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Jail bringing back methadone Advocates cheer changes that come after three years of WCC denying inmates the drug

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Paddlers Abreast make their way up Lake Laberge on Wednesday during day one of the Yukon River Quest. The first teams in the 715-km race are expected to arrive in Dawson City tonight. See coverage on pages 34-35.

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high school life that’s closer to the others,� said Tolgyesi.

News Reporter “We think we’re really isolated from the other schools.� tudents at Whitehorse’s Currently the high school French high school want students have to share the to see themselves tempoEmilie-Tremblay school, creatrarily relocated to a wing of the ing cramped conditions. new F.H. Collins school. “A big part of high school is To push this proposal, stuabout making friends,� she said, dents at l’Academie Parhelie adding that lots of students plan to submit a report to the leave because they don’t have francophone school board in that opportunity. the coming weeks.

At F.H. Collins, the franco“The school board came to phone students could take part us several times, asking what we in some of the activities with wanted,� said student council the other students and share president Marguerite Tolgyesi. lunch with their friends, she “(But) we didn’t see any said. result.�

In 2013 the Yukon governLike most teenagers their ment put forward the same age, the students at Academie idea, but it was rejected by the Parhelie want to be able to francophone community. spend time with their friends.

At the time parents raised And that means being close to concern of assimilation, that F.H. Collins students.

About 30 students are study- French would be diluted. “Everybody’s afraid of asing at l’Academie Parhelie and about 15 took part in the report, similation,� recognized Tolgyesi, “but people go to Emilie-Tremworking in small workshops, blay to learn in French, and she said. those who don’t want to, go to Until a new francophone F.H. anyway, so why not?� high school is built, the stuThe government and the dents would like the classes moved in a wing of the new F.H. francophone school board are currently looking into tempoCollins. “We’d like to experience a rarily moving the high school to Pierre Chauvin

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the old F.H. Collins building. It’s not a bad solution, said Tolgyesi, but she questions the need of such a big building for only 30 students.

In the report, the students are also asking that more elective classes be offered, and that they be offered in-class, not online.

Students who want to pursue medical studies have to go to F.H. Collins to take the necessary chemistry classes, Tolgyesi pointed out.

The francophone school board recently indicated it supports a new francophone high school being built at the site of Riverdale’s skate park, as one of three options proposed by the government. Tolgyesi said she’s fine with that as long as a new skate park is built, to help allay community concerns.

The idea of organizing a consultation with the other students came after Tolgyesi and some of her friends went to a pan-Canadian forum about youth democracy. “We realized it was something we could do at the school,� said Tolgyesi.

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Methadone returning to Whitehorse’s jail Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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ethadone is once again going to be offered at the Whitehorse Correctional

Centre.

Three years after inmates started being forced off the drug, justice officials say they are now equipped to start offering it again.

In March 2012, the department cancelled the program, which started in 2008. That prompted a tongue-lashing from advocates and the president of the Yukon Medical Association, who called the decision “inhumane.”

At the time, the jail didn’t have the means to continue the program safely, spokesperson Caitlin Kerwin said Thursday.

“We had contract nurses, didn’t have a nurse manager on site, so didn’t have that kind of infrastructure in place that helps to ensure the proper operation of a methadone program, which it still is something that could be deadly if not managed properly.”

Now they will, Kerwin said.

In jail, methadone is administered by nurses and managed by doctors. Both have to have specialized training and certification, Kerwin said.

The jail’s physician is getting the training in the fall and that’s the last step before the program can be fully up and running.

At the time the program was yanked, the jail was using contract nurses as opposed to permanent staff. The amount of turnover made training nurses difficult, she said.

The jail has stopped using contract nurses over the last year.

According to Patricia Bacon, executive director of Blood Ties Four Directions, Yukon was the only jurisdiction in the country where methadone wasn’t an option for inmates. That includes both jails and federal prisons.

“The fact that they’ve turned the policy around is a humane response, it is the right response and it is about

eventual tapering from methadone – as the primary goal of treatment, methadone maintenance programs should focus instead on maintaining clients/patients on methadone for as long as they continue to benefit from treatment.”

In the last five years, an average of 1.5 inmates a year have come to the Whitehorse jail with a prescription for methadone.

Across the territory, 77 people were on it last year, according to the Health Department.

During the years where there wasn’t a methadone program at the jail inmates were forced to detox.

The detox involves taking patients through withdrawal under medical supervision. Some drugs can be administered to ease the symptoms, according to the department.

“It’s not like switching from one high blood pressure medication to another. It is withdrawing from the drug that your body has gotten used to. So it is a cold turkey approach,” Jai said.

Amidst criticism, the department and then-justice minister Mike Nixon leaned on many explanations Joel Krahn/Yukon News for cancelling the program. Nixon said the detox program was working.

Patricia Bacon, executive director of Blood Ties Four Directions, says restarting the methadone Staffing issues were always menprogram at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre is the humane thing to do. tioned, but so was the concern that the drug could be used as “currency” time,” she said.

“We’re talking about long-term have that prescription suddenly inside the jail and that inmates were Methadone is typically used to health outcomes for Canadians,” yanked because they were in jail,” using the methadone while taking treat people who are addicted to opi- Bacon said.

Jai said. other drugs. ates like heroin and morphine.

The issue of methadone in the jail “So to have that done because “In short, the inmates in the jail, It is a liquid that is drunk. It came up in court this week. this particular physical disability is doesn’t get someone high but can Yukoner Mike Bland is facing an addiction appears on its face to be as a rule, are not compliant individuals in adhering to the MMT (methasatisfy that part of the brain that is drug charges in territorial court discriminatory treatment.” done maintenance treatment) craving drugs, Bacon said. including possession of cocaine and In Bland’s case, the WCC has program and therefore from a risk “What it allows the person to do ecstasy for the purpose of trafficking. agreed to work with his local doctor perspective are not suitable for conis to get on with the rest of their life.

The Yukon Human Rights Comif necessary until the jail’s doctor is It allows them to be able to go to mission was concerned that if Bland trained. tinuing in a methadone program,” work every day, have a job, not worry is convicted and sent to jail he would Under the jail’s new program the Justice spokesperson Dan Cable said about how they’re going to feed a not be able to continue his methadoctor will not be giving out new in 2013. $100 to $200 a day illicit drug habit.” done program. prescriptions for methadone, but will Kerwin said she couldn’t comPeople spend less time in the Julie Jai, the acting director of the be available to help people who alment on whether the department justice system because they are not commission, said she’s glad the gov- ready have a prescription and receive has changed its mind about those out committing crimes as a way of ernment has reinstated the methathe doctor’s approval. concerns. getting money, she said. done program.

According to Health Canada’s best The current justice minister, Brad The risk of things like HIV or The lack of a program at the jail practices, keeping patients on the Cathers, declined to speak on the hepatitis C is also greatly reduced is a human rights issue, she said. drug should be the goal of treatment. subject. because people are taken off of injec- “Somebody who is on heart medica“Rather than emphasizing abContact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com tion drugs. tion and got sent to WCC wouldn’t stinence from all drugs – including

Whitehorse RCMP facing civil lawsuit alleging excessive force They turned on Annie Lake Road then went to the end of News Reporter the Two Horse Creek trail according to Moses’ statement of eremiah Moses filed a civil claim. lawsuit on June 22, claiming Moses said after 30 minutes RCMP officers used excesof talking, he fell asleep. sive force against him and made When he woke up, he found up bogus charges to cover it up. two vehicles parked next to On June 3 Moses was arhis car, including one from the rested and later charged with RCMP, four officers and a dog. forcible confinement, assault The driver’s door was opened and attempt to evade police and an officer pulled him out he among other charges. said, in his hand-written stateAt the time, the RCMP issued ment of claim. a statement, saying they had “They said quit resisting,” he received a call about a woman wrote. being forcibly confirmed in a “There was no announcevehicle travelling from Carcross ment of who they were, that I to Whitehorse. was being arrested or what I In his claim, Moses said he was being arrested for.” was arguing with his girlfriend, He alleges Const. Daniel heading to Carcross, and deRouleau then yelled “get him, cided to “stop and talk.” get him”, and that he was bitten Pierre Chauvin

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by the police dog for about 20 to 30 seconds, telling the officers he wasn’t resisting before finally being put in handcuffs and the dog being taken off.

He also alleges one of the other RCMP members present stomped on his face while he was on the ground.

The arrest resulted in 10 holes from the dog bitting him, a fourth of an inch laceration and an “arm 50% longer than normal size with the swelling of the injuries”, he said.

In their June 9 press release Yukon RCMP confirmed Moses and the woman in his car were also taken to Whitehorse General Hospital.

They say RCMP agents attempted a roadside stop around midnight but that Moses fled, speeding off toward Two Horse

Creek Road.

Yukon RCMP acknowledged Moses was injured by the dog, adding that Moses refused to show his hands and was then “forcibly removed from the vehicle.”

They say a record check indicated possible possession of firearms.

“There was a certain level of force which was used in relation to this incident however it is consistent with RCMP training and the Criminal Code of Canada,” the RCMP said at the time.

“They charged me with the offences to justify the force they used on me and the injuries caused,” Moses wrote in his claim.

Moses is seeking damages for the injuries, the excessive use of

force, loss of employment, harm to his reputation, time spent in jail and the legal cost incurred by the arrest.

Yukon RCMP said they couldn’t comment because the case is before the court.

“In any situation involving litigation it’s important to avoid doing anything that would disrupt the due process, so to make sure the facts can be considered fairly and objectively we’re not in a position to make a public statement at this time,” Yukon RCMP spokesperson Julia Fox said.

The suit is back on July 28 before the Yukon Supreme Court for a case management conference–setting up dates for the proceeding hearings.

Contact Pierre Chauvin at pierre.chauvin@yukon-news.com

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Burwash Landing brothers sentenced to house arrest “It’s unfortunate this had to happen.”

News Reporter Tarnow and Marcoux made a joint submission to the judge for erek Johnson and Wilfred the sentence.

Sheldon, two Burwash Tarnow highlighted that Landing brothers who Sheldon had two daughters and were convicted in late 2014 of one grandchild. Sheldon operforcible confinement, have been ates the only First Nation-owned found guilty of breaching their heating and plumbing business probation order. in the territory and employs The man who the brothers three people, he said. forcibly confined, Collin JohnThe judge accepted the joint son, later committed suicide, submission, as it fell within the and the case has profoundly dirange of acceptable sentences vided the community, the court for that charge. was told in the first trial.

Violation of a bail order is Judge Donald Luther yesterusually met by a jail sentence, day gave them each a 45-day but given Sheldon’s family and conditional sentence to be employment situation, the conserved at their residence. ditional sentence could apply, They have to report to a prosaid Luther. bation supervisor, and follow a If Sheldon were to breach his number of conditions, including new terms, he would finish what not possessing or using alcohol would remain of the 45 days in or drugs. They were also each jail, the judge warned. sentenced to 24 hours of comJohnson, who was self-repremunity service and a $100 victim sented at the hearing, testified surcharge fine. he went to a treatment centre in Both had entered a guilty British Columbia and couldn’t plea. contact his bail supervisor.

Sheldon failed to report to his Johnson lives in Atlin and probation officer twice, noted Sheldon in Teslin. the Crown, Eric Marcoux.

Johnson said he wasn’t alBut other than those two lowed to access phones or cominstances, “there has been conputers at the treatment facility. tinuous reporting,” said David Johnson’s probation officer, Tarnow, Sheldon’s lawyer.

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Wilfred Sheldon, seen in a 2009 photo, and brother Derek Johnson have been found guilty of breaching their probation orders. given him permission to leave the territory for treatment, but that his office was only closed

for statutory holidays, leaving ample time for Johnson to report between the time he got back

from his treatment, on December 19, and January 2, when he finally reported back, Cairns said.

Luther also told Johnson he could have brought his bail order with him and showed it to the facility staff, who would have most likely arranged to allow him access to a phone.

Luther gave the same sentence to Johnson despite having breached his order only once, but noted he had a longer criminal record, including three breaches of probation orders.

“It balances itself off,” said the judge.

In January 2015, Sheldon was sentenced to 18 months’ probation while Derek Johnson received a six-month conditional sentence, as well as 12 months’ probation.

They’re also barred from returning to Burwash Landing.

On January 15 the Kluane First Nation passed a resolution stating it wouldn’t be wise to allow the individuals back in the community.

The brothers are back in court today in a case against the First Nation. They’re suing over their eviction that occurred in February.

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Youth gathering to focus on healing, culture kon’s First Nations have been grieving lately. “Kwanlin Dun and other First Nation communities have p to 200 First Nation experienced a lot of loss in youth from across the our communities and that loss territory are expected has affected our young people to attend an upcoming gathespecially,� she said. ering at Jackson Lake, aimed “We’re going through anat providing them with an other death in our community opportunity to share their as we speak, and this death struggles, celebrate their achievements and take part in has affected a lot of young adults. We recognized that we a variety of cultural activities. needed to do something, so we The announcement for Strength Within Circle, taking brought this to the leadership place from July 3-5, was made table.�

Bill also referred to the on Wednesday morning at the murder of 17-year-old Brandy Kwanlin Dun First Nation Vittrekwa, who was found administration building. dead on a Whitehorse trail in Our Voices is a youth the McIntyre subdivision in collective that is hosting the early December. event for the third time, and The death was particuin partnership with the First larly painful for Kwanlin Dun Nation for the second year in youth, many of whom were a row. traumatized by the murder and About 120 youth participated in last year’s gathering, in many cases had no outlet for their grief, she said. which was held at Brooks First Nation communities Brook near Teslin. Around 80 across the territory have been had registered as of Wedneshaving a difficult time and day.

The packed agenda features struggling with the amount of beading, sewing, hand games, suicides and deaths in their suicide prevention workshops, communities, Bill added. “I don’t want to just come sessions with elders, motivational speakers and a commu- in and say, ‘Here’s a youth conference, this is what’s good nity feast. for you,’� she said.

Chief Doris Bill said it’s “I want young people to be an important event, especially part of that solution.� considering how much YuMyles Dolphin News Reporter

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Yukon AFN regional chief wins re-election Mike Smith has been re-elected as the Yukon regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations.

The election happened Wednesday at the annual general assembly of the Council of Yukon First Nations.

Smith was first elected to the position in 2012.

Before that the veteran poli-

tician finished three terms as chief of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation in March 2011.

The release announcing his win did not provide a breakdown of the votes. All Yukon First Nation chiefs, four delegates from each of the Yukon First Nations and the CYFN executive elder each cast a ballot. The winner needs at least 60 per cent of the vote.

Smith beat out former Yukon

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Kwanlin Dun First Nation Chief Doris Bill speaks at an announcement for an upcoming First Nation youth gathering to be held outside Teslin from July 3-5.

A conversation with Premier Darrell Pasloski about safety initiatives led to the decision to hold a gathering that would address some of the issues First Nation youth are facing today.

At Wednesday’s announcement, Pasloski said the hope is that youth participating in the event leave with the ideas and

tools that will be useful for them in their daily lives. “Who knows, the gathering might inspire the next generation of youth leaders in the territory,� he said.

The Yukon government contributed $60,000 for the gathering, while 10 First Nations kicked in $5,000 each.

Last year’s event was a

Justice Minister Marian Horne and political newcomer Connor Whitehouse.

Horne is a Teslin Tlingit First Nation citizen. She is the president of the Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council.

Horne served as MLA for Pelly-Nisutlin from 2006 to 2011. She also ran for MLA for the Whitehorse Centre riding in 2011 but lost to NDP Leader Liz Hanson.

Whitehouse released a brief statement. He said he is pleased to have come in second place. “Over the course of the next few years, I look forward to continuing to work with Regional Chief Smith at the AFN representing and advocating for youth and young adult interests,� he said. “I also look forward to continuing to work with Mar-

huge success, according to Kluane Adamek, co-founder of Our Voices.

It created a ripple effect that led to an increase in youth engaging within their communities, she added. “For example, in the Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation you’re seeing a lot more cultural activities taking place,� she said.

Bill said it’s also crucial to hold the event on traditional land. She pointed to how her First Nation has lately made use of the Jackson Lake Healing Camp to hold general assemblies, summer camps and treatment programs.

Last year, the Kwanlin Dun signed a funding agreement for one million dollars over three years for the camp.

Special guests at the gathering will include Olympic boxer Mary Spencer, Cherokee professor Lee Brown, comedian Ryan McMahon and Burwash Landing singer Diyet.

The event is free and open to Yukon youth aged between 14 and 30. Participants under the age of 18 are required to have a chaperone.

Online registration can be completed at kwanlindun.com or through Katie Johnson at 867-332-5283.

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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But the 34-year-old, who already works close to 100 hours a week, said he doesn’t know how he could find the time to move the business without shutting it down.

With bankruptcy “a real possibility,” he said it won’t be easy to find another location that is affordable, available, away from the downtown core and zoned commercially.

“I’m maxed out,” he said, adding that he was caught off guard by the letter.

“I’ve invested every cent I own and every amount of energy to get this place to this point. That’s why it’s grown so fast and been so successful.

People love it and see that I worked really hard to make it happen.”

It all happened pretty quickly for Quinn, who said he received “verbal hints” last Wednesday, an e-mail on Thursday and the letter on Friday.

The landlord, Nerissa Rosati, was within her rights to send the letter, he said.

The terms of the lease dictate that either party can give 90 days’ notice without reason.

Quinn said he agreed to the terms because he thought three months would protect him, but never anticipated she would actually exercise the clause.

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When asked, Rosati said Quinn had “contravened the lease agreement in several areas and continues to do so with complete disregard.”

She declined to elaborate on those areas but added that her vision for the property “didn’t align” with Quinn’s.

“I cannot continue to work with him in good faith,” she said.

Quinn, who also declined to go into the details, said he’d like to hear what Rosati’s vision for the property is.

But he did say that an outdoor patio and noise concerns had recently become issues.

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“That’s something, perhaps, I should have communicated more clearly at the time,” Quinn said, “but she was out of the country.

“I didn’t see it as a major issue, and I don’t know why it would have been a major issue.

“This was two months ago, and it’s become an issue more recently.”

The patio closes down at 10:30 p.m. and Quinn said he’s made efforts to contain noise both on and off the property.

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Complaints have come from neighbours living behind the property, where houses are in close proximity to each other and the business.

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more ‘not in my backyard,’” he said.

Quinn said one serious investor has shown interest in buying the property so far. But he believes it’s tied to another property, where the Yukon Artists @ Work were formerly housed in the MacRae area, and he estimated that would probably mean an investment of over $1 million.

When it comes down to it, property owners wield a lot of power – power they should use responsibly, he added.

And the city and territorial government have a responsibility to support entrepreneurs, too.

“Someone told me that for every business that fails, there are about 10 that don’t get off the ground as a result,” he said.

“If a business like this fails it discourages a lot of people from even trying.”

Since Quinn announced the news on The Watershed’s Facebook page, there has been a steady outpouring of support for the business.

One person commented that the building is the perfect size for Quinn’s business, and it’s a “shame” he’s not being allowed to grow.

“If Micah gets to the point where he needs to upgrade to a larger space and has been successful enough to afford it, than (sic) that’s when you wish him well and accept that your space was too small,” wrote Patrick Jacobson.

Quinn said he’s been so overwhelmed that reading some of the comments brought him to tears.

“I’ve never received so much love and support in my entire life.”

The Watershed is hosting an open house meeting on Monday, June 29, where people can brainstorm ideas for where the business could go and how it can survive, Quinn said.

The event starts at 5 p.m. and everyone is welcome to attend. The Watershed is located at 6159 Sixth Avenue, on the corner of Alexander Street.

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his summer has ushered in some good news for Yukon’s bird-lovers.

The territory’s American kestrel population seems to be making a comeback for the first time in 20 years.

Researchers at the Yukon Research Centre have found nine breeding pairs of American kestrels and 14 fledglings in nest-boxes they’ve set up across the territory to monitor the population.

That’s up from five breeding pairs and five fledglings last year, and just one pair in 2013.

Dave Mossop, a biologist and emeritus professor at the research centre, said he expects to find about 20 fledglings before the end of the summer. “A few years ago, we had absolutely zero birds being produced, and last year we had a small number of adults producing youngsters,� he said. “It looks like this year things are turning around, which is good news.�

American kestrels are small birds of prey that were once the most abundant falcon species

across North America. But they began to decline in the mid20th century, for reasons that are still unclear. Since 1966, the population has dropped by 47 per cent across the continent.

Mossop said the drop in numbers has been much more dramatic in the Yukon, likely because this is the edge of the birds’ breeding range. He estimated that at least 90 per cent of the population has disappeared since the decline was first observed in the territory in 1996.

In the 1990s, more than half of the 150 nest boxes Mossop set up between Whitehorse and the Arctic Ocean were occupied by breeding kestrels. After a steep decline, the population bottomed out in 2007, when not a single bird was born in the nest boxes.

But despite this year’s good news, Mossop warned that it’s hard to say whether the upward trend will last. He said most of the fledglings that he monitors and bands in the Yukon are never seen again once they leave on their first migration. That means that even if more kestrels are being born, the population won’t necessarily grow.

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Biologist Dave Mossop checks a nest box for signs of American kestrels. After years of declining numbers, the species seems to be making a comeback in the Yukon. “They may be on the comeback. We certainly hope so,� he said. “We can’t promise it’s going to continue.�

Chris McClure, director of the American Kestrel Partnership in Idaho, said the number of breeding birds and fledglings seems to be higher than usual in that region as well. But he’s

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doubtful that this means the population is bouncing back. “Just off the top of my head, I’d say it’s a blip, because it goes back to the 60s, this decline,� he said. He said the bumper year in Idaho could be due to the recent mild winter and wet spring.

McClure said nobody knows

why the American kestrel population has dwindled so dramatically. Many explanations have been proposed, including the spread of West Nile virus, habitat loss, and growing numbers of Cooper’s hawks that may have outcompeted the smaller kestrels.

But the research done so far doesn’t support any of those theories. McClure said kestrels are particularly hard to study, because they’re too small to outfit with satellite transmitters. That means if anything is causing them to die off on their migratory routes or in their southern wintering grounds, it would be difficult for scientists to find out about it.

For his part, Mossop suspects climate change may have something to do with the rapid decline he’s seen in the Yukon population. He pointed out that kestrels from the Yukon migrate over the southwestern United States, a region that has suffered from severe drought for years.

He also said pesticide poisoning may be a factor. He thinks it’s unlikely the decline is being caused by anything happening in the Yukon.

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ord knows our politicians love nothing more than to proclaim the existence of new strategies. These thick sheaves of paper are frequently called “action plans,� although, more often than not, they seem to serve as a substitute for action.

For the record, the territory already has action plans and strategies for subjects as diverse as climate change, substance abuse, water management, corrections, social inclusion and poverty reduction, child and family wellness, employee recruitment and retention, healthy aging, education, physician recruitment, victims of crime, visual arts and crafts, hydro generation, mineral development, and ‌ well, you get the idea.

Add to this pile one for housing, too. It’s been more than two years in the making and is the product of consultations with 74 groups – if you pick the inflated number the territory touts, which lists every government body involved.

One funny thing about this strategy is that it’s been completed only after our government has decided to spent the windfall of federal housing cash it received more than a decade ago. You can be forgiven for thinking the planning could have started around the time this $17.5 million was received. That would have been nearly a decade ago, way back in 2006.

That could have helped set reasonable priorities for how to spend this housing cash. For instance, as we’ve noted here before, the Yukon Party promised during the last territorial election that it would use some of this money to build a new homeless shelter. Yet the government only announced the construction plans this spring, despite the fact that the territory was sitting on a pile of money set aside, in part, for this purpose.

There’s probably a clever reason for this foot-dragging, having to do with staging construction projects so that they occur around the same time as the next territorial election. But consider the real, human consequences. The Salvation Army’s existing shelter is routinely overcrowded during the winter months, forcing clients to sleep on the floor or in chairs. Many of these clients struggle with addictions, and could use all the support they can get.

Feel free to fill in your own description of the government’s dilly-dallying on that commitment. Crass? Inhumane? Cynical? All the above?

It’s also odd that the housing strategy laments the lack of meaningful data to assess some of Yukon’s housing problems, and sets targets to cobble together such stuff. Odd, because you would think that in the several years spent assembling this plan, somebody involved could have pulled a bit more information together.

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You wouldn’t necessarily know this from reading the report, but a few years back the Yukon Housing Corporation hired economists to study the housing situation across the territory. The resulting report included some interesting facts, like that one in six Whitehorse residents struggle with housing affordability, with rental bills that eat up more than 30 per cent of pre-tax income.

Such facts do not appear in the new plan.

Instead, we’re just told that a “key action� to be taken is to study rental housing data and make recommendations to address the gaps. In other words, it seems, re-do some work done three years ago.

In fairness, those numbers are worth refreshing. But couldn’t that have been done by now? And why no indication that such data even exist?

Here’s a hunch. That information led the housing corporation to craft a plan to help Whitehorse residents who struggle to pay the rent, and when the government later decided to deep-six this plan, it became a big public embarrassment. And who wants to be reminded of that?

This was the same plan that the housing corporation’s board received assurances from cabinet that they would have final say over, until they suddenly didn’t, because realtors had begun to holler that the sky would fall if the territory matched funds with developers to build some housing with rents held under the median for a decade.

The government has lately thrown a sop to renters, presumably to make up for this:

those who meet income-tested requirements may receive a rent subsidy. Landlords needn’t know about the arrangement, lest they decide to abuse the situation and raise the rent accordingly. It’s estimated this program will help between 40 to 50 families over the next four years. It seems reasonable to assume it won’t make as big an impact as the earlier scheme. That’s sort of the whole idea.

The government is also giving money to landlords to clean up dingy apartments, with the ambitious goal of one day having the majority of rental units “legal and adequate.� This is not exactly shooting for the stars.

Government leaders will retort they’ve built their share of housing – catering particularly well to the elderly, but also to social housing clients, women fleeing violence and residents with cognitive impairments. This is all laudable. But that doesn’t excuse the fact that they have been in a position over the past decade to address some of the territory’s bigger housing challenges, and they simply haven’t felt inclined to do so.

At least, unlike some other government strategies, this one seems to have some concrete objectives and timelines. Such goals would have been reasonable for the government to set sometime not too long after the start of its term. The fact it’s only released near the end is an indication of how big a priority the underlying issues are for our political leaders. Not very.

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The street no one wants to live on and population are not growing like we would hope.

According to the latest doom-laden report from the Yukon Bureau of Statistics, the

by Keith population grew from December 2013 to December 2014 in Halliday only nine of the 17 communities it reviews. Whitehorse UKONOMIST grew during the period, as did the Yukon population overall, though the fourth quarter saw a ell, that was embarnet outflow of nearly 200 people rassing.

The government put (mostly to B.C. and Alberta).

As of May 2015, there were 39 lots on Whistle Bend’s Iskoot 600 fewer jobs (seasonally adCrescent up for auction and justed) than during 2014’s high received precisely zero bids. point.

Cue the jokes about governThe vacancy rate in Whitement planners and sandstorms horse has more than doubled swirling across the treeless since mid-2013.

Whistle Bend steppe.

The charts for both the numI’m sure that houses will be ber of residential real estate built on Iskoot Crescent some transactions and the average day. The trees will grow back. price show a weakening trend On the latter front, I recomsince 2011. mend the Siberian Larch. It Residential and private comgrows faster than Yukon evermercial building permits were greens and who wouldn’t want both down sharply this April their 360-degree view of the compared to a year previously.

Yukon forest spiced up with an The news is not all bad. More exotic Russian taiga look in the U.S. and international visitors front yard? crossed the border this April Having a Russian tree would than a year before. Interest also be a subtle tip of the hat rates are lower. Restaurant and to the central planners who “drinking places” revenues are brought us Whistle Bend. trending up. Average weekly Unregulated capitalism earnings including overtime brings boom then bust, they say, while central planning does were $1,051 in March compared to $1,030 a year before, which the reverse.

Iskoot Crescent isn’t the wor- beat inflation. And enough peorying problem. It’s good to have ple moved away that, despite the fall in jobs, our unemploya few hundred lots in a land ment rate remained (slightly) bank for people to buy when the population grows again. It’s below the Canadian average.

Nonetheless, it makes me how they do it in Texas (alwonder if we should start doing though in Texas they try harder something now to attract more not to have new lots cost over people to the Yukon. $115,000).

Traditionally, we try to lure The real problem is that the Iskoot auction is just one of the mining investment in the hope that people and tax revenues many signs that our economy

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Sand partially covers a sidewalk in Whistle Bend earlier this month. will come along.

Given the state of the mining industry, perhaps it is time to cut out the middleman and go straight for luring people here.

Despite our grumbles about how hard it is to find a campsite at Kusawa on the long weekend, a growing population has lots of benefits. It brings more transfer payment dollars and also gives us a bigger pool of people to sustain community groups and facilities.

The N.W.T. announced a plan in 2014 to lure 2,000 people to their territory over five years.

Despite the underperformance of our trees relative to their Russian competitors, the Yukon has a lot going for it. In addition to being a great overall place to live, we have specific lures compared to plenty of other places in Canada.

Our income taxes are low

compared to most provinces, and were recently lowered further. Our health-care system is very accessible compared to many provinces, and fees for things like homecare and continuing care are a fraction of what most provinces charge.

We don’t have a dividend like Alaska, but the Yukon grant is very attractive for parents of teenagers. The sporting opportunities for youngsters are impressive, with national-level coaching in several sports and opportunities like the Arctic Winter Games.

Despite Riverdale Rush Minute, traffic here doesn’t even register on the Toronto scale.

You can spend your commuting time on your skis or mountain bike.

The list goes on. Even our weather seems to be getting better.

On the other hand, I’ve never heard anyone say they moved to the Yukon because of our education system, Internet connectivity or electricity prices.

But the government is working on those things, and might even make progress before Iskoot Crescent’s Siberian Larches grow up.

Maybe the Yukon government shouldn’t just be spending money on tourism marketing to get people to visit. Perhaps there should be more ads with people sitting in the Games Centre hot tub or enjoying excellent health care while waving their tax refunds.

One thing that does need to get fixed is the cost of land here. It’s good we have surplus lots in the land bank. It is bad, however, that just the lots cost more than an entire house did 20 years ago. We’ve all had a barbecue ruined by someone mentioning how they bought an entire house in Takhini for less than $100,000 in the 1990s.

Maybe the central planners who manage our land bank should try an innovative technique that private companies use to get rid of excess inventory. It’s called a “sale.”

In effect, we would be spending some of our transfer payment developing land to pass on cheaply to people.

And forget about those ads I mentioned above. Cheap land would be its own advertisement.

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 A path toward reconciliation

The battering of colonialism and residential schools It’s been a long time since I’ve that some have suffered, and been in a church. But I was that some are learning of from drawn to go this past Sunday, their suffering, gives us reason on National Aboriginal Day, enough to want to walk toby an invitation extended on gether in hope and healing. the day of the release of the At the service, the phrase report of the Truth and Recon- “my reconciliation is…” ciliation Commission. struck me as a very helpful The Whitehorse United way to approach the width and depth of the challenge to Church invited everyone – action that the TRC has laid residential school survivors out for all Canadians. If each and other community memof us who feels compassion bers – to a service of reconbut does not know where to ciliation and promised it as begin were to take the step of a chance to walk a new path one small, personal action together. The service proved – volunteering at an event, to be this and more as we reading a book, starting a conshared in story, song and huversation – the path will only mour drawn from the world’s become clearer before us. different cultures.

Sunday’s service showed us I am very thankful to Shathe stories, the wisdom, the ron Shorty and Reverend Bev music, the laughter, the teachBrazier of the United Church ings, the respect, the regalia, and their committee memthe artistry, the craftwork, the bers who had the courage to strength of family that will so welcome all of us to come enrich our Canada for having to speak and listen, to share found our way. and witness. To invite us to walk this path together even though we don’t know what Gillian McKee exactly it looks like.

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Announcing this year’s music camp scholars

introduced both the joy of music camp and the sense of community and achievement Each year, the Yukon Music of playing in a band to students Camp Society donates one who may otherwise have not free music class scholarship had the opportunity. to each elementary school in Last year’s lucky students Whitehorse to be awarded to an were: Zach Zimmerman – exceptional music student grad- Whitehorse Elementary School; uating Grade 7. The school’s Sarah Knaack – Jack Hulland; music teacher is instructed Grayson Turner – Holy Family; to choose a dedicated youngHannah Linklater – Selkirk Elester that has shown immense mentary School; Mikayla Power promise and dedication to their – Hidden Valley School; Echo musical practice.

Trociuk – Elijah Smith School; Each of these talented Justine Dumadag – Christ the youngsters has shown imKing. mense promise and potential, This year, so far, YMCS will garnering for themselves the be awarding free music tuition opportunity to take advantage to: Kat Anderson – Holy Family of free tuition from some of School; Khurgan Lockington Canada’s top music educators at – Jack Hulland School; Torin this year’s Yukon Summer Music Kramer – Golden Horm EleCamp. mentary; Aidan Falkenberg – The purpose of this scholarWES; and Lena Ho from Selkirk. ship is to encourage graduatThese lucky musicians can ing Grade 7 students to attend choose from over 40 different music camp, possibly learn a classes in jazz, rock, classical, new instrument, and join the folk, pop, band classes of all high school band the following varieties, vocal, percussion, year. rhythm and more.

So far this program has been There are classes for kids, very successful and we have teens and adults, utilizing

instrumentation with strings, skins, keys, reeds and even vocal chords! If it makes sound, Yukon Summer Music Camp likely has a class on how to play music with it.

There are no less than eleven professional musicians and music educators from Yukon and all across Canada prepping for a week of inspired, instrumental brilliance mentoring local musicians of all ages.

This year’s camp faculty boasts an impressive line-up of professional musicians from Yukon, Alberta and British Columbia. The incredible musicians and mentors this year include Jamai Moltzahn, Steve Jones, Karl Schwonik, Danette Readman, Robert Walsh, Bonnie Gregory, Annie Avery, Jon Heaton, Erica Mah, Scott Maynard and Steve Slade.

The Yukon Music Camp society has been running this inspiring, musically diverse camp for over 27 years.

Katherine McCallum Yukon Summer Music Camp Coordinator

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Jail for ex-Harper pointman; Del Mastro can’t run for ofďŹ ce for ďŹ ve years submitted a falsified document.

The offences are an “affront�

Canadian Press to the principles of Canada’s democratic system and the PETERBOROUGH, ONT. very “antithesis� of democracy, former member of ParCameron said. liament who spoke for “Custody is required to rePrime Minister Stephen flect the need for denunciation Harper when it came to electorand deterrence.� al-fraud allegations was senIn addition to two onetenced Thursday to one month month sentences he will have in jail and barred from runto serve concurrently, Cameron ning for office for five years for also imposed a four-month “cheating� during an election conditional sentence to run campaign. consecutively, following the Dean Del Mastro deliberjail sentence, for filing a false ately broke spending rules then return. tried to cover up his crime, The former MP for Petersaid Superior Court Justice Lisa borough will have to serve the Cameron, who ruled that incar- first month of the conditional ceration was appropriate for the sentence under house arrest. first-time offender.

He will also have to pay $10,000 “He was prepared not only to to the Peterborough Electoral break the rules but to be deceit- District Association and serve ful about it,� Cameron said. a further 18 months on proba“This type of cheating and tion. lying will result in serious sancDel Mastro, 44, has filed an tions.� appeal of the conviction and Cameron convicted Del will seek bail pending the apMastro last fall of violating the peal at a hearing Friday.

Canada Elections Act during the He was led away after the 2008 federal election. She found sentencing and the status of his he had knowingly exceeded bail application was not immespending limits, failed to report diately clear. Del Mastro’s wife a personal contribution of was in tears.

Accountant Richard McCa$21,000 to his campaign, and Colin Perkel

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Once Harper’s point man defending the Tories against allegations of electoral fraud, Del Mastro maintained his innocence and called the verdict the judge’s opinion. At a presentencing hearing in April, he choked back tears as he described the “nationwide condemnation� he had to endure as a result of the charges.

Cameron said she took the impact of the publicity on Del Mastro and his family into account in her sentencing.

The prosecution had called for up to 12 months in jail, while the defence asked Cameron for a conditional discharge or, at most, a fine.

Del Mastro resigned his Peterborough seat in the House of Commons – where he had been sitting as an Independent since being charged – shortly after his conviction.

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HarperPAC heralds arrival of big money in federal politics, Kingsley warns the big-money PAC phenomenon south of the border.

Canadian Press “We are in, effectively, a freefor-all zone,â€? Kingsley said in an OTTAWA interview. “It took us 40 years ecades of work to reof scandal, sweat to come to a move the influence of regime where we had the best in big money from Canathe world for control of money dian federal political campaigns in politics ‌ now we are back in is going down the drain with the the jungle.â€? advent of political action comStephen Taylor, a longtime mittees, a former chief electoral Conservative and former direcofficer says. tor of the National Citizens CoJean-Pierre Kingsley says alition who’s now a HarperPAC Canada is headed down the adviser and spokesman, denied road well trodden in the United that the group is taking a page States, where political action from the American political committees, or PACs, raise and playbook. spend staggering amounts of The acronym simply offers a money to influence elections, useful recognition factor, Taylor without the same restrictions said. that apply to political parties. “It is really branding to let In Canada, such groups have someone know, within the half been known as third parties second it takes to hear the word, and their activities are severely what we are up to,â€? he said. restricted during campaigns. “The name HarperPAC, I think However, with the introducyou pretty much ‌ know, what tion of fixed dates for elections, kind of things that we’ll be up third parties have been popping to.â€? up like mushrooms months Kingsley, for one, isn’t buying ahead of the actual election it. call, spending untold amounts “It is insulting to Canadian on ads during a period when intelligence to say this is not their activities are completely American-inspired.â€? unregulated.

What’s more, thanks to the One of the newest groups on fixed Oct. 19 election date, the block is HarperPAC – a name Canadians should brace for a Kingsley described as “revealbarrage of pre-writ advertising this summer, he warned. ing� as its source of inspiration Kristy Kirkup

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There is no limit on how much third-party groups can raise and spend prior to an election being called. Nor are they required to disclose their donors or how much they have raised.

That means pre-writ financial contributions can come from anyone, anywhere, said Kingsley, including corporations and unions, which are banned from contributing to political parties, and people who live outside of Canada.

The federal New Democrats used HarperPAC as an excuse to launch a fundraising campaign of its own Wednesday, calling on supporters to pony up $5 donations before the end of June in order to gird the party for battle. “This week, we learned that Stephen Harper’s friends have set up a U.S.-style group called the HarperPAC to spend an obscene amount of money on Harper’s re-election,� the fundraising email states. “It’s the kind of money we’ve never seen before in Canadian politics, and it’s up to us to fight

back right now.�

Taylor said HarperPAC intends to raise money by appealing to Canadians who support Conservative principles. The group recently launched a radio ad targeting Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and plans to continue its advertising efforts both online and over the airwaves.

Kingsley said the situation was “foreseeable� as a consequence of a fixed election date, adding that he fears the situation will worsen if the issue is not addressed in the next Parliament. “Money is the toughest thing to crack in politics,� he said. “What people are doing right now is evaluating the success of what they are doing. If it is successful, they will want to do more.�

Whether or not it is successful remains an open question.

Barry Cooper, a political science professor at the University of Calgary, said he doesn’t believe third-party pre-writ campaigns will be “very effec-

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Again, Kingsley was skeptical. “Of course it matters,� he said. “You don’t spend millions of dollars unless it matters.�

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Across America’s South, Confederate, Jim Crow tributes go well beyond the battle flag “It’s a very delicate subject here,” said historian Stan Deaton of the Georgia HisATLANTA torical Society. “Let’s not kid ourselves: So much of it has outh Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called for removing to do with race. … People will say, ‘It’s our history,’ but really the Confederate battle most of it was placed by parflag that flies in front of her ticular groups … to present a state’s Capitol. But she hasn’t said the Confederate veterans’ very selective interpretation of what the Confederacy and the monument alongside the flag (Old) South were.” should go.

Many statehouse grounds Nor has she called for movaround the region include at ing a nearby statue of Benjaleast one Confederate monumin Tillman, an unapologetic white supremacist who served ment, along with imposing statues of Southern war heas governor and U.S. senator during the early decades of Jim roes. So does Arlington National Cemetery, built on land Crow segregation. once owned by Confederate On Wednesday morning, Gen. Robert E. Lee. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley Same goes for dozens of ordered the immediate recourthouses, more than a few moval of four flags attached in counties named for figures to an 88-foot-tall Confederate monument that stands outside including Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his office at the Capitol. But Gen. Nathan Bedford Forthe monument itself remains. rest, an early Ku Klux Klan Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal leader. Forrest has a bust at says his state will redesign the Tennessee Capitol, though a vanity license plate that Gov. Bill Haslam endorsed its features the battle flag. But removal Tuesday. the Capitol complex where he Two public high schools works is replete with portraits, near the Alabama Capitol are statues and busts of Confednamed for Lee and Davis; both erate figures and subsequent campuses now serve almost segregationist leaders. exclusively black student bodThat’s all part of a compliies. Lee, Davis and other Old cated reality across the Old Confederacy: State-sponsored South luminaries have their tributes to the Southern rebel- names emblazoned on streets: Emanuel African Methodist lion go well beyond the familiar star-studded ‘X’ overlaying Episcopal Church, site of the massacre in Charleston, is on a field of red. And they aren’t Calhoun Street, named for likely to disappear anytime John C. Calhoun, pre-Civil War soon, even amid the renewed slavery defender and secession attention to the battle flag after Dylann Roof, the suspect advocate.

Several Southern states in the fatal shooting of nine parishioners at a historic black recognize Lee’s and Davis’ church, is seen in photographs birthdays. In a few, Lee’s is recognized on the same day as brandishing it as a symbol of the federal holiday honouring hate.

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“The monuments are never about slavery. They’re never about treason,” Deaton said.

“They’re always about noble virtues like honour and valour.

They didn’t have a problem acknowledging the reasons for the war in 1861. Their descendants have a problem with it today.”

There is precedent for curtailing some of the tributes, but even some of those cases highlight the ubiquitous reach of Old South history.

Officials at the University of Mississippi, whose athletics teams are known as the “Ole Miss Rebels,” retired its costumed mascot “Colonel Reb” Rainier Ehrhardt/AP in 2010, replacing him with a “Rebel Black Bear.” But the Alyssa Daniels, of Atlanta, takes a photograph of the Confederate flags that once flew at the South Carolina Statehouse at the South school band still plays the Old South anthem “Dixie.”

Carolina State Museum on Wednesday in Columbia, S.C. In South Carolina, the battle flag flies where it is only as a slain civil rights leader Martin like it’s open season on anycompromise that removed it Luther King Jr. thing Confederate,” said Kelly from atop the Capitol dome in In Kentucky, a border state Barrow, commander in chief 2000. A few years later, Georduring the Civil War, a Davis of the Sons of Confederate statue stands in the Capitol Veterans. Barrow says his orga- gia officials boasted that they moved past the battle flag by rotunda, positioned so that the nization shouldn’t be tainted Confederacy’s only president

by Roof’s actions and apparent redesigning their state banner. But the new version was appears to be looking over the racist philosophy. a compromise patterned after shoulder of Abraham Lincoln, The Sons organization the first national flag of the the 16th U.S. president whose calls the Civil War “the second Confederacy, known as the statue stands in the rotunda’s American revolution.” The “Stars and Bars.” centre.

United Daughters of the ConAnd in 2013, Deal, the GeorMany of the commemorafederacy states in one of its gia governor, authorized the tions were established in the creeds that “the War Between relocation of a statute of Tom early decades of Jim Crow the States was not a rebellion, segregation at the behest of nor was its underlying cause to Watson, a white supremacist politician whose likeness had sustain slavery.” groups such as the United sat near a Capitol entrance Deaton, the Georgia histoDaughters of the Confederacy, rian, said those views, often re- since 1932. But Deal said at the Sons of Confederate Veterans flected in the monuments, are time the move was to accomand their forerunners. modate a renovation project. part of how elected officials Confederate heritage leadThe Watson statue now avoid potential controversies ers say political leaders’ statestands across the street, in over the displays. He called it ments this week worry them.

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Obama’s use of taboo word raises the question: Is it ever OK to use the N word? based TV critic for NPR Radio, expressed dismay at the focus of the coverage of Obama’s interview with comedian and TORONTO podcaster Marc Maron. For him, he word had barely slipped the use of the N-word was a side from President Barack issue.

Obama’s lips before the “Frankly I think it’s disapfirst headlines were being writpointing that there are so many ten. media outlets that are focused A sitting U.S. president, the on the fact that he’s used the first African American comword,â€? said Deggans, author of mander-in-chief in the counRace-Baiter, a book that explores try’s history, had uttered in an how racial issues play out in the interview a word that is widely media. considered to be one of the big“Because what he was talking gest verbal taboos. about is a bigger issue and a It quickly raised the question: more appropriate issue than the Is it ever OK to say the N-word? fact that he used the word. But People who have thought once again we end up getting about and written about that sidetracked and tangled up in very issue reacted with wariness these side issues that are not and some fatigue to the question, about the core issue that he’s coming as it does in the context trying to talk about‌. It’s just of Obama’s comments, which another way of avoiding talking related to last week’s racially inabout the stuff that’s the most spired killing of nine people at a uncomfortable.â€? historic African American church For Deggans, one of those in Charleston, S.C. uncomfortable topics is the fact They argued the debate over that one of the victims – Rev. the president’s choice of words Clementa Pinckney, the church’s is overshadowing the message pastor and a state senator – Obama was trying to convey was to lie in state in the South – that just because it is now Carolina capitol building, which unacceptable to use the N-word flies the Confederate flag on its in most social settings does not grounds. mean racism has been uprooted The flag is widely seen as a from modern day America. symbol of the American South’s slave-owning past. South CaroEric Deggans, a FloridaHelen Branswell Canadian Press

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And now his body is going to lie in state underneath a symbol of the Confederacy. Let’s talk about that,� said Deggans, an African American who recalls first being called the N-word when he was in middle school. “Let’s talk about what the resistance to removing what that symbol symbolizes. Let’s talk about that.�

Georgetown University law professor Sheryll Cashin was not harshly critical of Obama for having said the word, saying she thought it was a mistake. She hopes it is a word choice Obama and others would avoid in future. “The word is nuclear in the United States,� said Cashin, an African American and the author of “Place Not Race,� which argues equal opportunity programs ought to focus on disadvantaged children regardless of their colour. “What I worry about most when the president of the United States uses a word like that – or when anybody does, particularly an African American – that somebody who hears it may feel that they have licence to use it. And I

just think that it’s not a word that should be used casually.�

Cashin admitted the N-word was frequently heard in her household – often as a term of affection – when she was growing up. But as a mother, she does not allow use of the word in her home. And she does not use it with her students. “I would never use that word in my class, even if we’re talking about a case where people used it. I would say ‘the N-word’ because I want to model the behaviour that I want others to do,� she said. “It’s such an ugly, nasty word.�

Prof. Neal Lester rarely utters the word either, even though he teaches a course on the N-word at Arizona State University. Lester, an English professor, makes an exception if he’s reading a text that has the word in it.

He finds the appropriation of the word by rappers and some young black people unsettling.

Though they often use an alternate spelling – ending the word with an “a� or “ah� – it doesn’t make the word acceptable, suggested Lester, who is also African American. “Young people and old people, black people and white people know that this is a problematic word,� he said. “People have tried to hide

behind changing the word. I do think there is an ignorance that somehow we have evolved in such a way that we can use the word and it’s free of all the negativity that has been associated with it historically. But that’s clearly not true. And Charleston, S.C., is yet one more piece of evidence of that.�

Deggans agreed. “I just feel there’s a little piece of the word that is always going to be connected to degrading us as a people,� he said. “And we hold onto that when we accept the use of that word in that way.

I think we’d be better off if we stopped doing it.�

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Boston Marathon bomber apologizes to victims: ‘I am sorry for the lives that I’ve taken’ After Tsarnaev said his piece, U.S. District Judge George Associated Press O’Toole Jr. quoted a line from Shakespeare. “The evil that men oston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev broke his do lives after them. The good is often interred with their bones,� silence on the death and devashe said. tation he caused two years ago “So it will be for Dzhokhar with words that were not a politiTsarnaev,� the judge said, tellcal tirade or a justification. ing Tsarnaev that no one will He apologized to his victims remember that his teachers were and their families at his formal sentencing Wednesday in federal fond of him, that his friends found him fun to be with or court. that he showed compassion to “I am sorry for the lives that disabled people.

I’ve taken, for the suffering that “What will be remembered is I’ve caused you, for the damthat you murdered and maimed age that I’ve done – irreparable damage,� the 21-year-old former innocent people, and that you did it wilfully and intentionally,� college student said, speaking O’Toole said. haltingly in his Russian accent.

Tsarnaev looked down and But some bombing survivors saw his apology as disingenuous rubbed his hands together as the judge pronounced his fate: and incomplete. execution, the punishment de“After we heard it, we wished we hadn’t,� said Lynn Julian, who cided by the jury last month for suffered a traumatic brain injury the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than and a back injury, and now suf260 others. fers from post-traumatic stress The apology came after disorder. “He threw in an apology to the Tsarnaev listened for about survivors that seemed insincere,� three hours as a procession of 24 victims and survivors lashed she said. out at him for his “cowardly� and U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz “disgusting� acts. said Tsarnaev’s statement was “He can’t possibly have had a more noteworthy for what he soul to do such a horrible thing,� didn’t say. said Karen Rand McWatters, who “He didn’t renounced terrorlost a leg in the attack and whose ism. He didn’t renounce violent extremism,� she said. best friend, 29-year-old Krystle Denise Lavoie

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Campbell, was killed.

Campbell’s mother, Patricia Campbell, looked across the room at Tsarnaev, seated about 20 feet away, and spoke directly to him. “What you did to my daughter is disgusting,� she said. “I don’t know what to say to you. I think the jury did the right thing.�

Rebekah Gregory, a Texas woman who lost a leg in the bombing, defiantly told Tsarnaev

she is not his victim. “While your intention was to destroy America, what you have really accomplished is actually quite the opposite – you’ve unified us,� she said, staring directly at Tsarnaev.

Bill Richard, whose 8-year-old son Martin was the youngest person killed in the bombing, noted that his family would have preferred that Tsarnaev receive a life sentence so that he could

contemplate his crimes.

Richard said his family has chosen love, kindness and peace, adding: “That is what makes us different than him.�

Tsarnaev assured the survivors he was paying attention to their words. “All those who got up on that witness stand and that podium relayed to us, to me – I was listening – the suffering that was and the hardship that still is, with strength and with patience and with dignity,� he said.

The judge was required under the federal death penalty law to impose the jury’s death sentence for an attack prosecutors said was carried out by Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, to retaliate for U.S. actions in Muslim countries. Tamerlan, 26, was killed during a getaway attempt days after the bombings.

Tsarnaev’s apology was peppered with religious references and praise of Allah. He asked that Allah have mercy upon him and his dead brother.

Tsarnaev will almost certainly be sent to the death row unit at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was executed. It could take years or even decades for his appeals to work their way through the courts.

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Fluffy story: Arctic hamlet opens eiderdown factory to feather its nest eggs have hatched and take care to leave half the fluff. The down goes Canadian Press to the factory, where it is cleaned and sterilized and sewn into parkas SANIKILUAQ, NUNAVUT and duvets. nuit in a tiny Nunavut comA single nest can produce about munity are hoping the whirling 70 grams of eiderdown, the warmflocks of thousands of seabirds est and most durable insulation that have filled larders for centuries in the world. That sounds like a will fill their wallets through one lot, but average annual worldwide of the world’s rarest and most preproduction of eiderdown – most of cious commodities – eiderdown. which now comes from Iceland – is After being shuttered for nearly estimated at four tonnes, or about a decade, Sanikiluaq’s eider facwhat it would take to fill a cube tory started buying eiderdown van. this month, sustainably collected That explains the price.

by Inuit families from the tens of Uncleaned down sells for about thousands of nests built by the $330 a kilogram. Finished duvets birds nearby. cost up to $10,000. “It will be a big deal,� said DarSanikiluaq plans to sell cleaned ryl Dibblee, administrator for the down to European manufacturhamlet on Flaherty Island in the ers as well as parkas and duvets, southeast corner of Hudson Bay. sewn by local women, through the “We’ve already had a fair influx of community-owned corporation people selling us down.�

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While the community hopes for A feasibility study suggests the long-term sustainable jobs, it’s also plant will break even by the second eyeing changes to the water the year and produce almost $200,000 birds need. Hunters are tracking in profit by the third. Dibblee said the shifting ice and sea conditions it’ll provide up to 15 jobs. as hydro projects from Quebec “That’s a big deal in a town of pour vast and increasing amounts 850 people.� of fresh water into the ocean.

It’s a business rooted in tradiEiderdown comes from eider tional skills and practices, said Joel ducks, large seabirds that nest Heath, a Canadian scientist who’s in huge numbers in the Belcher been studying the ducks and their Islands. The hen plucks the down importance to local culture for from her breast to protect her nest years. and the eggs. “How do they use their skills to Collectors take down before the come up with jobs that are meanBob Weber

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ingful to them? The eiderdown factory is a great example of that.�

Heath has completed an awardwinning documentary called “People of a Feather� about the relationship Sanikiluaq has with the ducks, which have long provided food and clothing. The film also traces changes to the environment the ducks depend on.

Vast hydro reservoirs in Quebec are storing freshwater that used to pour into the bay in spring and releasing it instead in the winter to generate power for southern cities. Heath has found a layer of freshwater 25 metres deep all along Hudson Bay’s eastern coast.

Ice forms much earlier in the fall, because freshwater freezes more quickly. Large flocks of ducks can get trapped on shrinking pools of open water.

Heath has brought together people from five communities to monitor the changes in ice cover and animal use. Using technology provided by Google Maps, the monitors can share information in real time all along the coast.

That’s not only useful for hunters, it’s increasingly critical for

anyone who wants to travel on the sea ice. “Having long-term jobs for Inuit, working together to try and understand what’s happening in Hudson Bay ‌ the idea is, in the long term, (southerners) don’t need to be there,â€? Heath said. “The communities have enough knowledge to run the programs themselves.â€?

For now, Dibblee just wants to get the factory through its pilot

year.

Buyers for the down are lining up, waiting to judge the quality. The down sterilizers and eight industrial sewing machines have been imported into the community.

He’s confident that the down that insulates eider chicks will help the Inuit feather their own nests. “I wasn’t going to do this unless I knew, long term, it was going to be feasible.�

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Human footprints found along B.C. shoreline may be oldest on continent

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VICTORIA vidence of what could be the oldest family camping trip in North America has been discovered below the shoreline of a remote British Columbia island.

Fossilized human footprints believed to be of a man, woman and child and estimated to be more than 13,000 years old were discovered at Calvert Island, which is located on B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s central coast and is accessible only by boat or float plane.

Remnants of an ancient campfire were found nearby.

Archeologist Duncan McLaren said radiocarbon dating indicates the charcoal materials are 13,200 years old, and he is preparing to duplicate those tests to confirm the results. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very excited about it,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Fossilized human footprints, especially footprints more than 10,000 years old are rare. McLaren said the oldest human footprints in the Americas are 14,500 years old and were found at a site at Chileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Monte Verde.

Sites in Washington, Oregon and Alaska also confirm human activity more than 14,000 years ago but they do not have fossilized footprints, said McLaren. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We figure that at some point people were hanging out around this fire,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They left their footprints in the grey clay and then they were subsequently filled by this black sand, which essentially preserved the footprints.â&#x20AC;?

The footprintsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sizes indicate they were made by a large adult,

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Researchers work on a site where they have discovered impressions of human footprints buried at a shoreline archaeological site on Calvert Island, British Columbia. likely a man, a smaller adult, believed to be a woman, and a child whose feet would fit a present-day childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s size-seven shoe.

McLaren said the footprints illustrate how long people have lived along B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coast. He said the Calvert Island footprints are 800 years older than human footprints discovered on nearby Haida Gwaii. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It shows that this place we inhabit has a long history,â&#x20AC;? said McLaren. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Often in Canada and North America the history of the land is glossed over as being very recent, but if you look at the archaeology itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showing thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very long-term history of occupation and land use going back 13,000 years.â&#x20AC;?

McLaren is part of a larger research team drawn from the Uni-

versity of Victoria, Hakai Institute and Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv First Nations. They discovered the footprints in April 2014 but returned last month to confirm their find.

Sea levels along B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coast have shifted dramatically over the centuries due to ice ages, but Calvert Island has remained relatively stable, he said.

B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lower Mainland and Haida Gwaii have risen and dropped by more than 150 metres, washing out many potential archeological sites, but Calvert Island is the same place it was thousands of years ago, he said.

McLaren said researchers purposely worked close to the Calvert shoreline, believing their digs would hold treasures that were relatively untouched by the forces of nature.

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B.C. government approves permits for controversial Red Chris Mine First Nations, environmental groups and Alaskans, who are Canadian Press downstream from the mine VANCOUVER site.

Those worries were maggold and copper mine nifi ed last summer, when a in northwestern Brittailings pond collapsed at the ish Columbia that still Mount Polley mine, another faces angry opposition from Imperial Metals-owned mine its neighbours in Alaska has in interior B.C. received approval for a full Bennett said he’s confident operating permit from the the Red Chris Mine, located provincial government. about 130 kilometres from the B.C. Minister of Energy Alaska border, won’t experiand Mines Bill Bennett anence a similar breach because nounced Friday that the Red the tailings storage facility has Chris Mine, owned by Impeundergone three independent rial Metals (TSX:III), will soon reviews. be in full production, despite environmental concerns from He noted the mine has opGemma Karstens-Smith

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“I have no doubt … that (waste) water is going to be managed carefully, and in such a way that people downstream, including our neighbours in Alaska, can have confidence that we’re doing everything that any responsible jurisdiction should do,” he said.

Heather Hardcastle, a commercial fisherman and spokeswoman for Alaskabased group Salmon Beyond Borders said she’s still worried the mine could unleash heavy HO-B.C. Government-Daniel Henshaw/CP

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metals and acidic drainage into the waters, impacting Alaska’s multi-billion dollar fishing and tourism industries.

The problem is that the government of Alaska hasn’t been involved in assessing or approving mining projects in northwestern B.C., where mine run-off flows into Alaskan waters, she said.

“We have no voice and B.C. has no accountability. And we’re taking on all of the risks and receiving none of the benefits,” Hardcastle said.

Alaskans aren’t anti-mining, she added, but people are concerned about how many projects are currently underway in the pristine region.

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when it comes to salmon and clean water,” Hardcastle said.

A representative for Alaska does have a seat at the table when it comes to many meetings on B.C. mining, said Bennett.

The minister noted that there is work to be done between Alaska and B.C., and said he would like to see a memorandum of understanding on mining between the two governments.

Another group which initially opposed the Red Chris Mine is now part of the project.

Members of the Tahltan First Nation set up a blockade at the mine last summer following the Mount Polley tailings pond collapsed, spilling millions of cubic metres of water and mine slurry into local waterways.

The First Nation later instigated an environmental review of the Red Chris Mine, and in April signed on to co-manage it with Imperial Metals.

“From here on our environmental oversight role – an important part of our agreement – will also start to expand,” Tahltan Central Council President Chad Day said in a news release.

He added that expanding the mine to full capacity will create jobs and bring other benefits to the First Nation.

Bennett, too, said mining in B.C. helps bolster the province’s economy.

Getting permits to build mines should be difficult, he said, but the province. needs to be competitive when it comes to attracting mining companies.

“We had Mount Polley, it happened, it was terrible.

It happened once in 150 years. We have to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” he said. ‘But I think it would be a serious mistake to think that you can’t mine safely in B.C. Because I’m convinced you can.“

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Experts calls for more data on foreign investment in Canadian real estate ited supply of detached homes – and not demand from forCanadian Press eigners – that’s sending prices TORONTO through the roof.

But Cameron Muir, the ashere is scant data availsociation’s chief economist, able on how many foreign admits that hard data is difficult investors are snatchto come by. ing up Canadian homes, and “The data is not being colexperts say the knowledge gap lected, currently, by governneeds to be filled if policy makment,” he says. ers hope to maintain the stabilAll of the uproar over Vanity of the country’s real estate couver’s affordability crisis – market. there is even a popular Twitter Foreign investment has hashtag, #IDontHave1Million – become a hot-button issue in has highlighted a national issue: Vancouver lately, with many residents blaming demand from data on foreign investment in offshore buyers who are looking Canadian real estate is scarce.

“People are putting forward for a safe place to stash their all these solutions on how to fix money for the city’s soaring so-called foreign speculation, home prices. but we don’t even know if it’s reCritics are also concerned ally happening,” said Kennedy that foreign investors are more Stewart, the New Democrat likely to pull out of the market MP for Burnaby-Douglas. “This at the first sign that prices are heading south, which could ex- really worries me, because you acerbate the extent of a housing can really mess up your housing market if you don’t use the right correction. mechanism.”

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Canada Mortgage and HousRobertson recently penned a ing Corp., the country’s leading letter to B.C. Premier Christy mortgage insurer, has tried to Clark suggesting the province fill some of the gaps. Last year, introduce a speculation tax on while preparing its annual fall people who flip homes and on luxury properties – a suggestion rental vacancies report, the agency polled condominium that Clark shot down.

The B.C. Real Estate Associa- property managers on the percentage of homes owned tion maintains it’s Vancouver’s constrained geography and lim- by investors whose permanent Alexandra Posadzki

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A two-storey, 1,600-square-foot home in the Kitsilano area of Vancouver is shown here in this April 4, 2010 photo. residence is overseas.

The resulting figures were much lower than many had anticipated. The survey found that roughly 2.4 per cent of Toronto condos and 2.3 per cent of those in Vancouver were owned by offshore investors, although in certain neighbourhoods in

Vancouver, the percentage of foreign ownership was as high as 5.8 per cent.

The highest concentration of condos owned by foreigners was 6.9 per cent in certain pockets of Montreal.

The figures are so low that economists say it’s unlikely

foreign investment is having a significant impact on the prices of homes.

However, the agency was only able to collect data about condos – not other types of properties, such as detached homes.

CMHC’s chief economist Bob Dugan says the agency is looking at ways to expand the scope of its research.

“We’ve got one piece of the puzzle, but we want to explore ways to add more pieces to that puzzle so we can get as complete a picture as possible,” he said.

Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC World Markets, says one of the challenges with collecting the data is determining who fits the definition of a foreign investor.

Foreign buyers who have no connection to Canada make up only a small portion of the real estate market, says Tal. More common is a situation where the buyer is based overseas, but the property is occupied by his wife and children, who attend Canadian schools and participate in Canadian society.

“So is it domestic money, or is it foreign money?” said Tal. “The concept of foreign investment is much more complex than perceived.”

2015 CANADA DAY PROGRAM Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of our Canadian Flag 1965-2015

9:00AM 10:00AM 11:00AM 12:00PM 12:10PM 1:30PM 1:35PM 1:30PM 3PM

Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast at Shipyards Park until 11 AM Parade forms up on Main St between 6th & 4th Ave Parade Starts: From 4th Ave & Main St to Shipyards Park via 2nd Ave & Ogilvie St with the Whitehorse Legion Colour Party and music of the Midnight Sun Pipe Band O Canada and raising of the Canadian Flag Official Opening Ceremony by the Honourable Doug Philips Commissioner of Yukon Canadian Citizenships Ceremony Cutting of the Official Canada Day Cake by the Commissioner (Provided by L’AFY) Main Stage Entertainment from 1:30 to 7:30 PM (Produced by Claire Ness) Beer Garden from 1:30 to 7 PM (Operated by the Whitehorse Legion) Rotary Club Great Canadian Yukon River Duck Race

Noon to 7PM Food Court and various activities at Shipyards Park Displays by various Local Community Volunteer Organizations Firemen Skill Competition for kids presented by the Whitehorse Fire Department Children and Youth activities throughout the day Volleyball Tournament BYTE Skateboard Competition, registration at 11:30 am at Second Heaven Skate Park Musical performances by; Performance musicale par; Fishhead Stew, Ryan McNally, Danchic Duo, The Canucks & Hank Karr, Bennett Sun, Carole Mullin Dancers, Break Dance Yukon, Kaska Dene Drummers, Speed Control, Soir de Semaine and Gramma Susie.

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THE ARTS Adaka festival stitches together local and international arts and culture

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Chantal Rondeau displays some of the pieces that will be shown at the Da Ze Tsan Fashion Show, part of the Adaka Cultural Festival, which runs June 26 to July 2 at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre in Whitehorse.

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he smell of smoked hide within the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre offered a telltale sign that the Adaka Cultural Festival was about to begin.

Sixteen eight-inch squares created by different indigenous artists were spread out upstairs in the Adaka offices earlier this week.

“You could smell the smoked hide throughout the building.

Even at the bottom of the stairs.

It’s beautiful. It’s very reflective of the work,” said executive director Charlene Alexander.

The squares are part of this year’s big group project: Carrying Forward Our Traditions.

Indigenous artists from Canada and the United States created their squares using techniques like beading, quills, tufting and fur.

Now the squares will be stitched together to create one large panel to display at the festival, which starts today and runs

until July 2. Thousands of people are expected to attend.

Adaka started in Whitehorse in 2011. Since then it has grown from a few tents along Front Street to having a permanent home in the cultural centre.

It’s six days of performances, presentations and public workshops honouring First Nations culture in the Yukon and connecting with others outside the territory.

“A big part of that is inviting guest artists to be a part of the festival so that Yukon artists have a chance to network and share knowledge and skills and build those connections,” said associate producer Caili Steel.

“We always have artists from outside the territory involved, from across the North, from other parts of Canada and international artists as well.”

Artists weren’t given any specific theme or direction for their work on the squares, Alexander said.

“Sometimes you do that. But for this we decided to just let

them do something that really reflected them.”

After the festival, Alexander says she hopes to find a permanent home for the panel.

“We also hope to send it to each community so they can share it with their own artists.”

Last year the festival did a similar group project involving master carvers. “So we decided we wanted to do something similar for fine craft artists. Give them the same opportunity to come together with international artists and curators and to be inspired by one another.”

Along with their squares, each of the 16 artists was asked to create a carrying bag, which is what gave the project its name. The resulting variety of bags ranges from a modern beach bag to a traditional First Nations baby carrier.

It’s “going to be a feast for the eyes,” Alexander said.

Interest in the festival is growing.

“We just had a call from someone yesterday from Grande

Prairie to register for some workshops and they’re coming up specifically to come to the festival,” Steel said.

“So it’s really become a staple cultural tourism attraction in the territory.”

The combination of modern and traditional First Nations arts is also clear in this year’s Da Ze Tsan fashion show.

About 50 First Nations designers have contributed more than 140 pieces to the show, the closing event on Thursday night.

The show will feature a combination of regalia, more modern pieces and traditional wear.

Interest in fashion by First Nations designers has been growing in recent years, said co-ordinator Chantal Rondeau.

“There’s this attention being paid to what we are doing and what our designs are and how we’re mixing that traditional design into a contemporary feel.”

Among the designers being featured this year is Luxx readyto-wear, an Edmonton designer whose work has been featured

during the Western Canada Fashion Week.

Pieces from Yukon designer Brenda Lee Asp will also be there.

The Northern Tutchone, Tahltan, Tlingit mother of two young boys recently showcased her work at the 2014 Couture Fashion Week in Manhattan.

Most of the events at the festival are free. But a few, including the fashion show, require a ticket.

Workshops this year include: youth paddle carving, birch bark basketry and bannock making.

Free presentations include a caribou hide scrapping demonstration, a jigging contest, language lessons, storytelling and a soapberry ice cream demonstration. Movies and documentaries will also be shown. The long list of musical performers this year includes: Han singers, Leela Gilday, Rising Sun Singers, Ed Peekeekoot and Kevin and Jona Barr.

A full schedule for the Adaka Cultural Festival can be found online at: adakafestival.ca Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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Star music photog reflects on snapping Lennon, Zeppelin ahead of Toronto exhibit bunches.

He cut the sleeves off one to Canadian Press lend it a “New York look” and TORONTO gifted it to Lennon.

A year later, Gruen was shoothether hanging out on a ing Lennon on the roof of his roof with John Lennon, apartment and, noticing the dison a runway with Led Zeppelin, or on a subway car with tinctive skyline, Gruen suggested the Ramones, rock photographer Lennon wear the shirt, if he still had it (to Gruen’s delight, he did).

Bob Gruen has always had a “We were friends and he felt knack for capturing the moment. very comfortable with me, and he He once played bugle for the looks comfortable in the picture,” Clash, he served as personal phoGruen said. “He’s got sunglasses tographer to Lennon and Yoko Ono, and his 69th birthday party on but he’s accessible and open last year attracted the likes of Al- and you could go up and talk to him. I think people relate to ice Cooper, Billie Joe Armstrong that.” and Debbie Harry.

Toronto’s Liss Gallery is hostLed Zeppelin ing an exhibition and sale of the New Yorker’s most-famous work Gruen famously snapped beginning this week. the British hard rock institution Ahead of his trip, Gruen coolly draping their arms over shared the stories behind some the wings of a jet bearing their of his most famous photographs. name.

“They’ve got their shirts open, John Lennon they look so casual and they own their own airplane,” Gruen said Gruen took many photos of of the photo. “Every kid looks Lennon during his post-Beatles at that like: ‘I want to be a rock American phase, but none more famous than his shots of Lennon star.”’

At the time, Gruen was flying peering into the camera behind with the band in the “very comcircular shades, lanky arms fortable” plane, which he says exposed under a sleeveless shirt had two bedrooms and a long reading “New York City.” brass bar.

The shirt was a garment But he says it was actually unique to the sidewalks of Times Square that Gruen used to buy in rented.

He saw Tina perform and was so impressed, he watched her again just days later in a small club in Long Island.

At the end of the show, Tina danced offstage as a strobe light flashed and Gruen snapped his final four frames using a one-second exposure.

“Three of them are useless and one is one of my best pictures ever,” he said. “You see five distinct images of Tina. It’s so exciting, so intense, and it really captures her.”

Within a year, he was the tour photographer for the Turners.

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Bob Gruen, a veteran of the music industry, returns to Canada for an exclusive photography exhibition and art sale in Toronto.

In fact, Gruen was later onboard the same plane when he snapped a friendly meeting between Elton John and R&B great Stevie Wonder.

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One standout depicts doomed bassist Sid Vicious wielding a hot dog, with a collage of ketchup and mustard on his face. A pin on his lapel reads “I’m a Mess.”

“I picked up the camera and he (then) put mustard and ketchup all over the hot dog and smeared it all over his face,” Gruen remembered.

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Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about-face on music royalties a victory for musicians and a shrewd business move ing services like Spotify and Deezer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to the detriment of album sales and iTunes downloads â&#x20AC;&#x201C; heightenAssociated Press ing tensions between artists, labels LOS ANGELES and service providers over who gets paid and how much. ppleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abrupt about-face on Apple had already agreed to paying royalties for songs share revenue from the new Apple during a three-month Music service once users start payfree-trial period for its new music ing a $10-a-month subscription service was a symbolic victory for fee for the service, which it plans to superstar Taylor Swift and other launch June 30. But the technology artists, and a shrewd business giant wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t planning to pay artists move by Apple, at a time when the and labels directly for the use of streaming phenomenon is caustheir music during the free, 90-day ing major changes in the music trial period that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offering to get industry. fans to try the service.

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service at Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s developer conference two weeks ago.

The American Association of Independent Music expected a flood of sign-ups at launch, suggesting to its members in an email they should reconsider releasing music to the platform right away: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are struggling to understand why rights holders would authorize their content on the service before October 1.â&#x20AC;?

The fact that independent labels drove this change highlights their growing power in the music industry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice of simply offering independent labels terms that had been negotiated with the majors, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It certainly showcases to Apple that if they step on the labels, some of them can step back pretty hard,â&#x20AC;?

Enderle said.

Withholding their latest releases from services like Spotify had already become the norm among top artists who see more to gain from download sales in the initial release period, including Swift and Adele, who herself is set to release â&#x20AC;&#x153;25â&#x20AC;? sometime later this year. But few artists have the same clout, and because download sales are falling in favour of revenue from streaming services, few spoke out publicly either for or against the plan.

Cue wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment on whether Swift will now make her album â&#x20AC;&#x153;1989â&#x20AC;? available on Apple Music.

Ben Bajarin, a longtime Apple watcher and founder of research firm Creative Strategies, said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never seen Apple make such a quick reversal on a major business issue. But he said Apple had no reason not to change position after it was clear artists were upset. And it will likely even gain more favour among fans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there were people on the fence about trying the new service, there are tens of millions that will probably try it now, just to see what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about, and that will help Apple achieve its goal faster,â&#x20AC;? Bajarin said.

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ith more than 100 active forest fires burning across the Yukon, Charlie Crew has their work cut out for them.

The team of six with Yukon Wildland Fire Management is known as an initial attack crew.

That means they’re the first firefighters on scene across the Southern Lakes district where they operate.

“Basically you just fly in, find a fire, you jump out and you attack it,” says Jordan Profeit, neatly summing up a dangerous and complex profession.

He joined the crew back in 2013 with Jesse Latoski, and both have come back every season since. Chad Thomas, the crew leader, has seen 12 wildfire seasons. Together, the three make up the core of the team, along with a rotation of new members.

Initial attack crews are sent in via helicopter, often making hover exits when there is no room for the chopper to land.

The crew typically jumps out while the helicopter hovers a few feet above the ground and immediately begin cutting a landing pad, their only lifeline in case the fire flares up.

“If we hover exit out of a helicopter, and we’re on the ground, the only way we can get picked up is if we cut a pad,” says Thomas.

In fighting forest fires, the crew’s most trusted weapon is the chainsaw. Aside from cutting landing pads, chainsaws are also used to clear lines from the fire to a suitable site to set up water pumps. This path is crucial, as it also serves as a quick escape route from the fire back to the landing pad in case things get heated, something the crew learned first-hand.

“We were a couple kilometres down the line from the helipad and we got the call on the radio, ‘The fire’s blowing up. You guys got to go,’” recalls Latoski. It was 2013 and Charlie Crew was fighting a blaze near Carmacks.

Profeit and Latoski were both in their rookie season, and Thomas had just taken up the title of crew leader.

“I remember looking to our right and just seeing a huge – it’s like a mushroom cloud basically.” High temperatures, low humidity and favourable winds conspired against the firefighters, causing the fire to rapidly grow in size and intensity.

“We just hoofed it back. We made it out safe and everything was fine. But yeah, definitely an adrenaline rush.”

Even with the extra drama, the crew held their position that

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Jordan Profeit, left, and Jesse Latoski load up a helicopter outside the Charlie Crew base in Whitehorse before leaving on a patrol. day, says Thomas.

Though the training and standards they are held to are the same as other fire crews, Charlie Crew is unique in other ways.

It’s owned by the Ta’an Kwach’an First Nation’s Da Daghay Development Corporation, which holds a contract, worth $123,000 annually, with the Yukon government that licenses the crew’s services to the territory. Da Daghay hires and trains firefighters and manages the internal workings of running a fire crew.

Ben Asquith, the general manager of Da Daghay, oversees all investments and projects of the corporation. He describes Charlie Crew as a money-making venture that benefits the Ta’an Kwach’an First Nation.

“Ultimately our goal of the development corporation is to make money on the contract,” he says. “We’re giving back in terms of jobs. We’re giving back in terms of training opportunities, skills.”

Even if firefighting is not the career path of choice for Ta’an Kwach’an citizens just entering the workforce, Asquith says joining the crew is an appealing first job, and allows new recruits to serve the community they grew up in. It also provides a wealth of learning for those coming right out of school.

“This might be their first job ever,” Asquith says. “And they’re

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Charlie Crew at a fire in B.C. around a group of guys that are going to show them some skills, some life skills, about how to go out there in the workplace.”

To that end, Asquith has given more control of the crew over to Thomas. Catching the vision, Thomas has started a program to train Ta’an Kwach’an just enter-

ing the workforce. Though they are not fully certified to go on the front lines, recruits do hands-on work at the base such as managing logistics and loading helicopters.

Asquith’s hope is to see his core group of Thomas, Profeit, and Latoski help turn the newer

recruits into fully-trained firefighters.

“We’ll build that foundation,” says Asquith, “that Ta’an Kwach’an citizens are the best firefighters that there are. That’s the vision.”

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f you walk into Shopper’s Drug Mart these days, you might be able to say hello to Rachel Dawson, one of their newest employees. Dawson started working with Shopper’s in early May. She can’t tell you directly, as her verbal skills are limited, but she clearly loves having a job and working with others. She might stand out a bit as she currently has a job coach working beside her, helping her learn how to organize products on the shelves.

Over at Staples, perhaps you’ve seen Cole RobinsonBoivin who has been employed for over seven years. He keeps inventory on the shelves; last year the district manager singled him out, telling him that he had the best-maintained shelves of ink and paper in the region.

Robinson-Boivin has a script he uses when he needs to respond to customer requests and a job coach to help him as needed.

Stop by McDonald’s and you might find Gaetan “Gaets” Michaud working that day. He has been working for the owner/ operators, Julie and Mike Thorpe, since 2007.

“Gaets is one of the most dedicated workers we’ve ever had,” the Thorpes say. “It was important for us, as his employers, to understand what his strengths and opportunities were; however, this is no different than any other employee. It just turned out that his strengths and opportunities were a little different than other employees.” They learned that having a specific routine every day has helped Michaud succeed.

Like their co-workers, Michaud, Robinson-Boivin and Dawson are happy to have a job with the same pay and benefits as the person next to them. The job also builds their skills, opens

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Rachel Dawson straightens out products at the Shopper’s Drug Mart on Main Street where she works. the door for friendships and makes them feel valued.

What makes them a bit different from most other employees in their workplaces is that they have an intellectual disability caused by a condition like autism or cerebral palsy. So they sometimes require supports or accommodations tailored to their specific needs.

Although a number of people with intellectual disabilities are successfully working in the Yukon’s private sector – including businesses like Career Industries which specifically hires and supports people with disabilities – it hasn’t always been this way.

Up until the 1980s, the common view was that most people with intellectual disabilities either couldn’t learn a job skill

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Jon Breen, executive director in the 1990s of the local nonprofit organization now called Challenge – Disability Resource Group explained, “The goal became more about getting people out into the community, into competitive work situations. This reflected other trends at the time towards de-institutionalization for people with intellectual dis-

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Breen also noted that the charity model of employment was still strong when he started working at Challenge. “The business community often felt they would be doing Challenge a favour if they bought our products or employed our clients.

We started working to turn this around by showing them how we could offer value and support the business community.”

Partnering with the chamber of commerce and businesses, Challenge started offering training programs that met identified job needs. The programs covered areas like kitchen skills, landscape and greenhouse work, and carpentry assistance. Similar programs continue to be offered

by Challenge today.

In 1991, Challenge officially set up its woodworking shop as a separate for-profit business, Career Industries Ltd. The business continued to produce useful products like core boxes for the mining industry and provided training in basic carpentry skills.

Today, Career Industries continues to hire adults with disabilities to make a variety of products for businesses, government and individuals. It also pays their employees a fair wage and helps them develop new skills.

But finding jobs for individuals outside of affirmative work places like Career Industries has been an ongoing effort. It has required changing employers’ and society’s views of jobs as charity for people with intellectual disabilities.

Less than 15 years ago, one local retailer thought they were doing the right thing by paying an employee with intellectual disabilities in buttons and gift cards.

They were also taking things off the shelf just so the employee would be kept busy restocking.

“Work is more than just a pay cheque,” said Colette Acheson, executive director for the Yukon Association of Community Living. “For any of us, a job offers opportunities to learn and develop skills, build confidence and a social network with coworkers.

People with disabilities want a real job. They want to know they are accomplishing something.

They want to have the same rights – and responsibilities – as other employees.”

“Many employers here have been fantastic and see bottom line value,” adds Lisa Rawlings Bird, past executive director of the Yukon Council on DisABILITY. “Now, most employers who hire people with intellectual disabilities have expectations of their employees. They expect value from them – just like any other employee. But they are also

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willing to find creative ways to include them in the workforce.”

George Green, a long-time disability advocate, notes that employers often want to help, they just need to know how.

“Willing employers often lack the knowledge about how to work around a person’s disability so they can do the job. But when they can get that knowledge, and understand their employee’s skills and challenges, they soon find that they get a lot of value from a motivated employee.”

According to Green, governments are “getting it” and are now offering more supports to allow people with disabilities to find and retain employment.

Green adds that assessments, started in the mid-1990s, really helped both employers and employees as they highlighted a person’s capabilities and indicated which tools or approaches could be used to help address any challenges.

And there are a diversity of approaches employers can use to accommodate a disability such as job coaches, specific routines, clear instructions, visual or voice prompts, or specific tools that meet a person’s physical needs.

Technology has made things easier as well.

Rawlings Bird described how a new smart phone app makes it far easier for employees with limited verbal skills to communicate using the Picture Exchange Communication System.

Breen explained how one worker on a job site outside the Yukon sends his job coach digital photos of his completed tasks

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Rachel, centre, stands with her fellow colleagues. over the day so the job coach no longer needs to shadow the employee at his workplace.

To further employers’ understanding of the value of hiring people with physical and intellectual disabilities and different approaches to making it work, disability advocates organized a Six Steps to Success conference in Whitehorse in 2011. The event sparked important conversations and follow-up research about the recruitment and retention of people with disabilities in the Yukon.

More recent programs, like the national Ready, Willing and Able delivered in Whitehorse by YACL, continue to help employers understand the value and the methods of accessing the untapped labour pool of people with intellectual disabilities.

In the last three months, the program has helped nine previously unemployed people find work.

“Many employers find it challenging to find enough reliable, long-term and motivated employees,” said Acheson. “People with intellectual disabilities is a labour source that is still underutilized by most industries and businesses. In my experience, and with the growing body of Yukon employers hiring people like Rachel, Cole and Gaets, we see win-win employment that benefits both the business and the individual equally.”

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Search resumes on Alaska glacier for service members’ remains at decades-old plane crash site died when their airplane smashed into an Alaska mountain more Associated Press than 60 years ago. The wreckage was rediscovered in 2012, and the COLONY GLACIER, ALASKA sombre recovery effort resumed cientists and volunteers this month. tethered in safety gear and “It’s a patriotic duty that we’re ice cleats painstakingly doing up here to the family memscoured the frozen dirt and ice bers of the service members that to see if a glacier had given up have paid the ultimate sacrifice any more of its dead before they for their nation,” said U.S. Navy are swept into a lake and lost to Lt. Commander Paul Cocker. history.

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In 2012, an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter flying over the glacier, about 50 miles northeast of Anchorage, rediscovered the wreckage. Recovery efforts have been undertaken each summer since then, and the remains of 17 service members have so far been identified and returned to families for burial.

The race is now on to recover as many remains as possible before the relatively fast-moving glacier, advancing about a couple hundred meters a year, deposits the wreckage in nearby Inner Lake George.

The search area, which covers about three acres, is now near the toe of the glacier, and the leading edge is constantly being cleaved off and pushed into the lake.

“There is no way to know for sure when all of the remains and wreckage will be lost to the lake, this is why we’re dedicated to doing all that we can now,” Capt.

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Any remains found will be sent to an armed forces DNA lab in Delaware for identification.

This is the fourth summer on the glacier for Roy Adkins, a civilian working to recover plane wreckage for the military.

Those who have worked the glacier year after year have become accustomed to the changing landscape as the glacier continues to give up wreckage.

“Every year we come out here, there’s more and more debris and in different areas,” Adkins said.

“We’ve left on a Friday and came back on a Monday, and debris fields have shown up.”

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bryan Keese of the Alaska Army National Guard ferries the workers to the glacier on a UH 60 Black Hawk helicopter from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.

He was flying a similar helicopter four years ago when his crew chief, Sgt. Roman Bradford, spotted some yellow fabric on Colony Glacier. That turned out to be a life raft from the Globemaster. A subsequent check of the crash database narrowed down the possibilities, and a crew returned to the

glacier and found a log book and dog tags, identifying the wreckage from the 1952 Globemaster.

“It’s pretty cool to get these folks back home to where they belong,” he said of the effort to identify the human remains found on the glacier.

Tonja Anderson-Dell of Tampa, Florida, has researched the crash for years. Her grandfather, then 21-year-old Isaac Anderson died in the crash but his remains weren’t among the 17 that have been identified.

She said the military has told families that some remains and debris might have gone into the lake already, and it worries her that the remains of all 52 men won’t be found.

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Eateries in southern Chinese town hold dog meat festival despite outcry, govt disavowing ties dogs, delivered on the backs of scooters and trucks, on sale at a market. “I saw a Dalmatian and Associated Press a chow and many dogs wearing collars that indicated the likeliBEIJING hood they were stolen pets,” he estaurateurs in a southsaid. ern Chinese town held an Apparently concerned about annual dog meat festival the adverse publicity, the local this week despite international government disavows any ties criticism of the event as cruel to the event, issuing a stateand unhygienic. ment saying it did not officially The Yulin government dissponsor or promote the festival. tanced itself from the festival It said authorities would tightly and announced new restriccontrol public order and punish tions, but eateries reached by any incidents of stealing or poitelephone reported brisk busisoning dogs. Traders would no ness during the event ostensilonger be permitted to slaughter bly held to mark the summer dogs in public, place carcasses solstice. on display or serve meals outRestaurant owners say eating doors, it said. dog meat is traditional during Despite such restrictions, resthe summer, while animal rights taurant owners said the festival activists say the festival has no continued to attract enthusiasts cultural value and was merely for the dish. invented to drum up business.

“Eating dog meat is a local As many as 10,000 dogs, tradition, it has nothing to do many of them stolen pets, are with the local government,” said slaughtered for the festival held a receptionist at the Longmen deep inside the largely rural and Dog Meat Restaurant reached by poor Guangxi Zhuang Autonophone. mous Region.

Parascandola said he had Adam Parascandola, director met people who had travelled of animal protection and crisis to Yulin to try and save dogs response at the Washington by buying them, but that the D.C.-based charity Humane So- festival was proving popular and ciety International, said he and there were lines outside many of Chinese activists had witnessed the restaurants as people waited dogs being maltreated in a Yulin for seats. slaughterhouse on Sunday Celebrities such as British morning. comedian Ricky Gervais and “A man would go in the cage Brazilian supermodel Gisele with a club and just start clubBundchen have called for an end bing the dogs, just beating them to the festival, and more than and beating them, not killing 3 million people have signed them at that point … the dogs petitions protesting it, according are screaming and trying to get to Shareeza Bhola, communicaaway and it’s really heartbreaktions manager for change.org. ing.”

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Owning dogs as pets was discouraged under early Communist Party rule but has become increasingly popular among the Chinese public, especially the urban middle class.

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Pope Francis offers hopeful perspective on global crises time â&#x20AC;&#x201C; less than 80 years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; human populations have exploded exponentially, from two billion to more than seven billion. In that short time, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve created consumer societies and decimated the planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural systems, used

up resources, filled oceans with plastic and pollution, altered water cycles, and upset the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s carbon cycle, disrupting global climate systems.

Our impacts on this small blue planet have been so rapid,

widespread and profound that many scientists call this the Anthropocene Epoch. Much of it has coincided with the discovery and exploitation of fossil fuels, which showed great promise when I was a child. They were abundant and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand the consequences of recklessly burning them. Cars were designed to use lots of gas and propel oil industry profits, not to conserve energy.

Factories were built to create products and increase distribution efficiencies.

No longer confined to growing food and providing agricultural services, people moved to cities and, freed from the constraints of limited access to resources, grew rapidly in number, dramatically increasing consumption.

Because our technological prowess has grown faster than our knowledge, wisdom and foresight, much of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve created is now crashing down around us â&#x20AC;&#x201C; battered by pollution, ecosystem collapse, species extinction, resource scarcity, inequality, climate change and overpopulation.

Pope Francis recently put humanityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s situation in context â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and offered hope for the future.

Regardless of how you feel about religion or the Catholic Church, or even some ideas in the Popeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s encyclical, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no denying it contains a powerful, scientifically and morally valid call for radical change that will reach an audience far beyond the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.

In his June 18 address, the Pope called on the world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not just Catholics â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to recognize the need for change in the face of ecological crises such as human-caused global warming and the failure of growth-fuelled market economics to facilitate human survival, happiness and prosperity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years,â&#x20AC;? he said.

In his wide-ranging address, Pope Francis spoke about pollution, climate change, water, biodiversity, inequality, poverty, economics, consumerism and spirituality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustain-

able as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The effects of the present imbalance can only be reduced by our decisive action, here and now.â&#x20AC;?

He also called out those stalling or preventing action to confront environmental problems, especially global warming: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obstructionist attitudes, even on the part of believers, can range from denial of the problem to indifference, nonchalant resignation or blind confidence in technical solutions.â&#x20AC;?

Connecting the dots between environmental degradation and inequality, he urged people to â&#x20AC;&#x153;integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.â&#x20AC;?

Although parts of the address are bleak, the Pope argued that open conversation and changes in thinking, acting and governing could bring about positive change, even for the economy: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Productive diversification offers the fullest possibilities to human ingenuity to create and innovate, while at the same time protecting the environment and creating more sources of employment.â&#x20AC;?

And, he noted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start, despite their mental and social conditioning.â&#x20AC;?

The Pope joins a diverse global chorus of people calling for changes in our destructive lifestyle to confront crises such as climate change and the ever-growing gap between poor and rich.

These expanding and increasingly urgent calls to confront our hubris for the sake of humanityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future represent a necessary shift in a way of thinking that has propelled us along what is, after all, just a recent and brief destructive course in our history. As Pope Francis said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it.â&#x20AC;?

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

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The northern boreal bird nursery In the past few days, meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens, Fairbanks guide Garrett Jones and I have noticed that looking for meteorites is a lot like searching

by Ned for bird nests. We find none of the former but a few dozen of the Rozell latter.

Flushing a bird from a nest is LASKA an unexpected, pleasant event.

CIENCE We always stop, happy for the MIDDLE FORK, break from squinting at the CHANDALAR RIVER ground. Even though he feels pressure to find black rocks wo-hundred miles straight from space, Peter, of the Search north of my home in Fairfor Extraterrestrial Intelligence banks, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m at the northern Institute, pauses to contemplate edge of a forest that carpets the continent all the way to Labrador. nests. He found curious that a water bird like the lesser yellowHere for a meteorite search with legs was sitting on four eggs on an astronomer, I have helicopopen tundra a mile from the river. tered into a place humming with The motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scolding peeps hurt life. our ears. We moved on.

This dark spot on the nightGarrett is the most frequent time map of North America is nest-finder, specializing in robins not always in this active state, with the squeak of bank swallows with newborn chicks that reach with open beaks to his camera overhead and passing bumblebees so heavy with pollen they fly lens. Near a nest in a tangle of like water balloons. A few months spruce branches, the mother chips from a neighboring tree. ago, this gray river was hard as If the four in this nest survive, a stone. An online thermometer they will grow to full size on the nearby registers a dependable insect riches of this country. In minus 50 F every winter. a few months, they will show up In early summer, the air is on a lawn in Kansas City or a hill perfumed with blooming purple outside Mexico City. lupine and pink wild sweet We chose to camp on an island pea. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so fleeting, and such a of the Middle Fork Chandalar contrast to the locked, odorless winter. Songbirds sing from every River. The leafy place is also the direction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; tiny warblers, thrush- choice of several mother songbirds. When he walks to his tent, es and sparrows have flooded Peter canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but flush a whitethe spruce and spongy ground beneath them. crowned sparrow from her nest

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Five feet above the mother junco sits a yellow-rumped warbler on her birthing chamber of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grass woven into a perfect circle. She does not fly away from the balsam poplar as we take images and marvel at the density of nests on our two acres of island. Extrapolate that into the few square miles we are getting to know and we are surrounded by thousands of new beating hearts.

Ned Rozell/Yukon News The warbler has had enough A robin chick in a nest near the Middle Fork of the of us. She jumps to reveal five cream-colored eggs. Before sum- Chandalar River. mer is over, the chicks will leap into the air and leave the Chandalar country. They will flap and glide beyond the cooling forest of spruce and muskeg. They will follow the spine of the Rockies, pausing a few times to feed.

First Nations Health Programs is seeking donations When the deep cold returns to of Wild Game for our traditional diet menu. We this country and the online thermometer at Chandalar Lake reads would not be able to provide this service to our minus 48, the warblers will be First Nations, Inuit and Metis patients without your donations. hopping branches in the steamy If you would like to make a donation to our program please contact mangrove jungles of Panama.

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The trouble with the Teslin trail followed in the Cassiar district and at Dease Lake.

The Stikine was quiet until gold was discovered in the Klondike and then things beby Michael came hectic in a hurry. Thousands of people converged on Gates the north, gaining access from every direction of the comISTORY pass.

UNTER More heavily used routes like the Chilkoot and the White Damn the Journey, Pass trails required passage Damn the track through American territory, Damn the distance there & back accompanied by the imposition of heavy duty, or inspecDamn the sunshine, tion by officials – for a fee of Damn the weather, course – which was almost Damn the Goldfields altogether. as expensive. Many Canadi(written on a blazed tree beside ans simply bought American the trail near the south end of outfits to start with to avoid Teslin Lake) the penalties, and Canadian merchants were outraged. he Teslin Trail was once Passage up the Stikine River heralded as the allwas exempt from American Canadian route to the duty, which made the Teslin Klondike by the Canadian Trail the choice of distant Cagovernment. It may have been nadian merchants, and thouall Canadian, but it was all sands of stampeders were sold trouble from start to finish. on travelling over the patriotic Six thousand unfortunate trail. They quickly found out stampeders pitted themselves that was a big mistake, against this gold rush trail durIt didn’t help that the ining 1898. formation about the trail was The route followed the misleading. Guide books of the Stikine River from its mouth day, cashing in on the insatianear Wrangell, Alaska, 200 kible appetite of cheechakos for lometres upstream to Glenora, information, provided more or and beyond that to Telegraph less reliable descriptions of the Creek., British Columbia. From routes of access. Most of them, there, it turned north for 250 however, were inaccurate kilometres, more or less, to the enough to be dangerous. south end of Teslin Lake.

One guide book described From Teslin Lake, it was the Teslin route as “the best supposed to be easy sailing to highway to the gold fields from Dawson City and the gold of the coast yet discovered.” the Klondike.

A Canadian newspaper The Stikine River was once stated that the trail was “passa major Tlingit trade route ing through exceptionally easy to the Tahltan people of the country.” interior. Then Buck Choquette Another stated that “…the discovered gold there in 1861. country from Telegraph Creek It didn’t amount to much, but to Teslin is flat and easily it prompted British Columbia travelled and pack trains can Governor James Douglas to be hired at the former place at declare it part of British terreasonable rates.” ritory. More gold discoveries That was not the case. To

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Gold seekers using the Teslin Trail came up with all sorts of ideas for covering the route. Most were ill-informed and their schemes for a quick trip to the Klondike failed. get a good start, many outfits went up the Stikine River in the early spring, relaying supplies upriver over the ice.

Many lost their outfits or even their lives falling through the ice.

The conditions were deplorable. Three inexperienced Californians laboured through tough conditions. Their feet were perpetually wet and cold, eventually requiring amputation when they became gangrenous. Other men froze to death or died of scurvy.

Pack trains weren’t available as advertised. The Canadian government purchased what stock was to be had to carry supplies for the Yukon Field Force, which consisted of two hundred militia members going to the Yukon. Their purpose was to bolster the thinly stretched force of the Mounted Police who were struggling to maintain law, order and sovereignty.

The Laurier government signed an ill-advised contract with Mackenzie Mann and Company to construct a rail-

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road to Teslin Lake from Telegraph Creek. The land concessions granted the company were considered too liberal by the opposition in Parliament, and the controversial contract failed to gain the support of the Senate.

The railroad was abandoned after only 20 miles of rail bed were constructed, and all those who chose this route because they expected to find swift passage, found only disappointment. The trail started off easily enough. As far as the Nahlin River, the trail passed through a mountainous region bisected every so often by shallow icy cold streams.

According to one observer, “the table lands resemble bits of wild park with beautiful blue mountain lakes.” In some places, however, loads had to be hauled up hill using block and tackle.

Stampeders encountered ubiquitous hordes of mosquitoes, and long hours of back-breaking labour. The trail was too narrow and rough for wagons. Some enterprising individuals resorted to using one-wheel “go-devils”; others employed dogs as pack animals. In the end, none of these grand ideas worked on the trail for the gold-struck stampeders.

The horses that were available suffered under the often brutal conditions of the trail.

“It breaks ones heart,” said an observer, “to see the conditions of many animals that return from the trail – pitiful weary creatures with great blotches like inflamed scalds upon their backs…the animal walks on in dumb agony, with a festering fist-deep sore fresh goaded every moment by the load above it, until he drops on the trail and is mercifully shot.”

North of the Nahlin River, the land flattened out and was either “bog or log” all the way. Travelers were walking through bog moss beaten into a sodden mush by thousands of feet, or clambering over miles of fire-burnt deadfall.

Where the bog was the worst, log corduroy was laid on top, but these slippery logs proved dangerous for man and beast and were often avoided.

In some places where fire was active, they walked on burning moss, through ash and smoke.

Several herds of cattle were driven over the trail, but this only worsened trail conditions.

One herder got only s far as Telegraph Creek before giving up and selling his beef in a temporary shop there.

Other herds made it to Teslin Lake, but never reached their destination. One party lost its cargo of beef in the rough waters of Teslin Lake; another had two scow loads of beef that were frozen in and never made it to Dawson. Of the five herds that were documented to have used the trail, only one actually reached the Klondike capital.

The Teslin Trail to the Klondike proved to be all hype and no trail and quickly fizzled out.

Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His three books on Yukon history are available in Yukon stores. This column originally ran in December 2012.

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And they’re off!

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David Hutchison and Bob Ross lead the pack on Lake Laberge on Wednesday, the first day of the Yukon River Quest canoe and kayak race. represented in this year’s race, as well as nine Canadian provNews Reporter inces and territories. There are 10 voyageur canoes paddling he race to the midnight towards Dawson, up from eight sun is underway. last year. Also in the mix are 19 Almost 60 boats hit the tandem canoes, 17 solo kayaks water for the 17th annual Yukon and nine tandem kayak teams.

River Quest on Wednesday at Montana’s David Hutchison Rotary Peace Park in Whiteand Ontario’s Bob Ross, in a horse. tandem kayak, were the first With sunny skiers, little to reach Carmacks Thursday wind and calm waters on Lake morning at 8:12 a.m. HutchinLaberge – the first big obstacle son won the solo kayak division for racers – the 715-kilometre last year and placed second race to Dawson City was off to a overall. “boring” start, from an orgaOntario tandem canoe team nizer’s perspective. of Gaetan Plourde and Jeff “Everything is going well, the Brainard came into Carmacks lake is calm, the wind is almost 16 minutes behind. Plourde none existent. It’s not too hot, and Brainard are both past solo not too cold,” said Quest presichamps and are definitely ones dent Harry Kern, four hours to watch. into the race. “It’s just boring.

With the Yukon River runThe race is just too good. It’s all ning a little low and slow this good news. It’s the exact oppoyear, the first boats are expected site than last year, where we had to reach the finish Friday evequite a storm out here and lots ning. of waves.”

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Erin Giesbrecht kayaks out of the starting line at Rotary Park in Whitehorse on Wednesday.

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A paddlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effects are seen before the race.

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Team Woah takes advantage of calm waters on Lake Laberge.

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The Yukon Do It team passes Richthofen Island on Lake Laberge.

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Paul Rigby navigates out of the starting line.

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Racers run to their boats to begin the race.

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Paddlers aim for open water during the hectic start to the race.

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Kayaks are lined up at the start line before the beginning of the race.

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mixed team from two Yukon communities had to find their chemistry on the fly over the weekend. They seem to have discovered alchemy, too.

Dawson City-Haines Junction FC captured U-16 gold at the Yukon Soccer 2015 Outdoor Championships on Sunday at Vanier Catholic Secondary.

“I’ve worked a lot with our kids in Dawson on positioning and ball movement, team sportsmanship and team play,” said coach Irwin Gaw. “The kids from Haines Junction – we played with them a little bit, but of course it’s difficult for them to step in. So I met with them all and talked about how we were going to play and our systems of play and they came together really well.”

The DCHJ FC, which included nine players from Dawson and four from the Junction, won gold with a 3-2 win over Yukon Pump Sharp Shooters in the final.

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squad opened the final with three first-half goals before the Sharp Shooters made up ground in the second. Scoring for the communities squad were Sam Crocker, Ben Lorenz and Ethan Gaw. DCHJ FC went undefeated in the championship, outscoring the competition 15-4 with some “awesome” defence.

They also had a young substitute goalkeeper who was a wall in the net.

“We picked up a young player, Callum Wier from Haines Junction, and he’s actually on 11 years old, but he was outstanding in goal,” said Irwin.

“It was fun to play that game. It was a well-played game by both teams,” he added. “It’s always great to see them come together and play well.”

All Terrane Mineral Services took the U-16 bronze when fourth place’s Shier Eagles had to forfeit due to a lack of players.

“At the beginning of the year we weren’t particularly a strong team; it took a while for us to come together,” said All Terrane coach Luka van Randen. “But by the end we had a fighting chance in each of the games we played in. We

could have come out on top if we had a few more players – a lot of players were in the (Kluane Chilkat) bike relay.”

Marble Slab scoops up gold The Marble Slab Creamery team had a season as delicious as their sponsor’s ice-cream.

The Creamery crew went undefeated all season on their way to taking U-13 gold on Sunday.

“They are the best group of kids I’ve ever coached … and I think I’ve coached 14 teams,” said Creamery coach Bruce Bennett. “They all played really well together and were really supportive of each other and really taught the other players how to play as a team. I think that’s what made us excel.”

Marble Slab scooped up the gold with a 5-2 win over The Deli. Their one blotch on their record was a 4-4 tie against bronze-winning Sport Yukon in the round robin.

“They were very good at playing as a team and passing and we had excellent goalkeeping (from Syth Charchun and Nathan Scully),” said Bennett. “It was really their camaraderie and their ability

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Dawson City-Haines Junction FC goalkeeper Callum Weir jumps up for a save during the Yukon Outdoor Soccer Championships on Sunday at Vanier Catholic Secondary. The Dawson-Haines Junction team won gold in the U-16 division.

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Marble Slab Creameryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ashton Bryant, left, and The Deliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wyatt Sheardown jump of the ball in the U-13 final. to play as a team. And they always seemed to have fun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The nice thing also was everybody cheers for everybody. Our games were always close, but we always seemed to pull it through, especially in the second half.â&#x20AC;?

Scoring for the Marble Slab in the final were Ashton Bryant, Nathan Scully, Oliver Paldy and Dawson Smith with two. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important is how hard the kids played, how they came together as a team in the final,â&#x20AC;? said Deli coach Chris Ross. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really proud of them.

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A Yukon Pump Sharp Shooter takes a penalty shot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had a hard-fought semifinal (against Sport Yukon). It was 0-0 after 60 minutes of regular play and 10 minutes of extra time, and it finally went down to the last penalty shot before we came out of it. We hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t defeated that team all season.â&#x20AC;?

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Mayo Midnight Marathon reaches the end of the line (Whitehorse) – 39:45 10km run (males 50-59) Kevin Siu (Hong Kong)- 56:50

Tom Patrick News Reporter

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fter a long run of supplying long runs, the sun has set on the Mayo Midnight Marathon.

The 20th annual event, held Saturday in Mayo, is said to be the last one. The Fly By Night Running Club, which hosts the event, is calling it quits.

“This is the last one the executives are going to put on,” said the club’s spokesperson Anne Leckie.

“They’ve left it open in case somebody wants to take it over, but nobody has leapt to the floor to say they want to do that.

“A lot of the runners, the people who have the passion behind it, are no longer in Mayo.

It was really just a small group who were keeping it on for the last three years.

“We just don’t have the runners in Mayo any more and we thought 20 years was a good time.”

About 220 runners and walkers came out for one last scamper in the midnight sun, up from 144 last year. Participants came from as far away as Poland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and the U.K. Whitehorse’s Sue Bogle believes Saturday’s event was her ninth or tenth. She was the fastest woman on the half-marathon course, finishing in one hour, 35 minutes and 33 seconds.

“It’s a great community event.

The whole community gets involved,” said Bogle. “They do a great breakfast the next day and it’s just so neat running in the evening as well. It used to start at midnight … the first time I was drawn there because I thought, that’s cool: running solstice week, a half marathon at midnight. Went the first time, really enjoyed it.

“The whole family goes, we camp at Five Mile Lake, you’re up all day before the run and then you run at midnight and it’s still

10km run (males over 60) Ross Knox (Whitehorse) – 53:00 10km walk (females 20-39) Amy Gripton (Mayo) – 1:37:45 Cheryl Buyck (Mayo) – 1:37:45 10km walk (females 40-49) Dawn Moses (Yellowknife) – 1:49:46 10km walk (females 50-59) Jane Haydock (Whitehorse) – 1:12:22 Becky Striegler (Whitehorse) – 1:12:22 10km walk (females over 60) Susan Dennehy (Whitehorse) – 1:20:34

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Runners leave the start line at the 20th annual Mayo Midnight Marathon on Saturday. The Fly By Night Running Club has decided to make this year’s marathon the last one. bright.”

“A lot of people were talking about how they’d be really sad if it ends.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

Division winners 5km run (females under 13) Remie Cherepak (Whitehorse) – 28:00 5km run (females 14-19) Chanel Newell (Whitehorse) – 33:42

(Whitehorse) – 45:45 5km run (females over 60) Jan Klippert (Whitehorse) – 41:40 5km run (males under 13) Errol Elkholm (Whitehorse) – 23:19 5km run (males 14-19) Ethan Vanderkley (Whitehorse) – 21:42 5km run (males 20-39) Jared Chipman (Elsa) – 28:22

5km run (females 20-39) Moriah MacMillan (Whitehorse) – 31:02 5km run (females 40-49) Wendy Cairns (Dawson City) – 25:03 5km run (females 50-59) Kristine Fisher

10km run (females 20-39) Sabrina Long (Whitehorse) – 51:42

10km walk (males 40-49) Ricky Moses (Whitehorse) – 1:49:54 10km walk (males over 60) Ron Bain (Lethbridge) – 1:30:13 Half run (females 20-39) Valerie Dube (Dawson City) – 1:47:07

10km run (females 40-49) Yolande Cherepak (Whitehorse) – 45:02

Half run (females 40-49) Sue Bogle (Whitehorse) – 1:35:33

10km run (females 50-59) Maureen Johnstone (Whitehorse) – 53:04

Half run (females 50-59) Suzanne Duncan (Whitehorse) – 2:02:04

10km run (males under 13) 5km run (males 40-49) Naoise Dempsey Daniel Atkin (Whitehorse) – 20:00 (Whitehorse) – 40:08

Half run (females over 60) Polly Thorp (Whitehorse) – 2:00:38

5km run (males 50-59) Richard Cherepak (Whitehorse) – 28:06

Half run (males 20-39) Mathieu Gagnon (Montreal) – 1:20:56

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Ted Staffen (Whitehorse) – 33:34 10km run (females under 13) Meghan Pennington (Whitehorse) – 54:50

10km walk (males 14-19) Morgan Blattmann (Whitehorse) – 1:42:59

10km run (males 20-39) Tyler Martin (Whitehorse) – 43:59 10km run (males 40-49) Yanik Freeman

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Half run (males 40-49) Rick Brown (Whitehorse) – 1:35:58 Half run (50-59) Andy Blattmann (Faro) – 1:35:44

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Half run (males over 60) Richard Zral (Whitehorse) – 1:59:40 Half walking (males 50-59) John Storms (Whitehorse) – 2:19:21

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Marathon (females 20-39) Marit Rjabov (Whitehorse) – 3:49:48

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Marathon (males 20-39) David Stanford (Edmonton) – 3:11:13

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Marathon (males 40-49) Glenn Currie (Vanderhoof, B.C.) – 4:23:37 Marathon (males 50-59) John Bulmer (Medicine Hat, Alta.) – 4:23:20

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Marathon (males over 60) Marek Sliwka (Poland) – 3:30:11

Friday, June 26, 2015

YUKON NEWS

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Yukon curlers to get direct entry to nationals beginning in 2018

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Yukon and other jurisdictions that struggle to make the big show will have direct entry into both the Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2018, Curling Canada announced this week.

The pre-qualifying system for the Brier and Scotties, introduced this past season, will continue for the 2016 and 2017 menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national championships.

The Yukon Curling Association, the Nova Scotia Curling Association and the Northwest Territories Curling Association banded together to make a motion to drop the pre-qualifying rounds at Curling Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual general meeting last week in Collingwood, Ont. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We each had a motion on the floor and we worked together to have a concerted motion that we all could support, and it was unanimously accepted,â&#x20AC;? said Yukon Curling president Ellen Johnson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had three people attend the summit and the meetings â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that was myself, (YCA executive director) Laura Eby and Lani Klassen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and we were just so excited that the motion for direct entry was passed.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a huge step forward,â&#x20AC;? she added.

Both Yukon champion rinks were ousted in the pre-qualifying rounds at the Brier and Scotties this past season.

Yukon skip Sarah Koltun welcomed this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announcement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good news that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting rid of the (pre-qualifying) process, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it was the best system that could have been implemented,â&#x20AC;? said Koltun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are keeping it for the next two years, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be nice to see the new format, having a lot more teams and having all of the territories represented.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem was, this season we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have representation at the Scotties from any of the territories,â&#x20AC;? she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was kind of unfortunate that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposed to be a national event, but not all the jurisdictions were represented.â&#x20AC;?

Team Koltun has competed at the Scotties the last two years. In 2013 her team won a territorial playdown between Yukon and N.W.T. for a spot in the Scotties, coming away with a pair of wins.

This past February, playing in the pre-qualifier, Koltun and her team were done after just two games in Moose Jaw, Sask. Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Team Smallwood, led by skip Robert Smallwood, were sent packing after three games in the Brier pre-qualifier in Calgary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were done in 12 hours or something â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both of our games were on the same day,â&#x20AC;? said Koltun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was all this build up and then having to go home. It was definitely disappointing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a weird thing to try to plan around because you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to expect â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you have to be prepared to be gone all that time.â&#x20AC;?

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Team Yukon skip Sarah Kolton encourages her sweepers at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Moose Jaw, Sask.

Yukon will get direct access to both the Brier and Scotties beginning in 2018. that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reach the main draw at the two nationals championships didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t receive funding from Curling Canada to help with travel costs. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changing too. All teams that compete at the nationals, including those in the pre-qualifiers, will receive funding, it was decided in the AGM.

Another change to emerge from the AGM allows curlers of all ages to compete at the Scotties and Brier, provided they qualify. Teams are also now allowed to include one nonresident curler on their team.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Ottawa Senators agree to terms on new deals for forwards Stone and Zibanejad may come down to arbitration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look at this moment Canadian Press like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making a lot of progress, and they both have arbitraFORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. tion rights and it looks like thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s he Ottawa Senators were where they want to head, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll busy on the eve of the NHL prepare accordingly,â&#x20AC;? Murray draft getting new contracts said. done for restricted-free-agent The Senators donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to forwards Mark Stone and Mika worry about that with Stone and Zibanejad.

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Dawson City, Yukon, is home of the Klondike Gold Rush and the heart of Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondĂŤk HwĂŤchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Traditional Territory; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud of our mining heritage and First Nations roots that run millennia deep. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a thriving cultural communityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with a post-secondary arts school, several world-renowned events and festivals, and burgeoning TV and ďŹ lm industryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that borders an outdoor playground sprawling hundreds of kilometres in either direction. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a vibrant historic community â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with many remaining buildings and landscape features that supported the Gold Rush, and a town site that boasts national historic designation. Mining, tourism, culture, and our people are the foundation on which our town stands, and we respect personal freedoms and diversity of all deďŹ nitions. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a welcoming town and a great place to make a life and raise a family. Our community has a new hospital, excellent access to health care, and programming and activities that promote healthy lifestyles. We have a Recreation Centre, Curling Club, Swimming Pool, Fitness Centre, 9-hole Golf Course, Off-Leash Dog Park, and a ski hill. We enjoy an abundance of green spaces, as well as parks, playgrounds, and hiking, biking, and cross-country ski trails-all the amenities for an active life. We also have a K-12 school, Yukon College campus, healthy business community, and numerous community groups and organizations in which to get involved. Through solid planning and focused effort, our town has tackled municipal challenges, developed our municipal infrastructure, and grown our community. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for the right person to lead us in the next steps of advancing our town.

Who you are You are a strong leader with the academic and experiential backgrounds that will help you manage the overall operation of the municipality, including ďŹ nancial and human resources, strategic planning, project management, and policy and bylaw development. You can establish clear goals for senior staff and help them work towards meeting their objectives. Your background is preferably in municipal administration. As Mayor and Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only employee, you appreciate and understand governance practices and procedural rules. Under Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategic direction, you will develop and implement policies and programs that meet the needs of residents, including public works, protective services, recreation, community and economic development, and a municipally operated cable television system. You are conďŹ dent in leading a team of 25 employees, in a unionized environment, to meet the goals of the municipality and expectations of municipal service. You possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and are comfortable working with the public in a high-proďŹ le position. If this position interests you, please submit your resume and covering letter clearly demonstrating the qualiďŹ cations outlined below, as selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide. t A post-secondary degree, preferably in Public or Business Administration; t Five years senior management experience overseeing a department or organization; t Developing and implementing policies and programs; t Experience in managing, building, leading, and motivating a team in a unionized environment; t An understanding of the principles of project management and business plan development; t Experience managing ďŹ nancial resources, including development of operating and capital budgets; t Experience working with First Nations Governments; t Experience working with the public, boards, and elected ofďŹ cials; t Ability to interpret and apply Federal, Provincial/Territorial and Municipal statutes, regulations, and programs. t Discretion, tact, compassion, and good judgment; t Excellent communication skills, both oral and written t

Applicants able to demonstrate an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Closing Date: A current resume including three references and covering letter must be received at the City of Dawson Administration Building by 4:00 pm on July 13, 2015. Applications to this position may be submitted by mail, email, or fax to the following:

CAO Selection Committee Attn: Dennis Shewfelt, Interim CAO PO Box 308 Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0 cao@cityofdawson.ca Phone: (867)335-9149 Fax: (867) 993-7434

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www.cityofdawson.ca/municipal-info/general-information/career-opportunities

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

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To learn more about our community and what we have to offer we encourage you to visit the following websites:

Klondike Visitors Association website at www.dawsoncity.ca/ Parks Canada website at www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/yt/klondike/natcul/dawson.aspx Yukon Community ProďŹ les website at www.yukoncommunities.yk.ca/dawson-city Klondike Institute of Art and Culture website at www.kiac.ca/

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Real Estate

4-BDRM 2-BATH split level house for sale by owner, Riverdale, separate entrance to basement, plenty of potential. 333-0825

5 ACRES on the Annie Lake Road, 45km south of Whitehorse, driveway, power, phone and telephone on property. Call 393-3311 anytime

MOBILE TRAILER on new steel skids, 12'x40', 2X6 walls, R28, with R40 floor & ceiling, all appliances & HRV included, quick connect electrical, $55,000 obo. 667-4425

2-BDRM CABIN, Tagish, Sidney Str, Lot 12, blue siding, electric ready to hook up, gd location, 5 minutes to bridge for fishing, serious inquiries only. Delphine 780-926-1966

ALASKA HIGHWAY property, beautiful place all year round, huge commercial potential. Call 867-862-7047 for more info

CONDO STUDIO in Nanaimo, B.C. Quality construction+materials, partially furnished w/kitchen appliances Well organized 300 sqft space in quiet residential neighbourhood.

Low condo fees+utilities.

Reduced to $82,000.

867-660-4516.

BRIGHT, FULLY-DETACHED condo for sale by owner, 2-bdrm, loft, 1&3/4 bath, patio, stainless steel kitchen appliances, tile, carpet & wood flooring. 335-2839 PRIVATE SALE, 5 acres lot in Grizzly Valley, 30 min from town, no building restriction, power + phone at property line, south exposure, $149,000, serious inquiries only.

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SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE LISTINGS: Pacesetter Trading Company

Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon

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Wildstone Construction & Engineering

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3-BDRM 1.5-BATH condo, Riverdale, end unit, landscaped, $244,500. 333-9366 3-BDRM 2.5 bath split level, Crestview, beautiful 2,800 sq ft, new heating system, new roof & deck, large, landscaped lot w/greenhouse, $475,000, Property Guys #703739. 334-5083 10-ACRE PROPERTY, Tagish Estates, 600 sq ft log cabin, power, 3 season water, boat house, shed, access from property to Marsh/Tagish lakes, see ad on Facebook-Whitehorse houses for sale.

334-5083 5-BDRM 3-BATH house, Riverdale, open concept, renovated, greenbelt, spacious yard, vaulted living room w/loft, kitchen with tons of counter space & cupboards, $519,000. Ken @ 633-2948

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YUKON NEWS

Nugget City (Watson Lake)

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â&#x17E;Ľ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Volunteer BĂŠnĂŠvoles Yukon

HELP WANTED Hotel Front Desk Clerk NOC #6525 Qualifications: Completion of college program in front desk operations or hotel management is required.

Applicants with relevant experience preferred: Hours: 40 hours per week Wage: $14/hr Duties: â&#x20AC;˘Register arriving guests and assign rooms â&#x20AC;˘Answer telephone enquiries â&#x20AC;˘Compile and check daily records Contact: HR Manager hr@elitehotel.ca Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. 206 Jarvis St Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H1

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VUNTUT GWITCHIN FIRST NATION Old Crow, Yukon

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

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER (Term position) THE JOB Reporting to the Executive Director, this position manages the Education department team in delivering programs and support services to VGFN citizens enrolled in Kindergarten to Grade 12. These programs include the cultural education programs; homework tutor program; Elder in school program; student allowances programs; student incentive programs; school hot lunch program among other programs. The Manager also represents VGFN in education related business with governments, partners and professionals and assists with developing and implementing strategic goals and work plans. This position also supervises the Sports & Recreation Program.

QUALIFICATIONS The ideal candidate will have a diploma in an academic ďŹ eld or the equivalent in experience and relevant training; Broad knowledge of government legislation regarding education; Knowledge of Yukon Education system, programs and services; Knowledge of educational issues affecting First Nation peoples both locally and nationally. The ideal candidate will need to be creative and innovative; culturally sensitive and possess management experience that includes ďŹ nancial and supervisory skills. Experience working in a First Nation community is an asset.

PAY RANGE: $72,491 to $94,238 per annum plus an excellent beneďŹ t package This is a full-time term 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) A detailed job description is available at: http://www.vgfn.ca/employment CLOSING DATE: July 24, 2015 @ 4PM For further information about this position, please contact: Brenda Frost hrd@ vgfn.net or by calling 867-966-3261 Ext 256.

Please submit resumes that include job experience related to position to: Brenda Frost Human Resources Manager Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Box 94, Old Crow, YT Y0B 1N0 Phone: (867)966-3261, ext. 256 Fax: (867)966-3008 Email: hrd@vgfn.net While qualiďŹ ed VGFN citizens will be give preference, all interested and qualiďŹ ed individuals are encouraged to apply.

POWER JUICER, Jack Lalanne, new, $45; new P.C. 1.4L ice cream/dessert maker, $18. 660-4321

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

G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL

HANDSAW, USED twice, runs like new, paid $80, asking $45 obo; bolt door lock w/5keys, $29 obo; bathroom lights, $25. 668-5185

MYSTERIES, VARIOUS authors, over 40 paperbacks, $25. Ross 633-3154 PERSIAN NAIN carpet, beige with blue trim, bought in Middle East, $1,900, appraised much higher.

204-880-7245 herbeeking@hotmail.com MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10, almost every card issued incl. 27 unopened paks from each year, over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. Ross 633-3154 TRADING CARDS, binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $50. Ross 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association, 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. Ross 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154

BRASS WALKER, no wheels, $25; oil-filled heater, $40. 334-8318 XL RED & black print dress, never worn, with tags, paid $130, asking $45 obo.

668-5185

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 OLDER KITCHEN cabinets, good shape, $50 obo. 332-9975 150 GAL Tidy Tank w/electric fuel pump hose & nozzle, $750. 334-6101 PLASTIC WATER tank, never used, 3ĘźX2.5ĘźX5.5Ęź, approx 200 gal, $375; 120Ęź of 3â&#x20AC;? green suction hose c/w camlock fittings; one 300Ęź roll 3â&#x20AC;? blue lay flat discharge hose.

334-6101 FUEL TANKS, 1-200 gal, 1-250 gal, & 4Ęź high cradle, no leaks, all for $300. 633-4656 3 INDUSTRIAL Trane hot water heating units suitable for shop or warehouse, all are working, $75 ea. 333-9313 GOOSE DOWN mummy bag good for -12, sm, 5'7, $250; MEC mummy bag, synthetic, sm, $75; MEC touring back pack, 20L, $75; BoB Bike trailer, $250; Panniers Serratus set, $150. 456-4707 DROLET SHENANDOAH wood stove, glass door, built-in electric fan, CSA approved, good for cabin, $250. 393-2714

THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. Ross 633-3154

STELCO STEEL culvert, new, 200mmX4m, Marsh Lake area, $250. ykstuff@yahoo.ca

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

LAMPS, FREE, lg rice cookers $15, juice maker $250, food scale, Sony music console $250, Sharp TV, cash registers $25, heat sealer $200, electric safe $150, exercise bike $40. 667-6059

1965-66 TOPPS Hockey Cards, complete set, great shape, $1,500. Ross @ 633-3154 PROPANE FURNACE, good for mobile home, $100. 633-4375 COMPOST TOILET. 633-6502

Employment Opportunity

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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

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

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CHESS BOOKS, Vasque menĘźs hiking boots, hobby supplies, new button Levis 36â&#x20AC;?X30â&#x20AC;?, glass metal frame entrance door, free. 667-7144 2 PAIR hiking boots, black leather, Raichle w/Vibram sole, steel shank, menĘźs sz 9, hardly worn, paid $150, asking $50 per pr obo. 456-4707 ROYAL ALBERT Old Country Rose bone china, setting for 8, plus cream/sugar, salt/pepper, dessert bowls, t-cups, some serving utensils, gold-rimmed, perfect condition, valued at $1,220 asking $750.

334-4200 RSF 101 wood furnace in great condition, not warped or cracked, comes with all controls, asking $1,000. Call 867-332-9099 TOYO STOVE Laser 56 oil fired space heater, recently serviced in good condition, asking $1,000. Call 867-332-9099 25-GAL WESTWARD Parts WP25100 tow behind, 5-nozzle, 100â&#x20AC;? coverage, boom sprayer w/wand, like new, used for lawn care & foliage feeding, $350. Gary or Pam @ 393-1987 TABLE TENNIS table on wheels, folds up for storage, $65 obo. 660-4321 SIBERIAN GINSENG, $20/1/2 lb, limited amount. 334-1875 ELECTRIC CHAINSAW, 10A Mastercraft, 14â&#x20AC;?, $50. 334-1875 BEDGEAR JUMBO pillow, over $100 new, never used, still in pkg, asking $60.

668-5185 or 667-7840 FXR CAMI fall jacket, menĘźs 2XL, new, $100. 393-2630 MOVING AWAY sale, La-Z-boy 2-seat recliner, $900, Skeeter vac, covers 1-acre area, $200; computer chair, $50; 1988 Volvo wagon, good cond, $2,500. 633-2676 METAL TRAYS, slide between legs of 200/250 gal fuel oil tanks, 1 63.5x15.75x4â&#x20AC;?, 1 78x15.25x4, galvanized sheet metal, corners riveted/soldered, cost $100 ea, asking $50 ea. 668-2802 500 NEW interior doors w/no frames, in all sizes, selling as a whole, $5,500. 334-6888 PINE 1/4 round, primed 11/16x11/16x16', paid $11.49 per board, have 10 boards, $50 takes all. 332-1779 GAME OF Thrones DVD set Seasons 1, 2 & 3, $In perfect cond, watched once, as new, $110 obo. 604-873-9609 30" INSIDE door, 6 panel, with frame & hardware, white primed, $50 obo. 332-1779 TWO WOOD stoves, $400 & $450.

660-5545 ARE YOU PAYING MORE THAN 30% of your household income on rent?

Yukon Housing Corporation can help.

Visit www.housing.yk.ca to learn more.

PREVIOUSLY LOVED ladiesĘź clothing & accessories for sale. Jocelyn @ 689-8483 for more info

Friday, June 26, 2015

YUKON NEWS

4 BAR chairs, as is, $25; patio table, $20; some patio furniture to give away, elliptical exercise machine, $40. 668-6446 or 336-1406

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC. Store (867) 633-3276

LARGE REMOTE control monster truck w/rechargeable battery pack. 668-2253 LARGE BUXTON suitcase, used once.

668-2253 COMMERCIAL DEEP fryer, 2 baskets, 220 volts, good shape, $100. 633-2346 MIG WELDER, Solar 2150 wire feed welder, incl. 2 masks & accessories, used only twice, $450. 668-6808

Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

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

3 CORRUGATED brown tin sheets, 18Ęźlong, 33" wide, 26 gauge, for roof or siding, plus assorted profiles & other tin pieces, all for $110. 668-6808 MasterCard

TABLESAW ON 43" x 53" table, 53" height, 10" blade, Delta 10, $180. 668-6808 BUILDING, 14ĘźX20Ęź movable, well constructed, R2000 insulated, insulated floor, marmorette flooring, pine interior, triple glaze windows, fully wired, needs some finishing, located near Lake Laberge, $30,000 obo. 668-6225 or 336-3496

Cheque, Cash S.A. vouchers accepted.

FREE TO give away, chain link fencing, various sizes. 660-5545

ANDYĘźS FIREWOOD SERVICE Summer discount Limited time offer Quality standing dry Haines Junction Full measured cords, stacked $230/cord - 6-7 cord load $240/cord - small orders 335-0932, leave message

REMOTE CONTROL Airplane, E-flite J-3 Cub, c/w 60" Wingspan, wheels, pontoons, brushless motor, JR Sport 6-channel radio and more, slight cosmetic damage, can email pics, $350. 332-2553

FRANKĘźS FIREWOOD â&#x20AC;˘Top quality, stacked cords for best value â&#x20AC;˘8 foot & stove length â&#x20AC;˘Single cord & multiple cords Phone 334-8960

6 PANEL outside doors, including frame, left hand & right hand outswing, $100. 633-4375 JOHN DEERE lawnmower w/rear bagger & snowblower $3,200, 11-pc patio set $250, 3 oak plywood bookshelves w/adjustable shelves/base, $300, L-shape office desk $100. 332-6156 days or 393-2663 until 9pm 2X4 BOARDS, free. 336-1406

EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery â&#x20AC;˘ Dry accurate cords â&#x20AC;˘ Clean shavings available â&#x20AC;˘ VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise.

ORDER NOW 456-7432

COMMERCIAL STOCK pot cooker, propane, $50. 633-4375

Electrical Appliances WASHER & dryer, like new, $400 for the pair. 334-5552 GE DISHWASHER, good running order, clean, $125. 668-2807

TVs & Stereos FLAT SCREEN TV, 42â&#x20AC;?, $150, 336-2866, lv msg

Computers & Accessories IPHONE 4S, perfect shape, free of contract, Bell or Virgin Mobility, $160. 334-6087 AMATEUR RADIO antenna, 30Ęź, 6ĘźX2Ęź base, repairable, free. 332-8899 SONY HI-FI micro-components system, CD playback with remote, made for iPod, new in box, $100. 668-6805 SAMSUNG GT-19100M Galaxy S II 16GB Bell Smartphone, in new condition, Bell or Virgin mobility, free of contract, $110.

334-6087 GARMIN MONTANA 600 waterproof GPS, barely used, paid $600, asking $325.

333-9366

Musical Instruments PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com 1989 GUILD GS Songbird acoustic electric guitar, beautiful maple neck, great sounding hollow body, c/w case, $750. 633-5575 BLACK FENDER Standard Stratocaster w/maple neck, made in USA, c/w moulded hard case, hardly used, beautiful guitar, $1,050 obo. 332-2553 ROLAND CUBE 30 amp, c/w effects incl chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, delay, reverb, some cosmetic damage on the vinyl, scratches, $150 obo. 332-2553 ZOOM GFX-5 pedal board, tons of effects/settings, tuner, drum machine, sampler, $200 obo. 332-2553

Firewood FIREWOOD $175/cord 20-foot lengths, 5-cord loads Small delivery charge 668-6564 Leave message

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Guns & Bows LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL LEE ENFIELD No4 Mk1*, professional conversion to .308 win, new .308 bbl, no finish, new bolt parts & synthetic stock, scope mount, no sights, no magazine, $500, PAL req'd. 667-2276 COLT 1911 45 ACP government model, 2 magazines, extra set rubber grips, $675; IRA Baby Eagle 2, 9mm, 2 magazines, only 2 boxes fired, $575, restricted, valid PAL reqĘźd.

336-0783 RANGER COLLECTOR wanting to buy original unaltered Lee Enfield No. 4 rifles, especially original snipers, scopes, boxes etc.

Contact by e-mail, thirtypound@hotmail.com WHITEHORSE RIFLE & Pistol Club is having a restricted firearm safety course on Sunday, June 28, at 9am. Call 633-2488 or 333-5640 CZ 550 270 win, less than 100 rounds, accurate, high quality wood, $950, also new Minox 2-10X50, $450, both as a package for $1,300. 667-4425

yukon-news.com HOGUE GHILLIE Green overmolded, short action, heavy barrel stock, is pillar bedded, has holes drilled for a Kydex cheek riser, $100 obo. 668-6066

Wanted 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 canĘźt get out on their own to shop. Please call 393-7111 WANTED: PAIR of wooden wagon wheels, cash paid. 334-8444 WANTED: 2-HANDED cross cut saw for wedding party prop, borrow, rent, or buy.

668-5166 WANTED: WOOD Bug Husqvarna sawmill, with or without saw. 393-3123 WANTED: USED barbeque, preferably free but willing to pay a bit. 335-1515 WANTED: INEXPENSIVE storage solution that can be placed on Whitehorse city lot, like 2nd hand moveable Cdn Tire shed or shed built on site, etc, approx 8ĘźX10Ęź.

668-4129 WANTED: REFRIGERATOR in good condition. 333-0609

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MicMac USED VEHICLE SPECIALS!!

SOLD! 2014 Dodge Journey R/T # 7696AA.......................... .................................... $29,299 2014 Toyota Tundra Platinum #7366 66 ............................... $44,290 SOLD! 2012 Toyota Venza # 1504 .......................... ................................................. $27,290 2007 Toyota Tacoma X-Runner nnerr #1505A ........................... $17,295 2012 Toyota Prius c Technology #7129............................. $17,995

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid LE STOCK #7007

PRICE:

21,290

$

2011 Toyota Corolla Sport STOCK #1506

PRICE:

16,495

$

2012 Nissan Altima 2.5 S STOCK #7388B

PRICE:

21,290

$

2010 Toyota Tundra SR5 STOCK #7467A

PRICE:

29,800

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MARLIN 45-70 SBL, like new, with Bushnell trs-25 Red Dot, $1,150. 667-4425

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Expression of Interest for: Casual Instructor, Skills for Employment Introduction to Digital Communication

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Expression of Interest for: Sessional Instructor(s) Business Applied Science & Management

Instructor, Visual Arts Two Dimensional (2D) & Three Dimensional (3D) Studios

Ayamdigut Campus (Whitehorse) Duration: Fall term (September to December 2015) Salary: $33.52 to $37.71 per hour Competition#: 15.74 Initial Review Date: July 2, 2015

Applied Arts Yukon School of Visual Arts (SOVA) - Dawson City Term Position From: August 17, 2015 to April 30, 2016 $38.53 to $45.87 hourly (effective July 1, 2015) (Based on 75.0 hours bi-weekly) Competition #: 15.73 Initial Review Date: July 06, 2015

Are you interested in teaching part-time related to Accounting and/or Human Resource Management?

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BUSM 100: Business Mathematics This course is designed to help students develop the skills needed to perform basic mathematical operations quickly and accurately on the calculator, and to solve business mathematical problems.

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

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The Yukon School of Visual Arts (SOVA) offers a unique Foundation Year Program integrating Western European and Aboriginal North American practices, knowledge and history. The school is located in the sub-arctic community of Dawson City that features a vigorous international cultural network alongside a fascinating 19th-century Gold Rush-era history. SOVA is entering its ninth year of operation DV D Ă&#x20AC;UVW \HDU XQGHUJUDGXDWH OHYHO HGXFDWLRQDO LQVWLWXWLRQ RYHUVHHQ by a Governance Council composed of the Dawson City Arts Society, Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondĂŤk HwĂŤchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in First Nation and Yukon College. Graduating VWXGHQWV FDQ FRPSOHWH WKHLU %)$V DW 629$ DIĂ&#x20AC;OLDWHG DUW VFKRROV across Canada, including OCAD University, NSCAD University, Alberta College of Art + Design and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Successful applicants for this position will have a minimum Masters of Fine Arts (Studio) degree and a demonstrated record of professional activity including: exhibitions, curatorial work and publications. Experience teaching 2D and 3D studio courses at an undergraduate level is essential. Knowledge of historic and contemporary Aboriginal as well as Western aesthetic traditions is critical to this position. Interested candidates are asked to submit a letter of introduction describing areas of teaching experience, a curriculum vitae, sample syllabi, artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement and 15 images of recent work or a website link.

For more information about SOVA please visit: www.yukonsova.ca.

For additional position information, please contact: Dr. Curtis Collins, Program Director & Chair, at: (867) 993-6390 or by email to: ccollins@yukonsova.ca.

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VUNTUT GWITCHIN FIRST NATION Old Crow, Yukon FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEPT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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 ďŹ sh 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 ďŹ nancial 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 beneďŹ t 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 qualiďŹ ed VGFN citizens will be given preference, all interested and qualiďŹ ed individuals are encouraged to apply.

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An opportunity to play a key role with Yukon municipalities The Association of Yukon Communities helps communities achieve strong and effective local government.

The AYC Executive Director (AYC ED) reports to the AYC President and through the President to the Executive, the Board of Directors and the general membership. In this role the AYC ED builds and acts on the Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policies and resolutions, directs and supervises staff members, and is accountable for the Associations overall budget.

The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate the following: t A post secondary degree and experience in municipal administration and financial management and/or equivalent experience; t In depth knowledge of municipal, territorial and federal government structures and jurisdictional relationships; t The ability to effectively communicate with member communities, various government departments and agencies, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), other organizations, and the general public, both orally and in writing;

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This is a great opportunity to clean out your closets, cabinets, and garage and then fill them back up again!

@ the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter parking lot

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Contact the shelter for further details.

Friday, June 26, 2015

YUKON NEWS 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 1998 CLASSIC Virago 1100, exc cond, 35,000km, black, well maintained, $3,200.

667-7223 2008 BAJA 250 Wilderness ATV, like new, low miles, exc cond, $2,500. 633-4656 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 2014 HONDA CTX 700, nimble and fast, powder black, 6,000 km, $6,200 obo.

334-1458 PAIR OF motorcycle/ATV splash pants, waterproof, very adjustable in size, 32â&#x20AC;?-42â&#x20AC;? waist with 34â&#x20AC;? inseam, elastic cuffs, new, $60 firm ea. 667-4540

2009 ST 1300, 10,000 miles, new luggage case, tires, exc cond, $9,200. 667-7223 7â&#x20AC;? ROUND chrome headlight visor, has Flying Eagle stamp, $50. 667-4540 2009 KAWASAKI Teryx 750, fuel injection, 140 hrs, great shape, new tires, hood rack, cage extension, Warn winch, $7,900 obo.

335-7878 YAMAHA 2005 FJR, 1300, 32,000km, $9,000. 335-6719 after 5pm

t MISSING MALE GREY 3 YEAR OLD CAT, has been recently shaved. If found please contact the shelter @ 633-6019 t RIVERDALE, FOUR YEAR OLD FEMALE CAT, long-haired, mostly dark, multi-coloured with white belly and feet. Name is Jinx. call Siona @ 667-5125 FOUND t KUSAWA LAKE CAMPGROUND & MENDENHALL AREA. Female Bear Dog-X wearing a red collar. She was with another large lab/shepherd-x also wearing a red collar but the lab/ shepherd-x took off into the trees. If the bear dog-x is yours, please call 633-6667 or 334-7039.

ARGO 8X8 Conquest, exc cond, like new, only 16 hrs, c/w winch, $9,800.

250-651-7650

21Ęź CAMPION fishing machine 210, walk around w/cuddy, marine radio, GPS, depth sounder, 2 downriggers, 2 live wells, 225 Mercury outboard on transom, c/w trailer, $6,900. email ekositsin@hotmail.com

2001 YAMAHA V- star classic, 9,800 kms, new tires, oil, air filter, plugs, windshield on order, $5,000 obo. George @ 336-0995 2011 HARLEY Sportster 1300, less than 5000 kms, beautiful, sound, $8,700 obo, bike speaks for itself. 336-1348 1998 SKIDOO Tundra R, great shape, rebuilt engine, $2,300. 333-0564

Archie & Karen Lang are hosting a gathering of friends for

Earl Bennett 1927-2015,

at Fox Farm on July 2, 2015 at 4:00 pm

In Loving Memory

Michael James

Frasher June 7, 1965 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; June 20, 2015

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

Come for a visit and meet your next furry family member!

Portraits by Gerry Steers, courtesy of Gerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Computer Magic.

If your lost animal has been inadvertently left off the pet report or for more info on any of these animals, call 633-6019 or stop by 126 Tlingit Street.

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

You can also check out our award winning website at:

WWW.HUMANESOCIETYYUKON.CA

PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 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 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, reasonable offers. 332-1374 15.5Ęź FRONTIERSMAN fibreglass canoe, designed for outboard attachment, $500 obo.

668-6805 17Ęź GRUMMAN canoe, all equipment included, reasonable, located in Haines Junction. 867-634-2880 17' SPRINGBOK aluminum square stern canoe, $400. 633-5575 18Ęź B O A T / T R A I L E R / M O T O R , 16Ęź boat/trailer/motor, 14Ęź boat/trailer/motor, Mile 5.5 Carcross Rd, 1st right off the CCC Rd. Jack Webb 1992 19' Seaswirl Striper 205 fibreglass cuddy, exc cond, $9,260. 393-4384

RUNNING AT LARGE...

And more....

2007 KTM 200XC, exc cond, complete revalved & re-sprung suspension by RiderĘźs Edge, lots of after-market stuff, $4,000 firm. email sfarland44@gmail.com

Marine

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

Juanita

ATV TRAILER, 2 axles, 4 Argo-tires, wooden box w/lid & rack on top, $175.

633-2346

1999 KAWASAKI ZRX 1100, 44,000kms, runs fantastic, $3,250. 667-4425

LOST/FOUND LOST t RIVERDALE, LARGE, BLACK, MALE CAT, not wearing a collar, name is Onyx. Neutered, de-clawed, 10 years old. If found please contact Shawna Lee @333-0222 t GOLDEN HORN AREA, 6 YEAR OLD BLACK & WHITE MALE CAT. Name is Peppi, if found please contact the shelter @ 633-6019 t NORTHLAND TRAILER PARK , SIAMESE CAT, neutered Blue-Point Siamese cat. 14 years old.

No collar. Call Donna @ 334-9908 t HIGH COUNTRY INN AREA, BLACK LAB FEMALE DOG, spayed, wearing purple collar.

Answers to Remi. Call Megan @ 335-7670.

2008 HARLEY Davidson XL883, only 3,300 km, windshied, saddlebag, roll-bars, hywy pegs, $8,000. 634-2412

Mike was born in Traverse City, Michigan on June 7, 1965, moving with his family to Alaska as a young lad and then into Canada where they settled in Atlin, B.C. In Atlin, his parents raised him and his siblings to be very self-sufficient and taught great skills in hunting, trapping and fishing as well as how to use a hammer at a very early age. He was a very industrious young man, working at various mining operations in the area in his teens and playing hard when he could at fishing, snowmobiling, golfing and other outdoor pursuits. He loved the wilderness and explored many trails and mountain peaks by foot and on snow machine. Mike graduated from high school in Whitehorse and went on to attain an engineering technology specialization in Civil Engineering in Alberta. He met Tiffany during his summer break from school in 1985. It was a teenage summer romance that blossomed into thirty wonderful inseparable years, and a family life with their two beautiful children, Logan and Julia.

Mike was involved in commercial,

It is with profound sadness that the family of Michael Frasher announce his passing on June 20, 2015. institutional and residential infrastructure development throughout the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and British Columbia. Mike worked for various engineering firms but then started his own consulting business and boldly took on projects of significant magnitude like the Library of the University of Northern B.C., Prince George Multiplex, new Whitehorse General Hospital, the Aquatic Centre at the Canada Games Centre, the Athleteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Village for the 2007 Canada Winter Games, the Elijah Smith Building, Marsh Lake Community Centre, just to name a few. A drive around Whitehorse and the Yukon communities highlights his legacy, as a project manager, building inspector and team leader. He had a creative talent that

he brought to bear on many of the building designs that he worked on that resulted in improvements and cost savings to his clients and the community.

Mike wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all work though and you would find him at every performance of his very talented children, Logan and Julia.

He beamed with pride as he videoed each soccer, swimming, volleyball and musical performances that included the many variations of Twinkle Twinkle to their recent successes as stage personalities. He taught Logan and Julia how to catch fish like the Frashers do, as well as how to winter camp and go on great snowmobile adventures.

Tiffany managed logistics for these adventures and was never far from his side. Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finesse on a snow machine was unparalleled amongst family and friends, and his unfailing sense of direction in the wilds guided us home many times.

In his short fifty years, Mike touched many people and left an indelible mark on the city and on those closest to him. Mike fought his battle with cancer the way he lived his life, privately and with his soul mate, Tiffany, and his loving children at his side. He is deeply missed by Tiffany, Logan and Julia, by his parents, Ruth and Bill Frasher, by his siblings, Kim, Doug and Tim and their families and by his in-laws, Blair and Judy Corley.

In lieu of flowers please donate to the BC Cancer Agency (http://www.bccancer. bc.ca/donate)

Friday, June 26, 2015 WOMEN'S BAJA PFD, XL, like new, black/grey/magenta, $100; MEC kokatat Anorak, Gore-tex tec Tour, like new, pumpkin, men's XL, $300. 667-7390

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UTILITY TRAILER, 7Ęźx9Ęź, $650. 667-4425

2 OLDER 100hp Suzuki short shaft motors, 2 stroke, $1,500 for both. 867-821-3001 23Ęź FIBRE boat, 6-cyl turbo Volvo diesel, call 332-8393 for more info.

22.5Ęź FIBREFORM boat w/flying bridge, motor is new, rebuilt leg, $7,000 obo. 667-6060 9.9 4 stroke, high thrust, long shaft kicker motor, only 5 hrs used, $3,200 obo.

668-4593 2 X OMC portable fuel gas tanks, 22.7 ltrs, 1 x Quicksilver portable fuel gas tank, 25 ltrs, each $20. 668-6808 10HP OUTBOARD motor, 14Ęź aluminum boat & trailer, $1,200, located in Watson Lake. 867-536-7610 1984 17Ęź Campion fibreglass boat w/trailer, capacity 1590 kg, rebuilt 4-cyl OMC inboard, 15hp Johnson 2-cycle, cover, $3,900.

456-4981 100HP MERCURY outboard motor w/jet-leg, 2-stroke, good running cond, $1,000.

633-5246 26Ęź CRUISER Boat, 350 Chev engine, down riggers, fish finder, VHF radio, tandem trailer w/surge brakes, located at Tagish, $9,000.

456-5911

Heavy Equipment GOLD PLANT Trommel, 36Ęź long, 48â&#x20AC;? diameter, is on a 53Ęź triaxle high-boy, c/w extras, $120,000 + applicable taxes.

780-916-4247, lv msg if no answer BRENTĘźS HYDRAULICS Specialize on-site bore welding and line boring.

We can repair any size cylinder, torque nuts up to 8 1/2 inches.

Full machine shop.

Call 334-3027 CLEAN FILL WANTED in Wolf Creek. Call or text 334-4066.

COMPLETE SAWMILL, headsaw powered

by Doreman motor, good working condition on trailer. 660-5411 100 BRL steel water trunk tank c/w 3â&#x20AC;? 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 DIESEL TANK, 5,000L, good cond, no leaks, $1,500. 867-862-7047 KUBOTA BX25D tractor, c/w 3-point hitch, backhoe, loader, model 2014, odometer 145 hrs. 867-862-7047 LEICA NA-730 surveyorĘźs level, $775, 30x optics, great cond, heavy duty wooden tripod, 4m Hultafors rod also available for additional $300. 332-2553 CONTAINERS, 1 is used, $4,500, 1 new for $5,200, serious inquires only. 334-6888

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George Matthew Klein Tonight a friend dropped off a card, thinking of our family on this Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. It reminded me that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all those little things, that help us heal, a listening ear, a heartfelt song, a visit from a friend or family, an honest conversation.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the gestures that help make life a bit easier, even a smile on the ski hill, or a hand with some yard work, or help maintaining the house.

The amazing compassionate people, who have made time for us â&#x20AC;&#x201C; any days, holidays, hard days â&#x20AC;&#x201C; easier. The little things really add up.

Thank you to all the people who have been there these last two years. It is all very much appreciated!

We will forever treasure our memories of George, through photos and stories.

We talk about him daily, starting with, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remember when Daddy did this...â&#x20AC;? He was an amazing Dad, husband and friend.

Forever in our thoughts, Sincerely from our Hearts,

Tracy, Garrett, Austin and Ruby Klein

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

BOB WARD 1949 - 2011

Campers & Trailers TAITĘźS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon 2005 20Ęź Frontier travel trailer, dbl bed, great shape, good layout, sleeps 4, awning, fridge, propane stove, outside shower, everything works, $9,700. 393-3377

He is dearly missed and cherished by his Wife of 35 years (Helen), Daughter & Son-in-law (Annie & Jeff) and Grandson (Hughie). Jim had a sense of adventure that brought him north to Resolute Bay, NU & Sachs Harbour, NWT where he met his wife, Helen. In 1980 they married in the Yukon, planted their roots, and started a fulfilled life followed by the birth of their daughter Anne in 1987. Jim enjoyed cooking, fishing, hunting & long-range rifle shooting which he indulged in when ever possible. For many years Jim worked as a well known Partsman but in 2011 he followed his dreams of becoming a Gunsmith and started a very successful business that he continued to operate until his passing. Jim may not have always had a smile on his face but showed his passion for life and family in everything he did.

We would like to thank the incredible Nursing staff atWGH, Dr. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hearn & Dr. MacDonald.

No ceremony at his request.

David Michael

Gutteridge

On Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in Edmonton, at age 46, David Gutteridge passed away.

To my dear Bob:

David was the beloved husband of Zhonglan â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yixinâ&#x20AC;?

Fu-Gutteridge, loving father of Jesse Lu Gutteridge, loved son of Carolyn and the late Robert Gutteridge of Prince Albert, Ontario, dear brother of Mary Ellen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien of Whitehorse and special uncle of Grace Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, and son-in-law of Anrui Fu and Xiang yang Zhou.

There never was a day like this before.

I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll save and press it in a book, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll lay each hour out tenderly and straight, Then, years from now, when I am low, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll look â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

David will be missed by his aunts and uncles Elaine & John Crosgrey, Pat Fortier & Harreson Tanner and Leslie Williams & Peter Morel.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll look again at how we walked togetaher And watched white goslings paddling in a stream.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see again how we in summer weather Spent these good hours and planned our lovely dream.

The family of David Gutteridge will receive friends at the Wagg Funeral Home, â&#x20AC;&#x153;McDermott-Panabaker Chapelâ&#x20AC;? at 216 Queen Street in Port Perry (905-985-2171) on Friday, June 26th from 2:00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:00 PM and 7:00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9:00 PM.

KARGOMASTER CONSTRUCTION carrier, heavy duty 2200 # capacity, fits Ford F-350, 8' box, assembled, new, used once, $900.

633-5575

1972 CESSNA 150F, 6500 TT, 1452 SMOH, excellent condition, paint 6/10, interior 8/10, maintained cooperatively, call/text 867-335-2555

On June 14th, 2015, James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jimâ&#x20AC;?

Strelioff made his journey home after a courageous battle with cancer.

SEPTEMBER 9, 1970â&#x20AC;&#x201C;JUNE 29, 2013

AC/DC WELDER, 225 amp & built-in 8,000 watt generator on wheels, located in Watson Lake, $2,000. 867-536-7610

CESSNA 150/150, low hours, great performer, call 332-8393 for more info.

January 18, 1954 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; June 14, 2015

Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day at Tatchun Lake

2008 KUBOTA MX5000 4WD tractor, c/w bucket & forks, only 560 hours, asking $22,000. Get details at http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/001/8/4/1849-kubotamx5000.html, or call 867-634-3881 Haines Junction

Aircraft

James Frederick Strelioff

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NIKON DTM-520 surveyorls total station, $2,500, c/w newly re-celled battery, charger, case, manual, h/d wooden tripod, prism pole, metal mini-prism available for $350.

332-2553

WANTED: WATER pump that would fit 1.5" hoses, preferably 50-100psi, gasoline.

668-3647

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see wild roses growing in a fence row, And cattails at the roadside, straight and tall.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll listen once again to words you whisper, While off across the ďŹ elds, the gray doves call.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lived enough to know that lives donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever Turn out exactly as we wish them to.

Whatever comes henceforth, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ask no favor.

Life has been good. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had this day with you.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in my thoughts and in my heart, always, your loving wife, Elda The poem is entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;TREASURE by Georgia Axtell.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1710 Scugog Street (Hwy. 7A) in Port Perry on Saturday, June 27th at 10:00 AM. If desired, memorial donations may be made by cheque to the CAMH Foundation for Mental Health Research.

Memories, photos and condolences may be shared at: www.waggfuneralhome.com

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2004 PIONEER travel trailer, 23T6 model, large bath, queen size bed, large awning, great condition, $9,800 firm. 633-2580 2001 9.5ʼ Frontier camper, exc cond, hot/cold water, 3-burner stove, oven, double sink, north/south queen bed, large fridge, very clean, $7,500 obo. 333-9976 KOMFORT MOTORHOME, Class A, 27ʼ, awesome floor plan, many features, 1986 with 454 Chev chassis, 100,000kms, $14,500. 633-4796.

10.5ʼ BIGFOOT camper, fridge, stove, microwave, shower, slide out, sleeps Sasquatch size, view @ 11 Ebony Dr. 633-5132

2006 GULFSTREAM travel trailer, 21ʼ, good shape, washroom was removed for storage, $5,500. 333-0564

1994 WINNIBEGO 24ʼ Mini Wini, Ford 460, V8, auto, air, cruise, tilt, sleeps 4, fully equipped incl GenSet, new balljoints, front brakes, tires, $17,500 obo. 660-4220

Coming Events

2012 LOAD Trail H.D. 8.5X20ʼ flat deck trailer, 7,000lb axles, exc cond, $5,800.

250-651-7880

1977 GMC motorhome, good cond, fridge, stove, shower, $3,800 obo. 332-9975

SINGLE AXLE tilt trailer, new, $2,900.

334-6868

CAR HAULER trailer, two 3,500lb axles, 18ʼ working deck, 2 5/16” ball hitch, heavy frame & slide-in ramps, $4,000; 22ʼ Tridem gooseneck flatdeck trailer, 2 5/16” ball hitch, $4,500 obo. 334-6101

BOBCAT TRAILER or car hauler, dual 5,000lb axles, $3,900. 334-6868

2000 ESPRE 5th Wheel travel trailer, good cond, 27.5', sleep 6, has 14' slide out for the dining/living area, $10,000 obo. 334-3463 WANTED: CAMPER van rental/loan Aug 6th-17th, attending Carcross Com. School 40 yr reunion, need use of camper van, mature, conscientious, seasoned driver, good Yukon refs. Joanne @ fireweedbotanicals57@gmail JOYCRAFT 8ʼ fibreglass canopy, latches lock, good cond, $750. 334-8520 1985 KENCRAFT camper, import, will fit full-size truck, good cond, no leaks, $1,250 obo. 667-4540 2012 WILDWOOD trailer, has sliding side wall that extends 4', like new, only used one summer, paid $24,000, asking $15,000 obo.

336-2333 WELDED STEEL 8ʼX8ʼ flat deck, ramps, headache rack, $500. 393-2714

PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF TRACTOR AND ROTARY TILLER

Friday, June 26, 2015

YUKON NEWS

2006 FLEETWOOD Evolution E1 camper trailer, excellent condition, must sell, $7,250 obo. 667-4425 2008 ADVENTURER 9.5 FWS camper, c/w Stablelift electric jack system, allows use of camper independant of truck, $16,500 obo.

332-2553 2015 FOREST River Inc. 14'x7' utility cargo w/side door & ramp, lights inside, can haul approx 7,000 lbs, immaculate cond, $5,500.

335-9977 2008 28' Wanderer travel trailer, great shape, sleeps 7-8, bunks + queen bed, table, couch, appliances, air & heat, everything works well, $11,900 obo, must sell asap.

Text/call 519-854-1300 LELAND 5TH wheel trailer hitch for pick-up, exc cond, $500. 633-4656.

1988 26ʼ Travelaire motorhome, good cond, $5,300 obo. Randy @ 332-1360 for more info 1994 VANGUARD trailer, 30ʼ, good cond, priced to sell, $7,500 obo. 333-6136

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

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

THE WHITEHORSE Mud Boggs, June 27th, see the Trucks @10am, races start@11am.

Contact Tamara 334-8453

HOSPICE YUKON: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to all those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. Visit our lending library @ 409 Jarvis, M-F 11:30-3PM. 667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. A group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info and register call Cathy 334-1548 or Joanne 668-7713

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is July 16, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

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

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

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.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/

Interested parties are invited to submit expressions of interest relating to the supply, installation, and maintenance of a replacement telephone system for Yukon Emergency Measures Organizations and the Yukon Emergency Coordination Centre.

Written submissions clearly marked with the above project title, will be received up to July 16, 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) 667-5220.

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.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html or by contacting the Procurement Support Centre.

Highways and Public Works

Community Services

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.

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

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

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Assn Yukon AGM and sharing meeting, Thursday July 2, Watershed Cafe, 6th Ave, Whitehorse, 6pm. Info @ 335-7475.

RSVP eeyukon@gmail.com

COME TRY THE YUKONʼS 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

HISTORICAL EVENING prayer services held in the Old Log Church, 3rd & Elliot, 7pm, Wednesdays & Sundays until August 30. 668-5530 for info

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.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST REPLACEMENT OF EMO TELEPHONE SYSTEM

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

EVERY TUESDAY lunch in Stringer Park, 11:30am-1:30pm, in support of Whitehorse Food Bank & Nepal restoration. Hamburgers & hot dogs, $5.00. 668-5530 for info PEOPLE FIRST Society of Yukon is hosting their AGM at 7pm on July 9th at the YACL office. For more info call 667-4606 or peoplefirstyukon@hotmail.com

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

THE SWAZILAND Educational Trust Society fundraiser BBQ June 27, 10 am-4 pm, M&M Meats parking lot. All proceeds go towards providing education for children in Africa REGISTER FOR Night Steps, a family friendly fundraising night walk on Saturday October 3, 2015 at Rotary Park to help provide services for people who are blind or partially blind. For info: www.cnibnightsteps.ca ATLIN MINI Marathon Saturday July 11, 10am, 24k, 12k, 6k or 1.6k, Tarahne Park, registration 9:30. Runs end at Warm Springs with hot dog picnic. Free. Michèle 633-6081 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 RAMSHACKLE THEATRE Society's AGM is Wednesday, July 8, 6pm, 34 Harvey Rd in Ramshackle Theatre Studio. All are welcome to attend. For details: taralynn5@gmail.com HSYʼS ANNUAL yard sale July 18 & 19th.

Please drop off your donations at Mae Bachur Animal Shelter between 9am-5pm, Monday to Saturday. No clothing or electronics. Thanks for your support CANADA DAY celebration in Carcross, July 1, 10am-12noon. Parade & barbeque. Ed Peekeekoot will be performing.

CAR WASH Fundraiser to support Yukon Fountain Tire Titans heading to Ontario to play in the 2015 Women's Slo-pitch Nationals, Saturday, June 27, 10am-2pm, McDonald's parking lot, 4th Ave. $15/car FELTING WORKSHOPS with Shiela Alexandrovich.

Come meet the sheep, have a delicious local lunch and make felt art.

Flatwork, July 11 Hats, August 8 Small groups 668-5964 for info

NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of

PUBLIC TENDER VALVE REPLACEMENT CLOSELEIGH MANOR UNIT 080000 100 LAMBERT STREET WHITEHORSE, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 9, 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 Carmon Whynot at 867-667-5718.

Site Visit June 29, 2015 at 1:00 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.

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

PUBLIC TENDER

Pierre C. Robitaille, of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Deceased, who died on April 16, 2015, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor at the address shown below, before the 30th 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

EXTERIOR UPGRADE YUKON HOUSING UNIT 858100 1276 3RD AVENUE, DAWSON CITY, YUKON 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.

If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Chris Gladish at 867-667-3764.

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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Friday, June 26, 2015 SPOTTER'S NETWORK Yukon presented

by Yukon Invasive Species Council. Participate in the workshop and learn to identify invasive species. Watson Lake Wye Lake Gazebo July 2, 7pm. www.yukoninvasives.com unReal Mountain Biking Film Fundraiser for Contagious Mountain Bike Club Friday, June 26th at Beringia Centre 7pm: Pizza and beverages 8pm: Film Tickets: $12 @ Sports Experts & at the door

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 FREELANCE CATSKINNER/WRITER 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.

As for writing, will tackle any writing job except love letters and love stories.

50 cents per word. Firm. 50+ years exp.

867-689-1998 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

YUKON NEWS 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 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.

HARRIS FINANCIAL SERVICES -Mortgages -Equipment Financing -Aircraft Financing -Banking Products -Investment Products -Life Insurance -Health & Dental Insurance -Disability Insurance With over 50 lenders to choose from, we work for you, not the banks, to get you the Right Financing!

For your Hassle Free, No obligation Appointment, call today!

Tel: (867) 993-4786 jeff@harrisfinancial.biz www.harrisfinancial.biz

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Yukon College Tender yukoncollege.yk.ca

The project includes the design of four pieces - two will be selected for purchase by the College, and subsequent placement into the Bus Shelter.

Responses to the requirements stated in the RFP package, will be received until NOON local time, July 7, 2015 at: Yukon College â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Procurement and Contracts Office PO Box 2799 500 College Drive Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4 Tender packages are available by contacting purchasing@yukoncollege.yk.ca.

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Yukon College is inviting proposals for two indigenous art pieces to be cut out of aluminum panels and inserted into the Bus Shelter at Ayamdigut Campus, Whitehorse.

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THE COUNTRY HOUSE Interior Decorating and Design Services Space planning Kitchen and bathroom design Colour consulting New homes and renovations Call: 667-2642 Email: countryhouseyukon@northwestel.net

TRUE NORTH ELECTRIC Now serving the Communities Residential â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial New and Renovations Licensed â&#x20AC;˘ Bonded â&#x20AC;˘ Insured Over 30 years experience Lance 867-332-2623 tnorthel@gmail.com

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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

Village of Haines Junction

PUBLIC TENDER Pump House Exterior RetroďŹ t and Insulation Upgrade CLOSING TIME AND DATE 4:00 p.m. Monday, July 20, 2015 Tender packages are available at the Village of Haines Junction Municipal Office There will be a mandatory site visit on Monday, July 6, 2015 at 12:00 noon Questions may be directed to Keir Gervais, Chief Administrative Officer at 634-7100

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Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AUDIT SERVICES FOR FEDERAL GAS TAX FUNDS IN THE YUKON TERRITORY

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BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, Chainsaw Work, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755

PUBLIC TENDER LOAD, HAUL AND STOCKPILE RIP RAP, KM 49.0, SILVER TRAIL #11, YUKON, 2015-2016

Project Description: Financial Audit Services in order to deliver an audit opinion and written report on the Yukon Annual Expenditure reports for the fiscal years 2014/15, 2015/16, and 2016/17 on expenditures made by Yukon communities, First Nations and the Yukon government with regard to the Federal Gas Tax Fund.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is July 13, 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 Paula Nugent at (867) 667-5306.

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.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/

Project Description: Loading and hauling 2,500 cubic metres of Class II rip rap from km 543.0 RHS of the Klondike Highway and stockpiling it at km 49.0 RHS of the Silver Trail.

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 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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The Whitehorse United Church is inviting contractors to submit a stipulated price bid for the supply of all labour and materials for the renovation to an existing kitchen in the church-owned building in Whitehorse, YT. The project includes renovation of 247 square feet of existing wood frame construction.

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This tender package includes, but is not limited to the following: selective demolition, non-structural framing, batt insulation, resilient metal channel, gypsum wallboard, millwork, metal doors and frames, resilient ďŹ&#x201A;ooring, painting, installing owner-supplied and contractorsupplied appliances, mechanical ducting and range hood, hot water tank, overhead and valence lighting, and ďŹ re alarm relocation.

Sealed tenders, completed in conformance with the contract documents provided, will be received up to 4:00pm local time Wednesday July 15, 2015 at the ofďŹ ces of: Kobayashi + Zedda Architects Ltd. Suite 26, 1114 Front Street Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1A3 Contract documents will be made available at the same address above. Technical questions will be received by email only and may be directed to Jackie Burgess, Kobayashi + Zedda Architects Ltd (jackie@kza.yk.ca). Electronic drawings may be requested at the email address above.

The construction budget for this project is $105,000.00

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LAND LOTTERY Remote Recreation Lots Energy, Mines and Resources, Land Management Branch is holding a lottery for 6 remote recreational lots in the Carcross area. 4 lots are located on Bennett Lake and 2 are on Tagish Lake.

Information packages and application forms are 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/upcoming_lotteries_tender.html Deadline: Lottery applications must be received before 4:30 p.m., August 11, 2015.

Lottery Draws: The lottery will take place in Whitehorse at 1:00 p.m., August 12, 2015 in Room 1A, Elijah Smith Building, 300 Main Street.

Applicants and the general public are welcome to attend the draw. All successful applicants will be notiÂżed the next day.

For more information contact Land Management Branch at (867) 667-5215 or Toll-free 1-800-661-0408 local 5215 or visit online at: www.emr.gov.yk.ca/lands.

ELECTRICIAN â&#x20AC;˘Licensed â&#x20AC;˘General Handyman Services â&#x20AC;˘Light Carpentry, Drywall, etc â&#x20AC;˘Free Estimates â&#x20AC;˘10% SeniorĘźs Discount 332-7879

LOST: GREY hooded sweater w/zipper & Nissan key in pocket in Whitehorse on June 05, reward offered. Peter @ 399-3226

HEAVY DUTY Horizon treadmill, holds up to 325 lbs, programmable, has set programs & other features, $300 obo. 333-9316

FOUND: LEUPOLD Rangefinder, tell me roughly where you lost it, model/type, and its yours again. 335-6648

153â&#x20AC;? SNOWBOARD w/red ride bindings, in used condition but very nice board, c/w size 9 Burton boots in new condition, $150.

334-6705

PAINTING Williamson Yukon Services offers int/exterior, redo decks, fences, sheds etc.

Reputable, reliable, reasonable.

18 years in Yukon Ph. 333-0403

LOST: BLACK Kershaw speed blade knife during road relay weekend, reward offered.

Call 667-7106 FOUND: KEY, looks like for a 4-wheeler, on Moraine Dr, Whitehorse Copper, on June 22.

Call to claim it, 668-7359

WALKING POLES, 2 pr Leki, $25 ea; single Trek R3, $10. 332-8899

CAPABLE, ENERGETIC COUPLE looking for trapping assistant opportunity.

Equipped with new sleds and gear, completed trapper course, keen, willing to learn and help out.

Available December to March.

Please contact 334-7423

Business Opportunities

PENOBSCOT 15Ęź canoe, Western Canoeing, $550; 2 Igloo tents, Big Pack, sleeps 3, new, $200 ea. 668-1959

Looking for NEW Business / Clients?

SUBARU GURU Fixâ&#x20AC;˘Buyâ&#x20AC;˘Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585

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TITAN DRYWALL Taping & Textured Ceilings 27 years experience Residential or Commercial No job too small Call Dave 336-3865

TREADMILL, GREAT cond, bought for $1,000, used 10 times, selling at $350.

334-6888

Baby & Child Items CHILDRENĘźS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 TODDLERĘźS BIKE, boyĘźs, good condition, $60. 393-2630 BIKE TRAILER, 2-seater, exc condition, used twice, offers. 393-2630 BABY STROLLER, 3-wheel, used 1 yr, $100 obo. 334-4568

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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

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Livestock USED SADDLE, exc cond, $100. 333-0744

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Sports Equipment

Lost & Found

BIFFY SACK, lightweight, minimalist shelter

by Integral Design, waterproof but breathable, used only twice, large size, new $280 US, asking $160 obo. 667-4523

FOUND: MULTI-TOOL on Atlin Road. Identify to claim. 334-9490

YAKIMA ROOF bike rack, Raptoraero, perfect condition, $200. 334-4200

LOST: GLASSES with grey frames in black case, $50 reward. 633-3476

OLD SCHOOL Peugeot 10-spd racer, exc cond, $200. ykstuff@yahoo.ca

PUBLIC TENDER 2015-031 Sale of Yukon Energy Surplus Vehicles

ATCO ELECTRIC YUKON HAS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR

AUCTION BY SEALED BID:

Sealed tenders completed in accordance with the speciďŹ cations on the forms provided and plainly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sale of Yukon Energy Corporation Surplus Vehicles,â&#x20AC;? will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m.

Yukon time, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015, at the main Yukon Energy building located at #2 Miles Canyon Road (Robert Service Way), Whitehorse, Yukon. Inquiries may be made to Lynda Harlow at (867) 393-5302.

Yukon Energy has the following vehicles for sale on an â&#x20AC;&#x153;as is, where isâ&#x20AC;? basis only.

Unit # 63

2003

Ford

F350 1 Ton 4x4 w/ Service Body, Ext Cab

Standard Transmission

Unit # 69

2006

Ford

F350 1 Ton 4x4 w/ Service Body, Ext Cab

Standard Transmission

Unit # 70

2006

Ford

F350 1 Ton 4x4 w/ Service Body, Ext Cab

Standard Transmission

UNIT 777 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab Diesel with Rat Pack and Side Bins

Unit # 80

2007

Ford

F350 1 Ton 4x4 w/ Service Body, Ext Cab

Standard Transmission

UNIT 780 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1993 GMC Topkick with Boom and Auger

Unit # 82

2008

Chevrolet

Trailblazer 4x4, SUV

Auto Transmission

UNIT 882 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2008 GMC Sierra 2500 4x4 Crew Cab

Unit # 1A

1992

Custom

Enclosed Utility Trailer

UNIT 887 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2008 Ford F250 4x4 Super Cab with Rat Pack and Side Bins

Unit # 27A

1994

Arctic Cat

Cheetah 440 Snowmobile

Scaffolding: 5 platforms measuring 6 feet 8 inches by 2 feet â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this item is located in Watson Lake â&#x20AC;&#x201C; specs and photos are available.

UNIT 164 - 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4x4 Extended Cab and Service Body.

UNIT 431 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1994 Clark Forklift

UNIT 955 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2000 Chevy Silverado ½ ton 4x4 Extended Cab

Numerous other lots, including:

2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 450 Litre Propane Tanks - never used The above items (excluding the scaffolding) can be viewed at ATCO Electric Yukon Service Complex â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 205 Tungsten Road between the hours of 10AM to NOON and 1PM to 4PM on Monday thru Friday.

All items are sold as is where is.

Bids will be received until July 3rd, 2015 @ 4:30PM. Bid forms are available at 205 Tungsten Road or by calling 867-633-7039. Highest bid not necessarily accepted. ATCO Electric Yukon reserves the right to accept or reject any bid. A deposit of $100 is required on all bids. Unsuccessful bidders will have their deposit refunded. If you are the successful bidder the deposit will go towards the purchase. *Note: Should a successful bidder refuse to purchase, the deposit will be forfeited.

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,INDEMAN 2OAD +ULAN 3UBDIVISION 7HITEHORSE 9UKON Tender documents may be obtained from Yukon Energy Corporation, #2 Miles Canyon Road, (Robert Service Way), Whitehorse, Yukon.

The sale price shall be subject to GST. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Friday, June 26, 2015

YUKON NEWS

PONY GELDING, WELSH/ARAB. 12 yrs, 12.2h, palomino, great for small adult or confident child rider. Please call for more info.

867-334-4066 QUARTER HORSE, been started, ridden with halter & saddle, not a childʼs horse, willing to please, $1,500 obo. 536-2633 1975 FORD dump truck, gas, $2,500 obo; Fordson Major diesel tractor, $1,500 obo; western saddles & pack saddles, hay $10/bale. 668-6564 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 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 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

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Furniture

Personals

KING SIZE bed w/box spring, like new, $600. 335-5352

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

LEATHER BURGUNDY swivel chair, good cond, $40. 334-8318 SWIVEL ROCKING recliner w/rocker Ottoman, $150. 334-4568 LOUNGE CHAIR & ottoman, beige, $95.

660-4321 SHELF UNIT w/wine storage, 68"H x 31"W x 18"D, holds 6 wine bottles, has 4 small drawers, 2 medium drawers, 1 large shelf, 1 smaller shelf, $50. 633-2307 KING SIZE RV mattress, used one season, $50; recliner love seat, moss green, vg cond, $275. 660-5693 2 LARGE wood-canvas chairs with leather cushions. 668-2253 STORAGE CABINET, cedar, 4-dr, 32.5”L x 11.5”D x93”H, $75. 660-4321 VINTAGE IMPERIAL Loyalist bedroom suite, exc cond, solid cherry wood, dresser, 3/4 bedframe, desk, chair, nightstand, boxspring & mattress incl. 633-3266

FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB June 23, 2015 1st - Mark Davey & Chris Bookless 2nd - Anjrzej Jablonski & Nick Smart 3rd - Chic Callas & Bill Curtis We play every Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the Golden Age Society.

New players are welcome.

For more information call 633-5352 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.co

VINTAGE CHEST trunk, early 1900s, beautiful condition, $260. 668-6808 KING SIZE bed, clean & in good condition, $50. 333-0402 BEAUTIFUL SOLID oak table with 8 chairs, exc cond, extends very long with 2 leaves, originally from Country House, $750.

336-1003

PUBLIC TENDER INSTALL CORRUGATED STEEL PIPES, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, DEMPSTER HIGHWAY #5, YUKON, 2015-2016

Project Description: The Department of Economic Development is seeking to develop an economic profile of the Alaska Highway including social and economic valued components and impacts.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is July 21, 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 Christian Nordin at (867) 6678852.

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.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/

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

Economic Development

Highways and Public Works

ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE ALASKA HIGHWAY

DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office

Request for ,QGHPQLÀHG Contractor RFIC #2015WWS0001 Approval to Perform Utility Installation Work Within City Right-Of-Ways Application documents for this RFIC may now be obtained at City Hall, or by email at procurement@whitehorse.ca.

Applications will be received DW WKH RI¿FH RI WKH 0DQDJHU of Financial Services at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 until 4:00 PM local time on Thursday July 16, 2015.

Applications will only be considered where received at the above address by WKH FORVLQJ GDWH DQG WLPH VSHFL¿HG Submission by facsimile is not acceptable.

Email submissions in PDF IRUPDW DUH HQFRXUDJHG DQG acceptable at procurement@whitehorse.ca Please direct all inquiries in writing to Dave Albisser at dave.albisser@whitehorse. ca with a copy to procurement@whitehorse. ca

www.whitehorse.ca

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH

ARKELL M 11 SANDPIPER DR, Arkell, Saturday June 27, 10am-1pm, no early birds please CARCROSS CUT-OFF AREA M CARCROSS CUT-OFF, 3RD DRIVEWAY UP CARCROSS RD, Saturday June 27, 9am1pm, multi-family, fishing & camping gear, household items, jerry cans, clothes, willow baskets, cook books, CDs COPPER RIDGE M 41 MOONSTONE LANE, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 27, 9am-1pm, multi-family fundraiser, lots of great items, coffee, lemonade & goodies too M 70 KEEWENAW DR, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 27, 9am-12:30pm, 1998 F150 4X4, new snow thrower, quality clothes & toys, books, gazebo M 72 KEEWENAW DR, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 27, 10am starting time, downsizing sale, household items, tools, motorcycle, some furniture, holiday decor, etc M 155 FALCON DR, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 27, 9am starting time, moving sale, furniture, toys, books, sports, craft, Christmas etc M 5 GEM PLACE, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 27, 9am-1pm, adult/youth clothing, bicycles, sleds, new in box door handles, complete softball team equipment, rain or shine M 33 TIGEREYE CRES, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 27, 9am starting time, teacher resources, children’s books & toys, electronics, kitchenware, books, men’s/ women’s clothes CRESTVIEW M 213 RAINBOW RD, Crestview, Saturday June 27, 8:30am-12:30pm, multi-family, good used vacuums, countertop in great shape, sewing machine, cancelled if raining, no early birds DOWNTOWN M 409 LOWE ST, downtown, Saturday June 27, 9:30am-12:30pm, toys, clothes, etc, cancelled if raining, no early birds GRANGER M 3 WILSON DR, Granger, Saturday June 27, 8:30am-3pm, multi-family, kids & household stuff M 18 THOMPSON RD, Granger, Saturday June 27, 8am-2pm, huge sale, too many items to list, home made fresh Samosa INGRAM M 116 GOLDENEYE ST, Ingram, Saturday June 27, 8:30am-2pm, back of house, alley access KULAN M 24 LABERGE RD, Kulan Industrial, Saturday & Sunday, June 27 & 28, 10am-2pm, Estate Sale, boats, motors, concrete blocks, tools, furniture, industrial shelving, fishing gear, new tires, appliances, etc MCPHERSON M 13 MACPHERSON RD, MacPherson, Saturday June 27, 9am-3pm, power/hand tools, fishing/camping gear, table saw, antiques, compact fridge, art etc, cancelled if raining PORTER CREEK M 35A STAN MCOWAN PLACE, Porter Creek, Saturday June 27, 830am-12noon, kid stuff, comic books, DVDs, bins, free stuff and misc items M 1200A ELM ST, Porter Creek, Saturday June 27, 8am-1pm, fabric, crafts, tools etc M 29 MAPLE ST, Porter Creek, Saturday & Sunday, June 27 & 28, 9am-1pm, yard sale M 16-12TH AVE, Porter Creek, Sunday June 28, 1pm starting time

M 131 PONDEROSA DR, Porter Creek, Saturday June 27, 9am-12noon, jewellery and unique items M 33-12TH AVE, Porter Creek, Saturday June 27, 10am-2pm, household items, carpentry tools, camping gear M 1503 BIRCH, Porter Creek, Saturday June 27, 9am-12noon, wagon, farm trailer, wheel barrow, shovels, pet items, deck items etc M 6 ASPEN PL, Porter Creek, Saturday, June 27, 9am-1pm, huge assortment of items, cancelled if raining RIVERDALE M 31 ALSEK RD, Riverdale, Saturday June 27, 9am-12noon, household items, jewellery, clothes, shoes M 7 BOSWELL CRES, Riverdale, Saturday June 27, 9am-1pm, futon, dresser, king size hide-a-bed M 5 KETZA RD, Riverdale, Saturday June 27, 9am-2pm, moving out sale, all kinds of items M 100 LEWES BLVD, Riverdale, Saturday June 27, 10am-3pm, community garage sale M 16 MORLEY RD, Riverdale, Saturday June 27, 9am-1pm, multi-family M 55 GREEN CRES, Riverdale, Saturday June 27, 9am-2pm, many domestic and bush items M 100 LEWES BLVD TOWNHOUSES, Riverdale, on front lawn facing Lewes, Saturday June 27, 9am-12noon, multifamily yard sale, lots to choose from M BOSWELL CRESCENT, Riverdale, streetwide garage sale, Saturday June 27, 9am starting time, unrestricted free parking, bargain prices M 2 VAN GORDA PL, Riverdale, Saturday June 27, 9am-1pm, outdoor/indoor plants, desks, futon, and other items TAKHINI HOT SPRINGS ROAD M 7 KM, TAKHINI HOTSPRINGS RD, Saturday June 27, no starting time given, household items, commercial stainless steel equipment, greenhouse equipment including pots & trays, irrigation equipment, perennials, shrubs TAKHINI NORTH M 32 ANTWERP RD, Takhini North, Saturday June 27, 10am-1pm, household items, furniture, kids’ stuff TAKHINI - NORTHLAND MHP M 43 NORTHLAND TRAILER PARK, 986 Range Rd, Saturday June 27, 9am-1pm, cancelled if raining TAKHINI SOUTH M 4 VIMY PLACE, Takhini, Saturday June 27, 9am-12noon M 9 ARLEUX PL, Takhini, Saturday June 27, 9am-1pm, downsizing, kids toys, clothes, books, household stuff, yard stuff, rain or shine WHISTLEBEND M 43 DORA CRES, Whistle Bend, Saturday June 27, 9am-12noon, household items

SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH

KULAN M 24 LABERGE RD, Kulan Industrial, Saturday & Sunday, June 27 & 28, 10am-2pm, Estate Sale, boats, motors, concrete blocks, tools, furniture, industrial shelving, fishing gear, new tires, appliances, etc PORTER CREEK M 29 MAPLE ST, Porter Creek, Saturday & Sunday, June 27 & 28, 9am-1pm, yard sale

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