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Drug busts mark end of 2015 Ten evicted, four charged after police seize marijuana and cocaine from Riverdale apartments.
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Whitehorse city councillor Betty Irwin voiced her concerns over a proposed curbside recycling program. that company.” The new curbside recycling service excludes the collection of both Styrofoam and glass, Clohosey added. That’s because there were concerns about Styrofoam flying away and creating litter. Glass was a bigger concern because of safety issues for staff. “Currently there is not a good economical source for recycling glass,” Clohosey said. The Blue Bin Society, on the other hand, picks up both Styrofoam and glass. In June, the City announced that waste diversion at the landfill was up to 33 per cent. It planned on diverting at least 50 per cent of waste from the landfill by the end of 2015. But only 10 per cent of the waste at the landfill comes from residential homes, it was revealed at Monday’s meeting. The rest comes from construction and commercial businesses. “We’re asking the 5,800 households to cover for the other sector, which is filling up 90 per cent of the landfill,” Boyd said. “What about the commercial sector?” In the request for proposal,
the City is responsible for the purchase of the curbside carts and program education, estimated to cost about $565,000. The federal gas tax could be used to fund the cost of the carts, Clohosey wrote in a report to city council, but the contractor would be on the hook for the cost of purchasing new vehicles. Coun. Irwin said she didn’t have a problem with people taking responsibility for the waste they generate. But she did have one with mandating additional fees to families that may not be able to afford them. “When you impose a user fee, you’re impacting low-income people a lot more than highincome people,” she said. “This is a big amount to them and I have a big problem with this. We really have to target the big people (construction industry) in this. “What we’re doing by targeting this small percentage of residents (10 per cent who fill up the landfill) is like shooting sparrows with an anti-aircraft gun. You’ll get them but you’re not looking at the big picture.” Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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nvestigations by the RCMP and the Department of Justice have led to criminal charges against four people and 10 evictions from a Riverdale apartment complex. Both the police and investigators with Yukon’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act unit are alleging drug trafficking out of the Skyline Apartments. After police executed three search warrants around 8 a.m. New Years Eve, they seized 20 rocks of crack cocaine packaged for sale and 4.5 pounds of marijuana. “The activity at the three apartments was at a scale we haven’t seen since 2006, and for me to say that I’m talking about hundreds of visits over a short period of time,” said Jeff Ford, director of SCAN, referring to the notorious 810 Wheeler house. SCAN’s investigation into the apartments date back to August, Ford said. He describes people constantly moving in and out often for only a few minutes at a time. “Over a three-day period we had 178 visits to one particular apartment, one or two,” he said, “and then another batch, close to 200 over a four-day period.” Ford wouldn’t release many specifics about the investigation or the individual apartments. “There’s two of them where the activity was high and the other one was associated heavily with the activity that we saw,” he said. Two cousins renting one of those apartments insist that they are being misrepresented. They were arrested as part of the raids but they have not been charged with anything criminal. Despite that, they are still being evicted from their apartment. “We don’t traffic anything. They found nothing in our house. There was no money, there was no pot, there was no score sheets,” said Calista Silverfox, 23. “If we were drug dealers I would have a booklet that had things written down in it, I would have some money, I would have all these things, like scales. You need supplies if you’re going to be like that.” The front door of the apartment she shares with her cousin Breanne is now sitting in the hallway. The door has a hole, from a police ram, where the doorknob would normally be. As of Tuesday afternoon, someone had hung the building’s laundry room door in its place. Both women came to the News to tell their story. They adamantly deny being involved in trafficking. Police aren’t saying which apartment had the drugs they found. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Natasha Dunmall said that kind
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Yukon RCMP executed three search warrants and seized over four pounds of marijuana and 20 rocks of crack cocaine at a Riverdale apartment building on New Year’s Eve. of information could come out through court proceedings. People can still be charged with a crime later even if they are originally released by police, she added. Breanne, 19, said it was around 8 a.m. the morning of New Years Eve when her dogs started barking because of a commotion outside. That’s when voices yelled “police!” and the Yukon’s Emergency Response Team, similar to the American SWAT, broke down the door. “I was scared so I started running towards the back of the room to go wake up my boyfriend who was sleeping,” Breanne said. That’s when police threw a flash-bang grenade, she said. “It’s just a really loud ringing noise in your ear and a big bright light in your face.” Topless, she tried to cover herself with a blanket and crawl to the living room. “I was trying to keep the blanket to cover myself because I was topless and exposed and I didn’t want them seeing me like that.” The Yukon’s ERT is made up entirely of men. Meanwhile, Calista said the officers came into her bedroom where she was sleeping next to her boyfriend. “I sat up, and I was a little mouthy because I didn’t know who was in my house flashing lights around.” She said she was flung out of bed by an officer. She was wearing a skirt at the time, without any underwear, so her lower
body was exposed to the room. “I do not sell or traffic anything, and never in a million years would I think that would happen, have these people burst into our house and treat us like that. We’re not criminals.” Dunmall said the nature of these kind of raids is that officers don’t know what they’re going to find on the other side of the door. They have to ensure that the area is safe and that there aren’t any weapons. After spending time at the RCMP cells, all four people in the apartment that morning were released. None of them have been charged criminally. But that does not prevent them from being evicted. Criminal legislation requires the Crown prove to a judge “beyond a reasonable doubt” that an accused person committed a specific crime at a specific time and place. But under SCAN, investigators only have to show that on a “balance of probabilities” trafficking or bootlegging is taking place regularly and negatively impacting the community. Evictions are signed off by the landlord. Normally an eviction under SCAN gives renters five days to get out. In this case, the women were granted an extension until next week. Ford said SCAN investigators rarely set foot inside a property – that’s something left to police. What is found – or not found – inside when officers execute a search warrant doesn’t change things under SCAN. “This isn’t simply an infer-
ence, or conjecture, or ‘we think’ that there’s activity like this on a property,” he said. “We have to be able to make a very strong inference or we have to have very strong evidence before we go forward with an action.” Ford won’t give specifics about how the investigators built their case or how they were able to watch all three apartments. “The strongest evidence is the investigator’s eyes and what they witnessed directly,” he said. The Silverfox women question the investigation that landed them in this position. “We might have had people come in to visit us because we’re a bunch of young girls, we know a lot of people... We just like to party every once and a while,” Calista said. They only moved in to that apartment about two months ago. That would have been right in the middle of SCAN’s investigation. They suggest SCAN’s information might be based on the apartment’s previous tenant. That’s something Ford denies. He stands by the work done by investigators. The level of activity that investigators allege to have seen implicates anyone living in the apartments, he said. Meanwhile, the apartment buildings are also under scrutiny. Bylaw and building fire and safety code violations “appeared to call into question the safety of the building and its residents,” according to a Yukon government press release.
Whitehorse Bylaw Services and the Whitehorse Fire Department will be inspecting the building. Some of the locks on the main doors don’t work, Ford said, allowing people to come in at all hours. “If you can imagine being a resident in that building, at all hours of the day and night, that’s a problem when you have people entering the building under the influence or potentially with criminal history or a history of violence and you have children and families in close proximity to that.” Investigators say they found garbage in the hallways and holes in the walls, some of which has been fixed after the fire department did an initial inspection, he said. “I sincerely think this is part of the issue and part of the reason that this activity has been tolerated for so long is that the building is seen as somewhere that’s conducive to it.” While the Silverfox cousins are not facing criminal charges at this point, four other people are. Wade Belcher, 53, of Whitehorse, Robert Farr, 41, Dawson City and Graham Evans Barnie, 36, of Whitehorse have each been charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. Ahmed Bashir Ahmed, a 27-year-old from Alberta, is charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com
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Palace Grand closed for 2016 renovations to the theatre. But he didn’t realize the theatre would be closed all year until Parks awson City’s Palace Canada announced it just before Grand Theatre will be Christmas. closed for the entire 2016 He said he expects the office season to allow for major repairs to come up with an alternate and renovations. plan by mid-February. The theatre’s heating and ven“There are lots of options,” he tilating system, fire suppression said. “Maybe not one that makes and lighting will all be replaced it look exactly like a ball.” for the first time since the buildHe said Dawson’s Odd Fellows ing was reconstructed in 1961. Hall is a possible venue, though The foundation of the theatre will it’s significantly smaller than the also be stabilized against melting Palace Grand and might be too permafrost. warm for a ball. Parks Canada will also upAn outdoor barbecue is grade the theatre’s “stage backanother possibility. Lucier said drops, foyer equipment, sound that could be cheaper to orgasystems and other stage equipnize than the annual ball, which ment,” according to an email typically costs about $20,000. It from spokesperson Maria Stella could also be cheaper to attend – Patera. tickets to the ball now cost about “These upgrades will bring $75 each. the now obsolete system to Lucier said the annual Comreflect contemporary building missioner’s Tea at the Commisstandards, while respecting the sioner’s Residence in Dawson historical character of the buildwill take place as usual. ing,” Patera wrote. The Palace Grand is also one The renovations are part of of the larger stages used during a $13.7-million commitment to the Dawson City Music Festival. refurbish Parks Canada historic Emily Farrell, the festival’s sites in the Yukon, announced executive director, said the clolast July. A total of $3.8 milsure is “disappointing,” but she lion was allocated to the Palace understands that the work needs Grand. to be done. The Palace Grand brings in She said the festival’s Thursabout $22,000 in revenue each day night kick-off concert, which year, Patera wrote. She added usually takes place at the Palace that “Parks Canada is developing Grand, will likely be cancelled. new interpretive programming But otherwise, she said, the for 2016 that will temporarily refestival “will be offering the same place the current Palace Grand.” amount of programming and Still, the closure means a musicians.” number of high-profile events She said organizers are conwill have to find new venues this sidering adding programming to year. some of the festival’s smaller venAllan Lucier, executive asues, including the Odd Fellows sistant for Commissioner Doug Hall. They may also add some Phillips, said the commissioner’s more small venues for daytime office is starting to look at opprogramming. They hope to tions to replace the annual Com- divide up the 300 people that can missioner’s Ball, which usually fit into the Palace Grand among takes place at the Palace Grand some of those smaller stages. in June. Farrell said there isn’t a suitHe said the office heard last able alternate venue that’s the summer that there were plans for same size as the Palace Grand. She said school gyms and arenas Wednesday, Jan 6 & might hold 300 people, but they Thursday, Jan 7 have terrible acoustics. “Obviously, you can’t replace Whitehorse Yukon Cinema Whi8thorse the look and the atmosphere of 304 Wood Street Ph: 668-6644 the Palace Grand.” Despite the change of plans, Farrell said the festival is still (14A) Coarse and Sexual Language, Drug Use offering the same number of weekend passes. Nightly: 6:30 & 9:15 PM Patera said Parks Canada is “committed to working with community groups and annual
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event organizers to find alternative venue locations for the 2016 season.” The theatre is expected to reopen for the 2017 season. Contact Maura Forrest at maura.forrest@yukon-news.com
Old Crow chief charged with sexual assault Roger Kyikavichik, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, has been charged with sexual assault. Yukon RCMP arrested Kyikavichik on Dec. 23, the police said in a press release last week. He was released on strict conditions. The charge was officially sworn in Yukon Territorial Court on Dec. 30. He’s scheduled to appear in court in Old Crow, Feb. 2, 2016. Since the matter is before the court, police are not saying much about the allegation. According to the press release, a complaint was received in August 2015. The crime allegedly happened in the fall of 2014. Kyikavichik was most recently elected chief in November 2014. He was previously chief from 1988 to 1992 and was a councillor for a handful of years in between. According to the First Nation’s constitution, there is the option of removing a chief from office if he or she is convicted of a serious crime. That decision is made within 45 days of a conviction by a review council made up of representatives from the council, the elders’ council, the youth council and the community. (Ashley Joannou)
Stranded tourists found safe on Fish Lake Road Whitehorse police found two stranded tourists last week after they took a wrong turn on Fish Lake Road. The OnStar Corporation contacted police at 1:00 a.m. on Dec. 31 after receiving a distress call from the tourists, who were in a 2015 Chevy Cruise vehicle. The company, which provides in-vehicle communication services to subscribers, provided GPS coordinates to the police. The tourists, believed to be from Japan, were found about three kilometres down a snowmobile trail, the lower portion of the Loop Trail. They were unharmed and taken back to their hotel, according to an RCMP news release. Yukon RCMP receive two or three OnStar calls per month, said Cpl. Natasha Dunmall. Police didn’t know whether the tourists had been led down the trail by following a GPS system, Dunmall added. The vehicle was unable to be moved and blocked most of the trail. Police warned users of the Fish Lake snowmobile trail to be alert until the vehicle could be moved.
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epresentatives from two school councils in Riverdale are asking the City of Whitehorse to review the speed limit on Lewes Boulevard. Janet Clarke and Liza Mannen addressed members of council at Monday evening’s meeting to voice their concerns. They said their previous requests to have the speed limit on the northbound lane of Lewes Boulevard reduced to 30 km/hr from the current 50 km/hr have been ignored. “In Sept. 2014 we sent a letter to the city’s street sign and traffic committee asking them to consider changing the speed limit,” said Clarke, co-chair of the F.H. Collins Secondary School Council. “We also asked the committee to look into turning back the vegetation to give drivers a better view of pedestrians as they walk across the road. We also asked for the possibility of installing lights at that crosswalk. “But in Oct. 2014 we received an illogical and very unhelpful response stating our concerns must be related to the construction of the new school.” The new F.H. Collins building has been built and the problems have persisted, Clarke said. In the fall of 2015 another letter was sent, along with one from Selkirk Elementary School’s council, asking that this issue be looked at again. At a Nov. 18 meeting of the Whitehorse Street Sign and Traffic Committee, the issue was discussed and Clarke said she received a follow-up e-mail stating the hospital and the Riverdale Community Association would need to be consulted before any review could take place. “Neither of these associations will have veto with regards to student safety,” Clarke said. A parent sent an e-mail in December stating they’d almost hit a child who was crossing the busy road one morning, she added. “F.H. council feels this issue
has dragged on for far too long and there has been little to no action taken,” Clarke said. Liza Mannen, chair of the Selkirk Elementary School Council, said she takes the matter to heart, having already lost a child in the past. She said another source of frustration was seeing the speed limit near Elijah Smith Elementary School set at 30 km/hr on either side of Hamilton Boulevard. Mayor Dan Curtis said he sympathized with the delegates but added that it wasn’t the only spot in Whitehorse where close calls have taken place. “It’s challenging when we have a city of speeders,” he said. “Second Avenue is like the freeway of the Yukon. We take this very seriously.” Curtis asked City Manager
Christine Smith whether she knew if the street sign and traffic committee had any jurisdiction to change the speed limits in school zones. Smith replied that she didn’t know. Whitehorse RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Natasha Dunmall said the City can set a speed zone enforceable by the bylaw department. But for the RCMP to enforce a speed limit a change would need to be made by the Yukon government under the territory’s Motor Vehicle Act. She added the Riverdale Community Association is responsible for the creation of the divider and trees along Lewes Boulevard in that area. Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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s I closed the door behind me I said, “See you later kids. Smokey you’re in charge.� That was the routine. Prior to moving to Vancouver Island my daughter Tiffany and I lived in Whitehorse, Yukon. It was almost 20 years ago when I looked out my kitchen window and saw something in the snow. It was a small grey cat. Winter in the Yukon and coyotes roaming the neighbourhood were going to make life hard on a stray cat. Feeding her wasn’t the solution, so we took her in. When Tiffany suggested we get Smokey a friend I still wasn’t sure I liked cats and had reservations about having two of them. Reluctantly, though, I agreed. With Smokey in tow we went to the Mae Bachur animal shelter. There we were introduced to a pudgy white male with a pink nose and orange colored head and tail. Smokey ignored him, and when he showed no signs of disliking her, we adopted him. We named him Zack. At one point when he didn’t appear to be adjusting I contacted the shelter. That was when I found out he’d been abused in his last home, and that was when I knew with certainty that I had room in my life for two cats. Zack had many issues. I thought cats were quiet, but Zack wasn’t like other cats. He liked to talk – a lot! He was nervous around people and a little less than friendly. He made it clear that he didn’t like to be picked up or held, and showed his disdain when Smokey made it look so easy. He would cower when we tried to pet him. He drooled; had bad gums, no back teeth, and then he had the misfortune of having a front tooth knocked out while wrestling with Smokey. He refused to eat anything but dry cat food, and when he did it was like every meal was his last, until he realized the dish was always full. Summer in Yukon is incredible, and the additional hours of daylight made it difficult to get the cats to come in for the night. Zack, no longer afraid to go outdoors, started to explore, and more than once his curiosity led to some sort of trouble, like the time he visited the neighbour’s wood pile. He came home with sappy feet which required several washes. When Tiffany went to university I spent more time with Zack. As his confidence grew so did my admiration for his gentle and agreeable disposition. Every day was a test of courage for him, and as I exposed him to different types of affection and play a bond of trust slowly formed. His eyes were no longer filled with trepidation. They lit up, not with just excitement, but with mischief. Now I was going to see who the real Zack was. His personality and good looks got him selected as Mr. February in the shelter’s cat calendar of adoptees. As the years passed Zack continued to test his boundaries. Normally, he would sit beside me and press his body as close to mine as
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possible. Then he’d slowly inch his front paws up on to my leg. That was as far as he would go. Then one day, much to my surprise, he crawled onto my lap, still very unsure, but he stayed. Although it never happened again, it was enough. That moment remains one of my fondest memories. Smokey passed away after I had moved to Vancouver Island. At the same time Tiffany completed her master’s degree at the University of Victoria and then left for Europe. It was just me and Zack. So he wouldn’t feel alone, I gave him a teddy bear to sleep with. He peed on it. A few months later I had to take him to the vet. A radiology report revealed he had a diaphragmatic hernia, quite extensive, and possibly the result of a severe blow. His liver and small intestine had moved into his chest. That explained why he was so uncomfortable when being held. Nothing the vet said after that registered. When I finally asked how much time she thought Zack had left, it gave me little comfort when she said it was a miracle that he had survived for 17 years. Zack passed away in December. The death of both my cats and Tiffany going away in the same year was not just difficult, it was heartbreaking, and I had to adjust to a new concept of being alone. I buried Zack next to Smokey on my friend’s property in Royston. Although we no longer lived in the Yukon it reminded me of home, with a wilderness appeal that my cats would have liked. As sad as I was, it was comforting to know they were together again. I connected their graves with a piece of white marble and placed a bronze statue of a cat in the middle. It was simple yet elegant, much like my cats. On Smokey’s one year anniversary I visited
my “kids.� The glow of the morning sunlight on the tiny graves reflected what was in my heart. I placed a rose on each grave, told them I loved them and missed them, and as I walked away I turned and said, “See you later kids. Smokey, you’re still in charge.� Heather Bojsza lived in Whitehorse for 48 years. She now lives in Campbell River.
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f you had any investments back before the creation of Tax Free Savings Accounts and did your own taxes, chances are that the tax you paid on the modest interest you earned really ruined your day. Unlike employment income – where the taxes are deducted by your employer and paid directly to the taxman – no such withholdings are typically done on investment income. This meant that it was money that you paid out at tax time. To add insult to injury, that investment income was taxed at your highest marginal rate – or at the rate of your highest tax bracket – so the tax bill could be pretty significant. It kind of made the whole thing seem barely worth it. Enter Tax Free Savings Accounts – a popular initiative of the Harper government which provided some relief to the unfortunately small number of
Canadians who put some of their money away. In a nutshell, TFSAs allow individuals over 18 to put up to a set amount towards into an account each year. The interest earned on that account would be tax free. Unlike with RRSPs, contributions you make to your TFSA are not tax deductible. That means you can’t reduce your tax bill or increase your refund by making a contribution. If the money you put into a TFSA was earned as employment or business income in the year you contribute it, you still pay the tax that year, not later on when you retire like an RRSP. But the privilege of not paying any tax on the interest is unique to TFSAs. Even with RRSPs you will pay tax on the interest once you pull it out after your retirement. The annual limit on TFSA contributions was originally $5,000 but was increased twice by the Conservatives – first to $5,500 per year and in 2015 to $10,000. The limit is cumulative, so if you don’t hit your cap one year it will rollover into the next. If you’ve never put money in a TFSA you currently have $41,000 of contribution room. One of the first acts of business of the Trudeau-led Liberal government was something it
had pledged to do throughout the campaign which was to return the contribution limit to $5,500 for the 2016 taxation year. The creation of TFSAs to begin with was actually a good idea in theory – one of the better and most popular policies the previous government came up with. Canadians don’t save enough, and a little bit of relief for Joe Taxpayer who puts away some of his money for a rainy day is good policy. But there is a fine balance that has to be achieved between encouraging ordinary working Canadians of modest means to put away some of their paycheque and creating a new opportunity for the wealthy – many of whom earn a greater percentage of their income from investments – to avoid the tax man. And some critics of TFSAs as they currently exist don’t think that the Conservatives got the balance quite right. In the long run TFSAs have the potential to significantly reduce the tax burden of wealthy Canadians. That means fewer government programs, higher deficits or more taxes being by paid those who earn their income through labour. An analysis performed by the non-partisan Parliamentary Budget Office found that TFSA meant $1.3 bil-
lion in lost revenues for federal and provincial governments in 2015 – a manageable figure. But this figure is expected to rise as more and more capital is put into TFSAs and the interest is kept away from the government. By 2020 the PBO estimates that the lost revenue will be $2.8 billion. By 2080 the annual lost revenue will be 10 times greater as a percentage of total government revenues. Now we’re talking about a significant revenue loss. And who reaps the benefits? According to the PBO, even now 34 per cent of the benefit of TFSA goes to the top 20 per cent of income earners and 62 per cent of the benefit going to the top 40 per cent. And those calculations were all done under the $5,500 limit, not the $10,000 limit brought in by the Conservatives. While the research shows that many Canadians across the income spectrum take advantage of TFSAs, a relatively small percentage can afford to contribute the maximum. A study by the Broadbent Institute found that when TFSAs were first created a lot of people of various incomes were reaching their limits as they moved money from other savings into these accounts, but after a few years the number contributing the maximum had dropped
substantially. It stands to reason that by increasing the limit to $10,000 even fewer will be contributing the maximum and would skew even more heavily towards the wealthy. That may be just fine with you if you think that those who risk their money and invest in the economy should enjoy the fruits tax free. But if you accept that government must obtain revenue for its operations somehow and that its options for doing so in a progressive manner are limited, you should have concerns about the long-term implications of TFSAs as presently constituted. Encouraging investment is all well and good, but encouraging hard work is important too. Shifting the tax burden from capital to labour has significant implications for income inequality. Returning the limit to $5,500 was a good start. But the longterm repercussions for government revenue and income inequality of allowing so much investment income to be received on a tax-free basis have not been fully addressed by simply reducing the limit and merit further examination. Kyle Carruthers is a born-andraised Yukoner who lives and practises law in Whitehorse.
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Citizenship and Immigration web site sows confusion over family reunification “It was totally irresponsible of Trudeau to promise more than his government is able to deliver.”
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Immigration Minister John McCallum briefs journalists at the Welcome Centre in Toronto’s Pearson Airport on December 31. number of applications is capped at 5,000. Canadian Press Justin Trudeau promised during the election campaign OTTAWA that a Liberal government would he Liberal government double the cap as part of a packsays it remains commitage of immigration reforms. ted to doubling to 10,000 The annual limit on family the number of applications it reunifi cation applications for will process each year for famaging parents and grandparents ily reunification of parents and was brought in by the former grandparents. Conservative government, which However, the government’s called the program an abuse of Citizenship and Immigration generosity. website says applications are The Liberal government did now being accepted for 2016 – and cautions in bold text that the not explain why the 5,000-apBruce Cheadle
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plication cap remains flagged on the website, but in an emailed statement, Immigration Minister John McCallum said he still plans to double the cap. He said he will consult his cabinet colleagues on the change early in the new year. “We are committed to reuniting families and we intend to meet the commitment to double the intake of PGP sponsorship applications from 5,000 to 10,000 per year,” the statement said. The measure to double the application cap is also listed among the “key commitments for action in first 100 days” cited in the prime minister’s briefing books, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act.
Nonetheless, Conservatives jumped on Citizenship and Immigration’s web page notification Monday as evidence of “yet another unachievable Liberal campaign promise.” Calgary MP Michelle Rempel posted on Facebook: “Keeping a realistic goal of 5,000 applications a year was part of our Conservative government’s initiative to be prudent managers of government. It was totally irresponsible of Trudeau to promise more than his government is able to deliver.” Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan suggested. “I was concerned when the government announced on their web site last November that
they had begun accepting new applications without stating the number of applications that they would accept,” Kwan said in a news release. “Today’s announcement confirms that they are breaking their promise.” Any changes to immigration levels will be announced when the government delivers its annual immigration report. The report was supposed to be tabled by Nov. 1, but the House of Commons was not yet sitting after the Oct. 19 election that brought Trudeau’s Liberals to power. The annual report must be tabled within 30 days of Parliament’s return.
Turnover at DND, marathon election campaign hamper military purchasing plans procurement process by listing hundreds of defence items – big Canadian Press and small – that the government planned to buy in the coming OTTAWA decade. sampling of the former The delays will inevitably lead Conservative government’s to higher costs for the projects as planned military purchases well as unspent budget allocashows two-thirds of the projects tions. are behind schedule. Perry says the sampling was And a defence expert says fair because it looked at projects Justin Trudeau’s Liberals face on the immediate horizon. a tougher job than previously The Conservatives made expected because 2015 was a the bottleneck worse by holdlost year for decision-making at ing back decisions on some key National Defence. projects in order to have political A report, to be released window-dressing for the run-up Tuesday by the Global Affairs to last summer’s election call, Institute, says part of the probPerry added. lem was the revolving door in the “There were suspiciously a defence minister’s office – and large number of decisions that among the senior bureaucracy. did not happen until May or “It just wrote off a serious June,” he said. chunk of time,” said Dave Perry, He says the election itself saw who wrote the study. the Defence and Public Works He says the extraordinarbureaucracy almost grind to a ily long election campaign also halt where signing authority on meant plans to buy urgently low-risk, low-dollar routine matneeded aircraft, ships and arters had to be approved at the moured vehicles were left in highest levels. holding patterns. Perry says the defence minisThe 73-page study, obtained ter’s office had three occupants in advance by The Canadian last year, which meant each of Press, shows 63 per cent of 59 the politicians had to be briefed projects listed in the Conservaand brought up to speed. tive government’s often-hyped “I can’t imagine that calendar defence acquisition guide have year 2015 is going to be anything slipped from their anticipated other than a very bad year for timelines. Thirty-four per cent defence procurement,” Perry are on schedule and three per said in an interview. “You had the cent are early. election and this huge turnover Navy supply ships, fixed-wing and it’s going to amount to search and rescue planes and another significant chunk of lost armoured patrol vehicles are time.” among the significant delays. The If the country is faced with acquisition guide was supposed similar, long election cycles in to bring predictability to the the future, Perry says something Murray Brewster
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has to change. “That system, if you’re going to have three-month elections, is kinda nuts,” he said. “In the end, Canada still needs to be able to function, even when there’s a transition in government.” The inability of Harper’s government to deliver on big-ticket military purchases – aside from sole-sourced contacts – vexed the Conservatives throughout their almost 10 years in office. A report prepared last year by the MacDonald-Laurier Institute and the Conference of Defence Associations Institute laid part of the blame at the feet of both Liberal and Conservative governments going back over 20 years. That joint study – entitled “Putting the `Armed’ Back Into The Canadian Armed Forces” – noted that the section of National Defence that handles purchasing was slashed in the cutbacks of 1990s and was never fully re-established, even though successive governments have tried to ram through additional, costly projects that are ever bigger and more complex. Perry said the military branch tried to remedy the problem with a hiring campaign last year, only to put prospective project managers – who are in high demand in the private sector – through a glacial, nine-month hiring process.
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WASHINGTON visibly emotional President Barack Obama, at one point wiping tears from his cheek, unveiled his plan Tuesday to tighten control and enforcement of firearms in the U.S., using his presidential powers in the absence of legal changes he implored Congress to pass. Obama accused the gun lobby of taking Congress hostage, but said “they cannot hold America hostage.” He insisted it was possible to uphold the Second Amendment while doing something to tackle the frequency of mass shootings in the U.S. that he said had become “the new normal.” “This is not a plot to take away everybody’s guns,” Obama said in a ceremony in the East Room. “You pass a background check, you purchase a firearm. The problem is some gun sellers have been operating under a different set of rules.” Obama wiped tears away as he recalled the 20 first-graders killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He paid tribute to the parents, some of whom gathered for the ceremony, who he said had never imagined their child’s life would be cut short by a bullet. “Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad,” Obama said. At the centerpiece of Obama’s plan is a more sweeping definition of gun dealers that the administration hopes will expand the number of sales subject to background checks. Under current law, only federally licensed gun dealers must conduct background checks on buyers. But at gun shows, websites and flea markets, sellers often skirt
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The White House also put sellers on notice that the administration planned to strengthen enforcement – including deploying 230 new examiners the FBI will hire to process background checks. The impact of Obama’s plan on gun violence remains a major question, and one not easily answered. Had the rules been in place in the past, the steps wouldn’t likely have prevented any of the recent mass shoot-
ings that have garnered national attention. The Obama administration acknowledged it couldn’t quantify how many gun sales would be newly subjected to background checks, nor how many currently unregistered gun sellers would have to obtain a license. Pushing back on that critique, Obama said every time the issue is debated, gun rights groups argue the steps wouldn’t necessarily have stopped the last mas-
sacre, “so why bother trying?” “I reject that thinking,” Obama said, arguing it would be worth it if the measures would prevent even a single gun death. “We maybe can’t save everybody, but we could save some.” To lend a personal face to the issue, the White House assembled a cross-section of Americans whose lives were altered by the nation’s most searing recent gun tragedies, including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and relatives of victims from Charleston, S.C., at Virginia Tech. Mark Barden, whose son was shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School, introduced the president with a declaration that “we are better than this.” Invoking the words of Martin Luther King Jr., Obama said, “We need to feel the fierce urgency of now.” Obama’s package of executive actions aims to curb what he’s described as a scourge of gun violence in the U.S., punctuated by appalling mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut; Charleston, South Carolina; and Tucson, Arizona, among many others. After Newtown, Obama sought far-reaching, bipartisan legislation that went beyond background checks. When the effort collapsed in the Senate, the White House said it was thoroughly researching the president’s powers to identify every legal step he could take on his own. But a more recent spate of gun-related atrocities, including in San Bernardino, California, shootings have spurred the administration to give the issue another look, as Obama seeks to make good on a policy issue that he’s elevated time and again but has failed until now to advance.
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Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia over severing ties “The Saudi government has taken a strange action and cut off its diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to cover its crimes of beheading a religious leader in its country.� Ali Akbar Dareini And Jon Gambrell Associated Press
TEHRAN, IRAN ran’s president says that Saudi Arabia cannot “cover up� its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, even as the kingdom’s allies began limiting their links to his country. President Hassan Rouhani’s comments came as Kuwait announced it had recalled its ambassador to Iran over attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic. The execution last weekend of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a Shiite cleric and opposition figure in Saudi Arabia, has heightened the Saudi-Iran regional rivalry, threatening to derail already shaky peace efforts over the wars in Syria and Yemen. A statement posted on his official website said Rouhani discussed the current diplomatic dispute with visiting Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen. “The Saudi government has taken a strange action and cut off its diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to cover its crimes of beheading a religious leader in its country,� Rouhani said. “Undoubtedly, such actions can’t cover up that big crime.� Iran’s Vice-President Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, addressing journalists Tuesday, said the country’s intelligence services were investigating the diplomatic mission attacks and that police
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Iraqi Shiite protesters chant slogans on Monday in Iraq against the Saudi government as they hold posters showing Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who was executed in Saudi Arabia last week. officers who failed to take action to stop the assaults would be prosecuted. Iranian police say at least 50 people already have been arrested over the attack. The diplomatic standoff between Iran and the kingdom began Saturday, when Saudi Ara-
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bia executed Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others convicted of terror charges – the largest mass execution carried out by the kingdom since 1980. It’s not clear whether al-Nimr was beheaded with a sword, though Saudis routinely use that form of execution. Al-Nimr, a central figure in the Arab Spring-inspired protests by Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority, was executed after being convicted of sedition and of other crimes, though he long denied advocating violence. News of his execution has sparked Shiite protests from Bahrain to Pakistan. In Iran, protesters responded by attacking the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad. Late Sunday, Saudi Arabia announced it was severing relations with Iran because of the assaults, giving Iranian diplomatic personnel 48 hours to leave. Sudan and the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain said Monday they would sever ties with Iran The United Arab Emirates announced it would downgrade ties to Tehran to the level of the charge d’affaires, while other nations issued statements criticizing Iran. On Tuesday, Kuwait announced the recalling of its ambassador in a statement carried on the state-run Kuwait News
Agency. However, Kuwait did not say it would sever its ties to Iran over the tensions. Tiny Kuwait is home to both Shiites and Sunnis living in peace and has the most free-wheeling political system among all Gulf nations. Meanwhile Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of Shiite protesters marched in Sitra, south of Bahrain’s capital, Manama, over al-Nimr’s execution. An Associated Press journalist saw police fire tear gas and bird shot, while some protesters threw gasoline bombs. A number of protesters suffered wounds from the birdshot. Bahrain, a tiny island off the coast of Saudi Arabia, is predominantly Shiite, but ruled by Sunnis. It’s been the scene of long-running, low-intensity unrest since 2011 Arab Springinspired protests. Iran expressed “regret� over the attacks on the diplomatic missions in a letter to the United Nations on Monday and vowed to arrest those responsible. In the letter, obtained by The Associated Press, Iran’s U.N. envoy Gholamali Khoshroo said more than 40 protesters have been arrested and that authorities are searching for other suspects. In response to a Saudi letter, the U.N. Security Council late Monday strongly condemned
the attacks by Iranian protesters on Saudi diplomatic posts. The council statement, agreed to after hours of negotiations, made no mention of the Saudi executions or the rupture in Saudi-Iranian relations. Saudi Arabia and Iran have long vied for influence in the Middle East. Their rivalry deepened following the toppling of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and the chaos of the Arab Spring, which gave rise to proxy wars in Syria and Yemen. World powers have sought to calm the tensions. On Monday, Germany called on both sides to mend ties, while Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted an unnamed senior diplomat as saying Moscow is ready to act as a mediator. The U.N. envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was en route to Riyadh on Monday with plans to later visit Tehran. Iran, a staunch supporter of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Saudi Arabia, a key backer of the opposition, have participated in three rounds of international talks aimed at ending the conflict. De Mistura has set a Jan. 25 target date for a fourth round of talks. The White House urged Saudi Arabia and Iran to not let their dispute derail efforts to end the Syrian civil war.
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LIFE Cal Miller brought the Flying Fathers to town ‘Do you have any horses close to town that can play goalie?’ denly quiet, somber and gloomy as he appeared to be unconSpecial to the News scious. (He later told me he loved that part of the show because he s a professional storyteller could grab a quick nap before with a long memory, I’ve the grand finale.) I was watchbeen asked many times ing the kids in the audience and which story of them all stands they looked totally fished in as out in the memory bank from my Costello’s body was loaded on a days pioneering sportswriting in stretcher and carried off the ice the Yukon, and the answer has to funeral music, after which the always been the same although remaining Fathers formed into I’ve never written about it before: a circle at centre ice to pray for The Flying Fathers. a miracle and the narrator sadly The Ontario-based Flying told the audience Father Costello Fathers hockey club were a colwould want the game to continue lection of Roman Catholic priests in his absence, but it was starting who played a unique brand of to look like a fun evening was gocomedy hockey to benefit many ing to end with a bummer. charities, most of which were As soon as he was out of sight directed towards disadvantaged of the audience, Costello leaped children. If you can imagine off the stretcher, ran into the white Canadian priests on ice dressing room and emerged imitating the famous Harlem within minutes in a black nun’s Globetrotters, you have the right outfit with a long trail and a idea. veil while his teammates were They originally formed up floundering on the ice and he in the winter of 1962-63 for a proceeded to put on a riotous one-time charity fundraiser, the NHL-type skating and shootbrainchild of two Ontario priests, ing exhibition for the rest of the Brian McKee, of the diocese of Courtesy Canadian Council of the Blind game firing shot after shot past Sault Ste. Marie, and Les Costello The Flying Fathers hockey team after a charity game in eastern Canada. The team was comprised of the hapless horse which now whose name is on the Stanley Roman Catholic priests, and played in a similar style to basketball’s Harlem Globetrotters. had the real goalie on his back, a Cup as a member of the 1947double-decker goalie if you will. 48 Toronto Maple Leafs. One of slow like an Oldtimer’s game shod with ice lugs so he doesn’t and officially made Howe the At the very end after he scored fundraiser led to another and, by except the priests kept putting slip and break a leg.” NHL’s greatest scorer, a distincthe winning goal as time expired, the mid-70s, they were famous McNeill, the ref, into the penalty While everyone else was tion he held until Wayne Gretzky he threw off his headgear and veil and well-established all across box for things like “five minutes patiently waiting for the Flying came along and re-wrote the and I swear there were kids who Canada but had never performed for lying.” Fathers to arrive and get on with record book. hadn’t realized it was him scoring north of the 60th parallel. They let Whitehorse start with all those goals. The arena was gothe show, I was frantically calling So for the rest of that winter, I Somehow, Whitehorse saing crazy with laughter and maya human goalie, who they easily local outfitters out on the Mayo had to eat lunch every Wednesloonkeeper and promoter Cal hem as they realized Costello’s scored on, necessitating a goalie day with Cal, Eddie Raycroft and Road and saying, “Do you have Miller, of the Capital Hotel, had “injury” was just another gag. change at the end of the fi rst any horses close to town that can six or eight other Whitehorse heard about them and made At the end of the night when period, which is when the horse play goalie?” Incredibly, I found wheeler-dealers and tell them arrangements to change that for Cal took the mike at centre ice came out wearing a jersey, a one who laughed so hard he ofabout my progress promoting the the benefit of his pet charity, the and thanked the crowd for comBoys and Girls Club of the Yukon. event, which was actually a pretty fered to do it for nothing, includ- goalie mask with a nose bag and ing out to support the Boys and big wide pads on both forelegs. ing putting on the ice shoes and simple assignment. I was in This was right up Cal’s alley as he, Girls Club, he had tears in his Suddenly, the FF couldn’t hauling the horse to town, so I contact with their goalie, Father with Ken MacKinnon, were two eyes, and they were genuine. score a goal because they were gave him complimentary tickets Vaughan Quinn of Detroit, who of the prime movers in starting It was quite the night, possibly wizards at directing their shots for his family and gratefully mailed me all the FF hard copy the Arctic Winter Games, and one of the best in the history of onto the horse’s pads and Quinn, called it square. and history with many hilarious he told me (but never asked) I Whitehorse, but don’t take my Normally, when people spend on the other end of the ice, bephotos and I just ran a feature evwas going to be on the organizword for it. Ask anyone who was came a human sieve and Whitetheir hard-earned money on ery week all winter explaining to ing committee as sports editor there, especially the ones who horse scored goal after goal to a ticket to a sporting event or Yukon readers what was coming of the Yukon News, tasked with were gullible 10-year-olds at the take the lead into the third period concert, they have a pretty good to their territory after Rendez“filling up the arena. If it’s not a time. which kept the kids cheering. idea what kind of bang they’re vous to pique their interest. sellout, it’s a failure and we don’t The Flying Fathers are extinct Throughout, of course, the going to get for their buck. Not so As soon as the tickets were do failures.” now. Costello died in 2002 after narrator is stopping play for for a Flying Fathers performance. printed, the event sold out within Fortunately, since it was a 40 years on the ice and by about scripted absurdities like trick weeks. It was a natural for Yukon- The crowd that poured into Jim spring date, I had nearly a full a decade ago, they weren’t able to sticks and a penalty shot with Light Memorial Arena on Fourth ers tired of the long winter and a winter to promote the event and find enough skaters to continue. Costello versus the horse. He Ave was almost entirely families chance to get the kids out of the put the butts in the bleachers. Their final record was 900-6-1. skated up to its nose, pulled a with kids and the kids looked house. In addition to the Flying Facarrot out of his hockey sock and They raised over $5 million for excited like on Halloween. They So I didn’t have much to do thers, Cal had also lined up Billy little kids who needed a little help didn’t know what they were going slipped the puck into the net at the end until Quinn told me McNeill, former captain of the along the way. to get but sensed they were going while the horse was eating, the a week before the big show that WHL’s Vancouver Canucks and Doug Sack was the first sports only goal the equine beast gave to like it. I had to line up a horse. I innotwo-time league MVP, to referee editor of the Yukon News and later up until the belated arrival of The The FF had a well-scripted cently asked why, and he said, the event. Billy’s claim to NHL a longtime sports editor of the Flying Nun late in the third. performance they had done fame came with getting an assist “To play goalie for the WhiteWhistler Question and a columnist Halfway through the final horse team. It’s an important part hundreds of times, including on Gordie Howe’s 545th career and features writer for Ski Canada period, Costello faked a serious taking over the PA system for goal, which broke “Rocket” Rich- of the act. Any big, dumb, gentle magazine. He is currently semiard’s all-time goal-scoring record horse will do, just make sure he’s narration, and it started kind injury and the arena was sudretired in Whitehorse. Doug Sack
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‘Good memories:’ N.W.T. village said ‘no’ to residential school, built its own “Our community saw that it needed to do something different. It was democracy at its finest.” to know the ways of the white people for us to survive.” It was the mothers that made up his mind. JEAN MARIE RIVER “When he heard the mothNo, they said. ers crying, echoing through the When government officials community – especially in Sepcame to collect children from tember when it’s very dark and Jean Marie River for residential quiet – he himself cried,” said school, residents of the remote Norwegian. village in the Northwest Territo“He didn’t like the sound of ries said they’d keep their kids at the mothers crying over their home, thanks very much. children. To me, that was the In what may have been driving force.” unique among Canadian First The chief began talking to Nations, they decided to build federal officials about Jean Marie their own school. And now, as River getting its own school. Canadians grapple with the But Ottawa was more interlegacy of residential schools, Jean ested in bringing children to Marie River is trying to comschools than schools to children. memorate the fact it doesn’t have The options were residential to. schools or day schools attached “Our community saw that it to a hostel where kids could grab needed to do something differa few days worth of lessons while ent,” said Chief Gladys Norwetheir parents were in the area to gian. “It was democracy at its trade. finest.” “The model everywhere in the Jean Marie River, a hamlet in North after about 1950 (was) a the Northwest Territories along federal day school,” said Philip the Mackenzie River, had about Goldring, a researcher who has 70 people in 1950. That’s about worked for the Truth and Reconthe same as now, but there were ciliation Commission. “Almost many more children back then. anywhere in Canada you had a That’s what brought the residential school, you had a day government to town. Officials ex- school.” plained to parents that their kids Not good enough, thought the would have to attend a residenchief. His people needed their tial school at Fort Simpson – a own school. small distance on the map but a It was a tall order, but resilong journey by boat or dog team dents still remember what the in those days. old chief used to say when faced Norwegian’s father Louis, who with something tough: “Try, was chief at the time, was torn. anyway.” “Dad really stressed on the He had a bargeload of logs importance of our beliefs and shipped along the Mackenzie values,” she recalled. “At the from Peace River, Alta. Local men same time, (he) realized there’s pitched in and put up the new a dominant society out there, schoolhouse. so he really believed we needed Norwegian made a deal with Bob Weber
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A portrait of Jean Marie River chief Louis Norwegian, taken in 1952. a couple of southern anthropologists named June Helm and Teresa Carterette who were looking for a northern community to study. Teach our kids, he said, and we’ll cut your firewood, haul your water and co-operate with
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your research. “They wanted a teacher there and June’s husband found out about it,” said Nancy Lurie, a retired academic and Helm’s former colleague. By the fall of 1951, Carterette was teaching, as often on the banks of the Mackenzie as inside a classroom. Although she only taught for the first year, the community picked up the ball.
People with a bit of western schooling helped out after she returned south. Books and school materials were shipped up from Alberta. Eventually, teachers came, too. The school only taught the first six grades, but that was enough to ground kids before they went to Fort Simpson. “It gave us a good, solid base as compared to people that went to residential schools that didn’t have a nurturing mother, that didn’t have a model of how to become a caring mother,” Gladys Norwegian said. “I think it helped me to become comfortable with who I am. I didn’t really need to explain to anybody what being an aboriginal person means. I was comfortable in my skin.” “It was a small, one-room school,” said Marilyn Hardisty, 61, who attended the school in the 1960s. “I just remember it with good memories.” But it was more than that, said Goldring. Jean Marie River may be the only example of a First Nation rejecting residential schools and educating its children itself. “In my knowledge, it is unique.” The old school never closed. It educated dozens of children until it was replaced in the 1980s by the hamlet’s new Louis Norwegian School. The original building still stands. The community wants to mark its contribution by turning it into a museum and showplace for arts and crafts. It’ll take more than $400,000 to do that, considerably more than the original cost of the school. But you can almost hear Norwegian echoing her father’s old motto. “We’re trying our best. It’s almost like repeating the efforts that our forefathers did.”
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Quebec social housing agency to test unit better adapted to northern culture Morgan Lowrie Canadian Press
MONTREAL mid what experts are calling an acute accommodation shortage in Northern Canada, the Quebec government is preparing to test a new social housing unit it says is better adapted to harsh climates and Inuit culture. Quebec’s social housing agency says a pilot project carried out in the Ungava Bay-area village of Quaqtaq with two bodies that oversee accommodation in the north is expected to be ready for occupants early in the new year. The project will test a new prototype adapted from one of the units in use: a one-level duplex, with two two-bedroom apartments in each half and a mechanical unit in the middle containing water tank, furnace and ventilation system. However, this unit has been fitted with better insulation to increase energy efficiency; aerodynamic features to minimize the inconvenience of accumulated snow; and pile foundations which are better suited to shifting permafrost. Jean-Francois Gravel, a technical expert for the housing agency, says the goal of the project is to test the various individual elements to see which ones may be adopted in future models.
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The Quebec government is preparing to test a new social housing unit it says is better adapted to harsh climates and Inuit culture. “The idea is not necessarily to repeat this model itself on a large scale, but to see what works well,” he said. Gravel says the technical elements, such as air quality and energy efficiency, will be monitored online by the agency. Pile foundations, he says, are widely used elsewhere in Canada’s North but are still under-studied in Quebec. The families living there will also give their feedback on a number of changes to the floor plan based on the requests of a
panel of Inuit residents during public consultations. These include a combined living room, dining room and kitchen for large traditional family gatherings, as well as a cold porch for storing outdoor gear. The design also includes a movable kitchen island to give more space options as well as a lockable cabinet for hunting gear, and large chopping blocks for preparing fish and game. Alain Fournier, a founding partner at FGMDA Architectes, the firm that designed the model,
said these functional elements contribute to a growing narrative he describes as “empowerment through architecture,” where Inuit and First Nations communities are increasingly working with governments and architectural firms to design buildings that better represent them. He points to a series of air terminals he’s redesigned in the province’s north in recent years – each with a theme chosen by the members of the community that relates to their culture. He’s designed one with a beluga theme,
one the Arctic char and another that represent a traditional sled. “These themes are integrated and expressed in the buildings and the integrated artwork,” he said. “What’s important is that ultimately it comes from them.” When it comes to building social housing, however, Fournier said some factors limit what can be done. Building costs in the Subarctic are three times higher than in the south due to climate, remoteness and lack of skilled labour. Higher-quality materials cost more, and that may mean building fewer homes at a time when the housing shortage in northern Quebec is estimated at between 900 and 1,000 units. Gravel says the bill for the pilot project has yet to be tallied, although costs will be higher than for normal units. Nevertheless, Fournier said it can pay off in the long run. “Any improvement on energy efficiency means your operating costs – heating bills – are much lower, and the money saved can go to building more units,” he said. Jimmy Okpik, the housing manager in Quaqtaq, says he doesn’t know which residents will get to test out the new units, but he is sure there will be no shortage of volunteers. “There’s always a waiting list,” he said. “The waiting list never goes away.”
Climate change affecting vital winter roads for First Nations: leaders “This is the where the rubfront line and ber hits the this is where road,” he said. the action “There will OTTAWA needs to be be no road if onky weather conditaking place we don’t have tions are prompting now.” an opportunaboriginal leaders to There is ity to speak for raise concerns about the impact “every eviourselves on the of climate change on winter dence” Canissue of climate roads, which serve as lifelines for ada’s Aborigchange and this food, fuel and other necessities in certainly is a inal Peoples several northern communities. direct impact.” are indeed Isadore Day, the Ontario If people on the front regional chief for the Assembly want access into lines of cliof First Nations, said the relithe north, the mate change, ability of the northern winter Indigenous road network is in jeopardy in his only viable way now is to have Affairs Minister province. Carolyn Ben“The winter roads have essen- a proper road nett said in an tially become a way of life for the network, Day Aaron Vincent Elkaim/CP interview with communities and now they can’t added. Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day attends a news conference at NDP indigenrely on those winter roads,” Day The Canadian the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on September 9, 2015. ous affairs critic said, noting the network is used Press. Charlie Angus, to offset the cost to bring essen“I think it but climate change has made the tial goods to fly-in reserves by air. who represents a northern Onis very worrying and I think that issue much more pressing, he The problem exemplifies why tario riding that includes a num- noted. as we look not only to Ontario ber of First Nations communities, there was outcry from First Nabut to Manitoba, the proposals “My message to the governsaid money needs to be invested ment is ‘you’re going to have tions during the recent COP21 for the eastern road there, it is in sustainable infrastructure. climate change summit in Paris, something that we are looking to put your money where your There has been a long-standDay said. at and knowing that we’ve got to mouth is when you make these ing push for permanent roads “This is the type of issue build the kind of resilient infrapromises,’” Angus said. Kristy Kirkup Canadian Press
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structure that will deal with the changing climate.” The federal Liberal government is open to examining the impacts of the issue to allow for a long-term strategy to be developed, Bennett added. “This will require a real collaborative effort,” she said, highlighting that permanent infrastructure would help to create resource revenue in the future. “We need to have everybody included in really assessing the need and then developing feasibility projects and proposals.” Day said First Nations leaders from Ontario plan to press the minister to bring this “essential issue” to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet table. Solutions will also have to include all levels of government, he said. “For what it is worth, you’re going to have every government at the table to ensure these road systems are done properly and that they’re done in a timely fashion,” Day said.
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THE ARTS Exhibit explores ties to the past
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he ghost town of Snag, where a church and a few dilapidated cabins are all that remain from the Second World War era, was likely the last place Ukjese van Kampen expected to meet a distant relative last summer. The Northern Tutchone artist was in the remote location to give workshops at the White River First Nation’s cultural camp, and that’s where he met Martha Northway. Both are relatives of Annie Ned, the award-winning Southern Tutchone matriarch who spent 35 years teaching song and dance in residential schools, at Yukon Hall and to her own large family. “I’d been told growing up that our family had a connection in Northway, Alaska,” van Kampen said. “When I was in Snag, Martha Northway’s daughter told her that the greatgrandson of Annie Ned was there. She came down from Northway to see me and that was quite a nice occurrence.” It was also exciting for van Kampen because he was meeting the daughter of Walter Northway, the revered chief after whom the village is named. “He was a cultural icon,” he said. Van Kampen was the first participant of the Little John Archaeological Site artistin-residence program last summer, sponsored by the Yukon Art Centre’s Culture Quest Program, Yukon College and the White River First Nation.
Van Kampen, who holds a doctorate The program took him to Little John first, an excavation site between the Cana- degree in the history of Yukon’s First Nations art, has put together a show featurdian and American borders in the Beaver ing paintings, sketches and photographs Creek region, and then to Deadman Lake inspired by his time in Alaska. in the program. The Little John Called ArchaeField Camp, first ology in a Northestablished in 2002, ern Community, has yielded proof the show will be that humans have displayed at the been living in the Yukon Arts Centre area for more than Community Gallery 12,000 years. starting tomorrow. Van Kampen But van Kampen watched as archaeologists dug for doesn’t like to call arrowheads, scrapers himself an artist. and other cultural “If you make artifacts. candles, you can “They found call yourself an artsome obsidian (a ist,” he said. naturally occurring “I call myself an volcanic glass) at image and stateDeadman Lake,” he ment maker. Some said. of the paintings “It’s important make blatant stateJoel Krahn/Yukon News because if it’s there, ments while others Dr. Ukjese van Kampen participated generally that means are more subtle.” in the Little John Archaeological Site that it was brought One example artist-in-residence program. Top, a from somewhere is the painting of painting by van Kampen of Martha else.” a woman from Northway near Snag. And as they were the Upper Tanana closing down the people, standing in site at Deadman between the AmeriLake they discovered a discoloration in can and Canadian borders and holding the sand that caused some excitement, flags in both hands. but they had to fill up the hole and leave “She doesn’t look so happy because her because they ran out of time, he said. They people are split in half,” he said. will re-visit the site this summer. The Upper Tanana regional bands,
part of the Tanana Athabaskan people, are mostly located along the Tanana River in Alaska but some live in southwestern Yukon. Van Kampen said he plans on adding chicken wire along the border to emphasize the split. Another painting depicts Martha Northway sitting on a chair at the cultural camp in Snag, with the White River in the background. Van Kampen had taken a picture of her elsewhere but wanted to show her “in her people’s land,” he said. A Champagne and Aishihik First Nations citizen, van Kampen is a former Canadian Airborne Regiment commando and combat engineer in the United States Marines. His art has been featured around the world including in Munich, Seattle, Ottawa and Sydney, Australia. One of the reasons the artist-inresidence program was so successful was because it was a First Nation person participating, he said. “And also someone who has a connection with the community, who knew something about the art and the people,” he added. “The interactions were very easy going.” Archaeology in a Northern Community opens tomorrow evening. There is an opening reception at 5 p.m. with refreshments and Van Kampen will be in attendance. Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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Public vistas are meant to be shared GENTLE READER: Crying once or twice out of frustration can happen -- and a simple apology is all that is needed, accompanied by as little explanation as by Judith possible. But if tears are your continual Martin response to discontent in the professional world, your coISS workers might have just cause in ANNERS labeling you fragile, regardless of gender-based stereotypes. If you DEAR MISS MANNERS: On a simply cannot contain your tears, crowded passenger ferry freMiss Manners suggests that you quented by tourists, there was develop an allergy upon which no room to sit on the benches, to blame them. Or look into an DEAR MISS MANNERS: The so I squeezed into a place at the alternate field. majority of my friends are not rail. This afforded me a breeze, a The former speaker of the U.S. sending Christmas cards except nice view and something to hold House of Representatives had onto, which was lacking near the on social media or, if lucky, by the same problem, but, as many email. The set with young chilbenches. A woman sitting on the bench dren all send photo cards without have remarked, the job gave him cause. even a signature, let alone a behind me said angrily, “Would DEAR MISS MANNERS: My you please move? You’re standing message. fiance and I have developed a I enjoy creating a simple card right in front of me and comreputation among our group and I keep my message short, pletely blocking my view.” of friends for being good hosts. yet I have a feeling these are I was so flustered by her icily Generally, we enjoy having received with angst or irritation. commanding tone that I imfriends for overnight visits if they If my cards do not bring a warm mediately moved away without need a place to stay. holiday feel, should I stop the a word. The idea that it was But we had a friend ask to impolite to block someone’s view process that now seems selfish had never occurred to me, and I’d since I get the joy of the creation? stay while she was back in the country (she had been in school GENTLE READER: How do been on the ferry many times. Is it discourteous? How should you know that your personalized overseas). We picked her up at cards don’t create a warm holiday the airport, and after about an I have responded? feel in the recipients? And if they hour at our apartment, she anGENTLE READER: Public nounced that she was going to spaces are, by definition, shared, also inspire the thought that ungo out drinking with her friends! a fact that surprises a remarkable signed cards are a bit pointless, We were not invited. She said Miss Manners would consider number of commuters, theatershe would be gone for a couple that another contribution. goers and restaurant patrons. of hours, but instead came back Your angry fellow traveler DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please in the morning, once we had was entitled to her own place, already woken up and worried explain what is meant by “smart but not to yours, no matter how about where she was. magnificent the view. Miss Man- business casual” dress. We gave her a bit of a hard GENTLE READER: It means: ners would have recommended time, but then left for the day “Can’t you please make a little that you counter rudeness with once she went to sleep on the effort to look nice? It’s not as politeness by offering to trade sofa. The following night, she though we’re even asking you to places -- briefly letting go of the stayed out all night again. We exdress up much, just not to show rail to demonstrate how necespressed that we felt hurt that she up looking as if you were home sary it is to maintaining one’s playing video games, or wish you hadn’t made spending time with balance while underway. us (her hosts) a priority. were.” She seemed weakly apoloDEAR MISS MANNERS: My getic, and promised that she DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am brother-in-law has a habit of would make it up to us by spenda graduate student working tosending me a text or email with wards a Ph.D. in a scientific field. ing more time with us when simply “Hey” as the message. If she comes back through (at our Graduate school is often very he calls and leaves a voice meshouse, likely drinking our wine disheartening. sage, it is always, “Hey. Call me and eating our food). What should a girl say when, back.” She is traveling more, but during a meeting with her adHe never says why he is callviser, she starts crying out of frus- will be coming back through ing. It is almost invariably to in a couple of weeks. The plan tration over her project? I know complain about a poisonous rewas for her to stay with us again lationship or a horrible decision, that crying, especially at work, for another few days. Given her is a quick way to get labeled as a and to ask for advice -- which he behavior and the fact that we feel wuss, especially by male superipromptly refuses to take. (No, you should not bail out your girl- ors. Unfortunately, I have always used and disappointed, is there any way that we can rescind the naturally expressed frustration friend after she robbed you.) invitation? If I don’t reply, he continues to this way, and sometimes, no GENTLE READER: Yes, but matter what I do, I can’t seem to simply text “Hey.” these are special circumstances. prevent it. He’s a sweet soul, but he’s
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hopeless and I don’t have time for his drama. I have two kids and I’m a full-time student. May I just ignore him? GENTLE READER: Whether you are being annoyed by your brother-in-law’s messages, or just by your cellular telephone beeping, shaking or blinking until you pick up, Miss Manners advises you to ration your responses. Your advice is just as likely to be ignored, but you will not have to give as much of it.
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To be clear, Miss Manners almost never advocates rescinding invitations, but she will help you if you promise that you and other readers won’t take it as license to do so without similar provocation. “You were so busy when you were here that I’m afraid we likewise made other plans during your visit,” you may say. “Perhaps you could stay at one of your other friends’ homes -- or we can recommend some good hotels.” If she understands the subtext, protests and apologizes sufficiently, you may rescind the rescind if you choose. But if you are fooled again, you will know never to extend another invitation. DEAR MISS MANNERS: This will probably come off as conceited and self-absorbed, but I need to know! We are trying to budget our wedding, but how can we do that if a percentage is hanging in limbo? I do not expect my parents to help us, as they have already given us more than we ever thought, and we haven’t heard a peep from them. I am on great terms with his mother, so I would have no problem straight up asking for a yes or no, but God bless my fiance, he doesn’t even want to ask. So, am I rude to even ask, or do I have the right to know so I can keep planning with or without the money? GENTLE READER: Please do not begin your marriage by pushing your fiance to extract money from his parents, when you know that he does not want to do so. (And God bless him for that, indeed.) DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband’s family uses what I term “third-party communication.” In other words, rather than contacting me about something that pertains to me, such as my car, they will contact him, who in turn contacts me. None of them see anything wrong with this. I consider it going around me, which I find offensive, and they say this is how they’ve always done it, and that basically I’m the only one who has a problem with it and I’m being ridiculous about it. I would like to know what the official etiquette protocol is, and
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My ex-husband and I remained friendly after our divorce in 1979. He passed away 23 years ago. I have never remarried, and now I do not see myself as a divorcee, but a widow. Would it be incorrect to call myself a widow? GENTLE READER: It doesn’t bother Miss Manners, and it certainly can’t bother your former husband; presumably, he did not leave a subsequent widow. But if you want to be fastidious, you can achieve the same effect by saying simply, “My husband died.” DEAR MISS MANNERS: My niece was married 12 years ago at city hall with only her parents in attendance. She regrets having no pictures of the day. I would like to surprise her with a vow renewal ceremony. Is a surprise a bad move? Many people are telling me to involve her in the planning. GENTLE READER: First, allow Miss Manners to say how sweet it is that you want to do something for your niece and her husband. Next she is obliged to tell you that surprising people with a set-up that requires them to go through a ceremony to which they had not agreed is an appalling plan. Please just ask them if they would enjoy your giving them an anniversary party. (Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail. com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.)
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SPORTS AND RECREATION Mustangs capture holiday bronze in Langley Tom Patrick News Reporter
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fter a few games at the Angels On Ice Tournament over the holiday in Langley, B.C., the Yukon Female Mustangs established themselves as the team to beat. Unfortunately for them, that’s what happened. The Yukon rep team won the round robin, allowing just two goals in their first four games, but lost in overtime in the tournament’s semifinal on Dec. 29. But the team is pretty happy to come away with bronze in their first Outside tournament of the season, said captain Hannah Nordlund. “I think everybody was really happy with the way that we played. We really came together. We were trying a lot of new things and it seemed to work. Everyone had a lot of fun,” said Nordlund. “We just seemed to play better. It was almost like being at the tournament and out of Whitehorse, our team stepped it up. It was really cool.” After three sound wins, the Mustangs met their biggest challenge – the Meadow Ridge Barracudas. The teams finished in a 1-1 tie to cap the round robin before the Barracudas produced a 2-1 overtime win over the Mustangs in the semi. “They were playing in a midget tournament and our new girls on the team – the 12-, 13-year-olds – performed very well and we were able to hold our own,” said Mustangs head coach Louis Bouchard. “Our only loss came in overtime. So we gave up a total of four goals in the tournament and three in regular time. We’re satisfied with the way things turned out.” The Mustangs tied the Barracudas with a goal from forward Maddie Nicholson, who was named her team’s MVP for the game. The team veteran also scored her team’s goal in the overtime loss on an end-to-end effort in the first period. In fact, Nicholson found the back of the net in all five games. “She scored all those goals and they had to triple-team her. She had three defenders on her any time she touched the puck,” said Bouchard. “They recognized early in the tournament that she was a threat and the minute she had the puck they sent three forecheckers on her.” The Mustangs opened the tournament with a 4-1 win over the hosting Langley Lightning on Dec. 27. Nicholson had two while teammates Emily Grantham and Ecko Kirk added the others. Kirk got the MVP nod. The Mustangs then produced the first of two shutouts with a 3-0 win over the Abbotsford Abby Ice, outshooting them 32-8. Nicholson, Grantham and Piper Fordham scored and Destiny Taylor took MVP. Yukon then had to pull on the reins in a 9-0 shellacking of the
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Yukon Female Mustangs centre Emma Morin skates along the board in a game against Abbotsford at the Angels On Ice Tournament in Langley, B.C., on Dec. 28. The Mustangs placed third with one loss in five games. Right, Mustangs’ Georgia Musil keeps an Abbotsford player off the puck. Surrey Falcons. “We were up 8-0 at the end of the second, so we told the girls that was enough,” said Bouchard. “We’ve been on the receiving end of those and it’s never fun.” Fordham, who was named MVP, knocked in four; Nicholson and Emma Morin had two; Taylor also scored. The Mustangs owe some of their success in Langley to Yellowknife Wolfpack goalie Aysha Barlas, who played in net all five games. After the Mustangs’ only goalie recently decided to leave the team, Barlas, who happened to be on vacation in Vancouver at the time of the tournament, agreed to fill in between the pipes. Barlas was named the Mustangs’ MVP following the semifinal. “She did awesome; she did amazing,” said Nordlund. “This was her first time being with any of us. It could have been scary for her, but she was awesome about it. “She got MVP in that last game and she totally deserved it. She got really down on herself when she let in that goal, but everyone was like, ‘It went through five players before it went through you.’” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
“We were up 8-0 at the end of the second, so we told the girls that was enough. We’ve been on the receiving end of those and it’s never fun.”
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Community-oriented Huskies back in action this weekend Tom Patrick News Reporter
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his weekend the Whitehorse Huskies will lace-up to face the Port Hardy North Island Capitals. Fans will get two games of action-packed hockey, but they won’t be the only to benefit from the weekend series. Local minor teams and businesses also profit from the efforts of the home team, says Huskies general manager Matt King. “It takes a fair bit of money to operate senior hockey because there are a lot of costs involved, from ice rentals to airline tickets flying teams up, hotels and whatnot,” said King. “We’ve had great support from the business community. I think it’s important to acknowledge that the money that comes into the team – we’re a non-profit organization – goes back out into the community and into the community businesses. “So not only do you get a good product on the ice and entertainment for the fans, but you can see the positive benefits that this type of organization can have on the community.” As the Huskies notch goals, youth hockey teams raise funds to help with their season expenses. During the first series of the season last month, Whitehorse Tom Patrick/Yukon News Minor Hockey’s atom developWhitehorse Huskies defenceman Colin Dendys keeps an eye on the puck during last month’s series against the Whitecourt Wild. The ment team held 50/50 draws and Huskies are hosting the Port Hardy North Island Capitals for a two-game series this weekend at Takhini Arena. split the profits from the beer
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garden, taking in about $3,000, said King. The Yukon Peewee Mustangs rep team, along with its parent volunteers, will work this weekend’s games. “Our preference is to always give it to the minor hockey teams,” said King. The Huskies, whose title sponsor is Yukon’s Nuway Crushing Ltd., also benefit local businesses with each series they play in town, said King. Visiting teams stay at hotels, eat at restaurants and visit local attractions. (The last visiting team took a trip out to the Takhini Hot Pools for a dip.) All the visiting teams fly Air North. The Huskies organization rents ice time from the city, advertises in publications, uses local printing services, and more. (Yukon Brewing beverages sell like hotcakes in the beer garden.) It all adds up… “We estimate that so far we’ve put about $40,000 back into local businesses in the community,” said King. “By the end of the third series here in January, we expect we will have put about
$65,000 back into the local economy. “Obviously there are the other dollars spent by teams when they are at the hotels and local restaurants and businesses.” This weekend will mark the first time the two senior AA teams meet, but it might not be the last this season. Like the Huskies, the North Island Capitals are going for the Coy Cup – British Columbia’s AA championship trophy. Also like the Huskies team, which was resurrected last season after five years of dormancy, the Capitals were recently brought back from the dead. The Vancouver Island team started in the 2002/2003 season and played about five seasons before dissolving. In that time they played in four Coy Cups, twice reaching the final without winning it. “The last couple of years there have been a lot of young kids that were coming back from junior B and junior A, and even straight out of minor hockey, who were pretty good who had nowhere to play other than
our (rec) league,” said Capitals coach/captain John Murgatroyd. “We had a lot of interest so we decided to put it back together this year.” Neither team plays in a league, but the Capitals have logged more exhibition games than the Huskies so far this season. They have played the Powell River Regals in five, winning one. “I feel pretty good about (this weekend’s series),” said Murgatroyd. “I played up there last year with Powell River. Whitehorse had a pretty good team, but I think the team we’ve got should be competitive with them.” The Huskies, who split their first series of the season against Alberta’s Whitecourt Wild last month, will host Powell River Jan. 22-23. By filling their dance card with six regular season games, the Huskies will qualify to play for the Coy Cup. This weekend’s games start 7 p.m. Friday and 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Takhini Arena. Ticket information can be found at the Huskies’ Facebook page. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Twenty-three Yukon XC skiers selected for Arctics Tom Patrick News Reporter
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ot only will Yukon be represented by a big crosscountry ski team at the 2016 Arctic Winter Games, it’ll be an experienced one. A total of 23 skiers have been named to the squad, Cross Country Yukon announced Monday, many with prior major Games under their belt. “We have one of the more competitive team for AWG in years,” said head coach Alain Masson in an email to the News. With 23 skiers on board, Yukon will have eight more than at the 2014 Games in Fairbanks (a year that saw the Games conflict with the Haywood Ski Nationals) and even one more than the 2012 Games that were hosted by Whitehorse. Six members of the team – Hannah Jirousek, Dagmar Janzen, Regan Fuerstner, Liam Mather, Nichollis Schmidt and Michael Kischuck – competed at the 2014 Arctic Games. Jirousek won a bronze in the five-kilometre free midget female race and was also on Yukon’s bronze winning 3x3-kilometre freestyle relay midget team with Fuerstner in 2014. Fuerstner also placed fifth in the five-kilometre free midget race and sixth in the 10-kilometre classic. Other members of this year’s team, which was selected following the Don Sumanik Memorial
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Michael Kishchuk rounds a corner during the Don Sumanik Memorial Races in Whitehorse on Dec. 20. Kishchuk is one of 23 named to Yukon ski team for the Arctic Winter Games this March in Greenland. Races in Whitehorse last month, include Natalie Hynes, Sophia Bond, Hannah Deuling, Mira Mason, Alexis Gee, Kate Mason, Alliya Thomson, Dahlia Lapointe
and Sonja Schmidt for females and Jaimie Phillips-Freedman, Jude Slater, Simon Cash, Pelly Vincent-Braun, Derek Deuling, Sasha Masson, Victor Thibeault
and Ben Puskas for males. Cash, Gee, Hynes and Kischuk also raced for Yukon at the 2012 Games in Whitehorse. Three members of the team
– Hynes, Hannah Deuling and Cash – also skied at the 2015 Canada Winter Games just under a year ago in Prince George, B.C. Hynes and Deuling skied on Yukon’s bronze winning 4x3.75kilometre relay team at the Games in Prince George. Not only did Hynes qualify for the Arctics team at the Sumanik races, she won the Sumanik Cup for females, posting the lowest combined times in the two days of racing. The 17-year-old also won four medals in five races in Haywood NorAms races to start the season and was selected as second alternate for Team Canada at the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. “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,” said Hynes said in a recent interview with the News. “It’s amazing having (coaches like) Alain and Amanda (Deuling) there every week. And my parents of course. And just having teammates helping me out.” Jan Downing and Amanda Deuling will be the team’s assistant coaches for the Arctic Winter Games that will take place March 6-11 in Nuuk, Greenland. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Former Maple Leaf Tucker, icon Ron MacLean headline Hometown Hockey visit Whitehorse is one of 24 stops across Canada the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour is making this season.
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ukon hockey fans may get the chance to play a little street shinny with a former NHLer and an icon later this month in Whitehorse. Former Toronto Maple Leafs winger Darcy Tucker and sportscast legend Ron MacLean will be the capital’s special guests as Whitehorse hosts Rogers Hometown Hockey the weekend of Jan. 23 and 24, Rogers Communications announced last week. For MacLean, who lived in the Whitehorse community of Hillcrest from age four to eight in the mid ‘60s, it’ll be a return to his hockey roots.
“The first real memories of my life (were in Whitehorse),� MacLean told the News in 2011. “Mom and Dad were not sports enthusiasts, they were more into politics and the arts. “Our neighbour invited me to go play shinny across the street. That’s where it all started – it really did.� Tucker is most famous for his time on the Leafs from 1999 to 2008, but also played for the Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche. Over his 14-season NHL career, Tucker racked up 476 points with 215 goals in 947 games. Whitehorse is one of 24 stops across Canada the Rogers Home-
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town Hockey Tour is making this season. The celebration kicks off on Jan. 23 at noon on Front Street (between Wood and Main) with all sorts of activities from pickup games, skills contests, live entertainment, meet and greets with NHL alumni, and plenty more. The weekend will wrap up with an outdoor viewing party as the Carolina Hurricanes host the Calgary Flames with a pre-game show hosted by MacLean live in Whitehorse. More information can be found at www.hometownhockey. com. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Willomitzer team rides to first in Mount Lorne Christmas Classic
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Whitehorse’s Magnus Kaltenborn brings his team around a corner at the start of the Mount Lorne Christmas Classic on Saturday. Nine teams took part in the race from Mount Lorne to Annie Lake and back over the weekend. Tom Patrick News Reporter
he Mount Lorne Christmas Classic was a new sled dog race and a chance to try out new pups in a distance event. Gerry Willomitzer of Shallow Bay, Yukon, did just that. He, on the other hand, didn’t feel like a pup in the race. “This may have been the first race in which I was the oldest musher,” said the 46-year-old with chuckle.
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Willomitzer’s “pup run” in the two-day stage race worked out, placing first out of nine teams. He finished the race from Mount Lorne Community Centre to Annie Lake, around the lake, and back in six hours and 30 minutes. The Yukon Quest and Iditarod veteran completed the first 69-kilometres in 3:13 on Saturday and was four minutes slower on the way back on Sunday. “I could have been faster today,” he said. “I use these types of races to experiment a little and
try out some young dogs. Today I had a young dog that got tired, so I loaded him up after 25 miles. So that cost me a little bit of time at the end. But all and all it was really good, really enjoyable.” Whitehorse’s Marine Gastard placed second at 6:49 and Whitehorse’s Magnus Kaltenborn third at 6:50. Rounding out the top five were Alex Rochet at 7:20 and Matthew Rydholm at 7:26. The Christmas Classic, which was postponed a couple weeks due to a paucity of snow, was a stripped down race with no bells and whistles – no award ceremony or post-race dinner. It was an independent event put on by mushers, for mushers. “It’s a prep race to go in the longer races, a way to get young dogs in the races before going to a 300-mile or something,” said Maren Bradley, one of the race organizers. “So like (eighth place’s) Sebastien (Dos Santos Borges) is running the Copper Basin next weekend and will be in the Yukon Quest as well. So he’s using this race to see how his dogs behave in a race and to
get the passing practice that you don’t get in training.” Willomitzer and his team are currently preparing for the biggest race in the Lower 48. They will represent Yukon at the sevenday seven-stage Eukanuba Stage Stop Sled Dog Race in Wyoming beginning in Jackson Hole on Jan. 29. “We’re doing something really different this year, racing a big stage race in Wyoming, so (the Christmas Classic) is the perfect tune-up for that in terms of distance and the speed you run,” said Willomitzer. “The (Wyoming) race has been going on for 20 years … I handled for (Yukon musher) William Kleedehn in that race in 1997, so this is a bit of a trip down memory lane … That was the first big race I ever went to as a handler. Nineteen years later I’m going back to race it.” The Christmas Classic was held on many of the same trails that will be used at the 22nd annual Carbon Hill Sled Dog Race, a Dog Powered Sports Association of the Yukon event, on Jan. 17. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Alex Rochet and her team start out on the trail Saturday.
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LARGE FURNISHED room with double bed, wifi internet, cable tv in room. Laundry & kitchen shared. Parking or on bus route. N/S, N/P, no parties, $650/mon. 334-3456 or 333-3457 CAPITAL CORNER OFFICE •103 Main St. •Nice window views. •244 sq ft. •Utilities included. •Available January 1. •Very reasonable rent. 668-2648 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 OFFICE OR retail 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 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, $1,800/mon includes heat & electricity. 334-6782 LARGE ROOM shared accommodations, new flooring, incls full satellite tv pkg. N/S, pet considered, no parties. Available immed, $550/mon + DD. 334-4568 1-BDRM SUITE available Jan 1, 404 Jeckell, sunny, south facing, 5 appliances, private entrance, off-street parking w/plug-in, N/P, $900/mon + utils. 333-3339 3-BDRM, 1.5-BATH condo in Riverdale, updated, spacious 1200 sq ft, 6 appliances, storage, parking, close to transit, schools, trails. N/S N/P, $1,590/mon + utils + DD. Available Jan 1. 335-3349 3-BDRM TRAILER, recent reno, jacuzzi tub, close to bus stop, no dogs, $1,500/mon + $1,200 DD + heat (wood) & utils. 333-9362 3-BDRM UPSTAIRS of house, downtown, excellent light, convenient location, N/S, N/P, refʼs reqʼd, avail Feb. 1, $1,650/mon, utilities included. 667-7778 1-BDRM SUITE, Porter Creek, above ground, good parking, close to bus stop, w/d, avail Feb. 1, N/S, N/P, dd & refs reqʼd, $800/mon + utils. utilities. 333-0866 1-BDRM BSMT suite, downtown, excellent light, convenient location, N/S, N/P, refs reqʼd, avail immed, $950/mon, utilities included. 667-7778 1-BDRM APT, Riverdale, heat, lights & hot water incl, laundry facilities, only 1 yr old, N/S, N/P, no parties, responsible tenant, avail January 1, $1,200/mon. 668-5558 2-BDRM SUITE, downtown, views, 4030 4th Ave, south-facing w/balcony, newly renoʼd, 5 appliances, quiet, private ent, off-street parking, N/P, N/S, $1,300/mon + utils. 333-3339 HOUSESITTER REQUIRED for February to May, 2016, Marsh Lake, reliable person or couple, N/S, animals welcome. 660-4321
3-BDRM HOUSE, Ingram, walk-in closet, ensuite, avail January 1, min 6-month lease, pets negotiable, dd & refs reqʼd, N/S, $2,000 + utils. 335-5352
ROOM IN Takhini Subdivision. Large window, closet, single bed. N/S, friendly, quiet home. Bus stop, College, CGC, trails. Internet, heat & utils inclʼd. Refs & DD reqʼd, $600/mon. 668-4129
3-BDRM DUPLEX with Garage in Copper Ridge. Available immediately. Beautiful mountain views. Lots of storage. Dishwasher, $1,650/mon + utils. 334-1907
1-BDRM SUITE, Crestview, until May 31, 2016, furnished, quiet, near trails, wood heat, N/S, pet OK, $750/mon all inclusive. 633-2455
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SPECIALIZED CLEANER FOR LEASE PRIME LOCATION ON 2ND AVE. Suitable for retail, office or commercial. 1,145sq. ft. or larger if units combined. Handicap accessible. Lots of parking for customers or clients To view or for more information call
334-5038 2-BDRM APT, 19 Summit Rd, Hillcrest, $1,300/mon, heat incl, $700 dd, avail Feb. 1, N/S, N/P. Email BrunBen33@yahoo.ca, 519-616-2763 4-BDRM COPPER Ridge duplex available Feb 1st. 5 appliances, family room, large yard & deck. N/P, N/S, DD reqʼd, $1700/mon + utils. 334-2145 3-BDRM, 1.5-BATH half-duplex in Granger, avail Feb 1st. N/S, N/P. Furnished, W/D, F/S, parking. DD & refs reqʼd. $1,700/mon + heat & elec. Jane 334-8490
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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
HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 MIDDLE-AGED COUPLE looking to move from Edmonton. Wanting to learn the way of life in Yukon. Require free room and board & will help out. Phyllismaryka@persona.ca. 780-619-1372
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FOR LEASE: 401 WATERFRONT STATION This exceptional office space is available for long term lease. 2,143 sq ft with balcony overlooking the Yukon River. Currently undeveloped but awaiting your plan for finishing. Contact ceo@selkirkdevcorp.com or at 393-2181 to view and discuss terms and opportunity.
Do you want the opportunity to be part of a dynamic and creative team working together to help create successful entrepreneurs in the Yukon?
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 TRI OMNI PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Requires Light Duty Cleaner NOC #6661 Minimum 6 months experience Own transportation required Contact: Dean Philpott Box 31386, Whitehorse, YT Y1A-6K8 email: admin@triomni.ca 867-668-6900 Fax: 867-456-4847
däna Näye Ventures is a Yukon based, Aboriginal controlled institution that encourages business development by providing developmental financing and business training to entrepreneurs. General Position Description: Under the direction of the Manager, Financial Services, the successful candidate will be responsible for delivery of the Entrepreneurship & Business Development Program “Aboriginal Equity Program” and providing developmental assistance to new and existing clients. Necessary Skills and Knowledge: Knowledge of business start-up and entrepreneurship, in-depth knowledge of financial statements, budgeting and the ability to analyze business plans and feasibility studies. Facilitation skills, proposal writing, self-starter, ability to work independently, excellent communication skills (verbal/written), strong organizational and management skills, problem-solving skills, a high level of proficiency in computer programs, Compensation Type: UÊ Salary to be commensurate with experience UÊ We provide a generous benefits package If you feel this might be the job for you please provide a covering letter and your resume to hunderschultz@danananye.com. We thank you for your interest, however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Applications will be accepted up to and including January 8th, 2016 Drop off, mail or fax your resume in confidence to: däna Näye Ventures 409 Black Street Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2N2 Attention: Holly Underschultz Fax: (867) 668-3127 E-mail: hunderschultz@dananaye.com
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 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 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
Miscellaneous for Sale 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
YUKON NEWS WESTINGHOUSE DRYER, HD, good working order, $70. 633-2837 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 YOLIFE YOGURT maker. Exc cond, c/w seven 6-oz glass jars. Can also be used with your own containers, $25. 335-6403 6-QT AROMA rice cooker. No scratches, c/w steamer basket & measuring cup, $25. 335-6403
Computers & Accessories IPHONE 4S Bell/Virgin 16GB, good condition, $140 firm. 334-6087 TWO 3G Blackberry Curve 9300 unlocked cell phones. Will sell together or separately, $60 ea. 334-6087
Musical Instruments PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com 7-PIECE CB Drumkit, barely used, excellent condition, some music books inclʼd, $450. 332-7797 BACH TRUMPET, used one season in HS, band. Paid $675, asking $500 firm. 332-7797 SAMICK GUITAR with hard cover case, excellent gift idea, $125. 393-2926
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PERSIAN NAIN carpet, beige with blue trim, bought in Middle East, $1,700, appraised much higher. 204-880-7245 herbeeking@hotmail.com
HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC.
2-TANK PORTABLE compressor, like new, $125 new, asking $75. 867-399-3004 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 42” snow blower attachment, electric start, tire chains & weights, exc cond, $1,650 or trades considered. 333-9020 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 GUESS MEN'S cologne, paid $60, asking $19, great gift. 204-880-7245 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 CAMERA AND lens bag, LowePro Trekker 600 for large telephoto, $90. 336-4887
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
FRANKʼS 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
DONʼS FIREWOOD Open During the Holidays! Forestry Permit #2015 FWL 027-01 •Junction Beetle Kill •Stockpiled in Whitehorse •Daily Deliveries Social Services/Kwanlin Dun •$240/Cord City Limits Phone 393-4397 ANDYʼS FIREWOOD SERVICE Quality standing dry Haines Junction Full stacked, measured cords Scheduled deliveries Serving Yukoners for over 15 years Satisfaction guaranteed $245/cord 667-6429, leave message
Guns & Bows LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL
DEER SKINS, bundle of ten. Suede side lovely colour, but some holes & small hides good for moccasins, mittens or small projects. Will sell only as a bundle, $400. 660-4206 BEATS SOLO2 headphones. Black. New in box, $150. 335-6403 35000 BTU propane monitor. New, wall vent, $750. 821-2938 HON. 4-DRAWER metal file cabinet, exc shape, $325. 332-6565 EMTEK 27” WX 12ʼ long aluminum loading ramp, as new, limit 1,500 lbs, $450. 332-6565
Electrical Appliances MAYTAG PORTABLE dishwasher, white, very clean, exc operating cond, $150. 456-7030 for more details KENMORE COIL-TOP stove with self clean oven, exc operating cond, white, $300. 456-7030
VANGUARD ENDEAVOR ed 8x42 binoculars, camo, like new, $300; Nikon Monarch 2-8x32 scope, BDC reticle, $200; Husqvarna 6.5x55 model 1896 sporterized, Scout config. 2-7x32 scope, accurate, c/wdies, ammo, $500. 668-4104
BROWNING “TROMBONE” .22 pump action in good to very good condition, $700. 633-2443
GEVARM CARABINE Automatique .22 lr open bolt semi-auto in good condition, $375. 633-2443
WANTED: 2000 or newer GMC/Chev 2500. Long box ext cab 4x4 with the gas engine. 332-3726
Wanted
The Law Firm of AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN is seeking to hire a person for:
Real Estate Conveyancer Depending on previous experience, the successful candidate will be hired as either Conveyancer or Assistant to Conveyancer. This person will be responsible for all day-to-day real estate transactions for this long-established Whitehorse law firm. The candidate must have strong computer and math skills and be able to deal with multiple short-term deadlines in a fast paced environment. Attention to detail and accuracy are very important in this position and candidates must clearly demonstrate these skills. If you are interested in a challenging career in our dynamic and vibrant legal community, this position will interest you. Training will be provided for the right person. This position is permanent full time and salary will correspond with experience. We provide an attractive benefit package along with a progressive vacation plan.
DOMINION ARMS 16-gauge single shot shotgun, new in box, unfired, blued, hardwood stock, $150. 633-2443
The successful candidate will have to pass a criminal record check
WINCHESTER MODEL 37 16-gauge single shot shotgun, vg cond, $275. 633-2443
We invite interested candidates to apply with resume, clearly stating position applied for, to our office by 5:00 p.m. Monday, January 18th to:
.357 MAGNUM Ruger Security 6, 4” stainless barrel, Hogue rubber grips, $400. 633-2488 or 333-5640 (cell).
3081 Third Ave Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z7
OLDER WINCHESTER 30-30, lever action, vg cond, all machined parts, $450 obo. 335-4749 or 668-4726
Attention: Greg LeBlanc, Manager
RUGER MODEL 77, 270 Winchester cal, as new, only fired 10 rounds, green/brown laminated stock, c/w Ruger scope rings, $900 obo. 335-4749 or 668-4726
No phone calls please. If out of town, you may fax to 867-668-3710. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
COOEY MODEL 39, Winchester Western, exc cond in original box, $195. 633-2443 OLDER RANGER double-barrel shotgun, 12-gauge, $75; Burris scope, 3X9 power, as new, $260 obo. 335-4749 or 668-4726
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PRE-64 MODEL 70 Winchester in 270 cal, great shape, $750 obo. 332-3726
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
RUGER NO. 1 338 win mag. Nikon Omega 1.65-5x36 scope, $1,100; Savage Light Weight Hunter Leupold VX-3 2.5-8x36 scope, $1,200. Daniel @ 668-4104 WANTED: LEE Enfield No4MK1. Serious collector in the Yukon looking for unsporterized Longbranch Enfields especially any original snipers or their whereabouts. Reply tothirtypound@hotmail.com
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:
OIL DRIP stove, 13,000 btu, $500; plywood truck box for full size truck, $100; occidental leather beltless carpenters apron, $100; Dometic fridge/freezer, propane, ac/dc, fits camper/RV, $300. Daniel @ 668-4104
USED 20ʼ C-Can. Some surface rust but otherwise in great condition. Has shelving down one side for storage, $2,800 obo. 660-5040
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DJG CONTRACTING •Delivering logging truck loads •Single/multiple cord loads Call David at 867-332-8327
TELESCOPE WITH motorized base, 4'' Meade 2045D, $250. 336-4887
COUNTRY LIVING Grain Grinder with accessories, $500. Daniel @ 668-4104
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Senior Director Operations – Salary Negotiable – depending on experience The law firm of AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN is seeking to hire a:
Receptionist Applicants must have: • Exceptional interpersonal skills • Excellent keyboarding and communication skills. • Good working knowledge of office procedures, Word and Outlook are necessary. • Experience working in an office environment would be an asset • This position is permanent full time and salary will correspond with experience. • We provide an attractive benefit package along with a progressive vacation plan. The successful candidate will have to pass a criminal record check. We invite interested candidates to apply with resume, clearly stating position applied for, to our office by 5:00 p.m., Friday, January 15th, 2015 to: 3081 Third Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z7
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) 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.
Director Human Resources - Level 9, $37.85 - $47.34 per hour ($68,371 - $85,500 per annum) 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.
ATTENTION: Greg LeBlanc, Manager.
CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 11, 2016
No phone calls please. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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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Spay or Neuter Your Dog You may qualify to have one family dog spayed or neutered for FREE or at a reduced amount if you fall into one of the following categories:
1. You live in an outlying Yukon community 2. You qualify as having a low income (Whitehorse included) 3. Your local First Nation, town or village council has agreed to cost share with Humane Society Yukon For more information contact Linda Priestley at 1-867-633-6019 or email linda.priestly@humanesocietyyukon.ca RUNNING AT LARGE...
If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382
2014 CHEVROLET Cruze LT, loaded, 1.4 ltr turbo auto, white/blk interior, 10,623km, shows like new, $12,000. 668-7455 2012 HONDA Civic, great shape, less than 60,000km, new studded winter & factory all season tires & rims, block heater, 7-yr/130,000km warranty. 689-5750 2007 VW Passat 2L Turbo Wagon. 156,000km, pwr, leather, full service, recent engine work, runs great, $8,000. 334-5297 2006 CHRYSLER Sebring touring 4 Dr sedan, 173,000 kms. Power windows & door locks, a/c, maintained with regular oil changes, $3,900 obo. jenskel@hotmail.com of 333-3457 2006 C H R Y S L E R Sebring, power windows/locks, great cond, 173,000kms, $3,900 obo. 334-3456 2006 TOYOTA Camry, 175,000 km, one owner, all records, no accidents, no issues, non-smoker, like new, reliable, comfortable, safe, studded winter tires on rims, $7,800. 334-3555
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2000 VW Jetta 2.0 L gas, std trans, new timing belt, clutch & brakes. Tuned, serviced & ready for winter, $3,200 obo. 334-5297
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TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 REAL STEEL tire chains, fit 15�, $50 obo. 399-3004
WHEELCHAIR ELECTRIC lift for mini van or full size van, worth $10,000, asking $5,000 obo. 333-2857 1994 BMW 325i for parts. Body & interior in perfect shape, blown engine, $1,000. 334-5297 1994 TOYOTA 4Runner for parts. Blown engine, good transmission, standard 4x4, good diffs, $1,000. 334-5297 ALCOA FORGED rims, R24.5x8, new, $350 obo. 689-5234
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2015 TOYOTA RAV4 LE AWD blue. Won in Habitat for Humanity raffle Dec 31. Vehicle in showroom condition & parked indoors. Has not been plated yet, $25,000. 335-6995
DODGE DAKOTA brake shoe, new, still in box, $25 obo. 393-2630
Pets 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 2 BEAUTIFUL Love Birds need new home. Cage, toys, food inclĘźd, $200 obo. 393-3300 lv msg
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And more... Hope
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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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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 15X144X2 TRACK, $600, 2 sets of rail extensions for Polaris, $50 ea. 334-7131 2 TWIN track Ski-doos, 1 long track, 1 short track. 867-993-6765
Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 1984 ZETA 24' Hard Top, 350/260 leg, 15hp kicker, dingy, barbecue, galley, head, canvas enclosure, 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 1976 50HP Mercury, complete with controls. Runs great, $500. 821-2938
Heavy Equipment CATERPILLAR 1997 model 980G loader in good operating condition. Tires at 85%. New bucket. Fob Dawson City, $95,000. jonathanganter@hotmail.com 780-289-4989 WANTED: CATERPILLAR 769C or later or 773B or later rock truck. Will consider any location or cond. jonathanganter@hotmail.com 780-289-4989.
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
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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
TENT HANGAR at YXY, price reduced to $20,000 obo. Bruce @ 334-3153
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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
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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
2013 SKANDIC Wide-track 600 E-TEC, full under-body skid plate, front bush bumper & rear HD bumper, good cold-weather start, exc cond, $11,500. Frank 390-2075
HOLSET BD diesel upgraded turbo for 5.9 Common rail Dodge Cummins diesel. Low hrs/miles. 40 plus PSI supports stock & over 450 HP applications. 633-6502
2003 GMC Sierra 4X4, burgundy, 4 door, running boards, tunnel cover, great truck for winter, $7,000 obo. 335-7799
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
2 TIRES, Uniroyal Laredo P245/70R16. 70%, $60. Daniel @ 668-4104
SET OF 31x10.5 R15 Nokian Natiiva mud + snow tires on 6-bolt Toyota rims, c/w a spare, $350. Brandon 334-6705
2007 BUICK Rendezvous. Like new winter tires. Very nice family SUV. V-6 automatic transmission, 4 door. Front wheel drive. 2,750 obo. 333-9084
Motorcycles & Snowmobiles
M1000, 2009 Arctic Cat, Sno Pro, 162 track, 2000 miles, lots of extras, $4,400. 334-3500
We Sell Trucks!
2008 JEEP Compass North 4wd, 2.4 ltr auto sunroof, heatted seats, 83,000km, very clean, reduced to $9,000. 668-7455
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
2004 SUBARU STI, 100,000 km, $12,000 obo. 668-5085
SYNTHETIC 5W40 oil, 5 gallon, $120 obo. 668-5085
2007 CHEVROLET Express 3500 15 passenger bus, white, winter tires, automatic, electric side door, runs great, new battery, well maintained, $10,000 obo. 336-1502
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4 LT 265-70-17 Firestone Enforcers, approx 80% tread left, new price $275, asking $95 ea. 333-0717
1999 TOYOTA Rav 4, AWD, 160,000 miles, 4-dr, standard, new tires, $3,500 obo. 667-6726
Diamond
1993 CHEVY Silverado 4X4 half-ton, needs some work such as new transmission, about 300,000kms, good for rebuild or for parts, $1,500 obo. 393-2630
2003 MITSUBISHI Lancer. Looks and runs good, $2,599. Al 333-1482
2002 VW Golf 4 door, 2L gas, pwr, heated seats, automatic. Fully serviced & tuned, new transmission, new winter tires, new muffler. Inspection inclĘźd, $5,000. 334-5297
Sweet Pea
1995 FORD F250, 5 spd, 6-cyl, plywood boxes on bedrails, plywood sliding bed cover, good work truck, $1,500. Daniel @ 668-4104
4 P235-65-17 Fulda tires, German made, 90% tread left, new price $250 ea, less than 2,000kms, asking $95 ea. 333-0717
2003 VW Jetta TDI, new turbo, rebuilt engine, new clutch, upgraded injectors, low profile wheels. $6500 invested, asking $7,000 obo. 334-5297
Kooda
1996 PLYMOUTH Voyager van, vg condition, clean and smooth, 280,000km, tinted windows, $2,600 obo. 322-1476
2003 KIA Rio. Studded winter tires. Runs and looks good. 5 speed manual transmission. 234,000 kms. Asking $2,000 obo. 334-8205
2003 OLDSMOBILE Alero. Runs well, $1,250 obo as is. 334-3174
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2000 TOYOTA Tundra pickup, runs great, no issues, new sprayed in bedliner, recent repair to transfer case, 268,000 kms, $5,900 firm. 689-2474
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1987 FORD Econo Van camper, fridge, stove, washroom, cabinets, furnace, everything works, 351 V8, 80,000 kms, $7,000 obo. 334-5199 FLAT BED 2-place tilt deck, new 1" PT decking, new rubber/spare, 9 welded anchors, ski-bars, new jack, stone guard, moving, must sell, $1,650 obo, can accept credit cards. 519-854-1300
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 HOME BUILT camper, plywood construction, polystyrene insulation, peaked metal roof, lots of headroom, solid design & construction, fits full size truck, $1,500. Daniel @ 668-4104
Coming Events ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail 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 YUKON ORIENTEERING Association AGM 7pm Wednesday, January 20 in Boardroom #2 at Sport Yukon. All members are welcome to attend. KIDS KREATE, free family art class at the Yukon Arts Centre, January 24 from 1–4pm, watercolour painting, registration not required. Call 393-7109 for more information HORAIRE PISTE Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage sauf du 8 au 10 et du 29 au 31 janvier. activities non motorisees. 867-667-3910 CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-motorized weekend: Jan 8-10 & 29-31. Other weekends & weekdays: Multi-Use. For info: 867-667-3910 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 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.
YUKON NEWS ACTIVE TRAILS Whitehorse Association monthly meeting Tuesday, Jan 12 7 pm at Sport Yukon Boardroom #1. All welcome. Visit www.activetwa.org. DANCE G A T H E R I N G , a monthly let-loose-shake-it-move-stretch-sweat-smile evening. Mix of world beat, rock, blues, electronica. Entrance by donation. Jan 9 @ 302 Strickland, 8-930pm. whitehorsedancegathering@gmail.com CARBON HILL Race Day, Sunday, January 17th, Mt Lorne Community Hall. 35 miles, 10 miles dog sled & skijor, 6 mile recreation class, 100 yards kids dash. Info: https://dpsay.wordpress.com or facebook SHARE THE LOVE Feb 13. Gala event supporting Little Footprints Big Steps work in Haiti. Morgan Wienberg will be sharing, youth musicians, silent auction. Tickets Deans Music & Strings or 334-3928.
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YUKON FILM Society Special General Meeting (By-law Review), Thursday, January 21 @ 5:15pm, 212 Lambert Street, 2nd Flr. Info: 867-393-3456
PARENTING OR caring for a child, youth or adult with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder? Share your experiences, wisdom & knowledge Thursday, Jan 28, at the FASSY office 4041B 4th Ave, 6:30pm.
WHITEHORSE G E N E R A L Hospital Women's Auxiliary monthly meeting Monday January 11th, 7:30pm, at WGH. New members welcome. Info: 667-2087
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
BARN DANCE, Old Fire Hall, Saturday January 16, 7:30pm, featuring Bob Kuiperʼs Barn Dance Band & the Fiddleheads. Adults $10, youth $5, families $25, at the door
COFFEE HOUSE Folk Night Fundraiser: Jan 23, 7 pm @ Whitehorse United Church. Support local musicians and the Girl Guides of Canada at this relaxed acoustic music night. Tickets $5 at door. WHITEHORSE CONCERTS presents: Acclarion: clarinet and accordion duo at The Yukon Arts Centre on Saturday, January 16th. Concert begins at 8 pm. Contact: steve@whitehorseconcerts.com COFFEE HOUSE Sat. Feb 6. Featuring: Yk Women in Music + the Open Stage. Help set up 6pm + open stage sign-up, 7:30pm show. $5 bsmt United Church, 6th+ Main. 633-4255
KLUANE MOUNTAIN June 10-12. Weekend Super Passes ($350) Strings, Whitehorse, Haines Junction yukonbluegrass.com
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LOOKING FOR a fun volunteer opportunity for 2016? How about Motherʼs Against Drunk Driving (MADD)? Please call 867-333-6322 or email maddwhitehorse@gmail.com for more information. Next meeting January 12, 2016.
RESTRICTED FIREARM safety course presented by Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Saturday, January 16. For more info call 334-1688 or 667-6728 NON-RESTRICTED FIREARM safety course presented by Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club January 23 & 24. For more info please call 334-1688 JACK HULLAND School Council is holding it's Regular Council Meeting on January 6, 2016 at 7:00pm in the School Library. Everyone is welcome FREE EVENT "Connecting Through Stories" Sunday, January 10 at Well Read Books, 1pm. Patrick Colfer and Ellen Davignon share stories to warm the heart and lift the spirit. Refreshments served. VOCAL JAZZ extraordinaire. Karin Plato, Steve Maddock, Old Fire Hall, Friday, January 15, 7:30pm. Sponsored by Jazz Yukon DOWNTOWN URBAN Gardenerʼs Potluck & Social at 6 pm on Thursday, January 21st, AGM at 7-8:30 pm. Upstairs room at Maryhouse at 504 Cook. Info: Randy 633-4379 YRTA (YUKON Retired Teachers) Breakfast on Tuesday January 12th, 9:30am, at Main St. Grill. Guests welcome. Info: 667-2644
U14 STRIKERS soccer team bottle drive fundraiser Sunday, January 10, 10am-2pm in Porter Creek to lessen cost of travel to Calgary & ultimately Greenland.
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 F.H. COLLINS School Council regular meeting is being held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in the new school. Everyone welcome COME SING with the Whitehorse Community Choir. African music will be featured this term. Register at Whitehorse United Church, Monday Jan 11& 18th, 7:00 pm, Whitehorse United Church. PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, January 11th, 5:15 pm at the Guild Hall. All Welcome. Come show your support. Info 633-4829 HOOTENANNY & Dance, Hank Karr & Friends, January 22, 2016, 7 - 10 pm, Elks Hall, Tickets @ 3Beans, $25. Support Yukoners Cancer Care Fund
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PUBLIC TENDER STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPPLY OF CISCO NETWORK EQUIPMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 28, 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 Bill Stonehouse at bill.stonehouse@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. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF 2 – ž TON EXTENDED CAB 4WD, C/W 102� CONTRACTOR’S SERVICE BODY Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 27, 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 Bill Stonehouse at bill.stonehouse@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. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST REMOVAL OF EXISTING HOUSE AND PREPARE LOT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION MAYO, YUKON Yukon Housing Corporation is requesting information for the removal of an existing home in preparation for new construction located at 502 1st Ave Mayo, YT This EOI is not a tender and will not be used to evaluate, select, or pre-qualify vendors for a future competitive procurement process, if any. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title and will be received at: Hard copies only may be mailed or hand delivered to Yukon Housing Corporation, (867) 667-5759, 410H Jarvis St. Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H5 The closing date for submissions is before 3:00 PM on January 21, 2016. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at (867) 667-5795. Interested parties may obtain information from www.hpw.gov. yk.ca/tenders/tms.html Interested parties may obtain the information package from www. hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/ or by contacting the Yukon Housing Corporation.
Services LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 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 ELECTRICIAN •Licensed •General Handyman Services •Light Carpentry, Drywall, etc •Free Estimates •10% SeniorĘźs 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 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 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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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS in Whitehorse
MONDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm New Beginnings Group (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. TUESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 7:00 pm Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (CM) 4141B - 4th Avenue & Jarvis 8:00 pm Ugly Duckling Group (CM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. WEDNESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm No PufďŹ n Group (CM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm Porter Creek Step Meeting (CM) 1607 Birch Street THURSDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 7:30 pm Polar Group (OM) (Porter Creek) Seventh Day Adventist Church 1609 Birch Street, downstairs FRIDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 1:30 pm Yukon Unity Group (OM) #4 Hospital Rd. (Resource Room) 8:00 pm Whitehorse Group (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. SATURDAY: 1:00 pm Detox Meeting (OM) Sarah Steele Bldg, 6118-6th Ave. (left side door) 2:30 pm Women’s Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital #5 Hospital Road (Board Room) 7:00 pm Hospital Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital #5 Hospital Road, boardroom SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Detox Meeting (OM) Sarah Steele Bldg, 6118-6th Ave. (left side door) 7:00 pm Hospital Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital #5 Hospital Road, boardroom OM - open mixed, includes anyone CM - closed mixed, includes anyone with a desire to stop drinking
www.aa.org CONFERENCE COORDINATOR FOR THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF FOREST MINISTERS MEETING 2016 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 27, 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 Finella Pescott at finella.pescott@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/
Energy, Mines and Resources
bcyukonaa.org AA 867-668-5878 24 HRS A DAY
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTRACT.
BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755
AL-ANON MEETINGS contact 667-7142
Has your life been affected by someone’s drinking???
WEDNESDAY
12:00 Noon Anglican Church on 4th & Elliott, Back Door Entrance
FRIDAY
7:00 PM Lutheran Church Basement Beginners Mtg (4th & Strickland) 8:00 PM Lutheran Church Basment Regular Mtg (4th & Strickland)
DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FOOD? Meetings
Mondays 7:30 p.m. 4071 4th Avenue PBZVLPO!HNBJM DPN t XXX PB PSH
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Anonymous MEETINGS: Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. <BYTE> Fridays 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 4071 - 4th Ave. <Many Rivers>
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. 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. Closing Date: January 14, 2016 at 4:00pm
For a copy of the tender, please call: 867-668-4118 or email info@yukonoutfitters.net
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.
ATLIN, B.C. Thursday
7:30PM 5 Mile Group (OM) Tlingit Cultural Centre 1-250-651-7799
BEAVER CREEK, YT Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
YUKON NEWS
Sports Equipment
Furniture
PACEMASTER GOLD treadmill, long track, incline capable, speed to 12 km/hr, $480 obo. 456-7030 for details
CLASSIC SOLID wood bedroom dresser and drawers, 69� long w/large mirror. 9 drawers. Will forward picture, $375. 633-3113
SKI BOOTS, sz 10, lightly used, high end Italian Lange, paid $400, asking $65. 399-3004 RALEIGH SERENGETI mountain bike, 20" frame, $100. Daniel @ 668-4104 CROSS C O U N T R Y skis, Rossignol non-wax, sz 7 ski boots, easy toe binding, $200 firm. 334-7405
CARCROSS, YT
Livestock
CARMACKS, YT
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
Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
DAWSON CITY, YT Thursday Friday Saturday
6:00PM Dawson City Hospital Room 2160 1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Dawson City Hospital Room 2160 7:00PM North Star Group (Open) Community Support Centre 1233-2nd Ave. (1st Floor) 1 -867-993-3734 or 993-5095
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
DESTRUCTION BAY, YT Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
FARO, YT Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre 1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
MAYO, YT Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
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
OLD CROW, YT Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
PELLY CROSSING, YT Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
ROSS RIVER, YT Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
Baby & Child Items
TESLIN, YT
Wednesday 7:00PM Soaring Eagles Group (Open) G Bldg, #4 McLeary Street 1-867-390-2065 Friday 1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre
CHILDRENĘźS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903
WATSON LAKE, YT
CAR (TODDLER) bed, exc condition, $60 obo. 393-2630
Friday
1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre (Downstairs)
1-PC BOYĘźS snowsuit, size 3T, Molehill brand, used twice, paid $120, asking $60. 393-2630
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Personals CITIZENS ON PATROL. Do you have concerns in your neighborhood & community? Be part of the solution! Volunteer valuable time to the C.O.P.S. program. With your eyes & ears we can help stomp out crime. Info: RCMP 867-667-5555 WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB December 29, 2015 1st - Bob Walsh & Bill Grandy 2nd - Noreen McGowan & Lorraine Hoyt 3rd - Mark Davey & Chris Bookless We play every Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the Golden Age Society. New players are welcome. For more information call 633-5352 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.co DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office
Childcare 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 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
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PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OUTDOOR CLOTHING Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 27, 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 David Knight at david.knight@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. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
Highways and Public Works
Water Source Location Point d’eau/Lieu
Type of Undertaking Type d’entreprise
Deadline for Comments 4:00pm Date limite pour commentaires, avant 16 h
Gerald T. & Elizabeth A. Ahnert
#24 Pup, Tributary of Right Fork, Hunker Creek
Placer
February 1, 2016
Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-456-3980.
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ADMINISTRATION FACILITY Kwanlin DĂźn First Nation (KDFN) is seeking qualified consultants to conduct preliminary planning work on a new administration facility. The work is intended to identify the future office space requirements of a new building, develop a viable functional program for the facility and assess potential building locations. The complete Request for Proposal (RFP) package may be obtained from the KDFN Economic Development Department at the Kwanlin DĂźn main administration building. Sealed proposals may be mailed or delivered to: Kwanlin DĂźn First Nation, ATTENTION: Les Wilson 35 McIntyre Drive, Whitehorse Yukon, Y1A 5A5
Proposals, completed in accordance with the instructions in the RFP Package, must be received by 4 p.m. PST on January 22, 2016. Questions relating to this RFP may be directed to Les Wilson at tel: (867) 633-7813, or by email at Les.Wilson@kdfn.net The lowest bid will not necessarily be accepted.
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Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations à l’Office avant la date limite indiquÊe sur le prÊsent avis. Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de l’Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrÊtariat de l’Office au 867-456-3980.
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FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office
HAY FOR SALE •Dry bales kept under a shelter •Great quality hay 60-70 lb bales, $10 633-4496 or mikeandastra@me.com
HAINES JUNCTION, YT Friday
BONDED LEATHER theatre style 3 seat reclining couch with storage arms & cup holders. Colour black, $200. 667-6562
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For application forms and/or for more information, please visit our website at www.cyfn.ca or contact Wendy Risby at (867) 393-9204 or by e-mail at boardsandcommittees@cyfn.net .
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