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oon when you dial zero on your landline you won’t be speaking to a Yukoner. Northwestel is eliminating its seven local operator jobs because the company says people aren’t using the service enough anymore. Instead, Northwestel is “pooling� its services with its parent company, Bell, so that the calls will be answered at an office somewhere else in Canada, said company spokesperson Andrew Anderson. He didn’t say specifically where. “We have seen, as all telecommunications have, major reductions in the demands for operator services as technology goes online and different technologies become available,� Anderson said. “So for example, people are using landlines less and cell phones more. There are web services such as Google and Canada411 which help custom-
Elaine Taylor speaks at U.N. on gender equality Deputy premier Elaine Taylor was in New York this week to speak on behalf of Canada at the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Taylor, who is also the minister responsible for the women’s directorate, spoke about gender data analysis and gave a separate presentation about Yukon’s work on gender equality. Taylor said she spoke about a project the women’s directorate has been working on for the past year and a half to gather data about the status of women in the territory. The directorate has been collecting information in a number of areas, including health, education and economic security. It plans to launch an interactive website in the coming weeks to help Yukoners understand what progress the territory is making on gender equality.
ers find the information that we need.� The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requires that phone companies have someone answer the phone 24/7 when a customer dials zero from a landline. Anderson said in the past five years Northwestel operators have seen call volumes decline by 70 per cent. As it stands now, an operator at Northwestel is only serving customers for an average of 13 per cent of their shift, he said. Anderson didn’t have a specific date for when the switchover would take place. He said it will be happening sometime “within the following weeks.� Customers shouldn’t notice a difference, he said. Meanwhile, it’s not clear yet how many of those seven employees will actually be laid off. The collective agreement means some could be offered other jobs within the company or offered retirement. “I am disappointed in the
fact that they’ve decided to outsource the operator services positions,� said Bud McCue, business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 1574. McCue said his biggest concern is that the employees have the opportunity to at least move into a different position. All that is still being worked out. Anderson said Northwestel’s overall employment levels in the Yukon over the past year have remained stable. “We are not looking at any net decrease in jobs in the Yukon.� He said the company has increased the number of employees it has in web production, information technology and other technical areas because these are growing areas of the business. “So this is about ensuring that we are investing in the services that customers are using and demanding here in northern Canada.�
The Yukon is just the second Canadian jurisdiction to take on this type of research, Taylor said. She said the information came from a number of sources, including the Council of Yukon First Nations and the Whitehorse Food Bank. “Compared to other jurisdictions in the country‌ we’re far more advanced than other jurisdictions.â€? At the U.N. session this week, Taylor spoke about Yukon’s approach to the research, and the challenges the territory faces. Chief among those, she said, is a lack of current information in some areas. “One of the biggest challenges in really advancing this work is coming up with the data and having consistent measurement of the data,â€? she explained. “Some of the data we’ve been using is already five years old.â€? Where quantitative data are lacking, she said, the website will use timelines and stories to illustrate progress on gender
equality in the territory. Taylor said her presentation at the U.N. session was a chance to show Patty Hajdu, the federal minister responsible for the status of women, that the government needs to do a better job of collecting data about women. She said she spoke in front of about 400 people, representing over 190 member states. “It’s a tremendous opportunity to speak to our work,� she said. Taylor said she also participated in a discussion of violence against women and girls. The Canadian delegation in New York also included Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould and representatives of the Native Women’s Association of Canada. The U.N. session runs from March 14 to 24.
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Liard Basin among the world’s top 10 biggest shale gas deposits Maura Forrest News Reporter
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he Liard Basin, which straddles the borders of Yukon, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, is the second-largest known shale gas deposit in Canada and the ninthlargest in the world, according to new research from the National Energy Board. The basin is expected to contain 219 trillion cubic feet of unconventional shale gas, which is enough to supply Canada’s gas demand for more than 68 years at the 2014 consumption rate. Mike Johnson, technical leader for hydrocarbon resources with the NEB, said he knew the resource was large, but he didn’t think it was this large. “You never really know how big it is until you’ve done the calculation,” he said. About 76 per cent of the deposit is in B.C., with another 20 per cent in the Northwest Territories and the remaining four per cent in the southeast corner of the Yukon. At eight trillion cubic feet, the Yukon’s deposit is enough to supply all of Canada with natural gas for more than two years. Carolyn Relf, director for the Yukon Geological Survey, said it dwarfs the Yukon’s combined conventional natural gas resources from all eight known sedimentary basins in the territory. “I think we were all surprised by the magnitude of the resources,” she said. “I don’t think we would have guessed they’d be this big.”
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New research by the National Energy Board has shown the Liard Basin holds the second-largest known shale gas deposit in Canada. Relf said it’s possible the Yukon deposit is even larger than the NEB calculated, because only the portion of the basin to the east of the Franklin Mountains was assessed. In the mountain range, she said, it’s harder to calculate how much gas is present because the rocks are “folded and faulted.” “I think the entire footprint of Liard Basin in our part of the territory … is probably three or four times the size of what was assessed,” she said. However, that doesn’t mean there’s necessarily three or four times more shale gas. “There’s too many uncertainties to say that we really know the geology,” Relf said. But just because the gas exists doesn’t mean it can be extracted anytime soon. The only natural gas development in the Yukon portion of the Liard Basin was the conventional gas development at the Kotaneelee gas field, which was shut
down in 2012. A pipeline exists that fed gas from Kotaneelee into B.C., but it’s not currently being used. Johnson said there is some current production from conventional gas wells in the Liard Basin in B.C., but there’s no new drilling there either. “Right now … gas prices are pretty low, and the cost of doing anything in frontier regions is pretty high,” Relf said. “I don’t think it’s going to make a big difference in the immediate future.” Still, she added, knowing the resource is there is like “having money in the bank.” Johnson said the Yukon will face two major hurdles before it can develop the Liard Basin. The first is the economics of drilling deep wells in remote areas. He said the wells needed in the Liard Basin would be more than 2.5 times larger than other shale gas wells in western Canada, and
would cost much more to drill. “The other big thing is that right now the Yukon’s still setting its policy and regulations around this,” he said. “It comes down to what you want your environmental footprint to look like.” The Yukon government recently put out a request for proposal for an economic analysis of shale oil and gas development in the Liard Basin, based on the results of this resource assessment. But the issue is controversial in the territory, given that the natural gas would have to be extracted through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. And there are other challenges, too. “The biggest uncertainty associated with the economic potential of the Liard Basin is the demand for gas or LNG on the B.C coast,” said Allan Fogwill, president and CEO of the Canadian Energy Research Institute. Without
new LNG plants in B.C., he said, the demand just won’t exist. The institute released a study of natural gas development in the Yukon in March 2015. Fogwill said it showed that natural gas from the Eagle Plain basin and the Peel Plateau and Plain would struggle to find an export market, because of declining demand in the U.S. and the extra cost of producing gas in remote regions. The Liard Basin is at least a little closer to B.C., but Fogwill said it makes more sense for the Yukon to look at replacing diesel with LNG locally, rather than trying to export. “The idea that this is going to be a significant economic benefit to the Yukon as an export opportunity is hard to see.” Fogwill added that the Liard Basin wasn’t included in his study because only 2.3 per cent of the land is open for active exploration. He said the rest is off the table for a variety of reasons, including restrictions under the Oil and Gas Act. In comparison, 73 per cent of the Eagle Plain basin is available for development. Still, Johnson said he’s confident the Liard Basin will be developed at some point, though he’s not sure about the Yukon’s involvement. “If you go out 10, 20 years, I think so,” he said. “Certainly in B.C., because that’s where testing is going on right now. Elsewhere, hard to know. It really depends on what happens with the markets.” Contact Maura Forrest at maura.forrest@yukon-news.com
Yukon commits cash to seniors’ housing plans Ashley Joannou News Reporter
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he Vimy Heritage Housing Society is one step closer to building a new seniors’ housing option in Whitehorse. The Yukon government is giving the non-profit group $50,000 to complete a functional plan for a new independent living building which is expected to have 75 units. The plan will work out the details about what would needed at the proposed building. That includes the number of parking spots, for example, said Ranjit Sarin, the non-profit society’s president. It should take about four months and “once that’s done we can get a much more accurate picture of how much that will cost,” he said. The dream is to have shovels in the ground by spring 2017. If the society’s annual general meeting was any indication, the community is really interested in this building. About 70 people showed up, Sarin said. “No matter where I go, people ask me, ‘What about Vimy?’” he
told the News this week. The idea is to have a facility where seniors live independently but with restaurant-style meals, housekeeping services and activities organized for residents on site. The facility would be run by a not-for-profit board made of up residents elected among themselves. It’s a common business model outside the territory. But it’s a new concept here, said Health Minister Mike Nixon, who attended the annual meeting. Nixon told the News yesterday he’s gone to some of these facilities in Vancouver to see how they are run. “The one that stands out for me, there was a guy who’s 55 years old living there, he’s paying $2,800 a month for his accommodations and he said, ‘I live like a king. My meals are all cooked for me, somebody comes in and cleans my suite for me and I can go off and do whatever I want.’ So he was a pretty happy camper.” If everything goes as planned, a piece of Whitehorse land has already been set aside for the building. The government is offering the society a portion of the lot at Fifth
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Ranjit Sarin is the president of the Vimy Heritage Housing Society. The society has received $50,000 in Yukon government funding to help them plan for a new seniors’ housing option in Whitehorse. Avenue and Rogers Street in downtown Whitehorse. The land is in the middle of being assessed right now. That’s expected to be done in June. “Over the last couple of years, as they’ve completed their business case, there’s been discussions about the whole property or part of the property,” Nixon said. “But I think Yukon government right now has allocated an area of land in that parcel that we’re committing, if after the functional
planning has been completed, if that’s the parcel that they still wish to entertain then that would be available to them.” Buildings up to six storeys can go on the land. It’s estimated that the society’s building would take up about a third of the lot, Sarin said. Once built, the Vimy project’s operations would be run on rental payments. But the organization needs seed money to get started, Sarin said.
If they had to cover the whole mortgage, “the cost per unit would be exorbitant,” he said. They’ll be looking at territorial and federal government funding options. Nixon said no specific financial promises have been made by the territorial government at this point. “But as I understand it, if the federal government was going to come to the table then I can’t see why the territorial government wouldn’t come to the table,” he said. A lot depends on the federal budget released next week. As it stands, it’s unlikely the project would qualify for the current Build Canada fund, Nixon said. That fund offers grants made up of money from both the federal and territorial government. But the new federal government has talked about plans for “social infrastructure” funding and “green infrastructure” funding, Nixon pointed out. It’s possible the Vimy project could qualify for that money, but there’s no way to know yet, he said. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com
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Lottery system created for special guiding licenses to choose between moose and caribou this year, instead of being News Reporter allowed to harvest both. “There’s a more general he Yukon government will concern of the level of harvest of use a lottery process to wildlife in the territory,� he said. distribute special guiding “There isn’t a strong rationale for licences this year, in response to them to be able to take caribou their growing popularity. and moose. That’s a lot of meat.� Twenty-five licences for bison Florkiewicz said he’s not sure will also be available for the first why the special guiding licences time this season, on top of the have become so much more 100 existing licences for caribou, popular in recent years, aside from moose, black bear, wolf and the fact that the Yukon is becomcoyote. ing well-known for its wilderness Special guiding licences allow and hunting opportunities. Yukon residents to guide famBut he did acknowledge that ily members and friends from some people use the licences to outside the territory. They’ve been bring up non-resident hunters around for several decades, but who are not personal acquainin the last five years, demand has tances. spiked. The licences are meant to be Rob Florkiewicz, harvest proused for friends or family memgram coordinator with Environbers from Outside. Hunters aren’t ment Yukon, said the 100 licences supposed to use them to make a sold out in three days in 2013, two profit. But that’s a difficult rule to days in 2014, and two and half enforce, Florkiewicz said. hours last year. He said people “The burden of proof becomes have taken to lining up on April 1, impossible,� he explained. In pracwhen the licences become availtice, the government just requires able, to make sure they get one. that the visitor be a Canadian “People were starting to ancitizen or a permanent resident. ticipate that they’d be completely Gord Zealand, executive direcfilled, so they’d come sooner.� Mike Thomas/Yukon News tor of the Yukon Fish & Game Florkiewicz said the situation The Yukon government is making 25 bison hunting licences available this season, and is introducing Association, said he welcomes the was becoming unfair, because changes. a lottery to distribute special guiding licences. only people who could come to “The system that we had in place previously, it just accom“For each year you apply, the Whitehorse and take time off work modated those that were able to probability that you’ll be drawn were able to get a licence. get away and put in the time very The new lottery system should goes up,� Florkiewicz explained. early in the day,� he said, referring According to the old rules, level the playing field. People can to the long lineups on April 1. resident hunters were only able to submit applications to EnvironThough special guiding liapply for a special guiding licence ment Yukon, along with a $10 fee, cences can be a source of compeevery three years. Now, residents between April 1 and 22. The draw tition for Yukon outfitters if they’re will be allowed to apply every will take place on April 29. used improperly, Zealand said he year, but non-residents can only The lottery is also weighted, hasn’t heard much pushback from be guided every three years, as which will give unsuccessful applioutfitters about the 25 additional # " # % #% #!! '' before. cants an advantage if they reapply This year will also see the intro- licences this year. '# $ ( ' #(% in subsequent years. “I don’t think the outfitters are duction of 25 bison licences, on in favour of these special licences,
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British adventurer conquers Yukon Quest trail on foot Myles Dolphin News Reporter
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British adventurer overcame frostbite on his fingers and a few broken ribs to walk the entire distance of the Yukon Quest trail. Mark Hines, 37, started the 1,600-kilometre trek on Feb. 1 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Warmer temperatures meant the trail was softer this year, he said, making it more difficult for him to pull his sled. “It usually sits on hard-packed snow and there’s hardly any resistance,� he said. “This year it meant the sled had to plow through the snow, rather than glide on its surface. I wasn’t expecting that.� Hines, who says he spends the rest of the year volunteering at refugee camps in Serbia, is used to travelling long distances. He’s completed the Yukon Arctic Ultra – a 700-kilometre race between Whitehorse and Dawson City – on three separate occasions, in 2009, 2011 and 2013. And he’s also competed in the Marathon des Sables, a six-day, 250-kilometre race held in the Sahara Desert. Walking the Yukon Quest trail presented its own unique challenges, he said. This year, impassable ice jams between the mouth of the Fortymile River and Dawson City meant the Quest trail had to be rerouted to the Top of the World Highway, resulting in an additional 760-metre climb. That’s where Hines faced strong winds and snowdrifts, which caused his sled to constantly tumble over sideways. “At one point I had to kneel down over the sled with my body and shift it sideways back onto
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British adventurer Mark Hines recently completed the Yukon Quest trail on foot. the trail,� he said. “While I was doing that I was imagining the chaos that it would have been for the Yukon Quest mushers. That was the lowest point for me. “But I kept telling myself that nothing lasts forever, and the weather quickly improved.� The weather improved so much, in fact, that Hines let his guard down between American Summit and Forty Mile, where temperatures dipped once again. One morning he spent a bit too much time fixing his snowshoes, which was long enough for frostbite to set in.
That made it almost impossible to fasten straps, access his food and fix his equipment, he said. It almost ended the expedition. Once he reached Clinton Creek, he decided that Dawson City might be his final destination. But when the temperature warmed up once again and his fingertips were out of danger, he knew he had to carry on, he said. The Canadian side of the Yukon Quest trail was “the best by far,� Hines explained, because Canadian Rangers pack it down so well.
Hines began recognizing the trail more and more as he walked by spots he had been to during the Yukon Arctic Ultra. But he wasn’t out of the woods just yet. His most serious accident came near Scroggy Creek, about 160 kilometres past Dawson City, where he slipped on a piece of ice and fell onto a tree trunk. Hines’s background is in physiology and biomechanics, so he knows a thing or two about sports injuries. Having broken ribs before, he knew he could keep going if “there wasn’t anything overly
concerning.� When he reached the cabin at Scroggy Creek, his luck turned. One of the five people already there was a paramedic. “When it comes to ribs you can bind them but there’s nothing much else you can do,� he said. Although Hines was able to continue, he was in too much pain to lie down in his small bivy, or bivouac sack. One night he slept on top of a spruce mattress and worried about waking up in the middle of the night to something staring back at him. Hines had already seen a lot of wildlife on his trip including moose, caribou and wolves. At one point he says he even saw cougar prints in the snow. “Actually the only thing I saw when I opened my eyes in the middle of the night was the northern lights,� he said. “It was a lot better than seeing an animal looking down at this human burrito.� After 39 days on the trail, Hines made it to Whitehorse on March 10. A few friends from the United Kingdom were there to greet him upon his arrival, he said. Hines said he’d like to come back to the Yukon next year but doesn’t know which adventure he’ll embark on. He might bike all the way up the Dempster Highway or take part in the Yukon River Quest, he said. “I fall in love with it every time I come here. It’s the views, the solitude, the peace and moving through this spectacular landscape. “But I do need to see the Yukon in a season other than winter.� Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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t’s far past time for the Yukon to end its observance of a barbaric cultural practice – we’re talking, of course, about daylight savings. After enduring a long winter, most Yukoners around this time have just rediscovered the joy of waking around the same time as sunlight creeps over the horizon, only to be cruelly pitched back into a world of darkness. And for what? The chief benefit of daylight savings is being able to enjoy sunnier evenings. Maybe this is a reasonable trade-off if you live in lower latitudes, but it makes little sense when you already reside in the Land of the Midnight Sun. Dwindling light during the summer months is not a problem in need of fixing here. Boosters of daylight savings often say it helps save energy, but a variety of studies have shown that these savings are either negligible or nonexistent. There are, however, actual health and safety trade-offs. Studies have shown an uptick in motor vehicle crashes during the week following daylight saving switches. Other studies have found increases in the amount of heart attacks and strokes during these time shifts. And there’s the obvious loss of productivity that comes with bleary-eyed workers struggling with sleep deprivation. Daylight savings is commonly imagined to have been brought about to benefit farmers, but in reality farmers have often opposed the measure, since earlier daylight is typically a boon in their line of work. Many credit Ben Franklin for first proposing the idea back in 1784. It’s worth noting that he did so as a joke, in a satirical letter that mocked how late the French slept in. Germany adopted the practice in earnest in 1916, as a war measure to conserve the amount of coal burned by residents in the evening. Other
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countries soon followed, and the practice fell in and out of fashion for the decades to follow – daylight savings’ boosters were often avid golfers, another ridiculous endeavour, but that’s another subject altogether – until the 1960s, when it became commonplace in America. Canada soon followed. However, our enlightened brethren in Saskatchewan never bought into this masochistic enterprise. Parts of British Columbia have also opted out, including the Peace River region to the province’s north, which includes Dawson Creek. That’s right: there are Canadians who live at the base of the same highway that snakes through the Yukon who do not abide by the tyranny that is daylight savings. Similarly, in the U.S., the states of Arizona and
Hawaii have conscientiously objected to daylight savings. And lately, lawmakers in California, New England, and our good neighbours in Alaska are all toying with the idea of doing away with this barbarity. There are many aggravations in life that are beyond the control of our legislators to easily fix. Daylight savings is not one of them. All it would take is a simple debate and vote for Yukon’s MLAs to liberate the territory from this abomination, as Canada’s Constitution makes standardized time a provincial and territorial responsibility. Let’s say enough to all this falling back and springing forward, and cease this senseless tradition of state-imposed jet lag. (JT)
Who wasted time during the assessment period? The record shows that most of the time was spent waiting for additional inforWe are reacting to the flurry of criticisms of the mation from Northern Cross. YESAB noted Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic that many important details were missing. Assessment Board’s work on two major Four requests for additional information were resource development projects – Northern issued by YESAB to Northern Cross. Northern Cross’s Eagle Plains multi-well exploration Cross’s answers to questions were frequently program and the Casino mine proposal. incomplete, inadequate or absent. It took On Feb. 24, the executive director of the Yu- them almost a full year to submit their final kon Chamber of Mines suggested that Yukon’s response. This wasn’t submitted until the very assessment process, which he acknowledges last day of the evaluation period. has been considered to be “a hallmark of And still, there are many issues not adecertainty, responsibility and fair process,� is quately addressed. In addition to the threats to now broken. This claim, echoed by the Yukon wildlife, the lack of baseline data (e.g. water), Chamber of Commerce, is made despite the cumulative effects, etc., there is the issue of fact that YESAB reviews between 200 to 250 radioactivity. Radioactivity is a marker for applications each year, the vast majority of deposits of oil and gas. In general, the “hotwhich are approved. The claim is made, in ter� the radioactivity, the better the chances of part, on the basis of the recent recommendafinding gas or oil. tion to elevate the assessment of Northern What is less widely known is the potential Cross’s proposal to the executive level of danger posed by bringing this radioactive YESAB. shale to the surface, either as drill cuttings or Central to this claim is the focus on the water contaminated with radium, a known time that has elapsed since Northern Cross’s carcinogen. Drilling records from Northern original application. The implied and worn Cross confirm the presence of “anomalous charge of “unnecessary bureaucracy� is worth radioactivity� in the Eagle Plains black shales. Some levels exceed Canadian health limits, examining more closely.
contradicting assertions by Yukon’s Department of Energy, Mines and Resources and suggestions that wastes are not “thought to pose any risks.� Drilling wastes have already been disposed of in a Whitehorse land treatment facility not designed or approved to deal with radioactive waste. No detailed testing of the level or type of the radioactivity encountered has been carried out. Nor is there any commitment by Northern Cross to do so in the future. The assessment process is intended to provide an acceptable level of security from harm for the Yukon and Yukoners. In most cases it seems to be doing this without delay – but projects with the potential for serious and long-term damage need to be studied carefully. And if proponents stall and delay the process by not providing adequate/complete information, they can hardly proclaim they are victims of bureaucratic delays. The assessment process may need fine-tuning – including a clear requirement that the proponents provide complete proposals and responses to information requests on a predictably timely basis.
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Ninety-five missing Yukoners only jurisdiction in Canada to see its population actually go down in the most recent quarter. The decrease was 95 people, or a quarter of one per cent of the by Keith population. It’s not a huge number and Halliday we shouldn’t panic. But it does provoke a few reflections about UKONOMIST the Yukon’s historical development and how we have several times failed to make the leap he Western settlement Upper Canada, Saskatchewan or chapter of your typical high school history book is Alaska have. The first Yukon census took usually based on the assumption of inexorable population growth. place in 1901 and showed our population at 27,219. The Yukon Europeans “discover” some had acquired state-of-the-art piece of territory, conveniently railway access, government ignoring its existing aboriginal infrastructure and a sizeable and inhabitants, and establish frondynamic population. However, tier settlements which eventuby 1921, the population had ally grow into towns and cities. fallen by 85 per cent to 4157. Statehood or provincial status Most stampeders ended up goinevitably follows. ing home or bolting for Nome Even places like Upper when its gold rush hit the front Canada, which had pretty dispages. mal looking prospects after the Our second chance was World American Revolution, can reach War Two. We got the Alaska escape velocity and grow into self-sustaining jurisdictions. The Highway, military bases and a 6,000 non-aboriginal inhabitants population surge. The population nearly doubled between of Upper Canada in 1784 would 1941 and 1951, hitting 9,096. find re-branded Ontario quite a Then came the federal “Roads different place today. Within 60 to Resources” program and years of Upper Canada’s official the great era of post-war ecocreation it had nearly a million nomic optimism. By 1971, with people. the giant Faro mine coming Which brings up last week’s Statistics Canada release of new on stream, the population was 18,390. population estimates for JanuPeople thought this was the ary 1, 2016. The Yukon was the
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moment. The Carr Report, a thoughtful long-term economic plan developed by the federal and territorial governments, set out a bold vision: a thriving economy offering lead, zinc, coal and iron ore to markets in the U.S. and Japan, backed by growing tourism and service sectors. The population scenario had 57,000 people living in the Yukon by 1985. This optimism got crushed by the 1970s oil embargo, stagflation and general economic mayhem. The Alaska Highway gas pipeline project was shelved. In 1982, the Faro mine closed. By 1986, the population was less than half what the Carr Report had expected. By 1996 the population had crept up to 30,766, thanks in large part to our growing transfer payment. Then the Faro mine closed again, this time for good, and the mining sector in general hit some tough times. The Alaska Highway gas pipeline, which would have been a huge project, revived briefly but didn’t go anywhere. The population took another hit, with over 2,000 Yukoners leaving between 1996 and 2001. The third big chance was the global commodity super-cycle that started around 2003. Copper prices, for example, went from around 70 US cents in 2003 to well over US$4 in 2011. Other
metals went up similar amounts. Oil was over US$100 per barrel. This was a once-in-aneconomic-lifetime chance for the Yukon to attract billions in investment and thousands of new inhabitants. It didn’t work out that way, again. Next year, we are likely to have zero operating hard-rock mines. Our oil and gas output will also be in the vicinity of zero. Statistics Canada estimates our population was 37,193 on New Year’s Day. This is 20,000 fewer than the Carr Report forecast for 1985. Some people are probably happy to hear the population is going down. They have to share the Yukon with fewer people. But a flat or shrinking population has significant downsides. Government revenue shrinks, putting pressure on health and education programs. People who have jobs tend to stay in them, meaning that the next generation can’t find work at home and have to move Outside. Businesses decide to invest in places with growth. Lots of talented people who would have volunteered in our community groups and started new Yukon institutions end up living somewhere else. It’s a sad prospect. Unlike 50 states and 10 provinces on this continent, will we be stuck forever as a small territory with a shaky economy dependent on
federal handouts? The good news is that, unlike in the 1920s or 1970s, we now have responsible government in the Yukon. We can pull levers we couldn’t pull before. This probably means hoping that the mining and energy industries will play a big role in our economy in the future, but having a Plan B in case they don’t. That Plan B would involve attracting lots of people to live here through lower taxes, cheap land and housing, reasonably-priced electricity as well as a good education system and competitive air links. We probably need to put even more effort into marketing the Yukon as a place to live than we do as a place to visit. In the age of Internet work and the gig economy, and given how great the Yukon is as a place to live, it shouldn’t be too hard to attract a few thousand new Yukoners from around Canada and the world. That would be the equivalent of a half dozen mines that were explored but never opened during the commodity super-cycle over the last decade. 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.
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Burwash Landing takes on stray dog issue The project, according to Environment Yukon, made vouchers available to pet owners to offset half the cost of spaying or urwash Landing residents neutering their pets. are taking more responSome municipal and First sibility for their dogs, folNation governments covered lowing an attack on a community the other half of surgery costs, member and others fearing for making the surgery free in some their safety late last year. communities. Stray dogs have been an issue A total of 247 surgeries were in the small community for years, performed over the two years, according to Kluane First Nation more than 200 of which were on Chief Mathieya Alatini, but a dogs, according to the Environpublic consultation in Decemment Yukon evaluation report. ber seems to have turned things The pilot program is expected to around. continue. “We’re not the only commuAlatini said every voucher in nity to face this challenge,” she her community was used. said. The issue resurfaced back in “Having this discussion has November and December when allowed for the issue to be dealt there were a series of incidents in with.” Burwash Landing involving dog More and more residents are fights and attacks on residents. taking advantage of the spay The loose dogs were hungry and neuter program at the Mae and going into heat, which made Bachur Animal Shelter in Whitedogs around them more aggreshorse, Alatini said. sive, Alatini said. Humane Society Yukon reOne resident was bitten and ceived $30,000 from the Yukon required medical care, while Roxanne Stasyszyn/Yukon News government in 2013 and 2014 some elders complained about Burwash Landing residents are taking more responsibility for their dogs after a public to deliver a spay and neuter not being able to walk around the consultation in December. community safely. voucher pilot project. Myles Dolphin News Reporter
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The First Nation also received complaints from the daycare staff, who said they couldn’t take the children outside because of the aggressive dogs. A public consultation meeting was held on Dec. 8 to seek the community’s opinions and recommendations. “We wanted to have that conversation so that people were aware of their responsibilities as pet owners,” Alatini said. “Everyone thinks they’re so
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cute. ‘Why don’t I just buy my kid a puppy for Christmas,’ they think. “But it’s very important to instill that sense of responsibility.” The aggressive dogs have been taken care of, she said. One has been brought to the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter, while the other two are being tied up and fed more regularly. Changes to the First Nation’s Animal Control Bylaw are currently being reviewed. As of Feb. 1, dogs without owners in Burwash Landing are taken to the shelter in Whitehorse. Residents in Ross River and Upper Liard also complained about stray dogs in their communities last year. Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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TRC judge, Paralympian, journalist and politician among new Senate appointees ember. The other four new senators OTTAWA are Raymonde Gagne, former president of Universite Sainthe prime minister has choBoniface in Manitoba, former sen seven new senators to Ontario politician and United Way fill vacancies in Manitoba, CEO Frances Lankin, longtime Quebec and Ontario, the first apmulticulturalism and diversity adpointments in three years. vocate Ratna Omidvar and former The roster includes Justice Murray Sinclair, who led the Truth Quebec journalist Andre Pratte. Harder was also singled out to and Reconciliation commission, become the government’s repParalympian Chantal Petitclerc resentative in the Senate to help and Peter Harder, the long-time shepherd legislation through the civil servant who headed Justin upper chamber. Trudeau’s transition team when Trudeau chose the new apthe Liberals took power last NovCanadian Press
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– by removing the element of partisanship, and ensuring that the interests of Canadians are placed before political allegiances,” Trudeau said in a statement. All will sit as independents. Sinclair issued a statement expressing “heartfelt gratitude.” “I approach this appointment with hope for the future and remain committed to reconciliation between indigenous and nonindigenous people, something I believe in my heart is possible,” he said. The seven appointments
leave the 105-seat Senate with 17 vacancies. Former prime minister Stephen Harper stopped appointing senators in 2013, the year the upper chamber found itself mired in a spending scandal. The Conservatives currently hold 42 seats in the upper house and technically the Liberals have 26, although Trudeau ejected those senators from his caucus in 2014 in a bid to pare back partisanship. Thirteen other senators also currently sit as independents.
Women outnumber men on Ottawa’s influential council of economic advisers government’s first budget. The budget, to be tabled Tuesday, is expected to spell out OTTAWA much of Ottawa’s plans to spend billions of dollars on measures omen will outnumber – such as infrastructure – aimed men on what could at boosting productivity and turn out to be the most-influential group of people economic growth. Last month, Morneau anaround Prime Minister Justin nounced that the advisory counTrudeau and Finance Minister cil would be chaired by Dominic Bill Morneau. Barton, the global managing Morneau on Friday unveiled the federal government’s new ad- director of consulting giant McKinsey & Company. visory council – a team that will At the time, Morneau said help draw up a plan designed to council members would meet get the economy out of a rut. him regularly and provide advice The lineup of business and “on concrete policy actions academic leaders includes eight to help create the long-term women and six men. The advisers, who will be paid conditions for economic growth focused on the middle class.” an annual salary of $1, are reThe council also includes sponsible for helping the government prepare a long-term growth prominent business figures such strategy to be released by the end as Mark Wiseman, president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan of the year. Investment Board and Michael The council members’ names Sabia, CEO of the Caisse de depot were made public just days before the release of the Liberal et placement du Quebec, the Andy Blatchford Canadian Press
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ment a strategy that will build on the foundation we will lay with budget 2016,” Morneau said in a statement. Internal federal documents show that Barton, a Canadian, has been called upon in the past to advise the government. He was scheduled to deliver a presentation last May to a deputy ministers’ committee on economic trends and policies. Barton’s talk was to address the “drivers of change in the global and economic context,” particularly as they relate to innovation, according to a memorandum prepared for the senior associate deputy minister of Employment and Social Development Canada. The briefing note was obtained by The Canadian Press via the Access to Information Act. The document said material provided prior to Barton’s presentation by McKinsey identified several forces responsible for the pace and scale of global change, including: • The rise of emerging markets, with emphasis on the importance of emerging-market cities.
• The power of disruptive technologies, which are advances that have increased productivity while driving down demand for labour. • The “massive strains” on all governments of the aging global population, which could force people to work longer. • The shift to more-complex markets has made navigating political risks abroad a necessity. • The changing nature of capitalism that makes longer-term thinking increasingly important for success. In 2014, Barton and Wiseman co-authored a Harvard Business Review paper that argued “big asset owners,” such as pension funds, insurance firms, sovereign wealth funds and mutual funds, should focus on more on the long term rather than taking a shortterm approach. “Simply put, short-termism is undermining the ability of companies to invest and grow, and those missed investments, in turn, have far-reaching consequences, including slower (gross domestic product) growth, higher unemployment, and lower return on investment for savers,” their report said.
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Trudeau at UN promotes ways to move to gender equality being able to call himself a feminist without having it wind up in Canadian Press news headlines. The prime minister told a NEW YORK packed United Nations convenustin Trudeau told large New tion hall that he foresees a generaYork audiences this week that tional shift, as more parents raise he looks forward to someday Alexander Panetta
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with Minister of Public Services Judy Foote and former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion unveil a stamp celebrating the Women’s right to vote on March 8. filled with a near-total female audience. “It shouldn’t be something that creates a reaction. It’s simply saying that I believe in the equality of men and women and that we still have an awful lot of work to do to get there. That’s like saying the sky is blue and the grass is green.” The event was one of several on a day where Trudeau announced to a photo-snapping crowd in the UN lobby that Canada was pursuing a seat on the security council in 2020; met with business leaders; and was honoured at an evening gala by the women’s group Catalyst for having formed a gender-parity cabinet. He delivered a similar message to the evening crowd – an audience that featured high-power heads of famous companies like McDonald’s, Campbell Soup, Carnival and Shell. He said everyone there had enjoyed some privilege, to wind up at a gala in a glitzy ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, and he urged them to use it to help others rise: “We must use that privilege… We need to remember to always challenge the status quo, even though it may be what got us here tonight.” Trudeau explained to both crowds that long before he’d uttered the now-famous phrase, “Because it’s 2015,” his team worked in 2014, 2013, and 2012 to recruit talented female candidates. He said that process was complicated by the fact that women were more likely to refuse career opportunities – because they were busy caring for children and elderly parents. Trudeau suggested policies that encourage a work-life balance. He offered one potential example of parental leave that would only be available to men. A PMO official explained that the government isn’t actually considering this, but is looking at family-friendly policies including changes in the House of Commons rules for federal employees. The moderator at the UN
auditorium event, New York ABC news anchor Sade Baderinwa, told him: “With all the nods, and all the clapping, I think you’re well-liked in this room, prime minister.” He suggested in both events that companies might be moved to better gender balance just by making them address how many women are in their work forces and their boards. “One of the things that has shown effectiveness is just making people report explicitly on the gender balance within their organization, within their boards at the highest levels,” Trudeau said. “That incentivizes positive behaviour in meaningful ways.” The Harper government’s last budget in 2015 included a proposal to require companies to either put a gender equality policy in place or explain publicly why they don’t have one. Trudeau stressed in both events that Canada still has a long way to go. He cited the male-female earnings gap as one example and violence against women – especially aboriginal women – as a particularly egregious problem. He described feminism as a generational trend. Asked at the UN event how he started using the term, he referred to his parents. He said his mom was a feminist. He said the term didn’t apply to his dad, despite having been a human-rights advocate who introduced the modern Canadian Constitution: “He was a great guy – but I don’t think he’d ever be able to be qualified as a feminist.” He said it’s different now. He said he and his wife are teaching their kids – two boys and a girl – to embrace feminism. And he predicted that more and more people would do so over time, with young people leading the way. “It’s just really, really obvious,” he said, drawing applause from the diplomatic crowd. “We should be standing up for women’s rights and trying to create more equal societies? Like, duh.”
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named in the report. Senate sources said the first message came in September when the RCMP said a review of 18 senators showed none warranted further investigation and informed the upper chamber that those senators could be told their files were closed. Six more senators were added to that list in the following months, leaving six more whose fates are still in the hands of the RCMP. Among the list of cases closed is independent PierreHugues Boisvenu, Conservative Senate leader Claude Carignan, and Conservative Leo Housakos, chairman of the internal economy committee. The Canadian Press was unable to verify the remaining senators who have been cleared. The RCMP wouldn’t comment directly Wednesday on the Senate reviews, saying only that it would only confirm an investigation if it laid charges. Ferguson’s audit identified almost $1 million in problematic expenses that should
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be repaid, detailed a litany of oversight issues in how the Senate managed expense claims and called for “transformative change” to fix systemic problems in the upper chamber. Ferguson recommended nine senators, including two sitting senators – Liberal Colin Kenny and Boisvenu, who was appointed by former prime minister Stephen Harper – be referred to the RCMP for criminal review. He named 21 more with expense claims that were problematic. All 30 senators named in the audit were ordered to repay the questioned amounts, with the most recent details on the Senate’s website showing that 14 went through an arbitration process led by former Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie, seven opted out of it, and the remaining nine paying back their full bill. Binnie’s final report is to be made public next week after senators on the internal economy committee, which oversees Senate spending, meet to look
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Internal audit: contractors overbilled Ottawa by tens of millions for ‘decades cording to a series of documents released to The Canadian Press Canadian Press under access-to-information OTTAWA legislation. When they started in 2012, he federal government they examined only $390 milis routinely overcharged lion worth of industry deals by its contractors – to the tune of tens of millions of dollars and found $19 million in excess charges. – in a practice that has been goOnly a fraction of the cash ing on for decades, according to – $2.8 million – was recovered a newly-released internal report in 2013-14 and public services at Public Services and Procurespokesman Pierre-Alain Bujold ment Canada. says the outstanding amount A team of 30 government “is presently subject to negotiaauditors has been working for the last few years to get a handle tions.” Documents, dated Oct. 3, on the contracts process, as well 2014, reveal that at least $1.9 as examining a number of agreemillion in claims are at risk of ments and payment terms. As of the last budget year, the not being reimbursed because of “inaction.” internal auditors had looked National Defence was singled at $7.3 billion of contracts and out in the reports, even though cumulatively found $72 million officials pointed out that 75 per in potential “over claims and cent of the overall contracts excess profits.” audited were not military. The team has been slowly The annual analysis in 2014 ramping up its work over the last said the audit findings were four years. presented to defence officials In 2013-14, they had only to “allow them to understand reviewed $960 million in multiyear agreements and discovered the reasons for and the extent of systemic over-billing on their $65 million in over-billing, acMurray Brewster
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contracts,” said the report, written by the department’s assurance services group. The results were also presented to the federal Treasury Board while the Conservatives were still in power. “Our current experience is that, despite the basis of payment provisions in the signed contract, there is reluctance to enforce the terms and conditions of these contracts and ask contractors to repay Canada,” said the report, which noted some defence contractors have balked at the possibility of reimbursement. “Concerns have been expressed that imposing contractual limits in profit may be counterproductive and undermine sustainability of service delivery and financial viability of the contractor over time. We are aware that contractors have made direct representations to DND and (Public Works) officials echoing this possibility.” The report doesn’t name names, but said that auditors have flagged “more than 100
contractors, for which a limited review is recommended.” The department also needs to “identify risk mitigation measures,” it says. There is the “potential for significant future savings,” reviewers added. “A perception exists that DND and (Treasury Board) would rather have certainty around billing for budgetary purposes, rather than assurances that it has paid a fair price,” said the evaluation. “Contractor practises contributing to systemic overcharges on government contracts, as detected by our overhead audits and companion contracting audits, have been in place for decades.” The internal audit comes one day after a separate, major independent study by the research firm PricewaterhouseCooper was leaked to The Canadian Press. That external study, dated November 2015, examined federal government contract pricing and policies and warned that the current system provides “perverse incentives” for industry doing business with Ottawa to hike their costs, particularly in military equipment deals. The report also says that both Public Services and Procurement and National Defence don’t have the in-house staff and expertise to understand technical matters that contribute to higher project costs. Bujold says the findings are welcome; that the department
seeks out the technical expertise as needed and is “refreshing” its contracting policy. Procurement minister Judy Foote, speaking in Vancouver on Monday, said she is aware of the PricewaterhouseCooper report and her department is working on an action plan in conjunction with National Defence and others. “I’ve been asked by the prime minister to modernize procurement and we’re doing just that,” she said. “We’re making sure that we work closely with industry to make sure that we get this right.” Industry reaction on Monday stuck to the PricewaterhouseCooper report, not the internal overpayment audit. Brian Carter, president of Seaspan Shipyards, said he doesn’t believe the independent report reflects the reality of companies involved in the national shipbuilding program. “Our costs are directly known by the government of Canada and we manage projects jointly, so I don’t see that perverse incentive in our contracts,” he said. Christyn Cianfarani, president of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries, also welcomed the PricewaterhouseCooper report. She said she supports the recommendations, which mirror similar research her association conducted in 2013. “Industry has long advocated for improvements to this policy,” Cianfarani said in a statement.
Artists Assistance Program Application Deadline: Thursday, April 7th, 2016 by 4:00 PM “The Assistance to Artists grant is intended to help citizens pursue a career as an artist to enhance the self-sufficiency of citizens via the arts.” It is strongly recommended that applicants contact and work closely with the Community Arts and Events Coordinator, Melaina Sheldon to discuss and research a complete and thorough application form. A copy of the Assistance to Artist’s Policy and the applications form can be found online at: http://www.ttc-teslin.com/services-culture-assistanceto-artists.html or are available for pick up at the TTC Heritage Centre.
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Homeless and their advocates expect help, solutions in federal budget because they can’t afford rent. In Hamilton alone, 77 per Canadian Press cent of homeless people reported the cost of housing was THUNDER BAY, ONT. their biggest hurdle to finding a he fading hardwood floor home. of the old church, littered Yvonne Hunter, who spent with pigeon feathers and two years on Thunder Bay dried bird droppings, creaks streets before finding what she with every step. Below it, in described as substandard but the basement, is where Vince affordable housing, said she has Maratt and five other tenants a friend in the hospital whose call home. opportunity to find a home may Maratt can afford it, and “it’s come too late. a place to sleep,” he says. Still, “He has been waiting for he wants out. housing for four years,” she Justin Trudeau’s Liberal says. “He’s been on a waiting list government has promised to for four years and now he’s so invest in affordable housing. ill, he’s not even going to have a The details – how much it will chance to have housing.” spend, how many units it will A dent in the list may be build – are expected in next the best the federal governweek’s federal budget. ment can hope for. An internal The promised spending on government report from 2014, “social” infrastructure has raised obtained by The Canadian Press hopes across the country. Muunder the Access to Information nicipalities are optimistic that Act, suggested that cutting shelthe investment, which experts ter use by even one-fifth may be say has been shrinking since the overly ambitious and difficult to 1990s, will reduce homelessness achieve nationally. across Canada. The report from researchers In Thunder Bay, where new at Employment and Social Deresearch shows the problem velopment Canada said it would is most acute, hopes are even be unlikely that the heaviest higher: Patty Hadju, a newly shelter users, who make up elected MP and a former direca “disproportionate amount tor of the city’s largest shelter, of bednights,” would land a has a seat at the Liberal cabinet government-funded placetable. ment under the “Housing First” Anti-poverty advocates say program. they expect the government to That would make it difficult put hundreds of millions in new to cut bednights – nights during spending into an existing home- which a shelter bed is occupied, less program, the Homelessa number that currently stands ness Partnering Strategy, and at four million a year – by even fund new affordable housing 20 per cent, the report conunits, helping those in shelters, cluded. A 75 per cent reduction temporary or shabby housing in bednights was described as Jordan Press
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“completely unrealistic.” The paper said it was unlikely big cities could house all of their chronic and episodic shelter users, but “conceivable ‘’ for smaller cities. “At the national level, achieving a 20 per cent reduction in bednights used would require (housing first) placements for hundreds of people in the larger cities. Removing a handful of clients from the shelter system in small communities will have little effect on national numbers.” Thunder Bay has been able to find social housing for some of the city’s homeless, but it has done little to reverse the tide of people sleeping in front of buildings and homes downtown, or panhandling for change north of the downtown. Thunder Bay Mayor Keith Hobbs says a good start to curbing homelessness in his city would be to build 100 units, but they need federal help to make that happen. Stories like Thunder Bay’s struggles, and success stories like Medicine Hat, Alta. – where homelessness has almost been
eliminated after some $10 million in provincial and federal spending on housing in the city of 61,000 – led anti-poverty advocates to ask the Liberals for $1.5 billion annually to build 100,000 affordable housing units across the country. Tim Richter, president of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, says the housing strategy can reduce homelessness and shelter usage, “but the investment has to match the scale of the problem that we’ve got in Canada. “This is a crisis 25 years in the making and it’s going to take a significant investment from the federal government to rectify it,” Richter says. Anti-poverty advocates like Nick Falvo say they believe shelter usage may not necessarily drop as cities start to build more affordable housing units. Instead, those who are precariously housed – spending more than one-third of their income on rent, for instance – might seek out emergency shelters in order to get a crack at low-cost housing. People who can afford it will
avoid shelters over concerns about violence, bedbugs, lice and drugs, which means the number of shelter users are “not a true reflection of the need” for affordable housing, said Falvo, director of research and data at the Calgary Homeless Foundation. There is anecdotal evidence of cities moving shelter users into emergency housing, only to find shelter use goes up, he says. “Somehow people just keep coming in,” Falvo says of what he’s heard. “It’s like pushing the ocean back with a spoon.” That might well include people like Maratt. There’s a need for better quality, affordable housing for people on the street, or those who are struggling, and who want a roof over their head, he says. And he’s putting some of his faith in the newest occupant of the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa. “I think Prime Minister Trudeau, he might turn things around. I voted for him. I never voted in 20 years,” says Maratt, 58. “I believe in him. I believed in his father and I believe in him.”
What could Yukon’s electricity future look like? Yukon Energy is preparing a resource plan that will cover the territory’s electricity needs between now and 2035. We are looking for your input. Please join us for one of the public meetings listed to the right.
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Amend the CMT Mixed Use/Tourist Accommodation Zone to allow bare land condominiums as a form of property ownership on CMT zoned parcels. When: 7:00 p.m., March 22, 2016 Where: Hootalinqua Fire Hall The amendment will not result in any changes to the types of uses and development currently permitted within the CMT zone or the existing residential capacity of CMT zoned properties. Written comments can also be submitted until April 8, 2016 Comments can be mailed to Energy, Mines and Resources, Land Planning Branch, K-320LP, Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2C6 or by fax to 867-393-6340. For more information please email Jerome.McIntyre@gov.yk.ca or phone 667-3530.
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Beyond record hot, February was ‘astronomical’ and ‘strange’ ary 2016 obliterated old marks by such a margin that it was the most Associated Press above-normal month since meteorologists started keeping track WASHINGTON in 1880, according to the National arth got so hot last month Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminthat federal scientists strugistration. gled to find words, describing NOAA said Earth averaged 56.08 temperatures as “astronomical,� degrees Fahrenheit (13.38 degrees “staggering� and “strange.� They Celsius) in February, 2.18 degrees warned that the climate may have (1.21 degrees Celsius) above moved into a new and hotter average, beating the old record for neighbourhood. February set in 2015 by nearly sixThis was not just another of the tenths of a degree (one-third of a drumbeat of 10 straight broken degree Celsius). monthly global heat records, The old record was set just triggered by a super El Nino and last December and the last three man-made global warming. Febru- months have been the most Seth Borenstein
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above-normal months on record, said NOAA climate scientist Jessica Blunden. And it’s not just NOAA. NASA, which uses different statistical techniques, as well as a University of Alabama Huntsville team and the private Remote Sensing System team, which measure using satellites, also said February 2016 had the biggest departure from normal on record. These were figures that had federal scientists grasping for superlatives. “The departures are what we would consider astronomical,� Blunden said. “It’s on land. It’s in the oceans. It’s in the upper at-
mosphere. It’s in the lower atmosphere. The Arctic had record low sea ice.� “Everything everywhere is a record this month, except Antarctica,� Blunden said. “It’s insane.� In the Arctic, where sea ice reached a record low for February, land temperatures averaged 8 degrees above normal (4.5 degrees Celsius), Blunden said. That’s after January, when Arctic land temperatures were 10.4 degrees above normal (5.8 degrees Celsius). It was also the warmest winter – December through February – on record, beating the previous year’s record by more than half a degree
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(0.29 degrees Celsius). Georgia Tech climate scientist Kim Cobb said she normally doesn’t concern herself much with the new high temperature records that are broken regularly. “However,� she added in a Thursday email,“ when I look at the new February 2016 temperatures, I feel like I’m looking at something out of a sci-fi movie. In a way we are: it’s like someone plucked a value off a graph from 2030 and stuck it on a graph of present temperatures. It is a portent of things to come, and it is sobering that such temperature extremes are already on our doorstep.� NASA’s chief climate scientist Gavin Schmidt usually discounts the importance of individual record hot months, but said this month was different, calling it “obviously strange.� This was due to the long-term warming from heat-trapping gases and the powerful El Nino, so these types of records will continue for a few more months, but probably will not be a permanent situation, Schmidt said in an email. But others were not so sure. Jason Furtado, a meteorology professor at the University of Oklahoma who wasn’t part of any of the government teams, simply wrote in an email: “Welcome to the new normal.�
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El Nino creates sticky situation for Canada’s maple syrup producers Lois Abraham Canadian Press
TORONTO any Canadians have been enjoying an unseasonably warm winter, but the balmy weather could spell trouble for maple syrup producers. El Nino usually has a negative impact on harvesting and production of maple syrup, said Sylvain Charlebois, a professor at the Food Institute at the University of Guelph. “It wouldn’t be surprising to see 2016 as being a very bad year when it comes to maple syrup production as a result of the warmer weather we’ve been having,� said Charlebois. “I would say El Nino is affecting most if not all of the regions where maple syrup production is predominant.� Those regions include Quebec, the world’s dominant maple syrup producer, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and American states like Vermont and New York. A mix of colder, sub-zero nights and warmer days above freezing are ideal syrup-producing conditions. The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, which has about 7,300 members, said the season is a few days earlier than usual in parts of the province. In
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A maple syrup sampler in Concord, N.H. Canadians in some parts of the country have been enjoying warmer than usual temperatures, but that could sound the death knell for some maple syrup producers. contrast, the past two years have seen late starts. Federation spokeswoman Caroline Cyr said the past five or six years have been “really, really good� while 2006 and ‘07 were poor. “We know it could happen again,� she said. “It’s really Mother Nature who decides what will be the production.� Cyr said there is almost 56 million pounds of syrup in reserve and Quebec usually produces around 100 million pounds in a season. “We have half of the harvest
so we could supply the market if we had one bad season with no problem,� she added. Ray Bonenberg, who with his wife Carol Anne operates Mapleside Sugar Bush near Pembroke, Ont., said it’s too early to start worrying about the season. “Now the last two years, remember, were abnormally late,� said Bonenberg, a spokesman for the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association, which represents about 550 members. “They were extremely cold and a lot of producers didn’t get going till the end of March. We had two good years. It
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came in a hurry and you had to really hustle, but this year we knew it was going to be early.� Louise Poitras, executive director of the N.B. Maple Syrup Association, says production is just getting under way in the southern part of the province, which represents about 20 per cent of the 400 producers. Meanwhile, producers in the north don’t expect to begin boiling sap until the end of the month. Charlebois said a poor season will put pressure on current supplies and may push prices higher next year. “I suspect that next year prices
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Shannon Corrado, left, and Lee Willett are opening a new restaurant, the Cutoff Pub and Restaurant, at the Carcross cutoff. The pub is expected to open early next month and the restaurant in summer. made from scratch, Willett said. The menu will consist of mostly pub fare, which includes pizza, brunch on Saturdays and a fixed dinner menu on Sundays, she added. “We call it truck-stop chic,� Willett said. “It’s the kind of food you’d expect to find along the highway. It’s home cooking but brought up a notch.� Willett expects the new restaurant to do very well, considering there are very few places to eat in the area.
The Wolf’s Den, a Swiss/German restaurant about 1.5 kilometres down the road, is up for sale. At the cutoff there was once a successful business, the Carcross Corner Gas Bar, but it closed in 2004 after 12 years in operation. The population in nearby Marsh Lake has grown steadily over the years, Willett said, and people in Mary Lake, Cowley Creek and Wolf Creek are also excited about the new restaurant. “They’re all chomping at the bit for us to open,� Willett said. Mike Brown owns the building
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HOPEWELL CAPE, N.B. he title of a widely-shared Facebook post describing the disintegration of one of the Maritimes’ best-known natural tourism attractions says it all: Has Anyone Seen My Elephant? It appeared this week on the page for Hopewell Rocks provincial park in New Brunswick, where one of the most popular of the Flowerpot formations has collapsed. “To see it gone, or changed, it’s sad,� Kevin Snair, supervisor of interpretive services, said Tuesday as he walked the beach where Elephant Rock delighted thousands of local residents and tourists each year. “But it’s also really kind of exciting. As an interpreter, we talk about how the park was formed and we’re trying to explain to guests that erosion isn’t something that happened thousands of years ago. It’s still happening today.� Snair first noticed early Monday that Elephant Rock – an image captured in countless selfies, on postcards and even the New Brunswick Medicare card – looked more like a massive pile of rubble. “Sure enough, there was an amazing amount of rock that had let go in the hours just prior to that.� Snair said reaction to his photos of the dramatic transformation shows the emotional connection so many people feel to the collection of wave-carved
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enough that it freezes again,� he said. A rapid succession of freezethaw cycles can split those weak spots. “It puts a lot of stress on those cracks and, eventually, something lets go.� Almost 230,000 people visited the park in season last year, beginning in May. It’s one of many sites across Canada – from Siwash Rock in Vancouver’s Stanley Park to Alberta’s fossil-rich
Badlands to the famed Balancing Rock in Digby, N.S. – where evolutionary tales unfold. The Bay of Fundy’s famed tidal action and a geological history dating back 250 million years mean ever-changing scenery along those New Brunswick and Nova Scotia coastlines, said Tim Fedak, curator at the Fundy Geological Museum in Parrsboro, N.S. There was a similar public outpouring last October when one of the region’s most cherished landmarks, the Long Island arch, fell in. Ancient fault lines make some parts of the Bay of Fundy cliffs more prone to rock falls, Fedak said in an interview. “It’s always important to remind people that it’s an active coastline. There’s active erosion. There are some spots that are more dangerous than others. “When people see a pile of rocks at the base of a cliff it’s always important to realize that they came from above, and quite recently, because the bay will erode (them) away quite quickly.� For some online wags, the demise of Elephant Rock was fodder for a bit of fun. New Brunswick’s satirical web magazine, “The Manatee� said interlopers from Nova Scotia clearly sabotaged their neighbour’s prized tourism site, likely with a blast of dynamite. “With that rock’s appearance drastically altered, Tourism New Brunswick now has little choice but to toss all 28 million reproductions of that one photo – you know the one – into the Bay of Fundy.�
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recently published study suggests climate change may encourage longer and more frequent blooms of toxic algae along Canada’s Pacific coast. The research on the presence of algae toxins in marine mammals along the Alaska coastline holds a warning for British Columbia, said study author Kathi Lefebvre. “It’s the same coastline,� said Lefebvre, a biologist with the U.S.-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Those regions are at risk in the same way as were Alaska and Washington.� Lefebvre and her colleagues studied the carcasses of more than 900 Alaskan mammals from seals to whales to look for the presence of domoic acid and saxitoxin, two common and potentially lethal algae-produced toxins. Those toxins have been found before in Canadian waters. In 1987, more than 100 people became ill and several died after eating tainted mussels in Prince Edward Island. Blooms of the algae that produce those toxins are increasingly common in California, where they regularly poison sea lions. And saxotoxin has long been present in shellfish in some parts of Alaska. But a sea lion suffering from domoic acid poisoning, which causes seizures and death, had never been found north of California – until last year when one was found in Washington. “There was a big bloom of domoic acid (that) year,� Lefebvre said. “The concern is that it was
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Boreonykus, a new species of dinosaur about the size of a dog and possessing a lethal claw, shown in a handout illustration, has been discovered in northwestern Alberta by an Australian paleontologist. used to hunt down prey. We have a handful of teeth that are like Canadian Press serrated steak knives. These would GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALTA. have been pretty savage predators.” An article published in the new species of dinosaur Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology about the size of a dog and says the discovery records a period possessing a lethal claw has when much of the western interior been discovered in northwestern of Canada and the United States Alberta by an Australian paleonwas covered by the Bearpaw Sea. tologist. Bell said the find is significant The remains of the Boreonykus because it fills an important gap in was discovered at the Pipestone Creek bonebed – a huge gravesite of how raptors moved and adapted to the plant-eating dinosaur Pachyrhi- the environment. “Its closest ancestors were from nosaurus that dates back 73 million Mongolia, so this species probably years. The site is about 20 kilomecrossed the land bridge from northtres southwest of Grande Prairie. ern Asia to North America,” he said. The Boreonykus bones were “The first bones were discovered found among thousands of bones in 1988 and laid unstudied in a from another dinosaur. museum in Alberta for 25 years. We Phil Bell, who works out of the School of Environmental and Rural then started to turn up a few more bones from the very same spot in Science at the University of New 2012, so that reinvigorated interEngland, said the Boreonykus was a relative of Velociraptor, which was est.” The most important bone was made famous in the “Jurassic Park” from the skull. That helped clinch films. what type of animal it was. It would have only been about “Although we don’t have the two metres long and as tall as a dog, whole skeleton, we know, based he said, but it had large claws. on parts of the skeleton, that it be“The bones we have show it longed to this type of dinosaur. The would have had big hand and foot claws, a real killing claw,” Bell wrote raptors’ skin was probably feathered to keep them warm in the cold in an email. “The claws would have been dark winters in north Canada.” Bill Graveland
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f you’re new to the Yukon, you could be forgiven for thinking there’s something a little sinister about an annual tradition in which a procession of people bearing torches gathers round a bonfire after dark to watch an effigy be consumed by the flames. It might bring to mind other effigy-burnings you’ve heard about, like the annual Guy Fawkes Night celebration in Lewes, England, which has seen the likenesses of Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden crumble to ash in recent years. But Whitehorse’s annual Burning Away the Winter Blues celebration, which takes place this Saturday at the Robert Service Campground, is something quite different altogether. It’s about joy and rejuvenation, not politics. It’s about letting go of old sorrows and burdens, not about lighting up a 20-foot, shirtless statue of the Russian president holding a rifle (yeah, that happened). “Burning Away the Winter Blues was born out of the hardship that winter can sometimes have,” said Arlin McFarlane, who started the tradition 18 years ago. “It was in real honour of the changing of the seasons and the necessity of shucking off the woes of winter when the winter was arduous.” Every year, the celebration takes place on the Saturday evening closest to spring equinox, when the sun’s on its way back to the North and the winter is just starting to let up. The ritual starts by the S.S. Klondike, where people gather to light torches and walk along the riverbank to the campground, accompanying the doomed effigy. At the campground, people have the chance to write down bad memories or burdens they carry and put them into “blues bags.” Then those bags get thrown onto a huge bonfire, along with the effigy. Traditionally, the effigies have been representations of evil spirits or tortured souls, mostly made out of papier mache. “It was always about the blues,” McFarlane said. “It was always the unhappiness of the angst of winter.” But this year’s effigy will be decidedly less mean. It’s a woolly mammoth made by Linda Leon out of cardboard and cloth, complete with long tusks held together by masking tape. Its shaggy fur is made of strips of old newspapers – “we’re burning all that bad news!” Leon said. Leon believes the effigies have become less sinister in the last few years, as the winters have gotten warmer. “It used to be colder here in the winter, and people would get cabin fever,” she said. “Lots of people would get depressed because it was too cold to go outside.” The year she started the annual
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Whitehorse artist Linda Leon created a large woolly mammoth for the Burning Away the Winter Blues celebration being held on Saturday at Robert Service Campground. celebration, McFarlane said, was a long, cold winter. She realized that giving people a chance to burn their blues away could be a cathartic experience. But it took a lot of work to bring her idea to fruition, mostly because the City didn’t have any bylaws that covered people marching in processions while carrying torches. So McFarlane had to convince the City and the fire department that this was a good idea. “They were just uncertain,” she said. “They were uncertain. They’re about public safety, and we were asking about something they’d never dealt with before.” And over the years, there have been some glitches. One year, an artist put a device in the effigy’s eyes to make them smoulder. Unfortunately, it ended up lighting the effigy on fire before the group had even left the S.S. Klondike. Last year, Leon said, some kids painted the effigy with acrylic spraypaint. But they didn’t realize the paint contained propellant, which ended up causing a minor explosion when the effigy was thrown on the fire. But McFarlane believes the annual tradition can do a lot of good for people, despite the minor mishaps. One year, she said, she found a piece of paper that someone had thrown into the blues bag that hadn’t made it into the fire. She said it was filled on both sides with writing about the person’s family
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Torches are lit to light the way at last year’s Burning Away the Winter Blues celebration. troubles. “It made me realize that this could be an important symbolic act for people who might have had an extremely difficult winter.” She said she knows others who’ve given up smoking after the event, as a sort of New Year’s resolution. McFarlane knows that Burning Away the Winter Blues seems like a pagan ritual. She believes that’s part
of its power. “Paganism is just a real reverence for the Earth and the forces of nature,” she said. “It’s about acknowledging the forces of nature and celebrating the change of seasons, and using that as inspiration for personal reflection.” These kinds of traditions, she said, can be therapeutic. “A long time ago, we used to have a lot of rituals ... and now we
go to counselling,” she said. “I think it’s symbolic action. Those events have power, and people get drawn back year after year.” Burning Away the Winter Blues begins at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at the S.S. Klondike. Participants can also park at the Robert Service Campground and take a shuttle to the S.S. Klondike. Contact Maura Forrest at maura.forrest@yukon-news.com
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Trump campaign challenging comics to think outside the box and David Letterman one-liners. That’s made people in latenight take detailed looks at Trump NEW YORK and his supporters. You may still hear jokes about Trump’s orange onald Trump’s presidentint or gravity-defying hairstyle, tial campaign is far from but they already feel old and tired. ordinary, and late-night The Internet adds another layer television humorists are pushing of competition. Some jokes that boundaries in order to keep up. pop online, like the memes that The most memorable Trumpcompared Chris Christie to a hosinspired comedy of the past few tage for how he looked standing months has been more intricate than monologue jokes, reflecting a behind Trump at a news confertough competition for laughs and ence, work much better than they would on television, said Jo Miller, knowledge that the best material executive producer of Samantha can have a long life online. Bee’s Full Frontal on TBS. John Oliver’s epic, 20-minute Bee’s show this week staged Trump takedown, with research a party for Trump supporters, that revealed the family’s name supplying drinks, massages and was once “Drumpf,” has logged fact-checkers who quickly became more than 2 million YouTube overworked by the conversation. views. He methodically debunks “How do you fact-check bluster?” the beliefs of Trump fans, even Bee asked. as he marvels at the candidate’s The programs that have taken brazenness. “There’s a part of me up the Trump challenge have that even likes this guy,” the HBO done so in ways that amplify their host said. “It’s a part of me I hate, particular strengths. Few probut it’s a part of me.” grams, for example, can match the ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reunited Saturday Night Live tradition of Matthew Broderick and Nathan commercial parodies, Miller said. Lane as their old characters from Kimmel shines in Hollywood-like “The Producers,” whose chosen short pieces. Seth Meyers has a scam is the Trump campaign more traditionalist’s approach, aninstead of a musical about Hitler. chored by strong writing. Oliver’s They soon recognize the story signature is lengthier stories based “starts out funny and then gets on research done with journalistic really, really depressing.” rigour. While Darrell Hammond efO’Brien’s show is usually more fectively impersonates Trump intent on being silly than in being on Saturday Night Live, none of political. The show has a running the show’s political skits have matched the impact of the “racists segment with a Trump impersonator who phones in to the host, for Trump” commercial parody. like Trump has been doing with Trevor Noah’s best moment since replacing Jon Stewart on The Daily news programs. Sarah Silverman was also invited on to play Adolf Show came when he compared Hitler and react to comparisons Trump’s words to those of African made between Trump and the dictators. notorious German leader. “There are a lot of ways where “Trump has given each show a comedian can tell easy jokes a chance to do what they do best about Trump and they keep repeating themselves,” said Robert but in completely different ways,” Miller said. Thompson, director of Syracuse Even with Trump as a font of University’s Bleier Center for comedy, late-night shows haven’t Television and Popular Culture. neglected other candidates. Bee “But the really good stuff is very sophisticated, very probing politi- has thoroughly lampooned Ted Cruz, and Larry David’s spot-on cal satire.” Bernie Sanders impersonation is a Comics were nearly shaking regular on Saturday Night Live. with excitement when Trump anHowever the Trump campaign nounced his candidacy, anticipatends, it has already left a television ing a great diversion to a serious comedy legacy stronger than past campaign. Yet as the outrageous political campaigns, Syracuse’s statements piled up and Trump maintained a high standing in the Thompson said. “Political comedy on television polls, it wasn’t so funny anymore has never been better,” he said. – a point Thompson noted was As the Trump campaign took a effectively made in a routine by darker turn last week, with demComedy Central’s Larry Wilmore. onstrations and violence at some “Trump is sort of a doubleof the candidates’ rallies, lateedged sword,” said Matt O’Brien, night comics kept up with him. head writer for Conan O’Brien’s Both Bee and Wilmore staged fake TBS show. “On the one hand, he fights on their shows. gives you so much to make fun A Trump impersonator handed of every day. The real problem is there are now 15 hosts going after bottles to the two combatants on The Nightly Show, who proceeded the same piece of meat. It’s hard to smash them over the other’s to be original with him, because everyone is coming after him from head. “Who’s going to pay the mediall angles.” cal bills?” Wilmore wondered. The atmosphere for late-night “Mexico,” the Trump impercomedy is far different from when the choice was essentially Jay Leno sonator answered. David Bauder
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The Project consists of the construction of a new 138 kv transmission line between Stewart Crossing and Keno City and associated activities adjacent to Yukon Energy Corporation’s existing transmission line ROW. The new line will require modification or construction of three substations and the decommissioning of the old 69 kv line it intends to replace. February 25, 2016 to March 25, 2016 An electronic copy of the Stewart – Keno City Transmission Project Proposal is available through the YESAB Online Registry (YOR) at www.yesab.ca/registry (search project #2015-0209). The Project Proposal is also available for viewing at the YESAB Head Office. Comments can be submitted through the YESAB Online Registry (www.yesab.ca/registry) or by contacting the Executive Committee at the YESAB Head Office. YESAB Head Office Suite 200-309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2J9 PH (867) 668-6420 or toll free 1-866-322-4040 / E-Mail yesab@yesab.ca
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Human Go champ says machine not superior despite 1:4 defeat continues until both sides agree there are no more places to put stones, or until one side decides to quit. Google officials say the company wants to apply technologies used in AlphaGo in other areas, such as smartphone assistants, and ultimately to help scientists solve real-world problems. As for Go, other top players are bracing themselves. Chinese world Go champion Ke Jie said it was just a matter
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SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF ame not over? Human Go champion Lee Sedol says Google’s Go-playing program AlphaGo is not yet superior to humans, despite its 4:1 victory in a match that ended Tuesday. The week-long showdown between the South Korean Go grandmaster and Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence program showed the computer software has mastered a major challenge for artificial intelligence. “I don’t necessarily think AlphaGo is superior to me. I believe that there is still more a human being could do to play against artificial intelligence,� Lee said after the nearly fivehour-long final game. AlphaGo had the upper hand in terms of its lack of vulnerability to emotion and fatigue, two crucial aspects in the intense brain game. “When it comes to psychological factors and strong concentration power, humans cannot be a match,� Lee said. But he added, “I don’t think my defeat this time is a loss for humanity. It clearly shows my weaknesses, but not the weakness of all humanity.� He expressed deep regret for the loss and thanked his fans for their support, saying he enjoyed all five matches. Lee, 33, has made his living playing Go since he was 12 and is famous in South Korea even among people who do not play the game. The entire country was rooting for him to win. The series was one of the
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South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol smiles as he reviews the final match of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match against Google’s artificial intelligence program, in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday. most intensely watched events in the past week across Asia. The human-versus-machine battle hogged headlines, eclipsing reports of North Korean threats of a pre-emptive strike on the South. The final game was too close to call until the very end. Experts said it was the best of the five games in that Lee was in top form and AlphaGo made few mistakes. Lee resigned about five hours into the game. The final match was broadcast live on three major TV networks in South Korea and on big TV screens in downtown Seoul. Google estimated that 60 million people in China, where Go is a popular pastime, watched the first match on Wednesday. Before AlphaGo’s victory, the ancient Chinese board game was seen as too complex for computers to master. Go fans across
Asia were astonished when Lee, one of the world’s best Go players, lost the first three matches. Lee’s win over AlphaGo in the fourth match, on Sunday, showed the machine was not infallible: Afterward, Lee said AlphaGo’s handling of surprise moves was weak. The program also played less well with a black stone, which plays first and has to claim a larger territory than its opponent to win. Choosing not to exploit that weakness, Lee opted for a black stone in the last match. Go players take turns placing the black and white stones on 361 grid intersections on a nearly square board. Stones can be captured when they are surrounded by those of their opponent. To take control of territory, players surround vacant areas with their stones. The game
of before top Go players like himself would be overtaken by artificial intelligence. “It is very hard for Go players at my level to improve even a little bit, whereas AlphaGo has hundreds of computers to help it improve and can play hundreds of practice matches a day,� Ke said. “It does not seem like a good thing for we professional Go players, but the match played a very good role in promoting Go,� Ke said.
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Buzz building around N.S. firm’s performance enhancing ‘bionic’ knee brace Full production is expected to start this summer on the Canadian Press Levitation brace, which stores HALIFAX energy when you bend your knees and releases it as you pair of Nova Scotia straighten. researchers are close to “It packs the power of a producing a “bionic” knee brace that enhances ability and robotic exoskeleton, but it’s roughly one-hundredth the reduces fatigue, and have now cost,” said Chris Cowperlanded a lucrative contract to produce a beefed-up version for Smith, the 31-year-old CEO and co-founder of Spring Loaded the Canadian Armed Forces. Alison Auld
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Chris Cowper-Smith, left, looks on as Bob Garrish, fastens a knee brace on June 2, 2015 that the company the two men co-founded has created. will complement the military’s tactical gear. “Lots of soldiers are regularly crouching and standing back up, and they often have very heavy packs on – 120 pounds. Our brace can help reduce the burden of all that weight,” said Cowper-Smith. He said the company is also looking at producing a special brace for paratroopers, one that can withstand the high-impact stress associated with military parachute droops. The brace, which can be worn under clothing, is made of light-weight carbon fibre. A high-strength Spectra cord extends from the bottom of the brace through a series of gears at the joint and up to a so-called liquid spring at the top. The civilian product, to be sold for $2,500, is intended for athletes going through rehabilitation, workers needing to alleviate knee stress and fatigue and older people with worn-out knees. Cowper-Smith and partner Bob Garrish, the company’s chief technology officer, joined together while working on their PhDs at Dalhousie University. Cowper-Smith, studying neuroscience, and Garrish, studying mechanical engineering, were part of a program called “Starting Lean,” that brought together people from various disciplines to form teams that developed business ideas. Both men had knee issues. Garrish suffers from osteoarthritis in both knees, and Cowper-Smith was suffering at the time from anterior knee pain, which is also known as runner’s knee. They got the idea for the brace in late 2012. “We talked to hundreds of surgeons and physiotherapists to see if the idea was worth pursuing and we determined it was,” Cowper-Smith said. There are similar braces on
the market, but Cowper-Smith insists Levitation is unique. He said no other brace includes a strong enough spring to actually assist when wearers extend their legs. “We augment the power of your quadricep muscles. Other braces just provide stability … or prevent hyperextension.” Their first investor came on board in January 2013, providing $100,000. Other money came in from private investors, Nova Scotia’s Innova Corp., ACOA, the National Research Council and through winning a series of business model competitions. Last June, the pair won $100,000 from the Business Development Bank of Canada through its Young Entrepreneur Award. More recently, a one-month online fundraising campaign through Indiegogo raised more than $200,000. It finished on Thursday. The Indiegogo site offered buyers the chance to pre-order the Levitation brace for as little as $1,149, which brought in preorders from 25 countries. One of the company’s partners is Build Ventures, a Halifax-based, $65-million venture capital fund focused on Canadian tech start-ups, which has anted up $1.9 million. “Spring Loaded Technology has the potential to revolutionize the marketplace,” Rob Barbara of Build Ventures said in a release. The company’s plant employs 15 people, who have made hundreds of prototype braces. “We have to make sure our production line works perfectly. We don’t want to ship out a bunch of faulty product,” said Cowper-Smith. Spring Loaded plans to branch out to more traditional retail within the next year.
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No buts about it: B.C. study says tobacco companies must deal with waste butts Tamsyn Burgmann Canadian Press
VANCOUVER hey’re commonly flicked on sidewalks, discarded at bus stops and strewn outside buildings. They can also end up in the stomachs of fish, sea turtles and small children. A single tossed cigarette butt may seem inconsequential, but researchers say more than five trillion waste butts accumulate in the global environment each year, resulting in degradation, costly cleanup and emergency response. Tobacco manufacturers should be made responsible for the stinky, toxic mess, says a new study co-authored by a Simon Fraser University professor. “Up to now, there’s been the best efforts of public services and cleanup campaigns and recycling. And all these efforts are not working,” said Kelley Lee, who holds a Canada Research Chair in global health. “Our paper is really arguing we need to go upstream, we need to get to the source of the butts. That’s the tobacco company.” The paper, published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Tobacco Control, sets out a regulatory scheme as model legislation for adoption by cities, provinces or countries. It was designed in collaboration with the Washington, D.C.-based Cigarette Butt Pollution Project. The study found that one to two-thirds of butts from cigarettes are littered, buried in landfills or washed down storm drains. In Vancouver, the fire department tackled 35 grass fires from haphazardly disposed butts over just one week last summer. A butt
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An ashtray filled with cigarette butts is seen in Oklahoma City in Sept 2015. cleanup effort by 100 students, faculty and staff at Simon Fraser University last year collected 45 kilograms over just one hour. The city of San Francisco spends about US$11 million annually on cleanups. Butts are not biodegradable, as some people believe, Lee said. Cellulose acetate, a form of plastic, remains in the environment from 10 to 25 years. Discarded filters also collect toxic chemicals such as lead, arsenic and nicotine that leach into the earth.
The study proposes the tobacco industry take on the collection, transport, processing and safe disposal of butts, based on the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, which would incorporate the environmental cost of butts into the price of cigarettes. Other industries that produce hazardous consumer goods are already legally responsible in a patchwork of legislation across North America for dealing with paints, pesticide containers, fluo-
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The paper suggests companies take responsibility in various ways including taking on the cost of collecting, recycling or disposing butts, initiating cleanup programs and informing consumers about the environmental risks of tossing butts. Australia and some countries in Europe are already considering legislative options for dealing with the environmental harms associated with butts, Lee said. The health professor, who has been researching tobacco companies for nearly 20 years, believes the industry is making every attempt to avoid responsibility by shifting the onus to smokers. The researchers did not approach companies in order to maintain professional distance, Lee said, but noted they’ve brought similar proposals to manufacturers in the past. “They’re very resistant,” she said. “They’ve funded anti-litter campaigns to try to divert attention away from their responsibility. They will push back very hard on this.” Requests for comment were made to four of the world’s largest cigarette companies. Representatives for Imperial Tobacco Canada in Quebec and JTI-Macdonald Corp., in Toronto said their spokespeople were not immediately available.
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In Sweden’s first unmanned food store, all you need is a phone Now the 39-year-old IT specialist runs a 24-hour shop Associated Press with no cashier. Customers simply use their VIKEN, SWEDEN cellphones to unlock the door t was a chaotic, late-night with a swipe of the finger and scramble to buy baby food with a screaming toddler in scan their purchases. All they need to do is to register for the the backseat that gave Robert service and download an app. Ilijason the idea to open SweThey get charged for their purden’s first unmanned convechases in a monthly invoice. nience store. The shop has basics like Home alone with his hungry milk, bread, sugar, canned son, Ilijason had dropped the food, diapers and other prodlast baby food jar on the floor, ucts that you expect to find in and had to drive 20 minutes a small convenience store. It from the small town of Viken doesn’t have tobacco or mediin southern Sweden to find a cal drugs because of the risk of supermarket that was open. Jan. M. Olsen
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Doggie darlings on Instagram can mean big business for their owners and keep it relatively advertisement-free. Canadian Press They prefer to opt for promotions that stay off the photoTORONTO sharing site. Recently, an Ameriean just turned two years can greeting card company paid old, but he already has US$1,500 for a photo of the dog more than 107,000 Instachilling in a water tube on a lake gram fans following his squirrelto use on a card. chasing, stick-fetching and snackThis year, the couple created sneaking adventures in Toronto. their second annual Dean-centric The floppy-eared basset hound calendar. They sold more than is one of several Canadian dogs 500 copies and donated part of whose #DogsOfInstagram game the proceeds – $1,000 cash and is on point. These rising canine $200 of toys and treats – to the stars can score anything from free Toronto Humane Society. doggie treats to lucrative book While that may seem like a lot, deals as companies look to harDean’s upkeep is hefty. ness the puppies’ star power. “Some people say Dean pays Carly Bright and Nathan Sidon picked up Dean from a breeder in for himself,” says Bright. “No, he April 2014. One month later, the doesn’t.” couple launched Dean’s InstaPlus, they’re not dog owners gram account to avoid spamming just because of the slim possibiltheir own followers with incesity their dog will rise to megasant pictures of their puppy. Instagram fame. Michelle Siu/CP His photos started resonating For now, they’re sticking to it Dean the basset hound just turned two years old, but he already has more than 107,000 Instagram with strangers, though, and by as a hobby, though they might late summer, his account cracked fans following his squirrel-chasing, stick-fetching and snack-sneaking adventures in Toronto. consider focusing more on Dean’s 1,000 followers. income potential one day. Bright continued posting can lend their image to merchan- seasonal outfits. Fohr Card, a company that “If we can ever make it work about one picture daily and fineDean’s owners have been dise of all kinds. helps brands find human influin a way that felt right … I’m not tuned Dean’s voice. The captions, encers, created a spinoff, Fur asked to lend his likeness to Boo, a San Francisco pomerasaying we wouldn’t pursue it furSidon said, are the couple’s “best socks, sandals and 3D figurines, nian with more than 17 million Card, to showcase the growing ther,” said Bright. “But right now, understanding” of their dog’s but Bright and Nathan have it’s really just like a labour of love Facebook followers and upwards number of popular animals on perspective. largely passed on the offers beand a hobby that we both really of 600,000 Instagram followers, social media. “He’s got a big personality,” cause they want to maintain the enjoy. I mean, he’s our favourite The deals can be lucrative. The stars in two books and a game, said Bright. integrity of Dean’s Instagram page subject.” dogs earn a fee or freebie for post- and has a stuffed animal version While they consider Dean’s of himself for sale complete with ing about a brand’s products, or social media presence a hobby rather than a business, interest in the hound’s potential to peddle products has grown along with his following. “People reach out to him all the time,” Sidon said. At first, the couple reacted with excitement each time a brand contacted them to inquire about working with Dean. Now, emails arrive in Dean’s inbox multiple times a day. Sometimes the companies want to send Dean a free product, hoping his owners will showcase it on the account, said Sidon. Educational course Other times, they offer financial compensation for doing so. based on cognitive Once in awhile, the couple (8 weeks) bites and agrees to the pitch behavioural therapy, 12-1:30 PM (though they always test the @ Old Daycare which can help you product first). For example, they offer a promotional code manage low moods, for BarkBox, a monthly delivery of treats and toys for dogs, and depression and anxiety. receive some money each time (8 weeks) someone signs up using their code. 11:30-1:00pm Christie Vuong’s nine-month@ Convention Center old pug, Helmut, gained thousands of followers after she posted a parody of Drake’s Hotline Bling music video starring the puppy. Now, Helmut’s Instagram Call posts are seen by nearly 16,000 to inquire people. about future (8 weeks) The dog now receives food courses in products and other freebies, she WH ITEHORSE 12-1:30pm said. @ Yukon College branch Helmut and Dean’s owners have both been contacted by agencies interested in representFacilitator: Juliette Anglehart-Zedda ing the dogs. The firms match Register: (867) 668-6429 or mhayukon2015@gmail.com social media’s doggie darlings Cost: $200 / 8 wks / 12 hrs (2 free seats available at request) with brands, just as they do the Presented by: Mental Health Association Yukon (MHAY) | Office: Horwood’s Mall people they represent. Aleksandra Sagan
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Woman’s unrepentant apology pushes blame away from her pentant, but her non-apology is less potent than she believes. She hopes it will satisfy your boyfriend that she has apologized, while making clear to you that it is your reaction, not her behavior, which is at fault. Your message should negate those terms: “I appreciate your apology and look forward to your thinking of me as an individual, rather than only one of ‘other girls,’ once we get to know each other.� If the behavior does not change, you will have done your best, and Miss Manners will second your taking the whole problem back to your beau.
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World Water Day reminds us not to take clean water for granted by David Suzuki
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arth’s oceans, lakes, rivers and streams are its circulatory system, providing life’s essentials for people, animals and ecosystems. Canada has one-fifth of the world’s freshwater, a quarter of its remaining wetlands and its longest coastline. With this abundance, it’s easy to take water for granted. Many of our daily rituals require its life-giving force. Yet do we recognize our good fortune in having clean, safe water at the turn of a tap? Not everyone in Canada is so lucky. On any given day, more than 1,000 boil-water advisories are in place across the country. Imagine having to walk to your local church every morning to fill plastic jugs with clean drinking water for your family. Or having to drive to your town’s fire station or community centre to collect bottled water. Imagine having to boil water for everything you do at home – cooking, cleaning, washing. This is the sad reality for people who live in communities with boil-water advisories, some for decades at a time. Water problems are dangerous. In May 2000, bacteria in Walkerton, Ontario’s water supply caused seven deaths and more than 2,300 illnesses. A public inquiry blamed the crisis on flaws in the province’s approval and inspection programs, a “lack of training and expertise” among water-supply operators and government budget cuts. In 2001, nearly half of North Battleford, Saskatchewan’s 14,000 residents became ill from contaminated water. An inquiry concluded provincial oversight was inadequate and ineffective. Indigenous communities continue to face a widespread drinking water crisis, with people on First Nations reserves 90 times more likely than other Canadians to lack access to clean water. Health Canada reports that 131 drinking-water advisories were in effect in 87 Indigenous communities at the end of 2015, not including British Columbia. Places like Shoal Lake 40, Grassy Narrows and Neskantaga have been under boil-water advisories for decades. In B.C., the First Nations Health Authority reports that 28 drinking-water advisories were in effect in 25 Indigenous communities as of
January 31, 2016. How can this continue in a water-rich country like Canada? Canada recognized the right to water at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012. Yet our government has failed to live up to its commitment. As a 2015 UN report points out, “The global water crisis is one of governance, much more than of resource availability, and this is where the bulk of the action is required in order to achieve a water secure world.” We are the only G8 country, and one of just two OECD countries, without legally enforceable national drinking-water-quality standards. Federal water policy is more than 25 years old and in dire need of revision. We have no national strategy to address urgent water issues and no federal leadership to conserve and protect water. Instead, we rely on a patchwork of provincial water policies, some enshrined in law and some not. Meanwhile, highly intensive industrial activities, agribusiness and pollution are putting water supplies at risk. The federal government will deliver its first budget on March 22 – World Water Day. The David Suzuki Foundation’s Blue Dot movement is also taking a stand on World Water Day, helping communities across Canada call on the federal government to make good on our human right to clean water by enacting a fed-
eral environmental bill of rights. Canada’s environment and climate change minister has a mandate to “treat our freshwater as a precious resource that deserves protection and careful stewardship.” The government could take a big step toward accomplishing this by recognizing our right to a healthy environment, including our right to clean water. The government should also implement legally binding national standards for drinking water quality equal to or better than the highest standards in other industrialized nations, and set long-term targets and timelines to reduce water pollution. And it should fulfil our right to water by addressing the drinking water crisis in Indigenous communities and establishing a Canada Water Fund to foster the clean-water tech industry and create a robust national water quality and quantity monitoring system. Committing to these actions would help ensure all Canadians have access to clean, safe water for generations to come. On World Water Day, help protect the people and places you love by joining the Blue Dot movement. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Blue Dot Communications Specialist Amy Juschka.
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Coyotes are everywhere, even in Alaska by Ned Rozell
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ast Friday, an email popped up in all the mailboxes of people with the Geophysical Institute: Someone saw what might have been a wolf on the trails north of the UAF campus. “Please be cautious if skiing in the area.” A few people responded, saying they had seen one or two coyotes roaming the 1,000plus acres of trails and frozen wetlands just north of campus buildings and roads. UAF ski trail groomer Jason Garron has had several encounters, saying he believes the animal is a coyote that is “large and healthy looking.” Kate Millburg saw a wolf or coyote while she was skiing that looked about “80 pounds, nicely furred and healthy.” Rebecca Rolph has seen what she believes is a coyote in the same area while she was running and driving to work. Biologists said coyotes were
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Fairbanks teacher Jim Lokken snapped this image of a coyote he has seen several times near University of Alaska Fairbanks ski trails. more likely what people saw on the university trails. Coyotes have been in Alaska since at least the early 1900s. “People are always surprised
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to hear about coyotes, but they are certainly around,” said Mike Taras, an expert tracker and outreach specialist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Fairbanks. Department biologists do not keep track of coyote numbers, but Fairbanks-area trapper Randy Zarnke said coyotes began showing up on his trapline trails three or four years ago. “Now, all I have left is coyotes,” he said. “Not sure if they ate all the other furbearers or just chased them away.” Coyote pelts fetch less money than marten or lynx, Zarnke said, so he does not try to trap them. He’d like to remove them from his trapping grounds because they’ve eaten foxes from his snares in each of
Are you the next Climate Change Youth Ambassador? The United Nations Conference of the Parties 22nd session (COP 22) climate change conference is taking place November 7–18, 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco. The Climate Change Secretariat is looking for a Youth Ambassador to join the Yukon delegation. The position is open for Yukon youth aged 19–23 eager to learn more about climate change. Applications are due at 4:00 pm on April 7, 2016.
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the last three seasons. But he finds coyotes difficult to trap. “I used to think foxes were smart until I ran into wolves,” he said. “Then, I thought wolves were smart until I ran into coyotes.” The adaptable creatures have been among the first large animals back into areas people have settled, wrote Donald Cornelius in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Wildlife Notebook Series entry on the coyote. “The elimination or reduction of wolves from many areas of North America, coupled with land and clearing activities, have contributed to this range extension,” he wrote. Based on reports from more than 100 years ago, biologists figure that coyotes were first on the mainland of Southeast Alaska and then migrated northward into the upper Tanana Valley. From here, they
spread all over Alaska, with the highest numbers on the Kenai Peninsula, Mat-Su valleys and the Copper River valley. Few people have reported seeing coyotes north of the Yukon River. In areas without wolves, which eat coyotes and keep their numbers down, the dog-like creatures with pointy ears and snouts are just about everywhere. People have seen coyotes in all five boroughs of New York City, and in Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and every major city in North America. Maybe it shouldn’t be surprising we share our vast acreage with them. 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.
PROPOSED PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT CONSULTATION This is an opportunity for citizens to learn about the proposed Act and to provide input into legislation that will be administered by CTFN. Consultation will be held at the following date and location: Tuesday, March 29th: Tagish, Tagish Community Hall 3:00pm-8:00pm. Light snacks and beverages will be provided.
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The mystery of the Orpheum Theatre Part 2 by Michael Gates
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ome stories don’t let go of you. Two weeks ago, I wrote an article about the Orpheum Theatre in Dawson City. It had been inspired by a simple inquiry from New York film maker, Bill Morrison. What followed was a flurry of activity to gather information about one of Dawson’s many old buildings. A skeletal picture of the history of the structure emerged. My wife Kathy was instrumental in pulling this information together. We know it was constructed after its predecessor, the Horseshoe Saloon, was destroyed by fire in 1899. The Orpheum, version one, almost suffered the same fate when it too was stricken by fire four years later. But the fire department intervened and saved it. A large front-page photograph in the Dawson Daily News revealed the firemen extinguishing the flames. Despite fireproofing measures taken in the mid-1930s, a conflagration in 1940 consumed the theatre and led to the construction of The Orpheum, version two. Ben Warnsby and Palma Berger, both former owners of the rebuilt theatre, added their recollections of the theatre that rose phoenix-like from the ashes of the original. The sequence of ownership was clearly established, and memories of the building, and the flood that eventually ended its usable life were recalled. But there remained unanswered questions. When, for example, was the building finally demolished? One date offered was 2002; another was 2012. I searched hundreds of photos taken over the past 25 years and narrowed down the date of demolition to before 2007. The Internet provided more information, including photos of the theatre in its later years, painted pale green, with a small sign protruding from the facade. Then the telephone rang, and we had a conversation with Dave Robertson, Dawson businessman, and owner of the Dawson Trading Post. Dave had read my first article about the old theatre and called to fill in some of the missing data. When he purchased the building from Fred Berger in 2002, it was still standing, though nobody had entered the premises in years. Robertson subsequently had the building demolished by Roger Hanberg, who sold all the salvaged lumber and hardware locally. The date: 2003 or 2004. I haven’t yet been
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The fire at the Orpheum Theatre was front-page news in October 1903. Quick-acting firemen were able to save the building from destruction.
Will Rogers, right, the humorist and celebrity, wanted to take “Apple” Jimmy Oglow, left, back to Hollywood with him, but he was killed in a plane crash at Point Barrow, Alaska, a few days later.
able to find reference to the demolition in the Klondike Sun newspaper that would establish the date more precisely. There was another big question that was left hanging in my last column. I theorized that the Orpheum theatre did not show movies between 1915 and 1937. I thought that the town was too small for more than one theatre. I was wrong; an advertisement for a 10-reel movie titled She Goes to War appears in the Dawson News on February 7, 1931. On February 13 of the same year, films were also part of a “Concert, Picture and Dance” at the Dawson Amateur Athletic Association building. Then on August 5, 1931, the Orpheum re-opened after a short closure for the installation of new equipment which would enable the screening of the newest innovation in moving films, the “talkie.” The new sensation attracted a full house on opening night, and J. Len Wickman, the proprietor of the theatre offered a free matinee for all children under the age of 13. It is hard to say what impact “talkies” had on business at the Family Theatre in the Dawson Amateur Athletic Association building, but they were soon featuring a block-buster silent version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. They continued to advertise films, but by installing a dance floor in their theatre, they were also diversifying. While the Orpheum was offering a movie featuring Norma Shearer on December 5, 1931, the Family Theatre had put on a social dance the evening before. Eventually, in April of 1933, Eric August Troberg purchased the Family Theatre from Fred Elliott and bought the “all-talkie” equipment from Wickman. It looked like the Orpheum was closed for good, but in 1936, D.R. Mackenzie, then manager of the theatre, had a large crew working on the Orpheum in October of 1936, in preparation
Will Rogers, the famed humorist, and aviator Wiley Post, stopped in Dawson City, en route to Alaska. During their stopover, they made friends with Apple Jimmy. Taken by Jimmy’s colourful personality, Rogers offered to bring him back to Hollywood with them on their return trip. Of course, that never happened, and Apple Jimmy’s opportunity for celebrity was dashed. Rogers and Post were
for a re-opening. Mackenzie had new film projectors and theatre seats installed for the grand opening. On October 24, Wallace Beery appeared on the screen in Darryl F. Zanuck’s production of The Mighty Barnum. Adults paid 75 cents admission, and children 50 cents. Children under age 12 got in for free. An extra quarter could buy reserved seating in the newly renovated establishment. Slightly over a year later, the Family Theatre and the Dawson Amateur Athletic Association building burned to the ground. Gathering this information created other confusion that had to be resolved. The Yukonia Hotel burned to the ground in 1917, then burned to the ground again in the 1940 fire. But that didn’t make sense. If the Yukonia was destroyed in 1917, why wasn’t the Orpheum damaged? Further investigation revealed that in 1917 the Yukonia Hotel was located at the other end of the block; after that fire, the proprietor acquired the structure beside the Orpheum Theatre and renamed it the Yukonia. Another distracting digression was the beloved vendor known as “Apple” Jimmy Oglow, who operated a store at the front of the Orpheum Theatre. Greek in origin, Oglow first came to Canada in 1898. According to the 1901 census, he was making a living as a pedlar and residing in the Aurora Hotel, on Front Street. Oglow was running two fruit and candy stores on King Street in partnership with George Sarantis, in 1909, but their business dissolved and the following year, he was operating Jimmy’s Place out of the Orpheum Theatre. In 1921, he advertised his business as the largest fruit, confectionery, cigar and tobacco store in the North. In 1935, Apple Jimmy caught the attention of noted visitors.
killed when their plane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska. Oglow threatened to retire after a next-door fire in 1939, but he was still in business a year later when the Orpheum fire wiped out his business for good. He died May 10, 1941, aged 71 years. 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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Bantam Mustangs take silver with OT loss at B.C. Hockey Championships Tom Patrick News Reporter
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ukon’s Bantam Mustangs came within a minute and a half of making history a second year in a row on Wednesday. Playing in the Tier 3 bantam final of the B.C. Hockey Championships in Smithers, the defending champs watched a one-goal lead slip away with 1:31 left in regulation before falling in overtime. “The boys are upset, for sure. They knew it was there within their grasp,” said Mustangs head coach Kirk Gale. “It was a game of inches and we came up a little short … “We’re not very happy with a silver medal right now, but we’ll take it.” The Vanderhoof Bears took gold with a 3-2 win over over the Yukon rep team. Making the loss all the more bitter for the Yukon squad, the Mustangs went into the third with a somewhat comfy 2-0 lead. “We came out a little flat in the first period. We were outshot 20-5, so (goalie Dawson Smith) kept us in the game. I felt we could have been down a couple goals, but luckily we got up by one,” said Gale. “We picked it up a little bit in the second, but we couldn’t seem to get a few things together. But still, we were up 2-0 after the second period. “In the third period they got a bit of a lucky goal. It was one of those ones we were risking a few things a little too much and they were bound to get one at some point.” Mustangs defenceman Oscar Burgess got the ball rolling on a backhanded goal midway through the first, assisted by Josh Austin and Brett Walchuk. Forward Bryce Anderson delivered the second with 5:46 left in the second, snapping a quick one by the Bears keeper. Following the Bears’ tying goal – scored with their net emptied for the extra attacker – the teams went into overtime with shots on net at 41-27 in favour of Vanderhoof. After the Bears survived a Mustangs power play, Slade Desharnais scored the winner on a rebound at the side of the net with 2:09 left in the 10-minute overtime. “We outplayed them in overtime; we were all over them, I thought,” said Gale. “They just got a lucky bounce towards the end, bounced on a guy’s stick and hit Dawson’s pad and went in.
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Yukon Mustangs forward Kyron Crosby fights for the puck at the B.C. Hockey Championships on Wednesday in Smithers. The Mustangs lost 3-2 to the Vanderhoof Bears, taking silver in the bantam Tier 3 division. “But that’s how things go. Hopefully these players learn from it. Playing with the lead is a tough animal. You can’t afford to make too many mistakes because they’ll capitalize. We didn’t give them a whole bunch, but they got enough and that was the whole difference.” Four out of the Mustangs’ five games at the championships ended in one-goal differences. The Mustangs opened with a 4-3 loss to Vancouver’s Arbutus Club on Sunday. They then topped the goldwinning Vanderhoof team 4-3 on Monday. “So we knew they were going to be a good team, knew we were going to have our backs against the wall,” said Gale. Anderson scored the last two goals of the game, assisted by Walchuk on the gamewinner. Yukon then took a 6-5 win over South Okanagan – a team they had lost to twice this season in tournament play – on Tuesday. Burgess had two goals, including the gamewinner. The Mustangs then disappointed hometown fans with a 7-4 win over Smithers in
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Mustangs defenceman Brett Walchuk handles the puck during the final. Wednesday’s semifinal. Anderson had a goal and three assists and Burgess a hat trick.
Walchuk had a goal and Isaac Williamson did too. Following the medal cer-
emony on Wednesday, Mustangs forward Josh Austin was given the Fair Play Award. “It goes to the player who plays fair, plays hard, and plays the game the right way, and Josh Austin certainly deserves that,” said Gale. “That was a great call by the organizing committee.” (The Yukon Bantam Mustangs – then the Whitehorse Bantam Mustangs before a name change – won the territory’s first-ever gold at the B.C. championships last year.) Two other Yukon Mustang teams have been competing in Tier 3 tournaments at the B.C. championships this week. The Peewee Mustangs outscored the competition 31-9 to win their first four games in West Vancouver and advance to the semifinal where they will face Dawson Creek. Results were not available at press time. The Midget Mustangs went 2-2 in round robin play in Lower Mainland Sunshine Coast, but unfortunately that wasn’t enough to reach the playoffs. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Haywood Ski Nationals start Saturday in Whitehorse and hopes her performances this coming week will end with her crowned overall season champ. However, she has decided to sit out the opening team sprint races on Saturday. “I’ve been having some issues with my lower back and my hip since January, and in one of the races during the tour I crashed and it made it a little bit worse, so I’m just trying to monitor it so it doesn’t become a lasting injury for next season,” said Beatty. “I’m really looking forward to racing at home in front of family and friends and sponsors, and just being able to race on the home trails again.” The action will kick off with the opening ceremony at 9:45 a.m. Saturday followed by the team sprints at 10 a.m. Individual start classic technique will get underway Sunday at 10 a.m. After a day’s break, the individual start free technique will get rolling at Tuesday 10 a.m. Wednesday’s long sprints and Thursday’s short sprints will start with qualification rounds at 9:30 a.m. and heats at noon both days. The championships will wrap up with the always exciting mass start classic races at 9 a.m. on March 26. (All times are subject to change.) “The real exciting days will be the team sprint Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday individual sprints, and Saturday is the mass start,” said Chabot. “Those will be the best days for spectators.”
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hitehorse is teeming with Canada’s best cross-country skiers … though many of them already live here. Flights carrying just over 470 top skiers and 100 coaches touched down at Erik Nielsen airport on Wednesday as the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club gets set to host the 2016 Haywood Ski Nationals. “We’ve been worried about snow all winter, but the guys have done a huge amount of work, so we’re going to be OK,” said chief of competition Claude Chabot. “I bet we’ve put a 1,000 man-hours into shoveling so far this season … I was out skiing some of the courses today and it’s looking good.” The Canadian cross-country ski championships, which begin Saturday, will be the biggest event ever hosted by the Whitehorse club – bigger than when the club hosted the nationals in 2010 and even bigger than when it hosted the first-ever World Cup races in North America in 1981. A number of Olympians will hit the trails including Canada’s Alex Harvey, Devon Kershaw, Ivan Babikov and Whitehorse’s own Emily Nishikawa. The Sochi Olympian and fellow Whitehorse skiers Dahria Beatty and Knute Johnsgaard are back on home turf following a series of eight FIS World Cup races in the first-ever Ski Tour Canada this month. Nishikawa led the Canadian team in most of the races and finished with a 37th-place finish in the women’s 10-kilometre classic-ski pursuit in Canmore, Alta., last Saturday to finish as the team leader. “There were lots of highlights along the way, but I think I’m just most proud of how this women’s team has come together,” said Nishikawa in a news release. “We started with 12 women and ended with five, but I’m very proud to be a part of these girls and hope this will help us continue to build a strong team well into the future.” Beatty and Johnsgaard both delivered breakout performances on the tour. Johnsgaard opened the tour with his first-ever top-30 finish in a men’s sprint event in Gatineau, Que, on March 1. He qualified in 29th and finished in 30th. Beatty notched a career best 15th place finish in sprints in Canmore, Alta., on March 8, the day after her 22nd birthday. She missed a spot in the semifinal by the tiny margin of 0.3 seconds. “It was amazing. It was
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Whitehorse’s Emily Nishikawa races in an FIS World Cup in Canmore, Alta., last Friday. Nishikawa is one of over 470 top Canadian skiers in Whitehorse for the Haywood Ski Nationals that begin Saturday. probably one of the best things of my racing career,” said Beatty. “I thought that course was a good course for me and the best chance to make the top 30. And when I qualified in 29th I was really pleased. I
had so much excitement and adrenaline going into the heats I skied as hard as I could and ended up third in my heat and 15th overall.” Beatty is currently at the top of Haywood NorAm standings
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hitehorse snowboarder Adam Waddington threw down a couple 720s and a 900 for a 20th-place finish in open men’s slopestyle at the Air Nation Freestyle Nationals last week. But, frankly, he was hoping for more. “I didn’t actually qualify for finals in either. I had some neck issues going into the contest bothering me. That was part of the reason my outcome wasn’t that great,” said Waddington. “I really wasn’t all there for big air.” The 19-year-old placed 20th out of 56 at the slopestyle nationals at Mount St. Louis Moonstone in Coldwater, Ont., last Friday. In his best run he did a backside 720, frontside 720 – both with double grabs – and a backside 900 on the final jump. “I’m hoping to get a better result next year,” said Waddington. “I missed my goal with 20th – I didn’t make finals, I wasn’t too happy with it.” Later in the day Waddington took 28th out of 46 boarders in the big air competition at Horseshoe Resort in Barrie. Waddington was the only boarder listed from the territories in both competitions. “In the big air I was just trying
to qualify with some more relaxed tricks – I was doing backside 900s and frontside 720s,” said Waddington. “I kind of got the bad side of the judging with that contest. I don’t know what happened, just sometimes that’s just the outcome you get.” Waddington was the first Yukoner ever to compete at the freestyle nationals in 2012. He placed 20th in junior men at the 2013 Snow Crown nationals and 43rd in open men in slopestyle at last year’s nationals. He has competed for Yukon at the Canada Winter Games and is multi-time medalist for Yukon at the Arctic Winter Games. This past December he moved to Whistler, B.C., where he rides with the Whistler Valley Snowboard Club, the resort’s premier snowboard club. “It was my first time out east and it was cool to see how big and different the parks are out that way,” added Waddington.
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Whitehorse’s Adam Waddington launches off a jump during the Yukon Snowboard Championships last year. Waddington placed 20th at the Air Nation Freestyle Nationals last Friday in Ontario.
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team of 11 Yukon judokas took to the mat at the 2016 Edmonton International Judo Championship last weekend in Alberta. All of them posted wins, some took home a medal. Jadon Leenders, a green belt from Whitehorse’s Shiroumakai Judo Club, won two out of three round-robin bouts to claim silver in the U16 over-73 kilogram male division. “Jadon definitely did well. Although I expected as much,â€? said Shiroumakai sensei Aaron Jensen, in an email to the News. Leenders, who won his division at last year’s Yukon championship, won his first match against N.W.T. Judo’s Wilson Elliot and lost his second to gold-winner Ian Ryder, a brown belt from Steveston, B.C. He then clinched the silver with a decisive win in his third bout in the round robin. “Jadon’s last and final match was against another blue belt who was much shorter. Jadon dominated by throwing this opponent three times, scoring a Yukon and two wazari ‌ the wazari combined to be ippon and an instant win.â€? Shiroumakai’s Daniel Tonner almost picked up a bronze in the U14 under-42 kilogram male division. He lost his opening fight in the main draw but won his next three to reach the bronze final. Shiroumakai’s Cassi Jensen also dropped a bronze fight in her U14 under-44 kilogram female division. She lost in the quarterfinal but won a bout in the B draw to reach the bronze fight. “Cassi lost her first (fight), dominated her second opponent, then lost to the same fighter who got her down in the first match due to an unorthodox grip and dragging her down into a hold down,â€? said Aaron. “Again another excellent learning scenario we can build on for the next competition.â€? Northern Lights Judo Club’s
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Judo Yukon’s Jayme Hinchey throws her opponent to the mat at the 2016 Edmonton International Judo Championship last weekend in Alberta. Every member of Yukon’s team won a fight at the tournament. Jonathan Racine ran into some tough competition in the U14 under-46 kilogram division. Racine won his first bout 10-0, but then lost to the eventual gold medal winner in the quarterfinal. Shiroumakai’s Wyatt Burnett, competing in U14 under-34 kilograms, lost his first match to the eventual semifinalist but won his first bout in the B draw. Yukon was also represented in the U10 and U12 in which all competitors are given medals for competing. In U10 Gabriel Racine went undefeated in three fights in the under-41 kilogram division. Whitehorse’s Lia Hinchey and Jayme Hinchey, and Carcross’ Kenai Bryden, each went two for three in their respective weight classes.
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334-5038 1-BDRM SUITE, Crestview, furnished, quiet, near trails, wood heat, N/S, pet OK. 633-2455 OFFICE SPACE available in Pine Medical building. Great for health care business! 2 rooms for $520/month + GST, heat/hydro included. Contact 667-2144 LARGE BDRM in Kopper King, shared living room, kitchen & laundry, share food or buy your own, free tv, N/S, available immediately, $700/mon. 667-6060 2-BDRM BSMT apt, Riverdale, 4 appliances, fireplace, heat & light included, 1 off-street parking spot, NS, N/P, no parties, quiet place, responsible tenants, $1,300/mon. 334-5466. ROOM IN 2-bdrm apt in Hillcrest, shared accommodations, available immed, furnished, cable, internet, $700/mon, all included. 335-0009 FURNISHED BDRM in Copper Ridge house with private washroom, refs reqĘźd, N/S, $480/mon includes all utils. 336-1406 37 YEARS, Yukon resident, willing to house-sit, look after your property. Marcel@madidi-amazon.com 2-BDRM LEGAL bsmt suite, Riverdale, open concept, N/S, N/P, laundry facility, shed, $1,100/mon + utils + $1,100 dd, close to schools & hospital, photo: madidi-amazon.com/38_suiteb_photo.htm. 322-1476 2-BDRM DUPLEX, Hillcrest, freshly painted interior, heat, Satellite, hot water incl, avail mid-March, N/P, N/S, $1,450/mon. 667-2168 or email: robinmoyen@hotmail.com 1-BDRM SUITE, Copper Ridge, very nice, private, N/S, N/P, responsible tenants, avail immed, $900/mon + utils. 456-7397
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Do you have a lot to offer? So do we…work on the banks of the Yukon River, in a respectful and positive environment, with challenging and fast-paced work, competitive salaries, excellent benefits and generous northern and travel allowances. Take the next step in your career path and join our team of skilled and dedicated employees.
t Considerable work experience in a helping environment such as: Counselling, Community Service, Social Work, Teaching, or Nursing. Career Development experience preferred. t Experience working with individuals to assess and coordinate case management supports and services t Knowledge of the Yukon Labour Market including employer and labour force trends t Extensive knowledge of local organizations and resources t Strong computer skills t Relevant post-secondary education in Counselling, Education, Social Work, Psychology or a related field. For more information or to obtain a job description contact: Jean Metropolit By Phone: (867)393-8274 or email. Please submit your cover letter and resume to Employment Central at Suite 202-204 Black Street or email jean-ec@northwestel.net by March 31, 2016.
Manager, Procurement Whitehorse, Yukon Permanent, Full Time Salary: $91,128 - $136,691 plus benefits This is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated and versatile procurement specialist to join our finance team. The incumbent guides all aspects of procurement processes for the Corporation and is responsible for the development of procurement policies and procedures and ensures compliance with law and best industry practice while maximizing cost effectiveness and process efficiencies. We are looking for someone with: A post-secondary procurement designation with several years’ related experience at a senior level including at least 10 years’ working in a computerized environment. Several years of supervisory experience and demonstrated leadership skills are a must as well as excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. Additional information can be found at yukonenergy.ca/job postings To apply, submit a covering letter and resume by 5:00 pm April 1, 2016 to Human Resources at hr@yec.yk.ca. We appreciate all responses; only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board Information and Communications Specialist The Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board (Board) is hiring an energetic, highly self-motivated individual to fill the position of Information and Communications Specialist for a 0.8 position (approximately 4 days per week). This is a permanent position and includes an attractive benefits package. Reporting to the Executive Director, this position is responsible for information management and communications to assist the Board in fulfilling its mandate and objectives, which includes territorial, national and international issues relating to the management of Yukon’s fish, wildlife and their habitats. This position will support the Board in making recommendations to the appropriate Ministers, Yukon First Nations and Renewable Resources Councils on all matters related to fish and wildlife management, including legislation, regulations, policy, planning, research and programs. Priority Skills and Qualifications:
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PROJECT MANAGER For the upcoming 2016 building season Residential and Commercial Contact: Scott Sawyer email: sawyers@selkirkfn.com
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Excellent communication skills, both oral and written; Knowledge of the mandate and responsibilities of the Board Strong information management and analysis skills; Knowledge of the Umbrella Final Agreement, specifically Chapter 16; Developing, analyzing, implementing communication/media strategy Excellent computer literacy; Website management, updating, maintenance and training. Strong project management skills; Good interpersonal and presentation skills; Knowledge of fish and wildlife management planning processes; Knowledge of the preparation and planning of public reviews, hearings, meetings or other events; Administering the production of public information materials including reports, printed materials, educational brochures etc. Knowledge of Yukon environmental, land claims, and resource issues; Knowledge of resource management principles and practices; Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously;
To view the full job description, please visit our website: www.yfwmb.ca Closing date: March 25th, 2016 Applications may be submitted in person, by mail, or email to: Graham Van Tighem, Executive Director Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board (In person) #409 Black Street (2nd däna Näye Ventures Building) (Mail to) P.O. Box 31104 Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 5P7 Phone: 867-667-5835 executivedirector@yfwmb.ca
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DIRECTOR, HEALTH & SOCIAL PROGRAMS THE JOB: Reporting to the Executive Director, this position directs the Health and Social department team in delivering programs and services in the areas of social assistance, family and child welfare, addictions and personal counseling, personal and home care for Elders and clients with disabilities, health promotion and justice programs. The Director also represents VGFN in health and social related business with governments, partners and professionals, develops and implements strategic goals and work plans, and serves as a member of the Senior Management Team. QUALIFICATIONS: The ideal candidate will have a degree or diploma in a ďŹ eld related to health and social services or the equivalent in experience and relevant training; Broad knowledge of government legislation regarding health and social services; Knowledge of health and social issues affecting First Nation peoples both locally and nationally. The ideal candidate will also have extensive management experience that includes ďŹ nancial and supervisory skills with at least two years at a senior level either in private or public sector and previous experience in a First Nation community is an asset. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT s #RIMINAL RECORD CHECK s $RIVER S CLASS LICENSE WOULD BE AN ASSET PAY RANGE: $79,806 - $103,748 per annum plus an excellent beneďŹ t package 4HIS IS A FULL TIME TERM POSITION BASED ON HOURS PER WEEK HOUR WORKDAY a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 to 4:30 p.m) A detailed job description is available at: http://www.vgfn.ca/employment Minimum one-year term commitment is required. CLOSING DATE: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m. We thank all applicants but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please submit resumes that include job experience related to position to: Brenda Frost Manager, Human Resources Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Box 94, Old Crow, YT Y0B 1N0 0HONE EXT &AX Email: hrd@vgfn.net
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OUTREACH & AFTER CARE WORKER Position Type: Department: Closing: Salary:
Full Time TERM for 2 years Justice, Jackson Lake Wellness Unit Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 4:30pm 59,344.32 to $72,925.32 per annum (Level 5) plus benefits
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SPECIALIZED CLEANER 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. Phone days 867-667-6315 • Fax 867-668-6977 Email: irving@northwestel.net
While qualiďŹ ed VGFN citizens will be give preference, all interested and qualiďŹ ed individuals are encouraged to apply.
FH COLLINS SCHOOL COUNCIL is seeking a part-time Secretary Treasurer to assist at monthly meetings with minutes, bookkeeping and banking matters. May require up to 20 hours/month. Remuneration is $300.00/month. Forward a letter and short resume, demonstrating your experience and skills to fhcouncil@gmail.com no later than March 27, 2016. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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 WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 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 WORLD HOCKEY Association, 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. Ross 633-3154 CFL FOOTBALL cards, 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards. $1,400. 633-3154 MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10, almost every card issued incl. 27 unopened paks from each year, over 1,200 cards, $900. 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 MENʟS BLACK shoes, sz 9, like new, $15. 334-8318 BOX OF 40 mysteries, paperbacks, various authors, $25. 633-3154 THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. Ross 633-3154 CRAFTSMAN TABLESAW, 12, 220 volt, $200. 633-5569
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Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society
MANAGER OF KAUSHEE’S PLACE The Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society is a non-profit Society that offers shelter, support, advocacy and referral to women and their children fleeing violence. We are looking for a Manager of Kaushee’s Place to cover a maternity leave for approximately 9 months with the possibility an extension. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of our Society, ability to apply Response Based Practice and experience managing staff in a unionized work environment. If you understand the dynamics of violence against women, have 5 years supervisory experience and are able to manage a 24 hour facility, proven ability to manage a budget, good communication and interpersonal skills, effective problem solving skills and ability to handle crisis and have a feminist analysis then we want to hear from you. Wages as per the Collective Agreement, the successful candidate will be required to be on-call and work outside of regular hours. Please send resume and cover letter by 9 am March 21, 2016 to: Barbara McInerney, Executive Director Box 31392 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 6K8 Or email edywth@northwestel.net Job description available upon request by email or call 633-7722
SENIOR POLICY & PLANNING ADVISOR JOB DESCRIPTION: provide policy and planning advice and assistance to the Yukon Land Use Planning Council with respect to the implementation of Chapter 11 (Land Use Planning) of the Umbrella Final Agreement and the Yukon First Nation Final Agreements. Advise the Planning Director and the Council with respect to First Nation governments’ land and resource-use management interests. Prepare written and oral briefings, reports and correspondence. Participate in community engagement sessions and make presentations to the Council, First Nations, government and the public. QUALIFICATION: Demonstrated experience in providing land use and resource management planning and policy development. Proven skills in: 1) developing or implementing First Nation Land Claim Agreements; 2) conflict resolution; 3) communication and consultation; 4) researching land management and planning related topics. A valid Yukon Driver’s License is a pre-requisite, as travel to Yukon communities will be required. Minimum of Grade 12 education or work experience equivalent required. A more detailed list of Qualifications and the Job Description is available upon request. The salary range is $65,653 to $80,972 with an employee benefit package. Please submit a covering letter with resume and three references before the closing date of March 24, 2016 to: Ron Cruikshank, Director Yukon Land Use Planning Council 201 – 307 Jarvis St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2H3 Email: ron@planyukon.ca Tel: (867) 667-7397 | Fax: (867) 667-4624 The YLUPC acknowledges Clause 22.4.0 of the Umbrella Final Agreement, Employment Opportunities for Yukon First Nation individuals. YLUPC thanks all who apply and advises that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
YUKON WILDLIFE Conservation stamps, rare and unique collection of 13 stamps, from 1996-2008, beautiful artwork depicting Yukon birds and wildlife, $150. 633-3154 20 BRADFORD Exchange collector plates includes Norman Rockwell, Louis Dali Limoges, Grimms Fairy Tales, The Canterbury Tales, all in excellent condition, $10 each obo. 333-9012 REFILL THE SHED with super-dry straight-grained lodgepole pine this spring: $225 cord bucked/delivered. Text or call Doug Martens @ 334-7364 2010 ARCTIC Spa hot tub, 8-person model, deluxe cedar trim, seldom used, cleaned regularly, $4,250 obo. Will deliver. 335-5192 DUTCH WEST wood stove, front or side loading, cast iron w/glass front, good cond, $400. 667-2390 COLLECTION OF dogs books, all clean, vg condition, approx 24 books, $40 for lot. 667-4526 lv msg BABYLOCK SERGER, used very little, was $1,200 new, asking $500. 633-6711 after 5 BROTHER CORRECTRONIC GX-6750 electronic typewriter w/extra ribbon and manual, new $160, asking $75. 660-4443 APRIL CORNELL dress, size L, skirt size L, skirt size M, skirt, new, size L, $50 ea. 633-2236 2 4ĘźX8Ęź Thermo-pane solid windows, 1 4ĘźX5Ęź Thermo-pane opener window, $250 for all. 660-4302 GOLD NUGGET initial, letter "N", made in Dawson City, $185 obo. 668-5644 ABOUT 50 Yukon Energy, Mines & Resources maps, scale 1:50.000, $6 ea obo. Call 867-399-3920 evenings ONE WALL oven or can be cabinet, separate ceramic cook top & range hood, $350. 393-2784 WELDER, $250; cargo box, plastic, fits behind truck, $150 obo; DVDs, $3 ea; Blu Rays, $4 ea. 334-6043
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3 DISPLAY glass/mirror cabinets, 2 units with hardware, 6 adjustable clothes display stands, perfect for a small business starting out. $800. 668-2414 DO YOU want baking done for Easter? Give the Golden Age a call with your requests. Cookies, cakes, breads, whatever you want, reasonable prices. 668-5538 YARDWORKS SNOWBLOWER, 2ʼ, electric pull start, 6 forward gears, 2 reverse, like new, $600, will bring to Whitehorse. 867-390-2244 100 WESTERN titles, 50 cents each; 50+ James Patterson assorted mysteries, 1 box Harlequin intrigue/suspense, $10. 633-5023 ITALIAN FLOOR/WALL tile for renos, 13x13, 60 tiles at $4 each, 1/2 price, Rox griggio by Campogalliano; also 16 glass decorator tiles 12x3, Kenai sand colour. 633-5002
Electrical Appliances OLD FASHIONED wood cookstove, Heartland, runs on propane, 6-burner, gd cond, green & stainless steel, $3750 obo. Will deliver. 335-5192 BEAUMARK FREEZER, older, white, medium size, 41”Lx34”deep, runs good, can pick up Sunday March 13, $120. 334-2018 after 6pm
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Teslin Tlingit Council Employment Opportunities
The Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) operates as a self-governing First Nation in the Village of Teslin, 180 kilometres southeast of Whitehorse. Teslin is a beautiful community situated at the confluence of the Nisutlin River and Teslin Lake offering a lifestyle attractive to people who enjoy small town life and outdoor recreation opportunities. The village is comprised of approximately 400 citizens and provides schooling to grade nine, a nursing station, general store, college campus and a large recreation complex. The positions are headquartered in Teslin and will require the successful candidates to be residents of the village.
The Teslin Tlingit Council invites applications for the following SENIOR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS:
Musical Instruments PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
BLUE FLORAL Fender Telecaster, excellent condition, comes with case, $1,300. 456-4110 GIBSON MAKE guitar, black with pearl inlay, c/w case, $500. 334-7405 MASON & Risch piano, Chopin model, apartment size, good condition, $1,200 obo. 332-0067 YAMAHA 2X100 stereo receiver, Yamaha single CD player, Polkaudio TSI series bookshelf speakers X 2, new, $575. 334-3043 TROUBADOUR T35 Watts Ibanez acoustic amp + 1 Shure SM 58 microphone, $300. 334-3043
Firewood EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery • Dry accurate cords • Clean shavings available • VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise. ORDER NOW 456-7432 ANDYʼS FIREWOOD SERVICE Order Now For Spring/Summer Delivery Avoid High Fall Prices Quality standing dry Haines Junction Full stacked, measured cords Scheduled deliveries Satisfaction guaranteed $245/cord 667-6429 (or 335-0932)
Full Time Permanent Justice Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 4:30pm $ 66,107.10-$80,122.14 per annum (Level 6) plus benefits
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The Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope) is seeking an individual to assist the Council in implementing its mandate as established in the Inuvialuit Final Agreement. This is a part-time, job-shared position (0.6 full-time equivalent) with the possibility of enhancement (to 0.8). The position is located in Whitehorse, Yukon. It is a challenging position and requires an extensive set of skills, knowledge and experience. The Council was established in 1988 under the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Settlement Act, which gave legal effect to the 1984 Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA). WMAC (NS) consists of an independent chairperson, two Inuvialuit representatives, one Government of Canada representative, and one Yukon Government representative. The Council is responsible for advising the appropriate ministers of the federal and territorial governments, as well as regional agencies and organizations, on all matters related to wildlife policy and the management, regulation and administration of wildlife, habitat and harvesting for the Yukon North Slope. Interested persons are invited to submit a resume with a letter of interest indicating their experience in the following areas: • Natural resource management and conservation planning • Wildlife harvest management • Conservation biology and aboriginal traditional knowledge • Land claims implementation • Policy analysis and strategic planning • Environmental impact assessment • Project management, including contract supervision • Report writing • Meeting and workshop coordination • General office administration (including software knowledge and financial management)
CAPITAL & INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTOR: Reporting to the Executive Director, this key senior management position establishes and directs Capital and Infrastructure services in accordance with the TTC’s mission statement, strategic plan and operational work plans. Supervising a variety of positions in the Capital and Infrastructure department, this position is a member of Management Board, and is responsible for the overall planning, organizing, implementing, controlling, and evaluating programs and project activities. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that programs and projects identified in the TTC annual work plan are implemented.
LANDS & RESOURCES DIRECTOR: Reporting to the Executive Director and the Executive Council, this key senior position is a member of the Management Board, and is responsible specifically for direction and management of the Final Agreement implementation, renewable resources management, lands management and GIS and data management. The incumbent is responsible for preserving and protecting the spirit and intent of the Final Agreement; ensuring that projects identified in the TTC annual work plan are implemented. As a members of the Management Board, the Directors share responsibility for the efficient and effective operation of the Management Board, which governs the administration activities of TTC. The key activities of the Management Board include: preparing and reviewing budgets; preparing work-plans, policies, procedures and laws for the Teslin Tlingit Council and ensuring that all activities and efforts of the Management Board reflect the direction of the Strategic Plan.
The letter of interest should also indicate the candidateʼs demonstrated ability to work independently and knowledge of arctic environmental issues. Knowledge of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement and the Western Arctic region are assets. The position requires occasional travel. Preference will be given to Inuvialuit with equivalent experience. Salary is negotiable and reflects job relevant skills, knowledge and experience and includes benefits. Please submit resumes & letters of interest by March 18, 2016 to: wmacns@web.ca Suitable candidates may be contacted for an interview. More information about the Council can be found at www.wmacns.ca
Employment Opportunities Instructor, Mathematics & Physics
Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Permanent Position Salary: $75,388.00 to $89,749.00 per annum Based on 75 hours bi-weekly Competition No.: 16.20 Initial Review Date: April 8, 2016
TTC’s Hiring Preference will be in effect. Applications/resumes must be received by the HR & Staff Development Officer at the Teslin Tlingit Council office by 4:00 P.M. on April 8, 2016. For more information, contact Valerie Tizya at 390-2532 / Ext 317 You may also fax your application to 390-2176 or Email to humanresources@teslin-ttc.com
JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
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.
Summer Camp Facilitator(s) x4 Technology Summer Camp Coordinator x1
Science, Trades, Technology & Munchkins Camps School of Continuing Education and Training Salary (Coordinator): $16.72 to $19.14 per hour Salary (Facilitators): $15.63 per hour Casual Hire from: May 16, 2016 to August 19, 2016 Competition No.: 16.25 Initial Review Date: March 29, 2016
Instructor, Geological Technology Program Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining
Applied Science Ayamdigut Campus (Whitehorse) Salary: $38.53 to $45.87 per hour Based on 75 hours bi-weekly Term position from: August 15, 2016 to May 1, 2017 Competition No.: 16.26 Initial Review Date: April 6, 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, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca
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HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC. Store (867) 633-3276 Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782
✔ Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed ✔ Everything over 8" split ✔ Prices as low as $245 per cord ✔ Single and emergency half cord deliveries ✔ Scheduled or next day delivery
DRY STANDING FIREWOOD 6 cord loads of 13 ft, $190/cord Phone for price on larger amounts *Bucked wood *Clean limbed *No rot *No green •20 years service in Yukon 334-9464 THOMASʟ FIREWOOD From Fox Lake •Long, hot burn •$220 per cord Call 334-3979 DONʟS FIREWOOD •Year-Round Harvester/Supply •Junction Beetle Kill •Daily Deliveries from Whitehorse •Competitive Pricing Phone 393-4397 firewooddon@outlook.com
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RUGER 77-22, as new, 22 LR caliber, $800 obo. 668-4726 or 335-4749
LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL
BROWNING LEVER action, 22 LR caliber, vg cond, $500 obo. 668-4726 or 335-4749 NON-RESTRICTED PAL course March 19, 20. Presented by Whitehorse Rifle and Pistol Club. For info call 667-6728 or 334-1688 BOITO 12 gauge sxs shotgun, 28� barrels, vg condition, $400. 633-2443 CHALLENGER COMPOUND bow 25'' draw 50lb, $75. 335-7154 RUGER SUPER Blackhawk, stainless, 5 1/2� barrel, 44 mag, like new, need restricted PAL, $900. 334-8604
RUGER SP 101 stainless 5-shot 357/38 spec, like new, need restricted PAL, $700. 334-8604 HK416 22LR. rifle restricted, $750; Chiappa Little Badger 22lr. NR $250; Glock 17 with Roni Carbine kit restricted, $1,200. 335-7154
Family Literacy Coordinator & Outreach Worker This position works in three speciďŹ c areas: Support Worker at the Family Literacy Center, Yukon Community Outreach Worker, and as Manager/ Coordinator of Summer Programming at the Pioneer Hotel in Shipyards Park. There is some travel and the ability to work exible hours is required. Salary is dependent on experience. For more information contact the Yukon Literacy Coalition @ 668-6535 or yukon.literacy.coalition@northwestel.net, or see full job description on Yukon Literacy Coalition website www.yukonliteracy.ca QualiďŹ cations: t 3FMFWBOU EFHSFF PS FRVJWBMFOU FEVDBUJPO JO FEVDBUJPO community development or early childhood t ,OPXMFEHF PG DPNNVOJUZ EFWFMPQNFOU BQQSPBDIFT BOE family literacy best practices t 1SPWFO FYQFSJFODF DPPSEJOBUJOH BOE NBOBHJOH QSPHSBNT t &YDFMMFOU DPNNVOJDBUJPO TLJMMT BOE UJNF NBOBHFNFOU t "CJMJUZ UP BEBQU DPOTVMU BOE CF DSFBUJWF t "CMF UP XPSL JOEFQFOEFOUMZ BOE UP UBLF EJSFDUJPO t $BO BDRVJSF 1PMJDF $IFDL t OE MBOHVBHF B CPOVT Deadline for Applications is April 8th, 2016
2006 NISSAN Titan, crew cab, LE, 4x4, 167,000km, heated leather seats, sun roof, dealer maintained, summer & winter tires, $15,000 obo. 334-3725.
RUGER MODEL 77, 270 Winchester cal, as new, only fired 10 rounds, green/brown laminated stock, c/w Ruger scope rings, $800 obo. 335-4749 or 668-4726
SKS W/FOLDING Strike Force stock, 2 mags, full crate of ammo, need PAL, $600. 334-8604
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2007 TUNDRA 4X4, heavy duty bumpers, 10,000 lb winch, heavy duty springs & shocks, 4� lift, good shape, headache rack, $6,500 obo. 334-6094
Cars
1000 REMINGTON UMC 115GR, 9mm ammo $400; H&R 1873 Trapdoor 45/70 Little Big Horn ed, mint $1,100; Kel Tec SUB 2000 9mm carbine, custom rail & sights, $850. 335-7154 WEATHERBY VANGUARD VGD2 Legend Blaze model with flame pattern synthetic stock, is unfired, new in the box, .30-06, 24� barrel, $750. 633-2443.
2005 FORD F150 4x4 supercrew, 5.4L, auto, power everything, good cond, $8,000. 867-536-7081
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart
2005 NISSAN Frontier 4X4, 4.0L, V6, 6-spd manual, vg condition, cold air intake, Magna Flow exhaust, new tires, $9,500 obo. 633-4215 eves or lv msg
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.
2003 CHEV 4WD Tracker XLT, well maintained, very clean inside & out, non-smoker owned, shaded side windows, complete tow system installed, summers & studded winters, 240,000 kms, $7,500 obo. 867-689-5907
Call or Text 867-335-7997 2007 TOYOTA FJ cruiser, fully loaded, 188000 kms, $17,000 obo. Call 333-9277 2005 CHEV Cavalier, runs good, great on gas, lots of new parts, fuel pump, injectors, coilpak, high pressure, full regulate, 142,000kms, $2,200. 336-3922 2005 HONDA Civic 2-dr coupe, 157km, new tires , exc mechanicals, good overall shape. Needs nothing, $3900. 668-7455 2001 VW Passat, AWD, 4-dr, V6, leather interior, heated seats, lights pop up on dash about abs brakes but brakes look ok, needs tires, reliable runner, $3,500. 335-1088 1986 OLDS Ciera, 4-door sedan, vg shape, 77,000 kms, new battery, remote start, safety, $2,000. 633-4311
Trucks
Wanted WANTED: FREE-STANDING bathtub, small. 633-2236 WANTED: SOMEONE who can help cleaning a straight chimney at Lake Laberge. 633-2236 WANTED: THOMSON Centre is recruiting two volunteers for our small in-house store, Monday or Friday, 12:00 to 2:30. Must be detail-oriented and comfortable handling cash. Please call Kathy 393-8629 WANTED: ECOFAN for wood stove, will pay. 633-2236 WANTED: MAGAZINE “Victoriaâ€?. Will pay. 633-2236 WANTED: 8Ęź camper, about 5 years old in great condition, and 4x4 truck for the camper, 3/4 or 1 ton, crew or ext. cab. 335-1830 WANTED: HELP replacing two windows in a cabin. Get an older houseboat for free. 633-2236 WANTED: 335-5980
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2000 FORD F250 4X4, 10-cyl, motor shot, tranny & transfer case in good cond, body good, $3,000. In Ross River. 867-969-2046 1996 PLYMOUTH Voyager van, vg condition, clean and smooth, 280,000km, tinted windows, $2,200 obo. 322-1476 1990 CHEV Blazer 4x4, 6-cyl, 50,000kms on motor, new shocks, brakes, brake lines, runs good. 334-6043 1953 F100, independent air ride suspension kit, 4-link bolt-on rear suspension, lots of new parts, needs fenders, motor & transmission, $2,500 obo. 667-4540 FOR PARTS, 1994 S-10 blazer. Call 334-8256 for more info
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TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box
2015 GMC SLT 3500HD, dual 4x4, crewcab diesel, black, 81,000km, $49,500. 633-4375 2014 RAM 1500 4WD quad cab, shortbox, 5.7 Hemi, remote start, alloy wheels, exc cond. Black on black, 118km, $19,900. 668-7455
Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100
2014 TOYOTA Tacoma, equipped for back country travel, 24k, recent Toyota maintenance, exc cond. $28,500 to pay off loan or take over payments. 334-7580
215/60 R15 Blizzak, fits 2004 Subaru with wagon rim, used one season. Call Gus at 393-4796
2014 TOYOTA Tundra, crew cab, take over loan or buy out. 336-1129
1994 TOYOTA 4-Runner, blown engine, tranny and diffs in good shape, $1,000 obo. 335-0884
2009 1 ton GMC diesel, performance package, lift kit, new tires, flat deck, original box, $33,500. 334-4134
1994 BMW 325i for parts, blown engine, interior and body immaculate, $1,000 obo. 335-0884
2008 CHEV Uplander minivan, 216,000km, $4,400. Phone or Text: 867-332-5322
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2007 CHEV 2500HD crew cab 4X4, great unit, many options, trailer tow, fully serviced, new brakes & battery. 633-4311
2005 F150 Lariat, ext cab, 4X4, short box, loaded, new shocks & tires, 146,000kms, $10,000. 667-4540
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2002 F350 4x4, quad cab, 1-tonne, new tires, $7,500 obo. 334-9054
FOR PARTS, 1999 Ford Windstar, runs, approx. 300,000km. Call 334-8256 for more info.
2007 DODGE Ram 2500hd, 5.7L hemi, auto, quad cab, power everything, exc cond, Summer & winter tires, $12,000. 867-536-7081
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2003 FORD Ranger, 6-cyl, 4x4, 2 sets tires, 141,000km, will bring to Whitehorse, $5,500. 867-390-2244
2010 Nissan Altima 3.5 SR 6 spd 7724A .............. 2011 Kia Sorento LX V6 7596A...................................... 2007 Toyota Tacoma X-Runner 1505A ..................... 2013 Ford Escape SE 1.6L ECO 7745A ...................... 2012 Ford Transit Connect Wagon XLT STOCK # 7791A
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22,795
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4"-&4 t #0%: 4)01 t 1"354 t 4&37*$& NEW!! 2016 Hyundai Accent - REMOTE START ............................... $17,995 ! SPE RED ............................................ $3,995 uiser ser - 5-5-S 2005 Chrysler P.T. Cruiser 5-SPEED, SOLD 2008 Skidoo Summitt - SO 860LD CC,! MAN MANY NY UPGRADES.................................... $5,195 2015 20’ Car Haulerr - NEW!! Tand Tandem Trailer ..................................$4,495 2010 Dodge Caravan - STOW ‘N’ GO.........................................................$10,995
2004 650 Road Quad 4X4, new tires, battery, filters, $4,500 obo. 334-9054 2008 YAMAHA Phazer, 2100 km, 4-stroke, 500 cc, 80 hp, cover, spare belt, block heater, will bring to Whitehorse, $3,500. 867-390-2244
IN-HOUSE FINANCING AVAILABLE!
2015 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 Laramie Sport Sunroof, Leather bench, 5.7L Hemi, 2,000 Kms
REG: $62,800 $
49,995
2015 Chrysler 200 LX 4 Door,Silver
Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467
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21,900
2016 Chev 1500 LT Crew 4x4 Auto, 5.3L,
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ALUMINUM BOAT with Suzuki 25 hp, 14Ęź with solid trailer, runs awesome, $3,000. 336-3922
42,900
2016 Hyundai Sport Santa Fe AWD – LOADED! Panoramic Roof, Leather, Navigation,Back Camera, Shimmery White
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36,995
1984 ZETA 24' Hard Top, 350/260 leg, 15hp kicker, dingy, barbecue, galley, head, canvas enclosure, GPS chart plotter fishfinder, radio, sleeps 5, tandem trailer, rough water boat, bottom paint, many extras, reasonable offers. 332-1374
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Pets 4 SETS nylon web dog harnesses, $10 ea. 633-5023 SENIOR LADY wishes to adopt a senior to middle-aged cat. 633-5023
Motorcycles & Snowmobiles TAITĘźS CUSTOM TRAILER SALES 2-3-4- place snowmobile & ATV trailers Drive on Drive off 3500 lb axles by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com RONĘźS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVĘźs, Small industrial equipment. Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg
16Ęź SANGSTER runabout, 50hp Evinrude, 2-stroke outboard, c/w trailer & canvas top, good cond, $2,000. 333-9013
Heavy Equipment
1996 600 Ski-doo F3, low kms, exc cond, inch and a half long track, matching leather suit, $3,500 obo. 335-5192 2004 ARCTIC Cat 400 4x4 ATV, 4,500 miles, excellent condition, $3,500. 393-3311 ATV SNOWPLOW with ears, good shape, $350. 660-4443 2002 SKIDOO MXZ 700 parts sled, 470 kms on original engine, computer, carbs, original hood, pretty good shape, about 75% complete, $800 obo. 867-634-5292 2006 YAMAHA Grizzly 700, c/w winch, swamp tires, camel-colored, fully loaded quad, $2,000. 667-2390
•45,000 litre double-walled fuel tank Skid mounted Certified with pump & meter $28,000 •Various older camp trailers Skid mounted Wellsite • Bunkhouse • Offices Can deliver management@mercercontracting.com 332-3293 Cat D11N, D10N, D9N, Cat 400D 40 Ton Rock Truck, Power Prime DV 300 10" x 12" Water Pump For Sale, Rent or Rental Purchase, All Sitting In Dawson City, YK. A1 Cats Grande Prairie 780-538-1599 or Website: www.a1-cats.com$58.80 1967 CAT 950 loader, runs good, in decent shape, lights and heater/fan work, tires are about 30-40%, has a new water pump, $15,000.00 obo (867)333-0484 1987 CASE 4694 tractor, fresh paint job, excellent tires w/90+% tread, A/C & heat work, has approx 260hp + single wheels, exc cond, $20,500 obo. (867) 333-0484
Aircraft
WATER TRUCK, 1984 W900 and 4000 gal tank Bowie pump, fire hose manifold, new tires, certified, $22,200. Can be leased. 335-5192
1972 CESSNA 150F, 6500 TT, 1452 SMOH, excellent condition, paint 6/10, interior 8/10, maintained cooperatively, call/text 867-335-2555
SKIDDER 550 Timberjack, fresh motor, has 4000L water tank, large winch, full blade, $20,000. Can be leased. 335-5192
Campers & Trailers
SNOW PLOW, fits any skid steer, new, 8Ęź, paid $3,900 & $700 for Cat lines & quick connect, $3,200 or best reasonable offer. 660-4443
WANTED: SMALL fibreglass travel trailer, good cond, like Boler, Trillium, Scamp, etc, very light, less than 1,500 lbs. 334-2174 or audeca78@hotmail.com
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Monthly Charity Dog Wash All proceeds go to the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter
3RD Saturday of each month 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at The Feed Store / Pet Junction 9006 Quartz Road
Next Date: Saturday,
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Spay or Neuter Your Dog You may qualify to have one family dog spayed or neutered for FREE or at a reduced amount if you fall into one of the following categories: 1. You live in an outlying Yukon community 2. You qualify as having a low income (Whitehorse included) 3. Your local First Nation, town or village council has agreed to cost share with Humane Society Yukon For more information contact Linda Priestley at 1-867-633-6019 or email linda.priestly@humanesocietyyukon.ca
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JO'S SMALL ENGINE REPAIR •Repairs to snowmobiles, snowblowers , chainsaws, outboards, lawnmowers and more. •Shop rate $70 per hour, •Lawnmowers and chainsaws $60 per hour. Call Steve @ 633-6314 or 334-1628 RECREATIONAL POWERSPORTS AND MARINE (RPM) REPAIRS Service, repair and installations for snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, chainsaws, marine and more Qualified and experienced mechanic Great rates! Call Patrick at 335-4181
•360 kW, 600 Volt Enclosed Generator Volvo engine, 2300 hours $25,000 •D7E Ripper Complete Comes with extra teeth $2500 management@mercercontracting.com 332-3293
2009 BOBCAT CT 440, 44hp tractor w/backhoe & many other attachments, $25,000. Can be leased. 335-5192
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HORAIRE PISTE Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage sauf du 11 au 13 mars: activities non motorisees. 867-667-3910
TAITĘźS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon
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.
20Ęź FLAT deck trailer, twin 3,500 axles, recently reconditioned by Tamarack Welding, $4,200. 668-2804 2005 30Ęź goose neck trailer, triple axle, 75 lbs ea, 2 spare tires, steel rims, chains & boomers, $7,500 obo. 334-9054 TRITON ALUMINUM trailer, 8' x 12', can carry 2 snow machines or quads. High clearance, $1900. 334-7580 8X12 SINGLE axle tilt deck trailer, has ramp, spare lights, jack, $800 or trade for single axle 6X10 flat deck trailer. 334-8604
Coming Events
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. INTĘźL FOLK Fest, 30th Annual, Skagway, Friday April 15, 7pm AK time, EagleĘźs Hall, on Broadway at 6th. Skagwayartscouncil.blogspot.com, 907-983-3222, bring Passport. GIRLS & Trans Club, Thursdays at 3:30, meet for fun, food and feminism. Free! Victoria Faulkner WomenĘźs Centre, 503 Hanson. Info: vfwcgirlsclub@northwestel.net or 667-2693
ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away� Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail glacierviewcabins@gmail.com www.glacierviewcabins.ca 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
Na'Kwa'Ta'Ku Potlatch House
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.
CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-motorized weekend: March 11-13. Other weekends & weekdays: Multi-Use. For info: 867-667-3910
TUCHONI HERITAGE Society founding meeting on Friday May 6 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Place TBA. Contact Ned Ebbs. BCNU OPENING DOORS from Yukon to Cote d'Azur features 15 modelling clay paintings of scenery from Yukon and Southern France. Enjoy lunch and art at the Hilltop Bistro! www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/pages/hilltop_bistro SALSA YUKON'S Latin Dance Classes, beginner and intermediate Salsa, Bachata, starts April 1st 2016. salsayukon@gmail.com for info ART EXHIBITION, "Leap of Faith" by Linda Leon, March 4th to 28th. Yukon Artists at Work Gallery, 4129 4th Ave. Opening Reception: March 4th, 5-8pm. FIREWEED COMMUNITY Market Society Annual General Meeting, Thursday 24th of March, 7pm – 8:55pm, Whitehorse Public Library SNOWSHOE FEST: Join LDAY for our 5th Annual Snowshoe Fest Sunday, March 20th at Biathlon Yukon. 2.5 and 5km loppets, games for all ages, bbq lunch, great draw prizes. www.ldayukon.com for details.
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
RESIDENTIAL/COMMERICAL INDOOR garage sale. Hurlburt Enterprises, Mile 5, Mayo Rd. Thursday & Friday, March 31 & April 1, 1-8pm, Saturday April 2, 10am-6pm. Books, furniture, toys, dishes, clothing, office furniture & equip, used Hurlburt inventory, tools, parts and more. 335-5192
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
HABITAT-FOR-HUMANITYĘźS AGM is Saturday, April 2, starting at 4:30 at the Library. Everyone is welcome. Building affordable homes, and building hope for Yukon families since 2004.
COPPER RIDGE Place is looking for volunteers to share time with seniors. Catherine 393-7508
NSNY IS holding their AGM on April 20th, 2016, 12Noon –1pm, 478 Range Road, Whitehorse. All are welcome
35 McIntyre Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon March 31, 2016
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11:00 am—3:00 pm All are welcome to attend to share your memories of George through stories and music.
COWELL February , ď™„ď™Œď™Šď™…â€“ March ď™„ď™ƒ, ď™…ď™ƒď™„ď™‰
Ben was released from his 18 year battle with Huntington Disease, on March 10, 2016. His family wishes to thank Doctor’s Shoshtari, MacDonald & Kanachowski as well as all of the sta at Thomson Centre and Copper Ridge Place for their care and support over these past few traumatic years. A special thank you also goes out to Chris, Mike, Jason & Bob for all that you have done & continue to do for all of us. Ben lived to hug his children and family, to hunt, ďŹ sh and pull practical jokes on any unsuspecting soul. To the end, his sense of humour prevailed. Ben was born in Fernie, BC then moved to the Yukon with his parents when he was one year old. He graduated from F.H. Collins in 1990 and went on about forging a life in the Yukon, BC and Alberta. Ben loved his grandparents dearly and spent many summers in BC with them. In later years he worked in the logging industry with his grandpa, drove truck in BC and Alberta, tried his hand at farming, mechanics and tourism but most of all he loved to spend time outdoors doing macho man things! Ben is survived by his partner Tammy & their children Wyatt and Caitlyn; mother Annette, step-dad Pat; brother Carl (Marjie) and niece Willow; grandma Betty, and several uncles, aunts ,cousins and friends scattered throughout the Yukon, BC, Alberta, Ontario, & the lower 48. Ben was predeceased by his father, Harold, from the same disease. Ben’s celebration of life will be held in Whitehorse in the spring. We shall post the information when we have chosen the date. Donations may be made to Centre for Huntington Disease, Room Sď™„ď™Šď™Œ,  Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC VT ď™…Bď™ˆ
I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.
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A light lunch will be served.
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I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one.
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t has been two years since Stephen Mills Jr. started his new journey. March 19, 2014 will be forever etched in our minds and hearts. He is sadly missed and fondly remembered by his mother Marge Baufeld, father Stephen Mills Sr, step-mom Kim Greenman, little sister Lucia Meurer-Mills, newest baby sister Grace Margie Mills, Grandma Agnes, Grandpa Don, and his other grandparents, cousins, and long list of friends.
Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.
We all continue our healing paths. In parts of this journey, we are travelling on our own, other times with friends and family. Stephen is always helping to guide us and the memorable times with him help us remember and honour him. He always had a smile, a laugh and definitely the time for all of us.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun of happy memories that I left when my life on earth was done.
Like Stephen, we will all continue our journeys. Out of love and respect for him, be kind, thoughtful and caring. It is not how long you have lived on this earth or how you may leave it, it is the memories and warmth in the hearts of the people that you meet and love.
Yukon Water Board – Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande Application Number NumÊro de la demande
QZ15-060-1 (Amendment of QZ15-060) PM10-047-1 (Assignment of PM10-047)
Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire
Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. Assignment from Ken Pratt to Sandra MacDiarmid
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
Tom Adit, Tributary of Sekle Creek #2
Quartz
March 30, 2016
Groundwater and Vancouver Creek, Tributary of McQuesten River
Placer
March 30, 2016
Any person may submit comments or recommendations, in writing, by the deadline for notice. 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 indiquÊe sur le prÊsent avis. Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de l’Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrÊtariat de l’Office au 867-456-3980.
Friday, March 18, 2016 YUKON LEARN Society free Computer Drop-in Lab every Monday from 10am–2 pm, self-directed computer studies. Instructor on site. Call Julie Anne Ames 668-6280 or visit YLS -2158 2nd Ave ECUMENICAL SOCIAL Justice Way of the Cross, an ancient spiritual prayer pilgrimage with contemporary reflections on climate change caused suffering. Sacred Heart 4th and Steele Friday, March 18, 7 pm
YUKON NEWS YUKON SCIENCE Institute presents Global and Arctic Fisheries as if People Mattered with Daniel Pauly, Sunday, March 20, 7:30pm, Beringia Centre, Whitehorse and Monday, March 21, 7:30pm, Yukon College, Haines Junction. Free. CELEBRATE SPRING and the Baha'i New Year - Naw Ruz. Potluck dinner & dance with Speed Control on Saturday, March 19, 6 pm at Elijah Smith School. Family friendly, non-alcoholic event.
FRIENDS OF the Whitehorse Public Library Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, March 22 at 3:30pm, WPL meeting room. All welcome to learn about building community events and support for our library
HIDDEN VALLEY School Council is holding it's Regular Council Meeting on March 22 at 6pm in the School Library. Everyone is welcome.
THE ALZHEIMER/ Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. A group for family/friends caring for someone with dementia. Info call Joanne 668-7713.
PORTER CREEK Secondary School Council is holding its Regular Council Meeting on March 23 at 6:30 pm in the School Library. Everyone is welcome.
ACTIVE TRAILS Whitehorse Association, next meeting Thursday, March 31, 7:00 p.m. in Boardroom #2 at Sport Yukon, 4110-4th Ave. All welcome!
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.
YUKON PARTY Pelly-Nisutlin Electoral District Association AGM. Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 8:00 PM, Teslin Arena Mezzanine. info@yukonparty.ca.
23RD BRIDGE Building Contest on April 9 at Porter Creek Secondary. Grade 3-12 students and members of the public. Still time to build! www.scienceadventures.ca for rules and info call 668-8739. KLUANE MOUNTAIN Bluegrass Festival June 10-12 in Haines Junction. Tickets at Dean's Strings, Kluane Machine (Haines Junction) or online: yukonbluegrass.com. Don't miss out, this event sells out LETĘźS SPEAK French. Your schedule, your choice. 4-day Intensive French Classes or 7-evening French Conversation Classes. From beginner to advanced starting May 2nd. fls.afy.yk.ca SPEECH CONTEST /35 Anniversary Toastmasters. Come and listen to great speeches. All Welcome. Yukon College in Glass Class, Wednesday April 6th, 6:30-9:30 ELAINE QUEHL, Canadian Quilt Teacher 2015, will present lecture on "From Inspiration to Art Quilt" of her evolution from traditional to art quilter, April 5, 7pm at Beringia Centre, $5. All welcome
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Technical and Financial Evaluation of Transmission Options
#1 Allen Place, ,Ä‚Ĺ?ŜĞĆ? :ƾŜÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ Champagne and Aishihik First EÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ? Ĺ?Ć? ĆŒÄžĆ‹ĆľÄžĆ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? Ä?Ĺ?ÄšĆ? ƚŽ ĆŒÄžĆ‰ĹŻÄ‚Ä?Äž Ĺ˝ĆľĆŒ ĞdžĹ?Ć?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? ƉŚŽŜĞ Ć?LJĆ?ƚĞž Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ä‚Ĺś /WͲÄ?Ä‚Ć?ĞĚ Ć?LJĆ?ƚĞž Ä‚Ćš Ĺ˝ĆľĆŒ žĂĹ?Ĺś ĂĚžĹ?ĹśĹ?Ć?ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ä?ĆľĹ?ĹŻÄšĹ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ?Ĺś ,Ä‚Ĺ?ŜĞĆ? :ƾŜÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ͕ zĆľĹŹĹ˝ĹśÍ˜ &Ĺ˝ĆŒ ƚŚĞ Ĩƾůů Ä?Ĺ?Äš ƉĂÄ?ĹŹÄ‚Ĺ?Äž please visit: cafn.ca/ doing-business/bids-tenders &Ĺ˝ĆŒ ĹľĹ˝ĆŒÄž Ĺ?ĹśÄ¨Ĺ˝ĆŒĹľÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ͗ Andrew Moore IT System Administrator (867) 634-4247 amoore@cafn.ca
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Yukon Energy has issued multiple RFPs over the last six months to look at various energy resource options in support of the Corporation’s resource plan to meet the load forecast for 2016 –2035. The Corporation is inviting proposal submissions from qualiďŹ ed consultants to evaluate all the transmission options against technical and ďŹ nancial attributes. The work is scheduled to start on April 13, with the ďŹ nal report submitted by June 10, 2016. Sealed proposals, clearly marked “RFP #2016-015 Technical and Financial Evaluation of Transmission Optionsâ€? will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time, April 8, 2016 at Yukon Energy’s corporate ofďŹ ces, #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.
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Services BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta. Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc. Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050 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
LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 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 THINKING OF BUILDING in the Mount Lorne area? Contact Lorne Mountain Building at 334-2994 lornemountainbuilding@gmail.com or www.lornemountainbuilding.com
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION RFQ 2016-006 Supply of Four Vehicles, and Supply and Installation of One Power Tailgate for 2013 Ford F250
Yukon Energy Corporation is seeking bids for the supply and installation of one new power tailgate compatible with a 2013 Ford F250 and the supply of four new vehicles as described below:
s /NE UNIT MINIMUM TON SHORT BOX CREW CAB WITH sliding canopy;
s /NE UNIT MINIMUM TON CHASSIS DUAL REAR WHEELS X EXTENDED CAB COMPLETE WITH MINIMUM OF THREE DOORS WITH service body; and
s 4WO UNITS EACH MINIMUM TON SHORT BOX X EXTENDED cab with minimum of three doors.
3EALED BIDS CLEARLY MARKED “RFQ #2016-006 Supply of Vehicles and Power Tailgate� will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time, April 4, 2016 AT 9UKON %NERGY S CORPORATE OFlCES -ILES #ANYON 2OAD 7HITEHORSE 9UKON 4O OBTAIN A TENDER PACKAGE OR IF you have questions please contact Lynda Harlow at (867) 393-5302 or at lynda.harlow@yec.yk.ca.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 2016-014
REQUEST FOR TENDER RFT 2016-013
Transformer T9 Assessment
Whitehorse Hydro Building Parking Lot Drainage Repairs
Yukon Energy Corporation is seeking proposals from qualiďŹ ed consultants/contractors to perform an evaluation of the remaining life cycle of T9 transformer located at the Whitehorse Generation Plant. The T9 transformer was manufactured by Canadian General Electric in 1983 and put into service that year. It is rated at 18/24 MVA, 6.9kV/138kV. The estimated work activities include, but are not limited to: s 2EVIEW OF PAST PERFORMANCE AND TEST DATA s 0REPARATION AND PERFORMANCE OF ON SITE TESTS s 0REPARATION OF CONDITION EVALUATION REPORT s 0REPARATION OF REPLACEMENT UNIT TECHNICAL SECTION OF PROCUREMENT SPECIlCATION s 0REPARATION OF CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THE EVENT OF UNIT CATASTROPHIC FAILURE 4HE SCHEDULE FOR THIS PROJECT ASSUMES AN AWARD DATE OF !PRIL WITH ON SITE TESTING TO TAKE PLACE MID -AY AFTER APPROVAL OF THE TEST PLAN &INAL ASSESSMENT REPORT AND CONTINGENCY ACTION PLAN ARE TO be completed by August 31, 2016. The replacement speciďŹ cation is to be ďŹ nished by July 15, 2016. Sealed bids, clearly marked “RFP 2016-014: Transformer T9 Assessmentâ€? will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time, Friday, April 8, 2016, AT THE #ORPORATION S MAIN OFlCE BUILDING -ILES #ANYON 2OAD Whitehorse, Yukon. 4O OBTAIN A 2EQUEST FOR 0ROPOSAL PACKAGE CONTACT -ATTHEW 3ILLS AT OR E MAIL AT MATTHEW SILLS YEC YK CA
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Yukon Energy Corporation is seeking bids from experienced, COR certiďŹ ed contractors specializing in underground earthworks and site drainage improvement work required at the hydro plant parking area located at #2 Miles Canyon Road in Whitehorse. The work includes installation of a new riverbank retaining wall, a drainage collection trench, inspection manhole, oil/water separator system and completion of asphalt repairs to the site as a result of the work. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for Thursday, March 24 at 10:00 a.m. at #2 Miles Canyon Road. The work is scheduled to start mid to late April coinciding with low water levels on the Yukon River. Sealed bids, clearly marked “RFT #2016-013 Whitehorse Hydro Drainage Repairsâ€? will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time, Friday, April 1, 2016 at Yukon Energy’s corporate ofďŹ ces, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Whitehorse, Yukon. To obtain a bid package contact Lynda Harlow at 867-393-5302 or at lynda.harlow@yec.yk.ca.
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PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE SWING GATES: SINGLE AND DOUBLE Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is April 11, 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 Germaine George at germaine.george@gov.yk.ca. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
PUBLIC TENDER STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT (SOA) FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF PAVEMENT MARKING MATERIALS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is April 11, 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 Jenny Richards at jenny.richards@gov.yk.ca. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. 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/
Liquor Corporation
LIQUOR ACT ✓New Licence â?‘ Existing Licence â?‘ TAKE NOTICE THAT, Creative Precast Ltd. o/a Upper Liard Lodge, of PO Box 209, Watson Lake, Yukon Y0A 1C0, is making application for a Food Primary - All Liquor liquor licence(s), in respect of the premises known as Upper Liard Lodge situated at Mile 642 Alaska Highway, Yukon. Any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should ďŹ le their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor Corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4P9 no later than 4:30 pm on the 6th day of April, 2016 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant. The ďŹ rst time of publication of notice is March 18, 2016. The second time of publication of notice is March 25, 2016. The third time of publication of notice is April 1, 2016. Any questions concerning this speciďŹ c notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.
ELECTRICIAN •Licensed •General Handyman Services •Light Carpentry, Drywall, etc •Free Estimates •10% Seniorʟs Discount 334-0974
JUDEʟS PAINTING & HOME RENOVATIONS •Interior & Exterior painting •Kitchen/bathroom renovations •Hardwood & Laminate flooring •Tile •Window & door installation Additions, sheds & water rooms Call 334-6175 judewaldman@gmail.com
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
RECLAMATION/RESTORATION SPECIALIST For over ten years, 2003-2014, I was part of a five-man team (D-8) who reclaimed, restored and returned 50-75 abandoned oil and gas leases to their natural state. I would like to do the same kind of work in the Yukon goldfields either as a consultant or operator. 867-689-1998 dougsack@outlook.com
EXPERT CARPENTRY •All types of projects •Commercial & residential •New construction & renovations •Interior & exterior •Fine finishing 334-5231
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LOST: SKIDOO ramp between Tagish and Whitehorse. Reward offered. 633-3012
Business Opportunities BRAEBURN LAKE CHRISTIAN CAMP now accepting resumes for an Assistant Director for 2016 camp season. Honorarium. Deadline April 1. www.braeburncamp.ca Questions, job descriptions and resumes to stellamartin1981@hotmail.com 668-4629
Highways and Public Works
PUBLIC TENDER PRE-TENDER NOTICE OF CONCRETE AGGREGATES REQUIREMENTS IN FUTURE TENDERS Project Description: The Transportation Engineering Branch will be including requirements for concrete aggregates in the tender documents for Nares River Bridge, Fox Creek Bridge, Yukon River Bridge, and future Transportation Engineering Branch bridges. Interested parties should review the requirements at http://www.hpw.gov. yk.ca/tenders/tms.html. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 31, 2016. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Stilwell at robert.stilwell@gov.yk.ca. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is the date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
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PUBLIC TENDER YUKON ARCHIVES VAULT EXPANSION Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 31, 2016. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 6675385. Technical questions may be directed to Muhammad Shanjer at muhammad.shanjer@gov.yk.ca. Site Visit: Wednesday March 16, 2016 @ 11:00 am All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. The Yukon Business Incentive Policy may apply to this project. Bidders and/or Proponents are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
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Commercial Agriculture Lot The Agriculture Branch is offering a 30 hectare lot in Sunnydale, west of Dawson City. This parcel is part of a planned agriculture land release. Application packages outlining eligibility criteria and requirements are available from: Agriculture Branch Suite 320, 300 Main Street, Whitehorse Email: landcoordinator@gov.yk.ca Applications will be accepted until April 15, 2016 Project Plans accepted no later than June 15, 2016 Applicants are required to submit a detailed Project Plan for the lot applied for. For more information visit www.agriculture.gov.yk.ca or phone (867) 667-5838.
REQUEST FOR TENDER 2016 Selkirk Grey Water Sewer Main RFT 2016-ENG0002 Closing April 7, 2016 at 3:00 pm PT. For more information visit whitehorse.ca/procurement
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Sports Equipment ROSSIGNOL SKIS & poles, sz 7 ski boots, new, good for -30, $200 for all. 334-7405 SET OF Serratus bike panniers, new, $40. 633-3154
Livestock HAY FOR SALE If you pay more than 10 cents a pound for your hay, you are paying too much. 1,000 pound bales, $100 each. 633-3388
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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 CHINA/CURIO CABINET, 60”Wx76”Hx15”D, exc cond, $175. 399-3710, Tagish BUNK BEDS Lifetime Warranty Yukon Made! Yukon Owned! Eco Friendly 1-800-Bunkbed
PATIO SET, rectangular glass top table, 4 chairs, umbrella, exc cond, $150. 399-3710, Tagish CAPTAIN'S BED w/mirror in headboard, 6 drawers, c/w 5.5” new foam mattress, 53" wide x 82" long, $475 obo. 668-5644 LARGE ROCKING chair from Country House, immaculate condition, $200. 633-2837 4 SOLID oak dining chairs, like new, $150 ea. obo. 668-7504 ANTIQUE DESK, Mahogany veneer, serpentine shape 50” X 16 1/4” X 30 1/4”, 3 dove tail drawers, 2 cupboards, Johnson Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Offers over $500 accepted. 668-6147
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
MAINTENANCE & EMERGENCY REPAIRS YUKON HOUSING CORPORATION UNITS ROSS RIVER, YUKON
MAINTENANCE & EMERGENCY REPAIRS YUKON HOUSING CORPORATION UNITS WATSON LAKE, YUKON
Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 30, 2016. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.
Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is March 30, 2016. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.
Documents may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Lester Balsillie at lester.balsillie@ gov.yk.ca.
Documents may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Lester Balsillie at lester.balsillie@ gov.yk.ca.
Show Manager
All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review.
for the July 9 & 10, 2016 horse show.
The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.
Packages can be picked up and dropped off at Property Management in Watson Lake.
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
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The Yukon Horse and Rider Association is accepting proposals for the paid position of
For information or to submit a proposal, contact Elsie Wain at: yukonmorgans@gmail.com
View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
RFPs will be accepted until Friday, March 18, 2016.
Personals WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB March 15, 2016 North/South East/West 1st Chic Callas & Wayne Tuck Mark Davey & Chris Bookless 2nd Darwin Wreggitt & Jan Ogilvy Lynn Daffe & Bruce Beaton 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
BUNK BED with double futon mattress on bottom, gd cond. Paid $600, asking $350. 689-6398
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 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
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All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review.
STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT (SOA) FOR THE SUPPLY OF GENUINE CATERPILLAR PARTS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is April 11, 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 Jenny Richards at jenny.richards@gov.yk.ca. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. 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/
GENERAL SALES AGENT FOR UNITED KINGDOM Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is April 6, 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 Robin Anderson at robin.anderson@gov.yk.ca.
ESTABLISH STANDING OFFER AGREEMENTS FOR PURCHASE OF STATIONARY SUPPLIES FOR CENTRAL STORES Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is April 11, 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 Germaine George at germaine.george@gov.yk.ca.
All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. 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 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/
Tourism and Culture
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Garage Sales 10 ASPEN Place, Porter Creek, Saturday March 19, 10am-2pm, lots of kids sporting equipment, a bit of this and that, no early birds please
NOTICE OF DEFAULT This is to notify the following customers that they are in default of payments for storage facilities: Brian Beacock ........................A-10 ..........North Jeremiah Meneely ..................A-12 ..........North Danielle Umphrey ...................B-18 ..........North Joerg Wohlleben .....................B-22 ..........North Durand Simon.........................C-12 ..........North Mamadou Togola .................... I-13 ..........North Ron Stack ................................D-5 ...........North YT 1st Nation Heritage Grp......D-17 ..........North Stacey McDiarmid ..................E-21 ..........North Jary Cook ................................ I-6 ...........North Krista Senez ..........................SA-22 ........ South Amanda DenBoer ............... SH27 & 10 .... South Jason Anderson ................... CCan34............DT Trisha James ..........................B-28 .......... Sima Diane Nolan ............................D-10 .......... Sima Roland Yarjau ......................... Veh6 ........ MacD Margaret Atlin ..........................A-1 .......... MacD Nicole Simard ......................... 128 ......... MacD John Lennie ............................. 58........... MacD Jeanette Solano ...................... 116.......... MacD If the above-noted customers do not settle their debt by Friday, April 1, 2016 the contents of the above-noted storage units will be removed and sold for compensation. Please contact 633-5402 or 106 Titanium Way, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0E8 to arrange for debt settlement.
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PUBLIC TENDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
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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The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
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CHAMPAGNE and AISHIHIK First Nations
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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Education Department is seeking expressions of interest from contractors for a Post Secondary Education policy and program review. This review may include developing options for: t Consolidating and simplifying existing post-secondary and education policies t Establishing policy priorities and eligibility criteria t Refining the appeals process t Policy implementation t Improving file management, financial processing and workflows t Financial analysis of policy options (short and long term) t Communication and outreach t Performance evaluation and assessment tools Please provide a listing of recent relevant project experience, particularly in the areas of policy review, program assessment and evaluation, and financial forecasting. This project is anticipated to take place in April to May 2016. Interested contractors should indicate their interest in writing by March 29, 2016 to: Paula Banks Director of Education Champagne and Aishihik First Nations 100-304 Jarvis St, Whitehorse YT Fax: (867) 667-6202 Phone: (867) 456-6876 Email: pbanks@cafn.ca
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