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Francophone students could be moved to old F.H. Collins school by proposing that French high school students could move to News Reporter the Individual Learning Centre, ukon’s Department of Edu- a building on Black Street for cation and the francophone students with special needs. But after teachers visited the school board are discussspace, it was deemed not suiting the possibility of temporarable, interim executive director ily moving French high school Marc Champagne told the public students to the old F.H. Collins last night. school. “There were no gym, no labs, The announcement was made not all the infrastructures necesduring a public meeting of the sary,� he said. school board last night. The move would result in The Emilie-Tremblay parents some services being left at Emicouncil presented a petition to lie-Tremblay school, like school the school board on May 21 askcouncilors. The school board said ing that l’Academie Parhelie, the that was unacceptable. French high school, be moved “Let’s not delude ourselves: next year. The petition gathered the program is at risk,� said 130 signatures. There about 200 Champagne. students at the school. As things stand, French high The parents say they want a school students use the same temporary solution while a new art, music and home economics school is built. classrooms meant for elementary In early May, the government students. Grade 9 to 12 students announced the school board are set up in portables brought picked the Riverdale skate park by the government. as a potential site for a new While the old F.H. Collins French high school. Currently, school is not ideal – there is a francophone high school students share the Emilie-Tremblay reason it’s being demolished, school with elementary students. Champagne reminded people – it’s the best option given the As things stand, francophone circumstances, he said. parents say that children are “We just half-opened the door, leaving the French school system once they reach the higher grades there is a glimmer of hope,� he said at the meeting, reminding for lack of adequate facilities. parents the school board was still The Education Department initially responded to the petition in talks and no agreement had Pierre Chauvin
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Yukon Senator Dan Lang has been spared any reference to himself in the auditor general’s report on the expenses of the Red Chamber’s members. Lang was audited along with all the other senators, but none of his expenses were flagged. “At the end of the day he was satisfied with the financial management of my office and that we met all the audit ‌ objectives that he had set out,â€? he said. Due to Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s report, the Senate referred the cases of nine senators to the RCMP, and called on 21 other current and retired senators to reimburse expenses that allegedly broke the rules. Lang said his office has been
working with the auditors for the last two years. Everyone involved signed a confidentiality agreement with the auditor general, meaning they couldn’t talk about what was happening until now, he said. In 2013 Ferguson began the audit, following multiple spending scandals, including that of Senator Mike Duffy, who is now on trial for 31 counts, including bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Lang’s name has come up at that trial. In the summer of 2009, Duffy came to a Whitehorse fundraiser. The event raised $3,000 for the Whitehorse food bank, Conservative activist Michael Lauer, told the trial. Duffy also spoke to the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce. It cost taxpayers $8,567 for
been reached. Talks are still in early stages, confirmed Ludovic Gouaillier, the head of the French school board, in an interview with the News. “There are no firm plan right now, several questions have to be solved first,� Gouaillier said. The school board has been looking at alternative sites for the French high school for a while, he said, but they all had crucial shortcomings – except for the old F.H. Collins school, an idea the school board suggested to the department. In January, Premier Darrell Pasloski shuffled his cabinet, switching the education portfolio from MLA Elaine Taylor to Doug Graham. The school board told parents the cabinet shuffle helped with the discussions. If the department agrees with that plan, the move wouldn’t be in time for the start of the new school term in September, Gouaillier said, as current students at F.H. Collins won’t move to the new facility until the New Year. Department officials confirmed the school board had put forward F.H. Collins as an alternative but that no decision had been made. Contact Pierre Chauvin at pierre.chauvin@yukon-news.com
flights to Whitehorse from Kamloops, B.C., and back home for him and his wife, per diems and hotels, the trial heard. Lang said he doesn’t regret inviting Duffy to Whitehorse. People wanted to hear what Duffy had to say, Lang said. “It was a very productive weekend, day and a half, and so from that perspective I’ve got to say that from where I stand I thought he did a good job on behalf of Yukon and the Senate.� (Ashley Joannou) Correction A June 3 article mixed up the first and middle names of Whitehorse Correctional Centre’s deputy superintendant. He is Geoffrey Wooding, not John Wooding. We’re sorry about the mistake.
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orth American Tungsten Corporation Ltd., the company that owns the Cantung mine, has been granted protection from its creditors. The B.C. Supreme Court granted the order this week after the mining company revealed it owed about $79.5 million to 237 companies. In the six months ending March 31, 2015 the company has lost $6.6 million dollars, court documents say. The company expects it will be able to continue operating after a financial restructuring, chairman and CEO Kurt Heikkila said in a statement on behalf of the board of directors. For now operations are expected to continue uninterrupted, he said. The tungsten mine, located just over the Yukon/N.W.T. border, has been in production off and on since the 1960s. The only way to reach the site is on a road that travels though the Yukon near Watson Lake. Heikkila cites “continuation of low prevailing market prices of APT, high debt service payments, insufficient capitalization, and recent operational issues,” as the cause of the problems. The court gave the company 30 days to figure out the next step. Lawyers will be back in front of a judge July 8. Without this court filing, the company “expects to have insufficient cash in the coming weeks with which to pay its suppliers, and debt service payments,“ according to court documents. “Key trade creditors may take steps to refuse to provide services that are essential to transport, and therefore sell, existing tungsten inventories.” Now that the court has stepped in, no one can pursue any claims against the company while it is under protection.
Workers drill a mine shaft at Cantung mine in 2013. The order also prohibits regular suppliers from discontinuing services that have already been agreed to. Those companies can require payment for anything they do from this point forward. At the beginning of the month Cantung announced it was laying off 80 employees. The mill is still operating. So far there are 25 Yukon companies on the six-page creditor list that was submitted to the court. In all, local companies are owned about half a million dollars. Most of the Yukon debt amounts are relatively small, ranging from a few hundred dollars to less than $10,000. Kal Tire tops the list of Yukon creditors with more than $300,000 owed. The mine is a frequent employer of Yukon workers,
though it is not clear how many Yukoners work there now or were impacted by the recent layoffs. This is not the first northern mine to find itself in dire financial straights recently. Yukon Zinc announced a temporary closure of the Wolverine mine in Faro in January. It has been under creditor protection since March 13 on $646 million in debt. Right now the company is working on finding buyers for the mine. The deadline for making an offer was earlier this week and Yukon Zinc is scheduled to be back in Supreme Court of British Columbia today to let the judge know how that went. As of January 30, Wolverine owed the Yukon government $3 million in mine security for eventual mine closure and recla-
company’s chief financial officer. The company says a $15-million security would be enough. N.W.T.’s environment minister, Michael Miltenberger, is supposed to make a decision on that issue by Saturday. Dropping commodity prices is a problem for mining companies across the country, said Samson Hartland, executive director of the Yukon Chamber of Mines. But it can be particularly difficult for mines in the North, where operating costs are a lot higher, he said. A recent study produced by the Mining Association of Canada, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada, and the chambers of mines in the territories looked at those costs. It found capital costs in the North – the three territories and northern regions of the provinces – are 2.5 times higher for base metal mines, approximately Jesse Winter/Yukon News double for gold mines and 15-20 per cent higher for diamond mines in the territories. “Producing in Canada’s North mation. is inherently more expensive Yukon’s mines minister, Scott than it is to do anywhere else Kent, was not available for an in Canada and we need to look interview this week. toward implementing some Since Cantung is located in ways and means of which we can the Northwest Territories, the insure that operating in Canada’s Yukon government doesn’t need any mine security from the com- North is as competitive as it is pany. But securities have become anywhere else,” Hartland said. The report makes many an issue in the N.W.T. recommendations, including North American Tungsten applied for an amended water li- that the federal government cence with the Mackenzie Valley offer companies a 10 per cent investment tax credit as well as Land and Water Board because another tax credit for infrastrucof plans for a new dry-stack tailture contributions. ing system. The water board recommendThose recommendations have ed that the amount of security been forwarded on to Natural from the mine be bumped from Resources Canada, Hartland $11.7 million to nearly $31 milsaid. The hope is that they will be lion. added to the agenda to discuss at That potential increase has the upcoming energy and mines hurt the company’s ability to ministers conference in July. raise money, according to an Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com affidavit by Dennis Lindahl, the
Spike in spindoctors beneficial to Yukoners: government Myles Dolphin News Reporter
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he Yukon government outnumbers the Northwest Territories and Nunavut combined when it comes to flakcatchers, with 51 at its disposal. That’s up from having approximately 40 communications staff in 2009. Some departments, such as Education, have added significant manpower – six years ago, it had one communications person on staff, while today it has at least five. But that increase can explained by a variety of reasons, explains Sarah Crane, director of communications for the Executive Council Office. “The number of communications people you need is directly related to the programs and services you’re offering,” she said.
“Each department decides what they need to support their programs and services for communications. Over the last couple of years we’ve seen a big emphasis on online communications, so that number (51) includes six dedicated web people that have been hired.” Moreover, there are more dedicated directors of communications nowadays, whereas it used to be more common to have a person in the role of joint director of policy and communications, Crane adds. “And over the years, the public expectation of access to information and communication has increased, and not just online, but when you look at a number of public consultations that we do, there’s an increase,” she said. The benefit of having more communications staff is that information is more easily acces-
sible, and transmitted in plain language, Crane explained. But Liberal Leader Sandy Silver argues that having more communications staff is not necessarily beneficial to Yukoners. “The irony here is that communications personnel in general are supposed to be there to engage information sharing – but I would say that under the direction of this extremely secretive Yukon Party government, they end up doing damage control and spin as a daily job,” he said. “It’s funny because these salaries come from the taxpayer, so the public is actually paying to be misled.” Because the government makes decisions in silos, he said, they have control over the messaging and communications passed along to Yukoners, he added. He referred to the amend-
ments made to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act back in 2012, when the Yukon Party made changes that restricted public access to some government documents, including briefing reports prepared for ministers. In a report prepared by the information and privacy commissioner at the time, he pointed out that some of the territory’s new measures to restrict access to information were without precedent in Canada. One section of the act, since changed to become more restrictive, was instrumental in uncovering the government had misled the public about the budget for the F.H. Collins school replacement project, said Silver. “Secrecy and spin is the modus operandi of these guys,” he said. Jim Butler, longtime editor of the Whitehorse Star, said he re-
members a time in the 1980s as a political reporter when it was a lot easier to get in touch with people in government. He said it was common back then to call department officials, deputy ministers and even ministers directly. “Straightforward and simple,” he said. “Now, reporters sometimes have to wait several hours for a communications person to call back, let alone begin the process of speaking directly to the official with the information they’re seeking. Communications personnel have their purpose, of course, but their presence doesn’t necessarily speed up and simplify the flow of news, and by extension, the process of informing the public about the government’s activities.” Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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Arguments wrap up over jail drug-running evidence officially told about it. Tarnow referred to the News Reporter testimony of one of the correctional officers present, Blane efence and Crown Damchuck, who told the court lawyers made their final submissions on Wednes- that Gaber was “probably not” day before Yukon Supreme Court going to leave the room at that time. Tarnow also asserted that to decide whether a former jail given Damchuck’s size, six foot guard accused of running drugs four and over 250 pounds, Gaber had his rights violated. wasn’t going anywhere and was Michael Gaber was arrested de facto being detained. on December 26 after jail ofA confidential informant ficials seized drugs from his tipped off correctional officers belongings. that two guards were going to He was charged with possessbring contraband in, but this ining methylphenidate, known as formation wasn’t reliable enough Ritalin, and marijuana for the to be considered a reasonable purpose of trafficking. ground to trigger the search, His lawyer claims that his rights were violated when he was Tarnow added. He also pointed to a 2010 case questioned in a boardroom and involving Geoffrey Wooding, then searched. now the Whitehorse Correctional David Tarnow, his lawyer, Centre’s deputy superintenargued the drugs seized and dent, in which he was tasked to Gaber’s statements should be excluded, as they were the result investigate an inmate’s complaint against the Surrey Pretrial of Charter rights violations. Services Centre. Wooding was The trial hasn’t started yet, as the judge first needs to rule what working for the Yukon’s Investigation and Standards Office, or evidence is admissible. Tarnow’s submission focussed ISO, at the time. The judge noted “a degree of on the fact Gaber wasn’t read his Charter rights when Superinten- collaboration with the police and SPSC that appears at odds with dent Jayme Curtis brought him in a boardroom to question him. the responsibilities of the ISO.” In an email to jail officials, Gaber was told his belongings Wooding offered the following were going to be searched and assurance: “Just so you know, it asked if he had contraband on him. He pulled out pills wrapped will not be quoted, and I expect it will be destroyed prior to closin a condom, and gave his car ing the complaint file to elimikeys. nate FOI (freedom of informaTarnow argued Gaber was tion) concerns.” detained then, even if he wasn’t Pierre Chauvin
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Hearings into the admissibility of evidence for a Whitehorse Correctional Centre guard charged with drug offences wrapped up on Wednesday. During his testimony before Yukon Supreme Court, Wooding admitted he made a mistake back then. Tarnow suggested Wooding and Superintendent Jayme Curtis colluded to prepare their testimony, referring to similar wording both used to answer his question about whether his client had been illegally detained. Both men denied this accusation during their testimony. But even if a Charter violation is found to have happened, a judge won’t automatically exclude evidence. The Supreme Court of Canada set out a threepart test looking at the seriousness of the infringement, the impact of that breach on the accused and society’s interest in
having the case heard. “Charter breaches must not be rewarded,” said Tarnow, urging the court to take into account the long term effect of non-compliance with Charter rights. “Officers in WCC have no knowledge or regard for Charter responsibility,” he said, calling it “willful blindness.” The expectation of privacy at a correctional centre, like at a border crossing, is very limited, countered Crown lawyer Ludovic Gouaillier. Rather than the “Charter-free” zone catchphrase used by Tarnow, Gouaillier preferred to use the term “Charter-lite.” Curtis was investigating an employee, as superiors can do,
and sat down with him to question him. Quoting the Yukon Corrections Act, Gouaillier said correctional officers are allowed to conduct random searches, and it doesn’t require reasonable grounds. The broad definition of detention defined by the Supreme Court of Canada doesn’t apply here, he said, given that it was a workplace investigation. At the time, Curtis didn’t know what he was going to find, and not all products considered contraband are illegal under the law – for example, cellphones are banned for inmates only, Gouaillier contended. He also noted that the Corrections Act was at the time illogical, with paragraphs of the same section contradicting itself. Tarnow had argued the Corrections Act required reasonable ground for staff searches. But even if there was a violation, the evidence exists independently of the breach, Gouaillier told the judge, and the violation would have been minimal, as Gaber wasn’t physically searched. Evidence should be only be thrown out if it was a confession, said Gouaillier. “In my submission, the conduct of the correctional officers was not a deliberate breach of Charter rights,” concluded Gouaillier. Contact Pierre Chauvin at pierre.chauvin@yukon-news.com
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uled to take place in the fall. But she did say that she’d like to see the construction of a new Tlingit traditional culture building during her three-year term. “We’d like to revive our culture, and revitalize our language,� Gordon said. Born and raised in Atlin, Gordon has lived in the tiny northern B.C. community almost all her life. In her role as band manager from 1983 to 1993, she says she helped jump-start the First Nation’s health and social programs. “I was instrumental in helping build the nation into what it is today,� she said. “When I first started out, people were still using outhouses. That was my first project – getting indoor plumbing into everybody’s houses.� Cathie Archbould/www.archbould.com Gordon moved on to working at Yukon College in the 1990s, Louise Gordon has been elected as the new spokesperson of the where she audited the First NaTaku River Tlingit First Nation in Atlin. tions management program. “How could that happen?� followed in the past, and that As a budget consultant she’s In terms of plans to stimulate worked with almost every First citizens weren’t as involved as economic development, Gordon Nation in the territory, she said. they should have been. said she couldn’t give too much She also addressed the First Gordon eventually moved away because she hadn’t met Nation’s unemployment rate, back to Atlin in 1999, where with her counterparts at the which hovers around 70 per she’s been since. cent – a much higher figure than First Nation. She’s also been involved as “I am not ready to comment in the past, she said. a dancer with the Taku Kwaan on TRTFN mandates until the “When I started out as band Dancers for over a decade. new council is sworn in.� manager, I was taught that we Gordon is the daughter of According to the First Nawere working to provide a susformer Taku River Tlingit First tion’s constitution, the spokestainable future for our people,� Nation chief Sylvester Jack. person takes direction from the she said. “My dad was a strong believer clan director’s council, and the “Today, some of our people in working together as a comcouncil gets its directors and are unemployed, not meeting munity, and he’s passed that mandates from joint clan meet- down to me,� she said. their basic needs and we have ings. a much higher budget (than we Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com The next meeting is schedused to). in the early evening to a crash between a Toyota Corolla and a Honda Civic, on the Alaska Highway, near Trails North Car and Truck Stop. Whitehorse firefighters had to help get the woman out of the car. She was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital and airlifted to Vancouver.
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to be $828,500, while Lot B was valued at $2,318,900. News Reporter Lot B remains a contaminated site, which is why no PLUD funds are Whitehorse developer who required from him at this time. owns nearly 30 hectares of land At a meeting held this week to within the Upper Tank Farm discuss the appeal, Pat Ross, the city’s area is appealing a decision to pay manager for planning and building $82,850 to complete his subdivision services, explained the PLUD funds plans. could be used to build future parks or Earlier this year, Mike Mickey aprecreation sites. plied to subdivide his parcel of land But Mickey, who couldn’t attend east of McIntyre and north of Hillcrest the meeting, explained in a letter to into two lots. council that he doesn’t agree with the Cleanup work on Lot A, approximately eight hectares in size, has way the “City of Whitehorse wishes to been completed and Mickey obtained apply their PLUD.â€? “I had agreed with planning (dea certificate of compliance from the partment) to simply pay 10 per cent Yukon government. cash at this time, believing it would be For every subdivision application, paid on the entire parcel ‌ based on the City of Whitehorse requires a 10 its current assessed value, or close to per cent public use land dedication it,â€? he wrote. (PLUD), or payment in lieu therefore. He said he would rather have the It’s a way for the city to set aside a lots assessed and the PLUD charges piece of land that can be later turned deferred to a future date, when develinto a park or recreation site, or simopment occurs. ply used for service infrastructure or Because Mickey wasn’t present to other public use. address questions from members of Because Mickey’s application did council, city administration has been not include any specific development tasked with forwarding those quesplans, the city required a 10 per cent tions to him for further explanation. payment in lieu, equal to 10 per cent Council has 60 days to either deny of the value of the subdivision. The value of Lot A was determined the appeal or allow it, with certain conditions. Myles Dolphin
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City, territory examine options for lot at Fifth and Rogers The City of Whitehorse has partnered with the Yukon government to determine what to do with the vacant lot at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Rogers Street, an area almost two city blocks in size. The three-hectare parcel of land adjacent to the clay cliffs has been empty for many years, according to Mike Gau, the city’s director of development services. Part of the reason is because a 2002 study showed that some of the lots on the land were developable when it was previously thought they weren’t, he added. A portion of the land was contemplated for development as part of the 2007 Downtown Plan, and further contemplated in the 2011 Downtown South Master Plan, Gau said. And despite concerns over the years about land slides, the clay cliffs
have been allowed to stabilize thanks to a different land use above them, such as drainage and snow dumping from the airport. While there still remains a high hazard zone where sloughing can occur, Gau said, the area being considered for development is outside of this zone due to a zoning boundary change made in 2012. Although it’s too early to confirm what will be built on the site, the priorities for the time being are a mix of affordable housing and commercial development, according to a recent news release. “We’ve agreed with the Yukon government to work with them to do a detailed design on how the land could be carved up and sold to the private sector for development,� Gau said. The area, part of Whitehorse’s Downtown South Master Plan, has been identified for the city’s tallest buildings. “We did some shadow analysis
They can maintain the PLUD requirement but modify the time and method of payment, or defer all PLUD payments until a residential subdivision application is made. The other option would be to waive the requirement for a PLUD and not require a payment of any cash in lieu. Most of the Upper Tank Farm property, a 57-hectare parcel of land, remains a contaminated site. For years the area was used to store heating oil and diesel fuel. Over the decades, many of the 24 fuel storage tanks sprang leaks, contaminating the site with hydrocarbons. Around 2009, Mickey bought the land from White Pass, which he then sold for $4.5 million to a group of investors. The developers, Forrest Heights Development, had planned to build a large residential subdivision, until the land was officially declared a contaminated site. When they went into foreclosure in 2011, Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale handed the property back to a numbered company controlled by Mickey. Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
from the clay cliffs and the higher building heights will have very little impact on a lot of people,� Gau said. Buildings in the area can be as high as 25 metres, or approximately six storeys, he said. The zoning for the lot is currently designated as CM2 (mixed-use commercial), which means that it allows for a wide range of purposes, he added. “A ground-floor commercial space could provide for needed services in that neighbourhood, and allows people to possibly work and live in the same building,� he said. A steering committee will be created to oversee the planning initiative. The process is expected to be completed by December, the release stated, after which an request for proposals will be issued for detailed planning and engineering options for the site. (Myles Dolphin)
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ne of the wonderful things about the Yukon is the diversity of our political leaders. There’s our Conservative MP, Ryan Leef. Our Conservative Senator, Daniel Lang. And our one-time Conservative candidate and current premier, Darrell Pasloski. Put this trio together and you get such a stimulating range of views, resulting in some impressively well-reasoned decisions. Case in point: all three have cheered on this week’s passage of Bill S-6 through Parliament. This law will introduce some changes to Yukon’s environmental assessment process that few people in the mining industry seem to believe are terribly important. The tradeoff? Well, Yukon chiefs have sworn will result in another bloody, long-running lawsuit that has the potential of paralyzing every potential mining project in the territory. Naturally enough, our leaders have pushed ahead with the disputed changes, come hell or high water. This, at a glance, may seem a little odd. After all, this decision comes at a time when the mining industry is already hobbled by low metal prices. Capstone’s Minto mine remains limping along as the territory’s sole remaining hardrock operation, and its boss has warned that passing Bill S-6 would result in the “end in mining in the Yukon� by casting uncertainty over the territory’s entire assessment regime. But this doesn’t seem to bother our Conservative triumvirate, so who are we to worry? Perhaps there is some reassurance to be found in the fact that a big chunk of the Yukon is already effectively off-limits to mineral exploration, thanks to the Peel watershed battle and other resource disputes. If the rest ends up off the table, is that really that big of a deal? Or think about it this way. The territorial government is already fighting over resource issues with the Tr’ondek Hwech’in, the Nacho Nyak Dun, the Vuntut Gwitchin, the Ross River Dena Council, Liard First Nation, White River First Nation, Taku River Tlingit First Nation, and probably a few other First Nations that we’re forgetting at the moment. At this point, the rest may as well join in. Maybe the thinking is that all-inclusive investment uncertain-
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Kathleen Knight ty hanging across the whole territory makes things a little tidier and easier to understand. Bill S-6’s controversial changes serve to put more power in the hands of the federal and territorial governments. This has only been accomplished thanks to many courageous decisions made on our Conservative trio’s part. They began, wisely enough, by deciding to keep the whole matter a secret to the public, by deeming the details of proposed law confidential until the moment it was tabled in the Senate one year ago. After all, why should the broader public deserve to know about changes to the territory’s laws that govern how the social and environmental impacts of mining projects are weighed? First Nations thought they enjoyed a privileged position at the negotiation table, until the controversial changes were run by them at the last minute. For reasons that remain a mystery, chiefs became strangely upset to learn important decisions had been made without them, and they were simply expected to simply nod and agree. If this isn’t meaningful consultation, what is? Surely when chiefs extinguished their claims to much of the Yukon in exchange for modern treaties, this is precisely the sort of collaborative partnership
they had in mind. Faced with a growing public uproar, Leef moved to allay concerns by promising that a parliamentary hearing on the matter would be held in Whitehorse. Conservative committee members spent a day listening to Yukoners’ many concerns, then did as you would expect, and refused to change a single word in the proposed law. Why mess with perfection? Premier Darrell Pasloski has modestly suggested he had little role to play in this affair, but that’s just him being humble. In reality, our premier was the one who proposed most of the last-minute changes that have prompted the ruckus. And, as he does lead the Yukon government, you would think that he would have some sway over the federal government’s position. His take has been admirably clear all along: the controversial changes must not be changed, no matter what. Instead, Pasloski has proposed that aggrieved chiefs could sit down for a chit-chat after the bill becomes law, and they could try to hash out their differences them. Maybe this meeting could occur shortly after he and the chiefs amiably resolve the Peel watershed dispute while playing a quick nine holes of golf. (JT)
LETTERS Leef’s vote was a hollow gesture Recently our member of parliament, Ryan Leef, made much of the fact that he voted against his party, the Conservatives headed by Stephen Harper. The party allowed him to vote for a bill that would have initiated an inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women. However, the bill still did not pass, even though Leef voted for it, and nothing will be done to remedy this problem. While the federal government serves many
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SUBSCRIPTIONS purposes, surely one of its most important mandates is to offer protection to Canada’s most vulnerable citizens. Harper’s government obviously sees First Nation women as not worth of any effort at all, and has thus refused to take even a small step towards ensuring their safety. Leef’s vote for an inquiry counts for nothing. The Conservatives allowed him to vote in support of an inquiry because they knew there was no chance his one vote would actually help the private member’s bill to pass. And there was an opportunity to make Leef look as if he really cared about his constituents.
But make no mistake about this vote. Leef still stands for the Conservatives, the party that not only doesn’t care about a few disposable indigenous females, but is actively taking steps to strip away what little influence was granted to Canada’s First Nations when they settled land claims. Come next autumn, I will not be voting for the uncaring, elitist Conservative Party that Leef represents. Dorothea Talsma Whitehorse
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ou knew the Alaskan budget crisis was getting serious when the state ferry corporation told travellers its ferries might be docked indefinitely after July 1. That’s when an Alaska government shutdown, possibly affecting up to 10,000 government employees, will take effect if the Alaska Senate and House don’t reach a compromise budget deal. Oil prices have collapsed, blowing away a multi-billion-dollar chunk of the state’s revenues. Alaska faces a budget shortfall of $3 billion, or about $4,000 per person. While attention is focused for the moment on political brinkmanship in Juneau, even a lastminute budget deal won’t solve Alaska’s long-term fiscal problem. That’s because this isn’t only about falling oil prices and when (or if) they will recover. This is also about a long-term decline in Alaskan oil production. The state produced over two million barrels of oil a day in the 1980s. Now it is less than a quarter that. Meanwhile, the cost of providing government services keeps rising. Newly-elected Governor Bill Walker put out a report to Alaskans that contains some very sobering graphs. The 2015 budget of $6.1 billion was passed back in 2014 when oil prices were $105 per barrel. Oil is currently around $60 per barrel, resulting in much lower tax revenue for the state. This translates into a deficit of
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Gov. Bill Walker speaks during the closing of a budget conference at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Wood Center on Sunday. $11 million per day. The state is financing this by drawing down its reserves. It is also cutting spending significantly. We won’t know the final outcome until the House and Senate agree on a budget, but the 2016 budget “endorsed” by the governor earlier in the process gives an idea of where Alaska is going. The governor is cutting his own budget by 15 per cent, with the economic development and legal departments also cut by more than 10 per cent. Health, social services, policing and the University of Alaska get off lightest, with less than five per cent cuts. A few programs, such as Alaska public radio, had their line item crossed out of the budget
altogether. The result will be that a budget that is dramatically smaller than a few years ago. As recently as 2013, for example, the budget was $8 billion. Next year’s will likely be around $5.5 billion. We haven’t seen cuts of that magnitude in the Yukon in living memory. Even these cuts won’t close the deficit. Billions will have to be drawn from Alaska’s reserves. The Rasmuson Foundation, an Alaska charitable foundation, put out a report forecasting that the general budget reserves will be gone by 2020. After that, politicians would have to dip into the Alaska Permanent Fund Reserve. Even if oil prices revive, that won’t solve the problem of the North
Slope’s declining oil production. One hope is Alaska’s plentiful gas. Now that the Alaska Highway pipeline idea through the Yukon is dead, the Alaskans are looking to ship liquefied natural gas to Asia. It might not be hard to beat slow-moving British Columbia to market, but Australia, Qatar and Russia are already either shipping gas or ramping up capacity. In any case, revenues from Alaskan gas are years away. The situation has provoked a fundamental rethink of how Alaska does business. Many Alaskans remain deeply hostile to any attempts to cut the dividend or impose a state income tax. Alaskans received US$1,884 each from the oil-funded Permanent
be there as the voice of Yukoners in Ottawa, even if that voice was in opposition to your party. To be precise, it was former MP Larry Bagnell’s vote with his party in favour of the gun registry that prompted your righteous proclamation. Could your lone vote in favour of an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, finally be a fulfillment of that promise? An election must be nigh. Yes, an inquiry into this matter is absolutely necessary. It is an endemic crime not being investigated to the depths it deserves. I’m glad we are in agreement on that. But, if it was, as you told a CBC reporter, because you made a commitment in 2011, to “exercise Yukon’s voice in Ottawa and not the other way around,” then where were you on Bills S-6, and C-51? An almost unanimous wave of Yukon voices were clear in their opposition to these bills. Yet, you unabashedly chose to stand in representation of your party,
against the expressed desires of a majority of Yukoners. And how about our veterans that came to you requesting you stand with them in opposition to the closure of offices and inevitable reduction in services for them? You clearly did not stand with them, and instead repeated your party’s ideological rhetoric. The voice of Ottawa – not the other way around. These dedicated people put their lives on the line in defence of our wonderful freedoms – the same freedoms that politicians like yourself now use to undermine their services upon returning home, forcing them to continue their fight. You, on the other hand, if elected to a second term, will receive the fattest, self-appointed government pension in the country. For life. What a dreadful irony. I’m sure you are sincere in your desire for an inquiry into the murder and disappearance of such a shocking number of indigenous women. That is honourable. But
please don’t compare your lone vote in opposition to your party with Bagnell’s vote in favour of the gun registry. Yes, I too wish Bagnell stood with Yukoners and voted against the registry, even with the inevitable dismissal from his party. However, I can still recognize a strong work ethic in Bagnell, and, with the exception of that one mistake, a dedication to constituent representation that is not reflected in your term. Your lone vote was, as you yourself stated, discussed be-
Fund last year and paid no income tax. Looking more broadly at all kinds of taxes, the Rasmuson Foundation says that in 2011 Alaskans paid by far the least in taxes among the 50 states. The average Alaskan paid less than $500 in all kinds of state taxes, compared to a nationwide average of $2,000. Closing that gap and cancelling the entire dividend would generate around $2.5 billion, which would go a long way to fixing the deficit. In the past, suggesting zeroing out every Alaskan’s dividend and quadrupling the state tax take would be about as healthy as going salmon fishing during Haines bear season with a slab of bacon tied around your neck. But the numbers are so bad that talking about taxes is no longer sacrilege. The Rasmuson Foundation convened a group of leaders from the private sector, First Alaskans, universities and municipalities plus politicians from both parties. They unanimously declared that Alaskans must look into further cuts to government (without excessively harming K-12 education and the University of Alaska and key social services), new taxes including income and sales taxes, and capping the dividend. In Act 3 of Gotterdammerung, Valhalla goes up in flames and the old gods are consumed. It really is the twilight of Alaska’s legendary tax-lite regime, and the deficit-fuelled fire is burning away all the old ideas about how Alaskans pay for their government. Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist and author of the MacBride Museum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of historical children’s adventure novels. He won this year’s Ma Murray award for best columnist. You can follow him on Channel 9’s “Yukonomist” show or Twitter @hallidaykeith
LETTERS Don’t fear-monger about bears A bear is “running at large” in Whitehorse, according to a recent report by CBC’s Whitehorse chapter. Is the CBC implying that this particular bear has escaped from captivity? A cage perhaps? Alert... alert: Is the CBC fearmongering? Are bears not permitted to pass through this so-called “Wilderness City” without ridiculous media reports? Are cougars running at large, too? Or should they be put in a zoo – a captive environment for humans to gawk at? What is CBC’s mandate with respect to non-human animals? Mike Grieco Whitehorse
Leef’s puppet-masters approved his act of defiance Open letter to MP Ryan Leef: The pillar of your election campaign was that you would always
forehand with your Conservative colleagues. It was granted by your Ottawa puppet-masters, as a show of standing with your constituents – but without the consequences Bagnell would have incurred. Not the same thing at all. You remain a member in good standing with your party. So please, cut the crap and stop playing us as if we’re that stupid. You are not here for Yukoners. You are here for the Conservative Party of Canada. Nothing more. Jim Borisenko Tagish Lake
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Victims of Montreal massacre say gun laws being whittled away without debate say this week’s shooting death of an Edmonton police officer Canadian Press illustrates the chill on discussOTTAWA ing gun violence and public policy – even as the Conservaamilies of victims and tives rush through another witnesses to the 1989 firearms bill that critics say Montreal massacre say Canada’s hard-won gun control weakens gun control. In the wake of Monday’s laws are being whittled away shooting, Edmonton Mayor and no one seems ready, or Don Iveson suggested the even allowed, to talk about it. elimination of the federal Advocates of gun control Bruce Cheadle
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owned assault rifles in the possession of Justin Bourque, who gunned down three Mounties in Moncton last year. Nor has there been much talk about the provenance of the old hunting rifle used in last October’s deadly Ottawa attack – which Rathjen noted “was enough to paralyze all of Parliament and downtown Ottawa.� She was joined by Jim Edward and Suzanne Laplante-Edward, whose daughter Anne-Marie died in the 1989 massacre and who have lobbied for tougher gun laws ever since. “Twenty-five years! What am I doing here today, I wonder?� said an emotional LaplanteEdward. “The Conservative government came and they destroyed everything, everything.� The latest police shooting and the imminent passage of Bill C-42, dubbed the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act, spurred their intervention. Blaney told a Senate committee earlier this week that C-42 “is actually the first substantive change to the firearms licensing regime since it was brought in 20 years ago.� He said the multi-faceted bill will increase public safety while streamlining paperwork
and showing respect to the firearms community. On Thursday, the committee heard from Rathjen and Wendy Cukier, president of the Coalition for Gun Control, who disputed Blaney’s assessment. Rathjen pointed out that neither the House of Commons committee nor the senators studying Bill C-42 heard from police associations, public health authorities, suicide prevention groups or women’s shelters. “This is disgraceful,� she said, asserting that voting parliamentarians and the wider public remain in the dark about the bill’s many provisions. The legislation relaxes the rules on the transport of restricted firearms such as handguns and assault rifles, simplifies the licensing system by combining two types of firearms licences into one and gives politicians the power to override the RCMP’s classification of semi-automatic weapons. It also requires mandatory gun training for all licensees and imposes an automatic lifetime prohibition on firearms ownership by those convicted of domestic assaults.
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New association aims to enhance quality of public opinion polls and research try that has seen some spectacular misses in recent years. Canadian Press “This is not only a good day for the practice of public opinTORONTO ion (polling) in Canada but also new association that for the media and the public,” demands members subDarrell Bricker, global head scribe to a code of ethics of Ipsos Public Affairs and the is being set up in hopes of group’s chairman elect, said in enhancing the quality of public a statement. opinion research in Canada, “(The association) will fill a it’s chairman elect announced critical void in this country.” Thursday. The association will only be The aim of the Canadian open to individuals, who will be Association for Public Opinion subject to peer oversight and Research is to bring greater have to adhere to a code of proprofessionalism, transparency fessional ethics and practice. and accountability to an indus“If they don’t, then they can Colin Perkel
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be censured or expelled,” John Wright, one of the founding members of the board of directors, said in an interview. “If you are part of this organization, then you are upholding those things which are important.” Members will have to report on the methods behind their polls with transparency – increasingly important in a new world of social media, online polling and changes in the use of phones. Besides pollsters, the founding board announced Thursday includes political science aca-
demics, a lawyer and members of the media. Opinion research is a multimillion-dollar industry but wildly inaccurate election polls have frequently prompted hand-wringing and questions about the methods and influence of such surveys. For example, Wright was fiercely critical of some of the “ridiculous” polling methods and predictions that were published during the Ontario election in 2011. He blamed both polling companies and gullible media, and fretted the problems could
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lead to a ban on all polls during campaigns. “Everybody can dance around on the heads of pins claiming that they were (accurate) on the last day, but what we witnessed during this campaign was unforgivable,” Wright said at the time. “Because you put a poll out, it’s given credence and it’s covered. This is the beginning of an assault on democracy.” The hope is to have the new organization up and running in time for the federal election in October. The independent association, modelled after a similar organization in the U.S., will be based out of the Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont. A complaints mechanism will be baked into the structure. Bricker said the new forum will also provide a place for discussion of best practices as well as opportunities to educate and collaborate on public opinion research and methodology. Wright, senior vice-president of Ipsos, said the existing Marketing Research and Intelligence Association simply is not equipped to deal with polling.
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OTTAWA hat’s just the way we do things here.� That explanation might no longer be politically correct for senators as they adjust to life in the aftermath of the auditor general’s report on their expenses. But at Sen. Mike Duffy’s trial Wednesday, veteran Parliament Hill aide Diane Scharf was making no bones about it – lawmakers found “back door� ways of getting things paid for, and not just in the Senate. “This is a common practice at the House of Commons, and I am quite accustomed to this,� said Scharf, referring to an unnamed politician she worked for on Parliament Hill. “We had staff people working in our office who were paid by a businessman in Toronto. You had to be creative a bit to get bills paid.� A case in point: Scharf’s cellphone bill. She worked for Duffy for six months in 2011, and was given a mobile device. But Duffy’s office had maxed out the number of phones that the Senate rules allowed for. No problem – Scharf was paid several hundred dollars to cover her phone bills by an Ottawa construction firm run by Duffy’s friend Gerald Donohue. Donohue himself had received $65,000 in research contracts, which in turn served to reimburse or pay others. “Maybe the money for my cellphone came from selling tomatoes at the end of his laneway, I had no idea, and I didn’t care,� Scharf said flatly. “I had a job to do, and needed that cellphone, and he was ready there to reimburse me. It was a simple matter for a small amount of money.� Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31
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getting things done.� In a major audit report released Tuesday, auditor general Michael Ferguson decried a culture in the Senate that has shirked accountability and run roughshod over the best interests of taxpayers. He argued for more rigorous oversight – while not necessarily more rules. Scharf insisted that what she saw inside Duffy’s office was legitimate Senate business – nothing that personally benefited the senator, and nothing that was deliberately kept secret. She also complained that Senate finance officials seemed to be changing their mind on expense matters “every week.� Under defence lawyer Donald Bayne’s cross-examination, Scharf said that while the numbers on travel and living claims she filed were sometimes “altered,� it was never because someone was evaluating the principles behind Duffy’s claims. “I had great difficulty understanding why the Senate finance office did what they did,� Scharf said.
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Despite Quebec opposition, Mulcair to press on with effort to abolish Senate Joan Bryden Canadian Press
OTTAWA om Mulcair is determined to seek a mandate from Canadians to abolish the Senate – even though that would require unanimous provincial consent and his home province is already offside. The NDP leader said this week he won’t be deterred by the fact that Premier Philippe Couillard believes abolishing the Senate is not in Quebec’s interests. But Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau countered that Mulcair is pandering to popular disdain for the Senate in the wake of the expenses scandal, knowing full well that he’ll never be able to deliver. And it’s not just Quebec that stands in the way. The country’s largest province, Ontario, is also opposed to abolition, Premier Kathleen Wynne’s office reiterated Wednesday. Nevertheless, Mulcair insisted: “In October, the NDP will be seeking a clear mandate from the Canadian voting public. We want a mandate to be able to continue the conversation (with provinces) with a view to Senate abolition.� “Of course the old-time parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives, who see this as an unlimited trough from which they can withdraw public money, from which they can get workers for their election
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campaigns, they’re going to try to fight to keep the Senate,â€? he added following a caucus meeting. “The Canadians that I meet from coast to coast to coast want to get rid of the Senate.â€? But Couillard was unequivocal: “Quebec is opposed to the abolition of the Senate and it always will be.â€? The Senate was created as a regional counterbalance to representation by population in the House of Commons – a feature that protects Quebec as its share of the population has declined, he told a news conference in Quebec City on Wednesday. “Whether it’s dysfunctional these days, I think everyone will agree. But I repeat that it would be contrary to the political interest of Quebec to abolish it. We will oppose this proposal.â€? Wynne’s office said Ontario believes “the Senate plays a valuable role as chamber of sober second thoughtâ€? and any discussion of reforming it must be about “more than the behaviour of certain individualsâ€? and consistent with the constitutional requirement of provincial approval. Mulcair acknowledged there are “nuances in every province ‌ historical things that we’re going to try to take into account.â€? But he insisted he’s not discouraged by Couillard’s position, nor is he about to give up trying to abolish the Senate. “I’m going to work non-stop.
I’m not going to be like (Prime Minister) Stephen Harper and throw in the towel on Senate abolition ‌ I don’t shy away from hard work.â€? Harper washed his hands of the Senate last year after the Supreme Court of Canada advised that abolishing the Senate would require a constitutional amendment approved by Parliament and all 10 provinces. It also advised that Harper’s proposal to impose term limits and create a non-binding election process for senators would require an amendment supported by at least seven provinces with 50 per cent of the country’s population. Trudeau said Mulcair is making a promise he knows he can’t keep – just as Harper did with his reform proposals. “Mr. Harper has promised for years that he was going to change the Senate, with no ability to keep his promises and now we have Mr. Mulcair doing exactly the same thing as Mr. Harper, which is promise what people want to hear but know full well that he’s not going to be able to deliver it,â€? Trudeau said. “That is not responsible leadership.â€? Trudeau has proposed what he said will result in “real changeâ€? to the Senate, without plunging the country back into the constitutional quagmire. As a first step toward returning the Senate to its intended role as an independent cham-
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ments in the future. Canadians don’t want federal and provincial leaders “haggling over the Constitution�; they want them talking about jobs and the economy, Trudeau added.
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Gilles Duceppe returns to lead Bloc Quebecois into upcoming federal election ocratically elected and speaking the way we want them to speak, Canadian Press defending the interests which are MONTREAL our interests.� He advised the NDP to focus illes Duceppe is back at its efforts elsewhere: “Let us beat the helm of Bloc QuebeHarper in Quebec and do your cois and says voters in job in the rest of Canada – that the province need to side with a federal party this fall that will put would be of a great help.� But NDP Leader Tom Mulcair their interests first. said Wednesday that after four Duceppe told a news conyears, Quebecers still have a posiference that Quebec’s voice in tive view of his party and want Ottawa has weakened under the NDP and only a strong Bloc pres- positive change. “They want something moving ence can change that. forward,� he told reporters in Ot“We are better represented when we’re represented by people tawa. “They don’t want to play as extras in Back to the Future 4.� thinking like us,� Duceppe said, Duceppe, 67, faces the making his return official at Bloc headquarters in Montreal. “Dem- monumental task of getting the Peter Rakobowchuk
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moribund political party ready for the upcoming federal election in a matter of months. The Bloc currently has just two MPs out of 75 in Quebec. The veteran politician takes over from Mario Beaulieu, whose tenure was marked by strife within the party. But Duceppe made it clear it was about working with Beaulieu and not pushing him aside. The two men had a fallingout in 2014 after Beaulieu said it was time to put an end to what he called 20 years of go-slow approach to sovereignty. Duceppe noted the party is in good financial shape, has 20,000 members and an association in all 78 Quebec ridings, although only about one-third of candidates have been selected. “The gesture we’re making today isn’t Duceppe replacing Beaulieu, it’s Duceppe joining Beaulieu and the team in place and those who will come,� Duceppe said. “We’re adding, we joining together and we’ll move forward together.� Duceppe invited sovereigntists of all stripes to rally under the Bloc banner. Beaulieu, a hardline sovereigntist who was previously head of the Societe Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montreal, won the Bloc leadership race nearly one year ago on a sovereignty-first platform. But the political novice concluded he was running out of time with this fall’s federal election looming. Enter Duceppe, who Beaulieu said will give the Bloc campaign an experienced leader and a name recognition he doesn’t have. “I came to the conclusion that we needed to give new breath to the Bloc campaign,� Beaulieu
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Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe speaks at a news conference in Montreal on Wednesday while party president Mario Beaulieu looks on. said. “I’m convinced that with Gilles Duceppe as leader, we are headed towards a new victory for the Bloc.� Beaulieu will stay on as party president. Duceppe said he decided reprise a roll he held for 14 years after a discussion with Parti Quebecois Leader Pierre Karl Peladeau, who assured him the PQ is ready to provide the Bloc with support. Duceppe became leader in 1997 and under his stewardship, the party won 44, 38, 54, 51 and 49 seats before the 2011 meltdown. The party won a mere four seats that year as Jack Layton’s NDP roared through the province. Among the casualties included Duceppe, who lost the Montreal riding he had held since winning a byelection in 1990. Duceppe said he hasn’t chosen a riding yet.
Mulcair said the Bloc’s objective is to replace the NDP in Quebec. But he said his party is committed to replacing “division and fear with hope and optimism.� Denis Lebel, the Conservatives’ Quebec lieutenant, said that prior to 2011, the Bloc elected large teams of MPs who did little for Quebec. “It’s not a question of who the leader of the Bloc is,� Lebel said in Ottawa. “We work in Ottawa to make Quebec a very strong province in a united Canada and for me, that’s what important.� Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau told reporters his party will offer a direct contrast to the Bloc’s desire to separate Quebec from Canada. “There’s going to be some very serious debates about the future of the country from all different perspectives and I think that’s a good thing for Canadians to have strong competing visions of where this country needs to go,� Trudeau said.
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Health ministers call for pharmacare program to pay for prescription drugs Keith Leslie Canadian Press
TORONTO anada should have a national pharmacare program to help people pay for prescription drugs, several provincial and territorial health ministers said this week as they vowed to make it a key issue in this fall’s federal election. “Certainly I think we have an opportunity given that this is an election year federally, to put and keep this issue on the agenda,� said Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins, who is a family physician. Canada is the only industrialized country with universal health insurance that does not offer universal prescription drug coverage, and statistics show one in 10 Canadians cannot afford to pay for their medications. Hoskins expressed disappointment that the federal government didn’t accept an invitation to attend Monday’s roundtable with the provincial and territorial ministers, academics and other experts in pharmacare. Other health ministers said federal leadership was critical to efforts to create a universal pharmacare system to provide public coverage for prescription medications. “I think a year when there’s a federal election happening is an
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Eric Hoskins makes his way to a cabinet briefing after being sworn in as Ontario health minister at Queens Park in Toronto on June 24, 2014. ideal time to get all political parties focused on national pharmacare,� said Newfoundland and Labrador’s Steve Kent. “I think a lot of us agree on where we want to get, but I’m not sure anybody fully understands yet how we’re going to get there.� British Columbia Health Minister Terry Lake admitted there wasn’t “complete consensus� among his colleagues on Ottawa’s involvement in a pharmacare plan, noting the provinces already found big savings by buying some drugs together
in bulk. “It would be nice to have the federal government as a partner, (but) I don’t think it’s critical or absolutely necessary,� said Lake. New Brunswick Health Minister Victor Boudreau said Ottawa’s participation would be welcomed in a pharmacare program, but isn’t essential. “I think the federal government does need to be there as a partner in every sense of the word to help us build a national approach to this
very serious issue,� he said. “I don’t know when we’ll see it, but if we stop talking about it, it will never happen.� The federal government issued a statement saying it wants to work with the provinces and territories on bulk purchases of drugs before “spending more money� on a pharmacare plan. “There are hundreds of millions of dollars that could be saved, and hopefully improve access,� said Michael Bolkenius, spokesman for
Health Minister Rona Ambrose. Asked about the potential cost of a national pharmacare program, the provincial and territorial ministers said they were examining studies that show it could save taxpayers $11 billion a year through bulk purchasing to lower the price of medications. “It’s a good question, and I don’t know if we have the answer to that yet,� said Lake. “A big part of what we’re doing here today is trying to test the theory that there would be billions of dollars in savings.� The estimated cost of a national pharmacare plan ranges “from low cost to no cost to actually a cost benefit,� said Hoskins. “One of the challenges is to produce the evidence that this will result in better, enhanced access.� There is a cost to people’s health, and to medicare, when they don’t take the drugs they need to stay healthy, added Hoskins. “In many cases, by not taking their medications they threaten their own health and well-being down the road, so there is a cost impact to Canadians if they aren’t able to access their medicines,� he said. Hoskins said he was encouraged that federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose was open to discussing pharmacare when she last met her provincial counterparts in Banff, Alta., last October, but he hasn’t had any further talks with her on the issue.
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Federal Liberals would seek infrastructure financing from private pension funds boost infrastructure investment if elected – a proposal Canadian Press that would seek to entice OTTAWA large private pension funds to finance small-town projects. he federal Liberals have The Liberals have come revealed more details about how they would under attack in recent days Andy Blatchford
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would “mobilize alternative sources of capital, such as pension funds.” On Monday, Vaughan went further, saying a Liberal government would help rural communities attract the attention of huge private pension funds, which typically watch for multibillion-dollar investment opportunities, by combining their infrastructure needs into bigger packages. “You have to bundle them into that stratosphere in order to get those funds to participate,” said Toronto MP, who predicted smaller communities would save money by benefiting from lower rates. The federal government would provide added security by backing up the loans, he added. Since cities have the stability of defined revenue streams, he argues there would be little risk for the federal government and a tempting opportunity for big funds. Vaughan added that some of the country’s private pension funds have invested more cash in infrastructure projects abroad than at home. “We do know that there are partners just down the street and around the corner that are ready to do work around the globe and they’re not doing that work in Canada,” he said. “We think there’s a real opportunity here to get that money spent locally.”
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Harper gets 10-minute papal visit, focuses on Ukraine not residential schools Vladimir Putin had a nearly 50-minute private audience with the pontiff a day earlier. A separate readout from the VATICAN CITY, ITALY Vatican did not mention the resirime Minister Stephen Harper raised the troubling dential schools issue among the topics discussed with Harper findings of the residential Harper instead choose to purschools commission Thurssue the theme that has dominday during an unusually brief ated six-day trip to Europe – his meeting with Pope Francis, but condemnation of Putin. stopped short of inviting him to Harper went into the meeting Canada to apologize. facing calls to use the occasion Instead, Harper referred to to secure a papal apology for the a letter sent earlier in the week church’s role in Canada’s residento the Vatican by his aboriginal affairs minister that merely noti- tial school legacy. Perry Bellegarde, the national fied the Holy See of the commischief of the Assembly of First sion. Nations, had said the meeting “Prime Minister Harper also would be a “prime opportunity” drew attention to the letter sent for the prime minister to raise by Minister (Bernard) Valcourt the issue. to the Holy See regarding the The Truth and Reconciliation Truth and Reconciliation ComCommission, which spoke to mission,” Harper’s office said thousands of residential school without elaborating. students and documented their Harper’s spokesman did not respond to a request for clarifica- experiences, issued 94 recommendations last week that intion. cluded a call for a papal apology Harper’s 10-minute meeton Canadian soil. ing with the Pope Francis was Bellegarde said a directly surprisingly short by Vatican apology from the Pope “would be standards. Russian President Mike Blanchfield Canadian Press
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huge” and would help bring closure to those who suffered atrocities and abuses at the schools, many of which were run by the Roman Catholic Church. In April 2009, then-AFN national chief Phil Fontaine along with four aboriginal leaders and a delegation from Canada’s Catholic Church had an audience with Pope Benedict in Rome, which produced a communique of sympathy from the Vatican. Harper’s visit to the Vatican came on the final day of his six-country European tour, and exactly seven years after the prime minister issued his own apology in the House of Commons to residential school survivors. Canadian officials said that because Putin visited Francis the day before Harper, the prime minister wanted to raise the topic. “Prime Minister Harper addressed the situation in Ukraine and his deep concern with Vladimir Putin’s aggression, occupation and violence in Ukraine,” said Harper’s office. Harper also
raised the plight of religious minorities at the hands of Islamic militants. The U.S. called on the to Vatican this week to step up its concern about Ukraine in Francis’ meeting with Putin. It was the Russian leader’s second meeting with Francis since 2013. A Vatican spokesperson said the Ukraine and Middle East crises were big topics of discussion, but the question of assigning blame to Russia did not arise. Harper was at the Vatican for slightly less than an hour, but his actual meeting with the Pope lasted only a fraction of that time. He also met with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states. Harper was accompanied by his wife, Laureen, Defence Minister Jason Kenney, three Conservative MPs and several staffers. Julian Fantino, Harper’s associate defence minister and an Italian Canadian, was also at the meeting. Harper was visible to repor-
ters only briefly on three occasions when short, frenetic photo ops took place. The prime minister did not speak nor did he take questions from Canadian media travelling with them on the final day of his travel Harper ended his trip with a call to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who has a much closer relationship with Putin than Harper, who has isolated him. Renzi also hosted Putin, as they cordially toured the Russian pavilion at the world’s fair. Putin breached protocol by arriving an hour and 20 minutes late for his meeting with the Pope, who encouraged him to make “sincere” efforts to bring peace to Ukraine. Harper visited Ukraine and Poland on this trip, as well as attending the G7 leaders summit in Germany, and was to return to Canada on Thursday evening.
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Yukon finds force scientists to rethink the camel family tree Erling Friis-Baastad Special to the News
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aleontologists can never completely put their favourite theories about life during the Pleistocene epoch to gentle rest. Ice age creatures have a knack for sowing doubt and sparking debate tens of thousands to millions of years after their deaths. A piece of bone suddenly emerges from Klondike goldmine muck and comfortable old certainties are thrown into doubt. Or a new technology allows a fossil that had been languishing in a museum drawer for decades to be revisited, redated and redebated. This scientific drama repeatedly flares up over Yukon discoveries, such as horse skulls and mastodon molars. Only this week, another new sedimentshaking paper based on Yukon bones made international news, when Genomic Data from Extinct North American Camelops Revise Camel Evolutionary History was published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Vertebrate paleontologists have something new to argue over. And even those of us trapped in the 21st century are suddenly thrilled by a new image from an old, old North. “I think just the sheer fact that there is something to be learned about camels living in the Arctic or Subarctic definitely captures people’s attention,” says one of the paper’s authors, Yukon paleontologist Grant Zazula. “It doesn’t seem to make sense for camels to be here.” But they were here, and apparently flourishing, before time and climate change took them. When were they roaming Yukon? Radio-carbon dating is only effective up to about 50,000 years ago, says Zazula. Our camel bones are older than that, he adds. “We have found other camel remains here in the Yukon that stratigraphically say they were here during the last interglacial warm period, between 125,000 and 100,000 years ago... and they probably weren’t here for very long.” “They were likely not here during the last glacial maximum 30,000 years ago, says Zazula. “They were probably here briefly for the warm period and then got wiped out by about 75,000 to 80,000 years ago.” Wiped out by what? Camelops hesternus, the Pleistocene western camel, was incredibly common in North America south of the ice sheets, says Zazula. Stone artifacts and animal bones found at Wally’s Beach in St. Mary’s Reservoir south of Calgary reveal that camels were hunted and
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An artist reconstruction of Camelops hesternus the western camel is shown in this handout image. butchered by people as recently as 13,000 years ago. So what happened here? Why were they northerners for such a short time? Morphology – the study of organism body parts, their relationships and functions – provides some clues. “Looking at the teeth and shape of their jaws, people have speculated that they were likely a meta-browser: they ate both grass and woody browse,” says Zazula. But like the caribou of today, the camels may have relied on some different vegetation for fuel during different parts of the year. “So I suspect with the return of the glacial maximum around 75,000 years ago, when all the trees and shrubs were essentially wiped out and it became a dry, cold landscape, there was probably no browse for them and that led to them being wiped out... They couldn’t hack it anymore.” The bones that got this unsettling new development ramped up were found at a Hunker Creek gold mine in 2008 by paleontologist Ross MacPhee. Zazula was on paternity leave that summer and couldn’t make it to the Klondike goldfields with his colleague, but when MacPhee returned with camel bones Zazula was quick to share the thrill. As he was thrilled to learn of the results when the bones were subjected to the relatively new technique of genetic analysis. But a bigger surprise was in store for Zazula and his colleagues, including Peter D.
Heintzman and Beth Shapiro of University of California at Santa Cruz. (Both are experts on permafrost-preserved ancient DNA.) Over millions of years, the camel family tree evolved into two major splits – with modern dromedary and bactrian camels on one side, and contemporary llamas and alpacas on the other. “And people who study Pleistocene Camelops hesternus have placed them on the llama and alpaca side of the tree because, well, look at the bone morphology. They look just like giant llama on steroids,” says Zazula. “Many of their features ... look more llama-like than camel-like. So we went with that assumption doing this genetic study but we never thought we’d be placing them on the opposite side of the family tree – so we know now they are much more closely related to the dromedarian and bactrian camels.” And here’s a kicker: “For us it’s actually quite troubling because the whole tenant of paleontology is really based on comparative anatomy and taking one bone from a particular skeleton or species and then comparing it to others to draw family trees,” he says. But using genetics now – and the amazing opportunity to do so thanks to fossil bones preserved in the permafrost – has revealed that genetic data doesn’t always line up neatly with morphological data. Bones may suggest one thing. DNA can loudly declare
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If camel dung is to hit the fan it likely will do so in Dallas, Texas, in October when Zazula speaks at Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists Annual Meeting. But he’s excited about sharing the new knowledge with others as fascinated and challenged by ancient camels as he is. “It will be interesting to see the reaction among other paleontologists. They might be angry, but that’s OK. Science isn’t a popularity contest. It’s about producing data and testing data and using hypotheses.” And, yes, it’s a little bit about visualizing a Middle Eastern icon grazing among mastodons beneath the midnight sun.
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group of 100 leading Canadian and U.S. scientists has issued an urgent call for a moratorium on new oilsands development and listed 10 reasons why no more projects should be permitted. “I believe we have a duty to speak up,� said Mark Jaccard, an energy economist at B.C.’s Simon Fraser University who spent more than a year drafting a letter to make sure it was scientifically sound. Jaccard was a co-author of a 2014 essay in a scientific journal that made a similar argument. But the current letter, released Wednesday, represents a much wider cross-section. Economists, biologists, climatologists and political scientists have all signed the text, which has been sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and all members of Parliament. The signatories include 12 fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, 22 members of the US National Academy and a Nobel Prize winner. They are careful to include in their warning all high-carbon energy sources, including coal and other types of unconventional oil, but it’s focused on the oilsands. “No new oilsands or related infrastructure projects should proceed unless consistent with an implemented plan to rapidly reduce carbon pollution, safeguard biodiversity, protect
human health and respect treaty rights,� the letter says. Greg Stringham of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said science will make the industry sustainable. “There are thousands of other scientists working across the world on behalf of industry and government to ensure that these oilsands are developed responsibly,� he said. Jaccard said he was struck by the number of natural scientists who asked to sign. More and more of them, he said, are seeing climate change affect their work. Jaccard remembers one scientist who studied British Columbia’s pine trees, decimated by a pine beetle expansion made worse by warming temperatures. “This little scientist studying pine beetles and the foot of Godzilla called climate change comes down on top of it,� Jaccard recalled. “He said, ‘I feel silly. Why am I just studying this thing and not trying to help humanity do something?�’ David Schindler, a University of Alberta ecologist, agreed. “Everyone in this group really sees what climate change is starting to do to our ecosystems and the potential for harming society in major ways.� The harm will be more than environmental, suggested David Keith, who teaches both physics and public policy at Harvard. “The world is going to gradually decarbonize and the decisions will not be driven from Alberta,� he said.
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If the shoe ďŹ ts: Amazon chases fashion with Canadian clothing, shoes section million new items stocked altogether. Many of the most popular brands are already stocked by Hudson’s Bay Co., which will TORONTO almost certainly become one of mazon.ca wants shoppers Amazon’s biggest competitors in to say “Yesâ€? to the dress, the area. along with the shoes and More fashion lines will be the jacket. added in the future, said AlexanThe online retailer launched dre Gagnon, country manager of a new section on its Canadian Amazon.ca. website on Thursday devoted to “Ultimately we want to have clothing and shoes for both men the biggest offering possible for and women. our customers, so that list, hopeIt’s the latest move by the fully, will be constantly evolving Seattle-based retailer to grab and growing,â€? Gagnon said. a bigger share of the Canadian Amazon isn’t chasing a parconsumer dollar as it bulks up ticular segment of the market offerings that already include either, Gagnon added, unlike the a wide array of non-perishable influx of high-end U.S. departgrocery items, electronics and ment store chains like Nordstrom housewares. and Saks Fifth Avenue, which are In the new section, Amazon setting up shop in Canada. carries brand names like Levi’s, “It’s less about a specific kind French Connection, Speedo, of customer, but rather us having Timberland and Puma – with 1.5 David Friend
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seller of the item. Prices can also fluctuate based on availability, unlike traditional retailers who generally keep a fixed value on clothing items regardless of size and colour. Other retailers should be worried about Amazon’s dive into the fashion world, partly because they’ve built a reputation for cutthroat competition, said retail analyst Doug Stephens “Amazon has the tendency to take really big bets on categories,� he said. “They’ll wilfully, and sometimes it seems gleefully, lose money just to make a point.� Amazon touts itself as having “Earth’s biggest selection� of products. That, along with its low-overhead business model that operates through supply centres, rather than expensive bricks and mortar stores, means it frequently wins price wars.
Other Canadian fashion retailers have been ramping up their online presence in recent months, including both Hudson’s Bay and Sears Canada, which are giving their websites a facelift in hopes of keeping pace with consumer expectations. Still, department stores will almost certainly feel the biggest squeeze from Amazon’s aggressive discounts. “They’re not as ruthless and competitive in price as Amazon can be and they’re not as convenient, so it really leaves them vulnerable,� Stephens said. Amazon “seems to be fully focused on disrupting everybody and putting an awful lot of people out of business.� The web retailer also hopes to vault one of the common hurdles for clothing retailers online: the dreaded hassle of returning clothes through the mail. Amazon says it will offer free shipping and free returns on eligible items to ease the worry of trying on clothes that don’t fit.
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Canadians only willing to pay about $6 to $8 a month for music streaming: report people is a big jump. “We’re very focused on the broad consumer market.� According to Nielsen’s research, that market is growing quickly. In Canada, streaming volume is up 94 per cent since Nielsen began tracking streaming in July 2014. The number of Canadians who reported streaming music in
the past year grew to 71 per cent. And streamers skewed young; teens spent twice as much time streaming music as the general Canadian population. Nielsen’s study was derived from an online poll of 3,500 consumers aged 13 and up from April 12 to 27. Representatives for Tidal and Spotify declined requests for comment.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, hugs Beats by Dre co-founder and Apple employee Jimmy Iovine at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. Those numbers lie in the Nick Patch middle of the range of options Canadian Press offered by streaming services in TORONTO Canada. Currently, Spotify offers a ow much are Canadians limited free service in addition willing to pay to stream to a $9.99 per month premium music? version, which offers ad-free onIt’s a question that continues demand listening. Apple Music, to flummox analysts, record unveiled Monday, will cost $9.99 labels and particularly online in the U.S. when it launches June streaming services. 30 with international pricing As one component of its exinformation yet to be announced. tensive Canadian Nielsen Music Newcomer Tidal provides sub360 report, Nielsen Entertainscriptions for either $9.99 or ment polled consumers on how $19.99 per month. much they’d be willing to spend Rdio, meanwhile, recently monthly for unlimited streamintroduced a new $3.99 subscriping of songs and albums without tion tier called Rdio Select, joinadvertising. ing its free ad-supported streamThe respondents, on average, ing radio service and its $9.99 said they would be willing to ad-free on-demand service. devote $6.20 per month or up to The new plan allows subscrib$7.80 for high quality audio. But, ers to download 25 songs and reof course, they were speaking on a hypothetical basis. place them once per day, as well
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Godzilla stomps, thrashes, breathes fire in new game that steers clear of nuclear references Yuri Kageyama
Shunsuke Fujita, the game’s producer, is flush with excitement when he speaks about how TOKYO he and his team are true Godzilla odzillas galore, including last believers, having grown up on the year’s Hollywood version, movies. They were very careful stomp on buildings, thrashing to render what he calls its “totally about and breathing fire, in a cool� ferocity. video game going on sale globally In the original 1954 movie, mid-July. But don’t expect any Toho Co. studios concocted the references to radiation, the mutant giant animal that arose as a mutareptile’s trademark affliction. tion from nuclear testing in the Simply named “Godzilla,� it’s Pacific. That had special resonance the first video game devoted to in Japan as the only nation to the irradiated creature in a decade. have been attacked with nuclear It’s also the first such game for the weapons. Sony Corp. PlayStation 4 home Gareth Edwards, the director of machine, ensuring dazzling digital the 2014 Hollywood Godzilla, also graphics. made a point to include backdrop Associated Press
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references to atomic weapons and radiation. But the game steers clear of the horror of both topics and Fujita is reluctant to explain why. What substitutes for radiation in the game is a reference to “energy,� which Godzilla sucks up to gain strength. “We realize radiation is something that can never be disassociated with Godzilla,� is all Fujita would say on the topic. Nuclear issues have become particularly contentious in Japan after the March 2011 tsunami set off three reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant and irradiated the surrounding area, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate. Fukushima people face latent prejudice in Japan because of fears, some unfounded, about radiation. Nuclear experts say the levels of exposure were not high or sustained enough to cause widespread health problems but there are some risks, such as the thyroid cancer in youngsters, which is being monitored. Japan’s 48 nuclear power reactors are now offline for a new regime of safety checks. The government wants to restart them but faces opposition from communities and others worried about radiation. “We aimed for something that was as close to the original interpretations as possible,� said Fujita, 29, proudly showing how the 1980s Godzilla can be pitted against the Hollywood Godzilla in a demonstration version of the game. The fascination for the game developers lay in an arty duplication of the shapes and movements of the various Godzillas, and in recreating the rival monsters in
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the films, such as the dragon-like King Ghidora, Mothra, which resembles a moth, and the obscure Jet Jaguar, according to Fujita. “Godzilla is not just a villain, it’s also a hero everyone adores, and so this game allows the player to be Godzilla and control Godzilla,� he said. Toho Co. made 28 films in the Godzilla series, starting from the 1954 classic, until it pulled the plug in 2004. The new game allows players to manipulate the various kinds of Godzillas, including the robotic Mechagodzilla, first featured in the 1974 film. Meanwhile, a resurgence of Godzilla worship has been increasingly visible in Japan, thanks to the Hollywood film. A new hotel in downtown Tokyo with a Godzilla head perched on it, for instance, is growing into a tourist attraction. Man Izawa, 56, a sales clerk and Godzilla fan, who believes Godzilla is “the biggest star to come out of Japan,� wonders how the sensitive themes will get addressed when Toho releases a new Godzilla film next year. “It will be the first Japanese
Godzilla after 3.11,� he said, using the widely used term for the Fukushima disaster. Decommissioning the Fukushima reactors is expected to take about half a century, and scientists are only starting to examine what state the melted cores might be in. He doesn’t blame people wanting to avoid controversy in a game, which could crimp sales, but he marvels at the courage of the first Godzilla film that wasn’t afraid to take a stand on nuclear weapons, barely a decade after the end of World War II and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “The appeal of Godzilla can’t be easily explained in words. It’s not just about being scary and strong. It’s also about its ambience, its shape, its beauty, like being in awe of a samurai castle,� Izawa said. Fujita is confident the game will be a hit with fans. “This is a game, made by people who love Godzilla, in which the love for Godzilla has gone wild. I know people who love Godzilla will feel that love,� he said.
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Thrush, Nathaniel Arcand and Gordon Tootoosis. Tantoo Cardinal, Cameron Bancroft and others appear as season 2 unfolds. Subsequent seasons dealt with issues such as gambling addiction and the many unsolved murders of aboriginal women. In the past, APTN shared the series with Showcase, where Scott says feedback ranged from, “How can you air that?� to, “Finally you aired that.� That kind of controversy, Scott feels, “will be good for CBC.� The series’ edgy, adult content might explain, however, why CBC is airing it in such a late-night time-slot. There had been talks earlier of showcasing it Sundays at 10 p.m., a move that might have offered some flow out of HBO’s popular 9 o’clock dramas. But Scott’s just happy that CBC has optioned it at all, after years of back-and-forth on the prospect. He’s wrapped production on season 5, which he says is “really ripped from the current headlines.� It will air this fall on APTN. The new season will look at how a disproportionate number of aboriginal children die in foster care. “There are some hard-hitting things in season 5 as well as some stories of hope,� he adds. “We’ve always been aware that there has to be a counter balance in the dramatic world. We never want to depict native peoples
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A Gemini Award winner and Canadian Screen Awards nominee, Blackstone will also be available on iTunes. Co-creator and showrunner Ron E. Scott is a big fan of American television auteurs such as Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) and Matthew Weiner (Mad Men). He sees their shows as little miracles that would have never got past the pitch stage if a network hungry to make a name for itself, AMC, hadn’t stepped up and taken a chance. Over the past five years, Scott has been determined to take similar creative risks in Canada – on a smaller budget – with Blackstone. Set in the fictional Blackstone First Nations territory (and shot in Alberta), the APTN series offers a searing look at modern-day life on a reserve rife with corruption and addiction. It will likely jolt CBC viewers used to, as Scott puts it, “fluffier� fare such as North of 60 or Arctic Air. Season 1 focuses on political corruption as well as the sometimes grim realities of education on a reserve. “There’s a really powerful message about consequences,� says Scott, who praises the mostly first-time actors who took on the roles of “bad ass kids.� Among the large, ensemble cast on Blackstone are Carmen Moore, Eric Schweig, Michelle
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Reporters cultivating political sources need more wisdom than Solomon issues – Senate scandal, press hijinx – among the wider public. Canadian Press In a public statement Wednesday, Solomon, 47, said he was OTTAWA “deeply sorry� for any damage his ews that high-profile CBC activities had done to the trust CBC, politics anchor Evan Solomon was rubbing shoulders its viewers and its listeners put in him. – and allegedly brokering secret art “I have the utmost respect for the deals – with some of the country’s CBC and what it stands for,� he said. biggest movers and shakers did But the issue is bigger even than more than just cost him his job. the public broadcaster. It also cast an unsparing spotIt calls into question how polight on the many murky relationlitical reporters interact with their ships between the Parliamentary subjects, and whether any journalist Press Gallery and the country’s is ever free of being compromised in political class. the pursuit of news. And coming in the midst of the It is also one of the most difficult Senate spending meltdown and Mike Duffy trial, Canadians outside subjects to discuss publicly. Most journalists who have inside the Ottawa bubble can be forgiven for looking at Solomon’s clandestine access to people of real importance are smart enough not to talk about business dealings and thinking, so those relationships with anyone, that’s the way it works, is it? even their co-workers. In a perfect microcosm of Journalists who have no such what’s been coined an Ottawa access, but instead use government “clusterduff,� the Toronto Star story documentation, data analysis, lowdetailing Solomon’s art commissions landed like a grenade Tuesday level sources and other gum-shoe reporting techniques to break evening at a private, multi-partisan stories, are just as unlikely to boast bash held annually by the superabout their weak sourcing at the top. connected Anderson brothers – Most reporters use a combinaelbowing Senate accounting out of tion of methods, and no newsroom the common conversation. Solomon, host of the daily Power is complete without specialists in both. and Politics program on CBC News Sharing a drink with an MP or Network and the weekend radio political operative isn’t automatiinstitution The House, should be cally compromising, and indeed, as attuned as any reporter on the Hill to the devastating conflation of “how the hell can you do the job Bruce Cheadle
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The Woodchuck, seen in the bottom right, floats among larger boats on the Yukon River in 1948. ler that could be retracted. “So it was made to navigate the difficult Yukon River which is very shallow and has narrow he big boats get all the channels and gravel bars all glory. that good stuff,” Chalykoff said. Impressive sternwheelThe boat would have been ers have become a symbol of used at the beginning of the the early transportation system warmer season every year to along the Yukon’s waterways. travel the Yukon River and its But it’s the smaller boats that tributaries clearing the way kept things moving, scouting for the larger ships, explains the routes and clearing the way Chalykoff. ahead of their bigger brethren. The Woodchuck was part Now one of those work boats of a group of work boats, with has been restored and is a pernames like the Loon or the Owl, manent exhibit in the backyard all charged with hauling smaller of the MacBride museum in loads down the river or navigatdowntown Whitehorse. ing the more narrow passages The Woodchuck was built where other boats could not fit. not far from where it sits today, It was common for the boats at the British Yukon Navigation to be named after small aniCompany’s (BYN) shipyards. mals, Chalykoff said. That land is now Shipyards “I don’t know exactly why. Park. But I think it’s because it’s small “What we say is that it had and tough.” this life on the river, it had But one of the perils of being some other lives in between so small is that it’s easy to go and now it has come back to unnoticed. the river,” said Leighann ChWhile documentations and alykoff, MacBride’s manager of photographs of boats like the museum services. S.S. Klondike are relatively The Woodchuck is a 37-foot plentiful, very little paperwork tunnel stern riverboat. It was and even fewer photos exist of gas-powered and had a propel- the Woodchuck. Ashley Joannou News Reporter
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Online comments show support for HPV vaccine but misperceptions too school-aged children were too young to be vaccinated against Canadian Press viruses that are sexually transTORONTO mitted. Often the negative comments here may be more support contained some truth _ just not for HPV vaccination than the whole story, Deeks said. you might expect, given For instance, some noted the controversies that dogged most people clear HPV infection the vaccine programs in their early days, a new study suggests. on their own. But a small numBut it also found misinforma- ber don’t and they are the people tion about the vaccines abounds. who go on to develop cervical cancer, penile and anal cancers And it gives public health officials clues as to how to reframe and other forms of the disease. And it is currently not possible to the debate about vaccines that predict who will and who won’t. protect against cancer-causing ``There’s a kernel of truth. human papillomaviruses. But it’s just not the whole truth. The research was done by sciAnd it’s the important piece that entists at Public Health Ontario who analyzed comments posted they’re missing.’’ There are two HPV vaccines online in response to Canadian _ Gardasil, made by Merck, and newspaper articles on HPV Cervarix, made by GSK. Both vaccine. It was published in the protect against infection with online journal PLoS One. While there was lukewarm re- human papillomaviruses that sponse to the vaccine in Ontario cause cervical cancer; Gardasil also protects against HPV viruses when the provincial program that cause genital warts. started in 2007, 80 per cent of People contract these viGrade 8 girls were vaccinated ruses through sexual activity. It against HPV in 2012-13, the most is estimated that at least 70 per recent year for which data are cent of sexually active people available. (Three provinces curare infected at least once in their rently or will soon also offer the lifetimes. Studies have shown vaccine to boys: Prince Edward Island, Alberta and Nova Scotia.) infection often happens within the first couple of years after a ``We still have a way to go. person becomes sexually active. There are misperceptions,’’ said Because of that _ and the fact senior author Dr. Shelley Deeks, that younger immune systems the Ontario agency’s medical respond better to these vacdirector for immunization and cines _ provincial and territorial vaccine preventable disease. programs deliver these vaccines ``And we need to focus on early. Several jurisdictions start this vaccine as an anti-cancer in Grade 4, while others start in vaccine, aside from the ... antiGrades 5 through 8. STD type of promotions.’’ But vaccinating at these ages STD is short for sexually triggered concern in some quartransmitted disease. ters that the vaccine would give For the study, the authors girls licence to have sex at an searched for HPV vaccinerelated articles published on the earlier age. In some locations Roman websites of Canadian newsCatholic school boards initially papers in 2012. They found 71 refused to let public health dearticles which generated 3,073 partments set up clinics in their reader comments posted by schools. One such ban, by Cal1,198 people. Nearly 53 per cent of the com- gary’s Catholic board, was lifted during the year the researchers ments were favourable toward the vaccine, which Deeks admit- were studying. Deeks said the comments ted was a surprise. suggest that focusing more atBut about a third of comtention on the cancer prevention menters posted negative qualities of the vaccine might remarks, questioning the safety help public health overcome of the vaccine, the motives of parental concerns. pharmaceutical companies and government and whether Eve Dube of Quebec’s public Helen Branswell
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Supreme Court rejects government’s limited deďŹ nition of medical marijuana of pot, but it angered Health Minister Rona Ambrose. Canadian Press It was yet another rebuke of the Harper government’s OTTAWA tough-on-crime agenda. edical marijuana can Not only was it a unanimous legally be consumed 7-0 ruling, but the court made in a range of ways – a point of attributing the writfrom cannabis-infused cookies ten decision to the entire court and brownies to cooking oils – something the justices do and tea – the Supreme Court of when they want to underline a Canada ruled Thursday. finding. The decision to remove Until now, federal regulalimitations on what constitutes tions stipulated that authorized legally acceptable medical users of physician-prescribed marijuana was being hailed by cannabis could only consume advocates of alternative forms dried marijuana. Terry Pedwell
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Cannabis-infused peanut butter cookies are displayed for sale at a Weeds Glass & Gifts medical marijuana dispensary in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on May 1. But limiting medical consumption to dried pot infringes on liberty protections under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the court said. “The prohibition of nondried forms of medical marijuana limits liberty and security of the person in a manner that is arbitrary and hence is not in accord with the principles of fundamental justice,� said the written judgement. The case stems from the arrest in 2009 of Owen Smith,
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Alex Repetski of Thornhill, Ont., was thrilled at the news. For about 18 months he has been converting dried medical marijuana into an oil to give to his three-year-old daughter, Gwenevere, who has a debilitating form of epilepsy that has left her developmentally delayed. Since starting on the lowTHC marijuana, Gwenevere has seen an incredible recovery, Repetski said. But by converting marijuana to oil, Repetski could have been charged with possession and since he was giving it to his daughter, who is too young to smoke pot, he could have been charged with trafficking. “Nice!� Repetski said after he read the decision. Limiting medical marijuana use to dried pot “limits life, liberty and security of the person� in two ways, the court said. First, the prohibition on possession of cannabis in forms other than dried pot places a person at risk of imprisonment when they wouldn’t face the same threat if they possessed dried marijuana buds. It also exposes people with a legitimate need for marijuana to other potential medical ailments, it stated. “It subjects the person to the risk of cancer and bronchial infections associated with smoking dry marijuana and precludes the possibility of choosing a more effective treatment,� said the court. The decision was the latest in a series of rulings by the high court against the Harper government on a variety of issues. In February, the court unanimously rejected the ban on providing a doctor-assisted death to mentally competent but suffering and “irremediable� patients and gave Parliament a year to draft new legislation. In recent years the court has struck down mandatory sentences for gun crimes, federal efforts to tighten parole eligibility and the country’s prostitution laws. It also squelched the Harper government’s Senate reform plans, saying they require constitutional change and provincial consent. Ambrose said she was “outraged� at the marijuana decision. “The big issue here is the message about normalization,� Ambrose said. “The message that judges, not medical experts, judges have decided something is a medicine.� Ambrose noted that marijuana has never faced a regulatory approval process through Heath Canada. “This not a drug,� she said. “This is not a medicine. There’s very harmful effects of marijuana, especially on our youth.�
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Pot is no risk-free high for teens with developing brains: psychiatrists said. “I think we have to start to talk about this.� Canadian Press Brain development in childhood continues through teenST. JOHN’S, N.L. age years and into the early 20s, cientific studies increasingshe explained. Cannabis affects ly suggest marijuana may how the brain’s regulator – called not be the risk-free high the endocannabinoid system – that teens – and sometimes their controls things like mood and parents think it is, researchers memory, she said. say. “You’re kind of tampering Yet pot is still widely perwith or altering the system that’s ceived by young smokers as relathere to regulate other things.� tively harmless, said Dr. Romina Mizrahi said she typically gets Mizrahi, director of the Focus feedback when she discusses on Youth Psychosis Prevention this topic from people who say clinic and research program at they’ve used marijuana for decthe Centre for Addiction and ades with no psychotic effect. 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Dehydration during sporting events doesn’t hurt performance, study ďŹ nds on the belief that not replenishing the fluids and salts sweated Canadian Press out during exercise is both bad for athletes’ health and their TORONTO success. ehydration may not be But a novel study conducted the threat to sporting at Brock University in St. Cathaperformance that athletes rines, Ont., found that competihave been led to believe, a new tive athletes performed equally study suggests. well regardless of whether they For several decades the manwere hydrated or dehydrated, tra in sports has been “hydrate, thirsty or not experiencing the hydrate, hydrateâ€? – a tenet based Helen Branswell
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sensation of thirst. Lead author Stephen Cheung said the dehydrated athletes did have higher core temperatures and heart rates, though. “Your body is more stressed with dehydration. So no questions there. But the performance was not different. And also none of these competitive elite athletes were at any (health) danger,� said Cheung, a professor and a Canada research chair in environmental ergonomics. The public should not interpret the results to mean that there is no need to rehydrate, Cheung insisted. “Obviously dehydration is bad at a severe level,� he said. But the study results do test the notion that people need to constantly top up their fluids while exercising, he said. “That is the common message
that we are bombarded with. And I’m suggesting that there are certainly some cases where hydration is not as critical as it has been made out to be.� In the 1990s, the American College of Sports Medicine issued a statement declaring that people exercising should replace all the fluids they were sweating out. In 2007 that position was modified to suggest people should not allow themselves to lose more than two per cent of their body weight through sweat during exercise, Cheung said. In Cheung’s study, 11 competitive cyclists and triathletes were put through their paces at 35 C. All were hooked up to intravenous fluids. Some received a volume of saline (salt water) equivalent to what they were sweating out, while for the others, the IV was not turned on. Neither the
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cyclists nor the researchers knew during each trial who was being hydrated and who was not getting replacement fluids. As well, some riders were allowed to rinse their mouths to alleviate the sensation of thirst while others were not. The idea there was to see whether the sensation of thirst had an impact on how well the athletes were able to perform. Over the course of four different trials – conducted a week apart – the researchers gathered data on four conditions: hydrated and not thirsty, hydrated and thirsty, dehydrated and thirsty, and dehydrated and not thirsty. In the trials, the athletes cycled for 90 minutes, during which time their fluid levels were either topped up or not. Those who did not get replacement fluids had lost between two per cent and three per cent of their body weight – more than the sports medicine college recommends. After a 10-minute break they were put through a 20-kilometre competitive time trial in which they were told to cycle as hard as they could. Their performances were measured every two kilometres. When it came to performance, there were no statistically significant differences between the four groups. “You can, for a short term, tolerate dehydration and still perform very well,� Cheung said, noting the findings support the practice among elite marathon runners, who often drink little during a race. The study is published in the June issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.
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TV series highlights ways dogs are smart: it’s not about numbers, but what they understand and see where your pet goes. Both show a kind of genius: If Fido goes to the empty cup, he’s good at following orders and bonding. If he goes the other, he’s able to rely on his own devices – and gets the treat. Brozman and her dog will be guests on the show, and she says there’s no question 8-year-old Caspin is smart in many ways. His problem-solving skills make
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a pickle. “Einsteins” are the brainiacs. They can solve new problems by looking at the facts in front of them, a key attribute of a genius. However, like brilliant people, Einstein dogs can be socially awkward. The games show dog brainpower isn’t measured like man’s – with an IQ test. “We don’t deal in numbers,” Hare said. “In the animal world, we recognize there are lots of kinds of intelligence, and they vary widely. You can be a genius in one area but not in another.” In one of the games, you put down two overturned paper cups, allowing the dog to watch as you put a treat under one. You point to the empty cup
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Quebec bill calls animals ‘sentient beings’ and includes jail time for cruelty bec Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis, who tabled the legislaCanadian Press tion Friday. “Don’t get a goldfish if you don’t want to take care of MONTREAL it.” roposed Quebec legislation The bill states that “animals would impose heavy fines are not things. They are senand jail time for serial anitient beings and have biological mal abusers and go so far as to needs.” criminalize flushing live goldfish For many people, that might down the toilet. seem obvious, but in Quebec an “If you have a goldfish you animal currently has the same lehave to take care of it,” said QueGiuseppe Valiante
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animals to sentient beings from their prior status of movable property. The bill has separate rules for pet owners, farmers with livestock, owners of pet shops, or people who sell animal-based products such as furs. Pet owners “must ensure that the animal’s welfare and safety are not compromised,” meaning domesticated animals have to receive “care that is consistent with (their) biological needs,” the bill states. Farmers must guarantee that their animals are “treated with dignity as much as possible” from the moment they are born to the day they are slaughtered. But farm animals don’t get the same protection as pets. They must be treated “in accordance
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with generally recognized rules,” the bill reads. That, says the head of animal advocacy for the SPCA in Montreal, means chickens, will still be allowed to be kept in enclosures no wider than a sheet of paper – called battery cages – for their entire lives. “Whatever the (food) industry does on a wide scale is exempt,” said Alanna Devine. “I don’t know if this means they’ll be treated with dignity and respect.” She said the bill is unclear regarding the status of many wild and exotic animals and those found in zoos. Devine’s interpretation of the bill is that someone who shoots a squirrel in a park, for instance, is not covered in the legislation. Despite wondering about how the bill be enforced, Devine called the legislation a “positive step.” Paradis said there will be no new money for inspectors but that his department has enough people to ensure the bill’s provisions can be enforced. The legislation gives inspectors the power to demand to see an animal if they have “reasonable cause” to suspect the pet is being mistreated. They can also obtain a warrant from a judge to enter a home and seize animals. First-time offenders face fines as low as $250 and as high as $250,000. The fines can double and triple for repeat offenders. Judges will have the discretion to sentence serial violators of the proposed law to jail for up to 18 months. Devine agrees with the fact that even goldfish owners should be subject to the law. “We know scientifically that fish are sentient and can feel pain,” she said. “If animals are capable of suffering then they should be included (in the bill).”
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The values of hope and happiness by David Suzuki
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eading the news, it’s hard not to feel a growing sense of unease. The threat of terrorism, growing instability and conflict overseas, a shooting on Parliament Hill last October and uncertainty about the economy diminish our collective feelings of safety and security. To this we add the looming environmental threats of climate change, pollution, declining ocean health, oil spills and extreme weather. All of it takes a psychological toll, even when we’re not directly affected. Studies show that when we feel threatened, we isolate ourselves and focus on restoring our sense of security. Many people attempt to alleviate anxiety by grasping for wealth, seeking pleasure and taking solace in achievement or status. But this strategy backfires. Instead of bolstering our sense of security
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and well-being, it diminishes it. Across cultures and regardless of age and gender, people whose values centre on social position and accumulation of money and possessions actually face a greater risk of unhappiness, including anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. In his book The High Price of Materialism, psychology professor Tim Kasser shows how materialistic values undermine well-being, perpetuate feelings of insecurity and weaken the ties that bind us as human beings. People who are materialistic also tend to be less interested in ecological issues, have negative attitudes toward the environment and demonstrate fewer instances of sustainable behaviour. That’s a tragedy for humanity and the rest of life on Earth. Cross-cultural research in social science has identified a set of consistently occurring human values. Social psychologists refer to one cluster as “extrinsic�, or materialistic. These are concerned with our desire for achievement, status, power and wealth. Opposite to those are “intrinsic� values. They relate to caring, community, environmental concern and social justice. Although each of us carries both, the importance we attach ck m che to n.coon t u ti ge fo r l i n d r ma n’t a n t i n f o s ! o D . k w e s a te w lat pd wwr the and u o f
to one set of values tends to diminish the importance of the other. When power values like social status, prestige and dominance come first, the universal values of tolerance, appreciation and concern for the welfare of others are suppressed. The U.K.-based Common Cause Foundation is synthesizing this growing body of values research. It offers guidance to social change organizations on ways to engage cultural values to further their causes. Because values are like muscles – they get stronger the more we exercise them – activists can consciously stimulate intrinsic values in communications and campaigns. Researchers have also discovered what they call the values “bleed-over effect�. Because values tend to exist in clusters, when one is activated, so are compatible neighbouring values. For example, people reminded of generosity, self-direction and family are more likely to support pro-environmental policies than those reminded of financial success and status. The forces behind planetary crises are complex. History, politics and economics influence how humans act. Social change requires a focus on individual Fo r Y C ou ng hapeth Ag you ro e 1 foo r o ns 4 -3 d w wn Req 0 Ye ill b cam uire ars e p pi d. rov ng ide gea d. r,
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behaviour, corporate responsibility and government policy. In today’s unstable political environment, values must also be part of the equation. That’s where we find an important connection between environmental and social justice movements. On a values level, the efforts and strategies to combat climate change and biodiversity loss complement and strengthen those required to bring about greater equality. When environmentalists invoke intrinsic values to increase support for their cause, they also increase support for social justice. Because values are an important driver of attitudes and behaviour, they are essential to changing social norms. What can we do as individuals? Our social responsibility goes deeper than our consumer habits and voting choices. We need to reflect on what’s important to us. We all deserve to feel secure in our homes and communities, but
Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Public Engagement Specialist Aryne Sheppard. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.
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Rocks from space in Alaska backcountry by Ned Rozell
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n February 26 at 1:06 p.m., someone in northern Alaska may have seen a torch of light in the cold daytime sky. On that afternoon, satellites detected a meteoric fireball headed toward Earth. An asteroid six feet in diameter penetrated the atmosphere at 13 miles per second, piercing the protective shell of gases at a steep angle. Arriving from the northwest, the asteroid exploded 21 miles above the ground. A spray of space rocks sizzled to Earth in a quiet part of the Brooks Range east of the Dalton Highway. Peter Jenniskens, a meteor astronomer with the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) institute in Mountain View, California, thinks this meteorite event over Alaska is a rare opportunity. He is now searching for pieces of it in the wilderness east of Chandalar Lake. Wilderness guide Garrett Jones
and I are helping him. “We don’t know if anything survived,” Jenniskens said before we began the search on foot of the possible fallout zone. “But we only need to find a small piece of it.” Upon hearing of the asteroid, Jenniskens called Hans Nielsen, a space physicist with UAF’s Geophysical Institute. The pair had worked together before on other meteorite projects. Nielsen checked out several leads, including that of a Kotzebue musher who saw a bright light in the sky (but on a different day). He has not yet found someone who saw the fireball or heard the blast of a sonic boom. Jenniskens compared the search for space rocks to looking for car keys in the tundra. “You look where the searching is possible,” he said. “The area over which rocks could have fallen is many square kilometers large.” He thinks the search is worthwhile because few of the space-detected rocks come down over land. And, by chance, Fairbanks Doppler weather radar picked up the falling rock debris. “The radar signature is our best lead on knowing where to look,” Jenniskens said.
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Peter Jenniskens, a meteor astronomer with the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) institute, is here pictured with meteorite pieces he found in Sudan in 2008. He is now on a similar search in the Alaska wilderness. He has a track record, having picked up black rocks that were parts of an asteroid before they rained out over the Nubian Desert of Sudan in 2008. His recovery of several stones with students from the University of Khartoum was the only time researchers have picked up pieces of an impacting asteroid detected
before it hit Earth. The Alaska meteorite was first seen by the satellites that orbit Earth monitoring for nuclear weapon explosions. Infrasound networks at the UAF Geophysical Institute in Fairbanks and also in Dillingham picked up the low-frequency sound waves from the explosion.
From the prevailing winds, Jenniskens calculated the possible impact spots of softball to pebble-size meteorites that may have landed on the frozen ground. He is now walking the possible impact area with Jones and me. We are looking for rocks that have a thin dark layer of fusion crust, where the rock melted while passing through the atmosphere. I’ll report on what we find or don’t find in next week’s column. If we find rock fragments from space, Jenniskens will not touching them by hand, instead wrapping them in aluminum foil. In past projects, he assembled a consortium of researchers to study them. Knowing the trajectory of the meteorite and backtracking it to when it was in space will help him determine from which debris field in the asteroid belt they might have originated. “This is one more step to learn what type of space rock comes in on a given trajectory,” he said, “so we are better prepared when the next Chelyabinsk-like asteroid is about to hit.” Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ 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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Early Yukon politics was a rowdy affair by Michael Gates
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he mob found him a few minutes before 4 p.m. hiding in the Fourth Avenue cabin of Montreal Marie, at the north end of Dawson City. Marie was heard to say “Run, baby, run!” as he bolted out the back door and sprinted up the hill with a hundred men in hot pursuit. It was early December 1904 and the light was starting to fade. Plumes of vapour from the throats of his pursuers froze in the still winter air as they chased the poor man through the city streets. They finally ran him to the ground, frightened and winded, at Ninth Avenue. A lynch mob? No – this spirited game of fox and hounds was part of the political scene in the Yukon in 1904. It was the federal election, and in a bid to keep the reins of political power, the Liberal government sent Registrar Girouard, keeper of the voters list, into hiding. The list in his possession contained the names of all the Congdon (Liberal) supporters and none of the Thompson (Conservative) crowd. If this situation was not corrected, Congdon was assured victory in the imminent election. The same tactic of political evasion took place at Grand Forks, 19 kilometres from Dawson, where the enumerator waited for direct written instructions before he willingly coughed up the voters list. Mr. Girouard was reported to have requested asylum from the mounted police because of threats on his life. The Dawson Daily News sported a front page cartoon depicting Miss Canada directing two men in suits and bowlers to dig up voters lists that were buried in the ground. Politics in the Yukon was nothing if not colourful. It was certainly partisan. One staunch Conservative supporter served the party cause in a heated election by walking 250 kilometres to serve as a scrutineer at the McQuesten Post polling station. In the previous election the Liberals had received more votes there than there were electors. He was later rewarded for this act of loyalty with an appointment when the Conservatives won the federal election some years later. This was the nature of politics in the early days of Yukon democracy. Laura Berton described the mad scramble when the Conservatives won the election of 1911. The Conservative faithful lined up for their promised rewards of jobs from commissioner of the Yukon on down to ditch digger. “Within an hour of the victory the Tories had every possible party member (and some impossible ones),” Berton said, “slated for the coveted jobs so long held by the enemy.” The employees and supporters of the outgoing government
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The controversy of questionable election practices was captured in the Arthur Buel cartoon during the federal election of 1904.
Library and Archives Canada # C-039892/Yukon News
George Black battled the corrupt Liberal machine, became the commissioner of the Yukon, and was elected member of Parliament for the Yukon in 1921 during a physically demanding campaign. didn’t wait to receive their notice; they simply left their desks “without even going through the formality of resigning.” The Liberals leaving the Yukon on the stage were practically trampled by the Conservatives now returning in droves to receive their due. Not all of the not-too-civil servants were as willing to depart. Upon his appointment as commissioner in 1912 and even before his arrival in the Yukon to take over his new responsibilities, George Black announced that government employees could be dismissed on the grounds of incompetence or misconduct including political partisanship. One such government employee sacked by the new commissioner pleaded tearfully to keep his job. Black responded publicly in the newspaper to accusations made against him by stating that the man, T.D. Macfarlane, was notoriously partisan but inefficient as well. Black also scorned the man for his behaviour. He stated in the Dawson Daily News of January 31, 1913: “When government officials participate in politics to the extent that many Yukon officials have in the past, they court dismissal on a change of government, and when it comes, they should take their medicine like men, and not blubber about it as did T.D. and D.R. Macfarlane.” Fortunately, we can be thankful that such practices have faded away with the passage of time. While the politics of the period were raucous and partisan, the Yukon campaign trail had its own unique challenges in a riding twice the size of Great
Britain. Take, for instance, the 1921 campaign of George Black. The politician was in Vancouver in the fall of that year when a federal election was called. He was nominated to run for the Conservative party against the notorious, if not corrupt, partisan Frederick T. Congdon. He left immediately, travelling by boat up the Alaskan coast to Skagway then by train to Whitehorse, campaigning at every stop along the way. There, due to the river steamers being up on skids for the winter, he carried on overland to Yukon Crossing from where he paddled through the ice-choked river to Fort Selkirk in a canoe. I have seen individuals attempt to navigate the October waters of the Yukon many times. Massive blocks of ice swirl in the turbulent river banging together like giant bumper cars at a family fun fair. Anyone braving these conditions in a canoe runs the risk of being crushed or drowned at any moment. Not willing to waste time waiting at Fort Selkirk until the river froze, Black hired a guide, crossed the Yukon River and set out on snowshoe for the silver mines of the Mayo district more than 160 kilometres northeast. When his campaigning in that area was complete, Black travelled by dog team to Dawson City. Somewhere along the trail, he fell through the ice and was drenched. Pushing on, his resistance weakened, he developed a case of pneumonia. Black endured his sickness while still making speeches in the tiny halls and roadhouses in the Klondike goldfields.
By sheer force of personal effort and determination, he was able to convert certain defeat into a victory over the incumbent Liberal and take a seat in parliament alongside Arthur Meighen and the other members of the Official Opposition. But first Black had to make his way to Ottawa. He departed Dawson, travelling via Mayo and Keno City on his way out of the territory. He had not long left Keno City when the car in which he was driving went off the road, rolled down an embankment and pinned him underneath. Fortunately for Black, in those pre-seatbelt days, he suffered only two broken ribs and a bruised hip, which Mrs. Ed Hickey, formerly a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Dawson cared for while waiting for the doctor to come the 56 kilometres from Mayo. After a couple of weeks of enforced rest and recovery,
a bed was rigged up for him on a dogsled, and by easy stages he was transported over the winter road to Whitehorse. Such were the challenges of the North. Through his display of determination and stamina, Black won the respect of the electorate and retained his seat in subsequent elections until he retired nearly 30 years later. Let’s face it – the modern campaigner in the Yukon may well confront physical and logistical challenges greater than those in most other ridings in Canada, but none has been called upon to exercise the fortitude and endurance shown by George Black 94 years ago. 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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he Lewes Lake orienteering map is so detailed, knowhow counts for more than speed, says Whitehorse’s Forest Pearson. “The race today was very technical, so it’s all about experience,” said Pearson. “So it’s not about the strength and the speed, it’s about the wisdom. So this was my terrain … I could get it on them even if I don’t have the speed they’ve got.” Pearson’s years of experience served him well on Wednesday in the Lewes Lake area. The 41-year-old won the expert division in the middle distance of the 2015 Yukon Orienteering Championships. Pearson swept the expert races at the 2013 championships and won two out of three last year. “Last year I was second on this map, so I had to reclaim my honour,” said Pearson. “It was awesome; it was really fun. This is a part of the map we’ve never used and it’s so technical, but very pleasant. It’s bushy in parts, but there also a lot of fast running too.” Pearson won, but not without incident. He had trouble finding control No. 6 and figures he lost a couple minutes. He was also delayed by wildlife. “It was going good until I didn’t know where I was,” said Pearson. “Then I just about stepped on a mother grouse and a whole bunch of babies went running out. I’ve been chased by a grouse before orienteering, so I was pretty scared and ran like heck in the wrong direction. But I was already lost by that point.” Pearson had some stiff competition in the 3.7-kilometre expert race. He won with a time of 38 minutes and 45 seconds, ahead of second place’s Trevor Bray (39:43) and third’s Caelan McLean (42:31). Bray and McLean are getting set to represent Canada at the Junior World Orienteering Championships next month in Rauland, Norway. Bray, 20, who won the expert division during the sprint championship last week, will be competing in his fourth JWOC while McLean, 17, in his first. They will be joined by fellow Yukoner Pia Blake, who is studying abroad and was absent from Wednesday’s race. Bray and Blake each produced some of Canada’s top results at last year’s JWOC. While the three Yukoners are competing in Norway, there’ll be lots of orienteering action back at home. The Yukon Orienteering Association is hosting the Western Canadian Orienteering
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Above: Micah Hildes runs to a control during the middle distance instalment of the Yukon Orienteering Championships in the Lewes Lake area on Wednesday. Thirty-seven orienteerers took part in the event. Right: Forest Pearson, seen here in the sprint championships, won the expert division in the middle distance. Championships July 3-5. The association also hosted the westerns and nationals in 2011. The Yukon championships will wrap up next Wednesday with the long course championships, to be held in the Long Lake area in Whitehorse. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
Results Novice (1.4 km) 1st Finn and Georgi Pearson/ Maddox Hale/Stian Langbakk – 28:24 2nd Maura Glenn/Elvira Knaack – 35:37 3rd Iliana, Aurelia/Glenda Koh – 43:34 4th Asha Rowan/Land Pearson – 45:15 Intermediate (1.6 km) 1st Savannah Cash – 17:37 2nd Rob and Logan Florkiewicz/ Kienna Baker – 21:26 3rd Micah Hildes – 23:52 4th Rowena Bedleth – 33:54 5th Lara Melnik – 38:05 6th Tess Lawrence – 38:14
7th Miko Miyahara – 40:56 8th Nesta Leduc – 46:03 9th Darryl Bray – 48:49 10th Deb Kiemele – 53:03 11th Sidney Maddison – 57:36 Advanced (2.4 km) 1st Pippa McNeil – 39:58 2nd Sabine Schweiger – 49:14 3rd Dave Hildes – 56:28 4th Joe Bradley – 1:02:18 5th Karen McKenna – 1:09:23 6th Jill Pangman – 1:23:09 7th Kai Breithaupt/ Ella Parker – 1:25:32 8th Linda Mackeigan – 1:48:04 9th Craig Brooks – 1:57:22 Expert (3.7 km) 1st Forest Pearson – 38:45 2nd Trevor Bray – 39:43 3rd Caelan McLean – 42:31 4th Leif Blake – 46:18 5th Lee Hawkings – 47:06 6th Afan Jones – 49:07 7th Ross Burnett – 51:59 8th Erik Blake – 1:01:46 9th Jennifer MacKeigan – 1:01:59 10th Gerry Willomitzer – 1:08:42 11th Darren Holcombe – 1:11:24 12th Bob Sagar – 1:52:12 13th Jim Hawkings – 1:53:19
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Frotten hits top speed in Switzerland Tom Patrick News Reporter
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he athletics track in Arbon, Switzerland has the reputation for being one of the fastest in the world. Whitehorse’s Jessica Frotten can attest to the validity of the rumor. The 27-year-old para wheelchair racer notched numerous personal best times at a pair of meets there last week. “I’m pretty happy with my results, going up against the best in the world. I was racing Amazons, like these women were huge,” said Frotten. “There were personal bests in all the races – I just kept getting faster. “I almost got under a minute in the 400 and I got personal best in the 100 and 200 … and the 800.” Frotten wrapped up her stay in Switzerland with the Swiss Open Nationals over the weekend in Arbon. Not only did she post personal best times in each race, she accomplished a very specific goal in the 1,500-metre. Frotten broke the four-minute mark and thereby set her fourth qualifying time for the Pan Am and Parapan American Games this summer in Toronto. She has now posted qualifying times for all the events available to her at the Games.
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Whitehorse’s Jessica Frotten races in Victoria, B.C., last month. Frotten competed at three back to back international competitions in Switzerland over the last two weeks. “It was a personal best by something stupid like 20 seconds
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placed 12th out of 23 (sixth for T53) in the 100-metre at 18.30 seconds; 10th out of 21 (sixth for T53) in the 200-metre at 32.35 seconds and 19th out of 32 (ninth for T53) in the 400-metre at 1:01.90. Just a couple days earlier, Frotten competed at the Daniela Jutzeler Memorial Meet in Arbon where she took fourth in the 100 metre. Frotten had plenty of success in Switzerland, but she got off to a rough start. “It didn’t start off very good,” said Frotten. “I landed in Zurich and my racer came off the plane – I have this case for it and it looked like it got hit by an airplane. The whole case was caved in. I pulled the racer out and the
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and I made the qualifier,” said Frotten. “Now I just have to race at nationals and the (Pan Am) team will be named after that.” Frotten finished the 1,500 in 3:53.79 and placed 22nd out of 24 racers in the combined T53-T54 division. She was eighth for T53. “We raced with girls who are experienced racing the 1,500 and I’ll tell you, it’s a little bit scary,” said Frotten. “They’re hugging in right close to you and they are hitting your wheels. I think I have to get a little more aggressive if I’m going to be really competitive in that race. But it was really good to race it with some experienced racers.” At the competition, which saw 350 athletes from over 30 countries compete, Frotten also
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Yukon Strikers three-peat at Alaska Airlines Cup The Strikers team, who went undefeated in the tournament, showed themselves to be fast learners. Having recently aged up from U12, the team had to get used to playing on a full size FIFA standard field and with a larger ball. “It was new for us,â€? said Lavanderos. “More numbers on the field – we’ve never played that game before. The kids did well ‌ They played very technical and it was fun for them to play that tournament.â€? The Strikers Selects opened with a 0-0 tie against Anchorage’s Alaska Rush – the match in which Roberts broke his wrist when he was hit by the ball. They then drubbed the Wasilla Crossfire Alaska 10-0 with pairs of goals from Bryant, Hanson and Ivan Johnson, plus individual goals from Ben Kishchuk, Andreas Lavanderos, Rhys Faragher, Sawyer Adams. Hanson then logged a hat trick in a 3-1 win over the Kenai Peninsula SC. The Yukon crew advanced to the final with a 4-1 win over Cook Inlet’s Velocity club. Bryant and
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he Yukon Strikers Selects did it for their captain over the weekend. The U13 team pulled together to win the Alaska Airlines Cup in honour of the team’s captain, Andrew Roberts, who broke his wrist in the opening match in Anchorage. “They were saying, ‘Let’s do it for Andrew,’� said Strikes coach Victor Lavanderos. “He’s the captain and he goes down in the first game. Before every game somebody was saying, ‘Let’s do it for Andrew.’� The Yukon team won gold for their third year in a row at the tournament with a 2-0 win over Anchorage’s Arsenal club in the final. Scoring for the Strikers were left wing Ashton Bryant and striker Joe Hanson. “I was thinking the guys were going to be tired. We had a couple guys icing injuries for the whole weekend,� said Lavanderos. “But by Saturday night everyone was recovered and nobody was tired or injured for the final.�
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Hanson both scored twice in the semi. Yukon goalkeeper Callum Weir notched three shutouts in net, helping the Strikers outscore the competition 19-2 in Anchorage. “He was awesome,� said La-
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Polarettes tumble to eight medals at Kelowna invitational Tom Patrick News Reporter
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ymnast Maude Molgat stayed as cool as a cucumber when the pressure was on in Kelowna, B.C. over the weekend. Competing at the Ogopogo Invitational, the member of Whitehorse’s Polarettes Gymnastics Club didn’t let nerves get the better of her, winning silver
all-around in the Junior Olympic 4 senior A division at the meet hosted by the Okanagan Gymnastics Club. “She’s a very cool competitor. She’s very calm and collected,� said Polarettes head coach Catherine O’Donovan. “Even when she won the silver all-around, she just lets out a little smile. That’s just her personality and I think that helped her win. “I was talking to her mom
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about it and her mom said she was very nervous about beam, so she just told herself that she was doing a practice and didn’t let herself think about anything else.� In addition to her all-around silver, Molgat placed second on floor and beam and third on the uneven bars out of 14 competitors. All four Polarettes gymnasts placed top-10 in the division. Ava Jampolsky won bronze all-around, with fifth on the bars and floor. Aryanna Lavanderos took seventh all-around with fourth on beam. Ella Paldy placed ninth all-around with a silver on vault. “For all of those girls it was their first time flying and going to a big meet,� said O’Donovan. “So it was pretty exciting because they all had fantastic results. It was a great trip for them.� Whitehorse’s Lily Witten propelled herself to gold in Kelowna. Competing in Junior Olympic 3B junior A, Witten won gold on the vault en route to placing 6th allaround out of 15. “I think she’s our youngest competitor and she’s our newest one,� said O’Donovan. “This was
her first time travelling, other than to Juneau. “She did amazingly well; she got gold one vault. She just had a phenomenal meet and was consistent all around.â€? Witten wasn’t the only Polarette to vault to hardware. Riley Boland took silver in vault to place 11th all-around out of 15 in Junior Olympic 3B senior. “In the American system, when you’re in Levels 1 through 5, it’s all compulsory routine, so everyone does the exact same routine,â€? said O’Donovan. “Riley forgot one skill in her beam routine ‌ and that cost her placing in the top five, but she had a great meet otherwise. She knows not to forget that skill again.â€? Other Polarettes results in their respective Junior Olympic level 6 divisions include Hailey Sherman eighth all-around with fourth on the floor; Sasha Kozmen 13th all-around with fifth on the beam; and Alexis Benson 14th all-around with 11th on the beam. Bianca Berko-Malvasio placed 11th out of 16, breaking into the top-10 with ninth on the beam, in Junior Olympic 7 junior A. Matisse Robertson finished
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16th out of 16 in Junior Olympic 7 senior, but secured 13th on the floor. Reena Coyne, the highest level Polarettes gymnast in Kelowna, faced some tough competition at the invitational. Coyne placed 20th out of 22 in the Western Canada Summer Games trials, taking 12th on the bars and 14th on the vault. “She had a very stiff competition against anyone from B.C. who wanted to go out for the westerns team,� said O’Donovan. “They were taking whoever placed top seven to westerns. So they didn’t have an age category and had a big competition pool. “Reena actually had a very solid meet. She had one of her better meets this year, it was just stiff competition.� Coyne, who was the only Yukon gymnast to compete at the Canada Winter Games earlier this year, is slated to represent Yukon at the western Games this August in Wood Buffalo, Alta. “Right now Reena is on the (Yukon) team, barring nothing happening – if she doesn’t get hurt,� said O’Donovan. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Whitehorse Glacier Bear Thomas Bakica competes in November. Bakica won three medals and set four club records at the Kamloops Classic over the weekend in B.C. Tom Patrick News Reporter
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eventeen members of the Glacier Bears swim club competed in B.C. over the weekend, coming home with 19 medals. The Whitehorse team also toppled a total of 11 club records at the Kamloops Classic, which saw 435 swimmers from 25 clubs compete. “It was great to see so many (Glacier Bears) swimmers in the finals,â€? said Glacier Bears head coach Malwina Bukszowana in a news release. “Almost in every final and in every stroke we had somebody racing. It was easy to notice our swimmers going hard and staying strong‌ Each start we were ahead or even with other athletes from the heat, but we were the ones staying the longest under the water, which means that Glacier Bears are learning a very important skill for this sport and are slowly mastering it. At this age it is a good habit to have. From now, it can only get better if they will continue thinking about it during practice.â€? Speedy siblings Rennes and
Cassis Lindsay combined for 12 of their team’s 17 medals. Not only did Cassis win four gold, she punched her ticket for the 2015 Canadian Age Group Championships at the end of July in Quebec City. After having two under her belt, Cassis notched her third and final required qualifying time for the nationals. She also won gold in the 200-metre individual medley (IM), the 50-metre freestyle, the 100-metre freestyle and the 200-metre freestyle for girls 1314. Cassis also claimed fourth in the 100- and 200-metre backstroke events. Rennes had already set three qualifying times for the age group nationals earlier this season, but she improved on them in Kamloops. Swimming in the girls 11-12 category, Rennes improved her times in the 200 IM, 400 IM and the 200 free, with each resulting in a gold. She also won gold in the 200- and 400-metre butterfly, and bronze in the 100 free and 50 fly. Whitehorse’s Thomas Bakica got the variety pack of hardware and set four club records over the weekend. Bakica swam to gold in the 200 fly, silver in the
200 breaststroke and bronze in the 50 free. He made the A final in six out of his seven events, making the B final in the 100 back. “It is his the weakest stroke so far, but he is working hard to correct his mistakes and improve it,� said Bukszowana. “He needs it for his favourite 200 IM event.� The Glacier Bears’ youngest swimmer in Kamloops claimed hardware. Kassua Dreyer won silver in the 200 free for girls under 10 and also raced to fourth in the 100 breast, fifth in the 100 free, sixth in the 50 breast and seventh in the 200 IM. Whitehorse’s other medal came from Aiden Harvey, who reached four A finals and took bronze in the 100 back for boys 11-12. Other top finishes for Whitehorse include Hannah Kingscote sixth in the 50 fly and 100 back for girls 13-14; Brooklyn Massie, who set personal bests in every event, fifth in the 50 back and 100 back for girls 11-12; and Emma Boyd reaching B finals for the 50 back, 50 free, 100 free and 200 free. Ella Pollock-Shepard placed
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“(Pollock-Shepard), who is only second year in our swim club, is not wasting her time. Ella listens to every coaching advice and she goes out hard in every race,� said Bukszowana. Luke Bakica, in over-14 boys, won the 200 IM B final; Meghan Pennington made five B finals in 11-12 girls; Cassidy Cairns raced in two B finals for girls 13-14; Rebecca Koser set best times and made the 50 breast B final. Rennes Lindsay, Massie, Pennington and Boyd also teamed up to win silver in the 4x50 free relay. Massie, Pollock-Shepard, Rennes and Boyd also grabbed bronze in the 4x50 medley relay. As for club records, Thomas Bakica set his in the 200 fly (3:19.28), 50 free (31.06), 100 free (1.09.00) and the 200 breast (3:12.42). Cassis Lindsay set two: the 50 back (33.20) and 100 back (1:10.16). Harvey rewrote the record books in the 400 free (5:30.80) and the 100 back (1:17.12). Rennes Lindsay broke the 200 fly record at 2:41.73, Massie the 50 back at 35.94, and Luke Bakica the 200 breast at 2:51.34, in their respective age divisions. “The hot weather did not distract our athletes, it all looked like they have recharged theirs batteries and swam best times,� said Bukszowana. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Sudoku Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.
FRIDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No difit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2. © 2013 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.
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Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort
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WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: a system and especially a computer system made up of poorly matched components
CLUES ACROSS 1. One point E of due S 4. Picture border 7. Having negative qualities 10. Inner surface of the hand 12. Spanish appetizers 14. Large burrowing rodent of S and C Am. 15. A profane state 16. Sharp narrow mountain ridge 17. Cain and __ 18. Tranquil, calm 20. Removes writing 22. A Mississippi tributary 23. Exactly suitable CLUES DOWN 1. Seaport (abbr.) 2. Bleats 3. Czech & German River 4. Female horse 5. Large tailless primate 6. Modern London gallery 7. Baseball’s Ruth 8. Breezes through 9. Decaliter 11. Genus uria 12. Built for two 13. Mexican men’s shawl 14. Pale & soft in color
24. Extended blockade 26. Encomium 29. Dreaming eye movement 30. Principle vein 35. Japanese apricot 36. ___ Speedwagon: band 37. Fish eggs 38. Ethiopian capital 43. Considerate care 44. Units of loudness 45. Yemen capital 48. Body fluid circulation tube 49. Actress Lupino
50. Gets up 53. Moved contrary to the current 56. Stretched tight 57. Dark brownish black 59. Syrian goat hair fabrics 61. One of the Great Lakes 62. Gull-like jaegers 63. Taps gently 64. Hamilton’s bill 65. One point N of due E 66. No (Scottish)
19. Records the brain’s electric currents 21. Three banded armadillo 24. Plant germ 25. Relating to imides 27. Main artery 28. City in north-central Zambia 29. Royal Military Academy 31. Shape of a sphere 32. Earl Grey or Orange Pekoe 33. Fireplace shelf 34. Old world, new 39. Request attendance 40. Oceans
41. Determine the court costs of 42. Digressions 46. Form a sum 47. Greek river nymphs 50. Swiss river 51. Laying waste 52. Japanese rice beer 53. Ardor 54. Israel’s 1st UN delegate 55. Aba ____ Honeymoon 56. Vietnamese offensive 58. Slang term for man or boy 60. Point midway between S and SE
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50ʟ OF 2� copper pipe, offers. 332-6565
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AUDITOR/ACCOUNTANT A busy accounting ďŹ rm requires a motivated individual to assist with the following; t Assist senior auditors with preparation of audit ďŹ les, t Preparation of various types of ďŹ nancial statements, t General administrative duties. The successful applicant will have will have successful completed course work in ďŹ nancial accounting and auditing. Completion of a basic tax course and experience in a public practice setting would be an asset to the candidate. The applicant should have a working knowledge of Caseware, Excel and Word. The starting wage will depend on experience. A beneďŹ ts package is available for the successful candidate.
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PERSIAN NAIN carpet, beige with blue trim, bought in Middle East, $2,100, appraised much higher. 204-880-7245 herbeeking@hotmail.com
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GET-A-GRIP ULTRA traction on snow, casual, dress, athletic footwear, WomenĘźs SML-MED, 5-9, menĘźs 3-7, Euro 36-41, 2 replaceable spikes incl, $10. 336-4898
Previous kitchen experience in mining camps with references First Aid Level 3 or EMR CertiďŹ ed Contact Colin Asselstine | (867) 841-4274 ext.251 gm@kluanecorp.ca
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CANON PRINTER, PIXMA MP560, like new, memory card compatibility, print from camera, $150 obo. 336-4898 GARRET ELECTRONIC 4-coil metal locater with case, batteries & headphones, exc shape, $600. 332-6565 STURDY METAL desk, $50; wooden desk, $30; houseplants for sale, $5-$20. 668-4186
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At least 8 years of experience cooking in mining camps with references Current Cook Trade CertiďŹ cation and/or Canada Food Safe CertiďŹ cate Occupational First Aid Level 3 or EMR CertiďŹ ed, with 3 years First Aid experience
Contact Colin Asselstine | (867) 841-4274 ext.251 gm@kluanecorp.ca
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M. MCKAY & ASSOCIATES
Certified General Accountants 204-208A Main Street, Whitehorse Yukon, Y1A 2A9. Phone: 867-633-5434 | Fax: 867-633-5440, or E-mail: mm_assoc.ofďŹ ce@northwestel.net Closing date is June 17, 2015.
DELUXE HAND-HELD shower massager, new in sealed case, 3 settings $20. 336-4898
TRIPOD-OPTEX, EXPANDS to 53" great for wildlife, northern-lites, sports, portraits, adapted handle. 204-880-7245 text/calls INVERT RAC, as new, good to relieve headaches & realign spine, located in Haines Junction, $250. 250-566-1346 CULVERTS, 2Ęź in diameter, 1 20Ęź length, 1 10Ęź length, 2 8Ęź lengths, $15 per foot, located in Mayo Lake, must be worth the trip to Whitehorse. 334-7545 PAIR OF slippers, new, tan colour, fur around ankles, sz 8, paid $55, asking $20. 633-2093
is seeking a permanent full-time mature
sales associate Please bring resume w/reference to manager at Midnight Sun Emporium, 205 Main Street.
LITTLE CHIEF electric smoker, 25lb capacity, Hickory chips, $50, Viberg CSA work boots, size 81/2, vibram sole, like new, $100, bear vault/camping food cannister, model BV-500, new, $45. 456-7758 after 5pm ELECTRIC LAWNMOWER, $25, Breville juicer, like new, $75. 355-9380 after 4pm or weekend FLOOR LAMPS, $100 ea, GT sleds, $60 ea, toolbox, $200, ladies bike, $100, mens bike, $100, indoor/outdoor plants starting at $5. 668-4186 HOME SAUNA for individual use, fiberglass body, steam electric powered heat, like new. 668-1045
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Chief Administrative OfďŹ cer POSITION COMMENCEMENT – SUMMER 2015 The Town of Faro is a quiet, clean and safe community located 360km north-east of Whitehorse in Yukon’s Tintina Valley. Faro is a hidden gem tucked away amongst clear blue lakes, vast mountain ranges, winding rivers and lush green valleys, making it a year-round playground for residents and visitors alike. The Town offers very affordable housing, extensive recreational facilities along with an enviable Yukon lifestyle. The Town of Faro is currently seeking a Chief Administrative OfďŹ cer (CAO) to take over for the retiring incumbent in the summer of 2015. With current stafďŹ ng resources (ten full-time staff, three permanent seasonal and a number of casuals) the CAO is a hands-on administrator that is personally involved and has many areas of responsibility. This hands-on administrator will oversee municipal: t Council Meeting and Activities
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Outland Camps, Canada’s premier full service catering operation, is looking to fill the following positions for the summer (June 17th to August 15th) at the Cadet Camp in Whitehorse:
2nd Cooks Baker Baker’s Assistants General Kitchen Help Please email resumes to peggy@outland.ca or drop off resumes at EMPLOYMENT CENTRAL - 204 Black St #202, Whitehorse, YT during office hours before end of day Monday June 15th, 2015. You will be contacted if you are selected for an interview. Interviews will be Monday June 15th and Tuesday June 16th between 9am and 4:30pm.
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Wildstone Construction & Engineering
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➼ ATLIN ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL YOUTH MENTORSHIP Klondike Welding Ltd
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DRYWALL 334-3216
LIFT, like new, $300 obo.
BRICKS & stones, $40 for all. 336-1406 or 668-6446 after 3pm WOOD FIRED hot water boiler, suitable for green house or garage, $250, electric 19� lawn mower with bag, like new, $150, outdoor fire pit with cover, $75. 633-4781 LARGE HOMEMADE briquette BBQ, large enough to roast a pig, $75. 633-4781 3/4� TOW cable 20ʟ long w/loops at each end, $20, 3 Jerry cans, 5 gal $10 ea, 2.5 gal $5 ea. 633-4781 ART PRINTS for sale: Robert Bateman, End of Season Grizzly, Jim Robb, Caribou Crossing, Full Moon In The Klondike. All signed by the artists with glass & frames
ASSORTED TOOLS, hand, power, woodworking & mechanical. 633-6553 for details EAGLE CREEK, 2 backpack/suitcases, 1 shoulder bag. 667-6542 HANDSAW, USED twice, runs like new, $45 obo; bolt door lock w/5keys, $35 obo; black shelf w/cabinet doors, $15 obo; bathroom lights, $30. 668-5185
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AIR PURIFIER, Bonaire, rarely used, was $180, asking $90. 335-3477
BRASS WALKER, $25; blue wide wheelchair, $140; oil-filled heater, $40. 334-8318
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FOOD WAGON, exc cond, ready to go, triple sinks, propane grill, deep fryer, wired for electricity. 668-1045
St. John Ambulance
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XL RED & black print dress, never worn, with tags, paid $130, asking $45 obo. 668-5185 3-WAY FRIDGE, chest, 12V & 110V, working propane, needs repair, was $350 asking $90. 821-6000 WATER HEATER, portable, great for camping, never used, in box, was $199, asking $99. 821-6000 PORTABLE WASHING machine, hooks up to faucet or can be plumbed in, could work well in shop, $100. 334-2586 HEAVY DUTY white sewing machine, suitable for sewing heavy material, straight stitch, zigzag. 633-6404 RAISED BED planters, aluminum, 2 beds/run, each run approx 10', each has steel frame, soil included, 3 three runs @ $150 ea, 1 small aluminum 8' planter, $75. 334-7545 SLUICE BOX, used one summer, 2 10Ęź foot runs that bolt together, 2' wide w/12" sides c/w 20' 1 1/2" riffles, expanded metal, small dump box, Mayo Lake, $1,300. 334-7545
Friday, June 12, 2015 CUISINART JUICER, 32 oz, $15; Conair foot bath & massager, $10; RCA stainless steel microwave oven, $15. 667-2226 12" DELTA thickness planer, $250 obo. 660-5693 WHITE SEWING machine model #999, c/w manual & attachments, $175. 660-5693 BELL PORTABLE H.D satellite dish, ideal for RV, $50 firm. Call 334-4299
YUKON NEWS KENMORE HEAVY duty washing machine w/extra large capacity plus, & Crosley propane dryer w/heavy duty 22 lb capacity, both like new, $900. 667-6855
TVs & Stereos FLAT SCREEN 42� TV, $150. 335-6042 lv msg 27� ZENITH TV, older model, $20. 633-2346
SLIDER WINDOW double glass, 3' high & 4' wide, $20 ea. 633-4375
FREE, METAL framed windows, good for greenhouse. 668-5558 OLDER KITCHEN cabinets, good shape, $50 obo. 332-9975 NEW NORCOLD propane/electric refrigerator, 1.7 cu.ft., runs on propane/110v/12v, w/manuals, $750. 867-996-2113 COLEMAN HOT Water on Demand water heater, perfect for camping, propane bottle supplies fuel, barely used, new $330, asking $150. 633-2981 NEW HARDIE plank boards, concrete 4 x 10, retail $110 ea, asking $100 for all 3. 668-2659 SCREEN DOOR, 36�X81�, complete with new hanging package. 668-5786 PLASTIC WATER tank, never used, 3ʟX2.5ʟX5.5ʟ, approx 200 gal, $375; 120ʟ of 3� green suction hose c/w camlock fittings; one 300ʟ roll 3� blue lay flat discharge hose. 334-6101 150 GAL Tidy Tank w/electric fuel pump hose & nozzle, $750. 334-6101
4 X 1GB DDR2 desktop RAĂ‚, $5 ea. 633-6704 GAMING COMPUTER guts, Asus F2A55-M motherboard w/A10-5800k quad core APU, $150. 633-6704
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Working with a team & reporting to the Executive Director, the Executive Assistant is the primary administrative support and ďŹ rst-line engagement for the public and Chamber members. The position requires the incumbent to be self-motivated and able to work in a demanding fast-paced environment with a wide range of people. This position is responsible for providing a full range of administrative support services. QUALIFICATIONS The Executive Assistant is the front line representative and must be able to represent Yukon Chamber of Mines in a professional and courteous manner. Position duties require working knowledge of board dynamics, general ofďŹ ce procedures, and strong computer skills (Simply Accounting, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and Outlook). Good organizational skills are essential as well as the ability to use a wide variety of ofďŹ ce equipment.
MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT waterproof jacket, wms small, $150; MEC hiking pts, sz 8 & 10, $25 pr. 311B Hanson St, eves 5LP BERKELEY deep well pump with air tank, new, $450. 334-8335 LUMIX FZ200 bridge camera, 12 fps, 12.1 megapixel, free-angle LCD, 1080 HD 60p video, includes wide angle telephoto lens, 7 pc filter set, wireless remote control, extra battery, $600. 335-7510 10 COUNTRY & western CDs, $2 ea, a mug Heart of the Yukon, $1, selection of home-made crafted pottery, $1 ea. 393-8631 38,000 BTU gravity-fed oil stove, perfect for greenhouse, shop or wall tent, c/w hose, new, $900. 334-8335 14X32X6 WALL tent, new, 12 oz canvas, double zippered door, $2,200. 334-8335 INTERIOR DOORS, 2 bedroom & 2 closet, solid wood, $25 ea. 668-4724
Electrical Appliances FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC range, good shape, $50. 668-7558 INGLIS HEAVY duty clothes dryer, large capacity, $70. 633-2837 ELECTRIC DEEP fryer, 220 volt, comercial, good shape; bread mixer, 10 liter bowl, older model with doughook and mixing paddle, 3 speed solid model, 110 volt. 633-2346 21 CU ft Kenmore fridge, top freezer, white, 6 yrs old, $100; Kenmore 25 cu ft fridge/freezer, upright/ice water, water dispenser, $100. 660-4806 FRIGIDAIRE HEAVY duty propane dryer, new, $1,100. 334-8335 SMALL DEEP freeze, apt size. 633-2719
Castle rock is hiring for the following positions: s s s s
Surveyor with eye level and GPS experience Excavator operators with 5 years’ experience Finish skid steer operators min 5 years’ experience Superintendent with min 5 years’ experience supervising skills. Supervisory training i.e., ‘Leadership for Safety Excellence’ and ‘Hazard assessment’ certiďŹ cation an asset. Good knowledge of water/sewer and general construction. If you have the experience, are dependable and are safety conscience, please apply with references to: ofďŹ ce@castlerock.com or fax: 867-633-2621
The ideal qualiďŹ cations are a Diploma of OfďŹ ce Administration or equivalent, a valid Class 5 Driver’s license, and 3-5 years experience working in a fast paced ofďŹ ce environment. If interested, please submit your resume and covering letter by 4:00 PM on June 15th, 2015 to the attention of: Samson Hartland, Executive Director Yukon Chamber of Mines 3151B – 3rd Avenue, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1G1 Fax: (867)-668-7127 e-Mail: ed@yukonminers.ca We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
www.yukonminers.ca
DAWSON CITY Mining District, placer gold claim property in Dawson, 80 claims, historic mining area, $160,000 + 3% royalty. vencanresourcesltd@gmail.com, 867-993-3893, 867-993-3038
PROPANE SPACE heater, 22,000 BTU, made by Waite, good for greenhouse or small shop, $200. 660-4806
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SALARY RANGE: $18-$22/hour based on a 30 hour work week
BUILDING ON steel skids, 10ĘźHx10ĘźWx50ĘźL, no leaks. 668-2332
WOOD STOVE, brick-lined, good condition, great for cabin. 633-2346
CANON L50 print cartridge, Canon GPR-7 toner unit, $50 ea; Lexmark 10E0042 yellow print cartridge, 10E0041 magenta print cartridge, 15W0903 black toner cartridge, $50 ea. 660-5101
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
APPROX 100 steel pipes, 12Ęź long, ideal for fencing, $20 ea. 633-4342
BUYING HOCKEY & baseball cards, honest and fair in my dealings. If you have cards email me at bugolini@shaw.ca or text 250-210-1970. I'm in the Whitehorse area
IPHONE 4S, perfect shape, free of contract, Bell or Virgin Mobility, $160. 334-6087
NEW DELL XPS 12 computer, OS Windows 8.1 64-bit, memory, 4GB, HD, 128GB, processor, 4th generation Intel Core, MS Office Home & Business 2013, security, McAfee Livesafe. 336-4898
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WANTED: STEEL spiral staircase in usable condition, will pay cash; also solar panels, will pay cash, $1 per watt; also silver coins, bullion. Call/text 334-7364
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE closure, book shelves, file cabinets, art, percussion instruments, briefcases, bar fridge, psychological books, testing materials, infrared heater, vacuum, antique coat rack, all prices negotiable. 633-6010
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Heritage Sites Officer This is a regular full time employment opportunity.
Reporting to the Heritage Director, the Heritage Sites Officer is responsible for managing historical and cultural land based resources in Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) traditional territory. The Heritage Sites Officer will also participate in organizational activities such as strategic planning, internal and external communications, and administrative activities in order to help achieve the department’s overall mandate, strategic plan and work plan. The position will be a resource for identification, preservation, management and interpretation of heritage sites and buildings, historic trails, sacred and culturally significant places and resources. The incumbent will be responsible for managing related projects and seeking funding. Job Knowledge and Skills &Qualifications • post secondary education and/or extensive experience in Cultural Resource Management or a related field such as Anthropology, Archaeology, Conservation or Museum Studies; or an equivalent level of education and experience may be considered • strong knowledge of TTC traditional territory, culture, heritage and traditions • thorough knowledge of TTC Final Agreement, particularly Chapter 13 (Heritage); social structure, Tlingit clan system and the social conditions and social dynamics prevailing in the community • knowledge of Yukon First Nation Government (land claim & selfgovernment agreements, TTC Constitution) and social issues affecting First Nations • knowledge of project management methods and techniques • strong written and oral communications skills • sound computing skills, including word processing, databases, and mapping • proven ability to work in a team setting, interact well with others, and to supervise seasonal project staff For more information please call 867.390.2532 ext 316. To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume HR & Staff Development Officer Workforce Development Teslin Tlingit Council, Box 133, Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 F. 867.390.2176 humanresources@ttc-teslin.com
Closing Date: Monday, June 15, 2015 **no later than 4pm**
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY www.ttc-teslin.com
VUNTUT GWITCHIN FIRST NATION Old Crow, Yukon MENTAL HEALTH AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER THE JOB: Under the general supervision of the Manager of Mental Health and Support Programs this position is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating the delivery of Family Support Services to children, families and caregivers who may be or are at risk of neglect and/or abuse. The incumbent provides information in the Family Case conferencing process. The incumbent is also responsible for the provision of specialized home and community based support and prevention services to children and their families and the community at large. In addition the incumbent is responsible for the successful delivery of programs that promote mental and emotional wellness and positive relationships for children and families. In consultation with the Director of Health, Social and Recreation and the Manager of Mental Health and Support Programs, select community education programs and client services models to meet the needs of the community. THE CANDIDATE: The ideal candidate will have a degree or diploma in social work, psychology, psychotherapy, or a related ďŹ eld, or the equivalent in training and experience; Direct and successful counseling experience; Broad knowledge of Government legislation regarding Social services; Knowledge of Social issues affecting First Nation peoples both locally and nationally; Knowledge of federal and territorial funding programs for First Nations and for organizations; Knowledge of public and private agencies dealing with alcohol and drug abuse programs; and previous experience in a First Nation community is an asset. Successful applicant must complete a criminal records check. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: s #RIMINAL RECORD CHECK s 0RE EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL AND 4" SCREENING s &IRST !ID #02 #ERTIlCATE OR WILLINGNESS TO OBTAIN ONE s $RIVER S CLASS LICENCE WOULD BE AN ASSET PAY RANGE PER ANNUM PLUS AN EXCELLENT BENElT PACKAGE 4HIS IS A FULL TIME TERM POSITION BASED ON HRS BI WEEKLY HOUR WORKDAY A M TO P M TO P M A DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE AT: www.vgfn.ca/employment Minimum one year term commitment is required. CLOSING DATE: *UNE P M 7E THANK ALL APPLICANTS BUT ONLY shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Preference will be given to Vuntut Gwitchin beneďŹ ciary. Please submit resume and cover letter to Manager, Human Resources.
Vuntut Gwitchin Government "OX /LD #ROW 9 4 9 " . 0HONE EXT &AX While qualiďŹ ed VGFN citizens will be given preference, all interested and qualiďŹ ed individuals are encouraged to apply.
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HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC.
PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com
Castle Rock Enterprises accepting applications for:
Heavy Equipment Mechanic Reporting to the Shop Superintendant the mechanics main responsibility is to be able to diagnose and complete repairs on all company heavy equipment (Excavators, Graders, Loaders, Scrapers, and Packers/Rollers etc.)
YAMAHA CLAVINOVA piano model CVP509, check wonderful features on Internet, has light system for learning piano, over $9,000 in stores, asking $6,000. Serge 667-2196 after 5pm SEAGULL 6-STRING acoustic guitar with hard shell case, $300. 867-821-5050 YAMAHA ELECTRIC/ELECTRONIC drums, 2 yrs old, like new, used very little, paid $1,150, asking $450. 668-2659
Store (867) 633-3276 Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782
✔ Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed ✔ Everything over 8" split ✔ $250 per cord (6 cords or more) ✔ Single and emergency half cord deliveries ✔ Scheduled or next day delivery
ABILITIES REQUIRED s Willing to learn and take direction s Must be able to communicate well with co-workers s Must have a valid driver’s license (class 5) s Must be able to work under pressure in some situations s Must be able to meet all safety requirements and applicable safety policies s Work overtime as required EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION s Licensed preferred but willing to consider experience s Grade 10 min s Previous work experience in busy shop environment Wages will commensurate with experience. Please submit resumes with cover letter as follows: No phone calls please. office@castlerock.com or fax: 867-633-2621
EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery • Dry accurate cords • Clean shavings available • VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise. ORDER NOW 456-7432
S.A. vouchers accepted.
ANDYʼS FIREWOOD SERVICE End of season discounts Quality standing dry Haines Junction Full measured cords, stacked $230/cord - 6-7 cord load $240/cord - small orders Discount for large orders 335-0932, leave message
Seeking a
F/T or P/T Customer Service Representative You are a mature person who is looking for a long term position with an established company that has a competitive wage and benefits package. You also enjoy giving a high level of customer service to people looking for fine gifts and jewellery.
Please apply in person with resume to
Murdoch’s, 207 Main Street
DIRECTOR, NATURAL & HERITAGE RESOURCES THE JOB: Reporting to the Executive Director, this position is responsible for directing the business of the Natural & Heritage Resources Department in lands, environment, heritage, and fish and wildlife. This position supervises the Heritage Manager, Lands Manager, Fish & Wildlife Manager and Administrative Assistant. This position also serves as a member of the Senior Management Team in the Vuntut Gwitchin Government. THE CANDIDATE: The ideal candidate will hold a degree or diploma in one or more of the following: natural or renewable resource management, land management, environmental studies and have extensive relevant work experience at a senior management level. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of the principles, practices, issues and legislations associated with natural resources management. Strong skills are needed for managing projects, developing policies and procedures, applying financial management, negotiating, supervising and problem solving. Excellent oral and written communication skills are required. PAY RANGE: $79,806 - $103,748 ($52.47 - $68.21) per annum plus an excellent benefit package This is a full-time position based on 32.5 hours per week. (6.5-hour workday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.) VGG closes every second Friday. A detailed job description is available at: http://www.vgfn.ca/employment CLOSING DATE: July 3, 2015 @ 4:00 p.m. We thank all applicants but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please submit resumes that include job experience related to position to: Brenda Frost Manager, Human Resources Vuntut Gwitchin Government Box 94, Old Crow, YT Y0B 1N0 Phone: (867)966-3261, ext. 256 Fax: (867)966-3800 Email: hrd@vgfn.net While qualified VGFN citizens will be given preference, all interested and qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
POLYTECH M14, semi automatic 308, vg cond, shoots well, PAL reqʼd, paid $1,000, asking $600 obo. 333-0915
RUGER M77 Hawkeye, 30-06 cal, excellent condition, PAL reqʼd, $650. 335-4010 REMINGTON 700 b/a, 300 win mag, wood stock, detachable magazine, Leupold bases & rings, scope, sighted in ready to go, $700. Call/text 332-2352 FACTORY 303 ammo, 100 rds, 180 gr. power point & 60 rds 180 gr. silver tips, Butler Creek stretch sling, ammo boxes & cleaning accessories, best offers. 667-4788 1950ʼS ERA fred bear Polar recurve RH #55, good condition, $150 obo. 334-7664 SPORTERIZED 303 Lee Engield #4 MK 1 w/synthetic stock, 5 clips & padded hardshell case, good cond, must be seen, PAL reqʼd, $500 obo. 667-4788 303, $100; 30-30, $250; 308 Carbine w/scope, $550; 222 Savage w/scope, $300, PAL reqʼd. 456-4770 CUSTOM BENELLI Supernova Tactical 12GA shotgun, exc cond, c/w Urbino pistol grip stock, limbsaver, adjustable cheek riser, 6 shell carrier & pic. rail, Eotech 512 holographic sight, sling, $1,200. 334-3062
Wanted WHITEHORSE MEDICAL CLINIC 406 Lambert St. Whitehorse
Seeking A Clinic Manager 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.
FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEPT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL
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FULL-TIME or PART-TIME
VUNTUT GWITCHIN FIRST NATION Old Crow, Yukon
Guns & Bows
B&L SPOTTING scope, $150 obo. 660-5693
Firewood
Cheque, Cash
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES s Diagnose & complete repairs on all company equipment s Confer with Shop Foreman regarding all repairs and the extent of repairs necessary s Responsible to ensure all work is completed in a safe manner s Perform work in either shop or outdoor construction site settings s Work with other shop of field personnel s Act in a courteous manner in order to project a positive company image s Assist with other duties as required from time to time
FRANKʼS FIREWOOD •Top quality, stacked cords for best value •8 foot & stove length •Single cord & multiple cords Phone 334-8960
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.
WERE YOU a squatter in Whiskey, Moccasin Flats, Sleepy Hollow or the Wye area? Need your story. squatterstory@gmail.com or Pat 667-4141 WANTED: COLLECTOR wants badges & patches from law enforcement, fire department, conservation officers, etc throughout the Yukon. Please call 204-582-5255 CLEAN FILL WANTED in Wolf Creek. Call or text 334-4066. VOLUNTEER SHOPPER needed 2 hours a week to fill personal shopping requests of residents at Macaulay Lodge who canʼt get out on their own to shop. Please call 393-7111 WANTED: LOOKING for small honey extractor, hand cranked model for 2 or 3 frames preferable. 633-4379 WANTED: DEAD or dying Subarus, will pick up, free or really cheap. 334-7717 WANTED: LOOKING to get 4 totes and set of tires transported to Edmonton by end of July or before. Will pay. Contact 867-334-3738 WANTED: BAR fridge. 633-2837 WANTED: LEATHER recliner, armchair & love seat in good condition. 393-3777 WANTED: LADIES bicycle in good condition. 393-3777
TOGETHER TODAY… FOR OUR CHILDREN TOMORROW
COUNCIL OF YUKON FIRST NATIONS 2166-2ND AVENUE, WHITEHORSE, YUKON Y1A 4P1 TEL: (867) 393-9200 FAX: (867) 668-6577
Request for Board Members The Council of Yukon First Nations is requesting applications from Yukon First Nation Citizens for nominations on the following Boards and Committees:
Cars 2010 COROLLA SPORT, 63,000km, remote start, 2 sets of wheels with new studded winter tires, sunroof, auto trans, $11,900 obo. Phone 335-5718 2010 MUSTANG GT convertible, V8, 5-spd, gold w/black top, heated leather seats, new tires, sequential turn signals, ambient internal lighting, 57,000kms, $25,000 obo. 336-0505
t Judicial Council Nominations (1 seat) t Yukon Municipal Board (1 seat) (1 alternate) t Yukon Legal Services Society Board of Directors Justice (1 seat) t Education Appeal Tribunal (1 seat)
2013 HYUNDAI Genesis Coupe, 2.0T, fully loaded, 6-spd standard w/cargo tray, winter front mats, new winter tires/rims, oil pan heater, 14,000 kms, $22,500 obo. 334-9039
DEADLINE for applications is June 30, 2015 at 4:30 PM
2010 TOYOTA Corolla XR5, premium stereo, auto start, sunroof, performance pkg, clean, 42,000kms, extra set of mounted winter tires, $10,000 obo. 333-9147
For application forms and/or for more information, please visit our website at www.cyfn.ca or contact Wendy Risby at (867) 393-9204 or by e-mail at boardsandcommittees@cyfn.net
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2011 NISSAN Versa, 1.8L, blue, A/C, A/P, full warranty, manual, never winter driven, 7,000km highway only, $14,000 firm, no test pilots please. 393-2166
2007 DODGE Caliber sxt hatchback, new tires on alloy rims, interior immaculate condition, power windows, sunroof, black, $11,700 obo. 334-7256 1986 TOYOTA Landcruiser 6-cyl diesel, 1014000 kms, Toyota serviced, new engine at 800000kms, lots of rust, runs, $1,200 obo. 667-7684
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MicMac USED VEHICLE SPECIALS!! 2014 Dodge Journey R/T # 7696A.................................... $29,299 SOLD! 2008 Toyota RAV4 Limited # 7680A .................................. .......................... $18,790 2012 Toyota Venza # 1504 .................................................$27,290 2010 Toyota Tundra SR5 #7467A .................................. $29,800 2011 Nissan PathďŹ nder LE #7513A .............................. $30,400 2012 Toyota Prius C Tech STOCK #7129
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2012 JEEP Rubicon, 2-dr, perfect condition, 60,000kms, $28,000 obo. 335-6705 2011 DODGE Ram 1500 regular cab short box 4x4, 28,000kms, carefully maintained, headache rack & towing package, deep cherry red, $20,000, no GST. 335-3938
2008 SILVERADO 4X4 ext cab long box, new tires/brakes, mechanical records, headache rack, trailer hitch, electric brakes, cruise, air, drives/handles like new, $15,000 obo. 333-0437
2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid LE STOCK #7007
PRICE:
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2007 CHEV 2500HD crew cab 4X4, great unit, many options, trailer tow, fully serviced, new brakes & battery. 633-4311
2012 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Ltd
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2010 Toyota Tundra TRD STOCK #1505
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2013 TOYOTA Matrix, white, 4-dr hatchback, a/c, am/fm, cd, Bluetooth compatible, roofracks, 31,210kms, $16,000. 334-2586 2010 TOYOTA Matrix, clean, good tires, reliable, 84,639kms, blue, $9,000 obo. 333-9147 2008 TOYOTA Yaris, 2-dr standard, runs well, new brakes, $2,800 obo. 334-1935 2007 FORD Focus, rose colour, 79,500 “in town� kms, always serviced at dealership, command start, $8,500 obo. 667-4523 2007 PONTIAC G5, exc mechanical condition, well maintained, 134,000 kms, $5,000. 335-0513 for more info 2006 HONDA CRV, 117,000kms, c/w winter tires & rims, great cond, well maintained, $13,500. 393-2125 2005 HONDA Civic SI, grey, exc cond, 2-dr coupe, 5-spd, 102,000kms, P/W, P/L, extra tires on rims, $9,000. 334-7734
1993 HONDA Civic, white, runs good, radio with CD, $1,000 obo. 399-3226 1989 CADILLAC Deville, sedan, 4-dr, great condition, never smoked in, $9,900 obo. 332-9457 1988 BUICK LeSabre Limited, runs but needs minor repairs, as is, where is, $600 obo. Call or text Ross 335-7805 1988 CADILLAC 4-dr sedan, exc cond. 668-2332 1981 CHEVY C10 street rod, 468 ci 425 HP single cab short box, turbo 400 trans, locking diff, new tires, electric water pump, fans, & paint, $8,000. 336-0306 1966 MUSTANG Coupe California car, no rust/dents, new carpet, headliner, windshield, rear suspension, no drive train, $5,000. 456-4981
Trucks 2013 TERRAIN 2.4L SLE-1, silver, fully loaded, transferable extended warranty, 9,550 gently driven km, $25,500 obo. View at 57 Alsek. 333-0825 or 333-0210
2007 JEEP Grand Cherokee, 3.0 diesel, fully loaded, leather, heated seats, 130,000km, trailer brakes, satellite radio, tinted windows, sunroof, command start, motivated seller, $14,500. 334-1195 2005 CHEVY Duramax diesel 4x4, 280,774km $10,000 obo, 1305 Fir Street. Call 333-9919 or 633-6678 2005 GMC 3500 HD SLT, crew cab, diesel, 4wd, 206,000 km, good condition, $17,000. 334-2846 2004 FORD F-150 XLT 4X4, SuperCrew Cab, 6'6" box, 38,000kms, like new condition, summer & winter tires, $15,000 obo. 334-3537 2004 GMC 2500 HD 4x4 X-cab, long box, great unit, remote start, trailer tow, aluminum liner & toolbox, fully serviced, new battery & tires. 633-4311 2003 FORD Ranger 4X2 pick-up, Supercab, 1 cylinder cracked, good winter tires incl, $1,250. 334-6092 2002 CHEV 2500 4X4 Single cab, gas, auto, 220,000km Excellent tires, complete service box Recently painted, ready to go to work for mining, contractor, etc, $8,900. 333-0717 2002 FORD Explorer Sport 4X4, 70,000kms on new engine, standard, exc cond, moving so must sell ASAP, $2,000. Joey @ 334-2905 2002 NISSAN Xterra SUV, SE supercharged, 4X4, 229,800km, new transmission, fun ride, some rust, would make a great graduation gift, $4,250 obo. 335-7471 2000 GMC 1/2 ton, 2WD, ext cab with 3rd door access, $4,500. 334-1374 1999 GMC Sierra 4X4, lots of new parts, 20x12 1/2" XD rims, 35" tires, 2" level kit, power seats windows etc, $5,800 obo or trade for boat. 335-7799 1998 DODGE Ram 1500, fully loaded, almost new tires, needs transmission, $1,500. 867-634-3897 lv msg 1981 LAND Cruiser BJ42, diesel, lots of rust but runs & starts good, 227 Squanga Ave, Crestview, $2,500. John @ 633-2332
MODEL #200 Dodge Mud Bogger, ready to go. 668-2332
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
The following insurance salvage is up for bids. Salvage vehicles may have signiďŹ cant collision damages. Listed salvage is currently located at Irving Collision Repairs. GST will be added to all bids. It is offered on an “as is, where isâ€? basis. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Bids close at 6:00 p.m. June 22, 2015. Contact Irving Collision Repairs (867-667-6315) for viewing appointment & information. MAKE Chevrolet Kia Dodge Toyota Nissan
MODEL Malibu Soul 5 Charger Corolla Frontier
LT235/80R17,
HEAVY-DUTY HEADACHE rack for full-size Dodge truck w/8-ft box, Size: 64 3/4� wide, tapers to 63� at back, like new, black, $300 obo. Call 660-4516 LEER CANOPY, fits GMC Canyon/Chevy Colorado 4-dr pickups, good cond, minor tears in screen, locks/keys, fitted with factory Thule roof rack mounting rails, $1000. Call/text 332-2352 SPARE STEEL rim with good BFG, all terrain 31x10.50x15 tire, mounted and balanced, fits GMC/Chev-Canyon/Colorado 4-dr 4x4 pickups, $50. 332-2352 TRUCK CANOPY, 6ʟ6�, forest green, sliding windows, good cond, fits Ford F150 or equivalent, $275 obo. 335-0629 BRIDGESTONE BLIZZAK tires, 15�X4, on rims, 5-bolt, P215/75 R15, $200 for all 4. 335-0629 4 RIMS Honda SUV 2006, 17", $400. 393-2886 3 TIRES, Michelin LT265/70 R17, good tread, $300 obo. 633-4311 4 FULDA tires, LT225/75 R16, $100; 1 steel bumper for winch for med-size truck, $50. 332-9975
Pets Has your fur buddy slowed down? Return 'spring' to your dogʟs step. Older or injured dogs benefit from Glucosamine and MSM. Tasty pharmaceutical grade powder. Dosage based on weight. 332-7828 CANINES & COMPANY Dog Obedience School Puppy obedience classes starting July 9 Reactive dogs, July 8 For full schedule visit caninesandcompany.ca Full service training school, certified trainers 333-0505 3-YR-OLD MALE Lab cross to give away, fixed, good watch dog & good with kids. 456-6571 LARGE 32L x 24w x 28h portable heavy plastic kennel for auto/airline travel, easy to assemble, no tools needed, good shape inside, has paint spots outside, $30. 633-3332 TERRARIUM, 24�HX18�X18� with canopy light, $150; fish tank, 25 gal with stand & storage cupboard, light, canopy & full set-up, $250. 667-6579 3-YR OLD male lab, fixed, to give away to good home. 633-4391
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 2009 YAMAHA V Star 1300 touring cruiser, new tires, leather saddlebags, recent tune-up/oil change, windshield, passenger back rest, $6,500. 333-9020 2008 YAMAHA FZ1 sport touring, grey, gold rims, hard saddlebags, larger windscreen & fairings, very low kms, moving, must sell, $6,000 obo. 667-6770 2004 ARCTIC Cat Model 400, exc cond, have 2014 receipts for work, also machine for parts, located in Haines Junction, $4,200. 250-566-1346 2007 KAWASAKI Vulcan cruiser 900cc, like new cond, only 1,500 kms, many options/extras, great deal, $6,000. 633-5268 ICON FULL-FACE motorcycle helmet, near new, sz medium, $225; 1 X-large touring motorcycle jacket, near new, $175. 867-821-5050 2005 HONDA Shadow, 1100 cc, 4,500kms, new tires, $4,800. 333-0901
2010 KAWASAKI KLR 650 motorcycle, 7,500km, rear rack & soft bags, tank bag, good cond, $4,500. 867-821-5050 2013 YAMAHA scooter, red BW's 50 4-stroke eng, 23-ltr storage, 4.5 ltr tank, bought May 2014, 70 kms, speeds to 80km/h, GMax helmet built-in visor/added storage comp incl, $2,400. 335-1393 2008 VICTORY, only 2,700kms, $10,000 obo. 660-4447 2006 SUZUKI DRZ400 dual sport bike, 11,000 km, skidplate, barkbusters, overall good condition, $3,500 obo. 334-7664 2010 POLARIS Ranger 6X6 side by side EFI 800, 191 original kms, c/w winch, windshield, roof, spare tire & side racks, $13,500 firm. 334-6101 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTCUI Ultra Classic, pristine condition, fully loaded with reverse gear installed, very low mileage, $13,500 obo. Len @ 633-2997
Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 18Ęź BOAT & trailer, 120hp in-board engine, ready to use. 668-2332 BRAND NEW salmon & halibut rods/reels, used shrimp pots & gear, Garmin 4208 GPS Chart Plotter, Data Card with Alaska Maps, hand held GPS, VHF marine radio, Scotty Electric downriggers and more. 332-1374 14Ęź ALUMINUM boat, 25hp Mercury, 1 yr old, tilt trailer & cover, fish finder, all in exc cond, best offer. 393-2868
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My fuzzie self awaits your attention! Come on down and visit with me soon!
633-6019 126 Tlingit Street
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KITTENS FOR sale. 332-5089
1980 C-10 Chevy short box, 2WD, new 4 bolt main 350, $4,800. Text or call 332-1400
SALVAGE SALE
YEAR 2003 2010 2010 2012 2011
4 MICHELIN tires, 125/117RLTX. 660-4106
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2005 VW Passat TDI wagon, 275,000 km, bike rack, roof rack, winter tires on rims, metal skid plate, $9,500 obo. 660-5101
CARGO BOX, SportRack, 92�x24�x15�, 16 cf, great shape, fittings & lock key included, $225 obo. 335-7184
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2009 NISSAN Rogue, SL model, loaded, 130,000kms, new tires, exc sound system, smooth ride, $13,200 obo. 633-5155
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GREY TOPPER for full-size truck, 8Ęź, exc cond, $450 obo. 633-6244
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1984 ZETA 24' Hard Top, 350/260 leg, 15hp kicker, dingy, barbecue, galley, head, canvas enclosure, fishfinder, radio, sleeps 5, tandem trailer, rough water boat, bottom paint, many extras, $17,950 obo. 332-1374 19.5Ęź Y-STERN chestnut fishing canoe, new canvas, fine craft for wooden boat lovers, $2,500. 667-2389
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2002 24.5 ft. Bayliner Ciera Classic 250 H.P. Mercuiser W/Bravo 2 Leg. Low hrs. excellent cond. Scotty downriggers, 8H.P. Honda 4 stroke kicker. This boat has many extra’s. $28,000 Ph. 867-333-0464 fordelkranch@yahoo.ca 2014 ALLY DR 16,5 folding canoe, new, never used, c/w storage/carrying pack and repair material, 16ʟ 5 L, $2,000, no GST. 660-4723 or 332-5450 TANDEM KAYAK, Kevlar constr, as new, c/w spray skirts, pump, paddles, $2,700 obo. 660-5693
Well-respected Elder
Charlie Dick
NISSAN INFLATABLE boat w/aluminum flooring, max load 950lbs, 5-person maximum, Nissan 8hp outboard motor, tank & extras, exc cond, $1,500. 668-7026
of the Crow Clan has made his journey to the other side.
16Ęź LOWE Jon boat, flat bottom river/jet boat, c/w 55hp Johnson commercial jet outboard, on trailer, $6,750 obo. 334-4687
Services will be held at the Catholic Church in Ross River on Saturday, June 13th at 10 am, followed by prayers and the burial at Frances Lake.
16Ęź SEA Ark Jon boat, flat bottom river/jet boat, c/w 50hp Mercury jet outboard, on trailer, $6,250 obo. 334-4687 14Ęź STERLING open aluminum boat, c/w 20hp Evinrude outboard, on EZ Load trailer, $1,950 obo. 334-4687 18Ęź CAMPION cabin cruiser w/trailer, downriggers, Hummingbird fish finder, 175hp Mercury, spare prop. 333-0901 2002 MACGREGOR 26 X power sailboat, 50hp Honda, trailer, water ballast makes light towing, full canvas, sleeps 6, easy/safe to sail, many extras, never in salt water, $20,500 obo. 633-5804
Charlie’s strong values and teachings have left a lasting mark on so many.
2015 HEWESCRAFT Ocean Pro 220, loaded, 2nd steering station, whole hard top w/Alaska bulkhead, radar, used approx 30 hrs, perfect new condition, in Whitehorse. 208-351-5576
1984 17Ęź Campion fibreglass boat w/trailer, capacity 1590 kg, rebuilt 4-cyl OMC inboard, 15hp Johnson 2-cycle, cover, $3,900. 456-4981 1996 BAYLINER cabin cruiser, Model 2Y52, fully equipped, new Suzuki 9.5 kicker, tandem trailer incl, $19,200 obo. 668-2771
Heavy Equipment BRENTʟS 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 CLEAN FILL WANTED in Wolf Creek. Call or text 334-4066. 100 BRL steel water trunk tank c/w 3� Bowie water pump & all air lines & fittings, $5,000; Norwood edger w/13hp Honda motor, c/w 3 sets lumber rollers, $2,800 obo. 334-6101 CATERPILLAR 980 B Loader, serial nr 89P 2400, running condition, FOB Dawson City Yukon, $35,000 obo. vencanresourcesltd@gmail.com, 867-993-3893, 867-993-3038 KOMATSU D85-18 dozer, serial nr. #26500 with angle blade, ROBS ripper, FOB Dawson City, Yukon, $40,000 obo. vencanresourcesltd@gmail.com, 867-993-3893/, 867-993-3038 COMPLETE SAWMILL, headsaw powered by Doreman motor, good working condition on trailer, $4,000. 660-5411 1996 INTERNATIONAL water tanker, 4,000 gal tank, 4� Honda pump, N14 motor, rubber in exc shape, $27,500. 334-9054
FOR SALE
12Ęź ALUMINUM boat, older 9 1/2 Evinrude motor, trailer, $1,800; 14Ęź wide bow fibreglass boat, trailer with 2006 Honda 15hp motor, $3,700. 333-0717
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Tristan Chapman
TANDEM AXLE KITCHEN DINER 10x30. Located in Whitehorse.
$8,400
PCSS in Whitehorse on Saturday, June 20, 2015
PH: 336-2029
FOR SALE
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UTILITY TRAILER, good for 2,700lbs, exc for 4-wheelers & can put small boat on top, fold down ramps, $1,500 firm. Marcel @ 334-2905 CAR HAULER trailer, two 3,500lb axles, 18ʟ working deck, 2 5/16� ball hitch, heavy frame & slide-in ramps, $4,000; 22ʟ Tridem gooseneck flatdeck trailer, 2 5/16� ball hitch, $4,500 obo. 334-6101
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2006, 21Ęź Pioneer travel trailer, Insulated underbody, roomy, slide out, double sink, 3-burner stove, fridge/freezer, stereo/CD, wired for TV, sleeps 6-7, $13,200 obo. Text/call 335-0004
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REQUEST FOR TENDER #2015-029 Construction of an Alternate Access Road to Whitehorse Rapids Generating Station
Yukon Energy Corporation is inviting bids from qualiďŹ ed COR contractors to provide a FIXED PRICE bid for the construction of an emergency alternate access road to the Whitehorse Rapids Generating Station. The new access will be a gated, asphalt-paved road that comes directly off Robert Service Road in the vicinity of the northwest corner of the Yukon Energy compound at #2 Miles Canyon Road in Whitehorse. Sealed bids, clearly marked “RFT# 2015-029 Construction of an Alternate Access Road to Whitehorse Rapids Generating Stationâ€? will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time, June 26, 2015, at Yukon Energy’s corporate ofďŹ ces, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Box 5920, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Y1A 6S7 or via e-mail. To obtain a Request for Tender package contact Lynda Harlow at 867-393-5302 or at lynda.harlow@yec.yk.ca.
Expression of Interest The Yukon Agriculture Association intends to undertake a business plan for an agricultural innovation centre. YAA is seeking consulting firms with agricultural business planning expertise to assist in business modelling and planning for facilities on a 65-hectare parcel of leased land to expand collaborative opportunities in support of our existing and future agriculture industry in Yukon. Following receipt and review of Expression of Interest, YAA will send Requests for Proposals to selected firms. Interested firms should reply by June 30th, 2015 to Bev Buckway, E.D. Yukon Agricultural Association 203 302 Steele Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C5 P: 867-668-6864 | F: 867-393-3566 admin@yukonag.ca www.yukonag.ca
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LAND LOTTERY AND TENDER Whistle Bend and Ingram Subdivisions Energy, Mines and Resources, Land Management Branch is holding a land lottery and tender in the Whistle Bend Subdivision for 28 single family lots, 22 duplex lots (11 sites), six multifamily lots (tender) and one commercial lot (tender). One multifamily lot and one townhouse site (4 lots) will also be available by tender in the Ingram Subdivision. Information is available from: Land Management Branch 3rd Floor, Room 320 Elijah Smith Building 300 Main Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Or online at: www.emr.gov.yk.ca/lands Deadline: Lottery applications must be received before 4:30 p.m., June 19, 2015. Tender bids must be received before 4:30 p.m., June 24, 2015. Lottery Draw and Tender Opening: Applications for the lottery will be drawn at 1:00 p.m., June 23, 2015 and the Tender Opening will take place at 1:00 p.m., June 25. Both events will take place in Room 1A, Elijah Smith Building. Applicants and the general public are welcome to attend the draw. $OO VXFFHVVIXO DSSOLFDQWV ZLOO EH QRWLÂżHG WKH QH[W GD\ For more information contact the Land Management Branch at (867) 667-5215 or Toll-free 1-800-661-0408 local 5215.
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PUBLIC TENDER PUBLIC TENDER EXTERIOR RETROFIT YUKON HOUSING UNIT #852500 - 110 RAWLINSON DR., CARMACKS, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is June 25, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Laura Vanderkley at 867-667-8114. Site Visit: June 17, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.
STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPPLY OF CLOTHING FOR GOVERNMENT OF YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 2, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Wayne Beauchemin at (867) 667-8039. 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
1992 SECURITY 8ʟ9� 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, $7,000. 335-4393
PUBLIC TENDER CONSOLIDATION AND TRANSPORTATION ELECTRONIC WASTE Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 3, 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
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PUBLIC TENDER ROOF REPLACEMENT DEL VAN GORDER SCHOOL BLDG. #6700 FARO, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is June 23, 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 Rob Kelly at (867) 667-8980. Site Visit Scheduled for Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 12:00 PM 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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Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is June 29, 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 Stan Dorosz at (867) 667-3164. Viewing Dates: Tuesday June 16 (12 pm - 2 pm) Wednesday June 24 (12 pm - 2 pm) Monday June 29(12 pm - 2 pm) Viewing Location: 9029 Quartz Road, Asset Compound Whitehorse YT The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
Project Description: The construction of 6.4 km of new all season Forest Resource Road (FRR). The construction will consist of one mainline road and spur road within the Little Fox Lake Fuelwood Timber Harvest Plan (THP). Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 7, 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 Rob Legare at (867) 456-3811. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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NON-RESTRICTED PAL Canadian Firearms Safety Course, Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club, Grey Mountain Road, Saturday & Sunday June 20 & 21, 8:30am, $120 cash or cheque, 633-6202 to register
Coming Events ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away� Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca
RIVERDALE COMMUNITY Association AGM Tuesday June 23, 7pm, in the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre, 38 Lewes Boulevard, upstairs. All Riverdale residents are welcome. Come see what weĘźve been doing
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
ARCTIC EDGE Skating Club Annual General Meeting, Tuesday, June 16 at 7pm, Canada Games Centre Boardroom HORSESHOES. MONDAYS starting June 1 at 7pm, Pepsi Softball Centre in Takhini. Beginners welcome. Horseshoes available, but if you have some bring them along. Info: Deb @ 633-3842
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
CPAWS YUKON AGM Tuesday June 23, CPAWS office, 506 Steele Street, 5:30pm barbeque & 6:30 meeting. For more info contact Lisa at 393-8080. Everyone welcome
REGISTER YOUR kids for Camp Yukon today! Kids Camps June 28-July 4/July 5-11 and Teen Camp July 12-18. Call 668-4817 or register online at www.bethanychurch.ca
DOORWAYS INVESTIGATIONS Paranormal Discoveries. Haunted house or establishment? Afraid of your own house? Ease your mind and call 867-689-2127 or text 867-334-2173
MASK, PAINTINGS by Suzanne Paleczny, runs June 5-28 at Yukon Artists @ Work Gallery, 4129-4th Ave, hours Monday-Saturday 11am-6pm, Sunday 11am-4pm CASARA AGM & BBQ, Thursday June 18, 6pm, at 24 Salmon Trail, Cowley Creek. Our role, after training, is searching for missing aircraft. Interested? Call 633-6686
LPN ASSOCIATION Meeting June 17, 7pm, Thompson Center Fireside Room. Get updated information regarding liability Insurance, lobbying government and other important plans. Any questions Call Keri
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FOR SUPPLY, DELIVER, AND PLACEMENT OF INTERLOCKING CONCRETE BLOCKS, AT TESLIN SOLID WASTE FACILITY
The Village of Teslin is seeking tenders for the Supply and Delivery of two 40 yard roll off containers with rigid lids and single piece tailgate, and one 30 yard roll off container open top with single piece tail gate delivered to Teslin Solid Waste Facility.
The Village of Teslin is seeking tenders for the Supply and Delivery of eighty (80) concrete blocks delivered to Teslin Solid Waste Facility. The contact person for clariďŹ cation of the work to be completed will be Cole Hunking at (867) 390-2530 during the business hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Tender packages are available at the Village ofďŹ ce.
The contact person for clariďŹ cation of the work to be completed will be Cole Hunking at (867) 390-2530 during the business hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Tender packages are available at the Village ofďŹ ce.
The Public Tender closes at 4:00 pm Thursday June 18, 2015. Opening of the tenders will be immediately afer the closing of the tender period.
The Public Tender closes at 4:00 pm Thursday June 18, 2015. Opening of the tenders will be immediately afer the closing of the tender period.
The lowest or any tender is not necessarily accepted.
The lowest or any tender is not necessarily accepted.
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Friday, June 12, 2015 COME TRY THE YUKONʟS first training camp for backpackers and hunters! Training for all levels of fitness outside at Emile Tremblay School June 30 to July 29. Only 25 spots, so book soon! wickedramfitness@outlook.com YUKON STATUS of Women Council AGM June 16, 5:30-7pm, Victoria Faulkner Women's Centre, 503 Hanson Street. Guest Speaker: Hillary Aitken on the Collective Model: A Different Way of Working Together WANTED: YUKON Art Society looking for volunteers to help with Arts Up Front on July 15-19 at the Whitehorse Waterfront Wharf. Various positions available, contact for more info. 667-4080 THE WHITEHORSE Mud Boggs, June 27th, see the Trucks @10am, races start@11am. Contact Tamara 334-8453 YUKON PRIDE: 24+ Hours of Gaylight. Events for the LGBTQ community and allies, June 25 - 27. Parade, picnic, dance and more! Details at www.queeryukon.com. PGI IS June 27, 2015 at Mountain View Golf Club. We are still looking for contributer, volunteers or sponsors. Call us at Yukon Learn 668-6280 COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS will be holding a meeting on June 15th at 6:30 at Second Opinion Society 304 Hawkins St. Contact Kim Tucker 336-1416 DID YOU get a Robocall during the 2011 election? Independent filmmaker Peter Smocznski wants to talk to you. Contact Tom Parlee, 633-4786, with Fair Vote Yukon. PUCK POCKETS AGM Thursday July 9, 2015 at 19:00 hrs, location 17-9th Ave, Whitehorse FREE KIDS summer programs at Whitehorse Public Library June 16–Aug 13 for ages 4-12, registration required, space limited. To register call 667-5239 or email yplevents@gov.yk.ca. JOIN READER, Paddy Colfer, for Tales from Ireland. Well Read Books 1:00 Sunday, June 14. This "Connecting through Stories" event is free. Refreshments served. JOIN THE Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition for our monthly membership meeting on Thursday, June 18 from 5 to 7pm, CYO Hall, 4th and Steele. 334-9317 for info BERTON HOUSE reading & talk with poet Jacob Sheier, Thursday June 18, 7pm, Whitehorse Public Library. For more information call 667-5239 SOLSTICE SAINT-JEAN, activities for all ages in Dawson, June 24, and Whitehorse, June 26, including an amazing lineup from Yukon & Quebec. solstice-en.afy.yk.ca YUKON GUILD of Needlearts AGM on June 13 at 12:30pm, & open house 1pm-2:30pm, Whitehorse Public Library. See displays & the fall project. Info 633-4026 YUKON KENNEL Club dog show Friday June 12 to Sunday June 14, at Mt Mac from 9am-4pm, free admission. Come and see all the dogs THE YUKON Lung Association Annual General Meeting will be Thursday June 25th at 7:00pm in the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre, 38 Lewes Boulevard MAE BACHUR Animal Shelter Dog Wash, Saturday June 20, 10am-2pm, The Feed Store/Pet Junction. Held 3rd Saturday of each month. We get wet and dirty while you stay clean and dry
Services BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta. Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc. Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050
YUKON NEWS LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 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 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 ATTENTION: DAWSON CITY HOMEOWNERS Energy North Construction will be in Dawson City starting June 24/15 and will be available for building insulation upgrade assessments. We will have an industrial vacuum system to clean out your attic and spray foam equipment to upgrade your buildings. Call 867-667-7414 to set up an appointment for a free assessment and estimate. 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 TRUE NORTH ELECTRIC Now serving the Communities Residential • Commercial New and Renovations Licensed • Bonded • Insured Over 30 years experience Lance 867-332-2623 tnorthel@gmail.com 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 FROGGY SERVICES PEST CONTROL For all kinds of work around the house Windows & Wall Cleaning & Painting Clean Eavestroughs Carpentry Yard Work etc. References available 867-335-9272 FREELANCE 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
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Camp k9 Pet Daycare $ 50,000 Camp K9 Pet Daycare #100-116 Galena Road Whitehorse, YT. 867-393-3488 t 17 years in operation. t Only dog daycare in Whitehorse. t Turn-key business in leased space. t Currently houses retail (dog treats, apparel, grooming needs, leashes, collars, harnesses), grooming area with raised tub with stairs, large 25’x40’ playroom, and ofďŹ ce space. t Large covered outdoor kennels. Price includes retail and Daycares’ physical inventory. Current owner ready to stay and assist start-up
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PUBLIC TENDER LOADING, TRANSPORTATION AND PROCESSING OF SCRAP TIRES Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is June 26, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to 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
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PUBLIC TENDER FIRE ALARM PANEL REPLACEMENT YOUNG OFFENDERS FACILITY - BLDG. #1306 WHITEHORSE, YUKON 2015/2016
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Lost & Found LOST: SMALL 12-yr-old male Pomeranian dog on the Aishihik Road evening of March 16, 2015. Looks like a little red fox, is very badly missed. Please call 332-8507 LOST: KEYS downtown on May 26, one key has yellow tag on it, reward offered. Please call 604-290-5425
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of
Phyllis Doreen Eckersley, of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Deceased, who died on May 19, 2015, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor at the address shown below, before the 19th day of June, 2015, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which they have notice. AND FURTHER, all persons who are indebted to the Estate are required to make payment to the Estate at the address below. BY: Sheila L. Sale c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST SUPPLY, INSTALL AND MAINTENANCE OF EMERGENCY PUBLIC ALERTING EQUIPMENT, SYSTEMS AND OR COMPONENTS
Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 7, 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 Zubair Qureshi at (867) 3937125. Site Visit Scheduled for Monday June 15th, 2015 at 10:00 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. 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
Interested parties are invited to submit expressions of interest relating to The Department of Community Services is requesting information for supply, installation and maintenance of emergency public alerting equipment. This EOI is not a tender. Written submissions clearly marked with the above project title, will be received up to July 2, 2015, at Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 0M2. Technical questions may be directed to Michael Templeton at 867-6675220. The responses will not be ranked or used to pre-qualify or assess the respondent’s ability to provide goods or services. Interested parties may obtain the information package from www. gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html or by contacting the Procurement Support Centre. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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FOUND: CANOE floating down upper Yukon river around midnight 30/5/15, towed it back home with contents, to claim please describe, will keep for 2 weeks then itʼs gone. 250-254-1945 LOST: KAYAK paddle, lost last summer at Army Beach, white blades/blue shaft, call if you found it. 667-4440 FOUND: 668-6102
MEN'S RIGHT hand Wilson golf clubs w/nearly new carry/stand bag, Dunlop 460cc driver, 3W, 4,5,7,9, putter, & 2 wedges. Carlos @ 334-1013 16ʼ INFLATABLE 25hp Johnson outboard, $2,500 obo. 334-3607 BIKE RACK, 3 bikes, for car by SportRack, $50. 335-3477
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LOST: BLACK Gerber multi tool on or near the southeast end of the trail circling the airport runway close to the eagle viewing area. 456-2542 or 334-3986 LOST: VAN keys, missing last Wednesday night on the Granger trails. If found please call 633-6288 BIG REWARD offered, lost my digital camera on Friday June 5 in downtown Whitehorse, is small cheap Sony with green case, but memory card is very important. Contact: jvilavill@gmail.com
Sports Equipment EXCELLENT STARTER board, mid-range quality, adj bindings, 54" long, excellent edges/bottom, top like new with stomping pad (req no finishing), appraised at $250, asking $150. 336-4898 COLLECTORS BIKE, rare, 1990 Honda Pacific Coast Touring 800, mechanically excellent, new tires, 22km, $2,500. 333-9020
BIKE TRAILER, Bob Yak, single wheeler, vg shape, axle/quick release included, fits 26” 27.5” 29” and 700C wheels, $225 obo. 335-7184 PROFESSIONAL HOME-MADE dog sled, was asking $1,800, now asking $700 obo. Moving, must sell. Marcel @ 334-2905 LADIES RIGHT-HAND 7-piece golf set w/bag, $50. 633-4465 BIFFY SACK, lightweight, minimalist shelter by Integral Design, waterproof but breathable, used only twice, large size, new $280 US, asking $160 obo. 667-4523 EXTERNAL FRAME backpack, Camp Trails Night Song 60, used 3 times, designed for women, fully adjustable, roomy, comfortable, extra padding in waistband straps, $60. 633-6404 ELECTRIC ADJUSTABLE treadmill, $25. 633-4465 MENʼS RIGHT-HAND 11-piece golf set w/bag & cart plus extras, $150. 633-4465 BINOCULARS, NIKON 1040, paid $90, asking $25, in good shape, hardly ever used. 393-8631
Furniture Liquor Corporation
LIQUOR ACT ✓New Licence ❑ Existing Licence ❑ TAKE NOTICE THAT, The Raven Hotel Ltd. of Box 5470, Haines Junction, Yukon Y0B 1L0, is making application for or change(s) to Food Primary – all liquor and Room Service liquor licence(s), in respect of the premises known as The Raven Hotel Ltd. situated at 181 Alaska Highway in Haines Junction. 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 24th day of June, 2015 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant. The first time of publication of notice is June 5th, 2015. The second time of publication of notice is June 12th, 2015. The third time of publication of notice is June 19th 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.
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LIQUOR ACT ✓New Licence ❑ Existing Licence ❑ TAKE NOTICE THAT, Joe MacLellan (The Codfather Pub) of P.O. Box 31494, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 6K8, is making application for or change(s) to Liquor Primary - All Liquor & Off Premises liquor licence(s), in respect of the premises known as The Codfather Pub situated at 2099 2nd Avenue in Whitehorse, 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 24th day of June, 2015 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant. The first time of publication of notice is June 5th, 2015. The second time of publication of notice is June 12th, 2015. The third time of publication of notice is June 19th 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.
KING SIZE bed w/box spring, like new, $600. 335-5352 LEATHER BURGUNDY swivel chair, good cond, $30. 334-8318 3/4 SIZE (48" wide) Searsopedic mattress, boxspring & frame, good condition, very clean, can deliver to home, $50. 668-4321
PUBLIC TENDER INSTALL CORRUGATED STEEL PIPES, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, DEMPSTER HIGHWAY #5, YUKON, 2015-2016 Project Description: Install 12 corrugated steel pipes at various locations on the Dempster Highway and supply material to install a structural plate corrugated steel pipe. Installation of the structural plate corrugated steel pipe may be included in the project as a provisional work item. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 7, 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 Dick Stilwell at 867-633-7927. 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. 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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SWIVEL ROCKER chair w/rocker Ottoman, $150. 334-4568 LARGE WOOD office desk, 3 drawers each side & matching credenza, 2 large metal filing cabinets, one shelf type w/4 shelves, other drawer type w/4 drawers. 633-6553 4 BAR chairs, $40 for all, 2 good cond, 2 need minor repair, patio tables, $25, coffee table, $20. 336-1406 or 668-6446 VINTAGE DANISH teak desk, roll-top, wide drawers, great condition, $375. 456-2201 KINGSIZE BED w/frame & boxsprings, $200. 332-2352 HOME MADE bunk beds, incl 2 mattresses, pillows, sheets & heavy blanket, $200 for the set. 334-9531 HIGH DINING room table & 4 chairs, paid $700, asking $200. 334-8873 STORAGE BENCH, $30; vintage chairs (2), $30 ea; Duncan Phyfe drop leaf table, $185. 311B Hanson St, eves
Livestock HORSE & PONY FOR SALE. Appendix QH gelding, 15.3hh, 20yrs. Welsh/Arab pony gelding, 12.2hh, 12yrs. Both ridable and sound. Please call for more info about these two horses. 867-334-4066. 2 WINTEC saddles, 1 English leather saddle, all in good condition, $200 ea. 334-3216 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 • 335-5192 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 HAY FOR SALE •Dry bales kept under a shelter •Great quality hay 60-70 lb bales, $10 35-40 lb bales, $8 633-4496 or mikeandastra@me.com HAY & STRAW FOR SALE Excellent quality hay •Timothy/grass mix, 60 lb $14.50 •Timothy/Brome hay, 60 lb $14.50 •Straw bales (baled in spring) $5 Nielsen Farms Maureen 333-0615 or yukonfarm@gmail.com ICELANDIC AND ICELANDIC/FREISAN CROSS LAMBS FOR SALE. North Hardy, excellent wool. Ready mid to late June. Call Shiela @ 668-5964 1950 W-D-9 McCormick Deering (IHC) 50hp farm tractor, good shape; rear rubber tractor wheels & tires, 14-9 24”. 668-2332
Baby & Child Items CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 BABY SWING, good cond, $10. 668-5185 BABY PRAM/STROLLER, dark blue/white w/rain cover & large basket, Chicco Bell Epoque $145, Jeep Wrangler stroller, dark blue/yellow, easy fold down $35, baby car seat $20, all vg cond. 334-8847 3-WHEEL STROLLER, collapsible, black & red in colour, $75. 334-2365
Childcare 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 LOOKING FOR LIVE-IN NANNY for 4 children. High energy, responsible person needed to help care for our 4 kids. Room and board provided. Wage negotiable depending on experience, 20-40 hours/week. Must be willing to work irregular schedule. Light house cleaning duties. Start date: ASAP. Call 633-4577 or emai jamesminifie@gmail.com
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DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office
CITIZENS ON PATROL. Do you have concerns in your neighborhood & community? Be part of the solution! Volunteer valuable time to the C.O.P.S. program. With your eyes & ears we can help stomp out crime. Info: RCMP 867-667-5555
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M 8 HERON DR, Arkell, Saturday June 13, 9am-3pm, multi-family, good variety
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M 70 KEEWENAW, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 13, 9am-1pm, clothes, computer ware, furniture, used ATV M 157 FALCON DR, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 13, 9am-12noon, tires, quad ramps, kerosene heater, propane deep fryer, new ice ďŹ shing shack, skidoo helmet, toys, kids, household M 36 STOPE WAY, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 13, 9am-1pm, restaurant equipment, freezer, cooler, dishes, tables, chairs M 72 KEEWENAH, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 13, 10am start, good quality items, camping gear etc M 199 FALCON DR, Copper Ridge, Saturday, June 13, 9am-12noon, rain or shine, kids toys, clothing, kitchen stuff etc
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M 136 GOLDENEYE, Ingram, Saturday June 13, 9am-1pm, multi-family
KULAN
M #24 LABERGE RD, Kulan, Saturday June 13, 10am-2pm, Estate Sale, boat/motor, tools, concrete blocks, wooden electrical spools, newer tires, household items, camping supplies etc
PORTER CREEK
M 537 GROVE ST, Porter Creek, Saturday June 13, 9am–1pm, books, clothing, household items, tvs, cds, suitcases, shelves etc M 32-11TH AVE, Porter Creek, Saturday June 13, 9am-1pm, everything must go
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M 32B WANN RD, Porter Creek, blue house, Saturday, June 13, 9am-2pm, tools, hunting/ camping gear, household items, reasonable prices M 2111 CENTENNIAL ST, Porter Creek, ANNUAL CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE YARD SALE, Saturday, June 13, 9am-1pm, almost everything by donation, loads of items, horse rides for kids, BBQ too M 56-11 AVE, Porter Creek, Saturday June 13, 8am-1pm M 1503 BIRCH ST, Porter Creek, Saturday June 13, 9am-12noon, daybeds, chairs, computer desk etc M 11 BASSWOOD ST, Porter Creek, Saturday June 13, 9am-12noon, no early birds, music & components, eavestroughing, iron railings, genset, household, sports items etc M 1201 CENTENNIAL ST, Porter Creek, Saturday June 13, 10am-2pm, bake sale, household Items, girls youth clothing, youth toys, bikes, cancelled if raining
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M 58 PELLY RD, Riverdale, Saturday June 13, 9am-12noon, multi-family garage sale, something for everyone, no early birds please
M 31 ALSEK RD, Riverdale, Saturday June 13, 9am-12noon, household items, jewellery, clothes, shoes M 42 TESLIN RD, Riverdale, Saturday June 13, 8am-12noon, moving out sale, furniture, basketball hoop, trampoline, puzzles, material, books, country rose dishes, crystal, etc M 18 DONJEK RD, Riverdale, Saturday June 13, 9am start, multi-family, tools, outdoor gear, clothes, used and antique books, baby/ kids stuff, household items, furniture plus baking and coffee M 4 LEWES BLVD, Riverdale, Saturday June 13, 9am-1pm, furniture, kitchen items, clothing, tires, some free items M 131-1 KLONDIKE RD, Riverdale, Saturday June 13, 10am starting time, ďŹ nal sale, everything must go M 40 ALSEK RD, Riverdale, Saturday June 13, 10am start, household items, clothing, table saw, designer shoes & purses
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M 14 CARPIQUET RD, Takhini, Saturday June 13, no starting time given, $5 bag sale for sz. XS-M lady/girl clothing, 0-18m baby boy clothes, baby items, household items
M 103-101 TITANIUM WAY, Takhini, Saturday, June 13, 10am-2pm, cabinets, countertop remnants, hardware, cabinet doors, tile, sink
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M 92 TAKHINI TRAILER COURT, 833 Range Road, Saturday June 13, 9am start time, tools etc
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M 349 VALLEYVIEW CRES, Valleyview, Saturday June 13, 9am-12noon M 377 VALLEYVIEW CRES, Valleyview, Saturday June 13, 9am-12noon, free or reasonable prices, everything must go
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M 9 DAWSON RD, Wolf Creek, Saturday June 13, 9am-3pm, propane & wood stoves, Mosquito Magnet, tools, ďŹ shing gear, propane water heater, rose porcelain, crystal stemware, small kitchen appliances, fur coat, costume jewelry, garden supplies, baby items, baby pram, stroller &
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M 86 SANDPIPER DR, Arkell, Sunday June 14, 9am-1pm, everything must go, great deals
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