/8" STD SPRUCE T&G PLY....................28.97 EA 4 x 8' x 3/4" STD FIR T&G PLY.............................38.06 EA

PWF S4S Lumber / Plywood 2 x 4" x 08' PWF (Permanent Wood Foundation)........$5.03 EA 2 x 4" x 10' PWF.................................................. 6.57 EA 2 x 4" x 12' PWF.................................................. 7.86 EA 2 x 4" x 16' PWF................................................10.91 EA 2 x 6" x 08' PWF.................................................. 7.60 EA 2 x 6" x 10' PWF.................................................. 9.49 EA 2 x 6" x 12' PWF................................................11.49 EA 2 x 6" x 14' PWF................................................12.43 EA 2 x 6" x 16' PWF................................................15.72 EA 2 x 8" x 08' PWF................................................10.27 EA 2 x 8" x 10' PWF................................................13.54 EA 2 x 8" x 12' PWF................................................15.32 EA 2 x 8" x 14' PWF................................................16.85 EA 2 x 8" x 16' PWF................................................21.39 EA 2 x 10" x 10' PWF..............................................16.73 EA 2 x 10" x 12' PWF..............................................20.46 EA 2 x 10" x 14' PWF..............................................21.16 EA 2 x 10" x 16' PWF..............................................27.23 EA

4 x 8' x ½" PWF PLYWOOD............................35.22 EA 4 x 8' x 5/8" PWF PLYWOOD............................42.99 EA 4 x 8' x ¾" PWF PLYWOOD............................51.72 EA

Metal Roofing 8' ALLCLAD GALVALUME 29 GAUGE.............................................$19.03 10' ALLCLAD GALVALUME 29 GAUGE............................................ 23.66 12' ALLCLAD GALVALUME 29 GAUGE............................................ 28.36 14' ALLCLAD GALVALUME 29 GAUGE............................................ 33.09 ALL COLOURED ROOFING.............................................................10% OFF

ACQ Pressure Treated Outdoor Wood (ACQ - Alkaline Copper Quaternary)

2 x 2" x 42" ACQ Treated BALUSTER.................... $1.38 EA 2 x 2" x 48" ACQ Treated BALUSTER....................... 1.58 EA 1 x 6" x 6' ACQ #2 & Better............................................. 3.53 EA 5/4 x 6" x 12' ACQ RADIUS EDGE DECK................. 9.95 EA 5/4 x 6" x 14' ACQ RADIUS EDGE DECK.............. 10.13 EA 5/4 x 6" x 16' ACQ RADIUS EDGE DECK.............. 12.79 EA 2 x 4" x 12' S4S ACQ TREATED.................................. 8.02 EA 2 x 4" x 16' S4S ACQ TREATED............................... 10.98 EA 2 x 6" x 12' S4S RADIUS EDGE ACQ...................... 12.22 EA 2 x 6" x 16' S4S RADIUS EDGE ACQ...................... 16.32 EA

2 X 12" x 12' PRES. TREATED ACQ......................... 30.57 EA 2 X 12" x 16' PRES. TREATED ACQ......................... 40.70 EA 3.25" x 4" x 8' PT Landscaping Tie ............................ 7.83 EA

4 x 4" x 8' S4S ACQ PRESSURE TREATED Post.....12.56 EA 4 x 4" x 10' S4S ACQ PRESSURE TREATED Post.....15.31 EA 4 x 4" x 12' ACQ S4S PRESSURE TREATED Post.....18.38 EA 4 x 4" x 16' ACQ S4S PRESSURE TREATED Post.....23.93 EA

4 x 6" x 12' Rough Timber....................................................28.69 EA 4 x 6" x 16' Rough Timber....................................................37.90 EA

6 x 6" x 12' Rough Timber....................................................44.01 EA 6 x 6" x 16' Rough Timber....................................................59.20 EA

8 x 8" x 12' Rough Timber....................................................79.11 EA 8 x 8" x 16' Rough Timber................................................ 107.32 EA 4" x 5" x 7' Treated Fence Post...........................................10.58 EA

Cement Products PRE-MIX CONCRETE 30kg Bag....................................................8.53 TYPE 10 PORTLAND CEMENT POWDER 20kg Bag.....10.99 16" x 16" x3.5" CEMENT PAD....................................................14.96 DECK BLOCK "DECKFOOT".........................................................18.66 10mm X 6M REBAR............................................................................5.94 15mm X 6M REBAR.........................................................................11.70 20mm X 6M REBAR.........................................................................17.73

Oriented Stand Board 7/16" 4 x 8' OSB......................................................... $11.26 19/32" 4 x 8' T&G OSB .............................................. 16.86 23/32" 4 x 8' T&G OSB............................................... 21.26

Polycarbonate Greenhouse Panels

2' x 8' CLEAR CORR SUNTUF..........................$32.84 EA 2' x 1O' CLEAR CORR SUNTUF......................... 41.26 EA 2' x 12' CLEAR CORR SUNTUF.......................... 49.13 EA 4' x 8" TWINWALL POLYCARBONATE........... 84.38 EA

Western Red Cedar 1 x 4" x 14' S1S2E ............................................................................$7.32 1 x 6" x 14' S1S2E..............................................................................13.07 1 x 8" x 14' S1S2E..............................................................................17.28 5/4 x 6" x 12' RADIUS EDGE SELECT DECKING.............15.71 5/4 x 6" x 16' RADIUS EDGE SELECT DECKING.............23.91 5/4 x 6" x 20' RADIUS EDGE SELECT DECKING.............24.52 2 x 4" x 16' S4S NO HOLE STANDARD & BETTER..........21.86 2 x 6" x 16' S4S NO HOLE STANDARD & BETTER..........34.40 2 x 2" x 42" CEDAR BALUSTER....................................................2.30

Rigid expanded polystyrene Insulation R5/inch 1" x 24" x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40..................$10.05 EA 1. 5" x 2 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40.................... 15.08 EA 2" x 2 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40.................... 20.11 EA 2" x 4 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40......................41.33 EA 3" x 4 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40.................... 62.31 EA 4" x 4 x 8' TERRA FOAM HS40.................... 80.19 EA

Foil-faced Rigid Insulation R6/inch

¾" x 4 x 8' ENERGYSHIELD.............................$23.20 EA 1" x 4 x 8' ENERGYSHIELD................................. 26.60 EA 1½" x 4 x 8' ENERGYSHIELD............................ 38.20 EA 2" x 4 x 8' ENERGYSHIELD................................. 49.16 EA 3" x 4 x 8' ENERGY SHIELD................................ 77.29 EA

Knauf Glasswool Insulation

R8 x 15" ECOBATT 215.42 Sq Ft BAG................ $35.35 R12 x 15" ECOBATT 127.29 Sq Ft BAG................ 30.44 R12 x 23" ECOBATT 195.18 Sq Ft BAG................ 45.51 R20 x 15" ECOBATT 88.13 Sq Ft BAG................... 36.60 R20 x 23" ECOBATT 135.13 Sq Ft BAG................ 56.02 R28 x 15" ECOBATT 55 Sq Ft BAG......................... 29.11 R28 x 23" ECOBATT 84.33 Sq Ft BAG................... 46.65 R40 x 24" ECOBATT 64 Sq Ft BAG......................... 53.60

Roxul Mineralwool Insulation

Bostitch Tools BT1855 18-Gauge FINISH NAILER.........................$119.58 FN1664K 16-Gauge FINISH NAILER....................... 167.12 F28WW 28 INDUST. FRAME NAILER...................... 265.72 N66C COIL SIDING NAILER ....................................... 425.18 RN46-1 ROOFING NAILER ....................................... 270.76 750S4 STAPLER ½" CROWN ....................................... 530.59

Paslode Tools P18-200 18-Gauge BRAD NAILER..........................$166.25 16-Gauge STRAIGHT NAILER..................................... 248.94 IM250 CORDLESS 16-Gauge FINISH NAILER...... 451.05 IM200 CORDLESS 18-Gauge BRAD NAILER......... 469.21 F350 PNEUMATIC NAILER ....................................... 358.70 Paslode IMPULSE NAILER ....................................... 548.26

Stiletto Hammers & Nail Pullers 15 oz. TIBONE TITANIUM........................... $293.83 16 oz. TITANIUM HICKORY........................... 147.23 10 oz. CURVED HICKORY HANDLE........... 135.10 16 oz. MILLED CURVED FIBREGLASS..... 181.96 10 oz. FINISH CURVED FIBREGLASS....... 141.99 12" STAINLESS STEEL CLAWBAR................ 46.85 15" STAINLESS STEEL FLATBAR.................. 59.42

OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE JUST GOT BETTER!" Now Stocking: TIMBERTECH Composite Decking.

Special Introductory pricing, Sales Rep on Hand, Installation Demonstration, and free give aways. Free Hot dogs and beverages from 11-3.

COMFORTBATT R10 x 15.25" 79.6 sq.ft.........$40.48 EA COMFORTBATT R14 x 15.25" 59.7 sq.ft........... 49.68 EA COMFORTBATT R14 x 23" 60.1 sq.ft................. 49.83 EA COMFORTBATT R22 x 15.25" 39.8 sq.ft........... 51.31 EA COMFORTBATT R22 x 23" 37.5 sq.ft................. 48.83 EA COMFORTBATT R28 x 15.25" 29.9 sq.ft........... 48.58 EA SAFE ‘n' SOUND 3 x 15.25" 59.7 sq.ft................ 56.04 EA SAFE ‘n' SOUND 3 x 23" 60.1 sq.ft...................... 56.12 EA

30 Denver Road

in the McCrae Industrial Area

PROFESSIONAL CONTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TOOLS

Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM | Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Note: Quantities are limited. Prices do not include GST. We accept cash,VISA, Mastercard and Interac.

www.kilrich.ca

Phone 867.668.5958 | Email sales@kilrich.ca

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Time is money, says woman who sent hospital $122.50 bill for wait time on her professional hourly rate of $75 minus the charge for the injection, but said the money was ime is money, and Leslie only a secondary issue.

Ellins wants a refund for “It’s the total lack of courtesy hers…literally. on the part of everybody at the The financial planner recently hospital that really angered me,” wrote a letter to a central Ontario Ellins said in a telephone interhospital demanding to be reimview. “It’s totally disrespectful.” bursed after waiting an hour and Ellins said her ordeal took a half for a one-minute cortisone place on April 14 when she injection. showed up for an 11:15 a.m. apEllins says she finds fault with pointment. the scheduling practices at the As she sat in the waiting Peterborough Regional Health room, she said she observed at Centre, adding at least four least three other people check in patients were scheduled to see the for the same time-slot that she same doctor at the same time. thought had been reserved for But she says the final straw was her. being told that the doctor and As time crept by, Ellins said his staff had taken a lunch break one patient approached the while patients languished in the receptionist to ask if he could waiting room. step out for a quick bite to eat in She says her anger simmered order to keep his diabetes under for weeks, but finally boiled over control. when she received a $25 invoice She said she was shocked for a procedure that had previwhen the receptionist refused his ously been offered free of charge. request on the grounds that he The Buckhorn, Ont., woman might miss his appointment time. wrote the hospital back with a bill Ellins said she became furiof her own, saying it owed her ous when she then learned that $122.50 for her wasted time. lunch breaks were allowed for Ellins calculated the fee based some people – namely the doctor Michelle McQuigge Canadian Press

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and his staff, who had all stepped out for a meal some time around noon.

“When I have clients waiting, I don’t take lunch or I don’t take breaks,” she said. “That just shocked me. That’s sort of what pushed me over the edge.”

When Ellins finally got to see her doctor at 12:45 p.m. and confronted him about the wait time, he told her such issues were all the responsibility of the hospital.

With that in mind, Ellins penned her letter of complaint on May 1 and put it in the mail earlier this week. The Peterborough Regional Health Centre did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Ellins said the experience has left her feeling disillusioned with the Canadian health-care system, arguing care providers have lost sight of basic customer service practices and could use a reminder as to who pays their salary.

She also said she’s considering a different approach next time she needs to get a routine injection.

“Give me the needle,” she said. “I’ll ram it in there.”

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But unlike the weather, those in the know say Canadians can do something about the fees they pay their bank with a little negotiating and shopping around.

Alterna Savings branch manager Angela Dzinas said someone with more than one account as well as a mortgage and a line of credit all with the same bank may be in a position to have some fees waived. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Loyalty counts a lot with financial institutions, so the more products and services you have with us does count for something,â&#x20AC;? Dzinas says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We typically try to work with our members and customers to deliver a package and a product that suits them and saves them money.â&#x20AC;?

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Dzinas said you should think about often you use your bank card and what you use the account for. How often do you take out money from a bank machine and how often do you pay using your debit card? Do you need cheques? How many do you write?

For some, an account with no monthly fee that offers relatively few free transactions each month might be the right choice, while for others an account with a higher monthly fee, but more or unlimited transactions might end up being cheaper.

The editor of RateSupermarket.ca, which helps you compare bank fees and mortgage rates, said while a monthly fee may not seem like much, they can add up over time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re paying letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say $10 per account per month and you stay with the bank for a number of years, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re potentially looking at thousands of dollars that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spending on fees,â&#x20AC;? Penelope Graham said.

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Agency spokeswoman Natasha Nystrom says the online tool allows you to narrow your search by account type and feature and then compare them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is up to the consumer to really take a look and take an informed decision as to which account would best meet their needs and according to their habits,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Nystrom suggested Canadians looking to save may want to consider accounts that require a minimum balance, but carry no or a lower fee, or look for discounts if you have more than one account or financial product with a bank.

She says you shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to ask questions about things you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand and be careful to read the fine print for your account. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Really take the time to read your terms and conditions, to understand what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting into,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The Royal Bank sparked outrage earlier this year when it decided to raise its fees including a change that will charge customers a fee to make a mortgage or other preauthorized payment if the customer had already used up all of their free transactions for a month.

However, the Royal Bank wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t alone. All of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big banks raised at least some of their fees by a lesser or greater degree in recent months.

But there are alternatives to the big banks including credit unions and online banks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The competitive landscape is much broader than it ever was,â&#x20AC;?

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High interest debt should be a priority for tax refund, advisers say Craig Wong

a high interest rate and is not tax-deductible should be a top priority.

OTTAWA “It is hard to argue with eceiving a tax refund can paying debt,” he said. be a bit like finding money Paying off that high-interest – the temptation to blow it on debt is like getting an after-tax an Apple Watch or some other investment return equal to the indulgence may be strong. interest rate on the amount of But before you let your tax debt you’re carrying, he added. refund burn a hole in your Jane Duchscher, a senior pocket, financial advisers urge vice-president at TD Bank, you to take a step back and says if you’re not saddled with look at your financial plan. credit-card debt, the case for Tim Cestnick, managing making extra payments to pay director for advanced wealth down lower-interest borrowing planning at Scotiabank, says such as mortgages and home paying down debt that carries equity lines of credit is a little Canadian Press

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budget, Ottawa has also given them even more room by increasing the limit to $10,000.

If you have the contribution room, putting your tax refund into your RRSP could also help give your tax refund an extra boost next year, depending on your financial situation.

Other options could include topping up your children’s registered education savings plan to ensure you maximize the government’s matching grant or making a donation to your favourite charity, Cestnick said.

“If you donate $1,500 or $2,000 to a registered charity, unlike spending the money on yourself, you’ll actually get some tax money back from that, so you’ll end up with some money in your pocket next year when you file your

tax return,” he said.

Duchscher, meantime, tells Canadians to make an informed and responsible choice about their tax refund before spending it on a quick trip to Vegas or a new iPad. “It is about saying: ‘What can I do with this money?’ and being very thoughtful when you receive it,” she said.

Cestnick notes that while receiving a tax refund may feel like a gift from the government, in actual fact it simply means you overpaid your taxes for the year and Ottawa is only just now getting around to returning your money.

“In a perfect world, you’d file your tax return in April and you wouldn’t owe anything and you wouldn’t receive anything,” he said.

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“On the flip side of that, you want to weigh out ‘what can I get as a possible return,’ whether it’s on an RRSP, RESP or that tax-free savings account,” she said.

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The survey also suggested the Top 3 ways that Canadians plan to use their tax refund included paying off credit-card debt, contributing to a retirement savings plan or tax-free savings account and adding money to an emergency fund.

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Study of 3,000 golden retrievers aims to uncover why health woes plague breed, shorten lives â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canine cancer has become a dog ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest fear,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. David Haworth, president LOS ANGELES and CEO of the foundation, f a golden retriever gives birth, which invested $25 million in the gets stung by a bee or sprayed study. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see dogs runby a skunk, veterinarians want to ning loose that much anymore, know. we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see a lot of infectious Scientists are studying the diseases, and the vaccines we popular breed to find out why have today are very good, so our their lifespans have gotten concerns are warranted.â&#x20AC;? shorter over the years and why The vets havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t learned cancer is so prevalent. enough yet to improve or proThe Colorado-based Morris long the retrieversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives, but key Animal Foundation recently got factors could lie anywhere, said the first lifetime study of 3,000 Dr. Michael Lappin, who has 19 purebred golden retrievers up patients from Buzzards Bay, Masand running after signing up the sachusetts, in the study. When first dogs in 2012. The non-profit he graduated from veterinary says the review of health condischool in 1972, golden retrievers tions and environmental factors lived 16 or 17 years. Today, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s facing goldens across the U.S. nine or 10 years. can help other breeds and even Golden retrievers die of bone people, because humans carry 95 cancer, lymphoma and a cancer of the blood vessels more than per cent of the same DNA. Sue Manning Associated Press

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Dr. Michael Lappin, 66, is seen during an examination of his golden retriever, Isaac, at The Animal House, Lappinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office in Buzzards Bay, Mass. on April 13.

any other breed in the country.

Lappin plans to get his families together in a few months to see if they have found ways to make life easier for their dogs, especially because the most helpful data about cancer, obesity, diabetes and other chronic conditions wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t emerge for six or seven years, researchers say.

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country or across town, a change in climate or time zone, new children at home, different food or behavioural changes. Most keep journals so they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t constantly call the vets when their dog gets a thorn in its foot, eats a spider or devours a bunch of bologna if it tears into the groceries.

The vets collect blood, waste, and hair and nail samples annually to test if the dogs get sick, hoping to uncover a common thread or early warning sign among dogs that develop cancer or other diseases. Doctors also check for changes in temperature, blood pressure, energy, diet, sleeping patterns or other factors that could explain illnesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone involved will feel the burden it will take to be able to say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I am playing a role in stopping cancer in these animals I love,â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Haworth said.

So far, seven goldens have died of conditions such as cancer and gastrointestinal problems, and one was hit by a car, Haworth said. Another dropped out when its owner died. The dogs come from every state; about half are male and half are female; and half are fixed and half are not.

Those who brought dogs into the study, including both veterinarians, hope goldens get a shot at the longer life they used to enjoy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad I found the study and feel in some small way, I might make a difference,â&#x20AC;?

Yetka said.

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Landlord hounds B.C. dog owners for fecal samples to sniff out ‘poopetrator’ exists” to identify the culprit.

Owners of the 30-plus dogs were ordered to submit samples VANCOUVER of their animal’s excrement, or t was just before midnight face “immediate eviction.” when Claude Paulin-Dupere “Refusal is not an option, and his dog Moustache bound- rather admission of guilt,” read ed out of their second-floor the letter, which had a baggie apartment to descend for his for the waste attached. “The law pet’s last potty before bed. is on our side.”

He’d hardly cracked the The scat scrutiny does exist, stairwell door when the pair got and it’s provided in Canada by a wicked whiff. a U.S. subsidiary company that “I thought somebody had does DNA analysis on dog dropdied,” said the 23-year-old, who pings. led his Shih Tzu-cross to the But while Calgary-based elevator instead. “A dog had PooPrints has had calls from diarrhea going up the stairs, so hundreds of strata councils and it made quite a mess.” municipalities over the year it He shrugged off Saturday’s has been doing its business, opolfactory assault – until the next erations manager Maggie Ashley morning, when fallout from the said it hadn’t heard from that fouling began. building’s manager.

The afflicted landlord at the “His approach is really unWaldorf Manor in Burnaby, orthodox,” she said, but added B.C., has unleashed his inner PooPrints will be ready if he pet detective to find the “poocollects the stool. petrator,” in a case of canine Scapegoating is a common malfeasance that has been frustration that’s been expressed forcing members from strata to the company, said Ashley, council across Canada to hold where owners of dogs who poop their noses. then don’t scoop have been A blanket memo was pushed recorded on camera but then under the doors of all tenants argue their pet “may have squatin the three-storey suburban ted, but he didn’t drop anything.

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getting around this was your dog.”

The company – which boasts it will help identify poopetrators with DNA – offers a backbone for pet policies requiring owners to provide cheek swabs from dogs upon moving in, creating a database where evidence can later be matched.

She said jurisdictions with full implementation, such as in Tennessee where the program was developed, have seen the problem virtually eliminated overnight. Though occasionally someone tests the system.

“And then it spreads like wildfire through the complex that, ‘Oh my God, this person was caught.”’

But the fecal surveillance for Fido doesn’t have legal legs to stand on in the Burnaby apartment scenario, said residential tenancy lawyer Lisa Mackie.

A retroactive investigation and eviction is not permissible under the province’s residential tenancy branch, she said.

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Have a history of sleepwalking?

If so, your kids are more likely to do it too Helen Branswell Canadian Press

TORONTO f you have a history of sleepwalking, chances are your children will be somnambulists too.

A new study from Montreal researchers adds support to the growing belief that behaviours like sleepwalking and sleep terrors run in families. The findings were published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

The offspring of parents who are or were sleepwalkers are between three and seven times more likely to sleepwalk than other children, report the researchers, from the Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine at Sacre Coeur Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of Montreal.

The likelihood rises if both parents have a history of sleepwalking. Researchers found that in families with two parents who are or were sleepwalkers, nearly two-thirds of the children experienced sleepwalking incidences.

Among the children studied, about 47 per cent of the sleepwalkers had one parent with a history of sleepwalking. Nearly 23 per cent of the children who were sleepwalkers had parents with no history of somnambulism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not all sleepwalking is problematic,â&#x20AC;? noted first author Dominique Petit, a research assistant at the centre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Very often you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to do anything with sleepwalking.

(But) in some rare cases thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential for injury.â&#x20AC;?

Sleepwalkers can navigate around their households with relative ease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for instance, they can climb or descend stairs. They may even perform tasks like preparing and eating a snack. They do not remember the incident later.

Petit said sleepwalkers can

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get hurt on occasion. She noted there have been reports of children dying of hypothermia after leaving their homes in winter and falling back into a deeper sleep in the snow.

Petit said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommended that parents consider an alarm for doors if children who sleepwalk tend to leave the house.

Sleepwalking is more common among children than adults. The research was designed to estimate how common

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sleep terrors and sleepwalking are among children, to look for links between the two behaviours and to see if they ran in families.

The researchers followed 1,940 children in Quebec from the ages of 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 to 13.

Parents were asked annually whether their children experienced sleep terrors and sleepwalking, and whether they had a history of sleepwalking.

Sleep terrors were common, with about 56 per cent of

children experiencing this sleep disturbance at some point during the study period. They are most common at younger ages; 34 per cent of 18-month-old kids were reported to have sleep terrors. But the number drops as children get older, with 13 per cent experiencing night terrors at age five and only five per cent at age 13.

Petit said she believes these figures may be too high, noting some parents may confuse night-

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The confusion is understandable. Both may cause a sleeper to cry out, scream or thrash about in bed. But a child having a nightmare will want to be cuddled and reassured when awakened from the dream. A child experiencing sleep terrors may not fully awaken and will become more agitated if hugged; he or she may interpret the touch as being part of the frightening scenario playing out in their brain.

Nightmares typically happen during the middle or late portion of the night. Sleep terrors often happen early in the sleeping period, generally during the first third of the night.

The pattern of sleepwalking rises through childhood; it is uncommon in young children but increases with age. In the study, the peak time for sleepwalking was between the ages of 10 and 13, with just over 13 per cent of children reported as occasionally sleepwalking.

The behaviours appear to be linked. At least a third of the children who had sleep terrors went on to be sleepwalkers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More and more itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the accepted idea that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re part of the same condition,â&#x20AC;? Petit said.

These sleep disturbances are known to be triggered by fatigue, sleep deprivation and fevers.

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Digging science: Citizens amplify knowledge about the natural world major revolution in the way we approach environmental

by DAVID science. In February, a water SUZUKI sample showed that the first trace amounts of ocean-borne radioactive contamination from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster reached North American shores. The sample wasn’t taken from an oceanographic vessel. It was collected in a 20-litre sample ne of this year’s most bottle from the public dock popular Sundance in Ucluelet, B.C., by a class of Film Festival entries, Grade 5 and 6 girls participatTangerine, was shot with an ing in a Woods Hole OceanoiPhone 5S and edited with graphic Institution project an $8 app called Filmic Pro. New technology has also made that connects concerned citizens from North Amermusic easier to produce and distribute, inspiring indepen- ican communities around the Pacific shores. A decade ago, dent musicians. this type of organizing and Science, too, is now in the sample-taking by engaged cithands of citizens around the world. From the ocean depths izens would have been inconto the outer reaches of distant ceivable.

Along with valuable scigalaxies, and from projects entific information, citizen run out of home garages to scientists also provide sigresearch platforms with over a million volunteer contribu- nificant economic support to science. A paper in the journal tors, science has never been more accessible to the average Biological Conservation estimates that citizen science has person. Citizen science can contributed billions of dollars link people to an established of in-kind funding and even project or encourage those exceeded most governmentworking on their own.

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area and longer time period.

Glen Dennison, an electronic technologist during the week and recreational diver and deep-sea researcher on his time off, offers an example of this new way to conduct science. He’s been in B.C.’s Howe Sound mapping sponge reefs nearly every weekend over the past five years, using his own underwater sonar mapping equipment and homemade sewer pipe cameras (cameras housed in a pipe that can be dropped up to 300 metres to the seafloor). Were the government to undertake this work, it could cost thousands of dollars a day for vessel time and salaries. With assistance from his daughter and a grad student, Dennison has contributed more than $100,000 of his own time and resources to this project. Government researchers have used his maps to better manage sensitive marine ecosystems.

Citizen science is growing in leaps and bounds. Recently, NatureWatch revamped its website and its popular WormWatch, FrogWatch, PlantWatch and IceWatch programs. For the first time in

NatureWatch’s 15-year history, people can use phones or tablets to record, submit and view data. Environmental monitoring is happening as people walk to work, go on vacation or even play golf. You never know when you’ll find a frog in a water hazard!

NatureWatch’s website walks people new to science through everything they need to know. Like the girls in Ucluelet, you could even make a scientific discovery. Amateur bee observers participating in the American BeeSpotter program identified bee species thought to have disappeared in some areas. You don’t even need to live in the area you’re observing to record scientific data. A Minnesota-based volunteer recorded, for the first time ever, a major migration of deep-sea crabs on Canada’s West Coast by reviewing underwater video footage online as part of a program run

by Ocean Networks Canada in Victoria.

Just as people who learn first aid are not substitutes for paramedics and doctors, citizen science should never be a justification for cutting

government science spending.

Governments in countries like the U.S. are funding citizen science programs to amplify the effectiveness of government science programs. The U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration facilitates 65 citizen science programs alone. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency runs dozens of programs in areas ranging from water quality to air pollution monitoring.

Many citizen science programs are based on the simple notion that more eyes lead to better findings. Whether taking pictures of frogs, recording the state of the ice on a local pond or viewing underwater footage taken from the sea floor, citizen science is making a great contribution to Canada’s scientific knowledge. We’re just beginning to realize the full potential of using technology to connect curiosity and concern for the planet with meaningful scientific pursuits.

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An oasis on the Seward Peninsula

by Ned Rozell

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n a recent ski trip across the Seward Peninsula, I followed a trail along the Pilgrim River broken by five friends.

Their path led to a subarctic oasis.

Beyond the blank white of frozen river was a small settlement nestled in balsam poplar trees 60 feet high. The cleared fields, old farm equipment, scattered pine trees, and two-story building with a cross on top seemed more Wisconsin than Alaska. The only sound was the whisper of wind through naked branches.

Pilgrim Springs has not always been this quiet. In the last few years, researchers with UAF have drilled there, looking for the hottest spots amid the steaming pools and snowless fields. They and others with private firms and the state are trying to see if Pilgrimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy might be a viable source of geothermal power.

This quest, driven in part by high fuel prices 60 miles away in Nome, is not a new one. The Department of Energy also funded several studies in the late 1970s that resulted in reports of a robust system, which have fueled repeat visits to the site with newer tools and holes drilled in different spots.

Economics will dictate whether the Native corporation-owned ever generates power for a community on-site (as Bernie Karl has done at Chena Hot Springs) or produces enough electricity to export to Nome.

For now, Pilgrim Springs has a population of two â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a great horned owl sitting on a nest constructed on the church and its mate hooting from the former nunsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quarters. The owls live on

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The church building at the former Our Lady of Lourdes Orphanage at Pilgrim Hot Springs.

an island of forest habitat in the middle of a land with no trees.

Both buildings supporting the owls are part of the Catholic mission started there in 1919.

Alaska state historian Michael Kennedy documented the known history when he got Pilgrim Springs on the National Register of Historic Places in the late 1970s. Though the site has probably attracted people since they squinted at steaming ground there after crossing the Bering Land Bridge, Kennedy wrote of the twentieth-century history of an orphanage that operated

there. The country had a need for an orphanage after one of the deadliest organisms in the history of mankind invaded the Seward Peninsula.

The 1918 Spanish flu killed millions of people worldwide.

It spread to the peninsula when a passenger carried the virus to Nome on the last steamship of the season. The flu soon spread inland, where Natives with no resistance to the virus had no chance. All the people in the village of York died, as did 72 of 80 in Brevig Mission. More than 1,200 died on the peninsula.

The Catholic Diocese of Nome had acquired the Pilgrim Springs homestead in 1917. Officials assigned the dependable Father Bellarmine Lafortune to build and operate what became Our Lady of Lourdes Orphanage.

Lafortune and his crew built 15 structures, most of which still stand. The most impressive is the church, which featured a place of worship on the upper story and a lower floor with a spacious kitchen, housing and offices for all the priests and brothers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of the thermal heating it enjoyed flush toilets,â&#x20AC;?

Kennedy wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of the major buildings had inside, cold-water plumbing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a respectable luxury for that part of the world.â&#x20AC;?

The staff at the orphanage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a total of about 20 priests, nuns, brothers and othersâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;?provided homelife, religious education and domestic training for an average of 100 orphans annually.â&#x20AC;?

As the years passed and the flu orphans became adults, the ministry closed. In 1941, staff members boarded up the buildings, and the Catholic Church never reopened the mission.

Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community.

Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.

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Saloons, Prostitutes and Temperance in Alaska: a book review right to vote. political power shifted back and forth between the two Skagway came into existence elements for several years. as an entry port to the interior The middle class merwhen gold was discovered in the chants and power brokers Klondike in 1896.

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by Michael Gates eventually realized that their was assured when the White wives, who embraced the n my years as curator of col- Pass and Yukon Route Railroad lections for Klondike Nation- was completed to Whitehorse in temperance movement had al Historic Sites in Dawson 1900. Skagway’s transient popu- common shared interests.

Gold rush Skagway had an City, I learned one thing: that lation spiked at 7,000 to 8,000 imbalance of men that outgold rush stereotypes are dif– predominantly men – during numbered women by a factor ficult to overcome. the stampede. By December of of at least four to one. The Take the frontier brothel, 1898, there were no less than 89 working class labour-based for example. One summer we saloons in operation. male population was disposed polled visitors who looked at The tiny port city witnessed to drinking, gambling and the window displays in various the reign of con artist Soapy prostitution. historical buildings scattered Smith and the subsequent conThe middle class was more around Dawson. Several of the centration of prostitutes’ cribs inclined toward what today people we interviewed were men in a red light district along an would be called “family valwho, I noted, had their wives alley between Fifth and Sixth ues” – temperance, attending photograph them standing on Avenues. Changing demographchurch, accumulating wealth, the doorstep of Ruby’s Place, a ics and social and political events pursuing education and selfformer brothel now designated a led to the relocation in 1901 of control.

Giving women the national historic site. the cribs to a “restricted district” When interviewed about the on Seventh Avenue, farther from vote would double middle class electoral power in the polling content of the window displays the curious eyes of children atbooths and tip the scales away at Ruby’s Place, the people didn’t tending Union School on Fifth from the labour ticket. It’s an seem to receive the messages Avenue. intriguing interplay of forces presented in the display. Instead, In 1906, gambling was promasterfully articulated by Spude they imposed their pre-estabhibited in Skagway. In 1909, the in a readable fashion in her lished notions about prostitution restricted district was relocated introduction to the book. on the frontier. again. The vote was granted The main body of the book, Similarly, Catherine Holder under the Women Suffrage Act excluding the opening and closSpude, in her new book, Saloons, of 1913. June 6, 1916, the City ing chapters, is an interesting Prostitutes and Temperance in of Skagway refused to renew the and informed narrative of the Alaska Territory notes that when licenses of the four remaining people and the events surroundvisitors arrive in Skagway, they saloons, bringing that era to an ing vice in Skagway. Using an aren’t exposed to the authentic end, and in 1917, the restricted impressive volume of informaprostitute in a shapeless musarea was closed for good. All of tion, Spude fleshes out the charlin gown or well-dressed dance these events are connected. acters, making them very human hall girls. Instead, they see (and Saloons, gambling and indeed. She tracks their antics, believe them to be genuine) prostitution were at the centre their disputes and their interests women dressed in costumes of social change in Skagway over the period from the gold more fitting to Barbary Coast in the first decades of the 20th rush and over the following saloons. century. Skagway, because of decades.

Spude can speak with author- the labour force building, and It is revealing to learn that ity on the saloons, gambling then later operating the railroad, prominent citizens of Skagway and prostitution in the coastal had a high proportion of single were the landlords of the very Alaskan town of Skagway. She working-class men. Spude details profitable cribs that they rented was introduced to the topic the cultural divide between the out. Revenues from licenses and through her work there as an middle class and management fines financed the schools and archaeologist when, in 1983, on one side and the labouring teachers in Skagway. she was assigned to excavate a class on the other. The balance of trench to the Peniel Mission, a building constructed in 1900 on Sixth Avenue. Later that year, she entered graduate school, which eventually led to her conducting statistical analysis of the collection of artifacts from the site to determine how much of the remains could be related to saloons and prostitution.

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In the final chapter, Spude tracks many of the personalities from her narrative and describes their fates after they left Skagway.

John Troy, the newspaperman who stirred up local affairs for many years, went on to become the governor of Alaska. One of the prominent prostitutes, Kitty Faith, gave up her life of vice and moved to a quiet suburb of San Francisco with her carpenter husband Chris Wandsted. Others lived long and comfortable lives; some were less fortunate.

Whatever the case, knowing their eventual fates provides an interesting closure to the detailed narratives.

Saloons, Prostitutes and Temperance in Alaska Territory is one of the best books to address the topic of vice before and after the

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gold rush that I have read. It wipes away many of the often repeated myths and misconceptions about the subject. It is a good read and I think that readers will enjoy it. And I shall never regard the Red Onion in Skagway the way that I did before.

Saloons, Prostitutes and Temperance in Alaska Territory,

by Catherine Holder Spude, is published by the University of Oklahoma Press. It is 326 pages long, and contains 25 pages of end notes, 11 pages of bibliography and an index. There are 25 black and white photos 3 maps and three tables.

Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His three books on Yukon history are available in Yukon stores. You can contact him at msgates@northwestel.net

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Bother over Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s burgeoning bison herd competing with moose and caribou for food. But habitat competition remained a worry.

To look at this overlap, Jung and his colleagues perused past aerial surveys and tracked the movement of their radio-collared ungulates.

Genesee Keevil In the 8,000 square kilometres they surveyed, moose and bison ver the past six years, Tom overlapped in less than seven Jung shipped 438 piles of percent of the region. It was similar ungulate poop to the U.S. with caribou. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t using â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the most glamorous the same habitat,â&#x20AC;? says Jung. With job,â&#x20AC;? says the Yukon governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sheep, it was another story. senior wildlife biologist.

Bison, it turns out, have no The scat stockpiling, like most problem hauling their huge, heavy investigative science, started with bodies up mountains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Initially a straightforward question: What we thought theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d stay in big wide impact is the Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s burgeoning open spaces, looking for prairie bison herd having on the territoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environments,â&#x20AC;? says Jung. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But other ungulates? they go right up to the high alpine, There were concerns North climbing up to 1,500 metres. These Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest land mammal animals frequently surprise us. might be munching up all the They are more flexible than we first food. There were also worries bison thought, both here and in Siberia.â&#x20AC;? might be pushing caribou, moose Although sheep and bison and sheep out of their natural Submitted Photo/Yukon News favour similar alpine environhabitats.

A bison herd seen from above stampedes through the snow. Efforts to repopulate bison ments, they use them at different Bison were here before. They herds have proved largely successful. times, the bison eating in summer used to roam the Beringian steppe their genetic purity, and protect yards proving a nuisance, or standBut Jung wanted answers. Were where the sheep feast in winter. As with wooly mammoths some 8,000 years ago. Caribou and sheep them from possible predation and ing in the road, staring down cars. bison really competing with sheep, a result, there remains little habitat environmental threats, the bison People heading out to pick berries caribou and moose for food and overlap between bison and the shared the terrain back then too, habitat? other ungulates. but not moose. These waterlogged, were shipped to Elk Island, Alberta were worried the huge, hairy herd where they bred like rabbits. might charge them.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the poo collecting Finally, Jung wanted to confirm knobby-kneed mammals came â&#x20AC;&#x153;So many reintroduction proToday, reintroducing a giant comes in. There is a lab at the that the bison were not pushing later. grams fail quite badly,â&#x20AC;? says Jung. mammal to the Yukon would not University of Washington that dis- other ungulates from certain areas, Bison stuck around until 300 â&#x20AC;&#x153;But bison do really well.â&#x20AC;? be so easy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the 1980s, consulta- sects an animals diet by prodding or attracting them. years ago, then disappeared.

The Elk Island bison do so well, tion, bureaucracy, permitting and through its poo.

One winter of aerial surveys, Jung isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure exactly why. It theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re being shipped all over the paperwork are not what they are For the past six years, Jung and conducted when the animals are might have had to do with the his colleagues collected piles of most stressed in terms of finding landscape changing from cold prai- world. Siberia started a reintroduc- now,â&#x20AC;? says Jung. Had they been, sheep, caribou, moose and bison food and habitat, confirmed there rie grassland to mossy forest, dras- tion program in 2006, and Alaska, Jung wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have had to send after 23 years of red tape and all those piles of poop to the U.S., poop and shipped it to Washington was neither attraction nor disruptically altering food supplies. Or permitting problems, just started because the research would have State. tion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The animals were randomly it could have been that the bison been done first, before the reintroThe findings were surprising. distributed and not associating were hunted to death. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I suspect it flying bison into some remote regions this year. duction.

Though moose and bison are positively or negatively,â&#x20AC;? says Jung. is somewhere in the middle,â&#x20AC;? says The Yukon was way ahead of The first big surprise was bison closest in size, it is sheep that share â&#x20AC;&#x153;And there is so much food availJung. As the landscape changed, breeding. bisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diet. Moose are browsers able, it is inconceivable there would the bison were concentrated in the them. It adopted 142 Elk Island bison from 1986 through 1992, Yukon biologists figured the eating twigs and shrubs in winter be a food shortage.â&#x20AC;? remaining grassy patches, where and aquatic plants in summer, Jung isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that surprised by they were easier to hunt and more reintroducing them in the Aishihik reintroduced herd would grow to Lake area.

200 or 400 animals, then level off. while bison and sheep both eat a the bison study findings. Bison, susceptible to disease.

It took a while for the beasts to But the bison kept birthing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and lot of grass. caribou and sheep evolved together Biologists assumed Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s settle into their new digs. At first, birthing, until there was close to The caribou were also a surover thousands of years, he says. So wood bison were extinct until the they hung out in nearby towns and 1,500 of them tramping the hills prise. It was generally believed it is no wonder these big ungu1950s, when a small herd was disthese nomadic ungulates eat lates co-exist so comfortably. And covered in the N.W.T. To maintain villages, wandering through back- around Aishihik.

As concern grew that bison mostly lichen. But their poo told moose, the latecomers, eat a differwere eating the other ungulates a different story. At least in the ent diet. out of house and home, the Yukon Aishihik area, the caribou had the Evolutionarily speaking, there government created a 2012 bison most diverse and flexible diet of all was only a small blip without management plan, and hunters the ungulates. bison. This reintroduction is simstarted taking down the massive Examining poo piles eliminated ply â&#x20AC;&#x153;filling a niche that has been mammals.

Jungâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concern that bison might be vacant for 300 years,â&#x20AC;? says Jung.

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MANNERS DEAR MISS MANNERS: I can see in my neighbors’ bathroom window. Should you tell them?

GENTLE READER: No, Miss Manners demurs. But you might, depending upon the circumstances.

Were you standing in the bushes with your hands on the windowsill?

Does your bedroom look into the bathroom in question? Or did you make eye contact as you walked down the street?

In the last case, Miss Manners recommends a cheerful wave. Failing that, you should either close your own blinds, or work into a future conversation that you hope your neighbors do not find the closeness of the houses —and the resulting lack of privacy — disconcerting.

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please have some spoons for our dessert. I certainly got unpleasant body language from the employee as she spoke to the hostess, saying she would take care of it.

The hostess pleasantly brought us some spoons. It had been an unappetizing and annoying wait while we hoped silverware would appear, and I felt I was intruding when I finally made my request.

GENTLE READER: It is indeed rude to bang on the tableware in hopes of attracting attention. Miss Manners supports your direct appeal to the hostess, although she does not share your judgment that sarcasm directed at servers is properly characterized as friendly behavior.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a vegetarian who has no desire to draw unnecessary attention to this fact. I don’t think that what I eat is anyone’s business, just as what others eat is not my business.

I have an acquaintance, Cheryl, who is a member of a club that I’m part of. The group eats together regularly, either at restaurants or potlucks. I’ve known Cheryl for many years, long enough for her to know that I don’t eat meat, but we are not close.

Cheryl seems to get a thrill out of DEAR MISS MANNERS: How “outing” me as a vegetarian in front quickly should thank-you notes for of anyone who is new to our group a baby shower be sent? or doesn’t already know.

GENTLE READER: Well before If we’re eating out, she’ll find the you complain to Miss Manners that vegetarian section of the menu (bewith an infant in the house, you are cause I need help locating it?) and too busy and too sleep-deprived to shriek, “They have meatless options express gratitude to your generous for you, Jane!” friends.

If the group is planning a potluck, Cheryl will always loudly make DEAR MISS MANNERS: If you a point of stating that she will proare hosting a colleague’s baby showvide a vegetarian option “for Jane.” er and are serving only cupcakes, In any scenario, the group’s conis it OK to provide only napkins versation stops for a moment while instead of small plates? everyone glances at me nervously.

GENTLE READER: Only if I am perfectly capable of orderyou plan to vacuum after everyone ing my own food, and I enjoy leaves. participating seamlessly in potlucks.

I would never dream of introducing DEAR MISS MANNERS: What myself as a vegetarian to a new acis the best way to get one’s needs quaintance, because I don’t feel that attended to in a restaurant? I have what I eat is my defining characterknown people to rattle silverware istic. How can I get Cheryl to stop in a glass if being ignored by wait staff, but that seems demanding and “helping” me?

GENTLE READER: The next disruptive to other customers. time you share a meal with Cheryl, The person who delivered our dessert, besides not bringing silver- Miss Manners recommends that you take her aside first and tell her ware, evidently didn’t understand my husband’s friendly, “Now we just that you don’t want to draw attenneed something to eat it with.” Our tion to yourself — and that you are waitperson was out of sight, and all sure there will be plenty of vegetarother employees ignored waves and ian options for you. If that doesn’t stop her from being officious, Miss attempts to get their attention.

Manners would allow you to point I finally got up and approached the hostess, who was in conversation out the meat options to her. You with another employee, and whom may do this loudly enough for the others to hear, but good-humoredly, I may have offended by gently and not sounding as if you were touching her shoulder as I said admonishing her food choices or “Excuse me” and asked if we could making a political statement.

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Yukon youths pin down wins at bowling nationals

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Above: Yukon’s Devon Sheridan takes part in a team practice Whitehorse’s Mad Trapper Alley on April 28. Sheridan was one of four Yukon bowlers to compete at the YBC National Championships in Toronto over the weekend. Right: Ulysse Girard watches his shot during practice.

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Yukon will be involved in YBC. It’s very sad. We already don’t have Nunavut involved in it and now ith the closure of WhiteYukon is not going to be a part.” horse’s only bowling alley this Ponsioen was the team veteran week, only time will tell if Yukon in Toronto, bowling at her sixth will ever be represented again at the nationals.

Youth Bowling Canada National The 19-year-old, who would be Championships. eligible to compete again next year, If it was the last time or not, at placed 12th out of 13 ahead of a least all four Yukoners picked up New Brunswick bowler in senior wins at the YBC championship over girls five-pin. the weekend in Toronto.

Ponsioen won seven of her 24 “It was amazing. It was a great games, including one over fifth experience, especially because it was place’s Simone Losier, with an avermy last one,” said Whitehorse’s Cas- age score of 189.79. “Oh wow,” she sandra Ponsioen. said. “I didn’t figure out my average, “I was crying most of the tourna- but I’m quite impressed.” ment because it was the last tourPonsioen, who placed seventh nament and the last tournament in senior girls in 2012, topped out News Reporter

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with a high score of 228 in Toronto.

She also finished up winning her final game with a 224. “It was very exhausting, we were all tired, and it was very, very hot inside,” said Ponsioen.

Also representing Whitehorse’s Mad Trapper Alleys at nationals was Devon Sheridan in the senior boys division.

Sheridan, who was competing at his first nationals, won four games to finish second last ahead of N.W.T. He bowled a 237 high score to beat N.W.T. and posted a 161.13 average.

“It’s a challenging kind of tournament because you see a kid who bowls the best game of their life, but if the other guy bowls one

pin better, you get nothing in the standings for it,” said Yukon coach Ernie Prokopchuk. “We had a lot of games that came down to the final frame – what happened with the last ball. There were a lot of games that were really, really close, which is fantastic.”

Yukon’s Mike Prokopchuk and Ulysse Girard picked up one win each, but that was not enough to avoid placing last in their respective five-pin divisions.

Mike bowled a 146 for his high score and finished with a 103.75 average. The 10-year-old scored a 136 to beat Southern Ontario’s Aaron Glover, who placed sixth in bantam boys.

Girard’s one win was a doozy.

The 13-year-old, who averaged 122.25 with a high score of 160, beat silver-winning Taylor Corbin of B.C. “At the nationals you have bowlers who compete in several tournaments throughout the year and have a lot more competitive experience than our bowlers could get,” said Ernie. “We just don’t have the population here to get the same level of experience.”

The best finish by a Yukon bowler at the YBC nationals came from Whitehorse’s Harrison Kwok, who won silver in 2002.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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News Reporter â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were a little taken back at first, playing against top club hree Subzero teams hit the teams from the province. They ground running over the were a little like deer in the headweekend in Abbotsford. lights. It took them a while to find Competing at the Volleyball their rhythm and play as team.

B.C. Provincial Championships They adapted and got a little better â&#x20AC;&#x201C; their only tournament of the every game.â&#x20AC;? season â&#x20AC;&#x201C; three Yukon club teams The Frostbite squad finished jumped right into the thick of with a pair of wins to place 15th things at one of the biggest tourout of 17 teams and third in Divnaments in Canada. ision 2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We struggled at the beginning They capped the tournament and I think that has to do with beating Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apex Green the lack of experience because we 25-15, 20-25, 15-10 and downed donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play any tournaments up to Richmondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Air Attack Gold with this,â&#x20AC;? said Subzero IceCaps coach a come-from-behind score of 24Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arcy Hill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We play one tourna- 26, 25-18, 15-7 for 15th. ment a year, so that kind of hurts For the last two matches us going in because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just get- Frostbite coaches held a contest ting our bearings.â&#x20AC;? for their team to see which player All three Subzero teams posted would post the best serving perwins at the championships. centage. Captain Adrian Robinson The IceCaps won two to place finished on top.

14th out of 16 teams in Division 1 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Throughout the tournament for U16 boys. The Subzero squad our boys were serving very well, went 1-2 in the round robin with a and it continued into the games two-set win over Burnabyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Focus that we won,â&#x20AC;? said Bingham. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Impact, who went on to place had one game when we were down 10th. But they then lost to Focus 24-18 and Lukas Kobler went Impact in the Division 1 Tier 2 back and served six tough serves playoff. in a row â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some of them aces. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The IceCaps went on to defeat something weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working on East Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apex Prime 25all season.â&#x20AC;?

20, 13-25, 15-11 before dropping Subzero Frost finished with a the 13th place game 25-18, 19-25, win to place 15th out of 16 teams 15-9 to Abbotsfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Orangemen. in Division 3 for U15 girls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our setter, Morgan Schmidt, Frost went 0-3 in the round had a really good tournament. He robin, lost 2-1 to Alberni Airborne basically controlled the floor and in their first playoff game and 2-0 was an extreme asset in setting and to Mariners from Nanaimo in blocking,â&#x20AC;? said Hill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our middle, their second. They finished with a Anshil Kumar, provided a lot of 25-21, 25-19 win over the Kelowna the offence and had a really good Kash. tournament hitting and blocking.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was great to have three Subzero Frostbite had a long teams down there because it weekend in Abbotsford. The U15 seemed like every match was a boys team played seven matches, home match because the other Joel Krahn/Yukon News four of which went to three sets. teams would go and watch each Subzero IceCaps power Robert â&#x20AC;&#x153;RJâ&#x20AC;? Smallwood goes for â&#x20AC;&#x153;The boys arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t used to playing other,â&#x20AC;? said Hill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was good the kill during a practice game in Whitehorse two weeks seven games of high-calibre tour- team spirit.â&#x20AC;? ago. Three Subzero teams competed at the Volleyball B.C. nament in two days,â&#x20AC;? said Frostbite Contact Tom Patrick at Provincial Championships in Abbotsford over the weekend. coach Nathan Bingham. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So they tomp@yukon-news.com

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Cyclists ride Titanium Way in crit series

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Cyclists take part in the Titanium Way Criterium in the Marwell industrial area on Wednesday. The U Kon Echelon Cycling Club is hosting crit races every two weeks on Titanium Way this summer. Right: Marc LaPointe leads a group of cyclists through a corner.

all over the place. So having this as something we can build a community around, so we ounding a corner in a pack can bring more people here, of riders at 40 or 50 kiloand if people want to come and metres an hour takes a little see what criterium racing is all getting used to. about, it’s a great venue.”

“It’s something that requires Criterium – or “crit” – racing a lot of practice and a lot of comes in a variety of forms. It skill,” said Marc LaPointe. is done on a short loop and is Yukon cyclists now have the usually a timed event, meanopportunity to get that practice. ing cyclists complete as many About 15 cyclists took part in laps as possible in a set amount the first Titanium Way Criterof time. Crits also often have ium Series race, hosted by the U Kon Echelon cycling club, in primes (pronounced “preems”) in which riders can earn points Whitehorse’s Marwell area on by winning specific laps.

Wednesday.

Wednesday’s crit did not “The idea behind it is to have a consistent venue for people to include primes to keep the race less competitive. get used to,” said LaPointe, the “We’ll leave the racing for series organizer. “Whitehorse the races that happen on the has a really good racing comweekend,” said LaPointe, board munity that’s already here and member in the Cycling Associathere’s consistency with the tion of the Yukon. “This is to mountain biking but not with the road racing – it’s a little bit build the community, to have Tom Patrick News Reporter

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a competitive spirit, but also to engage people in a little bit more camaraderie.

“There’s a big discrepancy between people who have raced a lot … and the people who are up and coming.”

The Titanium Way series is scheduled to take place every two weeks through the summer.

The action starts with a youth crit – 20 minute plus three laps – at 6 p.m., followed by an adult crit – 45 minutes plus five laps – at 7 p.m.

As the series goes on, the time might increase to an hour for adults, and primes may be added, said LaPointe, a “Newkoner” who recently moved to Whitehorse from Ottawa.

“We might do it,” he said.

“Primes have the tendency to liven it up, but they also split the pack apart. Considering it’s

such a small pack, we wanted to keep it together a little more.”

“This series is about building the amount of talent that comes out of Whitehorse. It’s something, with the consistency of having it every two weeks, that we can work on things together.”

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867-821-4443 HOBAH APARTMENTS: Clean, spacious, walking distance downtown, security entrance, laundry room, plug-ins, rent includes heat & hot water, no pets. References required. 668-2005 SHOP/OFFICE/STUDIO Multi-Use Building with space available to rent Very Competitive rates Various sizes, short & long term Washroom on site Friendly environment whserentals@hotmail.com Phone 667-6805

Horwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mall Main & Front Street Available Now!

Office/Retail & Locker Space

For more information call Greg

334-5553 TITANIUM WAY commercial space for rent/sale.

1,000 feet includes office, boardroom, open work area, kitchen, washroom.

Separate storage area.

Wired for phone/data, has security system. $1,800/month + electricity.

335-1932.

3-BDRM SUITE, Porter Creek, utils incl, dd reqĘźd, $1,900/mon. 335-3444

OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE

FURNISHED BEDROOM in new home, Ingram, responsible tenant, $700/mon all inclusive. 334-3186

Above Starbuckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Main St. Nice clean, professional building, good natural light. 536' ft. office space on Main St c/w kitchette.

Competitive lease rates offered.

HOUSE TO share with others, donĘźt settle for dingy basement room or noisy apt, Porter Creek, N/S, everything incl, $750/mon. Info @ http://timmit.ca/share or tollfree 1-855-628-7138x99

Sandor@yukon.net or C: 333.9966 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 2nd floor of building on Gold Road in Marwell Sizes 180 sqft & 340 sqft Quiet spaces with reasonable rent 667-2917 or 334-7000 AFFORDABLE DOWNTOWN office space for lease, $14 ft 2 + cam, 1,800 sqft, 202 Strickland Street on the 2nd floor. Contact Stephan (867) 332-4082 or stephane@asprinting.ca

For Rent

FURNISHED ROOM with half bath, Marsh Lake, waterfront, hot tub, water sport equipment, hiking trails, long or short term, N/S, animals welcome, $500/mon. 660-4321 BEDROOM IN house, Riverdale, shared kitchen & bath, N/S, no parties, heat & elec incl, $650/mon + dd. 456-5848 1-BDRM LUXURY suite, 1,200 sq ft, wheelchair accessible, fantastic view, N/S, N/P, refs reqĘźd, $1,500/mon, heat incl. 667-6579 MOBILE HOME, Lobird trailer park, newly renoĘźd, great view, quiet neighborhood.

336-0499 1,200 SQUARE FOOT BAR SPACE available immediately for rent in downtown Whitehorse.

Rent negotiable to serious inquiries only.

For more information, please contact Kaitlyn, Manager, at 667-7801 ROOM, FURNISHED, cable, Internet, N/S, N/P, avail May 1, clean, storage space, $650/mon. 334-3456 or 333-3457 2-BDRM LOWER suite, Riverdale, lg windows, bright & clean, avail June 1, N/S, N/P, $1,200/mon. 335-3660 3-BDRM 1.5-BATH, Riverdale, some furniture available, parking space included, roommates permitted, oil heat, $1,650/mon + utils.

807-285-4908 HOUSESITTER WANTED for summer at Marsh Lake waterfront home, 60km south of Whitehorse, animals welcome, N/S, reliable with refs, pay utilities. 867-660-4321

ROOM IN country residential home, Cowley Creek, clean, quiet, accomodation with professional male, reduced rent available for individual willing to assist as domestic help i.e. gardening, laundry, cleaning. 332-2151 3-BDRM SUITE, Crestview, new, fenced yard, all inclusive heat, electric, TV, Internet, private laundry, dishwasher, avail July 1, lease required, $1,800/mon. Text 336-0306 or lv msg 3-BDRM DUPLEX in Hillcrest, wood/oil heat, w/d, avail June 1, responsible tenant, $1,150/mon + utils. 668-5558 2-BDRM TRAILER, Arkell, avail May 15, large deck, fenced side yard w/small storage shed, close to the Canada Game Center & park, pets negotiable, refs reqĘźd, $1,500/mon. 334-5178 2-BDRM APT, 404 Jeckell St, quiet & responsible tenants, avail June 1, view, 5 appliances, private entrance with plug-ins, N/P, $1,200/mon + utils. 250-767-3478 LOVELY 2-BDRM house, Copper Ridge, avail May 15, carport, patio, RV pkg, close to services, Hamilton Blvd and downtown, $1,550/mon + utils. 334-2747 1-BDR APT, Mt Lorne Community Centre, 2nd floor, N/S, $850/mon includes heat/electric/water, 30 mins south of Whitehorse, available mid/end May, refs reqĘźd. Contact LMCA lmca@northwestel.net, 667-7083 2-BDRM LEGAL bsmt suite, Riverdale, avail immed, shared laundry & storage, N/S, pets negotiable, $1,250/mon + dd. 604-240-6209 3-4 BDRM 2-bath house, Porter Creek, spacious, wood stove, huge yard, N/S, avail June 1, $1,695/mon + utils. Contact suites@auroramusic.ca.

1-BDRM APT, Copper Ridge, full bath, big LR, avail June 1, $1,000/mon & utils.

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2,628 SQUARE FEET OF PRIME OFFICE SPACE Available for Lease NOW! Two Suites available for lease. Suites can be leased separately or combined as one.

One suite is 1,248 square feet. The second suite is 1,380 square feet.

Located in a professional building downtown Whitehorse, this space is ideal for accounting, legal or other professionals.

MOVE-IN READY.

For more information, please contact: 336-0028

Office/Commercial Space for Rent Available Immediately:

Newly built, bright 2 bedroom condos for rent located at 117 Jasper Place.

Each bedroom with its own master bathroom, large kitchen, garage, washer, dryer, dishwasher. No smoking.

$1,850 per month plus utilities. Call: 334-8052

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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015 STORAGE/WORKSHOP FOR rent, approx 14ĘźX20Ęź, downtown Whitehorse. Contact Stephan (867) 332-4082 or stephane@asprinting.ca PROFESSIONAL HOUSESITTER available from May 26 to September, very reliable, trustworthy, lots of good references around the world. Call 336-2848 or email at PellerinMV@gmail.com MOBILE HOME, newly renovated at Lobird, available in June. Call Ann for details @ 336-0499 3-BDRM 2-BATH house, downtown, sunny, back deck, parking, refs reqĘźd, $1,500/mon + utils. 668-6190 after 4pm or lv msg

P-T CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS WANTED. Easy work from anywhere or from home at any time.

Experience not required.

Paid cash.

Own phone an asset.

Phone/text 867-689-9780

KOSS FAMILY DAY HOME Looking for on-call employee Caregiver Must have at least Level 1 Call Yao at 667-6790 CLIPPERS BARBERSHOP is looking for a part-time or on-call barber with a minimum of 3 years experience.

Call Natalya @ 867-667-6605

MAINTENANCE PERSON FOR SKKY HOTEL Basic plumbing & carpentry experience required.

2 days per week, $1,000 per month.

Submit resume and cover letter to lberardi@rogers.com or at hotel.

3-BDRM HOUSE, new, N/P, no parties, no yard maintenance, avail June 1, $2,000/mon + elec. 335-5352 3-BDRM UPPER level of Porter Creek home, paved driveway, close to bus, school, stores, $1,800/mon incl utils. 633-5177

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PART-TIME CARPET CLEANER Days, evenings and weekends Experience preferred 667-4786

House Hunters

CUSTOM BUILD - 20 ACRES

NEW AT MEADOW LAKES - NOW REDUCED!

406 Lambert St. Whitehorse

1-BDRM BSMT suite, Granger, clean, bright, just refurbished, N/S, N/P, sep ent, washer/dryer, dd reqĘźd, avail June 1, $800/mon + utils. 633-2981 1-BDRM BSMT suite, Cowley Creek, country residential, full kitchen, bathroom has shower only, pet friendly, incls laundry, heat/elec & Wifi, $1,000/mon. 334-1869 1-BDRM 1-BATH + den 2-storey lakeshore house for lease, Marsh Lake, 40-min drive from town, sand beach, wood+oil heat, greenhouse, garage, rec trails, community centre, $1,350/mon + utils. 334-1840 ROOM IN dorm-style, shared accommodations, semi-furnished, shared laundry, kitchen & bathroom facilities, $575/mon incl utils. Shannon @ 668-4729 3-BDRM 2-BATH condo, downtown, close to Macdonalds, avail June 1, N/S, N/P, $1,500/mon + $1,500 dd + utils. 667-7405 1-BDRM LEGAL bsmt suite, downtown, bright, newly renoĘźd, incl w/d, outside patio, lots of storage, long term tenants preferred, N/P, N/S, no parties, avail Sept. 1, $1,200/mon + utils. 633-8430

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

Real Estate 1996 SRI mobile home, 79 Sandpiper, Arkell, large fenced lot. 332-4303 3-BDRM 1.5 bath condo, Riverdale, end unit, landscaped, $235,000 obo. 633-2968 PRIVATE SALE: 5 acres lot in Grizzly Valley, no building restriction, power + phone at property line, south exposure, $149,000.00, serious inquiries only. 667-4910 2004 MOBILE home, Arkell, 16' extra wide, 3-bdrm 2-bath, titled land, well maintained, insulated skirting, renovated decks, shed, lots of parking, quick possession available, $274,900. 334-7262 OPEN HOUSE, condo, Central Park, Takhini, #23, 35 Normandy Rd, Saturday & Sunday, May 9 & 10, 12pm-4pm. 333-9715 HOUSE IN Riverdale, for sale by owner, renovatorĘźs special, 2,100 sq ft split level w/separate basement entrance, large fenced lot, $279,000. 333-0825 or 667-2824 3-BDRM MOBILE with addition & large workshop, recent updates, just under 3 acres of land, $364,000. For more info call 336-4920

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2-BDRM 2-BATH beautiful upgraded condo with fenced yard on greenbelt, SS appliances, tons of storage, $235,000, 14-67 River Ridge Lane. 335-7660

We are a clinic of 14 physicians and need an experienced manager who will be responsible for our day-to-day operations.

Duties include supervising staff, scheduling, office accounting and working with physicians for smooth and efficient operations of the clinic.

Qualifications: Minimum three years of relevant experience.

Needs excellent interpersonal skills, accounting experience, computer skills, small business skills and ideally EMR experience.

Email your resume to clinic@wmsl.net or drop off at the clinic by May 22nd.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest but only those invited for an interview will be contacted.

SEEKING CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER The Town of Watson Lake, a vibrant, multi-cultural community of 1,500 situated at the Gateway to the Yukon on the world famous Alaska Highway, is seeking to appoint a chief administrative ofďŹ cer pursuant to the Chief Administrative OfďŹ cer Bylaw, who is service-oriented and possesses management and communication skills with a strong sense of community.

Reporting directly to the council with professional advice and support in the development and implementation of public policies and strategies, the chief administrative ofďŹ cer is responsible for general management and delivery of effective and efďŹ cient public services.

In making an appointment, the council shall be guided by position description and may select the person whose qualiďŹ cations and training accord most closely therewith and may give preference to those individuals whose training and or experience is in the ďŹ elds of public and, or municipal, administration, although candidates demonstrating equivalent education and, or, experience will be given consideration.

The ideal candidate will be a person of integrity possessing excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, having knowledge of accounting and budgeting procedures and practices supplemented by a strong background in municipal or related administration, augmented by a positive track record working within the public sector and experience working with stakeholders supported by relevant postsecondary education or a combination of training and experience in strategic planning, team-building, unionized labour relations, planning and implementation in a municipal setting.

Candidates having successful management experience in the municipal, federal, provincial, territorial and ďŹ rst nations public sectors organization, preferably as chief administrative ofďŹ cer, acting chief administrative ofďŹ cer, town clerk or senior manager, are encouraged to apply.

The candidate should enjoy the challenge of utilizing all available resources to achieve the goals and objectives of the community and Council. Experience living in a small rural community and familiarity with the socioeconomic challenges facing communities in northern Canada.

Strong and competent support staff, along with competitive remuneration and beneďŹ ts, commensurate with education and experience, are available to the successful candidate.

The council looks forward to receiving your expression of interest and current rĂŠsumĂŠ by 4:00 p.m. May 22, 2015. The position description, Chief Administrative OfďŹ cer Bylaw, Job description and beneďŹ t package will be forwarded upon request. We appreciate the interest of all those responding; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

FAMILY HOME, Copper Ridge, quiet street, 5-6 bdrms, 2-bath, entirely renovated, maple cupboards & floors, propane stove, lots of other great features, $475,000. Call Max 332-0013

For further information please do not hesitate to call us.

Help Wanted LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED Heavy Equipment Operators and Finish Grader Operators.

Send resumes to: teichroebc@gmail.com

WHITEHORSE MEDICAL CLINIC

667-7681 or cell 334-4994 23 Lorne Rd. in McCrae

clivemdrummond@gmail.com

Mayor & Council Town of Watson Lake PO Box 590 Watson Lake, Yukon Y0A 1C0 Tel. (867)536-8002 Fax. (867-536-7522 Email: twl@northwestel.net

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Justice Coordinator Health and wellness Department Full-Time/ Permanent Level 7-9 Depending on Education and Experience

JOB SUMMARY As a member of our Health and wellness team, the successful candidate is responsible for the following: coordinating local crime prevention and justice initiatives, developing (and offering) a variety of community justice programs, and negotiating and administering contribution agreements with the federal and territorial governments; as well as performing other related duties.

For more information go to C/TFN website or Phone (867) 821-4251 Ext 8213 or 8269 Fax# (867) 821-3903 E-mail humanresource@ctfn.ca CLOSING DATE: May 13, 2015

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015

Ground Floor Office Available ONE BLOCK FROM MAIN STREET Utilities & Parking Stall included, separate Entrance, Bathroom & Kitchenette, ideal for individual Professional $ 900.00/MONTH Ph. 667-4759

available June 1st

HELP WANTED Housekeeping Room Attendant Qualifications: Relevant hotel certification preferred.

Applicants with relevant experience preferred Hours: 40 hours/week Wage: $14.25/hr Duties: Make beds, change sheets, distribute clean towels & toiletries Dust furniture, vacuum carpeting & area rugs Clean hotel rooms/public areas Attend to guest requests for extra supplies Contact: HR Manager hr@elitehotel.ca Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. 206 Jarvis St Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H1

Town & Mountain Hotel Energetic individual required for local promotional products business.

Duties include all aspects from lead sourcing to invoicing of the sale. Ability to multi-task, work independently, establish client loyalty and trouble shoot are all assets. Established supports system in place - artists, back office, suppliers, and shippers.

Benefits package available. Bring resume into Murdoch’s Gem Shop, 207 Main Street.

is looking for experienced, part time

Housekeeper & Door Personal Please drop off résumé with reference to Kayle at 401 MAIN STREET

Miscellaneous for Sale QUEEN SIZE air bed, still in box, & Woodʼs air pump. 668-5786 WINDOOR RECYCLER We buy & sell: • Brand new/used double/triple pane vinyl/wood windows.

•Brand new steel/vinyl exterior doors with frames.

Now selling: •Brand new unfinished oak kitchen cabinets.

333-0717

Cobalt Construction is looking for the following people to come JOIN OUR TEAM:

CONTROLLER

Cobalt Construction Inc. is seeking a highly motivated “hands-on” accounting professional to assume the position of Controller/Office Manager. The position is responsible for all financial accounting and reporting activities. The ideal candidate is goal oriented with excellent communication skills and is highly organized while operating effectively with minimum supervision in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Reporting to the President, the Controller is responsible for 3-5 employees and has the full authority to carry out all functions within the position’s area of responsibility.

Financial Reporting. The Controller has responsibility for all accounting functions including: t Monthly financial statements; t Corporate and project level budgets and reports; t Accounts payable and receivable; t Payroll; t Cash flow management and projection; t Periodic job cost reports; t Inventory control systems; t Annual pre-audit financial statements; and, t Other financial reports as identified from time to time.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

t 5 or more years of accounting experience in the engineering, mining, or construction industry; t 2 or more years of accounting management experience; t Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or similar field of studies; or, t An equivalent mix of education and experience.

The salary for this position is commensurate with the experience of the candidate. We offer a competitive wage along with an extended health benefit package.

RECEPTION/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

This is a seasonal position is based in Whitehorse. Applicant must be a highly organized individual who is able to work with minimal to no supervision in a fast paced environment, have a strong work ethic and good communication skills. Duties include, but are not limited to, general administrative support and some HR assistance. Computer skills and good housekeeping is required. Valid class 5 driver’s license and clean driver’s abstract required.

The salary for this position is commensurate with the experience of the candidate.

Please send resumes to jobs@cobaltconstruction.ca, stop by the main office located at Mile 923.4 on the Alaska Highway just north of Porter Creek, or fax 867-668-7762.

For more information about us and the work we do, please visit our website

WWW.COBALTCONSTRUCTION.CA

4-DRAWER METAL filing cabinet, exc shape, $350. 332-6565

Be a part of one of Canada’s most dynamic environmental and socio-economic assessment processes; working with an energetic, progressive organization.

Our commitment is to be an impartial, effective and efficient organization that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

SUMMER LAW STUDENT Head Office, Whitehorse 16-week term Are you a law student in search of a challenging and dynamic work environment this summer? If so, we want to hear from you! This position will receive direction from and be a direct support for YESAB’s Legal Counsel. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to work in a confidential environment, with frequent interruptions, and the ability to multi-task and prioritize their workload while maintaining a positive attitude with both co-workers and the public.

The salary for this position is $20/hour based on 37.5 hours per week, with an immediate start date.

If you feel you have the qualifications and desire to meet the challenges of this position please forward a cover letter and resume outlining how your experience and qualifications relate directly to the position.

A job description is available at the YESAB Head Office Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street in Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca Please submit applications to: Finance and Administration Manager, YESAB Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Toll free: 1.866.322.4040 Resumes must be received by May 13, 2015.

GORGEOUS PERSIAN carpet, Habibian Nain, cream colour with blue trim, 600 knots psi, 5'X8', bought in Middle East, appraised + docs, $2,100, can send pics. 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 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 BOTTOM OF wine barrel, one glass, bottle holder, solid wood, $200. 335-5352 WIDE WHEELCHAIR, blue, good cond, $160; walker for $25. Del @ 334-8318 EXTRA CUBE van space to Edmonton/Calgary tentatively leaving May 12. We haul, you pay. 835-7255 LOTS OF COMMERCIAL STORE SHELVING that came from Canadian Tire/Superstore.

Some new, one sided or double sided, pallet racking.

Enough to do warehouse.

Phone 333-0717 2 250-GAL water tanks surrounded by metal cage, haul water, $275/ea; 4 45-gal black oil plastic barrels fresh oil, great for diesel fuel or waste oil, $40 ea. 333-0717 SPOT SATELLITE GPS Messenger, SOS, Help/SPOT Assist, Check-in/OK, Custom Message, Track Progression, new in box, never opened, regular $149, asking $89 obo.

633-6264 SPORTY BUFFALO wool hand-knit unisex pullover, attractive design, good-sized Medium. 668-5786 38”X70” “MAGNETIC” mattress pad, hand washable, 668-5786 JABSCO MACERATOR Pump $100, marine engine compartment heater $200. 334-8414 SCREEN DOOR with necessary kit for hanging, 81” x 36”. 668-5786 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 • SELL

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015

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CUISINART PROFESSIONAL food & meat slicer, new, $100; George Foreman lean mean fat grilling machine, $50. 456-2626 METAL LATHE, Myford, 20â&#x20AC;? centres, 9â&#x20AC;? swing, 3 Jaw & 4 Jaw chuck, face plate, live centre, Jacobs chuck, plus milling attachment, $2,000. 633-2916 or 334-1166

TOWN & MOUNTAIN HOTEL

WHITE HARDIE plank sheets, 4X10, 3 concrete boards, $150. 668-2659

a 30-room CAA/AAA rated downtown facility requires an outgoing, ambitious, self-motivated

LEE VALLEY Reel Mower Model PA810 18â&#x20AC;?, c/w sharpening kit, seldom used, $75.

668-3594

Red Seal Chef We are seeking an experienced self-starter.

Top wages paid.

FRESHWATER TANK, 240 gal, clean, $600.

633-2236 SATELLITE STAR Choice Plus receiver, $200, Satellite Bell Plus receiver, $200.

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Please apply to Barre Fleming at:

WAVE ACTION juice blender, $50; food dehydrator, new, $50; fondue pot, new, $50; pancake puffs pan, new, $25; Black & Decker family-size electric griddle, new, $50.

456-2626

TOWN & MOUNTAIN HOTEL, 401 MAIN STREET, WHITEHORSE, YUKON

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PATIO TABLE, 6 chairs and umbrella, $50, large plastic outdoor storage chest, $20.

667-4573 DRIED & cured burls, various prices, 334-9636

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DOUBLE AXLE trailer, $1,000 obo; 32V Jacobs windmill with 110Ęź free-standing steel tower, $7,400 obo; 1973 Ford tractor w/backhoe, 3-cyl diesel, $5,200 obo. 633-9022

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SINGER SEWING machine, $200 firm.

456-2626 SCHOOL BUS, full size, no engine, good glass, Pintle hitch on the front ready to tow, $500 obo. 633-3392 WII MACHINE, everything you need, 3 controllers, games, exercise board, barely used, $100. 633-4707 PRESSURE COOKER canner, 14-quart, 21-pint capacity, deluxe cast aluminum, easy read pressure gauge, safety plug & release valve, $125. 456-4010 YUKON-MADE BIRD houses from $39 up.

332-6565 BUILDING, 14Ęź X 20Ęź movable, well constructed, R2000 insulated, insulated marmorette flooring, pine interior, triple glaze windows, fully wired, needs some finishing, located near Lake Laberge, $30,000.

668-6225 or 336-3496 WEDDING RING set, worth over $2,000, soldered together, size 6.5, $800 obo.

867-876-0560 PEARL CLUTCH & high-heeled shoes, sz 8, $80; inflatable double mattress & collapsing stand, $40; Ortho boot, sz 9 (40), $30.

633-5009 BELL EXPRESS Vu HD satellite dish, ideal for rv or cabin, $50 firm; 7Ęź aluminum step ladder, $30; 250 gal fuel tank, $50. 334-4299 GARRET ELECTRONIC 4-coil metal locater with case, exc shape, $600. 332-6565 50Ęź OF 2â&#x20AC;? copper pipe, offers. 332-6565 14X16X6 WALL tent, new, no frame, 12oz, UV treated canvas, screened windows, double zippered door, chimney hole at rear, $1,200. 334-8335 2 NORTH Face mummy sleeping bags, $50 ea; Therma-rest pads, $15. 456-4010 BRAUN 3-IN-1 mixer/blender/food processor, 12 attachments, incl coffee grinder, $125; pasta & noodle maker, Imperial, Italian made for ravioli, kreplach, perogies, noodles, etc, $45. 456-4010 15â&#x20AC;? REEL push lawn mower, $40; Husquvarna 38â&#x20AC;? chainsaw, $75; single & double propane household lights; 30â&#x20AC;? propane cook stove; 2 100lb propane bottles, $50 ea.

456-4010 STURDY METAL desk, $50; wooden desk, $30; houseplants for sale, $5-$20. 668-4186 TRIPOD-OPTEX, $20, new is $60, extends to 53" great for wildlife, northern-lites, sports, portraits, adapted handle. 204-880-7245 text/calls

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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.

Instructor/Coordinator

Carmacks Community Campus School of Community Education & Development Permanent Position Salary: $74,096 to $88,204 per annum (Based on 75 hours bi-weekly) Competition No: 15.52 Initial Review Date: May 18, 2015 Carmacks is a highway service centre and the home of the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation. Carmacks is located 180 kilometres north of Whitehorse on the Klondike Highway and is where the Yukon and Nordenskiold Rivers join. <XNRQ &ROOHJH LV ORRNLQJ IRU D TXDOLĂ&#x20AC;HG community-focused candidate to work in a team environment to develop, promote, deliver and evaluate programs/courses that support the education and training goals of the Carmacks community and Yukon College.

POLY POCKET Princess with clothing accessories, castle & horses, like new, $35; large faux leather brown ottoman incl 4 footstools, $50; extra large metal Precision dog kennel, $175. 335-0659

Applicants should have an undergraduate degree, preferably a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, in a relevant Ă&#x20AC;HOG FRPELQHG ZLWK H[SHULHQFH LQ WKH following: instructing in Adult Basic Education, developing and coordinating educational courses and programs, community development and working with First Nations organizations and agencies.

JOBE 5.5 HP 2" water pump, new, never used, high pressure, 150 GPM, c/w new suction hose, $450 firm. Contact me at valerie.mototrek@hotmail.com for more info or pictures

Consideration may be given to those with an appropriate blend of education and teaching H[SHULHQFH

LARGE CUSTOM made couch, $150; 3 cherry coloured shelving units, $50; solid 4-shelf wicker stand, $75; stainless steel double kitchen sink, new, never used, $75.

335-0659

EXTERIOR WHITE insulated door, good for shop, $20. 633-6603 MASTERCRAFT 71-PIECE air tool kit, 1/2â&#x20AC;? impact, 3/8â&#x20AC;?ratchet, chisel, die grinder & accessories in carry case, $299 value, asking $145 obo. 333-904 42 CC Poulan chain saw, 18â&#x20AC;? bar, $140 obo.

333-9084

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The Nacho Nyak Dun Development Corporation is seeking

Board Members The Nacho Nyak Dun Development Corporation is seeking Board members with experiences that relates to business development, investments, ďŹ nancing and planning.

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If you are interested please submit resume to Na-Cho Nyak Dun Development Corporation by email coo@ nnddc.ca, by fax 1-867-456-4344 or mail to Suite #2 4230-4th Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1K1 by May 13, 2015.

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SET OF 40 impact sockets ranging from 3/8 to 15/16 and 8mm to 21mm in regular and deep sockets, $60. 333-9084

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

CEDAR PLANTERS, 20â&#x20AC;? tall, $75. 633-5948

1916 KNABE Grand Piano, 5'3", solid Mahogany, ivory keys, beautiful condition, great sound, $9,000. 907-766-3005 for more details

Electrical Appliances SAMSUNG FRIDGE, white, bottom freezer, 28x32x68, great cond, $400. 336-2450 LG FRIDGE, 11 cu ft bottom freezer, perfect working order, white, $275. 633-3705 TOYOSTOVE LASER 73, largest output wall furnace from Toyotomi, can heat up to 2,000 sq ft for fraction of alternative heat sources, paid over $3,000, asking $2,000.

335-6885

YAMAHA DTX500 electronic drum set, purchased in 2011, used very little, paid $1,100, asking $500. 668-2659 SAMICK UPRIGHT piano, excellent playing condition, beautiful oak case, includes delivery & tuning. 333-3941 VIOLIN, COPY Stradivarius, El Degas 5-string banjo, Casio electronic keyboard, stand & bench. 456-4010

HOTPOINT DISHWASHER, black, silver inside, 2-yrs old, barely used, $100 obo.

668-2659

MOUNTAIN HAMMERED dulcimer, 72 strings, 10 treble, 9 bass strings, plays Celtic, Bluegrass, etc. Offers. 456-4010

DANBY COMPACT fridge, new, black in colour, am moving to furnished apt, $100.

334-4299

CLARINET VITO Leblanc 7214 Kenosha, WIS, beautiful instrument, my son played for a couple months but no interest, $250.

334-7028

TVs & Stereos SONY 22â&#x20AC;? LCD TV, $75. 633-3053 SONY 7.1 STR-DH730 receiver with 5 Fluance surround sound speakers, valued at $800, asking $300. Everything works.

332-1200

SELMER 335-9377

CLARINET w/case, $200.

CORT M200 electric guitar, rockin guitar, blue in colour, $135; vintage Univox electric guitar, good shape, $150. 333-9084

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STEREO WITH stand $50, 52â&#x20AC;? Sharp TV with surround sound system and stand, $150. 667-4573

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC.

SONY 22â&#x20AC;? LCD TV, like new, 633-3053 RCA 20â&#x20AC;? color TV, $15. 334-8318

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

Computers & Accessories GARMIN MONTANA 600 waterproof GPS, paid $600, barely used, asking $350.

633-2968 SELFIE STICKS with remote control fits any cell phone, $25. 333-9020 COMPLETE WII gaming system w/games & extra controllers, $75 obo; Ian @ 334-8725 eves

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

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

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FRANKĘźS FIREWOOD Top quality, stacked cords for best value 1/2 cord, single cord & multiple cords Phone 334-8960

CSA VZ58 non-rest rifle, new, 7.62X39, w/orig muzzlebreak telestock, $950, PAL reqĘźd. Den @ 334-1422

CAMPFIRE FIREWOOD Processed & ready for pick-up Carcross Corner area Buy what you need 393-4397

Wanted

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 DONĘźS FIREWOOD Junction beetle kill spruce Cut to your desired length Kwanlin Dun & Social Services accepted Firewood available for summer delivery Phone 393-4397 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.

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RUGER SP101 calibre 357 Magnum, c/w 2 speed loaders, $500; Ruger Super Red Hawk 44 Magnum, c/w 2 speed loaders, Hoge monogrip, $650; Smith & Wesson model 69, 44 Magnum, $700. 334-8086 lv msg

Manager, Safety and Security Services Student & Infrastructure Support Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Permanent Position Based on 80 hours bi-weekly Salary: $79,036 to $94,084 ,QLWLDO 5HYLHZ 'DWH 0D\ &RPSHWLWLRQ 1R

As a hands-on Manager, you will be responsible for the management of all aspects of safety and security services at Yukon College, including serving as a key resource in emergency preparedness and response and overseeing the Occupational Health and Safety Program.

We are looking for an individual with training and education in safety, security and emergency management plus a minimum RI Ă&#x20AC;YH \HDUV PDQDJHPHQW H[SHULHQFH 25 D GHPRQVWUDWHG equivalent combination of relevant education, training and H[SHULHQFH 7KH LGHDO FDQGLGDWH ZLOO KDYH H[FHOOHQW FXVWRPHU service and communication skills, a working knowledge of ÂśEHVW SUDFWLFHV¡ LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG DORQJ ZLWK H[FHSWLRQDO SUREOHP solving skills.

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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

WANTED: DRYWALL, 1/2â&#x20AC;? small or full size pieces. 332-7879 LOOKING FOR any size picnic tables/tables/chairs for large family event, any style will be considered. 334-4886 WANTED: 456-7030

GAS-POWERED rototiller.

RUGER 223 mini 14, mint, older one, solid, includes two clips, case, lock, shells & ammo can, $750. 334-9818 SAVAGE AXIS in .223 Remington, like new, Bushnell Trophy XLT scope, great shooter, very accurate, $425. 334-7335 HK 416 22lr plus two mags, restricted, $775; stainless/synthetic Ruger 10/22, $325; Chippa Little Badger 22lr, $250, excellent condition, must have PAL. 335-7154

2006 Mazda 3 Sp

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2005 FORD Freestyle, AWD, 6 seats, auto, power windows & doors, keyless entry, CD player, winter/summer tires, runs good, a few scratches, 202,000km, $4,500 obo.

633-6188

WANTED: HONDA generator, 2000 watt.

Call 335-9934 WANTED: 633-4322

2001 LEXUS LS430, pearl white, auto, 4-dr fully loaded, sunroof, heated front/back cream leather seats, new tires/brakes/battery, 74,000 miles, exc cond, clean body, safe, $11,000 for quick sale. 332-1004

DEFENSE style shotgun.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY at Thomson CentreĘźs small in-house store. Serving customers, socializing, recording sales, handling cash. 12:00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2:30 Mondays. Training provided. RCMP check/references required. Pls call 393-8629.

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2003 Dodge Caravan SE # 7625A ..................................... $2,200 2012 Kia Sportage EX #7579A / $32,810 ........PROMO $21,495 2013 Chevrolet Cruze LT Turbo #7602A / $22,645 PROMO $14,495 2011 Chevrolet Malibu LT #7594A / $26,345.. PROMO $13,985 2011 Nissan PathďŹ nder LE #7513A / $47,748 .PROMO $30,400 2013 Toyota Tundra SR5 TRD

WANTED: WOOD stove for cabin, medium size. 633-3086

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2009 Kia Sorento LX

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WANTED: ANY broken down power tools, gas or electric, chain saws, lawn mowers, outboard motors, drills, saws, etc you may have. 333-9084

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2003 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z24, 5-spd manual. p/l, p/w, a/c, abs, sunroof command start, new windshield, brakes & wheel bearrings, touch screen DVD/CD player, winter/summer tires on rims, $4,000.

332-3040

2011 Toyota Camry Hybrid STOCK #7679A

PRICE: $31,310 PROMO:

16,885

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2009 TOYOTA Yaris RS, 2-dr hatchback, 5-spd manual, 140,000kms, P/W, P/L, heated leather seats, tinted windows, good tires, exc cond, well maintained, great on gas, $9,500 obo. 335-1106

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2011 NISSAN Sentra 2.0, grey, 52000km, clean, excellent condition, c/w set of winter tires on rims, $9,900. 668-7001

REACH ort GT Excellent shape, 6 disk CD change r, A/C, Heated leathe r seats, 5 spd ma nual, Steering wheel co ntrols, sunroof, PW /L, Keyless entry. As king $7,500

Call or Text 867-335-7997

WANTED: MATURE, honest person to do light housekeeping and possibly some cooking, twice a week for a senior living at Marsh Lake, about 5 hours/week. Call Stella 668-4629

WANTED: OLD jobsite or camp trailer, 10' x 30' preferable size, looking for the chassis/frame to build park model home on top, axles/wheels should be in decent condition. 332-7128

SAVAGE 30-06, stainless w/synthetic stalk, soft Levy case, 3x9 Fulfield scope & extras, mint, $850, PAL required. 633-2968

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.

WANTED: KITCHEN cupboards, will remove for free or an agreed amount. 332-7879

CSA VZ58 non-rest rifle, 7.62X39 w/orig muzzlebreak telestock, $950, PAL reqĘźd.

Den 334-1422

S.A. vouchers accepted.

2.4L Mivec 5 speed manual transmission.

Power everything, A/C, aftermarket stereo & headlights, front strut tower bar, tinted windows, carbon fiber spoiler. Comes with winter tires on aluminum rims. Very clean.

NEW... brakes, timing belt, all pulleys, water pump & coolant. Transmission serviced, oil & filter changed. 154,000k No leaks anywhere. Bright yellow! $11,500 obo.

WANTED: WINDSHIELD for 1990 Jeep Cherokee. 633-2236

WANTED: KITCHEN chairs, would prefer wood, but will look at what you have, if they need refinishing thatĘźs ok. 335-1681

RCBS MODEL 505, new, powder scale, $100. 633-2488

2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart

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Need your story. squatterstory@gmail.com or Pat 667-4141

HUSQVARNA COMMERCIAL M96 bolt action rifle, 8 mm calibre, Norma peep sight, walnut stock, good to vg cond, includes partial box of ammo & reloading dies, $495.

633-2443

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333-2553 2010 TOYOTA Corolla CE 4 door sedan, 75,000km, command start, new windshield, front wheel drive, super clean, amazing consumer ratings, $12,500 obo. 667-7288

2001 FORD Taurus Wagon, great condition, P/W, P/D, fully maintained, $3,700 obo.

334-3456 2000 FORD Taurus station wagon, V6 auto, p/w, p/d 216,000kms c/w summer tires, new winter tires, seats 8, recent safety, $3,450 obo. 333-0380 1998 TOYOTA Corolla, runs, 2 sets of tires, 1 winter studded, no back window. 633-9022 1997 FORD Taurus, green, high mileage but runs perfectly, straight body, clean interior, all power options, A/C working, $1,750 obo.

335-5206 1996 FORD Escort 4-dr hatchback, runs well but needs brake job to pass safety inspection, $900 obo. 633-4208

2008 KIA Sportage LX, exc cond, 180,000kms, $4,400. 332-4303

1996 FORD Taurus, 4-door, 150,000kms, very clean, $1,200. 332-4303

2010 FORD Mustang GT convertible, mint condition, 17,000kms, heated storage in winter, extended warranty, $26,450. 334-6759

1996 PLYMOUTH Breeze, auto, 2 sets tires, exc glass, very fuel efficient, 190,000km, $1,600. 333-9020

2009 G6 Pontiac sedan, 120,000km, cruise control, sunroof, traction control, new brakes, in mint condtion, fantastic gas mileage, $7,500. 689-5208 2007 CADILLAC CTS Sport, fully loaded leather interior, heated seats, Bose sound system, 6-spd manual, 114,000kms, good cond, $14,500. 333-9100 2007 CHEVROLET Cobalt, air, tilt, manual, rear spoiler, CD, DVD player, runs & drives great, 2-dr, sporty, 140,000km, $4,950.

332-6022 2005 PONTIAC Sunfire, air, tilt, cruise, P/W, P/L, auto, good tires & windshield, excellent on fuel, only 150,000kms, $2,950. 332-6022

1996 PONTIAC Firefly, 2-dr, 5-spd manual, two sets of tires, winter & summer, runs good, for parts only, $300 obo. 633-2318 1988 OLDSMOBILE, vg shape, 200k, V6 front wheel drive, power everything, recent tranny service, $600, 335-2172 TOYOTA SIENNA LE 2004, exc shape, new windshield & battery, 2 sets of tires, super clean, non-smoking, good on gas, Thule ski/camping box included, $9,000. 668-2659

2003 HONDA Accord, fully loaded, very clean, runs great, 265,000kms, $4,000.

333-0747 2003 TOYOTA Corolla, 159,000 km, good cond, summer & new winter tires on rims, auto, blue, 2 owners, $5,600. 334-5047 or 334-5046 2002 ANNIVERSARY Camaro, only 5,500kms, pristine condition, $20,000.

335-4769 2002 CHEVY Malibu, 193,000kms, runs well.

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Trucks 2013 GMC Terrain 2.4L SLE-1, silver, fully loaded w/transferrable extended warranty, 9,550 gently driven kms, view at 179 Alsek, $27,000. 333-0825 or 333-0210 2012 FORD F150 4X4 Eco Boost, sunroof, heated & A/C seats, box liner, factory GPS, light bar, towing pkg, extended warranty, 33,000kms, exc cond, $42,000. 334-6759

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2000 CHEV Silverado, 1500, LS, short box, ext cab, 3-dr, 5.3L, 4-spd auto, 2 WD, HD suspension, trailer pkg, 16â&#x20AC;? wheels, 81,400 km, $7500. 633-5062

2 CHEV 350 heads, rebuildable, $300 obo; 1 Chev small block intake, $200. 334-7604 for more info

1999 F-250 4x4 king cab, 7.3L, power stroke diesel, manual 6-spd, short gravel dump box & light duty crane, good condition, $7,500 obo. 334-7373

2009 DODGE Grand Caravan, silver, exc cond, 93,000 kms. Stow + Go seating, command start, winter tires, back up camera, video system, $10,995. 633-6720

1998 4X4 Tahoe LS, loaded, body & motor excellent, awesome nice riding truck, tires new, under warranty, moving, must sell, $4,000 obo. 705-650-2373

2009 DODGE quad cab, 4.7L 4X4, white, 140,000kms, 20â&#x20AC;? alum mags, loaded, chrome running boards & window vents, orig owner, clean, $19,500. 867-628-0418

1996 FORD F-150 4x4, ext cab s/b, 5-spd, a/c, for parts, complete truck, runs & drives awesome, mud bogger or Mustang project potential, air bag suspension rear, $700 obo.

334-5226

2009 NISSAN Rogue, 133,000kms, auto, new tires, Kelly bluebook price $13,000, Nissan roofrack pkg, $14,000. 633-5155 2008 FORD Ranger, regular cab, 2WD, 96,300 km, auto, black, great cond, $5,200.

335-6160 2007 CHEVY Silverado 1500 4X4, Z71 package, ext cab short box, great condition, new windshield, $11,000. Call/ text 867-335-9292 2007 DODGE 1500 RAM SLT quad cab, fully loaded, c/w canopy, 180,000kms, $12,000 obo. 334-8414 2007 DODGE Laramie 3500, ext cab, diesel, leather int, sunroof, clearance lights, extra set of near new winter tires, 94,000kms, exc cond, $27,000 obo. Ken @ 336-1701 2006 3/4 ton Savanna van, A/C, P/W, P/D, LWB, diesel, 93,000km, insulated, panelled, rear h eater, $16,000. 667-2853 2005 F250 4x4 diesel super cab, new AT tires, brakes, alternator, ICP, IPR, FICM, 2 injectors, runs & drives, needs work, leak in high pressure oil, $4,500 obo. 332-1999 2004 CHEVROLET Avalanche 4X4, air, tilt, cruise, power seats, auto, CD player, rear box cover, trailer tow pkg, 250,000km, nice truck, $8,500. 332-6022 2004 DODGE Ram 1500, 5.7 hemi, after market exhaust, 6" lift kit, 35" tires, 20" rims, exc cond, gorgeous truck, 180,000 kms, extended warranty, $15,900 obo. 867689-2177 2004 FORD F350 Lariat, 4X4 diesel, air, tilt, cruise, heated power seats, leather, runs & drives excellent, trailer tow pkg, front push bar, 250,000 km, $15,900. 332-6022

1995 GMC Sierra 1500 1/2 ton, needs minor work, good tires/rims, nice stereo, $1,100 obo. 333-9084 1995 NISSAN V6 4X4, canopy, clutch, tires & battery are new, manual, $3,500.

667-2791 btwn 4pm & 6pm 1994 FORD F-150 4x4, ext cab long box, A/C, auto, 5.0L V8, runs great, all new u-joints, replace water pump, alternator, belt, reg oil chg, new, glass, $1,200 obo.

334-5226 1994 FORD F-150 4x4, ext cab, long box, A/C, auto, 5.0L V8, dual fuel tanks, new U-joints, replaced alternator, water pump, front brakes, all maintenance up to date, $1,250 obo. 334-5226 1992 FORD Explorer 4x4, V6, 5-spd standard, new clutch kit, runs and drives, still needs some work, red exterior/interior, $700 obo. 843-6483 1985 F350 Dual rear wheel, manual, 145,000 kms, $1,700 new winter tires, asking $4,500. 333-5247 1984 CHEV 1-ton duals, 3,000 lb winch mounted on boom at rear, offers. 667-7152

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

2002 GMC Envoy SUV, burgundy, auto, 174,150 km, remote start, seat warmers, c/w 2 sets of tires, good & reliable. 334-9469

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

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Canadian Tire Cashplan The Deli Edgewater Hotel Extra Foods Fourth Avenue Petro Gold Rush Inn Klondike Inn Macâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fireweed Books Rickyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall Superstore Superstore Gas Bar Tags Walmart Well-Read Books Westmark Whitehorse Yukon Inn Yukon News Yukon Tire

Coyote Video Goodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gas Green Garden Restaurant Heatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Haven Super A Porter Creek Trails North

38 Famous Video Super A Riverdale Tempo Gas Bar

RAIDER TRUCK cap, fits 6.5Ęź foot box, front & side tinted & opening windows, exc cond with canoe rack, currently on GMC Sierra, $1,300. 456-7758 after 5 pm 1995-2004 FACTORY Toyota Tacoma or Toyota pickup trailer hitch receiver bracket and wiring kit, new, never used, retails for $200, asking $100. 334-8637 DIABLO SPORTS Trinity programmer, new in box, used once, increase horsepower, save fuel, scan codes, paid $630, asking $550. 334-9818 LUXURY CAR cover, breathable, cotton felt lining, weather & UV resistant, for small cars, $150. 456-4010 1987 TOYOTA Camry for sale, good shape, for parts. 335-2724

4"-&4 t #0%: 4)01 t 1"354 t 4&37*$& 2007 Ford Focus - 4 DOOR, SES, GREEN...................................................... $6,995 2010 Yamaha Grizzly 700 EPS ATV .........................................................$7,595 1998 Subaru Forester AWD - GREEN ....................................................... $4,995 2012 Jeep Liberty 4x4 Sport - RED............................................................$19,995 1994 Ford Explorer - NEW TIRES .................................................................... $1,995 2012 Yamaha Grizzly 700 ATV..................................................................... $8,900 IN-HOUSE FINANCING AVAILABLE!

$

5 BRAND new Goodyear 245/75-17â&#x20AC;? 10ply mud/snow tires, no reasonable offer refused.

Call 332-1374

PORTER CREEK

TOYOTA TUNDRA side mirrors, 1 pair original Toyota regular style mirrors, heated and powered, exc cond, everything works, should fit any Tundra 2007 or newer, $250 obo.

335-4650

1955 WILLYS pick-up on 4X4 Chev chassis, set up for small block Chev motor, $7,500.

335-6543

2002 CHEV Venture van, AWD, ABS brakes, fully loaded, less than 100,000 km, $3,500.

332-6467

Bernieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Race-Trac Gas Bigway Foods

2 TIRES, 155/80 R13 all season, $75.

821-3369

2008 Hummer H2, SUT

FOUR 15â&#x20AC;? aluminium rims, 6 bolts, no tires, like new, good looking, have been on a Nissan Pathfinder, $200 for all 4. 335-6696

GRANGER

FRONT GRILL from 2008 Ford Ranger Sport. 332-7879

1967 C10 Chev pick-up, V8 auto, needs a little work to complete, 2-wheel drive, $5,000.

335-6543

2002 CHEV SINGLE CAB 2500 4X4, V-8, auto, 226,000km, ex-Yukon Energy, good tires, new paint, complete service box, $8,900; 2002 Dodge crew cab 1500, 4X4, 5-spd, 139,000km, $5,900 obo.

Phone 333-0717

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CHEV 4.8L V6 4X4, 4-dr, body rusted, runs but needs some mechanical work, driveable, $500 obo. 334-7604 for more info

2011 TOYOTA Tundra, long box, regular cab, 4X4, 20â&#x20AC;? wheels, new tires, extra set of wheels & more, 72,000 kms, $26,000.

867-993-3763

2002 CADILLAC Escalade, 144,000kms, loaded, leather, sunroof, tow pkg, seats 8, $16,500 obo. 335-8219

2000 3500 GMC 4X4, 6.5L diesel with wood rack, lots of front end work done, new batteries & windshield. 334-9636 or 334-3967

Loaded! Leather, Skylight Roof, Blue

31,000

2013 Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 SXT Burgundy, 97,000 Kms

$

26,500

2014 Ram 1500 Quad 4x4 SLT 36-Litre V6, Black, Mint

$

35,995

2015 Chrysler 200 4-Door, Grey, 5,000 Kms

$

25,500 *VEHICLES MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS SHOWN

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Auto Parts & Accessories 4 14" Bridgestone all season tires on 5 bolt rims, 195x65 in new condition, $450.

456-4750

633-6019 FRIDAY, MAY 8

2015

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

have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

633-6019

LOST/FOUND LOST

t LONG LAKE, 2 missing Black Lab Xâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Diesel, male, black with long hair.

Mona, female, black with white feet and chin. Both around 6 years old. If found please call the shelter thank you!

633-6019

t HANSON STREET, cat, black longhaired neutered male, 3 years old. Very friendly, if found please call Jessica @336-3569

FOUND t None at this time.

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

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION Bowen

Annie

BF GOODRICH tire, 6â&#x20AC;? hole, P265/70 R16, 75% good, $50; Bridgestone 31X10.50 R15 LT, 6-hole alluminum, 90% good, $75.

393-4796 lv msg 1987 F250 for parts, 200,000 kms, decent body, good rubber, 460 cu in V-8, good windshield, bed liner, truck steps, canopy.

633-4792

Pets CHAIN LINK dog run, 16X8X6, $250.

633-4078 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 YUKON KENNEL CLUB is pleased to host the YukonĘźs First Ever K9 Expo!

K9 Expo 2015 Saturday May 9 Takhini Arena 10:00am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:00pm Vendors, breed showcases, demos and more!

This is a public event, entry by donation For more information or to showcase your breed visit our event @ www.facebook.com/YukonKennelclub

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

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg

Daphne

DEXTER

Ezra

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 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 2005 SUZUKI Boulevard, blue, exc cond, easy to maintain, shaft drive, electronic fuel Injection, 800 cc, low mileage, $4,000.

335-4486 2006 HONDA VTX 1300 w/windshield, saddlebags, back seat rest, new tires, reliable, $7,000 obo. 393-3211 2009 YAMAHA V Star 1300 touring cruiser, new tires, leather saddlebags, recent tune-up/oil change, windshield, passenger back rest, $6,500. 333-9020 1990 HONDA Pacific Coast Touring 800, collectorĘźs bike, rare in Canada, mechanically excellent, new tires, 22,000km, $2,500.

333-9020 2011 ARCTIC Cat 550 H1 EFI Lim ATV, plow, deluxe front & rear bumper, 3,000 lb winch, battery tender, inline circulating heater, $8,100 obo. 633-3246 2008 HONDA CRF 230L dual purpose motorbike, 4 stroke engine, electric start, 1,130kms, exc cond, $3,300. 668-4198 2009 SIDE-BY-SIDE Kawasaki Teryx LTD, 2,200 kms, mint condition, $8,500 obo.

335-5192 2008 366 Arctic Cat 4X4 ATV, c/w winch & hand warmers, exc cond, $3,500. In Faro, Bonnie, 867-334-2647 1985 ATV Honda 3-wheeler, $1,100.

333-0717 SUZUKI 1500 cc Boulevard, 4,500 km, as new, $8,000. 633-3638

Pet of the Week!

K

2008 YAMAHA Vstar 1300cc cruiser motorcycle, 7800kms, barely driven, great condition, aftermarket highway lights, wind deflectors, extras, $8,800 obo. 333-6069 2008 YAMAHA Vstar 650 low rider, black, bought new from dealer in 2011, 2,900 km, mint condition, hard saddle bags, back rest, lots of chrome, $6,000 obo. 668-6030 2011 POLARIS RZR 800 S, winch, windshield, roof, front bumper, pro armour doors with slam shut kit, exc cond, just serviced, $11,500. Call/text 867-335-9292 2007 YAMAHA ATV, high & low 4x4 w/3-way plow, winch & storage, good cond.

633-4302 2003 HARLEY Davidson Sportster 883, beautiful condition, lots of extras, 5,000 kms, $7,500 firm. 333-9510 1992 YAMAHA Venture Royale, exc cond, 1,300 cc 4-cyl, great long distance touring motorcycle, 56,000 kms, $4,200. 334-3775 BEAUTIFUL BIKE, great shape, road worthy, mirrors, lights, electric speedo/tach, LED lighting, 2 sets of plastics + tanks/seat, $4,000 or trade for newer 50-60hp o/b motor w/controls. 250-254-1945 2008 YAMAHA FZ1 sport touring motorbike, grey, gold rims, hard saddlebags, full fairings, larger windshield, low kms, moving, must sell, $6,000 obo.

Marine 20 HP Mercury 2 stroke long shaft, guard plate on keel, tank and new spare prop, $750 obo. 633-4508 21Ęź CAMPION fishing machine 210, walk around w/cuddy, marine radio, GPS, depth sounder, 2 downriggers, 2 live wells, 225 Mercury outboard on transom, c/w trailer, $6,900. email ekositsin@hotmail.com CEDAR & canvas 17Ęź6â&#x20AC;? Fletcher canoe, Bill Mason heavy duty special model, vg cond, $2,900. 633-2443 18Ęź MOTOR boat, inboard engine, c/w tandem trailer. 668-2332 for info CANOES WANTED: Used Royalex tripping canoes in decent functional shape, 15Ęź & bigger, also polyethylene canoes suitable for Yukon River trips, Old Town Novacraft etc. 336-1709 COLEMAN 15.5Ęź canoe, $350. 633-3053 9.5HP JOHNSON short shaft outboard motor, c/w newer tank & hoses, $550. 336-2789

LEO

1992 BAYLINER 2556, 7.4L, 9.9HP auto-pilot kicker, galley, marine head, radio, GPS, sleeps 5, canvas enclosure, tandem trailer, many extras, $22,000 obo. 334-1001 2005 20Ęź Nahanni Outlaw Marine, 309 American Turbine, 351 engine, travel & camper top, tandem easy load trailer $25,000. 867-393-2828

13 years female Brown tabby

Hannah

HONDA 250 Custom street bike, older, good shape, good rubber, new battery, runs well, good starter bike, $1,300. 633-3638

350 JET boat engine, vg cond, complete drop in, 800 hrs, $4,500 obo. 867-536-4595

Hi, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Kleo, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an older girl so I like lounging around, but am cuddly and friendly.

3 PADDED folding boat seats, new, $60 for all three. 333-9084

633-6019 126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

Juanita

Heavy Equipment GOLD PLANT Trommel, 36Ęź long, 48â&#x20AC;? diameter, is on a 53Ęź triaxle high-boy, c/w extras, $120,000 + applicable taxes.

780-916-4247, lv msg if no answer CATERPILLAR 955 track loader, older model, runs good, $8,000. 867-634-2321 btwn 6pm & 8pm

CELEBRATE! And more....

Mingus

Come for a visit and meet your next furry family member!

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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Births! Birthdays! Weddings! Graduations! Anniversaries!

1 column x 3 inches ............. Wed - $ s &RI $35.10 2 columns x 2 inches ........... Wed - $ s &RI $46.80 2 columns x 3 inches ........... Wed - $ s &RI $70.20 2 columns x 4 inches ........... Wed - $ s &RI $93.60 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse

www.yukon-news.com Phone: 867-667-6285

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015 HEAVY EQUIPMENT SALE, ATLIN, BC Excavator - JD330CLC, 2004, 6400 hours, 2 buckets, thumb, quick change.

Excavator - JD992DLC, 1995, 2 buckets, thumb.

Bulldozer - Cat D7-17A turbo.

White/GMC 10 ton Hiab, 1990, 16Ęź tandem flat deck.

Western Star Tractor, 1995, low bed and tri-axle high boy.

65' Diesel Drag Line, 2 buckets.

Car Hauler Trailers.

Fuel Tanks.

Offers, Lance 250-651-7531 1976 FRUEHAUF low boy, 40-ton, parked for 30 yrs, in nice shape, $15,000; 1994 Midland cross dump, $5,000. See at Don Cox New North Trucking or phone Mike at 334-3383 BRENTĘźS HYDRAULICS Specialize on-site bore welding and line boring.

We can repair any size cylinder, torque nuts up to 8 1/2 inches.

Full machine shop.

Call 334-3027 2007 HAUL-ALL garbage truck, like new, can use with hydraulic cans, also and side opens for through-ins, International, exc working truck. 867-536-7712 1979 KENWORTH tandem dump truck, 400 Cummins, Big Cam, 18-speed, 44 diffs, $5,700. 668-5906 or 668-1281

28Ęź CARDINAL 5th-wheel camper, full bathroom, queen bed, fold down table, hide-a-bed sofa, sleeps 6, 14Ęź living room slide, new refrigerator/hot water tank, new tires, $8,500 obo. 335-6966 2000 25' Rustler 5th wheel, sleeps 6, queen bed up top, mint condition, hitch & rails also available, $9,100 obo. 668-5882 2010 SUNSEEKER 2450 CD Motorhome, Ford chasis w/V10, 42,500 km, rear bed & bath, sleeps 6, living room w/slide out, lots of storage, exc shape, $45,000 obo. 332-4716 2007 PIONEER Spirit 24BH holiday trailer, sleeps 7, queen bed in front, double bunk w/single top, beautiful unit, $15,500.

334-7028 QUAD/SKIDOO TRAILER, comes with ramp, previously used as quad trailer, great condition, $2,000. 334-5186 1992 SECURITY 8Ęź9â&#x20AC;? camper, exc cond, sleeps 4, queen bed, dinette, 3-way fridge/freezer, 3-burner stove/oven, dual-sink, toilet, shower, professionally inspected, skylight, stored under cover, $7,250. 335-4393 2013 18Ęź Wildwood light weight travel trailer, bunk style, $14,500. 334-8603 30Ęź SALEM Toyhauler & 2001 Ford F350 Lariat Superduty, 7.3L diesel, manual, both in mint condition, fully loaded, $28,000 obo as a package, negotiable. 332-2805 to view.

2006 LT 40 Woodmizer, will cut 45' logs, 404 hours, 4 boxes new blades, auto sharpener, setter, located in Telegraph Cr. B.C., $22,000 obo. Wes @ 250-235-3333

PLEASUREWAY 2003 Excel MP motorhome, Dodge 3500 auto, 52000km, generator, awning, heater, A/C, showers, bathroom, queen bed, microwave, oven, fridge, hitch, perfect $37,000. 867-821-4299

3 LINE skidders located in Telegraph Cr, B.C, 2 Cat 518's and 1 of the biggest ever built, 880 Clark, all run fine. Wes @ 250-235-3333

2005 ADVENTURE camper, vg cond, sleeps 4, 3 burner stove, furnace, fridge & toilet, lots of little extras added, $7,500. 633-5890 or 334-4298

BRUSH MOWER, flail head, 2014, exc shape, $12,000 obo. 867-536-4595

2008 ARCTIC Fox 25P all season travel trailer, sleeps 6, heated tanks, electric slide, queen bedroom, awning, solar panel, great cond, many extras, $23,900 obo. 633-5804

Campers & Trailers TAITĘźS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon 2002 10.6Ęź Bigfoot camper 2 new batteries, stove/oven/fridge/freezer/showers/mic, lots of extras, large slide-out kitchen & table, used twice, $17,000 obo. 633-5132 MOTORHOME, DIESEL, auto, sleeps 4, good & reliable, ready to go. 668-2332 1996 SPIRIT Motorhome, 27Ęź Class C, exc cond, $20,000 obo. 334-8414 1995 25Ęź travel trailer, new tires, good brakes, exc cond, $8,200. 867-993-3763 3/4 TON utility trailer, white & blue, no rust, 2â&#x20AC;? hitch, $750. 334-4568 PLEASURE-WAY 2003 Excel MP motor home, Dodge 3500 auto, 52,000km, generator, air conditioning, showers, bathroom, queen bed, awning, microwave, convection oven, fridge, hitch, exc cond, $39,000.

867-821-4299

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

Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca AL-ANON MEETINGS, 667-7142. Has your life been affected by someoneĘźs drinking?

Wednesday 12Noon @ Anglican Church, 4th & Elliott, back door, Friday 7pm Lutheran Church, 4th & Strickland, beginnerĘźs meeting, Friday 8pm Lutheran Church regular meeting 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 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 THE YUKON Art Society will hold its Annual General Meeting at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, May 13, at Arts Underground, 15-305 Main Street. More info: 667-4080 BACK CHAKRA Activation workshop June 6. Advance registration is require as the instructor is from the US. To register/for more information contact Michelle Evans at 334-4808 SPRING FASHION Pay-It-Forward May 9, 11am-2pm, Old Firehall, great deals, clothes, footwear, jewellery, door prizes. Proceeds support Haiti girls and women. Info @ 456-4434 ACTIVE TRAILS Whitehorse Association AGM Tuesday, May 26, Sport Yukon Boardroom #1, 7pm, featured slide show, Walking the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. All Welcome. www.activetwa.org, activetwa@gmail.com

25Ęź 2014 FOREST RIVER FR3 CLASS A MOTORHOME located in Whitehorse, Yukon.

Comes with King bed slide-out and full dinette slide-out, full bathroom, TVs, DVD, air conditioning, electric awning, and 4KW Omar gas generator.

This unit is basically brand new and ready to use. $79,900, serious inquiries only.

Phone 668-4328 or 332-9099 16Ęź BOAT trailer, $875; several utility trailers, p/u type, $375. 333-0717 DOUBLE TANDEM quad trailer with 42â&#x20AC;? sides & spare. 334-9636

YUKON LEARN Society AGM June 17, 2015. For more info call 668-6280 ext 0 MUSIC YUKON AGM May 21 at the General Store of the Gold Rush Inn. Call Kim at 335-1428 for more information

F350 CLASSIC MOTORHOME 97,000k, certified gas fittings & Yukon Safety. Clean. Complete with 1996 Geo Tracker pull-car 145,000k

$12,995

BABY STORY TIME: Fridays, May 8-June 12, 10:30 am, Whitehorse Public Library, children ages 6-24 months and caregivers.

Free, drop in, 667-5239 TODDLER STORY time, Wednesdays, May 6-June 10, 10:30am, Whitehorse Public Library, children ages 2-4 and caregivers), free drop in, 667-5239 YUKON TRAPPERS Association AGM Sat, May 9th, 11am, Whitehorse Public Library

obo 867-536-7206 Watson Lake

COLOUR THEORY by Amber Church opens with reception on May 1, 5-8pm at Yukon Artists @ Work. Show runs until May 31, Tues-Sat, 11-6pm, Sun 11-4pm

* will sell separately*

Coming Events YUKON QUEST Annual General Meeting a Wednesday May 20th, 2015. Whitehorse Public Library Meeting Room @ 7pm.

YUKON AGRICULTURAL Association AGM: May 9th at Coast High Country Inn, 9:30am, special resolutions & panel discussion on local food, all welcome. Info: 668-6864

2001 9.5Ęź Frontier camper, exc cond, hot/cold water, 3-burner stove, oven, double sink, north/south queen bed, large fridge, $8,850 obo. 333-9976

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

Is SELLING OFF their

x-rentals Check out: klondikerv.com (867) 456 2729

Stacy Marie Asp April 8, 1983 - May 12, 2011

The Day You Went Away They say that timeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a healer.

But as the time goes on, we seem to find it just as hard to face the fact youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone.

And today itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the 4th Anniversary of the day that you went away, and as we stand here at your graveside and believe us when we say.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never be forgotten and every year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll shed a tear, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only because we love you and wish you were still here.

We Love and Miss You Everyday!

Mom, Dad, Brenda, Warren & nephews Kadynce and Karsten.

The Yukon Child Care Association would like to thank the following businesses and individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for your support throughout the past year.

Health and Social Services Advanced Education Allen Murray Ann Gedrose Bear Paw Books Beautiful You Care-A-Lot Early Learning Centre Cyndi Desharnais Canada Game Centre Ellen Johnson Integra Tire Kal Tire Mic Mac Toyota Nicole Beaudry Partners for Children Special Olympics Yukon

Second Show Kids Consignment St. John Ambulance Yukon Brewery Alpine Bra Boutique Angelinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Toy Boutique Better Bodies Boston Pizza Child Development Centre Fountain Tire Jenn Buggs Medi Chair Mo Caley-Verdonk Rhonda Millwaters Sue Herbrick Westmark Whitehorse

A special thanks you goes to all licensed child care programs that attended the professional development days April 17 & 18, 2015

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2004 PIONEER travel trailer, 23T6 model, large bath, queen size bed, large awning, great condition, $9,800 firm. 633-2580 8ĘźX40Ęź RV outdoor area screening, $30.

456-4010

In Loving Memory

ACTIVE TRAILS Whitehorse Association monthly meeting Tuesday, May 12, Sport Yukon Boardroom #1, 7pm. All Welcome! www.activetwa.org, activetwa@gmail.com

FOR SALE

ROYAL CARGO trailer, 7ĘźX16Ęź model, tandem 3,500lb axles, 1 trip to BC since new, $8,000. 867-634-2321 btwn 6pm & 8pm 2007 NORTHWIND 20Ęź pull type trailer, stove, fridge, microwave, AC, stereo, bathroom, jack and jill bunk beds, sleeps 6, hitch, loadlevelers, $12,000 obo. 456-4926

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Autism Yukon will be holding itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AGM on May 19th from 6:30-8:30PM at our office 108 Copper Rd.

Aboriginal Head Start Programs (Whitehorse) Boys & Girl Club (Whitehorse) Care-A-Lot Early Learning Centre (Whitehorse) Child Development Centre (Whitehorse) Dluwkwat Hit Day care (Teslin) Dunena Koâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Honete Ko Daycare (Mayo) Duenea Zra Sunchiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l Ku Daycare (Carmarks) Dunya Ra Kâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;atsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Inte Ku Daycare (Pelly Crossing) Duskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;a Head Start Family Learning Centre (Whitehorse) ECD programs (Yukon College) Family Literacy Centre (Whitehorse) Freedom Trails La Garderie Du Petit Cheval Blanc (Whitehorse) Little Blue Early Care & Learning Centre (Dawson City) Little Rascals Daycare (Ross River) Love to Learn Daycare (Whitehorse) Maranatha Playschool (Whitehorse) Nakwaye Ku Daycare (Whitehorse) Nazarene Daycare (Whitehorse) Nlaye Ndasadaye Daycare (Whitehorse) Partners for Children (Whitehorse) Teen Parent Centre (Whitehorse) Tlingit Family Learning Centre (Atlin) Tree House Playschool (Whitehorse) Trinke Zho Daycare (Dawson City) Watson Lake Daycare (Watson Lake) Ya Dak Du Hidi Daycare (Carcross)

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FRIENDS OF MacIntyre Creek are holding their AGM on May 19, 7pm, at the Glass Room at the College. Come & see what is happening. Snacks provided. 633-3771

Services

NEW LOCATION for Yukon Trappers Association's AGM, 175 Titanium Way in Whitehorse, May 9, 11am, bring your own chair if possible. See you there.

BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, Chainsaw Work, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755

AGA DE la Fondation boréale. Décidez avec nous!, 21 mai, 17 h 15, salle communautaire du Centre de la francophonie. Rens. (867) 668-2663, poste 500, fondation@fondationboreale.ca FASSY PARENT/CAREGIVER Support Meeting Thursday, May 14, 6:30pm-9pm at FASSY Office, 4041B 4th Ave, Whitehorse.

Come share your experiences, wisdom & knowledge so we can learn from one another. 867-393-4948 YUKON BIRD Club trip May 9, Carcross, at Nares Lake. Meet at Cacross Commons 1pm, 2 hrs; trip May 12, Whitehorse, at Fish Lake. Meet Porter Creek Super A 6pm YUKON FIRST Nations Culture and Tourism Association Annual General Meeting, Wednesday, May 20, 5pm, Whitepass Building, 1109 Front Street, Whitehorse. Everyone is welcome. www.yfnct.ca TAGISH NATION Dancers AGM on Sunday, May 31, 3pm, Lot 1015, Evans Road, Carcross. Info at 821-4040 or 689-9760 AGA DE la Fondation boréale. Décidez avec nous!, 27 mai, 17 h 15, salle communautaire du Centre de la francophonie. Rens. (867) 668-2663, poste 500, fondation@fondationboreale.ca VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for The Peter Gzowski Invitational Golf Tournament for Literacy, coordination and game day, June 27th. Call Yukon Learn for more info 668-6280 ext 223 ʻAWAKEʼ, LIFE of Yogananda coming soon to the Firehall. A film about Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga to the West and wrote “Autobiography of a Yogi”. For info email: yoganandayukon@hotmail.com

BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta.

Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc.

Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 ELECTRICIAN •Licensed •GST free for the month of May •Residential & Commercial •All jobs, large or small •Free Estimates •10% Seniorʼs Discount 332-7879 PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Interior-Exterior 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 TITAN DRYWALL Taping & Textured Ceilings 27 years experience Residential or Commercial No job too small Call Dave 336-3865

AUTHOR/GUEST READER, Eleanor Millard helps launch "Connecting Through Stories" Sunday, May 10, Well Read Books, 1pm, other stories from books by Frank Harper and Stuart McLean. Info call 668-5729 YUKON INVASIVE Species Council AGM, May 12, 6:30pm, Whitehorse Public Library, all are welcome. Come out to support invasive species work. For information contact info@yukoninvasives.com YRTA (YUKON Retired Teachers) Breakfast Tuesday May 12, 9:30am, 506 Main St. Grill.

Everyone welcome. Info: 667-2644 WHITEHORSE G E N E R A L Hospital Women's Auxiliary monthly meeting Monday May 11th, 7:30pm at WGH. New members welcome. Info: 667-2087 PICK UP the Jazz, a musical journey through the history of Jazz, May 7-8, 2015, 7:30pm. Tickets at Vanier School, adults $10, children $5 QUEER YUKON: upcoming events for the LGBTQ community and allies. www.queeryukon.com THE WHITEHORSE Curling Club is hosting its AGM in the club lounge starting at 7pm on Wednesday, May 20th. The Board of Directors encourages all members to attend

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 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

YUKON AVALANCHE Association AGM May 13, 6-7pm, Whitehorse Public Library.

Light refreshments served. Sign up for board position & enter to win a probe. New board meeting to follow 7-730pm.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS will be holding a meeting on May 18th at 6:30 at Second Opinion Society 304 Hawkins St. Contact Kim Tucker 336-1416 CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. Virtuoso Canadian violinist Mark Fewer with composer Daniel Janke. May 17, Yukon Arts Centre. yukontickets.com.

THE YUKON Bird Club presents Birds of Spring with Ione Christensen at the MacBride Museum on Wednesday, May 13, 7pm. Free YUKON ORIENTEERING Association event May 20 on Yukon College map. Start at main parking lot 6:00pm. For Information call Colin 668-7572. New members welcome FRIDAY SALSA Dancing at the Wheelhouse 9pm-12:30am, Friday May 29, The Wheelhouse Restaurant, 2237 2nd Avenue. salsayukon@gmail.com for info ARTIST TALK. Canadian virtuoso violinist Mark Fewer. The performer artist and the composer, May 15, 5:30pm, Old Fire Hall.

Free

CLEANING SERVICES 23 yrs experience.

Reliable, honest, professional attitude, Car detailing, organizing, my own supplies or yours, .

Reasonable rates, references.

Commercial, industrial, apartment buildings & residential.

Cheryl 667-2882 NEED CUSTOM APPAREL for sports teams, business, events?

Screen printed on American Apparel.

Best prices guaranteed.

Don't have a design?

No problem, consultation with artist is available.

Contact: StevenQ95@gmail.com.

OLD CATSKINNER Retired too early.

Looking for Dozer to run this season.

Any size, location or type of work.

Good at finish work on small ones or ripping and bulking on big ones.

40+ years of experience.

Will consider supervisory work or training young ones but prefer just moving dirt, lots of dirt w/ no wear & tear.

867-689-1998 dougsack@outlook.com

Lost & Found FOUND ON Scout Lake Road, set of 6 keys on green metal snap ring. 633-3246 LOST: POLARIS quad seat, Rabbit's Foot Canyon, Porter Creek, on April 29th, around 3:30pm. Please contact Nicolai at 336-1498 with any information FOUND: CAMERA on Haeckel Hill. Please describe to claim. 332-6233 FOUND: ON the road behind Boston Pizza on May 5, a silver ring with inset stones. Call 393-7464 to describe and claim

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LOW COST MINI STORAGE

HOSPICE WALKING Group. Mondays June 1-29 6:30-8pm. Walk the Millennium trail with others on their grieving journey. To register call: 667-7429 or administrator@hospiceyukon.net PORTER CREEK Secondary School Council is holding it's regular council meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 6:30pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome

ITʼS SPRING! Yards are ready for clean-up, and gardens for rototilling.

Have your lawns mowed weekly.

Put your hose on a timer and your feet up.

Call Reds @ 668-2866

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Now 2 locations: Porter Creek & Kulan.

Onsite & offsite steel containers available for rent or sale.

Phone 633-2594 Fax 633-3915

OFFICE LOCATED BESIDE KLONDIKE WELDING, 15 MacDONALD RD., PORTER CREEK, info@lowcostministorage.ca

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668-2963 Bobcat Services Now Available &YDBWBUJOH t 5SVDLJOH 4FQUJD 4ZTUFN t %SJWFXBZT

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015 Specialty Italian Ice-Cream/Gelato business for sale.

Located in Carcross, a popular summer destination for hikers, bikers, day-trippers and tourists.

With an average of over 100,000 visitors during the summer, being your own boss is attainable!

Great name, turn-key equipment, shippers, and contacts are set up with room to expand if you have the vision and drive.

Call (867) 335-1937

WHITEHORSE DOWNTOWN Hotel for Sale email: contact@uciilink.net 604-285-1111

Sports Equipment 5.5ʼ SLED basket length, tobogan type, new bottom plastic & QCR runners, sled bag included, everything pristine. 335-7184

PUBLIC TENDER

PUBLIC TENDER

FOUNDATION REPAIR YUKON HOUSING UNIT #120100 - 311 6TH AVE, MAYO, YUKON

ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADE TESLIN SENIORS UNIT #560000 11 CRAFT STREET TESLIN, YUKON

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is May 28, 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 May 14, 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 Kostelnik at 867-667-5795.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at 867-667-5795.

Mandatory Site Visit - May 20, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.

Mandatory Site Visit: May 6,2015 at 11:30 a.m.

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.

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

PUBLIC TENDER

LAWN AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE COPPER RIDGE PLACE - BLDG. #1389 WHITEHORSE, YUKON

PURCHASE OF SCOTT SCBA AP75, 4500 AND ACCESSORIES

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 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 Kevin Poyton at (867) 667-8458.

Site Visit Scheduled for May 12th, 2015 at 11:00 AM. 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 May 28, 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 Jenny Richards at (867) 3936387.

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

Highways and Public Works

Highways and Public Works

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015

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LADIES TAYLORMADE golf putter, assortment of Big Bertha clubs, new golf umbrella still in pkg. 668-5786

Livestock

MRH TAYLORMADE R9 irons, stiff graphite shafts, 4-SW, exc shape, $300; Cleveland golf bag, new, double comfort straps, pop out stand, retails for $150, asking $100, $350 for both. 334-8637

TIMOTHY/BROME HAY â&#x20AC;˘No rain and in hayshed â&#x20AC;˘Quality horse and livestock mix â&#x20AC;˘Square and round bales â&#x20AC;˘Delivery available For more information call 668-6742 or 334-4589

CARDIO STYLE elliptical machine, hardly used, $100; Pro-Form exercise bike, hardly used, $100. 633-4078

HAY FOR SALE â&#x20AC;˘Dry bales kept under a shelter â&#x20AC;˘Great quality hay 60-70 lb bales, $10 35-40 lb bales, $8 633-4496 or mikeandastra@me.com

TREADMILL, BENCH press, barbells, weights, package deal, $200. 335-9377 KONA MEN'S bike, good shape, $100; Pelican kayak w/collapsible paddle, spray skirt & PFD, $400. Ian @ 334-8725 eves

APPENDIX QH GELDING, 15.3hh, 20yrs.

Welsh Arab pony gelding, 12.2hh, 12yrs.

Please call for more info. 867-334-4066.

MF PLOUGH, 4 furrow, 14" boards, 3-pt hitch mount, good shape, $1,000 obo; single row seedling transplanter, 3-pt hitch mount, $500 obo. 332-0343 QUALITY YUKON MEAT No hormones, steroids or additives Grass raised grain finished.

Hereford beef - $5.50/lb Domestic wild boar - $7/lb Order now for guaranteed spring or fall delivery.

Whole, half or custom order.

Samples available 668-7218 â&#x20AC;˘ 335-5192

HAY FOR SALE 830 lb Brome round bales, $80 each OR 10 or more bales, $65 each Phone 867-668-2407

PUBLIC TENDER PUBLIC TENDER GROUNDS MAINTENANCE YUKON HOUSING UNITS WATSON LAKE, YUKON

Call For Expressions Of Interest To Host A New Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legal Advocate Position The Government of Yukon is providing funding for a three-year pilot project for a Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legal Advocate position to help meet the needs of women navigating the legal system.

We invite Whitehorse-based organizations to apply to host and support the position for the three-year pilot project. The application can be found on the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Directorate web site: www.womensdirectorate.gov.yk.ca which has the link â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Request for Expressions of Interestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to download the document.

Please note that all Applications are due by Friday, May 29, 2015 by 4:00pm

Email: jennifer.england@gov.yk.ca Hand-delivered: Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Directorate, Suite #1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 404 Hanson Street, Whitehorse, Yukon

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is May 14, 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 Stacy Bauer at 867-536-7304.

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.

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE YUKON HOUSING UNITS FARO, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is May 14, 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 Kristine Gossen at 867-994-3113.

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

For more information please contact the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Directorate OfďŹ ce at 867-667-3030.

PUBLIC TENDER Yukon Water Board â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Avis de demande Application Number NumĂŠro de la demande

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

Water Source Location Point dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;eau/Lieu

PM15-023

Chantal Lacelle

Mills Creek, Tributary of Black Hills Creek

Type of Undertaking Type dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;entreprise

Deadline for Comments 4:00pm Date limite pour commentaires, avant 16 h

Placer

June 4, 2015

PM15-036

Kris Pavlovich

Ping Pong Creek, Tributary of Mayo Lake

Placer

June 4, 2015

PM15-044

Dulac Mining

All Gold Creek, Tributary of Flat Creek

Placer

June 4, 2015

Marten Creek, Tributary of Fortymile River

Placer

PM15-045

Bill Claxton and Leslie Chapman

Any person may submit comments or recommendations, in writing, by the deadline for notice.

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

June 4, 2015

Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations Ă lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office avant la date limite indiquĂŠe sur le prĂŠsent avis.

Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrĂŠtariat de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office au 867-456-3980.

MAE BACHUR SHELTER operated by Humane Society Yukon Fostering a caring, compassionate atmosphere; promoting a humane ethic and responsible pet ownership; and preventing cruelty to domestic animals.

The Shelter relies heavily on donations from generous Yukoners

ATTENDANT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE DEEP CREEK SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY Project Description: To provide attendant and maintenance services at the Deep Creek Solid Waste Disposal Facility. This includes keeping the site accessible, ensuring waste is properly segregated and stored, and consolidating the scrap metals and bulky material piles, and other activities as described herein.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 28, 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 Darrin Fredrickson at (867) 667-5195.

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

- we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it without you! Thank You!

5MJOHJU 4USFFU t t TIFMUFS!OPSUIXFTUFM OFU www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

Community Services

Yukon College Tender yukoncollege.yk.ca

RFQ2015498 Stipulated Price Tender â&#x20AC;&#x201C; General Contractor Services â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reception and Student Services Renovation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ayamdigut Campus, Yukon College Closes: NOON PST, May 13, 2015.

Yukon College is inviting stipulated price bids for General Contractor services for the renovation of the Reception and Student Services areas of Ayamdigut Campus in Whitehorse Yukon.

The project includes the removal and realignment of walls, the installation of offices and a custom main reception desk, and related work. The project is due to be completed during the period June 1 to August 15, 2015. The Contractor will be requested to minimize noise and disruption to College operations as much as possible as the area will still have some level of use.

Sealed tenders, completed in conformance with the contract documents provided will be received up to NOON local time, May 13, 2015 at: Yukon College â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Procurement and Contracts Office PO Box 2799 500 College Drive Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4 Contract documents are available by contacting purchasing@yukoncollege.yk.ca.

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LOOKING FOR a good home for my 3 female small standard donkeys, registered, mother and 2 daughters, very cute, friendly and calm. 393-3477

APPROX 25 bags of layer chicken feed, bought from Yukon Grain Farm, bought @ $19 per bag, selling for $15 per bag.

667-6770

YUKON HAY FOR SALE Good quality Brome.

10 cents per pound.

Large round bales.

Phone 633-3388

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

Liquor Corporation

LIQUOR ACT ✓New Licence ❑ Existing Licence ❑ TAKE NOTICE THAT, 535890 Yukon Inc. of #76 - 100 Lewes Blvd, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3W1, is making application for or change(s) to Food Primary - All & Off Premises liquor licence(s), in respect of the premises known as The Cutoff Restaurant & Pub situated at 215 Duncan Drive in Golden Horn, Yukon.

Any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should file their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor Corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4P9 no later than 5:00pm on the 20th day of May, 2015 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The first time of publication of notice is May 1st, 2015.

The second time of publication of notice is May 8th, 2015.

The third time of publication of notice is May 15th 2015.

Any questions concerning this specific notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.

Childcare

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS THE ESTATE OF Michael Harold Powaschuk All claims against the Estate of Michael Harold Powaschuk, late of Ross River, in the Yukon Territory who died on or about the 13th day of January, 2015 must be made by filing a statutory declaration with the personal representative noted below on or before the 13th day of May, 2015 after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the Estate Trustee then shall have notice.

Project Description: Government of Yukon is soliciting bids to repair the drop structures in Clinton Creek to protect the channel against further erosion.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is June 17, 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 Geena Grossinger at (867) 4563915.

Mandatory Site Visit scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, 2015 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.

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

Energy, Mines and Resources

BUSY BEE DAYHOME, RIVERDALE has openings, 18 months-5 years Hot lunch, snacks provided.

Learning through play, planned activities, caring environment.

21 years experience.

References available.

Kim @ 633-2177 kmbryer@gmail.com

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

MOVING OUT sale, 4-pc bdrm suite $75, recliner-rocker $50, 7 cu ft chest freezer $30, hexagon ottoman $20, microwave $15, wardrobe $75, 4-drawer lateral file cabinet $20. 667-4573

Furniture CHINA CABINET, white, 72” high x 33.5" long x 19.5" deep, exc shape, $75. 633-3236

MOVING OUT sale, leather couch, dinette set, single bed, office desk, hutch & chair, lamps, bookcases, roll top desk, TV stand.

335-9377

KING SIZE bed w/box spring, like new, $600; beige La-Z-Boy recliner, like new, $350. 335-5352

PATIO SET includes 60” round table, stand, umbrella, 4 chairs with thick padded yellow cushions, $40. 668-6079

PROPANE COOK stove, make Brown, 4 burners + oven, clean, good shape, $325 obo. 335-7184

SOLID PINE dining table, 6 chairs & hutch, table has 2 leaves & seats 10-12 comfortably, $600 obo. 667-4573

CREAM-COLOURED SOFA, exc cond, $200. 633-4707 LADIES SIZE rocker-recliner, great condition, $125. 667-7152

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #2015-017 Commercial Hard Hat Diving Services

Yukon Energy Corporation is seeking bids from COR certified qualified commercial diving contractors to provide dive and repair services at Yukon Energy’s hydroelectric facilities in Whitehorse, Marsh Lake, Aishihik and Mayo. Services will include underwater imaging, inspection and assessment, maintenance and repairs. It is the intention of the Corporation to enter into a three year standing agreement contract for services. The contract will start approximately July 1, 2015 and be completed by June 30, 2018.

Ranldolph Scott Seibel c/o 102 - 205 Hawkins Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1X3 Attention: Kyle J. Carruthers

Quotations delivered (email or hand-delivered) clearly marked “RFP 2015-017 Commercial Hard Hat Diving Services” will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. local Yukon Time Friday May 22nd, 2015, at the Corporation’s main office building, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Whitehorse, Yukon or via email.

Puzzle Page Answer Guide

To obtain a RFP Package please contact Lynda Harlow at (867) 393-5302, or lynda.harlow@yec.yk.ca.

30”X80” COLEMAN air bed, c/w pump, $20.

821-3369

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

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

Info: RCMP 867-667-5555

MOONLIGHT MOUNTAIN STORAGE RENTALS

will be disposing of these customersʼ belongings if payment in full, plus advertising cost, is not paid on or before:

May 8, 2015.

Marissa Blackjack, Amanda Porter, Sharon Bill

PUBLIC TENDER

Sudoku:

PUBLIC TENDER

Tahltan Nation Development Corporation (TNDC) Addition & Renovation Tender Package TP-01 Dease Lake, BC TNDC is inviting contractors to submit a stipulated price bid for the supply of all labour and materials for a first tender package for the addition and renovation to an existing TNDC-owned garage and administrative building in Dease Lake, BC. The project includes renovation of 6,215 square feet of existing wood frame construction and the addition of 7,100 square feet of new wood frame construction.

Kakuro:

This is the first of five tender packages and includes, but is not limited to the following: site-work, retaining walls, rough grading, excavation, backfill, compaction, concrete strip footings, concrete reinforcement, sloped concrete slab-on-grade, concrete floor pits and steel hatch, coordination with other and subsequent contractors, metal fabrications, wood structural framing, plywood decking and sheathing, shop-fabricated wood trusses, wood beams, steel columns, below grade rigid insulation, damp-proofing and gypsum wallboard fire separations.

Sealed tenders, completed in conformance with the contract documents provided, will be received up to 4:00 pm local time Thursday, May 14, 2015 at the offices of: Carlyle Shepherd & Co. 2nd Floor, 4544 Lakelse Avenue Terrace, BC V8G 1P8

Crossword:

Tahltan Nation Development Corporation (TNDC)

Block D, 6504 Highway 37 Dease Lake, BC V0C 1L0 866-827-8632 (toll-free) 250-771-5482

Word Scramble A: Virtuoso B: Cozen C: Epigram

Kobayashi + Zedda Architects Ltd. Suite 26, 1114 Front Street Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1A3 05.08.2015

REPAIR OF CLINTON CREEK DROP STRUCTURES

CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 LITTLE TYKES train tracks, roads, people, vehicles & bridges, great for outside, $60.

335-0659

DATED at Whitehorse Yukon, this 21st day of April, 2015.

PUBLIC TENDER

Baby & Child Items

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015

Contract documents will be made available at the same addresses above.

Technical questions will be received by email only and may be directed to Kelly Edzerza-Bapty, Kobayashi + Zedda Architects Ltd (kelly@kza.yk.ca). Electronic drawings may be requested at the email address above.

PRODUCE & STOCKPILE VARIOUS AGGREGATES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS: KLONDIKE HWY #2 AND CAMPBELL HWY #4 YUKON 2015-2016 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 28, 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 Muhammad Idrees at (867) 335-0575.

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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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015 DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB May 5, 2015 1st - Andrzej Jablonski & Nick Smart 2nd - Bob Walsh & Bill Grandy 3rd - Bruce Beaton & Lynn Daffe We play every Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the Golden Age Society.

New players are welcome.

For more information call 633-5352 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.co

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

Trygve Oddvar Bakke Deceased of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory who died on February 27, 2015.

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 May 29, 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

PUBLIC TENDER

Garage S SALE

SATURDAY, MAY 9TH CARCROSS

M CARCROSS IN THE COMMONS, beside coffee shop, Saturday May 9, 11am-2pm, down sizing, air purifier, books & household items COPPER RIDGE M 33 MOONSTONE LANE, Copper Ridge, Saturday May 9, 9am-1pm, multifamily, something for everyone, priced to sell M 67 GARNET CRES, Copper Ridge, Saturday May 9, 9am-2pm, children’s toys, clothes, picture frames, household items M 4 GEM PLACE, Copper Ridge, Saturday May 9, 10am-2pm M 77 NORTHSTAR DR, Copper Ridge, Saturday May 9, 9am-2pm, lots of stuff M 31 EMERALD TRAIL, Copper Ridge, Saturday May 9, 9am-12:30, lots of great stuff, see you there CRESTVIEW M 403 KUSAWA ROAD, Crestview, Saturday May 9, 9am-12noon, clean out & downsize, housewares, books, toys, craft supplies, some furniture, something for everyone DOWNTOWN

VEGETATION CONTROL KM 52 TO 62 AND KM 145 TO 153 DEMPSTER HWY, KM 38 TO 48 TOP OF THE WORLD HWY, AND KM 672 TO 674.7 KLONDIKE HIGHWAY Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 28, 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 Mackenzie Ingram at (867) 667-3697.

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

M 705 JARVIS ST, Downtown, Saturday May 9th, 9-1pm, household items, toys, construction materials, tiles, IKEA kitchen cupboards, vintage Fisher Price carousel, suitcases, records, fabric, some furniture, no early birds M 401 WHEELER ST, Grace Church, Downtown, Saturday May 9, 9am12noon, youth group fundraiser, lots of household items, clothes, child items etc.

M 2191B - 2ND AVE, Downtown, above the Greyhound bus station, Saturday May 9, 9am-12noon, household items, shelving, tables GRANGER M 136 WILSON DR, Granger, Saturday May 9, 9am-12noon, moving out sale, furniture, gym equipment, household items M 16 THOMPSON RD, Granger, Saturday May 9, 8am-1pm, hockey equipment, books, HH, craft items, kids items, pot lights, tile etc.

HIDDEN VALLEY M HIDDEN VALLEY SCHOOL, Giant Community Garage Sale, MacPherson Rd, Saturday May 9, 9am-2pm, kids items, household, and more.

HILL CREST M 78 KEEWENAW DR, Saturday May 9, 9am-12noon, family garage sale HOT SPRINGS ROAD M MILE 7, TAKHINI HOT SPRINGS RD, Saturday May 9, 10am-3pm, turn left on Rivendell Rd, 2nd driveway in on the left at the corner to large yellow house MARY LAKE

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M 14 BLUEBELL PLACE, Mary Lake, Saturday May 9, 9am-1pm, no early birds

MACPHERSON

M 25 MACPHERSON ROAD, MacPherson, Saturday May 9, 9am-2pm, tools, collectable Yukon/Northern books, aircraft models etc

M 13 MACPHERSON ROAD, MacPherson, Saturday & Sunday May 9 & 10, 9am4pm, tools, camping equipment, household, gardening, antiques, collectibles, furniture, quality clean stuff, cancelled if raining M 15 MACPHERSON ROAD, MacPherson, Saturday & Sunday May 9 & 10, 10am4pm M 26 MACPHERSON ROAD, MacPherson, Saturday May 9, 9am-3pm, lots of baby/kid stuff, household, appliances, shelving, store pop displays, furniture, tires, Skidoo etc PORTER CREEK M 76 TAMARACK DR, Saturday May 9, 9am-1:30pm, multi-family sale, clothing, household items, bedding, dresser, night stand, decorations etc M 13 CEDAR CRES, Porter Creek, Saturday May 9, 10am-1pm, household items, antiques, collectables, old glassware crystal & silver dishes, native art & pictures etc M 7 YEW PLACE, Porter Creek, top of Ponderosa Dr, Saturday May 9, 9am12noon M 97 PONDEROSA DR, Porter Creek, Saturday May 9, 9am-12noon, couch, tools, bikes & misc M 14A-12TH AVE, Porter Creek, 9am12noon, housewares, tools, child items from infant to 6, furniture, books, some outdoor gear etc M 32-10TH AVE, Porter Creek, Saturday May 9, 9am-2pm, household items, furniture, small appliances, clothes, toys, books M 23 BAMBOO CRES, Porter Creek, Saturday May 9, 9:30am-1:00pm, multi-family yard sale, something for everyone, kitchen chairs, pet barrier etc M 5 BAMBOO CRES, Porter Creek, Saturday May 9, 8am-1pm, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation garage sale, a little something for everyone!

All proceeds going to JDRF! M 95 PONDEROSA DR, Porter Creek, Saturday May 9, 9am-12 noon

M 24 LARCH ST, Porter Creek, Saturday May 9, 9am-2pm, girls clothing size 6-10, boy’s & girl’s bikes, kid’s ski equipment, winter gear, cancelled if heavy rain, no early birds please RIVERDALE

M 44 KLONDIKE ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday May 9, 9am-11am, multifamily yard sale M 37 BOSWELL CRES, Riverdale, Saturday May 9, 9am-1pm, household, some furniture, garden tools, axes, gas cans, screen door, golf supplies, quilting books, free stuff, etc M 13 KETZA ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday May 9, 9am-1pm, ornaments, kitchen, outside item, couches M 75 PELLY ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday May 9, 9am-2pm, fundraiser for youth sports team, clothes, tools, toys, household items M 1 KOIDERN AVE, Riverdale, Saturday May 9, 9am-12noon, family yard sale, furniture, cabinets, baby items, knickknacks, household items, wooden adirondack chairs, rain or shine M 4, 6, 7, 17, 24 TAGISH ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday May 9, 9am-12noon, multifamily garage sales, everything from school bus to art to household items to children’s stuff, lots of games M 283 ALSEK ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday May 9, 9am-2pm, household, camping gear, misc items M 18 AISHIHIK ROAD, Riverdae, Saturday May 9, 8:30am-12:30pm, furniture, toys, kitchen stuff, craft supplies and more M 5 AISHIHIK ROAD, Riverdale, back yard, Saturday May 9, 8am-12noon, multi-family, furniture, household items, craft supplies, plough, plants, books, clothing & more M 23 TAY STREET, Riverdale, Saturday May 9, 10am-2pm, household items M 131 - 1 KLONDIKE ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday May 9, 10am-2pm, moving out sale, lots of great items, cancelled if raining TAKHINI NORTH M 18 ARNHEM RD, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 9am start, a bit of everything household all in great condition, part of annual Takhini North neighbourhood garage sale

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M 42 NIJMEGAN ROAD, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 8:30-12noon, household items, kids stuff, men’s & women’s clothes M 39 NIJMEGAN ROAD, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 9am-12noon M 28 ANTWERP STREET, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 9-11am M 34 ANTWERP STREET, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 8am-12noon M 14 DIEPPE DRIVE, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 9am-12pm, range hood, light fixtures, furniture, etc M 46 CARPIQUET RD, Takhini North, Saturday May 9 starting at 9am, kids’ stuff, bikes, household items M 52 CARPIQUET RD, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 9:30am start, kid’s & women’s clothes and gear, bikes, French & English children’s books, toys, small appliances M 120 NORMANDY RD, Takhini, Saturday May 9, 9am-3pm, good quality stuff for real cheap, stove, clothes, furniture, sports gear M 44 RHINE WAY, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 9am-2pm, teen clothes, misc, household items, Adirondack chairs, childrens’ books M 48 RHINE WAY, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 9am-1pm, moving away sale, elliptical, treadmill, household items, children items etc, everything must go M 51 RHINE WAY, Takhini North, Saturday May 9, 9am-12noon, community yard sale, sporting goods, kids stuff, clothes, home furnishings

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M 8 TAKHINI TRAILER COURT, 833 Range Rd, Saturday May 9, 11am3pm, lots of good stuff VALLEY VIEW M 365 VALLEYVIEW CRES, Valleyview, Saturday May 9, 10am-3pm, household items, outdoor/sports equipment, books, toys, CDs, DVDs, some electronics, desk, twin mattress WHISTLEBEND M 43 DORA CRES, Whistlebend, Saturday May 9, 9am-noon, moving out sale, dishes, small appliances, CDs, DVDs, house plants, blinds, winter coats, furniture, shelving etc WHITEHORSE COPPER M 19 NUNATAK PLACE, Whitehorse Copper Subdivision across from Meadow Lakes Golf Course, Saturday May 9, 9am starting time, multi-family

SUNDAY, MAY 10TH MACPHERSON M 13 MACPHERSON RD, MacPherson, Saturday & Sunday May 9 & 10, 9am-4pm, tools, camping equipment, household, gardening, antiques, collectibles, furniture, quality clean stuff, cancelled if raining M 15 MACPHERSON RD, MacPherson, Saturday & Sunday May 9 & 10, 10am4pm

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