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Chamber of mines takes dig at assessors Complaints come even though Northern Cross and Casino fall within new, tighter timelines.

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A tanker truck rolled over on the Dempster Highway Wednesday afternoon near Eagle Plains, spilling about 200 litres of diesel fuel onto the road.

Environment Yukon officials say the oil tanker was carrying about 13,000 litres of diesel when it overturned at Kilometre 382 of the Dempster Highway, about 13 km north of Eagle Plains. “I can tell you that no diesel made its way into any water source. I believe the Eagle River is about 5 km south of that area, but no other major water sources are nearby, nor did any contents reach any,� spokesperson Eric Clement said in an email.

None of the diesel even made it as far as the ditch, Clement said. A second tanker was

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Outfitter Alan Young has announced he will seek the Liberal nomination for Lake Laberge.

Young said he wants to help build a healthy economy in the Yukon. “With genuine and honest management, the Yukon can be an absolutely unique, profitable and healthy destination for residents and investors alike – I want to see this happen,� he said in a news release. “Having been self-employed I know what it takes to accomplish this goal.�

He also said he wants to improve the Yukon government’s relationship with First Nations.

Young is also concerned about local issues in Lake Laberge, including the subdivision of lots. “Local issues and a lack of will to solve them have actually been a big factor in my decision to run,� he said in the release.

Young has worked in wilderness outfitting for 35 years, and has served as the president of the Yukon Outfitters’ Association.

He currently offers trips in the Peel watershed, and has been a vocal critic of the government’s approach to negotiating the Peel watershed land use plan.

In 2012, he published a heated letter in the News, in which he wrote that he was “appalled and disgusted� with the government for its “lack of forthrightness and integrity� concerning the plan.

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A tanker truck carrying 13,000 litres of diesel overturned on the Dempster Highway Wednesday afternoon, spilling about 200 litres of fuel. brought in and the fuel left in the tank was pumped off.

Environment Yukon’s spill report line was called at 2:40 p.m.

Workers from the highway grader camp at Eagle Plains responded with a spill kit.

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Alberta-based Environmental Refuelling Systems.

The road north of Eagle Plains was reopened as of Thursday morning. It had been closed because of a blizzard further north.

“Industrial access and road development in one of the last intact environmental ecosystems of the world is totally unacceptable to me,� he wrote.

Young said he’s able to run for office because his two children are now looking after his business interests.

Lake Laberge is currently held by Justice Minister Brad Cathers, who won in 2011 with 52 per cent of the vote.

Young declined to speak with the News about his decision to seek the Liberal nomination, saying he took issue with an unspecified story this reporter once published.

kon’s women’s groups. “Even though most victims of sexualized assault in Yukon know their assailant (92 per cent), sexualized assaults of this nature do occur,� it said. “If women need support please contact the Women’s Advocate at Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre at 867-667-2693, Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society 24 hour crisis line at 867- 668-5733 or Victim Services at 867-667-8500.�

Whitehorse RCMP can be reached at 867-667-5555.

(Maura Forrest) Woman grabbed and sexually assaulted in van RCMP are investigating a sexual assault that took place in Whitehorse at about 8 p.m. Wednesday.

The victim told police she was forced into a beige minivan with tinted windows, possibly downtown, and assaulted by two unknown men. Afterwards the attackers let her go.

The suspects are described as Caucasian, one with blond hair and the other with dark-coloured hair. “We’re still in the preliminary stages of this investigation,� Insp.

Archie Thompson of the Whitehorse RCMP said in a statement. “We encourage anyone with any information to please come forward.�

The police press release includes a comment from a number of Yu-

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(Ashley Joannou) Kevin Barr repays outstanding property taxes NDP MLA Kevin Barr has repaid the property taxes he owed the Yukon government for 2015, according to an NDP spokesperson.

As of Jan. 3 this year, Barr owed a total of $1,478.03 for two lots he owns at Crag Lake, near Carcross.

This outstanding amount, which was due on July 2, was recently published in a government advertisement. “As soon as Mr. Barr was made aware of this outstanding amount from the last fiscal year, he promptly paid it in full,� NDP spokesperson Mike Fancie said in an email. “Barr is currently not in debt to the government.�

Last week, Barr announced his plan to run for re-election in Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes in this year’s territorial election campaign.

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Assessments of Casino, Northern Cross followed Bill S-6’s tighter timelines America’s Yukon Queen II riverboat, which was pulled out of News Reporter service in 2012 in part because the he Yukon Chamber of Mines company saw no end in sight to an ongoing YESAB review process. says the territory’s assess“It’s been a repeating pattern ment board has “systemic of behaviour here,” Hartland said. flaws” and has shown it’s incaHe also said he believes the public pable of reviewing projects with “procedural consistency and clear trust in YESAB is being eroded.

This has been a repeated refrain timelines.” from the chamber of mines over But it insists that the controthe last several years. In October versial Bill S-6, which did impose 2014, Hartland told the Senate fixed timelines on Casino and committee reviewing proposed Northern Cross, isn’t relevant to amendments to the Yukon Envithis issue at all.

The chamber published a news ronmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act that mining release this week, responding to companies felt they were being recent decisions by the Yukon En“assessed to death.” vironmental and Socio-economic At the time, he said the act was Assessment Board to bump two “very progressive when it was first high-profile projects – Northern Cross’s oil-and-gas drilling project introduced,” but had since become near Eagle Plains and the proposed subject to “a very punitive type of interpretation.”

Casino copper and gold mine – to In June 2015, Bill S-6 became higher levels of assessment.

The chamber’s executive direc- law, and fixed timelines were tor, Samson Hartland, pointed out imposed on every project YESAB was assessing, including Casino that both projects had been in the and Northern Cross. The board assessment process for about two was given nine months to review years when the decisions were projects at the designated office made, which he called an “inordilevel, like Northern Cross, and nate amount of time.”

16 months for those undergoing “What we’ve seen in the last executive committee screening, five years is a deterioration that’s including Casino. However, those crossed across all sectors, and regardless of the size of an applica- timelines weren’t retroactive for projects already in the system, tion.” meaning the clock started for He said there are other exNorthern Cross and Casino after amples of YESAB taking longer than it should, including Holland June 2015, even though both Maura Forrest

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Yukon Chamber of Mines executive director Samson Hartland says Yukon’s assessment process is inconsistent and inefficient. proposals were submitted back in 2014.

Still, estimates from YESAB spokesperson Rob Yeomans show the board took just over eight months to assess Northern Cross’s proposal before referring the project to executive committee screening.

It took just over 11 months to decide that the Casino mine would need a panel review, the highest level of assessment. The

amount of time the companies took to respond to requests from the board isn’t included in the timelines, which accounts for both projects stretching out over about two years.

That means that even if Bill S-6 timelines had been in place back in 2014, the process for Northern Cross and Casino might not have been any faster.

Hartland, however, said the issues he’s raising about efficiency,

consistency and timelines have “nothing to do with S-6.”

“It’s not about the legislation, it’s about the culture,” he said. “You can’t legislate culture or interpretation.”

That’s quite a change in tone from a letter he published about Bill S-6 in the News in September 2014, which appeared to say just the opposite.

In light of often lengthy review processes, he wrote, “it reminds us of the need for legislative and regulatory improvements to prevent this punitive process from heading down a potentially destructive path.”

Hartland said the chamber will be raising its concerns with all levels of government in the coming weeks, and will be proposing solutions, though he wouldn’t say what those non-legislative solutions might be.

Statistics available from YESAB’s website do not appear to show any increase in the average time required to complete an assessment between 2011 and 2015, but do not include data from before 2011.

Yukon MP Larry Bagnell campaigned on a promise to repeal four controversial amendments in Bill S-6, including the fixed timelines. The Liberal government has yet to follow through on that promise.

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First Nations corporations say too many contracts leave the Yukon costs than a larger company like Parsons, which means it’s often difficult for them to place competitive bids. ritics are saying the Yukon He was also skeptical that Pargovernment’s decision sons will be able to break even on to award a four-year care its bid. He wonders if the comand maintenance contract for pany might be using the contract the abandoned Faro mine site to as a loss leader to build up its an Outside company is the latest reputation in the Yukon. indication that local contractors Other recent projects that aren’t being given a fair shake. have gone to Outside contracThe contract went to Calgary- tors include the new F. H. Collins based Parsons Corporation, even school, the Whitehorse Genthough two Yukon companies eral Hospital expansion and the connected to First Nations devel- Whistle Bend continuing care opment corporations also placed facility. bids.

Lynn Hutton, president of the “I don’t feel very good about Yukon First Nation Chamber of it,” said Paul Gruner, CEO of Commerce and CEO of Chief Castle Rock Enterprises, one of Isaac Inc., said it’s not just the Yuthe local contractors that bid kon government that’s awarding on the project. “We simply can’t contracts to Outside companies. compete.”

She said the mining industry At $14.4 million, Parsons’ bid often does the same thing. was one of the lowest the govern“I think that we’ve got to stop ment received. Castle Rock Engiving our tax base to Alberta,” terprises, whose parent company Hutton said. “It feels that the is Champagne and Aishihik First larger contracts are continually Nation’s Dakwakada Developgoing to southern companies.” ment Corporation, bid $18.4 Hutton worries that current million. economic conditions in Alberta Dena Cho Environmental and mean that Outside companies Remediation, a Kaska company, are more likely to look to the bid $21.2 million.

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Gruner said small Yukon Both she and Gruner said the contractors have higher overhead best way to give local contracMaura Forrest News Reporter

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tors a fighting chance is to break apart big contracts into smaller pieces that could be managed by smaller Yukon companies.

Gruner also suggested that the Yukon could focus more on renovating and retrofitting existing government buildings, and not just on new builds. He said those kinds of contracts are likely to be more manageable for smaller companies.

He and Hutton both pointed out that the Umbrella Final Agreement specifies that the Yukon “shall, where reasonable, make best efforts to structure contracts, on both settlement land and non-settlement land, so that they are of a size manageable by small businesses.”

“I think we’ve got to get away from cost versus value,” Hutton said. “There’s value in supporting locals.”

Yukon is a signatory to Canada’s Agreement on Internal Trade, a free-trade agreement between the provinces and territories. But Gruner pointed to the Northwest Territories, which is also a signatory to the agreement. The territory has a business incentive policy that gives preference to companies owned and operated in the N.W.T. “The question that comes up

again is, ‘Why is it that the Yukon has free, open barriers, and the territory right next to us has favourable conditions?’”

In fact, Yukon does have its own business incentive program, but it’s open to all contractors that hire Yukon residents and use Yukon products, not just to Yukon companies.

But Patricia Randell, director of the assessment and abandoned mines branch of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, said the decision to award the Faro contract to Parsons wasn’t just based on money.

She said 60 per cent of the evaluation of the bids was based on technical capability, and 40 per cent on cost. She said technical capacity depends partly on the company’s experience on similar projects and its understanding of the scope of work of the contract.

“Parsons does have experience on similar contracts,” she said.

She also suggested that this contract would have been difficult to break up, since it was “important to have continuity in the contract” for safety reasons.

She said the contract contains “key objectives” related to training and employment for Yukon

businesses and First Nations, though she didn’t provide any details.

During the fall session of the legislative assembly, Public Works Minister Scott Kent said numerous times that “14 of the last 15 major capital works projects from 2010 to 2015 have been awarded to local general contractors,” with the exception of the new F. H. Collins school. He also said close to 74 per cent of the labour on F. H. Collins was local.

But Liberal Leader Sandy Silver said he wants to see the numbers.

“As far as the amount of money that was put toward that project, how much of it stayed in the Yukon?” he said in an interview with the News.

Hutton also said she’d like to collect more data about which companies Yukon contracts are going to, and how many local workers and First Nations businesses are being hired.

But she said she feels confident that the government is listening.

“I think government’s open to talking about it. Only time will tell whether we get through or not.”

Contact Maura Forrest at maura.forrest@yukon-news.com

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ukon’s economy is set to grow this year, but the possible closure of the Minto mine in 2017 means the territory’s economic future is still unclear.

Those are the findings of the Conference Board of Canada’s latest territorial outlook.

The report predicts that Yukon’s economy will grow by 2.6 per cent in 2016, after three consecutive years of declining GDP. The growth is largely the result of activity at the Minto mine, where output is expected to increase by 5.4 per cent in 2016. Higher-grade ore is supposed to be mined from the Minto North deposit starting partway through this year.

The report estimates that Yukon’s economy will continue to

grow for the foreseeable future.

But those projections were completed before Minto’s announcement last month that it will likely go into temporary closure in April 2017.

That closure could mean the economy will shrink instead of grow in 2017, said Elise Martin, an economist with the Conference Board of Canada’s forecasting and analysis division.

“It’s going to be a really big impact, but I cannot quantify it at the moment,” she said.

Martin said it’s especially difficult to make accurate predictions about the territories, because a single mine opening or closing can have a huge impact on the economy.

“It makes it difficult to forecast because it’s really volatile, and it’s linked to commodity prices,” she

said.

Though the numbers may change, the report predicts that Yukon’s economy will grow by 5.8 per cent per year from 2020 to 2025, thanks to the development of the Coffee, Selwyn and Eagle projects.

“Those three projects are the ones that are advancing despite a difficult financing environment,” Martin said. “It’s not something that happens to every company in the current financing environment.”

However, she cautioned that Selwyn Chihong’s recent decision to delay plans to develop its mine by at least a year came too late to be considered in this analysis.

Western Copper and Gold’s Casino project and Alexco’s Keno Hill properties were not included in the forecast, because they

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“We forecast overnight visits to the Yukon to increase by 2.5 per cent in 2016,” she said.

The territory is also expected to gain 100 jobs in 2016, though it lost 500 last year.

The report predicts that Yukon’s population will grow steadily, to about 42,300 people in 2030. But the population will also age rapidly, with people aged 65 and older increasing to 20.7 per cent of the population in 2030 from 10.9 per cent today.

Despite the mining slowdown, Yukon’s outlook is brighter than that of the other territories this year. GDP in 2016 is expected to grow by just 0.7 and 1.2 per cent in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, respectively.

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“were not gaining traction with investors,” Martin said.

The report also finds that there will be little growth in the construction industry for the next few years, though mine development should create a spike in construction jobs between 2019 and 2022.

However, the report notes that Yukon’s record $312-million capital budget in 2015-16 is helping to offset the current slowdown in the mining industry.

It refers specifically to the new F. H. Collins school, the new MRI unit and emergency room expansion at the Whitehorse General Hospital and the planned 150-bed continuing care facility in Whistle Bend as important projects for Yukon’s economy.

Martin also said that tourism is a bright spot for the Yukon, thanks to the weak Canadian dollar and

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Whitehorse’s Days Inn. The deal isn’t finalized yet, but if everything goes as planned Holloway should take over at the end of March.

Holland America spokesperson Erik Elvejord said the company will continue to provide marketing support to the Westmark Whitehorse – which will keep its name – but will have no other operational ties.

This year Holland America is offering nearly 250 trips that include the Yukon. There are similar plans for 2017 and onward, Elvejord said.

Trips into the territory are part of what makes Holland America different from other similar companies.

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Tourists visiting Whitehorse with Holland America will still stay at the Westmark, even after Holland America gives up ownership.

Holland America still owns hotels in Dawson City and Skagway.

The company used to have a much larger presence in the territory. It used to operate the Yukon Queen II riverboat between Dawson City and Eagle, Alaska, but in 2012 the company decided to pull the boat out of operation, in part because of a lengthy environmental assessment review.

Also in 2012, Westmark sold the Klondike Inn, which became a Ramada. The property was sold again in 2015, this time to Holloway, to become a Days Inn. The Beaver Creek Westmark was closed in 2013.

Michael Rapps, chairman of Holloway Lodging, said it made sense to increase the company’s presence in Whitehorse by buying a second hotel.

“It’s a very nice, attractive market, and this complements the portfolio of us, and it also adds some economy of scale within the Whitehorse market.”

Holloway Lodging has hotels in northern Canada, including in Yellowknife.

“It adds diversification to our portfolio,” Rapps said.

“We have quite a bit of exposure to markets in Alberta, which are subject to oil and gas prices, markets in northern Ontario, which are subject to commodity prices, and these provide a different type of exposure more to tourism activity and things of that nature.”

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Yukon cans involved in Alberta recycling scam Between January 2012 and January 2013 the company imported News Reporter over eight million cans from the n Alberta recycling company Yukon, according to documents is appealing a fine it received filed with the Environmental Appeals Board. last year for cashing in on The beverage containers were beverage containers that came from purchased from Raven Recycling Raven Recycling in Whitehorse. and shipped to a warehouse in Alberta Reclaim and Recycling Edmonton, where the large bales Company and its directors have been slapped with an $844,778 fine were disassembled, sorted and brought to the Andrew Bottle Depot for collecting refunds on out-offor return. province beverage containers.

The Alberta Reclaim and RecyThe fine includes $75,000 as a base penalty, and $769,778 for “eco- cling Company operated the bottle depot as well. nomic benefits assessment,� acThese beverage containers were cording to Gilbert Van Nes, general then introduced into the deposit recounsel with the Environmental fund system as if they were Alberta Appeals Board. beverage containers through the “The idea is to eliminate the Andrew Bottle Depot. economic gain that’s achieved “Alberta Reclaim and Recycling by violating the (Environmental Protection and Enhancement) act,� Company received a significant economic benefit by importing he said. “It’s so people don’t simply write beverage containers into Alberta it off. If you’re making $100,000 do- from Yukon and circumventing the ing something and you get a $5,000 legislated deposit system in place in Alberta,� the document reads. The fine, it’s not a big deal.� number of containers processed The owners of the company, through the bottle depot between Johnny Ha and Shawn Diep, have January 2012 and January 2013 appealed the penalty. increased by more than 1,000 per Van Nes said the preferred cent, according to the EAB documethod of dealing with an appeal ments. is through mediation. Talks were It went from processing 564,000 going well for a while, he added, but ultimately broke down. containers in 2010 to 6.4 million in Myles Dolphin

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Yukon Party launches youth caucus Three young political enthusiasts have created a Yukon Party youth caucus, and are hoping to encourage other young people to get involved in politics.

Madison Pearson, Caitlin Irvine and Kelsey Hassard developed the idea and will sit as co-chairs. “We believe that there are a lot of youth out there who share the values of the Yukon Party and appreciate what we’re trying to do for the Yukon,� said Hassard, 21, who’s been a member of the party since she was 16.

She said the Yukon Party values

relevant to young people include job creation and improvements to housing and education. “We want to engage youth in politics and the voting process.�

She said the youth caucus members will also work with the Yukon Party chief of staff and the cabinet office to try and implement their ideas.

So far, though, the three cochairs are the sole members of the youth caucus. They plan to organize at least one meet-and-greet to attract some new recruits. They also have a Yukon Party Youth Caucus Facebook page. “We’re excited about this initiative, and we’re hoping that it will

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Companies like Alberta Reclaim and Recycling act as “brokers� for Raven, Snyder said, the middle men between recycling processors and factories.

But that’s not how it’s done in other Canadian jurisdictions. Larger provinces have their own internal supply chains.

Snyder said she often has to search for the broker who can give her the best price for her product. “Sometimes we send our aluminum cans to our scrap metal broker in Vancouver,� she said. “You have a number of brokers, Joel Krahn/Yukon News they give you their best price, and you go with the best deal.�

An Alberta recycling company is being fined for cashing in out-ofSnyder said it might change the province beverage containers it purchased from Raven Recycling way Raven does business in the between 2012 and 2013. future.

Raven’s plastics, for example, penalty on the grounds that there 2011, and 6.6 million in 2012. are shipped to Merlin Plastics in wasn’t enough evidence to conThe scam was only discovered Vancouver, one of the government’s clude the size of the economic after Canada immigration officials processors for beverage containers. benefit assessment fine. were tipped off that illegal immi“We can choose to use those They also say there wasn’t grants had been working there. processors,� Snyder said, “and that’s enough evidence to conclude the The company was charged with something that, now that I know cans entered the Alberta beverage 13 counts of accepting containabout this (scam), I would do in the container recycling system. They ers that were transported from the are requesting the economic benefit future.�

Yukon into Alberta and returning assessment penalty to be removed them for a refund.

Alberta Reclaim and Recycling They were also charged with two in its entirety, or failing that, reis scheduled to appear before the duced significantly. counts of operating a bottle depot Alberta Environmental Appeals Joy Snyder, executive director of Board on April 22. without a permit.

Raven Recycling, said the news was The owners of Alberta Reclaim Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com disappointing to learn. and Recycling are appealing the generate the interest that we want,� said Pearson, 24.

The group is open to all Yukoners under the age of 30. Hassard said caucus members will need to become Yukon Party members, but those who don’t can still attend events.

She said anyone interested should contact the co-chairs through Facebook or by emailing admin@ypyouthcaucus.com.

(Maura Forrest) Construction ramping up at Whitehorse General Hospital The Yukon Hospital Corporation has announced a busy construction

schedule at Whitehorse General Hospital from March until July as work proceeds to expand the facility, including construction of a new emergency room.

In March the old ambulance station, which sits on part of where the hospital will be expanded, will be demolished. The expansion area will be fenced off for work to the exterior of the existing building.

By May, fencing will go around the main hospital site. The bus stop will be moved to the east side of the hospital. Public parking and access to the hospital won’t change.

In July, paved parking areas for patients and visitors will be built in front of the hospital. While this

work, expected to take eight weeks, is being done, public parking will be moved to marked, nearby areas.

The plan is to keep the public up-to-date on the progress via the hospital’s website.

The hospital expansion is slated to cost $72 million, which includes the cost of the MRI facility that was completed in January last year.

Along with the new emergency department, which will have 17 beds instead of 10, a new second floor space is also being built. The expansion is expected to be complete by the fall of 2017 and open to the public by early 2018.

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ollowing the Yukon Chamber of Mines’ warning about the slow-as-molasses speed of the territory’s regulatory regime, something clearly must be done. We propose nothing less than a comprehensive federal review of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act, involving First Nations, the Yukon government, miners and others affected. Ideally, a committee of federal legislators would visit Whitehorse before changing the law.

Hmm, what’s that? Oh dear. We’ve just been informed that such a review has, in fact, only recently been completed, and that the miners appeared at the time to get pretty much everything they wanted.

This was achieved, you may recall, after a spectacular torching of political capital by the miners’ Yukon Party and federal Conservative allies, who seemed to think it a smart move to introduce some contentious changes late in the game without giving Yukon’s First Nations much warning.

And, after all the hooting and hollering over Bill S-6, it seems that miners still consider Yukon’s regulatory regime to be as dreadful and pokey as it ever was. Well, how awkward.

What, then, to make of the current ruckus over the recent decision by assessors to punt on two significant projects? Well, as tempting as it is to take two events that occurred in close succession and declare them proof of an overarching trend, it may just be that both examples are special cases, and deserve to be treated as such. And given the big concerns raised in both cases, going slow probably makes sense.

Northern Cross finds itself in the frustrating position of considering whether to proceed with an expensive, time-consuming executive review, having been sent back to the start after completing a two-year designated office assessment. The big worry is that the company’s oil-and-gas exploration project may spook the Porcupine caribou herd enough that the animals stop migrating past the Dempster Highway, making the herd much more difficult to hunt. Given the profound cultural importance that the Gwich’in and other northern aboriginals place on harvesting the Porcupine herd, such worries must be taken seriously.

In hindsight, perhaps assessors should have held back the proposal at the early stage of adequacy review. Then again, assessors did badger the company to cough up more information on four occasions. And, had assessors been sticklers at that stage, they would surely have been accused by the chamber today of being a bunch of inflexible nitpickers.

What’s more, it almost certainly wasn’t obvious at the early stages of the review that the fate of the Porcupine caribou herd would become such a contentious issue for the project. That concern only seems to have come into focus during the cut-and-thrust of assessment, when First Nations and government departments weigh in with their worries and the company is able to respond.

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In a perfect world, assessors would have recognized the paucity of good information about how the herd would interact with an oil-and-gas project of this size and referred the project to an executive review considerably sooner. But, as things stand, assessors at the designated office level don’t have the power to do this until the end. As we’ve said in this space last week, that seems worth changing.

The Yukon government deserves some blame in all this, too. After all, it signalled after signing the North Yukon Regional Land Use Plan that it would make it a priority to collect baseline data on the Porcupine herd and compile best practices for oil-and-gas companies working near the animals, and yet much of this work remains unfinished. Those missing pieces of the puzzle could have given assessors the information they need to make an informed decision about the project’s risks. Given how the Yukon Party has proclaimed in recent years that it wants to create a local oil-and-gas industry, and has referred specifically to Eagle Plains as a promising spot, this seems like a big oversight.

Perhaps the best way forward for the company would be for it to break up its exploration plans into small enough chunks that it would not raise such big concerns, and hopefully not warrant an executive review. After all, the area has been home to oil-and-gas exploration since the late 1950s – just not at the scope proposed by Northern Cross now.

Then there’s Casino. Nobody should be surprised that a project of such monstrous size would end up being referred to the highest, and until now unused, level of assessment, although the company’s initial claims that it welcomed the decision are about as plausible as someone saying they’re pleased to undergo a root canal.

The decision to send Casino to the panel review certainly could have been done sooner than two years into a review – but it also could have been done later, to buy assessors

even more time.

As things stand, the panel review isn’t expected to have much of an impact on the assessment time, but it will result in many public meetings being held on the mine proposal. Remember how the campaign against fracking dominated the series of meetings held about oil-and-gas development in the Whitehorse trough? You can expect the Casino meetings to become similarly heated.

If Casino actually clears Yukon’s regulatory regime, and if the company actually secures $2.5 billion to build the mine – two mighty big ifs – it would profoundly change the territory.

It would be by far the biggest mine ever built in the Yukon, dwarfing the Faro mine in size and output.

Its construction, expected to require 1,000 workers over four years, would bring in a flood of Outside labourers. Once built, the mine’s 600-man camp would become one of the territory’s larger communities during the mine’s anticipated 22-year life.

According to an economic impact report produced by Casino, the project would generate $6.4 billion in benefits for the Yukon during its life, as well as $1.8 billion in royalties and taxes.

But the focus of the forthcoming meetings is sure to be how the mine would create a massive environmental liability, with an earthen tailings dam that would stand nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower. This dam would be expected to last, well, forever. And this is the same dam design that failed not long ago at Mount Polley.

If Casino’s dam similarly failed, it would disgorge massive amounts of acid-leaching crud into waterways that feed into the Yukon River. This, needless to say, would be a catastrophe for the river’s treasured salmon.

So, should we be concerned that Casino is receiving unprecedented scrutiny? Far from it. Instead, we should have been greatly worried if it didn’t.

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he recent brouhaha over the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board icing the puck on Northern Cross’s drilling application prompts an economic development idea.

On one hand, we can have some sympathy for Northern Cross after assessors at the Dawson City office told them, after a two-year process, that their application has to start again with an expensive, time-consuming executive committee review.

On the other hand, as last Friday’s Yukon News editorial pointed out, the Porcupine caribou herd is too important to risk if, as the Dawson YESAB office claims, we don’t have enough information on caribou and the environment to make a decision.

The problem is that we don’t know enough about the caribou and their environment now. How can we assess what impact more drilling might have on the caribou if we don’t know much about the current herd’s status and habits? And if the drilling goes ahead, how can we track how caribou numbers and migration patterns change if we don’t know what they’re doing right now?

This is what the experts mean by “baseline” data.

I suspect that everyone involved would agree that the best solution would be to get a time machine and go back 10 years to do a big program of baseline data gathering.

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Caribou pass through the Dempster Highway area in their annual migration. should have been spending a bigger portion of its billion-dollar transfer payment on baseline data collection over the last decade. If resource development is a priority, then spending on baseline data to help with the assessment process would make a lot of sense.

The Yukon government budget is about $450 million per year higher now than it was a decade ago. If even five or 10 per cent of that increase had been dedicated to baseline environmental research around the Yukon, we would know a lot more about the environment in the Dempster gas fields, central Yukon mines and southeast Yukon gas fields.

But we don’t have a time machine. The question is what we do now.

We need to avoid a repeat of the Northern Cross situation if we can. Otherwise, in 2021 we

will be reading that the Casino application has been put on hold because not enough baseline data was gathered in 2016.

Unfortunately, caribou don’t carry smartphones so we can’t just ask Google or the National Security Agency to track their behaviour.

So here’s an idea: stimulate the Yukon economy by hiring lots of people to do baseline research in regions where gas and mining YESAB applications are likely to occur. I don’t mean a million bucks. I mean a major program of tens of millions of dollars. If resource development is a priority, then allocating one to two per cent of our $1.2 billion budget to scientific research is worth doing.

First of all, this would be great for science. We need to know more about the Yukon’s environment, not just for resource development, but also to track climate

change impacts. It is also just a good idea in general, since much of the Yukon remains relatively unstudied by modern science.

The information would also allow us in the future to make much better decisions about projects with much less uncertainty.

Secondly, the Yukon economy is slow. Lots of wildlife biologists, hydrologists and other experts are being under-utilized. So are the people that cook their breakfasts, fly their equipment around and carry their samples up and down mountains. Better than having them sit idle, let’s get them in the field collecting data.

Thirdly, it could be our contribution to human knowledge, and a way to help other northern jurisdictions in the future. In the long run, it might even turn out that being the most intensively researched northern jurisdiction generated decades of benefits.

It would be great if we became a real environmental knowledge hub, with say 10 times more scientists than we have today. If they become as successful and respected in their fields as some current Yukon scientists are, these folks could attract research money from Outside foundations and do work around the world.

At the very least, this idea should be compared to the default Yukon government strategies of re-paving roads or hiring two per cent more people in each existing department.

Turner was aired on CBC some years ago and mentioned the culling of dogs in the mushing The Yukon Quest international industry. Hush, hush afterwards. dog race is built on the exploitaCBC has done a great job tion of dogs known as “sled dogs.” cheerleading, as I call it, for the Unknown numbers of dogs are mushing industry. Is it CBC’s bred in order to develop the permandate to promote and confect racing team. Tethering dogs, done the Yukon Quest? As a public usually by chain, is common pracbroadcaster, should your talking tice in the mushing world, and is heads be taking a position on inhumane. Are dogs and puppies the Yukon Quest by expressing routinely being culled/killed out their favourable views towards of the public eye, behind all the exploiting dogs? Is it above CBC to propaganda mush hoopla? answer questions posed to them Honesty, integrity and transby the public? The silence has parency are listed under the subtitle “core values” at the Yukon been deafening.

I find it appalling that society Quest’s web site. So why doesn’t profi ts in some form or another this organization post the realities from the use and abuse of dogs. of the mushing world?

The Quest organization should Slavery comes to mind.

Mushers should pull their require mushers to publicly disown sleds, if they’re such great close their culling practices. Does athletes. the Quest not care what mushers Abolish the Yukon Quest! For do in their dog yards? Where is the the dogs! “honesty, integrity and transparency” the Quest is referring to?

Mike Grieco Remember: Former musher Frank Whitehorse

Call the election now Open letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski: First, I wish to know how much it cost to produce the newspaper insert bragging about all your “accomplishments”?

It seems like you re-printed the headlines from all your press releases. Those releases make it sound like you and your government are the best friends First Nations ever had. Of course you did not mention the legal action on the Peel fiasco, your support and intervention on S-6 and your total disregard to the urgent issues facing those communities.

The deal you signed with the Kaska, giving them $3.3 million, is being rejected by the Liard First Nation’s membership. Your blind love to mining is not paying off, since all the mines have shut down, so you have wasted the millions you gave to pro-

mote mining in the Yukon.

The first picture in the brochure refers to building the new continuing care facility in Whistle Bend. The Yukon government has announced the cost of the facility to be $141 million. That is without the costs of the staff to run the facility. That is more than $1 million per person…

Give me my million dollars and I will move out of the Yukon!

Your brochure includes many half truths. You never mentioned that you have increased the debt Yukoners have to pay.

Really cute, when you had the hospital corporation borrowing the millions needed to build its hospitals in Watson and Dawson City, and had the Yukon Development Corporation borrow money to finance the new hydro projects and the LNG plant.

Yukoners now owe more than $150 million. Thank you for making the Yukon more dependent on Ottawa than when you got in. Call an election now.

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

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Changes made at La Loche high school to comfort students after deadly shooting as part of a new food program to make the school feel more LA LOCHE, Sask. homey.

They’ll also have four classice-principal Donna es a day instead of five, and will Janvier is slowly feeling more comfortable being be able to attend classrooms off the site if they don’t want to back inside the high school in La Loche, Sask., and hopes stu- be in the school.

“We know it will look differdents will be, too, when they ent,” Janvier said. “It will not return Friday. be back to regular routine, as Several changes have been we used to have it.” made to help ease children But she said she’s glad to be back into classes, which were back. cancelled five weeks ago after “And I’m really looking fora gunman walked into the ward to Friday when I see the school and opened fire, killing students.” a teacher and a teacher’s aide The staff members, some and wounding seven others.

Two teenage brothers were also wearing purple school hoodies, shot dead in a nearby home in said guest teachers from across the province are in La Loche to the remote Dene community. assist during the transition.

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The school’s main entrance, blasted with gunshot holes, is closed for the rest of the school year, but officials said it may be used later if it’s redesigned with new safety measures.

Six of the nine entrances at a separate building that houses elementary students have also been closed. Students there returned to regular classes Wednesday morning.

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Senate transformation to non-partisan chamber a work in progress, ministers say supposed to recommend potential nominees for appointment to the Senate, based on merit not partisanOTTAWA ship.

And it has established a twoenators hoping for details of phase process for filling vacancies in the Trudeau government’s the upper house – 23 of them at the plans to transform their muchmoment with another seat due to maligned parliamentary chamber fall empty within days. have been told effectively that it’s a In the first phase, the advisory work in progress. board is to recommend nominees to Democratic Institutions Minister fill five vacancies, one of which will Maryam Monsef and government House leader Dominic LeBlanc were be named “government representative� in the Senate. In the second grilled by senators late Wednesday phase, the board will refine its selecat a meeting of the Senate’s rules tion process, including accepting committee. applications from ordinary CanadiSenators wanted to know how ans, to fill the remaining vacancies their partisan chamber is supposed by the end of the year. to operate without a government LeBlanc said the government leader in the Senate, how they’re representative will “facilitate� getting supposed to hold the government to government legislation through the account, whether the government Senate. But whether the representawill appoint a whip and, if not, who tive will be answerable for the govwill assume the duties normally asernment during the Senate’s daily signed to that person. question period – as the government Monsef and LeBlanc acknowlSenate leader has traditionally been edged some matters have not yet – remains to be seen. been worked out.

In the absence of a government But in some instances, they said leader in the chamber, LeBlanc it’s up to senators themselves to noted that cabinet ministers have figure out how to change their rules begun appearing, at a rate of one a and procedures to accommodate week, for half-hour question periods the new reality: a Senate which in the Senate. Once a government Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is determined to transform into a non- representative has been named, he suggested some “hybrid� system for partisan, independent chamber of questioning the government could sober second thought. be developed.

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noted that there have so far been 12 sitting days in which senators have had no opportunity to question anyone connected to the government. “I think it’s subverting democracy not to allow us to ask tough questions for Canadians to hold the Trudeau government to account through Senate question period,� she said.

On the question of whether the government will appoint a Senate whip, who would ordinarily ensure that members of a partisan caucus vote according to the party line, LeBlanc said that’s not decided but it would seem to contradict the aim of reducing partisanship in the Senate.

He suggested a deputy government representative could take on other duties normally carried out by the whip, like assigning offices and parking spots.

Conservative Sen. David Tkachuk betrayed some frustration with the lack of precise answers. “It seems to me that the two of you should know all this,� he said. “This is a very unique experiment, I must say. But in the end, we’re going to have a for-government (caucus) and we’re going to have an against (government caucus), no matter what we’re called, it’s going to be a partisan parliamentary system in this place.�

LeBlanc disputed that assertion but conceded some of the hoped-for transformation depends on senators

themselves. He urged senators to propose amendments to the Parliament of Canada Act, which would be required to change rules and procedures that are all based on having partisan caucuses in the Senate.

Monsef said the first “transi-

tional� phase of the new appointment process was intended to allow the government to learn from the experience, iron out any kinks and improve the process. She urged senators to share their thoughts on potential improvements.

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Marijuana laws should be upheld, enforced, says Liberal pot point man Blair Kristy Kirkup Canadian Press

OTTAWA riminal Code provisions on marijuana must be upheld and enforced even as the government considers a legalized regime, says former Toronto police chief and Liberal MP Bill Blair.

Blair who has been tapped by the Trudeau government as the pot frontman, was among a group who spoke at an open Senate Liberal caucus meeting Wednesday focused on the legalization of marijuana.

Earlier this month, members of the police community – which Blair belonged to before starting his political career – said the discussion surrounding legalization had created confusion, especially for front line enforcement officers.

Blair, parliamentary secretary to the Justice minister, seemed to make a concerted effort to nip that in the bud on Wednesday.

Laws remain on the books, he said.

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Bill Blair speaks to reporters after appearing as a panelist at an open Liberal Senate caucus meeting and panel discussion on the legalization of marijuana on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday. ist, exist in this country and we are a … nation of laws,” Blair said. “Quite frankly, until those laws are repealed by Parliament through the appropriate processes, they should be upheld, they should be obeyed.”

Criminal sanctions should be eventually be replaced by a regulatory framework, Blair added.

The Liberal government has been under fire from critics, including outspoken marijuana activists like Jodie Emery, on the need to explore amnesty for those facing simple possession charges.

Sen. Jim Munson also raised the issue Wednesday, saying the government’s timing on legaliza-

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tion gives him pause, considering the Senate studied and recommended it some 14 years ago.

“In the interim, as everybody works on these issues, is that a possibility – that amnesty could be granted during this four-year term?” Munson asked.

Blair did not answer the question directly.

“We are going to take the time to do it right. … This is a complex issue,” Blair said. “In order to get this right, the government is undertaking a number of initial steps.”

The first step will be establishing a provincial, territorial and federal task force to hear from public health, substance abuse and public safety experts.

The details of the task force should be announced in the coming weeks, Blair said.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said the government should decriminalize marijuana right away.

“That could have been done

immediately, make sure nobody gets a criminal record because there are people being arrested now for simple possession,” he said outside the Commons. “So, let’s get it done.”

Blair may be driving home a message about unchanged laws but public perception certainly has shifted, Mulcair added.

“I think that we owe it to ourselves to be clear on this,” he said. “You can remove that criminal restriction right away.”

Clive Weighill, president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, also addressed the Senate Liberal caucus on Wednesday.

Almost all of the chiefs understand legalization is coming and can offer meaningful suggestions on how to proceed, Weighill said following the forum.

But he warned current expectations stretch beyond what can be achieved now.

“I’ve been very public about this,” he said. “I think the expectations are far outreaching the capability of the government to reach a conclusion on this … for us to have a crystal ball and say what the regulations are going to be in the future leaves us in a real grey area, so we have to rely on what we have for the laws right now.”

Tom Stamatakis, president of the Canadian Police Association, welcomed Blair’s remarks on the Criminal Code provisions that remain in effect.

“Front line police want to be constructive partners in modernizing Canada’s marijuana laws, but our members are the ones who are put in difficult positions when mixed messages are sent regarding the enforceability of current laws,” he said in a statement.

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Medical help in dying should be widely available, with few restrictions: report adults 18 years or older and â&#x20AC;&#x201C; after further consultations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; should be expanded to include â&#x20AC;&#x153;mature OTTAWA minorsâ&#x20AC;? within three years.

Moreover, it says the federal special parliamentary committee says medical as- government should work with sistance in dying should be the provinces to ensure medical made available with few obstacles assistance in dying is available in all publicly funded health care to Canadians who are suffering facilities and that any required from grievous and irremediable period of reflection be flexible, medical conditions that cause taking into account how rapidly a enduring suffering. patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s condition is progressing.

The committee, which introHealth care practitioners duced its long-awaited recomshould be able to refuse to promendations today, says that vide assistance but the committee should include people suffering says, at a minimum, conscienfrom both physical and psychotious objectors must provide an logical medical conditions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;effective referralâ&#x20AC;? for a patient And it says individuals diagwho asks for aid in dying. nosed with incurable conditions The committee says federal that are likely to cause loss of government should work with competence, such as dementia, the provinces to ensure, where should be able to make advance requests for medical assistance in possible, that requests for medical assistance in dying are made in dying.

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The West should have left Taliban alone and just hit al Qaida: former commander Murray Brewster Canadian Press

OTTAWA he West made a mistake deposing the Taliban regime in the aftermath of 9/11 and should have simply trained its guns on al-Qaida, says the Canadian commander who led NATO into southern Afghanistan a decade ago.

Retired major-general Dave Fraser commanded both the Canadian task force and the military alliance’s expanded mission to extend the authority of former Afghan president Hamid Karzai beyond the capital of Kabul in 2006.

At the time, it was just over four-and-a-half years into the Afghan war and three years into the larger, bloodier struggle in Iraq after the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

“We thought, naively, that regime change was the solution to the problem,” Fraser told The Canadian Press in an interview to mark the 10th anniversary of the Canadian combat deployment into Kandahar.

No one, back then, seemed to appreciate how profound the power vacuum was and that the West had “created for ourselves a 30- or 40-year problem” in not

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Canadian troops from 9 Platoon, C Company, PPCLI, patrol Afghan village of Zangadin for Taliban, on June 14, 2006. only Afghanistan, he said, but throughout the Middle East.

“Looking backwards, I would have actually left the Taliban government in power and said (to them): ‘Stay out of the way. We’re here to find al-Qaida. And as long as you stay out of the way, the

special forces will go in there, they will do what is necessary to get al-Qaida and we will leave,”’ Fraser said.

“Had we done that, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”

The comments are unexpected and surprising, not the least

because they come from a soldier whose troops were the first to face a Taliban resurgence in south; someone who championed the combat mission’s aims and articulated the goal of bringing stability to the ungoverned region.

“We compounded the prob-

lem by getting rid of the Taliban regime,” he said. “I didn’t like the Taliban regime, but why did we go there in the first place? It was because of al-Qaida. Not because of the Taliban.”

The reflections come just a day after the it was announced the Afghan government is expected to resume face-to-face talks with Taliban leaders next week in Pakistan. The negotiations are aimed at reviving a peace process that dissolved last summer after it was revealed that the Mullah Omar, the movement’s reclusive leader, had died a few years ago – an event kept secret by the insurgent group.

Fraser said the West has only repeated the same mistakes over the last decade.

“We repeated it in Iraq,” he said. “In Libya, we didn’t put any ground troops in and we created an even bigger mess because there’s no government whatsoever in Libya. We went back into Iraq and now for the very first time the international community is beginning to appreciate that regime change is not the solution – hence why we’re not pushing to do a regime change in Syria.”

The West has insisted that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad should go, but it has not pushed him out of power – one of the factors in that country’s long, bloody civil war.

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Canadian start-ups look to reimagined nuclear power to replace fossil fuels major financing, says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aiming to change that, with a design it says Canadian Press will be cost-competitive with fossil CALGARY fuels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not looking to build s the race to replace fossil a reactor in a laboratory,â&#x20AC;? said fuels heats up, a few CanaIrish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just taking a reactor dian startups are betting on design off the shelf, taking it out of the nuclear option. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need a game-changing en- national lab, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeking to ergy innovation,â&#x20AC;? Simon Irish, chief commercialize it.â&#x20AC;?

Burnaby, B.C.,-based General executive of Oakville, Ont.,-based Fusion also says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also trying to Terrestrial Energy, said in a recent develop nuclear energy, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not interview. exactly using off-the-shelf technolRenewable power like wind ogy. and solar arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to meet the The company, as the name sugworldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing energy demands, Irish says, so people have to rethink gests, is trying to build the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first commercial fusion reactor, nuclear energy. which releases energy by crushing â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is clean energy on a masatoms together. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reactors are sive scale,â&#x20AC;? he said. based on fission, where atoms are Irishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company plans to deinstead split apart. velop a nuclear reactor in Canada General Fusion has already in the next decade using molten raised $100 million from investors salt rather than the solid nuclear like Amazon.com founder Jeff Befuel and highly pressurized water zos and oilsands producer Cenoof conventional designs like the vus Energy. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pittance Candu reactor. compared with the many billions of The new technology results in dollars governments are spending a reactor six times more efficient, producing a third the nuclear waste to try to build a successful fusion plant in France called Iter. while improving the safety of the Michael Delage, General Fusystem, he says. sionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president of technology The idea of the liquefied salt and corporate strategy, predicts reactors have been around since his companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practical approach the early days of nuclear power, will allow it to succeed with far less but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been developed money. commercially.

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General Fusion engineer Don Froese stands near a reactor in Burnaby, B.C. in 2012. plasma-filled metal sphere at once, sending a shock wave of force that concentrates enough energy in the centre of the ball to force the atoms together.

Delage says if anyone is successful with fusion research, it will fundamentally change the world by creating a vast new source of energy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big, big impact, not just in terms of the economic win or the scale of the business, but impacting the energy industry and the world.â&#x20AC;?

After some ambitious timelines

came and went, General Fusion is no longer giving specific targets, saying only that success is years down the road.

Toronto-based Thorium Power Canada Inc. is also cautious about specific timing, but like Terrestrial, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at least banking on proven, decades-old technology.

The company wants to develop nuclear reactors powered by solid pellets of thorium rather than uranium in a design Paul Hardy, Thoriumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior vice-president of business development, says would

allow for smaller modular plants that would be cheaper than largescale nuclear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our cost base is now a third the cost of conventional uranium reactors, which puts us in the same sort of wheelhouse as natural gas, somewhat clean coal, or oil,â&#x20AC;? said Hardy.

The company has been in talks to build small-scale reactors in Chile and Indonesia, countries without natural uranium supplies, while Hardy says governments like China, Japan and the U.S. are also investing in the technology.

Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University professor Richard Holt, who holds an industrial research chair in nuclear materials, cautions that implementing any of these nuclear options wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be easy.

As for salt reactors, Holt says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Molten salts are nasty things to deal with in some ways, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re often very corrosive and so on.â&#x20AC;?

Thorium, meantime, requires prodding to keep the reaction going, which, while making a nuclear meltdown less likely, also adds its own complications, Holt said.

And regarding fusion, the longpromised solution to the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy demands, Holt says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been promised for decades but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no sign of a breakthrough yet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge amount of technology involved and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long way in the future,â&#x20AC;? said Holt.

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Tiny western toads put economic, environmental squeeze on village of Nakusp and one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environmental wonders is dividing a Canadian Press southeastern British Columbia VICTORIA village over forestry jobs and the protection of tiny amphibians. migration of toads described The western toad migration as a croaking, moving carpet Dirk Meissner

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More than a million brown toads migrate at once, moving en mass from the lake across the highway to forested habitat where they live for four or five years before returning to the lake to breed.

The B.C. government spent almost $200,000 to build a toad tunnel underneath the highway, which is used by the toads, but many take the overland route and risk death on the highway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hundreds of people go out and help them across the road,â&#x20AC;? said Kootenay West New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy who represents Nakusp residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looks like a carpet of toads going across the road, especially these little babies trying to get across the road.â&#x20AC;?

Conroy said the village of about 1,600 people is conflicted between protecting the jobs associated with Nakuspâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community-run forest company and the possible threats logging poses to the amphibians. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The community forest licence is an economic driver in a small community like Nakusp, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a concern for the community because the toads are an endangered species,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They put a large amount of energy into ensuring those little guys get across the road.â&#x20AC;?

Nakusp organic vegetable grower Janet Spicer said many of her customers are forest compa-

nies, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pushing to have the toad migration route protected from logging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an extremely special site, holding an extremely fragile animal,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is unique in Canada, probably North America and perhaps the world.â&#x20AC;?

Wilderness Committee spokeswoman Gwen Barlee said the B.C. government is playing Russian Roulette with the survival of the toads by permitting logging and road building.

Forest Minister Steve Thomson said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confident the migration route will be protected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my perspective, the community forest is taking all the steps to deal with the presence of the toad and appropriate management of their activities,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Community forest manager Hugh Watt said he can guarantee Nakusp will hold future toad festivals at Summit Lake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re being as diligent as we can be,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Watt said the community forest operation contributed $1.2 million to the local economy in 2014.

He said some local residents and environmental groups are using the toad issue to lobby for expansion of provincial park boundaries at Summit Lake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It goes beyond the toads,â&#x20AC;?

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Archivist Lesley Buchan looks through decades-old ledgers in the Yukon Archives vault. even placed them in individual envelopes.

“I hope this is what you want,” he said in a note that was ats a private records architached to the photographs. vist at the Yukon Archives, Buchan said this is the type of Lesley Buchan’s job is filled information archivists consider with surprises. “absolute gold.”

On any given day she might Bee had sent some of the earlibe called on to find a wide range est photographs ever taken in the of historical records such as rare territory. manuscripts, maps, photographs They feature places such as and more.

Carmacks, Ross River, Nansen But it’s when people drop in to Creek, Big Salmon, the Pelly River donate items unexpectedly that and Dawson City. generates the most excitement.

One photograph shows a man Buchan recalls how an elderly named George Walker, a local man named Austin Bee showed trader at the time, posing in front up at the reference desk of the of the Little Salmon Trading Post old archives building one day in on the Yukon River, in 1916.

1989 claiming he had hundreds of Another shows the police barold photographs from his family’s racks in Carmacks floating away time in the territory. in 1912 following a massive flood “He told me a bit about his in the area. “Things on the move family’s history, and how they’d in the spring when Yukon River left the territory in 1921,” Buchan gets mad,” wrote Lois Austin Bee said. on the front of the picture.

“I showed him some of our Born in 1914, Bee was the son collections and told him what of Lois and Thomas Bee, who information we needed in order had served in the Royal Canadian to make this project worthwhile.” Mounted Police in Kluane Lake Bee left the building and and Carmacks. disappeared, leaving Buchan to According to information prowonder whether she’d ever see the vided by Austin Bee, his father ran pictures. a general store in Carmacks from Eight months later, she re1915 to 1921, as well as several fur ceived a large package in the mail. trading posts in Ross River and Bee had gone through all 305 Big Salmon. of his mother’s and grandmother’s Bee’s mother, an amateur pictures, identified the people photographer who developed and and the locations in them, and printed her own pictures, took Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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most of the photographs.

The family left the territory in 1921 but he came back in 1963 and took pictures of several buildings in Carmacks, which are also part of the collection.

The photographs are a gateway to the Yukon’s past. But with decades of documents already stored in the vaults at the Yukon Archives, things are literally starting to burst at the seams.

Built in 1990, the archives had a project lifespan of 20 years, said territorial archivist Ian Burnett.

Vault A is made up of newspaper collections, library collections, maps and private records from corporations. Burnett estimates it’s between 95 and 100 per cent full.

A certain percentage of Yukon government records are sent to the archives each year, and space is becoming limited in vault B, too.

That’s why the recent announcement that the territorial government is moving ahead with plans to increase storage vault space at the archives is great news, he added.

Planning for the expansion began in 2005 but ramped up in 2008, Burnett said.

The $6.2-million project will see increased storage for paper records, a separate cold storage for unstable materials such as acidic paper and colour photographs, and a separate vault for digital

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A scanned photograph shows George Walker at the Little Salmon Trading Post on the Yukon River, 1916. records.

The current storage capacity is approximately 1,000 square metres, and the expansion project will increase space by more than

550 square metres.

Construction will be completed in early 2017.

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Those born in leap years face special annoyances festivities are only possible once every four years. That same Feb. Canadian Press 29 birth date also creates dayto-day hassles that are all too TORONTO common. t’s rare for Laura Pedersen to Online application forms incelebrate a birthday on the sist leap day doesn’t exist. Official day she was actually born. insurance forms document the The only thing less common for wrong birthday. And no matter her is hassle-free paperwork. what administrative process she’s Her status as a leap year baby trying to tackle, she inevitably faces questions as to whether she ensures that genuine birthday Michelle McQuigge

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was, in fact, born on leap day.

“We got married this past summer…and when I wrote my birthday down, the commissioner asked me several times: ‘You’re sure that it’s Feb. 29, right?”’

Pedersen said in a telephone interview as this year’s leap day loomed.

“That’s the only kind of birthday that that happens with. They didn’t check with (my husband)

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A Feb. 29 birthday creates day-to-day hassles that are all too common. that he wrote his down right.”

Skepticism about a Feb. 29 birthday is widespread, according to one organization that was formed in part to combat it.

The Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies was created in 1997 not only to celebrate the unusual date, but to raise awareness of the challenges associated with it and to advocate for those affected by such hassles.

Co-founder Peter Brouwer will celebrate his 15th leap day birthday in Vancouver this year – he’ll be 60, for those who struggle with multiplication. He says inconveniences caused by corporate or technological failure to recognize the day has resulted in serious problems for decades for leapers, as he calls those who share his birthday.

Leapers have experienced everything from webpage shutdowns to halted banking transactions due to the lack of familiarity with the date by authorities. He even recalled a society member who was accused of using a falsified driver’s license because of his date of birth.

The society mounted a few tongue-and-cheek campaigns along with more serious efforts to have companies reappraise their efforts to accommodate leapers.

Despite ongoing challenges with his own insurance company, Brouwer said recent years have seen a decisive shift in leapers’ favour.

“I think things have really improved,” he said. “I have not had a problem entering Feb. 29 anywhere since I can remember.”

Pedersen too said things are getting easier, adding sites like Facebook that once gave her a hard time now acknowledge her unusual birth date and accurately share it with others.

Some other online forms,

she said, can now be completed through the simple trick of selecting her birth year first, then choosing the Leap Day when it finally appears as an option.

The shift is significant enough that future generations may find themselves embracing Feb. 29 rather than cursing it as a nuisance.

Krista McLean of Airdrie, Alta., said she was initially chagrined when she gave birth to a leap day baby eight years ago.

But as her son Jayden prepares to celebrate his second genuine birthday on Monday, McLean says she feels much more confident that he won’t be encumbered by the problems she was anticipating.

“I have been worried about when he gets his driver’s license or when he’s 18 and wants to go to the bar, but so far we haven’t run into anything,” she said.

Completing his official paperwork has been as easy as filling out her own, she said, adding removing such obstacles will hopefully allow him to keep enjoying the novelty of his rare special day.

But Pedersen points out one more area that might mar birthday festivities for leapers unless companies mend their ways.

Reward programs, she said, are among the last of the consistent leap year holdouts, adding that businesses who offer promotions timed to arrive on a customer’s birthday often leave leapers out by mistake.

Addressing these small pesky annoyances, she said, would make those born on Feb. 29 more inclined to embrace their birthday as the festive occasion it should be.

“If you’re stuck having a birthday every few years, you might as well be proud of it.”

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B.C. mayor wears same suit to every meeting for 15 months as social experiment outfit for one year. The anchor, Karl Stefanovic, lamented that his female co-host received regular emails and criticisms VANCOUVER about her clothing, Stewart very Monday for the said. past 15 months, Mayor The mayor said he launched Richard Stewart would his own test to discover firstride his bicycle to city hall in hand the double standard Coquitlam, B.C., shower and endured by women. then put on the same, off-the“The kind of comments rack, dark blue suit. someone will make about the And through scores of counfemale politician’s clothing, cil meetings, not one person about her hair. We don’t say ever noticed. those things about men,” he “I would be shocked if said. someone ever raised the idea “I think it tends to create that my suit or my clothing just one more barrier for getor my hairstyle was somehow ting people of both genders inappropriate,” the mayor of to run for public office and the city near Vancouver said to participate in democratic Tuesday. institutions.”

“I was wearing the same suit Stewart said one of his to every meeting and (there objectives was to shine a light was) no indication that anyone on gender inequity with a goal was ever going to notice. The of eliminating it altogether. point was made, I think.”

He said he’s had trouble in Stewart began his “social the past encouraging female experiment” in November constituents to run for school 2014, shortly after a municipal board or city council. election campaign in which he “There will be other issues repeatedly heard comments that (a woman) knows she’ll directed only at female canhave to deal with that a man didates about their outward simply wouldn’t have to conappearance. template,” he said. “I’ve never He had also read an article heard a man say, ‘Well, I got about an Australian newscaster criticized because I was doorwho criticized sexist attitudes knocking in the rain and my in society by wearing the same hair wasn’t in perfect condition Tamsyn Burgmann Canadian Press

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for the all-candidates meeting that night.’ ‘’ Stewart has received plenty of supportive feedback since revealing his social experiment in a Facebook post on Sunday.

Earlier this month, the mayor finally hung up the suit but not because someone figured out what he was up to.

He made the decision after a city councillor joked that Stewart didn’t “get the memo” on a day he was still sporting that same blue suit while three councillors all happened to wear grey suits.

Stewart quipped that they should hoist his well-worn suit up to the city hall rafters, like retiring a hockey jersey, and as a reminder.

“I want us to always focus City of Coquitlam Mayor’s Office/CP on the skills and abilities and experience that people bring to Coquitlam, B.C. Mayor Richard Stewart is seen wearing the suit he the table in every job that they wore to every council meeting for more than a year. do,” he said.

“I want my daughters to grow up in a society where they’re judged on how well Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in they do their job and not what they were wearing when they did it.”

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ancouver is going mobile in its latest approach to end homelessness.

The city is looking for a company to design a series of transportable housing units aimed at getting some of the municipality’s most vulnerable people off the streets and into temporary accommodation.

A tender posted online says the units are to measure about 150 square feet, about the size of a shipping container, with sleeping quarters and a washroom.

They should also be able to stack together and connect to a 1,000- to 1,500-square-foot communal area with a cooking facility, says the tender.

“What we’d like to do is put these modular housing units up quickly and cheaply and have people move off the street into them and start their process of recovery,” said Coun.

Kerry Jang, who first floated the idea of portable housing for the homeless in 2009.

“These units are not meant to replace permanent housing.

They’re simply interim housing,” he added. “They can be moved around and come and go as we need them.”

The idea is to cycle the mobile housing every few years between plots of unused land around the city, whether owned publicly or privately.

Tax incentives would be offered to developers whose idle properties are made available for the temporary dwellings, Jang said.

“It makes use of land just sitting there,” he said. “It’s just sitting there. What else are you going to do with it, right?”

The city hopes to have between 30 and 40 units up and running by the end of the year.

One homelessness advocate applauded the announcement as a step in the right direction,

but tempered that praise by describing the housing strategy as “a very small piece of the puzzle.”

“At the end of the day this is not the solution to Vancouver’s homelessness crisis,” said Doug King of Pivot Legal Society.

He described the measure as “a drop in the bucket,” but added the city is doing all that it can in many respects and that the province needs to step up.

King acknowledged the benefits of the plan’s modular design, but he raised concerns that this flexibility would make it easier for affluent areas to

lobby against the units being installed in their communities, relegating them to regions with the fewest number of complaints.

“Those aren’t necessarily good places for the people who are going to be living in them,” King said.

“They need to have access to services. They should be more socially inclusive and not isolating.”

A count conducted in March 2015 found 1,746 homeless people living in Vancouver, which included 1,258 living in shelters and 488 outside.

Ashes to ashes: Home funeral workshops teach loved ones to care for corpses it’s a cheaper, more intimate experience that can help loved Canadian Press ones with their grief.

At the time, Deborah cared TORONTO for her mother Elizabeth – or t’s only because Deborah Baba to the Ukrainian-heritage Magdee happened to overfamily. Deborah knew her hear a radio show two years mom, who suffered from deago that she left her mother’s mentia, could die soon. dead body at home for five The more Deborah listened days. to how the funeral industry The radio segment introhandled corpses, the more she duced the Vancouverite to wanted to explore the possibilhome funerals, where family ity of a home funeral. and friends assume the role of “How can I just let these a mortician rather than relying strangers come and take on a morgue. Proponents say her away and put her in a Aleksandra Sagan

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– Alastair Smith, Proskida The Yukon Information Technology Industry Society (YITIS) would like to thank the sponsors, organizers and participants of the Startup Checkpoint event held last weekend, at the (co)space facility in Whitehorse.

Four local IT companies and entrepreneurs got excellent advice and practice in evaluating their product ideas, then pitching them to a panel of experts in product development and marketing. Their pitches were so strong, we ended up awarding all of them prizes.

THOSE CONTESTANTS WERE: ALASTAIR SMITH OF PROSKIDA - Prize: Trip to Launch Academy, Vancouver’s leading Startup Hub, plus 6 months business mentoring from Bernd Petak, expert startup entrepreneur and mentor.

ANDREW KALEK OF ANLEK - Prize: Trip to Launch Academy, Vancouver’s leading Startup Hub, plus 6 months business mentoring from Bernd Petak, expert startup entrepreneur and mentor.

ROB HOPKINS, BILL POLONSKY OF OPENBROADCASTER - Prize: Paid trip to a meeting or conference of their choice, to a value equivalent to the prizes above.

JOTHAM APALOO, ENTREPRENEUR - Prize: Six months mentoring from Bernd Petak.

Thanks to Bernd Petak for a tremendous job of developing and delivering the material for the event. Thanks to the people at (co)space for outstanding event hosting and management. Thanks also to the judging panel.

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This event was such a success, we are looking to hold another one in the near future. If you are interested in that idea, or if you have questions about the event, contact info@yitis.ca “I am excited that the weekend event has helped in the launching of four start-up companies. We will be doing this again soon!” -Chris Lane, President YITIS

morgue?” she recalls thinking.

“I do not want anybody touching my mom like that.”

She turned to Google and found a burgeoning industry.

More than 50 home funeral directors work in North America, according to the National Home Funeral Alliance, including Pashta MaryMoon, a death midwife in Victoria.

MaryMoon, who co-founded the Canadian Integrative Network for Death Education and Alternatives, said much of her work is educating people about do-it-yourself funerals.

“It’s an old, ancient, forever process that we lost in the 20th century,” she said.

MaryMoon helps people navigate the paperwork required when someone dies and teaches home-funeral workshops to go over the logistics of handling a corpse.

“I don’t have any issues around being with dead bodies, touching dead bodies,” she said. “It’s really not that different than caring for a live person.”

At her workshops, people learn how to properly wash, dress and move a corpse played by a nearly naked person to best mimic the realities

of handling a dead body. She teaches people how to keep a corpse’s temperature down, and how to use rice bags and a handkerchief to close the person’s eyes without leaving crease marks.

Deborah Magdee attended one of MaryMoon’s workshops in August 2014 and then convinced her family to help plan a home funeral for Elizabeth, who died the following March at the age of 86.

When a pair of death midwives arrived, Deborah, her sister and her niece washed her mother’s body, blessing each part they touched.

Deborah remembers draping one of her mother’s “babushka-like scarves” over her head and tying it underneath her chin to prevent the mouth from hanging open once rigor mortis set in. Ice packs were used to cool the body.

The family lit candles and played music, leaving Elizabeth’s body in her room where they could sit with her and reflect.

“You have time to grieve,” Deborah said. “You can go there by yourself (at) two in the morning and cry or talk to the person.”

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Friends and family visited for a celebration of life, where they decorated Elizabeth’s casket, covering it with photos and messages.

After five days, Deborah said, her mom’s mouth started to come ajar and eyes began to sink. The family decided it was time for cremation.

Deborah and some family members carried Elizabeth’s body out of the house in a sheet and placed her in a casket inside a vehicle. They drove listening to her mother’s favourite songs.

At the crematorium, Deborah and her family performed a final blessing and watched as Elizabeth’s casket rolled into the retort.

“It was time,” Deborah said.

“It was time to let her go.”

She remembers crying after she returned home, not because her mother was finally gone, but because she was overcome at having pulled off this commemoration.

Aside from the extra time to say goodbye to her mother, Deborah said, a home funeral also provided financial relief.

In 2013, the average cost of a funeral in Canada was between $8,000 and $10,000, according to the most recent figures from the Funeral Service Association of Canada. Deborah paid $1,266 for her mother’s – something she thinks the frugal matriarch would have appreciated.

Deborah is certain that when she dies, her body should stay home too. Her son, though, isn’t convinced he’ll be up to washing her body.

That doesn’t bother her.

“I said, ‘It’s OK. I’ll give you some numbers.”’

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Trump website sparks international interest in Cape Breton: tourism group Tulle said the numbers are growing exponentially as HALIFAX media from around the world call to inquire about the story, n organization that prothe website, and about Cape motes tourism in Cape Breton itself.

Breton says the frenzied She said she has done interinternational interest around views with media from as far a website pitching the island away as Russia in the past week to Americans wary of Donald and she has also talked with Trump has presented an unthe BBC, CNN and Time among intended and unprecedented others. marketing opportunity.

She said the resulting pubMary Tulle, CEO of destilicity is benefiting the island in nation Cape Breton, says her ways her organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website has exploded couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t previously. with 300,000 referrals from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;The amount of free publicâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Cape Breton if Donald Trump ity and free media . . . itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just Winsâ&#x20AC;? site, with about 216,000 not something we could ever of the clicks from curious have been able to do,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Americans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we were to do a Google beauty of Cape Breton has been ad campaign we are upwards shown internationally whether of about $2 million right now,â&#x20AC;? itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through images or whether said Tulle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year we had itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through video.â&#x20AC;? an $80,000 budget for Google The site was set up over a adverts.â&#x20AC;?

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Flatulent, foul mouthed and barefoot: uncivil servant made co-worker ill At one point, Mr. X filed a grievance against Emond, which was upheld in part.

OTTAWA Emond complained that her public service board has employer had failed to deal granted an Ottawa buwith her grievance properly. reaucrat the right to work Other workers testified in a different building from a about Mr. X’s strange behavloud and flatulent co-worker iour, including making “bizarre who swore, uttered odd noises noises, such as strange yawns,” and even washed his bare feet walking around the office barewith vinegar in the office. foot and washing his feet with Line Emond, a data quality vinegar in front of others “who manager at the Parole Board of found it disgusting.”

Canada, has been granted the A lawyer for the government right to a new workplace in a said it appeared the dispute decision by the Public Service was a personality conflict, not Labour Relations and Employa matter of illness and incapacment Board. ity.

Emond filed a grievance A doctor testified that claiming that the behaviour of Emond demonstrated a high her co-worker, identified only anxiety level about the coas Mr. X, made her ill. worker and felt threatened.

Mr. X arrived in Emond’s The arbitration ruling said office in the fall of 2009 and there was a clear clash.

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Linda Gobeil, the arbitrator, ruled that Emond should be moved to another building and ordered that she be reimbursed for salary and benefits lost during her a portion of her time on long-term disability.

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THE ARTS Theatre by the seat of your pants Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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t’s easy to imagine improv being similar to jumping off a 50-foot cliff into an unseen ocean.

You may be confident you know how to swim, but you’ll never know exactly how it’s going to go until you hit the water.

“Absolutely, it’s a little bit crazy.”

Director Joshua Beaudry says that with a huge smile on his face.

He’s the kind of guy who clearly relishes that unknown moment.

Now he’s helping 10 Yukon improv actors prepare to face that challenge this March as part of the Guild’s latest offering, The Improv Project.

Modern improv is most commonly associated with short scenes and games seen in TV shows like Whose Line is it Anyways?

But the Improv Project is different. The show isn’t about short scenes with one or two punchlines. Instead Yukon’s actors will be creating one episode a night in a series that will stretch out over two weeks.

That’s one story from beginning to end with no script. Completely. From. Scratch.

Like an improvised soap opera, or an episode of a cartoon series, each night the same set of actors and characters will take the stage.

“The premise is a bunch of people were abducted on to a spacecraft and now they’re subjected to sci-fi adventures,” Beaudry says.

Beyond that, the nature of improv means there’s not much more he can say. It will be up to tips from the audience and the skill of the actors to decide what happens next.

If, by the end of episode one, the group is stranded on a planet inhabited by man-eating plants they’ll pick up from there on day two.

Each show will be its own self-contained story while also hopefully allowing the larger plot to grow, Beaudry says. But there won’t be confusion for audience members who show up on only one day having missed earlier shows.

“It’s kind of like watching The Simpsons. Sometimes there’s repercussions to things (from episode to episode) and sometimes it’s just a reset.”

Shows will run at the Guild Hall in Porter Creek from March 3 to 12 every Tuesday to Saturday, with an extra matinee on Saturday.

Each show will be between 60 and 90 minutes long, starting with some improv games followed by the long-form show.

That is, Beaudry admits, a lot of improv.

“They are going to do more improv in those 12 shows than I

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Joshua Beaudry will be directing the Guild’s latest showing, The Improv Project. will do with my own company in an entire year,” he says.

Beaudry is a member of Saskatchewan’s famed Saskatoon Soaps, an improv troupe that has been doing this kind of long-form work for 30 years.

For him, improvised shows can be less nerve-wracking than the scripted plays he’s done, he says.

With scripted plays, there’s the risk of blanking and completely forgetting a line. “But when you don’t have anything to forget, that’s freeing. Every line you say is the right line.”

Beaudry says he was approached by the Guild to bring this style of improv to the Yukon. “(Artistic director Anthony Trombetta) has done some improv, and he knows that he’s got some brilliant people, like George Maratos, Brian Fidler, Mary Sloan. They’re all very interested in improv, so it’s kind of a natural fit.”

The rest of the cast is made up of Mercedes Bacon-Traplin, Jason Westover, Al MacLeod, Greg Murdoch, Carolyn Westberg, Stephanie Aube and Erica Bigland.

Beaudry held a two-day workshop earlier this month as an audition for actors. He was looking for people who are spontaneous and willing to jump in to try new things.

“I want a certain confidence,” he says.

But how does a troupe prepare to take on this amount of acting without any sort of script to work

from?

Beaudry said they’ve been meeting most nights playing games so that the actors can learn to trust each other and feel confident together.

“What we’re trying to do is build a sort of group-think or group mind, so that there’s this anticipation that you know what the person’s going to come forward with.”

But it’s the unanticipated moments that are sometimes the best ones, he says.

“You can anticipate, but you can’t control and you have to make everything work.

“So if somebody says something absurd, well, how can you make that work? What can you do with that?”

When it comes to the audience, the goal is just to make sure everyone has a good time.

“A win is just a new experience. Something they haven’t seen before. I don’t think you’ve had a lot of episodic improv here or anything longer than a five-minute scene. They might be constructing a 45-minute show in the long-format production.

From scratch.”

Tickets for the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday shows are $23. Shows on Friday and Saturday night are $25. The nightly shows all start at 8 p.m.

The matinees on Saturday, March 5 and March 12 are $15 and start at 2 p.m.

Tickets available in advance at improvproject.brownpapertick-

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Beaudry is a member of the Saskatchewan-based improv group Saskatoon Soaps. ets.com, and in limited quantities at Whitehorse Motors.

Tickets will also be available at the door on the night of a performance, but advance ticket purchase is recommended to avoid disappointment.

Preview shows will be happening on March 1 and 2. Those shows start at 8 p.m. and the $10 tickets will only be sold at the door.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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Jeopardy! says privacy laws preventing Canadian contestants pipeline for Jeopardy! contestants – because of a change in that Associated Press country’s online privacy laws.

NEW YORK Producers said Monday they were working to clear up the issue for eopardy! host Alex Trebek, a famous Canadian, apparently future tests.

Canadians have traditionally won’t be seeing many of his countrymen on the popular game been included in the American version of Jeopardy!, which airs in show for the foreseeable future. both countries.

The show says Canadians “We have had many Canwere precluded from taking last month’s online test – which is a adians as contestants throughout David Bauder

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the history of the show, and we hope that will continue, because Canadians make great game show contestants,” Trebek, a native of Sudbury, Ont., said in a statement. The issue came to light because of a story in the Ottawa Citizen.

Jeopardy! producers were not made available for an interview on Monday, and said in a statement that “ever-changing and

complex” international laws governing the sharing of information over the Internet precluded the Canadians’ participation.

That left unclear exactly how the test runs afoul of Canadian laws. Michael Geist, a University of Ottawa expert in online privacy, told the National Post that anti-spam legislation was the only major legal change in this area recently, and there was noth-

ing in that law that would prevent Canadians from taking an online test no matter where it originates.

Canadian contestants are still appearing in this season’s shows because they are drawn from the results of a test given a year ago, and Trebek noted that one competes on Monday’s Jeopardy!

When this pool dries up, however, so will the Canadian contestants.

Climate test for resource projects would likely scuttle oilsands growth how those assessments would affect the government’s final Canadian Press decision.

The new Liberal measures OTTAWA were pitched as both environf Canada and the United mentally responsible and as a States are serious about the means of winning social licence climate commitments they for major resource projects, made in Paris, they need to notably a new oil pipeline to establish a common climate test tidewater. for major resource projects that “Canada’s oilsands are an takes into account a low-carbon important contributor to the future, environmental groups economy, but they must be said this week. developed in a manner that is And they believe any such test environmentally sustainable and is likely to rule out long-term helps Canada meet its climate infrastructure, such as pipechange obligations,” McKenna lines, that leads to expansion of said Tuesday in an email.

Canada’s oil sands production.

“That is why we are commit“It’s incompatible to be talking ted to rebuilding the trust of about being a leader on climate Canadians in our environmental change and adhering to interassessment process, as we annational commitments like the nounced a few weeks ago.”

Paris agreement and, at the same But five environmental time, expanding our high-carbon groups, including the U.S.-based infrastructure and projects,” Dale Marshall of Environmental Defence said Tuesday at a news conference, flanked by four other environmental group representatives.

“The two don’t fit together.”

The challenge comes a week before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down with the premiers in Vancouver to begin laying the groundwork for a national climate policy and two weeks before Trudeau visits Washington and his fellow climate campaigner, U.S. President Barack Obama.

The new Liberal government made a splash at December’s U.N.-sponsored climate negotiations, where Environment Minister Catherine McKenna was among those who successfully lobbied for an aggressive pledge to limit global warming to near 1.5 degrees Celsius.

But since that climate conference, much of the political heat in Canada has been generated by pipeline policy, with the Liberals under constant attack over Alberta’s ailing oil patch, a stalled national economy and interprovincial sniping over pipeline routes.

Late last month, McKenna and Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr announced that resource projects will now face an assessment of upstream greenhouse gas emissions – but didn’t say

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Natural Resources Defence Council, say the real project measure should be against the low-carbon future Trudeau and Obama agreed to in Paris.

“In fact, long-term infrastructure decisions are still evaluated against business-as-usual or reference case scenarios that assume a global market consistent with catastrophic levels of carbon emissions,” said Anthony Swift of the NRDC. Energy forecasts by the National Energy Board and the U.S. Energy Information Administration, said Swift, assume future energy markets consistent with the planet warming between four and six degrees Celsius – in other words, continuing failure to do anything about the Paris deal.

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In 2006, the NEB projected that oil sands production would be between three million and 4.4 million barrels a day by 2015.

Current production is about 2.2 million barrels a day, she noted.

Flanagan believes the NEB should conduct a “needs assessment” for major resource infrastructure, which takes into account promised national and global actions on climate change.

Indeed, it’s part of the current NEB mandate to assess future market demand for a project.

Flanagan noted that neither the TransMountain pipeline

expansion assessment nor the Northern Gateway pipeline assessment “considered a case in which Canada meets its national climate change goals.” Neither looked at the viability of the projects under more stringent future carbon policies at home and abroad.

Sidney Ribaux of the group Equiterre noted the Liberals have repeatedly stressed their climate and resource decisions will be based on science.

“We feel that once you’ve said that, it makes it extremely difficult for these projects to go forward,” said Ribaux.

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BoSo dancers perform a routine at the Superstar talent contest held in the Yukon Arts Centre on Wednesday night. Singer Harmony Strathdee took home the first-place prize.

NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE GATHERING “BRINGING OUR VOICES TOGETHER IN WELLNESS” Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre

The Kwanlin Dün First Nation is pleased to host a three-day Knowledge Exchange Gathering in Whitehorse, Yukon, March 29th 30th and 31st, 2016 DAY 1 - MARCH 29 Community Safety & Crisis Response Capacity a pre-conference event that will focus on KDFN’s community safety and crisis response capacity, a Mental Wellness Continuum Framework (FNMWCF) Implementation Project.

DAY 2 & 3 - MARCH 30 & 31 Mental Wellness Teams Knowledge Exchange Gathering the event will have Mental Wellness Team representatives from across Canada and Yukon partners come together to share the learning from the implementation of their programs and services; to share knowledge about promising traditional, cultural and mainstream approaches; and to strengthen collaborative relationships which support and recognize the community as its own best resource.

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Love bees – especially the wild ones! neonicotinoids, have resulted in unprecedented losses for beekeepers. (Because bees and other insects provide ecological services like pollination, it makes

by David no sense to declare war against all just to eliminate or control the Suzuki few nuisances.)

CIENCE The honeybee decline has been big news partly because ATTERS they make delicious honey, but more importantly because any environmental campaigns over the past they’re pollinators. About threequarters of flowering plants and 50 years have aimed more than a third of food crops at getting people to care for imperilled species in wild, far-off worldwide depend on pollinators – from bees and butterflies places. The focus in Canada has to hummingbirds and bats. As a often been on large, photogenic, result, governments across the culturally important animals, globe are developing strategies to with bonus points for camprotect them, including Ontario paigns that include alliteration, with its recently proposed Polbumper sticker-friendly slogans linator Health Action Plan. and plush toys. This has been Public attention in Canada a sensible and often successful has largely focused on domestistrategy.

Over the past few years small- cated European honeybees, but research indicates the honeybee er, charismatic critters closer crisis is part of a wider problem to home have buzzed into the affecting hundreds of lesserspotlight: bees. About a decade known but crucially important ago, beekeepers in Europe and wild bee species.

North America started noticing Of about 800 wild bee speserious declines in honeybee populations. Bees have lost much cies in Canada, more than 90 per of their natural habitat to urban- cent have a “solitary” lifestyle ization and industrial agriculture rather than living in large, social colonies. Two-thirds of these and face increased stress from are ground-nesters, including climate change-related drought bumblebees, mining and digger and severe winters. These bees that make nests in soil and threats, coupled with the global spread of diseases and pests and under leaves and rocks. The rest are cavity-nesters like mason and a dramatic increase in the use carpenter bees that burrow in of agricultural pesticides like

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hollow stems, twigs and logs.

Although honeybees get the headlines and most of the credit for pollinating flowers and crops, studies show that wild bees can be two or three times better at pollination, and some, like mason bees, can be up to 80 times more effective.

The good news is that the honeybee crisis has galvanized interest in all pollinators, inspiring thousands of groups and citizens worldwide to establish new spaces for them, from wild bee hotels and rooftop honeybee hives to pollinator gardens in parks and schoolyards.

As our communities grow, pollinator habitat is fragmented into increasingly disconnected patches that disrupt natural pathways, making the potential of connected networks of habitat within cities especially fascinating. Oslo’s Bumblebee Highway, Seattle’s Pollinator Pathway and Hamilton’s Pollinator Paradise are all great local initiatives.

Establishing an urban pollinator corridor is also at the heart of the David Suzuki Foundation’s Homegrown National Park Project, which since 2013 has created more than 50 pollinatorfriendly patches along the path of a creek now buried beneath Toronto – from small guerrilla plantings to a network of flowerfilled canoe planters in schools, cafés, churches, parks and yards.

This spring, the Foundation

will launch the Great Canadian Butterflyway Project, to inspire bee-friendly urban innovations and neighbourhood-scale pollinator corridors across the country. Through videos, tips and other resources, the project will profile projects nationwide that are bringing nature home, one pollinator-friendly planting at a time.

You can become part of the growing movement to protect pollinators. Head to the library (or check out davidsuzuki.org/ pollinators) to research the amazing diversity of wild bees and other pollinators in your community. While you’re there, learn what flowers and shrubs best support those species, and what might work in your yard or on your balcony. Then check out

what local groups are up to.

Want to show wild bees some love? Create a sanctuary in your yard or garden by leaving a sunny patch of bare soil for ground-nesters. Add some pithy stems, sticks and wood debris for cavity-nesters. And be sure not to disturb the nests over winter.

Will the buzz generated by media stories and pun-filled campaigns save the bees? Only time will tell. In the meantime, we can all help by making bees welcome in our yards and neighbourhoods.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation communications strategist and urban beekeeper Jode Roberts.

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Country bird, city bird, same bird

by Ned Rozell

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he upper Colville River is one of the quietest places on the planet, a land of cliffs and tundra and tangles of willow. Fashion Island is one of the most human-altered landscapes in America, where developers long ago replaced the native vegetation with a Cheesecake Factory and P.F. Chang’s.

A female peregrine falcon born in northern Alaska spent at least one of her winters on the 13th floor balcony of a hotel in Fashion Island, a development in Newport Beach, California.

The contrast between living arrangements still impresses Ted Swem, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Fairbanks. Swem cupped the peregrine chick in his hands above the Colville River in 1988, when he placed a blue band around its leg.

The blue band had two numbers stamped on it to enable biologists to recognize the bird later. Swem hoped to see one of his banded birds return to a nesting site near where it was born.

The bands helped him determine

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The colorful bracelets are mostly a tool for biologists working in the areas where the birds were born. Few others ever report seeing them. That’s why Swem was surprised one day to receive a phone call from California.

While sitting on the sidewalk and aiming a spotting scope at a falcon perched on the Marriott Hotel’s 13th floor, a bird biologist saw the blue tag. He was able to read the numbers on the tag, the color of which indicated it was banded somewhere north of the Arctic Circle.

That biologist, Brian Latta, contacted Swem to see who might know about the bird. Latta knew that Swem monitored the peregrine falcon’s recovery in

Alaska after exposure to pesticides made the birds harder to find. Swem checked his records and saw that he had banded the Marriott-perching bird eight years earlier.

In an email to Swem, Latta described his meeting with the Alaska peregrine falcon: The bird stood on a planter box on the hotel in Fashion Island, “a southern California oasis of material vanity,” Latta remembered. “She was being courted by a resident male (peregrine falcon) and there was a resident second-year female hanging out on a nearby building that eventually replaced her when she went back north. I don’t think (the Alaska bird) allowed the male to copulate but would take his

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No one reported seeing the Alaska peregrine falcon again.

But the story sticks with Swem as an example of the adaptive abilities of migratory birds.

Born on a cliff 98 miles from the nearest people (a couple and their two dogs in Umiat), that peregrine falcon wintered in a land with 3,587 people per square mile and palm trees imported from somewhere else.

Swem figures the falcon was feeding most on non-native birds: pigeons, starlings and maybe parakeets or other pet birds freed from their cages.

“Things couldn’t be less similar to what that habitat was like 200 years ago, and yet it was occupied by peregrines then and now,” Swem said.

As billions of birds are now headed northward for spring migration, the story of the country falcon that wintered in the city is a reminder of why many birds migrate. When summer returns to the far north and stirs insects and other food sources, the kitchen is open. Round-the-clock daylight and ample food gives birds the energy to nest and raise their chicks.

When the tundra stops humming and the northern pantry closes, birds like that peregrine falcon show an ability shared by few humans: comfort in both the least and most populated places on Earth.

Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.

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The History Hunter looks back – and ahead

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didn’t realize when I started this writing gig (this is my 400th column) that there was so much to write about Yukon history. As time progressed I learned about more and more interesting Yukon people and places. When short of ideas, my wife Kathy will offer a suggestion or two, and I’m off and running again. In fact, she has given me some good ideas that haven’t yet become History Hunter columns.

Friends and acquaintances have been another good source of interesting topics. Charlie Roots suggested that I write about the Klondike Brewery in Dawson City.

It was a brilliant idea, and it turned out to be a widely read article. In fact, it led to a second column, because the story of the man who founded the brewery, Thomas W. O’Brien, one of the original pioneers in the Yukon, was interesting too. The story of O’Brien, however, wasn’t as popular as the one about his beer, but what can one expect in the Yukon?

Someone will send a query as a result of reading a column, which leads to interesting and intriguing details that weren’t part of the original account. Readers have written, enquiring about people or events that I haven’t heard of. I try to uncover the facts about them so that I can respond, but some avenues of pursuit are more fruitful than others.

Bob Holmes, for example, pointed me in the direction of Erle Stanley Gardner, author of the Perry Mason novels, and one of America’s most prolific writers.

Gardner is reported to have spent time in the Klondike. His father was a mining engineer with experience in dredging in California and was said to have worked in Dawson City around 1905. In one report Bob sent me about California dredge mining, Gardner Senior is mentioned along with other mining engineers with similar expertise. The list included O.B. Perry, who came to Dawson City as the general manager of the newly formed Yukon Gold Company, around 1905. Unlike Gardner, Perry remained in Dawson City for a dozen years before joining the U.S. Army engineers during World War I. I do a lot of reading about one subject but become distracted by tantalizing facts pertaining to an unrelated topic. The old Yukon newspapers are seductive in this way, because there are so many interesting articles to lure you away from the person or place you are investigating. The solution? Keep notes of these for future reference; perhaps another column will emerge from these historical snippets.

I have delved into archaeol-

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Behind every picture there is a good story. Can you help with this building? The photo was taken around 1945. Is this the precursor to the 98 Hotel on Wood Street, or was it located somewhere else? Can anybody help me fill in the story of this interesting wartime building?

The signs on the doors state that minors are not allowed inside. ogy, biography, First Nations, artifacts and old buildings. I have unearthed stories of murder and mayhem – the O’Brien murder in 1899 was a benchmark case in forensic investigation and a fascinating story. There have been mass murders, murder suicides, and anarchist bombings. Readers were interested in the tragedy of the sinking of the Princess Sophia in 1918. All of these articles have shown high reader response.

I have talked to many interesting people. For instance, I learned much about life at the mining camp at Bear Creek near Dawson City from former residents. One of these was Ted Thornton Trump, a young man from Vancouver, who came looking for a job during the Depression, and secured work with the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation for two summers. He had a knack for putting ideas together to create ingenious devices. Trump later went on to invent the hydraulic system that every lineman now knows as the “cherry picker.” He had made and lost several fortunes before I met him in the 1980s, when nostalgia drew him back to the Klondike for several visits.

Henri Thibault, who once

owned the Shannon Motel here in Whitehorse, came to Dawson to give a guided tour through the old boiler maker’s shop on Second Avenue. Henri had once worked for the proprietor, Jesse “Dummy” West, during the 1930s. When I discovered that my tape recorder had malfunctioned, he kindly returned to give the tour a second time, with more successful results. The boiler maker was more important than the blacksmith in early Dawson.

Henri was able to explain all the unusual tools as well as provide an answer to why there were three streetcar axles in his shop, when there were no streetcars for thousands of miles. The axles, incidentally, were used to turn plates of heavy gauge steel into boiler shells.

Jesse West rested a plate of steel on two of the long hexagonal axles, then he and Thibault pounded, with heavy sledge hammers upon the third axle, which was placed on top of the steel plate between the two axles beneath, causing the plate to curl into a cylinder.

I have covered historical award ceremonies, book launches, and written book reviews. I have attended museum events and archaeological digs. One memorable

moment was a personal guided tour of the mysterious Museum of Nostalgia in Haines Junction by its owner/curator, Smokey Guttman.

Less well known places and events are intriguing because they are the missing pieces of a giant historical jig-saw puzzle. Much has

been written about the Chilkoot Trail, and the White Pass Trail, for instance, so I explored and wrote a number of columns about the Dalton Trail instead. Doing this helped me compose my thoughts about the subject and eventually led to writing the first book on the trail since Arthur Thompson wrote “Gold Seeking on the Dalton Trail,” a semi-fictional account, back in 1900.

I have done the same with the Yukon and World War I. To my surprise, the column about the Yukoners at the Battle of Vimy Ridge received the largest reader response of any I have ever written.

Almost as interesting – to me, if not to anyone else – was the one I wrote after interviewing “Country” Joe McDonald, one of the most well-known voices of the anti-war movement of the 1960s, when America was involved in Viet Nam. Service’s book, Rhymes of a Red Cross Man inspired McDonald to put some of the bard’s verses to music and release them on a record album. Writing articles about the Yukon and World War I helped me to craft my next book, which will come out in the fall.

Yukon history is definitely not boring, and there is plenty of material for years to come. So stay tuned.

Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. He is currently writing as book on the Yukon in World War I. You can contact him at msgates@northwestel.net

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32nd Annual Yukon Heritage Awards The YHMA presents awards to individuals, organizations and businesses which have made a special contribution to the conservation or interpretation of some aspect of Yukon’s heritage. The 32nd annual Yukon Heritage Awards were held in conjunction with a celebration of Heritage Day on Tuesday, February 16th at the Yukon Archives.

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SPORTS AND RECREATION Biathletes stay on target at windy championships

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Steve Hahn heads towards the finish at the Yukon Biathlon Championship at the Biathlon Yukon Range on Saturday. Hahn was one of six biathletes to win their division both days of the championship. the senior girls division both days, shooting 80 per cent on Sunday.

News Reporter The 15-year-old was one of just six biathletes to win a division both bit of wind can mean extra days at the two-day championship. penalty laps at a biathlon race.

Yukon Velocity Squad teammate But some sharp-shooting Jake Draper was another. youngsters weren’t blown off target at Draper, who also won two medals the Yukon Biathlon Championships at the B.C. championships the previover the weekend at the Biathlon ous weekend, topped the senior boys Yukon Range. division both days. The 15-year-old “It was very windy on the weekshot 80 per cent on Saturday, cleanend – especially Sunday – but we still ing once in prone and once standing. had some kids who were shooting Whitehorse’s Steve Hahn topped very well,” said Biathlon Yukon presi- the masters men’s division both days, dent Bill Curtis. “They get recognized winning the 10-kilometre individual when they clean the targets – drop on Saturday by almost 15 minutes. all five of them. So a number of those A total of six masters (over-35) kids got clean shooting awards. raced Saturday and five on Sunday.

“Micah (Hildes), for example, “We had some participation by cleaned when she was standing, some masters, so that was new,” said which is very difficult to do even Curtis. “It’s higher than it’s been bewhen it’s not windy. We had three in fore, so there’s a bit of interest there.” the Bears – the midget boys – who all Yukon Pursuit Squad’s Isidore cleaned on Sunday.”

Champagne notched wins both Hot off of winning two medals at days in the juvenile boys division. the B.C. championships, Hildes won He came in with over three minutes Tom Patrick

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claimed first in the kilometre sprints on Sunday.

It was the same story in the midget divisions.

Ava Irving-Staley and Cole Germain won in the three-kilometre on Saturday.

Asha Neumann Dar won for the girls and Bruce Porter for the midget boys – the largest division of the weekend with seven racers – on Sunday.

In addition to Hildes and Draper, Marnik, Francis Reid and Bronwyn Goodwin-Williams won medals the previous weekend at the B.C. BiathTom Patrick/Yukon News lon Championships in Whistler.

“Our kids were shooting better Isidore Champagne ejects a spent shell at the range on Saturday. than their counterparts and I think to spare in Sunday’s three-kilometre divisions saw four different winners – that’s a big reason for the success,” all from the Velocity Squad – over the said Curtis. “That speaks well to the sprint. coaching.” two days.

Maria Peters and Bruce Wilson, Romeo Champagne and Emma who were the only racers in their See full results at Marnik won in the six-kilometre respective youth divisions, also finwww.yukon-news.com. races Saturday. ished with titles both days.

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Fox Lake sledder three-peats at Babe Southwick

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Mount Lorne’s Katherine Sheepway and her team speed down the trail at the Babe Southwick Memorial Race in Ibex Valley on Sunday. Sheepway was one of three repeat winners at the annual event.

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Ibex Valley’s Virginia SarTom Patrick razin placed second at 51:17 and News Reporter Whitehorse’s Magnus Kaltenborn third at 54:47. ox Lake’s Armin Johnson Sunday’s race, which was made it three in a row and hosted

by Dog Powered Sports Astwo in a row with one race sociation of the Yukon (DPSAY), on Sunday. illustrated the growth of skijoring.

Johnson won the Babe SouthFor the first time in recent wick Memorial Race a third year history – maybe ever – skijorers in a row. It was also the second outnumbers the mushers seven race in a row he won on the old to five in the 12-mile main event.

Yukon Dog Mushers Association “I’m not 100 per cent sure trails in the Ibex Valley where the that’s ever happened,” said race was held.

Sarrazin, president of DPSAY. Temperatures on Sunday were “Magnus Kaltenborn, some of his just around the freezing mark, dogs are injured, so he decided to much warmer than Yukon Brewcome skijoring this time.” ing Twister race he won there in “It really seems to be growing, December.

“I was looking at the times and that skijoring,” said Armin. “You it was over two minutes slower for couldn’t get me to hook myself up the winning times,” said Johnson. to four dogs on a set of skis, that’s for sure. Yeah, they’re pretty brave “It was hotter … Sled dogs like minus 20 – that’s perfect for them. for doing that.”

Mandy and her team of six They don’t overheat and learn dogs won the six-mile (9.6-kilohow to run in that. metre) rec division with a time of “That first race it was almost 13:26. Kaltenborn finished second 30 below and we were only runat 16:33 and was the top skijorer ning six dogs then, but the times in the race. were all way faster. It was the Youngsters also hit the trail – same trail and the dogs should be well, about a 100 yards of it – for in way better shape by now.” the kid’s one-dog race.

Johnson and his team of 10 Harley Kloer placed first at dogs completed the roughly 121:15, Elan Johnson second at 1:21, mile (19-kilometre) course in 44 Mikayla Power third at 1:26 and minutes and 52 seconds.

Tagish’s Dave Johnson (no rela- Bode Johnson fourth at 2:19.

“We’re really trying to get kids tion) placed second at 47:56 and Teslin’s Jerry Joinson placed third involved in the sport and so every race we’ve had this year through at 49:33. Dave and Joinson were DPSAY we’ve put on a little kiddy also running teams of 10. race afterwards,” said Mandy.

Armin wasn’t the only racer “That’s getting to be the highlight to defend a title Sunday. Mount for us because it’s fun to watch Lorne’s Katherine Sheepway them and there’s always somerepeated in the skijor event and thing exciting that happens.

Armin’s wife Mandy in the recre“Our one little guy, Bode, when ation class. the dogs took off somehow his Sheepway and her four dogs legs came off the runners and he completed the 12-mile course dragged behind a little bit.” in 46:06 to be the second fastest overall counting the sleds.

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Mandy’s Yukon Horsepacking Adventures outfit at Fox Lake but was moved to the due to trail conditions.

The trail system at Ibex Valley was once used by the nowdefunct Yukon Dog Mushers Association and was originally put in in 1975.

The Babe Southwick Memorial Race is named after female musher who died of a heart attack in 1965 during the race when it was a two-day long distance event.

“Hopefully we’ll get it back on Tom Patrick/Yukon News track as a two-day race next year Skijorer Jess Wood takes off from the start line. or the year after,” said Sarrazin.

5th Lexi Joinson – 18:10 2nd Virginia Sarrazin – 51:17 Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com 6th Isabel Firth-Gruben – 18:46 3rd Magnus Kaltenborn – 54:47 7th Lindsay Caskenette – 21:52 4th Cynthia Corriveau – 55:40 Results 8th Cynthia Corriveau (kicksled) 5th Jess Wood – 59:18 – 22:51 6th Katherine Sandiford – 59:54 Dog sled (12 miles) 9th Bjorg Skovmand Helmstad 7th Adam Robinson – 1:08:09 1st Armin Johnson – 44:52 – 27:46 2nd Dave Johnson – 47:56 Sled and skijor (6 miles) 3rd Jerry Joinson – 49:33 4th Gerry Willomitzer – 55:42 5th Matt Rydholm – 59:34 Skijor (12 miles) 1st Katherine Sheepway – 46:06

1st Mandy Johnson – 13:26 2nd Magnus Kaltenborn – 16:33 3rd Kristina Young – 17:07 4th Dominic Firth-Gruben – 18:03

Kids one-dog race 1st Harley Kloer – 1:15 2nd Elan Johnson – 1:21 3rd Mikayla Power – 1:26 4th Bode Johnson – 2:19

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ukon was represented by just two cross-country skiers at the Western Canadian Championships over the weekend.

They are easy to find in the results. Just look towards the top.

Whitehorseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dahria Beatty and Caelan McLean both made the podium at the Haywood NorAm event in Prince George, B.C. For Beatty, a member of the national team, the westerns was an opportunity to prepare for the Ski Tour Canada, a series of World Cup races beginning next week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really happy with the 7.5-kilometre free on the first day,â&#x20AC;? said Beatty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My goal for that race was to start really fast and I managed to do that really well.

I actually had a bigger lead after the first lap than I ended up with at the end of the entire race. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to practice going out at the pace that I would need in a World Cup â&#x20AC;Ś I was only able to maintain that pace for four kilometres, but it was still enough for the win at westerns.â&#x20AC;?

Beatty opened the westerns with gold in the open womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 7.5-kilometre free last Friday. She finished in 19:02.7, just 10.9 seconds ahead of national teammate Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt.

Tom Patrick/Yukon News The 21-year-old then picked Yukon Ski Teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Caelan McLean skis at the Don Sumanik Memorial Races in Whitehorse in December. McLean won a silver medal at up a second gold in the open the Haywood NorAm Western Canadian Championships in Prince Geroge, B.C., on Sunday. women 1.4-kilometre sprint on Saturday. Beatty, who qualified with the second fastest time, again beat out teammate Bouffard-Nesbitt for first.

Beatty decided to sit out Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distance free to rest up for the Ski Tour Canada, billed as the biggest cross-country event ever to be held in North America. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I decided not to race on Sunday. I planned that going into the weekend just to give myself an extra day back in Canmore to get ready for the Ski Tour Canada,â&#x20AC;? said Beatty.

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Beatty will be one of three Whitehorse skiers in the tour.

She will be joined by national teammates Emily Nishikawa and Knute Johnsgaard.

Following the tour all three will return home as Whitehorse hosts the Haywood Ski Nationals, March 19-26. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the two wins in Prince George at westerns I regained the NorAm leader position that I had earlier in the year before I went Europe,â&#x20AC;? said Beatty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So going into nationals Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in the leader bib at home.â&#x20AC;?

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After two fourth-place finishes in Prince George, McLean picked up a medal in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distance race.

The 18-year-old placed 20th overall and second for junior men for the silver in the open menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20-kilometre classic. McLean finished in 55:54.2, about a minute behind junior menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winner Gareth Williams, who won gold for the division in all three races.

McLean placed fourth for junior men and 19th overall in the open menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10-kilometre free interval start last Friday.

He then took fourth for junior men in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sprints, missing the bronze by a hair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was in a lunge for third place,â&#x20AC;? said Beatty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He said to me afterwards, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I have to work on those lunges.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;He did really well. It was nice to have another Yukoner there.â&#x20AC;?

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Light snacks and beverages will be provided.

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or the second year in a row, no Canadian territory is represented in the main draw of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

All three territories were sent packing in the pre-qualifying tournament of the Canadian women’s curling championship last weekend in Grande Prairie, Alta.

Yukon’s Team Baldwin went 1-2 in three games with losses to N.W.T. and B.C. “It was great to experience it with my team that I went with,” said Nicole Baldwin, who was at her first Scotties as skip. “It was quite enjoyable.

“The team played well – we all played well – we just didn’t capitalize on a couple misses from the opponents. That was the turning point.”

Team Yukon, which included third Steph Jackson-Baier, second Ladene Shaw, lead Rhonda Horte and alternate Sandra Mikkelsen, opened with a 10-7 loss to N.W.T.’s

Kerry Galusha on Feb. 18.

Galusha, who brought Baldwin as an alternate at the 2007 Scotties, scored one in the ninth and two in the 10th for the win.

“In 10 I had last rock and was doing a run back and just missed it by a couple centimetres to get it, to get our two points and take the ‘W,’” said Baldwin. “It was that close.”

The Yukon rink was then eliminated with an 8-4 loss to Team B.C. last Friday. The Yukoners made up ground with one in the eighth and one in the ninth but couldn’t close the gap.

“That game we struggled with our weights a tiny bit,” said Baldwin.

“We just couldn’t capitalize on anything that we started. We were just on the other side of the inch.”

Team B.C., led by skip Karla Thompson, went on to clinch the berth into the main draw with an 8-6 win over N.W.T., winning it in the 11th end.

The Thompson rink didn’t make it through unscathed, however. The Kamloops team lost 8-7 in 10 ends to

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It was the first-ever win for Nunavut, which was making its first appearance at the Scotties.

Team Baldwin finished the prequalifier with a 12-1 victory over Geneva Chislett’s Nunavut rink.

“I’m really proud of my team and how we pushed through,” said Baldwin. “It’s a bit disappointing not to be playing in the main draw, but I’m really proud of what we did.”

The days of pre-qualifying rounds at the Scotties – and the Tim Hortons Brier – are numbered.

Beginning in 2018, every province and territory will have direct entry into the main draw of both national championships.

Yukon will be represented by a team led by skip Robert Smallwood at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa, Ont., next month.

The Smallwood rink will face Nova Scotia, N.W.T. and Nunavut in the pre-qualifying round beginning on March 3.

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WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: steep rapids in a river

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WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: to treat as an object of great interest or importance

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21. Cologne 22. Unsettled until the end 25. Wine (French) 26. A lyric poem 27. European Economic Comm.

28. Doctors’ group 29. Chronicles (abbr.)

30. Plural of os 31. Make a distinction 38. Small amount 39. Untruths 40. Inflorescence

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weight 16. Explosive 17. Songwriter Sammy 20. About ear 21. Before 23. Floods 24. Potato state (abbr.)

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CLUES DOWN 1. Envelop 2. An island in the W Pacific 3. Teetertotter 4. Fixed charges 5. Successor to Tutankhamun 6. Leg bones 7. Goof 8. Shrek is one 10. Violinist Issac 11. A female relative 13. Counterbalance used get net

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WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell a word Hint: complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise

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Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871

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

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1-BDRM, COPPER Ridge, private washroom, refs reqĘźd, N/S, $500/mon includes all utilities. 336-1406

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2 PLACER claims on Iron Creek off the South Canol road. 3 hours from town.

Coarse gold found in the area, $5,000/ea.

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2-BDRM APT, downtown, upper level of house, available now, $1,500/mon + utils.

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Help Wanted LEAD CSR NOC#6551 $13 up to $17 per hour 40 per week Duties: to provide wide range of cash based products and services Email taunya.hirschl@moneymartdr.com 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 LIVE-IN CAREGIVER required to provide home & personal care to elderly woman in Pelly Crossing.

Home Care Certificate or equivalent experience required.

Contact Adam: 867-689-4892 mvanbibber@shaw.ca THE CLAIM CAFE requires a senior baker.

Two years commercial food experience is necessary.

Passion for food and baking schooling are pluses.

Apply with resume to 305 Strickland Street or info@theclaim.ca

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Earn 20/hr from your own home PART TIME WORK.

NO SALES INVOLVED. Be a part of one of Canada’s most dynamic environmental and socio-economic assessment processes; working with an energe c, progressive organiza on. We are commi ed to the well-being of our employees and encourage their personal and professional development.

Conducting surveys and booking appointments in the Whitehorse area.

Must be positive and reliable.

Our commitment is to be an impar al, effec ve and efficient organiza on that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

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All posi ons available for immediate occupa on.

Clearly iden fy the posi on of interest to you.

For our Teslin Designated Office: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

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ASSESSMENT OFFICER Full-Ɵme – One year term

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

The annual salary range for this posi on is $67,987.78 - $78,384.94 based on 75 hours biweekly.

Job descrip ons are available at the Teslin Designated Office, 8 McLeary Street in Teslin, YESAB Head Office, Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street in Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca.

For our Head Office: ASSESSMENT OFFICER Full-Ɵme – One year term

Located in Whitehorse, this posi on is responsible for being part of a team reviewing, analyzing and evalua ng project submissions from proponents. This posi on supports Senior Assessment Officers, the Execu ve Commi ee and YESAB Panels in environmental and socioeconomic assessments. This support includes iden fying project effects and mi ga on measures for adverse effects, determining the significance of any residual effects and developing recommenda ons.

The annual salary range for this posi on is $67,987.78 - $78,384.94 based on 75 hours biweekly.

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

If you feel you have the qualifica ons and ambi on to meet the challenges of any of these posi ons please forward a cover le er and resume outlining how your suitability and creden als relate directly to the desired posi on.

Submit applica ons to: Finance and Administra on Manager, YESAB Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Toll free: 1.866.322.4040 Resumes for all of the above must be received by end of day March 13, 2016.

DENTAL HYGIENIST required at busy dental practice.

Full-time/part-time (flexible hours).

Please apply with resume to: Whitehorse Dental Clinic, 406 Lambert St. (behind Medicine Chest Pharmacy) Attn: Dr. Colin Nash.

Please email any questions to: whitehorsedental@northwestel.net

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Permanent part-Ɵme posiƟon (45 hours bi-weekly) Located in Teslin, this posi on reports to the Manager, Designated Office and is responsible for providing recep on and administra ve support to the staff of the Designated Office. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to work independently in a confiden al environment, with frequent interrup ons, and their ability to mul task and priori ze their workload while maintaining a posi ve a tude with both co-workers and the public. Applicants must have experience with Microso Outlook, Word, Excel and Access. The hourly salary for this posi on is $27.25 – $31.29 and is 45 hours biweekly. Flexible work arrangements may be considered.

FULL-TIME DENTAL ASSISTANT REQUIRED for busy dental practice.

Experience an asset (CDA I/II), but would train the right applicant.

Please apply with resume to Whitehorse Dental Clinic, 406 Lambert Street or fax resume to 667-4488.

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SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE LISTINGS: G-P Distributing Inc. ➥ GENERAL LABOURER ➥ ORDER PICKER ➥ SALES REPRESENTATIVE Talbot Arm Motel ➥ FRONT DESK CLERK The Collective Good ➥ SALES ASSOCIATE - PART TIME ElderActive Recreation Association ➥ PROGRAM COORDINATOR Northwestel Inc. ➥ SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

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The Kluane Dana Shaw Corporation is accepting applications for two (2) full-time employment positions: Administrative Coordinator and Finance Manager.

Closing Date: March 31, 2016.

For complete details please email gclark@kluanecorp.ca

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 BINDER FULL of baseball cards, $20.

633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154 TRADING CARDS, binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $40. Ross 633-3154 Native Brain-Tanned MOOSE HIDES At Reasonable Prices Tanned beaver & other furs also available.

Phone (780) 355-3557 or (780) 461-9677 or write: Lodge Fur & Hides Box 87, Faust, AB. T0G-0X0

Up North Adventures ➥ ADVENTURE COORDINATOR

STAINLESS STEEL commercial kitchen sink, 50" x 25" x15" deep, $200. Call 633-4375

Yukon Hospital Corporation ➥ BUILDING TECHNICIAN

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

Skills Canada Yukon ➥ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kopper King Services Ltd ➥ STORE CLERK MacBride Museum Society ➥ FRONT OF HOUSE SUPERVISOR

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Employment Employment Opportunities Opportunities

Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon’s capacity through education and training.

Anticipatory Hire - Casual, Temporary Instructor/Coordinator, Clean Energy Program School of Community Education and Development Carcross Community Campus From: March 28, 2016 to May 27, 2016 Bi-weekly hours: 75 Competition #: 16.15 Initial Review Date: March 4, 2016

MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10, almost every card issued incl. 27 unopened paks from each year, over 1,200 cards, $900. Ross 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association, 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. Ross 633-3154 Canvas Tents and Wood Stoves Lowest Prices in Canada Tents will ship by Greyhound from Castlegar, B.C. Canvas Tent Shop, www.Canvastentshop.ca 1-800-234-1150 Call for Prices YUKON SOURDOUGH Rendezvous 1988 print by Cris Caldwell, hand-signed.

633-2236 HEAVY CANVAS tarp 12x16, yellow in colour, new in pkg, $150. Canvas tarp 12x16, yellow in colour, used, $120. 633-5569 CRAFTSMAN TABLESAW, 12, 220 volt, $200. 633-5569 100 LB propane tank, $50. 633 5569 THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. Ross 633-3154 CANADA GOOSE Arctic winter coat, full length, wolf hood. Size L, barely worn. Paid $1000, asking $400. 335-0009 BOX OF 40 mysteries, paperbacks, various authors, $25. 633-3154 YUKON WILDLIFE Conservation stamps, rare and unique collection of 13 stamps, from 1996-2008, beautiful artwork depicting Yukon birds and wildlife, $150. 633-3154 SPACE HEATER, Noma, electric, oil-filled, new, replica of 1930s radiator, $40.

332-7355

Coordinator, Summer Camps School of Continuing Education & Training

Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Casual Position Salary - $25.94 per hour Duration: March 14th, 2016 to September 2, 2016 (Part-time from March 14, 2016 to May 1, 2016 & full-time from May 2, 2016 to September 2, 2016) Competition# 16.16 Initial Review date: March 7, 2016 Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions.

Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca

TWO-BAG DUST collector on wheels, General, with 4” hose, floor model 13” General band saw & blades, has 1” blade with carbide teeth, sliding drafting machine & vinyl cover. 332-3114 DEWALT SAW, case & blades, router set & case, small grinder & accessories, DeWalt biscuit joiner & case, DeWalt palm sander incl disks & base, router bits, screws.

332-3114 10” ORION telescope, exc cond, c/w carry bag, $200 obo. 334-4910 12” TABLETOP oscillating fan, Bionaire electric heater, Cube ceramic electric heater, sanding blocks, sand paper, industrial floor model drill press, assorted plumbing hand tools & case. 332-3114 INFRA-RED SPACE Heaters, electric plug-in type, energy saver technology, rated for 900 sq ft, furniture quality, have 2, $90 ea. 332-7355 NEW PORTABLE sluice aircraft metal, new water pump, new venturey tube with hoses.

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LAMINATE FLOORING to cover 24x24 area, still in box from the store. Price reduced. 867-399-4002

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20 BRADFORD Exchange collector plates includes Norman Rockwell, Louis Dali Limoges, Grimms Fairy Tales, The Canterbury Tales, all in excellent condition, $10 each obo. 332-9012

Wage commensurate with level Closing date: Friday, March 4, 2016.

NAKWAYE KU CHILD CARE Box 2799,Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5K4 E-mail: nakwayeku@yukoncollege.yk.ca | Fax: 668-8890 (Attn: Daycare)

REVITIVE IX improves circulation to relieve pain and cramps, reduce swelling and strengthen leg muscles, $300 on Revitive website, asking $140. Serge @ 667-5462

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

9â&#x20AC;?X32â&#x20AC;? METAL lathe, c/w 1/2â&#x20AC;? drill chuck, 3 jaw chuck, 4 jaw chuck, face plate, steady rest, live centre, dead centre, some tooling, exc cond, $1,500. 456-2130

SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 smart phone, Bell/Virgin, 16GB, good cond, $130.

334-6087 IPHONE 4S 16GB Telus, black, good cond, c/w charge cord, $130 firm. 334-6087 HP NOTEBOOK 15 SCR, 4GRam, 500 G HD 14D, $150. 334-9287, email JP858950@gmail.com

Musical Instruments PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com IBANEZ HOLLOW body electric guitar, birdĘźs eye maple body , like new, $800. Godin electric plus acoustic guitar, built in one, c/w hard case shell, made in Montreal, $1,200. 332-1360 BLUE FLORAL Fender Telecaster, excellent condition, comes with case, $1,300.

456-4110

Become a volunteer and join the Board, walk dogs or help with a fundraiser; it all helps!

Call 633-6019 today to find out how you can become involved!

Early Childhood Educator

1995 ARCTIC Cat snowmobile, good cond, serious inquiries only, $600 obo. 667-6207

ASUS LAPTOP, TP550L, Windows 10, new cond. Bell turbo stick. 334-3098

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WANTED: VHS Anne of Green Gables movies. 633-2236

FREE, HEWLETT Packard scanner model ScanJet 3400C w/software, works fine, I upgraded. 633-3154

Executive Director The Klondike Visitors Association (KVA) in Dawson City, Yukon is seeking an Executive Director. Candidates should have a degree in business administration or significant work experience in a management capacity of a multi-faceted organization.

The duties include management of a Tourism Destination Marketing Organization and overseeing its business operations, including Diamond Tooth Gerties Casino, with an overall organization budget approaching $3M. Candidates should have: â&#x20AC;˘ Experience working in a not-for-profit organization with a board of directors â&#x20AC;˘ Experience handling contract administration and industrial relations management in an organization with 7 year round employees and 60+ seasonal employees â&#x20AC;˘ Business operational skills with demonstrated management skills and the ability to interpret financial reports â&#x20AC;˘ Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities Salary & Benefits: Compensation is commensurate with qualifications and KVA policy

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Wed - $ s &RI $70.20

For further information, or to submit a rĂŠsumĂŠ, please contact: Brian Stethem: Chair, Klondike Visitors Association at bstethem@northwestel.net

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QUALIFICATIONS: Red Cross Swimming Instructor/Life Saving CertiďŹ cate, First Aid CertiďŹ cate, Water Safety Instructor (WSI), Lifesaving Bronze Cross, National Lifeguard Service (NLS) CertiďŹ cate Applicant must successfully pass RCMP reliability/security check.

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FIRE-KILLED SPRUCE FIREWOOD Very dry, clean burning $250/cord 16â&#x20AC;?x 3-cord load Larger loads available $200/cord if you cut & haul from my yard in town 333-5174 DJG CONTRACTING â&#x20AC;˘Delivering logging truck loads â&#x20AC;˘Single/multiple cord loads Call David at 867-332-8327 THOMASĘźS FIREWOOD From Fox Lake â&#x20AC;˘Long, hot burn â&#x20AC;˘$220 per cord Call 334-3979 SPLIT FIREWOOD 16â&#x20AC;? lengths 3-cord loads $220/cord Delivered in city limits 333-5174 EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery â&#x20AC;˘ Dry accurate cords â&#x20AC;˘ Clean shavings available â&#x20AC;˘ VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise.

ORDER NOW 456-7432

RECOMMENDED QUALIFICATIONS: 18 years of age or older, WHMIS, Pool Operators Level 1 and/or 2, and LSI accreditation are preferred but not required, training may be available on missing accreditations, Yukon PostSecondary students will receive preference, good interpersonal skills NOTE: If you do not have all the qualiďŹ cations, you may still apply.

DUTIES: Under the direction of the Pool Manager the position shall be responsible for the pool chemical testing, supervising swimming activities, enforcing pool rules, ensuring safety equipment and procedures are in place at all times, assisting in instructing all levels of swimming lessons, assisting with facility maintenance, attending and participating in staff in-services.

SALARY: $20.45/hour; 40 hours/week, for 14 weeks (early May to mid-August), and includes working some weekends and evenings DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MARCH 16, 2016, AT 4:30 P.M. Submit a letter of interest with resume and proof of qualiďŹ cations to: Village of Mayo, Box 160, Mayo,YT, Y0B 1M0, Phone (867) 996-4300; Fax 996-2907 EMAIL: caomayo@northwestel.net

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QUALIFICATIONS: National Lifeguard Service, Aquatic Emergency Care or equivalent, Red Cross Water Safety Instructors, Lifesaving Society Instructors, Pool Operators Level I and WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) Course.

AEC/NLS Instructors, Lifesaving Society Examiner, Pool Operators level 2, Small Craft Safety, and NCCP Coaching CertiďŹ cation for swimming.

NOTE: If you do not meet all of the requirements, you may still be considered.

DUTIES: Under the direction of the Chief Administrative OfďŹ cer and the Recreation Coordinator the position shall be responsible for the operation, supervision, direction, and administration of the Mayo pool, pool staff, activities, programs, and facilities. The position will also be responsible for life guarding duties and the instruction of pool related courses.

SALARY: $22.65/hour; 40 hours/week; for 14 weeks (early May-mid August) and includes working some weekends and evenings.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MARCH 16, 2016 AT 4:30 P.M. Submit a letter of interest with resume, proof of qualiďŹ cations and college transcripts to: Margrit Wozniak, Chief Administrative OfďŹ cer, Village of Mayo, Box 160, Mayo, YT, Y0B 1M0, (867) Tel: 867- 996-4300, Fax 996-2907

EMAIL: caomayo@northwestel.net

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DONĘźS FIREWOOD â&#x20AC;˘Year-Round Harvester/Supply â&#x20AC;˘Junction Beetle Kill â&#x20AC;˘Daily Deliveries from Whitehorse â&#x20AC;˘Competitive Pricing Phone 393-4397 firewooddon@outlook.com

Guns & Bows Integra Tire Whitehorse requires a full time permanent

Service Station/Propane Attendant

LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL

The Applicant must be able to work weekends and evenings.

Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License & Propane Certification is required.

Wage is $12.50 - $15.00 / hour depending on experience.

Group Insurance Benefits available.

WINCHESTER MODEL 37 16-gauge single shot shotgun, vg cond, $250. 633-2443

Drop resume off at 107 Industrial Road Attn: Cal Murdoch or email to Cal@yukontire.com

RUGER 77-22, as new, 22 LR caliber, $900 obo. 668-4726 or 335-4749

BROWNING LEVER action, 22 LR caliber, vg cond, $500 obo. 668-4726 or 335-4749

RUGER BISLEY 45 Long Colt, like new, 2 boxes fired through, $1,000. 336-0783

RUGER REDHAWK 44 magnum stainless steel, like new, one box fired through it, $1000. 336-0783 FIFTY-FOUR ROUNDS of 7.62 x 54 Privi Partizan brand hunting ammunition + six fired cases for $65.00 or trade for same number of .270 Win or .303 Br. rounds.

633-2443 REMINGTON 11/87 shotgun 18" rifled barrel semi auto, laser sight, great bear gun, comes with soft case & lots of ammo, mint condition, $700. 336-3865 WHITEHORSE RIFLE & Pistol Club is having a restricted firearm safety course on Sunday, March 6. Be there by 8:30am. Call 633-2488 LEUPOLD FX-3 25*40mm target scope, little use in great shape, box, scope cover, scope, and sun shade included, $800 obo.

332-2354 RUGER M77 Varmint, 22-250, 2 sets of rings, good cond, accurate, $800 obo.

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HUNTER ARMS â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fultonâ&#x20AC;? model, 12 gauge sxs shotgun, 2 3/4â&#x20AC;? chambers, good solid gun built by same company that made L.C. Smith guns, $400. 633-2443

Wanted WANTED: REFRIGERATOR in good working order, reasonably priced. 399-3031 for messages WANTED: SBX11 or 11A bush radio. Email scott@ranchernet.com WANTED: 78 rpm record collections, big or small. Will pick up. 335-3344 LOOKING FOR "City of Whitehorse Klondike Dollar" Brass Token. Has horse head, plane and mountains on one side. Email me at cliveeelyot.com WANTED: WEIGHT bench with weights, cheap. 689-8676 WANTED: FREE-STANDING bathtub, small. 633-2236

SMITH & Wesson 500 magnum, 8 3/8 barrel, 1 box, 20 rounds fired through, like new, $1,500. 336-0783

Cars

JOB OPPORTUNITY with Skills Canada Yukon EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Please email: meganf@skillscanada.com for a detailed job description.

ElderActive Recreation Association (ERA) Permanent/Part-time position 20 hrs/week Wage $18 to $22/hr, DOE

APPLY VIA EMAIL BY MARCH 9TH, 2016.

The Coordinator will receive direction from the Board of Directors and will be responsible for all aspects of organizing and promoting existing and researching new programs.

SPECIALIZED CLEANER

Qualifications: The applicant must be able to communicate well both orally and in writing, have good organizational skills and be a self-starter; must have a solid working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook. Applicants must have a minimum grade 12 education, preferably with some coursework in computer programs and experience in the non-profit recreation field. A complete job description can be obtained by emailing elderactive@sportyukon.com.

Full time Monday-Friday, 40 hours a week. 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.

Please submit your cover letter and resume electronically, by March 11, or in person to the ERA office (Tuesday to Friday 9:00 to 1:00) in the Sport Yukon building: 4061 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, YT. No Phone Calls Please!

Phone days 867-667-6315 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax 867-668-6977 Email: irving@northwestel.net

WORKING ON WELLNESS/ COMUNITY PARTNERSHIP YUKON FIRST NATIONS PREFERENTIAL HIRING POLICY IS APPLICABLE AND MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON APPLICATION.

Closing Date: Location: Hours: Salary:

Until illed Whitehorse 37.5 hours per week full time Level 7

Job Summary: Under the supervision of the Health and Social Director the Working on Wellness/Community Partnership Coordinator will work with members of the Canadian North Helicobacter pylori (CANHelp) Working Group to support the engagement of community and health care partners in the research about health risks from H. pylori infection and to exchange knowledge with community members and decision makers to identify ways to reduce health risks from this infection. As well as working with BC healthy Living Alliance and with Yukon First Nations to implement a tailored workplace wellness program as part of the Working on Wellness Project. This position has two identi ied projects.

Additional Information: Only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted. For further information and job description, please contact Renie Bruton at 867-393-9206 or email at renie.bruton@cyfn.net.

Please submit applications and/or resumes to: Name: Renie Bruton Address: Council of Yukon First Nations, 2166 2nd Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 4P1 Phone: (867)393-9206 Fax: (867)668-6577 Email: renie.bruton@cyfn.net

2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart 2.4L Mivec 5 speed manual transmission.

Power everything, A/C, aftermarket stereo & headlights, front strut tower bar, tinted windows, carbon ďŹ ber spoiler. Comes with winter tires on aluminum rims. Very clean.

SEE KIJIJI FOR MORE INFO. Bright yellow! $8,000 obo.

Call or Text 867-335-7997 2012 LAGUNA Seca Boss Mustang, only 180 miles from new, black and red striped 2-seat street/race car, production of only 350 in this model, $67,500. 334-7500 2010 FORD Edge, blue, 85,000 kms, vg condition, c/w remote start, 2 sets of summer/winter tires with aluminum wheels, $22,750. 334-7500 2009 NISSAN Altima 4-dr, 2.5s, air, cruise, tilt, cloth, custom wheels & winters, $6,500.

333-0186 2005 MERCEDES Benz C-240 4-dr sedan, 249,000km, loaded, all options, 4 new snow tires, $8,350. 336-2029 2003 CHEVROLET Cavalier 5-speed manual 2.2L DOCH Ecotech engine, p/l,p/w, a/c,abs, remote start, aftermarket sound system, sunroof. new windshield, brakes & wheel bearings. In great shape, 210,000 kms. 332-3040 2003 CHRYSLER PT Cruiser, 181,560 kms, front wheel drive, a-t, good mechanical cond, exc winter car, c/w winter studded tires on steel rims, sold as is, $2,800 obo. 334-0294

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Manager Lands, Resources and Heritage Regular Full Time TKC wage scale Level 9 As the Manager you will be accountable to the Executive Director to plan, develop, implement and review laws, regulations, policies and standards speciďŹ c to lands, water, resources (mineral, forest, etcetera), the ďŹ&#x201A;ora and fauna and human activities. This requires analysing self-government powers in the context of tri-party legislative requirements.

As well, this position is responsible for ensuring that Taâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;an Kwächâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;än Council government initiatives and policies are developed pursuant to the TKC Final Agreement, TKC Constitution and meet approval by the Councils.

To access the job description please call Human Resources Department or contact by e-mail rkufeldt@taan.ca Closing date: Monday, March 7, 2016.

As per policy, preference will be given to TKC citizens who self- declare in their cover letter and/or rĂŠsumĂŠ Please submit a cover letter and rĂŠsumĂŠ to: Human Resources Department

Email: human.resources@taan.ca

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YUKON NEWS 1997 GMC C-2500 4X4, ext cab, 350/auto trans, $3,500 obo. 334-4687 1996 PLYMOUTH Voyager van, vg condition, clean and smooth, 280,000km, tinted windows, $2,200 obo. 322-1476 1991 FORD Explorer, grey, 4WD, A/C, P/W, P/L, air, sunroof, 4-dr, new winter tires, battery, alternator, brakes, $1,500. 334-2862 1976 CHEVY wheelchair school bus, 25ĘźL, no seats, compact side-mount wheelchair lift, vg multi-purpose vehicle, automatic trans.

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4"-&4 t #0%: 4)01 t 1"354 t 4&37*$& NEW!! 2016 Hyundai Accent - REMOTE START ............................... $17,995 2005 Chrysler P.T. Cruiser - 5-SPEED, RED ............................................ $3,995 2008 Skidoo Summit - 860 CC, MANY UPGRADES....................................$5,195 2015 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Car Hauler - NEW!! Tandem Trailer ..................................$4,495 2010 Dodge Caravan - STOW â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GO.........................................................$10,995

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333-0186 2004 TOYOTA Tacoma double cab. Truck was rolled. Engine runs great, everything has been tested. Runs & drives. Low kms.

Selling complete or will part out. 335-8413 2002 FORD Sport Trac for parts, exc cond, new tires, well maintained, automatic, 4L engine is blown, interior & body is mint, $500 obo. 334-4910 1999 FORD F-250 Super Duty. Automatic V10 Triton engine, new windshield, brakes, battery & starter. Front & rear receivers, 5th wheel ready $6,000. 332-3040 1998 SONOMA pick-up, red, good cond, $1,600 obo, serious inquiries only. 667-6207 or lv msg 1997 FORD 4x4 off-road HD 7.3 turbo-diesel, like new, 90,000kms, factory sun visor, deep running boards, command start, full trailer pack, elec idle, P/Seat, P/W, $12,000.

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Pets CANINES & COMPANY Dog Obedience School Puppy training classes: March 1 Basic obedience class: March 1 Private Lessons Come When Called & Street Manners www.caninesandcompany.ca 333-0505 GUINEA PIG with cage and all included.

335-6042 PET SITTER needed for rabbit, $10/day for approx 16 days, March 6-22. Will supply everything. Friendly, likes kids & dogs, 334-5199 TWO YEAR old Havanese cross, spayed female, all shots up to date. Free to good home, kennel inclĘźd. 660-5858

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Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg 2004 ARCTIC Cat, Mountain Cat, 800 cc, series M1, 151â&#x20AC;? track, vg cond, well maintained, $3,200 obo. 633-5825 JO'S SMALL ENGINE REPAIR â&#x20AC;˘Repairs to snowmobiles, snowblowers , chainsaws, outboards, lawnmowers and more. â&#x20AC;˘Shop rate $70 per hour, â&#x20AC;˘Lawnmowers and chainsaws $60 per hour.

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Heavy Equipment GOLD WASH Plant, 36Ęź long, 48â&#x20AC;? diameter, is on a 53Ęź triaxle high-boy, c/w extras, $95,000, open to offers. 780-916-4247 lv msg COMPLETE PIONEER crusher, belt power units, rolls & jaw crusher unit, feeder unit, $6,000. 633-4606 SMALLER SET of rolls, powered by two 20 horse electric motors, 440 power, $2,000.

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August 19, 1921 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; February 16, 2016 Ralph was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta on August 19, 1921. He attended Longfellow School near the family ranch and ďŹ nished his early education at Upper Canada College in Toronto.

He volunteered for service in 1941 and trained as a signalman at Kingston Ontario. He served in the Canadian Signal Corps in England, France, Holland and Germany. On his return he took a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Agriculture at UBC in Vancouver. During this time he met Edith Nicolle who was training as a registered nurse at VGH. They were married December 29, 1951. They had ďŹ ve children, Ralph Jr., Stephanie, Susan, Stephen, and John. The family moved from Burnaby back to the prairies in 1960 where Ralph worked for the Federal Department of Agriculture, Health of Animals, in Moose Jaw, Regina, and Prince Albert. In their retirement years Ralph and Edith wintered in Victoria and spent summers at cabins Ralph had built at Whiteswan Lake and Napatak on Lac La Ronge. Ralph was happiest spending time with family. A true gentleman, he was kind, courteous and a supporter of many local and national charities. He read widely and passed on his love of language and ideas to his children and grandchildren. Ralph is survived by his son Ralph (the late Joyce) and family Alison and Katherine; his daughter Stephanie (Denis) and family Anna, Jonathan, Benjamin and Peter; his daughter Susan (Jacques) and family Jessica, Jason, Alex, and Angela; as well as many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father Ralph; mother Olga (Evans); wife Edith (Nicolle); infant sons Stephen and John; siblings Julia (Bert Cannings), Louise (Bev Monkman), and Gene (Ev Kennedy). Memorial Service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Calvary United Church, 114 - 25th St. E., Prince Albert, SK with Reverend Nora Vedress ofďŹ ciating. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.grays.ca.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Chapel, (306-922-4729).

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2005 TRI-AXLE 33Ęź Weekend Warrior toy hauler, damage to back door & gooseneck, valued at $8,000 with damage, asking $5,000 obo. 633-4342 CANOPY FOR full-size Ford long box pick-up truck, $225. 332-7355 1999 POLARIS 700 RMK 3,400 kms, $2,500 firm. 633-5569 M8 ARCTIC Cat snow machine, 162â&#x20AC;? track, new skidplate & other accessories, only 1,200 miles, great cond, $4,200. 660-5545 2001 ARCTIC Cat, Mountain Cat, 600 EFI/LE, mint condition, $3,500 obo. Scott @ 336-3636 1996 SKI-DOO MX Renegade 500 touring, 2-up seat, spare skis, $1,875 obo. 334-4687 1973 ALPINE doubletrack, 640 engine w/electric start & reverse, c/w two spare engines, $1,450 obo. 867-399-3920 2 HARLEY Davidson skidoos, 1973/1974, one running, other good for parts, $950 obo for both. 867-399-3920

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HORAIRE PISTE Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage sauf du 19 au 21 fevrier: activities non motorisees. 867-667-3910 CANCER SUPPORT Group Appreciation for Life, past or present, Yukon peopleĘźs gathering. Meetings are Feb 15, 6pm, and March 16, 7pm, Whitehorse Public Library. Contact Dawn 335-0009 COMMUNITY MIDWIFERY Association Yukon Annual General Meeting Monday, February 29 from 6pm-8pm at the Whitehorse Public Library Meeting Room KLUANE QUILTER'S Guild is bringing award winning quilter Elaine Quehl to Whitehorse. Registration for workshops from April 6-7, and 8-10 is open - all levels. Call Wendy at 633-5191 kluaneguild@gmail.com.

GROWERS OF Organic Food YukonGoOFY AGM Wednesday, March 2nd, 5pm at Whitehorse Library.

QUEER YUKON: upcoming events for the LGBTQ community and allies, Out North, Yukon Pride and more! www.queeryukon.com KLUANE MTN Bluegrass Festival June 10-12; check out the 2016 lineup at yukonbluegrass.com. Get your tickets online, or at Dean's Strings, Whitehorse, or Kluane Machine, Haines Junction COFFEE HOUSE Saturday March 5, featuring: Katie Avery + the Open Stage, help set up 6pm, + open stage sign-up, 7:30pm show, $5, bsmt United Church, 6th + Main, 633-4255 PLEASE JOIN the effort to support Yukon potter Lynne Sofiak while she recovers from treatment for cancer. Make a donation at: https://www.gofundme.com/8vk256e4 DO YOU need help to prepare for your Citizenship exam? The Multicultural Centre of the Yukon has a free program for immigrants starting Saturday, February 27th. Call 667-6205 for information.

MARCH 3, 7-10pm, Yukon Wild Sheep Foundation is hosting an Open House at the Royal Canadian Legion, 503 Steele Street.

Cash bar, door prizes and more.

Yukonwsf@gmail.com for more info.

SUGAR SHACK. Come indulge your sweet tooth with our famous maple taffy on snow from February 26 to 28 at Shipyards Park. cabane.afy.yk.ca SWAZILAND EDUCATIONAL Trust Society spaghetti dinner fundraiser, March 5, Hellaby Hall. Dinner 5-6:30pm, loonie auction 6:30pm. Tickets $12. Proceeds to educate children in Africa. Reserve tickets: 633-2580 or 334-4473

CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-motorized weekend: Feb 19-21. Other weekends & weekdays: Multi-Use. For info: 867-667-3910

PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, March 7th, 5:15 pm, Guild Hall. All Welcome. Come show your support.

Info 633-4829 WORMS TO Weevils - what invasive species are on the horizon? Join the Yukon Invasive Species Council March 3rd at Yukon College for a Forum and Workshop. Registration/info: www.yukoninvasives.com

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HOSPICE YUKON: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to all those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. Visit our lending library @ 409 Jarvis, M-F 11:30-3PM. 667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net

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YUKON MULTIPLE Sclerosis Association invites you to come meet the board, share your ideas and have a coffee on us. March 12th 2016 at 2pm Starbucks across from Walmart MS SOCIETY of Canada is hosting a community consultation in Yukon on March 5, 2016, at the Kwanlin Dunn Cultural Centre, 10:30am-1:30pm. This will include a presentation, then looking for feedback/input.

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Friday, February 26, 2016 F.H. COLLINS School Council regular meeting is being held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Everyone is welcome BARN DANCE featuring Gord Stobbe on Saturday Feb 27th, 7:30p.m. at the Old Firehall. No experience necessary. Everyone welcome. Adults $10, children $5, families $25 THE RIGHTEOUS Wrath of Dene-Yeniseian Eagle-Slayer: Asian-Athabaskan Cultural Ties in Myth and Lore , Long Ago Yukon SKYPE lecturer Dr. Joseph A.P. Wilson, Beringia Centre Saturday, March 5, 1 p.m. www.facebook.com/LongAgoYukon WORLD DAY of Prayer, ecumenical prayer service Friday March 4th, 2pm, Sacred Heart Cathedral. This service was written by the women of Cuba. The theme is Welcome Children, Welcome Me JAZZ IN the Hall with Leith Hill & The Sudden School. A 12 piece band. Thursday, March 3, 7 pm. Old Fire Hall.

YUKON P R O S P E C T O R S Association March 8th, 7 pm, monthly meeting is 2nd Tuesday of each month at Yukon Chamber of Mines 3rd and Strickland St: Check out www. yukonprospectors .ca WHITEHORSE CONCERTS presents Ronée Boyce, solo piano at The Yukon Arts Centre on Saturday, March 5. Concert begins at 8:00 pm. steve@whitehorseconcerts.com SERIES OF 7 Gospel Services, High Country Inn boardroom. Feb 28, March 6 & 28, 3:30 pm. March 2 & 9, 7:30 pm. March 4 &11, 7:30 pm. 403-336-2428

YUKON NEWS INTʼL FOLK Fest, 30th Annual, Skagway, Friday April 15, 7pm AK time, Eagleʼs Hall, on Broadway at 6th.

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YK-AK COFFEE House Saturday April 16, 2016. To get on Open Stage call 633-4580, bring potluck 4:30pm, help set-up 5:30pm, 7:00pm show, $5 United Church bsmt, 6th + Main.

COFFEE HOUSE Saturday March 5, 2016, featuring Katie Avery + the Open Stage.

Help set up 6pm + open stage sign-up, 7:30pm show. $5, bsmt United Church, 6th + Main, 633-4255 GIRLS & Trans Club, Thursdays at 3:30, meet for fun, food and feminism. Free! Victoria Faulkner Womenʼs Centre, 503 Hanson. Info: vfwcgirlsclub@northwestel.net or 667-2693 AGM NOTICE for Predators, Dog Puller Sport Athletic League, Sunday April 17th 1-3 pm at the Whitehorse Public library. General Membership fees $25.00 also due at this time. yukon.predators@gmail.com SAY GOODBYE to winter, welcome spring with Burning Away the Winter Blues. On March 19th join a torch-lit procession at 9:00pm at the S.S. Klondike to a huge bonfire, where you can burn your blues away!

Substance-free event YUKON SCIENCE Institute presents Recovery from the Exxon Valdez with Scott Pegau, Wednesday, March 2, 7:30pm, Beringia Centre, Whitehorse and Thursday, March 3, 7:30pm, Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre, Dawson. Free.

YUKON RESIDENTIAL Landlord Association Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Whitehorse Public Library meeting room. 6:00 pm. All landlords encouraged to attend.

YUKON SCIENCE Institute presents The Rise of the Industrial Drone with Ian Glenn, Sunday, February 28, 7:30pm, Beringia Centre, Whitehorse and Monday, February 29, 7:30pm, Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre, Dawson. Free.

SUNDOGS TOASTMASTERS 35th Anniversary, calling past members, planning a reunion/fun night late March. Whether short/ long term member, let us know if you might be interested, herbeeking@hotmail.com 204-880-7245

WHITEHORSE CURLING Club International Bonspiel. Get your team registered, $240 entry fee. Great prizes, food & entertainment.

March 24-27, 2016. Contact Whitehorse Curling Club at 667-2875

SATURDAY SALSA Dancing, 8:00pm to 11pm. Lessons at 8pm, Saturday April 2nd, Bd Party Room, use the door behind Epic Pizza, Leaping Feats studio, 38 Lewes Boulevard.

HAMLET OF Mount Lorne Local Advisory Council meeting Mar 1, at Mount Lorne Community Center 7pm. Agenda on web site.

DIRECT A Play In A Day Theatre Workshop with Director Clare Preuss. Presented by Gwaandak Theatre with YAC. March 13.

YAC Studio. Register: 393-2676 or event@gwaandaktheatre.ca FREE BOARD Game Drop-In @ Whitehorse Public Library Meeting Room, Saturday March 5th, 12-5pm. Games provided, all are welcome. Hosted by the Yukon Comic Culture Society.

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Services BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER/PAINTER 30 years experience Commercial-Residential •Renovations •Repairs •Kitchens •Bathrooms •Drywall Tiles •Decks •Fine Finishing and Painting No job too small Local references available Phone 393-4937 bradmre@gmail.com

ELIJAH SMITH School Council is holding it's regular meeting on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at 6:30pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome

TLC Continuing Care & Homecare Services Certified, licensed, bondable, safe, reliable Works with all ages Certified nursing home attendant Also available for escort services to appointments and shopping 334-7405 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 Plowing” All Subdivisions & acreages off Mayo Rd, MacPherson, Hidden Valley, Pilot Mountain & Hot Springs Rd. Honest & Prompt Service Call 667-4981 or 334-6369 EXPERT CARPENTRY •All types of projects •Commercial & residential •New construction & renovations •Interior & exterior •Fine finishing 334-5231 MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles Kitchen, Bathroom, Doors, Cabinets, Windows, Framing, Board, Painting Drop Ceiling, Fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com

Lost & Found LOST: KEYS with small silver pen knife on key chain with pig pendant, silver, reward.

Call 667-4759 or 633-4949 LOST: LADIESʼ watch, Bering make, made in Denmark, on February 24 in downtown Whitehorse. If found please call Virginia at 633-3388

LOW COST MINI STORAGE

JAZZ ON the Wing, March 6. New York City vocalist & pianist Champian Fulton Quartet.

Tickets yukontickets.com, Yukon Arts Centre Box Office 667-8574 or Arts Underground JACK HULLAND School Council is holding it's Regular Meeting on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 7:00pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome

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

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

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Now 2 locations: Porter Creek & Kulan.

Onsite & offsite steel containers available for rent or sale.

Phone 633-2594 Fax 633-3915

OFFICE LOCATED BESIDE KLONDIKE WELDING, 15 MacDONALD RD., PORTER CREEK, info@lowcostministorage.ca

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SURVEY NOTICE Section 87(1) Quartz Mining Act Situated in the Watson Lake Mining District in Quad 105 I/11 near Don Creek, Yukon Take notice that a survey has been made of the following mineral claims shown in Schedule A under instructions from the Surveyor General, and that at the termination of sixty days from the date of this notice the said survey shall be accepted as defining absolutely the boundaries of the said claims, unless in the meantime it is protested as provided in Section 75 of the Quartz Mining Act. The plan of survey can be viewed at the office of the Mining Recorder, Watson Lake, Yukon.

Dated at Whitehorse, Yukon this 12th day of January, 2016 Gabriel Aucoin Underhill Geomatics Ltd. Agent for Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. SCHEDULE A Lot Quad 1 105 I/11 2 105 I/11 3 105 I/11 4 105 I/11 5 105 I/11 6 105 I/11 7 105 I/11 8 105 I/11 9 105 I/11 10 105 I/11 11 105 I/11 12 105 I/11 13 105 I/11 14 105 I/11 15 105 I/11 16 105 I/11 17 105 I/11 18 105 I/11 19 105 I/11 20 105 I/11 21 105 I/11 22 105 I/11 23 105 I/11 24 105 I/11 25 105 I/11 26 105 I/11 27 105 I/11 28 105 I/11 29 105 I/11 30 105 I/11 31 105 I/11 32 105 I/11 33 105 I/11 34 105 I/11 35 105 I/11 36 105 I/11 37 105 I/11

Name Nod 1 Nod 2 Nod 3 Nod 4 Nod 5 Nod 6 Nod 7 Nod 8 Nod 9 Nod 10 Nod 11 Nod 12 Nod 13 Nod 14 Nod 16 Nod 18 Nod 20 Nod 22 Nod 29 Nod 30 Nod 31 Nod 32 Nod 33 Nod 34 Nod 35 Nod 36 Nod 37 Nod 38 Nod 39 Nod 40 Nod 41 Nod 42 Nod 43 Nod 44 Nod 45 Nod 46 Nod 47

Grant No. YB49365 YB49366 YB49367 YB49368 YB49369 YB49370 YB49371 YB49372 YB49373 YB49374 YB49375 YB49376 YB49377 YB49378 YB49380 YB49382 YB49384 YB49386 YB49393 YB49394 YB49395 YB49396 YB49397 YB49398 YB49399 YB49400 YB49401 YB49402 YB49403 YB49404 YB49405 YB49406 YB49407 YB49408 YB49409 YB49410 YB49411

SCHEDULE A Lot Quad 38 105 I/11 39 105 I/11 40 105 I/11 41 105 I/11 42 105 I/11 43 105 I/11 44 105 I/11 45 105 I/11 46 105 I/11 47 105 I/11 48 105 I/11 49 105 I/11 50 105 I/11 51 105 I/11 52 105 I/11 53 105 I/11 54 105 I/11 55 105 I/11 56 105 I/11 57 105 I/11 58 105 I/11 59 105 I/11 60 105 I/11 61 105 I/11 62 105 I/11 63 105 I/11 64 105 I/11 65 105 I/11 66 105 I/11 67 105 I/11 68 105 I/11 69 105 I/11 70 105 I/11 71 105 I/11 72 105 I/11 73 105 I/11 74 105 I/11

Name Nod 48 Nod 49 Nod 50 Nod 51 Nod 52 Nod 53 Nod 54 Nod 77 Nod 78 Nod 79 Nod 80 Nod 81 Nod 82 Nod 85 Nod 86 Nod 83F Nod 84F Nod 87F Nod 108F Nod 107F Nod 90F Nod 91F Nod 92F Nod 93F Nod 94F Nod 95F Nod 96F Nod 97F Nod 103F Nod 104F Nod 101F Nod 102F Nod 98F Nod 99F Nod 100F Nod 105F Nod 106F

Grant No. YB49412 YB49413 YB49414 YB49415 YB49416 YB49417 YB49418 YC74017 YC74018 YC74051 YC74052 YC74053 YC74054 YC74025 YC74026 YC74055 YC74056 YC74057 YF47356 YF47355 YF47338 YF47339 YF47340 YF47341 YF47342 YF47343 YF47344 YF47345 YF47351 YF47352 YF47349 YF47350 YF47346 YF47347 YF47348 YF47353 YF47354

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

REQUEST FOR TENDER

REQUEST FOR TENDER

REQUEST FOR TENDER

REQUEST FOR TENDER

Camera and Access Control Solution

Supply and Maintenance of Portable Washrooms

Supply of One (1) New 2016 Wheel Loader

Takhini Arena Sprinkler Replacement

RFT 2016-OPS0005

RFT 2016-OPS0004

Supply and Delivery of One (1) Mobile Water Supply Fire Apparatus

RFT 2016-PKT0001

Closing March 15, 2016 at 3:00 pm PST.

Closing March 14, 2016 at 3:00 pm PST.

For details visit whitehorse.ca/procurement

For details visit whitehorse.ca/procurement

www.whitehorse.ca

www.whitehorse.ca

RFP 2016-BTS0003 Closing March 31, 2016 at 2:00 pm PST. For details visit whitehorse.ca/procurement

www.whitehorse.ca

Closing March 21, 2016 at 2:00 pm PST. For details visit whitehorse.ca/procurement

www.whitehorse.ca

RFT 2016-FIR0001 Closing March 25, 2016 at 2:00 pm PST. For details visit whitehorse.ca/procurement

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

PUBLIC TENDER

CALL-CENTRE SERVICES FOR YUKON EMERGENCY MEASURES ORGANIZATION AND YUKON SPILLS LINE

AIRCRAFT CHARTER SERVICES FOR PROTECTIVE SERVICES 2016/17 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 16, 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.

Project Description: Provide afterhours call-centre services to Yukon Emergency Measures Organization and Yukon Spills Line.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 16, 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 Michael Templeton at michael.templeton@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/

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/

PUBLIC TENDER WASTE/CARDBOARD PICKUP AT WHITEHORSE AREA SCHOOLS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 16, 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 Shannon Trott at shannon.trott@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/

Highways and Public Works

Business Opportunities

Livestock

Skagway Tour Business for Sale Garden City Glassworks, Blown Glass Studios, Gift Shop, Cruise Tour Contracts Unique Opportunity Retiring, motivated to sell Our tours rated #1 in Customer Satisfaction.

Potential for growth Turn key operation Allows off season travel, beach time or time for glass production.

Located Jewell Gardens jewellgardens.com, Call/text Charlotte 907 612-0115 jewellgardens@yahoo.com

HAY & STRAW FOR SALE Excellent quality hay Timothy/grass mix 60+lb $14.50 Alfalfa/grass mix 60+lb $15.50 Straw bales (baled in spring - not prime) $5 Nielsen Farms Maureen 333-0615

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

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

Whole, half or custom order.

Samples available 668-7218 • 335-5192 HAY FOR SALE •Dry bales kept under a shelter •Great quality hay 60-70 lb bales, $10 633-4496 or mikeandastra@me.com 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

Sports Equipment DOWNHILL ROSSIGNOL skis with bindings, $40. 633-6711 after 4:30

PUBLIC TENDER

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUOR WITHIN YUKON - CARCROSS AND/OR WHITEHORSE

YUKON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRES COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS UPGRADE

Project Description: The Yukon Liquor Corporation invites interested parties to bid on the transportation of liquor on either one of two or both routes: a) Whitehorse Carcross b) Whitehorse YLC Warehouse to Whitehorse Liquor Store Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 4, 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 Jorn Meier at jorn.meier@gov.yk.ca.

Project Description: Design, supply, installation, for new communications systems in eleven communities throughout Yukon with the capability for future upgrades.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 16, 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 Ray Mikkelsen at raymond.mikkelsen@gov.yk.ca.

Education

Community Services

PUBLIC TENDER

Puzzle Page Answer Guide

PROVISION OF CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Sudoku:

Project Description: Provision of custodial services for Hidden Valley Elementary school Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 14, 2016. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

Technical questions may be directed to Stanley Bode at Stanley.Bode@gov.yk.ca.

Kakuro:

Site Visit: March 7, 2016 at 3:30 pm Confirm attendance with Project Manager 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/

Crossword:

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Word Scramble A: Cataract B: Lionize C: Aplomb

PUBLIC TENDER TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUOR WITHIN YUKON WHITEHORSE TO EAGLE PLAINS Project Description: The Yukon Liquor Corporation invites interested parties to bid on the transportation of liquor from the Whitehorse Central Warehouse to the Eagle Plains Hotel (Dempster Hwy Km 371).

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is March 4, 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 Jorn Meier at jorn.meier@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/

Yukon Liquor Corporation

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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/

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/

Yukon Liquor Corporation

Health and Social Services

Little Footprints, Big Steps was founded to provide ongoing care and protection for the children of Haiti. We welcome and greatly appreciate your support.

Please check our website to donate, fundraise or to get involved.

www.littlefootprintsbigsteps.com This ad sponsored by the

Friday, February 26, 2016 ROSSIGNOL SKIS & poles, sz 7 ski boots, new, good for -30, $200 for all. 334-7405

Baby & Child Items CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903

Furniture DYNASTY COUCH & chair, good shape, $175; coffee table w/2 end tables, like new, $150; Oak coffee table w/tinted glass & 2 end tables, $150; 2 ceiling fans w/lights, $50 ea. 332-1360

YUKON NEWS FUTON, EXPRESSO colored frame, taupe coloured mattress, 81“ long, magazine storage at both ends, used only for guests, N/S house, $100. 668-6147 5-PC SANTA Fe Rusticos dinette set, from Brick for over $1,300, solid pine, pictures online at the Brick, like new, immaculate, $700.

633-2998 or email: bellis@klondiker.com DOUBLE BED, exc cond, mattress, box spring & metal frame, $150. 633-6711 after 4:30pm

CLASSIC SOLID wood bedroom dresser and drawers, 69” long w/large mirror, 9 drawers, will forward picture, $375. 633-3113 OLD FASHIONED wood style cookstove, runs on propane, 6 burner with oven, green in color, $3,750. 335-5192 or 668-7218 WOOD DRESSER, excellent shape, $100; black dresser, $50; two kid's desks, good shape, $50 each. 335-5192 or 668-7218

FRENCH PROVINCIAL girl's desk w/chair.

Solid wood but well worn, $70. 633-6711 after 4:30 pm SOLID WOOD table with four chairs, folds for storage, $100. 335-5192 or 668-7218

BUNK BEDS Lifetime Warranty Yukon Made! Yukon Owned!

Eco Friendly 1-800-Bunkbed

Application Number Numéro de la demande

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

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

PM15-069

Yun Long Zhang (Leo)

Minni Bell, Unit #1 & Groundwater

Placer

March 22, 2016

PM16-012

Clifford Pepper

Alameda Pup, Tributary of Dominion Creek

Placer

March 22, 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.

Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations à l’Office avant la date limite indiquée sur le présent 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 secrétariat de l’Office au 867-456-3980.

NOTICE OF HEARING ALBERTA ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD Alberta Reclaim and Recycling Company Inc. Johnny Ha and Shawn Diep EPEA Administrative Penalty No. 15/01-AP-RDNSR-15/01 Appeal Nos.: 14-025-027 Time: Date: Location:

9:15 a.m.

April 22, 2016 Alberta Environmental Appeals Board 306, 10011 – 109 Street, Edmonton, Alberta

Administrative Penalty The Alberta Environmental Appeals Board will hold a hearing on April 22, 2016, in Edmonton, Alberta, to hear submissions with respect to the decision of Alberta Environment and Parks to issue Administrative Penalty No. 15/01-AP-RDNSR-15/01 in the amount of $844,778 to Alberta Reclaim and Recycling Company Inc., Johnny Ha, and Shawn Diep for transporting and accepting beverage containers into the Province of Alberta for the purpose of operating a non-permitted bottle depot; obtaining refunds for said beverage containers; and failing to comply with the terms and conditions of its issued permit when operating the Andrew Bottle Depot.

Viewing Documents The material filed with the Board respecting these appeals can be made available for viewing by contacting the Environmental Appeals Board at (780) 427-6207.

Information Requests Environmental Appeals Board Registrar of Appeals 306, 10011 – 109 Street Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 3S8 Telephone: 780-427-6207 Toll-free 310-0000, followed by 780-427-6207 Fax: 780-427-4693 E-Mail: gilbert.vannes@gov.ab.ca Website: www.eab.gov.ab.ca About the Board The Environmental Appeals Board is an independent quasi-judicial body that hears appeals of certain decisions made by Alberta Environment and Parks.

Personals DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm 404A Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office

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WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB February 23, 2016 1st - Ruth Whitney & Cheryl Smith 2nd - Lynn Daffe & Mark Davey 3rd - Chris Hemmings & Ken Schick 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

Request for Proposal Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) seeks

Yukon Water Board – Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande

Any person may submit comments or recommendations, in writing, by the deadline for notice.

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Interventions Any person, other than the parties, who wishes to make a representation before the Board on these appeals must submit a request in writing by fax or by e-mail to the Board at the fax number or e-mail address set out below. The request must be received by the Board on or before March 10, 2016. It is your responsibility to ensure that your request is received by the Board by March 10, 2016. Such a request shall (a) contain the name, address, e-mail, and telephone and fax numbers of the person submitting the request, (b) indicate whether the person submitting the request intends to be represented by a lawyer or agent and, if so, the name of the lawyer or agent, (c) contain a summary of the nature of the person’s interest in this appeal, and (d) be signed by the person submitting the request. Applications will only be considered if the information will assist the Board in making its decision, and will not duplicate the information provided by the parties. After March 10, 2016, the Board will, in its discretion, determine if other persons may make representations, and the manner in which they can be made. Once the Board makes a decision on any intervenor applications, the hearing will be open to the public for viewing only.

The information requested is necessary to allow the Environmental Appeals Board to perform its function.

The information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, section 33(c). Section 33(c) provides that personal information may only be collected if that information relates directly to and is necessary for the processing of these appeals. The information you provide will be considered a public record.

Environmental Appeals Board

Professional Janitorial Services for cleaning of approx. 9500 sq feet, office & meeting space.

Please contact lhureau@yeu.ca for more detail and to submit a proposal before 5pm Friday March 4, 2016.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 2016-007 Thermal Energy Plant Development Study

Yukon Energy is inviting proposal submissions from qualified consultants to complete a conceptual study on potential thermal (natural gas and diesel) energy plant development in the territory.

This information will be used to support Yukon Energy’s planning process to look at potential resource options to meet the long term load forecast for 2016-2035. The work is scheduled to commence on March 25th with the final report submitted on May 20th, 2016.

Sealed proposals, clearly marked “RFP # 2016-007 Thermal Energy Plant Development Study” will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time, March 18, 2016 at Yukon Energy’s corporate offices, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Box 5920, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Y1A 6S7 or via e-mail.

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

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION RFQ 2016-008 L177 Transmission Line Brushing

Yukon Energy is inviting quotations from qualified contractors for approximately 36.6 kilometres of transmission line brushing on the Corporation’s L177 transmission line between Stewart Crossing and Dawson City. This work would be scheduled for the 2016 summer work season and would be completed by October 31, 2016.

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

Sealed quotations, clearly marked “RFQ # 2016-008 L177 Transmission Line Brushing” will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon Time, March 11th, 2016, at Yukon Energy’s corporate offices, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Box 5920, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Y1A 6S7 or via e-mail.

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

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