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Laxton leaves Yukon Party The MLA for Porter Creek Centre has quit his party and his post as Speaker. He won’t say why.

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avid Laxton has resigned suddenly from his position as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He is also leaving the Yukon Party to sit as an Independent MLA. “I have been privileged to serve as Speaker these past four and a half years,� Laxton said in a news release. “However, I have decided that at this time, I need to step back from this role and focus on personal matters.�

On Tuesday, Watson Lake MLA Patti McLeod was sworn in as the new Speaker.

When the News contacted Laxton by phone on Tuesday morning, he was not keen to discuss the issue. “I’m not taking calls,� he said, before hanging up abruptly.

The Yukon Party announced just last week that Laxton would seek re-election in Porter Creek Centre in this year’s territorial election. He was acclaimed as the candidate for the riding in early April.

Now, it’s unclear whether he will seek re-election, and if he does, whether it will be under the Yukon Party’s banner. “The Yukon Party has nothing more to add at this time,� wrote Yukon Party president Linda Hillier in an email on Tuesday. “Being that his resignation from caucus was for personal reasons we will be giving him some time before we reach out regarding his nomination.�

Laxton was elected to Porter Creek Centre in 2011. He also ran for the Yukon Liberals in the 2006 election in the same riding, but lost to the Yukon Party’s Archie Lang.

In the release announcing his re-election campaign last week, he spoke highly of the Yukon Party’s performance.

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“I love my community and the Yukon Party is working diligently to create a positive and prosperous Yukon,� he wrote at the time.

Laxton was absent from the legislative assembly on Tuesday, though a desk has been prepared for him to sit as an Independent.

When the House convened, McLeod was immediately elected as the new Speaker. She is the first female Speaker in Yukon’s history.

McLeod was first elected as an MLA during the 2011 election to represent Watson Lake. She was elected deputy Speaker in 2011, and has also served as chair of the committee of the whole.

Once McLeod assumed her position as Speaker, House Leader Darius Elias was elected to take over as deputy Speaker.

The changes mean that both McLeod and Elias will receive pay increases, according to salaries listed on the Yukon Legislative Assembly’s website.

All MLAs will receive a basic income of about $76,000 this fiscal year, and an expense allowance of about $14,600.

As deputy Speaker, Elias is entitled to an additional $11,660.

McLeod is entitled to an extra $29,000 as Speaker.

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

Yukon News wins six top prizes at Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards

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David Laxton stepped down as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. He also left the Yukon Party and will sit as an Independent.

he Yukon News cleaned up at this year’s Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards, taking home six top honours from the awards banquet held in Vancouver on Saturday. That includes a first-place award for best overall newspaper in our circulation class. “A beautiful and unique front page, spectacular photography throughout, and delightful community news reporting,� the judge wrote. “The sports and recreation reporting is at a high standard with excellent use of photographs to add value to the stories. The overall appearance and design is absolutely first class. An excellent, engaging newspaper.�

Maura Forrest won a business writing award for her reporting on the economic fall-out from Wolverine mine’s

messy closure. Joel Krahn took home two awards for his photography. He won best colour feature photo for a shot of a bonfire burning with the northern lights glowing in the background. And he won best portrait photo for his shot of Elmer David Jackson, a participant at Teslin’s traditional snowshoe-making course.

Peter Mather won best photo essay for the spectacular photos he captured while visiting Shingle Point on the Beaufort Sea. And Wyatt Tremblay won best editorial cartoon for his May 2015 drawing that cheekily suggests the mining industry could improve its public image by piggybacking on the popularity of the newest British royal, Princess Charlotte.

As well, Krahn received what the judge called “a very

close second� in the photo essay category for his photos at Teslin’s summer celebration of Tlingit culture. He also received a second-place prize for best spot news photo, for his shot of a family grieving the unsolved murder of their father in the McIntyre subdivision.

Tom Patrick placed second for best sports photo for his creative use of a GoPro camera to capture a shot of two racers as seen from inside of an orienteering control point. Patrick also placed third for best colour feature photo for his picture of a girl dangling from a trapeze at the Atlin music festival.

And Forrest received a thirdplace prize for arts writing for her piece on Michel Gignac’s art installation inspired by his experiences working as a hunting outfitter.

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Yukoners pull together to support Fort McMurray Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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ukoners are banding together this week to help those affected by the devastating fires in Fort McMurray.

One of them is Gary Atkins, who has a personal connection to the area.

“My first wife is from Fort McMurray and between visiting her and performing in the area, it’s almost like a second home to me,” he said.

“I grew up in Wetaskiwin and a lot of folks that are in Fort McMurray are folks that we all know.

We’ve got friends and friends of family literally living in tents and campers up and down the highway right now, so we thought we’d try to mobilize as quickly as possible.”

The local musician and his partner, Pam Brown, have organized a fundraising concert at the Jarvis Street Saloon on Friday evening.

Acts such as Kim Beggs, Soul Migration, Diyet and Gramma Susie are scheduled to perform, and there will be a silent auction as well.

Atkins said he was “floored” by the outpouring of support and enthusiasm for the event.

Entrance is by cash donation and $1 from the sale of every bottle of beer purchased that night will be donated by the saloon to the cause. All proceeds will be forwarded to the Canadian Red Cross.

NDP Leader Liz Hanson also has connections in Fort McMurray, where her brother Peter recently lost his Beacon Hill home.

“His house is totally gone,” she said.

“He lived in a townhouse development over 20 years. He ended up evacuating to the northern camps.

“It took him about five hours to go 80 kilometres.”

Hanson’s brother is now in Canmore with one of her other siblings, she added.

She said she encouraged Yu-

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Students at the Johnson Elementary School in Watson Lake prepare to pop their balloons for a fundraiser for Fort McMurray. The school raised $1,900 to send to the Canadian Red Cross. koners to donate cash whenever possible, so people can make the choice about what they need to replace.

In Watson Lake, students at the Johnson Elementary School raised over $1,900 for the cause by organizing a Break the Balloon fundraiser.

Karalee Smith, a teacher at the school, said it was her class’s turn to take part in a random act of kindness, part of a year-long initiative at the school.

“The Fort Mac fire gave us an opportunity to do something nice for another community,” she said.

“Students wanted to help the people of Fort McMurray as we couldn’t believe how many people had to leave their homes.”

The class hosted a balloon pop event to raise funds and was initially expecting to raise about $500, Smith said.

Students went door-to-door

and asked people to buy a balloon.

Inside each one was a thank-you note that matched a prize that had been donated by a person or business in the community.

The students ended up raising $1,902 for the Canadian Red Cross.

“It just shows how caring our community is and how much we want to support our student initiatives,” Smith said.

According to CTV News yesterday, officials said the wildfire burning near Fort McMurray had grown to 229,000 hectares, after two fires in the area joined.

More than 80,000 residents have been forced to evacuate the city and over 1,600 homes have been destroyed.

In the Fort McMurray area alone, officials said 700 firefighters, 26 helicopters, 13 air tankers and 46 pieces of heavy equipment are working on the fire, according to CTV.

Olivia Yaklin is a Whitehorse resident who lived in Fort McMurray in 2008. She’s organizing a community yard sale to help raise funds for the cause.

“The community is very near and dear to my heart,” she said.

“It’s one of the most generous communities I’ve ever had the pleasure of being a part of. So far we have a ton of support for this cause and we really want to make it count.”

The event, called Disaster Strikes – Klondike Unites, will be held on May 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the location still to be determined. More information will be posted to the Yukon Fort McMurray Fundraiser Facebook page.

Other fundraising events going on this week include a show by Celtic Tyde at Miner’s Daughter this evening at 5:30 p.m.

Admission is by donation.

One dollar from every drink and $5 from every pizza will go to the Canadian Red Cross.

On Sunday morning from 10 to 11 a.m., Brittany Widrig is organizing an “insanity workout” held at Peak Fitness in Riverdale.

Participation is by donation and all proceeds will go to the Canadian Red Cross.

Wildfire activity in the Yukon has been low so far this season. A small fire was extinguished near the Northland Trailer Park on Saturday afternoon, marking the third fire in the territory so far.

By this time last year, seven fires had already burned 38.6 hectares of land.

George Maratos, spokesperson for Yukon Wildland Fire Management, said it’s still too early to determine how bad the upcoming wildfire season will be in the territory.

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

New Francophone high school could stand at site of old F.H. Collins High Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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he site of the old F.H. Collins Secondary School is the new proposed location for the future francophone high school in Whitehorse.

The Yukon government and the Yukon Francophone School Board’s joint construction subcommittee made the announcement in a news release yesterday afternoon.

For the past year, the proposed site for the school had been the Second Haven Skatepark in Riverdale.

Marc Champagne, executive director of the French school board, said the new site has advantages over the old one, namely

size.

“The skate park site is too small and it would have added significant costs to build there,” he said.

“It would have meant building a higher and more irregularshaped building. The biggest advantage of the other site is its size, meaning it’ll be shovel-ready a lot sooner than the skate park site could have been.”

Sewage pipes underneath the skate park site would have likely made construction there more complicated, too.

Last summer city officials said a new building there would have to share land with a main sewer pipe and potentially smelly sewer equipment.

Champagne said the skate park

site ultimately doesn’t meet the needs of the school board.

“Yes, the skate board site is more beautiful and has spectacular views next to the river, but there were just too many cons,” Champagne said. “At that point (last May) we had limited information about the size of the school and what we wanted.”

Last October he presented conceptual plans of what a new school could potentially look like at the board’s annual general meeting.

It would include classrooms, a library, a theatre space for over 200 people and offices for Association franco-yukonnaise staff.

The theatre would be available to all Yukoners.

In January, the Yukon govern-

ment and French school board announced they had awarded a functional planning contract to Thibodeau Architecture and Design, a firm that has offices in Vancouver, Montreal and Whitehorse.

That contract includes developing space and site requirements, such as the number of classrooms in the school and the size of the gym. It also includes establishing a preliminary construction schedule and budget for the building.

A traffic impact study will be conducted for the new proposed site, according to the news release.

The planning of a francophone high school in Whitehorse has been in the works since 2007.

As it stands, space is running out for high school students at Academie Parhelie at L’ecole Emilie-Tremblay. The Grade 9-10 and 11-12 classes have been using portable classrooms for over a year.

No timeline has been set for the construction of the school, but a construction committee has indicated it would like to see it completed by the fall of 2018, in time for the start of that school year.

The old F.H. Collins school will be torn down this summer. At one point last year, the French school board told parents it was considering the old school as a temporary location for its students, but that idea was dismissed in August.

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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Coroner identiďŹ es man who died after Yukon River rescue Lauren Kaljur News Reporter

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he man recovered from the Yukon River on Friday afternoon has been identified as 25-year-old Caleb Ayles from Whitehorse.

According to the Yukon Coroners Service he died “despite vigorous resuscitative efforts� at Whitehorse General Hospital around 4 p.m.

Eyewitness Mike Tribes said he was rollerblading along the Millennium Trail past the Yukon government building around noon that day when he saw something floating. “So I skated ahead to get a better look and it was a person treading water. I called out to him to ask if he needed help.

“He was struggling too far away for us to do anything so I skated ahead to find a place where we could get closer to where he was.

Tribes said he pulled off his rollerblades and ran into the water on the north end of the wharf near Main Street. “But then he just kind of went under before I could get close enough. He just vanished.�

There were at least a dozen people looking for the man from the wharf, said Tribes.

A number of people had dialed 911 and the rescue effort came fast. “Ambulances, RCMP officers and helicopters were on scene in a matter of minutes.� “Scott McDougall, the owner of Kanoe People, was out on the water along with a police boat,�

Tribes said.

The RCMP say they received a call just after 12 p.m. from a resident who saw a young man entering the water under the Riverdale bridge. Officers searched the area but could not find him.

Just after 1:30 p.m. the RCMP recovered an unconscious man further down the Yukon River next to the Wal-Mart and he was rushed to hospital. “We really tried to rescue him– he wasn’t that far from where we were. If he would have been able to swim for just a little longer,�

Tribes said. “But the water was so cold. “I think he just gave out.�

It is unclear why Ayles walked into the river. A toxicology report is pending.

Contact Lauren Kaljur at lauren.kaljur@yukon-news.com

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A helicopter joins the search of the Yukon River for a man who was caught in the current in Whitehorse on Friday around noon.

Ross River man killed by feral dogs, autopsy ďŹ nds Maura Forrest News Reporter

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man who was found dead in Ross River last October was killed by feral dogs in the community, according to autopsy results.

Shane Glada’s body was found on Oct. 17, after he’d been missing for several days. “The autopsy report found that

Mr. Glada had multiple injuries due to probably a dog attack,� said Yukon’s chief coroner, Kirsten Macdonald, who attended a community meeting in Ross River on Monday to explain the results of the post-mortem.

Macdonald told the News that a forensic pathologist and a veterinary pathologist examined the remains during the autopsy in Vancouver.

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“They measured all the bite marks that they could find, and they found that there were jaw marks of differing widths,� she said. That suggests that Glada was attacked by a pack of dogs, not a bear, as the community initially feared.

Macdonald said this is the first fatal dog mauling she’s heard of in the Yukon. Across Canada, she said, these attacks tend to happen when dogs aren’t being properly fed or cared for. “It happens primarily in rural, remote and unfortunately First Nations communities,� she said.

Macdonald said she went to Ross River so that people could ask her questions, and so she could urge the community to fix the problem. “The community is ready for change, and they are really, really frustrated,� she said. “And they are Wednesday, May 11 & Thursday, May 12

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Macdonald said some residents claim there are upwards of 30 feral dogs in the community, though officials estimate that there are only about a dozen.

She said the dogs have attacked other people since Glada’s death in October. In one instance, she said, an RCMP officer had to shoot a dog that charged him from behind. “This community is terrified,� she said. “They’re carrying pepper spray and sticks.�

Macdonald said Ross River Dena Council Chief Jack Caesar has agreed to form a working group to make recommendations for dealing with the issue. She said some of the ideas floating around include live-trapping dogs, creating a spay-and-neuter program and teaching responsible dog ownership.

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Macdonald said the working group will meet on Tuesday next week, and she plans to urge the members to come up with recommendations as soon as possible. She hopes to complete her coroner’s report, including the community’s recommendations,

by June.

NDP MLA Kevin Barr raised the issue of stray dogs in the legislative assembly on Tuesday. He said the territory’s Dog Act, which governs the treatment of dogs, needs to be updated. “Will this government commit to meeting with municipal governments, community stakeholders and First Nation governments to begin the process of modernizing the Dog Act?� he asked.

Community Services Minister Currie Dixon made no commitment to review the Dog Act, though he did point to a recent pilot project that gave vouchers to pet owners to offset half the cost of spaying or neutering their pets. “With regard to the specific act, no piece of legislation will solve all these problems,� he said.

The Dog Act also includes a regulation specific to Ross River, which states that dogs shall not be permitted to run at large within a mile of a centre point in the community.

Meanwhile, Macdonald insists that Ross River residents cannot wait until another person is attacked. “They’re worried that nothing will be done. They’re frustrated and they want action, like, yesterday. This is not a new issue, this is a long-standing issue,� she said. “Quite frankly, Shane didn’t have to die.�

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Golden shovels meet heckling protesters Lauren Kaljur News Reporter

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ukon Premier Darrell Pasloski found himself before a dozen heckling protesters today as he led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new continuing care facility at Whistle Bend.

The premier, mayor and health minister defended the project while a handful of protesters interrupted speeches with “Move it!� and “You left this too long, that’s why we are in crisis!�

Health Minister Mike Nixon described the new 150-bed facility as “state of the art,� “warm� and “welcoming.� He said the seven, three-level residential units slotted for phase one will be connected to a village square complete with a coffee shop, hair salon, therapeutic gym and woodworking shop.

A handful of seniors brought to the event by the Department of Health and Social Services were lined up in the front row. Among the roughly 60 attendees were a dozen protesters holding placards with “Location matters� and “Your mother doesn’t want to live here.�

Sheila Dodd said she is concerned that people who need continuous and long-term beds shouldn’t be “warehoused� in a new neighbourhood so far away from downtown.

Protester Carl Maguire said, “Nobody is gonna be able to find me here. Who is gonna visit me?�

Others worried about the difficulty of reaching downtown by public transportation.

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A protest sign is held up as Health and Social Services Minister Mike Nixon speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday for the new Whistle Bend continuing care facility.

In response, the premier and the mayor said other location options had been explored but were not suitable for the required size of the facility.

Many of the protesters were also upset about the lack of public consultation. “They have not consulted with Yukon people about what they want

as they age,� said Mary Ann Lewis. “Even this was shrouded,� Dodd said of the event. “Nobody would announce this so that we could all come.�

Opponents have been circulating a petition to stop work on the facility until concerns over consultation and location are addressed.

Pasloski expressed frustration at

what he described as “fear mongering� from one opponent with concerns over the fire safety of the building.

Mayor Curtis asked the heckling from other protesters to stop. “Show some respect,� he said.

In his speech, the premier said the $146.6 million project was based on business case assessments. “Arguments for the facility could not be stronger,� he said.

Dr. Wayne MacNicol, chief of medical staff, said he was happy to see the facility break ground, citing the rapid increase in the seniors population that is only set to rise.

But, he said, “a big gap we do still have here is at the intermediate level, what we call assisted living care.�

The facility has become a source of political controversy. During the current sitting of the legislature the NDP have raised concerns over the lack of financial transparency and allegations of a potential underestimation of costs.

Neither opposition party has said they would cancel the facility, although the premier has frequently asserted that they would. “Some Opposition leaders have indicated that they would cancel this facility,� Pasloski said. “Cancelling this project would mean lost jobs and lost apprenticeships. Terminating contracts would mean huge, huge financial penalty,� the premier said. “We are the only party with the vision to see the potential for this Whistle Bend neighbourhood.�

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Yukon government boosts home-care spending Lauren Kaljur News Reporter

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n extra $244,000 in this year’s budget for home care was announced on Monday adding three staff, an increase of 364 per cent since 2002.

Home care staff includes nurses, support workers and physiotherapists that can provide medical support, bathing, light housekeeping and other basic household needs for both seniors and others in need of specialized care.

But NDP MLA for Riverdale South Jan Stick says it’s “a drop in the bucket.� “The 360 per cent increase is great, and yes, and it should be

growing because our seniors population is growing. I would expect this. “They can brag about it, but the reality is we have more seniors. “It feels like a rush to catch up.

We should have planned for this 10 years ago,� she said.

Stick said that one remaining gap includes overnight care.

Currently, home care is a daytime service in the Yukon.

According to Christina Sim, director of the Yukon Registered Nurses Association, keeping people in their homes is still the most cost effective, as long as 24-hour care is not required.

Another remaining gap is intermediate care, between home

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care and continuing-care facilities like Copper Ridge. This type of care provides housing with shared dining rooms, group meals, laundry service and housekeeping but still allows seniors and others in need to live independently. “We keep building seniors social housing and they can get home care but why aren’t they designed with a dining room for supper and laundry? We don’t have that. And for many seniors that’s what they want. They want a nice apartment but they also want to socialize in a dining room. We haven’t planned for that,� said Stick.

In March of this year, the Yukon government gave $50,000 to the Vimy Heritage Housing Society

towards a proposed supported independent housing project in Whitehorse, the first of its kind.

Dr. Wayne MacNichol, Yukon’s chief of medical staff, said they have noticed the dramatic increase in home care and celebrate it. But he echoes the need to ensure assisted living needs are met. “This is much less expensive to build and you can provide broader range in support.�

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016 will be the 19th growing season for the Whitehorse community garden, and the 20th year of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC) as a registered society. My how we’ve grown!

Those who may not be familiar with the origins of the community garden operated by the Downtown Urban Gardeners’ Society will appreciate this short history of “DUGS� and our connections to the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition.

1997 was the year when the idea for a Whitehorse community garden was conceived. Although many homes have some space in the yard and some means to start a garden, people living in rental units or lowerincome situations may not have the freedom or means to garden. A community garden serves to provide some of the freedom and means to produce their own food.

The first steps toward forming a community garden in downtown Whitehorse came out of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition. Several members of YAPC called together a meeting for all people interested in community gardening. Advertising was done via paper notices at local businesses and around town.

Food security has always been an important issue in northern communities. Although our dependence on trucked-in food is taken for granted by many, the impact of the Alaska Highway being closed due to a culvert washout in recent years was a vivid reminder of how vulnerable we actually are.

The first group behind creating the community garden was composed of gardeners, non-gardeners, downtown and rural residents and community activists. Some of the first decisions during 1997 were to incorporate the group into a legal society under the Yukon Societies Act, and to establish a board of directors as a democratic way for the group to make decisions and be accountable to the public for using public goods and funds. The organization name of Downtown Urban Gardeners’ Society (DUGS) was adopted.

The written statement of purposes of DUGS as originally submitted is sevenfold as follows: • The provision of an accessible space within the downtown core of Whitehorse, Yukon, in which community members can grow their own food; • The production of organic, nutritious and

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Operations Manager affordable food in a northern environment; • The provision of opportunities for exercise, therapy, education and friendship; • The strengthening of a sense of community; • The beautification of the neighbourhood; • The provision of long-term food security for the community; and • The regeneration of the lost art of selfsufficiency through food cultivation.

In March 1998, there was a community meeting for everyone interested in obtaining a gardening space or interested in helping out. That spring the first garden beds were constructed and planted.

The Whitehorse community garden is composed of a 0.3 hectare lease encompassing a group of city lots through a long-term lease from the City of Whitehorse. These lots are near the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Ray Street in downtown Whitehorse under the backdrop of the clay cliffs above. To find us quickly just head west on Ogilvie Street, turn right on Seventh Avenue and then head north for a few hundred metres.

Through the years, the gardens have continued to grow with the help of dedicated volunteers, donations and grant sources. The Whitehorse community garden is comprised of a large “North Garden� and the southern “Craig Family Garden� which was dedicated to the years of support to the gardens by Joan and Doug Craig.

The garden has over 65 raised garden plots which are used by the 70+ members of the Downtown Urban Gardeners Society. Our annual membership fee still remains at $20 a year, which covers most of our annual operating costs. We still openly welcome donations

of manure, compost and planting supplies.

As a registered society, the Downtown Urban Gardeners Society maintains a volunteer board of directors to oversee the community garden development and management, and offer membership to people who would like to garden at the site. The core focus remains on food security, organic gardening principles and improved nutrition while encouraging all members of the community to take part in gardening as a recreational and social activity.

The nationally based “Plant-a-Row, Growa-Row� food security program has been supported for many years by DUGS and the gardeners at the Whitehorse community garden. Each year gardeners mark rows within their garden beds so that volunteers can come out on weekly Wednesday evening work-bees to collect the fresh produce to deliver to the Whitehorse Food Bank the following morning. In 2015, community garden members harvested and delivered 627 pounds of fresh produce to the food bank during May through September.

Members of the public and other nonprofit organizations are welcome to sign-up for a garden bed each year or to volunteer at the gardens. Our annual garden bed sign-up event has already taken place for 2016, but those who are interested should watch for updates and postings of coming events on our web page which can be viewed at dugsyukon. blogspot.ca .

Stop by this summer and see how much we have grown!

An avid gardener, Randy has been the Chair of the Downtown Urban Garden Society for over a decade. He is an instructor of the Yukon Master Gardener program at Yukon College.

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The eve of an election is an odd time for a serious talk about campaign finance limits reforms that will end its overwhelming dominance in campaign fundraising.

The bill is likely part of an election strategy to highlight for the public the degree to which the Yukon Party is dependent on – and thus beholden to, so the theory goes – corporate donors, many of which come from outside the territory.

The timing of the announcement by the Yukon Federation of Labour that it wouldn’t be donating this election cycle – just days after the bill was introduced – probably dampened whatever slim chances the bill had of making its way through the legislature. The umbrella group of unions donated $35,000 to the NDP’s 2011 election campaign and was its single largest contributor.

The timing is so strange that I had wondered whether the NDP was aware that it would not be receiving a similar windfall this year, and this bill may have been a Hail Mary attempt at damage control. But the NDP has denied that it knew about the labour federation’s decision to not donate when it crafted its campaign finance plans.

If that’s the case, the YFL didn’t do the party any favours by announcing when it did. What

little incentive the Yukon Party had to play along when the bill appeared to take something away from everyone likely evaporated when it was clear that only it would pay a price this cycle. The Yukon Party can now fall back on the somewhat plausible excuse that there isn’t enough legislative time for comprehensive reform before campaigning begins.

Election finance reform in the Yukon is worth examining and some credit is due to the NDP for finally broaching the subject – however strange the timing.

The lack of limits on who can contribute how much to territorial candidates and parties is less than ideal.

Most particularly, the practice of not only receiving donations from outside the territory, but actively seeking them out, means that non-Yukoners have more influence over our politics than they ought to. If one part of this bill ought to be pushed through quickly it is that one.

Capping the amount that people can donate helps level the playing field for everyone, and eliminating corporate donations would be necessary to ensure that those with shares in incorporated companies do not get a second shot at contributing.

The entire business of union

donations – which are ultimately derived from members who had no choice but to contribute yet may not want to see their money given to a particular political party – has always been something that stuck in my craw, but that could be the subject of a whole other column.

General philosophical agreement aside, I think the issue requires some careful consideration and the eleventh hour start is unhelpful.

The parties need to seriously consider how they will fund their operations if important revenue streams dry up. Campaigns cost a lot of money and the bill – if passed – would presumably result in significantly less for all three parties. I already mentioned the large contribution the NDP received from the Yukon Federation of Labour in the last election. But the Yukon Party – and to a much lesser extent – the Yukon Liberal Party would stand to lose substantial contributions from corporations the last go around. All three parties received donations from individuals that would exceed the $1,500 cap proposed by the NDP. Presumably, the Yukon Party shares the ideological revulsion shown by its ostensibly unrelated federal cousins towards govern-

ment subsidies for political parties (which the latter scrapped after forming a majority government) so that is likely off the table. So all three parties will all have to figure out how to raise some new money, Or alternatively they can work on getting by with less. The importance of campaign spending can be overstated. In the last federal election we were all forced to endure several months of media saturation courtesy of the wellfunded Conservative candidate who spent $179,155 who deluged us with radio ads and excessive signage. Readers will recall that he was soundly defeated by a candidate who spent far less than half – about $72,541.

I wish the NDP well in trying to introduce some ground rules for how politicians raise money.

While there are some details to sort out I think that it’s a step in the right direction. And despite the glacial pace of our legislative process those details are not so complicated that we couldn’t sort them out before heading to the polls.

But next time a political party wants to propose changes of an important nature, I’d suggest picking a more opportune time.

look at alternative ways to bring down greenhouse gas emissions.

Yukon Premier Darrell PasloA big noisy Yukon thank you to ski did acknowledge that “careveryone who participated in the bon pricing is meant to change second annual Steps to Positive people’s habits,” while N.W.T. Mental Health walk on WednesPremier Bob McLeod admitted day. that “we could institute a carbon From the awesome turnout price in certain sectors.” of enthusiastic walkers to our The Yukon, N.W.T. and fantastic sponsors, the event was Nunavut governments are a huge success and we couldn’t major beneficiaries of Canada’s have done it without you. The national policies, in particular Mental Health Association of Yukon is a volunteer organization territorial formula financing. The federal government is on record dedicated to improving Yukonas attaching a high priority to reers’ mental health and helping ducing our greenhouse gas emisend the stigma associated with sions in line with our commitmental illness. ment taken in Paris last autumn.

The Steps to Positive Mental Putting a price on carbon across Health event is just one way we the country is a key strategy to can all work together to accomplish this goal and we are already attain this goal. The refusal of our government to cooperate with looking forward to next year’s this national strategy doesn’t walk.

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Canada has proposed a page in the coming weeks for minimum carbon tax for all of information on a very special Canada of $15 per tonne of CO2. event we have planned for June For the Yukon, this would amount 9. We hope you will be able to to 3.5 cents per litre increase for join us then. gasoline and other fossil fuels.

Susan Stanley To claim that we can’t afford Mental Health this increase when the price of Association of Yukon gasoline rose by 10 cents per litre Yukon should join national in the past week without protest questions the validity of this climate change efforts argument.

We learned last week that CanaData are clear that the costs of da’s three territorial leaders agree climate change will increase in that a carbon tax would prompt the future for the Yukon. Specificthe high cost of living to soar even ally, scientific research indicates higher, and they say that they will that we will be faced with increas-

ing costs in fighting forest fires, in dealing with permafrost changes to highways and buildings and with flooding. Permafrost changes are clear and costs will continue to rise.

Professor Mike Flannigan, an expert in the wildfires and weather/climate interaction at the University of Alberta, points to the growing area in Canada (including the Yukon) devastated by wildfires. He notes the toxic soup of the fire smoke-related health risks, property damage and the drop in our national GDP caused in part by forest fires in 2011 and 2015. Our neighbouring jurisdictions of Alaska and N.W.T. faced costly fire seasons recently.

Fort McMurray continues to burn as we write.

The energy economist Professor Mark Jaccard of Simon Fraser University has conducted research that shows that a modest increase in carbon pricing, combined with targeted federal regulations, can enable Canada to meet our Paris targets without harming even our trade-exposed industries.

Our governments, present and future, must look at all the costs of climate change now and in the future. Furthermore, in the years ahead our premier will have to make the case to Ottawa for transfer payment increases to cover the rising costs of climate change adaptation. Would it not be much easier for our leader to

make that case when we have done our part on combating climate change in the first instance by playing ball today on the current federal initiative?

services in Nunavut, took when he resigned over a liquor store opening up in Iqaluit before there were adequate treatment services offered.

We need a government here in the Yukon that is willing to work with the communities to give us want we need… not what they think we need. I’m proud that my Teslin people are standing up for the long term good of our entire little community. Because this isn’t just a community to us… it’s our home!

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iven how a territorial election must be held by the autumn, the timing of the Yukon NDP’s introduction of a bill to place limits on campaign financing can only be described as being at the eleventh hour.

The NDP’s bill would ban corporate and union donations, cap individual donations at $1,500 and require that all donors reside in the territory.

Whatever the bill merits (which I will return to shortly) I agree with the Yukon Party that the decision to introduce this bill in April – mere months before an election, and shortly after a comprehensive review of the Elections Act was completed – is indeed strange timing.

A serious attempt at reform would have been made earlier, so the goal here is probably political theatre. It is difficult to believe that the NDP seriously expects the Yukon Party will agree to

Kyle Carruthers is a born-andraised Yukoner who lives and practises law in Whitehorse.

LETTERS Thanks for supporting mental health

Stuart Clark John Maissan Richard Price Whitehorse

Teslin needs to offer healthy alternatives to drinking I am a resident of Teslin and it amazes me that there is even a discussion about opening a liquor store in our beautiful community.

Our citizens, both native and non, already developed a community plan after much public consultation and there are many wonderful areas that we see important to work together for the good of everyone living here.

Among some of the areas we see as needed here are a pool, youth/ elders centre, new school, safe house, etc…

Nowhere did we ever mention a liquor store! Now, I’m not opposed to the “concept” of a liquor store. I’m half-French so I enjoy my daily glass of vin rouge.

But, we have way more important issues that we need to deal with first before we even begin discussing less urgent matters… such as a liquor store.

We need healthy alternatives to alcohol first, before we make it easier to access. It’s the same stance that Paul Okalik, the former minister of health and social

Duane Gastant’ Aucoin Teslin

Continuing care concerns struck a chord Bravo to Grace Snider for her piece (“There is no one-size-fitsall solution for continuing care,” May 4) regarding long-term care for Yukon’s seniors.

She has done her research and thoughtfully expressed a workable approach to caring for our family elders in their last years.

I agree that the end result would provide a far more suitable and beneficial approach to this public responsibility.

Had the premier, his cabinet and their government advisors had as thoughtful an insight into the subject, the Whistle Bend plan would not have made the list of considerations.

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City of Whitehorse pushes ahead with plans for new operations building Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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he City of Whitehorse recently announced it’s moving ahead with the building design and site preparation for its future operations building at the top of Two Mile Hill.

The project is part of the City’s plans to spend $56 million over the next two years to consolidate many of its existing buildings into two locations: a service building next to city hall and an operations building off Range Road on Two Mile Hill.

The City says the project should ultimately save money by shuttering old, energy-inefficient buildings and bringing most of its workers together under two roofs, rather than having them scattered in many downtown locations.

The announcement was made last Friday at the aging Municipal Services Building, where many of the city’s employees currently

The City is looking at completing the design and site preparations this fall and winter, with construction scheduled to begin in April 2017, O’Blenes said.

It’s anticipated that city staff will be able to move into the new building in June or July 2018.

Potential future additions to the operations building, such as transit garages, could push the total cost to $73 million. “We’re trying to minimize the amount of money we’re borrowing for this,� O’Blenes said. “If other monies become available we’d want to look at expanding the operations building.�

The request for proposal for the design of the building has closed and an administration report will be presented to members of council at next week’s meeting. City council is also in the process of approving its lease for the land with the Yukon government.

$10 million, is going towards the future services building.

The City will be getting just over $15 million in federal gas tax funds for the building, meaning it’ll be on the hook for about $32 million.

The operations building will be home to transportation, equipment maintenance, engineering, traffic, environmental sustainability, water and waste, as well as some human resources staff.

Just under one-third of this year’s capital budget, or $5 million, has been allocated to the project. That will cover the building design and site preparation Joel Krahn/Yukon News for this year, said Peter O’Blenes, director of infrastructure and Whtiehorse Mayor Dan Curtis speaks at an annoucement on Friday operations with the City. at the Municipal Services Building. The City will be spending $56 City officials should have a million for two new operations and service buildings on Two Mile Hill. better idea of the cost once the work. smallest city buildings combined. design is finalized, which should That building is approximately The estimated cost of the new be later this year, O’Blenes 50 years old and houses eight operations building, about $47 added. departments. It consumes more million, was also revealed last Meanwhile, the future services energy than any other operations week for the first time. The rest building will be put on the back burner for the time being. building and more than the 11 of the $56-million budget, about

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Public servant Ted Adel seeks Liberal nomination with residents. “With everything there’s a learning curve,� he said, News Reporter pointing out that many candidates don’t win during their first ongtime postal worker and election campaign. public servant Ted Adel is Adel said his primary resiseeking the Liberal nominadence is in Granger, just across tion in Copperbelt North during the street from the Copperbelt this year’s territorial election.

North riding. He said it will be Adel said education and easier to campaign in Copperhealth care are among his pribelt North than it was in Mount mary interests, since he has two Lorne-Southern Lakes, since sons in school and his wife is a people live closer together. health-care worker.

In 2011, he said, he racked up He also wants to strike a balabout 7,200 kilometres driving ance between developing the from door to door. Now, he can mining sector and promoting get to 50 homes in one night. conservation.

Adel said he brings “a well“We have to protect the envirounded view� to the table, since ronment, but resource extraction he has worked as a public servant is still a fundamental part of our at the federal and territorial leveconomy,� he said. els and in the private sector.

Adel ran for the Yukon Liberals He first moved to Whitehorse in the 2011 election in Mount from Ontario in 1992 to help Lorne-Southern Lakes, finishopen the Canadian Tire. He ing behind the NDP’s Kevin Barr has since worked for Superior and the Yukon Party’s Deborah Propane, and spent 14 years as a Fulmer. mailman for Canada Post.

This time, he said, he has a During the 1990s, he also bebetter sense of how to run his came president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ Whitecampaign and how to speak Maura Forrest

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Ted Adel, who is seeking the Liberal nomination in Copperbelt North, cites education and health care as his top concerns. horse chapter. the time to run for office. “I’m at an age where I have the These days, Adel works as a clerk for the Yukon Liquor Corpo- time and energy left to give back ration three days a week. He said to the Yukon,� he said.

Adel has volunteered extenthe lighter schedule leaves him

sively during his 24 years in the Yukon. He is a member of the Whitehorse Rifle and Pistol Club and the Yukon Fish and Game Association. He has volunteered for Biathlon Yukon and the Kinsmen Clubs of Canada, and as an MC for the can-can dancers during the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous festival for the past eight years.

He has also been a board member of Ducks Unlimited Canada, and has coached minor hockey and softball.

Adel is the second Liberal contender in Copperbelt North. Raj Murugaiyan, who owns the gift shop at the Whitehorse airport, announced he would be seeking the Liberal nomination last month.

Copperbelt North is currently held by Community Services Minister Currie Dixon, who ousted former Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell in 2011. The NDP has yet to announce a potential candidate for the riding.

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Update puts buildings lost in Fort McMurray at 2,400, but 25,000 saved Lauren Krugel Canadian Press

EDMONTON lberta Premier Rachel Notley says the “ocean of fire” that hit Fort McMurray burned about 10 per cent of the buildings, but the hard work of firefighters saved the bulk of the city so it can be rebuilt.

“The fast action and the hard work and the dedication and the smarts of these first responders has, it appears, saved almost 90 per cent of the city of First McMurray,” she said Monday after a ground tour of the devastation All 80,000 residents ordered out last Tuesday will have to wait at least two weeks to hear when they might be allowed to return.

Regional fire Chief Darby Allen said the speed and rapid growth of last week’s wildfire was unprecedented.

“I truly believe nothing else could have been done that wasn’t done to protect the people and the structures within our city,” said Allen. “They’re rewriting their formulas on how fires behave based on this fire.”

Notley said 2,400 buildings were torched, but 25,000 were saved, including the hospital, municipal buildings and schools.

Much of the downtown and the water treatment plant are also intact.

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A burnt out pickup truck is seen in the drive way of a burned down home in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood during a media tour of the fire-damaged city of Fort McMurray on Monday. infrastructure saved,” said Notley.

“This city was surrounded by an ocean of fire only a few days ago, but Fort McMurray and the surrounding communities have been saved and they will be rebuilt.”

But Notley reiterated that the community is not yet safe for people to return.

Hot spots remain and large sections of the city don’t have power, gas or water. She said a plan is to be developed over the next two weeks for the orderly and safe return of residents.

Evacuees have been out of their homes for a week under a mandatory evacuation order. They were forced to flee, some with just minutes notice, when a ravenous wildfire, pushed by shifting winds, overwhelmed several neighbourhoods in the south and southwest.

Darby said between 40 and 50 per cent of Fort McMurray could have been destroyed if firefighters hadn’t been able to hold back the flames at key points, especially the downtown.

Some of the hardest-hit areas are nothing more than acrid wastelands of soot, ash and concrete.

Reporters who were also given a tour saw scorched skeletal outlines of furniture, vehicles and buildings. A cracked birdbath. The metal outline of a shed. A front doorstep leading to nowhere. Kids’ bikes burned where they were chained up. Metal-topped barbecues with melted knobs on flame-streaked patios.

Homes that appear not to have been touched now face craters just across the street. Pristine bus stops and mailboxes remain ready for

business next to charred ruins.

The dominant colours are blacks, greys, whites and ochre.

The hazy skyline is punctuated by towering light poles and the odd tree: Tall, black and twisted with stubby twig arms.

The Super8 motel is gone. Only the signature red-and-yellow sign remains.

Cars and trucks remain torched where they were abandoned, their paint jobs blistered and cracked.

Wheels are burned to blackened hubs, upholstery is consumed to the springs, windows are smashed and dashboards melted to hardened goo.

It’s a world of irregular shapes and fractured lines. Sections of jagged walls and brick rise from black-grey foundations like broken off sections of jigsaw puzzles.

Walls, beams and posts lie folded and twisted on top of one another. Utility meters bend to the left and right. Trees droop.

Blown-out top floor windows are open to the sky in both directions.

Blackened washers and dryers sit like lonely cubes. Over there is a bathtub.

There is wreckage everywhere.

But there are signs reconstruction has begun.

Teams work on power lines into the city, 435 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.

The evacuees have been staying in hotels, campgrounds, with friends or at reception centres. The main one in Edmonton has had to deal with an added problem – about 50 people have fallen ill with a stomach bug.

The wildfire sat at just over 2,000 square kilometres on Monday and moved within 30 kilometres of the Saskatchewan boundary. But lower than seasonal temperatures were giving crews a chance to extinguish hotspots in Fort McMurray.

Across the country, the Red Cross has collected $60 million in donations, including on Monday $250,000 from Atlantic Canada and $500,000 from Unifor, a union representing 4,000 oilsands workers.

Allen said everything is being done to get people back to the community as soon as possible.

“We are dedicating every necessary resource to bringing you home,” he said.

“And we’ll see you soon.”

Investigators believe wildfires in B.C.’s Peace region deliberately set property damage, said Chris Postuma with the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. He declined to provide details, nvestigators say arson is saying an investigation is ongoing. believed to be the cause of at The blazes are believed to be least 10 wildfires in northeast- connected, and the extra conserern British Columbia. vation officers brought in to help The Environment Ministry said investigate are asking for tips from fire investigators and conservathe public. tion officers have found evidence The Peace region has been to suggest the fires in the Peace hit by an early and aggressive region were deliberately set. start to the fire season as flames Some of the fires have caused have been fanned by hot, dry and Canadian Press

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windy conditions.

Hundreds of people forced from their homes by a pair of uncontained fires burning north of Fort St. John were allowed to return Sunday, but 17,000 residences remain on evacuation alert and must be prepared to leave again at any time.

Provincial fire information officer Ryan Turcot said 84 fires are currently burning across the province, including 52 in the northeast region.

Wet weather helped firefighting crews over the weekend, with rain and some snow falling on two major blazes, Turcot said.

“But moving ahead into the week, we are expecting a return to drier conditions.”

There have been 234 fires across the province since April 1, Turcot said, more than double the 110 fires that had burned at this time last year.

It’s estimated that this year’s blazes have scorched more than

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The majority of this year’s fires have been caused by people, Turcot said.

Earlier this year, the Forests Ministry increased fines for a variety of wildfire-related violations, such as ignoring campfire bans or failing to properly extinguish a burning substance, such as a cigarette.

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UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples ‘should not be scary’: Bennett Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press

OTTAWA here’s nothing frightening about adopting and implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said Tuesday at the UN. Bennett earned a standing ovation from a UN forum in New York by announcing that Canada is now a full supporter of the 2007 declaration, “without qualification.”

But what that declaration signifies in the Canadian context depends on who you ask.

In the words of one lawyer who represents indigenous resource interests: “Treaty making starts again today.”

UNDRIP, the acronym by which the declaration is known, describes a global set of collective and human rights covering indigenous issues including language, identity, culture and traditions, health and education and free, prior, informed consent over resource extraction. The declaration is not considered legally binding.

“What does this mean for Canada now?” Bennett told the UN’s permanent forum on indigenous issues.

“It means nothing less than a full engagement on how to move forward with adoption and implementation, done in full partnership with First Nations, the Metis nation and Inuit peoples.”

Canada is uniquely placed, she said, because it is one of the few states in the world that has already incorporated indigenous rights, in Section 35 of the 1982

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Constitution Act. “By adopting and implementing the declaration, we are excited that we are breathing life into Section 35 and recognizing it now as a full box of rights for indigenous peoples in Canada,” said the Liberal minister.

Canada was one of four countries, including Australia, New Zealand and the United States, that voted against the declaration when it was first passed in 2007 – even though Canadian diplomatic officials had helped draft the original declaration.

The former Conservative government initially argued that the “free, prior and informed consent” provisions amounted

to a de facto indigenous veto on major resource projects, and questioned how UNDRIP could be accommodated within existing Canadian constitutional protections.

Bennett did not directly address those concerns Tuesday, but said the declaration fits within Canada’s long history of treaty and constitutional rights.

“Let’s be honest: implementing UNDRIP should not be scary,” she said.

“Recognition of elements of the declaration began 250 years ago with the Royal Proclamation, which was about sharing the land fairly. UNDRIP reflects the spirit and intent of our treaties.”

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The country’s two largest resource extraction industry associations welcomed the adoption of UNDRIP, with both the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and the Mining Association of Canada saying the declaration largely mirrors practices already adopted by resource companies over the past decade.

“These are opportunities to recast relationships,” David McGuigan, CAPP’s manager of aboriginal policy, said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

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a corporate context and in a resource development context.”

Pierre Gratton, president and CEO of the mining association, presented the Liberal government’s position as correcting a historical anomaly.

“We’ve been historically seen as a leader but then we had this funny situation at the UN where we were a dissenter on something that was so important to indigenous peoples worldwide,” Gratton said in an interview.

“This move really puts us back where we properly belong and also where I think, in practice, we have largely been.”

But Larry Innes, a lawyer with Toronto firm Olthuis, Kleer and Townsend who represents First Nations groups, said resource industries are “looking a bit in the rear-view mirror” in their assessments of UNDRIP. Consultation with indigenous communities on mitigation measures for major resource projects has become established practice, but free, prior and informed consent means much more than that, Innes argues.

Comments this week from Bennett and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould suggest a new nation-to-nation relationship is indeed in the works.

“It’s easy to be dismissive of this as a lot of fuzzy warmth,” said the lawyer, whose clients include the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in the heart of oilsands country.

“But for those of us who have been in the trenches on this for a while, we’re hearing different things today than we have in the past.”

Since the patriation of the Constitution in 1982, governments have taken the view that Section 35 is a mostly empty vessel until courts read rights into it through litigation, said Innes.

Bennett on Tuesday acknowledged Section 35 entails a full suite of rights, with UNDRIP as the backdrop.

Treating indigenous peoples as governments to be consulted rather than simply stakeholders is “a whole new ball game,” said Innes. “Treaty making starts again today.”

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Chretien calls for decriminalized marijuana, says politicians ‘have to adjust’ decision to legalize the sale of marijuana, Chretien said he is in Canadian Press favour of decriminalization.

“What is completely unacceptHALIFAX able, in my judgment, is a young ean Chretien says politicians man smoking marijuana will have have to adjust to changing a criminal record for the rest of times, as his own views on his life, (and) he can’t cross the marijuana, capital punishment border – come on,” Chretien said and other contentious issues after a ceremony marking the evolved after he was first elected official opening of a public policy in the early 1960s. think-tank at Dalhousie University Whether it’s pot smoking, abor- in Halifax. tion, gay marriage or the death “It is the modern thing to do … penalty, the former prime minister You have to adjust to the new life.” says he’s tried to reflect the spirit When Chretien was prime of the times – even if his changing minister, his government tried politics put him in conflict with in 2003 to pass a law decriminalhis conservative upbringing in a izing simple possession of small large, Roman Catholic family in amounts of marijuana, but the rural Quebec. bill died when Parliament was “What were certain values 50 prorogued. years ago, are not the same today.

Earlier this year, Liberal MP We have to live with that. It’s not Bill Blair, a former Toronto police always easy,” he said. chief, said Criminal Code proviWhen asked Monday about sions on marijuana must be upPrime Minister Justin Trudeau’s held until legalization is in place.

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Blair, parliamentary secretary to the justice minister, is the Trudeau government’s point man on the issue.

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

“I’m glad Mr. Chretien agrees with us, that would be my comment,” NDP justice critic Murray Rankin said Monday.

Chretien, 82, said he has never smoked cigarettes and he’s never tried pot.

“I don’t know what it is and I never tasted that,” he said. “I don’t know what is the effect.”

First elected to the House of Commons in 1963, Chretien said his constituents in Shawinagan, Que., gave him a hard time when he voted against capital punishment.

“People thought I was wrong,” he said, adding that he faced more opposition from locals after a landmark Supreme Court of

Canada ruling that decriminalized abortion in 1988.

“I’m a Roman Catholic from a large family. To vote in favour of letting ladies decide what to do with their own bodies – it was not easy for me … (But) I did that.”

And in 2003, Chretien’s majority government announced that it would not appeal court rulings supporting same-sex marriage, setting the stage for legislation that would later recognize the validity of such unions.

“We have to adjust to reality,” Chretien said. “Marijuana is in the same category.”

Chretien was in Halifax to officially open the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance, a non-partisan thinktank named in honour of former Liberal cabinet minister and Cape Bretoner Allan MacEachen, who is now in his 90s.

Chretien recalled that he worked in the federal cabinet

with MacEachen for more than 10 years.

“He was a great parliamentarian … and a very influential member of the cabinet,” Chretien said after he and former Liberal leader Bob Rae reminisced about MacEachen’s career at a ceremony that attracted about 500 people.

The son of a coal miner who was first elected to the House of Commons in 1953, MacEachen helped design many of Canada’s key programs, including the national labour code, minimum wage legislation, old age pensions and medicare.

“But for us, he was Mr. Cape Breton,” Chretien told the crowd, adding that he visited the francophone communities in MacEachen’s riding many times, citing Isle Madame, Gros Nez Island and Arichat.

“He was bilingual,” Chretien said of MacEachen. “He could speak English and Gaelic.”

Pot problem: Auditor urges Veterans Affairs to rein in medical pot use, costs that they would likely cause an soldiers were enrolled at a cost of increase in the number of veterans $12.1 million. That adds up to an requesting marijuana for medical average of $9,600 per veteran. purposes, increasing the departThe audit also found the OTTAWA ment’s expenditures,” said the department does not effectively he latest report from the monitor high-risk drug utilization federal auditor general urges audit.

Officials had documented that among veterans, nor does it effecVeterans Affairs to get a grip on its medical marijuana program commercial suppliers were charg- tively manage its drug benefits list.

Veterans Affairs says it’s willing for injured ex-soldiers, which is ex- ing up to $14 per gram, almost to pay for up to 10 grams of maripected to cost taxpayers a startling triple the federal government’s estimate, it notes. juana a day, per veteran – twice the $25 million this year.

Michael Ferguson says it’s just “Despite acknowledging this in threshold recommended by Health one of the programs where the advance, it did not establish a dol- Canada. Ferguson questioned federal government has critical lar limit for covering marijuana for whether the department was data available to it that’s either not medical purposes.” doing the right thing and warned usable, not used or not acted upon In 2013-14, there were 112 the policy could lead to some exat all. veterans taking prescribed pot at soldiers getting hooked.

The report tabled recently a cost of $408,000, but by the end “According to an internal in the House of Commons also of December 2015 some 1,320 exdepartmental briefing document, looked at the dire condition of the army reserves, the federal government’s inability to detect and > ' d ^ > d/KE D d/E'^ prevent refugee fraud, and the uncertain impact of the former Conservative government’s $400-million venture capital action plan.

But with medical marijuana for veterans, Ferguson paints a picture of program out of control.

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Health Canada indicated that more than five grams per day may increase risks with respect to the drug’s effect on the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and immune systems, and on psychomotor performance, and may increase the risk of drug dependence,” said the report.

“Despite the awareness of these potential risks, we found that the department had set the limit at

10 grams per day per veteran, and that in rare circumstances it could increase this limit after consulting with a veteran’s health care provider.”

The department agreed with the auditor’s concerns and said it had hired a pharmaceutical adviser to development guidelines in conjunction with other departments.

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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Eco-Geezers and Environettes The Klondike goldfields could learn from B.C.’s oilpatch about landscape restoration Doug Sack Special to the News

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f there is anywhere in western Canada outside of the oilpatch where a quick primer on environmental reclamation and restoration is timely, it is the neglected goldfields of the Yukon generally and the Klondike specifically.

Although environmental stewardship has improved markedly in Yukon placer fields in recent years including the presentation of Klondike Placer Miners’ Association awards to members who do the best jobs of restoration, it is a little-known art form in the oilfields which can serve as a role model for the future of Yukon placer mining.

I had the great good fortune on my journey back here to stop off in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. for a decade during which I became a certified “Eco-Geezer” while being exposed to the magical wizardry of the mysterious “Environettes,” Mother Nature’s best friends and the ecological answer to female warriors of the Amazon.

Perhaps, an explanation is necessary.

The official name of the Geezers was the “R&R” crew, Reclamation and Restoration, but the environmental consultants we worked for, almost entirely young women with post-graduate degrees in environmental sciences, began calling us Geezers when we began calling them “Environettes.”

There were five of us operating two D-8 dozers, a large hoe and a small finish dozer. The fifth was the foreman who was 76 years old, our senior citizen and team leader named Larry Hommy from Hythe, Alberta, roughly halfway between Grande Prairie and Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek, B.C. The youngest was yours truly, who was 62 at the time and called “Kid” even though I had over 40 years of experience running bulldozers.

The leader of the Environettes was a PhD with a name none of us could remember, so Larry called her Stella, which she thought was hilarious because he thought she looked like Marlon Brando’s girlfriend in the 1954 movie On the Waterfront or maybe Streetcar Named Desire.

She was the most kick-ass environmentalist I ever met and a woman even oilpatch meatheads didn’t mess with because she answered to the province’s oil-andgas branch which supervised and signed off on all restoration jobs.

The oil companies paid for all the work we did but they issued no directives or orders. That was all up to Stella and her crew, and she had carte blanche to order whatever she needed to clean

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The “Eco-Geezers” and “Environettes” had the tough task of putting back the landscape to its original state after the oil companies were finished in the area. up the mess and make the leases pristine.

She was no hypothetical weekend environmentalist waving placards and writing letters about her grievances. She was a highly paid professional scientist who worked long, hard hours to make a positive contribution to the oilfield environment and it was her idea for our company to assign the oldest operators and, therefore, the most experienced, to make certain the jobs were done right.

This unique “marriage” of old dirt movers and young “Eco-Gals” worked with serendipitous harmony, because we knew things about moving the earth that they didn’t, and they knew things about restoring the environment we had never thought about. It’s safe to say we all became great friends and always looked forward to the next restoration challenge working together with enthusiasm and good cheer.

Larry and Stella especially got along well, and one noontime during a tailgate lunch he surprised me by getting nosey and

asking her how she was getting along with her new boyfriend.

She replied nonchalantly, like she was discussing her personal life with her grandfather, saying, “So far, so good. He gets along fine with the kids, but hasn’t passed the 180-day test yet so time will tell.”

The next day Larry told her at lunch that his wife of 60 years was getting close to his 25,000day test but time had spoken.

Every job started with Stella and Larry unfolding blow-up satellite photos of what the lease looked like before the oil companies ever touched it and the goal was always the same: Put it back exactly the way it was originally. Stella was big on pre-job preparation and many soil samples had been taken to determine if there was any contamination from spills or other foreign matter. If so, the first job was hauling it away.

Then the D-8s went to work for a couple weeks putting the sub-grade, usually clay or shale on the east side of the Rockies, back where it started. This was Larry’s area of expertise, and Stel-

la was often gone to another job, staying in touch by cell phone at the end of each day.

When the sub was bulked out and smoothed by the finish dozer, the D-8s and hoe began laying the subsoil over it, usually easy to discern because it was yellow in colour and kind of a loam. When Stella was satisfied that the subsoil was evenly spread with the right depth, she gave us the green light to cover the whole thing with the original topsoil and strippings, including wood, bushes, hay and anything else that might have been growing there originally except the trees.

In the last couple years, Stella ordered a new wrinkle to the process which made a lot of sense but caused the finish catskinner, Johnny Bravery, to scratch his diminishing grey hair. He was called “Bravery” because he had been awarded an Order of Canada courage medal as a young man for saving a co-worker’s life on the job.

When all the dirt was moved and the job looked finished, Stella instructed us to shallow rip

the whole thing with the D-8s to a depth of six to eight inches, to make the topsoil more receptive to the numerous seedlings so the wind wouldn’t blow them away before they germinated. The best time to seed the leases was in late fall after the first frost but before the first snowfall, and it was common for the new organics to begin growing under the melting snow in the spring. Any trees were added later in the spring or summer, by which time the Geezers were far away working on a new lease.

If any Yukon miners are interested in contacting Stella and her magnificent “Queens of the Environment,” get in touch as I have her numbers. They say it’s impossible to reconstruct permafrost, and maybe it is, but I know some talented ladies who would like to try and can guarantee their plan would make sense.

Doug Sack was the first sports editor of the Yukon News and later a longtime sports editor of the Whistler Question and a columnist and features writer for Ski Canada magazine. He is currently semiretired in Whitehorse.

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Fort McMurray wildfire will leave toxic legacy: experts than 400 homes and other buildings were levelled in 2011 – about one-quarter as many as were burned in Fort McMurray. The ash from that fire was disposed of as hazardous waste.

Tests of the ash found lead, a powerful neurotoxin especially dangerous to children, was at three times the recommended levels for residential soils. Dioxins and furans, some of which are highly potent carcinogens, were anywhere from 13 to 52 times the guideline levels.

Government officials argued the ash shouldn’t be held to the

same standards as soil and said the ash was not a health risk. But scientists at the time questioned that assessment.

Plumlee emphasized that risks are manageable and fade over time. Ash quickly becomes less caustic when it mixes with small amounts of carbonic acid in rainfall.

But the risks are real.

“It’s not alarmist at all. We don’t really know if there are long-term effects,” he said. “(But) there are common-sense things people can do to minimize their exposure.”

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Damage from the wildfires is seen in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood in Fort McMurray on Monday.

Many counties treat ash from 2007 and 2008 was far more alBob Weber such fires as hazardous waste, kaline than ash from wood fi res.

Canadian Press said Geoff Plumlee, a geochemist Mixed with water, the ash was almost as caustic as oven cleaner. who conducted much of the U.S. EDMONTON research.

It was also significantly conanger from the Fort “When large numbers of taminated with metals, some McMurray wildfire that buildings burn, that does create a of them toxic. Arsenic, lead, has destroyed entire city antimony, copper, zinc and chro- situation where there’s potential blocks in the northern Alberta for much higher levels of metals mium were all found at levels city won’t end when the flames exceeding Environmental Protec- to get out into the environment.” stop.

California experts say anyone tion Agency guidelines.

Research from California fires returning to a home burned in a Ash particles from urbanthat have burned through homes wildfire should dress protectively wildfire blazes tended to be and communities suggests such smaller and more easily inhaled. – long sleeves and pants, gloves, blazes leave a threatening legacy Both arsenic and hexavalent boots, masks and goggles. People of caustic ash and toxic heavy are urged to stir up the ash as chromium – a form of the metal metals. little as possible. known to cause lung cancer – “There’s no doubt, it is hazAlberta’s last experience with were more readily taken up by ardous,” said Scott Stephens, a a forest fire destroying homes lung fluids than they were in fire scientist at the University of came in Slave Lake, where more water.

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Documentary Angry Inuk at Hot Docs fest shows role of Inuit in seal hunt Documentary Festival, which wrapped up Sunday.

According to the doc, antisealing campaigns almost entirely depict the spring hunt around Newfoundland and Labrador, making it seem as if most seal skins come from there. But what many don’t realize is that most seal hunters are actually Inuit and hunt around the Canadian Arctic as well as Alaska, Greenland and Russia, ArnaquqBaril says.

The film also posits that fighting seal hunting is an important part of fundraising campaigns for animal rights groups.

“You see a couple of seal hunts in the film, so people can see for themselves and decide for themselves whether they think it’s inhumane or not,” says Arnaquq-Baril.

“But historically Inuit haven’t been challenged a whole lot on how we kill seals and I think largely because when people see it, they see Inuit respect the animal and use all of the meat and the skin…. Our problem is even just being heard when we say, ‘We sell seal skins and we are part of the commercial market,’ and when dozens of countries pass legal bans on seal products, that affects us and it affects us more than anyone.”

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TORONTO rowing up in Iqaluit, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril went seal hunting with her family and learned how to use the entire mammal for food, clothing and other needs.

She was raised to respect the seal and was saddened when she realized animal welfare groups were portraying the hunt as evil and greedy, creating campaigns that crushed their industry.

Arnaquq-Baril is hoping to clear up misconceptions about the seal hunt and raise awareness about the Inuit role in it in the new documentary Angry Inuk.

“Mainly what I’m hoping is that when people see this film, they’ll recognize that Inuit are not only an important part of the commercial seal skin market,” she says, “but that the majority of commercial seal hunters are Inuit who eat the meat and share the meat with their friends and family and really depend on those seal skin sales in order to buy more fuel and ammunition to continue hunting.

“It’s a food security issue for

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Learning to embrace the fire ‘Glass became my struggle. It’s an ecstatic learning curve. You learn pulling glass that you can use gravity in your favour. Then you learn you can hold thousand-degree molten glass with just a wet piece of paper. Wow, that’s powerful.’

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uann Baker-Johnson can barely contain her excitement. The mother of six has the energy and giddiness of a teenager.

She’s standing inside Yukon’s new – and only – glass-blowing studio. Its name, Lumel Studios, stands for Lu and Mel, the F.H. Collins high school sweethearts behind the venture.

The bright blue-and-yellow studio opened its doors to visitors last week and has almost as much character as its creators.

The team took care to create what they could using recycled objects, including garbage bin lids for the front sign, rebar used during construction for the staircase and old fir posts from an old gold dredge.

The history of the riverside property across from the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre connects even closer to its new occupants: Baker-Johnson lived on the property in the 1960s as a child when the lot used to be a temporary trailer park.

The glass-blowing studio is run by five artists – Lusia, Jason, Tyson and Mark – who all met at the Alberta College of Art and Design.

“There I got to know their hearts and minds. They heard about the dream, and I could see who was community-minded, who would take ownership of this whole project,” Baker-Johnson says.

“But what we didn’t know is that they would be able to stick it out through the many delays and frustrations.”

Permitting a propane-fuelled glass-blowing operation in downtown Whitehorse is no easy task. Since taking over the lot in 2013, they’ve faced an endless list of boxes to tick for the rubberstampers-that-be.

To satisfy safety requirements the ventilation is all custommade. The team even flew in a technician to test the three different built-in emergency shut-offs in the furnaces and “glory holes” – the opening in the piping-hot oven through which the glass is shaped. After the glass is spun and heated it is blown through a long pipe, creating signature bubble-like shapes.

The team of artists had to sweep North America for equipment after they realized the “hot shop” they bought in Alberta would not be suitable for the space. So they had the 1,200-degree Celsius furnaces and glory holes hauled across Canada

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Left: Luann Baker-Johnson begins a piece at Lumel Studios in Whitehorse. The glass-blowing workshop currently has five artists working in it, and sign-ups for public workshops start on May 16. Right: Lumel artist Tyson Isted puts the finishing touches on a bird. and shipped up the West Coast, where they drove then into Whitehorse from Skagway.

They had $6,000 of equipment stolen from their construction storage container last September.

And then there was the ninefoot-deep hole they had to dig down and across the street to access a required water valve – slapping them with an unforeseen $102,000.

But with the lows come the highs: just three weeks ago the city decided to refund the extra distance they had to dig beyond their property.

The build itself was a community operation – all hands were on-deck from hitchhikers to Baker-Johnson’s kids.

Thanks to their hard work the space hosts a gallery, viewing bleachers, sets of tools for shoprental and even an ice cream freezer to quench the eyebrowsizzling heat. Ice cream in 40 below temperatures, anyone?

The gallery can barely keep its latest “Northern Lights” collection of vases and bowls, swirled with bright green and blue hues, on the shelves.

Baker-Johnson even hopes to offer first-year university glassblowing courses.

“Big dreams, but hey, this was a big dream and it’s here,”

Baker-Johnson says as she swirls her hands up towards the open loft-style vents.

“Just look what you can do!”

But her big aspirations are also pragmatic. “We’ve always understood we need to find many ways to bring in money.”

The studio’s furnaces are fed by propane. In a way, the business is also built on natural gas: Mel Johnson took a break from his retirement to plan and build LNG pipelines in Cleveland, Ohio to help fuel the cost-intensive studio start up.

The vibrant couple had six kids. They spent their lives travelling the world while Baker-Johnson home-schooled the kids, always keeping roots in the Yukon with their cabin at Fox Lake.

But then in 2005 the unimaginable happened. Their second daughter fell ill with leukemia.

Eleven months and five rounds of chemotherapy later, she died.

“When your child dies, you die,” Baker-Johnson says.

Her husband insisted that after one-year of grieving and only forced laughter, she go to art school.

That’s where she fell in love with the extreme heat and the glass.

“Glass became my struggle.

It’s an ecstatic learning curve.

You learn pulling glass that you can use gravity in your favour.

Then you learn you can hold thousand-degree molten glass with just a wet piece of paper.

Wow, that’s powerful.

“There are challenges that you have to overcome. In grieving there are great, great challenges.

Feeling that success helps you to heal.”

Learning to embrace the fire and the heat inspires BakerJohnson to share the healing power of molten glass with others.

The Lumel studio’s lot has long been the stomping grounds of Whitehorse’s large street population, or “river walkers.”

“We’ve gotten to know them well since we’ve been here. We see them sober and drunk, and they are always welcome.”

She hopes that in future some of Whitehorse’s at-risk teens and homeless individuals can come and experience – if just for a moment – the “power of forgetfulness” in the extreme heat of glass-blowing, on the condition they are “in control” and substance-free.

“I can’t expect glass to have the same power of healing with them as it did for me. But you never know,” she says with a smile.

Among the long list of plans in the works, Baker-Johnson and her team are bringing up the founders of a glass-blowing studio in Tacoma, Washington that serves only street people and gang members.

“We want to learn how their studio was a success and see what we can do here,” BakerJohnson says.

“The potential is bubbling.”

Interest is certainly growing. Little ones from the nearby Montessori school have already become regulars. “I think they’re hooked,” Baker-Johnson says.

“Come by and see for yourself, viewing is free!” Baker-Johnson exclaims.

Workshop sign-up begins Monday, May 16 starting at $45.

To learn the basics, you need nine hours spread over three sessions.

“You’ll come away with confidence and a funky little piece,” Baker-Johnson says.

Beginner’s courses run at $360.

Check them out on Facebook at Lumel Studios Whitehorse, Yukon.

As Jason, one of the artists, puts it: “It’s good for people who can’t sit still.”

Contact Lauren Kaljur at lauren.kaljur@yukon-news.com

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SPORTS AND RECREATION Vancouverite pockets squash title in weekend excursion Tom Patrick News Reporter

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ukon’s top squash title has left the territory.

In a weekend trip to the capital, Vancouver’s Pierce Masuhara won the open division at the Yukon Open squash championship on Saturday at Better Bodies Whitehorse.

“It was a really great tournament, I had a great time, and the final was really fun. It was just a fantastic weekend,” said Masuhara.

“It’s a really different atmosphere, especially coming from juniors where it’s very competitive at times and you go in with a very intensive mindset. At this tournament everyone is really inclusive and just opened up their arms to me and welcomed me into the Yukon squash family. It was just a really nice atmosphere to be a part of for the weekend.”

For years Masuhara has been hearing about the Yukon championship from his friend Stephen Grundmanis of Whitehorse, but this past weekend was the first time he could make it.

Masuhara plays for the varsity team at Western University in London, Ont., which won the Ontario University Athletics squash championship a 33rd year in a row and the NCAA Division 4 title this past season.

The 20-year-old took the Yukon crown with an 11-6, 6-11, 11-5, 11-1 win over two-time champ Cameron Webber of Whitehorse in the final.

“It kind of went the way I expected. I watched Pierce play his other two matches and he looked well equipped to take a win in the tournament,” said Webber, 34, Squash Yukon’s head coach. “I got a game off him. It was kind of some luck and some lapses on his part in the second game – that was the only reason I was able to squeak one out. He has youth and fitness and a heck of a lot of skill on his side.”

Masuhara began his run with a win over Whitehorse’s Jane Bell, the only woman players in the open division, before he topped Grundmanis in the semifinal.

Grundmanis went on to take third with an 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 win over fourth place’s Grayson Peters.

For the first time since 2013, the championship offered an allwomen category. Arielle Meynen won the women’s novice division, added this year to help develop female participation, with three wins and a loss in round robin play. Brenna MacPhail took second place.

“The idea came from (Squash Yukon league and tournament organizer) Marie Desmarais,

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Vancouver’s Pierce Masuhara swats a backhand at the Yukon Open squash championship at Better Bodies on Friday. Masuhara won the open divison, the championships’ highest.

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Two-time Yukon champ Cameron Webber plays his opening match Friday. who has been running two-day women’s clinics for beginners and intermediate players on weekends,” said Squash Yukon president Stephen Buckler.

“Squash Yukon has identified that we need more female participants. I believe the clinics and women-only divisions provide the support and opportunity to develop our women squash

players. Once we get new players onto the court, the game tends to sell itself.”

Nicholas Terry picked up the mixed A division title with a 1513, 15-7, 14-16, 15-13 win over Michael Tilbrook in the final.

Kevin Daffe, who lost to Terry in the semifinal, came third with a win over Doug Thorseth.

Drew Osborne downed Benja-

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Whitehorse’s Jane Bell was the only female player in the open division. min Grundmanis in three games to win the mixed B division.

Matt Brown came third with a win over Alex Jobin.

Cathy MacDonald went

undefeated in four round-robin matches to finish at the top of the mixed C division while Brian Larnder took second.

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Hockey phenom Dylan Cozens makes history in WHL draft Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse’s Dylan Cozens had a better than average day at school on Thursday.

The hockey player took time away from his scholastic pursuits to watch the Western Hockey League’s bantam draft online. It didn’t take long for him to hear his name.

The Lethbridge Hurricanes picked up the 15-year-old in the first round.

“It’s obviously very exciting and I’m really happy,” said Cozens. “Seeing all those players I know go up, I just couldn’t wait for my name to be called. When I heard my name called I was really relieved … I was honestly expecting a little bit higher (than 18th), but that’s fine with me.”

Though slotted in as 19th selected overall, he was actually 18th since the Portland Winterhawks forfeited their ninth overall pick as penalty for a 2012 player-benefit violation.

Cozens is the first Yukon-born player ever to be selected firstround in the WHL bantam draft.

Just days after that exciting news, Cozens got some more.

On Monday B.C. Hockey announced Cozens was among 40 players selected for a U-16 high performance camp this July in Shawnigan Lake. Cozens was one of four Yukon players invited to play at the B.C. Cup elite showcase last month in Salmon Arm and the only of the four invited to the final camp this summer. It will be another opportunity to perform in front of B.C. Hockey and Hockey Canada scouts and could lead to playing for the province or event the national team.

“I just have to keep training and become the best hockey player I can be,” said Cozens.

“I’m going to try to go to the gym every day, shooting pucks and stick handling in the back yard, trying to get on the ice as much as I can.”

The six-foot, 150-pound forward was a team leader for the Delta Hockey Academy bantam prep team in B.C. this season.

The winger finished the season second on the team in scoring with 31 points (19 goals and 12 assists) in 25 games. Cozens led his team in scoring in two pre-

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Whitehorse’s Dylan Cozens, centre, plays at the B.C. Cup last month in Salmon Arm. Cozens, who was a first-round WHL bantam draft pick last week, has been selected for B.C. Hockey’s Male U-16 High Performance camp. mier western Canadian tournaments – the John Reid Memorial and the Pat Quinn Classic – this season with All-Star and MVP honours along the way. The Delta team lost in the semifinal of the Elite 15s division in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League.

As a first-round pick, Cozens could lace up for the Hurricanes before the end of the summer.

He is eligible to play preseason games and up to five regular season games. He can also join the roster once his final U16 season is complete and after he turns 16 in February.

“So if they make the playoffs I could play for them,” said Cozens.

The Hurricanes are coming off the team’s most successful season in years. Lethbridge won 46 games, captured its first divi-

sion title since 1997 and made the playoffs for the first time in seven years before losing to the Regina Pats in the first round.

“Dylan is a kid who has improved all year,” Hurricanes head scout Rob MacLachlan told media during the draft. “He skates as well as anyone in the draft and he’s a game-changer.

I was telling our guys, he goes out to win the hockey games and leaves everything on the ice.

“In all the years I’ve done this, I think character is so huge when picking a player.”

If Dylan gets to play for the Hurricanes, he won’t be the first Cozens to do so. Dylan’s uncle Scott Cozens – one of the hosts on the television show Canadian Pickers – played several preseason games and one regular season game for the Calgary Wranglers in late ‘70s, before the

team was moved and became the Hurricanes in 1987.

However, Dylan had a tough decision to make before putting his name in the hat at the WHL draft. In recent weeks the University of Denver offered him a full scholarship and he had to decide which route to take – major junior in the WHL or NCAA in Colorado.

“It was a really hard decision,” he said.

Dylan was on the Whitehorse Bantam Mustangs gold-winner rep team – the first ever from Yukon – at the B.C. Hockey Championships last year. He also played for Team Yukon at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George.

In September 2014, he all but carried the Canada Cowboys – an elite AAA squad from Alberta – at the Czech Challenger Cup in

the Czech Republic. He finished the tournament with 19 points, including five goals in the final to propel the Cowboys to gold over a U.S. team.

“We are very excited for Dylan. He has worked hard to reach this goal but he knows this is only the beginning of a long road if he is going to achieve his dream (of playing in the NHL),” said Dylan’s mother Sue Bogle in an email to the News.

“He has had an excellent year at Delta hockey academy.

It certainly was a hard decision as parents to let him go but we knew that for him and his personality it was a necessary step in his overall development. His two younger brothers sure miss him but they are also very proud of him!”

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hitehorse’s Rocky Philpott says he tends to shoot a little better during a practice session than in a competition. If that was the case on Sunday, it wasn’t obvious.

Philpott registered the high score on the day at the fourth annual Yukon Indoor Archery Championships at Whitehorse’s Takhini Elementary.

“Competition will bring you down a little bit,” said Philpott. “Usually you don’t shoot as well than when you’re just here practicing (with) no pressure, not as many people, not as much going on. You’re not as worried about what the other person is doing. It comes into effect on competition day – you’re looking over your shoulder.”

With his score of 571, Philpott, who was one of five archers to break the 500 mark, placed first in the senior compound division. It was his first gold medal win after placing second in his first-ever tournament in December.

“I picked up the same compound bow eight years ago and have been using it off and on. Killed a couple bears with it,” said Philpott. “I’ve been practicing in the back yard a little bit, not a lot. I’m not a super shooter, I don’t practice to death or anything like that.

“You put a little bit of time in and you can get good quickly. To get those last 20 points to get up to those 300s, that’s what takes a lot of time.”

The fourth annual event, which saw 21 archers compete, marked the first time the field had four recurve shooters. (A recurve bow is a classic style of bow with stabilizer and/or a sight for aiming, and is the kind used in Olympic archery.)

Alan Hansen posted the highest recurve score of the day with 412 and was the only to crack the 400 mark.

He also won the team recurve competition with Amanda Chaulk, who was the top youth recurve archer in the individual competition with a 270.

“It was my first time competing like this, so it was a great experience,” said Chaulk, 14. “I started a year or two ago.

My friend would do it and I always found it interesting, so I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it together.’”

Kate Koepke was the top youth barebow shooter at 181, Vincent Menard the top youth compound shooter at 490, and Tom Rowles was the top adult barebow scorer at 321.

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Whitehorse’s Rocky Philpott takes aim at the fourth annual Yukon Indoor Archery Championships on Sunday at Whitehorse’s Takhini Elementary. Philpott produced the highest score on the day.

Results Peewee barebow 1st Kate Koepke – 181 2nd Janelle Virmoux-Jackson – 88 3rd Jake Tipton – 77 Peewee compound 1st Kieran Ritchie – 314 Pre-Cub compound 1st Wyatt Kapaniuk – 236 2nd Emmett Kapaniuk – n/a Cub barebow 1st James Rumbolt – 173 Cub compound 1st Vincent Menard – 490 2nd John Tipton – 324 Cub recurve 1st Amanda Chaulk – 270 Cadet recurve 1st Devin Chief – 225 Junior compound 1st Leslie Kramer – 553 2nd Elias Barlow-White – 502 Adult beginner 1st Martina Amos – 256

Senior barebow 1st Laurence Rowles – n/a Senior compound 1st Rocky Philpott – 571 2nd Vanessa Philpott – 504 3rd Dunca Tipton – 419 Master barebow 1st Tom Rowles – 321 Master recurve 1st Alan Hansen – 412 Master compound 1st Kirk Porayko – 541

Team Open bow 1st Martian Amos/ Kieran Ritchie – 135 2nd James Rumbolt/ John Tipton – 120 3rd Laurence Rowles/ Tom Rowles – n/a Recurve 1st Amanda Chaulk/ Alan Hansen – 135 2nd Devin Chief/ Wyatt Kapaniuk – 100 Compound 1st Vincent Menard/ Kirk Porayko – 277 2nd Elias Barlow-White/ Leslie Kramer – 257 3rd Rocky Philpott/ Vanessa Philpott – 256

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anadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national crosscountry ski team will continue to have substantial sourdough flavour next season.

Whitehorse skiers Emily Nishikawa, Dahria Beatty and Knute Johnsgaard have been named to the 2016-17 National Ski Team, Cross Country Canada announced last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is really exciting to be named to the national team again along with Dahria and Knute. It is always such an honour to a part of the National Ski Team,â&#x20AC;? said Nishikawa in an email to the News. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an exciting year ahead, with the world championships in Lahti, Finland as the highlight.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really looking forward to the summer of training ahead in preparation for the next season.â&#x20AC;?

Nishikawa skied in more FIS World Cup races than any other Canadian female this past season, breaking into the top-40 eight times.

The 26-year-old, who raced for Canada at the Sochi Olympics and has been on the senior national team the last six years, will lead the charge on the FIS World Cup â&#x20AC;&#x153;B Teamâ&#x20AC;? next season. Nishikawa collected won three gold and a silver to place first in the open womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aggregate standings at the 2016 Haywood Ski Nationals in March.

Beatty and Johnsgaard have been renamed to the under-25 team and will race in World Cup events, international development level races and Haywood NorAms in Canada.

Both gave breakout performances in the inaugural Ski Tour Canada â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a series of FIS World Cup races held across Canada â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this past season.

Johnsgaard opened the tour with his first-ever top-30 finish in a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

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Whitehorseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emily Nishikawa celebrates a gold medal win as she crosses the finish line at the Haywood Ski Nationals this past March. Nishikawa and fellow Whitehorse skiers Dahria Beatty and Knute Johnsgaard have been named to the national team.

Canmore, Alta., on March 8.

She missed a spot in the semifinal by the tiny margin of 0.3

seconds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is always an honour to be renamed to the Canadian

National Team,â&#x20AC;? said Beatty in an email to the News. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This season was a really great one

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for me and I met the criteria (with a World Cup top-30) necessary for renomination, placing 15th in the Canmore World Cup, so I was expecting the nomination.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is great to officially be named back to the team although I was quite certain I would be,â&#x20AC;? said Johnsgaard in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My main goal for next season will be to qualify for the world championships â&#x20AC;Ś As always Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to thank everyone back home for the unconditional support given to us Yukoners training in Canmore!â&#x20AC;?

Next season will be Johnsgaardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second on the national team. The 23-year-old won a bronze in the senior menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10-kilometre at nationals and placed fourth in the open menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aggregate standings.

Beatty will be skiing for Canada a seventh straight year next season, counting four on the junior squad. The 22-year-old won two gold and a silver and placed second in the aggregate standings behind Nishikawa at nationals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Next season I have two main goals. I will be racing on the World Cup circuit to start off the season and my goal is to post some top-30 results in the first period of racing,â&#x20AC;? said Beatty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My other main focus will be the U23 world championships, which are in Utah next year. It is my last year as a U23 so I am putting a lot of emphasis on those races to try to produce the best performances possible there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is always a great feeling to have teammates nominated alongside you and I am really looking forward to another season with Em and Knute!â&#x20AC;?

Whitehorse will also continue to have a presence on Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Para-Nordic Ski Team. Nishikawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s older brother Graham will carry on his work as a guide for visually impaired para star Brian McKeever, a 10-time gold medalist at Paralympic Games.

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335-4749 or 668-4726 MINING CART, complete with track & switch, great yard display, $750.

403-915-6992 MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT womenĘźs clothes, down vest, sm, $50; rain pants, med, new, $80; shell jacket, med, $25; Lands End Prima Loft jacket, large, $30. 311B Hanson St. MASSEY FERGUSON disk seed drill in working order, offers; 12Ęź cultivator, offers.

633-3608 USED HEARTH pad to protect floor under wood stove, surface is matte black, size is approx. 4 x 5 feet. some scratches & dents, otherwise fine. 335-7555 FLAVORWAVE OVEN, $45; Jack Lalanne power juicer, $45; ice cream/dessert maker, new, mint cond, $18. 660-4321 HOT TUB, excellent condition, $5,900.

689-2191 YARDWORKS 10" 25CC Roto-tiller, used once, too small for our needs, $150. Call 335-2223 YUKON MADE bird houses. Call 332-6565 BELL DISH, 2 heads, 2 receivers, wires/manual included, $100 obo. 633-5463

Pool Supervisor Executive Assistant (Exempt, Term Position) Administrative Assistant (Permanent, Full-Time Position) Please send your rĂŠsumĂŠ and cover letter to: Cao-vhj@yknet.ca Chief Administrative OfďŹ cer, Monika Schittek Village of Haines Junction, Box 5339, Haines Junction, YT Y0B 1L0 No later than: 2:00 PM PaciďŹ c Time on Friday, May 13, 2016 More information is available at: http://www.hainesjunctionyukon.com/ index.php/village-services/jobs-tenders-rfps

2-PERSON INFLATABLE boat with paddle; canoe paddle, new, Grey Owl. 660-4321 BOLLARD POST, 7Ęź long, 6â&#x20AC;? inside diameter, 1/4â&#x20AC;? wall, new 1/2 price, $90. 667-6752 or 332-8706 ROLL OF 3â&#x20AC;? blue lay flat hose, 300Ęź, 100; 3â&#x20AC;? clear suction hose, 3 30Ęź sections 3â&#x20AC;? green suction hose, all 1/2 price of new. 334-6101 SET OF 2 speakers, Boze 901 series 6, comes with equalizer 21â&#x20AC;?W x 12â&#x20AC;?D x 12â&#x20AC;?H, excellent condition, call/text 335-8831 51 HUSQVARNA chain saw with 18â&#x20AC;? bar, $200 obo. 668-7748 SOLAR GROWING GREENHOUSE KITS for cold climates.

Order now.

Delivery in 2 to 4 weeks. www.solargrowingweebly.com Call Bob at 867-668-4965 CAST IRON fondue set based with enamel, 6 skewers, $50; 334-3043 HUSQVARNA 375, $300; Coleman 5000W generator; Yamaha 2600W generator; Pentax 35mm with lenses, $200 obo. 334-6043

Advertising Sales Representative The Yukon News, a twice-weekly award-winning newspaper has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time sales person.

The successful candidate will have sales experience â&#x20AC;&#x201C; preferably in the advertising or retail industry. The ability to build relationships with clients and offer superior customer service is a must. The winning candidate will be a team player and will also be called upon to grow the account list with an aggressive cold calling mandate.

The ability to work in an extremely fast paced environment with a positive attitude is a must.

We offer a great working environment with a competitive base salary coupled with a strong beneďŹ t package.

Black Press has more than 170 community newspapers across Canada and the United States and for the proven candidate the opportunities are endless.

Please submit your resume with a cover letter to Mike Thomas Publisher, Yukon News, 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, Y.T. Y1A 2E4 or email to mthomas@yukon-news.com No phone calls please.

www.blackpress.ca

www.yukonnews.com

Be a part of one of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most dynamic environmental and socioeconomic assessment processes; working with an energe c, progressive organiza on. We are commi ed to the well-being of our employees and encourage their personal and professional development.

Our commitment is to be an impar al, eďŹ&#x20AC;ec ve and eďŹ&#x192;cient organiza on that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Whitehorse Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce Full-Ć&#x;me, one year Term

Repor ng to the Manager, Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce, the Administra ve Assistant is responsible for providing recep on and administra ve support to the staďŹ&#x20AC; of the Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to work independently in a confiden al environment, with frequent interrup ons, and their ability to mul -task and priori ze their workload while maintaining a posi ve a tude with both co-workers and the public. Applicants must have experience with Microso Outlook, Word, Excel and Access.

The salary range for this posi on is $53,307.79 - $61,214.35 per annum.

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

A comprehensive job descrip on is available at the YESAB Head OďŹ&#x192;ce, Suite 200 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca.

Please submit applica ons to: Finance and Administra on Manager, YESAB Suite 200 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Toll free: 1.866.322.4040 Resumes must be received by May 29, 2016.

HEAVY DUTY Champion generator, 7800 starting watts, 6500 maximum rated watts, 120/240 volt electric start, 486 hours, $500.

633-6920 or 689-1952 DRESS FORM, new. Adjustable size, $50.

821-2953 TWO FLAT dual pane skylights, 24â&#x20AC;?x48â&#x20AC;?, $15 ea. 668-2802 SMALL VENTILATION fan with motor and louvered vent suitable for small shop or greenhouse, $40. 668-2802 KIRBY VACUUM w/attachments, vacuum used for parts, $50. 333-9020 DELUXE WALL tent, 12x14x5, new, $800.

633-6962 BRADFORD WHITE hydrojet, 40 gal, automatic propane water heater, no electricity required, near new cond, $800. 456-2633 MASTERCRAFT WOOD lathe, 36â&#x20AC;? in between centres, on metal stand, c/w turning chisels & manual, new cond. 456-2633 ANTIQUE CHAINSAW collection, approx 18 pieces, as is; 8ĘźX6Ęź sliding glass patio doors, complete in frame, new, unused. 456-2633 SET OF two speakers, Boze 901 series 6, comes with equalizer, 21â&#x20AC;?W, 12â&#x20AC;?D, 12â&#x20AC;?H, excellent condition, call or text 335-3381 UNICYCLE, 335-1391

NEW, never used, $150.

4,000 WATT generator, good condition, $200. 689-8506 BODO, HEMLOCK, Far-Infrared 2 person sauna. Used about 20 times. Like new.

Bought for $3700, asking $3000 obo.

689-9642 LOTUS PALM Thai Massage mat with side panels, including carry bag with rollers & secure strap. High density mat, super comfortable. Great condition. $150 obo. 689-9642 4 CANVAS-COVERED folding camp cots, exc shape, $50 ea; 5 folding camp beds, $15 to $20 ea; nylon folding camp chairs, exc shape, $10 ea. 332-6565 ASSORTED PROFESSIONAL framed nature photos, Yukon Landscape images, Inukshuks, caribou, $75 each. 689-9642

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 DOUBLE STAINLESS steel kitchen sink with faucet, $20. 633-6711 after 4:30pm LOG SHELL, 16ʼX20ʼ prefab log shell, ready to move, log work only. 668-3632 HON 4-DRAWER metal filing cabinet, exc shape, $350. 332-6565

Electrical Appliances WHIRLPOOL DUET washer/dryer, automatic front-loading washer w/heating element, Energy Star certified, dark grey, regular size, both in vg cond, stackable, $500 obo. 335-7555 MEDIUM BAR fridge, $85; medium size freezer, $125; apartment size stove/oven range, like new, $125; large coffee cambro, 90 cups, $175 firm. 403-915-6992 KENMORE FRIDGIDAIRE fridge, sxs fridge & freezer, 32 3/4' wide, 65" tall, 30" deep, white, water dispenser on outside, works fine, $150 obo; microwave, white, above stove model, free. 334-6724 BREVILLE SOUS Chef large capacity food processor, never used, retail $450, asking $225. 667-4418 INGLIS MATCHING washer & dryer, great working order, $200. 633-2837 7 CU ft compact freezer, good condition, $100. 689-8506 GE FRIDGE & stove, new, apartment size, still in boxes, $1,000. 335-1391

YUKON NEWS DONʼS FIREWOOD •Year round harvest/supply •Beetlekill stockpiled in Whitehorse •$235/cord delivered city limits U-Cut available “Firewood When You Want It!” 393-4397

Guns & Bows LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL 30-30 WINCHESTER Model 94, 1970, exc cond, $650. 667-6752 or 332-8706 RUGER REDHAWK 44 magnum stainless steel, like new, two boxes fired through it, $900. 336-0783 RUGER BISLEY 45 Long Colt, single action, blued/wood. 5 boxes fired through, c/w new rcbs dies, $900. 336-0783 SMITH & Wesson 500 magnum, 8 3/8 barrel, 40 rounds fired through, like new. Paid $1700, asking $1,300. 336-0783 REMINGTON MODEL 700 left hand, 30-06, $550. 667-4563 308 WINCHESTER, Ruger M77 composite stock/stainless steel with Bushnell scope, exc cond, accurate. Only 3 boxes of ammunition have gone through this rifle, $800.

332-1065

STACKABLE SMALL dryer, frame included for washer underneath, washer not included, $100 obo. 660-5545 eves

WANTED: WINCHESTER model 94 or model 64 30-30 or 32 special. Call/text 334-5666

KENMORE WASHING machine, works fine, small leak in bottom, free; Kenmore electric range, good working order, c/w convection oven, needs cleaning, no charge. 633-2837

WEATHERBY VANGUARD VGD2 Legend Blaze model with flame pattern synthetic stock, unfired, new in box, .30-06, 24” barrel, $750. 633-2443

FRIDGIDAIRE STOVE, white, excellent working condition, $75. 633-6711 after 4:30pm

BOITO 12 gauge sxs shotgun, 28” barrels, very good condition, $395. 633-2443

TVs & Stereos

54 ROUNDS, 7.62 x 54 Privi Partizan hunting ammunition + six once-fired cases for $65 or trade for same number of .270 Win., .308 Win, .303 Br. 633- 2443

SONY USB turntable, fully automatic, c/w software, hardly used, $50. 633-6711 after 4:30pm

WINCHESTER 1894 saddle ring carbine, has been totally rebuilt, excellent bore in 30-30 cal, $650. 456-2633

Computers & Accessories

SAVAGE MODEL 1899 short rifle, 30-30 cal, Williams receiver sight, not for collector, good shooter in good cond, $550. 456-2633

IPHONE 5S, with case & attachments, excellent condition, $200. 334-3043 OTTERBOX DEFENDER armoured case for Ipad AIr, hardly used, great condition, no scratches or marks, $40. 332-1281 IPAD AIR 2, new, still in box, Bluetooth keyboard including case, $85. 333-9020 IPHONE 5 Bell 16gb, c/w new battery, 2 chargers, new headphones, good condtion, $200. 335-2092 for more info

Musical Instruments PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com NATIVE DRUM, wolf, $200. 334-6043

Firewood

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC. Store (867) 633-3276 Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

✔ Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed ✔ Everything over 8" split ✔ Prices as low as $245 per cord ✔ Single and emergency half cord deliveries ✔ Scheduled or next day delivery

BRITISH PATTERN 1856 Enfield Musketoon, 16-gauge, percussion muzzle loader, made in India in 1900s for guard use, vg cond, $275. 456-2633 WANTED: 8MM mauser ammunition. Have lots of other ammo to trade. 335-4017 5.56 X 1,000 rounds @ $300; Nosler Custom brass, 338 Lapua, new, 2 x 25, $50; 223 Win Super Short Mag brass, new, 2 x 50, $25.

335-0281 223 WSSM 18 boxes, $15 ea; 338 Win Mag, 7 boxes, $50 ea; 7mm Rem Mag, 4 boxes, $50 ea; 22-250, 80 boxes, $10 ea; 335-0281 SAVAGE .22 Long rifle, heavy barrel, accutrigger. Shoots well, $200, PAL reqʼd.

334-7335

Wanted WANTED: COLLECTOR wants badges & patches from law enforcement, fire department, conservation officers, aircraft & firefighters etc throughout the Yukon. Contact 927 Atlantic Ave, Winnipeg Man, R2X 1L5 WANTED: POLYCARBONATE greenhouse, looking for 8 x 10 or 6 x 10 asap. 335-2962 WANTED: MOCCASIN overshoe, size 10 or 11; also single shot gun. 334-5435 WANTED: OLD pop machine, must be in working condition. 332-1999 WANTED: ELECTRIC fence solar energizer, preferably Parmak Solar Pak 12. Christina at 335-4806 WANTED: SOMEONE to bring about 8 boxes up from Victoria to Whitehorse.

667-426 lve msg WANTED: 4 tires, LT 235/80 R17, in good shape. Call August @ 393-4796

Cars MasterCard

Cheque, Cash S.A. vouchers accepted.

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

2010 MUSTANG GT convertible, V8, 5-spd manual, heated leather seats, gold & black, all maintenance records available, c/w extra floor mats, $58,000kms, $27,000. 336-0505 2009 TOYOTA Yaris, 73,000kms, $6,800.

336-1129 2008 CHEV Aveo, standard, 140,000kms, easy on fuel, doesnʼt burn oil, studded winter & summer tires, reliable, one driver, $5,000.

336-4556 or 335-7383

yukon-news.com 2003 HONDA Odyssey, 7-seater, 239,000 hwy kms, fully serviced, mechanical inspection, set of winter tires on rims, exc cond, $5,000 obo. 667-2067

2002 GMC Safari Cargo, fuel efficient 4.3 L 6 Cyl, white, AM/FM radio, shelving included, very well maintained, runs great, 280,000 highway kms, $4,300 obo. 660-4646

2001 CHEVROLET Tracker, 164,991kms, near new tires, small oil & coolant leak, runs & steers good, black, has been driven up to April 25 2016, $1,650 obo. 333-9084 1998 GMC Yukon, new motor, all electric, leather throughout, heated seats, well maintained. Al @ 456-2037 or 332-9183 1997 GMC Yukon, 2-dr, 350 V8 motor, 138,000 km, $5,800. 667-2976 or 333-0901

2007 CHRYSLER 300, custom chrome rims, tires & stereo system. Well maintained, 164,000 kms, $7,100 obo. 333-3457 or 334-3456 2007 FORD Taurus, silver, 180,000 kms, good condition, $3,200. 334-2132 2007 MATRIX, blue, no rust, 2 sets tires on rims, 250,000 kms, motor 130,000, standard, clutch 70%, spare alternator & pwr steering pump, new fluids, gd interior, $4,500.

633-4315

The VILLAGE OF TESLIN, in conjunction with DESLIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is seeking

2007 MUSTANG convertible, 39,000kms, 2 new 16” Perelli tires on Mustang rims, custom made seat covers, full undercoating, summer driven only, $18,500 obo. 667-6221

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (E.O.I.) FOR THE SUPPLY OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

2007 NISSAN Versa, auto, A/C, 157000 km, new w/s, service and battery, winter tires on rims, good shape, $5,500 obo. 334-9643 2007 TOYOTA FJ cruiser, fully loaded, 190,000 kms, 5-spd auto, winch & other great features, part time/full time 4WD. Call 333-9277 2006 FORD Focus, 93,000kms, fully loaded, leather, 4-dr sedan, $7,500 obo.

867-536-7206 2005 VW Passat TDI wagon, automatic, 47 mpg, 275,000 km, $7,500 obo. Call 660-5101 for more details.

2001 HONDA Civic, good cond, low kms @ 86,500, plum color, auto, remote start, hardly used winter tires, hasnʼt been driven in last 2 yrs, $6,000 obo. 456-2928 2001 PONTIAC Grand Prix, 115,000 kms, runs great, great condition, power windows, $4,300 obo. 334-3456

for use on anticipated projects for the 2016 construction season, including Building Canada Fund and Community Development Fund funded projects. These projects include: r r r r r

Continued road improvements; Completion of Lift Stations; Community drainage; Road right-of-way clearing and mowing; Other projects within the immediate Teslin area, such as may arise.

Responses will be accepted only on forms as provided in E.O.I. packages and received by 4:00 p.m May 17, 2016.

2001 WINDSTAR, +200km, was running when parked but has issues, may be easy fix or not, $100. 668-7595

Interested parties can access information and E.O.I. submittal package by contacting:

2000 CHRYSLER Neon, excellent condition, low kms at 94,000, $8,000 obo. 393-2630

Ted Lambert at: e-mail: deslindevcorp@gmail.com cell: 867-334-8486

1996 PONTIAC transport 3400 cc motor, 213,000kms, needs minor repairs, $950 obo.

334-6101 1992 DODGE Caravan, 22,500kms, runs well, needs muffler, has good rubber, $550 obo. 399-3920 eves 1958 FORD Edsel, Pacer, original cond, runs well, has inspection, needs windshield, $3,600 obo. 399-3920 eves

Trucks 2014 DODGE Ram 1500 ST, quad cab, short box, 4WD, only 118,000kms, gas, remote start, new tires, exc cond, $19,900.

668-7455 or 667-4463 2013 CHEVY Silverado, 4WD, ext cab, 5.3, blue, remote start, runs great, great condition, 60,000 kms, $33,500. Call 332-4098 2011 F350 Super Duty XLT FX4 off-road package, long box, headache rack, box rails, wood box liner, 6.2L V8, gas, white, 88000 km, good condition, $25,000. 668-2414 2011 FORD F-150 4X4 3.7 Litres V6 automatic, 114,500Km 6 speed transmission, $15,500 obo. 867-456-2121 2010 FORD F150 4X4 extʼd cab, 8' box, blue, 5.0 V-8, 130,000 kms, one owner, vg cond, $18,500. 993-3490 2009 GMC 3500 HD 4x4 extended cab, lots of extras, gas engine, low kms at 72,000, $23,500 obo. 334-1859 2008 FORD F350 Lariat, 4X4, crew cab, diesel, 141,000 kms. 335-6560 2008 TOYOTA Tacoma, access cab, V6, 155,000 km, nice shape, new brakes, new tires, summer and winter tires on rims, undercoated, tonneau cover, command start, open to offers. Vernon 335-8530 2007 3500 Dodge dually 4X4, 136,000kms, diesel, exc cond, $20,000. 689-1789

2014 TOYOTA Corolla LE CVT. Fully loaded with heated leather, sunroof, command start & extʼd warranty. Only 18,547 kms, $21,450.

334-2152

2006 TOYOTA Sienna, 152,300 kms, mostly hwy driven. Well maintained, exc cond, remote start, stereo, exc winter tires (Nokian Hakkapeliitta-8 studded tires), Thule chains, $9,950. 668-7361

2012 SUBARU Impreza, 2.0I, 4-dr wagon, 4WD, only 41,000kms, 2L, 4-cyl, CVT auto, A/C, clean, 2 sets of tires, $12,500.

668-7455 or 667-4463

2005 CHEV Silverado 1500, ext cab, long box with tonneau cover, great condition, runs excellent, price reduced to $7,100 obo.

334-3456

2011 TOYOTA Corolla sport model, 49,000 kms, auto, extended warranty to March 31, 2021 or 120,000 kms, $16,000. 633-5943

2005 F150 Ford p/u, new tires, front end rebuilt last fall, needs spark plugs changed but have them, $4,000. 335-3237

2011 TOYOTA Yaris, automatic, P/W, very low kms, $6,500. 334-1935

2003 FORD Explorer Sport 4X4, runs great.

689-8506

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ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

Please check www.volunteeryukon.ca to find more volunteer opportunities.

Little Footprints Big Steps International Development Org. is Seeking Volunteers for the 4th Annual GALA Garage Sale Fundraiser Event Support Task description: • Help spread the word - for donating items & for shopping!

• Collect items for Sale • Help set up night before event • Help at event Responsibilities: Varied, based on what you would like to help with Skills needed: Is caring and has a good smile :-) Time commitment: Varied, based on what you would like to help with, but can be between TODAY and EVENT day (May 28) Incentive for the volunteer: Peek preview of items at set up...GREAT feeling

Little Footprints Big Steps International Development Org. is Looking for Volunteers: French Translation

Task description: At times we have documents that need to be translated from French into English or from English into French to support our work in Haiti. IF you would like to join our Translation Team, please let me know!

Responsibilities: Providing accurate translations of short documents as needed.

Skills needed: Able to translate small documents. French to English, or English to French.

Time commitment: You would be one of a small, wonderful translation team. Documents come in at various times and lengths, so you can let us know if you have the time to do the translation at the time it comes in.

For both volunteer opportunities: Karen Wienberg, Little Footprints Big Steps International Development Org., karen@littlefootprintsbigsteps. com, (867) 334-3928

You work for a non-profit organization and you would like to add your volunteer opportunities? Please click on http://www.volunteeryukon.ca/.

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Pet of the Week!

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1995 CHEV Blazer rebuilt tranny & diff, 350 motor runs good. Chev Malibu for parts, good motor & tranny, needs front end work, bumper & clips $1500/both. 336-3922 1995 DODGE 5.9L, Super Cab, DSL, auto, 12-valve 2-wheel drive, Hirise canopy, 3/4 ton diesel, Hankook tires, 240,000 miles, new rad, fuel pump, 2 new batteries, water pump, thermostat, synthetic oil, $3,500 firm.

August @ 393-4796 1991 CHEVY Blazer, 0:1 charge, new brakes, $900. 334-6043

Come on down & visit with ALL OF US at the shelter.

1991 TOYOTA Hiace diesel window van, RHD, 4x4, automatic, decent rubber, mechanically sound, $4,000. 333-9914

Our Wish List...

1968 CHEV 3-T dump truck, 350 2-speed, 12Ęź dump box, runs great, $3,500. 633-2433

Surgical Vinyl Gloves - Medium & Large 1FU 4BGF 4BOE %F *DFST t 3VCCFS (MPWFT Medium & Large Pure Canned Pumpkin 4MPX 'FFE %PH %JTIFT t BLEACH %PH #FET t $BU -JUUFS t 1PPQ #BHT )FBWZ %VUZ &YUSB -BSHF (BSCBHF #BHT LAUNDRY DETERGENT t *OTVMBUFE %PH )PVTFT .PQ )FBET t 5PXFMT t 4UBNQT 8IJUF 3BXIJEFT t 1SP 1FU "EVMU %PH 'PPE Summit Puppy Food

1955 INTERNATIONAL 3-ton flat deck, good paint, seats, exc tires, complete but not running, good project truck, $2,500.

456-2633

633-6019

Our Big Item Wish List! " 8BTIJOH .BDIJOF t " 4BOJUJ[JOH %JTIXBTIFS " NJDSPXBWF

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

126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11

2016

SHAKER SLUICE box on skids, moves 4-5 yards per hour, 5HP Honda motor, fits on 1/2 ton truck, needs 3â&#x20AC;? pump, $6,400 obo.

633-5362

2009 SUZUKI Boulevard trike, like new, 3730 kms. Triked by Lehman, always stored indoors. Parked last three years. 5 coats triple pearl white paint, $18,000 firm. 633-6920

2005 YAMAHA 15 HP, 4 stroke long shaft.

Less than 20 hours. Starts and runs awesome, c/w adapter to charge battery.

333-1002 2009 YAMAHA V Star 1300 touring cruiser, new tires, leather saddlebags, recent tune-up/oil change, windshield, passenger back rest, plug in, $4,750. 333-9020

1985 HONDA Shadow VT1100 cc, 90,000kms, windshield, beautiful classic bike, $3,500. 633-4246 lv msg

Help control the pet overpopulation problem

4 BLIZZAK winter tires w/rims, 215/60 R15, 2 new, 90%, fits Ęť04-Ęź05 Subaru, $400 firm,.

August @ 393-4796

633-6019

1990 HONDA 800cc Pacific Coast Touring, 25,000kms, excellent mechanical condition, regularly maintained, lots of power, $1,550.

334-8197

4 WINTER Nokian extra load, 195/65R 15 RX, like new, $100 ea or $350 for set.

867-862-7047

have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

...that you can submit your Independent Grocer receipts to help Mae Bachur Animal Shelter? Drop them off at the Shelter for every $5000 in receipts, Independent Grocers give the Shelter a donation

GABRIEL ULTRA G Force Strut for front right side of KIA Sedona 2002-2005 year, model #G52035. $25; KYB Excel-G gas shock absorbers, model #344296, fits Kia Sedona 2002-2005, both $50. 334-6628 2 NOKIA winter tires, 175/70 R13, used 20%, set for $100. 862-7047 ALUMINUM HEAD ache rack for full size p/u, $500; P/u box off 2001 F250 full size, $500. 334-3237

Pets CANINE GOOD Neighbour test, presented

by Yukon Schutzhund Association, Sunday August 21, 2016 at 1pm. Register @ Yukon.Schutzhund@gmail.com, or 333-0505

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

DOG TRAVEL kennel, 40-60lbs size, $150; Western saddles, 1-$250 & $350.

403-915-6992

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles Huey

Max

Alana

Attina

And more...

Eleodora

Come for a visit and meet your next furry family member!

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 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

RUNNING AT LARGE...

If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382 If your lost animal has been inadvertently left off the pet report or for more info on any of these animals, call 633-6019 or stop by 126 Tlingit Street.

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

You can also check out our award winning website at:

WWW.HUMANESOCIETYYUKON.CA

2009 Suzuki Boulevard Trike Like brand new. Only 3730 kms! Always stored inside. Parked last three years. 5 coats of beautiful pearl white paint. Triked by Lehman.

$18,000 ďŹ rm â&#x2030;Ľ Call 633-6920

1972 BAYLINER Saratoga, 27Ęź, reburbished overall, 5.7L, Bravo 3-leg, espar heater, radios, GPS, radar, auto pilot, fridge/stove/toilet, electric downriggers, fully equipped & ready to go, runs/fishes great, $12,000.

334-1176

SNOWMOBILE/ATV RAMP, aluminum bifold, 6Ęźx4Ęź, $50. 667-4563

Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100

HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE SHELTER: 5VFT 'SJ QN QN t 4BU BN QN $-04&% 4VOEBZT .POEBZT

16Ęź STARCRAFT boat, c/w trailer, new Mercury 25 hp 2-cycle engine, $3,200 obo.

332-0067

Heavy Equipment

WANTED: DOUBLE axle flatbed trailer to build mini home on, will pay up to $3,000.

Any help/advice greatly appreciated.

778-350-2085 Veronica

Auto Parts & Accessories

17.5Ęź ALUMINUM boat, 50 HP motor, 8 HP kicker, forward controls, removable canopy, $4000 firm. 334-8395

2008 HARLEY Davidson Ultra Classic, loaded, lots of extras, lots of chrome, 44,000 kms, $18,000. 334-6657

TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box

...that we have accounts with both P&M Recycling and Raven Recycling? You can drop off your recycling with them, tell them that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a donation for us and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll add your recycling to our account!

Luna

2004 SUZUKI V-Strom 650 Adventure Touring. 22,000kms, blue, new tires & chain, signal lights in hand guards, side & centre stand, $4300 obo. 334-5799

2007 HONDA CBR 125 3,298 kms Great little starter bike Runs great $1,350 334-7257

...that you can donate credit at The Feed Store for us so we can purchase food and other items for the animals?

Adella

2012 NINJA 250 â&#x20AC;˘Practically new, 458kms. â&#x20AC;˘Never dropped. â&#x20AC;˘Great condition. $3,500.00 Call 334-5660

1998 SUZUKI King Quad 300, excellent shape, $4,000. 334-3237

4 MOTOMASTER AW all seasons, P185/70 R14, like new, w/rims, 5-stud, $100 ea or $350 for set. 867-862-7047

Dewey

2005 POLARIS 500 quad w/winch, $4,500 obo. 668-6931

INTERNATIONAL CAB-OVER tandem dump truck, good rubber, 10 yard gravel box, $7,500. 456-2633

4 NEW studded winter tires on Chevrolet rims, P235/75 R15, $375. 333-9020

633-6019

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

YUKON NEWS

MINI-EXCAVATORS and skid steer loaders for rent, Dawson area.

With or without operator, mob/de-mob available.

Great for landscaping, mining, general construction.

Call Joe 867-993-3914 1998 385 Peterbilt M11, Cummins, 370 HD 10-speed, 690,000kms, air, tilt, cruise, runs great, no issues, c/w 17,000lb 8Ęź folding crane, c/w 5th wheel, $25,000 obo.

633-5274 CAT D11N, D10N, D9N, Cat 400D 40 Ton Rock Truck 8"X6" Self-Priming Cornell Water Pump, Cyl JD Engine, 6"X8" Berkley Pump on 4 Cyl Yanmar, 1500 Hrs. Complete with Suction 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 2009 MITSUBISHI dump truck Fuso FG 140 4x4, is diesel, does not take DEF, 40,000km with tow hitch & trailer brakes, electric hydraulic dump. 250-634-2811

2005 HARLEY Sportster 883, 11,800 kms, windshield, saddlebags, custom seat, roll-bars, hwy pegs, $4,000 obo. 667-4019 or text 335-1996

100 BARREL truck water tank, c/w 3â&#x20AC;? Bowie water pump air lines & controls, $4,500.

334-6101

Marine

150 GAL Tidy Tank, c/w electric pump, $650 obo. 334-6101

PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 30HP TOHATSU, short shaft, 4 stroke, electric tilt, start, as new, minimum hours, c/w remote controls inclĘźg steering, tank, hose & extra prop, $3,200. 633-2118 YUKAN CANOE 2016 Paddling Courses. â&#x20AC;˘Canoe, Kayak, Rescue and SUP courses. â&#x20AC;˘Whitewater Canoes, Kayaks, SUP Boards, Voyageur Canoe and Drysuits rentals.

Book On-line: WWW.YUKANCANOE.COM OR email info@yukancanoe.com For more info: 667-2628 9.8 HP marine long shaft outboard motor, $1,000. 667-2976 or 333-0901 1984 14Ęź Zodiac MKII with 25hp Mercury motor, windshield, seats, 12V pump, accessory kit, sale by original owner, $4,850 obo. To view call 667-2667 1988 MARINER boat engine, 25 hp, long shaft, motor runs great, needs lower unit, $500 obo. 335-8937 18Ęź LUND boat, gal. trailer, 50hp Honda & 4hp Yamaha shocks, center consul, electric downriggers, floor boards, travel cover, S.S. bow rails, $14,700. 667-6752 or 332-8706 65HP MERC outboard with controls, $200.

668-7748 GLASS FLOTATION balance, used years ago by Japanese fishermen, floated in the West Coast of Vancouver Island, great item for collectors. 668-5786 WANTED: OLD canvas canoe for landscaping project. Can be damaged or very old.

335-2479

3406B CAT motor & retarder, has new fan hub & injectors, needs oil cooler rebuilt, $5,000 obo. 334-6101 150 KW Caterpillar diesel generator, $8,000.

633-3616 13 KW Perkins diesel generator, $4,500.

633-3616 20 KW Iveco diesel generator, $2,500.

633-3616 CLARK C25 CL, 2005 Forklift, 188â&#x20AC;? mast, side shift, 8,000 hours, 4-cyl engine on propane, exc cond, $20,000. 633-5274

Aircraft LORD DYNAFOCAL type 1 engine mounts for Lycoming O-320 E2D d2a . I am looking to purchase low or mid time mounts for my project. 334-6087

Campers & Trailers TAITĘźS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon 1987 27Ęź Econoline motorhome, sleeps 6, great shape, 87,000 miles, excellent tires, must see, clean, $9,000 obo. 668-6931 eves or 332-9355 days 20Ęź ENCLOSED trailer, side door, rear barn doors, tandem axles, next to new, good shape, $6,000 obo. 335-4749 or 668-4726 1996 TRIPLE E Topaz trailer, 22Ęź, excellent condition, fully equipped, full bathroom, well maintained, long side awning, must be seen, $10,800. 333-0251

22' FABER freighter canoe in good shape, $3,000. 633-6962

9.5Ęź BIGFOOT camper, 4 seasons, vg cond, electric jacks, full bath, fridge, stove, furnace, outside shower, $10,000. 334-4110

20Ęź FIREGLASS hull cruiser, full length closed canopy, Chev inboard marine engine on EZ-load trailer, exc cond. 456-2633

2010 JAYCO Feather Light, used about 6 times, slideout, sleeps 6, TV, radio, air cond, $25,000. More info @ 333-9507

ANTIQUE OUTBOARD motor collection, approx 36 pieces, as is. 456-2633

2008 15' Hi-Lo travel trailer, perfect shape, small light weight, easy to tow, 3-way fridge, gas stove/oven, gas heat, toilet/shower, duel deep cycle batteries, A/C, electric brakes, 20,000kms, $9,000. 335-2223

20Ęź NORWEST wooden freighter canoe, built in 2002, used little, c/w trailer & 35hp Seahorse, $4,500 obo. 399-3920 eves 19' FG International class, lightning sailboat, c/w 2 sets of sails, and is on a EZ loader trailer. Fast hard chine sailboat, $3800 obo.

Call/text 334-5737

2008 16Ęź Continental cargo trailer, good condition, side man-door, rear barn-style doors, interior e-track on both sides for tie-downs, rubber mat floor, $4,950 obo in Tagish.

867-399-3042 or 399-4244

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 2008 39.5ʼ Tahoe toy hauler 5th wheel trailer, back room 12ʼX8ʼ, electric bunks, ramp c/w full gazebo, sat TV, Onan generator, outside body work needed, $16,000 obo.

333-0464 18ʼ CAR hauler, dual 3,500lb axles, 2 5/16” ball hitch, heavy frame, slide in ramps, 8,000lb winch, $4,500 obo. 334-6101 2003 VANGUARD Legend W258 26ʼ 5th wheel, sleeps 6, new tires, 6 cu ft fridge/stove, $12,000. Call or text 334-7008 2006 JAYCO Baja camping hauler. Made for the Yukon, where. Tons of room. Sleeps fridge, water tank & heater.

332-4156

trailer & toy will go any5-7, furnace, $8,700 obo.

2010 CONCORD Coachmen 300TS RV, 3 slides, 30ʼ, Triton V10, loaded, immaculate condition, 26,000kms, $79,900 obo.

336-3260 or 336-1627 for details/viewing FOR 5TH Wheel, Rockwell table, 20,000 lbs, Reese self lock, good shape, $500 firm.

August at 393-4796

Coming Events ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail glacierviewcabins@gmail.com www.glacierviewcabins.ca ELECTRIC FENCING technique workshop for small and large scale food producers, May 28th. Limited availability, fills quickly.

Contact WildWise Yukon for more info.

335-5212, info@wildwise.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 LORNE MOUNTAIN Community Centre AGM, May 19th Thursday 7pm followed by fun, community games and BBQ info www.mountlorne.yk.net TUNGSTEN, NWT 30 Year Reunion, invitation to all former Tungstenites, June 24-28, 2016, Mount Robson Provincial Park, Valemount, BC. Join the group on Facebook or call/text: Ingrid Hillgren (867) 689-4969 SLIDE INTO German. Join our group, learn and/or practice German over coffee every Saturday at the Birch and Bear, Waterfront Station, 10am-11am, no charge. Call 334-6948 for info.

YUKON RIVER Trail Marathon. Sunday August 7th, Filling fast. www.yukonmarathon.com BRAEBURN LAKE Christian Camp now accepting registrations for the 2016 Summer Camping season. Children ages 6 - 14. See www.braeburncamp.ca for forms and information. Discounts for early birds and multiple children.

YUKON NEWS PUCK POCKET AGM will be held June 6, 2016 at 7pm, Location 17 - 9th avenue Whitehorse Yukon.

CALLING ANYONE who would like to volunteer and anyone who want to join in the 2016 Mud Boggs. Meeting @ the Bogg grounds@7pm on May 27th.

LDAY AGM: Join the Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon for our AGM - Tuesday, May 31, Whitehorse United Church, 7pm. www.ldayukon.com YUKON QUEST AGM, Thursday May 12, 7pm, Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre, Artist's Room. For nomination forms call 668-4711.

Refreshments, door prizes. All welcome.

STEINER STUDY group meetings Tuesdays at 7 pm, in Hillcrest. Explore the spiritual science of anthroposophy. Free. 335-2300 or email: jgraf5@yahoo.ca U KON Echelon bike club is putting on criterium races at Titanium Way on May 4, 18, June 1, 15, 29, July 1, 6 & 13. 393-4700 WRESTLING ASSOCIATION of Yukon Annual General Meeting May 17th @ 5:30pm at Holy Family Elementary. Anyone interested in Olympic Freestyle wrestling is welcome.

For information call 332-1065 or theodore.hupe@gmail.com YUKON ORIENTEERING Association meet on May 18 at Yukon College. Register at 6:00pm in college staff parking lot. For information call Barbara at 668-2306 SUNDAY, MAY 15, 11am-2pm, Whitehorse Public Library, downstairs meeting room, CCA Yukon Support Group drop-in meeting Celiac Disease, Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity or Dermatitis Herpetiformis.

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 10am-12noon, Dawson City Community Hospital, front entrance. CCA Yukon Support Group awareness drop-in meeting for Celiac Disease, Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity, Dermatitis Herpetiformis.

PARAMEDIC SERVICES Week May 22 – 28th, Volunteer Ambulance Services Society Prehospital Care Expo Saturday May 28th 12-5pm Takhini Arena. Foodbank Donations Entrance Fee, VASS-Yukon.ca VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE Services Society hosting Prehospital Care Expo. Inviting Food trucks to work 12-5pm May 28 2016 @ Takhini arena parking lot. Contact info Education@VASS-Yukon.ca YUKON SHOOTING Federation AGM Saturday June 4, 12 noon at Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club. All shooting sports welcome.

YUKON BIRD Club field trip, Thursday May 12, Yukon Wildlife Preserve with Jake Paleczny. Meet at the Preserve at 6pm, 2 hrs, $7 entrance fee. Everyone welcome.

YUKON BIRD Club event, Saturday 14 May, Upper Liard, spring songbirds with Ted Murphy-Kelly, Albert Creek Bird Observatory, 7:30am, 2 hrs. Everyone welcome.

YUKON BIRD Club field trip. Sunday 15 May, Carcross, scenic birding at Nares Lake with Joel Luet. Meet at Carcross Commons at 1pm, 2 hrs YUKON BIRD Club field trip. Tuesday 17 May, Whitehorse, songbirds of Paddy's Pond with Mary Whitley. Meet at SKKY hotel at 5:30pm, 2 hrs. Everyone welcome.

YUKON BIRD Club field trip Wednesday 18 May, Whitehorse, birding the Fish Lake Road with Boris Dobrowolsky. Meet at Porter Creek Super A 6pm, 2 hrs YUKON BIRD Club field trip Wednesday 18 May, Watson Lake, meet Susan Drury at the First Wye Lake Park cabin at 6:30pm, 3.5 hrs

YUKON HUMANE Society yard sale, Mae Bachur shelter, Saturday & Sunday, May 14 & 15. We are accepting donations on Friday May 13 from 10am-5pm YUKON FOOD for Learning Association AGM Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at noon at the YTA Offices, 2064 2nd Avenue, Whitehorse. Everyone welcome. For more information 633-5352 or ykfoodforlearning@gmail.com TEEN PARENT Access to Education Society AGM May 19th at 7pm at The Teen Parent Centre. New members welcome.

4TH AVENUE & Steele Street, downtown, Saturday May 28, 8am-12noon, Knights of Columbus charity yard sale COMMUNITY LITTER pickup Friday, May 13, 3-9pm. Meet outside of Walmart parking lot. Hosted by the Yukon Green Party. All welcome! Call Kristina Calhoun for details.

633-3392 PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, June 6th, 5:15 pm, Guild Hall. All Welcome. Info 633-4829 THE ALZHEIMER/ Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. A group for family/friends caring for someone with dementia. Info call Joanne 668-7713 FIREFIT COMBAT team fundraiser. BBQ and car wash, May 21, Shipyards Park, 10am-4pm. Hotdogs, pizza, cotton candy.

Car wash by donation. Kids activities courtesy WFD.

Services 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 Need A Roof?

ALPHA ROOFING CONTRACTOR Residential • Commercial New roof • Roof inspection Re-roof • Leak repair Shingles Torch-on • Tin roof • Journeyman High quality workmanship 332-4076 BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 NEED A LOAN? Own Property? Have Bad Credit? We can help! Call toll free 1 866 405 1228 www.firstandsecondmortgages.ca

Nov 15

1970 TO

April 23

RIVERSIDE SERVICE

Sunday, May 15 at 2 pm Meet behind Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre, we will walk to a place where we can all say goodbye to Caleb. Bring anything you want to leave as a gift for him at the memorial.

2016

CELEBRATION OF CALEB’S LIFE SERVICE Saturday, May 21 Service at 2 pm

Nakwataku Potlatch House, Whitehorse Dinner to follow.

You’re welcome to bring Caleb’s favourite dishes to share with family and friends.

Hester Pretorius was a lovely wife, caring mother and a wonderful friend. She was truly an amazing person with an infectious smile, playful nature and a great sense of humour.

On April 23, 2016 she was taken away too soon from everyone who loved her. Although she is physically no longer with us, she has touched our lives, made the world a better place for everyone who knew her, and left us with wonderful everlasting memories.

Ilze & Surene, her beautiful daughters, live on knowing that Hester will always be their guiding light and remain in their hearts. Fred, her loving husband, will carry on knowing Hester, his soul mate, with whom he shared the last 26 years, will always be part of him.

A celebration of Hester’s life will be held on May 15, 2016 starting at 1pm till 3 pm at the Golden Age Society, 4th Avenue, Whitehorse.

Join the family for a celebration of life at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre 231 Regina Avenue, Victoria, BC Sunday, May 15, 2016 | 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

WHERE DO I GET THE NEWS? The Yukon News is available at these wonderful stores in Whitehorse:

PORTER CREEK Secondary School is looking for people who are interested in participating in a community garden located at the school. Please call 667-8044 or email: kyla.greve@yesnet.yk.ca for more information.

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PORTER CREEK

Coyote Video Goody’s Gas Green Garden Restaurant Super A Porter Creek Trails North

Fourth Avenue Petro Mac’s Fireweed Books Ricky’s Restaurant Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall Superstore

RIVERDALE: 38 Famous Video Super A Riverdale Tempo Gas Bar

Superstore Gas Bar Tags Walmart Well-Read Books Westmark Whitehorse Yukon Inn Yukon News Yukon Tire

AND …

Kopper King McCrae Petro Takhini Gas Yukon College Bookstore

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WHITEHORSE CARES, fundraiser for Fort McMurray, Jarvis St. Saloon, Friday May 13, doors open at 7pm, bands at 8pm, entrance by cash donation, silent auction. 633-2864 for more info

Hester Pretorius

September 21, 1937 – May 6, 2016

HILLCREST

HAIKU CANADA Weekend 2016, May 20-22. Info/register: www.haikucanada.org

YUKON BIRD Club field trip, Haines Junction Wednesday 11 May. Meet Julia Bauer at the Frosty Freeze at 7pm, 2 hrs. Everyone welcome.

(nee Piché)

GET TOGETHER en français. Painless French for everyone in Dawson! Pot luck, entertainment for kids, and live music. May 13th, 5:30 pm, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. dawson@afy.yk.ca

I WOULD like to connect with those who have/had brain tumours to start a Brain Tumour walk next year & support group. If there is any interest contact me at thetraveleryt@yahoo.ca

FEAR OF Public Speaking? Take your confidence to the next level. Toastmasters, noon, Thursdays, Sport Yukon Bldg., 4th Ave. 204-880-724 cell or just show-up, guests welcome

Mary Adele Mercure McLean

YUKON TABLE Tennis Championships May 14 & 15, Saturday school event & junior competition, Sunday Menʼs/Womenʼs singles & doubles. For more info contact 668-3358

ANYONE INTERESTED in joining an architecture/environmental science club here in Whitehorse email me at rs24dust@yahoo.com

WRITING WORKSHOP (adults): Writing for Young Adults, Sat May 14 from 3 – 5 pm, Whitehorse Pubic Library, registration necessary, space limited.

YUKON BIRD Club field trip Thursday 19 May, Whitehorse, Judas Creek migration spectacle with Jim Hawkings. Meet at the SS Klondike at 5:30pm, 3.5 hrs

TEETLʼIT GWICHʼIN of Whitehorse will hold a fundraiser for Fort McMurray residents on Saturday, May 14. Bannock, donuts, buns, tea & coffee. Time and place to be announced.

KLUANE MOUNTAIN Bluegrass Festival June 10 to 12. Weekend passes on sale: Dean's Strings (Whitehorse), Kluane Machine (HJ) and online: www.yukonbluegrass.com. Buy now to avoid disappointment!

PRIVATE ART SALE Fredrick W. Lemke Saturday, 14 May 2016, 10 am-3pm, 108 Lobird Trailer Court.

Watercolour Originals 40% off.

Limited Edition Prints 50% off.

668-7001

PORTER CREEK Secondary School Council regular council meeting is on May 11, 2016 at 6:30pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

YUKON BIRD Club field trip, Saturday 14 May, Dawson-Klondike birding with Cynthia Hunt. Meet at Henderson's Corner north entrance 8am, 2 hrs

FREE BALL Pit Drop In May 14th at the Heart of Riverdale from 11am-3pm, sponsored by Due North Maternity and Baby.

Parental Supervision is required. No Ball Pit May 7th

ANNUAL GALA Garage Sale fundraiser for Haiti. May 28 at Whitehorse Elementary gym. Want to help? Items to donate?

334-3928 karen@littlefootprintsbigsteps.com

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WEDNESDAY

12:00 Noon Anglican Church on 4th & Elliott, Back Door Entrance

FRIDAY

7:00 PM Lutheran Church Basement Beginners Mtg (4th & Strickland) 8:00 PM Lutheran Church Basment Regular Mtg (4th & Strickland)

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.

ATLIN, B.C. Thursday

7:30PM 5 Mile Group (OM) Tlingit Cultural Centre 1-250-651-7799

BEAVER CREEK, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

CARCROSS, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

CARMACKS, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

DAWSON CITY, YT Thursday Friday Saturday

6:00PM Dawson City Hospital Room 2160 1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Dawson City Hospital Room 2160 7:00PM North Star Group (Open) Community Support Centre 1233-2nd Ave. (1st Floor) 1 -867-993-3734 or 993-5095

DESTRUCTION BAY, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

FARO, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

HAINES JUNCTION, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

MAYO, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

OLD CROW, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

PELLY CROSSING, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

ROSS RIVER, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

TESLIN, YT Wednesday 7:00PM Soaring Eagles Group (Open) G Bldg, #4 McLeary Street 1-867-390-2065 Friday 1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

WATSON LAKE, YT Friday

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre (Downstairs)

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Anonymous MEETINGS: Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm 404A Ogilvie Street <BYTE> Fridays 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 4071 - 4th Avenue <Many Rivers>

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS in Whitehorse

MONDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm New Beginnings Group (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. TUESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 7:00 pm Juste Pour Aujourdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;hui (CM) 4141B - 4th Avenue & Jarvis 8:00 pm Ugly Duckling Group (CM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. WEDNESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm No PufďŹ n Group (CM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm Porter Creek Step Meeting (CM) 1607 Birch Street THURSDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 7:30 pm Polar Group (OM) (Porter Creek) Seventh Day Adventist Church 1609 Birch Street, downstairs FRIDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 1:30 pm Yukon Unity Group (OM) #4 Hospital Rd. (Resource Room) 8:00 pm Whitehorse Group (OM) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. SATURDAY: 1:00 pm Detox Meeting (OM) Sarah Steele Bldg, 6118-6th Ave. (left side door) 2:30 pm Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital #5 Hospital Road (Board Room) 7:00 pm Hospital Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital #5 Hospital Road, boardroom SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Detox Meeting (OM) Sarah Steele Bldg, 6118-6th Ave. (left side door) 7:00 pm Hospital Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital #5 Hospital Road, boardroom OM - open mixed, includes anyone CM - closed mixed, includes anyone with a desire to stop drinking

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References available 867-335-9272 Motorhome or Truck Delivery Service.

Have you purchased a vehicle down south and need it driven home?

Class 1, air brake endorsed driver available.

Over 3 million accident free km's.

Very familiar with the Alaska Hwy. Any size of motorhome or truck/trailer combination is not a problem.

Grant at Gauge Logistics, gshear3@gmail.com or text/call 250-319-1970

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

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

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FOUND: FISHING tackle box at Lewis River bridge about a week ago. 334-9039 LOST: CAMERA lens cap with polarizing filter attached at either Canyon Creek or Otter Falls. Really would like to get this back.

334-8706 FOUND: SUM of money in Whitehorse.

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Sports Equipment WANTED: CRUISER bike or racing style bike. 660-4321 HYBRID KAYAK, very sturdy, stored indoor over winters, seats 3 with option of rudder in front and/or back, $900 obo. 333-0933 DIRT JUMPER Norco one25, new in 2012, excellent shape hardly any scratches, $600 obo. Text only to 333-4114 BASKET BALL stand and net, permanent structure to give away. U pick up. 668-2506 SPALDING GOLF clubs, new, includes cart, ice cooler, covers, complete set incl. putter & tees, $250. 333-9020

First Nation of Nacho Nyäk Dun

MAYO, YUKON

INVITATION TO BID Food Service for the FNNND Annual General Assembly June 24, 25 & 26, 2016.

First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun invites the submission of sealed Bids from qualiďŹ ed food service management providers for the preparation and delivery of meals for their 2016 Annual General Assembly.

Questions regarding this bid should be directed, by e-mail to: carol.vanbibber@nndfn.com by noon May 16th, 2016.

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SUPREME COURT OF YUKON

JOHN GATENSBY, aka John Walter Gatensby, Defendant.

TAKE NOTICE THAT on April 26, 2016, an order was made for substitutional service upon you of a Statement of Claim issued from Supreme Court of Yukon in action number S.C. No.15-A0071 by way of this advertisement.

In this proceeding the PlaintiďŹ&#x20AC; seeks judgment against you for debts owed by you, the Defendant, to the PlaintiďŹ&#x20AC;.

You have 7 days after service to ďŹ le an Appearance, failing which proceedings in default may be taken against you.

You may obtain a copy of the Statement of Claim and the order for substitutional service from the Registry, at The Law Courts, 2134 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Name and Address of Solicitor: Fulton & Company Law Corporation Barristers & Solicitors 960-1055 West Georgia St. PO Box 11116, Vancouver, BC V6E 4P7 Telephone: (604) 900.3109 Attention: Lindsay Goldberg

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 GOLF CLUBS complete set c/w leather carrying bag, $150. 667-2226 SNOWBOARD, SOLOMON WSSESSE, $75. 689-8506 WANTED: SECOND-HAND road bike with road tires in good working condition, for road relay, ASAP if possible. Texts only to 867-689-6425

Livestock 8-YEAR-OLD QUARTER horse for sale. Call 867-536-2633 HORSE FOR sale, 12 year old paint, 15.3 hands tall, he is a hunter/jumper, also does well with dressage, can jump 3.8' course, enjoys trail riding, $5,000 obo. 333-9034 4-YEAR-OLD GELDING Percheron X Canadia, ground work started, wants training ASAP, Zephyr has much potential, black, correct conformation, bombproof, almost 16h, $3,500 obo, Tagish, 399-3042 or 399-4244 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 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

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 14” BOYS bike, from ages 3-5 yrs, excellent condition, comes with training wheels, $60 obo. 393-2630

PUBLIC TENDER MECHANICAL UPGRADES VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE WHITEHORSE, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 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 Darryl Froese at Darryl.Froese@gov.yk.ca.

Site Visit: May 17th. at 10 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.

View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/

YUKON NEWS BOYʼS CLOTHES, 3T, 4T, 5T, by the bag, $80, brand names to Walmart, excellent condition. 393-2630

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Furniture SERTA EUROTOP queen bed & box spring, 1 year old, clean, new condition, paid $1,100, asking $500 obo. 633-2125

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WOODEN DRESSERS, $45; beige lounge chair, $50; matching ottoman, $50; cedar storage cabinet, 32.5”Lx11.5”Dx92”H, $75.

660-4321 DINING ROOM set, table 44” x 6ʼ, w extensions to 9ʼ, comes with 8 chairs. Call 667-4418.

SEALY 9” foam double mattress, $200.

633-4078 OAK DRESSER, 6' L x 30" H x 16" D. 6 drawers and 2 shelves, no mirror, $100.

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Garments in for repair, have to be freshly washed.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

CRISTAL CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT KM 3.2, HANSEN MCQUESTEN ROAD #311, YUKON

STEWART KENO TRANSMISSION PROJECT DETAILED LINE DESIGN

Project Description: The project includes the replacement of the existing bridge and timber abutments, construction of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) abutments, installing and removing temporary detour, installing bridge, supplying and installing reinforced concrete blocks, supplying and installing galvanized wire rope tie back cables, locking bolts, removing and disposing existing bridge structure, constructing approaches, placing rip rap and other miscellaneous work.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 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 Suleman, Muhammad at muhammad.suleman@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.

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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Project Description: Improve reliability of electrical service to existing customers in the NE section of the Yukon hydro grid by replacement of aging infrastructure.

Increase the capability of the power grid to serve new customers Reduce the constraints and impacts on the existing grid and customers to connect new sources of supply to new customers in this area of the grid.

Yukon Energy Corporation intends to construct three segments of 138kV transmission line totaling 112km, from Stewart Crossing to Keno City in Yukon Territory, Canada. This RFP is issued to receive proposals to provide for the Detailed Engineering and Specification of the Transmission Lines and Preparation of Procurement and Construction Tender Documents.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is June 8, 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 Matthew Sills at matthew.sills@yec.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

PUBLIC TENDER

KENO CITY WATER DELIVERY

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE VARIOUS LOCATIONS CARMACKS, Y.T. 2016-2018

Project Description: Provide water delivery services to residents of Keno City.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is June 1, 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 Monti Patterson at monti.patterson@gov.yk.ca.

Must have required EOCP certification and be in good standing with the certifying body at the time of bid submission.

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/

Community Services

Highways and Public Works

Yukon Development Corporation

Project Description: Year Round Grounds Maintenance Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 25, 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 Glenn Lemoine at Glenn.Lemoine@gov.yk.ca.

A Site Visit is scheduled for May 16, 2016 at 11:00:00 a.m. at Tantalus School, Carmacks, Y.T. 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/

Highways and Public Works

PUBLIC TENDER

PUBLIC TENDER

ACCESS CONTROL - COPPER RIDGE PLACE BLDG. 1389 WHITEHORSE, YT

VEGETATION CONTROL KM 535.0 TO KM 548.1 AND KM 674.7 TO KM 714.1, KLONDIKE HIGHWAY, AND KM 0.0 TO KM 70.0, SILVER TRAIL, AND THE MAYO SUBDIVISION YUKON 2016-2017

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 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 Tim Ekholm at Tim.Ekholm@gov.yk.ca.

Site Visit May 17th at 10 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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Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 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 Mackenzie Ingram at mackenzie.ingram@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.

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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