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After the ood Two years ago, residents asked for the Yukon government’s help after the Pelly River flooded their homes.

They’re still waiting for an answer.

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n influx of government cash means Hospice Yukon can buy the house it has called home for the last 17 years.

Premier Darrell Pasloski and Health Minister Mike Nixon announced the $220,000 contribution yesterday.

Lori Eastmure, co-chair of Hospice Yukon Society, said the organization has wanted to own its own space since its early days. “This really was a dream. We explored ways, over the years, we could figure out how to fundraise to buy our location and it just looked like it was impossible to do.�

Hospice Yukon offers grief counselling, palliative support, professional support for caregivers and other services dealing with death, dying and grief.

The organization began 26 years ago. It called a handful of different locations around Whitehorse home until settling into a tiny rented house on Jarvis Street.

It looks like any other small home in the downtown area. That setting works for Hospice Yukon, because it helps make people feel comfortable, Eastmure said. “When people are at that point where it’s about losing a loved one, or facing their own mortality if they’re palliative, it’s a pretty

Two power outages unrelated ATCO Electric Yukon says two power outages that affected Whitehorse customers on Thursday and Friday morning were unrelated.

About 1,700 ATCO customers in Whitehorse lost power around 6:50 a.m. on Friday, after a raven came into contact with equipment at the Whistlebend substation. Power was restored to all customers by 7:40 a.m.

ATCO spokesperson Stephanie Cunha said the outage bore no connection to Thursday’s outage, which affected 8,000 customers in Whitehorse and as far south as Teslin. “Yesterday’s outage was caused by a fault on Yukon Energy’s equipment up in the Faro area,� she said. When that happens, the whole power grid is

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Hospice Yukon Society co-chair Lori Eastmure announces Wednesday the society will be purchasing their current rented location with help from government funding. emotional time,� she said. “We get that. We want to be really inviting to them when they make that decision to reach out for our services.�

The idea of buying their location was always put on the organization’s backburner, she said.

Buying it would take too much time, energy and resources. “We decided in the end that we just couldn’t afford to take the time away from what we do. We need to be available to our community,� she said.

But about three months ago their landlord offered to sell them the home “way below market value,� she said.

The organization went directly to the premier to ask for help.

After a meeting, Pasloski was onboard, she said. “It’s kind of like we had 25 years of hoping to make this happen, and then all of a sudden it just happened, like overnight.�

The government money covers the cost of the house and some repairs, such as a new roof.

Eastmure said being somewhere permanent is important. “For 17 years people have known where we are, and we want people to know where we are when they need us.�

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Yukon Energy spokesperson Janet Patterson confirmed that Thursday’s outage was caused by a tree that fell on the Faro transmission line. Along with Whitehorse residents, about 1,600 Yukon Energy customers in Dawson City and Faro also lost power around 3:45 a.m. on Thursday morning.

Power was restored to all customers by 5:40 a.m.

Patterson and Cunha said both problems have been fully resolved.

nection with the incident, which was reported around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Charlie allegedly pulled a knife on a staff member at the Salvation Army after being asked to leave. The staff member was unharmed, and Charlie left on foot.

RCMP officers and police dogs responded to the incident and arrested Charlie in a nearby parking lot. A knife was located nearby.

Charlie is facing multiple charges, including assault with a weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a weapon for a dangerous purpose and causing a disturbance.

He is also charged with failing to comply with a probation order.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Whitehorse RCMP at 867667-5555.

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Assault reported at Salvation Army Whitehorse RCMP are investigating a report of an assault with a weapon at the Salvation Army on Fourth Avenue.

Whitehorse resident Justin Charlie, 35, was arrested in con-

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Appeal of Peel watershed decision kicks off Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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hile protesters stood outside Whitehorse’s law courts yesterday in the soggy weather and took part in a ceremony honouring the Yukon’s various waterways, inside the courtroom the central issue was comparably dry.

The case before the Court of Appeal could help determine the fate of the Peel watershed, a 68,000 square kilometre piece of northeast Yukon. But the arguments heard by the judges focus on the interpretation of one small section of the Yukon’s Umbrella Final Agreement with First Nations.

The case pits First Nations – Nacho Nyak Dun, Tr’ondek Hwech’in and now the Vuntut Gwitchin – as well as the Yukon Conservation Society and the Yukon chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society against the Yukon government.

While the government brought in an experienced Toronto-based legal team, the plaintiffs are represented by renowned aboriginal law pioneer Thomas Berger.

A crowd gathered to see the two sides square off, with nearly 100 spectators crammed into two courtrooms to watch the proceedings either in person or via video feed down the hall.

Last year Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale ruled the Yukon government overstepped when, after many years of talks, it disregarded a planning commission’s recommendations to protect 80 per cent of the

watershed from development.

Instead, the government’s plan protected only 29 per cent from new mineral staking.

After the loss, the Yukon government decided to appeal.

The big question is whether the government had the authority to come up with the plan it did, or whether doing so flouted the government’s responsibilities under the UFA. Government lawyers returned to many of the same themes from the original trial. They pointed to the section of the UFA that allows government to accept, reject or modify plans for non-settlement land.

The government’s plan is not a new plan, they insisted, but simply a modification of the one the commission suggested.

It is important that elected governments have the final say when it comes to public lands, Yukon government lawyer John Laskin said, the same way First Nations would on settlement land. The Peel is 97 per cent non-settlement land.

Berger, meanwhile, contended that the real issue is not whether the government had the right to modify the plan, but whether the government said clearly enough what it wanted out of the land use planning process at the appropriate time.

A four-page letter from then-resources minister Patrick Rouble was sent to the commission after a draft of the plan was released. It made reference to balance between protection and development, and options for building new roads or other surface access into the area, but

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Yukon government lawyer John Laskin speaks outside the courtroom after the first day of the Peel watershed appeal. did not get specific enough, both Veale and Berger have said.

“If you were in the position of the commission, and you had written a 300-page report on something the size of New Brunswick, and they sent you back one sentence,” he said, his voice trailing off.

And when the territory later released its own, dramatically different plan with changes no one had talked about, Berger says the government “went off the constitutional rails.”

The UFA has no rules about how specific proposed modifications have to be, countered Laskin. He said the question of balance was always on the table.

“They got it. They just didn’t agree with it.”

In his ruling, Veale said the issues of balance and surface access, which he concluded were

not properly discussed ahead of time, could not be part of any new consultations. That’s not fair, Laskin contended.

By doing it this way, the judge is “forcing an artificial consensus. Tying the government to a plan they didn’t believe,” he said.

The government has to be able to do what it believes is in the public’s interest, he said.

Veale concluded that the Yukon government’s Peel plan “does not enhance the goal of reconciliation and is inconsistent with the honour and integrity of the Crown.” But Laskin contended that Veale’s ruling, if it is allowed to stand, doesn’t promote reconciliation. Instead, it would create incentives to reject a plan rather than propose modifications, if a government was bound only to those proposed modifications moving

forward, he said.

Some of yesterday’s most interesting exchanges happened when the panel of judges brought up the idea of rejecting the commission’s recommended plan altogether. When, they asked, has there been so many changes made to a recommended plan that it is tantamount to a rejection? The questions appeared to catch both sides off guard.

That wasn’t considered at the original trial, Laskin said. He said there’s no established hard line for when something would be considered rejected.

If the Yukon government rejected the plan, that may be the end of the process. Planning commissions only have one life, he said. In theory a new one could be started, but the commissions are not mandatory and require agreement from all the parties involved.

Without a plan, the land would be covered under the ordinary laws and regulations in the Yukon, he said.

Berger had a different response. He suggested – much like Veale did – that this far along in the process, the Yukon government doesn’t have the option to reject a plan.

All the dialogue, meetings and consultations have to mean something, he said.

The appeal is expected to wrap up today with the rest of Berger’s arguments. The court will also hear from the lawyer for the N.W.T.-based Gwitch’in Tribal Council, an intervenor in the case.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

Yukon Party appears to distance itself from federal Conservatives candidates at the federal level,” reads the email from Yukon Party treasurer Linda Hillier, dated Aug. 12. s the federal election apThat message rings false to proaches, the Yukon Party Jason Cunning, the federal Libhas sent an email to its eral Party’s Yukon chair, who said members inviting them to volun- there are very tight ties between teer for Conservative candidate the federal Conservatives and the Ryan Leef’s campaign.

Yukon Party.

But the message includes a bit “Does anyone believe that of a disclaimer. they’re not the same party?” he “Part of the Yukon Party’s asked. “It’s a bit rich for them to identity is that we are not affilisay they’re not affiliated with any ated with any federal party and federal party.” we realize that our party has indiThe Yukon Party was originally viduals who support a variety of branded the Yukon Progressive Maura Forrest News Reporter

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Conservation officers kill problem wolf at landfill Environment Yukon conservation officers have shot and killed a wolf that attacked a dog near the Whitehorse landfill last week.

On Aug. 14, a wolf bit a dog as it accompanied its owners on their bicycles. It then came within five metres of the owners before backing off and following the cyclists at a distance.

Conservation officer David Bakica said the wolf had been hanging around the dump for weeks, and had become habituated to people. “It had been seen lots and showed very little fear of people,” he said.

This was the first instance he knew of where the wolf had approached people or tried to take a dog.

He said it’s not uncommon for wolves to hunt dogs, especially in the winter when there’s less food available. But

Conservative Party, but severed ties with the federal Conservatives before the 1992 election.

Cunning believes the Yukon Party distanced itself from the Conservatives under Dennis Fentie, but the two parties have forged tighter ties since Premier Darrell Pasloski was elected in 2011.

In fact, Pasloski previously ran as the Conservative candidate in the 2008 federal election.

And Yukon Senator Dan Lang, appointed by Stephen Harper in 2009, was previously a Yukon Party politician.

“It’s the same people that are involved in both parties,” Cunning said. “I don’t think they’re fooling anybody.”

Darren Parsons, Ryan Leef’s campaign manager, agreed there is a lot of crossover between the parties. But he said it’s important to emphasize that there is no “formal affiliation or association.”

“There’s no direct communication or instruction in terms of policy resolutions and directions,” he said. “They’re the only party territorially that can say that.”

Jim Kenyon, an ex-Yukon Party MLA, said similar messages have been sent out prior to previous federal elections, emphasizing the distinction between the territorial and federal parties.

Kenyon also said not all Yukon Party members likely vote Conservative federally, though he couldn’t point to any member in particular.

“There is a preponderance of Conservatives,” he said. “But they’re not all that.”

it’s unusual for them to be so bold around people.

Conservation officers shot the wolf on Wednesday evening at the dump. Bakica said he’s “reasonably confident” they got the right wolf, as they found it in the same spot and it displayed no fear.

He said a necropsy will be performed on the animal to see if it was sick or malnourished, but he suspects the wolf just got too comfortable around people.

“The animal looks completely healthy to me,” he said.

“It’s not huge, it doesn’t look old, it just looks to be an average male wolf.”

Bakica said there are several other wolves that hang around the landfill, but none of them seem particularly dangerous.

He said wolves are frequent visitors to the dump during the winter, when the electric fence around the landfill doesn’t work as well. But this is the first time he’s seen wolves at the

dump in the summer. He said the electric fence isn’t working as it should be, which could be part of the problem.

“The electric fence needs to be improved so that they can’t get in,” he said.

Environment Yukon is advising people to keep their pets close and stick together if confronted by a wolf. They’re also recommending that people carry bear spray in greenbelt areas.

(Maura Forrest)

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Watershed owner seeks council seat Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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he idea of dipping his toes in municipal politics had been at the back of Micah Quinn’s mind for a while, he says.

So ahead of this year’s election on Oct. 15, he decided to jump in with both feet by announcing his candidacy before anyone else.

The 35-year-old entrepreneur and owner of The Watershed Coffee Shop and Bar is vying for one of six seats on city council.

He said he’s already received a lot of support and positive feedback on his decision to run.

“I feel like I’ve made a positive difference in the community, and I’ve faced a lot of challenges,” he said.

“I’ve received a lot of encouragement to serve the city in another capacity, and I thought city council would be a great way of doing that.”

Quinn’s challenges with his business were publicized earlier this summer – once after The Watershed was broken into, and once when he revealed his landlord was evicting him from the building at the end of September.

Now, he’s taking what he’s learned from those experiences and wants to make Whitehorse businesses a bit safer, he said.

This week he attended a meeting of the Community Policing Group, a body made up of various stakeholders such as the Whitehorse Chamber of

Commerce and the RCMP that addresses local policing needs.

They discussed how the spike in break-ins and vandalism this summer was affecting Whitehorse.

Quinn said if elected, he’d work with youth advocacy groups to try and reduce crime.

“I’d also like to try and find ways to make security more affordable for businesses,” he said.

“Losing merchandise and revenue because of theft, especially when you’re just starting out, can be devastating.”

Another issue he’s passionate about is reducing the amount of red tape that business owners go through in order to start their ventures.

He said he’s been frustrated in the past with certain regulations that impede the process of starting a business, and that the city could be more flexible with its rules.

“Certain things like driveway requirements, distances from buildings and how you can promote your business with signs,” he said. “We could look at how the city can work more equitably, rather than equally, with businesses as opposed to having blanket legislation that affects everyone the same.”

Quinn grew up in Smithers, B.C. before eventually studying in Australia and Ireland. He completed a bachelor of science from UBC and both a bachelor and master’s of education from

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Whitehorse entrepreneur Micah Quinn is running in this year’s municipal election. the University of Ottawa. He’s also spent time working abroad as a teacher in South Korea and Japan.

Last year, he completed the Pacific Crest Trail, a 4,300-kilometre hike from British Columbia to southern California over the span of four and a half months.

It was during that trip that he realized how he wanted to spend his life going forward.

“I really got a strong sense from that experience that I wanted to give back and become

more community-oriented,” he said.

“Starting the cafe was part of that and if I have the privilege of serving on city council, that would be a progression from that as well.”

Despite working up to 100 hours certain weeks, Quinn isn’t concerned about having to manage his time if elected.

He’s always had a lot of irons in the fire, he said, and isn’t unique as far as councillors owning their own businesses.

“I was extremely busy at first, but my life is a lot more manageable these days,” he said.

“I was once told, ‘If you want something done, ask a busy person.’”

As the current Yukon Scrabble champion, Quinn said he loves problem-solving and wants to bring those skills to city council.

He’s also hoping for a higher voter turnout than in previous elections.

“Municipal politics impact people’s lives more than any other level of government,” he said.

“And as a young person I feel like I can represent a different generation.”

The first day to submit nomination papers is Sept. 14 and the last day is Sept. 24.

More information can be found at: http://www.city.whitehorse.yk.ca/city-council/election-2015/candidates-for-council Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

At a glance Age: 35 Profession: cafe owner Education: B.Sc. from UBC/ B.Ed. and M.Ed. from University of Ottawa Years in the Yukon: seven Neighbourhood: downtown Whitehorse Hometown: Smithers, B.C. Website: micahquinn.ca

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Residents say government abandoned them after Pelly River flood letter from then-housing minister Scott Kent, which said that “Yukon Housing Corporation staff are preparing a summary of damages and n May 2013, Murray Reid an estimate of the costs involved to watched the life he knew disapreturn each affected home to prepear in a matter of minutes, as flood condition.� floodwater destroyed his home and But she said she never got a many of his possessions. definitive answer from Yukon Now, over two years later, the Housing until she called again earRoss River resident is still fighting lier this week. It was only then, she to get help from the Yukon governsaid, that she was told there would ment, which has so far turned him be no assistance. away. “You expect at least that they Reid and another homeowner Submitted Photo/Yukon News would have the decency to give you whose property was damaged Floodwaters from the Pelly River surround Murray Reid’s home in a written answer,� she said. “We’ve when the Pelly River flooded in 2013. Two years later, Reid is still fighting to get assistance from been utterly let down.�

2013, say Yukon Housing strung Hannah estimates that it will Yukon Housing. them along for two years. They cost between $25,000 and $30,000 say the corporation first sent out for a grant to help him relocate and Liard relocate or rebuild. Much of to build a new gravel pad on her inspectors to review the damage, that money came from a federal start to rebuild. property, and another $100,000 to then gave them vague answers disaster assistance program, which build a new house.

But after two years of fruitless about when they might expect a provides funding to provincial and emails and phone calls to Yukon Matt King, vice-president of response, and finally informed territorial governments to help Housing, he said, he finally heard operations with Yukon Housing, them, over two years later, that they that he wasn’t going to be getting with natural disasters. didn’t give a reason as to why no would receive nothing.

Yasmine Hannah, whose home any assistance. assistance has been provided to In the past, Yukon Housing has was flooded along with Reid’s, said victims of the 2013 Pelly River In the meantime, Reid has provided financial assistance for she thinks they didn’t get assistance flood. He did say they might not been living in a trailer on his old people affected by floods. because only a few people were af- qualify for federal funding, since property. He’s been trying to sell On the day of the flood two the property, but the best offer he’s fected. She said that’s unfair. some of the properties had flooded years ago, Reid had just a few min- gotten is $6,000. He’s had to claim “It’s not because there’s not before. utes’ warning to get off his property social assistance, as he’s retired many people that have been hit So far, he said, the Yukon and drive to higher ground. As he that you should just push them and has no more income from the government hasn’t put a disaster watched, water breached the dyke under the carpet,� she said. rental cabin ruined by the flood. assistance program in place for dividing his land from the river and Hannah and her husband live Now, he wants to hire a lawyer the 2013 flood. But he added that filled his home and a rental cabin off-grid, about 15 kilometres outand take the government to court. “a decision hasn’t been made that he owns with one metre of water. “It’s probably my only option right side Faro. During the flood, they es- there will be no program. “The river came right through. caped to higher ground with their now,� he said. “We will get back into contact And it was forceful,� he said.

But that could be a difficult case animals – three horses, four llamas with property owners,� he said. “Everything was completely deand 10 dogs. They had to camp in to win. The Yukon government “We’ll be getting in touch with stroyed.� tents for two nights until the water people as soon as possible this fall.� doesn’t have an automatic assisAfter the flood, residents were subsided. tance program for flood victims King didn’t explain why the told to register with the territory’s Though their house wasn’t – instead, every case is reviewed process has taken so long, or why emergency measures organization individually. ruined, Hannah said, Yukon Hous- both Hannah and Reid have been and provide information about ing officials recommended that Still, there was reason for Reid told they’ll be getting no assistance. what was damaged or lost. Yukon they relocate. She and her husband to expect that he might get some Few companies offer flood Housing officials then showed up help. After record flooding in 2007, asked for a $20,000 or $30,000 insurance for residential properties to inspect affected properties. Reid residents of Marsh Lake and surinterest-free loan to help them with in Canada, because only people said they told him that most recent rounding areas were offered grants the cost of rebuilding on a higher living in floodplains would buy floods had been settled with the part of their property. and interest-free loans of up to it. That would make the policies corporation in six months or less.

Like Reid, she described waiting prohibitively expensive for many $35,000 to help with repairs. And So he waited. “I thought they for months and getting little inforin 2012, Yukon Housing offered a homeowners. were going to do something,� he mation from the corporation. $3.5-million assistance package Contact Maura Forrest at On July 11, 2013, she received a to help 13 homeowners in Upper said. He hoped he would qualify maura.forrest@yukon-news.com Maura Forrest News Reporter

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Quote of the Day “Part of the Yukon Party’s identity is that we are not affiliated with any federal party.�

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rime Minister Stephen Harper has long claimed that he was kept in the dark by his own inner circle during the secretive payoff of Mike Duffy’s dodgy Senate expenses. This explanation has always stretched credulity, but it’s now utterly unbelievable after this week’s bombshell revelation at Duffy’s trial for fraud, bribery and breach of trust.

At the heart of the affair is the $90,000 cheque written in 2013 to pay Duffy’s improperly claimed living expenses by Nigel Wright, the millionaire businessman who at the time served as the prime minister’s chief of staff. Wright says he felt compelled to personally pay the money, after promising Duffy his costs would be covered and later learning that the Conservative Party had balked at the prospect of paying them, when officials who initially agreed to the scheme realized how steep the bill had become.

The payment was supposed to be kept secret, so that Duffy could pretend that he repaid the expenses himself. Harper later condemned the plan as a public “deception,� but one that he insists only involved Duffy and Wright.

This position is now contradicted by a heap of evidence presented to the court.

It recently emerged that a half-dozen others in the prime minister’s office and the Conservative Party all knew of the party’s original intention to repay Duffy’s expenses, and some also knew that Wright ultimately paid.

That includes Ray Novak, Harper’s present chief of staff, who has been placed right in the thick of the scandal.

This raises the obvious question of why the prime minister sacked Wright for deceiving the public, while Novak has stayed on. And it makes it that much more difficult to believe that Harper knew nothing about the secret payment to Duffy, as he has long insisted, when Novak, Harper’s top aide, election director and longtime personal friend, was closely involved with the decision.

No wonder Harper doesn’t want to discuss the subject. Instead, he has offered a series of evasions to the questions that have dogged him this week on the campaign trail. He “disagrees with the premise� that Novak was involved in the affair, and continues to insist that Wright and Duffy alone share the blame.

Try squaring that with what Benjamin Perrin, a former lawyer for the prime minister, first told RCMP in Feb. 2014, and elaborated upon in court this week.

Perrin told the police that, during a crucial telephone call in which Wright told Duffy’s lawyer that he would personally pay the senator’s expenses, Novak was a participant.

Wright and Conservative Party spin doctors had earlier downplayed any role Novak may have played in this matter.

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Robin Couch They say he was only briefly involved with the call in question and missed the pivotal moment, and that he never read an email that further described the plan. But in Perrin’s description to police, Novak’s involvement in the decision was “black and white,� as Canadian Press reported this week. “Ray was also there on the call when Nigel Wright said to Janice Payne he would do it, and Ray Novak also received an email, which you have, where Nigel says I’ll be providing my cheque,� Perrin told Sgt. Greg Horton. “Ray was in that meeting, and Ray heard this, and I remember looking at Ray to see his reaction.�

It’s hard to imagine why Perrin, who worked for the prime minister at the time, would misrepresent all this to police. And if you believe Perrin, the prime minister’s alibi – that he was in the dark about the whole affair – begins to unravel.

The public still doesn’t have Novak’s side of the story. He’s suddenly nowhere to be found. But if Novak knew, how likely is it he wouldn’t tell Harper? Such a scenario would be “unfathomable,� in the words of Harper’s own spokesman, Kory Teneycke. He offered those words

last week in an effort to downplay Novak’s involvement. (“I’ve known Ray for 20 years. It’s unfathomable that Ray would be aware of a payment from Nigel to Mr. Duffy and not tell the prime minister,� he said.) But now that Perrin’s testimony and emails clearly put Novak in the middle of the picture, they take on new meaning.

Put it all together – it’s “black and white� that Novak knew about plans to pay Duffy, and it’s “unfathomable� that Novak wouldn’t pass this information along to Harper – and it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Harper was a part of what he himself calls a “deception� of the public.

And the whole scheme involved a lot more than the prime minister’s former top aide cutting a $90,000 cheque for the cooperation of an elected official. Thanks to the trial, we’ve also recently learned, among other things, that the prime minister’s staff also tried to shut down a supposedly confidential audit, and to rewrite a Senate report so that Duffy didn’t appear to be at fault.

None of this can be good for somebody running a federal election campaign framed on trust.

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his federal election gives Canadians the opportunity to vote thumbs-up or thumbs-down on whether they think the Conservatives have done a good job in the decade since Stephen Harper became prime minister in 2006.

I’m going to try to step back from the daily sound-bite battles and take a longer view in a few columns about important national issues.

We’ll start with the criminal justice system, where the Conservative tough-on-crime platform has led to significant changes in laws, sentencing rules and levels of incarceration. This has also led to a dramatic increase in government spending, something that Conservatives have been less

keen to brag about.

I’m not a lawyer, so I’ll focus on the economics and not the fairness of some of the legislative changes. The Parliamentary Budget Officer, whose mandate is to provide parliamentarians with independent analysis on the nation’s finances, put out a report on the topic that is the best long-term assessment of criminal justice spending that I’ve seen. It includes federal and provincial spending on police, courts, prisons and parole systems.

It came out in 2013, so is two years out of date. But since the federal Department of Justice won’t put out such useful information regularly, it is the best we have to go with.

The place to start is longterm crime rates. In 1962, there were less than 3,000 crimes reported per 100,000 Canadians. This figure rose steadily to peak in 1991 at over 10,000 incidents. Since then it has declined pretty steadily (except for 2003 for some reason) to 5,757 incidents per 100,000 Canadians in 2011 (the most recent year in the

works out to about $2.9 billion. This means that all levels of government in Canada are spending about $2.9 billion more per year now, than if they had kept the spending constant as a percentage of our economy.

That works out to about $80 per Canadian in extra spending.

So what to think about all this?

The Conservatives might say that it is money well spent to keep more offenders behind bars for longer.

Their opponents might say that it is largely wasted spending, since if you look at the rate of decrease in the crime rate it doesn’t look like the new Conservative policies did much to change its trajectory from 1991. Furthermore, they would probably accuse the Conservatives of taking the electoral benefits of their tough-on-crime posturing while passing on most of the cost of their policies to provinces (and territories).

Both sides would also debate whether it is better to lock up offenders for longer.

One side may say this gives offenders more time to receive training and support services from the justice system. The other would reply that keeping people in jail longer hurts their long-term chances of getting jobs and re-integrating into society.

When put in per capita terms, $80 per Canadian doesn’t sound like much. Billions add up in Ottawa, however. The increase in criminal justice spending is more than the entire budget for the CBC, for example.

When the candidates come knocking on your door, you should ask them where they stand on this issue, how much it has cost the Yukon justice system, and whether they think it is a good thing.

conducted by Postmedia. The Huffington Post claimed that “Elizabeth May proves she deserves a spot in each debate.”

However, some media outlets were far less generous of their assessment of May, calling her a “talented distraction” (Toronto Star) and the “mouse that roared.” Really?

Of course, anyone who tuned into the debate, and the analyses of the debates that followed, realizes that every blogger or analyst has his or her own perspectives of all of the candidates, but that sounds like petty putdowns.

Darlene and George Dimsdale Many mainstream media Marsh Lake have been quick to marginalize Elizabeth May and the Elizabeth May should Green Party. Yet Ms. May was be included in debates voted Parliamentarian of the Year, Hardest Working Member After the first debate of this of Parliament, and Orator of election cycle, the Maclean’s the Year in successive years National Leaders Debate in Maclean’s Parliamentarian showed that Elizabeth May Awards – as chosen by fellow belongs in any future debates MPs. Despite this recognition, about policy, direction, and she was not even invited to the the future of this country. debates during the 2011 elecMaclean’s itself posted five non-partisan reasons Ms. May tion, on the basis that Greens belongs in the debates, includ- did not have a seat in Parliament at that time. ing the statements that “she Now that Greens have three brings welcome diversity, and “her focus on issues highlights seats in Parliament – more political blustering.” Maclean’s than the Progressive Conservatives prior to the 1997 election called her role an “articulate, – the rules have apparently data-rich and civil perforchanged. And those 1997 PCs? mance.”

Yup, they were included in the The Ottawa Citizen ran a headline that read “Canadians election debate. Heck, Gilles want Greens’ Elizabeth May at Duceppe, a federal (but not future debates” based on a poll federalist) leader committed to

only one province’s sovereignty ambitions, was included in the last debates.

Nevertheless, most Canadians really do want Ms. May, as well as all federal leaders, present at all debates so that we can hear her perspective. According to iPolitics on August 14, a more recent poll

by Ekos shows that 71 per cent of Canadians (and 53 per cent of Conservative supporters) believe that all four federalist leaders should attend all of the debates.

So why hasn’t Ms. May yet been included in these debates, save for the original “consortium” debates for which she was finally invited, only to see Stephen Harper pull out? Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has stated that he supports Elizabeth May’s presence at all debates. Tom Mulcair is playing coy, having threatened not to participate in the consortium debates if PM Harper is not present. And Mr. Harper? Perhaps his reluctance to debate with Elizabeth May would be to avoid too many inconvenient truths.

Can Tom Mulcair and Stephen Harper explain why they want Ms. May excluded from future debates? Their reluctance seems to be going against the grain of Canadians’ wishes.

report). Statistics Canada reports the figure has since fallen every year since.

About 15 years into this trend of declining crime rates, the Conservatives took power and began implementing their new policies.

Despite the fall in crime, however, the number of incarcerations has actually gone up. In 2002, there were 133 inmates per 100,000 Canadians. By 2010, this had risen to 141 and was about the same in more recent data from 2014. Interestingly, most of the increase was in provincial prisons. In Canada, the feds control the criminal code but the provinces pay the majority of the bill for the justice system.

So, crime is down but we’re jailing more people. How much does this cost?

The PBO report says that total Canadian criminal justice spending was 0.968 per cent of Canada’s GDP in 2006 when the Conservatives took power. In 2012, it was 1.115 per cent.

Multiplied by our latest GDP figures, that difference

Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist and author of the MacBride Museum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of historical children’s adventure novels. He won this year’s Ma Murray award for best columnist. You can follow him on Channel 9’s Yukonomist show or Twitter @hallidaykeith

LETTERS The smart money isn’t on oil

friends had warmed him as best they could. An air evacuLast week the United Church ation was impossible, with of Canada’s triennial General clouds socked in right to the Conference urged the United ground.

Church to dump its $8.7 Christine Hedgecock, the million investment in fossil Parks Canada patrol person fuels and put these funds into at Happy Camp, had placed a renewable energy. It would be propane heater in the cooking easy to dismiss this as an isoshelter, and when the unfortulated action by do-gooders. nate gent arrived, she turned But Jeff Rubin, former up the heater, wrapped him in chief economist for the CIBC blankets and hot water bottles, says the same thing in Tuesfed him hot electrolytes, food day’s Globe and Mail. As an and hot chocolate, frequently economist, Rubin (together visited the shelter to check on with David Suzuki) says that him, while keeping watch for Canada’s oilsands are quickly arriving hikers and doing quick becoming industrial dinosaurs interviews with them to detect in a world where the declinthe mental dullness that signals ing need for oil will be met by early hypothermia. Fortunately, cheaper sources. there were no more victims.

Maybe we should all be After the gent recovered suflooking at our retirement inficiently, Christine put him up vestments and join the United for the night in her tiny quarChurch to do the right (and the ters, so he could stay warm and smart) thing. rest.

Stuart Clark The cooking shelter had Whitehorse filled with people, when a camp stove flared out of A superb patrol person control. Christine calmly and Chilkoot Trail hikers know that firmly took control, moved the weather can change almost people out of danger, and used before you realize it. So it was just enough of the fire extinon Aug. 10, when the pleasantly guisher to snuff the fire withcool morning we left at Sheep out blanketing the shelter in Camp transformed into rain, powder. sleet and powerful gusts as we That night featured drivleft the summit and headed for ing horizontal rain, with many Happy Camp. campers getting soaked and When we arrived, we heard cold. that a gentleman suffering seNext morning, as sodden vere hypothermia was inbound hikers left, Christine told them to light woodstove fires in the from the summit, where his

Lindeman cabins to warm up and dry. We arrived at Lindeman to find that Torch, the owner of the hyperactive camp stove, had redeemed himself by starting a crackling good fire in the stove.

We chatted, dried gear, ate and generally cheered up. The weather cleared, and that evening there was a happy bunch at Bare Loon, including the hypothermia sufferer, who had largely recovered.

Funny how the conversation kept coming around to Christine, a superb patrol person.

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Marquee witness Nigel Wright leaves stand, political questions remain in the media?

• Why did Harper, his Canadian Press spokespeople and his ministers continue to tell the public that OTTAWA Wright acted alone and that no igel Wright heads back to deal with Duffy existed, even his executive life in Lonafter the scandal broke? don after a six-day stint • If staff had no hesitation in the witness box at the Mike scripting Senate reports, giving Duffy trial, leaving in his wake a orders to senators and trying to new set of political questions for glean information from a confihis former boss. dential audit, is there something And as Stephen Harper’s forwrong with the culture inside mer chief of staff exits the stage, the PMO? the prime minister’s former Separate, but not unrelated lawyer Benjamin Perrin is set to to the political implications, are enter. the arguments at play in Duffy’s Wright’s testimony at the criminal trial. senator’s fraud, breach of trust Wright was used by the and bribery trial served to flesh Crown and by Bayne to advance out the story around his secret their competing theories about repayment of Duffy’s $90,000 in Fred Chartrand/CP the bribery charge that Duffy contested Senate expenses.

Former Conservative senator Mike Duffy arrives the Ottawa faces in relation to the $90,000 While the RCMP had already courthouse on Thursday. cheque. established the broad strokes, The Crown has tried to emWright and the hundreds of • A half-dozen others in the courtroom. Harper has carefully phasize that Duffy was setting emails that were filed as eviprime minister’s office and the evaded specific questions about conditions and pressing the dence drew a more complete Conservative party were aware the actions of his staff, placing picture of the elaborate, backof the party’s original intenthe blame exclusively at the feet prime minister’s office to repay his expenses, in exchange for room machinations involving tion to repay Duffy’s expenses of Wright and Duffy. him making a political headDuffy and several figures in the and some were also aware that ``The two people who are ache go away.

PMO in 2013.

Wright ultimately paid. Harper responsible are Mr. Duffy, who At the time, from December Those included trying to told the Commons in June 2013 did not repay as I believed he to May 2013, the fact Duffy had extract information about a that Wright told no one else of should repay and I think as most been claiming living expenses confidential outside audit and his decision.

Canadians of common sense for the home he had long occupressuring senators to soften a • Members of the prime believe he should repay; and parliamentary report on Duffy. minister’s office scripted Duffy Mr. Wright who allowed him not pied in Ottawa had become an issue for a government commit``These were highly excepbehind the scenes, having him repay by paying those expenses ted to propriety. tional circumstances. Is that tell the public that he would for him,’’ Harper told reporters But Bayne has tried to use fair to say ...?’’ defence lawyer personally foot the bill. This Wednesday.

Wright’s testimony and PMO Donald Bayne said in one of his scripting occurred even as the But if Harper is breathing emails to paint the opposite piclast questions on Wednesday. story of Wright’s cheque broke a sigh of relief that Wright is ture; that a conspiratorial group ``The entire thing, yes,’’ in the media. finished testifying, the trial will of persuasive operators within Wright answered.

• Sen. David Tkachuk, the hear from more potentially Among the most politically head of the powerful internal problematic witnesses • includ- the PMO and Senate pushed Duffy to admit a mistake where incendiary information that economy committee, was the ing Perrin and possibly Chris he felt there was none. emerged in the testimony: first to propose that an audit of Woodcock, Harper’s former Much of Bayne’s cross-ex• Harper’s current chief of Duffy’s expenses be shut down if head of issues management. staff Ray Novak was informed he repaid his expenses, accordWhere the scandal was at first amination was also focused at tearing down Wright’s credibility about Wright’s intention to reing to Wright. about Wright’s secret repayand his position that secretly pay the expenses by direct email ``I’m quite sure, sir, that you ment, it has now morphed into repaying Duffy’s expenses was and Perrin told police he was will be glad to hear the words: an issue of honesty and transbased on moral conviction. present when Novak was told you are free to go,’’ Justice parency as contradictions pile A potential plus for Duffy is about it.

Charles Vaillancourt said to up. that Wright testified throughout • Wright, who has been Wright on Wednesday afterThe central questions that that he felt Duffy had a valid artreated publicly by Harper as noon. face the Conservatives include: gument that his expense claims persona non grata, exchanged The Conservative cam• Did Novak know about were technically legal, and that emails with Novak as recently as paign has been knocked off its Wright’s repayment, and if he the repayment scheme was not two weeks ago and spoke with main electoral message for the did, why did he not tell the him by phone in May or June. entirety of Wright’s time in the prime minister when it emerged unlawful.

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he tiny Inuit hamlet of Clyde River has lost a bid to block seismic testing off the shores of Baffin Island.

The Federal Court of Appeal has denied the community’s request for a judicial review of a permit that allows the tests.

Mayor Jerry Natanine, who called the ruling “a big blow to Inuit rights,” said he hopes to continue the fight before the Supreme Court.

“We won’t stop our fight here,” Natanine said this week in a release distributed by Greenpeace, which has been supporting Clyde River’s efforts.

“We will be appealing this decision to the Supreme Court of Canada. We will also be continuing our work to bring people’s attention to this issue.”

In June 2014, the National Energy Board approved plans from a three-company consortium to begin five years of seismic tests in the Davis Strait, up and down the entire length of Baffin Island.

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high-intensity sounds to help map the sea floor and the geology underneath.

The tests are strongly opposed by the people of Clyde River, who argue the testing will disturb or harm seals, whales, walrus and other marine mammals that locals depend on for food.

The hamlet was joined in its opposition by all the communities on Baffin Island, regional and territorial Inuit groups and the Nunavut Marine Council, which represents Nunavut’s wildlife management bodies. In a rare example of Inuit teaming up with southern activists, a wide spectrum of 44 non-governmental groups and individuals also supported Clyde River, including Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and Amnesty International.

In Tuesday’s written judgment, Justice Eleanor Dawson agreed with the Inuit that the board owed them a high level of consultation, including a voice in how the tests are conducted.

But she added that consultation doesn’t necessarily mean agreement.

“The consultation process does not give aboriginal groups a veto on what can be done with their land pending final proof of their claim,” she wrote. “Perfect satisfaction is not required.”

Dawson pointed to numerous meetings that began in 2011 between the proponents – a Norway-based consortium – and the people of Clyde River. She also noted that the permit was issued with conditions to undertake any scientific research needed to understand the underlying ecology of the water.

She found parts of the project were altered at the request of Clyde River and that local people are to have ongoing input into it.

“I am satisfied the board’s process offered meaningful consultation.”

Natanine remained unconvinced.

“Scientists are telling us that seismic blasting can harm animals and disrupt their migration patterns. Inuit’s own experiences with seismic blasting in the past tell us the same thing.”

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DAMASCUS, SYRIA he 81-year-old antiquities scholar had dedicated his life to exploring and overseeing Syria’s ancient ruins of Palmyra, one of the Middle East’s most spectacular archaeological sites. He even named his daughter after Zenobia, the queen that ruled from the city 1,700 years ago.

On Wednesday, relatives and witnesses said Khaled al-Asaad was beheaded by Islamic State militants who seized the city earlier this year, his body hung on a pole in a main square.

The brutal killing stunned Syria’s archaeological community and underscored fears the extremists will destroy or loot the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city on the edge of a modern town of the same name, as they have other major archaeological sites in Syria and Iraq.

Antiquities officials said they believed IS militants had interrogated al-Asaad, a longtime director of the site, trying to get him to divulge where authorities had hidden treasures secreted out of Palmyra to protect them before the extremists seized the ruins.

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The ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria, is seen in this photo released on May 17. Islamic State militants beheaded 81-year-old Khaled al-Asaad, a leading Syrian antiquities scholar who spent most of his life looking after the ancient ruins of Palmyra.

“We have lost not just a scholar of archaeology but one of the pillars of archaeology in the 20th century,” said Ahmad Ferzat Taraqji, a 56-year-old antiquities expert and friend of

the victim.

The Sunni extremists, who have imposed a violent interpretation of Islamic law across the territory they control in Syria and Iraq, claim ancient

relics promote idolatry and say they are destroying them as part of their purge of paganism – though they are also believed to sell off looted antiquities, bringing in significant sums of

cash.

Known as “Mr. Palmyra” among Syrian antiquities experts for his authoritative knowledge and decades administering the site, al-Asaad refused to leave even after IS militants captured the town and neighbouring ruins in May. The Palmyra site was alAsaad’s life, said his nephew, an opposition activist who uses the name Khaled al-Homsi.

Even when he could no longer go to the Roman ruins because of his advanced age, al-Asaad lived nearby, “and he could see the archaeological site from his house,” al-Homsi told The Associated Press.

IS extremists detained the scholar three weeks ago, al-Homsi said, speaking on condition his real name not be used for fear of reprisals from IS and the Syrian government.

On Tuesday, al-Homsi watched as al-Asaad was brought in a van to a main square near a vegetable market packed with shoppers. Dressed in ordinary clothes and not the orange jumpsuits worn by other hostages before they were beheaded, al-Asaad stood as a militant read out five accusations against him, including that he was the “director of

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idols,� represented Syria “at infidel conferences� and visited Shiite powerhouse Iran.

Then, another militant pulled out a knife, at which point al-Homsi said he left the square, unable to watch.

Al-Asaad’s body was later hung from a pole on a main street, a paper outlining the “charges� against hung around his waist.

Maamoun Abdulkarim, the head of the Antiquities and Museums Department in Damascus, said al-Asaad was a pioneer in Syrian archaeology.

He said IS had tried to extract information from him about where some of the town’s treasures had been hidden in order to save them from the militants.

Palmyra was a prominent ancient city-state under the rule of the Roman Empire.

In the 3rd century, its queen, Zenobia, led a revolt against Rome that briefly succeeded in holding much of the region until it was crushed. The ancient remains, including temples and dramatic colonnades, are a UNESCO world heritage site.

The brutal killing and threat to the region’s archaeological treasures brought international condemnation.

Speaking in Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby said, “The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms this murder ‌ of a man who dedicated his life to preserving Syria’s cultural treasures.â€? “Like so many of ISIL’s victims, his life and extraordinary work stand in stark contrast to that of his barbaric killers.

These attempts to erase Syria’s rich history will ultimately fail,� Kirby said, using an alter-

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nate acronym for IS. Friends and colleagues of alAsaad said Palmyra was his life. “He was Mr. Palmyra, you couldn’t do any work in Palmyra without going through him,� said Amr al-Azm, an antiquities expert and professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio, adding that al-Asaad was indispensable to the management of the heritage sites. “No one’s been there for consistently so long and covered so many aspects of Palmyra’s cultural heritage. I think it’s irreplaceable,� al-Azm said, speaking from Prague.

Al-Asaad was also a hardcore supporter of President Bashar Assad, and had been a member of Syria’s ruling Baath party since 1954.

Al-Homsi, who is opposed to the Syrian president, said his uncle did not believe in the uprising against Assad’s rule, which erupted in March 2011 and later turned into civil war. “He did not take it seriously.�

Al-Asaad had been in charge of Palmyra’s archaeological site for four decades until 2003, when he retired, according to Syria’s state news agency SANA. He then worked as an expert with the Antiquities and Museums Department.

Al-Asaad, who held a diploma in history and education from the University of Damascus, wrote many books and scientific texts. Among his titles are “The Palmyra Sculptures,� and “Zenobia, the Queen of Palmyra and the Orient.�

He also discovered several ancient cemeteries, caves and the Byzantine cemetery in the garden of the Museum of Palmyra, the agency said. “Al-Asaad was a treasure for

Syria and the world,� Khalil Hariri, al-Asaad’s son-in-law who works at Palmyra’s archaeological department, told the AP by phone from the central Syrian city of Homs. “Why did they kill him?�

Hariri said other antiquities officials who were detained by IS in the past two months had been questioned about where artifacts were hidden.

He and other colleagues said al-Asaad was central in the effort to move the contents of the Palmyra museum, including hundreds of artifacts and statues, to safety before the Islamic State group seized the town.

Hariri, who is married to alAsaad’s daughter, Zenobia, said his father-in-law is survived by six sons and five daughters.

Since falling to IS, Palmyra’s ancient site has remained intact, though the militants destroyed a lion statue dating back to the 2nd century. The statue, discovered in 1975, had stood at the gates of the town museum.

In early July, IS released a video showing the killing of 20 captured government soldiers in Palmyra’s amphitheatre.

They were shot dead by young IS members armed with pistols. Hundreds of people were seen watching the killings. “I begged him two months ago to leave the town and come to Damascus with his family, but he refused,� said Taraqji, who is director of excavations at the antiquities department in Damascus. “He believed in destiny,�

Taraqji said. “He told me, ‘I was born in Palmyra and will stay in Palmyra and will not leave even if costs me my blood.�’

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Bob Sharp demonstrates proper paddle-making techniques at Yukonstruct’s woodworking shop on March 5. for people to figure out how to make things for themselves, News Reporter even if they don’t have tools or expertise. It was a logical fit for f you want a life-sized someone with a tendency to look dinosaur, you have to at things in stores and wonder if build it yourself. Because you just can’t go into Walmart and she couldn’t do them better on her own. get that.”

And now, Button is helping This is not the motto of WhiteYuKonstruct vie for first place in horse’s YuKonstruct makerspace, a global makerspace competition a collaborative workshop where hosted by Instructables, a website members gather to share ideas where people share instructions and make furniture, crafts, and about how to make all kinds of clothing. things, from quinoa salad to But it might as well be.

Arduino laser harps (whatever A few years back, Allison Butthose are). ton did want a life-sized dinoThe competition is simple saur: a baby allosaurus, to be enough. Build something. Photoprecise. One that she could take graph every step of the process. to Halloween parties and ride on Write up instructions, including while wearing stilts. Obviously. photos. If the process involves So she made it on her own. computer code or a design file, At other times, Button has include that. Make sure anyone built various other things that who wants to replicate your Walmart, sadly, does not supply.

A keg made out of a watermelon, project can do it based on your for instance, filled with watermel- instructions. Post everything on punch. A set of wall-mounted to Instructables. Innovative ideas with clear instructions are bookshelves that doubles as a featured prominently on the cat playground, complete with a cat-sized rope bridge. Invitations website.

On Aug. 31, the makerspace to a Back to the Future-themed birthday party with pop-up flying with the most featured instructables will take home an impresDeLoreans.

Button is a regular volunteer at sive set of goodies, including a laser cutter, a 3-D printer, and a YuKonstruct, which was conceived in January 2014 as a space welder.

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Until recently, YuKonstruct was leading the competition, in part because Button singlehandedly posted an instructable every day through the month of June.

Now, they’ve dropped to second place – just 10 featured instructables behind a makerspace in Florida.

Still, it’s an impressive achievement for a new makerspace in a relatively small community.

“Everybody thought I was really crazy at first. They were like, ‘Allison, we’re in the Yukon. We are a tiny, tiny makerspace. How can we possibly compete with makerspaces that have hundreds of members and that are in big cities?’” Button said.

“But... I knew that it would really just take a few enthusiastic, dedicated people to really win this.”

One of those people is Sandy Peacock, who’s contributed about a dozen instructables to the competition since it began in June. Several of her creations use YuKonstruct’s laser cutter, a machine that takes designs from a computer program and carves them into wood with incredible precision.

One of Peacock’s recent creations is a wood carving designed to sit over a doorway. It’s a forest

scene – bears, a wolf, and a moose with a backdrop of spruce trees. She found the outlines for the animals and the trees online, and simply fed them into the computer program. Then the laser cutter etched them out in wood.

“It’s so darn easy, because I just go into the Internet and find this design,” she said. “You don’t have to be an artist or design person to be able to do that. I can’t draw. But I can do this.”

What’s interesting about the competition, and about the makerspace itself, is how it blends old and new. Many of YuKonstruct’s members make fairly conventional things: Halloween costumes and jewellery boxes, plastic chess pieces and baby toys.

But they’re using ultra-modern technology to build them. Those chess pieces, for instance, were made with one of YuKonstruct’s two 3-D printers. And they’re sharing many of the things they make with a global audience.

At the end of the day, though, there’s nothing particularly modern about YuKonstruct’s philosophy. The makerspace is for people with creative ideas who need some help to make them come to life. It’s a space for people to be crafty and quirky and self-reliant.

“It’s really about promoting DIY culture,” Button said. And Button thinks it’s no accident that the Yukon’s first makerspace is taking off.

“People in the Yukon are such makers,” she said. “We fit into that maker culture so well. There’s really this kind of pioneering spirit that exists up here. If you live up here... you’ve had to figure out ways of making things work in a smaller community when things don’t always necessarily work the way they’re supposed to or when you don’t have access to the same kind of tools and supplies. So I think the Yukon just kind of breeds a certain kind of ingenuity.”

Still, YuKonstruct’s members will have to keep their creative juices flowing if they’re going to win the Instructables competition at the end of the month. The makerspace is hosting an event on Aug. 27 to encourage people to post as many instructables as they can before the deadline.

Anyone interested in joining the makerspace is encouraged to visit the centre at 135 Industrial Road on their Tuesday Open House nights, from 7 to 9 p.m.

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Canadian public servant email addresses on hacked Ashley Madison list Federally, more than 170 addresses associated with the Canadian Armed Forces are on TORONTO the list, and hundreds more he apparent email adfrom other departments and dresses of hundreds of agencies, including justice, pubCanadian federal, provinlic works, the Canada Revenue cial and municipal government Agency and the RCMP. employees are contained in a At least one MP was regismassive leaked list of names tered by name. Several email purported to be users of Ashley addresses attached to the SenMadison, a matchmaking webate were registered although site for cheating spouses. not under any sitting senators’ Ashley Madison does not send verification emails, mean- names.

According to data on Ashleying the accounts might not Madison.com, there were more belong to actual users of the site and could simply be the work of than 55,000 users on the website living in Ottawa in 2013, making disgruntled tricksters. Further, the data goes back to 2004, sug- it the most infidelity-friendly city in Canada. gesting some email addresses There were also municipal may no longer be operational. government email addresses on In a statement, Torontothe list, including 78 in Toronto, based Ashley Madison’s parent 41 in Ottawa and 32 in Calgary. company, Avid Life Media, said Dozens of university email adit was actively monitoring and dresses are also included. investigating the leak to deterHackers leaked the list after mine the validity of any inforclaiming Ashley Madison remation posted online. fused to bow to their demands It did not immediately reto close the site. A message spond to a question about why posted online said “Time’s Up!� people can register for Ashley Madison with unverified or fake and accused parent company Avid Life Media of deceit and email addresses. incompetence.

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Krebs said Ashley Madison does not send verification emails and allows multiple accounts to be linked to a single email address in an effort to aid users’ privacy. “They wanted to remove the ability for anybody to do that reconnaissance and try to register to find out if somebody was already a member,� he said. “They wanted their users to have deniability.�

Krebs said it was unsurprising that some of the emails were attached to government accounts, but he declined to speculate on the motivations of those who signed up. “This wouldn’t be the first time that people have signed up for services that they wouldn’t

want their name associated with on the front page of the newspaper,� he said. “You put yourself in a compromising situation, but people do it all the time.�

Hackers claim to have exposed data on millions of spouses who signed up to Ashley Madison. “Now everyone gets to see their data,� a message posted by the hackers said.

Ashley Madison has long courted attention with its claim to be the Internet’s leading facilitator of extramarital liaisons, boasting that “thousands of cheating wives and cheating husbands sign up every day looking for an affair.� Avid Life Media has previously acknowledged suffering an electronic break-in.

Canadian and U.S. law enforcement are involved in the probe, the company said Wednesday.

Many U.S. analysts who have scanned the data believe it is genuine.

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Dave Kennedy said the information dump included full names, passwords, street addresses, credit card information and “an extensive amount of internal data.�

In a separate blog, Errata Security Chief Executive Rob Graham said the information released included details such as users’ height, weight and GPS co-ordinates. He said men outnumbered women on the service five-to-one.

A call to Avid Life Media wasn’t returned. The hackers didn’t immediately return emails.

The number of people who actively used the site to seek sex outside their marriage is an open question. But whatever the final number, the breach is still a humbling moment for Ashley Madison, which had made discretion a key selling point. In a television interview last year, chief executive Noel Biderman described the company’s servers as “kind of untouchable.�

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Canadian Press Marty Parker, founder of the TORONTO human resources consultancy firm Waterstone Human Capital, he excesses of Amazon. said the extreme experiences comâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard-driving corpoof some Amazon workers isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a rate culture made headlines this week, raising questions geographic quirk but a reflection of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revolutionary about whether similar problems are possible at Canadian compa- ambitions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is one tough culture, nies. but this is an environment thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The New York Times reported trying to take over the retail and that the white-collar employdigital universe,â&#x20AC;? he said in an ees of the mega-popular online retailer are dealing with an unfor- interview.

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In a perverse way, Parker added, the revelations could help Amazon attract new workers, at least those who thrive and want to work in that type of cut-throat environment.

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Keelan said many studies show that behaving aggressively towards inanimate objects could lead to an increase in the intensity of anger and a greater likelihood of behaving aggressively towards people.

“My other concern is if you focus on this way of dealing with emotion – like anger and frustration – that will detract from the person using

skills and strategies to deal with these feelings in a manner in which research has found to be effective.”

For Cheung, he finds tranquility in the act of smashing.

“I do Muay Thai pretty regularly … and it gives me a very calming effect. And I find the same effect with Rage Room,” he said.

“When I’ve done a session … I feel that same calm. I feel very in control of my emotions after that.”

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Jason Lepine uses a bat to smash a VCR inside the Rage Room at Battle Sports in Toronto on August 11. thought residents would embrace Lauren La Rose the concept.

Canadian Press “From a very young age, we’re taught to protect things and keep TORONTO things whole rather than to break ith a swift swing, the wine things. So, there’s a certain element glass instantly shattered – of taboo,” said Cheung. and Jason Lepine was just “I think that’s what gets people’s getting started. attention is because they can go Wielding bats, a golf club and against that instinct.” a crowbar, he delivered pounding Visitors don white coveralls, blows to a stack of plates, an owl protective gloves and a face mask figurine, a wooden chair and a VCR, and select a “weapon” of choice, crushing them into piles of debris. which also includes a hockey stick “The first glass I thought right and rackets. away about my mother. I just For $20, the half-hour session thought: ‘This feels so wrong. I can’t includes a stack of five plates for be smashing vases and glasses,”’ customers to crush. They can add said Lepine, 29. “It probably goes on options from an eclectic a la back to being a child that you’re not carte menu, including vases and supposed to do that. garden gnomes.

“Once you break through that, Cheung said printers are espeit’s like: ‘Oh, I’m allowed.’ And you cially popular, given the “innate start to let yourself go.” hatred” for the equipment, pointing Housed within Battle Sports, a to a famed scene in the ‘90s cult recreational entertainment facility classic “Office Space,” in which in Toronto, the Rage Room has workers destroy a malfunctioning welcomed a steady stream of cusdevice. tomers seeking to release pent-up Unleashing frustrations while emotions by smashing objects. decimating old technology is also a Battle Sports co-founder Tim prime focus of the Luddite Screen Cheung recalled hearing about Smash in Toronto. two teens in Serbia who opened “I don’t know a single person up a similar room in 2013. In a who hasn’t wanted to smash a computer at some point,” said “high-stress city” like Toronto, he

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“I’m not opposed to technology…. But it can be so frustrating when it doesn’t work – and we’ve all hit those moments.”

The inaugural event in July was “quite intense” but still light-hearted, Corbett recalled.

“It was really interesting to see that the emotions that were coming out were much lighter. There was a giggle underneath a lot of it,” he said.

“We put on these great protective coveralls and face masks and gloves and we looked ridiculous.

But all of that, again, is about getting out of your head and just thinking of it as emotional and fun and silly.”

Calgary psychologist Patrick Keelan said he isn’t surprised that individuals would be drawn to smashing items to ease stress, but doesn’t necessarily think it’s the most effective strategy.

“I would agree it might make the person in the moment get some short-term relief. I guess the issue about whether you want to encourage it would be: ‘Are there negative consequences of doing it even though a person does feel good

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Google making its own $199 Wi Fi router in latest bid to provide better Internet connections shaped OnHub as a leap ahead in a neglected part of technology.

Associated Press The Mountain View, California, company is promising its wireless SAN FRANCISCO router will be sleeker, more reliable, oogle is making a Wi-Fi more secure and easier to use than router as part of its ambition other long-established alternato provide better Internet tives made by the Arris Group, connections that make it easier for Netgear, Apple and other hardware people to access its digital services specialists. Google teamed up with and see more of its online advertisnetworking device maker TP-Link to ing. build OnHub. Pre-orders for the $199 wireOnHub also will adapt to the less router, called OnHub, can be evolving needs of its owners because made beginning Tuesday at Google’s its software will be regularly updated online store, Amazon.com and Wal- to unlock new features, according to mart.com. The device will go on sale Trond Wuellner, a Google Inc. prodin stores in the U.S. and Canada in uct manager. The concept is similar late August or early September. to the automatic software upgrades the company makes to its Chrome Google is touting the cylinderMichael Liedtke

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browser and personal computers running on its Chrome operating system.

Wuellner expects most people will be able to set up OnHub in three minutes or less. The router is designed to be managed with a mobile app called Google On that will work on Apple’s iPhone, as well as devices running on Google’s Android software.

Google’s expansion into wireless routers may conjure up memories of how the company trespassed on the Wi-Fi networks in homes and businesses around the world for more than two years beginning in 2008.

In 2010, Google acknowledged that company cars taking photos for its digital maps also had been intercepting emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent over unprotected Wi-Fi networks. The intrusion became derisively known as “Wi-Spy” among Google’s critics.

Although Google insisted it hadn’t broken any laws, it paid $7 million in 2013 to settle allegations of illegal eavesdropping in the U.S. made by 38 states and the District of Columbia.

Google is pledging not to use OnHub to monitor a user’s Internet activity. The company will still store personal information sent through an Internet connection tied to OnHub when a user visits Google’s search engine or other services, such as YouTube or Gmail, with the privacy controls set to permit the

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Google’s Wi-Fi router, touted to be sleeker, more reliable, more secure, and easier to use than other long-established alternatives, is seen in a promotional image provided by Google. data collection. This is the same data collection Google does when users of its services visit through any router.

The new router represents the latest phase in Google’s mission to make it easier for people to be online.

Besides dispatching Internetbeaming balloons and drones to parts of the world without much online access, Google also has been trying to lower the cost and accelerate the speeds of the connections in more advanced countries such as the U.S. The goal has already hatched Google Fiber, an ultra-fast Internet service that is already available in a few U.S. cities and is coming to more than 20 others. Google is also preparing to offer a wireless

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subscription plan for smartphones running on the company’s Android software.

Google has a financial incentive to make the Internet more accessible and less frustrating to use because it runs the world’s dominant search engine, as well as the highly popular YouTube and Gmail.

The company believes people who spend more time online are more likely to interact with a Google service and click on one of the ads that generate most of Google’s profits.

Ensuring the reliability of Wi-Fi systems is becoming more important to Google for another reason.

Like other tech companies, Google is hoping to sell more home appliances and other equipment that require wireless connections to the Internet. Google’s Nest division already sells thermostats, smoke detectors and video cameras that depend on Wi-Fi to work properly.

Google’s push into Internet access and other far-flung fields ranging from driverless cars to health care has frustrated investors who believe the company is spending too much on its technological mishmash. To address those concerns, Google later this year is creating a holding company called Alphabet that will break things up into the main search advertising business and various side projects.

It hasn’t been decided yet whether OnHub will remain in Google or spun into another part of Alphabet.

The deadline for the next intake date of the 2007 Canada Winter Games Aboriginal Sport Legacy Fund is August 31st. This fund, which is managed by the Yukon Foundation and functions as a program under the Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle (YASC), is to develop and support individual aboriginal athletes at • Canada Summer and Winter Games; • Arctic Winter Games; • Native Youth Olympics; • World Eskimo-Indian Olympics; • Territorial/provincial rep teams; • College/university; and, • National/international level As such the fund will support the above objectives through funding of two programs, Athlete Support and Capacity Development.

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Paradise turns 10 Yukon’s only electronic music festival hits the one-decade mark Pierre Chauvin News Reporter

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en years ago, Kevin Jack organized a going-away party for his best friend at Kettley’s Canyon, at Marsh Lake.

Since then it has evolved into the territory’s sole electronic music festival.

“After the night was done, in the morning as we were all saying our goodbyes and wiping our tears, we were like ‘that was so fun, and what an amazing venue, we have to do this again next year,” said Jack.

This year, seven local artists, including Jack, going by the scene name ‘DJKJ’, and Australian artist Slynk will take the stage for 12 hours of music on August 29.

Paradise is an electronic music festival, but with a Yukon touch.

There’s the log stage, rebuilt twice over the years because of heavy snowfall.

“We went out there and handpicked all these trees, re-skinned them by hand in the dead of winter,” said Jack.

There’s the waterfall running by the “chill out” zone, solarpowered lighting decorations, and a dance floor covered in black sand.

And, of course, the venue sits

by Marsh Lake.

“The venue is very much Yukon-apparelled,” said Jack.

“It’s just an unbelievably beautiful place, hence the name.”

He and a crew of six people have been building and improving the venue year after year.

Each weekend after the ground had thawed they’ve cleared land, chopped off weeds, expanded the camping site and fixed the installations on site.

“It’s been a community effort between the few of us,” said Jack.

For the occasion, The Watershed, a bar and coffee shop on Whitehorse’s Sixth Avenue, will make appropriate use of its name, setting up in a shed by a waterfall.

The Gravy Train poutine vendor, St. John’s ambulance, and consent crews headed by group Les EssentiElles will also be on site.

“Something like this has never been done this far North,” said Jack.

But the event that Jack describes is nothing like the Hollywood image of raves with thousands of people dancing to ear-deafening music while a couple of 19-year olds are convulsing on the floor after having overdosed on questionable substances.

Paradise is for all adults who want to have a good time and enjoy the music, Jack said.

Courtesy Slynk/www.slynk.net

Brisbane, Australia’s Slynk will be headlining the Paradise Music Festival, a 12-hour electronic music festival near Marsh Lake on August 29.

“They don’t necessarily want to go to a bar and there is a serious lack of venues in this town,” he said.

“It’s moms and dads, adults, people who are mature.”

For the first couple of years, the festival was kept to a small size and only advertised through word of mouth.

“We did that for a reason, we didn’t want to end up with a whole bunch of people that didn’t appreciate (the festival) and just showed up to ruin it,” said Jack.

On top of hiring a security

team, 20 volunteers will be on site to make sure the event runs smoothly. Drugs and weapons are not allowed at the festival.

The festival will have a broad range of electronic music styles, from dubstep to hip hop to house music to funk, said Jack.

“I’m ready to show the Yukon we have a really positive scene here.”

The stage is equipped with a 20,000-watt sound system.

“I guarantee the Yukon hasn’t heard anything like this,” he said.

But he said it’s not the kind

of sound system that leaves you with your ears bleeding and the feeling you’ve just made a terrible mistake: it’s a refined sound.

“It’s not where it’s so loud that it’s offensive to your ear, it’s just loud where you can feel every single frequency yet still be comfortable,” said Jack.

He is excited about Slynk, whose real name is Evan Chandler, coming to the Yukon.

“He takes old school like James Brown or Jackson 5 and remixes them, makes them a little bit funkier, fattens up a bit

of the baseline, really high-energy stuff,” he said.

“We’re about setting a vibe where it’s funky, it’s fun: it’s so unique, different yet very safe.”

Jack encourages attendees to camp, given the distance from the city and the time the festival ends at. Shuttle service will be provided the next day.

For more information, search for “Paradise 2015” on Facebook; tickets are available at Triple J’s, the Watershed and Dean’s String and Music Supplies.

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

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Tree pluribus unum: Professor mixes botany, art to create Trees of 40 Fruits size of golf balls and ducked under a low branch to give a trunk-to-leaf Associated Press tour. Starting with a plum root stock, SYRACUSE, N.Y. he has over the years grafted on a cornucopia of fruit. lums, peaches, nectarines and “Right here is a nectarine. It cherries all grow on just one of comes out on a plum base, but it conSam Van Aken’s fruit trees. The tinues to grow up here, until you have trees blossom in a riot of red, white peaches on the end,” he said. “There’s and pink each spring. a couple of apricots that have been The artist calls his creations grafted on, and this out on the end is the Tree of 40 Fruit. And the tree at a red-leaf plum variety.”

Syracuse University, and others like The tree project is an outgrowth it, really does bear 40 or more varietof Van Aken’s work as a sculptor – one ies of stone fruit, thanks to carefully used to working with nontraditional planned grafts. materials. Early on, he considered The hybrid trees provide both juicy fruit and food for thought about arranging different trees that blossomed at different times before preserving agricultural heritage. But realizing he could “collapse the entire most of all, Van Aken wants to proorchard on to one tree.” He decided voke a response. to work with stone fruit – that is, fruit “When somebody happens upon with pits. it and they see it blossom in these “It actually started with a Tree of different colours and they see it 100 Fruit,” he said with a laugh. “I was growing all these different fruit … sort of ambitious.” there’s this rethinking, there’s this He eventually settled on 40, a sort of moment that sort of interrupts number rich with biblical allusions, the everyday,” said Van Aken, who such as the 40 days and 40 nights teaches art at the university. of rain when Noah built an ark and Van Aken’s first 40-fruit tree has the amount of time Jesus fasted. Van been located for the past four years Aken was inspired to include harderon the edge of a campus green. On to-find fruits after reading a centurya recent broiling summer day, Van Aken plucked a few yellow plums the old book, “The Plums of New York,” Michael Hill

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Sam Van Aken points out plum varieties on a tree at a nursery at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. on Aug. 3. that listed hundreds upon hundreds of varieties. The abundance was strikingly different from the few types of purple plums found in modern supermarkets.

He stocked the campus nursery where he works with antique and heirloom varieties, including some from a now-defunct research

orchard. Over time, he has collected more than 40 varieties of plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries and almonds that he can graft to his trees.

The trees can turn heads in the spring, when the multicolored blossoms signal something unusual. But people who walked by the Syracuse

University tree on a recent day barely looked up from their phones to notice the subtle differences in fruit from branch to branch. University employee Karen Davis said she had heard of Van Aken’s tree, but walked by it at least twice a day without realizing it.

“I heard about the tree but I didn’t know it was right here,” said Davis, who called it “fantastic.”

Van Aken said there are 16 trees sited around the nation, mostly in the Northeast. More are being grown and grafted in the nursery, including eight that will be planted in downtown Syracuse next year.

Several of the trees have been donated. The cost of the others depends on his travel expenses. Each tree is planted with 20 varieties grafted to it.

He returns twice a year for three years after each planting to graft the rest of the varieties.

The trees keep him busy April through September, but he likes the fact that this is a unique type of sculpture that keeps on evolving.

“Every year it’s something different. It appears different. It’s radically different than it was six months previous,” he said. “And that part has been the most rewarding part.”

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Calgary couple sinks d’oh into replicating kitchen from The Simpsons for 26 seasons.

“It’s not a renovation. It’s Canadian Press a retrovation,” said Andreychuk, 43, with a laugh. “I CALGARY don’t like those gutted, new, arcia Andreychuk modular, everybody-hasand Joel Hamilthem kitchens. I like the ton are living in a colour. I love the style. It just Simpson-esque orange, blue delights us.” and purple dream.

So far the cupboards are a The two have been slowly match – oversized, cartoontransforming the kitchen ish cabinets and doorknobs. in their home in southeast Andreychuk managed to Calgary into a replica of the find a perfect match for the one inhabited by Marge and corncob curtains above the Homer Simpson, the popular kitchen sink. cartoon family on The Simp“I was able to order the fabric off of a website that sons, which has been on TV Bill Graveland

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She used contact paper, which is similar to shelf liner, to provide the correct colour to countertops, cabinets, fridge and stove.

Renovations began on what has become a labour of love at the beginning of the year and the room remains a work in progress.

Andreychuk is still hoping for actual avocado green appliances, which are expensive, and an orange slimline telephone.

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“When I suggested to Joel I kind of want to update the kitchen – let’s do it like the Simpsons – he bought in immediately,” Andreychuk said.

“He is a huge Simpsons fan. He’s been following the show since he was the age of Bart, when the show first started, and so there was no discussion, nothing but, yes, let’s do this.”

Hamilton, 34, said he was hooked on the show after watching the first episode.

“I was the one raised into it. I didn’t have a choice. At the age I was at and the impressionable state I was at, I automatically was given into the Simpsons cult.”

The couple has been together for four years and intends to complete the kitchen

as close to the original design as possible. The key to that is the appliances.

“They’re just like a diamond ring,” said Hamilton.

“That’s what I told Marcia – that she’s going to get a $100 engagement ring and a $3,000 range.

“I think that is a commitment of cultural status.”

The couple don’t expect to completely redo the house in Simpsons style, but joke about turning the basement into Moe’s Tavern, Homer’s favourite watering hole.

Hamilton said every time he goes into the kitchen it catches him by surprise.

“When you see it, it kind of brings a smile to your face.

The colours are very vibrant.”

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Handbook tells parents and kids how to recognize concussion, how to recover in a free handbook that can be downloaded at http://www.

Canadian Press hollandbloorview.ca/concussionTORONTO handbook.

“It makes concussion educat the tender age of 17, tion accessible and digestible for Warren McNeil considkids and families,” said Nick Reed, ers himself a concussion an occupational therapist and veteran. He’s sustained six of the brain injuries playing hockey and researcher at Holland-Bloorview who specializes in concussion. lacrosse, one of which knocked The handbook not only helps him out cold. parents identify when their child For five of those concussions, may have suffered a concussion the Toronto teen was able to and what that injury does to the return to school and sports after brain, but it also sets out stratea week or two of resting in a dark room to avoid overtaxing his heal- gies for speeding up recovery and avoiding setbacks. ing brain.

“I relate it to a gas-tank analBut the last one in October – ogy,” Reed said Wednesday during the result of being been hit from behind while playing hockey and the launch of “Concussion and falling head-first into the boards – You: A Handbook for Parents and Kids.” was different.

“Everything we do in our life Though the blow hadn’t knocked him unconscious (unlike uses fuel, and our brain is that gas tank. When you have concussion, the previous one in which he got a lot of that fuel is going to healnailed in the head by a lacrosse ing that injury, so we don’t have a ball while playing goal) this one lot in the tank. seemed to “really hit me hard.”

“If we do too much and we’re A week after the concussion, McNeil started to feel better and not smart about the activities we figured his recovery would mimic engage in,” he said, “that fuel’s that of the previous five. going to run out very quickly,” “And I went on a bike ride with leading to a prolonged recovery a friend on the Saturday, and Sun- period that for some can go on for day morning I woke up and I felt many months. like I’d been hit by a bus,” he said.

The handbook provides tips “And you don’t know what to on conserving energy, how to get do, because I’d never had that good-quality sleep and proper happen before,” said McNeil, who nutrition, and relaxation exerfor weeks continued to expericises to protect the brain and to ence myriad symptoms that promote healing. kept him out of school and away Logs for recording daily activifrom his usual activities: starred ties and their effects on sympand blurred vision, nausea, toms are meant to help children headaches, dizziness, anxiety with a concussion make and and depression and “horrible” achieve reasonable goals that will concentration. help them return to school and It wasn’t until he and his their regular physical pursuits. parents attended a concussion “We know that the pediatric information session at Hollandbrain does not respond the same Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation way as the adult brain, and their Hospital that the high school lives are very, very different,” said student learned why he was having so many difficulties and, more The Yukon home of importantly, what he could do to help himself recover.

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“Also, we want to make sure that everyone involved in a young person’s life – whether it be a coach, a teacher, a parent, a friend or a medical professional – are all on the same page.

“And we’re hoping this concussion handbook can really help lead the way there.”

Jennifer Smith, president of the 1,400-member Toronto Leaside Girls’ Hockey Association and a director with the Canadian Women’s Hockey League, said the handbook will be an invaluable educational tool for players, parents and coaches.

As a parent of a daughter who sustained two concussions playing hockey, Smith said it’s critical that parents and coaches can recognize the signs of concussion and know how children with the

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“It’s terrifying when your child is injured or sick and you don’t know what to do,” she said. “Just having a little bit of knowledge is such a comfort to parents, (knowing) that they can take an active and pro-active role in their child’s recovery.”

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Scientists ďŹ gure out how a gene glitch makes people fat; suggests new way to treat obesity Marilynn Marchione Associated Press

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Now experiments reveal that a faulty version of the gene causes energy from food to be stored as fat rather than burned. Genetic tinkering in mice and on human cells in

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the lab suggests this can be reversed, giving hope that a drug or other treatment might be developed to do the same in people.

The work was led by scientists at MIT and Harvard University and published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.

The discovery challenges the notion that â&#x20AC;&#x153;when people get obese it was basically their own choice because they choose to eat too much or not exercise,â&#x20AC;? said study leader Melina Claussnitzer, a genetics specialist at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the first time, genetics has revealed a mechanism in obesity that was not really suspected beforeâ&#x20AC;? and gives a third explanation or factor thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involved.

Independent experts praised the discovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big deal,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Clifford Rosen, a scientist at Maine Medical Center Research Institute and an associate editor at the medical journal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people think the obesity epidemic is all about eating too much,â&#x20AC;? but our fat cells play a role in how food gets used, he said. With this discovery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;you now have a pathway for drugs that can

make those fat cells work differently.â&#x20AC;?

Several obesity drugs are already on the market, but they are generally used for shortterm weight loss and are aimed at the brain and appetite; they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t directly target metabolism.

Researchers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t guess how long it might take before a drug based on the new findings becomes available. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unlikely it would be a magic pill that would enable people to eat anything they want without packing on the pounds.

And targeting this fat pathway could affect other things, so a treatment would need rigorous testing to prove safe and effective.

The gene glitch doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain all obesity. It was found in 44 per cent of Europeans but only 5 per cent of blacks, so other genes clearly are at work, and food and exercise still matter.

Having the glitch doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t destine you to become obese but may predispose you to it.

People with two faulty copies of the gene (one from Mom and one from Dad) weighed an average of 7 pounds more than those without them. But some were obviously a lot heavier than that, and even 7 pounds

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can be the difference between a healthy and an unhealthy weight, said Manolis Kellis, a professor at MIT. He and Claussnitzer are seeking a patent related to the work. It was done on people in Europe, Sweden and Norway, and funded by the German Research Center for Environmental Health and others, including the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Obesity affects more than 500 million people worldwide and contributes to a host of diseases. In the U.S., about one-third of adults are obese and another one-third are more modestly overweight.

The FTO gene turns out to influence obesity indirectly, as a master switch that affects two other genes that control thermogenesis, or burning off energy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long been known that brown or beige fatty tissue â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;good fatâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; burns calories, while the more common white fat stores them.

The body constantly makes fat cells, and the two genes determine whether they become brown or white ones.

In one experiment described in the medical journal, researchers blocked the faulty geneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effect in mice and found they became 50 per cent leaner than other mice despite eating a high-fat diet, and burned more energy even when asleep.

In other tests on human cells, blocking the geneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effect increased energy burning in fat cells. Editing out the problem gene in human cells in the lab also restored normal metabolic function.

Researchers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the impact of having just one faulty copy of the gene but think it has less of an effect than having two copies.

Several companies are trying to develop treatments to stimulate brown fat, and the new research suggests a novel approach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a potential targetâ&#x20AC;? for drug development, said Dr. Sam Klein, an obesity researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. He called the work â&#x20AC;&#x153;an amazing studyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;a scientific tour de force.â&#x20AC;?

Dr. Rudolph Leibel, an obesity expert at Columbia University in New York, used the same term â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;tour de force.â&#x20AC;? Still, some earlier research suggests the FTO gene may influence other aspects of obesity such as behaviour and appetite. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible there are several mechanisms being affected,â&#x20AC;? and that fat-burning is not the whole story, he said.

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The man’s world of sushi chefs highlights near mystical obstacles for gender equality in Japan omy would only get worse unless He came from Sendai, northwomen are freed from their status eastern Japan, on the bullet train Associated Press of homemaker and child-bearer to with his friend to check out back-toback concerts by AKB 48, a female TOKYO contribute more to production and growth. singing-and-dance group. ome jobs in Japan, a nation The government wants women to Sushi at Nadeshico, served by known for its poor record on fill 30 per cent of leadership posiwomen, who didn’t seem that differgender equality, have been off tions by 2020, an ambitious goal ent from AKB 48 members, seemed limits to women for ages. The sushi given that women now make up only the perfect way to end the visit, he counter, for one.

8 per cent of such positions in comSushi is emblematic of Japan’s said. profound cultural influence globally. panies hiring 100 people or more.

Chidui laments how some Even within that effort, there is It has crossed borders, acquiring Japanese are forgetting the delights no crackdown on specific industries non-Japanese ingredients such of sushi, a dish that’s deceptively barring women, said Takaaki Kakias avocado in the process. That, simple but requires a lot of preparanuma, an official at the government however, is the limit of the cultural tion ahead of time to deliver a fine Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet interchange. but varied taste. Instead, people are Office.

Deeply rooted stereotypes such Koji Sasahara/AP choosing to eat pizza and “gyudon,” “The initiative is about getting as the so-called “Edo-style” macho Yuki Chidui, sushi chef and manager at Nadeshico sushi or sliced beef over rice. The only demeanour of sushi chefs and belief women in leadership positions,” he restaurant, holds rice to make sushi at her all-women restaurant in sushi they might have had rolled off said. women’s warmer body temperature Tokyo on Aug. 3. a robotic conveyor belt, known as Becoming a sushi chef is an leads to inferior taste have kept sushi “kaiten zushi.” and other professionals work charge Nadeshico said they liked what they arduous process, requiring several preparation an almost exclusively But she feels she is finally getting were getting.

10,000 yen ($100) or more for dinner, years to learn how to ball up a decent male domain in Japan. good at it, and hopes more women “This tastes so good,” said Masaabout three times what Nadeshico “nigiri” sushi, and at least a decade But some women are out to charges. Their menus tend to be fan- taka Nakayama, 40, a physical thera- will follow. challenge tradition. They’re learning to properly run a restaurant. Chefs“This is really fun,” she said. cier, with exotic fish, such as marbled pist, guzzling down beer and sushi. in-training usually aren’t permitted the art of sushi at a time when the tuna or rare types of baby fi sh. to hold a knife for the fi rst year, government is emphasizing a greater But the profession is gradually getting allocated to deliveries and role for women to offset Japan’s opening up. Tokyo Sushi Academy dish-washing. shrinking workforce. offers two-month crash courses in Masayuki Tsukada, 34, who “I think women are better at sushi-dom, with about a fifth of the communicating with customers, and started training to become a sushi chef at 18, shrugs off how there are so Japanese students being female. A they’re kind and gentle,” said Yuki YFN 101: Chidui, 28, sushi chef and manager third of the students from abroad are few female colleagues. at the all-women Nadeshico sushi women.

“It’s just prejudice,” he said, History of Yukon First Nations and Self-Government restaurant in Tokyo.

“More women are accepted as stressing that what counts is experiSeptember 22, 2015 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Unlike the usual “itamae,” as sushi chefs at casual restaurants, and ence, such as being able to talk and CRN: 10551 $200 + gst sushi chefs are called, with their more so abroad than they are in Jakeep straight all the orders and Location: Yukon College Room T1023 closely cropped hair and crisp cocky names of fish at the same time as pan. The traditional sushi places are language, Chidui is soft-spoken and well as preparing the sushi in front of still male-dominated,” said Sachiko Assisting Individuals in Crisis almost child-like, wearing a white Goto, the academy’s principal. the customer.

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You can help bring monarchs back from the brink

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ode Roberts has spent a lot of the summer checking out ditches and fields along the sides of roads, railways and trails.

At first, he didn’t like what he was seeing. Roberts, who is leading the David Suzuki Foundation’s effort to bring monarchs back from the brink, was searching for signs that the butterflies had visited patches of milkweed plants. Despite the bleak start, he recently hit the jackpot: a half-dozen eggs and a couple of monarch caterpillars, calmly munching on milkweed leaves.

Over the past millennium, eastern monarch butterflies have migrated northward from Mexico in spring, arriving in southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes in early summer, where they lay eggs on the undersides of milkweed leaves. In the following weeks, their caterpillars hatch and eat a steady milkweed diet. In late summer, they form chrysalises and undergo the amazing transformation into butterflies. They then begin fattening themselves for the arduous return to the Mexican alpine forests where they overwinter.

Concerned citizens, scientists and conservation groups were starting to think monarchs might largely be a no-show in Canada this summer. The eastern monarch population has plummeted from more than a billion butterflies in the 1990s to an estimated 35 million in 2014 – a drop of more than 95 per cent. They bounced back

to about 55 million in Mexico this past winter, but a cool start to their journey northward coupled with the virtual eradication of milkweed plants – mainly thorough widespread use of the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) over the past two decades – left monarch experts wondering whether the butterflies would make it across the border this year.

The good news is that citizen scientists and backyard butterfly lovers from across the northeastern U.S. and southern Canada have reported through social media that monarch butterflies are arriving and laying a remarkable number of eggs. But it’s too early to gauge whether the numbers will meet already low expectations.

While monarch enthusiasts are breathing a momentary sigh of relief, Roberts and colleagues have launched the Monarch Manifesto, encouraging people throughout

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Participants are asked to commit to do three simple things this summer: grow milkweed, report monarch sightings and avoid using pesticides on their properties. They also commit to two simple tasks for the fall: reach out to at least one neighbourhood school, faith group, business or other institution about planting a butterfly garden and call local garden centres or nurseries to ask them to order native milkweed plants for next spring. Manifesto signatories will receive information and tips on how to begin these conversations.

The Monarch Manifesto is part of a growing movement to bring back monarch butterflies and help other important pollinators, like honeybees and wild bees. If all goes well, we’ll see thousands of participants, hundreds of new butterfly gardens and more local milkweed sources next spring.

The backyard and urbanfocused campaign is bolstered by research by University of Delaware entomologist Douglas Tallamy, who found monarchs lay more eggs on garden plants than on milkweed in meadows. The campaign also complements a research project the David Suzuki Foundation will

launch this fall, in partnership with University of Guelph researchers Tyler Flockhart and Ryan Norris, examining best practices for cultivating milkweed and encouraging monarch populations along rail and hydro lines, roadways and trails.

What can you do to help? An easy first step is to sign the Monarch Manifesto, which includes information on how to attract butterflies to your neighbourhood.

If you already have milkweed in your garden or on your balcony, consider collecting seeds this fall and sharing them with friends and neighbours. If you don’t have a garden or balcony, you can look for places where you live, work and play that could become new butterfly garden patches.

While Roberts continues his hopeful hunt for signs of monarchs this summer, I hope you’ll join thousands of people who are taking action, adding pollinatorfriendly plants to their yards, spurring butterfly gardens in their neighbourhoods and transforming a multitude of spaces into safe havens for bees and butterflies.

Together, we can bring monarch butterflies back from the brink.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Homegrown National Park Project Manager Jode Roberts. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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Early death may beneďŹ t bear-pressured salmon salmon migrating back to five streams in the Wood River Lakes system. There, Carlson tracked the lives of specific sockeye as they deteriorated upon entering

by Ned fresh water.

During the breeding season, Rozell salmon enter the streams and lakes of their birth after three-toLASKA five years of living in the ocean.

CIENCE The fish stop feeding when they leave the ocean, and male hile snorkeling in sockeyesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; jaws and snout curve Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest lake, and they develop humps in their Stephanie Carlson watched sockeye salmon change backs. Both males and females turn bright red and grow paler as from aggressive red creatures they approach the end of their with the jaws of wolves to drab, lives. lethargic slugs. That conversion By the time the fish die, within was so quick she wondered if fish a week or so of leaving the ocean, that fall apart faster have some the sockeye will have burned advantage over fish that linger.

85 percent of their stored fat A shorter lifespan appears to reserves, according to Carlson. be a good strategy when bears She and her colleagues tagged are plucking your comrades from hundreds of salmon at the the water next to you, Carlson mouths of five streams in the reported in Anchorage once at a Wood River Lakes area. In the meeting of the American Fisherdays that followed, Carlson and ies Society. others walked along the creeks, She is a professor at the tracking the same salmon for University of California Berkeley days and writing down how long who was once a graduate student they lived. She noticed differencat the University of Washington es in salmon lifespans in areas enrolled in its Alaska Salmon Pro- where bears were better able to gram. For more than 50 years sci- catch salmon. entists involved with the program â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where bear activity was have studied one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intense, the fish had shorter richest salmon areas, Bristol Bay. lifespans,â&#x20AC;? Carlson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Their Carlson spent parts of five freshwater lifespans) could be summers in and around salmon as short as five days. Where bear streams that flow into Bristol Bay activity was high, the strategy near Dillingham. She has pulled seemed to be â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;breed as soon as on a wetsuit in order to watch you get in the creek.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? sockeye in Iliamna Lake, and she Living longer was not an and her coworkers also attached advantage in areas with lots of bears, Carlson said. Female tags behind the dorsal fins of

salmon that spawned their first few days in the creek would pass on more genetic material than fish that waited and became a meal for a bear before they dropped eggs.

Biologists have seen genetic selection for a shorter lifespan in some other species. Opossums on the North Carolina mainland seem to live shorter lives than opossums on a small island off the coast thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exposed to as many predators. Water fleas that breed in ponds as opposed to lakes also seem to select for a shorter lifespan to increase their chances of reproducing, Carlson said.

Working on streams clogged with salmon and the brown bears they attract features a few more risks than studying opossums or water fleas. When Carlson did her fieldwork, she always had a few buddies along. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always walked in groups of three,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was pretty common to walk around a corner and see a live fish on the shore with a bite out of it, and you knew a bear was there 30 seconds ago.â&#x20AC;?

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Chief Jim Boss is remembered as a great leader sufficient to their wants whereas at the present time, because of the white trappers and hunters taking possession of the country the Indians are unable to subsist as they

by Michael were formerly able to do.”

If the government was willing to Gates entertain the proposal, Boss offered to gather the people of the region ISTORY together at any time.

UNTER This is the first known attempt of the First Nation people of the Yukon n early 1902, Chief Jim Boss of to enter into land claim negotiations the Southern Tutchone people with the government of Canada. The living around Lake Laberge government ignored the request, approached Whitehorse lawyer and so began a process that was to T.W. Jackson to write a letter to the continue for a century before reachgovernment. He wanted to request ing its conclusion. compensation for the loss of lands Similarly, Chief Isaac of Dawson and hunting grounds by the incurCity frequently and firmly reminded sion of the white man during the white settlers in the Klondike region recent gold rush.

He had previously requested that that his people had occupied the William Ogilvie, commissioner of the land before the stampeders of the gold rush arrived.

Yukon, set aside 1,600 acres of land In 1933, Joe Squam of the Teslin on the upper end of Lake Laberge for his people. Ogilvie acknowledged people also claimed land in the Wolf Lake area, stating that he had the long-term occupation of the “hunted and trapped over this land site by Indian people, and on July since a child.” The government hast13, 1900, Canadian government set aside a reserve, reduced to 320 acres, ily denied that claim too.

The formal process that has “for the use of the Indians in the resulted in 11 Final Agreements in vicinity.” the Yukon Territory started in 1973 Chief Boss may not have been when a proposal for the settlement impressed with the reduced allocaof land claims entitled “Together tion that was granted by the comToday for our Children Tomorrow” missioner, so the letter, written on Jan. 13 of 1902, was directed instead was accepted by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. It had been a long to the superintendent of Indian Aftime coming. fairs in Ottawa.

Chief Jim Boss (Kashxoot) “Before the advent of the white was born about 1871. His father, man,” wrote Jackson, “the Indians Mundessa, originally from the had no difficulty in procuring game

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Family members proudly pose with a plaque dedicated to Jim Boss that was unveiled August 23, 2008 at Lake Laberge. The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, which produced the plaque, declared him to be a person of national significance.

Hutchi area, was the chief of the people around Lake Laberge. His mother, Lande, was from the Tagish people southeast of Whitehorse.

Many of the Ta’an Kwach’an people of today can trace their ancestry back to this couple and their children.

He had, during his life, three wives. He first married Kathleen Kitty and adopted her son Fred. His second wife was Maude, with whom he had four children; Alice, David, Lena and Ned. Maude died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. With his third wife, Annie, he had two more children, Agnes and Sam. He lived in the Whitehorse area until his death in 1950.

Kashxoot was seen by his people as a successful and wealthy man.

He adapted well to the economic opportunities made possible by the influx of newcomers that resulted from the gold rush.

He supplied firewood and fish to the sternwheelers that plied the waters of the Yukon, and provided wild meat to the Burns meat outlet in Whitehorse. Despite the messy nature of some of this work, he was well known for keeping an extremely tidy camp. He built a roadhouse

on Lake Laberge and subsequently operated several roadhouses during his life. He operated a fox farm during the period of high prices. He is credited with discovering Takhini Hot Springs, and owned it until his death in 1950.

He owned several houses and a team of horses to transport him back and forth. He held several potlatches over the years, including one in 1905, across the river from Whitehorse, which lasted several days. In his later years, he could be seen attending various events in Whitehorse, decked out in specially made regalia, some of which is today housed in the MacBride Museum.

Because of his family connections, his linguistic skills, and his ability to adapt to and successfully exploit the white economy, he was widely respected within his own society, and acknowledged by the white community. On more than one occasion, he represented his own as well as his people’s interests to the government, and acted as a go-between on many occasions.

Had the government entertained the negotiation of a treaty, Kashxoot would have been the obvious choice to bring people together for such

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a purpose. Unfortunately, this was not to be, and it was left to another leader, Elijah Smith, to advance the First Nations cause to Prime Minister Trudeau many years later.

On Jan. 13, 2002, precisely 100 years after his letter was submitted to the government suggesting that a treaty be negotiated, representatives from the Ta’an Kwach’an Council, the Government of Canada and the Government of Yukon formally signed the Ta’an Kwach’an Council Final Agreement in a public ceremony.

Featured on the cover of the final agreement is an image of Chief Jim Boss dressed in ceremonial regalia.

I think that he would have been pleased by the outcome of this momentous agreement.

The final agreement included provisions covering financial compensation, transfer of 785 square kilometres of land to the Ta’an Kwach’an Council, protection of heritage values, opportunities for economic development and creation of a new level of self-government for the First Nation.

In August 2008, Chief Jim Boss was recognized as being of national significance when a brass plaque in his honour was unveiled in a ceremony at Lake Laberge in front of a large crowd. On it, written in English, French and Southern Tutchone was the following: “Chief Jim Boss, of the Ta’an Kwach’an First Nation, was one of the first Yukon aboriginal leaders to recognize the importance of preserving the land and its resources for his people. He is remembered for having initiated the first Yukon land claim in the year 1902. His leadership allowed the First Nations from the southern region of the Yukon to make the transition from a traditional way of life to a Euro-Canadian economy.

Throughout his lifetime, Chief Jim Boss was an influential and outspoken leader whose insight helped guide the Yukon First Nations.”

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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Free use of beach house merits more than perfunctory thanks that oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempts to please have been successful.

In your case, you can presume that these people like the beach house, because they keep coming back. What is lacking is any sign that they actually like you for providing it. Surely if they did, they would invite you to visit them, or otherwise exhibit gratitude (in more than a five-second email) for this enormous annual favor.

Personally, Miss Manners would be thinking warmly about strangers who pay those rather high rents. Call her selfish, but she thinks of it as saving those friends from the selfishness into which they have sunk.

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SPORTS AND RECREATION New champ tops freestyle field at Whitewater Rodeo

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Spectators take in the Whitewater Rodeo from the Rotary Centennial Bridge on Wednesday. The event got a new advanced freestyle champion. level … It’s not a competition as much as just seeing everybody News Reporter – just go have fun, compete and I guess I was lucky to win.” t seems every year more Brennan, who has been livspectators crowd the Rotary ing in Alberta the last two years, Centennial Bridge in Whiterepresented Canada at the 2011 horse as paddlers put on a show Freestyle Kayak Junior World in the Whitewater Rodeo.

Championships in Germany Correspondingly, more and and then spent two years as more photographers are fighthead instructor at Liquid Skills ing for good angles at the edge kayak school on the Ottawa of the water by the man-made River. spin wave.

Some big loops (or flips) Neither group was disapmade the difference for Brenpointed at this year’s rodeo on nan, one judge told the News.

Wednesday.

“Loops, space Godzillas, Spectators were wowed and just some of the bigger aerial photographers clicked away moves that have higher ranking as the annual event got a new points,” said Brennan. “Cartfreestyle-kayaking champ.

Whitehorse’s Joel Brennan, a wheels are a really great trick former national team member, for linking moves.”

Olivier Roy-Jauvin placed won the advanced category for second and Connor Oliverhis first time.

“It was good to be out on the Beebe third in the advanced division. water again,” said the 21-yearThe intermediate division old. “I definitely have the comwas another close one. Deano petitive edge out of my bones from competing at the national Bennett topped it, ahead of sec- Advanced division winner Joel Brenner performs a loop.

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Luanda Pronovost shows her stuff in the beginner division.

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Marek Henderson soars out of the water on his way to a second place finish. ond place’s Mael Pronovost and third place’s Sean Stark. Fourth place went to Natasha Harvey, the top female.

“I didn’t do too much paddling this year but I came out for a fun time, hanging out with all the great people around here and just paddled my heart out,” said Bennett. “I tried doing a loop, but I couldn’t stick it, so I just kind of farted around. I did a couple of spins, did a couple of cartwheels … The more practice you get down here every day, the better you get.

eddy and then back up because the currents are so fast.

“Yukon Electric allowed us to put the course up. Without their approval we wouldn’t have been allowed to have this event happen.”

After placing in two prior events, Roy-Jauvin finally notched a win in the downriver race, beating Oliver-Beebe in second and paddling veteran Bob Daffe in third.

Luanda Pronovost, who also competed at the Canadian Whitewater Championships,

“I tried doing a loop, but I couldn’t stick it, so I just kind of farted around.”

“I’ve been paddling with the club for almost 13 years and I learned through the community.”

Austin Shaw, Marek Henderson and Luanda Pronovost placed first, second, third in the beginner freestyle division.

As always, there was a lot more than just freestyle going on at the rodeo.

Mael Pronovost, who won two gold medals at the Canadian Whitewater Championships last month, was unsurprisingly the winner of the slalom event.

The 14-year-old raced through the gates with a time of 1:59, outpacing Oliver-Beebe (2:02) and Roy-Jauvin (2:08).

The course wasn’t quite as good as the one he rode at nationals, “but it was good for what we have in Whitehorse,” said Mael. “The gates are very far apart, so you really have to go down to the bottom of the

Joel Krahn/Yukon News

A kayaker rides the spin wave in front of the crowd.

snatched first in the youth division of the downriver race.

Ruby Lieu-Ashthorn came in for second and Sam Flemming for third.

The Whitewater Rodeo has been an annual event for over 20 years, but the hosting Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club has been around a lot longer than that. It is believed this season is the club’s 50th.

“I believe it is, so we’ll have plans for celebrations next year,” said club president John Quinsey. “It was the Yukon Voyageurs originally – in ’65 I believe – and at some point it changed to the Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club. It was all canoeing back then and they had a clubhouse at Chadburn Lake and used to hold dances out there … There were a lot of social activities back then.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Olivier Roy-Jauvin paddles his way to a win in the downriver race.

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Jake Paleczny takes in the view of the Yukon Energy dam during the Whitewater Rodeo on Wednesday in Whitehorse.

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Roots picks up third Yukon title of the summer Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse’s Logan Roots has achieved a Yukon runner’s hat trick.

The 22-year-old first won the Yukon Five-Kilometre Championships in July and then the Yukon River Trail Marathon for his third time early this month. Now he has the in-between distance title.

Roots took first overall at the Athletics Yukon’s Yukon 10-Kilometre Championships, starting and ending at F.H. Collins Secondary School, on Tuesday.

“In the second lap I guess I was feeling pretty good and maybe picked it up a little bit or maybe they slowed it down a little bit. I’m not sure,” said Roots.

“I felt pretty good on the hills still and ended up running a negative split (faster on the second lap than on the first lap.)”

Roots crossed the finish line with a time of 36 minutes and 46 seconds.

Yukon MP Ryan Leef took second at 38:35 and Darby McIntyre, who captured gold and bronze in athletics at the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games three weeks ago, came in at 39:58 for third.

It was the fourth Yukon championship in a row that Leef, a masters runner, placed second behind a young open runner like Roots. But he doesn’t seem to mind at all.

“It’s always great to see Logan run. We’ve got our next generation of very talented distance runners and he’s running so strong late in the season after a busy year,” said Leef. “It’s nice for me to come out and be part of the crowd again and keep them within sight for a while … Running has been such a big part of my life, so it’s nice to keep that

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From left: Logan Roots, Darby McIntyre, Ryan Leef and Kieran Halliday run at the Yukon 10-Kilometre Championships on Tuesday in Riverdale. Roots placed first for males. going.”

Kieran Halliday, who won the 10-kilometre championship last year, decided to drop out after the first five-kilometre lap

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“It was my first week back (from the Western Canada Summer Games) and I didn’t feel too great,” said Halliday. “Logan and I said we’d go slower, and then we didn’t. So I just called it.”

It was two in a row for Whitehorse’s Anett Kralisch on Tuesday.

Kralisch defended her women’s title, though she doesn’t seem to care much for the 10-kilometre distance.

“I’m not quite sure why I keep doing it,” said Kralisch. “Overall, the 10K is an awful distance. It’s just mentally really challenging. The 5K is over quickly, but not the 10K. You still have to race it. In some ways I prefer the half marathon to this Tom Patrick/Yukon News because you can enjoy it more.”

Top female finisher Anett Kralisch runs past the Rotary Kralisch came in with a time of Centennial Bridge.

44:37, almost a minute slower than last year. Sue Bogle placed second Results for females at 46:15 and Sarah Johnson third at 50:09.

Masters III female “I haven’t been able to run much Midget male 1st Sue Bogle – 46:15 1st Darby McIntyre – 39:58 lately, I’m just recovering from a chest cold,” said Kralisch. “So I Masters VI male Youth male wanted to take it easy, but then 1st Don White – 48:38 1st Brahm Hyde – 57:41 somehow I got competitive. Sue Bogle pushed me and I was expectMasters VI female ing her at any second to pass me. I Open male 1st Margaret Mundell – 51:33 think on any regular day she would 1st Logan Roots – 36:46 be much faster than me.”

Masters VII male Roots, who won the 10K chamMasters I female 1st Keith Lay – 53:30 pionships in 2013 as well, has had a 1st Sarah Johnson – 50:09 very productive summer. He placed 2nd Melissa Yu Shott – 59:10 Masters VIII male third for his age division and 19th 1st Dave Kalles – 1:09:48 overall at the Canadian Half MaraMasters II male thon Championships in Calgary, Walking male won the half distance in the Skagway 1st Ryan Leef – 38:35 1st John Storms – 1:04:34 Marathon and placed fifth at B.C.’s Masters II female 10-kilometre road championship.

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Yukon Titans outfielder Heidi Harry hits a grounder at the 2015 Canadian Slo-Pitch Championships last week in Dorchester, Ont. Yukon’s two teams went winless at the championships.

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he 2015 Canadian Slo-Pitch Championships was a real eyeopener for two Yukon softball teams last week in Dorchester, Ont. The two teams – the Urban Realty Reds in the men’s tournament and the Fountain Tire Titans in the women’s – went winless, together getting outscored 415-80 over 19 games.

However, the Yukon teams, which were the first to compete at the championships in about 25 years, were glad they went.

“It was a great experience,” said Reds coach Dan Jordan. “Their inexperience at that level showed. We didn’t win a game, but I’m not sure we were expected to. But they played really hard.

“We had a short roster of only 12 players, and to last 10 games at that level was quite and accomplishment.”

“The competition was really tough; we’ve never seen anything like that before,” said Titans coach RoniSue Steinhagen. “But we definitely learned a lot and improved every game that we played there, which is great. Now we know what we need to work on over the winter. We’re going to be really prepared for next year.”

The Reds went winless in 10 games in Dorchester. They lost 27-4 to the Alberta Oilmen, who went on to win their second title in four years.

The Reds also took a closer 14-6 loss to the HR Sports Syndicate, another

Alberta team that took silver, going the full seven innings.

“To go seven innings with a team of that caliber was quite an accomplishment,” said Jordan.

“Where we suffered most was at the bats. Our defensive play, I think, was very good. We just couldn’t produce the runs to keep up.”

The Titans played nine games at the championship, losing 25-5 to the gold medalist Sports Mizuno Lady Birds, from Ontario, who defended their title from last year.

Their closest game was a 9-3 loss to Ontario’s Lady Gryphons, who finished the round robin in the top spot.

“Some of the coaches I talked to

had players who played college ball down in the States,” said Steinhagen.

“They play hundreds of games in their season and they play tournaments at that high level. And we play Dustball. But I think we did well considering how much ball we play together.”

The Yukon teams earned the spots at the championship in Softball Yukon’s qualifying tournament in Whitehorse this past May. The Titans and Whitehorse’s P&M Recycling Guns won a second qualifying tournament earlier this month to represent Yukon at the 2016 Canadian Slo-Pitch Championships, which will be held in Whitehorse next

August.

“The team was great, they represented well, were great ambassadors of the Yukon and they were well-liked down there,” said Jordan. “It was a good time all the way around and we can’t wait to go back.”

“We were very popular and I think we did the Yukon proud,” said Steinhagen. “We even made it into the London Free Press on the front page of the sports section right under the Blue Jays.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Beautiful home on an acreage, only a 5 minute walk to Golden Horn Elementary School. House totals approximately 2450â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 3 stories (on a 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; crawl space), 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, on 3 ha (7.4 acres). There is a 900â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wrap around deck with a garage a carport. There is a large fenced area with a lawn, vegetable garden, ďŹ&#x201A;ower garden and areas that contain raspberry bushes, Saskatoonberry trees, red and black current bushes and a greenhouse. There is also a shed and dog run/ chicken coup with storage up top. The well is about 150â&#x20AC;&#x2122; deep with good water, and there are 360 degree mountain views!

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ATLIN, BC

Updated home on acreage with mountain views. ATLIN TOWNSITE!

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475,000.00

ATLIN, BC

Newly renovated home on LARGE waterfront lot - ATLIN TOWNSITE!

449,000

Asking

Call 689-3293. See Property Guys (703795).

Contact Rose Sellars @ 867-334-3463

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Beautiful, six bedroom, three bathroom family home on large wooded lot in Porter Creek. New wood stove in the living room. Kitchen/dining room comes with electric stove, fridge/freezer, plenty of counter space and cupboards. Accessible indoor storage space, front loading washer and dryer. Large yard contains garden, perennial beds, mature trees, shed and storage areas.

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We have loved our white and blue two-bedroom, onebathroom home for four years. It is in a quiet area with neighbours we wish we could take with us. Completely reconstructed in 2009, this cozy home has an arctic entrance, spacious bathroom with stackable washer/ dryer and large living room. Electric heat, a metal roof, ample parking space, walking trails and mountain views complete the picture!

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NORSEMAN RV PARK & MARINA

1 column x 3 inches

$1,500,000

2 columns x 2 inches

Owner retiring - 2.5 acre lot - 1000â&#x20AC;&#x2122; water frontage - ATLIN TOWNSITE! 99 Mill St, Atlin, BC

Tammy Matson 778-938-5599

Sutton Group - Seafair Realty tmatson@eastlink.ca tammymatson.com

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

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211 Wood Street, Whitehorse

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SQUANGA LAKE, .6 acres, 85Ęź lake front titled property, 16ĘźX16Ęź hunting/fishing camp, boat launch, year round access, $95,000.

867-821-4429

Wind up your day with everything you need.

867-667-6283

Friday, August 21, 2015

YUKON NEWS

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

LOT 37 Judas Creek, large level lot with small storage shed, beautiful view, power to pole on property, $75,000. 250-651-7697 DAWSON HERITAGE home, prime location, large lot, rental suite, 2,400 sq ft, 3-bdrm, 2.5 bath, open kitchen/dining/living room, pantry, 2 decks, confluence views, former Ferry Saloon annex. 867-993-3787

4-BDRM 2.5 bath home, Takhini, beautiful, attached garage, large backyard with deck/hot tub, hardwood floors, 2,600 sq ft, $509,000. 332-2644 eves 3-BDRM 2-BATH bungalow, new, 1,450 sq ft, open concept, hardwood flooring, tile entry, carpeted bdrms, large ensuite w/walk-in closet, 6Ęź vanity, rear sundeck. 334-2802

CAREER OPPORTUNITY IN BEAUTIFUL ATLIN, BC

KausheeĘźs Place

Community Mental Health and Wellness Counsellor

Weekend and Casual Workers

Candidates must be: s EXPERIENCED AND HOLD AN -37 OR EQUIVALENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE AND BE REGISTERED WITH "##37 OR EQUIVALENT REGULATORY BODY s HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF AND BE ABLE TO ADHERE TO ETHICAL NORMS AND APPROPRIATE BOUNDARIES s BE COMFORTABLE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF MENTAL HEALTH CLIENTS

INCLUDING GRIEVING TRAUMA ISSUES AND COMPLEX OR DUAL DIAGNOSIS CASES s BE FAMILIAR WITH &IRST .ATIONS TRADITIONS s BE FAMILIAR WITH "# MENTAL HEALTH 0RIVACY REQUIREMENTS s BE SELF MOTIVATED AND COMFORTABLE WORKING IN A SMALL NORTHERN COMMUNITY A clear RCMP Record Check is required.

Submit application by 2:00pm, Friday, August 28th, 2015.

Submit letter with documentation to: BWSOCIETY BIGWATERSOCIETY ORG OR CONTACT US AT PH ANS FOR MORE INFORMATION

www.yukoncollege.yk.ca www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

Employment Employment Opportunity Opportunity

(Yukon Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Transition Home)

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, Kausheeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Place Box 31392, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6K8 Fax: (867) 668-2374 Email: edywth@northwestel.net Job description available upon request.

www.yukoncollege.yk.ca www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

Employment Employment Opportunity Opportunity

Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. 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 Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s northern capacity through education and training.

Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. 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 Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s northern capacity through education and training.

Instructor/Coordinator, Hetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;edan Ku (Pelly Crossing) Community Campus

Research Associate Opportunity

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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 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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 Ă&#x20AC;HOG 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

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 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.

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.

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: â&#x20AC;˘ Laboratory experience in conducting toxicity assays and analysis of herbicides in soils and vegetation; â&#x20AC;˘ Technical expertise working with industrial partners and/or right-of-way vegetation management; â&#x20AC;˘ 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

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: â&#x20AC;˘Register arriving guests and assign rooms â&#x20AC;˘Answer telephone enquiries â&#x20AC;˘Compile and check daily records Contact: HR Manager hr@elitehotel.ca Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. 206 Jarvis St Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H1 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.

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

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

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

G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL USED TIN, beige & white from 60ĘźX70Ęź shop 20Ęź wall, wall & roof tin, exc cond, value $18,300 new, asking $7,500. 335-5192 DELUXE HAND-HELD shower massager, new in sealed case, 3 settings $20.

336-4898 2 YORK 3-ton air conditioning units w/horizontal coils. Any 3 phase power, $1,100/ea.

667-6752 or 332-8706 GET-A-GRIP ULTRA traction on snow, casual, dress, athletic footwear, WomenĘźs SML-MED, 5-9, menĘźs 3-7, Euro 36-41, 2 replaceable spikes incl, $10. 336-4898 HANDICAP SHOWER chair, unused, white w/rubber suction cups, clean & exc cond, $85 obo. 336-4898 CANON PRINTER, PIXMA MP560, like new, memory card compatibility, print from camera, $150 obo. 336-4898 GARRET ELECTRONIC 4-coil metal locater with case, batteries & headphones, exc shape, $600. 332-6565 50Ęź OF 2â&#x20AC;? copper pipe, offers. 332-6565 4 NEW boxes Armstrong acoustic ceiling tile, 2ĘźX4Ęź, 32 sq ft per box, 1/2 price $384.

667-6752 or 332-8706 PRESTON HI-BOY oil furnace model OL280, 280,000 BTU, extra burner & fan motor, any 3 phase power, $800. 667-6752 or 332-8706 BRASS WALKER, no wheels, $30; oil-filled heater, $30. 334-8318 ASSORTED TOOLS, hand, power, woodworking & mechanical, vg cond, 49 Redwood St, Porter Creek. 633-6553 FUEL TANKS, 1-200 gal, 1-250 gal, no leaks, both for $225. 633-4656 FXR BRAND fall jacket, MenĘźs 3XL, new, cami & black pattern w/neon green trim, $100 obo. 393-2630 RED OAK hardwood flooring, $5/sq ft, 3/4â&#x20AC;? x 3.5â&#x20AC;?, 2 boxes, 22 sq ft per box, $110 per box.

633-2018 XBOX ACCESSORIES, 2 wired controllers for Xbox 360/original, various cables, remote control, $15; plaster molds to make 4â&#x20AC;? tiles from clay slip, 6 molds each make 4 tiles, $40; backpack w/wheels, new cond, $15.

393-2929 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 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 CEMENT MIXER, electric, $300. 633-2236

Friday, August 21, 2015

YUKON NEWS

Hello Whitehorse

HIP WADERS w/straps, like new, Menʼs L; Mustang life jacket; Vasque hiking boots; heavy metal & glass door w/lock, free; chess books; ribbon & lace spools. 667-7144

If you are searching for fly-fishing equipment of better quality than in town, at a very good price, come to see me at

BOLLARD POST, 7ʼ long, 6” inside diameter, 1/4” wall, new 1/2 price, $90. 667-6752 or 332-8706

Fishermen!

TERRARIUM, 4ʼ long, 2ʼ wide, 2.5ʼ high, $30. Call or text 334-9295

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DROLET WOOD stove, great condition, $800. 334-5384 USED AND some new ladies clothing sizes 18-24, also shoes some new in box Flubogs, sizes 10, various prices, serious enquiries only. 336-2106 OLDER VALLEY Comfort wood stove, suitable for garage or greenhouse, $100.

336-2106

flyfishingyukon689.com

or facebook at flyfishingyukon689.

Invitation for Applications NGC Builders Ltd is recruiting qualified:

§ Journeyman Carpenters/ or Carpenters with like experience § Registered Apprentices § Skilled Labourers

We are a well-known local company offering a diverse and challenging opportunity in the construction business.

Please apply in person with resume and current references at 7209, 7th Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon.

FUTURE STEEL garage, 30ʼx40ʼ, $17,000 obo. 335-9272 NESTLER DRAFTING machine to give away. 667-6424 CASE MOD desktop tower, see-through side panel, extra fans, and all the guts of an XP system. $30. 393-2929.

TINY HOUSE caboose style on tandem axle trailer, completely furnished, extremely well built, $23,000 obo. 336-1412 MISC PIECES of metal piping, good for welding etc, come and get it. 322-1990 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 PERFUME: NOW allergic-6 full bottles, Guess, Chloe, Magnifique, Coty, Prestige, $7 ea, good deal. 867-456-4109 eves, 204-880-7245 cell ANTIQUE KODAK Brownie Twin 20 camera, c/w flash, extra bulbs, CL620 film in original box, offers. 332-6565

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

In order to be considered for a position as director of the board, a candidate must: • Consent to a preliminary criminal background check by the shareholder and any further due diligent the shareholder deems appropriate; • Be nineteen (19) years of age or older; • Be an individual; • Never have, or controlled a company that has, met the definition of ‘’bankrupt’’ or ‘’insolvent;’’ • Not have previously served as a director of the Corporation and been removed for any reason or resigned for reasons unrelated to legitimate personal matters or illness; and • Not have been convicted of a criminal offence.

If you are interested please submit resume to NA-CHO NYAK DUN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION by email at coo@nnddc.ca, by fax at 1-867-456-4344 or by mail to Suite #2 4230-4th Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1K1

by September 19, 2015.

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

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 CHAIN LINK fence, 150ʼ x 42”. Incls connectors, horizontal poles & 2 gates, exclʼg vertical poles, $150 obo + removal. 668-6771 SEALY FOAM organic cotton 9” double mattress, $20; Fisher Price Jeep, needs battery, $40; lounger, $30; Futon, steel frame, converts to double bed, $200. 633-4078 SUPPORT STUDENTS and schools. Order fresh veggies, $35 for 20 lbs, between August 27 and September 14, 2015. Information: www.yukonfromthegroundup.ca BLACK & Decker skill saw c/w spare blade, $30 obo. 667-4892 FRENCH 633-2236

LILLY pendant, silver, $99.

UNIVERSITY TEXTBOOKS, mathematics, probability, physics etc, $20-$25 ea.

667-4892 MOVING SALE, indoor & outdoor furniture, household & garage items. 668-3968 or 334-1393 2 GREAT tickets to see The Who in Vancouver, floor, Row 33, Tuesday, Sept 29 at 7:30pm, Rogers Arena, $400 for both.

633-2121 UK EMPIRE typewriter, $45 obo. 667-4892 TALL SNAKE plant, $60. 668-4186 OSBURN 2400 High Efficiency EPA woodburning stove, almost new, used one winter, 21'' logs, great for shop, cabin or house, $1,800 new, asking $800 obo. 335-6439 SMALL 633-4322

WOOD stove for

wall tent.

Be part of one of Canada’s most dynamic environmental and socio-economic assessment processes and work with an energe c, progressive organiza on. We are commi ed to the well-being of our employees and encourage their personal and professional development.

We are an impar al, effec ve and efficient organiza on that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

ASSESSMENT OFFICER Dawson Designated Office Full-Ɵme, 6-month Term

Located in Dawson, this posi on reports to the Manager, Designated Office and is responsible for assis ng in conduc ng environmental and socio-economic assessment of projects. This includes iden fying project effects and mi ga on measures for adverse effects, determining the significance of any residual effects and developing recommenda ons.

The annual salary range for this posi on is $66,818 - $77,037 based on 75 hours biweekly.

If you feel you have the qualifica ons and desire to meet the challenges of this posi on please forward a cover le er and resume outlining how your experience and qualifica ons relate directly to the posi on.

A job descrip on is available at the Dawson Designated Office, 705 Church Street in Dawson YESAB Head Office, Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street in Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca.

1 1/2” gas powered water pump, 49 Redwood Street, Porter Creek. 633-6553 2 BAR chairs, elliptical machine, both free.

668-6446 btwn 3 & 6pm.

Resumes must be received by September 7, 2015.

SNAKE PLANTS also called mother-in-law's tongue, $40 and $60. 668-4186

2015 Election Officers Several election officers (Deputy Returning Officer, Assistant Returning Officer and Poll Clerks) are required for an upcoming election.

Applications are available at the Ta’an administrative offices, from the Ta’an website www.taan.ca or by sending an email to the Chief Elections Officer at TKCelections2015@gmail.com

Questions may be directed to the Chief Returning Officer, Norman Eady, by email or by phone: 867 332-7444.

Please submit applica ons to: Finance and Administra on Manager, YESAB Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Toll free: 1.866.322.4040

HIPPY KILLER woodstove w/stove pipe, $95 obo. 633-4322

JOB POSTING

The positions are temporary and part-time with limited hours.

2 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL freezer & fridge combination, $4,000 for both.

633-2119

FEATHER DAWN blankets, twin, $50 ea.

633-2236

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Completed applications are due at the by 4:00PM August 31, 2015.

3.7 THOUSAND gallon water tanker on trailer bed, $1,500. 633-2119

TOSHIBA LABEL printer w/tags for pots, trees & shrubs, used one season, $4,000.

633-2119

A Yukon Company Since 1987.

Is inviting applications for

Service and Programs Navigator Regular Full Time Position for 2 year term Reporting to the Executive Director, this position establishes the systems and processes that provide navigation of services and support to all Teslin Tlingit Council Citizens. This includes facilitating a Case Management approach and Communication Strategy with all key service providers within the Departments of TTC. Coordinates comprehensive health care, community-based services, home visits, and assessments.

Provides mentorship to all department representatives who are involved in case management. The successful candidate will have a degree, preferably a post graduate degree, in the social sciences that includes assessment and counselling skills and a minimum of five years working in a First Nation environment providing social services to clients using a Case Management model.

The key responsibility of the incumbent will be to develop the system and processes that will guide case management throughout TTC in assisting clients who are in need of personal, family or financial assistance and to will provide mentorship for all departmental representatives involved in case management in order to develop skills/ capacity in interviewing, listening, analyzing, researching, case planning, collaborative problem solving and critical thinking.

We encourage those who are interested to call for more information and a full job description For detailed job description call 867.390.2532 ext 316 Please quote the job title in the subject line of your email, fax and/or cover letter: HR & Staff Development Officer Teslin Tlingit Council Box 133 Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 f. 867.390.2176 humanresources@ttc-teslin.com Closing Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 **No later than 4 pm** TTC’S HIRING POLICY WILL BE IN EFFECT.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY www.ttc-teslin.com

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Kluane Dana Shäw Corporation

Call For Board Of Directors The Kluane Dana ShäĚ&#x20AC;w 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 corporationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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: â&#x20AC;˘ Sales, Marketing and Advertising â&#x20AC;˘ Finance and Investment â&#x20AC;˘ Business Development Officers & Consultants â&#x20AC;˘ Banking, Credit and Other Investment Managers â&#x20AC;˘ Securities Agents, Investment Dealers and Brokers â&#x20AC;˘ Financial Auditors and Accountants â&#x20AC;˘ Professional Occupations in Business Services â&#x20AC;˘ Diploma, bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree, or masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree, or equivalent working experience â&#x20AC;˘ 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 Corporationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board of Directors. All completed applications can be sent by regular mail or email to the following:

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Position Type: Department: Closing: Salary:

Full-time, Permanent Executive Council Office Friday, August 28, 2015 at 4:30 p.m.

Level 4 - $53,535 to $64,282 plus benefits

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY TENANT RELATIONS OFFICER Position Type: Full-time, one-year term, with possibility of extension Department: Community Services Closing: Friday, August 28, 2015 at 4:30 p.m.

Salary: Level 5 - $59,344 to $71,213 plus benefits

For complete details, visit www.kwanlindun.com/employment

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The ideal candidate will have relevant post-secondary education (i.e., B. Ed), a strong knowledge of Yukon First Nations and experience working with their organizations and agencies. The successful candidate will also have experience supervising staff, facilitating First Nations ZRUNVKRSV DQG PRQLWRULQJ Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO EXGJHWV $ YDOLG GULYHU¡V license is also required.

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

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

House Hunters Advertise your Home

in 3 issues (3 consecutive weeks)

Part-Time Casual Education Wednesday, Sep 2, 2015 $24.76 to $29.71 per hour

TVs & Stereos FREE: 25" Sharp colour TV, old style, not flat screen, works good, you pick up.

633-6310

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 SAMSUNG GALAXY S II Virgin Mobile 4G Smartphone, like new, 16gb, $125. 334-6087 TELUS IPAD, new, worth $800, asking $450. 867-399-3031

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

For complete details, visit www.kwanlindun.com/employment

MUSIC MAN 2012 HD, 150 combo amp, like the one Mark Knopfler and Johnny Winter used, serviced, exc, $1,250. 660-4826

Employment Employment Opportunity Opportunity

MARSHALL AMP JTM60 combo, 60 watts, exc, $800. 660-4826

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Manager, First Nation Initiatives (FNI)

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

OLDER STOVE & freezer, $50 ea, freezer works great, apt size, stove works, oven is 50 degrees out on temp, possible other misc items, offers. 334-3774

Employment Employment Opportunity Opportunity

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GENERAL INTERNATIONAL 90-240M1 17â&#x20AC;? wood cutting band saw w/various blade sizes, General International 10-106M1 2hp dust collector with hoses, $1,500. 456-4875

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

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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Friday, August 21, 2015

YUKON NEWS

Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. 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 Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s northern capacity through education and training.

Administrative Assistant 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH RI WKH 5HJLVWUDU Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Permanent Position Salary: $54,570 to $64,959 per annum (Based on 75.0 hours bi-weekly) Competition #: 15.101 ,QLWLDO 5HYLHZ 'DWH $XJXVW WK We are looking for a dynamic, self-motivated individual with a strong customer service background and a passion for working with VWXGHQWV :RUNLQJ ZLWK WKH 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH RI WKH 5HJLVWUDU WHDP \RX ZLOO EH SURYLGLQJ D UDQJH RI VWXGHQW Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO DQG DGPLQLVWUDWLYH VXSSRUW services. $V WKH DGPLQLVWUDWLYH DVVLVWDQW \RX ZLOO EH VXSSRUWLQJ WKH 5HJLVWUDU Admissions, the Learning Assistance Centre, International Education, First Nations Support, Cultural Development Facilitator, Counselling Services, Scheduling, Enrolment Services, and the Testing Centre.

FENDER COMBO amp, Blues Deville 212, 60 watts, tweed, exc, $800. Thomas 660-4826 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 TOP END & low end quality electric & acoustic guitars, all come with hard shell cases.

332-1360 PROFESSIONAL GUITAR stand, holds 8 guitars, $250 obo. 667-4892 LINE 6 POD HD300 guitar multi-effects unit & amp modeller, new condition, $200.

668-3433

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Experience organizing meetings, dealing with the public, and SURYLGLQJ ERRNNHHSLQJ Ă&#x20AC;QDQFH DVVLVWDQFH DUH UHTXLUHG Candidates with an acceptable combination of experience and education may also be considered.

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

only $60+GST PHONE: 867-667-6283

Cheque, Cash S.A. vouchers accepted.

FIREWOOD $175/cord 20-foot lengths, 5-cord loads Small delivery charge 668-6564 Leave message QUALITY BUILT Wood-sided firewood storage sheds.

1 to 3 cord designs.

Prices starting at $995.00 plus GST. Call Creekside Wood Supply.

867-332-2151 EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery â&#x20AC;˘ Dry accurate cords â&#x20AC;˘ Clean shavings available â&#x20AC;˘ VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise.

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Friday, August 21, 2015

Guns & Bows LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL 30-30 WINCHESTER Model 94, 1970, exc cond, $650. 667-6752 or 332-8706 CUSTOMIZED REMINGTON 700 30.06, accepts 4-round magazines, Bushnell 3 + 9 sight, some ammo & accessories, must have PAL, $600 obo. 334-7019 AR-15, DA 556 lower, Norinco 14.5â&#x20AC;? upper, quad rail, AFG, Vortex Strikefire 2 scope, 4xLAR pistol mags & more, $800. 335-2788 ALFA PROJ 9mm revolver, 4.5â&#x20AC;? 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 HUSQVARNA 30-06 Springfield carbine, $700; Remingington 870 12-gauge pump, new in box, $550. 334-5666 30-06 BAIKAL rifle, PAL reqĘźd, $250.

867-660-4826 CZ 550 in 270 Win, great wood, $900 obo.

334-9551 8 MM 338 Magnum Mauser rifle w/4 power scope & ammo, PAL reqĘźd, $475.

867-660-4826 264 WIN mag Winchester rifle w/6 power scope, PAL reqĘźd, $550. 867-660-4826 22 LONG rifle, Savage, PAL reqĘźd, $175.

867-660-4826 303 ENFIELD P14 rifle, PAL reqĘźd, $300.

867-660-4826 12-GAUGE OVER & under Valmet shotgun, PAL reqĘźd, $700. 867-660-4826 RUGER 10/22. .22 LR Semi-Auto. 22 Calibre rifle. Gd cond, $175 obo. 633-4139 MOSSBERG 12 gauge Defender. $275.

633-2431 10am-8pm LEE ENFIELD 303 MK4 : $175. Lee Enfield 303 Jungle Carbine, $175. 633-2431 CHIAPPA LITTLE Badger, 22lr, foldable survival rifle w/open sights, single shot, c/w case, barely used, PAL reqĘźd, $150.

335-2920 MARLIN 980S, 22lr, stainless steel barrel, synthetic stock, open sights, very accurate, great shape, c/w 3 magazines & sling, PAL reqĘźd, $220 with Bushnell 4x scope, $180 no scope. 393-4314 CZECH SMALL arms VZ-58 non-restricted rifle, 7.62X39 semi-auto w/original muzzlebrake telestock, PAL reqĘźd, $950. 334-1422 12-GAUGE MODEL 1400 Winchester, semi-auto, 2 3/4â&#x20AC;? chamber, c/w 4 chokes incl rifle choke, $300. 633-2488 BROWNING CARBON Stalker, 30-06, stainless, fluted barrel, extra mag, tally lightweight mounts, nice rifle, $950 obo.

633-4322 LEE-ENFIELD BRITISH 303 No. 4, Mk1, sporterized with scope, rifle in vg condition, $300. 633-3810 SPORTERIZED LEE Enfield .303 Mark 4, 3X6 Bushnell scope, PAL reqĘźd, $300 obo.

334-7019 S&W M&P 9mm w/complete range & carry kit, exc cond, XS sights, 5 magazines, factory ammo available for reasonable price, restricted PAL reqĘźd, $600. 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: SUITCASE, extra large size with roller wheels. Call 333-4653 WANTED: SUIT jacket, business suit and casual jacket or sport coat, mens size 40â&#x20AC;&#x201C;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 programs once/week for 2 hours. Mon pm: bingo; walking program; or swim program 1/month. Contact Catherine at 393-7508 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 WANTED: RIDE to Edmonton September 1st. Will share expenses. 456-7675 WANTED: SOMEONE to bring a canoe to Whitehorse from Canmore, AB. Will contribute to cost of gas. Call 335-5144

YUKON NEWS WANTED: ANY kind of roofing, 11Ęźx9Ęź, cheap or free, will pick up. 633-2236 WANTED: WOOD flooring, any kind, 8Ęźx10Ęź, cheap or free, will pick up. 633-2236 2 WINDOWS, 4Ęź wide, 3Ęź high, double pane.

633-2236 WANTED: USED 20ft. C-can metal storage container in good condition, will pay up to $4,000 for the right unit. 335-2479

2009 CHEVROLET Cobalt LT, approx 75,000kms, great cond, c/w winter & summer tires, call or text 334-9295

ANY GREEN exterior paint, will pick up.

633-2236

2002 KIA Rio, 94,000kms, runs ok, needs $400 work to run well, minor body damage, extra set of rims with winter tires, $2,800 obo. 334-9566

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2011 NISSAN Sentra 2.0, 4-dr sedan, exc cond, low miles 59,000 kms, moon roof, Bluetooth, USB inputs, heated seats, new windshield, intelligent key, A/C, $13,500 obo.

668-6534 2008 INFINITI G37s 2-dr coupe, 73,000kms, 330hp 3.7l V6 6-sp manual, immaculate cond, red exterior, black leather interior, incl winter floor mats, rims, tires, $21,000.

334-9445

2008 Toyota Avalon XLS #7720A .......................................$15,495 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid L #7007 ................................. $21,290 2012 Nissan Altima 2.5 S #7388B.................................... $21,290 2014 Toyota Camry #1512................................................. $26,499 2013 Toyota Highlander #7743A....................................... $34,995 2011 Kia Sorento LX V6 STOCK #7596A

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22,290

$

2012 Kia Sportage EX Luxury

STOCK #7710A

2012 SUZUKI Impreza hatchback, exc cond, meticulously maintained, great fuel mileage, AWD, roof rack, block heater, oil pan heater, only 20,000kms, no accidents. 335-9785

PRICE:

25,290

$

2007 Toyota Tacoma X-Runner

2009 MINI Cooper, loaded with many options, only 48,000 kms, call for more details or to test drive, price reduced to $15,500.

335-1410

STOCK #1505A

PRICE:

17,295

$

2009 TOYOTA Camry Hybrid, great car, amazing fuel efficiency, sunroof, bluetooth, well-maintained, c/w extra set of tires, $15,900. 334-2360

2006 TOYOTA Corolla, red, 79,000 km, remote start, 2 sets of tires & rims, auto, AC, 1 owner, non-smoking, accident free, $8,000.

633-3633 afternoons or eves

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1990 HONDA Civic, 4-dr wagon, white, 234,000km, safety inspection cert, standard, 2WD, gas, easy winter start, non-smoking owner, no pets, no kids, $2,500 obo.

668-7239

2007 PONTIAC G5 coupe, 80,000km, 2.2L 5-spd, 2 new sets of tires, all recalls done, new battery & thermostat, exc cond, $5,700.

334-8102

Part-Time Casual Education Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2015 $26.75 to $32.10 per hour

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1998 PORSCHE, exc cond, low mileage, $10,700. 332-6467

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at Nissan Carcare Motors 2 Positions available: Lot and counter attendant.

Needed Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm, full time.

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2006 SMART Car, red, auto/standard, CD player, air, 2-seater, serious enquiries only, exc cond, $9,000 obo. 336-2106 2 BMWS, 1974, one for parts, antiques, $700 for both. 633-2119

WANTED: DONATIONS of old-fashioned or Rendezvous-style costumes for literacy fundraiser. We will clean and fix them. Drop off at Yukon Literacy Coalition office, 207-100 Main Street, or call 668-6535.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

2008 CHEVY Aveo, black, 4-dr, great on fuel, wish we could keep it but the family is growing, $4,000 obo. 660-4424

WANTED: WOOL for knitting, Blaze King Princess Stove. Call 335-9934

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The breadth of advocacy required necessitates a strong familiarity with multiple legal streams. The Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legal Advocate provides non-judgmental services, and honors and respects cultures and the unique life story of each woman. The legal advocate is primarily responsible for providing legal information and advocacy to clients.

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Employment Opportunity

Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. 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 Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s northern capacity through education and training.

Director Strategic Growth & Innovation 3UHVLGHQW¡V 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH 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.

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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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2000 CHRYSLER Neon, low kms, regular oil changes, no scratches/dents, all season & winter treads, good running order. Greg @ 335-7876 2000 FORD Taurus wagon, V6 auto, 216,000kms, summer & new winter tires, recent safety, good cond, $2,950 obo.

333-0380 1997 CHEVY Lumina, 220,000kms, auto, remote start, good cond, $2,650. 668-3887 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 1991 CHEV Cavalier, exc cond, low mileage, $950. 667-2224 1976 TRANS Am, black on black, 400 4-spd, good shape, serious enquiries only, $22,000 obo. 334-8560

Trucks

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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

Friday, August 21, 2015

YUKON NEWS 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

2001 GMC Sierra 1500 4x4, 4-wheel shift on floor, ext cab, never plowed, very reliable, lots of new parts, minor repairs needed, box/bumper have rust, Michelin 10-ply tires.

705-834-5288

2009 F250 3/4 ton, 8' box, trailer tow pkg, 6-spd manual, 4:10 ratio, HD shocks, tonneau cover, new windshield + extras, $14,000 obo. 668-6534

2000 FORD Ranger, exc cond, c/w winter tires, $4,600. 333-9962

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1999 ASTRO van, commercial style inside, was running good, needs elec fuel pump, $100. 633-2837

Clearing out all OLDER VEHICLES!

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 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, 4â&#x20AC;? turbo back exhaust, 35â&#x20AC;? tires, 4â&#x20AC;? lift, remote lock/start, leather, $16,000 obo. 336-1412 2003 DODGE diesel, 6-spd trans, $800 obo.

633-6502 2003 TOYOTA Tundra 4X4, well-maintained, 211,000 kms, access cab, matching canopy, overload springs & camper bars & wiring in place, c/w extra set of tires. 334-2360 1998 DODGE Ram 2500 4x4 longbox truck, 380 K, extended cab, 12 valve cummins diesel, newer turbo, 5-spd trans, power upgrade, good cond. 867-996-2570

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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

1998 FORD Explorer 4X4, 4-dr, 4L, V6 engine, auto, loaded, good all round cond, 213,000kms, $1,450. 333-9899 1995 WESTERN Star tractor, c/w 30-ton 35Ęź beavertail, single drop lowbed & 40Ęź tri-axle high-boy trailers, all in good shape, no reasonable offer refused. 250-651-7531

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1991 CHEV C1500, extĘźd 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 F250 XL Lariat ext cab, trailer pkg, cruise, tilt, P/W, P/L, V8, runs good, matching canopy, $500 obo. 334-5408 1989 GMC 3/4 ton, 4X4, 5-spd standard, extĘźd 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

$

6,295

AWD, Leather, Blue, Cold Start, 31,000 Kms Loaded!!

24,995

2013 Ford Focus ST Model 4 Door, Low Kms, Silver

$

21,995

2015 Chev Silverado 1500 Crew 4x4 4.3 Litre V6, Silver

$

36,995

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For Quick Approval call: 668-5559 #4 Fraser Road, McCrae, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S8 EMAIL: woloshyn@northwestel.net

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

METAL SHELVING for service/cargo van, pro grade construction, 2 shelving units & 1 headache rack/divider, $250. 332-7879

1998 FORD Winstar van, rebuilt for parts, new engine, transmission & front end, 40,000kms on new engine, $650 obo.

334-6631

La date limite de rĂŠception des candidatures est le August 27, 2015.

VARIETY OF 24.5 truck tires, good runners, recap casings, also 2 new steel Budd rims, 24.5 & 1 new steel uni-mount rim, 24.5â&#x20AC;?, offers. 867-996-2570

This information is available in English.

SUBARU IMPREZA, steel rim with AW radial R15 tire, new, $150; 4 AW R16 tires, used, 75% tread. 633-2018

Open to persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad. Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and Canadian veterans.

2,995

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

2005 DODGE 4X4 1500 Hemi, front end damage only, almost new tires, $2,000 obo.

335-5192

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CANOPY FOR small truck, Toyota, decent shape, $50. 322-1990

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2012 Honda 2007 Dodge JC 502C 125cc Calibre SXT

1993 CHEV Silverado 3500 1-ton dually, club cab, 6.5l turbo diesel, 134,000 kms, new rubber, c/w $2,000 5th wheel hitch, never winter driven, $7,500. 633-2188

Ouverte aux personnes rĂŠsidant au Canada ainsi quâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;aux citoyennes et citoyens canadiens rĂŠsidant Ă lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ĂŠtranger. La prĂŠfĂŠrence sera accordĂŠe aux citoyens canadiens et citoyennes canadiennes et les anciens combattants canadiens.

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IN-HOUSE FINANCING AVAILABLE!

1994 CHEV Silverado 2500, extĘźd cab, 6.5L diesel, 2WD, long box, auto, 282,000km, $2,500. 667-7649

DODGE DAKOTA brake shoe, still in box, $25 obo. 393-2630

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.

HUGE SALE!!!

2013 Ford Escape SEL

1975 GMC Sierra 25 HD, 4WD, PTO winch, 4-spd w-ton range, $800. 633-2119

Directeur/Directrice, Services MinistĂŠrials, AS-07 IndĂŠterminĂŠe

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

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 SOFT-SIDED PET carrier, never used, for cats & small dogs up to 15 lbs & 7" shoulder height, meets international/domestic in-cabin travel requirements for airlines, shoulder strap/fleece interior, $50. 633-2121 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

CHESAPEAKE PUPPIES for sale, $600 males, $500 females, good homes only, we own both parents, great hunting, family, bear dogs, very loyal, ready to go mid-Sept. e-mail Sarah skruse23@msn.com/332-8832 3 KITTENS, 6 weeks old, weaned & litter trained, mother is Siamese, 2 off-white, 1 is greyish, $60 ea. 633-2837

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles Recreational Powersports and Marine (RPM) Repairs Service, repair and installations for snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, chainsaws, marine and more Qualified and experienced mechanic Great rates!

Call Patrick at 335-4181 TAITĘźS CUSTOM TRAILER SALES 2-3-4- place snowmobile & ATV trailers Drive on Drive off 3500 lb axles

by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com RONĘźS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVĘźs, Small industrial equipment.

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg 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 1980S VINTAGE Arctic Cat Lynx & trailer, both need work. 668-2853 2004 MOUNTAIN Cat, 800 cc, series M1, 151â&#x20AC;? track, vg cond, $3,500 obo. 633-5825 ARGO CONQUEST, new motor, zero hours, windshield & canopy, $6,500. 867-863-5715

Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 1984 ZETA 24' Hard Top, 350/260 leg, 15hp kicker, dingy, barbecue, galley, head, canvas enclosure, fishfinder, radio, sleeps 5, tandem trailer, rough water boat, bottom paint, many extras, reasonable offers. 332-1374 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 WANTED: 7.5HP to 9.9hp short shaft, 2 stroke outboard, good to excellent condition.

Call 668-7082 2025 KINGFISHER HHT 2013, c/w trailer, 150hp Yamaha (60h), 2 downriggers, depthfinder. $45,900. 867-993-3519

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The closing date for this competition is August 27, 2015.

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Friday, August 21, 2015 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 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 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 30HP TOHATSU, short shaft, 4 stroke, electric tilt, start, as new, c/w remote controls inclĘźg steering, tank, hose & extra prop, $4,200. 633-2118 9.9 HIGH thrust kicker motor, used only 5 hours, $3, 000. Call 668-4593 20 HP, 2-stroke outboard, reliable, '97 Mercury Mariner, clean, dependable, regularly serviced, exc cond, 21" long shaft, c/w 3 props, 1 new in the box, $1,250 obo.

668-6534 16Ęź FLAT bottom John boat with trailer, $1,200. 668-6564

YUKON NEWS 2011 STARCRAFT 1019 tent trailer, sleeps 7, like new, 2 dining tables, fridge, stove, propane furnace, hot/cold running water, indoor/outdoor stereo system, barbecue, ceiling fans, awning, $7,800 obo. 633-2121 2011 JAYCO Eagle Superlite 26' fifth wheel, slide-out, low miles, almost new condition.

To view contact 668-7595 5TH WHEEL trailer hitch for pick-up truck, made by DSP, exc cond, $500. 633-4656 UTILITY TRAILER, HD suspension, canoe rack, extĘźd tongue, rustic camper, $300.

668-4976 OLDER 8' camper fitting small trucks, ice box fridge, stove works, sink drain leaks, roof waterproofed 2 years ago, $600 obo. Text 867-334-7391 2010 JAYCO 29' BHS trailer, sleeps up to 9, CD/DVD/I POD JK.SND.SYS., electric patio awning, microwave, outside BBQ, new condition, gently used, $25,500, view at 38 Stope Way. 393-3123 8' HOME-BUILT camper, plywood & polystyrene construction, very solid, $1,500.

668-4104

19Ęź LOWE Roughrider boat, full canvas top, nav system, depth sounder, 115hp Suzuki, trailer, halibut rods. 333-0285 more info

1984 DODGE campervan, recent tune-up, new tires, light use, sleeps 2 adults, 1-2 kids, stove works, fridge doesn't, lots of storage, has toilet, $3,800 or trade. 456-7490 to see

Heavy Equipment

1997 24" Senator, Chev motorhome, low mileage, exc cond, sleeps 6, bathroom, microwave, stove, oven, lots of storage, solar panels, can be completely self sufficient, $25,000 obo. 336-2106

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

250-992-6749, lv msg 2009 BOBCAT CT 440, 44hp tractor w/backhoe & many other attachments. 335-5192 â&#x20AC;˘2008 CAT 740 Rock Truck SN CAT00740PB1P03886 â&#x20AC;˘2010 Bucyrus R30C Hydra-Trac Rock Drill SN TRX33H30DNAE0030 â&#x20AC;˘1989 Cat D10N Crawler Tractor SN2YD01092 â&#x20AC;˘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.

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Coming Events ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS â&#x20AC;&#x153;your quiet get awayâ&#x20AC;?

Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca AL-ANON MEETINGS, 667-7142. Has your life been affected by someoneĘźs drinking?

Wednesday 12Noon @ Anglican Church, 4th & Elliott, back door, Friday 7pm Lutheran Church, 4th & Strickland, beginnerĘźs meeting, Friday 8pm Lutheran Church regular meeting AYFC AGM August 21, 1pm, Whitehorse Public Safety Building 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

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PREDATORS DOG Puller Sport Athletic League is holding CanadaĘźs first dog puller championship in Whitehorse, August 29, 9am, Ecole Emilie Tremblay soccer field.

Info @ caninesyukon@hotmail.com. All spectators welcome.

YUKON LEARN Society free computer drop-in lab every Monday excluding holidays from 10amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;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 SPORT YUKON Annual General Meeting, September 2, 2015, 6pm, Sport Yukon Boardroom THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. Group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info call Joanne 668-7713 FREE BASIC introductory computer courses beginning August 25 at Yukon Learn Society, 2158-2nd Ave. Call 668-6280 to register 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 AGM WHITEHORSE Huskies Senior "AA" Hockey, September 8, 2015, 12-1pm, Boardroom # 2 at Sport Yukon 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 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 DON'T MISS the next Klondike Cruisers Solo Sport Autocross event Sunday, September 13 Takhini Arena. $20 event fee.

Must be a member to participate. To register, join or info info@klondikecruisers.ca SEED-SAVING WORKSHOP: Wed, Aug 26, 5:30 Whitehorse Public Library meeting room. Learn how to harvest, store and share seeds with your fellow gardeners. Info: 667-5239 F.H. Collins School Council ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wed., September 2 @ 6:30 pm School Library Everyone Welcome!

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2003 STERLING 5-ton reefer truck, 26Ęź box, power gate, $14,500 obo. Call 336-2327 for more info

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have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

633-6019

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 Directors 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 Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s valued members this September! How do you become a member and get in on exclusive HSY info?

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E-mail your before and after pictures to Catherine.Newsome@humanesocietyyukon.ca with your preferred contact information.

Become a Humane Society Yukon member Watch out for our annual newsletter, coming soon!

LOST/FOUND

LOST

t 5TH & LAMBERT, GREY & WHITE FEMALE DSH CAT, either wearing a purple+black collar, or a green+black collar. Name is Steve. If found please call 667-6994 t MAYO ROAD, GRIZZLY VALLEY SUBD. MALE BORDER COLLIE X, black with white features. Name is Joey, not wearing a collar. If found please contact Brian @633-5599 t 6KM NORTH OF SWIFT RIVER LODGE FEMALE BLACK LAB, 9 months old, her name is Igor. If found please call Caleb @322-0554 t TAY STREET, RIVERDALE AREA, INDOOR-ONLY CAT. She is a very small brown tabby with a white bib and white socks. Her name is Bear and is very shy and skittish. She may be hiding in a shed, garage, or woodpile and will likely not come out if called. If you spot her, please call 250-507-1453! t COPPER RIDGE (FALCON DRIVE). PURE WHITE CAT with yellow eyes, fixed male. Has a tattoo in ear, very noticeable. Answers to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cobeâ&#x20AC;?. If found, please contact Jean at: 335-701, or 633-3272.

t CRESTVIEW, BLACK FEMALE CAT, responds to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kittyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wearing a yellow collar with a pink tag. please call 867-335-6576 if you know of her whereabouts! t PORTER CREEK, FEMALE KORAT CAT. Grey with white patch on chest. Name is Nasty. If found or seen, call Vicki at 336-1030.

FOUND t ALASKA HWY NEAR JAKEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CORNER, SMALLMEDIUM BLACK AND TAN FEMALE DOG, with BRIGHT BLUE eyes! If missing please call the shelter @633-6019 t 20 MINUTES ON ALASKA HWY TOWARDS HAINES JCT, TWO MALE DOGS. One very large black dog and one young Burmese Mountain Dog cross. Both dogs are very friendly and have collars. If these are your dogs, please call the shelter at: 633-6019. t HILLCREST, MALE CAT, UNNEUTERED, MOSTLY WHITE WITH BLACK PATCHES. Very friendly. No collar or microchip. If this is your cat, call 334-5919 or 667-7387.

RUNNING AT LARGE...

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

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

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2000 LITRE fuel tank on steel cradle for lift & transport, c/w 20 gpm Fillright pump, goldenrod filter assy, and 15' arctic hose, previously used for diesel, $2,000 obo. 867-996-2570 SLUICE BOX, moves 4-5 yards per hr, has new 5hp Honda motor, fits in back of 1/2 ton pick-up, $6,400. 633-5362

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Jeff & Cindy Schamber August 25, 1990

2009 KENWORTH T800, $49,500. Call 336-2327 for more info

Aircraft 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 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

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 8ĘźX12Ęź DUAL axle utility trailer, 2â&#x20AC;? ball, new LED lights, deck, sides & tail gate, bearings, heavy duty tongue, 16â&#x20AC;? tires c/w spare, $1,500. 867-634-2135 btwn 5:00 & 9:00

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Items can be dropped off at the Shelter during operating hours.

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2004 PIONEER travel trailer, 23T6 model, large bath, queen size bed, large awning, great condition, $9,000. 633-2580

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

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

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

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Bierlmeier On Sunday, August 16, 2015 Linda Bierlmeier (nĂŠe Paradis) of Whitehorse, Yukon and formerly of Chauvin, Alberta, passed away at the Grey Nuns Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta at the age of 69 years.

Friday, August 21, 2015

YUKON NEWS CORN ROAST in a festive atmosphere, enjoy corn on the cob & hamburgers. Family activities & music. August 28, 5 pm, MacBride Museum. epis.afy.yk.ca

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Writing Circle meeting Tuesday, September 22 from 7pm-9pm at Whitehorse United Church (upstairs). Writing letters to support human rights worldwide. www.amnesty.org

PORTER CREEK Community Block Party at Whitehorse Church of the Nazarene, Saturday August 22, 11:30am-1:30pm, 2111 Centennial Street. Meet folks in your neighborhood, food, playground, fun, free

VACATION BIBLE School, August 24-28, 6:15pm-8:30pm, ages 5-12, Whitehorse Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial St, free. Register at whitehorsenazarene.org/vbs or call us at 633-4903

A Celebration of Life for

Arthur (Art) Papineau will be held on September 5th at 1:00 PM on Papineau Road on the Haines Junction Highway.

YUKON FEDERAL GREEN PARTY Headquarters Grand Opening!

Join us this Saturday, August 22nd from 12pm to 3pm at the new Yukon Federal Green Party Headquarters at 208 Strickland for our Grand Opening celebration!

Enjoy free barbeque, prizes, mixing and mingling.

Meet Frank de Jong, Green Party candidate in the Yukon for the 2015 federal elections.

All welcome!

Info? Call 689-9699

EVERYONE WELCOME. For more information, please call Vi Oakley at 634-2609.

YUKON ORIENTEERING Association event August 26, Nilsson-Lammers Research Forest map, start at 6pm 5.5km north of Alaska Highway on North Klondike Highway just past Takhini river bridge. Darren @ 667-6116

Memorial Service Please join Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family and friends Saturday August 22, 2015 at 1pm at Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place on the Carcross Road.

In Memoriam Michael Joseph Bailey September 1948 to April 3, 2015

Mike is survived by his children Ben (Melony), Joshua (Sheena), Anna (Roy), Danny (Samantha), and Beau; his grandchildren Jessica, Taylor, Esten, Elyas, Grace, William, and Lupin; and his brother Danny (Mavis).

For directions call Anna (867)-336-0422

The best

But time passes so quickly and life deals its card now life without you, my love, is so very hard.

So I will raise a glass in a toast to you today to celebrate with you for your 75th birthday. I hope you can see from up above how much we miss you, my one true love.

Your wife Toats, children, grand children and family in Alberta, Manitoba and your many friends and family in the Yukon.

Bye bye.

GRANNY POWER, film documentary about fun loving group of activists, Monday August 31, 6:45pm, Whitehorse Public Library. Vancouver Raging Granny, Robyn Smith will be there for Q&A

WHITEHORSE PHOTOGRAPHY Club 2015/16 season kick-off meeting will be held on Tuesday September 1 at the Public Library main floor meeting room, 7pm-8:45pm.

For more info contact whitehorsephotoclub.ca

If possible, please bring something for the potluck table.

A Funeral Mass for the late Linda Bierlmeier will be conducted on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 10:00 AM from the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Chauvin, Alberta with Father Andrzej Lukaszewicz the Celebrant. Interment will follow in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. If so desired, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Sorrentinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Compassion House, 10909 76th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T6H 0J6. Creechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Home in care of all arrangements.

Condolences may be made at: www.creechsfh.ca

We spent lots of birthdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s together celebrations, which we thought we would share forever.

YUKON REGISTERED Music Teachers Association AGM will be held on Sunday September 13, 6:30pm in the meeting room at 106 Strickland Street. All are welcome.

INGESTIBLE FESTIVAL at LMCC, August 30, local food creation gallery exhibit, open 3pm-7pm, 5 food categories, public judging, music, tickets $5 at door. www.mountlorne.yk.net

She is survived by her loving son Brian (Tracie Albisser) Bierlmeier of Prince George, British Columbia; daughter-in-law, Richelle Bierlmeier of Whitehorse, Yukon; five grandchildren, Shayla Bierlmeier, Tyler Bierlmeier, Kyle Bierlmeier, Kara Bierlmeier, Taylor Bierlmeier; four sisters, Judy Krupp, Faye (Fred) Stone, Marilyn Paradis, Terry (Rod) Thirsk. She was predeceased by her parents, Ernie and Lucie Paradis; one son, Tim Bierlmeier.

Maurice Bouvier

PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, September 14, 5:15 pm at the Guild Hall. All Welcome. Come show your support. Info 633-4829

God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be so he put his arms around you and whispered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come to Meâ&#x20AC;?

With tearful eyes we watched you and saw you pass away and although we love you dearly we could not make you stay.

A Golden heart stopped beating hard working hands at rest.

God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best

Shirley Woloshyn March 14, 1946 - August 18, 2011

Always remembered and missed so much!

Love Edwin

MENTAL HEALTH Caregiver Support Group for those caring or supporting friend or family member with mental illness, 3rd Thursday each month Sept through April, 7-9pm, #4 Hospital Road, 1st floor. 667-8346 PUBLIC LECTURE & Workshop critiquing over-reliance of psychiatric practice on medication, by acclaimed journalist Robert Whitaker, Mt McIntyre, Monday September 28, 7-10pm, & Tuesday September 29, 9am-4pm. Free. To pre-register: 667-2037

Lost & Found 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

Business Opportunities LOST: LADIES 'Traveler' bicycle, white, 21 speed, new cond, no crossbar, wide seat (black). Missing from my yard on Boxwood Crescent. 334-7970

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Sports Equipment

CANMORE/BANFF, WHITEHORSE roadtrip, willing to bring a canoe back? Will contribute to gas. Call 335-5144

EXCELLENT STARTER board, mid-range quality, adj bindings, 54" long, excellent edges/bottom, top like new with stomping pad (req no finishing), appraised at $250, asking $150. 336-4898

NECKY GLISS whitewater kayak, exterior scuffing but still works great, $115. Call or text 334-9295

BROOMBALL GEAR, shoes sz. men's 7, shinpads, stick & helmet, $125 for all.

336-2108 CAMPING TENT, Explore Solo made by Go Camping New Zealand, lightweight, fits one person, good for hiking/cycling, $60.

336-2108

TRAMPOLINE, $400 firm. 668-4186

BC HAY under cover, $15 per bale.

335-1432 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

WOMEN'S SIZE 8 Zamberlan hiking boots, new/exc cond, only worn in house, medium brown suede w/Vibram soles, paid $320.00 at M.E.C., asking $175. 778-985-6525 or email islandlife50@hotmail.com

17ʼ DELTA Exp. Kayak w/spray skirt, cockpit cover, paddle, pump, paddle float, throw bag, Kokatat dry suit, menʼs large. 668-7705

QUALITY YUKON MEAT No hormones, steroids or additives Grass raised grain finished.

Hereford beef - $5.50/lb Domestic wild boar - $7/lb Order now for guaranteed spring or fall delivery.

Whole, half or custom order.

Samples available 668-7218 • 335-5192

Services 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.

LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632

ELECTRICIAN •Licensed •General Handyman Services •Light Carpentry, Drywall, etc •Free Estimates •10% Seniorʼs Discount 332-7879

BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, Chainsaw Work, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755

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 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 FREELANCE WRITER & EDITOR No writing or editing job too big or too small: Business proposals, Bids, Advertising, Journalism, Resumes, Queries, Musical Reviews, Rewrites, Court Pleas, Ghost Biographies, Songs, Poems, Histories, Love Letters, Absentee Excuses, Geological Summaries, etc.

"If you want it to flow, hire a pro."

50 years experience.

50 cents per word.

867-689-1998 (Talk or Text) dougsack@outlook.com MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles Kitchen, Bathroom, Doors, Cabinets, Windows, Framing, Board, Painting Drop Ceiling, Fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com

TEN BRONZE Turkeys, well cared for.

Range from 18 - 21 lbs, $5.25/pound. Ready to go for mid Sept. Will deliver to Whse.

399-3051

REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS 2016 BRUSHING REQUIREMENTS

Livestock

KAYAK PADDLE, AquaBound whitewater, 192cm, carbon shaft, great paddle.

336-2108

MADSHUS ULTRASONIC X-country skis, 195 cm w/Rossignol racing bindings & Rossignol thermo adjustable boots sz 9, incl Lazl tour pack, waxes/applicator, exc cond, paid over $500, asking $250. 778-985-6525

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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PAINTING Williamson Yukon Services offers int/exterior, redo decks, fences, sheds etc.

Reputable, reliable, reasonable.

18 years in Yukon Ph. 333-0403 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 PROFESSIONAL BUTCHER 35 years experience Available to come to your home and cut your wild meat to your preference. $300 Moose and $125 Caribou Ken (Buck) @ 336-1701 with voice mail KLONDIKE WOODWORK Finishing Carpentry & Renovations For Clean, Meticulous & Tasteful Quality Work INTERIOR •Kitchen & Bathrooms, Flooring, •Design & organization of walk-in closets, laundry & storage room, garage •Wood & Laminate, Stairs.

EXTERIOR •Decks, Fences, Insulation, Siding, Storage Shed 633-2156 or cell 334-2156

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TOPSOIL Call Dirtball

668-2963 Bobcat Services Now Available &YDBWBUJOH t 5SVDLJOH 4FQUJD 4ZTUFN t %SJWFXBZT

#2015 042 L355 Transmission Line Brushing #2015 043 L170 Transmission Line Brushing

Yukon Energy is inviting quotations from qualified contractors for 2016 brushing requirements per the following vegetation brushing: ? RFQ 2015-042: approximately 30.3 kilometres of transmission line between Otter Falls turnoff and Haines Junction ? RFQ 2015-043: approximately 89 kilometres of transmission line between Little Fox Lake and Carmacks This work would be scheduled for the 2016 summer work season and would be completed by October 31, 2016.

The successful proponent will be responsible for supplying all supervision, labour, tools, equipment, materials, mobilization and demobilization of personnel, transportation, and meals and lodging, as required. COR certification (or equivalent) will be required for this project.

Sealed quotations clearly marked with the RFQ number and description will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time, October 16, 2015, at Yukon Energy’s corporate offices, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Box 5920, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Y1A 6S7 or via e-mail. Request for Quotation packages will be available on Wednesday August 19th, 2015.

To obtain a Request for Quotation package contact Matthew Sills at 867-393-5335 or at matthew.sills@yec.yk.

Tender Notice The City of Dawson will be accepting sealed bids for the:

Surface Water Improvement Works Quigley Solid Waste Management Facility Dawson City, Yukon PROJECT: Earthworks for pond and ditch construction, vegetation clearing, supply and installation of culverts, supply and installation of geotextile and riprap, electric fence relocation/installation, and decommissioning of abandoned culverts.

This Project is being funded with Build Canada Funding TENDER PACKAGES CAN BE PICKED UP AT: City of Dawson Office 1336 Front Street Dawson City, YT OR Are available upon request by contacting Heather Favron at hfavron@cityofdawson.ca or 867-993-7400 EXT 428 Sealed offers, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the tender, are to be submitted to the City of Dawson Office at 1336 Front Street , P.O. Box 308, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 before 4:00 pm PST on September 4, 2015.

DEADLINE: 4:00 pm PST on September 4, 2015.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS The Estate of

Francis Allan Hainer, also known as

Frank Hainer All claims against the Estate of FRANCIS ALLAN HAINER, also known as FRANK HAINER, late of Whitehorse, in the Yukon Territory who died on or about the 12th day of March, 2015 must be made by filing a statutory declaration with the personal representative noted below on or before the 3rd day of September, 2015 after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the Estate Trustee then shall have notice.

LESLIE LAWRENCE HAINER c/o 102-205 Hawkins Street Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1X3 Attention: Kyle J. Carruthers DATED at Whitehorse Yukon, this 12th day of August, 2015.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES Project Description: This RFP invites responses from universities and other adult learning institutions, organizations, and individual consultants that specialize in organizational development and training on topics of interest to the public service. From this RFP, Yukon Government is seeking to develop a Standing Offer Agreement for up to one year for the following services: large group facilitation, organizational diagnoses, organizational interventions, and facilitators who can demonstrate awareness of emerging theory on various topics relevant to an effective public service organization and skilled at creating and delivering effective adult learning experiences (see Appendix One for a nonexclusive list of possible topics) Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is September 23, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

Technical questions may be directed to Tracey Johnson at (867) 667-3095.

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/

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PURE BRED Friesian rams, registration incl, premier milking sheep, gentle, friendly, used to handling, born March 2015, also 1 Friesian/Icelandic cross. 668-1047 BROME-GRASS HAY for sale $11.00 per bale Call 668-6564

Yukon College Tender yukoncollege.yk.ca

2015 - MAIN STREET / 7TH AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS

RFP2015511 Socioeconomic Profile Project - Yukon College

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The College requires a consultant to complete a study and prepare a report that will cover:

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- the potential impact of the College moving to University status

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Friday, August 21, 2015

YUKON NEWS

8 PORTABLE Hi-Hog corral panels, $1,300 obo; 2012 Maverick horse/stock trailer, $8,000 obo; light riding/companion horse, $500. 335-2625

Long Time Yukoner looking for long time clients.

DEBWild

Professional Service

FARRIER Since 1992 867-333-0744

Email: caribouwild@gmail.com

- the broader socioeconomic outcomes of the College, and

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

PUBLIC TENDER CORONERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COOLER AND SCAN, NEW LOCATION RETROFIT H.S. BOSTOCK CORE LIBRARY - BLDG. #1400 WHITEHORSE, YUKON 2015/2016 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is September 15, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

Technical questions may be directed to Muhammad Shanjer at (867) 456-6811.

Site Visit Scheduled for August 28, 2015 at 10:30 am The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

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

CHILDRENĘźS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 STOKKE C O N V E R T I B L E baby bassinet/crib/bed, solid beechwood, c/w all parts, mattresses, mattress protectors, 2 fitted sheets for each of 3 sizes, ages 0-10 years old, perfect condition, $1,000.

633-2121 ASSORTED BARELY used baby items, bassinet, jolly jumper, swing, small play mat etc. Greg @ 335-7876 SCHWINN DELUXE child carrier w/welded steel functional cargo rack, removable head rest, adjustable foot wells, air cushioned seat pad, quick release 3-point harness, comfort padded crossbar for safety, $60. 667-7618

Closes: NOON PST, August 28, 2015

- a standard economic analysis of the impacts of the College in the Yukon

Baby & Child Items

IKEA TWIN-SIZE kids pine frame bed, natural color, vg cond, could be adapted for a shorter bed, w/Sultan Lade slatted bed system, wood, hardware included, $150 firm.

667-7618

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 106 Titanium Way, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0E8 to arrange for debt settlement.

PUBLIC TENDER

2015 - Livingstone Trail Lagoon Sludge Drying Beds - Earthworks TENDERS will be received DW WKH RIÂżFH RI WKH 0DQDJHU RI )LQDQFLDO 6HUYLFHV DW &LW\ +DOO 6HFRQG $YHQXH :KLWHKRUVH <XNRQ < $ & EHIRUH 4:00:00 PM local time on Wednesday, September 2, 2015.

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PURCHASE OF PORTABLE STEAM BOILER Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is September 15, 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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POLISPORT BABY bike seat model Wallaroo, excellent & reliable, frame mounting system, fits bicycles with & without carrier, easy mounting, tools, exc cond, $80.

667-7618

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 LARGE WOOD office desk, 3 drawers each side & matching credenza, 2 large metal filing cabinets, one shelf type w/4 shelves, other drawer type w/4 drawers. 633-6553 WOOD ANTIQUE desk, $500 firm. 335-9272 METAL CORNER shelving w/wood shelving in middle, standing shelving w/wood in middle, attractive set, $100/both. 633-2837

PUBLIC TENDER VEGETATION CONTROL, KM 335.0 TO KM 345.0 AND KM 380.0 TO KM 400.0 ROBERT CAMPBELL HIGHWAY YUKON 2015-2016 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 Jeffrey Marynowski at (867) 667-5967.

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

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

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

All enquiries to procurement@whitehorse. ca Highways and Public Works

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Friday, August 21, 2015 ARMLESS CHAIR, beige, black wooden frame, $50; matching large ottoman, $45; 2 brown faux leather chairs, $12 ea. 660-4321 OAK OFFICE desk w/5 drawers, $400.

633-2119 ANTIQUE HUTCH, 72”X42”X14”D, $900.

633-2119 ANTIQUE TABLE, 62”X36”, comes with 7 chairs & 2 leaves, $1,800. 633-2119

YUKON NEWS 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 DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office

ANTIQUE HUTCH w/glass front, 67”H, 33”W, 12”D, $500. 633-2119

PUBLIC TENDER

FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office

DARK RED love seat from The Country House, folds out to a bed, like new cond, $450. 667-2677

SOIL REMEDIATION 954 - 6TH AVENUE DAWSON CITY, YUKON

SMALL RECTANGULAR honey-colored solid oak dining table with 4 matching upholstered chairs, vg cond, $300. 333-1254

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.

SOLID WOOD table & 4 chairs, $1000 obo.

5-pce bdrm suite, sleigh bed, $1500 obo.

China cabinet, $500 obo. Misc furniture also.

633-4139 HAND CRAFTED log picnic table made from locally milled poplar, treated with linseed oil, looks fantastic, can e-mail photo, $400, one of a kind. 399-3904 SERTA MATTRESS Comfort Collection Gaetana Elite, full size, vg quality, like new, non-smoking house, $175 firm. 667-7618

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

MISC. HOUSEHOLD furniture, small couch, coffee table, end tables, kitchen table/chairs, china cabinet, bdrm. suite, negotiable reasonable prices. Call 633-4139 to view

Recreation Activity Management System

LOVESEAT HIDE-A-BED, deep burgundy, new cond, sofa & matching loveseat, smoky blue & grey pattern, exc cond, small wicker & wood side table, 2-drawers. 667-2677 7ʼX11ʼ PERSIAN rug, $1,000; futon, $100; kitchen table w/4 chairs, $300; couch, $100; 3-pc bedroom set, $300; 1950s solid oak desk, $100; variety of shelves @ various prices; computer/student desk, $20.

334-8939 CANWOOD TWIN bed with very good mattress & sheets, avail after August 28, $125 obo. Call or text 334-9295

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.

RFP# 2015-REC0001

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.

Available on biddingo at 4:00pm August 21.

Proposals will be accepted until 4:00:00pm PDT September 25, 2015.

For more information please visit whitehorse.ca/rfp

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

MOVING OUT sale, household furniture must go by August 29, bed, couch, 3 desks, dressers, offers. Stella @ 668-4629

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WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB August 18, 2015 1st - Diane Emond & Don Emond 2nd - Bruce Beaton & Lynn Daffe 3rd - Cheryl Smith & Ruth Whitney 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

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Request for ,QGHPQLÀHG Contractor RFIC #2015WWS0002 Approval to Perform Utility Installation Work Within City Right-Of-Ways

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Application documents for this RFIC may now be obtained at City Hall, or by email at procurement@whitehorse.ca.

Supply and Delivery of Dell Latitude E5450 Laptop Computer Systems

Applications will be received DW WKH RI¿FH RI WKH 0DQDJHU of Financial Services at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2.

RFT# 2015-BTS0001 Available on biddingo at 4:00pm August 21.

Bids must be submitted

by August 28, 2015 at 4:00:00pm PDT.

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Applications will only be considered where received at the above address.

For more details visit whitehorse.ca/tender

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Garage SALES FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST

PORTER CREEK M 11 OAK STRET, Porter Creek, Friday August 21, 6pm-8:30pm, & Saturday August 22, 9am-1pm

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND COPPER RIDGE M 110 PUEBLO CRESCENT, Copper Ridge, Saturday August 22, 9am12noon, household items, clothing, toys, tools, outdoor gear & more M 40 STOPE WAY, Copper Ridge, Saturday August 22, no starting time given, plants, jewelry, furniture etc M 6 CARNELIAN COURT, Copper Ridge, Saturday August 22, no starting time given, 689-8483, misc tools & household stuff M 25 WINZE PLACE, Copper Ridge, Saturday August 22, 8:30am11am, kids clothes & toys, books, wood sink, mattresses, sport equipment DOWNTOWN M 109 WICKSTROM ROAD, downtown, hear Hospital Rd, Saturday August 22, 8:30am-2pm, rain or shine, furniture, toys, lots of stuff, great bake sale, rain or shine M NEXT TO PIZZA HUT. Downtown NEW FLEA MARKET, August 22, 12noon-4pm, 10’x10’ spot, $25, rental table, $5 ea. Over 500 people last 2 Saturdays. Cancelled if raining. Call 333-0717 for details.

LOGAN M 91 FALCON DRIVE, Logan, Saturday August 22, 10am-2pm, household items, kids stuff, some furniture & clothing, rain or shine PORTER CREEK M 78 PONDEROSA DRIVE, Porter Creek, Saturday August 22, 9am1pm, dishes, clothing, household items.

M 909 GROVE STREET, Porter Creek, Saturday August 22, 9am-12noon, multi-family, furniture M 904 FIR STREET, Porter Creek, Saturday August 22, 8am1pm, CFAY FUNDRAISING FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROJECTS, clothing, household & misc items, hotdogs & hot drinks for sale M 6 - 12TH AVENUE, Porter Creek, Saturday August 22, 10am-2pm, cancelled if raining, no early birds M 11 OAK STRET, Porter Creek, Friday August 21, 6pm-8:30pm, & Saturday August 22, 9am-1pm M 34 WANN ROAD, Porter Creek, Saturday August 22, 9am-1pm, furniture & household items M 1103 SPRUCE STREET, Porter Creek, Saturday August 22, 9am-1pm, kitchen items, books, collectibles, furniture

RIVERDALE M 66 BOSWELL CRESCENT, Riverdale, Saturday August 22, 9am-1pm, moving out sale, clothing, kitchen stuff, curtains, blinds, crafts, household stuff, videos, CDs, yard work tools M 2 VAN GORDA PLACE, Riverdale, Saturday August 22, 9am-2pm, Sunday August 23, 10am-12pm M 21 PELLY RD, Riverdale, Saturday August 22, 8:30am-1pm, furniture, household items, DVDs, etc M 36 KLONDIKE ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday August 22, 9am-2pm, exercise equipment, clothing, dishes, kitchen items, Bannock for sale, rain or shine M 1 GREEN CRESCENT, Riverdale, Saturday August 22, 9am-12noon, rain or shine, wide variety of items M 31 ALSEK ROAD, Saturday August 22, 9am-12noon, household items, jewellery, clothes, shoes, furnitures TAKHINI - NORTHLAND MHP M 42 NORTHLAND TRAILER PARK, 986 Range Rd, Saturday August 22, 9am-12noon, kitchen island, camping items TAKHINI SOUTH M 350 RANGE ROAD, Takhini West, Saturday August 22, 8am-12noon, sporting goods, board games, furniture, computer accessories, crafting supplies, books M 160 FALAISE ROAD, Takhini, Saturday August 22, 9am-12noon, moving out sale, absolutely no early birds, furniture, camping gear, household etc M #18, 35 NORMANDY ROAD, Takhini, Saturday August 22, 9:30am-2:30pm, behind Takhini School/Evergreen complex, household items M 58 DIEPPE DRIVE, Takhini East, Saturday August 22, 8am-2pm, outside if nice, in basement if raining, moving sale, good price, everything has to go M 352 RANGE ROAD, Takhini, Saturday August 22, 8am starting time, furniture, futton frame, book shelves, surplus Ikea kitchen reno supplies, chairs, household items M 170 FALAISE ROAD, Takhini West, Saturday August 22, 9am-2pm, Thule double bike roof rack, Sugoi men’s bike shorts, X-terra mud guard, weather permitting

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RELAX! NO TAX! NO TAXES

NO FEES

NO HASSLES

What You See Is What You Get!* Vacation Certified ALP Adventurer 810WS Truck Camper STK#33100

NEW Starcraft Comet 1232MD Tent Trailer

Vacation Certified ALP Adenturer 980RDS Truck Camper

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FW No Tax Price: $20,995

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NEW Starcraft Launch 17SB Travel Trailer

NEW ALP Adventurer 19RK Class C Motorhome

NEW Forest River Surveyor 240RBS Travel Trailer

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FW No Tax Price: $24,170

FW No Tax Price: $39, 846

FW No Tax Price: $43,792

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