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Mine makes payback plan Yukon Zinc’s creditors could get just 7.5¢ on every dollar owed
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Family of grizzlies moved out of Whitehorse A family of grizzlies that wandered into Whitehorse’s Granger subdivision were guided out of the city yesterday by conservation officers and a little bit of extra help. When the sow and her two cubs were spotted on Hamilton Boulevard just past the Big Way around 9 a.m. two trained protectors just happened to be in the area to offer a helping hand. A pair of karelian dogs were in Whitehorse yesterday as part of work the city is doing to identify bear attractants around town. They’d also been in Carcross last week conditioning bears there to stay away from town.
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earning $30,000 each, which Erickson defines as a low-income family, would only get $195 of the $820. With two children or more, they wouldn’t get any benefit. “For a lot of people up here where both parents are working, they’re in a high income tax bracket, they’re going to feel the pinch, I think,� she said. “Those that are working in minimum wage jobs, both parents have to work, they’re penalized because there’s a combined family income,� she said. According to figures from the Yukon Bureau of Statistics, the average income per Yukon taxpayer was $50,707 in 2011. When asked about Yukon tax credits earlier this week, Premier Darrell Pasloski said changes to the territory’s income tax policy will leave “more money in the pocket of all Yukoners.� He pointed to the Yukon child benefit. He also mentioned changes to the Yukon child fitness tax credit, which is now refundable. That means families whose income is too low to pay taxes will still receive the credit. Pasloski also said his government’s cuts to income tax will
lead to significant savings for Yukoners “across the board.� The premier announced the changes to the child benefit and the child fitness tax credit during speeches he made in the legislative assembly this spring. At the time, he also announced the cancellation of a low-income family tax credit – different from the lost Yukon child tax credit – which he argued was largely ineffectual. He said the average credit people received was just $42, and that less than two per cent of taxpayers that claimed the credit had children. Pasloski said he articulated all of these changes “quite clearly� in the legislative assembly. But in those speeches, he never made reference to the disappearance of the Yukon child tax credit that accompanied the upgrade to the UCCB. The News has yet to find an official document where that change was mentioned. Pasloski was not available for a follow-up interview about how the child benefit threshold impacts low-income families, because he was on his annual hunting trip, his office told the News. – with files from Maura Forrest Contact Pierre Chauvin at pierre. chauvin@yukon-news.com
The dogs are trained at the Wind River institute in B.C. They’re used to teach bears to move away from human voices, vehicles, or in this case, barking. “While they were here it was just timely that we were able to call them and say can you help us with this,� said Kris Gustafson, director of conservation officer services. Gustafson said he believes the same bears had been chased away from town last year with dogs. “Today when they were exposed to the dogs again and to the sound of the human voice yelling they moved away again.� Gustafson said dogs have advantages over humans when it comes to managing bears. “They can detect the bear
without having to actually see it. Based on the strength of the scents and those sort of factors the dog can assess where the bear is,� he said. “Sometimes with bears we may scare them away and they may just circle behind us. You can fool us, but you couldn’t fool the dog. The dog would recognize immediately what was going on just because of the scent.� It took a couple of hours to herd the bears away from people, first to the Mount McIntyre trails, and finally to a wooded area near Fish Lake. Help was also on hand from the RCMP and Environment Yukon’s park officers.
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Yukon Zinc to pay off some debt to creditors Maura Forrest News Reporter
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ukon Zinc has filed a plan to pay out a portion of its debt to creditors as part of the company’s attempt to restructure and avoid selling the Wolverine mine. The funding for the plan comes from Jinduicheng Canada Resources Corporation (JDC Canada), Yukon Zinc’s parent company and primary creditor. Yukon Zinc currently owes a total of $654 million, of which $602 million is owed to JDC Canada. JDC Canada will pay $4.5 million to Yukon Zinc’s unsecured creditors, as well as the full amount owed to 131 employees. It will also pay off all the money owed to the Yukon government and the Ross River Dena Council. According to the plan, those creditors owed $5,000 or less will be repaid in full, while those owed more will have the choice of being paid $5,000 or 7.5 cents on every dollar they’re owed. The creditors will also have the option of selling their claims to JDC Canada for an extra four cents on the dollar, which would give them a total of 11.5 cents for every dollar they’re owed. JDC Canada would then acquire that extra debt, which it could pay off if Yukon Zinc becomes profitable again sometime down the road. “In a very best case scenario, they could end up increasing the amount they get repaid,” explained Kibben Jackson, a lawyer for Yukon Zinc. He said the arrangement is an “incentive” for JDC Canada to fund the restructuring. Jackson said this outcome is “very positive,” and that it’s unusual for creditors to be offered more than 10 cents on the dollar in this type of situation. More often, he said, mines don’t even have the financing to consider restructuring. “To do a restructuring plan in the context of a mining CCAA (creditor protection process) is very unusual,” he said. “Most of the time, the assets are sold.” When that happens, unse-
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Yukon Zinc has filed a plan to pay out a portion of its debt to creditors including Hy’s North Transportation. cured creditors typically receive nothing. But in this case, he said, Yukon Zinc has benefited from having a “financially sound parent” in JDC Canada. A report from Yukon Zinc’s court-appointed monitor estimates that JDC Canada will pay out roughly $24.5 million less than the full amount owed to the affected creditors. The plan will also settle Yukon Zinc’s accounts with 131 employees who were either employed or who had been temporarily laid off by the company when it filed for creditor protection on March 13. Those employees will be paid the full amount of any wages or severance pay they’re owed. That’s good news for Heather Hopewell, who’d been working at the Wolverine mine as a human resources assistant since 2011, until she was laid off in February. She’s owed more than $8,000 in severance pay, but said she hadn’t heard much from Yukon Zinc since the company received creditor protection. “I’m very surprised, actually. I kind of had the feeling I would never see the money again,” she said. “But I’m quite delighted that we will.”
Whitehorse court. A trial has been tentatively scheduled for January 4, 2016 according to Crown prosMark McDiarmid was granted bail ecutor David McWhinnie. on Wednesday pending a January Justices Veale and Gower had trial. He was released on Thursappointed Cunningham as McDiday. armid’s amicus curiae during an Justice M.D. Gates granted earlier trial. him bail during an automatic bail An amicus curiae, literally review hearing. A publication ban friend of the court, is appointed has been ordered for any details to make sure the interests of the related to the hearing. accused are best served, usually McDiarmid has been in cuswhen they’re self-represented. tody at the Whitehorse CorrecMcDiarmid was sentenced to tional Centre since October 2011 40 months in prison on July 15 for for assaulting three police officers. assaulting three RCMP officers in He was convicted in March. 2011, but because of time served, His bail hearing was related he has already completed his sento outstanding charges stemtence and even has a remaining ming from 2014. According to credit of 21.5 months. court documents, McDiarmid is McDiarmid’s bail conditions charged with allegedly assaulting state he has to remain in the terand threatening lawyer Jennifer ritory. Cunningham and RCMP Cpl. Ste(Pierre Chauvin) phen Knaack in February 2014 in
Hopewell lives in a small community on Vancouver Island, and said she hasn’t been able to find work since she was laid off. She’s been trying to find another position at a mining camp, but nothing’s come up yet. “It’s been really quite difficult. I was very happy working at Yukon Zinc. It was a wonderful position,” she said. “I was hoping it would be my retirement job, but it didn’t quite work out that way.” At least two other unsecured creditors will also be paid in full. According to the plan, the Yukon Department of Energy, Mines and Resources will receive the full $2.8 million it’s owed in security payments. The Ross River Dena Council will also be paid the full $170,000 it’s owed. The Wolverine mine is located on Kaska traditional territory, and in its plan, Yukon Zinc wrote that “the support and cooperation of Ross River Dena Council is necessary in order for the Petitioner’s (Yukon Zinc’s) business to continue for the benefit of stakeholders.” However, the largest unsecured creditor, Shaanxi Zinc, will not receive any payment under this plan. Shaanxi Zinc is
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a cousin to Yukon Zinc – both it and JDC Canada share a parent company, Shaanxi Non-ferrous Metals Holding Group. Yukon Zinc currently owes Shaanxi Zinc just over $20 million, largely because Shaanxi Zinc prepaid for zinc concentrate that Yukon Zinc never delivered. Jackson said Shaanxi Zinc could be fully repaid in zinc concentrate eventually, if Yukon Zinc becomes profitable again. According to the plan, Shaanxi Zinc was not included with the other creditors because “it has extensive business dealings with the Petitioner (Yukon Zinc), and its continued support and business are necessary for the Petitioner to be able to resume operations.” Despite the plan’s release, there is still no clear outcome for the companies that have filed lien claims against Yukon Zinc. Those include two trucking companies from B.C. and Yukon, Hy’s North Transportation and Sidhu Trucking Ltd. More recently, Whitehorse-based Alkan Air also filed a claim of lien. Those companies will now have to decide whether they will pursue their liens. If the claims were deemed valid in court,
He wouldn’t give many other details, but said alcohol was involved. Whitehorse RCMP are investigatHe also said the company ing an incident that is alleged to has asked for and received the have occurred after hours at Earls resignation of the manager and Restaurant in the early morning supervisor. of Aug. 9. “We’re proud of the services we Police have launched a crimideliver and we’re very, very disapnal investigation with the specialized response unit and the general pointed in the actions of these two individuals,” he said. investigation section, but are Earls Restaurant made headreleasing few other details about lines earlier this year when its the incident due to the “sensitive liquor licence was suspended for nature of this investigation.” The nine days following an afterspecialized response unit typihours staff party. At the time, the cally investigates cases of sexual restaurant was charged with eight assault and domestic violence. breaches of the territory’s liquor Rich Thompson, CEO of laws, including serving alcohol Northern Vision Development, to minors and obstructing liquor the restaurant’s majority owner, said the alleged incident involved inspectors. Thompson said the manager a manager, a supervisor, and a alleged to have been involved previous employee who were in the restaurant after hours. in this latest incident was also
they would be entitled to the full amount they’re owed. If not, the companies would be treated like any other unsecured creditor. Alternatively, they could try to settle with Yukon Zinc now, which might get them a better deal than the other creditors, though less than the full amount they’re owed. Jackson also said negotiations with royalty holders are ongoing. Last month, the News reported that Yukon Zinc was trying to end royalty payments to the three men who discovered the Wolverine deposit and to two mining investment companies. Jackson said the court has ruled that royalty payments will continue to one of the investment companies, but that the prospectors’ case has not yet been resolved. The monitor’s report also explains that Yukon Zinc still plans to finalize a purchase agreement with MinQuest, the Australian mining company that announced last month it had placed a bid for the mine. But that doesn’t mean the sale will actually happen. “That right now is still going to remain as a back-up,” said Jackson. If the restructuring plan falls apart, Yukon Zinc will turn back to MinQuest. According to the report, it wasn’t until July that Yukon Zinc was confident it would get financial backing from JDC Canada, which is why it proceeded with MinQuest’s offer. Yukon Zinc’s creditors will vote on the restructuring plan on Sept. 2. Jackson said money could be paid out to creditors as early as Oct. 2. Yukon Zinc will likely exit creditor protection shortly after that. According to the monitor’s report, Yukon Zinc has “no plans to reopen or access the underground mine,” at least until metal prices improve. The company is continuing to monitor water levels in the mine, which has been slowly flooding since February. Contact Maura Forrest at maura.forrest@yukon-news.com involved in the staff party in the spring. At the time, the company decided not to fire him. “They wanted to give the manager an opportunity to redeem himself,” he said. “The trust in giving a second chance was misplaced, obviously.” Thompson said the manager would have been fired for this latest incident regardless of his involvement in the party this spring. He said surveillance video has been turned over to police, and that the company will be reviewing its procedures to see if it can “do anything differently going forward.” No charges had been laid as of Wednesday. Anyone with information or who witnessed the incident is asked to call Whitehorse RCMP at 867-667-5555.
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Improvements to Gladue reports coming: Justice Ashley Joannou News Reporter
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ukon’s Department of Justice says plans are underway to improve Gladue reporting in the territory. Spokesperson Dan Cable said a meeting has been planned, likely for early September, to discuss the next steps in getting people trained to write the court reports on aboriginal offenders’ history. “There’s no doubt that we need to make improvements to Gladue reporting. There’s no doubt about that,” Cable said. But he says it’s too soon to say exactly what those improvements will look like.
In Canada, judges are required to consider a person’s aboriginal ancestry, the history of colonialism and the disproportionately high number of aboriginal people incarcerated when they are crafting a sentence. That’s where Gladue reports come in. The reports layout a person’s history and also provide judges with a menu of options for sentencing. Until last year only two people in the territory wrote Gladue reports. Both were basically self-taught and neither received any extra money for doing it along side their regular jobs. Right now only one person in the Yukon writes reports on a regular basis.
Liberal Party pledges funding secondary education will be available for First Nations education to Yukon First Nations. However, the Liberal candidate Larry Bagnell says Leader Justin Trudeau’s commitment on Thursday to fund First Nations education will have an impact in the Yukon. Trudeau announced that a Liberal government would invest $2.6 billion in First Nations education over the next four years and $500 million in First Nations education infrastructure over the next three years. The party has also pledged an additional $50 million in annual support to the Post-Secondary Student Support Program, which provides financial assistance to indigenous students in post-secondary education. Bagnell said the funding for education infrastructure and post-
$2.6 billion for First Nations education is earmarked for on-reserve schools, which won’t apply to the territory. Bagnell said many Yukon First Nations have asked him about increasing funding for post-secondary education, because “more and more First Nations students are getting to that level.” He also said he wants to see more investment in First Nations language and culture programming. “I think education is a really important starting point,” he said. “I think it’s essential for success in a lot of things in life.” The Conservative government has pledged $1 billion over five years for First Nations education and $500
About 50 Gladue reports have been completed in the Yukon since the end of 2010. A recent report called that “ad hoc” way of doing things “unsustainable.” “The current reality in the Yukon is that many aboriginal offenders are still being sentenced with only a superficial summary of their life circumstances and little to no information about community or culturally relevant resources at their disposal,” it says. A 2012 report by Public Safety Canada said that while aboriginal people only made up roughly four per cent of Canada’s population, they accounted for more than 20 per
cent of inmates in federal penitentiaries. In 2010, aboriginal women made up nearly a third of female federal offenders. In the Yukon, 71 per cent of offenders at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre are First Nations. According to Statistics Yukon, First Nations people make up about 21 per cent of the territory’s population. This latest report recommends Yukon follow in the footsteps of seven other jurisdictions in Canada that have an official Gladue writing program. It says if a limit is placed on when a Gladue report can be ordered, like
if an offender is facing a sentence of three months or more, three or four trained writers could provide all the reports for the Yukon for a year. One other option is to have the writing contracted out instead of performed by a central government office. Cable said it is to soon to say what route will be taken in the territory or who will pay for everything. The planned meeting will include everyone involved with the report, including representative from the department, the Yukon Public Prosecution Service Office and the Council of Yukon First Nations.
million over seven years for First Nations school infrastructure starting in 2015-16.
community-level FASD services. “During my years in law enforcement I saw first-hand the challenges faced by people living with FASD,” MP Ryan Leef wrote in a letter to the News. “I know that these investments will help improve lives.” FASD refers to a range of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. Common symptoms include poor coordination, low intelligence, poor social skills, and slow growth. People with FASD are more likely to have problems with substance abuse and law enforcement. FASD is the leading known cause of preventable developmental disability in Canada. There is no known cure for the disorder. In 2014, Leef brought forward a private member’s bill to amend the
Criminal Code of Canada to recognize FASD. The bill would have given judges the ability to consider the disorder as a mitigating factor during sentencing. But Leef withdrew the bill in November 2014, saying it was unlikely the bill would make it through the Senate in time for this year’s election. This is the latest in a string of funding announcements Leef has made as the federal election campaign gets underway. He’s also announced $13.7 million for Parks Canada sites, as well as nearly $1 million to upgrade Internet service in Old Crow. Earlier this month, he announced $700,000 in funding for three projects to help end violence against aboriginal women. (Maura Forrest)
(Maura Forrest) Funding announced for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder The federal government has committed $500,000 to train healthcare workers and provide services for people affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in the Yukon. The Yukon government will receive $260,000 for a training project for staff and healthcare workers. The project will include classroom training, workshops, conferences, and on-the-job mentoring programs for healthcare and social service workers. The Council of Yukon First Nations will receive $240,000 to support
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Alex Morrison remembered as ‘deal maker and peace maker’ said. “It was Dave Porter who News Reporter acknowledged that without Alex Morrison and his humble ne of Alex Morrison’s approach to unity, the historic greatest achievements accord would have never been in life was breaking a 30-year-addiction to drugs and completed,� he said. In 2005, the pair founded alcohol, making his struggles the Liard First Nation Developpublic and inspiring Kaska ment Corporation together. youth. Without a land claims settle“I’m going to tell you what ment in place, Gartshore said, I’ve been through if it can help the First Nation had little fundothers,� he told the News in a 2010 interview, shortly after the ing, but the corporation started with $7,000 and grew into a launch of the Kaska Nation’s multimillion-dollar company 10-year substance abuse plan. over the years. “If I can change, anybody Since 2013, he had served as can change. You can come president of the Cekask Develthrough some disaster situaopment Corporation, which tions to realize there’s help out provided business, managethere.� ment and training services Morrison passed away from within the Yukon and northern liver cancer on Aug. 5. He was British Columbia. 54 years old. Morrison was also execuBorn in Cassiar, B.C. in 1960, tive director and capital works he was the only son and eldest director of the Selkirk First Nachild of Emma and Marvin tion in the 1980s. Morrison. “Alex made and maintained He grew up in Prince George, Fort St. John and Daw- many life-long relationships son Creek but spent most of his with the people of Pelly and with the family of his children life in the Yukon. there, which he had the utmost Morrison would spend his respect for,� Campbell said. summers visiting his relatives “Alex built his family home in Watson Lake, according to in Pelly with his friends and it’s his cousin, Freda Campbell. the home that his family still She said he especially enjoyed learning traditional skills lives in today.� Morrison secured multifrom his uncle Fred Hasselberg, million dollar arrangements who passed away earlier this with governments that reyear. sulted in Pelly Crossing having Morrison was an accomsome of the finest community plished businessman who was infrastructure and buildings, known as a “deal maker and Gartshore said. peace maker,� according to Trevor Harding, one of Morhis former colleague Ronald rison’s closest friends, said they Gartshore. walked a journey of recovery He was instrumental in the together and went to many Alnegotiation and signing of the coholics Anonymous meetings historic Kaska Sharing Accord, over the years. which allowed resource develHarding said he was happy opment to proceed, Gartshore Myles Dolphin
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t’s not easy to stir up a public uproar by writing about the finer points of Canada’s tax code, but our columnist Kyle Carruthers managed to pull off the trick recently. Boosters of the federal Conservatives have been quick to criticize the column in question, in which Carruthers reckons the government’s expanded Universal Child Care Benefit may be worth as little as $1.19 a month to some families, thanks to a variety of clawbacks. Carruthers reached his especially low tally by making an observation that nobody else had until now: Ottawa’s cancellation of its child tax credit resulted in the elimination of a parallel credit in the Yukon. You can debate the merits of including that disappeared credit in your math. Conservatives say it’s off-point, since it’s a territorial affair. Maybe more to the point, the territorial government introduced a number of perks that appear to more than offset the lost credit, in the form of lower personal income taxes and a boost to another child tax benefit. Let’s be charitable and set aside the lost territorial credit. Even then, a Yukoner taking home $50,000 can expect to keep less than $15 per month of the new child tax benefit. And as for that generous cheque you may have recently received from the federal government? Expect to pay a big chunk of it back come tax time. You don’t have to take our word for it. Those are the same conclusions drawn by a tax accountant recently interviewed by the Globe and Mail. An analysis by the CBC came to similar conclusions, saying that most Canadians should expect to keep no more than one-third of the hand-out, and in many cases less than one-quarter. As for the lost territorial child credit, if you expected Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski to speak to its disappearance, which had gone unnoticed by many until now, you haven’t paid much attention to our premier’s penchant to duck subjects he deems inconvenient. Our leaders could have made a decision to keep the tax credit. They didn’t, and as far as we can tell, they’ve never publicly acknowledged that decision. As for the complaints by Conservative supporters that Carruthers’ observations are politically manipulative, well, that’s a bit rich. How else do you describe splashing more than $3.5 million at Canadian parents immediately before an election? To recap, back in the fall the government boosted the monthly cash credit for parents with children under six to
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Kathleen Knight $160, from $100. As well, a new $60 credit was rolled out for parents with children between six and 16. As the government tells it, it just so happens that the payment of this new money, which was supposed to take effect in January, was sufficiently complicated that it had no choice but to hold back seven months’ worth of payments until the cusp of the territorial election in July. If that didn’t look tacky enough, the minister responsible declared that the payments were “Christmas in July� and bragged about the spending spree while wearing a blue golf shirt emblazoned with the Conservative Party’s logo. It all smacks of an attempt to bribe the public with our own money. But remember, it’s the people who dare criticize the handling of all this who are playing politics. Critics note you could sock this money away in a tax-sheltered savings account or use income splitting to avoid being dinged. But that’s probably not much help to the hardworking families struggling to make ends meet that are described in the government’s own advertising campaigns. Indeed, the prime minister has boasted that the child benefit cheques will result in a spending spree that he says will help stimulate the sluggish economy, so it seems the government is actually banking on parents not saving much of the money that they will eventually be expected to repay. There’s a grab-bag of other criticisms. Conservatives complain that Carruthers focussed on the increase to the child benefit, rather than the total amount. But the Conservative Party is the one bragging about the increase as a new goodie
being offered to voters. Critics also note that lower-income Yukoners will keep a bigger share of their child benefit cheques, while the nowgone child tax credits would have offered a smaller benefit, as non-refundable credits count for little when you aren’t expected to pay much tax. That’s fair enough, although the fact remains that residents with lower incomes will be expected to give a big chunk of their cheque back. And it’s a little odd to frame the child benefit cheques as a povertyfighting program, when the money is also being given to business executives and deputy ministers. The other parties, of course, have their own inducements aimed at families. The NDP, while promising to continue paying the bigger child allowance, also wants to throw billions at a new national daycare program that would cap costs for parents at $15 per day. The Liberals, meanwhile, say they’ll roll the existing hodge-podge of child benefit programs into one big, new income-tested program and kick another $2 billion into the pot. The Grits say that, under their scheme, a typical twoparent family, with two children, earning $90,000 a year, will get $490 tax-free every month, while a typical one-parent family, with one child, earning $30,000 a year, will get $533 tax-free every month. Both these plans look considerably more generous than what the Conservatives are offering, but you’ll have to judge for yourself whether you think their proponents will be able to make good on this and other commitments, without breaking the bank. (JT)
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very city has its warts, and we encountered a few at Fort McMurray (I hope the shoeless drunk guys who aggressively catcalled some female friends at a lounge have to put up with staying at our hotel someday), but after spending a week here I can say reality is much different from the city’s stereotypes. Fort McMurray has a passionate civic spirit and more things to do than plenty of other northern cities, with multiple top-of-theline recreation facilities. It also offers half-day on-site tours of oilsands so you can follow the whole process from exploration to production to reclamation. Anyone who is interested in the economic and environmental impact of the oilsands should visit. One Fort McMurray stereo-
type is definitely true. There is a huge amount of economic activity going on here. Even though a Yukonomist poll of bartenders confirmed that things have slowed down significantly since oil fell to US$50 per barrel, existing oilsands projects continue to employ armies of workers and fill pipelines with oil headed east, west and south. According to the summer edition of the Alberta government’s Oilsands Quarterly Update, the downturn in oil prices could cost around 185,000 direct and indirect jobs across Canada. Even that huge reduction would still leave more than half a million Canadian workers working on oilsands related work. Meanwhile, it looks like oil production will actually increase, at least in the next few years. That’s because big projects started a few years ago are scheduled to come on line this year and in 2016. IHS Energy, a think tank, recently estimated that oilsands production would rise from 800,000 barrels per day to almost 3 million by 2020. To put that in context, entire Middle Eastern countries like Iran and Kuwait produce similar
amounts. It may seem surprising that production can hold up as oil prices fall to the US$50 per barrel range from over US$100 last year. One explanation is good, oldfashioned Canadian ingenuity. One major oilsands player reports that it has reduced its cash operating costs per barrel from around $40 per barrel in 2011 to less than $30 this year. If Eastern Canada’s manufacturers could match this, the cost of a new pickup truck would be cut in half every eight years. How does Fort McMurray do it? It’s thanks to Canadian innovations like LP-SAGD and ET-DSP (for readers that aren’t with the Fort McMurray program, that’s low-pressure steam assisted gravity drainage and electrothermal dynamic stripping). The University of Alberta’s Institute for Oilsands Innovation and oil companies are continuously working on new ways to extract oil from the tarsands more efficiently and with less impact on the environment. What does this mean for Yukoners? One way to think about it is in terms of our transfer payment. The federal govern-
ment can afford to keep raising our transfer every year since the Canadian economy has been doing well. In particular, what the feds need are industries that have high wages and high profits, which translate into high tax revenues. These industries also need to be large and growing. Looking at Statistics Canada figures on GDP by industry, three sectors pop out: real estate, finance and energy. We have our own love affair with real estate in the Yukon, but you can often hear Yukoners making fun of other Canadians toiling in Toronto’s office towers or Fort McMurray’s mancamps. We should probably remember that the tax they pay on their outsize incomes are critical to sustaining the Yukon government. It would sure hurt the affordability of our transfer payment if one of these three sectors suffered a severe downturn. Your guess is as good as mine on the Canadian real estate market. Our financial system weathered the global financial crisis pretty well. The big question mark is about the oilsands given the plunge in oil prices.
If IHS Energy is right about the oilsands, federal finances may take a bruising hit from lower profits and job growth but not a career-ending blindside body check. I can report from Fort McMurray that people here don’t think their run is over, either. Yukon finance officials may be pleased to hear that. Climate change activists who hoped low oil prices would spell doom for Fort McMurray are probably going to be disappointed, as are Canadians who don’t like how Fort McMurray is increasingly tinting our international brand. So, don’t worry if you didn’t join us for this year’s Team Yukon mission to Fort McMurray. You’ll have more chances. They’ve got great sporting facilities and, depending on how they play their cards, your kids might end up working here. 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
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fter so many triumphs in her short but illustrious career, Whitehorse’s Jessica Frotten has logged her biggest yet. The 27-year-old para wheelchair racer captured bronze in the 100-metre sprint at the Parapan Am Games in Toronto on Thursday. “I’m feeling great!” said Frotten, in a message to the News. “To win the bronze in the 100 and share the podium with my teammate Ilana (Dupont) was awesome!” Since pocketing her first track wins in the spring of 2013 at a meet in Victoria, B.C., Frotten has gone from local star to Canadian champ to an international race powerhouse. Now she has hardware from a major international event to prove it. It’s not surprising, though. The 100-metre is her best event. She is currently ranked sixth in
the world for the 100-metre in the International Paralympic Committee’s world rankings for the T53 division. She was up against some top-notch racers in the final, in which she posted a time of 19.25 seconds. American Jessica Lewis took the gold at 17.67, becoming the first person from Bermuda to win a gold medal at the Parapans. Quebec’s Ilana Dupont, a Paralympian medalist, edged out Frotten for silver at 18.63. Frotten advanced to the 100-metre final after winning her semifinal on Wednesday. She flew over the finish line with a time of 18.34 – just 0.04 off her personal best – beating two Americans and a Mexican. Her bronze came just hours after narrowly missing a medal in the 800-metre T53 final. She rolled over the line in fourth, less than a second behind Dupont in third, with a time of 2:09.59. “I think I really could have had a chance for the bronze
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Wright leads courtroom through the Duffy scenario inside PMO dal quietly go away, without anyone suggesting the senator had done wrong. Canadian Press Nigel Wright, the marquee witness at Duffy’s fraud, breach of trust and OTTAWA bribery trial on Wednesday, said he nside the Prime Minister’s Office, didn’t tell former boss Stephen Harper they called it the “scenario for that the deal involved someone else repayment” – a plan that would make the Mike Duffy expenses scanpaying Duffy’s contested expenses. Jennifer Ditchburn & Kristy Kirkup
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But several of Harper’s closest aides were privy to the drawn-out, often tense negotiations that went on behind the scenes in 2013. Harper was briefed in general, Wright said. “I told (Harper) that Sen. Duffy was agreeing to repay; I gave him – in very broad terms, not in detail – the media lines,” Wright testified. “I think what I stressed with the prime minister was that we believed and the government would be saying, Sen. Duffy had possibly made a mistake in his claims … as opposed to wrongdoing and that he would repay them.” Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 charges in connection with his Senate office, living and travel expenses. Wright’s testimony goes to his secret $90,000 repayment of Duffy’s expenses, which has been framed by the Crown as being orchestrated by Duffy. Wright, who flew in from London where he now works, answered Crown attorney Jason Neubauer’s questions with long, detailed answers. He recalled dates and specific phone calls and admitted to feeling anger towards Duffy at different junctures – and ultimately regret. “If it became public, I thought it would be somewhat embarrassing,” he said. “But there were a whole lot of connotations associated with it that I didn’t really think through. If I had, I might not have done it.” Wright’s highly anticipated testimony was accompanied by 426 pages of internal emails that were filed with the court. From the moment the media began asking about the senator’s residency issues in late 2012, Duffy dug in his heels. The senator filed for expenses on the basis that he was travelling and living away from his “principal” residence in Prince Edward Island, even though he lived most of the time in suburban Ottawa. He told Wright the Senate rules and forms were not clear and repaying the money would put him at risk of being declared not qualified to sit in the upper chamber. While Wright said Duffy might have arguably been legally entitled to the expenses, he felt that common sense dictated that he shouldn’t claim for expenses for somewhere he “hung his hat at night.” A drawn-out set of talks ensued
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assurances,” wrote another aide, Patrick Rogers. Ultimately, Duffy and the PMO reached an agreement that would see his expenses repaid by the party, the audit curtailed, the government defend Duffy’s right to represent Prince Edward Island and Duffy keep his mouth shut about everything. Detailed media plans were put in place, from the words Duffy would say to the TV outlets that would capture the moment. But Gerstein, chairman of the party’s financial wing, balked at the final price tag of $90,000 in expenses plus Duffy’s legal costs. Wright said he made the quick decision to pay it himself. “I had an obligation to fulfil my end of my arrangement with him and I couldn’t think of another way of doing it,” he said, noting it didn’t impact his lifestyle. “I felt I would do it myself and could do it myself.” The Deloitte audit couldn’t be stopped, but the PMO advised Duffy to stop co-operating. Its conclusions were vague and Harper’s team ensured that a Senate committee report on Duffy was stripped of negative language. Then Sen. Marjory LeBreton, the Government Senate leader, was coached on what to say if reporters asked why Duffy’s report had been whitewashed. “This repayment has been accepted and the Senate considers the matter closed,” LeBreton was told to say. Less than a week later, the matter would burst open with a leak to CTV News of Wright’s $90,000 payment.
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F-35 might not meet performance standards of CF-18s, says U.S. think tank the troubled program, but much of the analysis has revolved Canadian Press around the enormous cost and some of the technical snags, OTTAWA such as software, that have held U.S. defence and foreign up development. There have affairs think-tank released also been simulations that have a comprehensive report compared the F-35 to potential this week suggesting the oftcompetitors. maligned F-35 jet might not meet One of the key features of the the performance standards of latest report is its comparison existing fighter planes, including of F-35 operational capabiliCanada’s CF-18s. ties with the jets it is intended The National Security Netto replace, including the F-16, work, a non-profit foreign policy F-18 and A-10. In each case, the stealth fighter comes up short. group based in Washington, The group urges the Obama D.C., is the latest organization to raise questions about the stealth administration to do a “serious� reassessment of the program fighter program, which is over and determine whether there are budget and behind schedule in alternatives available. the U.S. “Whether this opportunity to Other organizations, includseriously reassess DOD’s coming the Rand Corp., have studied mitment to the F-35 will be seized remains to be seen,� the report said. “But, by staying fully committed to the F-35 program, the United States is investing unprecedented resources in the wrong aircraft, at the wrong time, Murray Brewster
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research. It plans to extend the life of the CF-18s to 2025. The planned RCAF purchase, which would have cost taxpayers an estimated $44 billion over its four-decade lifetime, was a prominent feature of the last election campaign in 2011, but since the auditor general’s report it has slipped off the public radar as the bureaucracy has buried it in studies, analyses and process. Some defence observers and commentators have suggested the plan to refurbish the 1980s-era CF-18s has effectively neutralized the politically damaging issue, at least until the Oct. 19 vote. But University of British Columbia political scientist and defence expert Michael Byers says the new report should remind the public that replacement of the one of the military’s core fleets has been badly mismanaged. “I think governments need to be made to own failures like that,� said Byers, who has urged the government to abandon the F-35 in favour of another plane.
“Our fleet of fighter aircraft is unacceptably old and there is no current plan to replace them.� Byers said metal fatigue on the CF-18 airframes is a concern. The air force has said the current bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria is not adding to wear on the existing jets because they are not facing the stress of high-speed manoeuvres. Byers accepts that, but he says the increasing threat of Russian incursions – either into Canadian airspace or in other NATO countries – means the fighters will be called upon to perform more stressful flying. Researchers noted that matching the F-16’s manoeuvrability was a minimum design requirement for the F-35, yet they concluded the older jet is capable of flying faster and enjoys better wing-loading performance, an aspect critical for dogfighting. The F-16 is not considered as manoeuvrable as the F-18 Hornet, of which Canada has about 75 still airworthy.
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT No shortage of fish stories at Tagish Bridge “Have you ever heard of a monkey catching a fish? Or even eating one? We have to be the result of a superior intellect, which came from outer space thousands of years ago, then left us here for some reason to fend for ourselves in the midst of all these banana peelers.” Doug Sack Special to the News
TAGISH BRIDGE, YUKON ometimes when Mitch Dupont stumbles down the stairs early in the morning to fire up the stove in the kitchen of Six Mile River Resort, on the upriver side of Yukon’s Tagish Bridge, she doesn’t know whether to say “buenas dias,” “guten morgen” or “good morning” to start her working day. That’s because she and husband Doug split their fishing year between the Tagish Narrows, a super highway for fish travelling in the headwater lakes of the Yukon River system, specifically between Marsh and Tagish, with winter saltwater fishing in Panama. “It’s not a 50/50 thing,” Mitch said while fussing with the coffee machine. “We’re here in the Yukon from April to September, and in Panama for the three months of winter from New Year’s to the end of March when our winter clients, many of them Germans but also Americans and Canadians, feel the need to escape winter.” The three months in between are for riding twin Harleys, relaxing and being normal parents. “All we really do in Panama,” Doug chips in with his first jolt of ultra-strong caffeine, “is stay warm and break even. Some of our guests who are descended from chimpanzees don’t even care about fishing. They book a month, then just sit in their chairs sunbathing or go sightseeing on the canal or in Panama City. But the savvy ones want to catch something big from the deep Pacific, and I know just where to find them.” That’s where “Panayukana” derives and their websites: panayukana.com and sixmileriverresort.com. “We work our buns off in the Tagish summers with fish guiding, RV sites, five cozy cabins, off-sales, the bar and Mitch’s gourmet restaurant, which is the real reason we’re here,” said Doug. “She’s always been a master chef and this is her ninth restaurant, so we’ve built the rest of the business around that the last six years, even though it doesn’t make any money.” “How could it?” Mitch interrupts. “Successful restaurants are supposed to be in high-volume urban locations, and mine is in the Yukon boondocks where people are catching their suppers every day with a fishing pole. But
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Doug Dupont stands with his 38-pound catch of the day at the Six Mile River Resort in Tagish. it’s not losing money, and we’re getting a reputation. We have Alaskans coming here now just for our halibut and chips. I’m really proud of that.” Hers is the anti-fast food restaurant with a highway sign advertising “slow food.” “You have to have good food and relaxing drinks to back up the rest of the business,” Doug adds. “The off-sales pay the help but the backbone of the business is the rental units, RV hookups and fishing charters especially when the kids are out of school. Kids and fishing were made for each other.” Check out this poem a little four-year-old girl wrote for her grandpa this season and gave to Doug: “Oh! How I wish To catch a nice fish, A big one from Tagish To put on my dish!” – Ruby, age 4 To say Six Mile River is funky is to understate the obvious. Doug is an avid collector of licence
plates, antique outboard motors, farm tractors, vintage trucks, thermometers, antique signs, grinders, stoves and pet peeves, which he is not shy to discuss. Number one is people in boats who don’t slow down to go under the bridge where many people, some of them children, are patiently fishing. “Look at that clown!” he exclaims, “He’s waking my boat!” He also passionately believes people who fish are descendants of a superior species of space aliens who also built the pyramids and feels Darwin’s theory of evolution is “hogwash. The closest species to humans according to DNA is chimpanzees. Have you ever heard of a monkey catching a fish? Or even eating one? We have to be the result of a superior intellect, which came from outer space thousands of years ago, then left us here for some reason to fend for ourselves in the midst of all these banana peelers.” Doug is such a fishmeister
he can sit on his deck with an iced white wine, study the water and tell you what kind of fish are currently running by the resort and roughly how many are in the school. He also watches the many birds flying above the river, because he knows which birds follow which fish. And his favourite time to go fishing in the Yukon summer twilight is midnight, because the big ones, which are usually deep, come up closer to the surface as the daylight diminishes to darkness. He thinks it’s totally normal human behavior to jump in the boat at 11:30 p.m. and try to checkmate a hungry fish looking for a midnight snack. It makes him feel like the alpha fisherman to play chess with fish when sub-humans, the descendants of chimpanzees, are having a banana in bed and grooming their mates before falling asleep. Although he had a twinkle in his eye while he was explaining his fishermen from space theory, he never broke character and
had me wondering if he really believes it, or if he’s just really good at sounding like he really believes it. Most likely he was just entertaining a paying customer who was contributing more to his Panama fund with each passing round because Mitch’s margaritas are better than Jimmy Buffet’s. However, when he started telling me about his personal close encounters with UFOs while fishing at night, I had no choice, as a thoughtful, pragmatic realist, but to nod sympathetically and write it off as just another fish story. You’ll hear many more if you’re lucky enough, or smart enough, to book a charter with Six Mile River/Panayukana or simply hang out in Mitch’s ninth dream restaurant and talk about anything just for the halibut. Doug Sack was the first sports editor of the Yukon News and later a longtime sports editor of the Whistler Question and a columnist and features writer for Ski Canada magazine. He is currently semi-retired in Whitehorse.
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Oilsands being left in the ground is just a matter of fact, experts say Jaccard said Harper’s G7 promise automatically shuts in Canadian Press bitumen – unless massive costs EDMONTON are paid by the rest of society. “Let’s say you kept oilsands he furor over a New Demfrozen at its current output ocrat candidate’s remarks about leaving Alberta’s oil- level,� he said. “(That means) sands in the ground reflects how you can’t have any coal-fired power generation in Canada. poorly the issue is understood, You’ve got to convert about say energy experts. To many, Toronto Centre can- two-thirds of the vehicle stock to plug-in hybrid electrics and any didate Linda McQuaig’s recent kind of large trucks have to be statement is just the simple fact on biodiesel.� of the matter. And the more oilsands “The shock is that anyone production increases, the more would be shocked by this,� said carbon has to come out of the Mark Jaccard, an environmenrest of the economy. tal economist at Simon Fraser “You could expand the oilUniversity. sands a bit if the rest of us went Jaccard, who recently signed to zero emissions,� he said. “It a letter with 100 scientific colleagues calling for a moratorium would be insane, but it would be possible.� on new oilsands development, Or the costs of keeping emissaid Prime Minister Stephen sions in check could be borne Harper’s goals for emission by industry, said Allan Fogwill reductions preclude complete of the Canadian Energy Redevelopment of the massive search Institute, an independent resource. research group. Greater energy Harper has agreed with a G7 efficiency or techno-fixes such goal of up to 70 per cent greenas carbon capture and storage house gas cuts by 2050 and a carbon-free economy by the end could reduce Canada’s overall carbon footprint and still allow of the century. for oilsands expansion. But estimates suggest the “We have the technical soluoilsands hold about 168 billion barrels. At current production of tions available to go down any path,� he said. “The limiting facabout two million barrels a day, tor is how much those solutions that’s 230 years worth of emiscost.� sions. Bob Weber
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That limiting factor may be as important as government policy, said Erin Flanagan of the clean energy think-tank Pembina Institute. She points to research suggesting oil prices are likely to remain below the cost of production for new oilsands projects well into the next decade. By then, markets may have changed permanently. “Will they come out of the ground or won’t they come out of the ground? That question is being answered already by global oil markets,� she said. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers declined to comment during the election. A spokesman pointed to 2012 research that suggested burning the entire economic oilsands resource would increase global temperatures by 0.03 C. McQuaig’s point has been made before. In 2008, a report from the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy – a Harper-appointed body the government later shut down – said
“research indicates that the only option to attain deep emission reductions is to reduce industrial output in some sectors, notably oilsands and mining.� Still, her remarks prompted a political back-and-forth between New Democrats and Conservatives that lasted days. Time to get real, said Jaccard. Even Saudi Arabia has begun to acknowledge some of its hy-
drocarbons will remain undeveloped, he said. “It’s kind of like we’re in a dialogue in Canada that reminds me of Saudi Arabia 20 years ago.� Flanagan said governments need to think about mitigating risks in a changing world. “The level of fanfare around these comments is really troubling. It shows we’re not ready to have that mature conversation.�
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United Church to drop fossil fuels from investments due to climate concerns change are being felt most “They have families and they strongly right now by marginalhave feelings and they have ized communities and many are concerns about their livelihoods, communities we are working especially now,” he said. CORNER BROOK, N.L. with to create more just systems,” The meeting in Corner Brook he general council of she said. is the triennial council of the one of Canada’s largest Boyle also said there is a church, and the motion was churches has voted to drop strong moral argument against originally brought forward by fossil fuels from its investment holding the fossil fuel shares, Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church portfolios, with advocates for based on biblical references in in Toronto, which pioneered fosthe motion saying the decision Genesis that humans are entrust- sil fuel divestment in the Canais based on the Christian duty to ed to guard God’s creation. dian church. care for the earth. However, Rev. Dave Pollard There are 400 people attendCommissioners attending of Airdrie, Alta., said he opposed ing the meeting in Corner Brook, the United Church of Canada’s the motion because it doesn’t and a sub-group of about 150 general council in Corner Brook, allow for recognizing fossil fuel members voted on the divestN.L., voted 67 per cent in favour companies that are doing their ment motion. Tuesday to divest the industry best to improve technology Erik Mathiesen, the United from its treasury assets and to and are more environmentally Church’s chief financial officer, shift the $5.9 million from the responsible. said its investment committee portfolio into green renewable “To make a blanket statewas working on a framework for energy ventures. ment we’re going to divest may divesting before the motion. The motion also says the perhaps be punitive to those “They (the committee) would commissioners “encourage” companies that are working hard have deemed this premature. … the United Church of Canada … doing their level best to make But the commission has heard Foundation to drop its fossil fuel themselves somewhat sustainthat and felt it was important still shares and the church’s pension able,” he said. to take a stand,” he said. board is asked to determine if its He said he is also concerned Mathiesen said he will conholdings “align with the Christian about the reaction he will get vene the investment committee imperative of seeking justice, from oil industry workers when next month to begin work on the resisting evil, and living with he returns to his congregation directive to find fresh investrespect in Creation.” north of Calgary. ments in green energy, but there The motion applies to the top 200 fossil fuel firms in the world. Christine Boyle, a church member from Vancouver who supported the motion, said the church’s outreach programs work with people in countries like the Philippines where humaninduced climate change may be contributing to poverty. As we celebrate our 15th year on the water we If the church had continued wish to acknowledge and salute our inspiration the investing in oil companies it original breast cancer dragon boat team would be working against its own goals of promoting global social Abreast In A Boat justice, she said. of Vancouver for 20 years of encouraging breast “The impacts of climate Michael Tutton Canadian Press
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is no deadline for its completion. “It’s certainly doable. … We will certainly leave it to the investment professional to evaluate risk and return and so on,” he said. A spokeswoman for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said in an email it isn’t appropriate to target members of an industry working on ways to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
“Our view is that while investors set their own their criteria for investments, targeting a specific industry or commodity is not appropriate, particularly when some companies in those industries are driving innovation in the specific areas highlighted by some groups as the reason not to invest in them,” said Chelsie Klassen, manager of media relations for the association.
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Japan sticks to nuclear power to bridge energy gaps, curb carbon emissions, despite Fukushima achieve all these three things simultaneously: Keep nuclear plants offline, while also trying to curb Associated Press carbon dioxide and maintain the same electricity costs,” he said. “I TOKYO hope to gain the public’s underith the pull of a lever, standing of the situation.” control rods were lifted Former Prime Minister Naoto this week from the reactor Kan was in office at the time of core at a plant in southern Japan, the 2011 Fukushima accident, ending a ban on nuclear power which was triggered by a masfollowing meltdowns at Fukushima sive earthquake and tsunami that in the northeast that forced tens of killed more than 18,000 people. On thousands of people to leave their Tuesday, he stood shouting outside homes, most of them for good. the gates of the Sendai plant, along Crowded, energy-scarce Japan with about 300 other protesters. remains committed to nuclear “Accidents are unpredictable; power despite the March 2011 acthat’s why they happen. And cercident at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi tainly not all the necessary precauplant and its messy aftermath, for tions for such accidents have been economic, environmental and taken here,” Kan said. political reasons. The Fukushima disaster, the Polls show that most Japanese worst since the 1986 Chornobyl don’t want nuclear power, but explosion, revealed dire problems public opinion has been trumped within the nuclear industry, includby leaders who say keeping the ing lax contingency planning and country’s 43 workable reactors ofinadequate precautions against fline forever would be too damagtsunami, earthquakes and other ing economically. natural disasters at some plants. Though two other nuclear reacWater is still being pumped into tors briefly resumed operations the Fukushima reactors to preafter the Fukushima meltdowns, vent further meltdowns, and huge Japan has gone completely without amounts of it, now radioactive, nuclear power for nearly two years have leaked out of the damaged under tighter new regulations. containment chambers and into Reactors remained idle pending other parts of the buildings. Some safety inspections. has leaked outside and into the Nuclear plants had provided sea. Meanwhile, removal of melted nearly a third of power generation fuel from three of the plant’s six before they were taken offline, so reactors – the most challenging Japan ramped up use of coal, oil part of the 30-to-40-year cleanup and gas to compensate. That has process – will not begin until 2022. increased energy costs and slowed Japan’s 126 million people live Japan’s progress toward reducsmack on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” ing emissions. Utility companies, a seismically active region studded meanwhile, face mounting costs with volcanos and riven with major from keeping nuclear plants idle. geologic faults. Nuclear power is “indispensBut the country invested heavily able,” industry minister Yoichi in nuclear power to help alleviate Miyazawa said Tuesday, pledging its nearly complete reliance on to put safety first as the Sendai No. imported fuel, and many commu1 reactor resumed operations. nities rely on tax revenues and jobs “It would be impossible to associated with the plants. Though Elaine Kurtenbach and Mari Yamaguchi
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sion to 60 years, raising the issue of whether and how they will be replaced. Meanwhile, the disposal and security of nuclear waste are issues yet to be resolved. While Abe and other officials say Japan’s new safety requirements are the world’s toughest, critics say this is untrue because evacuation plans are not mandatory requirements. Tomas Kaberger, chairman of the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation, notes that the peak output of Japan’s nuclear power industry was in 1998. Power companies have since pulled back from major new investments in atomic power due to rising costs and technical difficulties in operating the reactors, though Japanese manufacturers are eager to sell their nuclear equipment and expertise overseas. “The problems for the Japanese nuclear industry started long before the Fukushima accident,” he said.
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With virtual reality, a 360-degree view inside war torn streets of Syria
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A scene from a virtual reality short film of Syrians traveling on the street near the Aleppo Bridge is seen in this image provided by Ryot. fatigue that has come with photos and videos of explosions and Associated Press people crying has numbed people to the reality of the world, espeLOS ANGELES cially in Syria.” he latest frontier in virtual Stephen, who has covered conreality could be closer to flicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, said reality than fantasy. capturing the VR footage with a While video game creators and makeshift apparatus – six cameras filmmakers have recreated the strapped to a 3D-printed gimbal likes of Middle-earth and Jurason top of a tripod – proved much sic World in VR, activist news more dangerous than shooting organization Ryot is teleporting traditional video. The cumberviewers to real-life conflict zones some contraption had to be left and disaster areas like Nepal and unattended, and it attracted more Syria. Ryot released an immerattention than a typical camera or sive short film Tuesday shot last smartphone. month on the war-ravaged streets “It’s an incredibly harsh enof Aleppo. vironment to work in normally, The three-minute film, but when they see you running “Welcome To Aleppo,” features around with a tripod and an alien 360-degree views of abandoned device on top of it, they are going areas in Syria’s former commercial to try and kill you,” said Stephen. centre. In one scene, bullets can “It looks like some sort of an odd be heard whizzing past the device IED. We were basically hunted used to film the VR footage, while for eight hours by the regime and another catches a glimpse of four rebel snipers. They thought I was Syrians on a motorbike travelling trying to set up a bomb because down a ruined street. The film can I had to leave it for two to three be watched and controlled on a minutes at a time to film what I computer screen, or with a mowanted.” bile VR headset, such as Google Syria’s civil war, now in its fifth Cardboard. year, has killed more than 220,000 For many, VR might not only people and wounded at least a reshape entertainment but also million people, according to the journalism. United Nations. “VR will definitely be used Three months ago, Ryot refor entertainment, porn, video leased its first foray into VR jourgames, all of that,” said Christian Stephen, Ryot’s London-based global editor who filmed the video in Syria. “It can also be used to LOGO KNIVES genuinely communicate stories around the world in desperate 207 Main Street Tel: 633-4842 need of reaching people. The Derrik J. Lang
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to get out there. It’s not about creating a revenue opportunity for people to pay to download this footage. It’s about seeing how many people can watch this as soon as possible. As the technology progresses, it’ll become easier and easier for people to experience it.” Mooser noted that “Welcome to Aleppo” marks the first VR
video footage to be shot within Syria’s war zone. Last year, the Emblematic Group debuted “Project Syria,” an animated VR experience that recreated an attack on an Aleppo street and transported viewers to a refugee camp.
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Big companies seek innovation from small startups; success follows the motto of ‘give ďŹ rst’ Ryan Nakashima Associated Press
GLENDALE, CALIF. f it weren’t for someone willing to entertain a new idea, the new Star Wars droid, BB8, wouldn’t be rolling into living rooms this holiday season. The robot – which looks like a mechanical head on a spinning ball – was the brainchild of filmmakers behind Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, who were unaware their puppetry-animated character could function in real life. But in July 2014, the CEO of Lucasfilm-parent Disney, Bob Iger, showed secret images of BB-8 to a startup company called Sphero. It was one of the inaugural class of companies Disney brought into a threemonth program meant to nurture their entrepreneurial spirit and maybe generate a moneymaking product. Ed Crisostomo/The Orange County Register via AP It was like Force lightning hitProducer Kathleen Kennedy, right, looks down at the BB-8 droid, featured in the upcoming film, Star ting pay dirt. Wars: The Force Awakens, during the Star Wars Celebration at the Anaheim Convention Center in Sphero’s founders dummied Anaheim, Calif. on April 16. up a functioning prototype
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n the little room above the Frostbite Music Festival headquarters in Shipyards Park, Bill Polonsky shuffles through a batch of recently donated vinyls that include The Stranglers, Spirogyra and Nana Mouskouri. “This is like prime stuff,” says Polonsky, the station manager for CJUC 92.5 FM, while showing off a rare vinyl of Eno, Moebius and Roedelius from the late 1970s. The station, affectionately known as The Juice, is seeking to build up its digital media library, especially with vintage northern content. But while none of the aforementioned bands come from any of Canada’s territories – nor are they household names in Whitehorse – they’ll be added to the station’s inventory nonetheless, Polonsky said. “We’re looking for almost any kind of media, cassettes, vinyl, CDs,” he said, adding that it’ll all be digitized as part of a project called Recycle the Vinyl. “But we especially want northern artists. Like (Yukon country singer) Hank Karr, he’s put out so many albums but they’re just not available. “Anyone who has that kind of stuff sitting around, we want it.” Local music will be showcased on a show called Yukon Spotlight, which runs three times a day at 7 a.m., 11 a.m. and again at 6 p.m. As it stands, the station has about 2,000 songs from Yukon musicians, which represents only 2.5 per cent of the total 80,000 or so songs in its bank. “If you’re an artist and you put out an album in the 80s or 90s, we want to get that on the air,” he said. “We don’t have a lot of that stuff. It’s our mandate to promote local community music.” The station is only licensed to run at 50 watts for the time being, which is a fraction of its 600-watt potential. That means the range is limited to downtown Whitehorse, parts of Porter Creek and Riverdale, and the cut-offs at the North Klondike and South Klondike highways, Polonsky
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Bill Polonsky, station manager for CJUC 92.5 FM, is looking for more northern content to digitize and add to the station’s playlist. said. “You can pick it up with static at the Takhini Hot Pools,” he added. As part of a fundraising drive, Polonsky said he’d like to raise at least $10,000 to fund the cost of moving the station’s new transmitter to Haeckel Hill next summer from its current location at the Yukon Arts Centre. Then, he’ll apply to the CRTC to increase the station’s wattage to 600 watts. “We’ll get into Fox Lake,
Laberge Lake and maybe even Marsh Lake,” he said. “We’ll be loud and proud. You won’t be able to turn us off.” The money will cover the cost of buying and moving the new equipment, as well as the purchase of an expensive engineering brief that states the location will not interfere with other signals. Once digitized, selected media will be used for fundraising with a hosted record swap exchange.
The station, which Rob Hopkins started in 2003, is entirely digital. Using open source software he developed, Polonsky and volunteers can manage it all from home, or from any computer connected to the Internet, in fact. Polonsky said he even fiddled around with the songs when he was travelling around Europe with his wife in 2008. And in a few weeks, it’ll be streaming online. Standing next to his desk in a room covered in brightly coloured
posters from past decades, Polonsky is no stranger to community radio, having spent 12 years hosting a late-night psychedelic music show on CJUV in Victoria, B.C. With over 20 years of broadcast radio experience, he’s also trained volunteers at the station in digital audio editing and radio production, as well as offering workshops at other community stations. Growing up in Thunder Bay, Ont., he says he eagerly awaited the Top 10 at 10 with a blank cassette in hand, ready to record his favourite songs. Yesterday morning, the small AM-FM radio next to him was blasting Neil Young. “Who has radios anymore?” Polonsky asked rhetorically. “You can go to a radio station online these days or listen to a podcast and skip ahead,” he said. “But with radio, especially our radio, you don’t know what’s coming up next. You have to sit through and listen. “It’s like the slow food movement – this is the slow listening movement.” Wednesday evening, for example, local rockers Speed Control were sandwiched between country rock band Pure Prairie League and Yukon songwriter Manfred Janssen. The Juice moved to The Chambers House from its former location on Second Avenue and Strickland Street in 2009. At the time the walls were barren and the only furniture was two chairs, a computer, a radio transmitter, mixing board and microphone. Polonsky hopes that by opening up the station on Thursday evenings, to coincide with the weekly Fireweed Market, more people will come to learn about it. “We know we have thousands of listeners out there, so come down and see what we do, talk to us,” he said. “We could also use donations of gear, radio memorabilia for the walls – and cash. “We want to be able to give you a shot of The Juice in the morning.” For more information about the station, check them out online at cjucfm.com. Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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Revealing new Buck 65 book probes career, divorce even if it’s not all true she would remember the night like I remember it.â€?) His mother is a far less frivolous subject. He writes that she TORONTO was abusive, that she taught him n April, Rich Terfry authored to loathe himself and that “she a revealing Facebook post hated (him) until the day she that prompted a range of died.â€? reactions: concern, curiosity and Since his mother’s death in anger. But he just felt relief. 1999, Terfry has only publicly He wrote then that he had “deprobed their relationship on the stroyed every important relationsong Ice from 2001’s Man Overship in (his) life by cheating and board. Even privately, he hadn’t lying,â€? including his marriage. necessarily dug this deeply. The CBC radio host and artist “The figure of my mom has otherwise known as Buck 65 always loomed large in my life,â€? went on for four apologetic, selfhe said. “This was the first time I loathing paragraphs, pleading for really explored the whole thing. help and insisting he wasn’t the I just felt compelled to sort person his fans thought he was. through all my stuff.â€? He went on to delete the post, Although he writes in detail but he insists now that the conabout an earlier romance with Nathan Denette/CP fession wasn’t some impulsive, French novelist Claire Berest – Musician Buck 65 (Rich Terfry) poses for a photograph in Toronto on September 25, 2014. dark-night-of-the-soul mistake. from whom he borrowed the “Definitely not a great moautofiction format – he quite And I need help with this, and said, smiling slyly. “I can admit his flirtation with a profesment that I was in when I wrote intentionally chose not to write I just really want to be a better it.â€? sional baseball career, and his it, but it wasn’t completely the about his marriage. person.’ He actually considers the Radiohead-assisted ascent as an product of the heat of the mo“I started writing this book “The response was overFacebook post and last year’s alt-hip-hop eccentric. ment – ‘cause I thought about it,â€? and Neverlove when my wife whelmingly positive. Not to say album Neverlove to be companHe figures the book contains he said in Toronto this week. left, and so the idea is Neverlove that there weren’t some negative ion pieces – and with his new roughly a 60:40 ratio of real-to“I have this thing that I’m is sort of the aftermath – me consequences to it as well – that semi-memoir, Wicked and Weird: imagined material. While shock- dealing with my marriage falling ashamed of, and it just kind of was hard for a few people to hear, The Amazing Tales of Buck 65, he ing anecdotes about Terfry’s keeps getting in the way. And it’s apart – the book is everything I think.â€? has closed the trilogy. being jailed in Russia or hugged heavy, and I’m ‌ tired of carrythat came before it,â€? he exWhy air his failings so publicly, Out this week, the work of by a nude Pamela Anderson after plained. ing it around. then? Well, he explains, he didn’t “autofictionâ€? blurs reality with the 2006 Junos might defy belief, “So I just put it out there,â€? he “I was trying to figure out: want to give himself the option of Terfry’s rich imagination, embel- he says everything in the book added. “’I blew it. My marriage when and where did I become lying about his past later. lishing tales of his tumultuous contains a kernel of truth. (Of An- that person that blew this thing, was my fault. I cheated on my wife, and I feel terrible about it. that wrecked this marriage?â€? “It was kind of bonkers,â€? he upbringing in rural Nova Scotia, derson, he smiles: “I’m guessing Nick Patch
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One year later, B.C. must heed Mount Polley disaster’s lessons mines, the finely ground rock that remains is stored under water behind earth-and-rock dams, which can prevent acid mine drainage. (Acid mine by David drainage occurs when water flows through exposed acidic Suzuki minerals and becomes contaminated.) But storing massive CIENCE quantities of water in large open ATTERS pits near towns and waterways is risky. t was a dramatic image: First Nations, scientists and millions of cubic metres the independent review panel of waste cascading from investigating the breach point the Mount Polley mine breach to dry stacking as a safer, proven into the Quesnel watershed in alternative to century-old wet B.C.’s Interior. Besides destroytailings technology. The review ing a nine-kilometre creek and panel encouraged this costlier endangering salmon and the method, yet all 10 B.C. mine neighbouring community of proposals either approved or Likely, the catastrophe damaged waiting for approval are planthe mining industry’s reputation. ning to use wet tailings. In the months following, fingers Seabridge Gold’s $5.4-bilpointed, independent panels lion KSM copper-gold proposal, weighed in and committees were already approved by the B.C. and struck. One year later, the Mount federal governments, includes Polley mine is operating again, a 239-metre-high earth dam, this time with a conditional which would be among the permit and no long-term plan to world’s highest, to store 27 times deal with excess tailings. more tailings than were stored In British Columbia, after at Mount Polley. The company metals are extracted from large rejected dry stacking, citing
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Alaska’s wildďŹ res and the changing boreal forest by Ned Rozell
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a copy of the Fredericton Daily Gleaner, which was published in New Brunswick, close to where he grew up. He must have been very observant; when I examined the photo in question, I had to enlarge it more than 300 per cent to see the banner across the top of the page. Back in 1986, we must have looked at it with a magnifying glass to note such a detail. It was remarkable that he had retained such a minute detail from a single photograph from 50 that we had examined three decades ago! Al had experience and schooling in forestry. In his younger days, horses were still being used for logging, so he learned the traditional logging methods. He had gone to forestry school during the 1950s and worked for a pulp and paper firm which operated from Cochrane, Ontario, as far north as James Bay. Al said that he could tell from the air the difference between a logging operation that used horses, and one that used mechanical means for hauling the timber out of the bush. When logging with horses, he said, they selected and removed only mature trees from the forest. There was a wood lot back in New Brunswick near the tiny town of Pokiuk that was harvested this way. He said that they removed “a million feet� of lumber plus 15-20,000 cords of pulpwood from this plot every year, year after year, without depleting it. By comparison, he said, when a plot of timber was harvested mechanically, every scrap of wood was stripped from it, in order to cover the high cost of the mechanized equipment that was employed. Prior to our interview, he had seen a New Brunswick wood lot that had been cleared in this modern fashion. The wood lot, he said, was bald. There was not even grass. “If that’s progress,� he said, “I don’t want any part of it.� There were many lessons learned in that 29 year-old conversation, not the least of which was learning about the dark side of modern technology in a traditional industry. But the big lesson for me was about history. I learned that there were smaller
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This manis seen camping near the Twelve Mile River, with a copy of the Fredericton Daily Gleaner in hand. Reminding me of this photo jogged my memory of an interesting piece of Yukon history that I hadn’t thought about in nearly 30 years. historical lessons hidden within larger historical events. The big event in this case was building a hydroelectric generating plant and a system for conveying large volumes of water from the Tombstone Mountains to mining operations on Bonanza Creek. There are excellent articles describing this project, most notably T.A. Rickard’s article from the Mining and Scientific Press (1909) titled “The Yukon Ditch.� The logging and lumber manufacturing that was set up to support the construction of the ditch was only mentioned in a few brief passages in this writing. The ditch cost millions of dollars, employed upwards of 1600 to 1700 men, and continued over three years. A steam-powered sawmill was established on the right bank of the Twelve Mile River not far from where the power plant was constructed. The mill was situated near a stand of timber that was sufficient to supply the lumber required for construction of the ditch. The main need was for lumber to construct over 30 kilometres of wooden flume that carried water to Bonanza Creek. More than 16 thousand cubic metres (7,000,000 board feet) of lumber were milled before the stand of timber was depleted and
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the project finished. I selected 48 photos that depicted the logging and sawmill operation from a collection of several hundred of the operations of the Yukon Gold Company. Together, Al and I went through the photos, with me asking questions, and he answering them. Our conversation was captured on tape while I carefully circled and numbered the features he pointed out to me in each image. Together, the interview and the notated photographs make up a powerful description of logging in the Klondike during the era of horse and steam. They represent a master class in historical description of technology from a bygone era. There is more than one story that can be gleaned about the past in old historical photographs. In this case, the details of logging technology were hidden in plain sight in these photos; it only took the personal knowledge and experience of someone who grew up using these old techniques to bring the story to light. Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His latest book, Dalton’s Gold Rush Trail, is available in Yukon stores. You can contact him at msgates@northwestel.net
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‘No gifts’ on invitation causes no end of problems DEAR MISS MANNERS: How should I respond when a supervisor at work apologizes for being cranky? It is nice that they apologized because they were cranky. However, I somehow feel that acknowledging that they were cranky could be an insult to them, and so simply saying “thank you� might not work toward my career goals. GENTLE READER: Illogical as such behavior would be on the part of your supervisor, Miss Manners recognizes that you may be right. The trick is to downplay the impact of the behavior without denying its existence: “That’s kind of you to apologize, but please, don’t worry about it.�
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eam Yukon wasted little time in capturing their first medals in eight years at the Western Canada Summer Games this week in Fort McMurray, Alta. By the halfway point on Wednesday, Yukon captured two medals – two more than fellow territories N.W.T. and Nunavut. The silver and bronze are the first medals for the territory at westerns since the 2007 Games in Strathcona County, Alta. (Yukon was shutout in the medal standings at the 2011 Games in Kamloops, B.C.) Whitehorse’s Hannah King ended Yukon’s eight-year medal drought on Sunday, just two days into competition. The 14-year-old captured bronze in judo, taking third out of three in the females 57-63 kilogram weight class. “That’s amazing! I didn’t expect that to happen,” said King. “I feel I did pretty good. I worked really hard for it. “It’s been amazing – this is by far my favourite experience with judo,” she added. “I like that it’s a multi-sport Games, so I don’t only get to see judo, I’ve gotten to see basketball, I’ve gotten to see wrestling, I’ve gotten to see gymnastics.” Judo teammates Brandon Butler, Jacob Melanson and Shayne Melanson, placed fifth in their respective divisions and in the male team event. Whitehorse’s Brody Smith then added a second medal that was monumental beyond the scope of westerns. The 18-year-old won a silver medal in the 5,000-metre race walk on Monday to become the first Yukoner ever to win a medal in athletics at a major Games. “I feel really proud,” said Smith. “I just started race walking this summer, so I’ve been training all summer for it. I don’t really have any background in it, this is my first race in race walk.” Smith finished with a time of 36 minutes and 36.46 seconds, placing second behind B.C.’s Erik Thies. He is also the first Yukon athlete to compete in race walking – a long-distance form of racing in which one foot must always be in contact with the ground – at a major Games. “Brody is the first person I could talk into trying it and he did fine,” said Yukon athletics head coach Don White. “We made the offer to a number of athletes and Brody was the only one who took us up on it. “As far as him winning a medal, it’s the first medal that
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Yukon’s Reena Coyne competes on the uneven bars in artistic gymnastics at the Western Canada Summer Games in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Tuesday. Team Yukon finished the first half of the Games with two medals.
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Max Clarke gets ready to bump the ball during beach volleyball play. has been earned by a (Yukon) athlete in track and field at any of the major Games since we started taking kids out.” Smith wasn’t the only Yukon athlete so far to pen his name in the history books. Whitehorse’s Max Clarke and Benjamin Grundmanis became the first Yukoners ever to compete in beach volleyball at a major Games. “It’s been an awesome time. There’s so much to learn still. There are some super strong teams to learn from, and they’re all super nice and friendly and they help you out,” said Grundmanis. “The entire experience has been pretty great.” The two Yukoners went winless in five round robin matches in the first three days of competition under a blazing sun. They finished with their closest match of all, losing 9-21, 21-18, 15-11 to N.W.T. in the fifth/sixth place crossover match, finishing sixth on Tuesday. “It was close all around even if the 21-9 score didn’t say it. In that set they basically just rolled over at a certain point,” said Clarke. “As for the sets that we lost, those were both pretty close. I think they were the better team, but we definitely had the possibility to beat them.” The territory’s two basketball teams were held to one win between them. Yukon’s female team went winless to finish sixth out of six teams. Yukon’s males took sixth out of seven teams, avoiding last with a decisive 83-21 win over Nunavut on Monday. Ryan Hindson led offensively in the game, scoring 29 points while teammates Ian New and Dave Mindanao put up 17 and 14, respectively. Whitehorse’s Ewan Halliday served up a win on the tennis courts to take eighth out of 11 in
male singles. He dropped a close 6-3, 6-3 match to Manitoba’s Shawn Sophasath in the seventh/eight match and finished eighth with a 6-3, 6-2 win over teammate Matthias Hoenisch on Monday. Hoenisch and Yukon’s Alex Roberts tied for ninth. Back to athletics: Whitehorse’s Kieran Halliday ran and jumped to fifth in the 3,000-metre steeplechase in athletics with a time of 9:42.58, just 13 seconds off the bronze finisher. Dawson’s Jack Amos took ninth in the 5,000-metre; Levi Johnson ninth in shot put; Kuduat Shorty-Henyu ninth in javelin; and Katie Vowk 10th out of 15 in javelin with Yukon teammates Sophie Janke and Kestrel Martin in the spots behind her. Yukon’s cycling team raced on and off the road in Fort McMurray with their best results in the latter. Sara Burke-Forsyth raced to 11th in the cross-country mountain bike race and placed 14th in the general classification (GC) out of 19 cyclists. Shea Hoffman took 13th in the cross-country eliminator event and took 19th in the GC out of 22. Teammate Ian Hansen rode to 17th in eliminator for 20th in GC. Pelly Vincent-Braun, Yukon’s flag-bearer in the opening ceremony, and Andrew Crist teamed up to place eighth in K-2 5,000-metre in the canoe-kayak competition. Emily Crist finished 11th in K-1, 5,000-metre. Whitehorse’s Reena Coyne – Yukon’s only gymnast in Fort McMurray - took 25th out of 28 in the all-around competition. After a turnaround day on Wednesday, with only baseball taking place, the Games resumed full force Thursday with Yukon athletes competing in badminton, soccer, swimming and indoor volleyball. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Yukon’s Isabel Magsucang charges in against N.W.T.
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Paddlers Pelly Vincent-Braun, left, and Andrew Crist race K-2.
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Kestrel Martin gets ready to throw in female shot put on Tuesday.
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Left: Yukon’s Sara Burke-Forsyth rides in the XC eliminator race at Western Canada Summer Games in Fort McMurray on Monday. Burke-Forsyth placed 14th in the general classification at the Games. Top: Yukon’s Shea Hoffman, left, and Ian Hansen ride together in the road race on Sunday.
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onsidering the world-class mountain bike trails the territory has to offer, it should be no surprise Yukon cyclists would
secure their best results off road at the Western Canada Summer Games. All three members of Yukon’s cycling team notched their highest finishes in mountain bike events this week in Fort McMurray, Alta.
“They learned a lot and, yeah, our kids have some good mountain bike skills, that’s for sure,” said Team Yukon cycling coach Trena Irving. Whitehorse’s Sara Burke-Forsyth posted the highest finish for the team. The 19-year-old took 11th in the cross-country mountain bike race on Tuesday, 33 seconds from a top-10 finish. “That’s pretty good – that’s almost top 10 – for somebody who has never competed at that level before,” said Irving. “Just to give an example of the calibre, the girl who came first – her name is Emily (Handford) – is going to the worlds next year. “It’s great to see that level of competition, but at the same time, our athletes aren’t quite at that level yet.” On Monday Burke-Forsyth took 15th in the mountain bike elimi-
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nator, in which cyclists advance through a series heats on a short course, much like in snowboardcross. Burke-Forsyth began the Games with 13th in the time trial on Saturday and 14th in the road race on Sunday. Those results placed her at 14th in the general classification out of 19 cyclists. (Twenty female cyclists started the Games before a Saskatchewan cyclist withdrew following a bad crash in the time trial.) Burke-Forsyth was joined by male teammates Shea Hoffman and Ian Hansen. Hoffman, who is the most veteran athlete on Team Yukon with now eight major Games under his belt, produced his best finish in the eliminator with 13th. “Shea won one of his heats, so that was exciting, and Ian and Sarah came second in one of theirs,” said Irving. Hoffman, 20, also came 17th in the cross-country race, 17th in the time trial and 20th in the road race. Hansen raced to 17th in the eliminator, 19th in the cross-coun-
try race, 20th in the road race – tying Hoffman – and 21st in the time trial. “That was his first time Outside racing at that level and he didn’t have a time trial bike and lots of kids did, and that gives you a twoor three-minute advantage,” said Irving. At the end of competition on Tuesday, Hoffman placed 19th and Hansen 20th out of 22 riders in the general classification. Getting dropped by the pack on the first hill of the road race had a large effect on their eventual GC standings, said Irving. “Both boys got spit off in the road race … the road race was intense,” said Irving. “They got dropped on the first hill and they worked like heck to power up and not lose that group. The group split into two, like I knew it would, and by not getting on that second group they did not have a chance to be in a group and that’s why they were gapped by half an hour. “They worked together the whole race … which was beautiful.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Whitehorse’s Trevor Bray, who recently competed at his fourth Junior World Orienteering Championships in Norway, came second with a time of 55:23. “I knew to beat him I’d need to have a pretty good race,� said Langbakk. “My race went pretty well, actually. It was fairly clean. My fitness is coming around a little bit, so that’s good.� Whitehorse’s Jennifer MacKeigan, the only female in the expert division, wasn’t far behind. The 22-year-old, who has also competed at a junior worlds, placed fourth overall on the expert course with a time of 83:31. MacKeigan just returned from competing at the Scottish 6 Days orienteering tournament. “I just got back from a big tournament race in Scotland and
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Left: Jennifer MacKeigan heads towards the final control. Right: Leo Willomitzer, left, and Darcy Olesen take off from the start line. I haven’t had a rest-day yet so, yes, I was tired,” said MacKeigan, a member of Canada’s high-performance program. “There was a lot of trail running legs, which just took it out of me. “It fun, it was enjoyable. A little cold, but otherwise it was good.” The long championship also marked a third straight win for Savannah Cash. Cash won the advanced course in the sprint, the intermediate course in the middle and the intermediate course on Wednesday. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Expert (6.2 km) 1st Brent Langbakk – 52:55 2nd Trevor Bray – 55:23 3rd Afan Jones – 63:39 4th Jennifer MacKeigan – 83:31 5th Gerry Willomitzer – 85:20 6th Darren Holcombe – 87:49 7th Dave Hildes – 105:58 Advanced (4.7 km) 1st Kerstin Burnett – 68:28 2nd Ryan Kelly – 75:49 3rd Bob Sagar – 80:39 4th Pascale Marceau – 86:29 5th Linda MacKeigan – 116:01 Intermediate (3.7 km) 1st Savannah Cash – 44:20 2nd Lara Melnik – 54:15 3rd Ev Pasichnyk – 73:57 4th Tess Lawrence – 74:13 5th Violet van Hees – 80:03 6th Darcy Olesen/Leo Willomitzer – DNF Novice (2.0 km) 1st Andrea McNeil/Brower family – 29:14 2nd Pippa McNeil/Stian Langbakk – 29:14 3rd Elvira Knaack/Maura Glenn – 46:45 4th Van Tongeren family – 48:26 5th Koh family – 49:04
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Community swimmers hit the pool for summer meet
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Faro’s Zack Bekk competes at the Swim Yukon 2015 Territorial Summer Swim Meet in Carmacks over the weekend. Sixty-six swimmers from seven communities took part in the annual meet. Faro the year before.” Five swimmers at the meet News Reporter won three or more gold medals at the meet. his past weekend it was Dawson City’s Tess Morin Carmacks’ turn to host swam to five gold in the the territory. females 8-9 category. Faro’s A total of 66 swimmers from Zack Bekk claimed four wins seven Yukon communities in males 12-15. Faro’s Willis participated in the Swim Yukon Bolton swam to three gold and 2015 Territorial Summer Swim two silver in males 16-andMeet in Carmacks, up from 51 over. Carcross’ Kassua Dreyer at last year’s championship in picked up three gold and a Mayo. silver in females 10-11. Car“We try to put it in a difmacks’ Lucas Mayor snagged ferent rural community every three gold and a silver in males year so everyone has access,” 10-11. said Swim Yukon summer coIn addition to the five swimordinator Krista Senez. “Last ming events, the annual event also included five junior lifeyear we held it in Mayo and in Tom Patrick
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guard competition events. “It’s from the Lifesaving Society. They use them to train the junior guards in different skills like towing with fins – so you have to rescue the mannequin and swim back with it,” said Senez. See the junior lifeguard competition results at www.yukon-news.com. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
Swim results
Females 12-15 1st Vanessa Chaput – 48:09 2nd Jenny Kroeker – 51:34 3rd Jaime Colwell – 54:09
Males 7-and-under 1st Kenai Bryden – 36:91 2nd Tuja Dreyer – 38:53 3rd Quinton Loots – 46:57
Males 10-11 1st Jackson Sheardown – 1:06:72 2nd Tyler Burns – 1:08:12 3rd Edcyl Domingo – 1:09:87
Backstroke (60-metre) Males 16-and-over 1st Justin Kroeker – 1:03:25 2nd Willis Bolton – 1:04:10 3rd James Ziegler – 1:25:43
Females 10-11 1st Kassua Dreyer – 51:16 2nd Winter Tricker – 57:40 3rd Macy Dewald-Rose – 1:08:72
Freestyle (60-metre) Males 16-and-over 1st Willis Bolton – 43:65 2nd Justin Kroeker – 48:09 3rd James Ziegler – 59:11
Freestyle (30-metre) Males 8-9 1st Ino Gabat – 38:81 2nd Max Kowalyshen – 39:94 3rd Ryan Cleland – 40:72
Males 12-15 1st Zack Bekk – 49:91 2nd Nicholas Gulstad – 53:12 3rd Rory Duncan – 1:01:37
Females 8-9 1st Tess Morin – 33:22 2nd Alexis Fields-Birckle – 33:40 3rd Kianna Loots – 34:15
Females 16-and-over 1st Jessie Colwell – 58:66 2nd Elizabeth Lach – 1:01:50 3rd Jocelyn Colwell – 1:03:37 Males 12-15 1st Zack Bekk – 59:60 2nd Nicholas Gulstad – 1:04:65 3rd Rory Duncan – 1:10:69 Females 12-15 1st Jenny Kroeker – 1:00:50 2nd Vanessa Chaput – 1:00:69 3rd Britany Eckervogt-Brewster – 1:03:81
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Males 7-and-under 1st Kenai Bryden – 45:91 Individual Medley (60-metre)
Males 10-11 1st Lucas Mayor – 1:11:66 2nd Marshal Law – 1:25:84 3rd Jesse Mayor – 1:28:81
Males 16-and-over 1st Willis Bolton – 57:69 2nd Justin Kroeker – 1:02:63 3rd James Ziegler – 1:12:59
Females 10-11 1st Winter Tricker – 59:06 2nd Kassua Dreyer – 1:00:81 3rd Autum Tricker – 1:11:97
Females 16-and-over 1st Kirsten Berube – 45:37 2nd Jessie Colwell – 1:02:25 3rd Elizabeth Lach – 1:06:59
Backstroke (30-metre) Males 8-9 1st Max Kowalyshen – 41:84 2nd Ino Gabat – 43:22 3rd Steven Garcia – 45:44
Males 12-15 1st Zach Bekk – 1:05:47 2nd Nicholas Gulsatd – 1:07:28 3rd Rory Duncan – 1:27:31
Females 8-9 1st Tess Morin – 34:19 2nd Teagan Ewing – 37:68 3rd Beatrice Duncan – 39:75 Males 7-and-under 1st Tuja Dreyer – 42:72 2nd Kenai Bryden – 47:50 3rd Quintin Loots – 55:66 Breaststroke (60-metre) Males 16-and-over 1st Willis Bolton – 1:12:71 2nd Justin Kroeker – 1:13:00 3rd James Ziegler – 1:13:38 Females 16-and-over 1st Victoria Holmes – 1:05:31 2nd Jessie Colwell – 1:15:44 3rd Elizabeth Lach – 1:16:72 Males 12-15 1st Zack Bekk – 1:18:78 2nd Nicholas Gulstad – 1:24:22 3rd Adam Lamha – 1:26:85 Females 12-15 1st Vanessa Chaput – 1:06:75 2nd Jenny Kroeker – 1:07:30 3rd Britany Eckervogt-Brewster – 1:07:34
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Watson Lake’s Kianna Loots swims the breaststroke. Males 10-11 1st Jackson Sheardown – 1:22:87 2nd Lucas Mayor – 1:27:88 3rd Mitchael Stubenberg – 1:31:15 Females 10-11 1st Kassua Dreyer – 1:03:47 2nd Macy Dewald-Rose – 1:23:22 3rd Winter Tricker – 1:31:57 Breaststroke (30-metre) Males 8-9 1st Max Kowalyshen – 47:50 2nd Jacob Brais – 54:15 3rd Ryan Cleland – 59:75 Females 8-9 1st Tess Morin – 43:47 2nd Keona Sheardown – 45:48 3rd Kianna Loots – 46:00
Males 7-and-under 1st Tuja Dreyer – 57:50 2nd Blaine McMilan – 1:00:56 3rd Kenai Bryden – 1:06:75 Butterfly (60-metre) Males 16-and-over 1st Justin Kroeker – 1:13:60 2nd Willis Bolton – 1:15:94 3rd James Ziegler – 1:22:41 Females 16-and-over 1st Kirsten Berube – 45:00 2nd Tamika Knutson – 58:06 3rd Jessie Colwell – 1:08:16 Butterfly (30-metre) Males 12-15 1st Nicholas Gulstad – 30:15 2nd Zack Bekk – 30:25 3rd Rory Duncan – 42:20
Females 12-15 1st Vanessa Chaput – 27:10 2nd Cassandra Hanchar – 30:44 3rd Jenny Kroeker – 30:62 Males 10-11 1st Lucas Mayor – 39:06 2nd Jackson Sheardown – 39:53 3rd Tyler Burns – 46:44 Females 10-11 1st Winter Tricker – 31:40 2nd Jessica Staples – 38:81 3rd Autum Tricker – 39:78 Males 8-9 1st Ryan Cleland – 52:35 2nd Steven Garcia – 1:03:41 Females 8-9 1st Tess Morin – 46:36 2nd Beatrice Duncan – 49:72 3rd Layla Wheeler – 54:12
Females 12-15 1st Vanessa Chaput – 58:66 2nd Jenny Kroeker – 1:01:56 3rd Britany Eckervogt-Brewster – 1:04:04 Males 10-11 1st Lucas Mayor – 1:18:25 2nd Jackson Sheardown – 1:20:09 3rd Jesse Mayor – 1:34:03 Females 10-11 1st Kassua Dreyer – 1:01:06 2nd Winter Tricker – 1:10:41 3rd Jenna Colwell – 1:25:28 Females 8-9 1st Tess Morin – 1:29:94 2nd Beatrice Duncan – 1:35:34 3rd Breanna Brown – 2:08:00 Males 7-and-under 1st Kenai Bryden – 1:40:25 Advertising It’s good for you.
Religious Organizations & Services Whitehorse United Church
Yukon Bible Fellowship
601 Main Street 667-2989
FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH 160 Hillcrest Drive Family Worship: Sunday 10:00am
(Union of Methodist, Presbyterian & Congregational Churches) 10:30 a.m. - Sunday School & Worship Service Rev. Beverly C.S. Brazier
Grace Community Church 8th & Wheeler Street Pastor Jim Joe 668-2003
PASTOR SIMON AYRTON PASTOR RICK TURNER www.yukonbiblefellowship.com
Church Of The Nazarene 2111 Centennial St. (Porter Creek) Sunday School & Morning Worship - 10:45 am Call for Bible Study & Youth Group details
Quaker Worship Group RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS Meets regularly for Silent Worship. For information, call 667-4615 email: whitehorse-contact@quaker.ca
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First Pentecostal Church
1607 Birch St. 633-2647
149 Wilson Drive 668-5727
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sunday 10:00am Prayer / Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Wednesday Praise & Celebration 7:30 pm Pastor Roger Yadon
4th Avenue & Steele Street • 667-2437 Masses: Weekdays: 12:10 pm. Saturday 5 pm Sunday: 9 am - English; 10:10 am - French; 11:30 am English
Saturday Evening Mass: 7:00 p.m. Confessions before Mass & by appointment. Monday 7:00 PM Novena Prayers & Adoration Tuesday through Friday: Mass 11:30 a.m.
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Baptist Church 2060 2ND AVENUE • 667-4889
www.whbc.ca Family Worship & Sunday School
at 10:30 AM
St. Nikolai Orthodox
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Saturday Vespers 5:00 pm Sunday Liturgy 10:00 am FR. JOHN GRYBA 332-4171 for information www.orthodoxwhitehorse.org
403 Lowe Street Mondays 5:15 to 6:15 PM
www.vajranorth.org • 667-6951
Christ Church Cathedral Anglican Dean Sean Murphy, Rector
TAGISH Community Church
Our Lady of Victory (Roman Catholic)
Meditation Drop-in • Everyone Welcome!
OFFICE HOURS: Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 12 Noon
PASTOR NORAYR (Norman) HAJIAN 633-4903
Vajra North Buddhist Meditation Society
1609 Birch St. (Porter Creek) 633-5385 “We’re Open Saturdays!” Worship Service 11:00 am Wednesday 7:00 pm - Prayer Meeting All are welcome.
10:30 AM FAMILY WORSHIP WEEKLY CARE GROUP STUDIES Because He Cares, We Care.
www.whitehorsenazarene.org
Rigdrol Dechen Ling,
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Bethany Church Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Early Morning Service 9:00 - 10:00 am Family Service 10:30 am - Noon Filipino Service 4:00 - 5:00 pm Sunday School Ages 0-12
91806 Alaska Highway Ph: 668-4877
4TH AVENUE & ELLIOTT STREET Sunday Communion Services 8:30 & 10:00 AM Thursday Service 12:10 PM (Bag Lunch)
668-5530
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Calvary Baptist 1301 FIR STREET 633-2886 Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Pastor L.E. Harrison 633-4089
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For more information on monthly activities, call (867) 633-6594 or visit www.eckankar-yt.ca www.eckankar.org ALL ARE WELCOME.
Bahá’Í Faith Box 31419, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6K8
For information on regular communityactivities in Whitehorse contact: whitehorselsa@gmail.com
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Meeting Times are 10:00 AM at 108 Wickstrom Road
The Salvation Army 311-B Black Street • 668-2327
Sunday Church Services: 11:00 AM EVERYONE WELCOME!
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The Temple of Set The World’s Premier Left Hand Path Religion
A not-for-prophet society. www.xeper.org canadian affiliation information: northstarpylon@gmail.com
Church of the Northern Apostles
An Anglican/Episcopal Church Sunday Worship 10:00 AM Sunday School during Service, Sept to May
THE REV. ROB LANGMAID 45 Boxwood Crescent • Porter Creek 633-4032 • All Are Welcome
Yukon Muslim Association 1154c 1st Ave • Entrance from Strickland
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SMALL CABIN for rent per day, week or month, Lake Laberge. 633-2236 2-BDRM BSMT suite, Porter Creek, close to Jack Hulland school, quiet, clean, private ent, avail Sept 1, N/S, no dogs, $1,100/mon. 332-8801 ROOM, N/S, responsible tenant, avail immed, parking & close to bus, pet friendly, refs reqĘźd, $700/mon all included except food. 334-4134
3-BDRM 2-BATH duplex, Copper Ridge, garage, on greenbelt, avail Sept 15, $1,700/mon + utils. 332-1179 to arrange viewing
3-BDRM 1.5-BATH condo, Riverdale, end unit, near walking trails, schools, shopping, parks, great for kids, N/S, N/P, avail Aug 1, dd & refs reqĘźd, $1,450/mon + utils. 393-2828
3-BDRM 1-BATH house, Riverdale, fully furnished, close to shopping & trails, available from Sept 1/15 to Apr 30/16, $1,875/mon + utils. Shawna @ 668-4930
4-BDRM 2-BATH, Ingram, 2 living areas, w/d, dishwasher, stove, microwave, fridge, avail Sept 1, $1,800/mon + $1,200 dd. Greg @ 334-4391
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We thank all those who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. Preference will be given to Carcross Tagish First Nation citizens on all competitions for CTFN. Candidates applications/resumes should clearly demonstrate their related qualiďŹ cations, since selection for further consideration will be based on the JOGPSNBUJPO QSPWJEFE +PC EFTDSJQUJPOT BSF BWBJMBCMF GSPN UIF $5'/ )VNBO Resource Department. APPLICATIONS/RESUMES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 4:00PM ON THE CLOSING DATE. Please apply to: Carcross/Tagish First Nation, Finance Department #PY $BSDSPTT :VLPO : # # ] 1IPOF &YU PS 'BY ] &NBJM IVNBOSFTPVSDFT!DUGO DB
3-BDRM 1.5-BATH duplex, Takhini, close to school, College, Games Centre & downtown, N/P, N/S, refs & dd reqʟd, $1,550/mon + utils. 1-780-531-2436 BACHELOR BSMT suite, downtown, refs & dd reqʟd, heat incl, avail Sept 1/15, $850/mon. 660-4022 CAPITAL OFFICES 103 Main St. •2 x 225 sq ft. •Adjoining door. •Rent one or both. •Utilities included. •Very reasonable rates. •New in 2013. Call 668-2648 2-BDRM UPSTAIRS of house, Arkell, avail Oct 1, $1,650/mon incl heat, lights, utilities, large fenced backyard, deck, close to school, grocery, shared laundry with downstairs tenant. 334-4653 2-BDRM 2-BATH condo, RiverRidge complex, fully furnished, incl washer/dryer, N/S, N/P, $1,550/mon + utils. 334-7718 2-BDRM 2-BATH condo, 6 appliances, granite countertop, fenced deck, responsible tenants, dd & refs reqʟd, avail Sept 1, $1,400/mon + utils. 667-4910, vgagne@live.com 3-BDRM 1.5-BATH upper floor of house, Granger area, fenced yard, garage port, $1,850/mon. 633-8489 for more info 1-BDRM FURNISHED bsmt suite, Riverdale, well kept, sep ent, avail immed, N/S, N/P, includes lights, heat, laundry, responsible tenant. 667-2808
FURNISHED ROOM w/small bathroom, Marsh Lake, scenic waterfront close to community centre, N/S, animals welcome, $480/mon. 660-4321
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3-BDRM SUITE, downtown, nice design, deck, heat, power, cable, internet, laundry & parking all included, avail Sept 1, $2,200/mon. 332-3598
2-BDRM FURNISHED suite, incl Sat TV & all utilities, avail Sept 1, $995/mon. 668-5559
CLOSING DATE: August 19st 2015
JOB SUMMARY Under the direct supervision of the Carcross/Tagish Frist Nation (C/TFN) Finance Manager and/or Chief Financial OfďŹ cer the Payroll and BeneďŹ t Administrator is responsible for providing payroll service to all employees and other citizens of C/ TFN, administrates beneďŹ ts, ensuring that biweekly pay is processed accurately and in a timely manner. Payroll actions are governed by C/TFN personnel Policy, other C/TFN policies and procedures, federal and territorial legislation and Canada revenue Agency regulations. Payroll must also follow labor standards and Workers Compensation Board regulations.
3-BDRM 1.5-BATH duplex, Hillcrest, on green belt, schools nearby, shopping, parks, great for kids, N/S, N/P, avail Aug 15, dd & refs reqĘźd, $1,600/mon + utils. 393- 2828
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2-BDRM LOWER suite, Porter Creek, large windows, bright & open, dishwasher, w/d, cable & Internet incl, N/S, N/P, $1,400/mon. 335-3660 GARDEN SUITE, Hidden Valley subdivision, includes internet, television, washer/dryer, electric, avail September 1 or October 1, $1,250/mon. Contact 456-4291
Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 34 YEARS, Yukon resident, rental property owner looking to housesit for summer 2015, extremely clean, I mow lawns, take care of pets, vacuum, elite references. MarcelGareau@hotmail.com RETIRED COUPLE looking for house in Whitehorse for 6 months from October to April, can pay $500 to $600 per month. Please email whitehorselaurette@gmail.com
Real Estate CONDO STUDIO in Nanaimo, B.C. Quality construction+materials, partially furnished w/kitchen appliances Well organized 300 sqft space in quiet residential neighbourhood. Perfect for student or for downsizing. Low condo fees+utilities. Reduced to $82,000. 867-660-4516. 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 PRIVATE SALE, 5 acres lot in Grizzly Valley, no building restriction, power + phone at property line, south exposure, $149,000, serious inquiries only. 667-4910 3-BDRM UPDATED mobile home, Mary Lake subdivision, large addition, new kitchen, bathrooms, flooring & septic, country residential 15 minutes from town, $347,000. 336-4920 for more info LUXURY PENTHOUSE, 1,290 sq ft condo, 602 Main, view, private deck, roof deck, parking w/power, 2 bdrm, 4/3pc baths, lease $2,000+/mon or purchase, $455,000. Appointment 660-4106 TAKHINI $419,500, quality workmanship, energy efficient condo, Central Park, end unit, over 1,600 sq ft, 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath, many upgrades, single car garage. 393-3993 3,700 SQ ft home w/15 acres, Hot Springs Rd, greenhouse & garden operation, 25 mins from town, country residential, quiet wilderness, $750,000. 633-2119
Friday, August 14, 2015 2-BDRM HOUSE, Keno City, 756m2 lot, power and water, propane stove & appliances, phone and internet available, furnished, $55,000. Daniel @d.schuenemann@gmx.com 3-BDRM HOME, new, large ensuite & walk-in closet off master bedroom, large kitchen wide open to dining and living room, triple glaze windows, R-60 ceiling, R-36 walls, electric heat. 334-2802
YUKON NEWS XBOX ACCESSORIES, 2 wired controllers for Xbox 360/original, various cables, remote control, $15; plaster molds to make 4” tiles from clay slip, 6 molds each make 4 tiles, $40; backpack w/wheels, new cond, $15. 393-2929 LOG PICNIC table, new, 80" long can e-mail photos, $500 obo. 399-3904
3+2 BDRM 2-bath home, Riverdale, newly painted, 2 fireplaces, 5 appliances, fenced, landscaped, developed basement, suite potential w/government funding, $382,000 after roof allowance. 336-4082
Help Wanted 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: •Register arriving guests and assign rooms •Answer telephone enquiries •Compile and check daily records Contact: HR Manager hr@elitehotel.ca Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. 206 Jarvis St Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H1 FULL-TIME DENTAL ASSISTANT REQUIRED for busy dental practice. Experience an asset (CDA I/II), but would train the right applicant. Please apply with resume to Whitehorse Dental Clinic, 406 Lambert Street (behind Medicine Chest pharmacy), Attn: Dr. Colin Nash. Email questions to whitehorsedental@northwestel.net.
We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, rifles & ammo. G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL USED TIN, beige & white from 60ʼX70ʼ shop 20ʼ wall, wall & roof tin, exc cond, value $18,300 new, asking $7,500. 335-5192 HANDICAP SHOWER chair, unused, white w/rubber suction cups, clean & exc cond, $85 obo. 336-4898 GET-A-GRIP ULTRA traction on snow, casual, dress, athletic footwear, Womenʼs SML-MED, 5-9, menʼs 3-7, Euro 36-41, 2 replaceable spikes incl, $10. 336-4898 DELUXE HAND-HELD shower massager, new in sealed case, 3 settings $20. 336-4898 CANON PRINTER, PIXMA MP560, like new, memory card compatibility, print from camera, $150 obo. 336-4898 50ʼ OF 2” copper pipe, offers. 332-6565 GARRET ELECTRONIC 4-coil metal locater with case, batteries & headphones, exc shape, $600. 332-6565 BRASS WALKER, no wheels, $30; oil-filled heater, $30. 334-8318 FUEL TANKS, 1-200 gal, 1-250 gal, no leaks, both for $225. 633-4656 UGG SHOES, new, sz 7, tan in colour, $100. 867-993-6347 FXR BRAND fall jacket, Menʼs 3XL, new, cami & black pattern w/neon green trim, $100 obo. 393-2630 ALPHA INTERIORS IS CLOSING Final Disbursal Bay 3, 39 Denver Rd, McCrae Equipment, hand tools, cabinet doors & hardware. Everything must go. August 13-15, 8am to 5pm Al at 633-3670 alpha@northwestel.net RV PORTABLE 120w solar panel, Go Power folding kit for charging RV battery, c/w case, cables & 30ʼ extension cable, $425, 689-1125 for details
KING SIZE metal bed frame with box spring, needs mattress, $100; office desk, good cond, $50; house plants, Easter lily, hibiscus, green & purple shamrock, diefenbaccia, $5-$50. 668-4186
STEEL BEAMS: I-beams (4) up to 21', Rec tube (4) 20' each, 7" Steel pipe 21' and 13'. Call 334-3261, $10 per ft
INVERTRAC, $300 new, like new, great to realign spine, in Haines Junction, offers. 250-566-1346
We require two individuals for the delivery of Home Heating Fuel in Whitehorse and surrounding area. Miscellaneous duties as required. May be required to work shift work or weekends. The ideal Candidate must possess a Class 1 with Air Endorsement, experience in Petroleum deliveries. Good knowledge of Whitehorse and surrounding areas. WHMIS and Dangerous Goods Certificate would be a definite asset. Wages for this position is according to the collective agreement. We also have an attractive benefit package. Please submit your application by August 21, 2015 to:
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Attention: Frank Taylor 153 Industrial Road Whitehorse, Y.T. Y1A 2V1 Phone: 867-633-8852 or Fax: 867-633-8855 highways@north60petro.com
Miscellaneous for Sale WINDOOR RECYCLER We buy & sell: • Brand new/used double/triple pane vinyl/wood windows. •Brand new steel/vinyl exterior doors with frames. Now selling: •Brand new unfinished oak kitchen cabinets. 333-0717
BOOK, PART of the Land, Part of the Water, $50; Collectors, Bee Gees first record, $199; Cris Caldwell signed poster, 3 of 500, Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous 1988, $100. 633-2236
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SQUANGA LAKE, 6.0 acres, 85ʼ lake front titled property, 16ʼX16ʼ hunting/fishing camp, boat launch, year round access, $95,000. 867-821-4429
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TRAVELPRO 28” expandable upright suitcase from The Bay, new, still in box, too big for my purposes, reg price $370, sale price $135. 633-2981 POTATO FORKS, $8 & $5; Commissionerʼs Potlach posters, 1998 & 2000, $20 ea; double air mattress with folding stand, $40. 633-5009
Kausheeʼs Place (Yukon Women’s Transition Home)
Weekend and Casual Workers Duties and Responsibilities: t Provide support in a cross-cultural setting to women and children who have experienced abuse t Maintain the safety and security of the Transition Home t Respond to women in crisis in person and over the telephone t Assist with the efficient operation of a 24 hour facility Qualifications: t Combination of experience and post secondary education in a related field t Knowledge of violence against women and issues facing women who have experienced abuse t Knowledge of issues facing and resources available to women (including those specific to First Nations women) t Experience working in a cross-cultural setting and a knowledge/sensitivity to the needs of Aboriginal women and their children t Satisfactory current criminal record check t Experience with Respond Based Practice an asset. Closing Date: 4:00 PM Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Submit resumes to: Barbara McInerney Executive Director, Kaushee’s Place Box 31392, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6K8 Fax: (867) 668-2374 Email: edywth@northwestel.net Job description available upon request.
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Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. Yukon College provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon and Canada’s northern capacity through education and training.
Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. Yukon College provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon and Canada’s northern capacity through education and training.
Research Associate Opportunity
Yukon Research Centre Graduate Student Research Opportunities (5 positions)
Yukon Research Center Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Term position: September 1st, 2015 to May 31st, 2017 75% of 75 hours bi-weekly Competition #: 15.98 Initial Review Date: August 19th, 2015
Resources & Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA) Hourly Rate: $25.00 Duration – September 2015 to December 2015 Competition No.: 15.99 Initial Review Date: August 19, 2015
A Research Associate position is available immediately to coordinate a project looking at the use of herbicides in integrated vegetation management on power line right of ways.
ReSDA is seeking graduate students for analytical surveys for the ReSDA Atlas.
This project aims to determine herbicide concentrations and alternative management strategies for vegetation management in the Yukon while working with teams at the Yukon Research Centre and the University of Saskatchewan.
The objective of the project is to gather and analyze information on conditions, impacts and benefits of resource developments. This information will be used to build the online resource that will serve as a one-stop place to quickly access information relating to various resource development conditions across the North.
Preference will be given to candidates with a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and experience coordinating multi-year scientific research projects. Candidates with M.Sc. and extensive project management experience will also be considered. Experience in any of the following will be considered an asset: • Laboratory experience in conducting toxicity assays and analysis of herbicides in soils and vegetation; • Technical expertise working with industrial partners and/or right-of-way vegetation management; • Teaching experience. For specific details on this position, please go to: http:// yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/info/hr_15.98 For more information please contact Katherine Stewart (katherinejstewart@gmail.com). 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
Qualifications: • Must be a current student doing a Masters or PhD • Preference will be given to students pursuing their research studies in northern regions • Preference will be given to students studying Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, Geography or related social science discipline • Preference will be given to students who are from Nunavut, Yukon and/or Northwest Territories • Proven organizational skills, research and writing skills, attention to detail, independent • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 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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Call For Board Of Directors The Kluane Dana Shä̀w Corporation (KDSC) is the wealth generating corporation for the Kluane First Nation (KFN). The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the creation of new businesses, for investments in sound opportunities and for the growth of current investments for the shareholder, KFN. The Board is also responsible to provide advice, strategic direction, approval of activities, and to monitor and evaluate the corporation’s performance and plans. The KDSC is seeking three (3) individuals to serve on the Board for a three-year term. Interested individuals with at least 5 years of experience and developed skills in any of the following areas of: • Sales, Marketing and Advertising • Finance and Investment • Business Development Officers & Consultants • Banking, Credit and Other Investment Managers • Securities Agents, Investment Dealers and Brokers • Financial Auditors and Accountants • Professional Occupations in Business Services • Diploma, bachelor’s degree, or master’s degree, or equivalent working experience • Experience, history, and understanding of working with First Nations Interested individuals may submit a cover letter along with resume, stating how their abilities match the roles and responsibilities of the Kluane Corporation’s Board of Directors. All completed applications can be sent by regular mail or email to the following:
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First Nation Coordinator – Administrative Assistant Full Time, Two Year Term Whitehorse, Yukon This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic, energetic individual to join the Yukon Energy team. As the coordinator for Yukon Energy and First Nations your role will be to augment our capacity to engage and maintain long term relations in support of our resource planning initiatives. A variety of administrative support activities and assistance with various communication plans will round out the position. We are looking for someone with: Post-secondary education (university or college) with a minimum of two years’ experience in a related ďŹ eld are required. A broad range of ofďŹ ce support skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and experience working with First Nation Governments is essential. This is a fast paced environment and requires someone who enjoys multitasking and supporting a variety of projects and teams.
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PERFUME: NOW allergic-6 full bottles, Guess, Chloe, Magnifique, Coty, Prestige, $7 ea, good deal. 867-456-4109 eves, 204-880-7245 cell ELECTRIC BERRY dryer, 5 drawers, $25. 633-2236 3 OSPREY Packs, for travel or hiking, Atomos 65, $110, Far Point 70, $100, Stratos 36, $90, near new cond. Phone or text 333-9209 CENTRO BBQ, patio furniture, leather La-Z-Boy recliner, couch & love seat, oak curio cabinet, table w/4 chairs, oak coffee table & 2 end tables, exc cond. 667-6587 GALVANIZED STEEL trays to capture leaks from fuel oil tanks, 78x15x4 & 64x16x4 inches, $40 ea. 668-2802
DALL SHEEP cape kept in the freezer for sale. Phone/tx 250-566-1346
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TOYO 56 stove, never used, new $2,600, asking $1,600. 335-3431
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5 PM THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2015
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INFLATABLE BOAT, good for 2 adults, c/w oars, pump, & patch kit in carrying bag. 334-4299
Kluane Corporation Attention: Diyet van Lieshout (Chair) #101 - 1191 Front Street Whitehorse,Yukon Y1A 0K5 Phone: (867) 332-2900 Email: diyet@me.com
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CAMPING FOOD, dehydrated celery, onion, sweet potato & TVP still in package, perfect for trips, Topo Map 104 N/5 Teresa Island, Atlin lake, good cond, $8. 336-2108
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SCREEN HOUSE, 9x13, new, in box, $150 obo. 993-6347 STEEL BATHTUB. 667-6649 LARGE ROLLING Buxton suitcase, used once. 668-2253 DRYWALL LIFT for up to 12ʟ ceilings & walls, used for one job, $325. 335-0806 MARMOT SLEEPING bag, $100. 633-5009 MOSQUITO MAGNET, propane tank not included, $200. 633-2814 after 6pm CASE MOD desktop tower, see-through side panel, extra fans, and all the guts of an XP system. $30. 393-2929. MISC PIECES of metal piping, good for welding etc, come and get it. 322-1990 TINY HOUSE caboose style on tandem axle trailer, completely furnished, extremely well built, $23,000 obo. 336-1412 NESTLER DRAFTING machine to give away. 667-6424 3.7 THOUSAND gallon water tanker on trailer bed, $1,500. 633-2119 CEMENT MIXER, electric, $300. 633-2236 ANTIQUE KODAK Brownie Twin 20 camera, c/w flash, extra bulbs, CL620 film in original box, offers. 332-6565 FEATHER DAWN blankets, twin, $50 ea. 633-2236 2 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL freezer & fridge combination, $4,000 for both. 633-2119 TOSHIBA LABEL printer w/tags for pots, trees & shrubs, used one season, $4,000. 633-2119 MCPHAR MOD. TV-A1 spectrometer w/case, exc shape, cost over $6,000, offers. 332-6565 BATHTUB GLASS sliding doors with 60�X56� frame, $125. 332-6565
Electrical Appliances HOT TOWEL cabi, new, holds 24 facial towels w/built-in UV sanitizer, up to 170F, front loading door, perfect for massage practice or home, $250. 633-6245 GE REFRIGERATOR, 16 cu ft, exc cond, super clean/works great, was for extra storage not required anymore, $250. 778-985-6525 or email islandlife50@hotmail.com
TVs & Stereos FREE: 25" Sharp colour TV, old style, not flat screen, works good, you pick up. 633-6310 27� FLAT screen TV, $150. 633-4707
Computers & Accessories NEW DELL XPS 12 computer, OS Windows 8.1 64-bit, memory, 4GB, HD, 128GB, processor, 4th generation Intel Core, MS Office Home & Business 2013, security, McAfee Livesafe. 336-4898
Friday, August 14, 2015 IPHONE 5C Telus, free of contract 16gb $200. 334-6087 QUAD CORE i7, 3TB of storage, sporting power 860m gpu, this beautiful laptop will fulfill all your gaming needs on 1080p IPS panel 17" screen, $1,400. 334-4898 CDMA PHONE, new in box, Samsung Ace i325 World Edition, works good in rural settings, c/w all accessories, $90. 334-6087 GARMIN MONTANA 600 waterproof GPS, paid $600, barely used, asking $300. 333-9366 SAMSUNG GALAXY S II Virgin Mobile 4G Smartphone, like new, 16gb, $125. 334-6087
YUKON NEWS AR-15, DA 556 lower, Norinco 14.5� upper, quad rail, AFG, Vortex Strikefire 2 scope, 4xLAR pistol mags & more, $800. 335-2788 ALFA PROJ 9mm revolver, 4.5� blued barrel, 2 moon clips, great shooter, shoots same caliber as your semi-auto, $475. 335-2788 SAVAGE 30-06, stainless w/synthetic stalk, soft Levy case, 3x9 Fulfield scope & extras, mint, PAL required, $800. 393-2828 30-06 BAIKAL rifle, PAL reqʟd, $250. 867-660-4826
8 MM 338 Magnum Mauser rifle w/4 power scope & ammo, PAL reqĘźd, $475. 867-660-4826 NEW FITCO 3-7 x 20 rifle scope w/rings, for .22s or air rifles, $25. Contact newellrt@yahoo.ca 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
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CBC HAS A DECOMMISSIONED Studer 963 console (8 mono mic/line & 12 stereo line input channels, 4 groups, 2 masters & 4 Aux outputs). Sealed bids will be accepted at CBC Whitehorse at 3103 – 3rd Ave, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 1E5. Closing date for the bids will be 17:00 on Aug 14, 2015. Highest bid will win and arrange pickup. MUSIC MAN 2012 HD, 150 combo amp, like the one Mark Knopfler and Johnny Winter used, serviced, exc, $1,250. 660-4826 MARSHALL AMP JTM60 combo, 60 watts, exc, $800. 660-4826 FENDER COMBO amp, Blues Deville 212, 60 watts, tweed, exc, $800. Thomas 660-4826 CB DRUM kit, barely broken in, $450 firm. 332-7797 YAMAHA CLAVINOVA piano CVP509, check wonderful features on Internet, has light system for learning songs, over $9,000 in stores, asking $5,500. Serge @ 667-2196 after 5pm ZILDJIAN 20" K Custom Session Ride cymbal, seldom used, like new condition, $400. 335-2054 TOP END & low end quality electric & acoustic guitars, all come with hard shell cases. 332-1360
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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 • SELL HUSQVARNA 30-06 Springfield carbine, $700; Remingington 870 12-gauge pump, new in box, $550. 334-5666
CZ 550 in 270 Win, great wood, $900 obo. 334-9551 LEE DELUXE reloading dies, 308 Win & 303 Brit, 3 die sets incl neck sizing die, $50 ea. New, bought in error. Contact newellrt@yahoo.ca
9MM CZ 75 SP01 handgun, 3 mags, trigger lock, case, replacement parts, only 200 rounds fired, restricted required, $750. 335-1876 12-GAUGE OVER & under Valmet shotgun, PAL reqĘźd, $700. 867-660-4826 USED RCBS 270 Win reloading dies, 2 die set, $30 obo. Contact newellrt@yahoo.ca
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Director, Corporate Services AS-07, Indeterminate Directeur/Directrice, Services MinistĂŠrials, AS-07 IndĂŠterminĂŠe Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development WHITEHORSE, YUKON
IAN15J-013650-000096 Ouverte aux personnes rÊsidant au Canada ainsi qu’aux citoyennes et citoyens canadiens rÊsidant à l’Êtranger. La prÊfÊrence sera accordÊe aux citoyens canadiens et citoyennes canadiennes et les anciens combattants canadiens. Connaissance approfondie de l’anglais est essentielle pour ce poste. Salaire: $89,112 – $101,892 plus indemnitÊs de postes isolÊs. Pour de plus amples renseignements sure ce poste, y compris les critères de mÊrite supplÊmentaires et pour savoir comment poser votre candidature, visitez notre site Internet au http:emplois.gc.ca ou composez notre numÊro Infotel 1-800-645-5605.
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IAN15J-013650-000096 Open to persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad. Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and Canadian veterans. Proficiency in English is essential for this position. Salary: $89,112 – $101,892 plus Isolated Post Allowance. For more information on this position, including screening and assessment criteria, and how to apply, please visit www.jobs.gc.ca or call the Infotel line at 1-800-645-5605. The closing date for this competition is August 27, 2015. Vous pouvez obtenir ces informations en français.
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Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon’s capacity through education and training.
Administrative Assistant School of Academic & Skill Development (ASD) Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Permanent Position from: August 31, 2015 Salary: $27.89 to $33.20 per hour (Based on 75.0 hours bi-weekly) Competition #: 15.94 ,QLWLDO 5HYLHZ 'DWH $XJXVW This position is responsible for providing administrative support, reception and program support services to the School of Academic & Skill Development as needed. Duties include: greeting, assisting and directing enquiries from students, staff and the public; arranging meetings, preparing and taking meeting minutes, FUHDWLQJ DQG XSGDWLQJ $6' KDQGRXWV DVVLVWLQJ ZLWK ÀQDQFLDO DQG academic procedures, and word-processing publications and various correspondence. :H DUH ORRNLQJ IRU DQ LQGLYLGXDO ZKR KDV FRPSOHWHG FHUWLÀFDWH LQ 2IÀFH $GPLQLVWUDWLRQ ZLWK UHODWHG RIÀFH H[SHULHQFH LQ D IURQW line administrative support position. Applicants will have strong organizational skills as the position requires someone who can work effective on many projects. The successful applicant will also have VWURQJ FRPSXWHU VNLOOV LQ 2XWORRN 0LFURVRIW :RUG ([FHO DQG WKH ,QWHUQHW DQG EDVLF DFFRXQWLQJ DQG RU ERRNNHHSLQJ H[SHULHQFH DQG RU coursework.
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Director Strategic Growth & Innovation 3UHVLGHQW¡V 2IÀFH Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Community Campus Permanent Position Salary: $97,008 to $121,231 (Under Review) Based on 75 hours biweekly Competition #: 15.95 Initial Review Date: August 30, 2015 We are seeking a dynamic, entrepreneurial and well-respected leader to oversee the transition plan of Yukon College becoming a University. Reporting directly to the President, the Director will immediately focus on a number of key priorities related to the transition, such as: partnership development, risk assessment, policy development, quality assurance and integrated planning. In addition, the Director will work directly with the President and Board to develop the next strategic plan for the College. 4XDOLÀFDWLRQV VKRXOG LQFOXGH D UHOHYDQW JUDGXDWH GHJUHH ZLWK VLJQLÀFDQW H[SHULHQFH LQ VWUDWHJ\ GHYHORSPHQW LPSOHPHQWLQJ project initiatives, and proven leadership in a range of demanding roles. The ideal candidate must have a passion for education, enthusiasm, and an ambition to achieve challenging goals and turn Yukon College’s goals into realities.
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Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca
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Contact Employment Central at 393-8270 for a job description. Please submit your resume to Employment Central at suite 202204 Black Street or email ec@northwestel.net by August 18, 2015
22 LONG rifle, Savage, PAL reqʟd, $175. 867-660-4826 264 WIN mag Winchester rifle w/6 power scope, PAL reqʟd, $550. 867-660-4826 MARLIN 1895 XLR 45-70 rifle, 24� barrel, laminated hardwood stock, stainless steel, Bushnell Elite 3200 1.5-4.5 scope, 30 rounds shot through, exc cond, $800 w/scope, $700 w/out, PAL reqʟd. 336-4124
Wanted WERE YOU a squatter in Whiskey, Moccasin Flats, Sleepy Hollow or the Wye area? Need your story. Deadline is August 31. squatterstory@gmail.com or Pat 667-4141 WANTED: ROUGH lumber, 2 lengths of 2" x 6" x 16 feet long. 334-6087
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Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. Yukon College provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon and Canada’s northern capacity through education and training.
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&RPSHWLWLRQ ,QLWLDO 5HYLHZ 'DWH $XJXVW Pelly Crossing is situated in a beautiful valley, with the Klondike Highway and Pelly River running through it. Centrally located between Dawson City and Whitehorse, the community of 320 persons is the home of the Selkirk First Nation. Reporting to the Department Head, Chair – Northern Campuses, this position works as a member of a diverse team to develop, promote, implement and evaluate programs/ courses that support the educational, social and cultural goals of the Pelly Crossing community and Yukon College. Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in a related ÀHOG FRPELQHG ZLWK H[SHULHQFH LQ WKH IROORZLQJ LQVWUXFWLQJ in Adult Basic Education, developing and coordinating educational courses and programs, community development and working with First Nations organizations and agencies. Consideration may be given to those with an appropriate EOHQG RI HGXFDWLRQ DQG WHDFKLQJ H[SHULHQFH 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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WANTED: SUITCASE, extra large size with roller wheels. Call 333-4653 WANTED: SUIT jacket, business suit and casual jacket or sport coat, mens size 40–42L long sleeve. Call 333-4653 WANTED: FOR shop project for school, any old sleds or quads that run or need tlc, willing to spend up to $250, anything at all, contact me at 1-867-634-5292 COPPER RIDGE Place is looking for volunteers to assist with bus outings or to run the store once a week for 2 hours. Contact Catherine at 393-7508 COPPER RIDGE Place is looking for volunteers to assist with programs once/week for 2 hours. Mon pm: bingo; walking program; or swim program 1/month. Contact Catherine at 393-7508
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2013 F-150, Limited Edition 4x4, red, chrome, 21,700 km, sun roof, loaded, leather heated seats, Sat radio, command start, extended warranty, $45,000. 393- 2828 2010 FORD F150 SuperCrew, one owner, 78,000kms, 4x4, 4.6L V8, silver, matching canopy, remote start, winter tires, extended warranty 2017,serious inquires only, $24,600. 332-7540 2010 JEEP Compass 4x2, auto, 2.4L dual VVT, great cond, fully maintained, under 51,000 kms, remote start, separate mint winters on rims, $11,500, 667-2276 2009 GMC 3500HD, low kms at 68,200, Vortec V8, 360hp, extended cab, 4WD, bed liner, running boards, trailer brake control, great cond, great price, $27,500. 332-7128 2008 FORD Escape XLT, 6 cyl, auto, P/W, heated leather seats, 144,000kms, new tires & battery, $9,000. 633-6528 2008 FORD F350 Lariat 4X4, crew cab w/canopy, heated seats, auto, 140,000kms, $22,000. 335-6560 2008 FORD F350 Lariat, 4X4 crew cab w/canopy, manual, heated seats, 150,000kms, $22,000. 335-6560 2008 NISSAN S model Pathfinder, 150,000km, US model, good cond, $11,000 obo. 336-0946 2006 FORD F-250 XLT Superduty 4 x 4, Supercab, tow package, box liner, headache rack, 253,000 kms, $6,000. 332-4019 2005 DODGE Cummins Laramie crew cab 2500, Billet auto trans 3000 km ago, rebuilt front steering, 4� turbo back exhaust, 35� tires, 4� lift, remote lock/start, leather, $16,000 obo. 336-1412 2004 F350 Lariat, lifted, diesel 4X4, leather interior, oversized exhaust, front push guard, 4-dr, loaded w/options, nice truck, $14,900. 332-6022 2003 DODGE diesel, 6-spd trans, $800 obo. 633-6502 2000 FORD F150 4x4, 200,000kms, auto, 4L V6, engine & drive train good, cab has damage, good for parts, still runs, $850 obo. 633-2181 for info 1998 ASTRO van, exc engine, needs electronic fuel pump, $300. 633-2837 1998 FORD Explorer 4X4, 4-dr, 4L, V6 engine, auto, loaded, good all round cond, 213,000kms, $1,450. 333-9899 1994 CHEV Silverado 2500, extʟd cab, 6.5L diesel, 2WD, long box, auto, 282,000km, $2,500. 667-7649 1991 CHEV C1500, extʟd cab, long box, 2WD, 350 V8, auto, interior mint, P/W, P/D, cruise/tilt, boxliner, regular maint, only 2 owners, $2,200 obo. 633-5468 1989 GMC 3/4 ton, 4X4, 5-spd standard, extʟd cab, good tires, front & back windows like new, box liner, very little rust, 198,000kms on 350 big block, $2,300. 334-2018 after 5pm 1975 GMC Sierra 25 HD, 4WD, PTO winch, 4-spd w-ton range, $800. 633-2119
Auto Parts & Accessories TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 DODGE DAKOTA brake shoe, still in box, $25 obo. 393-2630
32X11.50 TIRES, 15" rims, 5-bolt from ʝ93 Ford 1/2 ton, $100 for 5 steel, black deep dish 9� wide aftermarket rims/tires, good for 2 more summers. 335-7436 THULE HEAVY duty lightweight aluminum cargo rack, 900lb capacity, carries 16' material or 2 tandem canoes, etc, adjustable for variety of truck beds, paid over $1,000, asking $500 obo. 634-5120 TRUCK CANOPY, fits on 8ʟ box, grey in colour, older highrise style, needs back window, $150. 332-6022
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TRUCK CANOPY, fibreglass, 70�x100", side windows, sliding front window, medium duty roof rack installed, easily hauls 14ʟ boat on rack, older but solid, $500. 667-2276
METAL SHELVING for service/cargo van, pro grade construction, 2 shelving units & 1 headache rack/divider, $250. 332-7879
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4 P185/65 R15 Snowmark winter tires; louver for 1985 Camaro. 667-6649
CANOPY FOR small truck, Toyota, decent shape, $50. 322-1990
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CALLING FUR MOMMIES & DADDIES! Get your furry best friend to show us how happy they are in their fur-ever home. The HSY Board of Directros will vote on their favourite success story and the lucky fur-baby will be featured in our annual newsletter. Our newsletter will be sent to all Humane Society Yukon’s valued members this September! How do you become a member and get in on exclusive HSY info? It is just $20 and a click away!
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1997 CHRYSLER Intrepid, 211,000kms, 6-cyl, 4-dr, great on gas, some body damage, cruise control, A/C, P/W, $2,600 obo. 332-7879
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Auto Parts & Accessories 2005 DODGE 4X4 1500 Hemi, front end damage only, almost new tires, $2,000 obo. 335-5192
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LOST: BLACK short haired female cat in Crestview area, may be wearing yellow collar with pink name tag, answers to 'Kitty'. Call 335-6576, 335-1144 or contact Mae Bachur animal shelter
Motorcycles & Snowmobiles
1998 FORD Winstar van, rebuilt for parts, new engine, transmission & front end, 40,000kms on new engine, $650 obo. 334-6631
Recreational Powersports and Marine (RPM) Repairs Service, repair and installations for snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, chainsaws, marine and more Qualified and experienced mechanic Great rates! Call Patrick at 335-4181
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Arnold ’s family invites you to celebrate his life on Saturday, August 22, 2015 Headstone viewing at Halfbreed Creek at 12 noon Potlatch to follow at Jacquot Hall Building, in Burwash Landing at 1:00 pm
HUGE SALE!!!
Clearing out all OLDER VEHICLES! As Low As $199.00 Come Early!!
IN-HOUSE FINANCING AVAILABLE!
Born May2nd, 1933 in Whitehorse Yukon, Lesley passed away July 26th, 2015 after a long battle with dementia. She was surrounded by her loving family at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Lesley’s passions were her family and hockey. Her favorite times were spent at hockey rinks watching her sons and grandsons play. She would do anything for her family and always put her own needs aside. Lesley was raised in Carcross, Yukon where she attended school and eventually moved to Whitehorse. Lesley had also lived at Brooks Brook and Beaver Creek with her husband and family. In Whitehorse, she worked at Hougen’s Department Store and Whitehorse General Hospital until she moved to Richmond B.C. in 1975. In B.C. she was a homemaker, worked for Woodwards and eventually retired from Roger’s Cable. Lesley was predeceased by her parents Hugh and Gladys, her husband Garth, brothers Moe, Frank and sister Margaret. She is survived by her brother Gordon and sister Lillian, daughter Denise (Todd) of Ft. Nelson, son Grant (Linda) of Whitehorse, and sons Kevin (Liz) and Keith (Pam) both of Delta B.C. She is also survived by grandchildren Pennie, Amanda, Jennifer, Bradley, Christopher, Nicolle, Cassidy, Megan and Matthew. Also great grandchildren Shane, Matthew and Dalton.
RONĘźS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVĘźs, Small industrial equipment. Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg
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SUZUKI BOULEVARDS (2), 800cc, 2005 & 2009. Both with low mileage, great cond, saddle bags, windshields. $5,000 & $7,500. 393-2926
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2004 ARTIC CAT quad 4by with winch/remote racks, new back tires, all maintence up to date, no body damage, located in Haines Junction. Phone/tx for pics. 250-566-1346
2013 Ford Focus ST Model 4 Door, Low Kms, Silver
2011 SUZUKI king quad 500, 1900 kms, 26" ITP tires, Warn winch, cargo box, incl new trailer, $6,500 or $6,000 without trailer, would cost over $12,000 new. 335-7436
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2004 HONDA, bogged out, burnt orange, 19,000 kms. $5,700. 335-0806
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TAITĘźS CUSTOM TRAILER SALES 2-3-4- place snowmobile & ATV trailers Drive on Drive off 3500 lb axles by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com
Has your fur buddy slowed down? Return 'spring' to your dogĘźs step. Older or injured dogs benefit from Glucosamine and MSM. Tasty pharmaceutical grade powder. Dosage based on weight. 332-7828 CANINES & COMPANY Dog Obedience School Puppy obedience classes starting August 20 Recall classes, August 20 For full schedule visit caninesandcompany.ca Full service training school, certified trainers 333-0505 FREE TO good home, 1 purebred registered Siberian Husky, light gold color, 1 Siberian Husky cross, Brown in color, very energetic dogs, 867-537-3891 for more info. 7 YEAR old husky, free to good home, retired sled dog due to wrist injury, neutered, good companion, friendly, good with other dogs. 332-3711
2009 YAMAHA quad, all the bells & whistles, spent $15,000, selling for $7,900; set of tracks used 500km in winter, paid $4,200, sell for $2,500, pkg deal, $9,800 for all. 333-0717 2009 YAMAHA Wolverine 450 ATV, sport utility model, blue, 1 owner, exc cond, 536kms, push-button switch to change from 2-wd to 4-wd, $4,200 obo. 668-6715 2001 YAMAHA Kodiak quad 4-wheel drive, winch, auto, runs good, $3,700; 2001 Arctic Cat 500, 4-wheel drive, winch, runs good, $3,750. 333-0717
Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467
KAYAK RIVER 10Ęź Prijon Hurricane, flotation bladder, snap dragon spray skirt, Stohlquist dry jacket, Cascade helmet, Brooks booties, Lightning carbon fibre paddle, exc cond, pkg $500. 668-4976 SMOKER CRAFT 175 Ultima aluminum fishing boat, 90hp Mercury 4-stroke, OB, walk through windshield, live wells, fish finder, stereo, very economical. 668-4963 lv msg 14Ęź TOPIK inflatable boat, wooden floor, folds up like Zodiak, $2,200; 2000 15hp short shaft Johnson motor, low hrs, $2,200 or both together for $3,900. 333-0717
Heavy Equipment SKIDDER 550 Timberjack, fresh motor, has 4000L water tank, large winch, full blade, $20,000. 335-5192 WATER TRUCK, 1984 W900 and 4000 gal tank Bowie pump, fire hose manifold, new tires, certified, $27,500. 335-5192 2009 BOBCAT CT 440, 44hp tractor w/backhoe & many other attachments. 335-5192 •2008 CAT 740 Rock Truck SN CAT00740PB1P03886 •2010 Bucyrus R30C Hydra-Trac Rock Drill SN TRX33H30DNAE0030 •1989 Cat D10N Crawler Tractor SN2YD01092 •2008 Volvo EC460CL Hyd Exc SNVCEC460CL00110148 All Excellent Condition Ready to work Located in Watson Lake Call for Pricing: 604-541-1362 ext 102 966C FAIR Cond, spade nose bucket, spare tire & rim, many extras $20,000 obo. Atlin 250-651-7542 WANTED: AUTO transport to ship car to Vancouver area anytime before October 1st. Is restored hot rod, has to go in enclosed trailer or truck, want reasonable deal. 667-4463 1997 385 Peterbilt M11 Cummins, 370hp, 10-spd, 690,000km, air, tilt, cruise, runs exc, no issues, c/w SKB folding crane, 17,000lb capacity, also set up for RV, $28,000 obo. 633-5274
Aircraft 1957 CESSNA 172, Bush STOL, 4900 TT, 500 SMOH, Continental O-300, King VHF, ADF, 4 place I/C, Mogas STC, Cleveland brakes, great performer, economical trainer, well maintained, $32,000 obo. 633-5495 1969 182M LRFuel, full IFR, Garmin 430W/510, A/P, 9/10 in&out, TT2248, SMOH1581, STOH1072, many extras, flown regularly, $70,000 US. Atlin 250-651-7542
Campers & Trailers
YAMAHA 6HP short shaft, never used, new $2,000, asking $1,500. 335-3431
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
14Ęź FIBREGLASS boat, 6Ęź wide, Roadrunner trailer, new paint, 15hp 4-stroke Honda outboard motor, all for $3,700. 333-0717
2004 PIONEER travel trailer, 23T6 model, large bath, queen size bed, large awning, great condition, $9,500. 633-2580
9.9 HP marine outboard motor. 667-2976 or 333-0901
2009 WILDWOOD travel trailer, lg slide, queen walk-around bed, maple cabinets, outside shower, dining table & chairs, equalizer hitch, smoke-free, exc cond, new $34,000, asking $18,900. 334-6652 eves
OLDER 20Ęź Reinell, bed, hull & leg in gd cond, w/trailer, downrigg, motor seized, project boat. Trade for Enduro 250cc up or ATV or $3,000. 689-6194 2014 KAYAK, single, $500. 335-3431
Headstone Potlatch for the he Late Respected Elder
Roddy Blackjack
August 22, 2015 Time: 3:00 p.m. Where: Carmacks Rec Center Crow Give Away. Headstone Viewing @ 1pm. When:
All are Welcome. This is a Sober Celebration! The family would like to thank Surrey Memorial Hospital for her end care as well as Cherrington Place where she received excellent care for the last five years.
WANTED: 7.5HP to 9.9hp short shaft, 2 stroke outboard, good to excellent condition. Call 668-7082
For more info Contact: Leta Blackjack @ 335-2785; Bernice Blattmann @ 332-1883; Russell Blackjack @ 863-5789; Andrea Laughlin @ 863-6996 or Roderick Blackjack @ 863-5001.
2003 MAJESTIC 24Ęź, 213,365km, E-350, auto, cruise, adj steering, CD/AM/FM radio, air bags, sleeps 6, a/c, 3 propane burner, electric/prop fridge + HWT, new front tires, $12,500 obo. 819-943-1295 1989 24Ęź Ford Travelaire Class C motorhome, 7.5L auto, full bath, bed at back, exc cond, 125,000kms, $12,500. Call/text 780-232-6602 2008 EAGLECAP camper, exc cond, fiberglass body, electric jacks, fastgun tie-downs w/locks, new batteries, 2 propane tanks, maxi-vent covers, LED lights, heated basement, $18,000 obo. 333-9460 1991 22Ęź 5th wheel, excellent condition, view any time. 667-7413 12Ęź ENCLOSED Cargo Mate tandem axle trailer. 667-2976 or 333-0901 1991 CHEVY camper van, 126,000pm, propane stove, fridge, forced heat, vg cond, runs good, new stereo w/remote, no rust, $9,000 obo. 689-0805 or 633-4227 1997 FRONTIER 9Ęź camper, good cond, toilet, shower, hot water, stove, 3-way fridge & heater, $5,900. 335-3620 5TH WHEEL trailer hitch for pick-up truck, made by DSP, exc cond, $500. 633-4656
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YUKON NEWS
2011 JAYCO Eagle Superlite 26' fifth wheel, slide-out, low miles, almost new condition. To view contact 668-7595
SPORT YUKON Annual General Meeting, September 2, 2015, 6pm, Sport Yukon Boardroom
UTILITY TRAILER, HD suspension, canoe rack, extʼd tongue, rustic camper, $300. 668-4976
AGM WHITEHORSE Huskies Senior "AA" Hockey, September 8, 2015, 12-1pm, Boardroom # 2 at Sport Yukon
8ʼX12ʼ DUAL axle utility trailer, 2” ball, new LED lights, deck, sides & tail gate, bearings, heavy duty tongue, 16” tires c/w spare, $1,500. 867-634-2135 btwn 5:00 & 9:00
GEORGE JOHNSTON Museum, Teslin, is proud to announce the unveiling of Traditional Tlingit House front painted by Keith Wolfe Smarch on August 26. Free barbecue at noon, all welcome
Coming Events
YUKON LEARN Society is offering free computer courses: Introduction to Computers, Internet & Email, Word and Excel. Instructor on site. Call 668-6280 xt 223 for details
ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca AL-ANON MEETINGS, 667-7142. Has your life been affected by someoneʼs drinking? Wednesday 12Noon @ Anglican Church, 4th & Elliott, back door, Friday 7pm Lutheran Church, 4th & Strickland, beginnerʼs meeting, Friday 8pm Lutheran Church regular meeting 2015 SOUTHERN Lakes Harvest Dinner & Dance, Saturday September 5th, 6pm, Tagish Community Centre, Chef, Michele Genest, music, Miles Canyon Band, featuring Kevin Barr, $35/person. 399-3407 for tickets AYFC AGM August 21, 1pm, Whitehorse Public Safety Building PREDATORS DOG Puller Sport Athletic League is holding Canadaʼs first dog puller championship in Whitehorse, August 29, 9am, Ecole Emilie Tremblay soccer field. Info @ caninesyukon@hotmail.com. All spectators welcome. THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. Group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info call Joanne 668-7713 YUKON LEARN Society free computer drop-in lab every Monday excluding holidays from 10am–2pm. Self-Directed computer studies, instructor on site, 2158-2nd Ave POPUP LIBRARY August 21-23, Whitehorse Public Library at YukomiCon. Get a library card, check out books, ask questions, discover your next read. Comics, graphic novels, sci-fi, prizes and more FREE BASIC introductory computer courses beginning August 25 at Yukon Learn Society, 2158-2nd Ave. Call 668-6280 to register
KUMON MATH AND READING CENTRE Individual programs for all grades Enrol early for the 2015/2016 school year Affordable Free diagnostic check Above Starbucks on Main 393-3151
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PAINTING Williamson Yukon Services offers int/exterior, redo decks, fences, sheds etc. Reputable, reliable, reasonable. 18 years in Yukon Ph. 333-0403
BOBCAT SERVICE with high-sided dump trailer available for Whitehorse South. Driveways, tree & brush removal, debris clean-up. Call Doug at 332-2151 for information.
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
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
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WHITEHORSE CONCERTS' AGM will be held at The Pioneer Heritage Room at City Hall on Wednesday, September 2 at 7 pm. For more information contact: steve@whitehorseconcerts.com
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
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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
WHITEHORSE MONEY MART 2190 Second Avenue 867-668-6930 Open 7 Days A Week
BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, Chainsaw Work, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 ELECTRICIAN •Licensed •General Handyman Services •Light Carpentry, Drywall, etc •Free Estimates •10% Seniorʼs Discount 332-7879
Now 2 locations: Porter Creek & Kulan. Onsite & offsite steel containers available for rent or sale.
Phone 633-2594 Fax 633-3915
JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER/PAINTER 30 years experience Commercial-Residential •Renovations •Repairs •Kitchens •Bathrooms •Drywall Tiles •Decks •Fine Finishing and Painting No job too small Local references available Phone 335-8924 bradmre@gmail.com
YCKC WHITEWATER rodeo and barbecue , Wednesday August 19, registration @ 5:30. Boogie Boarding, Slalom, Freestyle, Downriver Race & Raft Race @ Millennium walking bridge
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Watson Lake Landfill Fencing Tenders must be received at: Town Of Watson Lake Office, Box 590, Watson Lake, Yukon Y0A 1C0 Fax: (867) 536-7522 • Email: twl@northwestel.net This quotation must be completed, signed and returned clearly marked “Landfill - Perimeter Fencingâ€?, to the Town Office by 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 19, 2015. Bids will be acceptable by mail, fax or email. It is the responsibility of the contractor to confirm that such bid has been received by the Town of Watson Lake. The contract calls for the following work:
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Compactor building concrete slab Tenders must be received at: Town Of Watson Lake Office, Box 590, Watson Lake, Yukon Y0A 1C0 Fax: (867) 536-7522 • Email: twl@northwestel.net
This quotation must be completed, signed and returned clearly marked “Compactor Building Concrete Slabâ€?, to the Town Office by 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 19, 2015. Bids will be acceptable by mail, fax or email. It is the responsibility of the contractor to confirm that such bid has been received by the Town of Watson Lake. The contract calls for the following work: • Preparation and compaction of base for new concrete slab. • To supply and install new 30’ x 60’ concrete slab as per Schedule “Aâ€? scope of work. • All work is to be completed no later than October 31,2015. Tenders must be in writing and include the full scope of the work. The successful Contractor must hold a valid Business licence, inter-municipal or Watson Lake, and show WCB coverage prior to the signing of the contract.
• To install a new 3,133 foot fence around the perimeter of the Watson Lake Landfill as per Schedule “Aâ€?, scope of work details. • All work is to be completed no later than October 31, 2015. Tenders must be in writing and include the full scope of the work. The successful Contractor must hold a valid Business licence, inter-municipal or Watson Lake, and show WCB coverage prior to the signing of the contract. Contractors must provide references for work done on similar projects. ALL TENDERS MUST INDICATE IF G.S.T. IS EXTRA OR INCLUDED. ANY TENDER SUBMITTED WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION WILL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE G.ST. The Town will not necessarily accept the lowest or any tender and reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders, or to accept the tender which the Town deems to be in its own best interest. If the Town rejects all tenders, the Town will not be liable to any bidder for any claims, whether for costs or damages incurred in preparing the tender, loss of anticipated profits or for any other matter whatsoever. Tenders which contain qualifying conditions or otherwise fail to conform to the instructions to Tenderers may be disqualified or rejected. The Town may, however, in its sole discretion, reject or retain for its consideration bids which are non-complying because they do not contain the content or form required by the Instructions to Tenderers or for failure to comply with the process for submission set out in these Instructions to Tenderers.â€?
Contractors must provide references for work done on similar projects.
Any tender received from an individual or company who is 90 days in arrears with the Town on any account as of the closing date of the tender or contract may have their tender or contract rejected.
ALL TENDERS MUST INDICATE IF G.S.T. IS EXTRA OR INCLUDED. ANY TENDER SUBMITTED WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION WILL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE G.ST.
The Town of Watson Lake shall be specified as an additional insured on all required Commercial General Liability Insurance.
The Town will not necessarily accept the lowest or any tender and reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders, or to accept the tender which the Town deems to be in its own best interest. If the Town rejects all tenders, the Town will not be liable to any bidder for any claims, whether for costs or damages incurred in preparing the tender, loss of anticipated profits or for any other matter whatsoever.
Documents may be obtained at the Town of Watson Lake. For more information or to arrange for a site visit, please contact 867-536-8000.
Tenders which contain qualifying conditions or otherwise fail to conform to the instructions to Tenderers may be disqualified or rejected. The Town may, however, in its sole discretion, reject or retain for its consideration bids which are non-complying because they do not contain the content or form required by the Instructions to Tenderers or for failure to comply with the process for submission set out in these Instructions to Tenderers.� Any tender received from an individual or company who is 90 days in arrears with the Town on any account as of the closing date of the tender or contract may have their tender or contract rejected. The Town of Watson Lake shall be specified as an additional insured on all required Commercial General Liability Insurance. Documents may be obtained at the Town of Watson Lake. For more information or to arrange for a site visit, please contact 867-536-8000. Schedule A Compactor Building Slab Scope of work • The 30’ x 60’ concrete slab shall be built in accordance with the foundation drawings of Schedule B. All specifications, dimensions, and materials shall be as per Schedule B. • Prep work shall include 6� lift of compacted gravel for a foundation base under the concrete slab. • The work will also include the installation of an exterior door in the Recycling Weight Scale office and a walkway from the door around to the side of the building as per Schedule B. • The Work shall also include the replacement of windows in the recycling building as outlined in Schedule B. All construction shall be as per the present National Building Code Standards. Ground shall be compacted as per engineer’s specifications. All material and ground preparations are the responsibility of the contractor. Building permit is the responsibility of the contractor. All work shall be inspected and passed by the building inspector as required.
Schedule A Fencing Scope of work; • The fence shall be installed in a professional manner. Posts shall be aligned and in a straight line where applicable. • The fence shall be fastened to the existing chain link fence of the Recycling Depot in an acceptable manner to prevent animals from entering. • The chainlink wire shall be grubbed in the ground 19� to discourage digging. This underground apron can be an extension of the fence or can be a separate section of fence attached to the fence and extended into the ground. If it is a separate piece, that piece needs to be fastened to the fence every 12�. • All material and ground preparations are the responsibility of the contractor. • All material shall be reviewed with the Town for approval, prior to purchase. • The removal of a portion of the existing fence as outlined in Schedule B. • The addition of two man gates. Opposite the monitoring wells. Schedule B shows approximate locations. Fence Posts; • Fence posts to be 2.5� diameter galvanized pipe for normal runs • Fence posts to be 3.5� diameter galvanized for corner and anchor areas • Anchor and corner points need to have angle braces on both angles and be concreted in the ground. • All posts shall be a minimum of 3’ in the ground. • Posts to extend 6’ above grade. • Steel post shall have an overhang portion of 19� angled out from the landfill site and be stranded with 3 barbwire strands. The barbwire shall be stretched tight. • Post spacing shall be a maximum of 10’ on center or as per manufacturing specifications. Fencing material; • The gauge of the galvanized chainlink fencing shall match the existing recycling depot fence. • Installed on the outside of the fence posts. • The chainlink wire shall be fastened to each post as per manufacturing specifications. Layout; • The fence shall be installed as per Schedule B • Gates shall be swing type chainlink fence and installed in locations indicated in Schedule B. The addition of two man gates. Opposite the monitoring wells. Schedule B shows approximate locations. All work shall be inspected and approved by the Town.
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Lost & Found LOST: LADIE'S Raleigh dark pink older mountain bike w/black rack & soft mud guard at the back. Call 668-7903 if found LOST: FITBIT downtown Tuesday afternoon, was at Post Office, Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart in the mall, Sequels, North 60 Petro, small reward for return. 633-3842 LOST: BLACK short haired female cat in Crestview area, may be wearing yellow collar with pink name tag, answers to 'Kitty'. Call 335-6576, 335-1144 or contact Mae Bachur animal shelter
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
Michael James Frasher Deceased, of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory who died on
June 20, 2015. All persons having claims against the above-mentioned Estate are requested to file a claim, supported by Statutory Declaration, with Gregory A. Fekete, on or before August 28, 2015, after which date the Estate will be distributed having reference only to claims which have been so filed. All persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment to: AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN Attention: Gregory A. Fekete Barristers and Solicitors 3081 Third Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z7
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NOTICE OF DEFAULT This is to notify the following customers that they are in default of payments for storage facilities: Ron Stack .................. D-5 .................North Brett Holmes.............. D-9 .................North David Clark ............... C-30 ................North Stacey McDiarmid .....E-21 ................North David Morin .............. C-29 ................North Kevin Sweeney .......... C-4 .................North Jeremiah Meneely .... A-12 ................North Pat Magnuson............ 168 ........MacDonald Duran Isaac ............... 186 ........MacDonald Sacha Gunderson ....... 20 .........MacDonald Margaret Atlin ............. A1 .........MacDonald Donna Hager............. SH-6 ............... South John Peters .............. SH-4 ............... South If the above-noted customers do not settle their debt by Friday, August 28, 2015 the contents of the above-noted storage units will be removed and sold for compensation. Please contact 633-5402 or 113A Platinum Road, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5M3 to arrange for debt settlement.
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of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Deceased, who died on June 23, 2015, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor at the address shown below, before the 31st day of August, 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: Jelena Antonic c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251
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RFP2015511 Socioeconomic Profile Project - Yukon College Closes: NOON PST, August 28, 2015 The College requires a consultant to complete a study and prepare a report that will cover: - a standard economic analysis of the impacts of the College in the Yukon - the broader socioeconomic outcomes of the College, and - the potential impact of the College moving to University status It is expected that the consultant will subcontract the resources necessary to complete the project which is due by February 29, 2016. Complete packages are available by emailing Procurement and Contracts at purchasing@ yukoncollege.yk.ca (867-6688864), or at www.merx.com
SALVAGE SALE The following insurance salvage is up for bids. Salvage vehicles may have signiďŹ cant collision damages. Listed salvage is currently located at Irving Collision Repairs. GST will be added to all bids. It is offered on an “as is, where isâ€? basis. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Bids close at 6:00 p.m.Tuesday, August 18th, 2015. Contact Irving Collision Repairs (867-667-6315) for viewing appointment & information. YEAR 2002 2004 2015 2007 2002 2001
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CALL FOR TENDERS Sealed tenders, clearly marked “Contract No. D-41906.00, Atlin Sewage Treatment and Disposal Phase 1� will be received at the office of Opus DaytonKnight Consultants Ltd., up to 2:00 p.m., local time, August 27, 2015 and will be opened in public at that time and date. The work consists of the supply and installation of approximately 4100 m of 50 mm header and 32mm pressurized pipe in eight ground absorption fields, control building, 150 m long access road, and site works. Contract documents may be obtained at the offices of Opus DaytonKnight Consultants Ltd., #205 – 133 Industrial Road, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 2V2 after Tuesday, August 18th at 8:00am, and upon payment of fifty dollars ($50.00, G.S.T. included), which sum will be non-refundable. Cheques shall be made out to Opus DaytonKnight Consultants Ltd. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted and the acceptance of any tender shall be subject to funds being legally available for this project. For further information, contact Carol Campbell, P.Eng., at 867-668-2525.
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CLEANING OF POTABLE WATER STORAGE AND PROCESS TANKS Project Description: Contract for the cleaning and disinfection of water treatment holding and process tanks in Yukon communities. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is August 26, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Rob Anderson at (867) 456-6542. 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/
PURCHASE OF WELDED ALUMINUM JET BOAT PACKAGE Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 8, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Sandy Brown at (867) 667-5108. 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/
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
HORSE MANURE available for pickup 10 min. south of Whitehorse, bring your trailer and I'll help you load with small tractor, we're moving, everything must go, quantity is limited. 334-3428
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Request for Quotation for Janitorial Services at the Northwestel Exchange Building Located at 983 – 4th Avenue, Dawson City, YT Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project number and submitted no later than the closing date of August 20, 2015 at 4:00pm (PST) Bid packages can be obtained by contacting procurement@nwtel.ca or calling (867) 668-8237.
REQUEST FOR QUOTE Sealed bids marked “Bid for Village of Teslin Sewage Collection System Upgrades Building and Process Mechanical� will be received at the offices of Associated Engineering, Suite 301 – 4109, 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 1H6, up to 4:00 p.m., local time, September 1, 2015. The work involves supply and install of new Building and Process Mechanical in three (3) new lift station buildings and wet wells.
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For Contractor Services on Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation Community Readiness Initiative Project The Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation seeks the services of a contractor with extensive proven relevant experience and wish to invite an Expression of Interest from eligible ďŹ rms or individuals to provide the required services for the project. OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT The successful contractor will be responsible for: 1. Information gathering related to the socio-economic state of the community 2. Assessment of gathered socio-economic information. Draft report of ďŹ ndings, including a community map that addresses gaps and opportunities. 3. Community consultations for data gathering and report validation. 4. Final report and implementation plan. 5. Commencing this 10 month project by October 15th, 2015. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: Interested contractors should submit the following documents electronically: i. A signed letter of Expression of Interest and declaration of ability to complete. ii. Detailed company proďŹ le with list of veriďŹ able previous relevant experiences within the last ďŹ ve years, especially those related to Yukon First Nations, iii. Copies of registration certiďŹ cates and business licenses, iv. Declaration of ability to work within the stated timeline Electronic Submission Only: cri@lscfn.ca Subject Line: Expression of Interest for CRI Deadline: Friday, 28 August 2015 at 1700 PST. All Expression of Interests will be evaluated based on speciďŹ c criteria that includes the company’s experience on similar assignments and proven performance. A full RFP, including detail speciďŹ cations, will be sent to short listed ďŹ rms or individuals that meet our requirements for the ďŹ nal stage of the selection process.
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Contract Documents may be examined at the offices of Associated Engineering. Contract Documents will be available for pickup by interested General and Subcontractors and suppliers at the offices of Associated Engineering, Suite 301 – 4109, 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 1H6 on or after August 18, 2015. Technical inquiries by bidders are to be directed to Virginia Sarrazin, P.Eng. at (867) 456-2711 or sarrazinv@ae.ca. The lowest or any bid will not necessarily be accepted. Virginia Sarrazin, P.Eng. Associated Engineering Suite 301 – 4109, 4th Avenue Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1H6 Office: (867) 456-2711 Email: sarrazinv@ae.ca
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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 ASSORTED BARELY used baby items, bassinet, jolly jumper, swing, small play mat etc. Greg @ 335-7876 COMPLETE SET of McDonalds Happy Meal 101 Dalmations w/carrying case, $100; large plastic container of mini Legos, offers. 633-2408
Childcare KOSS FAMILY DAY HOME is looking for a full time childcare worker, Level 1, beginning September 1. Call 667-6790
Furniture LEATHER BURGUNDY swivel chair, good cond, $25. 334-8318 OLDER QUEEN-SIZE mattress & box spring, clean, $50. 633-4707 MOVING, MISC furniture for sale. Call 667-4358
Mr. Adam Grinde Village of Teslin Cell: (867) 333-9268 Email: adam.grinde@ttc-teslin.com
REQUEST FOR QUOTE Sealed bids marked “Bid for Village of Teslin Sewage Collection System Upgrades Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls� will be received at the offices of Associated Engineering, Suite 301 – 4109, 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 1H6, up to 4:00 p.m., local time, September 1, 2015. The work involves supply and install of new electrical, instrumentation and controls in three (3) new lift station buildings and wet wells. Contract Documents may be examined at the offices of Associated Engineering. Contract Documents will be available for pickup by interested General and Subcontractors and suppliers at the offices of Associated Engineering, Suite 301 – 4109, 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 1H6 on or after August 18, 2015. Technical inquiries by bidders are to be directed to Virginia Sarrazin, P.Eng. at (867) 456-2711 or sarrazinv@ae.ca. The lowest or any bid will not necessarily be accepted. Virginia Sarrazin, P.Eng. Associated Engineering Suite 301 – 4109, 4th Avenue Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1H6 Office: (867) 456-2711 Email: sarrazinv@ae.ca Mr. Adam Grinde Village of Teslin Cell: (867) 333-9268 Email: adam.grinde@ttc-teslin.com
PUBLIC TENDER SOIL REMEDIATION 954 - 6TH AVENUE DAWSON CITY, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 3, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Laura Vanderkley at 867-667-8114. 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/
Friday, August 14, 2015 SOLID WOOD office desk, 3 drawers on left, 2 drawers on right, pick up only. 335-8221 TABLE W/LEAF & 4 chairs, solid wood set, exc shape, $1,000. To view call 633-4139 5-PIECE BEDROOM suite includes sleigh bed, 2 side tables, large bureau/dresser w/mirror & another dresser, $1,500. To view call 633-4139
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WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB August 11 2015 1st - Mark Davey & Chris Bookless 2nd - Diane Emond & Don Emond 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
UPSCALE OFFICE furniture for sale. Francine 334-2747 for info/pics, or francinethivierge1@gmail.com
ANTIQUE HUTCH, 72”X42”X14”D, $900. 633-2119 ANTIQUE TABLE, 62”X36”, comes with 7 chairs & 2 leaves, $1,800. 633-2119 ANTIQUE HUTCH w/glass front, 67”H, 33”W, 12”D, $500. 633-2119 OAK OFFICE desk w/5 drawers, $400. 633-2119 SMALL RECTANGULAR honey-colored solid oak dining table with 4 matching upholstered chairs, vg cond, $300. 333-1254 DARK RED love seat from The Country House, folds out to a bed, like new cond, $450. 667-2677
Personals DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office 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 WHITEHORSE CURLING Club July cash calendar winners: $100, Myles Kowalyshen; $50, Verle Voising, Karen Archbell, Ray Park; $25, Kyla Greve, Keeley Davignon/Donna Cave, Shannon Allen, Leslie Joanisse, Cathy Breaden, Tanya Solberg, Dianne Olsen, Rod H. McPhail, Rick Rivest, Jason Epp, Frances Chambers, Wilma Olson, Bonita Tarr, Deb Elliot, George Lewco, Jerry Boss, Ginny Coyne, Helen Geisler, Wendy Wallingham, Elvina Charlton, Joanne Bold, Debbie Clutton, Garry & Ansela Miller, Brenda Coffin, Sarah Lewis, Ed Sumner, Meaghan Toulouse
PUBLIC TENDER CRAWLSPACE INSULATION AND DRYWALL INSTALLATION 351 TURNER DAWSON CITY, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is August 26, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Lester Balsillie at 867-667-5082. Site Visit: August 19, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.
INTERIOR RETROFIT UNIT 084000 – 4B - 2004 CENTENNIAL STREET WHITEHORSE, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is August 20, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at 867-667-5795. Site Visit: August 10, 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.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 10, 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 Bill Stonehouse at (867) 6678281. 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/
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PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF MATTRESS FOR A HEALTH CARE FACILITY
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PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF 3 GEOTECHNICAL MOBILE LABORATORY TRAILERS
METAL CORNER shelving w/wood shelving in middle, standing shelving w/wood in middle, attractive set, $100/both. 633-2837 ARMLESS CHAIR, beige, black wooden frame, $50; matching large ottoman, $45; 2 brown faux leather chairs, $12 ea. 660-4321
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Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 10, 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 Bill Stonehouse at (867) 6678281. 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/
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PUBLIC TENDER WHISTLE BEND SUBDIVISION - EAGLE BAY LOOKOUT GRADING & LANDSCAPING Project Description: Construction and Landscaping of the Eagle Bay Lookout in Whistle Bend Subdivision Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 3, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Katie Munroe at (867) 667-5153. 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. Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
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ARKELL M 28 GROUSE CRES, Arkell, Saturday August 15, 9am-4pm, last day for this moving sale, furniture, bedding, kitchenware COPPER RIDGE M 66 TIGEREYE CRES, Copper Ridge, Saturday August 15, 8am-11am, lots of household, gardening, handyman, Christmas, painting, inexpensive M 6 CARNELIAN COURT, Copper Ridge, Saturday August 15, 9am-4pm, household items, ladies clothing, 6898483 M 113 PUEBLO CRES, Copper Ridge, Saturday August 15, 9am-1pm, furniture, household, kitchen & yard items CRESTVIEW M #304, 26 AZURE RD, Benchmark Trailer Park, Crestview, Saturday August 15, 10am-3pm, household goods, old things that need a new home DOWNTOWN M NEXT TO PIZZA HUT. Downtown NEW FLEA MARKET, August 15 & 16, 12noon-4pm, rent a spot, $25, $5 per table if needed. Come check it out. Call 333-0717 GOLDEN HORN M CARCROSS CORNER, Golden Horn, Saturday August 15, 12noon-5pm, neighbourhood sale, new stuff weekly, household items plus HILLCREST M 144 DALTON TRAIL, Hillcrest, Saturday August 15, 10am-2pm, moving sale, pine office table, small kitchen table/chairs, miscellaneous household items, clothing, power tools, hand tools, pet items M JUDAS CREEK M DIGGER’S DRIVE, Judas Creek, Saturday August 15, 11am-4pm, inflatable boat, canoe paddle, wet suits, dresses, dining & couch chairs, rain or shine LOGAN M 61 FINCH CRES, Logan, Saturday August 15, 9am-12noon, Centro bbq, lawn lounge chairs, bar stools, oak furniture etc MCCRAE M BAY 3, 39 DENVER RD, McCrae, ALPHA INTERIORS is CLOSING, FINAL DISBURSAL August 13-15, 8am-5pm, equipment, hand tools, cabinet doors & hardware, everything must go. Al at 633-3670, alpha@northwestel.net MT. SIMA M 18 KANE COURT, Mt. Sima, Saturday August 15, 9am start time, moving sale, furniture & large items PORTER CREEK M GUILD HALL, Porter Creek, Saturday August 15, 9am-1pm, second-hand clothing sale, funky, eclectic costume items/theme party scores M 1716 HICKORY ST, Porter Creek, Saturday August 15 & Sunday August 16, 9am-2pm, furniture, clothing, dishes
M 536 GROVE ST, Porter Creek, Saturday August 15, 9am-1pm, moving out sale, sports equipment, vintage motorcycle, furniture, camping goods, household items M 1411 FIR ST, Porter Creek, Saturday August 15, 9am-2pm, ladies clothing med-XXL, household, tools etc M 86 - 11TH AVE, Porter Creek, Saturday August 15, 9am-1pm, multi-family, something for everyone RIVERDALE M 41 BOSWELL CRES, Riverdale, Saturday August 15, 10am-3pm, rain or shine, 2x,3x clothing, furniture, household goods, new stuff M 7 PEEL RD, Riverdale, Saturday August 15, 9am starting time, household items M 31 ALSEK RD, Riverdale, Saturday August 15, 9am-12noon, household items, jewellery, clothes, shoes M 53 ALSEK RD, Riverdale, Saturday August 15, 9am-2pm, movies, clothes, kitchen supplies, outdoor gear, toys, books etc M 130 ALSEK RD, Riverdale, Saturday, August 15, 9am-noon. Household, tires, bikes, furniture, exercise equipment, holiday decorations. TAKHINI HOT SPRINGS ROAD M TAKHINI HOTSPRINGS RD, 7Km, turn left at Rivendell Rd, Saturday August 15, 10am-3pm, antique furniture, plants & berry bushs, commercial stainless steel freezers, greenhouse & canning equipment, pumps, misc construction items TAKHINI SOUTH M 127 FALAISE RD, Takhini West, Saturday August 15, 9am-1pm, appliances, household items, clothing, tires WHISTLE BEND M 39 SKOOKUM DR, back lane, Whistle Bend, Saturday August 15, 8am-11am, rain or shine, misc household items, something for everyone, no reasonable offer refused WOLF CREEK M 32 CRONKHITE RD, Wolf Creek, Saturday August 15, 9am-1pm, moving out sale, collectible dolls, high quality Christmas items
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PORTER CREEK M 1716 HICKORY ST, Porter Creek, Saturday August 15 & Sunday August 16, 9am-2pm, furniture, clothing, dishes
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