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If these walls could speak Students, staff and alumni said farewell to the old F.H. Collins school as it closed Thursday.
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Visitors pore over the years of graduation photos on the walls of the old F.H. Collins school during a closing ceremony on Thursday.
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Mourners hold a candle vigil last year for Brandy Vittrekwa. A teenaged boy pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Thursday. Gwitch’in from Fort McPherson, N.W.T., and also lived for periods of time in Inuvik, Old Crow and Whitehorse. Vittrekwa was one of two people killed in the McIntyre community in 2014. The death of Allan Waugh is still unsolved. On May 30 police were called to Waugh’s home on McCrimmon Crescent, where the 69-year-old
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Students and staff say goodbye to the old F.H. Collins Secondary School Myles Dolphin News Reporter
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eter Grundmanis remembers a cool spring day when the doors were open inside the F.H. Collins Secondary School gym and the students were practising archery. All of a sudden, a gopher ran in and made a mad dash for the bleachers. “You can’t imagine what 12 kids armed with bow and arrows would do in that situation,” he told a packed audience in the gym on Thursday afternoon, pointing to the spot where it happened. “There were more gouges on the floor there than anywhere else.” The gopher escaped unscathed. It was one of several anecdotes Grundmanis recalled from his 25 years as a teacher at the school. He acted as the master of ceremonies for hundreds of students and staff, current and former, young and old, who packed into the gym to celebrate the closing of the 52-year-old building. They walked down memory lane together as they watched old pictures and videos displayed on a big screen. One segment featured the school’s well-known alumni, including renowned artist Ted Harrison, actress Amy Sloan and former Olympian Jim Boyd. A bevy of former students such as Ruth Massie, Carl Sidney and Roger Kyikavichik have also gone on to become First Nation chiefs throughout the territory. Another highlight was a mock music video created using hits from every year between 1963 and 2015. The camera weaved its way through the hallways and classrooms of the school, as students and staff lip-synced and danced to the classic tunes. For over 30 years, it was the city’s only high school. When it opened in 1963, it had 20 teachers and 315 students. Yukon Commissioner Doug Phillips remembers that year. He came over to F.H. Collins as a Grade 9 student from Whitehorse Elementary High School. But similarly to 2015, construction of F.H. wasn’t completed yet, he said. “We were on shift work from September to December because they didn’t move us in permanently until January,” he added. “So a bunch of us would go in from 7:30 a.m. until noon every day. We didn’t get a lot done that first semester.” Many former F.H. Collins students have made an impact on a national level, Phillips said. As Yukon’s education minister in the early 1990s, he remembers going to a conference in Ottawa with his provincial counterparts. He sat next to Richard
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Visitors tour the new F.H. Collins building on Thursday during an open house. Nerysoo, from the Northwest Territories, and pointed something interesting out to him. “Do you realize there’s 12 of us in this room making national education policy and two of us are grads from F.H. Collins?” Phillips asked. NDP MLA Kate White said her favourite memories of the school were in the band room. Her music teacher, Ross Peterson, would take the class to international competitions in Hawaii and San Francisco. “The room itself has a massive amount of meaning for me,” she said. “Art kids don’t necessarily fit into the mainstream of high school. So for me, the band room was that safe spot.” As Whitehorse’s oldest school, gophers weren’t the only critters to roam the hallways over the years. Anyone attending the school in the 1990s would remember thousands of silverfish too, White said. By the mid-1990s the student body had grown to about 1,000 students. Before the cafeteria opened there was a limited lunch menu available, Grundmanis remembers. Different clubs would try to fundraise by either selling hot dogs or grilled cheese sandwiches. But one day, one staff member thought it would be nice to order take-out pizza for a change. So they tried to figure out how many pizzas it would take to feed 1,000 students. “We assumed they’d eat onethird each, so we ordered 300 pizzas, and figured we’d make some money selling it by the slice,” Grundmanis said.
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A Warriors basketball team practices in the new gym. They only sold 30 pizzas that day. The replacement of F.H. Collins was fraught with just as many planning mistakes. For years, the Yukon government insisted that plans to build a new school were on time and on budget. But the project continued to be delayed and costs continued to rise. Before the 2011 election, Premier Darrell Pasloski hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on the building, announcing it would open in August of 2013 for a total
project cost of $52.5 million. Costs quickly spiralled out of control, as the government continued to promise features it did not budget for such as geothermal heat and a temporary gym during construction. Ultimately, the plans were scrapped and swapped for new, downsized designs. The new school, which is 18 per cent smaller than the old one, looks spacious, bright, and at least for now, gopher-free. The high ceilings and wide video screen in the main lobby
resemble what you’d find in a modern museum. As the ceremony began on Thursday, there was a touch of nostalgia in Grundmanis’s voice. “It’s time to close the covers on this book,” he said. “But in the book that you’ve enjoyed reading, you’ve come to love the characters and the setting. You’ve come to appreciate everything so there’s no harm, there’s only joy in looking at the past.” Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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he Kwanlin Dun First Nation and Northwestel have created a new phone line to help people report suspected crimes and other safety concerns without having to give their names. The move is part of a broader goal to improve safety for Kwanlin Dun citizens. The new TIPS line allows people to anonymously report concerns about issues that include drug trafficking, bootlegging, domestic abuse, child protection and motor vehicle violations. And because the phone line is anonymous, callers cannot be required to testify in court. Marie-Louise Boylan, communications manager for the First Nation, said that’s an important consideration for Kwanlin Dun citizens. “It’s a very intimate community, so people feel uncomfortable having to step forward. This is an opportunity just to say what’s on their mind.” The TIPS line will be manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by Kwanlin Dun’s direc-
tor of justice and justice service coordinator. They will pass information on to the RCMP or other authorities when necessary. Boylan said this initiative is a way of getting past the mistrust some First Nation citizens feel toward the RCMP. “The speed of building trust can be understandably slow,” she said. “Statistics have really shown that when First Nations are doing work with other First Nations, they’re more likely to get engaged... and come forward.” Kwanlin Dun has undertaken a number of other safety measures in recent months, including improving outside lighting, clearing brush on trails and removing junk vehicles and other debris from the community. The First Nation also plans to hire a security coordinator and security guards. The new initiatives come in the wake of the high-profile murders of Brandy Vittrekwa and Allan Waugh in the McIntyre subdivision in 2014. The TIPS line number is 867456-TIPS (8477). All emergencies requiring fire trucks, ambulances or the RCMP should still be called in to 9-1-1.
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ur territorial leaders want you to know how disappointed they feel. They give and they give, and what do they get in return? Ingratitude, that’s what. It started on Monday evening, when Whitehorse city council once again rebuffed the Yukon government’s offer to build a fancy outdoor sports complex in Whistle Bend. “Disappointed in decision on soccer fields/running track,â€? tweeted the minister responsible, Currie Dixon. “New fields/track would have been wonderful addition to our rec infrastructure.‌ No path forward for this project in the immediate future. Designs will have to go on the shelf for now.â€? The following day also proved a let-down, when northern First Nation governments and conservationists announced they would try taking the Peel watershed case to the Supreme Court of Canada. Again, “disappointmentâ€? was the go-to word. The Court of Appeal decision offered welcome clarity over who has final say over land-use planning decisions, Premier Darrell Pasloski sniffed, and he says his government has always been open to negotiating with the aggrieved parties. In both cases, our leaders seemed to adopt the demeanor of parents who had agreed to lend their car to teenagers, who ended up returning home much later than promised. What’s omitted in the Yukon Party’s framing of events is any sense of their own culpability in both cock-ups. Whitehorse city council blocked the territory’s plans to build an outdoor sports complex in Whistle Bend a half year ago because of many uncertainties, most of which have to do with concerns that the city may one day end up on the hook for the facility’s operating costs. The city sent the territory a long list of questions that it wanted answered to put minds at ease. Dixon responded at the time with a letter that only answered a small fraction of these concerns. The mayor indicated then that the response was inadequate. Has Dixon spent the intervening months pushing his staff to answer the city’s outstanding questions? Apparently not. The mayor says he hasn’t received any new information since that time. Instead, it looks like the Yukon Party simply hoped to receive a different outcome with new councillors on board, following the autumn municipal elections. No such luck. If the government is serious about winning support for the project, maybe it’s time to start answering those outstanding questions, rather than getting all pouty. As far as we can tell, the ball is in their court. There is no easy exit from the Peel mess, suffice to say. And it’s a mess that the Yukon Party, by and large, created. It’s a little rich for the premier to make it sound as if all his government wants to do is have good-faith negotiations with aggrieved First Nations. Had the Yukon Party taken this approach during seven long years of planning talks, we would not be where we are today. But the government never had the courage to come out and say what it wanted – e.g. to allow miners to dig up shiny metal in much
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of the watershed – at the appropriate hour. During the last territorial election, Pasloski stuck to his vague, unbelievable assertions that he would craft a plan that everybody would like. Then he went ahead and released a plan that was pretty much the opposite of what had been discussed until then. If the territorial government had been up front about what it wanted during planning talks, it’s entirely possible that some sort of compromise could have been brokered. But that’s pretty much unimaginable now. The result? Land-use planning has become paralyzed across the territory. The government has quietly extended the staking
ban in the Peel once again. And if it always seemed a stretch that a mine could be profitably built in such a far-flung corner of the territory, such hopes are now, in the foreseeable future, dashed, given how affected First Nations have become galvanized against development in the region. What’s more, no matter how many small deals Pasloski announces with Yukon chiefs, his defining legacy will remain the Peel debacle, which will stand as a symbol of how the Yukon Party is fundamentally untrustworthy as a partner for the territory’s First Nations. If we were in the premier’s shoes, we’d feel disappointed too. (JT)
LETTERS There is no planet B An appropriate question to ask at this time of the year is, “Where are we going?� In the days following the COP21 Conference on Climate Change and Premier Darrell Pasloski’s vague comments voicing concern for poorer nations, we should be demanding more action from our government. Words without action are just hollow rhetoric. Here are three specific actions our government can commit to right now: 1. For every dollar the Yukon government allocates toward finding “energy solutions� (i.e. ways of reducing energy consumption), they spend three dollars on their oil and gas department encouraging and wooing oil and gas companies to invest here. As COP21 made 100 per cent clear, keeping the global temperature rise below two degrees (above which there will be even more catastrophic effects) is absolutely essential. To have any hope of staying below that temperature, untapped oil and gas must remain in the ground. Yukon cannot divorce itself from this reality or its responsibility to do its part. The government should re-allocate funding entirely toward energy solutions. 2. By solutions we also mean a serious commitment – that is, funds and person-
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Competitive scan: our new tourism competitor to check out what Yamal was doing. For those who aren’t familiar with the region from the medals their impressive ski and biathlon teams won in the Arctic Winter by Keith Games here, Yamal is our Russian Halliday competitor in the northern-taiga-adventure-tourism category. Yamal is roughly the same size UKONOMIST as the Yukon, although it has 10 times more people. It’s about two uppose you were an affluand a half hours by plane northent city dweller, somewhere east of Moscow. in the world, and you My first instinct was to dismiss wanted to go on vacation off the Yamal. Images of staying in a beaten path. Suppose again you hotel run by Borat came to mind. have an interest in the North, But I tried to be dispassionate. perhaps a desire to see the white After all, the Big 3 American nights, northern lights or some of automakers dismissed Japanese the magnificent landscapes that cars at first, and we know how wowed the millions who watched that turned out. BBC’s Frozen Planet. Yamal’s new website welcomWhere would you go? e2yamal.ru, their equivalent of The Yukon spends millions travelyukon.com and aimed at every year in tourism marketEnglish- and German-speaking ing, trying to awaken the desire markets, has some eye-catching to visit the Yukon or convince images. Parts of it look a lot like people to choose us instead of the Yukon, right down to the our rivals. species of fish you can catch. It’s a competitive business, There are even some weird with our competitors also spend- parallels with Whitehorse, such ing millions targeted at the same as an airplane on a pedestal by potential tourists. It’s critical the Salekhard airport and an to keep tabs on what the other old steam locomotive (although players are doing, especially new theirs is a Gulag memorial, a ones trying to shoulder their way more sombre thing to visit than into the market. Engine 51 at MacBride Museum). So I was interested when a They also have some things we European friend mentioned tour- don’t have, such as a preserved ism in northern Russia. I decided 42,000-year-old baby mammoth
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named Lyuba, which you may recall from National Geographic. It is their star attraction. The Polar Urals region is increasingly popular with climbers and extreme wilderness adventurers. As the location of one of Stalin’s biggest camp complexes, they also attract a certain number of historically-minded tourists (Gulag by Anne Applebaum seems to be required pre-trip reading according to more than one visitor). In one major misstep, Borat does seem to have made an appearance as their web-translator. Yamal’s slogan in English is “Plan your trip to the edge of the deer, tents and Northern Lights.” Yukonomist’s Moscow agent says that the slogan actually sounds good in Russian. And who knows how our “Larger than Life” slogan, widely criticized here for being too generic and not highlighting anything unique about the Yukon, sounds in Russian? On the plus side, Yamal has tried hard to make it easy to connect with activities and tours. People in the trade call this “day product.” You can spend the day with reindeer herders, enjoy cultural activities with local Nenets indigenous peoples, go rafting on the Sob River, see the northern lights or go ATVing. The exchange rate helps Yamal too. The ruble has fallen by half against the U.S. dollar
in the last two years. The recent travel restrictions to Egypt and Turkey put in place by the Putin regime may also help, especially when combined with what looks like a government campaign to encourage patriotic domestic vacations. Our source reports that Valentina Matviyenko, chair of the Russian Federation State Council, recommended a Turkmenistan vacation recently. And Oleg Safonov, head of the Russian tourism agency, criticized fellow Russians for flocking to sunny vacation spots (despite, it turned out, owning two beach homes in the Seychelles himself). Yamal’s weak spots emerge when you stray from the official marketing message to Tripadvisor and other social media. The comments on some Yamal hotels are alarming, and the region’s tourist infrastructure looks extremely challenging for independent tourists who don’t speak Russian. The airlines don’t look like they match Air North’s level of safety and service. Some regions still require special government permits, a throwback to Soviet-era travel restrictions. Most people would require a tour company to navigate the region. Overall, Yamal does not seem likely to eat the Yukon’s lunch any time soon. But it is trying hard. The Nenets people have signed a strategic partnership with Ya-
maltour to boost tourism to their region. And local government officials know that falling oil prices make economic diversification more important than ever. In 10 years, if Yamal continues to invest in tourist infrastructure and hires marketing firms as good as the ones the Yukon uses, the situation may be different. When you look across the tourism marketing efforts of Alaska, N.W.T., Greenland, Iceland, the Nordic countries and Russia, there is no shortage of northern “product” out there. The last thing the Yukon needs is more competition. According to the Yukon’s official October 2015 economic forecast, Yukon tourists in 2014’s core summer season (May to September) were down 2.9 per cent compared to the year before. Border crossings, a rough indicator of visitorship, were around 300,000 in 2000 and have grown only to around 350,000 15 years later. Significantly growing the Yukon tourism industry in the face of these challenges will not be easy, especially since our competitors are not standing still.
nurture and sustain those wild unfettered places within ourselves. It is up to those of us who have been touched by wild nature, and that understand how essential it is to our own well being, to act as its voice. In so doing we speak for those who cannot, defending their right to exist. And we speak for that part of ourselves that is only truly at home in a land that is left as it was originally intended to be.
mending and deploying energyfriendly solutions for our clients. With very few exceptions, we are now at a point where we exclusively provide low-energy consumption technology solutions. Here are some figures to consider: since 2013, our solutions have removed over 867,466.00 pounds of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere. This is the equivalent to the CO2 emissions produced by consuming 167,603.00 litres of vehicle gasoline, driving 1,507,710.00 kilometres in a passenger vehicle or burning 422,638.00 pounds of coal. Think about that: nearly half a million pounds of coal. We did all this simply by making a conscious choice about the products that we sell to our clients. Often times I’m asked whether it was a difficult choice to make, or whether I don’t make as much money selling energy conscious as opposed to more traditional options. I’ve always been very clear with anyone who’s ever asked: these solutions are no more difficult to source, they actually cost the same price as the traditional options, and
they actually function more efficiently which allows for greater productivity. Public policy also has a part to play in making our society more environmentally sustainable. Currently, the Government of Yukon offers rebates and financial incentives for replacing things like domestic house appliances with energy efficient models. For example, rebates of up to 30 per cent can be acquired when replacing refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers and dishwashers. I would suggest that this type of program can be expanded to other industries and sectors, technology being one of them. We’ve only begun to scratch the surface of energy efficient technology solutions. Think about what we could do if we were able to convert even 25 per cent of our territory’s technology infrastructure to low power consuming products. The change starts with all of us, collectively, on a local level – it always has.
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.
LETTERS Protect our wild places The campaign to protect the Peel, like so many campaigns for wilderness protection, has been a long and arduous one, and we aren’t done yet! From my perch along-side my co-panelists at the Beringia Centre during Tuesday’s What’s Next for the Peel event, I felt nothing but gratitude for the hundreds of people who made it a priority to attend, both in person and via the livestream; individuals who after all these years are still so wholeheartedly engaged in this issue and without whom the Peel would have no chance of being preserved. The three First Nations and two conservation groups involved knew it was a busy time of year to try to schedule a non-holiday event. But we felt we owed it to our supporters, and to the public in general, to explain the reasoning behind the decision to file for leave to appeal to take the Peel case to Canada’s highest court. The focus was primarily on the legal intricacies of the issue, as those elements are what the majority find most confusing. In particular, the public wanted to clearly understand how moving forward to the Supreme Court of Canada would help both the outcome for the Peel watershed and the future of land use planning for the territory as a whole. The public has become jaded from a lack of trust in the terri-
tory’s land use planning processes; the clarity that a Supreme Court of Canada decision could provide would do much to repair this state of affairs and re-energize the public’s involvement in these important planning exercises moving forward. There is no guarantee of course that the Supreme Court of Canada will choose to hear our request, but the old adage of “nothing ventured, nothing gained” has been a guiding force. As Chief Roberta Joseph stated so aptly, “we do not want to take this matter to court, but we feel we have no choice.” In the midst of all these legal realities, however, let’s not lose touch with the land itself. Remember it is the gifts that this suite of wetlands, rivers, mountains and lowlands offers us that has captured the hearts and minds of so many. You can speak to these gifts in terms of their sheer beauty and magnificence; in terms of the generations of caribou, falcon, grayling and host of other life forms it has sustained through the millennia; or in terms of the mesmerizing stories that have been passed down through generations of First Nations people who have spent their lives in this watershed, sustained by its pure waters and unsoiled lands. To me the Peel is about the essence of all wild places, and the impact wildness has on our souls. If we leave places like the Peel alone, they will continue to
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Smart use of technology can help our environment Since the COP 21 Paris Climate Conference, the environment and our impact on it has again been thrown into the limelight. Too often, this discussion turns very political and partisan, pitting “greenies” against “big business and money.” In reality, one does not have to identify with any political stripe or ideology to care about our environment. We all inhabit this Earth together and we all need to do our part to become more environmentally sustainable as a society. Many people think that this starts with big industry, and while it does to an extent, it also trickles down to the smallest scale. My company, Orange Technology, has spent the last several years focusing on and making a concentrated effort on recom-
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nothing and sit back and just say, ‘Okay, you know what, this worked for us, I think we can OTTAWA make this current system work rime Minister Justin for a few more mandates’ ‌ But Trudeau says he has no in- that’s not the kind of leadership terest in replacing Canada’s that Canadians expected.â€? first-past-the-post electoral sysTrudeau promised during the tem with one designed to favour campaign that the Oct. 19 electhe Liberal party. tion would be the last run under Rather, he says he wants a first-past-the-post (FPTP), where system that makes the country’s the candidate with the most democracy stronger. votes in a riding wins the seat. “I guess it comes down to why The system has been criticized am I doing this job?â€? Trudeau for producing false majorities told The Canadian Press. – including Trudeau’s – and “Am I in this job to defend a particular political party and en- under-representing smaller parties, thereby contributing to low sure that, you know, Liberals get turnout because many people to run this country forever? No. feel their votes don’t count. I’m in this job to try and make a The newly minted prime significant, positive difference in minister gave the most detailed people’s lives.â€? explanation yet of his thinkIf his only concern was benefiting his own party, Trudeau said ing on electoral reform during a 75-minute sit-down with the the easiest thing to do would be to maintain the status quo, which Ottawa bureau of The Canadian allowed the Liberals to capture 54 Press. In the wide-ranging sesper cent of the seats in the House sion, he also: • flatly asserted there is no of Commons on Oct. 19 with just 39.5 per cent of the popular vote. need to reopen the Constitution “It would be easier to do to finally secure Quebec’s signaCanadian Press
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• defended his commitment to withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the U.S.-led bombing campaign against Islamic militants in Syria and Iraq, reiterated his vow to find other ways to contribute to the allied fight against terrorists, including training local
forces, but expressed wariness about having Canadian military trainers get close to the frontlines. Since the election, the Conservatives have accused Trudeau of wanting to replace FPTP with a ranked ballot system – without consulting Canadians through a referendum – because it would benefit the centrist Liberals who would be most likely to be picked as the second choice by supporters of other, more ideological parties. Under ranked or preferential balloting, voters indicate their first, second, third and subsequent choices. If no candidate wins a clear majority, the lastplace contender is dropped and his or her supporters’ second choices are counted. That continues until one candidate emerges with more than 50 per cent of the vote. During the Liberal leadership race, Trudeau expressed a personal preference for ranked balloting. But he told The Canadian Press he wants to be “careful
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Appeals court overturns decision aimed at thwarting Quebec’s assisted dying law said in an email. “We will continuntil August to come up with the end of life and suffer from a The appeals court said new euthanasia legislation that is serious and incurable illness,” Canada’s diverse federal system ue to work with Quebec, as well Canadian Press constitutional. according to the law. ensures provinces have the auas the other provinces and terriThe high court will hold an Quebec Justice Minister tories, to develop a co-ordinated MONTREAL tonomy to “develop their societoral hearing on Jan. 11 as it conStephanie Vallee said she was ies within their proper spheres of approach to physician-assisted he doctor at the heart of siders whether to green-light Ot- dying across the country.” satisfied with Tuesday’s ruling, influence.” the fight against Quetawa’s request for the extension. adding “we never had any doubt Quebec has long argued that In its decision, the appeals bec’s assisted-dying law Christian Girouard, spokesas to the validity of the Quebec permitting doctor-assisted suipromised Tuesday he court said Quebec’s assistedman for federal Justice Minister cide is a medical service and is of law.” will not back down despite the dying law fills a judicial void by Jody Wilson-Raybould, said Tues“The ruling confi rms the Queprovincial jurisdiction. province’s top court ruling that allowing patients to exercise their bec government legislated within day the government’s interest is The law outlines how termithe legislation is constitutional fundamental rights. in a “uniform criminal law for its sphere of competency,” she nally ill patients can end their and can remain in effect. 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EDMONTON f Canada is serious about reconciliation with First Nations, a new study suggests that giving them a greater voice in caribou conservation might be a good place to start. The Boreal Leadership Council – made up of First Nations, business leaders and environmental groups – released a study Thursday that concludes having indigenous people on board makes a big difference to conservation programs. And, said report author Valerie Courtois, the cultural value of caribou could make the animals a powerful way to bring indigenous and mainstream society together. “Recognition of the role and responsibility of indigenous people towards caribou is a recognition of culture,� said Courtois. “It’s a much healthier place to start from in seeking reconciliation than one of nonrecognition.� A recent survey of boreal caribou across the country graded efforts to conserve the shrinking herds to be mediocre at best. While a few provinces have made positive moves, the report from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society found the amount of protected habitat for the animals increased only one per cent, despite federal requirements. But Courtois’ survey says conservation programs rooted in indigenous communities have big advantages over those that aren’t. Elders or hunters frequently on the land can provide early warnings of changes before they show up in formal surveys. Indigenous-led programs were often more flexible in adjusting to changes, the survey found. First Nations can also provide extra capacity to provincial en-
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A Woodland caribou bull. vironmental agencies that have had budget cuts. And the committment of indigenous people to maintaining caribou – especially if traditional knowledge is incorporated into recovery plans – helps ensure best practices. And First Nations have the benefit of long experience with an animal whose numbers have gone through large swings over the decades. “Wev’e got people who are present and can notice trends and changes over long periods of time.� Some bands, such as the Athabasca Chipewyan in Alberta or B.C.’s West Moberly, are already playing a significant role in caribou conservation, said Courtois. But most such plans are still run by bureaucrats, she said. “The norm for recovery planning is that it is led by provincial recovery teams. Many First Nations have had a dissatisfying experience with that process because it’s been mostly framed around western science.� Courtois said the type of habitat frequented by woodland caribou is also ground zero for large resource developments. That makes caribou recovery a complicated task – but it’s also where different groups in society can meet to work together. “Caribou is one of those things that can really show the impacts of leadership,� Courtois said. “As we started looking across the country, we started noticing that there’s some real innovative stuff coming out of First Nations.�
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B.C. mines inspector makes 19 recommendations over collapse of tailings pond future. We’re going to tighten up our regulations and improve our Canadian Press oversight.� Hoffman’s report into the VICTORIA Mount Polley disaster makes 19 perators and engineers recommendations, including at the Mount Polley mine that all mines with the same storwere over confident in the age facilities employ designated design of a tailings-storage facilmine-safety managers and staff ity that collapsed and created to oversee the management of an environmental disaster, says tailings. British Columbia’s chief inspecThe disaster and the tor of mines. 15-month investigation, the largAl Hoffman also found weak est and most-complex mining water-management standards probe in B.C. history, has taken at the site but said Thursday he its toll on him personally, said couldn’t find enough evidence to Hoffman. pursue charges under the Mines “It’s been the most difficult Act against Imperial Metals Corp. period of my entire career, to be (TSX:III). blunt,� he said. “There were no non-compli“It’s something I never hoped ance (issues) that we could find,� would happen on my watch. Hoffman told reporters. “That Now, I feel very strongly that we doesn’t mean there won’t be in he have the recommendations going Dirk Meissner
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agement risks associated with design, construction ‌ and operation of the tailings storage facility.â€? Mines Minister Bill Bennett said he accepts the report’s recommendations and plans to introduce legislation that cracks down on companies that do not comply with mining regulations. “I hope to be taking legislation forward in the spring that will authorize administrative penalties under the mining legislation so that we can levy penalties easily, quickly when necessary, and that obviously will help us in terms of compliance,â€? he told reporters. Bennett said Hoffman’s investigation confirms that weak practices at a mine site increase the risk of failure and environmental consequences. “This is unacceptable,â€? he said in a statement. Opposition New Democrat
mines critic Norm Macdonald said he’s concerned the report does not include sanctions or charges. He said neither the government nor the company is being held accountable for a disaster with environmental, social and economic impacts. “This is business as usual,� he said. “Nobody’s responsible for what went wrong here.� Last month, the province granted Imperial Metals a shortterm permit to discharge treated water from a Mount Polley storage pit into nearby Hazeltine Creek and through a pipeline into Quesnel Lake. Williams Lake Mayor Walk Cobb said the permit allows 200 people at the mine to continue working and could result in up 170 others being recalled to the site
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A formal announcement is coming “in the near future,� she said. In the summer, the First Nation depends on an aging ferry to get to the mainland, but the vessel failed government inspection this year. Residents use a treacherous ice road in the winter and people have died falling through the ice. Health-care workers and ambulances won’t risk going to the community and children have to leave the reserve to continue their education past Grade 8. A water treatment plant is prohibitively expensive without a road to transport construction equipment. Residents have long talked
about the need for a “Freedom Road,� which would be both a symbolic and concrete beginning to right the wrong done a century ago. The former Conservative government refused to commit to help fund construction of a road, despite commitments from the province of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg to split the cost three ways. Bennett suggested the road is an important part of reconciliation. “These are examples of the kinds of steps you have to take to right the wrongs.� A design study – paid for by the federal, provincial and municipal governments – is expected
to be completed in January. The reserve is hoping to begin construction shortly thereafter. The road is expected to cost around $30 million. The Manitoba government has already introduced a bill in the legislature that would give it legal authority to help fund construction of a permanent road. Premier Greg Selinger called the road a “key infrastructure project.� “We’ve been talking about it for a long time,� he told a luncheon Tuesday held by the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, which has been pushing for the road’s construction. “That will get built now.�
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Winterlong Brewery owner Marko Marjanovic says the new bottles have been selling so well, they’ve had to turn down requests from Outside liquor stores in order to keep Yukoners supplied.
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he smell of pungent hops, alcohol and fruit fills the small space where Winterlong Brewery owner Marko Marjanovic and his only employee, Matt Waugh, are preparing for a busy holiday season. “We’re making barley wine,” Marjanovic says, sporting a baseball cap and T-shirt with his company’s vintage logo on it. The small craft brewery, located on Mount Sima Road, opened its doors about six months ago. Since then, it’s been a game of catch-up for the young entrepreneurs. They had to close down for two weeks over the summer because they ran out of beer. Their growler sales were doing so well they ordered more equipment and added two more taps, for a total of six, at the brewery. They mulled over their expansion options: should they have longer store hours, or open a tap room where people can come and drink on site (which, they’ve
since discovered, is illegal in the Yukon)? They concluded that if they could get their beers on the shelves of the Whitehorse Liquor Store, they could satisfy the local bar and restaurant demand, as well as save people the trip to Mount Sima Road. After a “smooth and easy” process with the Yukon Liquor Corporation, that’s what happened on Dec. 4 around lunchtime. Six of the company’s beers – four IPAs, a pale ale and a smoked porter – are now on offer in 650-millilitre bottles. Most breweries would only make one IPA, Marjanovic said, but they went with four to set themselves apart from the competition. Choosing which beers to bottle wasn’t easy. They could have gone with their best-sellers, such as the Oatmeal Stout, but Marjanovic preferred to go with their favourites instead. “It just wasn’t the type of beer we wanted representing Winterlong,” he added.
Fortunately, they were able to find sources that focus on small breweries. Once the beer hit the shelves, it didn’t take long for word of mouth to spread. “The warehouse is completely out of our beer,” Marjanovic said. “And they’re already out of two of our products.” The next step for the growing company is figuring out how to keep up with demand. Private liquor stores in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia have caught wind and asked for pallets of the beers too, he said. “It’s been a little frustrating having to say no to people who want to get our beer,” he added. “Our priority is to get the beers in Yukoners’ hands first.” package themselves, he said, The only way to brew more because of how expensive it is. beer is to find a bigger space, To use custom bottle caps, the something they’ll consider in the minimum order was 100,000. New Year. “That was a big thing,” he said. There is no interest in movThey also ended up having to ing, so they’ll likely expand into a buy a shipping container just to space on the same property. store the 27,000 bottles they had Right now the brewery operto order. ates four large vessels, or ferThey also looked at what the liquor store was offering and noticed the IPAs were in short supply. Packaging was also challenging. Most small breweries don’t
menters, where the beer sits for two weeks. Then, it’s transferred to a bright tank for a day or two, where the beer is cleared up and carbonated. Finally, it’s put into kegs or bottled on site. Expanding would require more fermenters, more bright tanks and more glycol chillers, which keep the beer cool, Marjanovic explained. Future bottle releases will include a Russian imperial stout, an eight to 10 per cent beer that has to be aged for one to two months. The limited release – they plan to bottle 300 of it – will only be available on site. The strong, dark beer takes its name from Catherine the Great, who, during the 18th century, had a great fondness for it. Winterlong Brewery will be open during the Christmas holidays, Monday to Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. They will be closed on Dec. 25, 26 and Jan. 1, 2. Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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More precipitation in Arctic may create uncertainty in climate predictions Dan Joling Associated Press
ANCHORAGE he Arctic is seeing more precipitation as sea ice diminishes from climate warming, according to a research paper by U.S. and Canada scientists. The study by three Dartmouth College researchers and one from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, concludes the effects from a changed hydrologic cycle is a potential major component of climate change that could create uncertainty in climate predictions. They also say it’s too soon to tell whether more precipitation will slow warming or add to it. Scientists have generally assumed that less sea ice would mean more evaporation and more precipitation, said Ben Kopec, a Dartmouth earth sciences doctoral student and lead author
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to try to actually use observations of precipitation around the Arctic to get at this question of how much does sea ice influence precipitation, and if we lose sea
ice, how much precipitation do you think will increase?� he said in a phone interview. Arctic precipitation is composed of moisture from local and distance sources, he said. “Most of the world gets its moisture from the warm waters in the subtropics,� Kopec said. As moisture moves north from lower latitudes, including the North Pacific in Alaska’s case, much of it falls before reaching the Arctic. An increase in moisture from local sources, Kopec said, though small in comparison to evaporation in warmer oceans, could disproportionately affect Arctic sites. “In terms of the entire proportion that will reach a site in, say, Alaska, that local moisture becomes more important,� he said. The scientists studied precipitation data collected between 1990 and 2012 at three sites in the Canadian Arctic and three in the Greenland Sea, looking for changes in the source of precipi-
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tation as sea ice has diminished. Moisture from a warm source can be distinguished from a cold source through measurements of isotope compositions, Kopec said. As sea ice diminished over two decades, precipitation at the Arctic sites increased and the percentage from local sources grew. The researchers concluded that when sea ice decreases by 100,000 square kilometres, or 38,610 square miles, the percentage of local-sourced moisture increased by 18.2 per cent in the Canadian Arctic and 10.8 per cent in the Greenland Sea. “We can say that with less sea ice, more of that moisture that fell was sourced from the Arctic,� Kopec said. Julienne Stroeve, senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado in Boulder, said previous studies have suggested a link between less September sea ice and an increase in snow in the Siberian Arctic. “At least statistically there’s a correlation between less sea ice and more precipitation in certain parts of the Arctic,� she said. Before the ocean can refreeze, she said, it has to release heat it gained in summer. If it’s shown that additional precipitation is from a local source, it would match other studies suggesting additional precipitation from waters formerly covered by ice at that time, Stroeve said. Kopec said if precipitation falls as snow, it could increase the days that land reflects solar energy, providing a cooling effect. If the additional precipitation falls as rain, it could cause earlier spring melt or later onset of autumn snow coverage, contributing to more warming. “It’s important for us in the future to nail down whether this is going to be more snow or more rain,� Kopec said. “But we were able to say, ‘This could have a large impact on the energy balance.�
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When a car driving itself suddenly needs person to take over will the person be ready? automakers are marketing vehicles with limited self-driving Associated Press features that will slow the car if they detect a person has stopped LOS ANGELES paying attention to the road. ew cars that can steer Though research is ongoing, it and brake themselves appears that people need at least risk lulling people in the 5 seconds to take over – if they’re driver’s seat into a false sense of security – and even to sleep. One not totally checked out. Self-driving car experts at way to keep people alert may be Google, which is pursuing the providing distractions that are technology more aggressively now illegal. than any automaker, concluded That was one surprising that involving humans would finding when researchers put make its cars less safe. Google’s Stanford University students in solution is a prototype with no a simulated self-driving car to steering wheel or pedals – human study how they reacted when their robo-chauffer needed help. control would be limited to go and stop buttons. The experiment was one in a Meanwhile, traditional autogrowing number that assesses how cars can safely hand control makers are phasing in the techback to a person when their self- nology. Mercedes and Toyota sell cars that can hit the brakes and driving software and sensors are stay in their lane. By adding new overwhelmed or overmatched. features each year, they might With some models already able to stay in their lane or keep a safe produce a truly self-driving car in about a decade. distance from other traffic, and One potential hazard of this automakers pushing for more gradualist approach became automation, the car-to-driver clear this fall, when Tesla Motors handoff is a big open question. had to explain that its “auto pilot” The elimination of distracted feature did not mean drivers driving is a major selling point could stop paying attention. Sevfor the technology. But in the eral videos posted online showed Stanford experiment, reading or people recording the novelty – watching a movie helped keep then seizing the wheel when the participants awake. car made a startling move. Among the 48 students put Starting late next year, the in the driver’s seat, 13 who were instructed to monitor the car and Cadillac CTS will get a Super road began to nod off. Only three Cruise system, which will allow did so when told to watch a video semi-autonomous highway driving. If the driver’s eyes are off the or read from a tablet. road, and they don’t respond to Alertness mattered when repeated prodding, the car slows. students needed to grab the “We are in no way selling this wheel because a simulated car or as a technology where the driver pedestrian got in the way. can check out,” General Motors There’s no consensus on the spokesman Dan Flores said. “You right car-to-driver handoff apcan relax, glance away, but you proach: the Stanford research still have to be aware because suggests engaging people with you know the technology’s not media could help, while some Justin Pritchard
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foolproof.” One riddle automakers must solve: How to get owners to trust the technology so they’ll use it – but not trust it so much that they’ll be lulled into a false sense of security and therefore slower to react when the car needs them. Trust was on the mind of researchers who in August published an extensive report on self-driving cars funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Although this trust is essential for widespread adoption, participants were also observed prioritizing non-driving activities over the operation of the vehicle,” the authors wrote. Another wide-open question: How to alert the person in the driver’s seat of the need to take over. It appears that the car should appeal to several senses. Visual warnings alone may not suffice. But combine a light with spoken instructions or physical stimulation such as a vibrating seat, and people react more quickly. “If it is done courteously and subtle and not annoying, it could be missed by someone that is distracted,” said Greg Fitch, a research scientist at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Then again, the way the car interacts with people will be one way automakers differentiate their product – and overbearing warnings may sour potential buyers. Other issues Fitch cites include “mode confusion” (making sure the car clearly informs the person whether or not it is driving itself) and clear explanations to drivers of what the car can – and cannot – handle. Cars with the right sensors are becoming really good at monitoring the outside world and
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IOM says 1 million migrants and refugees have entered Europe in a record breaking year migration experts said Tuesday, a symbolic milestone capping a Associated Press mass movement of people that has challenged the concept of GENEVA European unity. ore than 1 million With just days left in 2015, people driven out the Geneva-based International of their countries Organization for Migration said by war, poverty and 1,005,504 people had entered persecution entered Europe Europe as of Monday, more than in this record-breaking year, four times as many as last year. Jamey Keaten
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Migrants walk past a sign post at the welcoming center in Berlin on Tuesday. Almost all came by sea, while 3,692 others drowned trying to make the crossing. IOM director-general William Lacy Swing urged European governments to make migration safer. “We know migration is inevitable. It’s necessary and it’s desirable,� he said, adding: “Migration must be legal, safe and secure for all – both for the migrants themselves and the countries that will become their new home.� The IOM compiles the numbers from government records in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Malta and Cyprus, spokesman Joel Millman said. He noted that the real number of people entering Europe may be even larger, because authorities are struggling to track all arrivals given the sheer volume. Most people entered Europe via Greece, which took in 820,000 people this year, nearly all of them crossing from Turkey by boat across the Aegean Sea.
Another 150,000 came into Italy across the Mediterranean from north Africa, while smaller numbers crossed from Turkey by land into neighbouring Greece and Bulgaria. Much smaller numbers arrived by boat to other Mediterranean countries. Others – not accounted for in the IOM tally – crossed into Europe across other borders, such as a route from Russia to Norway where a few thousand people have crossed by bicycle. About half of the people entering Europe were Syrians, while 20 per cent were Afghans and 7 per cent Iraqis, IOM said. Many fleeing war and persecution are likely to be granted refugee status. Others who came to find work risk being sent back. Of the deaths, 2,889 were people travelling from north Africa toward Italy, the IOM said, 706 drowned trying to cross the Aegean to Greece and 72 died trying to reach Spain. Some perished anonymously in ship-
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UN: 2 billion people moved out of low human development levels in the last 25 years lion people are now classified as working poor who live less than $2 a day. Over 200 million people, including 74 million youths, are ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA also considered unemployed, he United Nations says while 21 million people are curthat 2 billion people have lifted themselves out of low rently in forced labour. “Human progress will accelerhuman development in the last ate when everyone who wants 25 years. to work has the opportunity The Human Development to do so under decent circumIndex by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) calls stances. Yet in many countries, for equitable and decent work for people are often excluded from paid work, or are paid less than all. The report was launched on others for doing work of the Monday in the Ethiopian capital same value,”said the report’s lead of Addis Ababa. “Work … is crucial for human author Selim Jahan. Sub- Saharan Africa has been progress,” the report said. “Of the cited as a region where signifiworld’s 7.3 billion people, 3.2 billion are in jobs, and many others cant gains have been made in human development. The report, engage in unpaid care, creative however, cautioned that there is and voluntary work or prepare an urgent need to address wide themselves as future workers. inequalities and gaps in opporFast technological progress, tunities. deepening globalization, aging “The region has experienced societies and environmental the fastest annual growth rates in challenges are rapidly transthe Human Development Index forming what work means today among all regions,” said Jahan, and how it is performed.” adding that twelve African counDecent work contributes to tries are in the high or medium both the richness of economies human development group. and the richness of human lives, “However sub-Saharan Africa said UNDP administrator Helen on average remains in the low Clark. “All countries need to human development category. … respond to the challenges in the But yet, Sub-Saharan Africa has new world of work and seize opbeen particularly innovative in portunities to improve lives and harnessing modern technology livelihoods,” said Clark. According to the UN, 830 mil- for financial activities. Mobile Elias Meseret
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phone and internet-based economic activities are likely to continue expanding.” The report detailed that while women carry out 52 per cent of all global work, glaring inequalities in the distribution of work remain.
The choice to focus on work in this report was made because the subject has changed so much recently, the head of UNDP, Helen Clark, told The Associated Press after the launch of the report in Addis Ababa. “There are so many aspects
to the work issue in the major global agenda now,” Clark said. “Part of this is the migration challenge. Migration is part of the human story. Europe needs migrants and Africa needs remittances. There are natural fits here that all need to understand.”
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A fashionable force: Star Wars poised to add to franchise’s rich costume legacy Lauren La Rose Canadian Press
TORONTO rom Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi robes to Darth Vader’s mask and Princess Leia’s golden bikini, costumes featured in Star Wars are arguably as famous as the franchise’s characters themselves. As The Force Awakens arrives in theatres on Friday, costume curators and creators can’t wait to see how fashion plays a role in the latest instalment. “From the prequels, you look at some of Natalie Portman’s gowns, they’re so lavish, they’re so fashionable. And what that says to me is that society is doing well,� said Saul Drake, project director of the Smithsonian travelling exhibition “Rebel, Jedi, Princess, Queen: Star Wars and the Power of Costume.� “What’s really interesting to see for The Force Awakens costumes is that it’s kind of almost a return to form for the classic style of costume. They’re very sparse, they’re very monotone, there’s not a lot of embellishment on there. And without even seeing the movie, what that tells me is that the society is not doing that well. There’s struggle going on. “It’s interesting to see how those costumes not only create character, but they also reflect what’s going on in the ‘Star Wars’ movies in that time period.�
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said she’s noted some parallels between the designs she’s seen so far on Finn and Rey and those worn by their onscreen predecessors Han Solo and Leia (Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.) They harken back to fashions from the original movies, which encompassed Asian-inspired designs with simple shapes alongside military-influenced styles, Armstrong said. “I think it’s incredible how the original designer (John Mollo) was able to blend and marry the Samurai with a modern warrior
and build archetypes that have remained timeless,� said Armstrong. “You can’t ignore that. And there are very few films out there that have been able to do that. “I think that’s also one of the reasons it’s been so successful because it’s a unique thing on its own, and that’s why it still retains its impact.� Among the most enduring costumes from the film franchise is its most revealing. The gilded bikini worn onscreen by Fisher in 1983’s Return
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SOCIAL STUDIES PROFICIENCY AWARDS Sciences humaines 8 ...............................................Zach Zimmerman Social Studies 8 .............................................................. Dana Sellars First Nations Studies 8 ................................................. Thaeron Green Sciences humaines 9 ...................................................Cassis Lindsay Social Studies 9 ..............................................................Lukas Kobler Social Studies 9 general ....................................... Jasmine McCallum Social Studies 9 ESL ..........................................Mary Antonette Miron Sciences humaines 10 ............... Marek Boulerice & Michael Kishchuk Social Studies 10 ...............................................................Ali Nordahl Sciences humaines 11 ............................................. Luka Van Randen Social Studies 11 ...........................................................Ashley Borgel History 12 ..................................................................Ryann Anderson Comparative Civilization 12 .............................................. Haley Braga First Nations Studies 12 ..........................Odessa Beatty & David Kirby Law 12- ($200.00 award) ...................................... Cambria Fuerstner LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT AWARDS Immersion Français Awards Français langue 8 .................................................Nora Vincent-Braun Français langue 9 ................................................ Ona Toews Cardona Français langue 10 ............................................................Isak Parker Français langue 11 ........................................................Ashley Borgel Français langue 12 ........................................................Ashley Borgel Core French ........................................................................................ Core French 8 ................................................................. Dana Sellars Core French 9 .............................................................. Joseph Stokes Core French 10 ....................................... Sigourny Whipple-Grantham Core French 11 .............................................................. Samiha Amin Spanish Second Language Awards Beginner Spanish 11...........................................................Karyin Qiu Spanish 11 .................................................................... Devon Widrig Spanish 12 .............................................. Hanna Atmanspacher-Wirth MATH DEPARTMENT AWARDS Math 8 ..................................................................... Quinten Bateman Mathématiques 8.....................................................Zach Zimmerman Math 9 .........................................................Arshia Saleheh-Shoshtari
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Harvey, Taylor Hill, Jenny Horvath, Jasmine Jakesta, Josiah Janzen, Dagmar Kindervater, Dylan Kishchuk, Simon Koep, Rene Lapres, Milan Letto, Kailem McCallum, Jasmine Milton, Tyler Ng, Samantha Poulter, Ryann Pumphrey, Isaac Rafter, Benjamin Rusnak, Julie Salas, Stephen Clyde Schneider, Kalli Sinclair, Cole Sinclair, Jethro Sparling, Elizabeth Vowk, Katelyn Wu, Wei Na
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1ST CLASS HONOURS Atmanspacher-Wirth, Katharina Barlow-White, Elias Blake, Leif Boulerice, Marek Braden, Alexia Bryant, Skyler Chowdhury, Vaskor Deuling, Hannah Diment, Sarah Frasher, Julia Gullison, Alysha Harris, Ashley Hindson, Ryan Hyde, Brahm Janke, Sophie Javed, Sana Kishchuk, Michael Kruse, Mikaela Lemaire, Alina Magsi, Maira Mason, Mira McBride, Mary Nordahl, Ali Parker, Joseph Parker, Isak Perlawan, Mardee Anne Poulter, Robyn Prawdzik, Megan Rumbaoa, Patricia Joyce Sears, William Shier, Hannah Sparks, Cayley Stinson-Schroff, Griffin Taylor, Gordon van Kampen, Yataya Whipple-Grantham, Sigourny GRADE 10 HONOURS Bisson, Jenna Cox, Olivia Dinh, Michael Dobush, Katrina Ellson, Chloe Fernandes, Kylee Finton, Samuel Hill, Alison Holmes, Christopher Horoscoe, Noella May Joe-Hudson, Jamie Kemshead, Carrie Khalik, Alisha Kramer, Sylvie Kumar, Anshil Leas, Chelsey Leenders, Elisha Link, Sierra Lister, Danielle Lubi, Cazrina Magro, Rebecca Martin, Kestrel Matrishon, Finn Mendelsohn, Jennifer Moorhouse, Eli Nelson, Dannica Odian, Amanda Orban, MacKenzie Paslawski, Gibson Perrier, Curtis Roberts, Alexander Roothman, Chanelle Rueckenbach, Justin Russell, James Ryckman, Brody Saunders, Daniel Segriff, Sadie Thorson-Looysen, Loughran Tokic, Tomas Vincent-Braun, Pelly Wishart-MacDougall, Justin Wyers, Jenna
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TRAINING PROGRAMS Trauma Training Provides information, skills and tools for frontline work in Yukon in relation to trauma January 13, 14 & 15 9:00 am to 4:30 pm CRN: 20430 $200 + gst Location: Yukon College Room T1023 Instructor: Jackie MacLaren
Theater fans gear up for first ever BroadwayCon, sort of like a Comic Con for thespians
Mental Health First Aid for Northern People Incorporates Aboriginal peoples’ experiences; addresses the importance of the whole person when providing aid January 19, 20 & 21 8:30 am to 4:30 pm CRN: 20444 $250 + gst Location: Yukon College Room T1023 Instructor: Angela Neufeld & Laura Donald
Yukon First Nations 101: History of Yukon First Nations and Self-Government Provides an engaging look at history and recent developments through timeline, facts, personal stories and activities January 22 8:30 am to 4:30 pm CRN: 20443 $200 + gst Location: Yukon College Room T1023 Instructors: First Nations Initiatives, Yukon College
FASD Informed Support A new, interactive program that provides practical suggestions for effectively supporting the daily challenges faced by individuals with FASD. Three different delivery options to meet your schedule. All offerings $90 + gst OPTION #1 February 1 & 2 CRN: 20479 Location: Yukon College Room A2603 OPTION #2 February 3, 10 & 17 CRN: 20464 Location: Yukon College Room T1022 OPTION #3 March 29, 30 & 31 CRN: 20480 Location: Yukon College Room T1022
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Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training Provides practical help for caregivers seeking to prevent the immediate risk of suicide February 9 & 10 9 am to 5 pm CRN: 20466 $400 + gst Location: Yukon Inn, Fireside Room Instructors: Angela Neufeld & Margot Neely
Understanding Legislation Provides non-lawyers with an introduction to theory and practice of interpreting legislation February 8 9 am to 5 pm CRN: 20451 $175 + gst Location: Yukon College Room T1023 Instructor: Bruce Willis
Practice and Procedures for Decision Making Designed for quasi-judicial boards and tribunals; addresses principles of natural justice, hearings, evidence, decisions, and ethics February 10, 11 & 12 9 am to 5 pm CRN: 20461 $600 + gst Location: Yukon College Room T1023 Instructor: Bruce Willis
Advanced Decision Writing Builds on the decision-writing modules in Practice and Procedures; focuses on decisionwriting skills and techniques February 15 & 16 9 am to 5 pm CRN: 20462 $450 + gst Location: Yukon College Room T1023 Instructor: Bruce Willis
Introduction to Arbitration Provides an introduction to arbitration basics; and how and why arbitration differs from other forms of dispute resolution February 17 9 am to 12 pm CRN: 20463 $100 + gst Location: Yukon College Room T1023 Instructor: Bruce Willis
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NEW YORK f you’re in midtown Manhattan late next month and see women in green makeup or folks strutting around in colonial outfits, fear not. They’re attending the inaugural fan convention for Broadway. The three-day BroadwayCon – sort of like a Comic Con for thespians – promises to connect theatre fans with stage stars, but also wants them to leave with more than an autograph. There will be meet-ups for fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim and one for theatre fans who have tattoos. There will be panels about sound and costume design. “Cosplay With the Pros” will features tips from Broadway costumers. The casts of “Rent,” ‘’Fun Home“ and ‘’Hamilton“ will talk about their shows. There will be a seminar on producing and plenty of master classes led by veterans. There will be sing-alongs, a game show and a cabaret. The event was conceived by Melissa Anelli and Stephanie Dornhelm, who co-founded and lead GeekyCon, and the original “Rent” star Anthony Rapp. They’ve partnered with Playbill and the convention will be held Jan. 22-24 at the New York Hilton Midtown. Although the Broadway community does have gatherings throughout the year – benefit shows, a flea market and fundraising concerts – it hasn’t had a full-on convention until now. Enter the masterminds of GeekyCon, which grew from a love of Harry Potter to one of the largest and most recognized conventions for fans of fantasy films, television shows and young adult books. “I think and I hope it’s going to help people really understand why fandom and passion is so powerful,” said Anelli. “Passion has been nothing but amazing in our world, so I’m excited for the Broadway world to discover it.” The BroadwayCon lineup is constantly being updated, but some of the stars slated to appear include Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of “Hamilton,” Jeremy Jordan, Michael Cerveris, Alice Ripley, James Monroe Iglehart, Billy Porter, Melissa Errico, Gavin Creel, Seth Rudetsky, Kerry Butler and Christian Borle and Brian d’Arcy James from “Something Rotten!” Anelli, who was such a passionate fan of “Rent” that she slept outside its Broadway home at age 16 and eventually befriended Rapp, said BroadwayCon will attract at least two large
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The Palace Theatre marquee and billboards advertising Broadway shows are displayed in Times Square, in New York in 2012. groups of fans. “One is the one who heard the word BroadwayCon and said, ‘Move all of my cast albums out of the way so I can get to my computer to buy a ticket,”’ she said. “And then you have the ‘Next to Normal’ fans, the ‘Rent’ fans, the ‘Wicked’ fans – the ones that were brought in by one very specific fan base.” Tickets start at $50 and go up to a general pass with full access to everything on offer for $250. Ten per cent of all profits go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Anelli said about half the several thousand expected attendees are under age 30, 80 per cent are from outside the state and 80 per cent are women, reflecting the Broadway audience. Attendees will likely give a boost to Broadway box offices during a traditionally slow month. Organizers balked at some traditional convention staples, particularly the fees charged for autographs and selfies with stars. “All fans do all day is stand in lines. It feels like a waste of their talent and the fans’ energy,” Anelli said. “We wanted to make sure it was content-based.”
At BroadwayCon, there’s no charge for autographs, though fans may have to enter lotteries. Master classes in vocal technique – with performers from “If/ Then,” ‘’Rent“ and ‘’The Book of Mormon“ – are free, but require registration and fill up fast. Rapp, currently touring with “If/Then” and who will be present as “Rent” cast members celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary, praised his fellow organizers for trying to create a grassroots, homegrown feeling to the gathering. “So many things have gotten so focused-grouped and corporatized in our entertainment world, and I promise you this is not going to be that,” said Rapp, who will be hosting his own master class. To that end, organizers encourage fans to show up in costumes of their favourite show. “The idea of being very specifically a fan of one thing is suddenly OK,” Anelli said. “It’s becoming cooler to be a fan, and I think people are more out there about what they love.”
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LIFE Joel Krahn News Reporter
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o Stewart has a slight addiction. But unlike cigarettes or potato chips, her obsession is actually quite healthy. “I knit every spare chance I get,” says Stewart. “I have knitting everywhere. I keep knitting in the bathroom.” Stewart describes the feeling she gets from finding a new yarn or pattern as a tingling in her fingers. Her fellow knitter, Sophie Jessome, says she gets goose bumps. Jessome, owner of the Itsy-Bitsy Yarn Store in Horwood’s Mall, says she also feels that sensation when giving back to the community. Jessome and Stewart help organize Sticks, Strings and Stewardship, a group of like-minded stitchers who have banded together and use their knitting and crocheting expertise to fill needs in the community. Started in 2014 by Stewart after witnessing a similar group in Ontario, Sticks, Strings and Stewardship has had its needles in a number of different projects. Earlier this year, the group scattered hand-made winter wear such as mitts and toques in the downtown core, each bearing a note saying the items were up for grabs for those in need. In May, a silent auction fundraising for a young girl’s medical expenses got a boost when it received beautifully crafted items from the knitters. In mid-December, Sticks, Strings and Stewardship teamed up with the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre to provide knitting starter kits filled with needles, patterns and yarn, and will be visiting the centre after the holidays to provide lessons in how to get started in the craft. Now, in keeping with the pattern, Stewart and Jessome have seen another practical need and have stepped up to fill it. Sticks, Strings and Stewardship has been busy in the last few weeks directing its efforts to bestow the finest knit toques and scarves upon the families of Syrian refugees who are slated to move to Whitehorse in the coming weeks. To Stewart and Jessome, giving away their handiwork is just the natural thing to do. For one, Stewart – like many knitters – produces far more than she can use herself, or even gift to relatives. “As a knitter, you can only give your family so much until they’re saturated,” she says. “We actually had to move to a larger house at one point because of my stash.” “If you have a passion for knitting, and you have to knit, then you have to knit for other people.” And beyond it being merely a practical exercise, Jessome says giving away so many projects that each represent hours of work is simply the right thing to do. “If we can take what we really like to do, and our art and our skills, and use that to make some good things and help others, well, why not?”
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Since putting out the call for knit donations, Sticks, Strings and Stewardship has received more items than it can give away to Yukon Cares, the organization that is sponsoring one of the refugee families. Now, there are baskets of overflow in Jessome’s store and Stewart’s house. That’s not a problem in their eyes, however. In a climate like the Yukon has, hats and gloves will never go out of style. “We can never have too much,” Stewart says. “There’s always another community
member that needs something.” While Sticks, Strings and Stewardship has been praised for its efforts in keeping the heads and hands of Whitehorse residents warm, it has also received criticism for its latest project. The claim that donating to the refugee families will stymie the supply of goods to native Yukoners is an assertion that is baseless, says Jessome. “We do a lot for here as well,” she says. For instance, the knitting group plans to again plant some of its stash around town some time this winter, Jessome points out. An important point for Jessome is that it’s an inescapable fact that refugee families will be coming to Whitehorse in the middle of winter. “Regardless of your political opinion, that you agree or not that they come here, they’re going to be here,” she says. “They’re going to need the support.” Seeing the knitting community rally around the cause has been inspirational for Jessome, and she hopes that others can be moved to action as well. “It inspires other people too,” she says, “to really care for a human being that’s in need.” Contact Joel Krahn at joel.krahn@yukon-news.com
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Sophie Jessome, left, and Jo Stewart help run Sticks, Strings and Stewardship, a knitting group that aims to use its craft to benefit the community.
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Missing cheetah in B.C.’s Interior still on the lam, Calgary zoo offers to help Danielle Bell, speaking on behalf of the B.C. Conservation Officer Canadian Press Service. “We’ve gotten some VANCOUVER public tips and are following up on those.” cheetah on the loose in The B.C. government apBritish Columbia’s Interior proached the Calgary Zoo late was still unaccounted last week asking whether the fafor as of Monday after it was cility would be willing to house a last spotted roaming a snowy cheetah, said zoo spokeswoman highway in the Kootenay region Trish Exton-Parder. last week. “We’ve got the expertise to As of Sunday evening, conser- care for them and the veterinary vation officers were still urging care to make sure they’re safe people to phone in any sightings and happy,” said Exton-Parder. of the big cat. Calgary doesn’t have any RCMP notified the public cheetahs of its own, but Extonon Thursday that the feline Parder said such an animal could had been seen wandering near be held comfortably in a temCrawford Bay, about 50 kilomeporary quarantine. Though the tres northeast of Nelson in the public would not be able to view Kootenays. the cat given the lack of an ap“It’s pretty much status quo,” propriate exhibit, she said. said the Environment Ministry’s “We could also offer some asGeordon Omand
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sistance to the B.C. government to help find another home … that is accredited,” she added. Exton-Parder referenced the numerous offers of assistance the Calgary facility received in the aftermath of the 2013 Alberta floods. “That’s how accredited zoos help each other out,” she said. “We’re all on the same page. We’re trying just to help wildlife.” Currently, Vancouver’s zoo holds the only permit to possess a cheetah in B.C., according to a statement from the Forests Ministry.
The statement said the ministry had received a permit application to possess a cheetah in the Kootenay region and that application is currently under review. “However, ministry staff advise there is no indication or information as to whether the cheetah on loose is or could be related to the above permit application,” the statement said. Insp. Joe Caravetta of the Conservation Officer Service said last week that the provincial wildlife veterinarian doesn’t believe the missing cheetah poses a
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Can you say ‘hjukrunarfraedingur?’ Learning Icelandic a challenge for travellers Jim Heintz Associated Press
ISAFJORDUR, ICELAND celand’s challenges include boiling hot springs, frigid waters and vast wildernesses where sudden fogs leave you terribly alone. For me, the most daunting challenge was the tungumalanamskeidid – a course in trying to learn the language. On the three-week course, I found Icelandic deserves its nickname “Latin of the North” with a complicated skein of sIx noun classifications, each with up to 16 different suffixes; five families of verbs; an archaic and insular vocabulary and a penchant for serpentine words. Also like Latin, it’s only marginally useful, spoken by just 0.005 per cent of the planet. My aim wasn’t pragmatic. On previous trips, I’d become infatuated with Iceland for its primeval landscapes and enveloping hush. But the scenery wasn’t enough for me. I wanted more. The language course in Isafjordur, a town of 2,700, appealed to my romantic side. Geographically and emotionally distant from spiffy, stylish Reykjavik, Isafjordur crouches on a dogleg spit jutting into a fjord dwarfed by 2,000-foot mountains, with corrugated-iron house facades sprouting long tresses of rust. Though minuscule, it is the largest settlement in the Westfjords, a region more thinly populated than Mongolia that sees relatively few visitors even as Iceland’s tourist traffic soared some 300 per cent over the past decade. It is a fine place to experience what Iceland was like before Bjork and Sigur Ros made the country a paragon of coolness,
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A trawler is seen docked in the harbor of Isafjordur, Iceland on Aug. 6. and also a good place to be studious. There are no distractions aside from the only liquor store within 100 miles and the pristine nature that starts at the town’s edge. The latter gave me my first serious taste of Icelandic’s difficulty. Asked what we’d do on the weekend, I wanted to tell the class I planned to hike to a waterfall-filled valley. In Icelandic, “the waterfalls” is fossarnir, but if you’re going to them it’s fossana, except if you’re going from a long distance, in which case it’s fossanum. If the spray gets you wet, they’re fossanna. The trip began to seem like too much trouble linguistically. But I went, and they were pretty (fallegir, fallega, fallegum, whatever). Keeping track of all this required pages of complicated charts. “If you’re learning Icelandic, you don’t need Sudoku,” said Peter Weiss, a German who’s
learned it well enough to become director of Haskolasetur Vestfjarda (University Center of the Westfjords), where the course was held – a handful of rooms in a building that includes a frozenfish warehouse. Some students delighted in the game aspect, particularly American software designer Jim Brink and his mathematician wife Norah Esty. Their systematic minds pursued the grammar with zest, writing declension charts on a whiteboard for fun. But even they got overwhelmed. A day before exams, a drawnlooking Brink sighed, “Last night, we figured out there’s 144 word endings we need to know … I think.” For all the complexity, Icelandic has spasms of radical simplicity, which can be equally perplexing, as in the sentence “Bondinn a a a a.” That can translate as, “The farmer by the river has a sheep,” but figuring it out
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requires counterfactual thinking: In a country where sheep outnumber humans nearly 3-to-1, it’s hard to imagine a loser farmer who only has one. The grammar’s tough, but the vocabulary could be a joy for its offbeat poetry. Icelanders resist incursions of foreign words, preferring to adapt the lexicon of 9th century settlers for modern developments. Telephone is “simi” from the word for thread, a computer is “tolva”
from number-sorceress, and my personal favourite: Soda to an Icelander is a “gosdrykka” – an eruption-beverage. The course returned all of us nominal adults to a juvenile state, feeling both vulnerable for how little we could actually say and smug about what we could. When I was able to both remember and smoothly pronounce the serpentine word for nurse, hjukrunarfraedingur, I was so proud that I wanted to fake an injury so I could go to a hospital and show off. The town shopkeepers mostly treated us like good children, patient and amused by our eager clumsiness. Though I did get a few doglike looks of incomprehension at my accent, which is tarred by an Ohio upbringing and feathered by 20 years of living in Russia and Sweden. I wasn’t able to lose that accent enough to meet one of my goals: to convincingly pronounce Icelandic’s “-ll,” the phoneme whose mangling by foreign newscasters during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption gave a laugh to presumably all 320,000 native speakers. There’s a ghostly “t” in there, an appealing sound like a soft pigeon coo, that remains elusive. It’s a reason to go back.
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Answer texts on your own time and let others do the same by Judith Martin
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MANNERS DEAR MISS MANNERS: Having finally become familiar with my mobile phone, I now find I conduct both personal and professional conversations by texting or instant messaging with some frequency. It’s the real-time implications of these conversations that baffle me. I ignore my phone at home
while it charges (still having a landline and desktop computer), and have it set not to ring when out and about. I feel it’s something I may check entirely at my own convenience, though I do try to at least pay daily attention. My question is about responding to text messages. Should I be conscious of being distracting or intrusive when replying, i.e., while that person is working, sleeping or involved in some important life event? Since I feel so empowered to ignore my own phone at will, somehow it doesn’t always occur to me that I might be interrupting someone else if I’m still awake after midnight or unaware of their daily activities. GENTLE READER: Just as
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you have mastered the ability to silence your own cellular telephone, it is reasonable -- if not necessarily accurate -- to assume that your correspondents have done the same. Absent explicit requests, Miss Manners would not expect you to keep track of when others are working, sleeping or involved in important life events. She hopes that technology continues to permit at least a modicum of mystery to remain on the subject. DEAR MISS MANNERS: My grandkids are 12 and 11, and my daughter wants to go on a vacation. She has asked me if I would come and sit at her house for two weeks, except for the one weekend when my son will keep them. I have a husband who is not my child’s father. He feels this is wrong of her to ask me to do this. GENTLE READER: If your husband and you do not wish to baby-sit the grandchildren, you have Miss Manners’ blessing to decline to do so. You do not have her permission to invent rudenesses. There are too many already, without adding requests to watch the grandchildren to the list. DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the etiquette regarding online gift-giving for the holidays with
respect to wrapping? I have four children and have received numerous gifts for them from relatives that were ordered online where wrapping was an option. Yet several of them chose to call me and ask me to wrap the gifts when they arrive so they could save a few bucks. Now I have to spend the few evenings before the holidays up late wrapping other people’s gifts. GENTLE READER: And what about the relatives who show up for Christmas, but have not been able to wrap their presents (or have had them forcibly unwrapped) because of airport security? Miss Manners may be lulled into an excess of holiday goodwill, but she would suggest keeping an extra roll of wrapping paper on hand to comply with the advantages and disadvantages of modern life. Presumably you should be able to count on others to do the same for you. DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I dine out about once a week. He is fond of “people-watching� and likes to look at other diners while we are eating. I think, however, that he tends to stare at people. He says one cannot have an expectation of privacy in a public restaurant.
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I think it’s rude to stare. Can Miss Manners please explain the difference between staring and people-watching? GENTLE READER? Staring is when you get caught. DEAR MISS MANNERS: My 3-year-old daughter was asked to be a flower girl for the wedding of her father’s cousin. Her father and I are no longer together. While I understand my not being invited to the reception, I feel like I should have been invited to the ceremony to see my daughter as a flower girl (this is her first, and maybe only, time). I know the couple personally, although we are not friends. Space would not be an issue, as the venue is quite large. Am I being unrealistic with this feeling, or is the couple in the wrong? GENTLE READER: While it is understandable that you would want to see your daughter in the “role� of flower girl, this is not a pageant, but a family event -- a family of which you are no longer a part. Miss Manners understands that people confuse weddings with entertainment nowadays, what with wedding parties being chosen for their looks and guests all but charged admission under the guise of “honeymoon funds.� Nevertheless, weddings are not intended to be theatrical events, and stage mothers are not required. So please send your daughter off cheerfully to enjoy herself at the wedding. There will be plenty of her relatives there to look after her. And there will doubtless be pictures, and perhaps videos, that you will be able to see later. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have golfed for over 30 years and am female! I love the game and the etiquette of the sport, rules, peacefulness, etc. In the past two years, I have experienced folks, male and female, who play music on the course! When asked to shut off the music, some do -- however, most are offended! Please ask new and old golfers to bone up on rules of golf course etiquette! I am tempted to start singing at the top of my voice next time! Trust me, they don’t want to experience that! GENTLE READER: They should try corresponding with you! The experience might be similar! Miss Manners presumes that the music being played is portable and not piped in through speakers on the golf course. You could politely ask management to make and enforce a blanket policy about music so that you are not put in the position of policing and educating your fellow golfers. Miss Manners fears that that is why these players are taking offense, more than at the request itself.
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SPORTS AND RECREATION Yukon biathlete Nadia Moser selected for youth world championship Tom Patrick News Reporter
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ukon’s Nadia Moser has another monumental season in her sights. With three consecutive podium finishes last week, the 18-year-old biathlete has been offered a spot on Team Canada for the IBU Youth/Junior World Championships, Biathlon Canada told the News. It sounds like she will accept the invitation. “I’m pretty excited about it,” said Moser. “I’m really happy about it. Really excited about the experience. I’m looking forward to it.” Moser punched her ticket for the worlds by winning gold, silver and bronze over three races at the Calforex Cup #2/world youth/junior trials races in Canmore, Alta. She kicked off the medal spree with gold in the youth women’s 7.5-kilometre sprint with a time of 24.35.4 – 22.2 second ahead of the silver medalist. In the race, Moser she cleaned house in both trips to the range. Only one of the other 16 racers in her division accomplished that and only five of the 78 racers on the day, across all divisions, cleaned both. The race stands out, “Not because I won but because I cleaned the race,” said Moser. “That’s just how I shot. I didn’t do anything differently.” Moser then picked up a silver in Saturday’s six-kilometre sprint, shooting 80 per cent and taking second by only 11.6 seconds. On Sunday she snagged bronze in the 7.5-kilometre pursuit, pegging 14 out of 20 in four journeys to the range. The bronze actually marked four medals in four races. The previous weekend she won bronze in the youth women sixkilometre sprint at the Calforex Cup #1. Biathlon Canada can send a team of 16 biathletes to the youth/junior worlds that begin at the end of January in Cheile Gradistei, Romania. With her three most recent
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Yukon biathlete Nadia Moser prepares to shoot during the Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C., last February. Moser has been selected to compete at the IBU Youth/Junior World Championships next month in Romania, Biathlon Canada has said. results it was all but a certainty she would land one of the four youth female spots. But you never know… A year ago Moser won silver en route to placing fourth overall in the division at last year’s trials. But Biathlon Canada decided to send a larger team of juniors (19and 20-year-olds) and Moser was denied a spot. On the bright side, by not competing at last season’s youth worlds Moser could race for Yukon at the Canada Winter Games and would go on to make history. Moser captured Yukon’s first-
ever medal in biathlon at the 2015 Games in Prince George, B.C., eventually leaving with a silver and two bronze. She was the only Yukon athlete to win three medals at the Games. She pulled off a similar feat the previous year at the 2014 Arctic Winter Games in Fairbanks – coming away as the only Yukoner to capture three gold. Following her performances in Prince George, Moser went on to win two silver at the Canadian Biathlon Championships. She then moved to Canmore in July to train full-time at the
Biathlon Alberta Training Centre. “It’s wonderful to hear that Nadia has been nominated to the Canadian YJWCH team! She is a remarkable athlete,” said Biathlon Yukon coach Laurie Jacobsen. “She has always set challenging goals for herself and then believed she could accomplish them. She is a good example to the younger athletes at Biathlon Yukon; they see that she works hard and loves this sport. She has adapted well to life away from the Yukon and seems to be thriving at the Biathlon Alberta Training Centre. We are all very excited
for her and wish her the best of luck as she takes her first steps into International competition!” Moser will be only the second Yukon biathlete to compete at the youth/junior worlds next month. Whitehorse’s Erin OliverBeebe became the first four years ago in Finland. “Thanks to Biathlon Yukon and everyone who supported me in Atlin,” added Moser, who is originally from the northern B.C. community and moved to Whitehorse at the start of high school. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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he ‘91 Grizzlies got plenty of goals instead of stockings of coal at the 2015 Christmas Insomnia Tournament at Vanier Catholic Secondary School over the weekend. After eight years of coming up short, the men’s team unwrapped its first men’s title at the 12th annual indoor soccer tournament. The team felt “amazing” with the win, said Grizzlies captain Stephen Dynes. “We’ve been putting our same rep team in since we were 16. It’s been a long time coming,” he said. “It’s nice to finally win it.” The ‘91 Grizzlies – largely made up of players born in 1991 – took the title in a thrilling come-from-behind win, beating the Raw Dogs FC 5-4 in a shootout in the final on Sunday. They didn’t just come back once, they erased Raw Dogs leads three times in the final. Down 2-0 with a minute left in the first half, the Grizzlies got on the board with a goal from Logan Potter on a shot from mid court. Four minutes into the second half Walker Ewing tied it up 2-2, burying a rebound in front. Down again a few minutes later, Potter went end-to-end to find the far corner of the Raw Dogs net to make it 3-3. Trailing again – this is getting repetitive – Grizzlies’ Mike Abbott scored with two minutes left on a pass out the corner from Joel Krahn/Yukon News Jake Hanson. Raw Dogs FC’s Travis Olynyk winds up as ‘91 Grizzlies’ Dillon Vickerman chases during the men’s “The team we played against – we’re all buddies with those guys final of the 2015 Christmas Insomnia Tournament at Vanier Catholic Secondary on Sunday. The ‘91 – it’s so nice to end up playing Grizzlies won 5-4 in a shootout. them in the finals,” said Dynes. “It was a good, well-fought game and it’s nice that it went to PKs. Either team deserved to win tonight.” Following a fruitless five-minute overtime, a hush fell upon the packed stands as the teams decided who would take the shots in the shootout. Potter and teammate Cody Fraser both put ones past Raw Dogs goalkeeper Darren Richards. Then things took another dramatic turn. Grizzlies goalkeeper Tyler Pumphrey suffered an injury making a save, but hobbled back in net to make one last one for the win. “He’s a trooper,” said Dynes. “He has so many so many injuries going on. He just doesn’t stop. He’s definitely our team MVP in my mind.” Scoring for Raw Dogs FC in the final were Travis Olynyk, Kyle Risby and Kurtis Hills with the last two. “We’re pretty happy with ourselves,” said Hills. “We had a couple injuries – we lost about four guys. We were playing with six most of the tournament with one sub against teams with full Tom Patrick/Yukon News benches. So I’m happy with the Wildcats goalkeeper Reena Coyne attempts to stop a goal from Sarah Sweet Six’s Jamie McLeish. guys and I’m sure the guys are
happy too.” The ‘91 Grizzlies, who lost in the tournament’s final two years ago, reached the final with a tight 4-3 win over Chilkoot Chiropractic. Jonathan Hawkins of Chilkoot Chiropractic was named Most Sportsmanlike, Risby Top Scorer and Dynes Tournament MVP. Out of 15 round-robin matches in the men’s and women’s divisions, not one ended in a shutout. But the women’s final did. Sarah’s Sweet Six produced a 2-0 win over the Wildcats to capture the women’s title. “I’m just really proud of them,” said coach and team namesake Sarah Hanson. “I think they played really skillfully and they kept their composure really well and played a possession gave, which we’re really trying to encourage with them. They also competed really well … “They kept their heads in it and stayed really solid.” The Sweet Six scored one in each half. The first came from Malorie Hanson, knocking out of mid air a bouncing pass up court from Aimee Parker. The second came from captain Jamie McLeish on a pass from Christine Moser on a free kick. Sweet Six goalkeeper Isabel Magsucang got the shutout. Notwithstanding their first-place finish, the Sweet Six opened with a less remarkable start to the tournament, losing 8-6 to two-time defending champs Charly’s Angels in the round robin. The Angels went on to lose to the Wildcats in the semifinal. “The core of these girls are the U18 Arctic Winter Games team, with a few additions of other girls they’ve played with over the years,” said Sarah. “When we go to Arctic Winter Games (this March in Greenland) we’ll be playing futsal and that’s what we’ve been training, so that’s partly why we had a little bit of trouble in the first game, because it’s very different. But every game they got a little better and better and they finally got back into the groove of indoor soccer.” The Sweet Six reached the final with a 5-3 win over Victorious Secret in the semifinal, with Parker and Moser notching goals. Malorie and Moser led the team with five goals each in the tournament. “Our scoring was spread out quite widely among the girls, which was nice,” said Sarah. “I was really happy with that.” Emily Hoeff, captain of Victorious Secret, was named Most Sportsmanlike, Charly’s Angels captain Megan Lanigan got the Top Scorer award and Wildcats’ Lara Helene-St. Onge got the MVP nod. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Hynes repeats, Abbott regains Sumanik Cup
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Whitehorse’s Colin Abbott speeds around a corner during the Don Sumanik Memorial Races on Sunday at the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club. Abbott won the Don Sumanik Trophy in the male category. Tom Patrick News Reporter
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ukon Ski Team’s Natalie Hynes has been cranking out great results so far this season. This past weekend she did it at home for a change. After collecting multiple medals on the Haywood NorAm circuit down south, Hynes won the women’s trophy at the Don Sumanik Memorial Races at the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club. That’s now two years in a row she won the Sumanik Cup that goes to the fastest male and female skiers on the long courses over two days of racing. Whitehorse’s Colin Abbott won for the males. It’s neat to have her named engraved on the same trophy as Olympians Emily Nishikawa, Lucy Steele and Becky Scott, said Hynes. “It’s a pretty cool feeling winning a trophy with the names of skiers I really look up to,” said Hynes. “It’s unreal, really.” Hynes, who at 17 is racing in junior girls, was the second fastest female skier Saturday in the five-kilometre classic with a time of 15:21.2. (Open women’s Kendra Murray clocked in at 15:17.7.) Hynes was then fastest in
Sunday’s 6.6-kilometre free at 22:08.4. “I felt pretty strong,” said Hynes. “It’s cold out and it’s a bit of a shock coming back from Silver Star and Canmore where it was warmer. On the lungs it’s kind of tough. But I’m really happy to be back; I love racing in the Yukon.” It had been a while since Abbott raised the Sumanik Cup for males. So long he wasn’t sure if he had before. The 25-year-old produced the fastest times for males both days to earn a second etching of his name on the trophy – the first coming back in 2007. “I’ve been racing this weekend for the last 15 years, almost. It’s been a trials – a selection for the Arctic Winter Games 10 years ago – and it’s still fun to come back every year. It’s become a bit of a December tradition to do this,” said Abbott. “So it feels really good to race well here. It’s a nice confirmation that I’m in shape and ready to race in other places in Canada.” Abbott finished Saturday’s 7.5-kilometre classic in 21:53.6 and Sunday’s 7.5-kilometre free in 19:44.2. “(Saturday) felt pretty exceptional,” said Abbott. “If I asked more from my body it would give me more and that’s always
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Mary Londero goes down in a tough part of the course. a special feeling. Technically it felt really good yesterday, really relaxed. Today was good, but I still have some things to work on in terms of being efficient in skate skiing.” The Don Sumanik races, which saw 90 skiers compete Saturday and 50 on Sunday, were also team trials for Yukon’s ski team for the Arctic Winter Games this March in Greenland. The team won’t be announced to later this week but it’s a safe
bet Hynes will be on the list. In addition to winning four medals in five races so far this season in Haywood NorAms, Haynes was also selected as second alternate for Team Canada at the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. That’s a team that consists of just one male and one female skier – not a lot of spots, in other words. Her successes so far this season have been a “surprise,” she said.
“At the beginning of the season you don’t know what to expect until you start racing. It’s been really fun. I’ve had a great time traveling with the team this year. “It’s amazing having (coaches like) Alain (Masson) and Amanda (Deuling) there every week. And my parents of course. And just having teammates helping me out.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Yukon Ski Team’s Natalie Hynes starts out in Sunday’s free race.
Saturday’s top three finishers Atom boys (1 km) 1st Nicolas Giangrande – 7:05.8 2nd Christopher McCarron – 7:16.3 3rd Jan Zumer-Brewis – 7:25.6 Atom girls (1 km) 1st Callah MacGillivary – 7:21.2 2nd Phoenix Haughton-Locke – 8:04.6 Peewee boys (2 km) 1st Mettias Schmidt – 10:05.5 2nd Isidore Champagne – 10:05.8 3rd Felix Masson – 10:36.1 Peewee girls (2 km) 1st Constance Lapointe – 10:57.5 2nd Abigail Jirousek – 11:59.9 3rd Ava Irving-Staley – 12:27.1 Midget boys (5 km) 1st Derek Deuling – 17:31.3 2nd Sasha Masson – 17:44.5 3rd Victor-Emile Thibeault – 18:39.4 Midget girls (5 km) 1st Sonjaa Schmidt – 20:02.2 2nd Dahlia Lapointe – 20:52.1 3rd Kate Mason – 23:05.7 Juvenile boys (7.5 km) 1st Liam Mather – 29:13.6 2nd Nichollis Schmidt – 29:49.1 3rd Jamie Phillips-Freedman – 35:26.1 Juvenile girls (5 km) 1st Regan Fuerstner – 17:34.0 2nd Hannah Jirousek – 17:45.5
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ukon mountain bikers celebrated the winter solstice fat-bike style on Saturday. Fifty-three cyclists broke out their donut-wheeled fat bikes at the fifth annual 5+ Hours of Light bike festival, hosted by the Contagious Mountain Bike Club at the Biathlon Yukon range. “There’s so many more fat bikes and fat bike makers now that my current bike feels so much more like a mountain bike than my old fat bike,” said rider Ian Parker. “The equipment has come so far in the last couple of years. It’s changed the sport completely … “It’s upped the fun factor of riding these bikes. It was already really fun, but now it should almost be illegal.” Parker put more chubby tire tracks in the snow than anyone at the festival held a couple days shy of the official start of winter, the winter solstice. He regained the solo men’s title completing nine laps of the nine-kilometre course in the five hours. For those who flunked grade school math, that’s 81 kilometres. “It was one of those rare days where everything came together. The conditions were amazing … It’s just a really fun event and I seemed to feel better as it went on,” said Parker. “The event is really not about the racing,” he added. “I didn’t have racing in my mind. It’s more, ‘Let’s go out and see how many laps we can do in the time that we have.’ “It was a spectacular day, spectacular trail, spectacular setting. It’s one of those events that
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Whitehorse’s Ian Parker rides in the 5+ Hours of Light mountain bike festival at the Biathlon Yukon range on Saturday. Parker was the top solo male and Virginia Sarrazin the top solo female. makes you feel lucky that we live where we live and we can do the things we do.” Aaron Foos and Rob Horne completed seven laps to place second and third, respectively. Believe it or not, 81 kilometres
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is not the longest Parker has ridden a fat bike in a day. “I thought it was, but I did bike the Dawson trail last year and I think that’s over 100K,” said Parker. “It’s certainly the most I’ve done going around in a circle.” Solo women’s winner Virginia Sarrazin of Ibex Valley has spent considerably less time on a fat bike. It was her first time in the event and just her second time on a fat bike. Still, Sarrazin completed five laps of the course. “The conditions were really good. The trail was really well packed and it was cold – cold enough to make the trail not too slippery,” said Sarrazin. “The weather was beautiful.” Sarrazin is no stranger to racing on snow. She is president of the Dog Powered Sports Association of Yukon and often races – and often wins – skijor events. “I really enjoyed it. I did the (24 Hours of Light Mountain Bike Festival) this summer and it was basically the same idea: people coming and doing as many laps as they want,” said Sarrazin. “We had a place to warm up and the club, CMBC, prepared some really good food and it was a really nice social event.” Nicole Jacques, Stewart Van Bibber and Andrew Reid joined forces to win the team event with seven laps on Saturday. Their team name, The Flat Nolans, comes from a school project for Jacques’ nephew Nolan in Calgary, who was assigned to have cutout of him photographed in various locations. A cutout of Nolan rode the race on Jacques’ helmet.
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Sky Hodgson rides a section of Boogaloo trail during the fifth annual event.
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Wallingham rink defends senior men’s title
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Team Stuart third Herb Balsam shows some enthusiasm. Tom Patrick News Reporter
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Skip Walter Wallingham guides a teammate during the Yukon Senior Men’s Curling Championship at the Whitehorse Curling Club on Saturday. Team Wallingham won the championship. Below, skip Ray Mikkelsen expresses his dislike of a shot.
ollowing a few close battles early on, Team Wallingham cruised to victory at the Yukon Senior Men’s Curling Championship over the weekend at the Whitehorse Curling Club. The Whitehorse rink won its second title in a row and will represent Yukon at the senior nationals. “We had a pretty good weekend,” said skip Walter Wallingham. “I feel real good. The team curled really well, made my shots a lot easier and we’re all excited about going down there to represent the Yukon at the curling nationals.” This time Wallingham was part of the Wallingham rink. Last year his rink won without him, though the team still bore his name. Wallingham missed last year’s championship to spectate at the Junior Canadian Curling Championships in Newfoundland where his son Joe was skip of the Yukon men’s team. He had Ray Mikkelsen fill in for him. As it happens, Mikkelsen gave Wallingham the most trouble this past weekend. Team Wallingham, which includes third Gordon Zealand, second Ed Kormendy and lead Don Duncan, produced a 5-1 record at the championship with a 5-4 loss to Team Mikkelsen on Saturday. “We had our chances against Ray in the one we lost there,” said Wallingham. “We had a couple nice houses set up for big ends but unfortunately made a tick and miss and ended up giving them one and a steal. We were able to come back and make it
close.” Team Wallingham opened the 50-and-over championship with a 7-6 extra-end win over George Hilderman’s rink and then topped Darol Stuart’s rink 7-5. Following the loss to Mikkelsen, Wallingham defeated Hilderman 7-4, Stuart 5-2 and Mikkelsen 9-3 to clinch it. “Every game we just started curling a little bit better and the last game was our best game of all,” said Wallingham. Hilderman, a five-time Yukon senior champ, placed second with a 4-2 record. Mikkelsen finished even at 3-3 and Stuart went winless at 0-6. Team Wallingham will now represent the territory at the 2016 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, beginning late March in Digby, N.S. At last year’s senior nationals in Edmonton, Team Wallingham went 1-8 with an 8-3 win over Team Saskatchewan. “We’re looking forward to improving our record from last year,” said Wallingham. “We had a few really close games last year and should have won more than one game… “I have some relatives in Nova Scotia, so I’ll let them know and hopefully they’ll show up and watch us curl,” he added. Only one team registered for the senior women’s championship and have therefore been acclaimed Yukon’s representative for the nationals. Team Grant, which includes skip Leslie Grant, Corinne Delaire, Joan Hyvre and Laura Wilson, will curl for Yukon in the women’s side of the championship in Nova Scotia. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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See your GM dealer or gm.ca for full contest rules and program details. ^ Offer available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles delivered between December 4th, 2015 and January 4th, 2016. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, ScotiabankŽ or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on all new or demonstrator 2015 Spark, Sonic, Cruze LS 1SA, Malibu (except LS), Volt, Impala, Camaro, Trax, Equinox LS AWD, Traverse, Colorado 2WD, Silverado 1500 Double Cab 2WD WT / Crew Cab 2WD WT and Silverado HD’s WT 2WD with gas engine. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $40,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $476.19 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $40,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight and air tax ($100, if applicable) included. Licence, insurance, registration, PPSA, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GM Canada may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ŽRegistered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. ‥ $3,000/$3,500 is a combined credit consisting of $1,000 Connect & Win Bonus (tax inclusive), $1,000 Holiday bonus (tax inclusive), and $1,000/$1,500 manufacturer to dealer finance cash (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Cruze/Trax which is available for finance offers only and cannot be combined with special lease rates and cash purchase. †$5,000/$5,000/$12,000 is a combined credit consisting of $1,000 Connect & Win Bonus (tax inclusive), $1,000/$1,000/$0 Holiday bonus (tax inclusive), and a $3,000/$3,000/$11,000 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Cruze/Trax/Silverado Heavy Duty Double Cab with gas engine (except WT 2WD), which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $3,000/$3,000/$11,000 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. ††Offer available to retail customers in Canada only on new 2015 & 2016 Chevrolet Cruze, Equinox and Trax delivered between December 18, 2015 and January 4, 2016. $1,000 bonus cash includes HST/GST/QST/PST as applicable by province. Limited time offers, which may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GM Canada may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details. ** The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased or leased a new eligible 2015 MY Chevrolet (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelcoŽ oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. 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Kate Crocker stretches for a forehand during Table Tennis Yukon’s Arctic Winter Games team trials on Saturday at Whitehorse Elementary. Table Tennis Yukon will hold one more trial before deciding the team that will compete at the Games in Greenland this March.
Religious Organizations & Services Whitehorse United Church
Yukon Bible Fellowship
601 Main Street 667-2989
FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH 160 Hillcrest Drive Family Worship: Sunday 10:00am
(Union of Methodist, Presbyterian & Congregational Churches) 10:30 a.m. - Sunday School & Worship Service Rev. Beverly C.S. Brazier
Grace Community Church 8th & Wheeler Street Pastor Jim Joe 668-2003
PASTOR SIMON AYRTON PASTOR RICK TURNER www.yukonbiblefellowship.com
Church Of The Nazarene 2111 Centennial St. (Porter Creek) Sunday School & Morning Worship - 10:45 am Call for Bible Study & Youth Group details
Quaker Worship Group RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS Meets regularly for Silent Worship. For information, call 667-4615 email: whitehorse-contact@quaker.ca
website: quaker.ca
Seventh Day Adventist Church
First Pentecostal Church
1607 Birch St. 633-2647
149 Wilson Drive 668-5727
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sunday 10:00am Prayer / Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Wednesday Praise & Celebration 7:30 pm Pastor Roger Yadon
4th Avenue & Steele Street • 667-2437 Masses: Weekdays: 12:10 pm. Saturday 5 pm Sunday: 9 am - English; 10:10 am - French; 11:30 am English
Whitehorse
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Saturday Evening Mass: 7:00 p.m. Confessions before Mass & by appointment. Monday 7:00 PM Novena Prayers & Adoration Tuesday through Friday: Mass 11:30 a.m.
ALL WELCOME
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Baptist Church
4th Avenue & Strickland Street
2060 2ND AVENUE • 667-4889
668-4079 tlc@northwestel.net pastor.tlc@northwestel.net Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 pm Christmas Day Service 11 am w/Communion
Riverdale Baptist Church 15 Duke Road, Whse 667-6620 Sunday Worship Service: 10:30am Pastors: REV. GREG ANDERSON MICHELLE DREWITZ
www.rbchurch.ca Affiliated with Canadian Baptist Ministries and Canadian Baptists of Western Canada
www.whbc.ca Family Worship & Sunday School
at 10:30 AM
St. Nikolai Orthodox
Christian Mission
Saturday Vespers 5:00 pm Sunday Liturgy 10:00 am FR. JOHN GRYBA 332-4171 for information www.orthodoxwhitehorse.org
403 Lowe Street Mondays 5:15 to 6:15 PM
www.vajranorth.org • 667-6951
Christ Church Cathedral Anglican Dean Sean Murphy, Rector
TAGISH Community Church
Our Lady of Victory (Roman Catholic)
Meditation Drop-in • Everyone Welcome!
OFFICE HOURS: Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 12 Noon
PASTOR NORAYR (Norman) HAJIAN 633-4903
Vajra North Buddhist Meditation Society
1609 Birch St. (Porter Creek) 633-5385 “We’re Open Saturdays!” Worship Service 11:00 am Wednesday 7:00 pm - Prayer Meeting All are welcome.
10:30 AM FAMILY WORSHIP WEEKLY CARE GROUP STUDIES Because He Cares, We Care.
www.whitehorsenazarene.org
Rigdrol Dechen Ling,
(Roman Catholic)
Bethany Church
Early Morning Service 9:00 - 10:00 am Family Service 10:30 am - Noon Filipino Service 4:00 - 5:00 pm Sunday School Ages 0-12 STARTING DEC 6, Services @ 8:30 AM,10:00 AM & 11:30 AM
91806 Alaska Highway Ph: 668-4877
4TH AVENUE & ELLIOTT STREET Sunday Communion Services 8:30 & 10:00 AM Thursday Service 12:10 PM (Bag Lunch)
668-5530
Meets 1st & 3rd Sunday each Month Details, map and information at:
www.tagishcc.com 867-633-4903
Calvary Baptist 1301 FIR STREET 633-2886 Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Pastor L.E. Harrison 633-4089
ECKANKAR
Religion of the Light and Sound of God
For more information on monthly activities, call (867) 633-6594 or visit www.eckankar-yt.ca www.eckankar.org ALL ARE WELCOME.
Bahá’Í Faith Box 31419, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6K8
For information on regular communityactivities in Whitehorse contact: whitehorselsa@gmail.com
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Meeting Times are 10:00 AM at 108 Wickstrom Road
The Salvation Army 311-B Black Street • 668-2327
Sunday Church Services: 11:00 AM EVERYONE WELCOME!
www.bethanychurch.ca
The Temple of Set The World’s Premier Left Hand Path Religion
A not-for-prophet society. www.xeper.org canadian affiliation information: northstarpylon@gmail.com
Church of the Northern Apostles
An Anglican/Episcopal Church Sunday Worship 10:00 AM Sunday School during Service, Sept to May
THE REV. ROB LANGMAID 45 Boxwood Crescent • Porter Creek 633-4032 • All Are Welcome
Yukon Muslim Association 1154c 1st Ave • Entrance from Strickland
www.yukonmuslims.ca For further information about, and to discover Islam, please contact: Javed Muhammad (867) 332-8116 or Adil Khalik (867) 633-4078 or send an e-mail to info@yukonmuslims.ca
ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the finance of a 2015 Cruze LS 1SA, Trax, Silverado 2500HD/3500HD WT 2WD with gas engines. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer trade may be required. * No purchase necessary. Open to Canadian residents with a valid driver’s license who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence. Contest closes January 4, 2016. Credit Awards up to $10,000 include applicable taxes and must be applied to the purchase or lease of a new 2015 or 2016 MY Chevrolet vehicle delivered on or before January 4, 2016. 30 Vehicle Awards available to be won, each consisting of winner’s choice of a vehicle with an MSRP of $35,000 CAD or less. The customer is responsible for any other taxes, license, insurance, registration, or other fees. Vehicle Awards are not transferable and no cash substitutes are permitted. Not all awards have the same odds of winning. For full rules and program details visit your GM dealer or gm.ca. Correct answer to mathematical skill-testing question required. See your GM dealer or gm.ca for full contest rules and program details. ^ Offer available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles delivered between December 4th, 2015 and January 4th, 2016. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, ScotiabankŽ or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on all new or demonstrator 2015 Spark, Sonic, Cruze LS 1SA, Malibu (except LS), Volt, Impala, Camaro, Trax, Equinox LS AWD, Traverse, Colorado 2WD, Silverado 1500 Double Cab 2WD WT / Crew Cab 2WD WT and Silverado HD’s WT 2WD with gas engine. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $40,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $476.19 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $40,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight and air tax ($100, if applicable) included. Licence, insurance, registration, PPSA, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GM Canada may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ŽRegistered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. ‥ $2,500/$3,000 is a combined credit consisting of $1,000 Connect & Win Bonus (tax inclusive), $500/$500 Holiday bonus (tax inclusive), and $1,000/$1,500 manufacturer to dealer finance cash (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Cruze/Trax which is available for finance offers only and cannot be combined with special lease rates and cash purchase. †$4,500/$4,500/$12,000 is a combined credit consisting of $1,000 Connect & Win Bonus (tax inclusive), $500/$500/$0 Holiday bonus (tax inclusive), and a $3,000/$3,000/$11,000 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Cruze/Trax/Silverado Heavy Duty Double Cab with gas engine (except WT 2WD), which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $3,000/$3,000/$11,000 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. ††Offer available to retail customers in Canada only on new 2015 & 2016 Chevrolet Cruze, Equinox and Trax delivered between December 11, 2015 and January 4, 2016. $500 bonus cash includes HST/GST/QST/PST as applicable by province. Limited time offers, which may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GM Canada may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details. ** The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased or leased a new eligible 2015 MY Chevrolet (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelcoŽ oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Company reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ^^ Whichever comes first. See dealer for details.
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Sudoku Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.
FRIDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No difit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2. © 2013 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.
WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: wild in appearance.
Puzzle A
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WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: hives.
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CLUES ACROSS 1. LA team member 6. Young Fr. woman (abbr.) 10. Per __, each 11. Foots 13. Veggie toy 17. Overdose 18. US, Latin America, Canada belong to 19. So. Am. plain (Span.) 20. Point midway between N and NE 21. Single 22. Inactive 23. Mother of Hermes
24. Gives a new meaning 28. Silent players 29. One who adds Cluny trim 30. Men or boys 31. God of War 32. Self-immolation by fire ritual 33. Inevitable events 35. Add piquancy 36. Skin lesions 37. Cannabis 41. River of NE Turkey 42. 2 family struggle
43. A young swine 44. __ student, learns healing 45. 55300 MN 46. Opie actor Howard 47. World’s oldest news gathering organization (abbr.) 48. Luke’s Jedi mentor 52. Japan’s knife & scissor city 54. Medical antiseptic & dye 55. Early female flyers 56. Loses heat
CLUES DOWN 1. No longer practicing 2. Military mailbox 3. Cowboy Carson 4. 7th Greek letter 5. Nautical ladder rungs 6. Hmong 7. Fellow 8. Maltese pound 9. Coal blacks 10. Japan Airlines bird 12. Different concepts 13. Secure a ship with ropes 14. Elder
15. Belongs to famous computer 16. Point midway between NE and E 20. Moniker 23. Environment 25. Fills with joy 26. Transportation charges 27. Frosts 28. Counterpart 30. 2nd largest Hawaiian island 32. Grimly humorous 33. A dog’s front foot 34. Mures River city 35. Steam bath
36. South African Music Awards 37. Sound made by a cat 38. Clothing protectors 39. Wife of Amphion 40. God of fire (Hindu) 42. Favorite weekday (abbr.) 45. Japanese sashes 48. Klutz 49. “__ Koo,” Debbie Harry debut album 50. Tokyo 51. Hardly any 53. Cathode
ARC TURIAI
WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: a difficult and dangerous military retreat.
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OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 2nd floor of building on Gold Road in Marwell Sizes 180 sqft & 340 sqft Quiet spaces with reasonable rent 667-2917 or 334-7000 2-BDRM TOWNHOUSE, Hillcrest, ultra modern, all appliances, $1,500/mon + electricity. 633-5868 2-BDRM + family room 1.5 bath home, beautiful, 45 mins from Whitehorse, lake view, washer/dryer in entrance way, refs reqĘźd, 1st/last months rent, $1,500/mon + utils. 660-4022 ROOM, DOWNTOWN, everything included except food, price $700 - $950/mon, dd reqĘźd. 334-9531 1-BDRM + den Copper Ridge walk-out basement suite, large windows, own laundry, half block to bus stop. N/P, N/S. $1,050/mon + utils. 334-4556 3-BDRM HOUSE, Ingram, walk-in closet, ensuite, avail January 1, min 6-month lease, pets negotiable, dd & refs reqĘźd, N/S, $2,000 + utils. 335-5352 1-BDRM BSMT suite, Ingram, ground level, private laundry, min 6-month lease, avail January 1, pets negotiable, dd & refs reqĘźd, $1,200/mon + utils. 335-5352 LARGE FURNISHED room with double bed, wifi internet, cable tv in room. Laundry & kitchen shared. Parking or on bus route, $650/mon. 334-3456 3-BDRM, 2-BATH, 2-storey, like new townhouse in Porter Creek. Spacious 1750 sq feet. 2 parking spots w/plug in. Energy efficient, private deck. 334-5946 3-BDRM DUPLEX with Garage in Copper Ridge. Available immediately. Beautiful mountain views. Lots of storage. Dishwasher, $1,650/mon + utils. 334-1907
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BRIGHT COMMERCIAL OFFICE 101 Titanium Way, Unit 105. Aprox. 880ft, corner location, ground floor, lunch room, accessible washroom, mezzanine, hydronic heat, HRV. Also includes 160 sq ft workshop. Call Julien @ 335-1484 3-BDRM DUPLEX, Takhini North, available January 1, N/P, N/S, $1,600/mon + utils. 689-9009 ATLIN LOG cabin retreat with mountain & lake views. 2 bdrms, well equipped kitchen, short term rentals, 2 day minimum, $200 per night, discount for weekly rentals. 668-6147 ROOM IN 2-bdrm apt downtown, avail immediately, $750/mon all inclusive. 334-3549 1-BDRM FURNISHED bsmt suite, MacPherson, avail immed, N/P, N/S, 6-mon lease, $1,200/mon all included. 334-7227 1-BDRM, BASEMENT suite available Jan 1 in Copper Ridge. Fridge, stove, dishwasher, washer/dryer. DD & lease, reqĘźd. N/P, N/S, no parties, $1,150/mon + hydro. 335-4448 RETAIL OR office space dt, available end of March, possibly earlier. 1350 sq ft, wheelchair access/bathroom, kitchenette. Incls property taxes, bldg/fire insurance, S&W, garbage collection. 667-7144 BACHELOR SUITE, Riverdale, avail immed, N/S, N/P, $700/mon incl utils. 334-3234
20+ ACRES, Henderson Corner, Dawson, $199,000 obo. 867-633-2218
Help Wanted HELP WANTED NOC 6731 Housekeeping Room Attendant Qualifications: Relevant hotel certification preferred. Applicants with relevant experience preferred Hours: 40 hours/week Wage: $15.50/hr Duties: Make beds, change sheets, distribute clean towels & toiletries Dust furniture, vacuum carpets. Clean hotel rooms/public areas Attend to guest requests for extra supplies hr@elitehotel.ca Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. 206 Jarvis St Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H1 NAZARENE DAYCARE is seeking to hire a supported childcare worker full-time. Must have all government requirements. Call Clayton @ 633-5520 or apply online @ www.nazarenedaycare.org.
CAPITAL CORNER OFFICE •103 Main St. •Nice window views. •244 sq ft. •Utilities included. •Available January 1. •Very reasonable rent. 668-2648
Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 RELIABLE RENTER looking for long-term 2-3 bdrm starting March 1st. GovĘźt employed adult with one youth & 1 small dog. Prefer wood stove. Non smoking, non drinking. Exc local refs. 334-4001 FULL-TIME WORKING, professional, responsible female with 2 well-behaved dogs looking for affordable smaller place to housesit or rent, in town or out, good references. Call 335-3420
SIRIUS SECURITY NOC 6551 Upcoming positions available: •Onsite, foot patrols, static watch, mobile patrols. •Experienced applicants preferred, but willing to train. Applicants must: *Be 19 years of age or older. *Pass vulnerable sector check prior to applying. *Have clean Class 5 drivers licence. *Have cell phone. *Have own vehicle. *Be physically fit, able to be on your feet up to 12 hours. Contact 867-334-5973 Schwalm.sirius@gmail.com
NAZARENE DAYCARE is seeking to hire a part or full-time caregiver. Must have all government requirements and be over 18 prior to applying. Call Clayton @ 633-5520 or apply online @ www.nazarenedaycare.org.
ROOM IN new Whistle Bend home, new appliances, big back yard, lots of storage, incl Internet, Satellite, heat, power, washer/dryer, $800/mon + first & last. 334-5731 3-BDRM HOUSE, upper level, Porter Creek, newly renovated, 1,500 sq ft, new deck, avail Jan. 15 or Feb. 1, N/S, N/P, $1,900/mon includes heat & electricity. 334-6782
LIVE-IN CAREGIVER required to provide personal care, home support, and companionship to Elderly woman in Pelly Crossing. Home care certificate or equivalent experience. Remuneration negotiable. Marilyn: 250-228-0420 Email resume: mvanbibber@shaw.ca
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JOB OPPORTUNITY JDS Silver is a private company and is preparing to start-up its Silvertip Project, an underground silver/lead/zinc mine located 90km southwest of Watson Lake. In preparation for start-up we are looking forqualified applicants to fill the key positions of
Environmental Monitoring Technician (EMT) Preference will be given to Kaska Citizen applicants. The EMT is responsible for routine environmental monitoring and compliance activities. Work is performed primarily outdoors in all weather conditions. There will be exposure to extreme temperatures in all seasons and working in conditions of snow, mud and ice. The position requires some hiking through rugged terrain and lifting of equipment. The primary work location will be at the Silvertip Project. Required Qualifications: ࡄ High School / GED Diploma and/or completion of an Environmental Training Program (Or an equivalent combination of education, experience and traditional / transferable skills) ࡄ Environmental Monitor Certificate ࡄ Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (WHMIS) Certificate ࡄ Physically fit to perform the duties of the position Desirable Qualifications: ࡄ Six (6) months work experience in the mining & exploration industry - preferable ࡄ First Aid Transportation Endorsement or Wilderness First Aid – recommended ࡄ Valid Driver’s License - preferable If you’re interested in this opportunity, you can email your resume to hr@jdssilver.com, or you can mail your resume to: JDS Silver - Human Resources 900-999 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6C 2W2 For more information on JDS Silver please visit our web site at http://www.jdssilver.com/
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YUKON NEWS YUKON WILDLIFE Conservation stamps, rare and unique collection of 13 stamps, from 1996-2008, beautiful artwork depicting Yukon birds and wildlife, $150. 633-3154
We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, rifles & ammo. G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL
BRASS WALKER, used very little, no wheels, good cond, $25; Honeywell oil-filled heater, good cond, $30. 334-8318
PERSIAN NAIN carpet, beige with blue trim, bought in Middle East, $1,700, appraised much higher. 204-880-7245 herbeeking@hotmail.com
Native Brain-Tanned MOOSE HIDES At Reasonable Prices Tanned beaver & other furs also available. Phone (780) 355-3557 or (780) 461-9677 or write: Lodge Fur & Hides Box 87, Faust, AB. T0G-0X0
WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154 CFL FOOTBALL cards, 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards. $1,400. Ross 633-3154 TRADING CARDS, binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $40. Ross 633-3154 MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10, almost every card issued incl. 27 unopened paks from each year, over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. Ross 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association, 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. Ross 633-3154 THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. Ross 633-3154 2-TANK PORTABLE compressor, like new, $125 new, asking $75. 867-399-3004
BOX OF Nevil Shute paperbacks, 38, some duplication, $25. 633-3154 BINDER FULL of baseball cards, $20. 633-3154
SELF PROPELLED SNOW Blower, clears 30" wide path, electric start, 6 forward & two reverse speeds, excellent condition, canopy available extra, $650. 333-9020 TRACTOR WITH snow blower attachment, electric start, tire chains & weights, exc cond, $1,800 or trades considered. 333-9020 SPIRIT KNIVES YUKON will be selling one-of-a-kind Damascus steel knives Folding, lock blades, hunting knives & kitchen sets December 5 & 6, 12 & 13, 19 & 20 Noon-5pm 1601 Dogwood Street 334-7693 SELECTIVE PLATING equipment. Includes power pack, turning lathe, and all equipment and supplies required to repair worn shafts, bores & flat surfaces. $6,000 obo. 633-5274
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ATV TIRES on rims, 2 25-8-12 Maxis front tires on black painted rims, 2 25-10-12 Maxis rear tires on black painted rims, low mileage, 75% tread, exc cond, $400. 867-993-3762 800 GALLON water holding tank, $800. Marsh Lake area. 335-1088 CEDAR SIDING/1X8 bevelled rough one side. 2 lifts avail. 1 St lift 1200 sq ft random lengths from 16'-12', $1800. 2nd lift 1350 sqft, $2000. 335-1088 SUPER BACKPACKER camera bag, LowePro Super TrekkerAW2, new, never used, excellent for very large lenses & everything you need for expedition style shooting. 334-4701, haywire6@icloud.com COAST MOUNTAIN shoes, new, sz 7.5, $75 obo. 668-5185 days/667-7840 eves WOMENʼS WINTER jacket, purple/white, very clean, medium loose-fit, $25. 668-5185 days/667-7840 evenings MASSAGE TABLE. New 31" adjustable height Catalina Salon LX Lift-Back Portable w/accessories came from Amazon. Pd $599 + $100 shipping. Asking $500. 335-6163 HAND-KNIT GREEN men's sweater, sz L, $55 obo. 668-5185 days/667-7840 eves BLOOD PRESSURE monitor: Brand New, given to us as gift, $10. Text/call 204-880-7245 BISSELL PROHEAT carpet cleaner, $50 obo. 668-3968 NEW GOLF bag, $100. 25 piece socket set, still in original pkg, $40. Floor lamps, great cond, $100/ea. Wireless mouse & keyboard, $25. IBM laptop, $80. 668-4186 WOMENʼS WINTER coat, brown, sz small, $35 obo. 668-5185 days/667-7840 eves MEN'S JACKET, black, lg, $50; men's ski jacket, grey, avalanche finder built in, lg, $90, both never used, smoke free home, can discuss delivery. 867-689-5907 6ʼ CHRISTMAS tree, 300 multi-coloured pre-strung lights, $45; 5ʼ inflatable Santa, indoor/outdoor use, not used, $25; we moved, no room. 334-3698 lv msg WINDOOR RECYCLER We buy & sell: • Brand new/used double/triple pane vinyl/wood windows. •Brand new steel/vinyl exterior doors with frames. Now selling: •Brand new unfinished oak kitchen cabinets. 333-0717 LARGE BULL musk ox head/hide rug, inclʼg feet, exc cond. Wildlife permit 6045, $2,000. 633-4135
JOB OPPORTUNITY JDS Silver is a private company and is preparing to start-up its Silvertip Project, an underground silver/lead/zinc mine located 90km southwest of Watson Lake. In preparation for start-up we are looking for a qualified Kaska citizen to fill the key position of
Kaska Liaison Officer (KLO) The KLO will be the primary contact between JDS Silver, Kaska Communities and the JDS Advisory Committee during all phases of the Silvertip Project, and will provide assistance with the coordination, implementation and monitoring of the Kaska/JDS Silver Socio Economic Participation Agreement (the “SEPA”). The primary work location will be at the Silvertip Project, however travel to the Kaska communities is required. Required Qualifications: ࡄ Kaska Citizen ࡄ A strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite; ࡄ A professional and confidential manner; ࡄ A demonstrated ability to work well with the members of the Kaska community; ࡄ Strong interpersonal skills; ࡄ Strong analytical, oral, writing and facilitation skills; ࡄ A detail-oriented attitude; ࡄ The ability to work well in a fast-paced environment, with multiple and changing priorities; ࡄ Hold a valid driver’s license. Desirable Qualifications: ࡄ Previous experience in the mining industry; ࡄ Previous office administration position; ࡄ Previous management position. If you’re interested in this opportunity, you can email your resume to hr@jdssilver.com, or you can mail your resume to: JDS Silver - Human Resources 900-999 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6C 2W2 For more information on JDS Silver please visit our web site at http://www.jdssilver.com/
433-108 Elliot Street, Whitehorse YT Y1A 6C4 TEL. 867-667-6609 / EMAIL dadaghay@northwestel.net
ExecuƟve Administrator Job Summary: Repor ng to the Da Daghay Development Corpora on (DDDC) Chief Execu ve Officer (CEO) this posi on is responsible for providing a broad range of analy cal and administra ve support to the (CEO). This posi on shall be responsible for the supervision of general accoun ng, accounts receivable, collec on and payroll of DDDC. The Administra ve Office will also ensure the legal and regulatory compliance for all DDDC accoun ng and financial repor ng func ons. As well this posi on will assist in fostering good public rela ons with ci zens, staff and other governments, industries and organiza ons with whom DDDC conducts business. Main DuƟes: • Maintain Office clerical, filing and record keeping systems • Assist CEO, as directed, with background research and dra ing of funding proposals • Prepara on of yearend audit • Bill payments and/or invoicing to associated companies • Conduct seasonal/term recruitments on behalf of DDDC • Make logis cal arrangements for Board mee ngs including the prepara on and distribu on of agendas, related reference materials and preparing mee ng minutes set for approval • Prepara on of a wide range of reports, correspondence, discussion papers, wri en recommenda ons and other relevant documenta on pertaining to Board ac vi es • Maintain filing systems (hard copy and electronic) ensuring all records and documenta on is fully accessible and properly stored • Prepara on and publica on of DDDC material • Other related du es as reasonably required EducaƟon and Experience: Educa on and experience with accoun ng systems, budgets, internal controls, business planning and asset management. Minimum of three years’ experience with a medium to large organiza on. RemuneraƟon: Salary range $50,000-$60,000, including benefits. Will entertain 3/4 me applicants. For complete job descripƟon please contact: Ben Asquith @dadaghay@northwestel.net ***TKC CiƟzens are encouraged to apply***
YUKON GEM AZURITE Rare * Exotic * Beautiful Pendants, earrings, gems, polished specimens, tumbled stones, museum quality. 867-336-3425 GOPRO HERO 3+ Black Edition camera, original packaging, mint, 12MP sensor, 4K digital video at 15fps, 1080p up to 60fps, WiFi remote, includes 2 spare batteries, $295. 667-6472 GRANNYʼS BOOTIES, 602 Kathleen Road, Crestview. Sat, Dec 19 to Sat Dec 26. Special orders. 633-3555 2 BUNK bed frames, 1 for twin beds, 1 for twin upper & full lower, exc shape, incl hardware & accessories, call for details/pricing. 456-7030 BOVANO ROLLING suitcase, new, large, black & green, $45. 399-3004
Electrical Appliances KENMORE COIL-TOP stove with self clean oven, exc operating cond, white, $300. 456-7030 MAYTAG PORTABLE dishwasher, white, very clean, exc operating cond, $150. 456-7030 for more details DEHUMIDIFIER, SIMPLICITY brand, 20 pint. Like new. Paid $250, asking $100. 335-6163 KENMORE 1.3 cu ft microwave oven, $25 obo. 668-3968 STOVE, DISHWASHER, over-range microwave, all vg cond, $100/ea. 633-3114 lv msg FREE WORKING Maytag washer & dryer. 335-0573 CONSUL PROPANE fridge, 5ʼ tall, works, like new, white, $1,000 obo; propane stove, good shape, 30”, white, $250. 334-5199 KENMORE FRIDGE/FREEZER, 18 cu ft, white, clean, lots of shelving, $300. 456-7030
Computers & Accessories TWO 3G Blackberry Curve 9300 unlocked cell phones, will work with all mobility companies, Bell Virgin, Telus, will sell together or separately, $80 ea. 334-6087
Friday, December 18, 2015 IPHONE 4S Bell/Virgin 16GB, good condition, $140. 334-6087
Musical Instruments PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com
YUKON NEWS ASSORTED 30 cal & 7 mm bullets, Barnes & Nosler, assorted 3006 brass, new & used. 689-6169
OLDER WINCHESTER 30-30, lever action, vg cond, all machined parts, $450 obo. 335-4749 or 668-4726
L/E NO4, professional conversion to .308 win, new bbl/bolt parts/syn stock, scope base, no sights, no mag, PAL req'd, $450 firm. 667-2276
RUGER MODEL 77, 270 Winchester cal, as new, only fired 10 rounds, green/brown laminated stock, c/w Ruger scope rings, $1,000 obo. 335-4749 or 668-4726
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7-PIECE CB Drumkit, barely used, excellent condition, $450. 332-7797 BACH TRUMPET, used one season in HS, band, new $675, asking $500 firm. 332-7797 GUITARS FOR sale, with cases, all like new. 332-1360 SAMICK GUITAR with hard cover case, excellent gift idea, $125. 393-2926
Firewood
HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC. Store (867) 633-3276 Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782
✔ Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed ✔ Everything over 8" split ✔ Prices as low as $245 per cord ✔ Single and emergency half cord deliveries ✔ Scheduled or next day delivery
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FRANKʟS FIREWOOD •Top quality, stacked cords for best value •8 foot & stove length •1/2 cord, single cord & multiple cords Phone 334-8960 FIRE-KILLED SPRUCE Firewood Very dry, clean burning $250/cord 16�x3-cord load Larger loads available $190/cord if you cut & haul from my yard in town 333-5174
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SELKIRK FIRST NATION Selkirk First Nation is a culturally oriented traditional community located in Pelly Crossing Yukon. It is a perfect place for someone who enjoys the outdoors whether on the river in the summer or by snowmobile in the winter. A short three hour drive from Whitehorse, it is the best of both worlds with access to the wilderness and the services of Yukon’s capital. Employees work 35 hours per week and enjoy a comprehensive leave and benefit package.
The First Nation is currently looking to fill three key positions:
Senior Director Operations – Salary Negotiable – depending on experience Reporting to the Executive Advisor, this position leads and manages the operations and delivery of programs and services for SFN citizens including executive management of corporate services, and provides management and supervision to Branch Directors, including Health and Social, Capital Works, Citizen Development (Education), and Lands Resources & Heritage.
Communications Officer - Level 5, $25.80 - $30.98 per hour ($46,603 - $55,593 per annum)
LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL DOMINION ARMS 16-gauge single shot shotgun, new in box, unfired, blued, hardwood stock, $150. 633-2443
Director Human Resources - Level 9, $37.85 - $47.34 per hour ($68,371 - $85,500 per annum)
ENFIELD PATTERN 1914 sporter in 303 British, completely refinished, vg, D&T for scope, PAL req'd, $300 firm. 667-2276 LEE ENFIELD No4 Mk1*, 10 rd mag, sporterized with monte carlo stock, scope mount, no sights, VG, $300 firm, PAL req'd. 667-2276 H&R HANDI-RIFLE in .243. Great little single shot rifle. Less than 100 rounds through it, $270 obo. 332-3726 COOEY MODEL 39, Winchester Western, exc cond in original box, $195. 633-2443
Education Advanced Education
Yukon College ➼ CASUAL INSTRUCTOR(S) FIRST NATIONS GOVERNANCE WORKSHOPS Volunteer BÊnÊvoles Yukon ➼ COURT WATCH YUKON VOLUNTEERS Yukon Hospital Corporation ➼ REGISTERED NURSE/REGISTERED PSYCHIATRIC NURSE Tr’ondek Hwech’in Government ➼ LAND & RESOURCE OFFICER Northwestel ➼ SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
Garderie du petit cheval blanc ➼ ÉDUCATRICE SPÉCIALISÉE Hair Sensations ➼ HAIR STYLIST ( NOC 6271) Asahi Ya Japanese Restaurant ➼ SERVER/BARTENDER 506 All Day Grill ➼ SERVER Total North Communications ➼ JUNIOR INSTALLER
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SPECIALIZED CLEANER Must have experience in a Auto Body Repair Shop doing polishing and final detailing/clean up for delivery, some paint preparation as well. Experience in yard management and organizing vehicles is needed. Must have a polite, courteous demeanor, and good communication skills when dealing with customers and co-workers. Job entails heavy lifting and strenuous work, so it is necessary to be in good physical condition. Must be willing to work in dusty, noisy body shop environment and have a great work ethic. Other duties include shop custodial work as well as shuttling customers and delivery of vehicles, a drivers license with clean abstract is required. Phone days 867-667-6315 • Fax 867-668-6977 Email: irving@northwestel.net
Reporting to the Director Governance, this position is responsible for providing communication services, advice and support to Selkirk First Nation Government and administration; planning, developing and implementing a comprehensive integrated Communications Strategy that reflects the Selkirk First Nation’s strategic direction, priorities, policies, programs and initiatives; researching, preparing, and publishing original content on behalf of Selkirk First Nation, including Selkirk First Nation newsletter and updating the SFN website; providing all administrative functions within the communications area and coordinating or assisting in the coordination of community meetings, and special events.
WINCHESTER MODEL 37 16-gauge single shot shotgun, vg cond, $275. 633-2443
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DJG CONTRACTING •Delivering logging truck loads •Single/multiple cord loads Call David at 867-332-8327 EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery • Dry accurate cords • Clean shavings available • VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise. ORDER NOW 456-7432
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Reporting to the Senior Director Operations, this position is responsible for the management and administration of the HR department, and for providing senior level human resource service and advice. Activities include development and implementation of policies, procedures, tools and processes, organizational design reviews, staff relations, salary and benefits administration, recruitment and retention, position creation, review and classification, occupational health and safety, and staff training. For more information including required qualifications and job descriptions, contact Denise L Norman at normand@selkirkfn.com or by calling 867-334-2555. Please submit all applications via email to the same address. Selkirk First Nation hiring policies will apply.
CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 11, 2016 Please be advised that the primary method of communications with applicants will be by email, and only those who are being considered will be contacted.
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Employment Employment Opportunities Opportunities
Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon’s capacity through education and training.
Expression of Interest: Casual Instructor(s) First Nations Governance Workshops First Nations Initiatives Ayamdigut Campus (Whitehorse) Casual Hire from: January 18, 2016 to June 30, 2016 Hourly Rate: $33.52 to $37.71 Competition#: 15.133 Initial Review Date: January 4, 2016
Expression of Interest: Instructor(s) Yukon Water & Wastewater Operator Program School of Applied Science & Management Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Competition #: 15.135 Initial review date: February 1, 2016
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, Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca
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YUKON NEWS OLDER RANGER double-barrel shotgun, 12-gauge, $75; Burris scope, 3X9 power, as new, $260 obo. 335-4749 or 668-4726
Wanted WANTED: 1983 to 1990 Toyota p/u 4x4 long box, 4 cyl for parts. 633-4666
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WANTED: ATV/QUAD trailer or utility trailer. Must hold two quads. Needs to be in good shape. Not wanting 2-place tilt deck. 334-7669
Come on down & visit with ALL OF US at the shelter.
WANTED: 633-4666
Our Wish List...
1999 F 150 XLT, 5.4L engine, many new parts, transmission, rear seals and rear breaks, new starter, c/w matching canopy, $4,800. 336-3023 1996 GMC Serria 2wd, 8' box c/w 2 sets of tires and rims, s&w, 305 Vortec, 300,000kms, runs great, some electricql work needed, $1,500 obo. 334-5768
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1990ĘźS Subaru for parts.
TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box
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2014 CHEVROLET Cruze LT, loaded, 1.4 ltr turbo auto, white/blk interior, 10,623km, shows like new, $12,000. 668-7455 2008 TOYOTA Corolla, manual, all season and winter studded tires, 184,000km, great condition, good on fuel, $7,000. 333-4014
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2007 PONTIAC G5, 80,400kms, 2-dr, 5-spd, 4cyl, new battery & thermostat, 2 new sets of tires, great cond, $5,500 obo. 334-8102 2007 TOYOTA Matrix, 250k, std, replacement engine w/140k on it. 2 sets rims, 1 yr on both sets tires. Blue, good shape, $4,900. 633-4315
Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 LEER TRUCK cap. Fits midsize 4dr pickups (Canyon/ Tacoma or similar) with 5.1ʟ bed. Exc cond, rear gate locks, factory installed roof rack rails, $1000 obo. Must sell. Call/text 332-2352 bet 6-9pm JERRY CANS, $12 obo. 668-5085 REAL STEEL tire chains, fit 15�, $50 obo. 399-3004
2006 C H R Y S L E R Sebring, power windows/locks, great cond, 173,000kms, $3,900 obo. 334-3456 2003 PONTIAC Sunfire, good condition, leather bra, rain guards etc, recent oil change, new tires, $2,800. 335-9223
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2001 CHRYSLER Neon Mechanic's Special or for parts, blew a timing belt, good 195/65R15 snow tires, first $200 takes it away. 633-3126 or 667-6677
Help control the pet overpopulation problem
1997 FORD Escort, 235,000kms, great cond, fully winterized, studded & summer tires. Leaving Yukon, $1,500 obo. 514-971-2566
have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL
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1994 CADILLAC Concourse, 4-dr, new tires, stereo, every option, near mint, $3,500. 333-9899
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2010 Ford Ranger Extracab Sport
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2006 Nissan Titan 1500 King Cab 4x4 SE V8
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Pets
2006 FORD F350 4-dr super duty 4X4, ARP head, 300,000 kms, MBRP exhaust, lots of extras, $8,800. 334-6857
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
1998 FORD Explorer, 4x4, in gd shape, runs good, spare tire, $2200. 334-2906
BLUE-NOSED PIT bull puppies, 1st shots, dewormed, $1,000. 633-4590
SALVAGE SALE Dragon
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And more... Zoie
Bears
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.
Come for a visit and meet your next furry family member!
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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RONĘźS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVĘźs, Small industrial equipment. Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg
2002 TUNDRA R, good condition, $3,500 obo. 399-3571
2008 JEEP Compass North 4wd, 2.4 ltr auto sunroof, heatted seats, 83,000km, very clean, reduced to $9,000. 668-7455 2008 JEEP Patriot Sport, 4X4, green, manual, 1 owner, no accidents, very clean, 174,500 km, everything is in order, $7,700. obo. Contact Nicolas at 418.955.6017 or lemieuxcreative@gmail.com
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
2014 Dodge Ram 1500 Crewcab 4x4 SLT
1-866-269-2783 • 9039 Quartz Rd. • Fraserway.com
2009 GMC 3500 HD, 4x4, extĘźd cab, gas engine. Lots of extras, inclĘźg bed liner, running boards, Onstar, power everything, 72,000 kms, exc cond, $24,900. 334-1859
Motorcycles & Snowmobiles
2001 SKANDIC wide track, 2,500 original kms, 300km on new pistons, rings & head gasket, $5,900. 689-5288
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ADVANCED K9 TRAINING AND SERVICES K9 Narcotics Scent Detection w/Legal Pseudo Scent January 11th Intro to Family Protection Dog Training February 1st Private lessons available 668-6118 www.advancedk9.com
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2010 SUBURBAN, black on black, heated leather, Bose sound, sunroof, air, power everything, trailer pkg, additional 20" custom rims, mint condition, reduced to $16,500. 334-2289
NORTHERN CATTITUDE GIFTS The local online store for cats and cat lovers. All about cats - from cat trees to cat themed umbrellas! www.northerncattitude.ca Phone: (867) 333-0558
JO'S SMALL ENGINE REPAIR •Repairs to snowmobiles, snowblowers , chainsaws, outboards, lawnmowers and more. •Shop rate $70 per hour, •Lawnmowers and chainsaws $60 per hour. Call Steve @ 633-6314 or 334-1628
Auto, 4.0 Litre, Black
Silver
If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382
CANINES & COMPANY Dog Obedience School Puppy training classes January 19 Basic obedience class January 19 Private Lessons Dog Puller Coacing www.caninesandcompany.ca 333-0505
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 WANTED: 2001 6x6 Polaris Sportsmen 500 for parts. 332-7797 2013 ARCTIC Cat M 1100 4-stroke, 1,450km excellent condition, skid plate, front bumper, cover, mirror, hitch, high windshield, google bag, 153x15x2.25 track, good reliable machine. 668-7275 2013 POLARIS 900 XP, sxs, c/w windshield, roof & back window, $14,000. 335-4237 2006 SUMMIT 800, mint, well maintained, Ski-doo brand cover, cargo bag, Jerry can w/mount incl, $4,100 obo. 334-3416 WANTED: 2 person seat for a Ski-Doo Tundra. Or trade for a new 2016 single seat. Rev -XU platform. 334-7669 2005 KNIT 900, 162 rip saw track, needs bearings changed, have parts but no time, $3,000. 336-3922
The following insurance salvage is up for bids. Salvage vehicles may have signiďŹ cant collision damages. Listed salvage is currently located at Irving Collision Repairs. GST will be added to all bids. It is offered on an “as is, where isâ€? basis. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Bids close at 6:00 p.m. Monday, December 21, 2015. Contact Irving Collision Repairs (867-667-6315) for viewing appointment & information. YEAR 2013 2000 2009 2009 2008 2008 1997
MAKE Toyota Ford Nissan Nissan Chevrolet GMC Honda
MODEL Rav 4 Taurus Versa Sentra Tahoe Sierra CRV
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15X144X2 TRACK, $600, 2 sets of rail extensions for Polaris, $50 ea. 334-7131 1997 POLARIS RMK Indy Trail 500 & 1994 Arctic Cat Cheetah, 340 long track with rack, on tilting 2-place Caravan trailer, $2,900 for all. Matt @ 332-1281
Marine 20 HP Johnson with electric start & 14Ęź aluminum lake boat, needs seat work but floats good, $1,200. 336-3922
Friday, December 18, 2015
YUKON NEWS
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, GPS chart plotter fishfinder, radio, sleeps 5, tandem trailer, rough water boat, bottom paint, many extras, reasonable offers. 332-1374 2 SCOTTY full size downriggers, clamp on, pop-up style, c/w cable & ball, $100 ea. 399-3004
Heavy Equipment 1987 385 Peterbilt tandem hwy tractor, 370 M11 Cummins, 10 spd, 12/40 axles, 165� wheel base, air ride, 690,000kms, c/w 17,000lb SKB folding crane. Invested $19,500 obo. 633-5274 D6C TILT Blade & winch $19,800. Will include brush rake for $3,500. 689-5288
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 1987 FORD Econo Van camper, fridge, stove, washroom, cabinets, furnace, everything works, 351 V8, 80,000 kms, $7,000 obo. 334-5199 WANTED: USED one or two place snow machine trailer. 334-7669
Coming Events ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get awayâ€? Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail glacierviewcabins@gmail.com www.glacierviewcabins.ca THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. Group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info call Joanne 668-7713 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 MENTAL HEALTH Caregiver Support Group for those caring or supporting a friend or family member with mental illness, third Thursday each month. 7-9pm, #4 Hospital Road, 1st floor. Call 667-8346 SANTA'S STUDIO at Yukon Artists @ Work Nov. 27-Dec. 24 for a wide variety of small art works, holiday baking, preserves by Rock Island Bakery & natural body products by Berry Bluetoes. 4129 4th Avenue CHRISTMAS WORKSHOPS at Santa's Studio, Yukon Artists at Work. Nicole Bauberger will be hosting a stab-bound notebook making workshop from 1-3, Saturday, December 19, $7 per person, 8 maximum. 4129-4th Avenue HORAIRE PISTE Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage sauf du 18 au 20 decembre: activities non motorisees. 867-667-3910
CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-motorized weekend: Dec 18-20. Other weekends & weekdays: Multi-Use. For info: 867-667-3910 CANDLE LIGHT service at Trinity Lutheran Church, Strickland Street, Christmas Day service at 10am. All are welcome. FREE BOARD Game Drop-In @ Whitehorse Public Library Meeting Room, Saturday December 19th, 12-4pm. Games provided, all are welcome. Hosted by the Yukon Comic Culture Society. More info: info@yukomicon.com LIVING LIFE to the Full. Learn to manage low moods, depression, anxiety, 8-week educational course, beginning first week in January, Mondays or Wednesdays from 12-1:30, Thursdays 5:15-6:45pm, $200. 668-6429 or mhayukon2015@gmail.com YUKON SCHUTZHUND Association AGM Saturday, February 6, 2016, 4pm-6pm, Whitehorse Public Library meeting room. Dog enthusiasts welcome. PADDLERS ABREAST Open House & AGM/regular meeting January 14th 2016, 5:30-7:30, CGC board room. Everyone welcome. Potluck appies. New members (survivors/supporters) welcome. YRQ/recreational paddlers: pool training starts January 16
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TLC Continuing Care & Homecare Services Certified, licensed, bondable, safe, reliable Works with all ages Certified nursing home attendant Also available for escort services to appointments and shopping 334-7405
ELECTRICIAN •Licensed •General Handyman Services •Light Carpentry, Drywall, etc •Free Estimates •10% Seniorʟs Discount 10% off all jobs booked through October 334-0974
PASCAL REGINE PAINTING 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
IBEX BOBCAT SERVICES “Country Residential Snow Plowingâ€? All Subdivisions & acreages off Mayo Rd, MacPherson, Hidden Valley, Pilot Mountain & Hot Springs Rd. Honest & Prompt Service Call 667-4981 or 334-6369 DOKIC INC. •30 years experience •Commercial & Residential Renovations & Repairs •Flooring•Hardwood•Laminate •Tiles•Stonework •Fine Finishing •Reliable & High Standard of Craftsmanship •Free Estimates 335-8984
EXPERT CARPENTRY •All types of projects •Commercial & residential •New construction & renovations •Interior & exterior •Fine finishing 334-5231
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
Gordon Caley, age 74, passed away December 10, 2015. He was born June 16, 1941 in Dawson City to Fred and Dorothy (Skistad) Caley.
COFFEE HOUSE! Sat. Jan. 2. Featuring: Liz Pilon + the Open Stage. Help set up 6PM + open stage sign-up, 730PM show. $5 bsmt United Church, 6th+Main, 633-4255 NEW YEARS Mardi Gras Party, Yukon Convention Centre with Soul Migration. Doors open 8pm. Tickets $25. Discount room rates with ticket purchase. Tix at YukonTickets.com, Arts Underground, Arts Centre box office
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KLUANE MOUNTAIN Bluegrass Festival 2016. Tickets on sale starting Dec. 8th at Dean's Strings (Whitehorse), Kluane Machine (Haines Junction), and online: www.yukonbluegrass.com. Go to website for 2016 lineup.
Celebration of Life for
Sybil Brittin
WHITEHORSE SCOTTISH Country Dance classes for ALL levels of experience is every Tuesday in the Small Gym at Jack Hulland, 7pm-9pm. Come one, come all for fun and exercise.
December 20th, 2015 Join us at the Tagish Library There will be a bonfire with hotdogs, marshmallows, candies and other favourite things of Sybil. Please come to share your Sybil stories and celebrate her wonderful self.
GRANDMOTHERS DO old-fashioned Christmas: stories, tea and goodies. Free event Saturday December 19 at YACL, Suite 7, Yukon Inn Plaza on 4th Ave. 1:00 - 4:00. U14 STRIKERS soccer team bottle drive fundraiser Sunday, January 10, 10am-2pm in Porter Creek to lessen cost of travel to Calgary & ultimately Greenland.
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SALSA YUKON'S Latin Dance Classes, Beginner & Intermediate Salsa, Bachata & Rueda de Casino. Starts January 7th. Info: salsayukon@gmail.com
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SMOLER
LAST CHANCE, Toyota RAV4 Raffle Tickets, only available at Integra Tire and Mic Mac Motors. Less than 100 tickets left. Support Habitat for Humanity Yukon. Draw December 31st.
February 6, 1919 – December 7, 2015 Toots arrived as a newlywed in Whitehorse in January 1945.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Writing Circle meeting Tuesday, January 26 from 7:00pm 9:00pm at Whitehorse United Church, upstairs. Writing letters to support human rights worldwide. www.amnesty.org
Toots’ 70 years of broad and varied Yukon experiences with family and friends will be fondly remembered.
Services
Special thanks for the care and comfort provided at Macaulay Lodge in her final years.
BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755
A summer gathering will be planned to celebrate and remind us all of Toots’ sense of humour!
“Gordieâ€? was popular growing up. He played hockey with fervor and loved new cars. He spent his youth working for his father in their family grocery store delivering groceries at an early age. Gordie went on to take welding and learn heavy duty mechanics, both important trades in his 35 years as a gold miner in the Klondike. Gord was also a foreman of public works at the City of Dawson, a volunteer fireman, an ambulance attendant and the first to volunteer when BBQing was needed. He met his future wife, Brenda Wiggins, who was teaching in Dawson City and they were married in Saskatchewan on October 27, 1967. Together they raised a daughter and twin boys. After the flood of 1979, Gord & Brenda moved their family to a house in Armstrong, BC for the winter months and continued to be Dawson residents during the summer seasons. Gord was one of the boys! He spent his early years hunting and fishing with his brother in-law Will Crayford, loved spending time in his garage and shooting pool with his children (both biological and the “adopted neighbourhood kidsâ€?). In his later years, Gordie discovered golf. This kept him busy with his life-long friends (when he wasn’t working at the mine or fixing something at their campground, GuggieVille). Gordie was always quick with a joke and kept everyone smiling. In 1986 Gordie had bi-pass surgery which unfortunately led to Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion, and recently, he suered from dementia. Left to love and honour Gordon are his wife of 48 years, Brenda; daughter Darlene (Frank Kormendy); sons Lorne and Daniel; grandchildren Brandan, Rachel, Hudson and Lynden; his sisters Irene Crayford & Doreen Jeery and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, brother Bobby and sister Madge Gillespie. A Celebration of Life will be held in the spring at the YOOP hall in Dawson City; date and time to be determined. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Dawson Firefighters Association, Box 181 Dawson City YT Y0B 1G0 for the restoration of their 1898 Steamer.
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OFFICE LOCATED BESIDE KLONDIKE WELDING, 15 MacDONALD RD., PORTER CREEK, info@lowcostministorage.ca
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FIRST NATION OF NA-CHO NYÄK DUN FNNND is inviting proposal submissions from qualified professionals to draft Lands & Resources Legislation that protects our rights & interests as identified in our Final Agreement. The deadline for submission is Dec. 28th, 2015. Please contact landsmanager@nndfn.com for detailed info.
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LOST: RED wallet in parking lot in front of Subway by the Liquor Store. 633-4379 LOST: DECEMBER 10th small black terrier from 6th and Black, wearing black collar. Please call or text 204-782-2337 or 204-805-1331 with any information. Thank you.
MARILYN ASTON 867 . 333 . 57 5786 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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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 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 HAY FOR SALE •Dry bales kept under a shelter •Great quality hay 60-70 lb bales, $10 633-4496 or mikeandastra@me.com BOXED PORK FOR SALE •Free range •No hormones, steroids or additives •Cut and wrapped •Hams and bacon have been cured •40 to 50 pounds per box $6.50/pound 867-537-3458
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Sports Equipment PACEMASTER GOLD treadmill, long track, incline capable, speed to 12 km/hr, $480 obo. 456-7030 for details
PUBLIC NOTICE
SKI BOOTS, sz 10, lightly used, high end Italian Lange, paid $400, asking $65. 399-3004
Pursuant to Section 319 (4) of the Municipal Act, the Yukon government gives notice of the following subdivision application:
Baby & Child Items CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 SECRETS OF the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers, $12. What to Expect the First Year, $10. Parenting: Guide to Your Baby's First Year, $10. The toddler's Busy Book, $4. All obo. 334-3698
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INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTRACT.
Pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Subdivision Regulations made pursuant to the Subdivision Act, the Yukon government gives notice of the following subdivision applications: File No. 2020-60-TH64: Wayne Grove has made application to subdivide a home site severance of agriculture Lot 1444, Quad 105 D/14, Plan 2005-0021, Hotsprings Road Development Area. File No. 2020-60-GH45: Gunnar Tirschmann & Anke Rhein have made application to subdivide Lot 155, Golden Horn Subdivision, Plan 68723, to create two rural residential lots, Golden Horn Subdivision Development Area.
FISCHER CLASSIC skis, waxable, 180cm, older model, great shape, c/w Salomon binding, size 8, European 40 shoes, $75. 333-9604
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Sudoku:
File No. 2020-60-CR22: Carmacks Christian Fellowship has an made application to subdivide Lot 1118, Quad 115I/01, Plan 2001-0262 to create a 0.38 hectare parcel, Carmacks.
BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta. Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc. Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050
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The proposal should prioritize the benefits, both social and economic, that the outfitters provide for the management of wildlife, the communities, Yukon businesses and the people of Yukon.
Comments on these applications will be accepted until January 22, 2016.
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For further information or to comment on these applications please contact the Land Planning Branch at 667-8877 or call toll-free 1-800-661-0408 ext. 8877.
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The Yukon Outfitters Association (YOA) is issuing a request for proposals from interested and qualified persons and/or companies to provide a tender for a contract to design and carry out a public relations campaign for Yukon outfitters.
For a copy of the tender, please call: 867-668-4118 or email info@yukonoutfitters.net
Little Footprints, Big Steps was founded to provide ongoing care and protection for the children of Haiti. We welcome and greatly appreciate your support. Please check our website to donate, fundraise or to get involved.
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WANTED: LIVE-IN CAREGIVER for toddler, to supervise, care for, prepare meals & bathe. 40-hr work week (full time). Salary, $13/hr. Reside in private Whitehorse residence. Completion of Secondary school and minimum of 1 year full time caregiving work experience required. First Aid/CPR training and criminal record check is required. Apply by phone: (867) 334-5351, (867) 456-2081, or email karen.minguito@yahoo.ca
SOLID PINE 3-drawer chest, 31”H, 17”W, $50; wicker chest, 31”L, 16”W, 15”H, $25. 311B Hanson St.
WANTED: LIVE-IN CAREGIVER for toddler, to supervise, care for, prepare meals & bathe. 40-hr work week (full time). Salary, $13/hr. Reside in private Whitehorse residence. Completion of Secondary school and minimum of 1 year full time caregiving work experience required. First Aid/CPR training and criminal record check is required. Apply by phone: (867) 334-1765, or email arlene_deleon2001@yahoo.com
LATE 1800ʼS Mission style quarter oak desk, exc cond, $800. 633-4135
DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office
Personals
FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office
2 PIECE display case 70x20x20, 70x50x12, $50. 668-3968 BLUE/BLACK COMPUTER chair, gd cond, $10. 667-7840 LARGE 68X19X30” dresser & 2 night tables, $75 obo. 668-3968 3 PIECE cabinet, adjustable shelves up & down, center piece has 5 opening drawers & shelf, lights up top & bottom, all wood, call for dimensions, $800 obo. 660-5942
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19TH COPPER RIDGE
69B DRIFT DRIVE, Copper Ridge, Saturday December 19, 9am-1pm, moving away garage/house sale, everything must go
Fireweed Community Market Society 12 Days of Christmas Market
Opening Day Friday, December 11, 12noon-9pm. Friday, December 11 - Tuesday, December 22 Daily 10am-7pm. Thursday & Friday to 10am-9pm. Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.
LIQUOR ACT ✓New Licence ❑ Existing Licence ❑ TAKE NOTICE THAT, 535992 Yukon Inc., Box 2051 Haines Junction, Yukon Y0B 1L0, is making application for or change(s) to Liquor Primary - All & Off Premises liquor licence(s), in respect of the premises known as Alcan Motor Inn (Restaurant name yet to be determined) situated at 152 Haines Highway in Haines Junction, Yukon. Any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should file their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor Corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4P9 no later than 5:00 pm on the 13th day of January, 2016 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant. The first time of publication of notice is December 18th, 2015. The second time of publication of notice is December 23rd, 2015. The third time of publication of notice is January 8th 2016. Any questions concerning this specific notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.
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TAKE NOTICE: Were you involved in, or did you witness a female pedestrian get hit on Second Avenue, north, in front of the Time Hortons on August 27, 2015 at approximately 3:30 PM? The vehicle is described as a green SUV, possibly a Nissan X-Terra or Ford Escape exiting the drive-through exit when the vehicle collided with a female, knocking her into the street. The driver is described as an older male with white hair and glasses. If you are this driver or have any information regarding this matter, please contact Anna Starks-Jacob at 1-867-668-4405.
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NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of
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REQUEST FOR QUOTATION 2016 - 2018 Accommodations Rental RFQ 2015-HRS0003 Email procurement@ whitehorse.ca to register and receive RFQ package. Closing at 4:00:00pm PST Friday January 15, 2016. For more information visit whitehorse.ca/rfq
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of Whitehorse, Yukon, Deceased, who died on September 15, 2015, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor at the address shown below, before the 15th day of January, 2016, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which they have notice. AND FURTHER, all persons who are indebted to the Estate are required to make payment to the Estate at the address below. BY: Virginia Skaalid and Darrell Moore c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES, PIONEER RV PARK TO MILES CANYON LANDING NORTH BOUND PASSING LANE, KM 1414.775 TO KM 1416.175, ALASKA HIGHWAY #1, YUKON 2015-2016 Project Description: Proposals are invited for the provision of engineering and design services for the construction of a passing lane at km 1414.775 to km 1416.175, Alaska Highway. Specific details are described in this tender document. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 14, 2016. 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 Lekan Mitchell at lekan.mitchell@gov.yk.ca. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is the date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. The Yukon Business Incentive Policy may apply to this project. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
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PUBLIC TENDER PRE-TENDER NOTICE OF CONCRETE AGGREGATES REQUIREMENTS IN FUTURE TENDERS Project Description: The Transportation Engineering Branch will be including requirements for concrete aggregates in the tender documents for Nares River Bridge, Fox Creek Bridge, Yukon River Bridge, and future Transportation Engineering Branch bridges. Interested parties should review the requirements at http://www.hpw.gov. yk.ca/tenders/tms.html. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 31, 2016. 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 Robert Stilwell at robert.stilwell@gov.yk.ca. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is the date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
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